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Public Information Officercell: (409) 553-9881, Direct: (409) 981-7902, http://www.justice.gov/usao/txe ] June 15, 2011 Three Indicted in Alligator Gar Smuggling Operation This news release was issued June 15, 2011, by the office of United States Attorney John M. Bales, Eastern District of Texas. BEAUMONT, Texas - Three men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for smuggling alligator gar in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Loren Willis, 62, of Eminence, IN, Gerard Longo, 46, of Greenacres, Florida, and Michael Rambarran, 55, of Miami, were charged today with Lacey Act violations, specifically conspiracy to submit a false label for fish transported in interstate commerce, conspiracy to transport fish in interstate commerce in violation of state law or regulation; and conspiracy to transport and sell fish in interstate commerce in violation of state law or regulation. According to the indictment, on July 26, 2010, the defendants are alleged to have conspired to develop a scheme to transport fish, specifically alligator gar, harvested from the Trinity River in East Texas for the purpose of selling them in Japan. If convicted, they each face up to 5 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $25,000. This case is being investigated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department of Special Operations Unit and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Reynaldo P. Morin. A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. -30- [ Note: This item is more than six years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, email@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [LH] June 15, 2011 Keeping Bass Alive in Hot Weather Tournament anglers encouraged to consider oxygen injection in livewells ATHENS--The hotter the weather, the more difficult it is to keep bass in livewells healthy, especially during tournaments, when heavy limits of fish may be held for several hours until weigh-in. "Dissolved oxygen is the single most important factor for keeping bass alive," said Randy Myers, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologist from San Antonio. "It is very difficult to supply enough oxygen to keep tournament limits of 30 pounds or more alive. Such limits are common at Falcon, Amistad and other Texas reservoirs." Modern bass boats typically have two ways of maintaining oxygen levels in livewells. One is to continuously exchange water in the livewell with lake water. The other is to mix air with water so that oxygen in the air can be dissolved into the water. For specific instructions concerning livewell management procedures see http://assets.espn.go.com/winnercomm/outdoors/bassmaster/pdf/b_con_KeepingBassAlive.pdf. Unfortunately for the fish, neither method can maintain sufficient oxygen in the water when the weight of fish in the livewell exceeds one pound of fish for every gallon of water and water temperatures are high. "There is only a small buffer between the oxygen level maintained by recirculation systems and the oxygen level detrimental to fish survival when a livewell contains a small to moderate limit of fish," Myers said. "Fish displace water in the livewell, reducing the amount of water available to hold oxygen, and in the case of a heavy limit, there may not be enough water in the livewell to hold sufficient oxygen to keep the fish alive." Tournaments exact a penalty for dead fish brought to weigh-in, so anglers do what they can to keep their catch alive, but their options are limited. "It is not advisable to continuously exchange water during summer months, because reservoir surface water temperatures often become excessive later in the day and can contribute to mortality," Myers said. "Alternatively, anglers can add ice to the livewell to slow fish's metabolism, run recirculation pumps continuously to provide oxygen by mixing and exchange water in livewells only two or three times a day." Recent research by TPWD showed that during summer months most mortality of tournament-caught fish occurs one to three days after they are released back into the reservoir. This is called delayed mortality. "Delayed mortality ranged from 18.2 percent to 43.1 percent of the fish in tournaments held when the water temperature exceeded 79 degrees Fahrenheit," Myers said. "Adding mortality of fish weighed in dead can result in total mortality of 50 percent. Use of appropriate livewell management and fish-care procedures will increase the likelihood of long-term survival of fish caught in tournaments and then released." TPWD hatcheries routinely use oxygen injection in hauling tanks to maintain the health of fish even when transporting more than one pound of fish to one gallon of water. "However, boat manufacturers do not offer oxygen injection systems, and very few tournament anglers have installed oxygen equipment on their boats," Myers noted. In addition to being a fisheries biologist, Myers is a tournament angler, and he has installed an oxygen injection system in his personal boat. "The total cost of components is less than that of many high-end fishing rods," he said. TPWD's Inland Fisheries team in San Antonio tested various oxygen cylinders, regulators, hoses, connectors and diffusers and developed a simple, effective and safe system that anglers can install in their bass boats. Equipment was evaluated on three different bass boat makes, each having a slightly different recirculation system. Testing revealed that livewell oxygen concentration after one hour was about twice as high for the oxygen injection system compared to standard recirculation. "Proper installation and operation of an oxygen injection system will ensure oxygen levels remain above the preferred level of 7 mg/l even when livewells contain heavy limits," Myers said. Myers and his team produced a PowerPoint presentation detailing the components needed, installation procedures, sources of components and approximate costs. It can be viewed at http://www.slideshare.net/raminlandfish/livewell-oxygen-injection-8773301. Demonstration oxygen injection units can also be seen at Falcon Lake Tackle in Zapata and Angler's Lodge in Del Rio. Anyone with questions can contact Myers at (210) 688-9460. For Additional Information A more detailed version of the information in this press release may be found at http://www.slideshare.net/raminlandfish/livewell-oxygen-injection-8773301. Tournament-caught fish also often suffer from overinflated air bladders, a condition called barotrauma. This condition can be relieved by a procedure commonly called fizzing. For information about barotrauma and fizzing see http://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20110202d. -30- [ Note: This item is more than six years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. ] [ Media Contact: TPWD News, firstname.lastname@example.com, 512-389-8030 ] [ Additional Contacts: U.S. Attorney's Office: Davilyn Walston, 409-553-9881 (cell), 509-981-7902 (office), http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txe; Texas Parks & Wildlife: Steve Lightfoot, 512-565-3680 (cell), 512-565-3680 (office), email@example.com ] June 15, 2011 Cherokee County Deer Breeder Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Deer Prominent breeder Agreed to Pay $1.5 million for Smuggling Deer into East Texas TYLER - After a lengthy four year investigation a 77-year-old Cherokee County, Texas licensed deer breeder has pleaded guilty to illegally transporting wildlife in the Eastern District of Texas and then lying about it to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Billy Powell pleaded guilty on June 14, 2011, to the felony offense of smuggling at least 37 whitetail deer, over a 3 year time span, from Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio into Texas in violation of state and federal laws. Powell also admitted that he made a false statement and submitted a false document to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife special agent who was looking into the matter. Powell has agreed to pay a $1 million fine, to be deposited into the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Lacy Act Reward Fund, as well as $500,000.00 in restitution to Texas Parks and Wildlife, on his sentencing date. Powell's agreement with the government calls for Powell to serve 3 years probation with six months of home confinement which will be monitored with an electric anklet. During the term of probation, Powell will be prohibited from participating in any manner in commercial deer breeding. Additionally, Powell must forfeit any illegally imported deer, any progeny of those deer, and any biological material derived from said deer, which would include any semen, antlers, mounts, and cloned deer. Powell has already forfeited over 1,300 straws of frozen semen valued at approximately $961,500.00 to U.S. Fish and Wildlife. According to information presented in court, on at least four separate occasions, spanning from October 2006 through June 2008, Powell knowingly imported at least 37 live whitetail deer, many of whom came from captive deer farms in Ligonier, Indiana, into the state of Texas and to his "5-P Farms", high fenced deer breeding facility in Cherokee County Texas. These deer included bucks known as "Fat Boy" aka "Barry", "Silver Storm" aka "Hit Man", "Y 009", "Eagle Storm" aka "BJ", "Thunderstruck", "High Five", and "Primer" aka "Spikes". At all times Powell knew that Texas law prohibited any person from possessing a deer acquired from an out-of-state source. In spite of this, Powell agreed to participate in the above-described transactions in which whitetail deer would be secretly transported from Illinois, Indiana, and/or Pennsylvania, to Texas in order to evade Texas laws and regulations. Powell acknowledged that the fair market value of all of the illegally imported, whitetail deer exceeded approximately $800,000.00, that the value of the illegally accumulated white-tailed deer semen exceeded approximately $961,000.00, and that the value of the progeny exceeded approximately $290,000.00. Powell further admitted that he lied to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Special Agent during a voluntary statement at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tyler, Texas. Powell told the agent that he had illegally imported approximately 35 white-tailed deer into the state of Texas when in fact he knew that he had illegally imported no less than 41 white-tailed deer, including 6 white-tail deer fawns. During the same statement, Powell also submitted lists identifying 35 white-tailed deer as the total number of white-tailed deer that he had illegally imported into the state of Texas when he knew that he had actually illegally imported no less than 41 white-tailed, including 6 white-tail deer fawns. Findings of the investigation also prompted the Wildlife Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to conduct an epidemiological investigation in consultation with veterinarians and wildlife disease experts from Texas Animal Health Commission, Texas Department of State Health Services, and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and accredited veterinarians actively involved in the deer breeding industry. This process was carried out in three separate phases. Ultimately all 334 deer contained in Powell's deer breeding facility were euthanized to facilitate testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine tuberculosis (TB). This process was necessary in order to provide an acceptable level of assurance that neither disease was prevalent in Powell's deer breeding facility nor in any deer breeding facility that had received deer from Powell's facility since October 2004. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has had an intensive CWD surveillance program since 2002, and this disease has yet to be detected in Texas. Likewise, bovine tuberculosis has not been detected in any Texas deer population. However, illegal entry of white-tailed deer from other states poses a serious risk of introducing these diseases and others into Texas. Introduction of these diseases into Texas could have a detrimental impact on the longtime cultural tradition of deer hunting, which generates an estimated $1.2 billion in retail sales and has a total economic output of more than $2 billion in Texas each year. Disease monitoring is also necessary to protect legal deer breeding activity from risk of disease exposure. Furthermore, bovine tuberculosis could have a significant impact on the Texas livestock industry. Prevention is the most effective tool to combat diseases because once established in wild populations, these diseases are extremely difficult, if not impossible to eradicate. Since no live-animal test for CWD exists, TPWD consulted with trained experts to ensure the most humane euthanasia method and treatment of the animals was used. Texas Parks and Wildlife officials are presently awaiting the test results for the tissue samples submitted to the Texas Veterinarian Medical Diagnostic Laboratory located in College Station, TX This case was investigated by the Special Operations Unit of the Texas Parks and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Noble. -30-


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Nothing excited Chicago Blackhawks fans more than to see their golden boy goalkeeper, Corey Crawford, get back on the ice to lead his defending champs. However, after a series of close losses, one could only classify Crawford's return as a bit of a letdown.
Crawford's lower body injury versus the Panthers on December 8th put coach Joel Quenneville in a bit of a pickle. With backup goalie, Nikolai Khabibulin , also out with an injury, he was forced to put 24-year-old Finnish phenom, Antti Raanta, between the posts. After racking up 7 wins and a save percentage of .911%, Raanta seemed to be adjusting to the new position quite smoothly, but he knew there would be a change once Crawford was 100% healthy.
On January 2nd , Crawford faced the Islanders and a skeptical Chicago crowd. Since that game he has gone 0-2-3 which has to leave Quenneville with a salty taste in his mouth. At this point, we're all wondering what would have happened if they would have kept Raanta in there. Raanta was on a roll, and the past few years tell us that the Blackhawks are the type of organization that stick with the goaltender that is on a roll. Yet, we can't forget the 2012-2013 Stanley cup season where Crawford was chosen as the playoffs starter, even though Ray Emery had just came off of a 12-game winning streak. Does coach Quenneville have a method to his madness?
Despite only having 1 regulation win since his return, Crawford has only allowed 2.47 goals per game with a .910 save percentage. The only problem with these statistics is that it causes us to then blame the offense for the consistent losses, but that's a story of its own.
The next few games for the Blackhawks are going to be battles, seeing that they are facing a tough road schedule that includes the Flames, Canucks, Sharks and Kings all within the next 6 days. Antti Raanta is a young, talented goal tender, but the Blackhawks are going to need the experienced Corey Crawford in the net in order to conquer the grueling schedule they have approaching.

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The road network consists of 8 highways. The objective of the Land Transport Authority (LTA), (under the Ministry of Communication and Information technology), is to promote ground transport for a better use of the city by developing public transport. The construction of 9 expressways and two highways (partially subterranean) of a total length of 155 km is in progress in the Eastern part of the island.
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About Run For God
Why did I want to write a Christian running devotional?
I started running in January 2007, and I was hooked from the moment I started. My first actual race was the Peachtree Road Race on July 4, 2007, in Atlanta, Georgia. A few friends and I signed up for the race. We didn't have a plan, and we didn't ask for advice. We thought we knew everything about the sport. All we knew is that we had to cover 6.2 miles in the summer heat, and we had to finish.
When we finally crossed the finish line, I remember some of us being sore and some being so burned out that we that we would never run again. For me, that first race was life changing. I had just caught a glimpse of something that I could not get enough of.
I came home and told my wife, Holly about the experience. I was sore and hurting in places I had never hurt before, but I somehow convinced her that we should run a marathon together. Holly told me that there was no way she could, or would, run a marathon. Six months later, after a lot of hard training and support, we ran the Disney Marathon and crossed the finish line together. We felt like we had accomplished something, even if we had to walk downstairs sideways to stop the sharp pains from shooting up our legs.
In 2008 and 2009, I got to the point where I was signing up and training for every race I could get my hands on. I was obsessed with endurance sports. We even got our son Lane involved in Iron Kids, where he did great, placing seventh at the national finals in Tucson, Arizona.
Through all of that, I remained what I thought was faithful. I tried to be at church every time the doors were open. I often thought about how I could start a running ministry and even came up with the logo almost two years before the book was written. I was often convicted of not spending enough time with God and in His word. I knew what God was trying to tell me, but I just didn't have enough time for Him. I could spend 15-20 hours a week in the final months preparing for a race, but I couldn't find 15-20 minutes a week to be alone with God.
Preparing people to be better witnesses for Christ... Physically, Mentally, and Spiritually
Physically - Create a healthier you and make it possible to reach a new demographic of non-believers - potential believers!
Matthew 28:19-20
Mentally - Learn the discipline and endurance that it takes to "Run the Race Set Before Us"
Hebrews 12:1
Spiritually - Learn always to give God the glory for all that we accomplish.
Psalms 86:12
Well, I am convinced that God will do anything He wants to get your attention, even if it means getting your attention at times you least expect it. At our church's homecoming lunch I sat down beside some friends of mine that I had known for the better part of my life. They have always been solid, mature Christian leaders in my eyes, and they both also love to run. After we had talked for a few minutes about some races my family and I had completed, my friend looked at me and said, "Mitch, don't let this become your God." I was shocked. Here I am talking about running, traveling, and my kids, and he is trying to give me pointers on my faith.
It wasn't until that night that my friend's words really began to sink in. I started thinking back on the past few years at all the hints God had given me that I dismissed, like starting a running ministry. God had put someone in my running world in my path to get my attention and set me straight. Within a day or two I had dragged out the logo that I had sketched a few years ago. I knew I had to do one of two things: either stop using this sport that I love as an idol and an excuse, or use it to further God's kingdom.
I am not very comfortable with sharing what God is doing in my life. This is where the logo comes in. A few weeks after that conversation with my friend, I showed up on his doorstep one afternoon with some t-shirts that had a funny-looking stick man on them. They read, "Run for God." I told him that from now on I would be sporting one of these shirts while running, whether on the treadmill at the gym or in my next marathon. Maybe this would force me to get out of my comfort zone and share what God was doing in my life, because I knew people were going to ask about my funny-looking t-shirt.
As my pastor has said many times, I still felt as though I needed to do more. I tried to figure out how I could get others to wear the shirts. Then I thought, "What better people to sport these fashionably correct shirts than people who love to run, and love the Lord?" This also got me thinking about the people over the years who have told me that they would like to get into running, but didn't know where to start. That is where the book was born.
I hope I can teach you a little bit about running and we can teach each other a lot about our enduring faith, while telling others about the great God we serve.


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One of the most technology-packed airplanes of all time recently received its brain, as it were. Rockwell Collins announced delivery of the Boeing 787's core network cabinet, the first in a long line of components Collins is supplying for the program. The cabinet plays a key role in Boeing's idea for an "e-enabled" airplane. Using commercial network standards, the unit will host a variety of third-party software applications, managing the onboard flow of information. In addition to the core network cabinet, Rockwell Collins has been selected by Boeing to provide the 787's flight deck displays, flight controls, communications and surveillance systems and common data network.
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Warhammer: Mark of Chaos Review
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos brings the popular tabletop game of fantasy warfare to PCs. The human, elven, and dwarven armies of the Empire and its allies clash with the monsters and demons of the forces of Chaos in a manner reminiscent of the Total War games. So how does a world crafted for a turn-based war game fare in the translation to a real-time strategy game? Well, I'm not sure. I never played the tabletop game and my entire exposure to the Warhammer universe has been through the Warhammer games that periodically appear on PCs. I can tell you whether or not I think Mark of Chaos is an enjoyable PC game, though.
The single player game is centered on two campaigns – you guessed it – one for the Empire and one for Chaos. Each campaign progresses as a linear series of battles that you initiate by moving along a path on the game's superfluous map. There are occasional branches in the path that allow you to take on optional missions before returning to the main mission sequence, but I'm not sure why you'd want to skip the optional missions anyway. Basically you fight a battle and if you win you return to the strategic map and click on the next battle spot. There is a story associated with the campaign, but it's not really engaging or exciting. I don't know if it's because the game assumes that you already know a lot about the Warhammer universe, the cutscenes are pedestrian at best, or the story just isn't that interesting. Perhaps it's a combination of all of the above. Luckily the battles themselves are far more interesting.
As I mentioned earlier, Mark of Chaos bears more than a passing resemblance to the Total War games. You command groups of soldiers collected into units by their specialty – swordsmen, archers, pikemen, etc. These units act as one, moving and fighting as a whole on the battlefield, allowing you to command entire armies without worrying about giving orders to each and every soldier on the field. The game further simplifies command and control by letting you select multiple units and giving them a single destination order complete with the desired facing of your troops. Mixed units will assume their formations intelligently, so you don't have to worry about accidentally leaving your gunners in your front ranks to face a cavalry charge while your pikemen mill around in back.
There's more to the game than simply matching up the right units with their corresponding counters. A unit's formation, spacing, and facing all factor into its performance in a skirmish. Flanking a tightly-spaced unit marching in a column formation will result in a much more successful attack than will charging it head-on while it is in a battle-ready line formation. Another factor weighed into combat performance is morale. Each unit has a morale rating which represents its ability to remain a cohesive fighting unit as it starts to take losses. Some units will attempt to bolt from the battlefield after it has its nose bloodied while others will fight to the last man.
In addition to the troops in the game, Mark of Chaos features powerful heroes. These heroes are individual champions, generals, wizards, and their ilk that are commanded on their own, although they can be attached to a unit and commanded with it. Heroes are not only powerful in battle, they are blessed with special abilities or spells that can help turn the tide of battle. A wizard can cast a fireball into a charging enemy's ranks or a knight can rally his troops and give bonuses to their attack, defense, and morale. As they gain experience on the battlefield they can gain levels and earn points to spend on strengthening their abilities or gaining new ones. The abilities fall into three categories designed to enhance the hero's attacks, buffs for his troops, and dueling skills. Duels can occur when two heroes meet on the battlefield. Should they decide to meet one-on-one, they are surrounded by a special circle and can not be attacked from outside. The army of the winning hero will gain a big morale burst while the losing hero's army will suffer a major blow to morale. The hero duels are kind of a cool feature, but it can be hard to micromanage your hero's fight while simultaneously trying to maintain control over the rest of your army so duels are more enjoyable in the smaller skirmishes than the larger battles.


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Chronic diseases and injuries
In France, chronic diseases affect nearly 20% of the population and are one of the main causes of death and handicaps. These long-term and progressive illnesses are a major public health issue that often lead to a deterioration in the quality of life and are sometimes associated with disabilities or severe health complications. These medical conditions or their determinants include cancers (which account for 30% of causes of death every year), diabetes, high blood pressure (which affects 66% of people over 50), obesity (which affects 50% of people aged 18 to 74) and cardiovascular diseases.
Intentional or unintentional injuries are also an issue for health policies. In addition to causing death they also require multiple care and treatment services (emergency admission, hospitalization, etc.) and occasionally lead to major physical or psychological damage.
InVS's Department of Chronic Diseases and Injuries (DMCT) is in charge of monitoring non-communicable diseases and everyday injuries. It focuses not only on determinants but also on complications. Through six theme-based units the department coordinates several monitoring programs and conducts major population surveys.
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Everyday accidents are a major public health issue. They occur in very large numbers and counting them is difficult as this depends on how serious they are, and this itself determines the type of care to provide or how to manage injured individuals.
In France, 19,000 people die every year from everyday accidents, i.e. 3.6% of causes of death. That number has been declining since the 1980s, likely thanks to the information and prevention campaigns against accidents that have been conducted for some 20 years now. However, this figure remains high when compared to similar mortality data in other countries of the European Union, and many deaths could still be avoided with adequate measures of prevention, regulation, training, etc. It is likely to increase within the next two years given the large number of deaths due to everyday accidents among elderly people and the expected increase in the ratio of elderly people within the population. In the 15 countries of the European Union there are approximately 80,000 deaths caused by everyday accidents every year, and several million throughout the world.
Asthma is a chronic disease caused by inflammation of the airways and characterized by the occurrence of "crises" (difficulties in breathing). Crises can be triggered by various factors such as allergens (mites, mould, animal hairs, etc.), respiratory infections or respiratory irritants (air pollution, tobacco smoke, etc.). Asthma surveillance is part of the InVS's program aimed at monitoring chronic respiratory diseases. The purpose of this topic is to present the asthma surveillance mechanism in France in several key areas: prevalence, mortality, hospitalization, emergency room admissions, and occupational asthma.
The cancer topic covers the epidemiological surveillance of cancers (incidence and mortality) and the evaluation of national programs for organized cancer screening (breast, colorectal and cervical cancers).
The epidemiological surveillance of cancers is part of the overall surveillance of the French population's health status, a task that is handled by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS). Surveillance helps to manage and evaluate cancer prevention as well as care and treatment measures; it is conducted by a network of partners coordinated by the InVS and is based among other things on cancer records. Strengthening the epidemiological surveillance of cancers is part of the 2009-2013 Cancer Plan (measure #7). This plan reiterates support to existing records in order to increase and optimize record activities as well as support for implementing the Multisource Cancer Surveillance System (SMSC).
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases cover a variety of frequent and serious diseases. Topping the list are ischemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, peripheral vascular diseases, hypertension-related diseases, heart failures, etc. For a long time these diseases were the primary causes of death in France, as in many countries. For the past two years they now rank second, right behind tumours, due to a continuous decline in the number of cardiovascular deaths thanks to improved prevention and therapeutic care and treatment.
After introducing and presenting InVS's program for cardiovascular diseases, the topic presents epidemiological data for various cardiovascular diseases as well as the main cardiovascular risk factors.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic respiratory disease. In more than 80% of cases COPD is the result of smoking. Other risk factors include occupational exposures, atmospheric pollution, exposure to passive smoking and genetic factors. Exposure to tobacco smoke (smoking or secondary smoking) is always an aggravating factor.
The disease progresses insidiously and its clinical signs are often dismissed. The earliest symptoms include coughing and sputum (chronic bronchitis). Shortness of breath gradually sets in. This progression is exacerbated in more than one way: episodes of worsening cough, sputum and shortness of breath, which might require hospitalization.
A working group has been set up that includes pulmonary specialists and epidemiologists from the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and from the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance. The purpose is to outline relevant surveillance indicators, identify data sources, implement appropriate studies if necessary, and to promote the collection of surveillance indicators in existing studies.
The topic on diabetes presents the epidemiological surveillance program for diabetes at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS). It includes general information on diabetes and provides details on the main features of this disease (frequency, complications, mortality, quality of medical care and treatment, quality of life, etc.). In every subsection of the diabetes topic there is a brief description as well as links to slideshows, articles or websites offering alternative information or additional information.
Nutrition and health
The Nutritional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (USEN, a joint unit staffed with personnel from the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the University of Paris 13) is tasked with ensuring surveillance of food consumption, physical activity and the nutritional status of people living in France. These three nutritional aspects constitute significant risk or protection factors for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, some cancers, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.
More specifically, the unit's activities are expected to help describe risk or protection nutritional factors among the population, monitor any changes in those nutritional factors, identify the emergence of decisive nutritional factors in terms of public health, describe their relationship with morbidity and mortality, assess the impact of preventive actions on nutritional factors, in particular within the National Nutrition and Health Programme (PNNS). This topic includes key elements stemming from nutritional surveillance in France and provides details on the main studies conducted by USEN.
Rare diseases
A disease is said to be rare if fewer than one in 2,000 individuals is affected by it, which in the case of France means fewer than 30,000 people for a given disease. At present, nearly 7,000 rare diseases have been identified that are more or less debilitating. Approximately 80% of these are caused by genetic factors.
The legislation pertaining to public health policy dated 9 August 2004 identified rare diseases as a priority, which led to the implementation of the 2005-2008 National Plan for Rare Diseases (PNMR). PNMR suggested a series of specific measures to improve care and treatment for these diseases through various strategic areas involving epidemiology, information to affected individuals and health-care professionals, screening, access to health care, orphan drugs and research.
The first focus area of the PNMR, entitled "Building Understanding of the Epidemiology of Rare Diseases", tasked the InVS with implementing and coordinating the epidemiological surveillance of these rare diseases. It is within that framework that the Rare Disease Program was set up at the InVS in 2005 (the Rare Disease Program integrated the Rare Disease Unit in May 2009).


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The well-appointed Le Cristal de Jade features 51 apartments combining space and luxurious comfort, and is just a one-minute walk from the Aiguille du Midi. Guest enjoy a 10,700 square-foot wellness center with a swimming pool hot tub, sauna and steam room.
The Hotel Le Morgane is located in the center of the resort. Amenities include a gourmet restaurant, bar, and ski storage area. A full service health spa offers guests an indoor swimming pool, a steam room and a sauna. » Rooms are generous in size and include a balcony as well as spectacular mountains views (Mont-Blanc, Brevent…).
Conveniently located in the center with of the resort a ski bus stop in the front of the hotel. The Hotel Le Refuge des Aiglons offers a restaurant and bar as well as lounge with fireplace for relaxing après ski. If that isn't enough, take advantage of the fitness facilities and outdoor heated swimming pool and hot tub, steam room, and sauna. Rooms are spacious tastefully decorated all refurbished in December 2016.
A high standing modern hotel with a lively atmosphere and excellent facilities the Hotel Alpina faces one of the most exciting panoramas of the world: the Mont-Blanc massif and its glaciers. A restaurant on the 7th floor offers panoramic views over the Mont-Blanc. The Hotel Alpina offers a piano lounge bar with open fire place, billiard room, fitness center and Jacuzzi, sauna, and steambath. Rooms are simply furnished and equipped for comfort. Some rooms have a balcony.
The Prieuré Hotel is a very comfortable Savoy Chalet style hotel, with a lively, friendly atmosphere with an excellent location close to the center of Chamonix with marvellous views across the valley toward Mont-Blanc.The rooms are all especially spacious and well furnished, always connecting two rooms to accommodate 4 – 6 people, balcony, satellite TV, direct dial phone, safe, minibar, full equipped modern bathroom with hairdryer. Open plan reception/lounge area, Internet cafe, billiard room, open fire place, bar with occasional piano music and exposition of art.
This world-famous mountain resort offers runs for the most demanding and active skiers, complimented by stunning views of Mont Blanc. Back at Club Med after a day on the slopes, dive into a divine heated pool with the snow-capped mountain peaks in full view. At Club Med Chamonix Mont-Blanc, babies are welcome at Baby Club Med®: a haven of softness and pastel tones, while mothers enjoy a moment of blissful tranquility at Club Med Spa by CINQ MONDES.
Conveniently, Club Med Chamonix Mont-Blanc offers two onsite restaurants and two bars.
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Located in the Savoy building, the refined ambiance of this restaurant features sumptuous international buffets. The wide glass-paneled bay windows look out over the town, the ski-slopes of Savoy, the surrounding peaks of Chamonix and even Mont Blanc.
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On the ground floor of the Mont Blanc building, this restaurant offers a menu of classic regional Savoy fare, including raclette, fondue or stone grill. The décor is of a mountain chalet, with wooden beams, and antique skis and sleds. On reservation only, at Reception. Waiter service.
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Elegant but relaxed, the Main bar is perfect for cozying up in one of the lounges, or enjoy the breathtaking panorama from the spacious terrace.
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The Grand Hotel des Alpes conveniently located in the heart of Chamonix. Alpine luxury at its finest the hotel offers a restaurant, lounge and bar, indoor swimming pool, hot tub and sauna.Rooms and suites are elegant in style and a circular town offers views of the Mont Blanc or Brevent.
The new Hotel l'Heliopic can be found at the foot of the Aiguille du Midi lift in Chamonix. With an elegant design this hotel has cozy and modern rooms, a large lobby with areas dedicated for children, multi-media, and relaxing with incredible mountain views. There are two restaurants, a bar, ski rental shop and free wireless access within the hotel. If this isn't enough, enjoy the spa which includes an indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, steam room, ice grotto, and other treatment rooms for unwinding after a day's skiing.
Nestled in the heart of the village, Hotel Mont Blanc is an elegant, contemporary Chamonix ski vacation hotel. The luxurious on-site spa offers an array of treatments, and breathtaking mountain views from the outdoor heated swimming pool and hot tub. Also on-site is a restaurant offering modern Italian and French cuisine, as well as a casual bar with a robust selection of wine and champagne. The pet-friendly Hotel Mont Blanc offers a myriad of accommodation options, including superior, junior and prestige rooms and suites. All rooms offer a flat-screen TV with a multimedia hub, minibar, safe, complimentary Wi-Fi, slippers and a bathrobe. The Junior Suite Mont Blanc offers a private balcony with views of Mont Blanc. Select Superior rooms can interconnect with another Superior room. Additional amenities at the exquisite Hotel Mont Blanc include ski shuttle service, ski storage and complimentary breakfast.
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The real payoff
The Gazette Editorial Board
Iowa economic development officials use a variety of incentives toward drawing new business to the state and helping existing businesses expand. From 2003 through June 30 of 2012, the state approved more than $1.5 billion in tax credits and cash assistance for more than 900 development projects, according to a Gazette review (see today�s page 1A story).
While acknowledging that some of those projects fail, state officials believe their efforts most often succeed and boost the state�s economy and job opportunities. They also insist that incentive packages are necessary to compete in today�s global economy.
Sounds good. But we, and many Iowa taxpayers no doubt, would like more documentation of the benefits of these incentives. Bottom line: Does the business and job growth produced generate enough new tax revenue from the assisted company and its employees to exceed the public money invested by the time the incentives end?
We don�t know for sure.
Yes, the state establishes requirements including the number and quality of jobs created and amount of private capital invested when it considers public incentives. And there is a compliance team that pursues collection of loan or grant money owed or a return of tax credits when the job goals aren�t met.
However, the bigger question concerns the deals that meet the state�s contract requirements: Do they �make the taxpayer whole,� as Iowa State University economist and scientist David Swenson puts it. In other words, what�s the return on investment of tax dollars?
Unfortunately, there�s nothing in place to make that kind of follow-up evaluation.
During Gov. Tom Vilsack�s second term nearly a decade ago, state legislators mandated that the Department of Economic Development develop a tool to calculate the return on the state�s business incentives. A team of economists and other experts was assembled. �The model they designed was a before-the-fact screening tool,� Swenson told us. It reviewed the number of jobs a project would create, the worth of those jobs, and whether the project had the capacity to pay back the public.
�But the model never was designed to be an after-the-fact validation tool,� Swenson added.
Swenson said he and other economists in the state believe such a validation model could be developed and implemented.
In lieu of that, Swenson argues that publicly-backed incentives at the least should have objectives that are clear and measurable, and they should be reviewed by a state agency other than the Department of Economic Development (renamed the Department of Economic Authority since Gov. Terry Branstad took office in January 2011). He suggested the Department of Revenue, Legislative Services Agency or state Auditor�s Office player a bigger role because �they�re less partisan than the economic development office.�
It also requires more aggressive legislative oversight to work, he said.
Well, Tina Hoffman, spokeswoman for the Department of Economic Authority, said the front-end tool Swenson referenced has evolved to determine a �fiscal impact ratio.� Using a project�s goals of job creation, wage levels and capital investment, future tax revenue is projected �to help us understand the right balance of incentives� to award, Hoffman told us. �And we always shoot for a ratio better than 1-to-1, of course.�
But while the department tracks wage levels and jobs created by approved projects, there is no measurement process to evaluate overall impact on tax revenue produced vs. the state subsidies invested.
�We don�t do that well,� Department of Economic Authority Director Debi Durham told us last week. �We need to do that. It�s a bigger story for the taxpayer: what are the long-term implications.�
But change appears to be coming. Durham said her department has asked the Department of Revenue to develop a software program toward tracking and analyzing the �back end� impact of business incentives. The Department of Revenue handles the state�s taxes and related data. �By partnering with Revenue, we�ll get some sophisticated information, and I think we�ll be able to tell a compelling story and make better decisions based on better data,� Durham said.
She wants the revenue tracking system to be in place within six months.
In late January, Durham asked legislators to return the annual cap on business tax credits from $120 million to $185 million because of demands already in the pipeline that have a potential of $1 billion worth of investments by prospects. She noted that Iowa�s use of state tax incentives ranks low nationally, with our state spending $73 per capita.
Swenson and other critics question whether most of these tax incentives are necessary.
�You won�t find an academic economist anywhere� who would disagree that a lot of tax dollars are wasted on incentives, he said.
In fact, Swenson believes that if most of the business incentives were dropped and redirected toward improving the state�s infrastructure, worker skills training and quality of life initiatives, and then �advertise the heck out of what we have to offer,� that the state�s economic growth would be just as good or better and could attract more high-quality employers and jobs.
Perhaps. But until there�s a follow-up process that evaluates the long-term effectiveness of public subsidies for business development, how will we know?
A similar knowledge gap exists in evaluating the overall impact from the explosive use of tax increment financing by local governments in recent years. Legislators last year took a good step by requiring reports and collection of data from every local entity making use of TIF, beginning this month.
Iowa already is ranked near the top nationally as a business-friendly and low-cost state to do business, according to major media outlets such as Forbes and CNBC. The state�s own website touts these rankings, even as Gov. Terry Branstad pushes for tax reforms even friendlier to business.
Yet Iowa is not unlike most states in continuing or stepping up its business-subsidy game, convinced that it must in order to be competitive and attract at least its share of expanding and new business.
But do these incentives and subsidies produce only a zero-sum game in the end? A net loss? Or do they really pay off?
We don�t know for sure. Iowa�s residents and taxpayers deserve to know. And we applaud Durham�s new effort to tell us.
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On December 25, 2013, a long time ago somewhere far away in the galaxy, Axle came up with the idea of reiterating his original game cover competition. It was hard with so many obstacles, but finally after so many days, the destination has been reached. Yes people, this is result time. This is it. The end of the journey.
So guys, the destination is here. Time to get off. I received some impeccable and beautiful pieces of art, from some beautiful and impeccable people. But only one could take the trophy, the ultimate prize. The prize to spend a night with m.....err...I mean the honor of winning.
MyIGN voted for their favorites and this was a close call. But finally, we've got a winner.
In the end of this 3 blog journey, from the starting to the voting to this, I would like to thank every participant and user who has supported me and been with me throughout the process. Thank you to all the voters and participants for making this a success once again.
For the sake of honesty, I'll tell you how I counted the votes. Pretty simply, the users who voted for a person, the person got 1 vote. For people who voted for a certain cover, the person who made that cover got the vote. The votes were checked by me 4 times so I can honestly say that there is no fallacy or error in these votes. Feel free to check.
Now without further ado!
UPDATE: Thanks to WinzezTween for making this amazing, amazing piece of art! A big thank you!
So this is it! These are your chosen winners! The fight was close. (I did not have a tie breaker because the winners are all equally good and if they have a position shared, there's really no harm in that.) Don't get disheartened if you didn't win, your effort was just as important and appreciated! And a congratulations to all winners! Go follow them! Now you know where to go whenever you have an art problem
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True Z5.4 Treadmill Review
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The adjustable cushioning is the main reason to get this one over the Z5.0. If you are in this price range, $800 should be well worth it. This is the treadmill design that put True on the map.
True is the only company that has perfected the orthopedic belt system. When you combine this with their adjustable cushioning, it makes for an excellent treadmill experience.
The True Z5.4 is very similar to the Z5.0. The main improvement you get is an adjustable cushioning system. This is combined with an orthopedic belt. While we aren't usually fans of orthopedic belts, True knows how to pull it off better than anyone else. This model sells for $4,699, and the cushioning system is worth the extra $800 it costs over the Z5.0.
The walking area on this model is decent. The belt measures in at 22" x 54". This is 2" wider and 6" shorter than the standard 20" x 60" walking belt that is found on most of today's treadmills. The length should provide enough room for larger users to run on comfortably without altering their stride, and the width may prove to feel more accommodating to users with wider stances.
You'll get an okay motor in this machine. Many of the models in this price range use similar motors, but you can find treadmills that sell for less than $2,000 that have slightly greater power producing capabilities. Speeds of up to 12 mph are attainable on this model, so even experienced runners shouldn't have a problem challenging themselves.
A fantastic cushioning system comes with this treadmill. Adjustable Soft System cushioning uses a softer front zone to reduce impact and a firmer back zone to provide a stable push off area. This is combined with an orthopedic belt. You'll have a hard time finding a more forgiving or durable cushioning system at any price.
As far as projected reliability is concerned, this machine is great. There aren't many models that we reviewed that have a longer life expectancy than this one does. The quality of parts is also very impressive.
The noise levels of this treadmill are very low. It's difficult to find a model that is quieter during operation than this one is. If low noise levels are important to you, this model may be what you're looking for.
The warranty on the True Z5.4 is good. Labor is covered for 1 year, parts are covered for 10 years, the motor is covered for 30 years, and the frame is covered for life.


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Sherlock Holmes can tell a software designer by his tie and an airline pilot by his thumb. He has a unique analytical brain and, unlike anyone else in the world, he staves off boredom by solving crimes. When a chance encounter brings soldier John Watson into Sherlock's life, it's apparent the two men couldn't be more different, but Sherlock's intellect coupled with John's pragmatism soon forge an unbreakable alliance.
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Sherlock and Watson return… Embroiled in the complex plans of the dangerous and desirable Irene Adler, Sherlock needs every one of his remarkable skills to survive, and an invitation to the wilds of Dartmoor brings our terrified heroes face to face with the supernatural. Meanwhile Sherlock's nemesis, Moriarty, is out there in the shadows and is determined to bring Sherlock down – whatever the cost.
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Great blu-ray. Each episode is well acted and riveting. Keenly priced.
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ZIRCAR Refractory Composites, Inc. recently announced the introduction of its new alumina-silica paper. The company's wide range of insulating refractory papers are non-woven, non-asbestos, fiber-based products engineered as thermal barrier materials for use in high-temperature applications up to 1450C (2642F). Types ASPA-1 and ASPA-2 are premium grade lightweight refractory material made from high-purity alumina-silica fibers formed into highly flexible sheets. They exhibit very low thermal conductivity and are designed for use in applications where purity, cracking resistance, high strength and resistance to heat are paramount. Due to their exceptional resistance to heat flow for their thickness, these papers provide maximum thermal resistance where space is at a premium.
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N.C. State vet school opens door to public for annual family-friendly event
Posted March 20, 2014
The annual open house at the N.C. State University College of Veterinary Medicine is set for March 29.
This very popular event features a variety of fun activities for families. There are things to keep young kids busy like a teddy bear clinic, live animals and a carnival with games and other activities. And there are opportunities for older kids and teens, who are considering a career in veterinary medicine, to ask some questions.
This year, the event will feature "Animal Connections - Our Journey Together," a special traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institute. The 1,000-square-foot science museum aims to inspire the next generation of veterinarians. It uses a combination of interactive learning stations, films, touch screen videos and 3D settings to explore topics about animals in the home, on the farm, in the wild, at the zoo and at the veterinary clinic, according to a press release.
The open house also features more than 50 demonstrations, display exhibits and presentations about advances in veterinary medicine, veterinary medical technology, discoveries from recent research, best care practices for the family pet and more.
It's 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 29. It's free and a great opportunity to get an inside look at what happens at the college. For more information, including some tips if you go, check the website.


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Killer Shrimp Headed to Newport Beach?
I hate to admit it, but it's not often I cross over the Orange Curtain and into Los Angeles. I'm a Bay Area transplant who doesn't leave the bubble. What I really need is a guided tour, but I digress ...
One place that used to be on my short list was always Killer Shrimp, a Southern seafood spot located in Marina del Rey and Studio City. They were good for bowls of fiery broth teeming with sweet, plump shrimp and never-ending French bread to soak it all up with.
Both locations shuttered a few years ago and obituaries popped up on Yelp. Then, in late 2011, word came of the return. A massive Killer Shrimp has since opened waterfront in MdR. It was just as I remembered it: A generous serving of shrimp swimming in a tomato broth kicked up with heavy spice, a dash of booze and an abundant scoop of rosemary. (Here's a review.)
Not a minute after saying how much Orange County needed Killer Shrimp, too, our waitress confirmed it was in the works. She went to the back for more details and gave us this: Killer Shrimp. Newport Beach. June 2012.
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Marty St. Louis rolled his eyes at the question and spit out an exasperated, "Come on."
It's not that St. Louis minded talking. It was just that asking the Lightning's star left wing if he ever was picked last for a pickup game while growing up in Laval, Quebec, was like asking if the sky is purple.
Isn't it obvious?
"If it had to do with hockey in the neighborhood," St. Louis said, "I was never picked last."
Safe to say most NHL players never felt that embarrassing sting. But one will tonight when players choose up sides for Sunday's All-Star Game at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C.
The captains, Red Wings defenseman Nick Lidstrom and Hurricanes center Eric Staal, aided by two alternate captains each, will choose from a pool of 36 players to fill out squads of 12 forwards, six defensemen and three goalies.
Conference affiliation does not matter, nor does whether a player is from North America or Europe, both ways All-Star teams have been split in the past.
The only stipulation for the 18-round event is goalies be picked by the end of Round 10 and defensemen by the end of Round 15. In that way, the league says, the final picks will be "true picks" and not determined by position requirements.
It is an interesting twist for a game criticized for being no more than a glorified scrimmage that so little resembles the intense, physical contest played during the season.
"It's great," said St. Louis, who as one of Lidstrom's alternate captains gets to help do the picking. "The fans are going to be excited for it. I can't wait to see who gets picked."
"It's different," said Lightning center Steven Stamkos, in his first All-Star Game. "It's going to bring a lot of fan interest. I know there's going to be a lot of media attention on the guy who gets picked last."
But does the chance of being the NHL's version of Mr. Irrelevant really matter to players who have achieved a level of stardom?
It's difficult to say because players seemed to laugh it off.
"I've already mentioned if I'm picked last there's going to be quite a few body checks thrown," Blues right wing David Backes said jokingly to AOL Fanhouse. "So that's a forewarning for anyone picking teams."
Said Flyers right wing Claude Giroux to the Philadelphia Daily News: "If I'm not picked last, then it's a good format."
Lightning coach Guy Boucher said not to kid yourself.
"Anybody that's in the NHL has a lot of pride, but the top guys have a lot of pride," he said. "It's like when you're playing in the school yard. They draft. They draft, and all of a sudden, you're last. No matter where it is, it's not very fun."
For Boucher, the fun will be seeing if Stamkos and St. Louis are on the same team.
And though he acknowledged it would be novel to see his two best players wearing different colors, he said, "I'd rather see them together. If they're not together, the fans will enjoy watching them play, but they're our boys."
One thing Stamkos does not have to worry about is being picked last. There even is speculation the league leader with 38 goals and 67 points could be picked first if Lidstrom's team, with St. Louis lobbying hard, wins the coin toss that determines first choice.
"Hopefully, we'll be on the same team," Stamkos said. "I've got to put some pressure on him to pick me."
"I'm going to watch it big time," defenseman Victor Hedman said. "It's going to be fun to see where Stammer goes. Hopefully, he'll play with Marty."
As for who is picked last, Hedman said it is irrelevant.
"Everyone there is still a hell of a player," he said. "I would be there and go last. It wouldn't matter to me a bit."
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I have recently visited my home town of Mostar after many years. The city has gone through some tough times in the 1990s with war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it it slowly but surely getting back on its feet. Here are some recent photos of it.
The symbol of Mostar is the Old Bridge, originally built in 16th century during the times of Ottoman Empire. The bridge was destroyed in war in 1993 and is reconstructed in 2004. The bridge as well as the whoe Old Town in Mostar is on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
The Bridge is for pedestrians only, with steps designed originally for horses to prevent them from slipping on the polished stone surface.
Many tourists come...
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Anti-American protests over reports of US interrogators tormenting prisoners by desecrating the Koran spread throughout the Muslim world Friday. Angry demonstrations broke out from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to Indonesia following four days of violent clashes in Afghanistan that have left over 16 people dead and scores wounded.
Protests were also reported in Egypt, Sudan and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the governments of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and several other Muslim countries filed formal protests with Washington.
The immediate spark for the protests was a brief report in the May 9 issue of Newsweek magazine citing internal FBI memos from the US detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba reporting that "interrogators, attempting to rattle suspects ... had placed Korans on toilets and, in at least one case, flushed a holy book down the toilet."
Some 520 detainees, virtually all of them Muslims from Afghanistan, Pakistan and a number of other countries, have been held incommunicado at Guantánamo—many of them for nearly three years—without being charged, much less tried. Cases of physical abuse and torture have been amply documented.
The impact of the report of the desecration of the Koran has been as severe in Muslim countries as the shocking pictures of Iraqi detainees suffering torture and sexual humiliation at the hands of US soldiers that came out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison a little over a year ago.
In both Afghanistan and Pakistan, desecration of the Koran is an offense punishable by death.
Outrage over the grotesque affront to Islam has joined with simmering resentment over US militarism and social inequality and oppression. This is particularly true in Afghanistan, where the US-led occupation force of 18,000 troops props up a deeply unpopular puppet government.
The demonstrations in Afghanistan are the largest since the US invaded and occupied the country in 2001.
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Day three of Google's app extravaganza is upon us, and there's some premium apps with massive discounts that you'll definitely want to pick up. As a celebratory promotion for the Android Market hitting the 10 billion download mark, Google is partnering with top developers to price ten apps at ten cents/pence each day for ten days. ADWLauncher EX leads the pack on Friday following an Ice Cream Sandwich-style update.
Also on offer are gaming titles Tetris, Toki Tori, Homerun Battle 3D, Reckless Getaway (a sort of Need For Speed version of Reckless Racing), Can Knockdown 2, and Space Physics. Other apps on offer are the Blue Skies Donation live wallpaper and Kids Learn to Read, following the kid-friendly Berenstain Bears app from yesterday. All are on sale right now, though the banner on the Market home page hasn't been updated yet.
If you're even mildly interested in any of these paid apps, be sure to pick them up now -they'll only be at this special price until tomorrow morning in the US. At the time of writing you can still get yesterday's discounted apps at the $.10 price, but that won't last for long. In related news, Phandroid reports that bumped sales from the 10 Billion Apps promotion have made Beautiful Widgets the very first paid Android app to hit a million downloads. That's less than .0001% of all the downloads made in the Market as of today.
Update: Here they are. Get after it, bargain hunters.


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PANO – An action month for children, "For a safe, friendly and fresh environment for every child", will take place in Hanoi from June 1st to 30th, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Welfare at a press conference on May 25th.
The month, with various activities, aims to make a big change in elevating awareness and responsibility of the community about the role and importance of child-protection in sustainable development of the country, as well as calling upon society to build a safe, friendly and fresh environment for children.
After ten years of implementing a program, "National action program for Vietnamese children in the period of 2001- 2010", Vietnam achieved some set targets, such as free health check–ups, cultural and physical education, and supports for needy children.
However, the country is also facing many challenges, such as high rate of malnourished children, increasing number of HIV/AIDS patients, school violence and so on.
It is expected that the action month will help Vietnam reduce current challenges and help children have a happy and healthy summer.
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Country profile - Distinguishing factors (Sweden)
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Sweden is a sparsely populated country. Sweden has relatively small ministries and large government agencies charged with carrying out policies.
a) What are the factors that distinguish your country from many others?
A hereditary monarchy, Sweden is a country with a non-federal structure and mixed economy. In 2009 Sweden celebrated 200 years of peace.
With its more than 440 000 square kilometers, Sweden is the third-largest country of the 27 EU Member States in terms of area. Sweden is a sparsely populated country; on average there are only 23 people per square kilometre (compared with about 125 in Denmark and 48 worldwide). About half of Sweden 's land area is covered with forest. There is also an abundance of lakes and watercourses. There are about 96 000 lakes more than one hectare in size and about 300 000 kilometres of brooks, streams and rivers. There have been extensive changes in land use since the 1920s, particularly in the agriculture sector.
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Most people, almost 85 % of the population, live in towns and cities, which often are located along the coast. After World War II, large-scale immigration has taken place from other parts of Europe and in recent decades from other parts of the world as well. In 2008 there were 200 different nationalities represented in the population. Of the population, 14 % were originally born in a country other than Sweden. The largest group of those born abroad come from Finland.
Economic growth higher than average
Sweden's economic growth was significantly higher than the average for EU during the 1999–2009 period. Growth in Sweden was also somewhat higher than in USA during this period. Traditionally, the economy has been dependent on natural resources such as forests and ore, which continue to be of major importance, but information technology (IT) has become increasingly important.
The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth, statistics on growth (in Swedish)
Since the country extends almost 1 600 kilometres from north to south, the arrival of spring unfolds for several months. Mean temperatures in January are about 0 centigrade in the southern-most part of Sweden and -16 centrigrade in the cold valleys in the far north. Sometimes winter temperatures there can drop below -40 degrees C. Mean temperatures in the entire country have increased by nearly 1 degree during the 1991–2005 period compared with 1961–1990. Studies are under way on how climate change is affecting nature and how the treeline in the mountains is moving higher up.
Environmental Governance
Within the government, the Ministry of the Environment is responsible for environmental policy. Unlike many countries, Sweden has relatively small ministries and large government agencies charged with carrying out policies.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, established in 1967, is the national agency for environmental protection and nature conservation. Its key tasks are to c oordinate and promote the implementation of environmental policy as well as to provide expert knowledge to central government. This includes responsibility for monitoring, analysis and reporting on the state of the environment.
Other central environmental agencies are the Swedish Chemicals Agency and Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, but all agencies are responsible for environmental impacts in their fields. For example, Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration) is responsible for road traffic noise.
The 290 municipalities have broad responsibility for the enforcement of environmental regulations at local level, especially waste management. The 21 county administrative boards have major roles to play in concrete work on trial, supervision and environmental monitoring. In addition to this there are special environmental courts, whose responsibilities include examination of permit applications for operations with impact on the environment.
Sweden's environmental efforts are based on 16 national environmental quality objectives. Environmental legislation is assembled in the Environmental Code and employs the precautionary approach as the basis for all provisions.
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MORE THAN 20,000 AMERICAN WOMEN ARE DIAGnosed each year with ovarian cancer, many with the disease in an advanced stage, and chemotherapy seldom helps prolong their life. There is one effective treatment: taxol, a substance found in the bark of the Pacific yew tree. Taxol doesn't cure the cancer but does slow its progress for months in up to 30% of patients. Now it has received the blessing of both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Canadian authorities as an approved treatment for ovarian cancer. It is also being investigated for possible effectiveness in combatting breast and other cancers. The...
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Pupils banned from using slang or 'text talk' to help with job chances
Teenagers have been told to leave slang at the school gates to give themselves a better chance of getting a job.
Pupils have been banned from using slang or âtext talkâ in favour of standard English while they are at school.
The United Learning Trust, which has 1,100 students aged for 11 to 18 in a working-class area in Sheffield, thinks slang puts off employers at interviews.
Kathy August, deputy chief executive of the trust, said: âWe want to make sure that our youngsters are not just leaving school with the necessary A to C grades in GCSEs but that they also have a whole range of employability skills.
âWe know through the relationships we have with business partners and commercial partners that when they are doing interviews with youngsters, not only are they looking at the qualifications but also at how they conduct themselves.
âWhat we want to make sure of is that they are confident in using standard English. Slang doesnât really give the right impression of the person.âMiss August said she was confident that young people could be swiftly educated to stop using slang.
âWhen youngsters are talking together, they use text speak and thatâs fine.
âItâs what you do in a social context but when you are getting prepared for life and going for interviews, you need to be confident in using standard English,â she said.


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The once thriving Jewish community of Poland is a skeleton of its earlier days. Only 5,000 Jews remain from the population that in 1939 numbered 3.5 million and was the Jewish center of literature and politics.
These remaining Jews were virtually forgotten until a Polish Catholic couple decided it was time the story was told. Tomasz Tomaszewski, a photographer, and his wife Malgorzata Niezabitowska, a journalist, spent five years traveling around their country capturing the remnants of the Polish Jewish community.
Their book, "Remnants: The Last Jews of Poland," was published last year, and some of the photographs appeared last September in National Geographic Magazine.
"We wanted to know who and what remains of this big and splendid world of Polish Jewry because nothing was known about it," Niezabitowska said at a slide show/discussion at the National Press Club, where an exhibit of the photographs is on display through Aug. 14.
"The history of Polish Jews ended with the Holocaust. And the more we worked the more we understood how important it was," he continued "We hope our work is a long step in the reconciliation between Poles and Jews."
Anti-Semitism is no longer a major problem for Polish Jews, but loneliness and alienation are Many of the photographs show elderly people living alone in their apartments, their relatives having emigrated or perished in the concentration camps. Although they are free to leave Poland, they nevertheless don't want to go to a new country with a different culture and language, Niezabitowska said.
"They feel some moral obligation to stay. They think they should do something for the culture," Niezabitowska added. Very little remains of this Jewish culture. A photograph simply shows a door with the indentation of a mezuzah, and there are several photographs of the some 500 Jewish cemeteries.
But several of the photographs show what little Jewish tradition still survives. No rabbis are left in Poland, but there are two synagogues and several prayer houses where religious services are performed by community leaders.
There are several photographs of the controversial 1985 Bar Mitzvah, the first there held in years. The female rabbi who accompanied them was barely allowed to participate in the service by an American Orthodox rabbi.
Paradoxically, Poland still has a thriving Yiddish theater which performs in state-sponsored Jewish clubs across the country.
"When people tell us it's nonsense to have a Jewish theater in Poland when there are so few Jews, we always protest. For the old people, performances are the only joyful moment they have. It's the only moment when they can hear Jewish words," Niezabitowska said.
Niezabitowska, a reporter for the newspaper of the Polish opposition group Solidarity, said she learned about Jewish culture from her grandmother. She was deeply affected by the emigration of two Jewish school friends in 1968, when 25,000 Polish Jews left the country in the wake of the Six-Day War.
In 1983, the Polish public became interested in the Jewish community, Niczabitowska explained. Memoirs of survivors were sold out in bookstores, and the documentary film "Shoah" was shown on television.
Nevertheless, the couple could not find a Polish publisher for their book, which was printed in English and has been translated into German, and soon will be available in French.


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text: There have many good suggestions, I will add another. One option would be to model this via dynamic programming. I think searching for "sequence alignment" and "time warping" will give you a lot of helpful hits. The basic idea is that one models sequence-B to be a modification of sequence-A where "tokens" could have been added, deleted or perturbed by noise (all modeled as statistically independent of each other) and that there is a transformation that connects the indices of the two sequences. Computationally this is potentially costlier but you can get to the global minimum if the time warp wasnt there. It does reasonably well even if it is. Regarding previous suggestions: If you have some periodicity in the signals, then computing autocorrelation on the two streams will also give you an idea of whats the slew rate between the clocks and cross-correlation will point towards an offset once you have accounted for the slew rate. (All this is assuming there arent too many 'adds' and 'deletes'). The numbers you will get will not be exact but perhaps a good point to initialize your algorithm with. On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Chris Rodgers <email@example.com> wrote: > Dear all > > Thanks very much for the suggestions! > > Re a new hardware implementation: I bet this would totally work and > honestly is probably the fastest way to get it working. I think even a > rough system clock would do the trick. The downsides are 1) many data > have already been collected with the old setup; 2) I'm getting > stubbornly interested in this problem for its own sake since it feel > so solvable. So perhaps I'll change the hardware for future data and > keep working on algorithms for the old data. (I'd never heard of > Lamport timestamps. The wikipedia article is really interesting. If I > understand it correctly, it would still require a hardware change > though.) > > > Re Nathaniel's suggestion: > I think this is pretty similar to the algorithm I'm currently using. Pseudocode: > > current_guess = estimate_from_correlation(x, y) > for timescale in decreasing_order: > xm, ym = find_matches( > x, y, current_guess, within=timescale) > current_guess = linfit(xm, ym) > > The problem is the local minima caused by mismatch errors. If the > clockspeed estimate is off, then late events are incorrectly matched > with a delay of one event. Then the updated guess moves closer to this > incorrect solution. So by killing off the points that disagree, we > reinforce the current orthodoxy! > > Actually the truest objective function would be the number of matches > within some specified error. > ERR = .1 > def objective(offset, clockspeed): > # adjust parametrization to suit > adj_y_times = y_times * clockspeed + offset > closest_x_times = np.searchsorted(x_midpoints, adj_y_times) > pred_err = abs(adj_y_times - x_midpoints[closest_x_times]) > closest_good = closest_x_times[pred_err < ERR] > return len(unique(closest_good)) > > > That function has some ugly non-smoothness due to the > len(unique(...)). Would something like optimize.brent work for this or > am I on the wrong track? > > > Thanks again all! > Chris > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Nathaniel Smith <email@example.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Nathaniel Smith <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>> return np.sum((y_times - x_times[closest_x_times]) ** 2) >> >> On further thought, squaring is probably exactly the wrong >> transformation here -- squared error focuses on minimizing the large >> errors, and in this case we know that the large errors are caused by >> events that got dropped on the X side, and that these contain no >> information about the proper (offset, clockspeed). >> np.sqrt(np.abs(...)) would probably do better, or something similar >> that flattens out for larger values. Easy to play around with, though. >> >> Also on further thought, it might make sense to run that both >> directions, and match x values against y values too. >> >> -- Nathaniel >> _______________________________________________ >> SciPy-User mailing list >> firstname.lastname@example.com >> http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user > _______________________________________________ > SciPy-User mailing list > email@example.com > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-user


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Luke Bryan Sings with an Adorable Six Year Old Country Fan On Stage to Sing and Gets Upstaged [Video]
An absolutely darling six year old cowgirl caught Luke Bryan's eye when he was about to sing "Someone Else Calling You Baby". Being the gem that Luke Bryan is, he pulled the little girl named Kylee on stage and they sang together. Kylee is NOT shy and she had her stage adrenaline rockin'. What great memories for her and her family. Luke Bryan just keeps making us love him for his music and personality!
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