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|Mswati III
|King of Swaziland
|25 April 1986 – present
|25 April 1986
|Sobhuza II
|Prime Ministers
|Prince Makhosetive
19 April 1968
Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Manzini, Swaziland
|13 wives concurrently
|23 children
|Sobhuza II
|Ntfombi Tfwala
Mswati III (born as Prince Makhosetive on 19 April 1968)[1] is the King (Swazi language: Ngwenyama or Ingwenyama) of Swaziland and head of the Swazi Royal Family. He was born in Manzini, Swaziland, to King Sobhuza II and one of his younger wives, Ntombi Tfwala.[2] He was Tfwala's only child. He attended primary school at Masundvwini Primary School and secondary school at Lozitha Palace School. From 1983 to 1986, he attended Sherborne School in north-west Dorset, England. He was crowned as Mswati III, Ingwenyama and King of Swaziland, on 25 April 1986 at the age of 18, thus becoming the youngest ruling monarch in the world at that time. Together with his mother, Ntombi Tfwala, now Queen Mother (Ndlovukati), he rules the country as an absolute monarch. Mswati III is known for his practice of polygamy (although at least two wives are appointed by the state) and currently has 15 wives.[3] Although he is respected and fairly popular in Swaziland, his policies and lavish lifestyle have led to local protests and international criticism.[4]
Early life
Mswati III is one of many sons fathered by the previous king, Sobhuza II (who had more than 125 wives during his reign of 82 years),[5] and the only child of Ntfombi Tfwala, also known as Inkhosikati LaTfwala, one of Sobhuza's younger wives. He was born at the Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital in Manzini, four months before Swaziland attained independence from the United Kingdom. When he and his mother were discharged from the hospital, they went to live at one of Sobhuza's residences, Etjeni, near the Masundwini royal residence. His birth name was Makhosetive (lit. "Kings of Nations").
As a young prince, Makhosetive attended Masundwini Primary School and later Lozitha Palace School. He sat for the Swaziland Primary Certificate examination in December 1982 at Phondo Royal Residence and received First Class with merit in Mathematics and English. He developed a great interest in the royal guard, becoming the first young cadet to join the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force (USDF).
When King Sobhuza II died on 21 August 1982, the Great Council of State (the Liqoqo) selected the 14-year-old prince Makhosetive to be the next king.[6] For the next four years two wives of Sobhuza II, Queen Dzeliwe Shongwe (1982–1983) and Queen Ntfombi Tfwala (1983–1986), served as regent while he continued his education in the United Kingdom, attending Sherborne School (International College), before he was called back to ascend to the throne.
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Mswati was introduced as Crown Prince in September 1983 and was crowned king on 25 April 1986, aged 18 years and 6 days, and thus making him the youngest reigning monarch until the ascension of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan on 14 December 2006; he was also the youngest head of state until Joseph Kabila took office on 26 January 2001 as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The king and his mother, whose title is Indlovukati ("Great She-Elephant"), rule jointly.
Today King Mswati III is Africa's last absolute monarch in the sense that he has the power to choose the prime minister, other top government posts and top traditional posts. Even though he makes the appointments, he still has to get special advice from the queen mother and council, for example when he chooses the prime minister. In matters of cabinet appointments, he gets advice from the prime minister. He ruled by decree, but did restore the nation's Parliament, which had been dissolved by his father in order to ensure concentration of power remained with the king.
In 2004, Mswati promulgated a new constitution that allows freedom of speech and assembly for the media and public, while retaining the traditional Tinkhundla system. Amnesty International has criticized the new constitution as inadequate in some respects.
In an attempt to mitigate the HIV and AIDS pandemic in 2001, the king used his traditional powers to invoke a time-honoured chastity rite (umcwasho) under the patronage of a princess, which encouraged all Swazi maidens to abstain from sexual relations for five years. This was last done under Sobhuza II in 1971.[7] This rite banned sexual relations for Swazis under 18 years of age from 9 September 2001 and 19 August 2005, but just two months after imposing the ban, he violated this decree when a liphovela (royal fiancée) was chosen, who became his 13th wife. As per custom, he was fined a cow by members of her regiment, which he duly paid.
Mswati has visited Taiwan seventeen times as of June 2018, and has promised to continue recognizing the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China.[8]
Family and succession
HM Queen Ntfombi, The Ndlovukati (Queen Mother)
The king currently has 15 wives and 23 children. A Swazi king's first two wives are chosen for him by the national councillors. There are complex rules on succession. Traditionally the king is chosen through his mother as represented in the Swazi saying Inkhosi, yinkhosi ngenina, meaning "a king is king through his mother".[9] According to tradition, he can marry his fiancées only after they have fallen pregnant, proving they can bear heirs. Until then, they are termed liphovela, or "brides".
Mswati's reign has brought some changes in the government and political transformation. However, critics such as the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO)[10] believe that these changes are solely aimed at strengthening and perpetuating the traditional order.[11] His attendance at the May 2012 Sovereign Monarchs lunch, to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, caused some controversy, given criticisms of his regime's human rights record.[12]
Swaziland has been described as having been gripped by years of fiscal indiscipline, government corruption, and lavish lifestyles of the royal family. The nation has also been described as being on the brink of economic disaster due to these factors. Under Swazi law and custom, the king is vested with virtually all powers of the state. Despite Swaziland having a prime minister, Mswati holds supreme executive authority over the legislature and courts.[13]
Mswati's reign has been criticized for its several alleged human rights violations. His regime has been accused of using torture and excessive force to control the masses as well as blatant discrimination against various dissenting groups. His regime has been accused of extrajudicial killings by his forces, along with arbitrary arrests, detentions, and unwarranted searches and seizures of homes and property. His government has restricted freedom of speech, assembly and association, and has harassed activists and journalists. The government has reportedly targeted the LGBT community, labor leaders, and activists against child labor, among other groups. The courts took little or no action to punish Mswati's actions or the officials who committed the abuses.[14]
He has been accused of kidnapping women he desires to marry, although no case can be brought against him. In addition, in 2000 he allegedly called for a parliamentary meeting to debate if HIV-positive people should be "sterilized and branded".[15]
Mswati has been criticized for his lavish lifestyle, especially by the media; in one report he has been accused of living a lifestyle like this whilst the people of his country starve.[16][17] In the 2014 national budget, parliament allocated $61 million (US) for the King's annual household budget,[18] while 63% of Swazis live on less than $1.25 per day.[19] Following criticism of his purchase of luxury cars, including a $500,000 DaimlerChrysler's flagship Maybach 62 luxury automobile, he banned the photography of his vehicles.[20] According to the Forbes 2009 list of the World's 15 Richest Royals, King Mswati is worth a reported $200 million.[21] In January 2004 the Times of Swaziland reported that the king asked his government to spend about $15-million to redecorate three main palaces and build others for each of his 11 wives.[22] The Prime Minister's Office issued a press statement saying the article in the Times of Swaziland was "reckless and untrue" and that the proposal was for the construction of 5 State Houses, not Palaces, and the cost was only €19.9 million.[23] Later that year the go-ahead was given to build five new buildings at a cost of more than $4-million out of public funds.[24] In August 2008, Swazi scouts marched through the capital protesting the cost of a shopping spree taken abroad by nine of the King's thirteen wives.[citation needed][clarification needed] The demonstration was organized by Positive Living, a non-governmental organization for Swazi women living with AIDS.[25]
Mswati has a personal stake in a large portion of Swaziland's economy which is a factor in its below-average economic growth for a Sub-Saharan nation. As an absolute monarch, he holds the power to dissolve parties, and can veto any legislation parliament passes.[15]
LaMahlangu controversy
According to accusations by Amnesty International, Zena Mahlangu, an 18-year-old high school student, disappeared from her school in October 2002. Her mother, Lindiwe Dlamini, learned that her daughter had been taken by two men, Qethuka Sgombeni Dlamini and Tulujani Sikhondze, and she reported the matter to the police. Some time later, she was told that her daughter was at Ludzidzini Royal Village and was being prepared to be the next wife of the king.[26] She demanded that her daughter be returned to her custody, and threatened to sue.
Among the criteria for a liphovela, (future bride), the girl must not be disabled, or a twin; Zena Mahlangu was the other half of a brother-sister twin set, and therefore not eligible.[27] The matter went to the High Court, but Swaziland's Attorney-General Phesheya Dlamini intervened.[28] She has since had two children, and formally became the king's wife in 2010.[29]
Amnesty International said:
The king and his agents have violated the internationally recognized human rights of women and girls, including their right not to be arbitrarily detained and the right not to be subjected to forced marriage.
Titles, styles and honours
|Styles of
King Mswati III of Swaziland
|Reference style
|His Majesty
|Spoken style
|Your Majesty
Titles and styles
- 19 April 1968 – September 1983: His Royal Highness Prince Makhosetive Dlamini of Swaziland
- September 1983 – 25 April 1986: His Royal Highness Prince Makhosetive, The Crown Prince of Swaziland
- 25 April 1986 – present: His Majesty King Mswati III, The Ingwenyama (King) of Swaziland
National honours
- Swaziland : Grand Master of the Royal Order of King Sobhuza II (1986).[30]
- Swaziland : Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Great She-Elephant (2002).
- Swaziland : Grand Master of the Royal Order of the Crown (2002).
- Swaziland : Grand Master of the Royal Family Order of Mswati III (2002).
- Swaziland : Grand Master of the Military Order of Swaziland (2002).
Foreign honours
- United Kingdom : Knight of the Venerable Order of St John (November 1991).[31]
- South Africa : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (August 1995).[32][33]
|Ancestors of Mswati III
See also
- Without the King, 2007 documentary film featuring Mswati III and his daughter Princess Sikhanyiso.
- ^ Genealogy:SWAZILAND, World of Royalty
- ^ "King Mswati III is born | South African History Online". Sahistory.org.za. 19 April 1968. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Laing, Aislinn (18 September 2013). "King of Swaziland chooses teenager as 15th wife". Telegraph. London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Bearak, Barry. "In Destitute Swaziland, Leader Lives Royally," New York Times. 6 September 2008.
- ^ "'Mother-in-law' sues Swazi king". BBC News. 17 October 2002.
- ^ Simelane, Hamilton Sipho. (2005). "Swaziland: Reign of Mswati III," in Encyclopedia of African History, p. 1528.
- ^ Kuipers, Ludo (10 March 2014). "The uMcwasho Ceremony in 1971". ozoutback.com.au. Cairns, Queensland, Australia: OzOutback. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
Photos of the umcwasho Ceremony in 1971, in which girls finish a period of moral restrictions and dance in front of the King.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (9 June 2018). "Swazi king promises loyalty to Taiwan". Taipei Times.
- ^ Hilda Kuper (1944). "A ritual of kingship among the Swazi". Journal of the International African Institute. 14 (5).
- ^ People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO); Dlamini, Ignatius Bonginkosi (31 July 2005). "PUDEMO rejects the Dlamini family constitution as it is meant to legitimize the continued oppression of our people by one family, King Mswati's family" (PDF). pudemo.org. Swaziland: PUDEMO. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Maroleng, Chris (26 June 2003). "Swaziland: The King's Constitution" (PDF). iss.co.za. Paris, France: European Union Institute for Security Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph (18 May 2012). "King of Bahrain lunches with Queen as human rights storm rages". UK News. London, UK: Telegraph Media Group. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "World Report 2012: Swaziland". Human Rights Watch.
- ^ "Swaziland" (PDF). United States Department of State.
- ^ a b Davis, Rebecca (10 May 2013). "King Mswati to WEF: Swazi people don't want change". Daily Maverick.
- ^ "King of Bahrain lunches with Queen as human rights storm rages". Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- ^ King Mswati is Bankrupting Swaziland: Mornachy not for Africa!, Ole Africa
- ^ King of impoverished Swaziland increases household budget to $61m, Agence France-Presse in Mbabane, 15 May 2014, The Guardian
- ^ UNDP, About Swaziland
- ^ Now only Mswati owns a Maybach!, City Press, 25 January 2009
- ^ Serafin, Tatiana (17 June 2009). "The World's Richest Royals". Forbes.
- ^ "king needs R100m for palaces for 13 wives". The Argus (South Africa). 13 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "The Issue of "€1 Million Spent on Princess Sikhanyiso" and The Issue of "Building" Royal Palaces by Swaziland Government". Prime Ministers Office. 26 January 2004. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ "Swazi king gets go ahead for wives' palaces". Independent Online. 25 July 2004.
- ^ "Swazi anger at royal wives' trip," BBC News. 21 August 2008.
- ^ Amnesty International: "Swaziland: Human rights at risk in a climate of political and legal uncertainty,"Index No. AFR 55/004/2004. 29 July 2004.
- ^ Wayua, Muli. "A king, his culture, his wives," Daily Nation (Nairobi, Kenya). 7 December 2002.
- ^ "Swaziland's Royal Bridal Mess," CBS News. 4 November 2002.
- ^ "allAfrica.com: Uganda: Swaziland's King Mswati Iii Weds Again". 27 November 2010.
- ^ Decorations of Swaziland
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ 1995 National Orders Awards Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Info.gov.za
- Ginidza, Zodwa R. (1986). Umntfwana!: A Pictorial Biography of the New King of Swaziland. Swaziland: Macmillan Swaziland National Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-333-40303-7 OCLC 16874145
- Levin, Richard and Hugh MacMillan. (2003). "Swaziland: Recent History," in Africa South of the Sahara 2004. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-183-4
- Simelane, Hamilton Sipho. (2005). "Swaziland: Reign of Mswati III," pp. 1528-1530, in Encyclopedia of African History, Kevin Shillington, ed. London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mswati III.
- Official Website of Swaziland Monarchy
- Swazi King's Birthday features
- Swazi Royal Family Tree
- BBC News: Troubled King Mswati
- Swaziland king picks wife – BBC Video
- King Mswati III's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, 25 September 2008
- An Extravagant Ruler of a Modest Kingdom – New York Times Movie review
- In Destitute Kingdom, Ruler Lives Like a King
- His Majesty King Mswati III on IMDb
- Without the king on IMDb
|Regnal titles
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Kristin Wartman opens her recent Huffington Post piece with the line, "The low-fat trend finally appears to be on its way out." She quotes a number of scientists and journalists, all echoing the message that fat — even saturated fat — may not be unhealthy, and that the real dietary health risks come from refined carbs. She also notes that this message isn't new — it's been advanced in both mainstream and scientific media since the early aughts (or before). We did a quick search of the Times archives to determine just how long the death knell of low-fat diets has been blaring.
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In a lengthy Times Magazine piece (which Wartman mentions), Gary Taubes wrote,
Over the past five years, however, there has been a subtle shift in the scientific consensus. It used to be that even considering the possibility of the alternative hypothesis, let alone researching it, was tantamount to quackery by association. Now a small but growing minority of establishment researchers have come to take seriously what the low-carb-diet doctors have been saying all along.
He concluded with his own fear of questioning low-fat dogma, even in the face of evidence — "I have even lost considerable weight with relative ease by giving up carbohydrates on my test diet, and yet I can look down at my eggs and sausage and still imagine the imminent onset of heart disease and obesity, the latter assuredly to be caused by some bizarre rebound phenomena the likes of which science has not yet begun to describe."
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In a review of Taubes's book, Good Calories, Bad Calories, John Tierney wrote that "the notion that fatty foods shorten your life began as a hypothesis based on dubious assumptions and data; when scientists tried to confirm it they failed repeatedly." He called the widespread embrace of low-fat diets an example of an "informational cascade," wherein "one person after another assumes that the rest can't all be wrong."
Tierney became a tireless critic of low-fat dogma — in 2008 he wrote about another study questioning low-fat diets for weight loss. Paraphrasing Taubes, he called the study "perhaps the best news yet about saturated fat." A few weeks later, he gave Dean Ornish, a supporter of (some) low-fat diets the chance to respond. Ornish said, "The diet wars are almost over." Yeah, right.
In a Recipes for Health column (also mentioned by Wartman), Martha Rose Shulman wrote, "At the recent Worlds of Healthy Flavors conference, sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Culinary Institute of America, two prominent researchers called for an end to the use of the term 'low-fat.'" Also:
As most of us now know, it is the type of fat that matters most to health. [...] Scientists have been saying as much for years. But somehow we remain preoccupied with low-fat foods and diets, which are often high in sugar, refined flour and other simple carbohydrates, as well as in sodium, as salt is often added to low-fat foods to improve the flavor.
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So you're on 22.214.171.124.0 and you encountered in SQL*Plus this new feature "Unoptimized XML construct detected (enable XMLOptimizationCheck for more information)". What can you do and how to get more info…?
I encountered this new feature in SQL*Plus a month or so ago via the executing the following:
SQL> SET autotrace ON SQL> SELECT xt.nam, xt2.color 2 FROM XMLTable(XMLNamespaces(DEFAULT 'abc.com/123', 3 'xyz.net/456' AS "b"), 4 'employees/emp' 5 PASSING XMLTYPE('<employees xmlns="abc.com/123" xmlns:b="xyz.net/456"> 6 <emp> 7 <name>Scott</name> 8 <b:favorites> 9 <b:color>red</b:color> 10 <b:color>orange</b:color> 11 </b:favorites> 12 </emp> 13 <emp> 14 <name>John</name> 15 <b:favorites> 16 <b:color>blue</b:color> 17 <b:color>green</b:color> 18 </b:favorites> 19 </emp> 20 </employees>') 21 COLUMNS 22 nam VARCHAR2(20) PATH 'name', 23 color_t XMLTYPE PATH 'b:favorites') xt, 24 XMLTable(XMLNamespaces('xyz.net/456' AS "b"), 25 'b:favorites/b:color' 26 PASSING xt.color_t 27 COLUMNS 28 color VARCHAR2(10) PATH '.') xt2; NAM COLOR -------------------- ---------- Scott red Scott orange John blue John green Execution Plan ---------------------------------------------------------- Plan hash VALUE: 1368717035 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | ROWS | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| TIME | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 66M| 254M| 221K (1)| 00:44:21 | | 1 | NESTED LOOPS | | 66M| 254M| 221K (1)| 00:44:21 | | 2 | COLLECTION ITERATOR PICKLER FETCH| XMLSEQUENCEFROMXMLTYPE | 8168 | 16336 | 29 (0)| 00:00:01 | | 3 | COLLECTION ITERATOR PICKLER FETCH| XMLSEQUENCEFROMXMLTYPE | 8168 | 16336 | 27 (0)| 00:00:01 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note ----- - Unoptimized XML construct detected (enable XMLOptimizationCheck FOR more information) Statistics ---------------------------------------------------------- 0 recursive calls 0 db block gets 0 consistent gets 0 physical reads 0 redo SIZE 557 bytes sent via SQL*Net TO client 419 bytes received via SQL*Net FROM client 2 SQL*Net roundtrips TO/FROM client 0 sorts (memory) 0 sorts (disk) 4 ROWS processed
By noticing the "COLLECTION ITERATOR PICKLER FETCH" this already dawned with me. In principle a "COLLECTION ITERATOR PICKLER FETCH" means that the XML document or (intermediate) fragment is handled in memory and should be avoided because it is "serialized" and dealt via a Pickler Fetch routine, which in most cases is done via a standard XML parser, which can not be optimized by Oracle, for example, because Oracle doesn't have enough information (provided maybe via an XML Schema) to re-write this query in a more optimal form. See this website for more information on collection iterator pickler fetches.
The "Unoptimized XML construct detected (enable XMLOptimizationCheck for more information)" is new in SQL*Plus / database version 220.127.116.11.0 and is the equivalent of setting a 19021 level 0x1 via for example: ALTER session SET events ='19021 trace name context forever, level 0x1′.
By setting the "XMLOptimizationCheck" setting in SQL*Plus, Oracle/the database will refuse to execute this unoptimized code.
Playing with internal Oracle support database events should only be done when advised by Oracle support, or on a test system were it is not a big deal when this gets corrupted! My advice from me to you, but don't start whining if it break your environment…You can't say I didn't warn you.
According to an entry in the XMLDB Developers manual this is only used in a "test" or "debug" situation.
When this mode is on, the plan of execution is automatically checked for XQuery optimization, and if the plan is suboptimal then an error is raised and diagnostic information is written to the trace file indicating which operators are not rewritten.
And in the SQL*Plus manual for the latest release, under new features, 188.8.131.52, it states:
SET XMLOPTIMIZATIONCHECK specifies that only fully optimized XML queries and DML operations are executed. It is only to assist during code development and debugging.


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"Water Partnership 'Water for Food and Ecosystems (WFE)' Vietnam – Netherlands", a new initiative that IUCN is involved in, is the Viet Nam Government's latest effort to sustainably manage water resources in order to support adequate food production and healthy ecosystems.
WFE is a partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Viet Nam (MARD) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands (LNV).
This initiative was first announced in 2005 at the Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen! in the Hague, the Netherlands. The partnership in Viet Nam started with the launch of its preparation phase (2007 – 2008) hosted this September in Hanoi.
The WFE initiative will facilitate enhanced cross-sector collaboration for formulating integrated policies across the agriculture, fisheries, environment, and industry sectors. This cooperation will assist with poverty alleviation and the improvement of food security through implementing sustainable integrated water resources management in Viet Nam.
Under the direction of a steering committee, the initiative will be implemented by MARD in cooperation with other ministries such as the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). These institutions represent key sectors that heavily rely on water resources. LNV has requested that IUCN be a key partner to provide technical support in the initiative.
Water resources, food production, and ecosystems are interrelated systems. Due to its predominantly rural and agricultural-based economy, Viet Nam is among the countries that face the most acute challenge of how to balance the demand for water resources for economic development and food security with the protection of healthy ecosystems.
For further information, please contact Mr. Ly Minh Dang at [email protected]


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1. Biaggioni I, King LS, Enayat N, Robertson D, Newman JH. 1989. Adenosine produces pulmonary vasoconstriction in sheep: Evidence for thromboxane A2- prostaglandin endoperoxide receptor activation. Circ Res. 65(6):1516-1526.
2. Duke SS, King LS, Jones M, Newman JH, Brigham KL, Forbes J. 1989. Human recombinant interleukin-2 activated sheep lymphocytes lyse sheep pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells. J Cell Immunol. 122:188-199.
3. King LS, Fukushima M, Banerjee M, Kang KH, Newman JH, Biaggioni I. 1991. Pulmonary vascular effects of prostaglandin D2 but not its systemic vascular or airway effects are mediated through thromboxane receptor activation. Circ Res. 68(2):352-358.
4. Fukushima M, King LS, Kang KO, Banerjee M, Newman JH. 1990. Lung mechanics and airway reactivity in sheep during the development of oxygen toxicity. J App Physiol. 69(5):1779-1785.
5. Kubo K, King LS, Kobayashi T, Newman JH. 1992. Differing effects of nitrogen mustard and hydorxyurea on lung O2 toxicity in adult sheep. Am. Rev. Resp.Dis. 145:13-18.
6. Newman JH, Cochran CP, Roselli RJ, Parker RE, King LS. 1993. Pressure and flow changes in the pulmonary circulation in exercising sheep: evidence for elevated microvascular pressure. Am Rev Resp Dis. 147:921-926.
7. King LS, Nielsen S, Agre P. 1996. Aquaporin-1 water channel protein in lung: ontogeny, steroid-induced expression, and distribution in rat. J Clin Invest. 97:2183-91.
8. King LS, Nielsen S, Agre P. 1997. Aquaporins in complex tissues: I. Developmental patterns in respiratory tract and glandular tissue of rat. Am J Physiol Cell 273:C1541-48.
9. Nielsen S, King LS, Christensen BM, Agre P. 1997. Aquaporins in complex tissues: II. Cellular and subcellular distribution in respiratory tract and glands of rat. Am J Physiol Cell 273:C1549-61.
10. Moon C, King LS, Agre P. 1997. Expression of Aquaporin-1 water channel protein in mouse erythro-leukemia cells: genetic regulation of corticosteroid and chemical induction. Am J Physio. Cell 273:C1562-70.
11. Lee MD, King LS, Nielsen S, Agre P. 1997. Genomic organization and developmental expression of aquaporin-5 in lung. Chest. 111:111S-113S.
12. Borok Z, Lubman RL, Danto SI, Zhang X-L, Zabski SM, King LS, Agre P, Crandall ED. 1998. Keratinocyte growth factor modulates alveolar epithelial cell phenotype in vitro: expression of aquaporin-5 (AQP5). Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol. 18:554-61
13. Hoffert J, Leitch V, Agre P, King LS. 2000. Hypertonic induction of AQP5 expression through an ERK dependent pathway. J Biol Chem. 275:9070-9077
14. Steinfeld S, Cogan E, King LS, Agre P, Kiss R, Delporte C. 2001. Abnormal distribution of AQP5 water channel protein in salivary glands from Sjgrens syndrome patients. Lab Invest. 81:143-148
15. Tsubota K, Hirai S, King LS, Agre P, Ishida N. 2001 Defective cellular trafficking of aquaporin-5 water channel protein in Sjgrens syndrome lacrimal glands. Lancet, 357:688-689.
16. Leitch V, Agre P, King LS. 2001. Altered ubiquitination and stability of aquaporin-1 in hypertonic stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 98:2894-2898.
17. King LS, Choi M, Cartron J-P, Agre P. 2001. Defective urinary concentrating ability due to a complete deficiency of aquaporin-1. N Engl J Med. 345:175-179
18. Nejsum LN, Kwon T-H, Jensen UB, Fumagalli O, Frokiaer J, Krane CM, Menon AG, King LS, Agre P, Nielsen S. 2001. Functional requirement of aquaporin-5 in plasma membranes of sweat glands. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 99:511-516.
19. King L, Nielsen S, Agre P, Brown R. 2002. Decreased pulmonary vascular permeability in aquaporin-1 null humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 99:1059-1063.
20. Kozono D, Yasui, M, King LS, Agre P. 2002. Aquaporin water channels: atomic structure and molecular dynamics meet clinical medicine. J Clin Invest. 109:1395-1399.
21. Gresz V, Kwon T-H, Gong H, Agre P, Steward M, King LS, Nielsen S. 2004. Immunolocalization of AQP5 in rat parotid and submandibular salivary glands after stimulation or inhibition of secretion in vivo. Am J Physiol. 287:G151-161.
22. Herrlich A, Leitch V, King LS. 2004. Proneuregulin-1 cleavage and human epidermal growth factor receptor activation, early steps in hypertonic extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and aquaporin expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:15799-15804.
23. Sidhaye V, Hoffert, J, King LS. 2005. cAMP regulation of aquaporin-5: distinct acute and chronic effects in lung epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 280(5):3590-3596.
24. Molls RR, Savransky V, Liu M, Bevans S, Mehta T, Tuder RM, King LS, Rabb H. 2006. Keratinocyte-derived chemokine is an early biomarker of ischemic acute kidney injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 290(5):F1187-1193.
25. Sidhaye VK, Guler AD, Schweitzer KS, DAlessio F, Caterina MJ, King LS. 2006. Transient receptor potential vailloid 4 regulates aquaporin-5 abundance under hypotonic conditions. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 103(12):4747-4752.
26. Phatak P, Shaldivan A, King LS, Shapiro P, Regenold WT. 2006. Lithium and inositoal: Effects on brain water homeostasis in the rat. Psychopharmacology (Berl), 186(1):41-47.
27. Endeward V, Virkki L, King LS, Supuran CT, Boron WF, Gros G. 2006. Evidence that Aquaporin 1 is a major pathway for CO2 transport across the human erythrocyte membrane. FASEB J, 12:1974-1981.
28. Promeneur D, Liu Y, Jorge Maciel, Agre P, L King LS, Kumar N. 2007. Aquaglyceroporin PbAQP during intraerythrocytic development of the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104(7):2211-6.
29. Liu Y, Promeneur D, Rojek A, Kumar N, Frkir J, Nielsen S, King LS, Agre P, and Carbrey JA. 2007. Aquaporin 9 is the major pathway for glycerol uptake by mouse erythrocytes, with implications for malarial virulence. PNAS 104:12560-12564.
30. Schweitzer K, Li E, Sidhaye V, Leitch V, Kuznetsov S, King LS. 2008. Accumulation of Aquaporin-1 during hemolysin-induced necrotic cell death. Cell Mol Biol Lett 13(2): 195-210.
31. Sidhaye VK, Schweitzer KS, Caterina MJ, Shimoda L, King LS. 2008. Shear stress regulates aquaporin-5 and airway epithelial barrier function. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 105(9):3345-50, 2008.
32. Dodd-o J, Hristopoulos, Scharfstein D, Brower RG, Hassoun PM, King LS, Becker PM, Liu M, Wang W, Hassoun HT, Rabb H. 2008. Interactive effects of mechanical ventilation and kidney health on lung function in an in vivo mouse model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 296(1):L3-L11. PMCID: PMC2636954.
33. DAlessio F, Tsushima K, Aggarwal NR, West EE, Suffredini AF, Willett MH, Britos MF, Pipeline MR, Brower RG, Tuder RM, McDyer JF, King LS. 2009. CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs resolve experimental lung injury in mice and are present in humans with acute lung injury. J Clin Invest 119(10):2898-2913. PMID: PMC9770521
34. Gandolfo MT, Jang HR, Bagnasco SM, Ko GJ, Agreda P, Satpute SR, Crow MT, King LS, Rabb H. 2009. Foxp3+ regulatory T cells participate in repair of ischemic acute kidney injury. Kidney Int. 2009 76(7):717-29.
35. Aggarwal NR, DAlessio FR, Tsushima k, Files DC, Damarla M, Sidhaye VK, Fraig MF, Polotsky VY, King LS. 2010. Moderate oxygen augments lipopolysaccharide-induced lung injury in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 298: L371-L38. PMCID: PMC 2838673.
36. Aggarwal NR, DAlessio FR, Tsushima K, Sidhaye VK, Cheadle C, Grigoryev DN, Kathleen C. Barnes KC, and King LS. 2009. Regulatory T cell-mediated resolution of lung injury: Identification of potential target genes via expression profiling. Physiol Genomics 2010 Apr 1;41(2):109-19. PMCID:PMC2853901
37. Hansel NN, Sidhaye V, Rafaels NM, Gao L, Gao P, Williams R, Connet JE, Beaty TH, Mathias RA, Wise RA, King LS, Barnes KC. 2010. Aquaporin 5 Polymorphisms and Rate of Lung Function Decline in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. PLoS ONE 5(12):e14226. PMCID PMC2997058.
38. Sidhaye R, Chau E, Breysse PN, King LS. Septin-2 mediates airway epithelial barrier function in physiologic and pathologic conditions. Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol. 2011 45(1):120-126. PMCID: PMC3145065
39. Finanger Hedderick EL, Simmers JL, Soleimani A, Andres-Mateos E, Marx R, Files DC, King L, Crawford TO, Corse AM, Cohn RD. 2011. Loss of sarcolemmal nNOS is a common finding in acquired and inherited neuromuscular disorders. Neurology 76(22):960-967.
40. Calvi C, Podowski M, DAlessio F, Metzger S, Lauer T, Cheadle C, Talbot C, Jie C, McGrath-Morrow S, King L, Walston J, Neptune ER. 2011. Critical transition in immune function accompanies lung senescence. PloSONE 2011;6(6):e20712. PMCID: PMC3119663.
41. Files DC, DAlessio FR, Johnston LF, Kesari P, Aggarwal NR, Garibaldi BT, Mock JR, Simmers JL, DeGorordo SA, Murdoch J, Willis MS, Patterson C, Tankersley CG, Messi ML, Liu C, Delbono O, Furlow JD, Bodine SC, Cohn RD, King LS, Crow MT. A critical role for muscle ring finger-1 in acute lung injury associated skeletal muscle wasting. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 2012 Apr 15;185(8):825-34. PMCID:PMC3360571
42. Gurkan OU, He ., Zielinski R., Rabb H, King LS, Dodd-o JM, D'Alessio FR, Aggarwal N, Pearse D, Becker PM. Interleukin-6 mediates pulmonary vascular permeability in a two-hit model of ventilator-associated lung injury. Exp Lung Res 37:575-584.
43. Sidhaye VK, Chau E, Srivastava V, Sirimalle S, Balabhadrapatruni C, Aggarwal NR, DAlessio FR, Robinson DN, and King, LS. A novel role for aquaporin-5 in enhancing microtubule organization and stability. PLoS ONE 2012;7(6):e38717. Epub 2012 Jun 8. PMCID: PMC3371026
44. Leggett K, Maylor J, Undem C, Lai N, Lu W, Schweitzer K, King LS, Myers AC, Sylvester JT, Sidhaye V, Shimoda LA. Hypoxia-induced migration in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells requires calcium-dependent upregulation of aquaporin 1. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012 Aug 15;303(4):L343-53.
45. DAlessio FR, Tsushima K, Aggarwal NR, Files DC , Garibaldi BT, Mock JR, Eto Y, Avalos CR, Rodriguez JV, Reddy SP, Pearse DB, Sidhaye VK, Hassoun PM, Crow MT, King LS. Resolution of experimental lung injury by monocyte-derived inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). J Immunol 189:2234-2245, 2012. PMCID: PMC3424351
46. Garibaldi BT, DAlessio FR, Mock JR, Files DC, Chau E, Eto Y, Drummond MB, Aggarwal NR, Sidhaye V, King LS. Regulatory Tcells reduce acute long injury fibroproliferation by decreasing fibrocyte recruitment. Am Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]
47. Aggarwal NR, DAlessio FR, Eto Y, Chau E, Avalos C, Waickman AT, Garibaldi BT, Mock KJR, Files DC, Sidhaye V, Polotsky VY, Powerll J, Horton M, King LS. Macrophage adenosine receptor 2a (A2Ar) protects against oxygen-induced augmentation of experimental lung injury. Am J Resp Cell Mol Biol. 2012. (in press).
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State cites Groton schools for racial imbalance at Claude Chester
Groton — The Groton Board of Education, which moved 16 percent of its elementary school students in September to correct a racial imbalance and crowding in one school, has been cited by the state for a racial imbalance in another school.
A 2013 state enrollment report showed that Claude Chester Elementary School is racially imbalanced, enrolling 68.2 percent minority students. Three other Groton schools - Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School, Northeast Academy and S.B. Butler Elementary - have pending imbalances.
A school is considered racially imbalanced if the minority population is 25 percent higher or lower than the district average in comparable grades. A school has a pending imbalance if the minority population is 15 percent higher or lower than the district average.
The district average in Groton is about 42 to 43 percent minority students in elementary school, depending on the grade.
Groton filed a plan to correct the imbalance at Kolnaski Magnet, then amended it last year by redrawing the district's attendance zones.
"Although the imbalance at (Catherine Kolnaski Magnet School) was substantially reduced, Claude Chester is now imbalanced," said a May 12 notice from Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor to Groton Superintendent Michael Graner.
The state enrollment report shows the minority populations at Kolnaski Magnet, Northeast Academy and S.B. Butler are about 58.3 percent; 24.9 percent and 27.3 percent, respectively.
Groton must submit a plan to correct the imbalance at Claude Chester within 120 days, or by Sept. 12.
The Board of Education is scheduled to discuss the notice at its next meeting, at 6 p.m. Monday in the Robert E. Fitch High School band room.
"It just seems that the issue continues to come up," said Deborah Johnson, outgoing chairwoman of the Groton Parent Council.
She said parents would not accept another redistricting before Groton has a long-term plan for its schools.
"It just really upsets friends, it really upsets the families who are affected," she said.
But she said the issue could help move plans for the schools along. The school district hosted a community workshop in May to discuss future construction, and the recommendations of that group could help deal with the state, Johnson said.
"If they could present something, it may buy them time," she said.
The recommendations would build one new middle school, possibly adjacent to the high school, turn Carl C. Cutler Middle School and West Side Middle School into elementary schools, and close Claude Chester, S.B. Butler and Pleasant Valley elementary schools.
The workshop goal was to decide what future school buildings should include to accommodate programs and academics - such as the type of media center, for example, and to discuss the existing buildings.
The Board of Education is expected to be briefed on the details Monday. The board would then approve or change the recommendations and forward them to the town School Facilities Task Force. The plan would then go to the Town Council, Representative Town Meeting and ultimately to voters at referendum.
The school board adopted last fall's redistricting plan based on recommendations from the consulting firm Milone & MacBroom, which continues to work with Groton.
The firm hoped redistricting would correct the racial imbalance enough to last for two years, Planner Mike Zuba said Thursday. But he said planners also had to move students out of Kolnaski to relieve crowding, which brought Claude Chester to within a few students of being unbalanced.
"We knew we were cutting it close," Zuba said.
Groton has been grappling with racial imbalance since at least 2003, when Kolnaski Magnet School was cited. It tried a magnet program with limited success, and two years ago considered whether to fight the state's racial balance law as outdated and unfair.
If a school is found to be racially imbalanced, the district must submit a plan to the state board of education to correct it, Education Department Spokeswoman Kelly Donnelly said. The state board would then approve the plan or request a new one.
"Once a district submits a plan and it's approved by the board, we understand that it might take a couple of years to see the plan take hold," Donnelly said.
If a district refuses to comply with the law, the state department of education could file a complaint with the state board, recommending the district be cited for failing to uphold the state's educational interests and ordered to produce a plan.
If the district still refused, the state could take the school district to court.
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A group of students had a biology lab. As a part of this lab they were supposed to scrape some bacteria off their teeth with a toothpick and then examine it under the microscope.
But this one girl had some problems identifying her bacteria and asked the professor what they were.
"Those are sperm cells."


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Tågaborgsskolan is a newly built school in the central parts of Helsingborg in the south of Sweden. It opened in 2013 and stands on the site of an old school from 1912. The school has 560 students from kindergarten to high school.
For the new school, which is located in an older residential area, the requirements were glare-free lighting that not only lights up the school yard, but also withstands rough play during daytime.
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text: Janet Jackson is the new spokesperson for NutriSystem. Yawn. But as was telling her story to Good Morning America, she divulged us with stories of her formative years — and the many insecurities that developed within them. Janet says her body issues stemmed from childhood, where her brother Michael would poke fun at her "big butt" — "names of endearment," she clarified — and her first acting job on Good Times, which she began when she was only 10 years old. Jackson says that on her first season of the show, the good people in wardrobe felt her body was developing too soon and flattened her chest by binding it. The next season, they told her to lose weight. Ah, the life of a child star: something I wouldn't wish upon anymore.


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Daily log, March 20
Tiffin reports
William T. Rike, 20, of Bellevue, was charged with public urination Wednesday morning.
A person reported Wednesday afternoon a window was broken out on a vehicle in the 300 block of South Monroe Street. The broken window didn't appear to have been a result of a criminal act, the report states.
County reports
Andrew O. Baxter, 23, of Fostoria, was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and criminal damage for an incident March 5.
Jason L. Clabaugh, 32, of Fremont, was charged with open container Friday.
A 2000-block West CR 592 man reported Tuesday evening his neighbors allegedly shot and killed a stray cat. The neighbors then came and took the cat off his property.
A 10000-block Millin Drive man reported Tuesday evening he found damage to his residence from paintballs.
A bad check was reported Wednesday morning in the first block of North Marion Street.
Fostoria reports
Ian M. Berridge, 20, of Fostoria, was charged with selling to an underage person for an incident March 8.
A 600-block Lynn Street woman reported Tuesday evening something sticky was sprayed all over her vehicle.
A man reported Tuesday evening a license plate was stolen off his vehicle in the 400 block of College Avenue.
A vacant residence in the 700 block of Walnut Street was reported entered Wednesday morning.
A woman went to the station Wednesday morning to speak to an officer about a phone scam.
Tiffin accident
Gregory E. Welter, 26, of Tiffin, was cited with failure to follow a truck route in the city limits following an accident Wednesday morning at the North Washington Street viaduct. According to the accident report, Welter's semi-truck struck the bridge with the top of its cargo box, causing minor damage to the truck roof and no damage to the bridge.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 41 Madison St. Tuesday afternoon for a false alarm.
Attica fire and EMS were called to CR 56 Tuesday evening for a chimney fire.
Tiffin firefighters were called to 870 W. Market St. Tuesday night for a system malfunction.
McCutchenville fire and New Riegel EMS were called to TR 115 Tuesday night a carbon monoxide alarm.
Tiffin EMS had three squad runs Tuesday evening and three squad runs Wednesday morning.
Republic fire and EMS had a squad run early Wednesday morning.
Republic fire and EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Wednesday morning.
Clinton fire and Tiffin EMS had a squad run Wednesday morning.
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This limited re-release of the original 7th release in the Silver Bullet Silver Shield series is sure to be a popular favourite.
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Sonim S1
The Land Rover of rugged phones
First Look The iPhone 3G S or Palm Pre are fine for city-dwellers, but if you live a more rugged lifestyle then you'll need a handset capable of keeping up - come rain or shine, literally.
And, at a recent launch event near Birmingham, Register Hardware was thrown a handset so tough that its manufacturer – Sonim – decided that only two ultra-rugged sponsors would do: explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and car firm Land Rover.
Sonim's S1: Hard as nails, but low on features
Sonim's been making rugged mobile phone for several years now, but the S1 is its latest attempt at merging ruggedness and decent features into a device that'll withstand conditions harsh enough to kill an iPhone.
Proving the S1's durability was no problem for Sonim, which strapped the phone to various parts of a Land Rover – including its front bumper and wheels – and then ordered the phone to be driven through knee-deep muddy waters, across driving courses for four-wheel drive cars and through a jet wash.
But the S1's body didn't even waver and – while still strapped to a Land Rover's wheel – was even still able to relay a call to Sir Ranulph over Bluetooth.
However, we did have one minor niggle.
The S1's detachable port cover could cause problems
The phone's headphone jack and Micro USB port are covered by a rubber flap that can be opened by a fingernail – unlike the phone's battery, which is sealed in by two meaty screws.
In our opinion, the flap is the phone's weakest point. Why? Because despite the S1 being able to withstand a 30-minute dunk in up to 1m of water, it's sod's law that you'll leave the flap just slightly ajar the one time you drop the phone into a pig's trough.
Sonim's obviously thought long-and-hard about the S1 aesthetics, though. The phone's buttons are well sized and have enough space between them to ensure that you can dial a telephone number while wearing even the thickest of gloves.
An extra-loud loudspeaker rests beside the camera lens
The S1's screen isn't great, though. Despite Sonim telling us that the phone's display had been treated with an anti-reflective material, we still found it hard to read the screen in bright sunlight.
On the plus side, the edges of the S1's heavily rubberised body are high enough to ensure that you won't scratch its display if you inadvertently put the phone facedown onto broken glass.
Other parts of the phone's outer body also combine to make the S1 a solid choice for the outside professional. For example, there's a hook for tying the phone onto a lanyard and an extra-loud loudspeaker to ensure you hear the phone ringing while it's in the glove compartment.
But even mountain bikers couldn't crush the S1
Sadly, though, the S1's technical features are – much like Sonim's previous handsets – where things start to go down hill.
Despite sporting a 2mp camera, Assisted GPS and an 18-hour talk time, the S1 still has a clunky and dated UI that wouldn't seem out of place on a Nokia phone from 2001.
The S1 only supports tri-band GSM and Edge – not that you'd stand much chance of getting a 3G signal in deepest, darkest Dartmoor.
MP3 files are supported by the S1, but it's hard to imagine anyone pulling off their gloves at the end of a long day working on a building site and fumbling around with a filthy handset, just so they can listen to a couple of songs while out in the wilderness.
So, is the Sonim S1 for you? Not if you value entertainment more than ruggedness. But if you're a rock-climbing enthusiast, farmer or builder then, it's a definite yes.
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In French, the noun politique refers to two orders of reality that English designates as two different words, "policy," and "politics." In one sense, which is that of policy, we speak in French of la politique to designate "an individual's, a group's, or a government's conception, program or action, or the action itself" (Aron, Democracy and Totalitarianism): it is in this sense that we speak of politiques of health or education or of Richelieu's or Bismarck's politiques in foreign affairs. In another sense, which translates as the English word "politics," la politiques designates everything that concerns public debate, competition for access to power, and thus the "domain in which various politiques [in the sense of "policy"] compete or oppose each other" (ibid.). This slight difference between French and English does not generally post insurmountable problems, because the context usually suffices to indicate which meaning of politique should be understood, but in certain cases it is nonetheless difficult to render in French all the nuances conveyed by the English term, or, on the contrary, to avoid contamination between the two notions that English distinguishes so clearly. On the basis of an examination of the uses of the two words in political literature in English, we will hypothesize that their respective semantic fields are not unrelated to the way in which scholarly theories (and academic institutions) conceive what French call la politique.


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Trial in 1969 slaying in Mass. winding down
McCabe slay case closings set for Thursday
The trial of a New Hampshire man facing a murder charge in connection with the 1969 slaying of a Massachusetts teenager is winding down.
Closing statements in the trial of 59-year-old Michael Ferreira of Salem, N.H. are scheduled for Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court.
Prosecutors say Ferreira and two of his friends abducted 15-year-old John McCabe after a dance in Tewksbury, Mass., in September 1969, bound him, taped his eyes and mouth, and left him in a Lowell field where he died. The medical examiner ruled McCabe died of asphyxiation due to strangulation.
Authorities say the suspects wanted to teach McCabe a lesson for flirting with one of their girlfriends.
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Spring has sprung and with the change of season comes the promise of great weather, open spaces and, hopefully, a clean house.
If you're like me, you'll be keen to get the spring cleaning over and done with so you don't have to think about it again for at least another 12 months.
Of course that big clean up often means we have to dealwith that hoarding tendency most of us possess.
But what to do with the items you've collected over the year that aren't precious enough to keep but are too good to throw away?
Enter the garage sale.
I love garage sales for at least two reasons.
First, you can make some decent cash from them and secondly, it's a great way to meet your neighbours!
I'm all about selling the experience as well as items, so to encourage people to stick around for longer, I create a friendly environment.
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By doing so, I'm ensuring that my neighbours have all the information on my garage sale and know exactly what I'm selling and where.
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Want to play as Catwoman in Batman: Arkham City? You'll have to buy the game new or pay for the privilege to do so, publisher Warner Bros says. That's right, it's the on-disc singleplayer content that's being put behind an "online pass" style scheme.
Batman: Arkham City's VIP pass, the one-time use code required to unlock the playable Catwoman, will cost 800 Microsoft Points if you aren't an "original purchaser" of the game. Eurogamer confirmed with Warner Bros. that Catwoman, "a unique character with her own story, moves and weapons", is for those who buy the game new or pay for the unlock code.
Rocksteady's sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum has two additional pay-to-play characters, Robin and Nightwing.
Batman: Arkham City comes to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 next week, with the PC version arriving sometime in November.
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SNOW HILL – Worcester County will expand its cover crop program if a non-point source reduction grant comes through, permitting more farmers to participate in the popular water quality initiative.
"Right now, I have over $1 million signed up just in the county. We weren't allocated that much so some of our land owners and farmers aren't going to get it," said Doug Jones, Soil Conservation district manager.
Worcester County will apply for $243,000 in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding to enroll more land in the voluntary cover crop program.
Farmers in the program plant crops in the fall, after the main growing season, to take up nutrients and prevent soil erosion.
The cover crop plants, which grow in the fall and the spring and consume nutrients that might otherwise end up in groundwater or waterways, are plowed under or destroyed before a cash crop is planted.
A lower-paying program allows the crop to be finished and sold.
While farmers do not make much on the program, there is a big demand for participation, said Jones.
Payment ranges from $50 per acre to $30 per acre, and farmers get paid more the earlier they plant.
""The earlier it's planted in the field, the more benefits you get out of the program," said Jones. "That's why it's a step down program."
Comprehensive Planning Director Sandy Coyman said, "It works for farmers because it improves the soil. They take up nutrients and they stop erosion."
Cover crops are the most cost effective way to reduce non-point source nutrient pollution of local waters.
"We've looked at all the best management practices," said Coyman. "For cover crops, it's about $1.50 to reduce one pound of nitrogen. The other end of the spectrum is urban stormwater management improvements. For every one pound of nitrogen reduced, it costs around $150."
The EPA grant funding, part of the Clean Water Act, will therefore be directed to where it will have the most impact.
In other news, the County Commissioners also approved an in-kind match for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program's (MCBP) grant from the EPA's National Estuary Program.
The county will use the Rural Legacy funding it is already slated to receive as its match for the grant, as it has in the past. The county will not be out of pocket from the grant match.


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Everyone that gets hired goes through diversity and acceptance training.
While many companies take a reactionary approach to male/female issues such as sexual harassment, offering training only when there's been a problem, P&G requires that each new employee gets trained in the importance of being supportive and accepting of coworkers. Essentially, the attitude is baked in from the beginning and it's led to an incredibly low rate—and in some cases, a total lack—of complaints about things like a male boss being inappropriate or someone favoring a male employee by assigning him plum projects over a female employee.
Women are offered key positions.
Forty-two percent of the current management positions at P&G are held by women, and nearly half of new management hires are as well. The company prides itself on pushing women to climb the ladder and go for top spots, and that's evidenced by the fact that the percentage of female presidents has grown from 8 percent in 2000 to just under 30 percent today.
They try to work only with companies who are female-friendly.
P&G works with a ton of outside vendors and has a lot of external partnerships (like ad agencies and suppliers) and it would be easy to just go with the company that has the best track record or the most competitive pricing. But rather than just defaulting to those options, P&G looks at the diversity of the company, including how many women work there and if they value their female employees. The benefit is two-fold: It encourages other companies to step up their game in terms of creating a femme-friendly workplace. And it ensures that women working at P&G don't find themselves dealing with male-only vendors who aren't accepting of the opposite gender.
Employees get to make their own schedules.
Prepare yourself for a case of the envies. P&G offers flex-time, meaning that, as long as she's logging the required number of hours and getting her work done, an employee can start her day as early or as late as she wants. This is a huge perk for working moms who want to design their schedules around their kids' school days or after school activities.
There's a nurse available 24/7.
P&G has a unique program called Blueprint for Healthy Living. It offers employees access to a nurse any time of day or night—whether it's during the workweek or even on weekends. And even those who work 20 hours a week get access to the program and health insurance coverage—benefits that are very rare for part-timers at other companies.


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In February 2012, pursuant to an SEC order, FINRA established an accounting support fee (GASB Accounting Support Fee) to adequately fund the annual budget of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The GASB Accounting Support Fee is collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). Each member firm's assessment is based on the member firm's portion of the total par value of municipal securities transactions reported by all FINRA member firms to the MSRB during the previous quarter. FINRA will assess and collect a total of $8,310,500 to adequately fund the GASB's annual budget by collecting $2,077,625 from its member firms each calendar quarter beginning in April 2016.
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The Dufour 3800 is a great blend of ample accommodations for cruising
and solid sailing performance. Cruising comforts include large
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I would be absolutely astonished if Ricky ever bowled first in a test match again.
citoyens, vouliez-vous une révolution sans révolution?
That's the point GIMH was making...
Going to the Third day, stoked! Will get to see England go 1-0 down
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
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Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
I think he was mocking sifter for only changing half of the post tbf.
Mate, as an Aussie, you've completely nailed it in one. Our selectors have absolutely no imagination and we've slid down a slippery slope.
Grimly held onto Hussey & North. Watson & Clarke should be batting at #3 and #4. We should have kept playing Phil Hughes (still averages 51 in Tests and nearly 57 in FC). Ponting should have dropped down to #6 as part of sucession planning. Haddin shouldn't walk back into the side.
Bottom line, if we don't win back the Ashes, based firstly on age, secondly on ability:
Hussey gone. In decline over the past few years.
Ponting gone. Ditto.
Haddin gone. Keeping is a liability. Been dismissed 40 times in Tests, scored >50 seven times.
North going, going. Unreliable.
Katich going, going. Maybe 18 months left in him as long as his form is good.
Clarke on notice.
Then you ask, who is the long-term captain of Australia?
If it isn't Clarke, Cameron White from Victoria has the best leadership pedigree, leading the Vics since he was 20, in 2003/04, with pretty good success:
FC Winners: 03/04, 08/09, 09/10
FC Runners Up: 05/06, 07/08
1-day Domestic: got the Vics to the last 4 finals (we choked each time)
But we really need to bottom out and play the kids.
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Just no lol.
Are all safe and so they should be (Paine is close though) - And batting where they are.
We'll end up like the West Indies with your line of thinking. Just playing inexperienced kids in the hope they click.
The only ones who deserve the kick are North and Hussey.
Don't go chasing waterfalls
Our bowling attack being as it is with replacements such as Sids and Harris in the wing means that a stable middle order is really our one impediment to good success. Domination, no, but much more success, quite probably.
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When you first set up HoloLens, you'll be guided through calibration. Later on, if your holograms look jittery or shaky, or if you're having trouble placing holograms, make adjustments using the Calibration app. This app can also help if you're experiencing any discomfort while using your HoloLens. Learn more about comfort.
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Holograms can be placed throughout your environment—high, low, and all around you—but you'll see them through a holographic frame that extends a few feet on either side of you. To get the best view, adjust your device so you can see the entire frame. And make sure to walk around your environment and explore!
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â¨'We are citizens without a homelandâ¨Hunted like birds without sky'
These lines are from a poem by Malka Al-Haddad, who is a poet, an academic, a human rights activist and an Iraqi Asylum Seeker. Her poems express longing for home and explore her experience of exile.
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The Sikh Coalition has obtained previously unreleased TSA documents. Written in 2009, these documents show that the agency can pursue several auditing options to weed out racial and religious profiling. In addition, the authors of the document apparently miscalculated the effectiveness of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines, recommending that TSA determine which auditing option to implement "during the interim period of time it takes to deploy advance[d] passenger screening technologies" and claiming "that advance[d] screening technologies, beyond those deployed [in 2009] will reduce or possibly eliminate perceptive profiling[.]" As it turns out, Sikhs are still subjected to secondary pat down screenings, even after passing through AIT machines without incident, and other communities continue to report discriminatory treatment by TSA personnel. In this context, TSA needs to take its auditing options more seriously.
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Back in February news broke that a university researcher had successfully grown bovine muscle tissue in a lab, although a prototype burger made this way would cost an estimated £200,000.
I was immediately reminded of an Arthur C. Clarke short story (spoiler alert) in which synthetic meat is routinely eaten, but its nature is disguised for marketing purposes. The latest product is the wildly popular "Ambrosia Plus", which turns out to be synthesized human meat.
Could this be about to come true? Given that synthetic meat is going to cost more than animal meat for the foreseeable future, its only niche is going to be as a status symbol for rich people. As Clarke pointed out, up until now human meat has been almost unobtainable, and in most societies the steps required to obtain it have made it taboo. But soon it seems likely that anyone with the necessary money will be able to have a sample without any ethical concerns (although the squick remains).
But then, why not go one step further? The original sample from which the synthetic human-burger is grown has to come from someone, and the identity of that someone could become a marketing point. One can envisage a particularly egocentric billionaire offering his guests burgers cloned from himself. Or perhaps famous people will find themselves being offered large sums of money for a biopsy. Would you like to nibble on Naomi Campbell? Or perhaps a bite of Usain Bolt?


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