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As a member of the Outreach Team for HOLLIS+ (our new discovery system) I spent some of the last week presenting at and attending open meetings with library staff to demonstrate the new system, which is in beta testing (not yet ready for prime time; coming very soon!). I have read a lot, and heard a lot, about discovery systems and their implementations from library friends and colleagues, and based on their stories I wasn't sure of exactly what to expect from this one, whether good, bad, or indifferent.
Well, to put it mildly, I am so excited to see HOLLIS+ in action I can barely contain myself, and I can hardly wait 'til its public debut, when I can use it with our researchers. It's easy to use, it's fast, and it's a realistic library alternative to Google Scholar (which so many use, but fail to admit it!). In short: our new tool delivers, and I'm figuring that undergraduate researchers will especially love it (although from discussions I've been having about it with other researchers, it sounds like it will be a welcome starting point for them, too). It took a huge team effort from library technology staff and library staff across the university for the system to be selected and implemented in a relatively short period of time, but it's really paid off; I haven't been this enthusiastic about a new tool since, well, since online databases came along.
My enthusiasm comes from finally being able to search for books along with journal articles and many other materials in one search, and then being able to access a lot of content directly and immediately from that search. This is something we all know many researchers have longed for forever. Okay, yes, I know that discovery systems don't replace the depth and breadth of all the files and databases to which libraries have access, and I will continue to feature individual databases in classes and on research guides to get researchers to optimal sources for sophisticated, in-depth searching. But I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel in terms of true interoperability—it's coming from discovery systems, and it's coming from NISO.
In June 2014, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced the publication of a new recommended practice, NISO RP-19-2014, Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery, which "provides specific guidelines on participation in the new generation of library discovery services." The report "includes guidelines to content providers on disclosure of level of participation, the minimum set of metadata elements provided for indexing, linking practices, and technical formats. Recommendations for discovery service providers address content listings, linking practices, file formats and methods of transfer to be supported, and usage statistics. The document also provides background information on the evolution of discovery and delivery technology and a standard set of terminology and definitions for this technology area" [from the press release].
What does this mean? NISO is setting standards to make it possible for librarians and researchers to know just what is being indexed and linked to via discovery systems ("transparency in discovery"). The usage-statistics support speaks volumes to me, since it will be powerful for libraries to be able to demonstrate increased usage of electronic resources because of the discovery system. But one of the more challenging aspects of implementing such a system at present is describing just what it indexes (and subsequently, what it does not index). So the recommendations for standards concerning content listings, linking practices, and metadata are hugely important so that researchers can know just what they are searching, and what is not there. To achieve true transparency in discovery, more participation from content providers is needed.
This is obviously a complex issue that has been considered and discussed for a long time. If you'd like some background reading about it, I suggest three publications to begin with: an April 21, 2014 article by Marc Parry in the Chronicle of Higher Education, "As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools"; the College & Research Libraries September 2013 article, "Paths of Discovery: Comparing the Search Effectiveness of EBSCO Discovery Service, Summon, Google Scholar, and Conventional Library Resources" by Andrew D. Asher, Lynda M. Duke, and Suzanne Wilson; and the NISO ODI Survey Report from the NISO ODI Working Group, January 2013, Reflections and Perspectives on Discovery Services.
Without transparency and broader participation in providing content for discovery systems, as a colleague puts it: "the user's the loser." So kudos to NISO and the ODI Working Group for putting together a set of recommendations to serve as models for industry practice. And kudos to all my wonderful colleagues who are making our discovery system, HOLLIS+, a reality. Talk about a win-win-win!
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We gathered there, improbably, given the circumstances, at a nearby bar, all of us together once again. Gone were the Metallica and Megadeth tee-shirts, the sparkly headbands left at home, retired for the night.
This night.
They'd been replaced by somber suits and dress clothes, I tottered on impossibly high heels as we sat there together again, all of us together again, coming from various parts of the state to be together this time, drinking whiskey and vodka to drown the voices in our heads.
I remembered drunkenly as we ordered our first round, that the last time we'd all been together and dressed up was for my wedding three years before. As the happy memory of that played in my mind I was haltingly reminded that one of us was not sitting a block away, cold, hard and dead back then. She was alive and vibrant, laughing and joking with us all.
Suddenly, I didn't want to remember anything.
To onlookers, we must have looked like quite the jovial bunch of people, obviously close friends who knew each other so well, the comfortable familiarity was palpable. I alternated between snuggling the man on my right and the man on the left, neither of them my husband.
We laughed loudly and comfortably at each other with each other our mouths wide open, the picture of pure bliss. But was it? Was this bliss? To nearby patrons, I'm sure that's what they saw as they formed mental pictures of this motley band of brothers'"a sister or two thrown in for good measure'"these people out for a night on the town, drinking to life, to liberty, to the pursuit of happyness.
Not one of us was happy, I'll tell you that for sure. Not a single one of us was happy to be there, to be together for this night. Happy people don't have these conversations.
"When I die," I slurred drunkenly. "I don't want any shitty fucking flowers at my funeral. I'm appointing you there Kristin, to make damn sure that no one sends me fucking filler flowers. No carnations, no baby's breath, and no goddamned fucking lilies. I fucking hate lilies." I spat this out as though the words tasted bitter and mean.
I sat back, everyone laughing without a trace of happiness, as I slurped the last bit of whiskey from the bottom of my glass.
"And NO OPEN CASKETS. You all don't need to see what I look like when I'm dead and made up in clown makeup. So, you've got to make me up like Gene Simmons from KISS. You'll have to somehow pin my tongue out like he does. Then any sick fuck that wants to see my corpse will get quite the shock.' This seemed to be uproariously hilarious, as we all pounded the table, laughing but not really laughing.
Scott started next. "When I die," he said joyfully without joy. "When I die, I want you all to stuff me like the guy from Weekend At Bernie's." We laughed from within, all of us mentally picturing Scottie in a lawn chair, being rolled in and out of rooms. "And I want a big bonfire and a kegger." We tittered, remembering all of the bonfires Scott had thrown in his parent's backyard. "Then, at the end of the night, I want you to throw me on the bonfire."
We laughed so hard at the thought that we were all left clutching our sides, a painful cramp had formed there.
We drank long and we drank hard, each of us processing the magnitude of what had just happened together but in our own way. I was left clutching a man, walking drunkenly back to his car with him propping me up and helping me past the slick patches of ice. He would have carried me if I needed him to, I knew this and found this an unlikely comfort.
It was cold, freezing cold, I knew logically, but I felt nothing. For the first time in a week I was comfortably numb. It was only then that I realized how much I'd been hurting, the relief I felt at blissfully unfeeling anything at all.
Tomorrow I would wake up and feel it all over again, the pain, the anguish, the incredible hangover, but tonight I was finally free.
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Thanks for the pick me up. (Love you!!)
This makes me ache. Not in a bad way, but not in a good way, either.
It shocks my system to see how young she was; those poor little boys. I am so sorry about your friend.
What a beautifully written post. I can see this scene it in my minds eye.
It's funny, but I often think of Steph, I can see her in heaven. Very often when a few, old songs come up on my ipod.
Sending hugs and love Beck, remember, you are not alone.
If we don't get on that memory book soon, we are never going to do it. Scott's in. Any chance you can leave the kiddos with the Daver for a night and come down to Chicago to work on it? Scott and I are making plans for it soon. It's kind of unacceptable that we have not done it yet.
PS. I'm pretty sure Scott was dead serious (no pun intended) about the bonfire thing. He is totes the only person who would actually want to go out like that.
I can't pretend to know how it feels. I have never lost a friend that close. But I am so sorry for your loss. I know the pain never goes away, but will fade some with time. I know that my mother said the funerals for young people are 1000 times harder than the ones for the elderly. I am thinking of you.
I offer sympathies for your pain. She sounds like a blast.
Hold tight the stories you shared. They'll never be gone.
I'm sorry can't even begin to cover it. You write beautifully and your writing is a lovely tribute to your friend.
i'm just listening, because i don't know what to say…
Sounds like you celebrated the life lived while you mourned the life lost.
Sorry for your loss.
I have so totally stolen your idea about the Gene Simmons makeup and the closed casket. That is brillant!
I am so sorry about your friend.
Truly. One of your best posts. There's just so much sad, isn't there? Hugs to you, my friend, and thinking of you always.
I am so sorry for your pain and for your loss. Death is a surreal experience. Before I graduated from high school, I attended the funerals of four friends. A staggering number for an 18 year old. It was so astonishing that my school brought in counselers for our class to help us cope.
Imagining you and your friends at that bar reminded me of how we coped during that time. I believe the human mind can not grasp the concept of death, and only with large amounts of alcohol and time, will the pain become manageable. So sad that your friend left this world at such a young age.
I think Steph would love this, Becks.
On a side note, caskets are creepy, and funeral home officiants are the WORST. I always imagine they are the people who got kicked out of preacher school the second week and are now relegated to being the Mall Cops of the funeral world.
One of my closest friend's died in a bike accident at 19 – at her wake we behaved much the same. We still think of her often. Thinking of you.
That's what I want…………..friends getting drunk in a bar after my funeral.
Just a slurred testimony that I was…………………….
and I was loved………………
Numb and I are best friends. I love that bitch! Thinking of you and you friend today.
it is so so SO weird and strange for me, growing up. these are the things the adults knew that i didn't when i was a kid, thinking i was all *not a kid* and shit. i don't even want to know what else i don't know about.
Yes. This is how it goes.
I've killed more than a few bottles remembering friends…thinking of you and Steph. In KISS make-up of course.
Aw fuck man. My heart hurts for you.
And when I die, I want no flowers at all – if you need to send a condolence gift, it better be booze.
Love to you, sweetie.
I'm so sorry, Becky. It seems like after all that's happened in the last few months, you deserve a while of pure happiness. I wish I could give it to you. It sounds like she was an amazing person who left a real hole in the world. I'm so very sorry she's gone.
That was truly a beautiful post, Becky. Thinking of you and Kristin, and those little boys.
Yeah, I've lived that night many, many times over with the survivors. It's really the only way to deal as far as I'm concerned, and you got it just right. That's why I love you, girl!
Oh, I'm with Scott 100 %, and I'm not even drunk!!!
great tribute
Becky, where the hell WAS I in February? What THE.FUCK?? I just read all the other linked posts about this because seriously, I don't even fucking remember this happening. Sure, February was a dark ass month for me but how can I even say that considering what you experienced. I am so sorry to hear of this. So so sorry.
I am so sorry.
When I die, I want to be celebrated, not mourned. I don't know what they'll be celebrating though since I've never really done anything worth celebrating, but hopefully they have good imaginations.
Sorry for your loss Bex. But the liquor does help ease the pain in the meantime.
Love to you Becks. Muchly of it.
Sometimes the only way we can deal is by not dealing at all. And that's ok. Big hugs, my friend.
This made me cry! I had a friend who died (suicide) in high school and that's when I decided I do not want a funeral. xoxo
Thinking of you Becky, as you continue to remember.
Your post struck a personal chord with me (in reference to funeral arrangements), because my family owns a funeral home and so I've grown up with everything that goes along with that. One thing that has always stuck me is that the body is prepared and put out for viewing, and everyone parades past, saying, "Oh, he looks so good." Always, people are always saying how 'good' the dead person looks. As in, the make-up job and the hairdo are good. For Christ's sake, these people look motherfucking DEAD, they don't look good. When I die, I don't want people looking at me, saying I look good. I want people to say "Boy, she looks like shit." This is unlikely to happen, thus my requests for closed casket and cremation.

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Alex Trebek raps on 'Jeopardy!'
Just call him MC Trebek.
In a very surreal Jeopardy! segment Monday night, Alex Trebek, the game show's longtime host, was forced to read out rap lyrics from Dr. Dre, the Beastie Boys and The Notorious B.I.G. as clues for a special category called "It's a rap."
One of the lyrics tackled by Trebek during the segment included: "Never let me slip,/'Cause if I slip,/Then I'm slippin'" from Dr. Dre's Nuthin' But A G Thang.
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SD Gundam Force - Unknown Dangers (DVD 4)
Title: SD Gundam Force - Unknown Dangers
Volume: DVD 4
Running time: 75
Distributor: Bandai Entertainment
Release date: 2004-04-27
Pre date: 2004-03-16
Suggested retail price: $19.98
Age rating: 7+
Shute is having trouble with his homework on friendship. While Shute writes his essay, he comes to the realization that the Gundam Force embodies the true meaning of friendship. Rudely interrupted by the trio of Zapper Zaku, Grappler Gouf, and Destroyer Dom, the evil Dark Axis will also learn the benefits of working together in order to develop... a new super attack?!
As the Dimensional Transporter undergoes repairs, a strange accident occurs transporting Shute and the Gundam Force to a barren and petrified world. Zero realizes that it is his homeland, Lacroa!
Spoken Languages: English.
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Rather than letting nature takes its course when it comes to falling in love, many needy singles believe that by attaching ourselves to another person, we become instantly whole. Complete. All our needs are met. Case closed. The enticement is too much for the needy to resist. Who can pass up a short-cut, as it were, to personal growth? No wonder so many drink the poison of this lie, one of the most common dating mistakes.
Rebecca sure did. In her late twenties, she was a study in misery. She'd dated Tom a few times in college, but nothing serious ever developed. A few years later, a job brought Tom back to Seattle, where they attended the same church and began palling around. "We're more than friends," is the way she described it. "You could say we're dating, but the sparks aren't really flying, at least for Tom." She talked about how Tom was focused more on his career in marketing than his relationships. In fact, he was now considering moving to Kansas City to enroll in a training program that would make him more attractive to potential employers. That's what brought Rebecca to our office.
After four months of quasi-dating in Seattle, Rebecca was considering a move to Kansas City to be with Tom. "My job is nothing to brag about," she told us, "and I have an aunt in KC who said I could stay in her spare room for a while."
I (Les) thought I might be misunderstanding and asked for some clarification: "You're going to move half way across the country to be near a guy that has made no commitment to your relationship?"
"I know! Isn't it crazy?" Rebecca said with nervous excitement. "But Tom and I were made for each other; he just doesn't know it yet. It probably doesn't make much sense, but it's something I've got to do; I mean, something could really develop between us."
I winced inside, knowing how much she longed for a relationship and how potentially painful such a decision could be. We explored other options for a few minutes, but she wasn't interested. She didn't want advice. Rebecca was headed to Kansas City - following her relocated knight in shining armor - and there was no talking her out of it.
Have you ever seen a scenario like this? It's not unusual. When someone buys into the myth that another person will meet all their needs, they will do almost anything - quit their job, change their appearance, have sex, get pregnant, or travel to the ends of the earth - just to be with them, believing that falling in love with each other is right around the corner. People who believe another person will complete them by meeting all their needs become human chameleons. Remember Zelig from the Woody Allen movie of the same name? He became who everyone around him wanted him to be. He was externally defined, looking to others to tell him who he was. People who believe this lie do the same thing when dating, and mistakes abound. The problem is that chasing after another person to have a relationship that makes you feel better about yourself spells certain disaster. And Rebecca's situation was no exception.
Six months after her move, hoping that Tom would one day realize he was falling in love with her, Rebecca showed up again at our office door. "Hey! I thought you were in Kansas City," Leslie exclaimed.
"Not anymore," said Rebecca. "Things didn't work out so well." For the next thirty minutes, Rebecca told us how after only a few weeks, Tom began dating another woman he met in his training program, and they were close to getting engaged. She said she was doing all right, but since she had "lost" Tom, she was lowering her expectations and "settling" for guys she would have never considered previously. Before leaving our office that day, Rebecca spent at least thirty minutes tearing Tom apart.
Avoiding Common Dating Mistakes
Too many people attach themselves to another person to obtain approval, affirmation, purpose, safety, and of course, identity. And when the inevitable disappointment happens, they complain bitterly that this person failed them.
The truth is, self-worth does not come from the mere existence or presence of someone in your life that you are dating. Mistakes happen when you come to a relationship lacking personal self-worth, and all you can offer is neediness. And even if you do end up falling in love and winning the heart of another, you'll still, over time, come up empty. That's the poison of this lie. Expecting another person, whether it be a friend, a dating partner, or your husband or wife, to provide you with your life is unrealistic and actually unfair. It isn't anyone else's job to give you an identity or make you whole. People in your life are meant to share it, not be it.
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Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are founders of RealRelationships.com and co-directors of the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University where Les is a professor of psychology and Leslie is a marriage and family therapist. The couple also serves as the co-founders of MyRightSomeone, a new kind of Christian dating website that unites Christian singles in search of love that lasts a lifetime. Les and Leslie's best-selling books include the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts, Love Talk, L.O.V.E.: Uncovering Your Personal Love Style, and Crazy Good Sex. They have been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, and The View, and in USA Today and the New York Times. For additional information, visit their website at www.RealRelationships.com.
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The Grand Rapids Police Department and Meijer will partner once again this year to help make Halloween special.
This year, Meijer donated over 200 bags of candy for Grand Rapids Police Officers to pass out to not only "trick-or-treaters" but to young people they come in contact with on Halloween, Monday, Oct. 31.
"This partnership is a great way to encourage Halloween Safety, while creating positive youth and officer interaction," said Grand Rapids Police Chief David Rahinsky. "Officers will be in the community, out of their cars, getting closer to the people we serve while simultaneous helping to keep Halloween safe and fun for everyone."
►Related: When to go trick-or-treating in West Michigan
GRPD also offers the following tips to help your children have a safe and Happy Halloween:
- Please respect that neighbors who do not have their porch lights on are choosing not to participate.
- Do not trick-or-treat alone. Go with parents or adult friends.
- Wear light colored or reflective clothing after sundown.
- Wear flame-retardant materials.
- Avoid billowy costumes and wigs.
- Props such as magic wands and swords should be made from cardboard rather than metal or wood.
- Do not wear a mask that blocks or restricts your vision.
- Obey all traffic safety rules.
- Walk on sidewalks; do not walk in the street. If you must walk in the street, walk on the left side facing traffic.
- Carry and use a flashlight.
- Trick-or-treat only in your own neighborhood.
- Do not go into any stranger's home or car, even if you are offered candy.
- Do not eat any candy or other food until your parents examine it.
- Homeowners should have outside porch lights on where trick-or-treaters are welcome.
- Drivers should be especially aware and observant when driving through residential neighborhoods.


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Have you ever tried to delete a record from a table but it seemed to have taken forever? Furthermore, you checked everything and just couldn't find any performance problems with the server.
Well, check again. Check the foreign key references on the primary key of the table. Now you see it? Yes, SQL Server was checking the foreign key constraints on every table big or small that references your primary key table. It would only delete the record(s) after it made sure that your statement would not introduce data integrity issues.
I am now going to use the AdventureWorks.HumanResources.Employee table to demonstrate how you can work around the delete performance issue.
Check table
Assuming you already have the table name in a query window, now highlight the table and press Alt+F1. It is the same as running the "sp_help" system proc on the table.
If you got the following error instead of proper results, make sure you surround the schema and table names using quotes or square brackets.
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near '.'.
Like this:
exec sp_help 'HumanResources.Employee' exec sp_help "HumanResources.Employee"
exec sp_help [HumanResources.Employee]
You will get several result sets and pay attention to the one titled "Table is referenced by foreign key".
Disable foreign key constraints
Copy the list of constraints to a new query window.
Replace the beginning of the lines with "alter table ".
Replace semi colons with " nocheck constraint ".
Your script should look like the one below
By executing the script, you are effectively disabling the foreign key constraints on these table.
Delete the record(s)
Now you should be able to delete the desired records with a much faster response time(assuming you've got appropriate indexes and everything).
delete AdventureWorks.Sales.SalesPerson where EmployeeID = 280
Re-Enable the foreign key constraints
We can re-enable the constraints by using the same script we've prepared earlier for disabling the foreign key constraints. We just need to replace "nocheck" with "with check check".
In case if you are wondering why CHECK CHECK, here is the official explanation from Books Online:
The WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT re-enables the constraint, and also validates the existing data against the re-enabled constraint.
So it should be read like WITH CHECK (pause) CHECK CONSTRAINT.
I hope you find the above tip helpful. However, a word of warning though, this tactical operation is better reserved for the non production environments.


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Around the Farm: September 19
Here is a quick look at yesterday's Lake County performance. The positions listed below are where the player was playing in yesterday's (playoff) game.
Vidal Nuno - SP, Lake County: 6.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 12 K, HR.
An absolutely dominating outing by Nuno in perhaps his biggest start of his amateur and professional career. He gave up a solo home run on the very first pitch of the game - his only mistake the entire game - and then after that proceeded to shutdown the Kings and rack up a career high 12 strikeouts. He had hitters baffled all night as he was on his A-game and the hitters were unable to touch his secondary stuff. In 17.0 postseason innings the 48th round 2009 Draft pick now has 25 strikeouts. It was his final appearance of the season, and he went out with a bang.
- Jose Flores - RP, Lake County: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 0 K. Did not look sharp at all and labored in the 8th inning before giving way to Jimenez.
- Francisco Jimenez - RP, Lake County: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Came in with one out and runners on first and second with 2-1 lead....three pitches later he had allowed two hits and both inherited runners to score and Captains down 3-2.
- Greg Folgia - RF, Lake County: 2-for-4, 2B, RBI. He's been the money man all postseason getting the big hits to drive in runs, and came through in the 7th with two outs with another big RBI which at the time looked like could be the game winner.
- Delvi Cid - CF, Lake County: 0-for-4, 3 K. Had two different at bats where he was hitting with a runner on 3rd, and both times struckout and the run did not score.
- Tyler Holt - DH, Lake County: 0-for-4, 2 K. Not going to win many games when your 1-2 hitters in lineup combine to gor 0-for-8 with 5 K. Ouch.
- Adam Abraham - 3B, Lake County: 0-for-4, 3 K. Having a rough postseason hitting .175 with 10 Ks in 40 at bats.
- Roberto Perez - C, Lake County: 1-for-3, R, 2B, K. Leadoff double in 5th led to first Captains run.
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* Many end in landfills, shipped to Africa, Asia
* Recycling can recover gold, rare earths
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO (Reuters) - A new international project will try to track discarded U.S. cellphones, TVs and other electronic waste to help recycle everything from gold to rare earths and protect human health, U.S. and U.N. officials said on Sunday.
Many electronic items end up at the bottom of drawers at home when they break or get outdated. Many are shipped abroad for recycling. Others get dumped in normal trash bins and vanish into landfills or are incinerated, releasing toxins.
Only about 10 to 15 percent get recycled properly, said Ruediger Kuehr, executive secretary of StEP (Solving the E-Waste Problem), a project led by the U.N. University that works with firms such as Dell and Nokia.
"Tracking flows around the world ... is fundamental to work out solutions," he told Reuters of $2.5 million in new funds over five years announced on Sunday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help track U.S. electronic waste.
The project will work with port officials in West Africa and Asia to try to estimate flows of everything from flat screen televisions to computers sent to developing nations for repair or recycling. Health laws in such nations are often lax.
It will also seek to harmonize "international efforts, including research, tracking, data collection, analysis and information sharing," StEP and the EPA said.
"Electronics is the fastest growing waste stream in the United States," Stephanie Adrian of the EPA told Reuters. She said that just under half U.S. states have takeback laws obliging manufacturers to recycle.
"We don't have enough information," about where electronics end up, she told Reuters. "The U.S. and the European Union are trying hard to better assess what our own volumes are."
High prices for metals, with gold above $1,500 an ounce and with worries about Chinese dominance of supplies of rare earths, make recycling more attractive.
A million cellphones can yield 24 kg (53 lb) of gold, 250 kg of silver, 9 kg of palladium and more than 9 tonnes of copper, according experts quoted by the Bonn-based StEP. In 2006, about a billion cellphone were sold worldwide.
"If you ask your friends how many mobile phones they have in their drawers at home you will easily have rather impressive numbers," Kuehr said.
In November 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama urged more focus on electronic waste. "Most discarded consumer electronics end up in our landfills or are exported abroad, creating potential health and environmental hazards and representing a lost opportunity to recover valuable resources such as rare earth minerals," he said.


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"It was so funny because all the girls, we knew that Caitlyn was shooting this but my brother had no idea," Kim explained to Access Hollywood. "I sent it on a mass text to everyone, and my brother was on it, and he goes, 'Kim, why are you sending me this? Who is this woman? And why do I care?' And I was like, 'Rob, that's Bruce! That's Caitlyn!'"
Once he realized who it was, his reaction was positive, according to Kim. "He was like, 'Oh my god! She's beautiful!' And then he called her and they had a love fest and it was so cute," she says. "But the moment was so funny."
Another funny moment of the evening was when Kim's custom Proenza Schouler gown accidentally caught fire! Luckily, Pharrell and his wife helped put out the fire for her.
We're glad Kim, who's pregnant with her and Kanye West's second child, is okay!
S/o to Pharrell & Helen! After the awards the feathers of my dress caught on fire & they jumped on me to get it out 🔥 pic.twitter.com/nLyXXqXfal
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Oakham United's five-game unbeaten run came to an abrupt halt on Saturday, as the side went down 6-1 at Irchester United.
Gavin Cooke grabbed his side's consolation.
But four goals from Ty Clark and a brace from Ryan Lovell - who was then sent off for two bookable offences - sealed their fate.
The result leaves Oakham seventh in the United Counties League Division One.
On Saturday Oakham will be looking to return to winning ways as they host second-placed Bugbrooke St Michael.
Oakham are one of three sides locked on 35 points and victory could see them steal a march on their rivals.


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When you realize we are all one and life goes on within you and with out you... And as Harry ascended the steps he felt he was home at last..... An alternate end to Harry Potter and the West Side Wands. A fic to the tune of the Beatles Within You Without You.
Genres: Songfic, Angst Characters: Cho, Dumbledore, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, James, Lily, OC, Ron, Snape, Voldemort
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The international power of the IBA makes the Human Rights Institute a force to be reckoned with, says Peter Goldsmith QC. Peter Goldsmith QC of Fountain Court Chambers is a former chairman of the Bar and chairman of the IBA's human rights committee on legal systems, procedures and independence of the legal profession.
The International Bar Association (IBA) is well-known as a powerful organisation for education and networking in many areas of law. What is less well-known is the force for change the IBA represents in the public interest field, including human rights.
The IBA has a long history of using its rich resources of thousands of members in more than 180 countries for the public good. In the area of substantive law reform, its committees have carried out much productive work. Two recent examples are a concordat on cross-border insolvency procedures and a draft treaty on the use of the human genome.
But it is in the area of fostering human rights and supporting the rule of law that the IBA's commitment has been greatest and, in recent years, most prominent.
Building on the work of the Human Rights Law Committee established some years ago, the IBA's Human Rights Institute was officially launched on 5 December 1995. One of the lasting testaments to the vision of President Professor J Ross Harper, the institute has already played an important place in human rights work internationally.
In its first year, it acquired almost 9,000 members as well as a sizeable fund drawn from members' contributions. Its many activities include intervention in cases of alleged human rights abuses around the world. It has sent missions to examine the state of affairs in many different countries, including one which investigated the legal profession and the independence of the judiciary in Kenya, producing a detailed report which is now a subject of dialogue between the IBA and the Kenyan government.
In addition, observers have attended important trials.
Recent examples include Malaysia, where the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, is facing libel proceedings for making statements arising out of his investigations; and a hearing in the Sri Lankan Supreme Court where a broadcasting bill was held to infringe the constitution and rights of freedom of speech.
The institute also surveys the rights of suspects and accused people in 173 countries around the world.
In these and other ways the institute adds considerably to the work of other organisations. Its strength is the resources which the IBA can bring to bear on these problems. It is an international organisation, represented throughout the world. It can bring legal expertise and political understanding of lawyers from different parts of the world to bear. The Kenyan mission, for example, included a distinguished English lawyer and a South African lawyer.
The IBA also has the ability to harness the goodwill and enthusiasm of some of the world's major law firms and lawyers: its senior officers include the New South Wales Director of public prosecutions, a Norwegian human rights lawyer, a past president of the American Bar Association, the president of the Law Society of Uganda and a senior Scottish judge.
The institute's action plan up to 2000, which will be debated in New Delhi, includes: human rights workshops in Hong Kong, Pakistan and other countries in Asia, North America and Europe; continuing missions in Nigeria, Yugoslavia and Pakistan; interventions; and the publication of its survey results.
The institute will also continue to develop its liaison with UN and EU bodies. One of its most exciting projects has been to assist the UN in the production of a training manual for judges and lawyers which is designed to assist in the teaching of human rights.
The institute is also working closely with the IBA twinning committee, which helps developed Bars to aid those that are less developed.
The institute needs the support of lawyers from all countries. Those lawyers in the UK who are interested in helping with the work should join the institute.
The IBA's commitment to human rights and its standing in that field can perhaps best be summed up by considering its 50th anniversary celebration in June. It was held in the UN buildings in New York. The keynote speaker was the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. And the best-attended meeting was a plenary session in which human rights was the sole topic of debate.


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Netanyahu Says No Deal Should Leave Iran On Nuclear 'Threshold'
Israeli Prime Minister says any final nuclear deal with Iran must not leave Tehran at the "threshold" of being able to develop nuclear weapons.
Netanyahu made the remark at talks at the White House with President Barack Obama.
For his part, Obama urged the Israeli leader to help find ways to prevent Palestinian civilian casualties like those inflicted in the recent Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas militants.
Netanyahu's visit was clouded by word of Israel's approval of the planned construction of more than 2,600 settler homes in mostly Arab East Jerusalem.
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WANSBECK MP Ian Lavery has stood down from his role as parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman in a row over pensions.
The move comes after Mr Lavery tabled an amendment to a government bill about raising the retirement age to 68, in an attempt to protect public sector pensions.
The Bill includes an exemption for emergency services, but Mr Lavery believes that should also be extended to prison staff and psychiatric nurses because of the stressful nature of the job.
Mr Lavery was told by Labour chief whip Rosie Winterton that the move would make his position as Mrs Harman's aide untenable.
The former Wansbeck councillor and president of the NUM, said he 'reluctantly' felt he had no option other than to resign.
"I was asked to withdraw my amendments because they were not in line with Labour's front bench position over the bill but I was not prepared to do that," he said.
"I acknowledge the need for discipline within the party but I am equally passionate about the importance of standing up for what you personally think is right.
"In this case it was right to stand up for people who might never make it to 68-years-old to draw their pensions.
"I took the decision to resign as Harriet Harman's PPS with great regret because it is a job I have been privileged and honoured to do for the past two years."


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The reason vets hand out poppies
Published 10:37 pm, Sunday, May 30, 2010
FAIRFIELD -- This time of year, members of various veterans' organizations can be seen handing out silk poppies near the entrances to supermarkets.
These former soldiers, sailors and airmen know why they're handing out poppies, and not, say, daisies or little American flags. But, they say, most younger adults have no idea of their significance.
The poppies are in reference to a poem written by Canadian lieutenant colonel and physician John McCrae on the day after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lt. Alex Helmer, who died in the World War I Second Battle of Ypes.
The poem "In Flanders Fields" is particularly poignant and fitting for Memorial Day because it's not jingoistic, nor does it dwell on the futility of war. Rather, it asks the reader to simply remember those who gave their lives for their country.
Fairfield University English professor Richard Regan said that "In Flanders Fields" is moving because it's understated.
"In poetry, less is usually more," Regan said. "If the writer holds back the emotion, then the reader supplies it, and it's always much more deeply felt. When the writer gushes all over the place, the effect just isn't the same."
Second Battle of Ypes was a particularly deadly conflict, and it was the first time the German army used chlorine gas on a large scale. Although it was won by the French, British, Canadian, and British Indian forces, the Allies suffered heavy losses, with more than 70,000 dead, wounded or missing. The Germans had 35,000 casualties. About 6,000 died from gas poisoning alone, many of them the German soldiers ordered to open the gas canisters.
McCrae didn't survive the war, either. He died of pneumonia on Jan. 28, 1918, while commanding a field hospital in Boulogne, France. To this day, many Canadian schoolchildren memorize the poem.
"The poppies are for the ones who gave their lives for their country -- there really isn't that much more to say," said Joe Konkol of Fairfield, who saw combat in Korea with the Army's 145th Division. "And the donations we get are used to help out the veterans."
"At least in World War II and Korea, we knew who we were fighting against," Konkol said. "If they were in front of us, we shot at them, and they shot at us. Not like it is in Iraq, or even in Vietnam. And the poppy, well that goes back to the First World War."
Konkol, who belongs to the Catholic War Veterans of Bridgeport, said that it's difficult getting new members. "The Vietnam vets, the Iraq vets, they don't want to join. My son, David, served in Iraq, and he doesn't want to join, either."
Joe Dave, 65, of Bridgeport, was in the Air Force for four years, serving in Vietnam, and later did a 16-year stint in the Army, was also handing out poppies at the Fairfield Circle Stop & Shop. The poppies refer to the poppy fields of World War I, in France and Belgium."
Helping out Dave was Michael Totora, 69, also of Bridgeport. "We've been OK in attracting the younger vets, but it's hard getting the Vietnam vets. They seem to band by themselves. But that's OK."
The veterans pointed out that the poppies aren't for sale, but donations are appreciated. They're fashioned by disabled veterans in veterans' hospitals.
"I served in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive," said Joe Bender, who was handing out poppies at the Tunxis Hill Stop & Shop with World War II vet Alex Fucci, 87, and another vet, Vincent Messineo, who served four years in the Navy during the Korean War.
"I saw my share of stuff," Messineo said.
"I was still a Pfc at the end of the war," Fucci jokes. "I wasn't very ambitious -- you learn that in the Army."
After the Tet, Bender was transferred to the Tan Son Nhut Air Base, another scene of heavy action, and then was sent to the Mekong Delta with the Ninth Infantry Division.
Bender agreed that it's difficult attracting Vietnam vets to join a Veterans of Foreign War post, like he did, along with Messineo and Fucci.
Konkol, 79, remains upbeat, however, greeting the shoppers with a cheerful, sometime flirtatious comment.
"Corona -- good choice!" he said to one shopper exiting with a six-pack in her shopping cart.
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Taraji P. Henson's new movie "No Good Deed" opens up this month and she's making her rounds promoting the film. Although she has an impressive acting resume, Henson says she's still selective when it comes to her films, and Hollywood still doesn't know what to do with her.
During a recent appearance on HuffPost Live where she explained why she will never shy away from starring in independent films.
"It's never about the money for me. It's about the craft of acting, and that's what I love to do," she stated to Marc Lamont Hill. "I figure if I keep proving how good I am the money will come. And that's actually what has been happening in my career. It doesn't matter if it's a low budget, an independent, I will still do an independent film today. Because to me those are the most exciting roles, the most challenging, because they're not the Hollywood wrapped up, sewed up at the end, all perfect endings. So I really lean, still, towards the films that don't have big budgets."
Henson also said that Hollywood still doesn't realize her money earning potential. "I don't think a lot of the executives get me. And I think a lot of times studios, they don't know or really realize that I actually have a box office draw… they'll see."
Taraji is also on the latest cover of EBONY – make sure to pick up the issue on newsstands now!
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GlassFish ESB v2.2 Field Notes – Ephemeral, JVM-global, POJO-based Sequence Number Generator for BPEL
When working on the HA solutions discussed in my HA blog entry I realized that it will be difficult to work out whether messages are delivered in order, as was required, and whether any are missing. I got over the issue by ensuring that my test data was prepared in such a way that messages in each test file had increasing, contiguous sequence numbers embedded in the message. For HL7 v2, which is the messaging standard with which I dealt, I used MSH-10, Message Control ID field. I wrote processed messages and acknowledgments to files whose names embedded MSH-10 Message Control Id, with the sequence number, so breaks in sequence and out of order messages could be readily detected.
With multiple message files containing between 1 and 50,000 messages, adding a sequence number to each message by hand was clearly out of the question.
I put the GlassFish ESB to use. I constructed a file-to-file BPEL module project to read each test file and to prepend a sequence number to each message's MSH-10 field. The only snag was how to get a sequence number that would start at 0 and increase by 1 for each message, such that each BPEL process instance would get the next sequence, and that messages would be written to the output file in order.
This note discusses how I went about accomplishing the task.
The complete note, GFESBv22_EphemeralSequenceGenerator_v18.104.22.168.pdf, is to be found at: http://blogs.czapski.id.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/GFESBv22_EphemeralSequenceGenerator_v184.108.40.206.pdf


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Antony had no role in ISRO spy case: Chandy
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Defence Minister AK Antony had no role in the 1994 ISRO spy case.
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday said Defence Minister AK Antony had no role in the 1994 ISRO spy case.
"Not a single person will ever mention that Antony had any role in that case. The case was of interest only to the media and also to some political parties," Chandy told reporters here.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had asked the Kerala government to take action against three police officers after the Supreme Court ordered the closure of the case in 1996 and the freeing of the five accused, including Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist S Nambi Narayanan.
Narayanan, along with another ISRO official, two Maldivian women and a businessman were arrested in 1994.
Last month, the Kerala High Court upheld an order of the National Human Rights Commission awarding compensation of Rs 1 million to Narayanan.


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No. Students who enroll in OU Army ROTC don't join the Army. They take an OU Army ROTC class for which they receive college credit. It's considered a college elective.
No. OU Army ROTC cadets go directly to college where they earn their degree. As an SMP cadet, you will go to basic training as part of your obligation to the Army Reserve or Ohio Army National Guard, but "boot camp" is not a requirement for being a part of OU Army ROTC.
Quite simply, leadership and management skills needed to become a U.S. Army officer or have a successful civilian career.
Students in OU Army ROTC learn through a unique program that involves both classroom and "live" situations. For instance, an OU Army ROTC cadet might be found leading classmates through adventure training, down a rappel wall, or in military tactical training. That said, all graduating Cadets are able to earn a Minor in Military Science while at Ohio University.
During the first two years, ROTC cadets have no military obligation (or the first year in the case of scholarship winners).
Yes. OHIO University Cadets are eligible to receive "campus based" ROTC scholarships. OU Army ROTC awards them to high-achieving students primarily studying science and engineering, but for extremely high achieving students in other majors, we may also be able to offer them, as well.
Scholarships are awarded at different monetary levels. Scholarships cover all tuition and fees. Additionally, scholarship awardees receive money for books, as well as a monthly stipend. Cadets participating in the SMP Program receive 100% of tuition and fees (if a Soldier in the Ohio Army National Guard) OR $3500/year along with a full student loan repayment plan (if a Soldier in the U.S. Army Reserve). Additionally, ALL fully participating cadets (both scholarship recipients and SMP members) receive a FULL DORM ROOM GRANT from Ohio University.
OU Army ROTC scholarships are not based on financial need. Instead, they're awarded on merit. Merit is exhibited in academic achievement and extracurricular activities, such as sports, student government or part-time work.
Scholarship cadets receive a full scholarship from U.S. Army Cadet Command. They are only required to go to Cadet Initial Entry Training (CIET) after their freshman year of college. SMP Cadets receive their tuition benefits from the Ohio Army National Guard or the U.S. Army Reserve. They attend basic training (usually in the summer between HS and freshman year or between freshman and sophomore year) and also attend monthly drill (one weekend per month). During school, all Bobcat Battalion Cadets are treated exactly the same and are all eligible for additional training (Airborne, Air Assault, CULP, CTLT, etc) and additional incentive awards for high achievement. Also, both SMP and Scholarship cadets (as well as non-scholarship cadets) all have the SAME OPPORTUNITY to serve on Active Duty after graduation. One does NOT need a scholarship to serve on Active Duty. Commissioning as an Active Duty officer is based SOLELY on one's academic, physical, and leadership achievements while a cadet in the Bobcat Battalion.
No. Anyone can enroll in OU Army ROTC. And regardless of whether you're a scholarship winner or not, all OU Army ROTC books, supplies and equipment are furnished at no cost to you.
Scholarships are awarded throughout the year to qualified students. High School students apply for four-year scholarship during their senior year. Green to Gold Scholarships are awarded twice a year by the Army. OHIO U campus- based 2-year, 3-year, and 3.5-year scholarships are also awarded to extremely qualified cadets throughout the school year, based primarily on GPA, physical fitness, those in science and engineering majors.
In college and after graduation, cadets find that the training and experience that they have received are assets - whether pursuing an Army or civilian career. Employers place the highest regard on the management and leadership skills that OU Army ROTC instructors stress. Plus, OU Army ROTC looks fantastic on a resume. When cadets complete the OU Army ROTC course, upon graduation, they become commissioned officers in the U.S. Army.
The first thing that you need to do is to contact the Recruiting Operations Officer by calling (740) 593-1423 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com . Our recruiter will be able to answer any questions that you might have and will guide you in the right direction on what steps you need to take to be a fully-participating member of The Bobcat Battalion.
Simply register for classes, register for the appropriate Military Science course along with the Leadership Laboratory. A list and description of these courses can be found in the OU course catalog.
There are numerous extracurricular activities during the school year such as the German Proficiency Badge competition, the Norweigian Foot March competition, and Best Ranger. The Bobcat Battalion also has Color Guard and Cannon Crew that stands ready to celebrate each Bobcat Touchdown with a "Kaboom!" at every home game.
During the summer break, cadets can volunteer to attend Airborne School, Air Assault School, Mountain Warfare, Northern Warfare, Cultural Understanding and Language Program (CULP), and Cadet Troop Leadership Training.
You can join a variety of career fields to include Aviation, Armor, Adjutant General (Human Resources), Chemical, Infantry, Ordnance, Signal, Quartermaster, Transportation, Medical Service, Military Police, Nursing, Finance, Military Intelligence, Field Artillery, Cyber, Air Defense Artillery, and Engineer Corps.
The most important thing that you need to do is get accepted OHIO University. After you are accepted to OU, you need to inform your chain of command that you wish to turn in a Green to Gold packet and start getting your paperwork together. Details on how the Green to Gold program works can be found at: http://www.goarmy.com/rotc/enlisted-soldiers/green-to-gold-scholarship.html


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Tried to install the 1.8 Digital Photo Viewer several times. Each time it just says Installation Failed. Contact supplier.
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I can't get the provided software to install....I get an error message.."RegDBCreateKeyEx Failed," and "RegDBSetKeyValueEx failed"
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I have just attempted to install Kodak EasyShare version 3.3 on my computer and when attempting to use it I get the following message"this application has failed to start because the application configeration is incorrect... reinstalling the application may fix this problem.. I have reinstalled 4 times, atempted to repair twice and I still get the same message
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I have attempted to install the Kodak easyShare disk and keep getting the following message--- This application has failed to start because the application configeration is incorrec.. reinstalling the application may fix the problem--- I have reinstalled the disc 5 times and keep getting the same message
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If the 1990s were the decade of the brain, then the behavioral and social sciences appear to have staked their claim to the first decade of the new century.
The Decade of Behavior initiative, in the planning stages for the past two years, seeks to highlight the contributions of the behavioral and social sciences in addressing many challenges facing American society.
The initiative was launched Sept. 25 in Washington, D.C., at an event that brought together scientists, policy-makers and representatives from scientific, professional and lay groups, and featured 13 research exhibits related to the five major themes of the initiativeimproving health, increasing safety, improving education, increasing prosperity and promoting democracy.
Robert Willis, senior research scientist, Institute for Social Research (ISR), and professor of economics, and J. Thomas Juster, professor emeritus of economics and research scientist emeritus, ISR, presented one of the exhibits, highlighting the unique role of a special data set for understanding the interrelationships between socioeconomic status, health and economic behavior as they may affect retirement.
The data set, the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), is a longitudinal national panel study that started with interviews in 7,600 households in 1992. (Respondents were 5160 years of age, along with their spouses.) Follow-up interviews occur every two years for 12 years. The entire data set is on the HRS Web site at the U-M, www.umich.edu/~hrswww.
Juster received support from the National Institute in Aging in 1990 to begin HRS, and Willis took over as director in 1996.
A multidisciplinary group of 16 distinguished behavioral and social scientists serve on the National Advisory Committee and provide leadership for the initiative. Members include representatives from anthropology, educational research, child development, psychology, sociology, public health, nursing, geography, behavioral neuroscience, political science, economics and demography.
A major feature of the Decade of Behavior initiative will be a multifaceted public education campaign to address the compelling need for greater understanding by the general public and local, state and federal policy-makers of behavioral and social science research findings. Supporters of the effort also will champion the translation of research findings from the various disciplines into the public policy arena.
For more information on the initiative, visit the Web at www.decadeofbehavior.org.


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|Not Everyone Can Access Multiplayer On Bungie's New Halo Title
You see things and say 'Why?'; but I dream things that never were and I say 'Why not?'
- George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Halo Reach requires hard drive to play in co-op mode, Microsoft working on this 'temporary issue'
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Lol Halo.ReplyDelete
Thankfully I got a 250gig version. not sure what I'll EVER use it for though, 99% of my time is spent on PS3 or PC.
Awesome blog anyway broseidon
great stuff here!ReplyDelete
I dont know why bungie made it like this in the first place, they're missing out on alot of customers and users. Good thing they're fixing it though.ReplyDelete
Much love and $upport headed your way broham!
Picking this up for SURE.ReplyDelete
Showing some love,
nice post!;)ReplyDelete
i like it;)
supportin & follow you;)
H.Reach is asum!ReplyDelete
I had to erase a lot of data because it needs at least 10g free memory :(
Anyways this shouldn't even be an issue, I don't understand why you'd own a 360 without a hard drive.ReplyDelete


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Wild-Oilers Preview
While the Minnesota Wild are presently focused on securing their first playoff berth in five seasons, the Edmonton Oilers made a move they hope will pay off in the future.
The visiting Wild look to win consecutive games for the first time this month while trying to hand the Oilers a season-high sixth straight defeat Tuesday night.
Though Minnesota's 4-3 win at Calgary on Monday was its third in 10 games, the Wild (23-16-3) are sixth in the Western Conference and are closing in on their first postseason berth since 2008.
"Every game matters," Wild captain Mikko Koivu told the NHL's official website. "I think every team, every player recognizes that but you can't think about it too much ahead. You've just got to go game-by-game. I know it sounds like a cliché but that's what it is right now."
Edmonton (16-18-7), meanwhile, has been outscored 17-4 during a five-game skid that followed a five-game winning streak during which it held a 25-7 scoring advantage. As a result of the team's recent slide and what's likely a seventh straight season without a playoff appearance, the team fired general manager Steve Tambellini on Monday and replaced him with former Oiler player and coach Craig MacTavish.
"Despite showing areas of improvement over the course of the season, the face of the matter is we are not where we want to be right now, nor where we should be,'' Oilers president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe said. "And because careers are short and opportunities for achievement don't come along very often, we feel strongly that it is important that we make some changes right now.''
Edmonton also announced that former assistant general manager Scott Howson, who was recently fired as GM in Columbus, returns as senior vice president of hockey operations - the position previously held by MacTavish.
MacTavish spent eight seasons (2000-01 to 2008-09) as Oilers head coach and guided them to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006. He'll try to reshape a team that has some solid young talent but has yet to turn that into any success.
Edmonton has been held to one goal in each of the last four contests and looked lackadaisical throughout Saturday's 4-1 home defeat to provincial rival Calgary.
"We really have to look ourselves in the mirror after this one," coach Ralph Krueger said. "We have to figure out what kind of team we want to be. There are still seven games ahead of us and we have some serious analysis to do right now."
Young Edmonton stars Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have each failed to record a point in the last five games after they combined for 12 goals and 20 assists in the previous five. Eberle is the only member of that trio with a point during the Oilers' two losses to the Wild in 2013.
Koivu, who had a goal with two assists in Minnesota's 4-2 home win over Edmonton on March 3, snapped a nine-game goal drought Monday.
The Wild have scored six times to record three points in the last two games, matching their goal total while losing five of the previous six.
Acquired by Minnesota from Buffalo at the trade deadline, forward Jason Pominville scored twice Monday and has four goals with two assists in six games with his new club.


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|Wednesday February 13th, 2013
In response to recent questions/comments:[NOAD]
• Neither Ron Paul nor any of his representatives ever made us any offer or counter offer for RonPaul.com. The claim of a $50,000 offer we supposedly rejected is PURE FICTION, one of many that we will expose in our defense.
• Ron Paul never personally asked for RonPaul.com. If he really wanted it so badly that he would file a complaint with a UN agency, why didn't he bother to send just a short email to ask for it?
• Ron Paul never owned RonPaul.com. It was originally owned by another gentleman named Ron Paul.
• During the past 5 years, Ron Paul never asked us to cease operations, never asked us to give him RonPaul.com, and he never offered to pay the costs to build and run our website and mailing list. His campaign and fundraising websites did not refuse traffic from RonPaul.com; Ron Paul knowingly benefited from our site for a substantial period of time and did nothing to stop us. That implies, at the very least, implicit consent.
• If Ron Paul is genuinely questioning our right to own RonPaul.com, then why did his associates ASK us to make him an offer? It was only when he didn't like our offer that he initiated his effort to confiscate RonPaul.com and get it for free. By having his associates ask us for our offer, he implicitly acknowledged our right to own the domain.
• Why $250k? We'll explain our reasoning in our upcoming defense, even though we shouldn't have to… we thought that in a free market we can ask whatever we want, and others are free to make whatever counter offer they want. Ron Paul's associates were actively asking for our offer; when we sent it and they didn't like it – but still wanted the domain – the libertarian thing to do would have been to make a counter offer. What's more, we never made them an offer for just RonPaul.com, it was for RonPaul.com and our mailing list. If they only wanted RonPaul.com, why not make an offer or even just ask "How much for RonPaul.com only, without the list?"
• The idea that we got rich off this site is flattering but completely untrue. Many people are trying to achieve the libertarian dream Ron Paul was fortunate enough to realize for himself: making a living while promoting the cause of liberty. Yet almost nobody achieves it. We never did. (Details will be provided in our defense.)
• If this is the real Ron Paul then what is the point of keeping up our support for him? Should we just turn the other cheek and applaud Ron Paul for trying to deport us from the domain we worked so hard to build up over the past 5 years?
• At this stage we don't care about potentially losing "a large percentage of members and traffic" or our "supposed reputation as grassroots supporters" over daring to condemn Ron Paul's attack on us. This site has been a financial and physical drain for many years but we kept working on it out of our loyalty to, and enthusiasm about, Ron Paul and the message of liberty.
• If this is the real Ron Paul then everything we worked and fought for these past 5 years has been a sham and a waste.


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Doctor Ikezuagu gives back to the people of Nigeria
By Jason W. Selby
Oct 1, 2013, 15:59
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Dr. Ojiaku Ikezuagu. Photo by Angela's Portraits
Born in Chicago, Dr. Ojiaku Ikezuagu (otherwise know as Dr. OJ) was around five-years-old when his parents moved back to Nigeria to follow a job opportunity presented to his father. As a preteen, Ikezuagu grew up in the state of Imo in southeastern Nigeria, where he witnessed family members dying of illnesses that could have been prevented. He and a few of the local boys cut grass around the hospital in their village, and what he saw there created a yearning to pursue medicine. As well, his parents noticed that their son possessed a talent for science, and sought early to translate this skill into a profession. But they did not need to do much convincing, because Ikezuagu had decided by age six that he wanted to become a doctor. He wanted to be part of the solution.
"I wanted to provide services to people who desperately need them."
Ikezuagu began his first medical residence in 2004. He joined the Wayne County Hospital staff a little over a year ago, and is already well known for his generosity and skill. But the people of his home country call him back. On mission trips to Nigeria, Ikezuagu and a devoted team of doctors provide medical care and dispense much-needed pharmaceuticals in local villages. He has spent a week or two straight just treating people in the field, in the neighboring state of Anambra. Some of the problems he finds include diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, post heart-attack symptoms and malaria. Before his group touches down, people on the ground perform triage and report back to Ikezuagu, so that he knows what he will be dealing with immediately. There are often 5,000-10,000 people waiting for medical care when he does arrive. Much of the care he provides relates to medication.
"The need is so huge we don't even have the capability of meeting it," Ikezuagu says. "When I went back a year ago, a lot of my relatives needed medications. I promised them when I came back this time I'd bring meds. My goal is to provide a year's supply. These meds are definitely life-sustaining for them."
In Nigeria, the pharmaceutical companies are often corrupt. The composition of the medications they manufacture are not what is advertised or promised. The companies sell placebos that provide false hope, and take the villagers' money in exchange.
According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, "Pharmaceuticals are critical for the health and well-being of populations. Their access and consumption can be likened to a double-edged sword: on one hand, they alleviate the manifestation of disease but on the other hand, if they are inappropriately used, or worse, counterfeit or substandard, they may be ineffective and even toxic to the individuals who take them."
Regulatory weaknesses and an absence in conflict of interest guidelines hinder Nigeria from appropriately overseeing pharmaceutical production.
"What we have [in the Unites States]," Ikezuagu says, "people in Nigeria would die for. Though the insurance system is not perfect, I'm grateful to live in a country where you don't have to choose between meds and food."
Ikezuagu attempts to build relationships with American pharmaceutical companies to secure medications with one year or less of shelf life. The companies, which would otherwise discard these pills, donate them for mission trips. They can be the difference between life and death.
The Wayne County Hospital supplies equipment such as surgical materials, IV tubes as well as medications. Ikezuagu then gives the donations to Nigerian hospitals.
In one village, they made a makeshift cubicle for him to treat patients. As he was helping one villager, Ikezuagu saw a woman in her 80s collapse. She had symptoms of stroke, voice slurring and blood pressure unbelievably high. He told the woman's son to get her immediately to a hospital. The son gave Ikezuagu an odd look, and said, "We don't have any money." Despite Ikezuagu's urging, there was nothing either of them could do. The son could only bring his mother home and wait for the inevitable.
"It was so heartbreaking to hear that," Ikezuagu says. "It was eye-opening for me. There's no med management—people can't afford it. Doctors who go back are the only hope some people have. It's such a privilege to serve in this capacity. I treat a lot of people. It gets overwhelming."
On that trip, Ikezuagu saw between 100 and 200 patients every day. At lunchtime, the doctors received food and water. He saw a woman with high blood pressure during dinner, and Ikezuagu gave her his bottle of water. An older woman—not rich by any means—saw what the doctor did, and she bought him a bottle and gave it to him to drink. Simple acts of unselfishness like this, from those who have the least, encourage Ikezuagu to keep giving.
On another mission trip, he saw a 12-year-old girl that had probably snuck into the clinic. She tugged on his scrubs. She tried to tell Ikezuagu that she had asthma, but he could not understand what she was saying. The meds she took for asthma were outdated—what doctors used in the 60s and 70s to treat the disorder. He was able to update her medication and help her problem.
Ikezuagu can tell many stories like this. The group from Nigeria that organizes the trips hopes for medical care for their families, and houses him in a hotel. A group of five or six people pulled him aside needing medical attention, and he told them to come to his hotel. They said they could not afford it. Ikezuagu said to come anyway, it was worth it if he could give them a year's worth of medication.
He hopes to return to Nigeria this December.
"One of the things I appreciate about mission trips," Ikezuagu says, "is that a lot of the people I treat watched me grow up. It's the realization of a dream. I'm grateful to God for making this happen.
"There's something about giving back in this capacity that's so rewarding—to not do something for money. Altruism. It's hard work, but I come out of it incredibly rejuvenated."
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Hello Clare,
My daughter in law attended court on friday 24th january on a case regarding my sons access to his daughter, long history but basically he moved in with a new partner - which was never an issue with my daughter inlaw - he asked for csa to be reduced and didnt go to see his daughter for the next 9 weeks but instead a solicitors letter was sent for them both to attend court to set access rights. His own solicitor told him that she coudlnt do anymore for him when he was awarded 24 hours access once a fortnight. The judge told him in November that he wasnt going to get anything more but my son requested to be heard again in January. Since then he has said that he will be parting from partner and moving to a flat nearer to his daughter on the 27th January. At the court hearing on the 24th January the judge did a full 180 and agreed with his request of full weekend friday to sunday once a fortnight and after one year this was to extend to the monday, two seperate 7 day holidays with him yearly, he was allowed to leave his daughter with whoever he wanted, once a week tea time visit of an hour. He has never used the right to take maddy for tea time visit apart from one occasion when he took her to the local shop and back in ten minutes, this saturday was his last 24 hour visit and he left her with a relative as soon as he got her and went drinking, maddy had to be taken kicking and screaming to the car as is the case most times he collects her, the judge as has said that she has to go with him regardless of her getting upset. As for my son he stopped me from seeing my grandaughter for 11 months on the pretext that my daughter in law had stopped his acess because csa had reduced her money but in fact he had requested a reduction in money because he had taken on two step sons with new partner and then he didnt bother turning up for 9 weeks without any notification. I approached my daughter in law about seeing maddy after 11 months and she said i could see her when ever i wanted to and have done approx twice a week since then. He also has abandoned the two boys he had taken over guardianship of and is trying to give away or sell everything he had purchased for them including their bunk beds and garden toys, I am saying this to show what type of man he is. Is ther grounds for appeal with this history my daughter in law is aware I am doing this and also how much does it cost for an appeal hearing. Many thanks for your reply. lynda timberlake
She is 2 years old and both gave evidence at hearing.
Only at the first hearing, it was 19 weeks that he didn't have contact with Maddy. Lynda
he has been having Maddy 24 hours once a fortnight but always taking her back couple of hours early, he is also supposed to take her for one hour a week at tea time but has only ever used this once and that was for ten minutes tot he local shop and back. Over the christmas holidays he is allowed to take her from 4pm christmas day for 24 hours and the same on hr birthday. Maddy has step brother at home and they adore each other so the judge said she has to wake up in her own home then go to her fathers later in the day on each occasion. I am concerned that when he arrives for her maddy she get so distressed and has to be put in the car screaming "mammy no daddy" surely this cant be right that she has to hand her over in those conditions and what detremental effect is it having on maddy.
i dont think she would let anyone else, she has stipulated in the past that he is the only one who can collect and bring maddy back as she was being brought back by any member of his family so he could carry going to Liverpool to watch football. What would happen if maddy refused to go? Does tracy have to make her get in the car with him?
no she cant afford a solicitor so represented herself as she has all the way throughout the case. Paul had a solicitor and she told him back him a while back that she couldnt do anymore for him so he represented himself from then on. All the way through the Judge was indicating that he would not get all the things he asked for and told him she didnt know why he was coming back again in January, which is why it was such a shock for her to give in to his demands.
she didnt give any reasons except to tell tracy maddys mother not to shower her with too much love, to equal it out ?
no more than half an hour.
they had given evidence on previous hearings and this one was the judge telling the decision she had made, Tracy said she didnt want the two weeks a year or the full weekends but was ignored. The judge told tracy that if it went to a big hearing that they would make the same decision.
no she didnt agree to the order but the judge practically ignored her and said if she took it to the next step of a big hearing of cross examination it would be the same result, there is no paperwork.
At no time did she agree with the order and when she spoke up the judge told her that if she took it further she would get the same result.
Thank you i will pass the information on and get back to you if she has any more questions.