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Tino Hernandez, who recently resigned after seven years as chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, was a low-key figure who competently steered the authority through Bush administration cuts designed to kill public housing. While Hernandez may have been a quiet leader, and left under a cloud of bad press about elevators, his impact on the authority's direction was significant. Under his tenure NYCHA administrators initiated wide-ranging management reform -- adopting some private sector methods and emphasizing non-governmental sources of revenue -- in the hope of saving this massive housing system.
Tenants, employees and many housing advocates have expressed legitimate concerns about outsourcing work to private companies and rent increases, but taken as a whole this "new" direction looks a lot like the original vision of public housing. NYCHA's founders in the 1930s never intended to isolate public housing residents from market forces or private sector management. They envisioned a vast system filled with working people paying a reasonable rent for quality, moderately subsidized housing.
Public housing was also a key element in rebuilding neighborhoods to attract private investment; private contractors built the projects; and private entities often played a role in upkeep. New York's system was largely built under this model, making it dramatically different from troubled public housing in cities like Chicago and St. Louis.
Reinventing Public Housing, New York Style
From the late 1960s to the 1990s, however, politicians forced NYCHA administrators to accept a welfare state model of absurdly low rents, more welfare tenants and skyrocketing labor costs. NYCHA projects became isolated from the mainstream of New York life. New York still did better a better job managing its projects than other cities, but social problems and management challenges multiplied.
Since the mid-1990s, and mostly under Hernandez's guidance since 2001, NYCHA began to embrace the notion that public housing cannot survive in America without some market discipline and private sector participation. The hubbub over elevator outages and budget shortfalls at NYCHA has obscured not only the decent state of NYCHA housing as a whole, but also a more important shift in philosophy. Economic reality matters once again to NYCHA.
New York's new direction does not include the dramatic demolition and private redevelopment that has accompanied outright privatization of housing projects in cities such as Chicago. Nor are NYCHA's projects likely to be sold to tenants or investors. The 178,000 apartments managed by NYCHA will remain as comparatively affordable housing into the future. Declining subsidies, and an ideological preference for private sector approaches, have nevertheless inspired so many distinct reforms that the system as a whole is quite different from what it was just a decade ago.
What does market-based reality in New York's public housing look like? It starts with moving toward realistic rents. Rents became so out of line with operating costs that they threatened to sink the authority in the long term. Even after recent increases, average apartment rents are still only $378 per month.
At long last the top earners in the current tenant population (about 25 percent of tenants) pay more and will pay more in the future. A "working family preference," which favors working families in the admissions process, has so improved the mix in New York's projects that the authority can now turn to these families to make up, in part, for declining subsidies. In 2008, for instance, NYCHA collected $788 million in tenant rent and only $803 million in federal public housing subsidies. This robust collection is possible because, contrary to popular perception, only 12 percent of current NYCHA families subsist on welfare and over 45 percent are working families. (The other 43 percent are seniors and the disabled.)
NYCHA isn't going upscale overnight. By federal law, rents remain capped at 30 percent of income; average family income is still only $22,000; the state government is increasing payments for welfare families; and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the use of Section 8 vouchers in some projects.
The working family preference, however, is likely to tilt the balance from the very poor. New York is moving from a model of welfare state public housing, where public housing serves the neediest as a government social program, back to its roots as a system of partly self-supporting affordable housing for the city's working class. This shift certainly raises the question of what is to be done with the very poor, but we know for certain they should not be concentrated in NYCHA projects.
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Tenants paying more rent will also demand a level of service equivalent to that found in private housing. Some already are. The $107 million plan to replace and maintain elevators may reflect the rising expectations of residents. Working families also can create a culture of achievement and decorum. Respect for buildings and equipment, more common in private housing where tenants understand the relationship between vandalism and rental costs, will hopefully reduce the burden on NYCHA budgets and staff in the long run.
Another sign of the declining public character of public housing is the closing of many community centers and shifting of community programs (for youth, seniors, the unemployed, etc.) from NYCHA's purview. The federal government never provided much support for this mission, leaving NYCHA to shift funds around to cover its community operations.
Those days are coming to an end. Many community centers and programs will, in 2009, either close or be signed over to city agencies and non-profit organizations; hundreds of positions are being eliminated to save millions annually. The long-term effects of these changes will depend entirely on the degree to which already strapped public and private agencies pick up the slack. NYCHA's retreat from running social programs has been widely criticized but it is in line with the original intent of NYCHA's founders who welcomed nonprofits into public housing and never intended to run social service or community programs from the top down.
Private sector approaches are evident in labor policies generally. Private contractors have always been a key element of NYCHA's management style, but the scale is changing. The number of direct, public housing employees has shrunk dramatically over the last few years. Today 12,400 staff members maintain a system of housing for over 400,000 people, down from a high of 15,000 employees. NYCHA administrators have largely preserved field staff on the grounds (janitors, elevator repairmen, etc.), but management offices at many adjoining developments have been merged and private sector contracting is on the rise. Private contracting now includes much construction and renovation work, technology upgrades, and even legal services. Many of the small, scatter site developments are entirely managed by private contractors.
Private employees are more economical in the long run than unionized employees who receive high wages and generous benefits regardless of financial conditions. Unionized staff is good for the city's financial health, but only made sense in the context of strong subsidies. No one knows, however, if fewer people and further innovation will yield better maintenance in the long term. New York sorely needs a non-partisan Straphangers style evaluation system that can make sure NYCHA lives up to its stated standards. (is a sample of what this might look like).
A promising aspect of the private sector management model is the introduction of a centralized call center for tenant complaints staffed by NYCHA employees. This service has proved extraordinarily popular with tenants and gives reason to hope that more can be done with less.
Wide Open Spaces
The disposition of NYCHA's vast land rights is the least advanced but potentially most dramatic change initiated during Hernandez's tenure. This process also harks back to NYCHA's founding years when public housing was a key force for leveraging private investment in tenement slums. Many of NYCHA's traditional public housing complexes are mostly open space, and this land has been underutilized, for decades. The buildings of Riis Houses on the Lower East Side, for instance, cover only 20 percent of the land. Middle-income and affordable housing, built through a partnership of different housing agencies, already is under construction on the grounds of some developments. Pressure is also being felt to sell air rights, valued in the millions, to brighten NYCHA's balance sheets.
The upside of this process, should it gain traction, will be more revenue for renovation and daily operations as well as greater social and architectural variety. New construction, if creatively considered, offers the opportunity to knit NYCHA towers back into the city as a whole.
What could public housing look like in the long term if these methods are successful? Housing projects still will be affordable compared to their neighbors, but not as cheap as they are today. More working and lower middle-class families, and new developments on NYCHA land, will help break up remaining concentrations of poverty. Standards of maintenance and upkeep will be higher in spite of fewer employees. Non-profits and city agencies will run great community centers. Far less subsidy will be demanded, and NYCHA will balance its budget. Such a system would, in fact, be the realization of the founders' original intent.
Less rosy scenarios are quite possible, and questions of equity remain for both tenants and workers, but applying private-sector approaches in New York could actually preserve public housing. If it does, this will, in no small measure, be part of Tino Hernandez's legacy.
Nicholas Dagen Bloom is an associate professor at New York Institute of Technology and author of "Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century."


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Dr. Michael Shafe, the medical director at the Urgency Room, told KMBC 9's Diane Cho that the facility has seen more than double its normal volume of patients this year, and at least half of those are flu cases.
He said the staff has been so busy lately that it doesn't have time to test patients for the flu, even though it only takes 15 minutes for the results.
"We had so many patients, it was easier to just treat these people rather than test them all," he said.
He said even though it seems like more people are getting sick this year, it may be because it's the first time the flu has hit during the holidays about a half-dozen years.
"If you look at the absolute numbers in the state, it's higher because it's happening earlier, but overall reported cases for the state is not that impressive as we're led to believe," Shafe said.
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Her 6-month-old son Ian died from the flu nine years ago. She said she still puts up his Christmas tree, leaving the gifts he never had a chance to open.
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She said she hopes anyone who listens to her story will think twice before assuming it can't happen to them.
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NOVL aims to fuel and steer conversation about YA books and encourage readers to share content via various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Prominently displayed on the site is NOVL's manifesto, which includes such tenets as "We believe... Books can be life-changing... Crushes on fictional characters are completely legitimate... That authors are geniuses and rock stars rolled into one."
The site's book-centric "infotainment" includes book trailers, novel excerpts, e-book news, guest posts by authors, previews of movies and TV shows based on YA titles, and playlists created by authors and inspired by books. Among the features already posted on NOVL, which had a soft launch last month, are Beautiful Creatures-themed nail art, a close-up look at the Carolina Herrera-designed wedding dress worn by Twilight's Bella on the movie screen (at l.), outtakes from the photo shoot for the cover of Jennifer Rush's Altered, and a speculative look at what fashions and accessories the character of Evie from Libba Bray's The Diviners might sport on a night out on the town.
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Rachel Fershleiser, Tumblr's director of literary outreach, cites Quantcast statistics that there are currently 94 million blogs in the Tumblr network and 39% of users are between the ages of 13 and 24. "Tumblr is where teens hang out, full stop," she says. "Recent research said we have the highest percentage of teens using us regularly than any social network and our numbers for 'time spent' are consistently high. The community is very into books, and the fan culture around them is artistic and interactive."
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Taylor Swift Shares Adorable Childhood Christmas Video
It's Throwback Tuesday (Dec. 24) for Taylor Swift. The singer shared a vintage video of herself from Christmas 1993, when she was just four years of age. Boy was she cute!
T. Swizzle posted the video to Instagram, captioning it: "Christmas 1993, on a very important phone call with Britany."
It sure sounds like the girls are having quite a critical and crucial chat.
And no, it's not Britney Spears she's on the horn with.
The phone is bigger than she is, but she's totally presh as she chats while wearing a festive red dress.
Some things never change, as Swift still has the same big, golden curls that she sported when she first burst onto the scene. While she has favored straight-with-bangs as her coif of choice for the past 18 months or so, this was once her signature, even when she was single digits in age.
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Tyler Perry Wins 'What Would Jesus Do' Trademark Battle
While not scripture of ecclesiastic precept, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has declared Tyler Perry to be the winner in a battle over "What Would Jesus Do."
The other contestant in this bout was Kimberly Kearney, who was once known as "Poprah" on the VH1 series, I Want to Work for Diddy.
In May 2008, Perry registered the mark in the category of entertainment services, mentioning in his filing live concerts, a TV program and motion pictures. He included a disclaimer that he wasn't attempting ownership on the exclusive right to use "Jesus" apart from "What Would Jesus Do."
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However, months earlier, Kearney had already filed for that same mark for a reality television program.
When her "What Would Jesus Do" mark was then published for opposition two years later, Tyler Perry Studios stepped forward to cancel it. Although Kearney had included in her registration a print-out of a web page calling for auditions on her show, Perry's reps said that she wasn't really using the mark. Perry demanded that the Trademark Office declare her registration abandoned as it was blocking his own attempts to turf out "What Would Jesus Do."
In subsequent papers at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Kearney attempted to make the case that she first used the mark in November 2007, and during the initial stage of production, she "shared her television program and title with Tyler Perry Studios" and that "not many months after sharing this program and soliciting [Perry] for financial support of this program, [Perry] filed to register this mark; consequently, eventually resulting in this cancellation proceeding."
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But that hardly mattered thanks to some trademark jujitsu on the part of Perry's attorneys.
They requested the admission of certain facts by Kearney -- that she admit she hadn't produced a television show in connection with "What Would Jesus Do," that she hadn't sold one, that she didn't intend to do so nor had taken any meetings for such a show.
"Because [Kearney] did not timely answer [Perry]'s Requests for Admission, the facts included are deemed admitted and are 'conclusively established,'" wrote administrative judges in an opinion cancelling Kearney's trademark that was handed down last month and has just been promulgated. "Despite Respondent's denials in her answer to [Perry's] petition, the deemed admissions supersede those denials and we are bound by them."
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The judges also note Kearney's claims that Perry stole her "What Would Jesus Do" idea, but says that even if it was enough to support use or be a defense of unclean hands, "these allegations are unsupported and we may not adduce any facts from them."
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A Federal Aviation Administration grant of more than $20 million will finance runway safety improvements at a Cleveland airport.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown says the FAA grant to Burke Lakefront Airport was announced last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Music notes are hidden around Fred's living room, garage and backyard. Find and collect them all to face Kevin in the ultimate dance off for Judy's affection. Collecting them won't be an easy task. Fred will encounter crazy "squirrels", run away lawnmowers, super bounce couches, chainsaws, jetpacks and more in his quest to collect the items that will help him find all the notes.
With over 1 million YouTube subscribers and 951 million views, Fred Figglehorn become a viral YouTube sensation. As the first channel to gain 1 million subscribers, Fred also became a movie franchise and an animated series on Nickelodeon. Fred, aka Lucas Cruikshank, is currently working on a new show called "Marvin Marvin," which will air on Nickelodeon later this year.
• Simple flick controls in crazy 3D environments complete with a ragdoll Fred!
• Over 30 objectives to complete in both the main quest and ongoing collection quests!
• Collect "Taters" to buy cool t-shirts and props that can be added to Fred's house for even more fun!
• Impress your friends on Facebook & Twitter with photo captures of your craziest moments!
• Dozens of hilarious animations and famous Fred dialog to discover in the game!


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In the midst of World War II, Future comics legend Jack Kirby and future so-bad-it's-entertaining director Ed Wood wake up far from their regiments and find themselves caught in a mystical battle for the fate of the world. In the strange short film The King & the Worst, take on sorcerers and gets some ideas for their future works.
This Spanish-language short by David Galán Galindo is a bit of an oddity: loopy, poorly subtitled, and leaning a bit too heavily on Wood's crossdressing for humor. But there's a wild enthusiasm that carries the film, especially when Kirby becomes the proto-Captain America figuring out how to defeat an evil wizard. With the hint of a sequel, what further adventures might this mismatched pair embark upon?
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Second time around.
Bizarre thing about Monday's inauguration, President Obama was actually really sworn in again on Sunday. So the entire ceremony is about as real as a Manti T'eo engagement party.
So now that Obama has been inaugurated for his second term, how long until we see the first ads for the 2016 Presidential campaign?
President Obama stumbled over the word "states" in his inaugural oath. Maybe he was thinking of the ones he wishes would secede?
So in another generation will the President and Vice President take an oath on a iPad bible?
Paul Ryan was booed as he left the Capitol this morning to attend President Barack Obama's second inauguration ceremony. Wonder if the boos were from Democrats, or Republicans who think he lost Romney the election.
President Obama said in his speech. "Any of us may face a job loss." And Republican members of Congress on the platform are thinking "Why couldn't it have been you?
Phil Mickelson, who lives in Rancho Santa Fe, is saying he may have to make "drastic changes" because of new California tax laws that push his effective tax rate into what he says is 62-63%. Maybe Phil, who earned over $60 million last year, should talk to his near-neighbor, new La Jolla resident Mitt Romney.
Investigators say that tests showed Lance Armstrong was probably still doping in 2009, so that he lied when he told Oprah he stopped in 2005. So the formerly idolized cyclist was still less than honest, I'm shocked, shocked….
Atari filed for bankruptcy Monday. Shocking most Americans – "Atari is still in business?"
Bill Clinton, paying close attention to Kelly Clarkson's…. lyrics?
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Taking a considerable leaf out of Max Payne's book, and stamping it with its own inimitable mark, Namco has succeeded in creating an immensely entertaining game which riffs off John Woo blockbusters and all-action-hero movies to create the ultimate in ultra-violent, ultra-fun gaming experiences. Incorporating run-and-gun antics with puzzle-solving and inventive minigames, Dead to Rights combines more traditional action-adventure elements with some genuinely original touches.
Dead To Rights starts off in a remarkably similar vein to Max Payne, in that the main protagonist (camp name ahoy!) cop Jack Slate is on a quest for justice, after stumbling into a conspiracy at the heart of the city he protects. After being called in to attend a routine incident, Slate becomes embroiled in a convoluted, violent world of crime and corruption, which only he can unravel - if he lives long enough to get to the bottom of it, that is...
Once the noir-esque scene is set, the story begins in earnest, with Slate heading out on a mission to uncover the sinister schemes, and kick some serious arse whilst he's at it. And of course, no hard-nosed cop hell-bent on revenge and justice would embark on such a dangerous mission without first getting armed to the virtual teeth with some of the coolest weapons that Grant City PD's gun cabinet has to offer. Sadly, Slate doesn't have access to the goodies in the cupboard, so you'll have to acquire your weaponry by using a combination of martial artistry and all-out violence. Woo hoo!
Disarming bad guys is where the fun really begins, as you grab unsuspecting goons, snatch their weapon, and deal a spectacularly brutal death-blow to the hapless victim. There's also the option to use your enemies as a human shield, so they take the shots for you, and once they've served their purpose you can deliver the coup de grace in particularly grisly style. Slate can carry several guns whilst on his travels, mostly gleaned from dispatched baddies, so you'll accumulate some pretty impressive weaponry on your travels, including shotguns, sniper rifles and submachine guns. Perhaps the most remarkable 'secret' weapon at your disposal, however, is Jack's trusty friend, police dog Shadow. You can send him into areas that are impossible for you to access, or order him to retrieve items from evil types - all very handy. What's more, there's no need to notify the RSPCA, he always emerges remarkably unscathed from these situations.
In addition to the standard straight-out shooting sequences, Dead to Rights also features some inventive and pretty unique minigames and puzzles to get your grey-matter going along the way. Pick locks, diffuse bombs, and lapdance (yes, lapdance!) out of trouble, using a mix of skill and button-mashing.
It may look very pretty, what with the slo-mo John Woo-style balletic shooting sequences and silky-smooth graphics, but Dead to Rights is much more than a glorified slice of eye-candy. The missions are substantial and involving, and everything you're asked to do makes sense within the context of the wider storyline. Puzzles and tasks are realistic, and the noir-inspired plot gels nicely with the visceral combat sequences.
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All-time high for business location projects in Austria
Austria's national investment promotion company ABA-Invest in Austria provided professional assistance for 276 foreign investment projects in 2014. This represents an increase of 21% on 2013 and an all-time high in the company's 33-year history. Total investment rose by almost 7% to EUR 371m, while the number of new jobs created jumped to 2,645 (+79%).
Germany was the most important investor nation with 88 companies establishing business operations in Austria (+4%). The number of businesses from Italy was also very positive, with the best results of all time: a total of 43 Italian companies set up operations in Austria in 2014 (+23%). There has been a striking increase in interest from CEE and SEE countries: with 74 companies, this group accounted for 27% of all ABA business location projects.
Austria's appeal as a business location lies in its function as a hub to Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe, the skilled and qualified workforce, high stability and legal security. These factors are complemented by secure energy supply and the high standard of living.
The outlook for 2015 is extremely bright: ABA is currently supporting 737 international companies with a concrete interest in establishing operations in Austria, 6% more than the previous year.


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Kind of late but I've been super busy. A couple fo weeks ago my buddy Jace and I were hunting turkey's down in southeastern Colorado. We had been set up on some birds all afternoon. About an hour before dark things had slowed way down and we decided to try and roost birds in another location. As soon as we broke the blind down and started for the truck two toms gobbled just in the timber from us. We jumped into an irrigation ditch and just sat quiet, hopingt not to spook the birds as we could tell they were going to pass by us very closely. In just a minute or two I had two giant long beards at just feet from me in the tall grass. As they went into strut I managed to draw my bow and I was able to pound the biggest bird with a 7 yard shot. My biggest CO bird to date. 1 inch spurs and 10 inch beard, probably a 3 year old. Was an awesome experience. I am haviing this one mounted in a full strut on a pedestal.
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Call for Media: Follow the launch of ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli
ESA PR 28-2010 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be launched to the International Space Station on 15 December at 20:09 CET (16 December 01:09 Baikonur time). Media are invited to the main event in Nespoli's home town of Verano Brianza, with subsidiary events in Paris and Cologne.
Paolo Nespoli's MagISStra mission is Europe's third long-duration flight on the International Space Station (ISS). His duties during the six-month mission will include receiving Europe's second ATV supply ferry and exploiting the research capabilities of Europe's Columbus laboratory with an intensive programme of scientific experiments. For more information about Paolo and the MagISStra mission, please visit: www.esa.int/magisstra
The main launch event will be held in Paolo's home town, Verano Brianza, Italy, not far from his birthplace. Attending the event will be ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti. Arrangements can be made for remote interviews with the Director of Human Spaceflight, Simonetta Di Pippo, who will be in Paris. Doors open at 18:30.
Media in Germany can attend the event at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC). Two ESA astronauts will provide commentary: Alexander Gerst and André Kuipers. André flew with a Soyuz in 2004 and will repeat the experience in late 2011. Doors open at 19:00.
At ESA Headquarters, the Director of Human Spaceflight, Simonetta Di Pippo, and other space experts will be available for interviews. Doors open at 19:15.
The launch will be transmitted live via satellite and on ESA's Web: www.esa.int
Material for broadcasters
ESA TV offers broadcasters extensive material on Paolo's mission and its preparation with special feeds from Baikonur before the launch.
Launch and docking will be transmitted live via the W2A satellite.
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Yosemite's Half Dome cables nationally historic
'It does draw more attention when it's listed'
A rocky trail and hundreds of feet of twisted metal cables might not immediately conjure an image of something worthy of historical preservation.
But when the trail leads to the iconic Half Dome in Yosemite National Park and the cables allow armchair wilderness lovers to ascend the once-inaccessible granite monolith, the significance was enough for a spot on the list of National Register of Historic Places.
The designation at the end of August went virtually unnoticed, but the Half Dome was still on the minds of hikers and wilderness advocates, who are awaiting the park's final assessment of a plan to permanently limit access to a place on many outdoor lovers' bucket lists.
The park is weighing the hike's incredible popularity - one of the busiest of any trail in the National Park's federally designated wilderness areas - against the protections from the intrusion of man in wild areas. One option under consideration is removing the cables that assist climbers up and down the steep granite.
"Clearly handrails and other aids aren't appropriate in the wilderness," said George Nickas, executive director of Wilderness Watch, which has threatened to sue to have the cables removed and argued against them during the plan's comment period.
On the other side of the argument are those who point to the 45-degree angle of the slick granite dome, once described in the mid-1800s by geologist Josiah Whitney as "perfectly inaccessible."
"I'm ecstatic about the listing," said Rick Deutsch, who has written a book about the climb and will make his 35th ascent this weekend. "It's recognition for the cables and another chit on the list of reasons to keep them up."
The "Half Dome Cables and Trail" join the Fullerton, Calif., post office, the Island City, Mich., historic district, and the shipwrecks of many Minnesota inland lakes and rivers that were successfully nominated this go-round to the National Register maintained by the National Park Service.
"Historic preservation is like managed change," said Edson Beall, a historian with the park service. "It doesn't stop change, but in this case it definitely offers protections. So the short answer is yes, it offers protections."
Some protections, but not complete protection. In fact, three nationally listed stone-faced bridges spanning the Merced River in Yosemite Valley are being considered for removal because they impede the flow of the waterway designated by Congress as "wild and scenic."
This year, in anticipation of limiting access to Half Dome, the park instituted a daily lottery for the 400 permits that officials have deemed a safe number to make the final summit daily - a measure expected to be made permanent when the plan is released in about a month. In the past, up to 1,200 people crowded the cables, lining up like cars in gridlock. That meant they were unable to make a quick escape when showers or snow blew in and turned the polished granite as slippery as ice.
"The hike and the cables have become such a part of the Yosemite lore that the listing doesn't change the way we manage them, but it validates the significance of the cables and the hike," said park spokesman Scott Gediman. "It's one of the most iconic hikes of any hike in any national park."
In 1919, the Sierra Club installed the first cables along the eastern flank of the 400-foot final ascent so visitors without rock climbing experience could hoist themselves to the summit to drink in stunning views of Little Yosemite Valley, El Capitan, the endless Sierra and the Valley floor. In 1984, the cables were removed and replaced, but the National Register application said "they maintain their original design, location and material composition and are therefore compatible within the historic district."
There is little doubt that installing a handrail on a natural feature in a wilderness area would have not happened in modern times. Wilderness Watch successfully challenged a plan at Olympic National Park in Washington to rebuild and replace trailside shelters that collapsed under snow, and when the Forest Service there sought to replace a fire lookout tower and turn it into a visitor station.
"It does draw more attention when it's listed," Nickas said of the Yosemite cables. "But in the context of wilderness, it doesn't change the requirement that wilderness be maintained without structures necessary for wilderness preservation."


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Miss America? Burps can't stop her victory
Even though we all prance around in front of the mirror every once in a while, most of us feel sort of ridiculous doing it. Erika Uhlig, however, has managed to parlay her prances into a thousand bucks toward college.
The 16-year-old Albemarle resident is arguably on her way to becoming Miss America. With the title of Miss Teen Albemarle County Fair already under her belt, Uhlig traveled to Roanoke on June 27 for the Miss Teen Virginia America pageant, a local preliminary that includes evening gown and interview segments but eschews the dreaded swimsuit promenade.
"Since we're not old, they give us leotards," she says, lambasting the "Physical Fitness" competition used in place of the Jantzens. "They're hideous. They look the same on everybody, and they show every crevice of your body. When the light hits you on stage... oh, it's horrible."
That didn't stop her. Uhlig walked away victorious despite the spandex attempts to do her in. Now, she's slated to compete in Orlando in 2005 for the national title.
And after that? "I could take it to Miss America," she says in a suspiciously singsong voice, "but I might stop after this, because I won. It's better to go out on a high note."
Such nonchalance sums up her approach toward the whole parade– she takes the pageants lightly in spite of her success. "I'm kind of a procrastinator," she says. "I don't really work on it all year. I just kind of go and do it. I'd rather not think about it."
As an avid soccer player and a serious violinist, Uhlig has plenty of other things to worry about. She played defense on both the Albemarle High School varsity and club teams last year and intends to do so again this year. Meanwhile, Betty Gross, her violin teacher for over 10 years, positively bubbles with praise.
"She has always been a very wonderful violin student," says Gross. "Audiences always enjoy her playing very much."
Uhlig will undoubtedly try to work that same magic with pageant judges. Rather than attempting to juggle a soccer ball several hundred times on her head, she has opted to play violin for the talent segment.
Divahood apparently runs in the family. Erika's older sister, Jessica, was Miss Albemarle in 2003 and has since started working towards Miss Virginia USA, while her younger sister, Hannah, was a runner up in the Miss Pre-Teen Albemarle County Fair [this is the correct name of this competition; it was misnamed in the print version of this story–editor] competition at the tender age of 12. As the most recent champion, however, Erika notes she is at the top of the pecking order: "Right now, I'm the queen of the house."
Queen or not, she's above all a typical teenager.
"I'm the biggest tomboy you'll ever meet," she admits. "I may dress like a girl, but you'll never meet a girl who burps quite as loud as I do."
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Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Participation in Online Conspiracy to Trade Child Pornography
WASHINGTON – An Oregon man and a Virginia man were sentenced to prison for their role in a conspiracy to advertise, distribute and possess child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Anne M. Tompkins.
Michael Engelking, 37, of Alexandria, Va., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees in the Western District of North Carolina to serve 210 months in prison and lifetime supervised release.
David Large, 50, of Salem, Ore., was sentenced yesterday by Judge Voorhees to serve 70 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
Following their release, both Engelking and Large must register as sex offenders.
In November 2010, a grand jury charged six individuals, including Engelking and Large, with conspiracy to advertise, distribute and possess child pornography. Both Engelking and Large pleaded guilty to the charges in July 2011. According to filed court documents and court proceedings, Engelking and Large engaged in a conspiracy with others to share child pornography on Facebook. Court records indicate that both Engelking and Large were members of several Facebook groups dedicated to sharing child pornography and child erotica, including groups called "girls girls girls :)" and "little girls love to play to :)". These groups contained over 10,000 images of child pornography and child erotica. According to filed documents and statements made in court, Engelking uploaded images of child pornography to the "girls girls girls :)" group. In August 2010, agents with the FBI executed a search warrant at Engelking and Larges's residences and seized multiple computers and storage media. Hundreds of images of child pornography were located on these items. Court records show that the images on Engelking's laptop included violent depictions of children being raped and abused.
James Byrd, another co-conspirator, was sentenced in August 2012 to serve 87 months in prison. The remaining three co-conspirators are scheduled to be sentenced in December 2012.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI's Violent Crimes Against Children Unit headquartered in Maryland. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cortney S. Escaravage of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina and Trial Attorney LisaMarie Freitas of CEOS.


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Enjoy the Water with Friends and Family
Canoes, Runabouts, House Boats
Whether your boating interests are canoes, runabouts or house boats, McKean County will put you on the water.
Allegheny Reservoir
McKean County is the eastern gateway to the beautiful Allegheny Reservoir. Forested hills surround 99 miles of shoreline. Stretching from the Kinzua Dam, through the Allegheny National Forest, and across the New York border onto the Seneca Nation of Indians, it is 12,000 acres of pure getaway.
Launch and camp on developed sites at Willow Bay or Kiasutha, or cruise to boat/hiking access-only campgrounds from Elijah Run. Houseboats can spend the night in numerous secluded bays. Sugar Bay is a popular area for houseboat camping and canoeing because of speed restrictions.
For a completely different look at McKean County waterways, try canoeing on the Allegheny River. The river flows 27 miles through a relatively broad valley across the northeast corner of McKean County. Scout the bridges for launching and pull-out points.
This part of the Allegheny River is suitable for novice canoeists, although it is not without challenges. Long flat-water stretches are interrupted by generally mild riffles. Fallen trees occasionally become obstacles. Depending on river flow, you might have to get out of your canoe and wade through shallow stretches.
Though paralleled by two-lane highways, the dense bottomland forest buffers river voyagers from most signs of civilization. Bring your camera and fishing rod. Muskellunge, bass, and catfish lurk in the water. Waterfowl nest along the banks, and in numerous wetlands and ponds in the bottomland. Mink, raccoons, and beavers feed along the shoreline. White-tailed deer hide in the thick cover.
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Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, 5465-5466 [2013-01561]Download as PDF
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 5465-5466] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-01561] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. FDA-2012-N-0001] Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. Date and Time: The meeting will be held on February 27, 2013 between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Location: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fishers Lane Conference Center, Terrace Level, Rooms 508-510, 5635 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD, 20852. Please enter the building through the main front entrance on Fishers Lane and take the elevators down to the T- Terrace Level. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting will also be webcast. The link for the webcast is available at http://videocast.nih.gov. Contact Person: Donald W. Jehn or Denise Royster, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (HFM-71), Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-827- 0314, or FDA Advisory Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138 (301-443-0572 in the Washington, DC area). A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the Agency's Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/default.htm and scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link, or call the advisory committee information line to learn about possible modifications before coming to the meeting. Agenda: On February 27, 2013, the committee will meet in open session to discuss and make recommendations on the selection of strains to be included in the influenza virus vaccine for the 2013- 2014 influenza season. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, the background material will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on FDA's Web site after the meeting. Background material is available at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/Calendar/default.htm. Scroll down to the appropriate advisory committee meeting link. Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before February 20, 2013. Oral presentations from the public will be scheduled between approximately 12:35 p.m. and 1:35 p.m. Those individuals interested in making [[Page 5466]] formal oral presentations should notify the contact person and submit a brief statement of the general nature of the evidence or arguments they wish to present, the names and addresses of proposed participants, and an indication of the approximate time requested to make their presentation on or before February 12, 2013. Time allotted for each presentation may be limited. If the number of registrants requesting to speak is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, FDA may conduct a lottery to determine the speakers for the scheduled open public hearing session. The contact person will notify interested persons regarding their request to speak by February 13, 2013. Persons attending FDA's advisory committee meetings are advised that the Agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. FDA welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Donald W. Jehn or Denise Royster at least 7 days in advance of the meeting. FDA is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory committee meetings. Please visit our Web site at http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/AboutAdvisoryCommittees/ucm111462.htm for procedures on public conduct during advisory committee meetings. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2). Dated: January 22, 2013. Jill Hartzler Warner, Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs. [FR Doc. 2013-01561 Filed 1-24-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-P


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- IFSC Code Finder
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Here is the list of IFSC Codes for all IDBI BANK branches situated in the state of ASSAM. To check the 11-digit Indian Financial System Code (IFSC Code) any particular IDBI BANK branch across the state of ASSAM , first, select the district from the drop-down menu and then select the city. The IFSC code will be displayed online. You can use this code for money transfer using IMPS, RTGS and NEFT fund transfer system.
IFSC is short for Indian Financial System Code and represents the 11 digit character that you can usually see on your bank's cheque leaves.


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This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report.
The U.S. Air Force will have spent about $5.8 billion on F-15 programs between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2017, with F-15E Strike Eagles accounting for about $3.2 billion of that total, according to an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) analysis of data provided by Avascent050, an online market analysis toolkit for global defense programs.
Most of the work -- about $3 billion -- is for sustainment and modification of the Strike Eagles, the analysis shows.
As the U.S. Air Force continues to work through cockpit breathing problems for its F-22 Raptor pilots, the service is pushing to more than double the life of its stalwart F-15 Eagles with a series of upgrades.
The U.S. Air Force wanted fatigue tests on C models starting about two and a half years ago, Boeing officials say.
As the F-15 fleet aircraft approached their life expectancies for total flight hours, Boeing says, the Air Force wanted see how far the service could delay fleet retirements.
The design service life for the aircraft is 8,000 flight hours and the oldest aircraft in the fleet have flown more than 10,000 actual flight hours and counting, Boeing says.
Boeing is now working on full-scale fatigue test certifications to push F-15C/D models to 18,000 equivalent flight hours (EFHs) and F-15E models to 32,000 EHFs.
There are several programs to make U.S. and international models better with age. The F-15 radar modernization program proposes to retrofit all F-15Es by 2021 with APG-82(V)1 suites with APG-79 processors, which will offer a fivefold improvement over the APG-63(V)3 equipment in reliability and effectiveness.
The initial operational capability for the radar work is early 2014.
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I want to build a tiny application in Windows Vista. It should tell me, whether it (the application window itself) is displayed on the screen of a laptop or on an external screen. I'd like to use C++ in VisualStudio 08.
I seriously don't have a clue about programming for Windows, don't even know which way to approach this problem or which libraries to use. I would totally appreciate if someone of you guys/girls could help me out with a quick hint.
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Myth: You can kill an opposing player in Halo Reach by shooting their helmet attachments. Busted. Myth: You can survive a fatal Reach vehicle crash by bailing out. Confirmed.
DefendTheHouse offers another fun round-up of Halo Reach myths, some busted, some confirmed. I don't even play Reach anymore, but I love watching these.
Episode 6 - Halo Reach Mythbusters [YouTube]


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GeoGraphicsView Overview
We are currently working on an implementation of a GeoGraphicsView system, which is intended to be very closely modeled on the QGraphicsView classes. We have to work on this as an internal project due to the current limitations that are in the QGraphicsView classes that do not allow for the implementation of projections directly. There is talk about these problems being fixed for Qt 4.6 and so it is important to model our API for this system on the current Qt classes so that we can convert the system painlessly when Qt 4.6 is released.
Benefits of QGrahpicsView for marble
Some of the main benefits that we would like to take advantage of from the QGraphicsView classes are:
- Simplified input event model
- QGraphicsItems "know" how to draw themselves
The QGraphicsView input model integrates the passing of mouse events based on the position of the mouse event, passing mouse events down through a stack of items and the ability to have a standard implementation of Drag and Drop.
If you are not familiar with the system check out the Qt Documentation
Also a problem with the current way things are done in marble is that we have adopted a QVariant style Typing system for the GeoData classes. This is very effective ( and very fast ) for the current implementation of marble but does not allow for extension of the system by 3rd party developers for things like plugins. If we adopt the QGraphicsItem system then we will be passing pointers to objects around which will adhere to the C++ Run-Time Typing System and will not loose any Class/Inheritance information when passed around the Marble system ( e.g. passing from the Geo Parser to the model ).


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Supersub Elliott Powell scored twice in extra time to give North Oxford Res a 3-1 home win over Eynsham Res in the Ivor Gubbins Cup quarter-finals.
The two sides were locked together at 1-1 at full-time after North Oxford's Gary Mitchell cancelled out captain Ian Law's early opener for Eynsham.
But Powell grabbed two opportunist goals in extra time to settle the tie.
Jordan Gray's double helped Bletchingdon Res come from behind to win 4-1 at home to Middleton Cheney Res.
Steve O'Brien gave Middleton Cheney the lead, but goals from Gray and Danny Evans turned the tie in Bletchingdon's favour before half-time.
Gray grabbed his second after 70 minutes, and Ryan Curtin sealed victory five minutes later.


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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang's Regular Press Conference on December 5, 2018
Q: According to reports, the US side warned on December 4 that Russia has 60 days to become compliant with the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty or the US would also cease obeying it. What is your comment? The US side also said that it has asked China many times to join the INF Treaty but was turned down every time. What is your response?
A: On your first question, the INF Treaty has played an important role in easing international relations, advancing nuclear disarmament process and maintaining global strategic balance and stability. It is still highly relevant today. A unilateral withdrawal from it will cause negative impacts on many fronts.
On your second question, the INF Treaty is a bilateral one reached between the US and the former USSR. China opposes its multilateralization. Meanwhile, China's national defense policy is defensive in its nature, and we have been adopting a highly restrained attitude when it comes to developing our military forces. We have no intention to and will not threaten any other countries.
Q: I am just wondering whether the Foreign Ministry has anything to add to the statement made by the Commerce Ministry on the China-US trade issues, including the comment on Trump saying on Twitter that he is a "tariff man"?
A: You may all have noted that this morning the spokesperson of the Commerce Ministry made an official statement on the China-US trade issues. As to the specifics you are interested in, I would still refer you to the Commerce Ministry.
What I can say here is that we hope that the working teams from China and the US could follow the consensus reached by the two heads of state to step up consultations and reach a mutually beneficial agreement at an early date.
Q: First, the statement by the spokesperson of the Commerce Ministry this morning in fact confirmed the existence of a 90-day consultation plan. The US side believed that the 90-day period started from last Saturday and would end on March 1, 2019. In China's view, when does that begin? Second, dozens of China's government agencies yesterday issued a memorandum on intellectual property rights. Can you offer more details? President Xi Jinping said that China will address the "reasonable concerns" of the US side. Does that include intellectual property rights protection?
A: On your first question, just like my reply to the previous question, the spokesperson of the Commerce Ministry has made a statement on relevant issues. As to the specifics you want to know, I would refer you to the Commerce Ministry.
On your second question, you may all have noted that 38 Chinese agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission, the People's Bank of China and the National Intellectual Property Administration signed the memorandum of cooperation for joint efforts to strengthen punishment for intellectual property infringements. It is the latest step by China in strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights and cracking down on the relevant unlawful activities.
As for the discussions between China and the US on the intellectual property rights, these discussions have been going on continuously. The US side is also very clear with China's position and attitude on this issue. We are also committed to engaging in further discussions with the US side on properly resolving the relevant issue.
Follow-up: That memorandum is dated November 21, but was not released until yesterday. Does this timing have anything to do with the China-US leaders' meeting?
A: I am not aware of the specifics. You may ask the competent department. There can be a lag between when a document is issued and when it goes public. There is nothing special about that.
Q: According to reports, on December 4, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in his speech that there will be a new democratic world order in which the US will strengthen or jettison relevant international agreements so as to stop bad actors like China. What is your response?
A: The latest remarks made by the US side do not accord with the spirit of the China-US summit which was held not long ago. Several days ago, the two heads of state have just held a successful meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit and reached important consensus. Besides reaching consensus on the trade issues that you are all interested in, the two sides also agreed to expand cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit, manage differences on the basis of mutual respect and jointly promote the China-US ties which are underpinned by coordination, cooperation and stability. Many media agencies reported that at the end of the meeting, applause broke out in the room. I don't know for what purpose someone would applaud then and now say something like this?
With regard to China's status and role in the international community, we have kept stressing that China will always be an architect for world peace, a contributor to global development and a guardian of international order. China is committed to championing multilateralism, upholding the rules-based international order and the multilateral system with the UN at its core, building a new type of international relations and forging a community with a shared future for mankind.
As to how the US behaves on the world stage, I believe that the international community has a fair judgment. Over a period of time, the US wields the baton of unilateralism and protectionism to disturb the international order under the pretext of "America First" and has withdrawn from a series of international organizations and treaties to challenge the multilateral system. The international community knows fully well that what the US said or did is motivated by self-interest and the US applies multilateral rules in a selective manner.
At last, I want to stress that, as we always say, China and the US are respectively the world's largest developing country and developed country. As two major countries with important influence, China and the US are interdependent and they cannot change each other. As an old saying goes, a harmonious bilateral relationship will make both winners, while a confrontational one will make both losers. We hope that the US could meet China halfway and follow the consensus reached by the two heads of state to jointly promote the sound and steady development of bilateral ties and bring more good news and more tangible benefits to the two peoples and people around the world.


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Cyprus, Eurozone Keep U.S. Futures in Check
Paul Vigna has details on new Eurozone and Cyprus worries' impact on U.S. markets. Photo: Getty Images.
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I know this doesn't specifically fit the topic of any of my various blogs, but I'm also one of the admins at Classic-Castle. I and the other admins at Classic-Castle would like to invite all members of the larger LEGO community to participate in our signature annual event, the Colossal Castle Contest. Our tenth CCC challenges builders with 14 categories ranging from the size of a custom minifig to a full castle covering multiple baseplates, so there's room for everyone to play. Please see the contest page and forum discussion for details.
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"Her business is robbery and coldblooded murder ... they call her Annie Awful ... She's a thief and a killer. She stops at nothing."
Those lines sound like they're from an old detective movie, but they're actually from a 1943 public health cartoon aimed at preventing malaria. That dangerous dame, Annie Awful, is Anopheles — the family of mosquitoes that transmits the malaria parasite.
The cartoon's creator was the predecessor of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Today the CDC is the world's top authority on an array of germs and viruses. But its origins are deeply rooted in malaria — and war.
The CDC was founded during World War II as the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas. The agency was charged with eradicating malaria in the South, especially around military bases. It ran mosquito abatement programs and publicity campaigns denouncing the insects, such as the animated film above.
At the same time, the U.S. Army was working hard to eliminate the parasite on military bases and among the troops. They broadcasted anti-malaria jingles on the Armed Forces Radio and distributed cartoons and "pinup calendars" encouraging troops to cover up and use repellent.
Through the groups' combined efforts, the U.S. officially eradicated malaria in 1951. The CDC, though, still remains very involved with malaria research around the globe.
The agency's labs can carry out complicated chemical analysis of insecticide levels on bed nets or decode the molecular structures inside the malaria parasite.
And, CDC has become a resource for scientists in Africa, Southeast Asia and many developing countries, where malaria remains one the most significant health problems.
Last year, the CDC tallied 1,600 domestic malaria cases inside the U.S. All of these were in people who'd picked up the parasite outside of the country.
The low number of domestic cases poses a challenge for health care facilities, which rarely encounter the disease and may have difficulty diagnosing it. With malaria, a rapid diagnosis can be crucial because the disease can kill a person in a matter of days.
So the CDC helps local doctors, hospitals and health departments identify the parasite from pictures of blood. Local health workers can even send images of parasites via email for so-called telediagnosis.
Last year, the CDC fielded 450 inquiries for telediagnosis of suspected parasitic infections. About a third of those cases turned out to be malaria.
Microbiologist Blaine Mathison, one of two scientists who perform telediagnosis at the CDC, says he can even analyze an image of a blood smear straight off his BlackBerry. "I remember once," he says, "I've actually sat at Turner Field at a Braves game and done diagnostics while watching a ballgame."
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Robert Siegel.
Malaria was officially eradicated in the U.S. more than a half a century ago, but the federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to pour hundreds of millions of dollars each year into fighting malaria elsewhere in the world.
As part of our series Malaria Pushing Back, NPR's Jason Beaubien visited the CDC's malaria labs in Atlanta to find out how some of that money is being spent.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: On the first floor of what otherwise looks like a corporate office tower on the CDC's campus in Atlanta, thousands of mosquitoes are locked inside hot, humid vaults.
PAUL HOWELL: Most of these are considered to be the deadliest animals in the world.
BEAUBIEN: Biologist Paul Howell is in a long, white lab coat in a sterile white laboratory in between the mosquito vaults. Howell is getting ready to feed a cage of the insects from his own arm.
HOWELL: So basically, I just - I put my hand right inside the cage. The females will pretty much instantly start feeding. And, as a matter of fact, they just started biting. I can feel them probing. It's a little sting, but it's not bad.
BEAUBIEN: Female mosquitoes need proteins from blood to make shells for their eggs. Some mosquitoes here are content to sip warm rabbit's blood from a specially adapted glass beaker, but other mosquito species will only feed on people.
HOWELL: They prefer to feed on humans rather than anything else. So we have to maintain them on live human blood.
BEAUBIEN: Inside this high-security, immaculately clean wing of the building, Howell and other scientists tend 53 colonies of mosquitoes. Some are used for experiments at the CDC, others are shipped to researchers around the globe. Howell says one of the things the CDC is studying right now is growing resistance to insecticides among mosquitoes in malaria hotspots.
HOWELL: We have one that's particularly nasty from Benin that's resistant to at least four different types of insecticide that are commonly used. So...
BEAUBIEN: Malaria remains one the most significant health problems in the developing world. The World Health Organization estimates that there are more than 200 million cases of the disease annually, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. And it's the leading killer of kids under the age of five in Africa.
The CDC was founded during World War II as the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas. The agency was charged with eradicating malaria in the Southern United States. It ran mosquito abatement programs and publicity campaigns like this one, denouncing the insect.
BEAUBIEN: This animated film from 1943 was produced with the South Carolina Health Department. It starred a dangerous dame called Annie Awful, a deadly biting anopheles mosquito.
BEAUBIEN: Malaria was officially eradicated from the U.S. in 1951, yet last year, the CDC still tallied 1,600 domestic malaria cases. All of these were among people who'd picked up the parasite outside of the U.S. The low number of domestic cases now actually poses a challenge for health care facilities.
BLAINE MATHISON: Because malaria is not endemic in the U.S., there's not a lot of expertise for identifying it.
BEAUBIEN: Blaine Mathison, a microbiologist with the CDC, is part of a two-man, on-call parasite team.
MATHISON: This is one that came to us yesterday from the Missouri State Health Department. So they sent images of a blood film, and then you can see the parasites in the blood film. And we can actually identify the parasite just by looking at the images alone.
BEAUBIEN: Mathison and his colleague fielded 450 inquiries last year from local doctors, hospitals and health departments. About a third of those turned out to be malaria, but they're also asked to identify other parasites.
MATHISON: The amoebas, the worms, arthropods are of public health importance. We can identify ticks and lice, hookworms, tapeworms, pinworms.
BEAUBIEN: With malaria, a rapid diagnosis can be crucial because the disease can kill a person in a matter of days. So the CDC offers what's called telediagnosis around the clock. Blaine says he can analyze an image of a blood smear straight off his Blackberry.
MATHISON: I remember once I've actually sat at Turner Field at a Braves game and done diagnostics while watching a ball game.
BEAUBIEN: Upstairs, the CDC labs have far more expensive and far more sophisticated equipment than BlackBerries. They can do complicated chemical analysis of insecticide levels on bed nets or break down the molecular structure of malaria parasites.
The CDC labs have become a resource for scientists in Africa and other parts of the developing world. Paul Newton, a malaria researcher based in Laos, says counterfeit malaria drugs are a major problem in his part of the world, and he relies on the CDC's labs to analyze drug samples that he's picked up all across Southeast Asia.
PAUL NEWTON: It's pretty labor-intensive. And there aren't very many labs in the world that can do this sort of work.
BEAUBIEN: Newton says the CDC analysis helped trace a large shipment of fake malaria drugs back to a manufacturer in China. So even though malaria now resides almost exclusively outside the U.S. borders, the disease remains a significant and historic part of the CDC's work. Jason Beaubien, NPR News.
SIEGEL: And you can watch a video about malaria and the role of counterfeit pharmaceuticals at npr.org.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The Labor Day weekend show at Cowboys Stadium will include a top college football game through at least 2024.
ESPN and the Dallas Cowboys have reached a lengthy extension for the Cowboys Classic, the holiday weekend game that started in 2009, the year the $1.2 billion stadium opened.
The announcement on Wednesday included unveiling the matchup for 2014, when Oklahoma State plays Florida State in what was set to be the last game under the initial agreement. That game will be Aug. 30, 2014, two weeks before Texas and UCLA play at Cowboys Stadium.
LSU and TCU meet in the 2013 Cowboys Classic next Aug. 31. TCU beat Oregon State in the 2010 Cowboys Classic, and LSU defeated Oregon last year.