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Research Topics
Jonathan Rees
Affiliation: University of Edinburgh
Country: UK
Detail Information
- Physiological variation in the erythemal response to ultraviolet radiation and photoadaptationKaren Waterston
Systems Group, Dermatology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
J Invest Dermatol 123:958-64. 2004....
- Dermatology undergraduate skin cancer training: a disconnect between recommendations, clinical exposure and competenceR Benjamin Aldridge
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Level 1 Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9HA, UK
BMC Med Educ 12:27. 2012..We set out to determine students' competence at skin lesion diagnosis and to quantify their clinical exposure to examples of such lesions during their dermatology attachment...
- Understanding the evolution of human pigmentation: recent contributions from population geneticsJonathan L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Invest Dermatol 132:846-53. 2012..Future larger studies are likely to provide more details of this process and may provide evidence for exactly which mechanistic pathways have mediated selection...
- Genetic determinants of hair and eye colours in the Scottish and Danish populationsJonas Mengel-From
MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
BMC Genet 10:88. 2009..Many of the genes found were previously known as underlying mutant mouse phenotypes or human genetic disease, but others, previously unsuspected as pigmentation genes, have also been discovered...
- The fundamentals of clinical discoveryJonathan Rees
University of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, UK
Perspect Biol Med 47:597-607. 2004..I suggest that much medical research is best viewed as a form of engineering rather than science, and that the knowledge base and research funding for the amelioration of disease needs to be much more broadly based than at present...
- Pruritus: more scratch than itchJ L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Clin Exp Dermatol 24:490-3. 1999..Recent advances in two areas that may prove relevant are discussed: new technological improvements in movement meters and compatible software; and some recently described animal models...
- The problem with academic medicine: engineering our way into and out of the messJonathan Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 2:e111. 2005
- Plenty new under the sunJonathan Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh United Kingdom
J Invest Dermatol 126:1691-2. 2006..What remains unclear are the mechanisms linking gene variation with sun sensitivity or tumor risk. In particular, it remains unclear whether pigmentary effects of the MC1R can account for all of the increase in cancer risk...
- Casting light on evidenceJonathan L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J Invest Dermatol 127:1570-1. 2007..Nor should they. In a new RCT, Kirke and colleagues have compared the therapeutic effects of different types of UVB radiation on clearance of psoriasis. Their study is unlikely to be the last word on this topic...
- Melanoma: what are the gaps in our knowledgeJonathan L Rees
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
PLoS Med 5:e122. 2008
- Evidence and the industrialization of medicineJ L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Clin Exp Dermatol 33:390-3. 2008..How we can formally combine evidence from different traditions is, despite the claims of the evidence-based medicine movement, as yet unresolved...
- Vexed by red-headed conundrumsJonathan L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Invest Dermatol 130:1771-3. 2010..describe their use of mouse transgenics to demonstrate that the MC1R signaling pathway influences cancer risk via mechanisms in addition to pigmentation...
- The genetics of sun sensitivity in humansJonathan L Rees
Systems Group, Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Am J Hum Genet 75:739-51. 2004..Thus, a single locus, identified within a Mendelian framework, can contribute significantly to human pigmentary variation...
- Clinical science: time for a new contractJonathan Rees
University of Edinburgh
Clin Med 2:423-5. 2002..If academic medicine is to continue to be attractive to the brightest and most interesting minds institutional change is unavoidable...
- The melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R): more than just red hairJ L Rees
University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom
Pigment Cell Res 13:135-40. 2000..Whether this conclusion is as a result of weakness in the statistical testing procedures applied, or whether it will be seen in other pigment genes will be of great interest for studies of human skin colour evolution...
- Post-genome integrative biology: so that's what they call clinical scienceJ Rees
University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary
Clin Med 1:393-400. 2001..We need to think more about disease and less about genes; more in the clinic and less in the laboratory...
- Trials, evidence, and the management of patients with psoriasisJonathan L Rees
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J Am Acad Dermatol 48:135-43. 2003
- Complex disease and the new clinical sciencesJonathan Rees
Systems Group, Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, The Lauriston Building, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK
Science 296:698-700. 2002..At the same time, clinical discovery and patient-oriented research have become less common. Here, I suggest that these developments are interdependent, each representing the flip side of an inaccurate view of how clinical advance occurs...
- The photoadaptive response to ultraviolet exposure in human skin using ultraviolet spectrophotometryAlison Hennessy
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9HA, UK
Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed 21:229-33. 2005..The purpose of this study was to estimate independently these changes occurring in the epidermis following repeated exposure to UV in two groups with differing degrees of constitutive pigmentation...
- DNA repair gene polymorphisms and genetic predisposition to cutaneous melanomaJoanne E Povey
Sir Alastair Currie Cancer Research UK Laboratories, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
Carcinogenesis 28:1087-93. 2007..88, P = 0.005). The products of the two NER genes, ERCC1 and XPF, where associations with melanoma were found, act together in a rate-limiting step in the repair pathway...
- Itching for progressJ Rees
Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Clin Exp Dermatol 30:471-3. 2005....
- Depth data improves skin lesion segmentationXiang Li
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK
Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv 12:1100-7. 2009..The experiments show that our proposed method integrating chromatic and geometric information produces segmentation results for pigmented lesions close to dermatologists and more consistent and accurate results for non-pigmented lesions...
- P for probability and p for p53Jonathan Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Invest Dermatol 121:xii-xiii. 2003
- Eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations in human epidermis before and after UVB irradiationAlison Hennessy
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Pigment Cell Res 18:220-3. 2005..Although our numbers are small, our results extend previous work in man, and lead us to speculate that factors other than the amount of pheomelanin may be important in determining UVR susceptibility in persons with red hair...
- Variation in skin thickness may explain some of the within-person variation in ultraviolet radiation-induced erythema at different body sitesKaren Waterston
J Invest Dermatol 124:1078. 2005
- Quantitative measures of the effect of the melanocortin 1 receptor on human pigmentary statusLisa Naysmith
Systems Group, Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Invest Dermatol 122:423-8. 2004....
- Genetics of hair and skin colorJonathan L Rees
Systems Group, Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Lauriston Buildings, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9YW, United Kingdom
Annu Rev Genet 37:67-90. 2003..It is argued that given advances in model systems, increases in technical facility, and the lower cost of genotype assessment, the lack of standardized phenotype assessment is now a major limit on advance...
- Impact of homozygosity of R151C variant of MC1r in human hair follicle melanocytesStéphane F Commo
J Invest Dermatol 128:1319-22. 2008
- The relationship between constitutive pigmentation and sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation induced erythema is dose-dependentThomas Ha
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Pigment Cell Res 16:477-9. 2003..14 and 0.17 respectively. The proportion of variation explained is also greater at higher UVR challenge doses. Studies relating UVR sensitivity and pigmentation need to take account of the dose of UVR administered...
- Pharmacological characterization of loss of function mutations of the human melanocortin 1 receptor that are associated with red hairAneta Ringholm
Department of Neuroscience, Division of Pharmacology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
J Invest Dermatol 123:917-23. 2004..The results provide important pharmacological characterization of common MC1 receptor variants in various world populations...
- Red hair--a desirable mutation?Thomas Ha
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Cosmet Dermatol 1:62-5. 2002..This paper reviews the path of discovery of the MC1R in control of animal coat colour, the subsequent role of MC1R in human physiology and possibly wider role of MC1R in human skin carcinogenesis and human development through history...
- Phenotypic expression of melanocortin-1 receptor mutations in Black JamaicansColin A McKenzie
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
J Invest Dermatol 121:207-8. 2003
- The time course of photoadaptation and pigmentation studied using a novel method to distinguish pigmentation from erythemaCarol Oh
Systems Group, Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
J Invest Dermatol 123:965-72. 2004..For comparison we also document overall photoadaptation and relate changes in pigmentation to the overall changes in photoadaptation...
- Time course of ultraviolet B-induced erythema in people with red hair harbouring homozygous melanocortin 1 receptor mutationsThomas K K Ha
Systems Group, Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Exp Dermatol 12:514-7. 2003..We could detect no consistent differences in ultraviolet radiation-induced erythema between the groups studied. The pharmacological mechanisms underpinning such prolonged inflammatory responses merit further investigation...
- Ultraviolet radiation sensitivity in vitiligo and adjacent normal skinCarol Oh
Acta Derm Venereol 86:380. 2006
- The usefulness of 4-amino-3-hydroxyphenylalanine as a specific marker of pheomelaninKazumasa Wakamatsu
Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
Pigment Cell Res 15:225-32. 2002..Thus, we conclude that 'specific AHP' is a more specific marker of pheomelanin than is 'total AHP'...
- No association between p53 codon 72 polymorphisms and erythemal responseClaire Manson
J Invest Dermatol 122:1334-5. 2004
- The development of an objective method for measuring scratch in children with atopic dermatitis suitable for clinical useKenneth Benjamin
Systems Group, Department of Dermatology, The University of Edinburgh, Lauriston, UK
J Am Acad Dermatol 50:33-40. 2004..Accelerometers provide a useful and practical way of assessing scratching at night in the patient's own home and could be used as an objective measure of disease activity both in clinical trials and in everyday clinical practice...
- Two cultures?Jonathan L Rees
Department of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J Am Acad Dermatol 46:313-6. 2002


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RECIPES: Recipe Details
Greek God Lamb Burgers
These juicy lamb burgers, hugged between crusty kaiser rolls, are packed with flavor. The lamb is enhanced by the saltiness of the calamata olives combined with the refreshing taste of lemon on a bed of mesculin salad. Topped off with grilled eggplant, rosemary and feta cheese, these hearty burgers are complete. Even the Greek gods will be licking their fingers.
Lemon Dressing (makes 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 tsp. dijon mustard
1 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/8 tsp. fresh cracked pepper
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Grilled Eggplant
1 eggplant, cut into
1/2 inch rounds 1/4 cup lemon dressing (recipe above)
Lamb Patties
2 lb. ground lamb
1/2 cup pitted calamata olives, chopped
2 tsp. lemon pepper seasoning
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
3 cups mesculin salad
1/4 cup lemon dressing
Vegetable oil, for brushing grill rack
6 Kaiser rolls, split
3 tblsp. fresh rosemary, chopped
feta cheese, crumbled
In a small measuring cup, combine lemon juice, dijon mustard, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Vigorously whisk together, breaking up any lumps from the mustard. Gradually, whisk in the extra virgin olive oil. Brush each eggplant round with lemon dressing. In a large bowl, combine lamb, calamata olives, lemon pepper seasoning, garlic, and parsley. Mix ingredients thorougly, using your hands. Shape lamb mixture into 6 patties. Place mesculin salad in a bowl and gently toss with the lemon dressing. Brush vegetable oil on grill rack. Place lamb patties on grill. Pull grill lid down and cook approximately 4-5 minutes. Flip lamb patties over onto second side and cook for another 4 minutes. During the last few minutes of cooking, place the eggplant onto the grill and cook for 2-3 minutes per side. Place kaiser rolls, cut side down onto edge of grill rack to toast lightly. To assemble the burgers, place mesculin salad on bottom half of each kaiser roll. Next, add a lamb patty, eggplant round, rosemary, and feta cheese. Place the other half of the kaiser roll on top. Makes 6 lamb burgers.
Creating this recipe was a tremendous amount of fun! Taking ingredients which I love and combining them to create a new meal that is both easy to prepare and delicious was quite satisfying for both my soul and my tummy!

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Cave with ice age fossils opening in Indiana
A southern Indiana cave discovered three years ago that's yielded a treasure trove of ice age fossils opens to the public for the first time next weekend.
Indiana Caverns' owners say the complex about two miles south of Croydon is Indiana's first show cave to open in 40 years. The portion opening June 15 for paid tours was found in 2010.
The cave's discoverers initially thought the cave's floor was littered with the bones of common livestock. But those turned out to be the fossilized bones of black bears, flat-nosed peccaries, bison and other ice age mammals that entered the cave through a passage that apparently closed about 10,000 years ago. Details: www.indianacaverns.com.
— Associated Press
Merger fallout? Delta dropping Memphis hub
Delta Air Lines has announced that it will drop its money-losing hub in Memphis, Tenn., this fall, slashing flights there and eliminating 230 jobs.
It's the outcome that was feared in small hubs like Memphis, Cincinnati and Salt Lake City when the wave of airline mergers began five years ago with Delta's purchase of Northwest Airlines. Northwest had used Memphis as a hub, meaning it funneled passengers through there on their way to other destinations such as New York or Florida. For travelers, flying from a hub means fewer layovers and a bigger choice of destinations.
Delta flew as many as 240 flights per day out of Memphis in June 2009. It has been ratcheting that number down ever since. It offers about 96 flights per day now and will drop to 60 in the fall.
— Associated Press
Spirit now serving wine out of aluminum cans
Spirit Airlines is thinking outside the bottle. The low-cost carrier known for extra fees and cheeky ads is now pouring wine out of aluminum cans.
Passengers can purchase white moscato or strawberry moscato wine from Friends Fun Wine, an Aventura, Fla., company. Spirit will continue to sell mini bottles of Sutter Home wine.
The can of wine is larger — 250 milliliters to the bottle's 187 — but it doesn't pack as much of a punch. The canned wine is 6 percent alcohol by volume. Sutter Home is 13 percent.
Spirit likes the cans because they are easier to stack and store on planes with limited storage space.
— Associated Press
Ship damaged in May fire to be repaired by mid-July
Royal Caribbean says a cruise ship damaged by fire during a trip from Baltimore to the Bahamas is expected to be back in service by mid-July.
The Grandeur of the Seas should be ready for a July 12 sailing, said company spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez.
No one was injured in the May 27 fire, but passengers were sent home and promised full refunds and credit for a future cruise. A cruise set to start May 31 was canceled and travelers were given a refund and a 50 percent cruise credit. The company canceled five other cruises; those travelers will get a refund and a 25 percent credit.
— Associated Press
TSA's 'nude scanners' — they're now history
The full-body scanners that used X-rays to create what look like nude images of passengers have been packed away and removed from U.S. airports. The 250 or so machines were removed by the June 1 deadline set by Congress.
But privacy advocates still have concerns with the Transportation Security Administration. "They've never made a case that these scanners are better than using metal detectors or swabs to detect the use of explosives," said Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
The TSA now relies solely on millimeter-wave scanners, made by L-3 Communications, which portray a generic figure on which they point out objects concealed on travelers' bodies.
— Los Angeles Times


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Reported by the Union of Concerned Scientists
Another "Salazar" Agency Making Up Their Own Rules
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials compromised the integrity of a BLM study by removing scientific concerns about the effects newly relaxed grazing regulations would have on public lands. Millions of acres of public land in the western U. S. are protected by BLM grazing rules, which regulate when, where, and for how long cattle may graze there.
Julie Cart of the Los Angeles Times reported that prior to relaxing Clinton-era restrictions on cattle grazing in June 2004, the BLM edited out portions of an environmental analysis calling into question the environmental sustainability of the new regulations.1 Agency scientists had studied the effects of grazing on wildlife and water quality and expressed concerns.
Cart reported that the BLM eliminated the original draft's warning that the "the Proposed Action will have a slow, long-term adverse impact on wildlife and biological diversity in general." Instead, the final version of the environmental analysis endorsed the new regulations, which were supported by the cattle industry, stating that the new rules would prove "beneficial to animals."2
Erick Campbell and Bill Brookes are both recently retired scientists, each with more than 30 years experience at the BLM. Campbell, a biologist, authored the section of the BLM study on the impacts of the rule change on wildlife and endangered species, while Brookes, a hydrologist, evaluated the impact on water resources. Both characterized the edits as an attempt to suppress scientific information. Campbell termed the matter "a whitewash" and "a crime." "They took all of our science and reversed it 180 degrees," he said. Brookes agreed, adding "Everything I wrote was totally rewritten and watered down."3
The BLM argued that the changes resulted from a standard editorial process and issued a statement saying the conclusions reached by Campbell and Brookes were "based on personal opinion and unsubstantiated assertions rather than sound environmental analysis."4 In an interview Campbell refuted those charges, saying "All the science they extracted from my narrative was peer-reviewed science. This was not gray literature…This was peer-reviewed science in major journals."5 The concerns of Campbell and Brookes were echoed by wildlife experts at the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and by officials at the Environmental Protection Agency.6
1. Cart, Julie. "Land Study on Grazing Denounced." Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2005. latimes.com requires subscription, article available from advocacy website, accessed December 5, 2006.
2. Bureau of Land Management, "Grazing Administration–Exclusive of Alaska; Final Rule," Department of the Interior, July 12, 2006, accessed December 5, 2006.
3. Cart.
4. Bearden, Tom. "New Grazing Rules." NewsHour with JimLehrer, August 10, 2005. Transcript online, accessed December 5, 2006.
5. Mitchell, Michele and Breslauer, Brenda. NOW with David Brancaccio, July 22, 2005. Transcript online, accessed December 5, 2006.
6. Cart, Julie. "Federal Officials Echoed Grazing-Rule Warnings." Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2005. latimes.com requires subscription, available online from advocacy site, accessed December 5, 2006.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- When 86.4% of all stocks are overvalued it is next to impossible to find a true value stock in the S&P 500. In my screen of ValuEngine data I define a value stock as having a buy rating, undervalued by at least 5% and projected to gain at least 7.5% over the next 12 months. Only five stocks satisfied these criteria and three are in the utility sector: FirstEnergy (FE), Frontier Communications (FTR) and Verizon (VZ). The utilities sector has an overweight rating as 90.5% of the 210 companies in this sector have buy or strong buy ratings.
Two of the five value stocks are trading under five bucks a share making them 'options on survival.' One is Frontier Communications. The other is Advanced Micro Device (AMD) in the computer and technology sector and it also has an overweight rating as do 49.6% of the 1129 stocks in the sector have buy or strong buy ratings.
The fifth value stock is office supplies company Staples (SPLS) from the retail-wholesale sector which also has an overweight rating as do 81.9% of the 343 stocks in this sector have buy or strong buy ratings.
Advanced Micro Devices ($3.87) is a semiconductor company that is also in the PHLX Semiconductor Index (^SOX). Advanced Micro Devices has a buy rating and is 27.9% undervalued and gained 61.3% in 2013 with a projected gain of 49.7% in 2014, and is above its 200-day simple moving average at $3.58. Note that during the tech bubble of 1999/2000 this stock was above $45 a share. The stock has a positive weekly chart profile with rising momentum and above its five-week modified moving average at $3.68 and is below its 200-week SMA at $5.74, which is a logical price target. My quarterly value level is $2.98 with a weekly pivot at $3.88 and monthly risky level at $4.66.
The semiconductor index rose 39.3% in 2013 to 535.03 and has a first half 2014 semiannual value level at 490.52 with a first quarter pivot at 536.98, a January risky level at 544.70 and semiannual risky level at 548.36.
FirstEnergy ($32.98) provides electricity and natural gas in northern and central Ohio and western Pennsylvania. The utility has a buy rating and is 11.0% undervalued with a loss of 21% in 2013 and a projected gain of 11.4% in 2014, and is below its 200-day SMA at $38.41. FirstEnergy has a negative but oversold weekly chart profile with its five-week MMA at $33.65 and its 200-week SMA at $40.87 as a logical price target. My weekly value level is $29.13 with a semiannual pivot at $32.43 with a quarterly risky level at $36.28.


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OSPI Receives Grant to Create Support System for Educators
$2.4 million is awarded by Gates Foundation
OLYMPIA — November 25, 2013 — The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction recently received a grant totaling $2.4 million that will help create support systems for educators.
The three-year grant, awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will help support Washington state teachers and administrators transition to the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.
Recent national surveys point to the need for additional support. The American Federation of Teachers polled 800 of its teacher members in March 2013 and found that 72 percent feel that they are not receiving the necessary resources and tools needed to successfully teach the new standards.
"A lot has been added to teachers' plates," said Randy Dorn, superintendent of public instruction. "And it's been done without a lot of resources. Having a coordinated and comprehensive support system will help ease the fear that some educators have about their added responsibilities."
"The timing of this grant couldn't be any better," he added. "All students will be tested on the Common Core State Standards in the spring of 2015. So we need to give educators the support they need, and we need to do it quickly."
As part of the grant, OSPI will partner with state and national educator support and professional learning organizations, including Washington's Association of Educational Service Districts Network, Learning Forward Washington, the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP), Washington Association of School Administrators, Washington STEM and the Puget Sound region's Road Map Race to the Top Project.
Gary Kipp, executive director of AWSP, said he was happy to be a partner in this grant. "Teaching, learning, assessment and evaluation are all changing in dramatic ways," he said. "Improvement in student learning is dependent on all of these initiatives working together. Having a statewide support system for professional development and support will be critical as we move forward with implementation. The collaborative approach that is described in this grant is a prerequisite to achieving that system."
Together, the agencies will build a collaborative statewide professional learning system based on best practice research. The grant – called "Transforming Professional Learning Systems for Reform: Common Core and More" (WA-TPL) – will also award smaller grants for school districts to create administrator and teacher leader professional support systems at the local level.
"It is crucial that we have opportunities to build superintendent capacity for implementing new state standards are the new evaluation system," said Bill Keim, executive director of WASA. "That capacity becomes so much easier to achieve when we work collaboratively and when we build strong connections between agencies."
Applications for the district grants will be available in Spring 2014. The announcement of grantees is expected to occur by the end of the 2013-14 school year.
Washington state adopted the Common Core State Standards in July 2011 and the Next Generation Science Standards in October 2013.
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The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is the primary agency charged with overseeing K–12 education in Washington state. Led by State School Superintendent Randy Dorn, OSPI works with the state's 295 school districts and nine educational service districts to administer basic education programs and implement education reform on behalf of more than one million public school students.
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Questions and complaints of alleged discrimination should be directed to the Equity and Civil Rights Director at (360) 725-6162 or P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200.
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103.7 The Hawk is Looking For Montana's Most Metal Mom
Slayer is coming to Billings on Mother's Day. To celebrate such a momentous occasion we are looking to crown Montana's "Most Metal Mom". Send us a picture of your favorite Metal Mom using the form below. The Montana Metal Mom with the most votes is hooking up with a FREE $400 tattoo from Ox at the Legendary Tattoo Studio. Plus, we'll send mom out for a relaxing evening away from the kids, with free tickets to the Slayer concert on Mother's Day night.


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USB keyboard and LUKS
Hello everyone,
I have recently installed 32-bit Slackware on a normal desktop with the "Combining LUKS and LVM" configuration for 256-bit AES encryption.
I have a USB keyboard, which I can use perfectly fine in the BIOS setup as well as when booting from the Slackware DVD.
However, after having installed, created an initrd and attempting to boot, I am unable to use the keyboard, hence I cannot enter the password when prompted to do so.
I rebooted using the DVD again, mounted the encrypted file system and examined the load_kernel_modules file. There was no mention of any module related to the keyboard being loaded.
Hence I added "hid", "usbhid" and "uhci-hcd", for reference the only other modules (not related to the keyboard) are "jbd2", "mbcache" and "ext4".
I tried first with modprobe, then when that didn't work I changed it to insmod using the full path of each module. This didn't work either.
Then I tried to disable BIOS support for the USB keyboard to see if the BIOS was somehow doing something bad. This didn't change anything.
The keyboard does not work. It works in lilo but it stops working somewhere around when the kernel boots, perhaps when the system stops using the keyboard support provided by the BIOS. I'm not sure.
I need help with this. I have spent so many hours trying to get this working. I've found others posting similar problems and having them solved by modifying their initrd.
Is it incorrect to add modules to load_kernel_modules? Do I need to do anything else? I have obviously executed mkinitrd and lilo after doing this. What else could be wrong?
Thanks in advance.
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|Amygdala volume marks the acute state in the early course of depression.
|Eijndhoven, P.F.P. van ; Wingen, G.A. van ; Oijen, K. van; Rijpkema, M.J.P. ; Goraj, B.M. ; Verkes, R.J. ; Oude Voshaar, R.C. ; Fernandez, G.S.E. ; Buitelaar, J.K. ; Tendolkar, I.
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BACKGROUND: The amygdala and hippocampus play a key role in the neural circuitry mediating depression. It remains unclear how much structural and functional changes of amygdala and hippocampus reflect the acute state of depression or an underlying neurobiological trait marker of depression. METHODS: High-resolution anatomical images were acquired in 20 medication-naive major depressive disorder (MDD) patients with a current first episode, 20 medication-free patients recovered from a first episode of MDD, and 20 healthy control subjects that were matched for age, gender, and level of education. Manual volumetry of amygdala and hippocampus was performed on coronal images. Volumetric measurements of brain volume and intracranial volume were acquired with automatic segmentation procedures. RESULTS: Both amygdalae were significantly enlarged in currently depressed patients, whereas there was no significant difference between recovered patients and control subjects. The amygdala enlargement correlated positively with the severity of depressive state but with no other clinical or neuropsychological variable. The hippocampal volume did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS: A state related increase of amygdala volume can be detected early in the course of MDD. Neurotoxic effects might account for the fact that state-related amygdala enlargement has not been found in recurrent depression with relative long illness duration.


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Durban II, organized by the gravely disappointing United Nations Human Rights Council, is following in the footsteps of the 2001 conference. The U.S. has expressed its concerns explicitly and has adopted a policy of voting against proposals for a follow-up to the Durban conference, forgoing participation in the preparatory meetings, and voting against the U.N. budget that included funding for Durban II. The U.S. has also announced its intention to boycott Durban II if it looks as if it will be a repeat of the 2001 conference.
Leaving open the door to participation in Durban II-even if it appears to be slightly better than Durban I-may appear to make sense in that the threat of another walkout might help the U.S. to press its case for change. But the best approach would be for the U.S. to come out, as Canada has done, and simply say that it will not participate in Durban II. It makes little sense for the U.S. to consider participating when the expressed purpose of Durban II is to review the implementation of the Durban Declaration, which the U.S. walked away from in 2001.
Because the conference will take place after the end of the current Administration, the opportunity for the Bush Administration to exert a positive influence on Durban II is limited. The U.S. would strengthen the negotiating position of the next Administration by unequivocally announcing an American boycott of Durban II and working with Congress to withhold all U.S. funds that would go to related activities.
The Shameful Legacy of Durban
In its 1997 Resolution 52/111, the United Nations General Assembly decided to hold a World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. The Third Committee of the General Assembly decided in 1999 to hold the 2001 conference in Durban, South Africa.
According to the conference Web site, Durban I was intended to be "a landmark in the struggle to eradicate all forms of racism…. The World Conference is a unique opportunity to create a new world vision for the fight against racism in the twenty-first century."[1] What started as a seemingly well-intentioned effort to focus the international community on fighting racism quickly ran off the rails as those bent on condemning Israel and America managed to dominate the agenda, the drafting of documents, and the events surrounding the conference.[2]
Pre-conference drafts condemned Israel for allegedly pursuing a racist Zionist agenda and committing crimes against humanity. An African-led effort sought to include a demand for reparations from the West for slavery. NGOs exerted enormous pressure on the conferees to criticize the U.S. for a litany of perceived crimes, including widespread racism, a foreign policy that was "responsible for racial oppression around the world," denial of economic "rights," and refusal to adopt U.N. treaties without reservations.[3]
The last point is particularly alarming, since many of America's treaty reservations are intended to inform other countries that the U.S. will not accept any treaty requirements that are incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. As noted by Hudson Institute scholar John Fonte:
The real purpose of the Durban conference as conceived by its key players-the NGOs, their ideological allies in the U.N. hierarchy (e.g., Mary Robinson), and their Third World clients-is to chastise the United States, and begin the long process of transforming our constitutional democracy into something more to their liking. Whether it's to the liking, or with the consent, of the American people, seems not to rank high among NGO priorities.[4]
The U.S. rejected unjustified attempts to demonize Israel and rebuffed calls to subjugate the U.S. Constitution to international treaties, which would weaken the protections that have served America so well. Likewise, the NGOs' accusations that racism "permeates every institution at every level" in the U.S. were rightly dismissed as ridiculous, considering how effectively the Constitution, comprehensive civil rights laws, civil rights enforcement agencies, and state and federal court rulings promote concrete protections against racism. Indeed, the U.S. system is appropriately held as a model by other nations.
Efforts to resolve these disputes before and during the conference were largely unsuccessful. In the end, the 2001 Durban conference degenerated into a noxious series of speeches and statements dominated by anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. The United States, Canada, and Israel condemned the conference as a shameful example of everything that it was supposed to oppose.
When it became obvious that the conference would not be a useful venue for combating racism, discrimination, xenophobia, or intolerance, the U.S. and Israeli delegations walked out.[5] As explained by former Secretary of State Colin Powell:
I have instructed our representatives at the World Conference Against Racism to return home. I have taken this decision with regret, because of the importance of the international fight against racism and the contribution that the Conference could have made to it. But, following discussions today by our team in Durban and others who are working for a successful conference, I am convinced that will not be possible. I know that you do not combat racism by conferences that produce declarations containing hateful language, some of which is a throwback to the days of "Zionism equals racism;" or supports the idea that we have made too much of the Holocaust; or suggests that apartheid exists in Israel; or that singles out only one country in the world-Israel-for censure and abuse.[6]
Although the final conference declaration was made more moderate than early drafts in an effort to keep other delegations from walking out-references to Zionism, for instance, were deleted-it clearly went far beyond what was acceptable to the U.S. The experience of the 2001 Durban conference led the Bush Administration to adopt a policy of voting against proposals for a follow-up conference and forgoing participation in the preparatory meetings for such a conference.
Another U.N. Travesty in the Making
Despite the black mark left by its predecessor, the U.N. is busy setting the stage for Durban II in 2009. In its 61st session, the U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution calling for a "Durban Review Conference" to be funded through the U.N. regular budget, of which the U.S. is expected to pay 22 percent. The resolution passed despite the concerns of Australia, Canada, Israel, members of the European Union, the U.S., and other prominent member states.[7]
The location of the 2009 review conference is supposed to be finalized at an April 2008 meeting of the conference's planning committee. However, South African President Thabo Mbeki recently announced before his country's parliament that, "Next year, South Africa will play host to the Review Conference to evaluate the implementation of the decisions of the World Conference Against Racism which was held in our country."[8] With backing from the Group of 77 and the African and Islamic country blocs, South Africa is likely to fulfill this claim. While a return to Durban is hardly a guarantee that the review conference will be a repeat of 2001, there are numerous troubling signs that make such an outcome likely.
A major concern is that the General Assembly placed responsibility for organizing Durban II with the Human Rights Council. The council has been a grave disappointment in fulfilling its role as the premier U.N. human rights body. Since its creation in 2006 to replace the discredited U.N. Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council has failed to address ongoing repression in Belarus, China, Cuba, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and many other places around the world. This is hardly surprising, since its members include Cuba, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other noted human rights abusers. These countries use their influence to undermine efforts by the council to carry out its mandate. While the council has passed relatively mild condemnations of Sudan and Burma, it has saved its strongest criticism for Israel, condemning it 15 times in two years.[9]
The council decided that it will act as the Preparatory Committee for Durban II and elected 20 countries to serve on the bureau for the Preparatory Committee. It also decided that "the Preparatory Committee shall decide on all the relevant modalities for the Conference…including deciding on the objectives of the Review Conference."[10] Consistent with its terrible record since 2006, the council elected Libya to serve as chair of the Preparatory Committee. Among the 19 vice-chairs are Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa,[11] none of which has distinguished itself as a champion of equality or human rights during its tenure on the Human Rights Council.[12]
Considering that Libya is the chair and Iran is a vice-chair, it is hardly surprising that "Islamophobia" reportedly is high on the proposed agenda for Durban II. Based on efforts of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in the Human Rights Council, this agenda item is likely to be a platform for criticizing America's anti-terrorism efforts and for seeking to curb free speech that "defames" Islam.[13]
Libya and Iran are particularly ill suited to overseeing preparations for Durban II. Both countries are strong supporters of the OIC, which has historically been hostile to Israel. Libya is a member of the League of Arab States, whose Arab Charter on Human Rights calls for the elimination of "Zionism." This violates General Assembly Resolution 46/86, which rejects the position that Zionism is racism or a form of racial discrimination.[14] Of course, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has infamously stated that Israel "must be wiped off the map" and that "Zionists are the true manifestation of Satan."[15]
Growing Opposition to Durban II
Out of concern that the 2009 conference will be a repeat of the disastrous 2001 Durban conference, Jason Kenney, Canada's Multiculturalism Secretary of State, announced in January that Canada will not attend. In February, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni announced that Israel will follow Canada's example and boycott Durban II, stating that "Israel will not participate…unless it is proven that the conference will not be used as a platform for further anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic behaviour."[16]
There is the possibility that more nations will join the boycott. The United Kingdom and Germany are rumored to be considering pulling out of the planning process if Durban II appears to be following in the footsteps of the first conference. French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently gave the following warning:
France will not allow a repetition of the excesses and abuses of 2001. Our European partners share France's concerns. France will chair the EU in the final months preceding the review conference. I say to you: if ever our legitimate demands are not taken into account, we will disengage from the process.[17]
This wait-and-see approach indicates that support for Durban II is weak even among Europeans who typically support U.N. initiatives.
The United States has also expressed deep concerns about Durban II. In December 2007, it was the only country to vote against the U.N. biennial budget for 2008-2009. In addition to its objection to unprecedented increases in the size of the projected budget, the U.S. delegation objected to specific provisions in the budget, including $6.8 million in funding for Durban II.[18] As explained by Ambassador Mark D. Wallace:
Finally Mr. Chairman, we could not support this budget resolution because this budget today contains funding to what we refer colloquially to as the "Durban 2 Conference." Our political sentiments have been clearly expressed on this revisiting of an event that was noxious to my country and a disgrace in the International Community…. [T]he straw that broke the camel's back [was] Durban 2-we cannot support this budget.[19]
Recent comments from the U.S. State Department, however, gave the impression that the Administration would not boycott Durban II out of concern that to do so might constrain policy for the next Administration. "There has not been a formal decision made to [boycott Durban II]," State Department envoy Gregg Rickman told the U.S. Helsinki Commission. "And in essence, because this conference will take place in 2009, it will be left to the decision of the succeeding administration."[20]
Subsequently, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used somewhat stronger language: "We've not tried to make a final decision on this, but let me just state very clearly we don't have any interest in participating in something that deteriorates into the kind of conference that Durban I was."[21]
Holding open the possibility of participating in Durban II is raising concerns among conservatives, including legislators on Capitol Hill. For instance, a press release on a letter from Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), co-signed by 25 Republican Senators and Independent Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), stated the following:
The first Durban Conference was nothing more than a platform for rogue nations to make anti-Semit[ic] declarations, demonize Israel and promote anti-democratic values under the guise of "human rights." Durban II promises to be just as much of a sham as the first Conference…. [T]he Executive Committee of the Preparatory Committee for Durban II is chaired by Libya, and one of its Vice-Chairman is Iran. Ironically, Iran has engaged in one of the most pernicious forms of racism-Holocaust-denial. In the end, I believe that State will recognize that attending Durban II would legitimize the hateful propaganda it seeks to spread.[22]
The Department of State provided a welcome clarification in a February 27 letter to Senator Coleman that laid out the steps that the U.S. has taken to oppose Durban II:
As Secretary Rice made clear in her recent testimony, we believe it would be inappropriate to participate in Durban II without confidence that it will avoid the problems of Durban I. At this point, we have no reason to believe Durban II will be an improvement over its predecessor. Consistent with this view, since last August we have declined to participate in meetings to prepare for Durban II, which is scheduled to start in the later half of 2009, and will continue to oppose funding for the assessed budget.[23]
It did not, however, state unequivocally that the U.S. would boycott Durban II.
What the U.S. Should Do
The Administration has wisely taken strong steps to avoid giving support to Durban II, including a policy of voting against proposals for a follow-up to the Durban conference, forgoing participation in the preparatory meetings for the Durban Review Conference, and voting against the U.N. budget that included funding for Durban II. The U.S. has also announced its intention to boycott a conference that resembles Durban I.
However, delaying the decision to walk away from Durban II is unlikely to achieve what the U.S. wants. The 2001 Durban Declaration contains positions and provisions with which the U.S. strongly disagrees. Since the stated purpose of Durban II is to further the implementation of the Durban Declaration, it makes little sense for the U.S. to participate in a process that would expand on an outcome that is incompatible with American interests.
As noted by the State Department, the conference will take place after the current Administration leaves office. Any attempt to use its leverage and influence to improve Durban II is being undermined by the expectation that a new Administration will be far less stringent in its opposition. For this reason, there is very little incentive for other nations and NGOs that are bent on making Durban II a repeat of the 2001 conference to make concessions before the upcoming U.S. elections.
It therefore behooves the United States to place the next Administration in the strongest possible negotiating position by announcing America's intention to boycott Durban II and work with Congress to withhold the proportional U.S. share of the U.N. regular budget that is being used to support Durban II. Such a policy would allow the next Administration to require significant improvements in Durban II's agenda in order to justify changing that policy and to withstand the scrutiny that such a policy change would elicit.
Both Canada and Israel have announced that they will not attend Durban II because they have determined that it will likely be a repeat of the 2001 disaster. The U.S. has also expressed its concern that Durban II will devolve into yet another platform for anti-Israel, anti-America rhetoric, violating the very purpose of the conference. The Administration's statements clearly indicate that it does not see Durban II as either beneficial or benign.
To its credit, the Bush Administration has steadfastly refused to attend preparatory meetings on Durban II and has voted against U.N. resolutions supporting the conference. The Administration should expand on its current policy by announcing an American boycott of Durban II.
The Administration should also work with Congress to withhold the proportional U.S. share of the U.N. regular budget that is being used to support Durban II. This will strengthen the hand of the next Administration in its negotiations with other nations because the U.N. will have to provide evidence of specific improvements for Washington to convince the American people that Durban II will not replicate the 2001 conference and that the U.S. would benefit by supporting and participating in Durban II.
At the very least, if Durban II proves to be unworthy of support, as so many expect, then the U.S. will have taken the correct approach by distancing itself from the conference from the beginning.
Brett D. Schaefer is Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation.
[1] World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, "Basic Information," at www.un.org/WCAR/e-kit/backgrounder1.htm.
[2] For a narrative, see John Fonte, "Durban vs. America: NGOs Take on Racism, Poverty, and the First Amendment," Hudson Institute, August 21, 2001, at www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=961; John Fonte, "Boycott Durban," Hudson Institute, August 31, 2001, at www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=968; and Tom Lantos, "The Durban Debacle: An Insider's View of the UN World Conference Against Racism," Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter/Spring 2002), at /static/reportimages/63CEA29B967FA9F00C6E15ACCC32A76E.pdf.
[3] Fonte, "Boycott Durban."
[4] Ibid.
[5] Mark Klusener, "Accusations Fly As US, Israel Walk Out of 'Bizarre' UN Conference," CNSNews.com, September 04, 2001, at www.cnsnews.com./ForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200109%5CFor20010904a.html.
[6] Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, "World Conference Against Racism," U.S. Department of State, September 3, 2001, at www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2001/4789.htm.
[7] United Nations Department of Public Information, "General Assembly Adopts 46 Third Committee Texts on Human Rights Issues, Refugees, Self-Determination, Racism, Social Development," General Assembly Document GA/10562, December 19, 2006, at www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/ga10562.doc.htm; United Nations, "Official Records," General Assembly Document A/61/PV.81, 81st Plenary Meeting, December 19, 2006, at /static/reportimages/70FF640D090A5FF5B0DF6ED4AA8737CC.pdf.
[8] President Thabo Mbeki, "State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa," February 8, 2008, at www.polity.org.za/attachment.php?aa_id=11258.
[9] Tovah Lazaroff, "UNHRC Slams Israel's Actions in Gaza," Jerusalem Post, January 24, 2008, at www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201070783680&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull.
Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference, Geneva,
August 27 to 31, 2007, "Highlights," at www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/
Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference, Preparatory
Committee Organizational Session, First Session, General Assembly
Document A/CONF.211/PC.1/L.3, August 31, 2007, at www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/racism/groups/
[12] UN Watch, "Dawn of a New Era?" at www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.3624385/.
[13] Led by the OIC, the Human Rights Council passed a resolution in March 2007 that expressed "deep concern at attempts to identify Islam with terrorism, violence and human rights violations" and urged states to "to take all possible measures to promote tolerance and respect for all religions and their value systems and to complement legal systems with intellectual and moral strategies to combat religious hatred and intolerance." The resolution also made the disturbing assertion that the right to freedom of expression may be limited out of "respect for religions and beliefs." See Brett D. Schaefer, "The United Nations Human Rights Council: A Disastrous First Year," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2038, June 1, 2007, at www.heritage.org/Research/WorldwideFreedom/bg2038.cfm. Moreover, when other members of the council succeeded in broadening a December resolution to include "anti-Semitism and Christianophobia" in addition to Islamophobia, South Africa and most members of the OIC on the council abstained rather than support a resolution that expressed concern about anti-Semitism or Christianophobia. See Human Rights Council, "Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief," Resolution 6/37, December 14, 2007, at http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/E/HRC/ resolutions/A_HRC_RES_6_37.pdf.
Article 2 of the Charter states, "All forms of racism, Zionism and
foreign occupation and domination constitute an impediment to human
dignity and a major barrier to the exercise of the fundamental
rights of peoples; all such practices must be condemned and efforts
must be deployed for their elimination." See League of Arab States,
"Revised Arab Charter on Human Rights," May 22, 2004, at
and United Nations, "Statement by UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights on the Entry into Force of the Arab Charter on Human
Rights," press release, January 30, 2008, at www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/
[15] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speech at "The World Without Zionism" Conference, Tehran, October 26, 2005, at www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/weekinreview/30iran.html, and "Ahmadinejad in Sudan: 'Zionists Are the True Manifestation of Satan,'" Haaretz, March 1, 2007, at www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/832229.html.
[16] Steven Edwards, "'Canada's Courage' Sets Pace; UN Conference; Israel Follows Ottawa Boycott of Anti-racism Forum," National Post (Canada), February 25, 2008, p. A4.
[17] UN Watch, "President Sarkozy: France to 'Disengage' from UN's Durban II Racism Conference If Abuses Recur," press release, February 14, 2008, at www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1316871&ct=5030767.
[18] Claudia Rosett, "Destination: Durban II," National Review Online, December 21, 2007, at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGE3NGMyOWEwNDA3MzMyNjM3MjAzMDM3NzllNThmMDU.
[19] Ambassador Mark Wallace, "Explanation of Vote on Agenda Item 128: Questions Relating to the Proposed Program Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009, in the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly," United States Mission to the United Nations, USUN Press Release #387(07), December 22, 2007, at www.un.int/usa/press_releases/20071222_387.html.
United States Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
(Helsinki Commission), "Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in
the OSCE Region," Hearing on Anti-Semitism in the OSCE
Region, Part Two, Unofficial Transcript, at www.csce.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=ContentRecords.ViewDetail&
[21] "US Could Boycott SA Racism Summit," The Times, February 14, 2008, at www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=706210.
Press release, "Coleman Continues to Urge State to Not Participate
in the Durban II Conference," updated February
8, 2008, at http://coleman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.
[23] Letter to Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) from Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Jeffrey T. Bergner, February 27, 2008. Copy provided by the office of Senator Coleman.


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Wow -- You all did Labor Day proud with all of your hard work! This week was a tough choice once again but I'm going to have to go with IMSirius and their caption of 'Mm-hmm, runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing ... rhino-virus for certain, just take a couple of aspirin with plenty of fluids and you'll be fine.'
Very clever Sirius! Enjoy your week's worth of bragging rights -- you certainly earned them.
I'll be back next week with another edition for everyone to try their hand at and until then, don't work too hard!
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Justin Bieber is 'to star' in episode of The Simpsons
Justin Bieber has recorded a voice-over for an appearance in The Simpsons, it's been reported.
Entertainment Weekly says that the singer will appear in an episode where Bart takes part in a talent contest.
According to one of the show's producers, Al Jean, Justin Bieber tries to enter the contest but is not allowed.
The star's guest appearance is expected to go out towards the end of 2013 as part of the 24th series.
On Tuesday (21 August), the 19-year-old reportedly tweeted about finishing his voice-over but the post has since been deleted.
Executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly: "It's a cameo... but all of his fans should watch every minute of the show, before and after he's on."
New Girl star Zooey Deschanel and Steve Carell are also rumoured to be appearing in next year's series.
Inviting famous faces to guest star in the show is long established and has seen animated versions of the likes of Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand, Lady Gaga and Professor Stephen Hawking.
The Simpsons, which began in 1989, is the longest-running animated comedy show of all time, with more than 500 episodes broadcast.


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An explanation of reports that the Intourist, Soviet travel company, had advertised in Julius Streicher's rabid Nazi paper, Der Stuermer, was offered Friday by G. E. Elansky, president of the United States Intourist.
"According to information I have received," he said, "I can definitely state that the Intourist in Berlin placed no advertising in Der Stuermer at any time. Misleading reports to this effect are probably due to the following situation:
"The Berlin office of the Intourist placed an advertisement concerning the Third Moscow Theatre Festival in the organ of the German Musical Chamber. Der Stuermer reproduced the advertisement with an accompanying article attacking the editor of the Chamber organ for accepting Intourist advertising.


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WASHINGTON - Platforms for jobs, government and other services are increasingly moving online, but 30 percent of Americans do not have an Internet connection to access to those resources, a new Census Bureau report says.
The number in Arizona mirrored the nation, with just over 31 percent of state residents having no Net connectivity in 2011, the year profiled in the report.
"It may be surprising to some people, because a lot of people think everyone has a computer, everyone has Internet at home, everyone knows how, and that's not true," said Annette Vigil, manager of South Mountain Community Library in Phoenix.
The lack of access is particularly common for seniors, with about 54 percent of Americans 65 and older having no Internet access. That makes computers and computer classes at libraries and senior centers "really popular," said Vigil, whose library offers free computer classes in English and Spanish every week.
In the Tucson area, the Pima Public Library system offers many such classes, too, with some listed Fridays in the Business Calendar in the Star.
"When seniors or other people who don't use the Internet very much need to go online, to access government forms that are now online-only, they go to libraries for help," said Kathryn Zickuhr, an analyst from the Pew Research Center, which has reported on the digital divide.
The census survey described a "connectivity continuum" that ranged from people with no computer at home and no Net access up to those who have multiple devices with which to access the Internet.
Nationally, 15.9 percent of people had no home computer and another 14.4 percent had a computer but no Internet access in 2011, the report said. In Arizona, the numbers were 16.2 percent and 15.4 percent, respectively.
On the other end of the spectrum, 37.3 percent of Americans were "highly connected," with access from home and elsewhere. In Arizona, 36.5 percent of residents fell in that category.
Men and women were about even in terms of access, while Asians and whites had higher levels of connectivity than blacks and Hispanics.
Greta Byrum, an analyst from the Open Technology Institute at New America Foundation, said it is essential that "people from all walks of life have access to the Internet and digital resources."
"This should be a leading policy priority and a focus of investment," Byrum said.
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Lancaster County announced Friday it has hired a 25-year economic development veteran to head its new in-house department that will handle business recruitment.
Jamie C. Gilbert comes from Chester, Md., where he has been executive director of the Queen Anne's County Department of Economic Development for 15 months. He starts work in Lancaster July 18.
County officials said Gilbert's credentials and experience made him a great candidate for the job, but his people skills, high energy and enthusiasm sealed the deal.
Among the 2016 Republican candidates participating in the 2016 Before You Vote Candidates Forum on Thursday evening at Indian Land's Inspiration Ministries/CrossRidge auditorium were three candidates running for one of Lancaster County's least-known elected positions – county auditor.
Allen Blackmon, Suzette Connell Murphy and Susan Hunter Wallace all represent new blood for the office, as each seeks to fill the position of current Auditor Cheryl Morgan, who announced in January she would not seek re-election after more than 30 years.
Lancaster County Council unanimously passed the second reading of its $47.9 million 2016-17 budget Monday night.
Among the highlights: the Department of Social Services will receive funding to expand, a career ladder will be implemented at the County Detention Center, and telecommunication officers will get salary increases.
Candidates for county and national offices will take the stage at a local primary candidates forum next week.
Carolina Gateway and the Indian Land Action Council will hold a Before You Vote 2016 Candidates Forum from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in the Inspiration Ministries/CrossRidge (formerly the City of Light) auditorium, 2001 Prayer Center Drive.
Rick Jiran with Duke Energy will moderate the forum.
All of the candidates in contested races on local primary ballots have been invited.
KERSHAW – Kershaw Town Council unanimously passed first reading of the proposed $3.8 million 2016-17 budget Monday night, though its members aren't quite sure yet how it will impact taxpayers.
Mitch Lucas, the town's interim administrator, said he is still waiting on the final county numbers on how much the town will get in property tax revenue for 2016-17.
The town, he said, has received the final index numbers for the mandated Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) credit factor, which provides a property tax rollback for homeowners.
Traffic and growth in the Panhandle was the focus at Monday night's Lancaster County Council meeting, where the council moved forward with an impact-fee study for transportation.
The council's vote added traffic to the study, which is already looking at recreation, public safety, EMS and other factors that might be addressed with impact fees paid by residential developers. To enact an impact fee, an impact fee study has to be done. In particular, this study will consider a fixed fee amount to deal with transportation issues caused by new developments.
Lancaster County Council dealt with stormwater management, a noise ordinance, business registration and two grants during its Monday night meeting.
Council discussed options for handling the county's stormwater. One option could result in a countywide fee to pay for the management of stormwater in the Panhandle.
For the first time ever, if you want to see where every city of Lancaster check is going, it's just a few mouse clicks away.
The city has upgraded its website to give citizens more detailed information on municipal finances, as well as to provide them with the latest online data available.
"Anybody can see anything that they want about how we handle taxpayer money," said Mayor John Howard.
City Finance Director James Absher unveiled the changes during Tuesday night's city council meeting.
KERSHAW – The town of Kershaw is adjusting the work schedule of employees in its street and utilities departments to give them a half day off in the middle of the week.
Starting May 1, those seven employees will work from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an hour for lunch on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for a total of 34 hours. They will work from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (six hours) on Wednesdays with no lunch break.
Right now, the weekday schedule for utility workers is 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Squeezing in just before the deadline passed, two candidates are seeking the open District 5 seat on Lancaster City Council.
Nick Parris and Hazel Taylor filed Friday at the Lancaster County Voter Registration and Elections Office. The District 5 election is June 14, the same day as the statewide Democrat and Republican party primaries.
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Since I was young I hated my nose, and as time went on it seemed to grow bigger and bigger. I was always afraid of getting surgery, but I finally decided at 18 years old to start looking for the right doctor. I looked for six years before I found the right one.
I had my closed rhinoplasty on Mar. 26, 2012 and I documented my whole experience.
I am so happy with the results! Looking back I wish I would have had it done sooner to save myself from the self-esteem/unhappiness my nose caused me. I used to hate having pictures taken; especially side shots. But now I love getting in on the pictures!
If you've been unhappy with your nose for most of your life, hiding from pictures and profile shots, I highly recommend having this procedure done. Do your research. Find a doctor that you like, and more importantly, who has a gallery full of photos that you like.


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By:Christopher Eger | Apr 09th 2014
Throughout March, there were rumblings in the online gun community about 5.45x39mm ammo being banned for importation for one reason or another. The ammo, used in the Soviet AK-74 then widely imported as a cheap plinking ... 3
By:Christopher Eger | Aug 08th 2013
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Nintendo has announced that they will allow gamers to play Wii U game demos from the E3 show-floor in selected retail stores across US and Canada next month.
You know what's wrong with Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)? Game developers and publishers show off all these amazing games with their next-generation graphics and innovative gameplay mechanics, but you don't get to play them for months and sometimes even years.
Well, Nintendo is changing that. Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime has announced in the latest Nintendo Direct video that the company has partnered with Best Buy in the United States and Canada to bring demos of unreleased games – usually limited to the E3 show-floor – to Best Buy stores in over 100 locations during E3 week (June 11th to June 13th).
The list of unreleased games and the precise locations of the Best Buy stores where their demos will be offered will be revealed in the coming weeks.
It's a very nice move on Nintendo's part. My only wish now is that Sony and Microsoft implement something similar to this for their own game demos.
You can see Fils-Aime announcing the feature around the 27:30 mark in the video below.


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Ok, so the title was a bit of a lie, I am not actually using this router at the moment. I sold it to a friend a month or two ago and am now using a new one. However, I wish I had kept it for myself because I really did love this router!
I bought this router because the ISP provided routers really do not cut it. They tend to have poor range, are slow cut out and are prone to interference from other devices around the house. This router solves all of these problems and more!
Firstly, lets talk about the wireless signal from this router:
This router uses a dual band 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz signal. For those of you who do not understand this, most wireless devices operate in the 2.4Ghz frequency and using a bit of A-Level Physics, I can tell you that through the effect of superposition, having more than one of these signals in the same place will cause interference and can cause issues with the signal - possibly even making some devices not work. This router gets around this by using a far less busy 5Ghz band, 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz are practically identical in terms of performance and the only difference is that 5Ghz will not have as much interference usually - however if everybody in your area had the same idea then interference would start again and hence you may wish to switch back to 2.4Ghz, it is nice to have the option.
Also, this router ofers a range of Wi-Fi technologies a, b, g and n. Thee technologies are essentially the generations of Wi-Fi with a being the earliest and n being the most recent, every generation improves range and performance. However to use these signals, you must have a devices which can recognise them e.g. if you have a router which can send out n signals but only have a device which can receive b signals, it will not work. Thais router is clever and for this scenario will revert to a b signal so that you can still use your Wi-Fi with this device but without the enhancements made by g and n generations.
Now setup:
This router is not the most user friendly, partly because of the multitude of features and also just because it isn't very well setup in general. To set up the router you must connect to an online service, this is designed so that you can maintain the router and manage it from all over the world as long as you and it have an internet connection. However it just adds to the complexity and makes it slower to manage in general.
The design of the router is very nice. It looks very modern and unlike many routers is not an eye-saw, it is actually not easy to tell that it is a router and I did have a couple of people asking what in fact it was in the lounge for the time I had it. The shades of black used to fit in very well with the house and made the routers actually looks more expensive - I tend to find that white routers seem cheap to look at, as do many electronic devices. Although that is just my personal opinion.


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|Ouray is set in one of the most magnificent locations in Colorado. Surrounded by high mountain walls dominated by Mount Abrams to the south, and the awe inspiring Amphitheater to the east, Ouray is truly the Gem of the Rockies. Today the town's history is very evident in its well preserved historic structures. While tourism is a strong contributor to the local economy, Ouray has escaped the excesses of over-development. Make no mistake, this is not Telluride. Real people live here, and real people visit here, to hunt, hike and jeep the high country above town. If you visit in the winter, bring your ice climbing gear or cross country skis. Whenever you visit, bring your camera.
Ouray, Colorado - very early photo, not long after incorporation in Oct. 1876
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Mount Abrahms - W. H. Jackson
This image was taken at the bridge over Bear Creek Falls on what is today "The Million Dollar Highway"
|The earliest visitors to the area were a group of prospectors who arrived in the summer of 1875 from the vicinity of Engineer Mountain. A number of claims were laid out, including the Fisherman and Trout lodes which were located in present day Box Canyon Park. The first cabin was erected in October of 1875. A year later, the town of Ouray was incorporated on October 2, 1876. In January 1877, Ouray County was formed from the northern end of San Juan County and Ouray was made the county seat. At the time of its founding, Ouray County include the area that would later become Dolores and San Miguel counties. Dolores County was split off in 1881 with Rico as its county seat. San Miguel County was formed in 1883 with Telluride as its county seat.
|By 1880 over 2,600 people lived in Ouray. The local area around Ouray had significant ore deposits, but the greatest concentration of high quality deposits were in the Ironton area 10 miles south of town and the Sneffels district and Imogene Basin workings to the west and southwest. Ouray became the shipping point and logistics center of the region, a role that it would serve for over 90 years.
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|Unlike other mining towns, Ouray never experienced a large fire that consumed a large portion of the town. As a result, a significant number of 19th century commercial buildings remain in town. Some of them, and their construction dates, are listed below:
|Ouray County Historical Society
|(Originally St. Joseph's Hospital)
|The Beaumont Hotel
|Wright's Opera House
|County Courthouse
|The Western Hotel
|St. Elmo Hotel
|City Hall
|The Beaumont is listed on the National Historic Register, and is a magnificent structure. Unfortunately, it has stood boarded up on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Main for many years. In August of 1997 it was placed on the market by the estate of its last owner. Hopefully a buyer can be found with the resources to restore the structure to its former elegance and prominence as the center of Ouray's commerce and social life. The court room scenes in the movie 'True Grit' were filmed in the Courthouse. The Historical Society is a treasure house of material for historians, or tourists interested in learning a little more bout the region.
|A large number of private homes have also survived from the 19th century. Check with the Historical Society for a walking tour of Ouray's homes.
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|- The Railroad Arrives - Almost -
|The Denver and Rio Grand Railway reached Gunnison in August 1881, and built through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison to reach Montrose in September 1882. From Montrose, the Rio Grande narrow gauge mainline pushed on to Grand Junction, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. The railroad completed its route to Salt Lake City on March 30, 1883 when the construction crews of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway and the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway met at Desert Switch. By the middle of May 1883 the line to Ogden and the connection to the Central Pacific was completed. Although the Rio Grande surveyed a branch from Montrose to Ouray in the fall of 1881, funds were needed to complete the Salt Lake route. After General Palmer lost control of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway later in 1883, no additional lines were constructed until 1887.
Placer mining between Ouray and Dallas on the Uncompahgre
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|- Competition -
|By 1886, the Colorado Midland Railroad had built its standard gauge line into Leadville. This line also reached Aspen and was seen as a very real threat to penetrate other areas not already served by the Rio Grande. This competition shook the Rio Grande out of its complacency and expansion again became the word of the day. Grading on the Ouray branch was started in June of 1887. In addition, grading on the Lake City branch was restarted in 1887.
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|Meanwhile, events were beginning to occur in the San Juans which would change railroading in Ouray just as it began. Otto Mears, the "Pathfinder of the San Juans" was developing his Silverton Railroad to tap the riches of the mines of northern San Juan County, south of Red Mountain Pass. Construction of the Silverton RR began in the summer of 1887. The goal of the railroad was to serve the mines of the Red Mountain Mining District, and provide a direct route to the smelter at Durango via the D&RG Silverton branch. The Silverton Railroad reached the summit of Red Mountain Pass on July 25, 1888. The line was completed to Albany in Ironton Park on September 20, 1889. Mines throughout the Red Mountain district now had a cheap source of transportation for their ore which avoided the torturous pack train trip down the toll road to Ouray.
|Flush with his success on the Silverton and owning a number of toll roads in the western San Juans suitable for roadbed, Mears began construction of the Rio Grande Southern Railroad in 1891. Running 162 miles from Durango to an interchange with the Montrose branch of the D&RG at the new town of Ridgway, 10 miles north of Ouray, the RGS would become Mears' greatest achievement.
|- The Railroad Arrives - Finally -
|The first scheduled D&RG train, headed by a Class 37 4-4-0 named the "Pike," arrived in Ouray on December 21, 1887. A two stall wood framed engine house, 36 feet wide by 76 feet long, was built in early 1888. Additional facilities constructed that year included a 50 foot gallows turntable, turned by hand. The depot, based on standard Rio Grande practice, but with unique hip roof details, originally measured 26 by 37 feet. Later a 24 by 48 foot addition was added to the depot. The depot was opened on September 28, 1888. A standard section house, a bunk house, a one car capacity stock pen and water column completed the facilities. Today, all of the railroad structures are gone, but a well maintained D&RGW caboose is on display at the Hot Springs Pool.
|The first of the narrow gauge railroad excursions came to Ouray in August of 1888. These were soon promoted by the Rio Grande as "Around the Circle" tours. The original route traveled from Pueblo to Salida, over Marshall Pass to Gunnison and then to Montrose and on to Ouray. Travelers then took stagecoaches from Ouray to Chattanooga to board the Silverton RR to Silverton, then back on the Rio Grande from Silverton to Durango and over La Veta Pass to Pueblo. These tours would prove to be very popular over the years. After the completion of the RGS, it became part of the tour. The route would be further modified after completion of the Cumbres Pass line on the D&RG to include stops at Chama and Antonito.
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|- The Ouray and Ironton Electric Railway -
|In 1892 Otto Mears and a group of investors incorporated the Ouray and Ironton Electric Railway, Light and Power Company. This line was surveyed between Ironton and Ouray, running down through the Uncompahgre Gorge along the route of Mears' toll road. Mears and his backers realized that conventional steam power would be impractical on such a route. It would have run on 7 percent grades with very tight curves, a tunnel, and a complete spiral in Ouray near the entrance to Box Canyon Park. Long range transmission of AC electrical power was being successfully demonstrated in the San Juans by the Ames hydroelectric plant, and traction motor development had reached a reliable level by this time. An electrified line could be used to connect Ironton and Ouray. Completion of the line would have offered a significantly shorter alternative to the RGS rail connection between Ouray and Silverton, and would have routed a larger share of ore to the mills around Ouray. This fabulous plan was abandoned in the wake of the Silver Panic of 1893.
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|- The Silver Panic of 1893 - Impact on Ouray -
|The repeal of the 1890 Silver Purchase Act in 1893 was a watershed event in all the Colorado mining towns. The economy of Ouray was seriously impacted, but to a much lesser extent than other districts. The discovery of gold in the Lookout Mountain area and Tom Walsh's 1896 opening of the Camp Bird Mine maintained a significant level of employment in the region for many years. Output from the Camp Bird Mine and Mill came down to Ouray on wagons for shipment out on the D&RG.
|With it's spectacular setting and hot springs, Ouray had already become a tourist destination. The population of Ouray was not dominated by rough and tough unmarried miners. A significant number of families with children lived in Ouray by the 1890's. Such people are less likely to abandon their homes and businesses in the face of economic hardship. Although its population gradually declined for many years, Ouray never had the look or feel of a dying town.
Train leaving Ouray
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|- Railroad Abandonment -
|By 1930, increased competition from the automobile and a desire on the part of D&RGW management to abandon narrow gauge operations led to an application by the railroad to discontinue regular passenger service. This was approved by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, and the last regularly scheduled passenger train left Ouray on September 14, 1930. In 1936, all passenger service to Ouray ended with the elimination of mixed train operations. In 1952, the railroad received permission to abandon the track between Ridgway and Ouray. In conjunction with the abandonment of this trackage, the line from Ridgway to Montrose was standard gauged. In 1972 the line from Ridgway to Montrose was finally abandoned entirely, ending 85 years of railroad operations in Ouray County.
Stage road Between Silverton and Ouray at Red Mountain
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|- Ouray Today -
|Ouray is a vibrant small town today. Besides the views and hot springs, it has a number of Jeep rental agencies which also offer tours for those who prefer to let someone else do the driving. There are accommodations and restaurants for every budget. While it seems more and more visitors discover Ouray each year, the town has managed to maintain itself as a place where real people can live. If you visit, treat them with respect. They've managed to live where you wish you could.