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Venezuelan authorities launched an investigation on Monday into the shooting death of an Indian leader who had repeatedly requested government protection as he campaigned for indigenous rights in a largely lawless and violent region.
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Sabino Romero, a leader of the Yukpa tribe, was fatally shot on Sunday along a highway in the western state of Zulia.
Villegas said investigators suspect Romero may have been the victim of a hired killing, but authorities have not determined a motive.
"The investigation is under way," Villegas said. "We cannot put forth any type of hypothesis regarding this reprehensible act."
The Prosecutor General's Office issued a statement saying that Romero reportedly was gunned down by two assailants riding a motorcycle. The gunmen stopped a vehicle carrying Romero and sprayed it with bullets.
The indigenous leader's wife, Luisa Martinez de Romero, was wounded.
No suspects have been arrested.
Justice Minister Nestor Reverol told state television that federal police traveled from Caracas to Zulia to assist state authorities in investigating Romero's murder.
Reverol suggested that owners of large swaths of land located along the Perija mountain range may be responsible for Romero's murder.
Romero had "often denounced the complicity between local government authorities and landowners against the indigenous of the Perija area," David Smilde and Hugo Perez Hernaiz of the U.S.-based Washington Office on Latin America think tank blogged on Monday.
In a message posted on Twitter, Zulia state Gov. Francisco Arias, a close ally of President Hugo Chavez, announced that federal and state officials would also join forces "to advance on the distribution of land for the Yukpas."
Romero had long campaigned for the rights of the Yukpa and the demarcation of their lands in the Perija mountain range bordering neighboring Colombia.
Foro por la Vida, a group of Venezuela's most prominent human rights organizations, issued a statement strongly condemning the killing, calling for an "exhaustive, transparent and quick investigation" to determine who was responsible.
Foro por la Vida noted that tensions between the Yukpa and cattle ranchers have increased in recent years, occasionally leading to violence, as the Indians have settled on lands claimed by ranchers and demanded the government initiate the demarcation of their ancestral lands.
Land owners are suspected of killing several tribe members amid land-related disputes, according to human rights organizations. Rights groups said the Yukpa repeatedly denounced threats from ranchers, but authorities failed to act.
"There's a lot of tension in the region," Lusbi Portillo, an Indian rights activist, told The Associated Press in an interview.
Portillo counts at least eight murders involving Yukpa tribe members in recent years.
"There are no investigations, nobody is arrested," added Portillo, a representative of Sociedad Homo et Natura, a non-governmental organization that closely tracks indigenous rights issues in Venezuela.
Portillo said that he has received anonymous death threats by telephone.
Following a fight between rival groups of Indians that ended with the death of one of those involved in the melee, Sabino Romero was arrested in 2009, charged with murder and put on trial, according to Esperanza Hermida, a representative of the local Provea human rights group.
Romero spent approximately 18 months in military custody as the trial continued. He was released in 2011 after prosecutors failed to produce evidence supporting their accusations.
"They used the fight to justify the accusations, which were aimed at stopping his protest activities," Hermida said in a telephone interview, referring to government officials.
Liliana Ortega of the Cofavic rights group said the government began "criminalizing" activists and organizations that spoke out against Romero's arrest and trial.
"A growing campaign of criminalization has been developing in Venezuela against social leaders, human rights activists and union leaders ... that take up critical positions against state policies," Ortega said.
Associated Press writers Fabiola Sanchez and Frank Bajak contributed to this report.
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Judging from this past week, it�s going to be a long few weeks between now and New Bern�s runoff elections on Nov. 5.
Judging from this past week, it�s going to be a long few weeks between now and New Bern�s runoff elections on Nov. 5.
As you know, there are three runoff races to be decided: Mayor, between Sabrina Bengel and Dana Outlaw; Alderman Ward 1 between Dallas Blackiston and Alfred Barfield (though that�s not official as of this writing); and Alderman Ward 6 between Ashley Smith and Jeffrey Odham.
There will be other municipal races in Craven, Jones and Pamlico counties (the three counties that the Sun Journal covers), but for the moment I�m focusing on New Bern�s mayor race. Here are some random thoughts:
Campaigning for the �primary� on Oct. 8 was fairly sedate and civil among the six candidates. There were a handful of candidate forums (including one sponsored by the Sun Journal and the New Bern Chamber of Commerce at The Flame). And there wasn�t too much mud thrown around.
That was then.
Now that just two candidates are left standing, Bengel has called for a debate leading up to the primary with her opponent, whose name she doesn�t mention, whereas Outlaw has called for nine debates but with a list of restrictions and a few digs thrown in at Bengel for her campaign spending ($36,948 for Bengel, $3,920 for Outlaw).
Bengel�s call for a debate was straightforward; she wants one and asked for the media and public to participate. Outlaw wants relatively unmoderated debates in a variety of locations around town. He chose the number nine because Bengel spent nine times more than Outlaw, and he points out that Bengel spent $25 per vote in the October elections.
I�m told that Outlaw has agreed to participate in at least one debate, one sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. A meeting is scheduled for Monday by organizers and we will have more information as it becomes available.
The Sun Journal will cover any mayor debates, but does not plan to organize one at present. With early voting starting later this week, there�s not much time.
Prior to the October voting, we posted a series of online polls, most of which were dominated by Dana Outlaw save one, when Sabrina Bengel�s poll numbers went through the roof. She called me to explain that her campaign folks had figured out how Outlaw�s campaign folks were gaming the polls, so her campaign folks started doing it too, but it got a little out of hand.
We have another mayor poll up now at newbernsj.com. It may not be a true tale of who is leading in the polls, but it may be an indicator of whose campaign is the most organized. As of Saturday morning, the poll shows Outlaw in the lead, 89 to 50, with 14 choosing neither.
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Ward 6 alderman candidate Jeffrey Odham is attacking his opponent, Ashley Smith, claiming he just recently moved back to the area and was a Democrat in Florida before registering as a Republican in North Carolina.
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Some people are able to manage type 2 diabetes with diet and exercise alone. But, in many cases, medications are added to this treatment plan to help you control your blood glucose (sugar) levels.
Anti-diabetes medications that are taken by mouth, often referred to as oral agents, are used to treat type 2 diabetes. They lower blood glucose levels in a variety of ways. Since each class works differently, these medications may be used in combination. All of these drugs work best when they are part of a total treatment program that includes healthy eating and regular exercise.
Despite diet, exercise, and oral medications, some people with long-standing type 2 diabetes may need to take insulin or other medications to control their glucose levels.
Metformin works in the liver to make it produce less glucose and make your body more sensitive to insulin. Metformin can also lower blood fat levels and possibly lead to minor weight loss, which can ultimately help with blood glucose control.
Metformin is usually taken 1-2 times a day with meals. Metformin does not cause the body to make more insulin. When it is used alone, it rarely causes hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels). However, when combined with other diabetes drugs, it can cause hypoglycemia.
Tell your doctor if you drink more than 2-4 alcoholic drinks a week, since metformin is poorly tolerated with alcohol. Also, if you are having surgery or a test that requires contrast dye for scans, make sure the doctor knows you are taking metformin. The medication will need to be stopped temporarily.
Common names include:
Sulfonylurea drugs stimulate the beta cells in the pancreas to make more insulin. They also help your body's cells use insulin better.
These medications are generally taken 1-2 times per day, 30 minutes before a meal. This medication should always be taken with food. This is to reduce the risk of developing hypoglycemia.
All sulfonylureas have similar effects on your blood glucose level, but they may have different side effects. Based on the results of your blood glucose monitoring, your doctor will work with you to adjust your dosage. Talk to your doctor about which side effects you should watch for.
Sulfonylurea drugs help to control your blood glucose by stimulating the production and the release of insulin. Therefore, there is the chance that they can cause hypoglycemia. Be sure to talk with your doctor and a registered dietitian about balancing the amount of food you eat with the amount of medication you take to help reduce the risk of hypoglycemia.
Some of these drugs may cause negative effects if taken with alcohol. Chlorpropamide is the most common drug to cause these effects, which includes vomiting and flushing.
Sulfonylurea drugs can also increase the risk of heart attack and heart failure. Talk to your doctor about your individual risk factors for heart disease.
Common names include:
Like sulfonylureas, these medications help the pancreas produce more insulin. However, it works faster than sulfonylureas, allowing for more flexible timing of doses and meals.
Also like sulfonylureas, these medications can increase the risk of hypoglycemia. So, you should talk with your doctor and/or a registered dietitian about balancing the amount of food you eat with the amount of medication you take. This will help to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia.
Repaglinide is usually taken 2-4 times a day, within 15-30 minutes before each meal.
Common names include:
These medications are also called insulin sensitizers because they make the cells in your body more sensitive to or better able to use insulin. Specifically, they work in the muscle and fat cells. They may also help decrease the amount of glucose released by the liver. These drugs do not cause the body to make more insulin. Therefore, when they are used alone, they rarely cause hypoglycemia. Pioglitazone has an added benefit of improving cholesterol levels.
When combined with other diabetes drugs, thiazolidinediones may cause hypoglycemia.
This type of medication is usually prescribed once per day. It may be taken with or without food, at about the same time each day.
Common names include:
These medications are also called starch blockers because they slow down the digestion of carbohydrates (starches and sugars), which are the major food sources of glucose. This slow-down in digestion leads to a slow-down in absorption, and therefore, a slower increase in blood glucose after a meal. When used alone, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors do not cause hypoglycemia. However, when combined with other diabetes drugs, they may cause this side effect.
Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors should be taken with the first bite of each main meal. When you initially start this medication, your doctor may have you take it less frequently. You will build up the dose over time as your body adjusts to the medication.
Table sugar (sucrose) is not effective at treating hypoglycemia when you are taking these drugs because alpha-glucosidase inhibitors slow the digestion of sucrose. If symptoms of hypoglycemia occur while you are taking one of these medications, glucose tablets should be used to treat it.
Common names include:
DPP-4 inhibitors lengthen the activity of certain proteins, which increase the release of insulin after your blood glucose level rises with a meal. The medication does this by blocking a specific enzyme (DPP-4), which is responsible for breaking down these proteins. These drugs can enhance your body's own ability to reduce the elevated blood glucose levels.
This class of medication is meant to be used together with diet and exercise to help improve the blood glucose levels. It can be used alone or added to other commonly prescribed oral antidiabetic drugs.
After eating a meal, a hormone called glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is produced in the stomach and intestines. This hormone leads to insulin being released from the beta cells in the pancreas.
GLP-1 agonists are meant to be used in people with type 2 diabetes whose blood glucose is not controlled with oral anti-diabetes medications.
Side effects from these medications may include:
There is also a concern that some of these agents may increase the risk of developing a rare type of thyroid tumor (medullary cancer) in certain people. Discuss this with your doctor.
Amylin is a hormone produced by the same beta cells which produce insulin. Amylin is released at the same time as insulin. Moreover, amylin reduces glucagon's release and enhances the sense of fullness after eating a meal. Together with insulin, amylin helps lower the blood glucose level. Pramlintide is chemically related to amylin. And like amylin, Pramlintide reduces appetite, and its use has been associated with weight loss.
Pramlintide is used together with insulin in people who fail to achieve the desired blood glucose levels despite getting the optimal doses of insulin. This drug is given by injection immediately before a meal. The elderly should use this drug with special care.
SGLT-2 inhibitors are oral medications that block the reabsorption of glucose in the kidneys. This means more glucose is passed in the urine.
Side effects from this medication may include:
Colesevelam is an oral medication. The medication binds to food in the intestines and blocks it from being absorbed into the body. It is used with other antidiabetes drugs, and with diet and exercise. It is not recommended in people with a history of bowel obstruction, high triglycerides, or pancreatitis caused by high triglycerides.
Side effects from this medication may include:
Dopamine agonists reduce the amount of prolactin in the bloodstream by blocking the release of prolactin from the pituitary gland. It has also been shown to reduce blood glucose leves in people with diabetes.
It is used in the treatment of pituitary and endocrine disorders. It is not recommended in people who have uncontrolled high blood pressure, women who are breastfeeding, or those who experience fainting with migraine headaches. Talk to your doctor if you have liver or kidney problems.
Side effects from this medication may include:
In almost all patients with type 2 diabetes, the pancreas eventually no longer makes enough insulin for the body. To help control your diabetes, you may need to inject insulin. Insulin must be taken as an injection. If it were taken by mouth, it would be digested by the stomach before it reached your bloodstream where it needs to do its work.
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To work properly, the amount of insulin you use must be balanced with the amount and type of food you eat, the amount of exercise you do, and the other diabetes medications you are taking.
If you change your eating habits, your exercise, or both without changing your insulin dose, your blood glucose level can drop too low or rise too high. Current insulin treatment regimens usually employ some combination of rapid-acting and long- or very long-acting insulin.
The 3 characteristics of insulin are:
The main types of insulin available are:
|Type of insulin
|This type of insulin works in about 5 minutes. It reaches its peak in about 1 hour and lasts for 2-4 hours.
|Regular- or Short-acting
|This type of insulin works in about 30 minutes. It reaches its peak in about 2-3 hours and lasts about 3-6 hours.
|This type of insulin works in about 2-4 hours. It reaches its peak in about 4-12 hours and lasts about 12-18 hours.
|This type of insulin works in about 6-10 hours and lasts for about 20-24 hours.
Insulin can also come in premixed forms, which combine intermediate-acting insulin with rapid- or short-acting insulin.
There are several different ways of getting insulin into your body by injection. Some examples are:
Diabetes pills do not work for everyone. Also, they may become less effective after a few months or years. Until you are well accustomed to your medications, be sure to monitor your blood glucose levels regularly and record the information to tell your doctor. This will help you and your doctor recognize if your pills are not working properly and if you need a change in dosage or even treatment.
Report any low blood sugars or symptoms of hypoglycemia to your doctor immediately.
When you start taking diabetes medications, they may cause some side effects. (Each drug can cause different effects, so ask your doctor what to expect from your drug regimen.) However, many of these effects go away as your body adjusts to the medication. If side effects persist, tell your doctor.
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Letters Easter's been and gone, and to help you recover from the sickly sweetness of it all, we thought we'd jump straight in with something a bit sour - namely, the UK government's sinister plans to deploy lie detectors in the hope of catching benefit fraudsters:
Umm, hasn't the UK, like just about everywhere but the USA, dissallow 'lie detectors' as evidence? I was under the impression this technology had been debunked by psychologists time and time again. So has there been a breakthrough that I don't know about or is this a tool for harrasment by the UK on it's citizens?
Since you do a lot of the science and space items I hope you can enlighten me.
One has to hope that the lie detector will be more reliable than the polygraph, the results of which are still not accepted in a US Court. After all, there are quite a few valid reasons to be stressed when making a call, such as knowing that, if you sound stressed, you might be denied and thus wind up with the impossibility of buying food next month. Not exactly a scenario that promotes calm, don't you think ? Personally I'd like to see official trials of this software in a scientific environment (meaning double-blind tests). Has this already been done ? If not, why not ?
Before any government minister is allowed to promote a technological 'solution' to a problem they should be forced to share their knowledge of modern technology. They should publicly perform the following tasks:
1. Set the time on a video and make a successful recording - using only the provided manual for reference. Focus groups suggest that, (like liberal Home Secretaries), swearing in front of the electorate cannot be associated with New Labour;
2: A timed round. In no more than 30 seconds, find an entry in the address book of a Motorola mobile phone - using only one hand, no manual and no swearing;
3. Configure a secure wireless network under Windows XP from a standing start before the machine has been hacked into oblivion. No calls to Microsoft, no techies on speed-dial (if you could find them on the Motorola that is) and absolutely no swearing;
4. Transfer a piece of music from the iTunes music store on to their shiny new Windows Media Player simultaneously stating government policy on how DRM is a good thing for customers. (Obviously, despite the extreme provocation, no swearing will be permitted).
Then, AND ONLY THEN, would people like John Hutton be in a position to judge whether their shiny new heap of wires and silicon comes with a side order of snake oil.
A similar serving of snake oil was dished out with Microsoft's claims that its paperwork is in compliance with the EU's 2004 anti-trust decision:
The information in question is stuff that people writing other software give away for free, with the hopes that other people working in their market will make their products compatible. It is far less information than the Open Source community provides for all of its products.
The only thing that I can see Microsoft having grounds to complain about is that the EU isn't allowing them to continue locking everyone in to their product - they will, in fact, have to continue working. I don't see this as my problem - or the problem of anyone whose net worth is not based on Microsoft. Given that it means the Microsoftians are allowed to continue standing on their hill, but are merely not allowed to throw rocks down at anyone who attempts to climb it (shoving is still allowed), I feel no sympathy for them.
News that the NHS finally clocked up a success was met with widespread disdain. Success? Are they having a laugh?
And yet... I have finally received my X-ray results after 5 weeks of waiting.
In the end I just flew 9000KMs to a 3rd world country to see a proper medical centre and got the results the same day.
Heck, I just found out that my doctor doesn't record my blood type, and that I would have to pay to have this added to my records.
The NHS is a joke... It's a sick and twisted joke that costs lives, but it's a joke nevertheless.
So, this is basically just a workflow and image system, with high resolution images. Therefore it's a database and a large Centerra (or other WORM storage) with a bit of front end software and it cost HOW MUCH!!???
These systems have been around for in excess of ten years in the financial services industry, costing a fraction of £250M.
Did anyone ask how long the wait is between the radiography and diagnostic availability in the private sector or in other countries before allowing the NPfIT to pat itself on the back?
Such stats probably aren't kept in many places because the idea of significant waiting-time would never occur to them. (I remember having to explain to a French PA the NHS concept of a waiting-list.) A quick Google shows South Africa, a largely rural third-world country, is piloting using remote specialists in real time: http://www.medicusmundi.ch/mms/services/bulletin/bulletin200103/kap01/08strachan.html
My friend (medical imaging manager at a big NHS hospital in the south east) was most indignant when I emailed her your article, and she emailed back:
What a load of rubbish ....!!!! If only they asked me!! I could tell them how difficult it was to install, how we have lost images completely, how they are NOT available to be seen in any other hospital, so we have to print as well........
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DRM - it's the acronym that was on everyone's lips before Easter Bunny paid a visit, and it's certainly still on your minds:
Given that Jobs never wanted DRM in the first place on the iTunes Music Store, it's a little conspiratorial to ascribe motives now. See the Rolling Stones interview from 2003.
If you look you will find that Jobs never has been in favour of DRM on music. There has been no change of heart, just a change in how much focus has been put on his position.
I assume this - http://www.rethinkresearch.biz/ - is the Rethink Research in question. So, please compare this, from the "About Rethink" page:
"The time for telling is over. It's time to listen. Rethink IT listens to users, not just vendor rhetoric."
with this, from the article:
"Having been a big believer in DRM and its necessity..."
You're obviously not listening very well. If you did listen to users, you'll know they don't want DRM. They hate DRM. Some, because they feel like they're being treated like criminals when they've proved their honesty by paying for the damned music in the first place. Some, because they simply try to do something - like copy the music to another computer, for instance - and suddenly find they can't. I very much doubt you'll find more than a handful of fools who would rather have DRMed music than freed music.
Even the vendor rhetoric has changed now. There's little excuse for holding onto belief in DRM now.
And as for your reasons - if you honestly believe that music is suddenly going to be easier to pirate now, then you're a fool. That simply isn't possible - music has been available unencrypted on CDs for many, many years. How could this announcement possibly make it easier when all the music is available already? Sure, some of the tracks pirated now are likely to be tracks from iTunes, but that will simply be instead of the same tracks being ripped from CD.
If there is a massive increase in piracy, over and above the current trend, which coincides exactly with DRM-free music on iTunes, I'll eat my words. That's simply not going to happen, though; and if you're honest with yourselves, you know that too.
I just realized something from reading your article where you mentioned buying singles instead of complete albums. I have been buying a large number of CDs recently, but 3/4 of them have been compilations of older music where no two songs on a single CD are from the same artist. I didn't buy the CDs when they were released, I waited until now when I can buy an entire CD full of songs that I like instead of buying a CD with 2 or 3 songs that I like and 9 or 10 filler songs that I don't like.
Then I've been doing something that the record companies and RIAA hate, but it's perfectly legal so they have no choice. I've been burning CDs to listen to in my car that consist of only my favorite songs, and some of the songs on those compillation CDs don't make it onto those CDs.
Freedom. It's wonderful for me as a consumer and it's actually generating more revenue for the record companies. I wouldn't buy a complete CD of some of the artists that are on the compillation CDs for any reason, but I will buy the compillation because I want one or two songs by that artist. If the record companies start to cater to what we want instead of what they want us to buy their sales will skyrocket.
"Even someone that upgrades all of his or her collection to the new EMI DRM-free format, will still have perhaps 75 per cent of their music in a DRM-enabled format and they would worry about buying a non Apple MP3 player, because of the worry of not being able to move some of their content."
That makes no sense for two reason: Firstly, if it's "all," then it's 100%, not 75%. Secondly, defeating DRM is trivial. It's absolutely certain that anyone who wants to do so, can do so (or knows someone who can).
I would hazard a guess that the only people unable to defeat DRM are RIAA executives. But then, they still have difficulty accelerating their 5MPG cars without a buggy whip.
The end of DRM may be nigh, but the end of world certainly isn't - and even if it was, Armageddon will not be brought about by an oil-free society, you say:
I really don't see why this should be so much of a problem. Of course, it's not going to be a pic-nic, running out of oil, mainly because our management of this non-renewable resource has been so piss-poor that it borders on criminal neglect. There will be hydrogen power. Opponents of hydrogen power claim that it's less efficient as a fuel than oil, but they're not exactly pumping the space shuttle full of 98 unleaded, are they? Less efficient should not be a problem. We're not efficient now, why should the inefficiency of hydrogen as a fuel be a problem, it's not as if we're spending all that precious fuel/energy on worthwhile things as it is. And the cost. Piffle, nobody -really- cares about the cost. The stock market is a fear-fueled environment, there's always going to be something to drive up the costs unduly.
I can see hardship if we don't prepare properly, when the day finally comes that oil runs out. But if there is any hardship we richly deserve it, because it's not as if we didn't see it coming and were not aware of the significance of the problem.
I'm fully convinced, in a very unsexy cynical way, that we're going to botch it. Our leadership over the years has been abyssmal and the people who could do a great job of leading our stupid species are ridiculed and mocked, downright ignored or they have better things to do with their lives than being king of the landfill.
But civilization coming to an end because of a lack of energy? I'm not buying it. There's energy enough, and when oil becomes too expensive before long, other forms of energy, whatever their cost, will become a viable alternative.
"Dr Evans goes to lengths to point out that this is not a reality TV project, and says the aim is to find out if self-sufficiency is possible" I believe that most population of non-industrialized (or with low-industrial level) country are doing exactly that right now. And they have been doing so for quite some time. If that is pleasant or something you'll like to do forever is debatable.
"...the result will be much the same with starving citizens reduced to learning acoustic guitar and perhaps even talking to each other for entertainment".
Shurely "...eating each other for nourishment"?
Did I miss something?
Humanity not only survived, but grew and prospered, traded, raided, built civilizations, explored the world, created great art and literature etc. for HOW many millenia before the internal combustion engine and petrochemical-based plastics? Yet some dipstick professor has to conduct an "experiment" to see if humanity is capable of living once the oil runs out?
I smell a boondoggle, government (or foundation) funding and the rights to a TV show here. Not to mention an IgNobel Prize!
Away from the Scottish Highlands and across the ditch to the Netherlands, Dutch researchers are punting an RFID super shield as a kind of personal firewall:
It's no wonder the Dutch are researching this - unlike the US passports, Dutch new passports do NOT come with a tin foil lining to stop the RFID from being accessed from a distance..
I'd rather have an RFID-blaster. Just put your new shirt into the microwave and nuke the RFID chip. No more functioning RFID chip, no more problems about RFID security. A safer design to overload the chip into submission would be preferable. Sincerely, Arah Leonard
Another IgNobel candidate?
Still with ID, the Scouts have been enlisted to help government perfect the model for CRB checks . Scouts, not BOY scouts, mind.
Dear Mark,
Where have you been for the 40 years since "Boy" was dropped from the name of the Scout Association? Or the 20-odd years since girls were first admitted to the organisation? Or during the first 3 months of 2007, the Scouts' centenary year, when Scouts have been on TV almost every week with a large proportion being unmistakeably girls? Nothing annoys the girl members more than it being called "Boy Scouts"
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O'Mara was co-counsel for Zimmerman when the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer sued the network broadcaster just over a year ago, accusing it of falsely portraying him as racist in five reports.
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Thewlis was born David Wheeler on the 20 March, 1963, in Blackpool, England. He moved to London with his band, Door 66, but chose to pursue an acting career along with his friends and entered the Guildhall School of Drama. His first major role was in the film, Naked (1993) which won him high acclaim and many awards, including the New York critics award. He lived with English actress Anna Friel with whom he has one child, a girl named Gracie. They broke up in late 2010 and now lives in Clerkenwell.
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RIVERSIDE – Earlier this year, St. Mary Parish of Riverside started an initiative to help refugee families resettling in Chicago become self-sufficient in three months by providing housing, job opportunities, financial support and a medium to develop relationships with the church's parishioners.
St. Mary Parish began its Refugee Sponsorship Committee in March in collaboration with the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement program and plans to help resettle two families by the end of this year.
It needs to raise $1,600 per family to be able to supply services, including a welcome pack, subsidized rent for 90 days, an apartment in Rodgers Park, financial help and assistance in finding a job.
The church has raised $1,556 so far and has furniture in storage for the potential apartment.
"The goal is to ease [them] in," Dalia Rocotello, a member of the Refugee Sponsorship Committee said.
The church has provided welcome packs for refugees in the past, which include items necessary for an apartment, such as towels, food items and pots and pans.
St. Mary plans to have events throughout the year to support potential families, as well as offer support for its current 300 refugee sponsors who benefit from the church's services.
The parish will host a Girl Scout picnic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 24 in Mary Park, near Herrick and Longcommon roads. The Girl Scouts will host activities for refugee children and give them backpacks and school supplies.
"What's beautiful about [the program] is it will really engage the parish as a whole," Rocotello said.
She said the seed for the idea was planted after hosting a baby shower for a refugee family in November, 2012. After the nice interaction with the family she asked herself, "How can we spin this off as its own ministry in our parish?"
"We are now broadening our support with the formation of our St. Mary Refugee Sponsorship Committee," the church said in a recent newsletter. "Together with Catholic Charities, the committees' goals are heightening awareness of refugees' plight, developing relationships between refugee families and parishioners and providing financial and in-kind support to facilitate their self-sufficiency."
St. Mary will have a parish action day Nov. 2.


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From HaskellWiki
The article contains this:
- Weak typing: There are only few distinguished types and maybe type synonyms for several types. E.g. C uses integer numbers for booleans, integers, characters, bit sets and enumerations.
- Strong typing: Fine grained set of types like in Ada, Wirthian languages (Pascal, Modula-2), Eiffel
This is not my understanding of strong and weak typing at all. I would like to replace it with:
- Weak typing: Objects have types, but are implicitly converted to other types when the context demands it. For example, Perl, PHP and JavaScript are all languages in which "1" can be used in more or less any context that 1 can.
- Strong typing: Objects have types, and there are no implicit conversions (although overloading may be used to simulate them), so using an object in the wrong context is an error. In Python, indexing an array with a string or float throws a TypeError exception; in Haskell it will fail at compile time.
However I lack any real authority to back up this definition. Comments appreciated.
I actually also find the definition of static/dynamic typing unsatisfactory. I'm not sure in this case what I would use instead, but IMO it's something about whether type errors arise according to the structure of a program, or according to its execution, e.g. the following Python is not a type error:
if False: x = None + 1
This seems to be a more denotational definition than the somewhat arbitrary runtime/compile-time distinction.
--benmachine 17:25, 7 May 2012 (UTC)


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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek pension funds will not take part in a debt buy-back that is a key part of the country's international bailout, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said in a newspaper interview.
Greece must conduct the deal by December 13, before it receives more than 30 billion euros ($39 billion) in bailout payments from the euro zone and the International Monetary Fund.
Athens has said it is vital the buy-back is successful, but it must attract enough interest from bondholders, who need to decide whether to participate in the process, to ensure the country's debt is deemed viable in the coming decade.
"The debt buy-back does not concern the pension funds," Samaras was quoted as saying in an interview with Sunday's Proto Thema newspaper.
"We wouldn't erase the debt even if we took the funds' bonds. These are seen as arrears of the state to itself."
Greek pension funds hold more than 8 billion euros out of a total 63 billion euros of Greek bonds held by private investors. Greek banks are estimated to hold nearly 17 billion euros.
Most of their capital has already been wiped out by a debt cut in March and they must be recapitalized with more than 40 billion euros in bailout funds.
The government is expected to unveil the terms of the deal on Monday before a meeting of euro zone finance ministers. So far, international lenders have agreed the bonds would not be purchased for more than the closing price on November 23.
On the secondary market, Greek bonds eligible under the buy-back ranged from 25.15 to 34.41 cents in the euro at the close of trading on that date, according to Reuters data.
Greece aims to cut its debt by spending about 10 billion euros from its rescue package on the buy-back scheme.
Samaras said that Greek banks would benefit from the voluntary debt buy-back deal, since they held Greek bonds at lower prices on their books.
"The banks won't lose out because (the bonds) on their books are down at a lower price," he said. "They won't lose any of their capital but will end up with more liquidity."
A senior Greek banker told Reuters last week that some of the country's banks held Greek bonds at 22-23 euro cents on their books. However, the banks together were likely to forego about 3-4 billion euros in interest payments over the next 10 years if they participated.
The deal is seen as a golden opportunity for hedge funds which have bought the bonds at rock-bottom prices.
In an interview with Sunday's Ethnos newspaper, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said many bondholders would profit from the deal and reiterated that Athens would make every effort to attract wide participation.
"This program must succeed," he said. "There is a big part of bondholders who bought them recently, at very low prices, and will possibly estimate that their participation in the buy-back program will be profitable," he said.
Reporting by Renee Maltezou; Editing by Andrew Roche


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(CNN) -- Wisconsin on Friday joined the growing number of states where federal judges have struck down same-sex marriage bans. The decision was cheered by lesbian and gay rights advocates, but it's not necessarily a final victory.
The Wisconsin ban violates the U.S. Constitution, said U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb. She said same-sex couples "are entitled to the same treatment as any heterosexual couple."
"I conclude that the Wisconsin laws prohibiting marriage between same-sex couples interfere with plaintiffs' right to marry, in violation of the due process clause, and discriminate against plaintiffs on the basis of sexual orientation, in violation of the (Constitution's) equal protection clause," the judge wrote.
Crabb did not immediately stay her own ruling, as some other federal judges issuing similar decisions have done, nor did she state that it takes effect right away.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said the current law restricting marriage to one man and one woman, which is written into the Wisconsin state constitution, "remains in force."
"While today's decision is a setback, we'll continue to defend the constitutionality of our traditional marriage laws and the constitutional amendment, which was overwhelmingly approved by voters," Van Hollen said. "I will appeal."
Opinion: Marriage equality is unstoppable
In her ruling, Crabb noted that all federal judges weighing in on state same-sex marriage bans have come to the same conclusion -- that such prohibitions should not stand -- since the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on U.S. v. Winsdor last June.
That 5-4 opinion, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, struck down the Defense of Marriage Act's definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman but did not directly affect individual states' laws restricting marriage based on sexual orientation. Yet many federal judges have cited the decision on United States v. Windsor in their judgments, as well as the argument that same-sex marriage bans violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Several appeals courts have heard arguments on some of the district court rulings that have been challenged, though none has come out with its own decision. Van Hollen said he expects "the U.S. Supreme Court will give finality to this issue in their next term."
Even if it's not a final decision, LGBT advocates cheered Friday's ruling on Wisconsin.
"Across the country, the courts agree: Same-sex couples and their families need the dignity of marriage, and anti-marriage laws are indefensible," said Evan Wolfson, president of the advocacy group Freedom to Marry.
"... Today's decision in Wisconsin underscores that all of America is ready for the freedom to marry. It's time now for the Supreme Court to bring resolution nationwide."
State-by-state breakdown on same-sex marriage


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Lima, Ohio. December 1941. The brilliant C&O/Lima Locomotive design team poses for a photograph in front of their latest creation--a 2-6-6-6 Allegheny. Despite years of claims to the contrary, this first series of Alleghenies were indeed the heaviest steam locomotives ever built. This photo was taken by the Lima company photographer mere days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and for C&O the first ten Alleghenies came right in time for the surge of war traffic on America's railroads. |
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We watched them fall
Eyes locked to mine, feeling as if I had let them down
Caught blinded by silk, led by lips to the baited chains
Now look around, regret
As the ax swings before your eyes, think how everyday we spent dreaming
Never once did you pick up the sword and learn to fight
Now is the time
Pick yourself up and fight
Learn to swing
Learn to swing
They watched me fall for the last time
But how is such an elegant blade to be stopped?
When in times where eyes set sight to cross-hair the weak
My bride, I'll try oh so hard, to find that light
'Cause in His mind, she baits me to fire
What a cunning foe we've met
Our horizons pushed pages away to a new fight
A new method, new plan, but how do I train?
How do you ready a child for war?
Oh what a cunning foe we've met
The Captain, what will He send? What will He send?
I know He will send, but what will be sent?
I can feel a slip
A buzzard scrapes nearby, as I atop this hill stand and scream
It's all I can do to control my gaze from the curiosity
Curiosity of seeing myself as prey
And then I heard an armored march
I heard an armored march that shook the trees
Shook the trees
Bows bent as they sang
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The Visual Design Group is prepared. Tomorrow evening we're having our first proper meeting where we'll split up the most urgent tasks between us and assign contacts to everyone. There are six of us now (plus a few contacts) and the hope is that you will see the work and want to join in a few months.
Elena Ramirez is a talented webdesigner and sometimes illustrator who helped KDE finish the look for http://edu.kde.org/ who works out of Seville.
Fabian Bornschein who is a student from Germany and an active Kubuntu group member on Google + with a passion for theming (I suggest you all check out his Tilain Plasma Theme btw).
Malcer Quaid who is a designer who's creations include the famous Caledonia plasma theme and who's been active with Chakra Linux for a long time.
David Brandl is a professional webdesigner from Germany with an extensive background in KDE and Open Source.
Nuno Pinheiro needs no introduction as he is the "Grand Ole Man" of KDE design and one of the creators behind the Oxygen icon theme.
Me (Jens Reuterberg) I'm a freelance illustrator and Graphics Designer with experience from AD-work from Sweden who promised my soul to KDE for a year this january.
More detailed introductions and a short interview with every member will come shortly.
Right now there are plenty of things underway and so very little time to do it - if you feel that you should be on this list. If you think that you can contribute work to KDE. If you're passionate about Open Source in general but KDE and Design in specific - dont hesitate a second to contact me on jens [at] ohyran [dot] se.
I cannot promise gold, half the kingdom and the princess/prince hand in marriage - but I can promise that this will be something you'll write on your CV in the future in big bold letters. This is something you will brag about in the future.
Do you know a designer who needs a leg up, an artistic talent that deserves to get their hands dirty? Then keep an eye out on this blog.
Also: coming soon - more technical and specifics of the design work being done!


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Patients treated with an epidural steroid injection for low back pain & sciatica relief are at greater risk of bone fractures in the spine than previously thought, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study presented Oct 25 at the North American Spine Spine Society conference in Dallas.
The risk of fracture increased 29% with each steroid injection, the researchers say – a finding they believe raises patient safety concerns. Back pain patients are typically treated with anti-inflammatory drugs and physical therapy, and if symptoms persist, an epidural steroid has often been prescribed to alleviate pain and improve function. For many, the result allows a patient to progress with rehab stretching and exercise.
Steroid use had been linked to diminished bone quality, but based on the new data, "For a patient population already at risk for bone fractures, steroid injections carry a greater risk than previously thought and actually pose a hazard to the bone," says orthopedic surgeon Shlomo Mandel, MD, the study's lead author.
Dr. Mandel recommends that patients being treated with steroid injections:
• Be told about the risks associated with future fractures
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• And undergo bone testing.
Bone fractures in the spine are the most common fracture in patients with osteoporosis, affecting an estimated 750,000 people annually, and roughly 40% of all women by age 80 & older.
The Study
In this retrospective study, the research team compared data on 6,000 patients who had been treated for back pain between 2007 and 2010 – 3,000 patients who received at least one steroid injection, and 3,000 patients who did not receive injection.
The average age of patients was 66 years; 3,840 were women and 2,160 were men. The researchers also analyzed the incidence of bone fractures in each group. Using the survival analysis technique, they found that the number of steroid injections is linked with an increased likelihood of fracture.
The study was funded by Henry Ford Hospital.
Source: Based on Henry Ford Health System news release, Oct 27, 2012


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The Catholic Library Association's Executive Board announces the sale of CPLI to the American Theological Library Association. The purchase will become effective on September 1, 2011.
ATLA News Release
Chicago, IL----July 13, 2011---- The American Theological Library Association (ATLA) today announced the successful conclusion of negotiations with the Catholic Library Association (CLA) to acquire full ownership and all rights to the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI) effective September 1, 2011. CPLI provides indexing from 1981 forward of periodicals, essay collections, and church documents expressly addressing the practice and intellectual tradition of Roman Catholicism. CLA and ATLA have partnered to produce CPLI for more than 15 years.
ATLA also announced that CLA's CPLI General Editor, Debbie Winarski, will join ATLA as Database Manager for Catholic Periodical and Literature Index. Ms. Winarski brings extensive experience as the General Editor to this position.
Brenda Bailey-Hainer, ATLA's Executive Director, commented, "I'm excited about the opportunity ATLA will have to explore ways to enhance this valuable research tool while maintaining excellent service for subscribing institutions and end users through EBSCO Publishing. The addition of Ms. Winarski to our staff will provide us with a strong foundation of knowledge about CPLI, editorial continuity and a smooth operational transition."
Malachy McCarthy, President of CLA, stated: "Our recent partnership with ATLA in co-producing CPLI, CLA's primary publication serving educational and religious communities, has been mutually beneficial. We are confident that CPLI will flourish under ATLA sponsorship and look forward to working with ATLA in promoting the use of such an invaluable religious index."
About ATLA
Established in 1946, ATLA is a professional association of nearly 1,000 individual, institutional, and affiliate members providing programs, products, and services in support of theological and religious studies libraries and librarians. ATLA offers a prestigious product line of electronic resources to support the scholarly study of religion and theology, including the ATLA Religion Database® (ATLA RDB®) and ATLASerials® (ATLAS®). http://www.atla.com/
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CLA contact: Malachy R. McCarthy +1-312-739-1776 or firstname.lastname@example.com
For membership information and/or to receive a complimentary copy of Catholic Library World, contact CLA at 312-739-1776 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The University of Houston's Moores Opera Center continues its 25th anniversary celebration by launching another ambitious performance season.
The season's centerpiece production will be the Texas premiere of Daniel Cátán's "Il Postino" in April 2011. The Moores Opera Center will be the first U.S. company to deliver this new work following its fall world premiere in Los Angeles starring Placido Domingo.
Keeping with tradition, the center will balance contemporary works with a unique selection of classics: Jaques Offenbach's "La Vie Parisienne" Oct. 22 - 25; Mozart's "The Magic Flute" January 27 - 31 and Benjamin Britten's "Albert Herring" Jan. 28 - 30.
"Our season proves that opera does not have to be stuffy. We promise that you will laugh, you will cry and you will hear memorable music in Houston's best theater," said Buck Ross, director of the Moores Opera Center. "It is an enormous honor for the University of Houston to be asked to do the second production of 'Il Postino.'"
Although the season's first production kicks off in October, Houstonians can enjoy a fun evening of arias and ensembles during the benefit party "What's Opera, Duck?" Sept. 25 at Houston's Mucky Duck (2425 Norfolk St.). Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Moores Opera Center. Visit http://www.music.uh.edu/opera/ for details.
Another unique feature of the Moores Opera Center's 2010-2011 season is a Houston-area middle and high school tour of "Impresario, Impresario." Mozart's backstage comedy is first performed set in the 18th century and then shifts gears and is performed again in a hilarious modern version that pits the sopranos against each other at a televised singing contest. To book this performance, school administrators can contact Young Audiences of Houston: Arts for Learning at 713-520-9267 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
All operas are performed in UH's Moores Opera House. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students and seniors. A season pass covering all four operas is available for $45. For additional details on tickets, call the Moores box office at 713-743-3313 or visit www.music.uh.edu/opera/boxoffice.
The Moores Opera Center 2010 - 2011 season is as follows:
- Oct. 22 - 25: "La Vie Parisienne" by Jacques Offenbach (Sung in English with English surtitles): Tourists are coming to Paris from all over the world and the Parisians make sure everyone has a wild time. Youthful, exuberant energy explodes on the stage.
- Jan. 27 - 31: "The Magic Flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (sung in English with English surtitles): A zoomy new version of the classic opera pits good against evil in a quest to save the daughter of the mysterious Queen of the Night. Secret societies and rituals, trials by fire, birdmen, adventure heroes, enchantment, danger and romance combine in a science fiction setting.
- Jan. 28, 30: "Albert Herring" by Benjamin Britten (sung in English with English surtitles): A small British town is celebrating its May Festival, but no virtuous women can be located to be crowned the event's queen. With that, the title character becomes May King and everything goes fine until someone spikes the punch.
- April 8 - 11: "Il Postino" (Texas premiere; Sung in Spanish with English surtitles): Presented as part of the Moores Opera Center's Daniel Cátán Project, the opera (based on book and film) tells the story of a shy, illiterate island postman who strikes up a friendship with poet Pablo Neruda. With Neruda's help, the postman uses poetry to win the hand of his true love.
To learn more about the Moores Opera Center, visit www.music.uh.edu/opera.