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Justice Committee on March 29th, 2007
Evidence of meeting #59 for Justice and Human Rights in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was young.
A recording is available from Parliament.
On the agenda
MPs speaking
Also speaking
- Paul Gillespie Consultant, As an Individual
- Lynn Barr-Telford Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
- Tamra Thomson Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
- Margaret Gallagher Treasurer, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
- Kevin Kindred Branch Section Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference, Canadian Bar Association
- Judy Nuttall Coordinator, Affiliated with Citizens Addressing Sexual Exploitation, White Ribbon Against Pornography
- Steve Sullivan President, Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
- Martha Mackinnon Executive Director, Justice for Children and Youth
- Karen Mihorean Assistant Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
- William Trudell Chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers
- Jason Gratl President, B.C. Civil Liberties Association
- Kim Pate Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
- Andrew Brett Member, Age of Consent Committee
- Nicholas Dodds Member, Age of Consent Committee
- Dave Quist Executive Director, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
- Daphne Gilbert Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa, As an Individual
- Christina Godlewska Articled Student, B.C. Civil Liberties Association
9:05 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
I call the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to order. Today is Thursday, March 29, 2007, and our orders of the day are our continued study on Bill C-22, an act to amend the Criminal Code on age of protection and to make consequential amendments to the Criminal Records Act.
We have an impressive list of witnesses today, I dare say, starting with one individual, Mr. Paul Gillespie. He's a consultant and former member of the metro Toronto police department.
The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics is represented by Lynn Barr-Telford, director, and Karen Mihorean, assistant director.
From the Canadian Bar Association, we have Ms. Tamra Thomson, director of the legislation and law reform section; Mr. Kevin Kindred, branch section chair; and Margaret Gallagher, treasurer of the national criminal justice section.
We also have Ms. Judy Nuttall, coordinator of the White Ribbon Against Pornography; Mr. Steve Sullivan, of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime; and Martha Mackinnon and Emily Chan, of Justice for Children and Youth.
We'll begin as the witnesses appear on the agenda.
Mr. Gillespie, you have the floor.
9:05 a.m.
Paul Gillespie Consultant, As an Individual
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My name is Paul Gillespie. I was previously employed by the Toronto Police Service, where I was lucky enough to serve for 28 years. For the last six years of my duties, I was the officer in charge of the child exploitation section of the sex crimes unit, and I was very fortunate to be working with a tremendous group of individuals. The team did some great work in pioneering some of the efforts that are being used around the world today in regard to the online sexual exploitation of children.
Since I left the police service last June, I have been working with a not-for-profit group in Toronto that I helped to start, called the Kids' Internet Safety Alliance, or kinsa.net. Our mission statement is simple. We're simply dedicated to the elimination of the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet and in all related issues.
In my time as a law enforcement officer, and certainly in the child exploitation section of the sex crimes unit, we had a very talented group of young officers who were very sophisticated with technology. This allowed us to conduct intelligence investigations in very deep, dark areas of the Internet. Some of those areas are known as the "freenet" or the "undernet". They are the bowels of the Internet and are basically impossible to trace. It is down there that we found the worst of the worst. Pedophiles would operate and conduct intelligence, refer members, pass on information, and teach each other. It was through these areas that the most vile of the pictures and movies that we are unfortunate enough to all now be aware of would enter the Internet.
We had officers specifically assigned to monitor chat rooms and news groups in this area, and to take the temperature of what was occurring around the world. On numerous occasions, members and pedophiles around the world would openly advocate coming to Canada and would explain to each other that one might be allowed to have sex with a 14-year-old child because it's legal. They did so often not to the dismay, but the wonderment and surprise of others around the world.
I have had the opportunity to conduct hundreds of presentations on safety issues, children's sexual issues, and sexual exploitation issues, to school groups, church groups, and public meetings, including one yesterday in Brantford. At some point in the meeting, I typically just ask everybody to raise their hand if they're aware it is legal for 50-year-old men to have sex with a 14-year-old child. To this day, most Canadians just don't understand it. When you lay out the facts, they're just most often horrified, understanding that if it happened to them, they would be mortified. They feel that the fact is, it can't be right. Luckily enough, and hopefully, if this legislation passes, I think it will be very good.
For the last four years, I've been working with Microsoft in relation to software that we developed, called the child exploitation tracking system. This takes me around the world as I work to have other countries accept this software, which will someday be a global network. In the last two years, I've been on six different continents and have spoken to officers in different areas. I'm keenly aware of what's occurring in those areas in regard to the computer-facilitated sexual exploitation of children, and this is first and foremost on everyone's minds.
The one common theme that I deal with, certainly from my peers in law enforcement and in government, is the fact that grown men truthfully should not be allowed to have sex with children. That's something I hope this legislation fixes.
Thank you.
9:05 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Thank you, Mr. Gillespie.
Now we'll hear from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, and Ms. Lynn Barr-Telford.
9:05 a.m.
Lynn Barr-Telford Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada
Thank you for the opportunity to present to the committee, Mr. Chairman, data relevant to your consideration of Bill C-22. You have the presentation information with you.
We will present to you police-reported information on children and youths as victims of sexual offences as these offences are currently defined in the Criminal Code, and data on the processing by the courts of sexual offence cases.
Statistics Canada collects national data on the overall number of incidents of sexual offences in Canada that have been reported to police. Information on the characteristics of sexual offences reported to police—the age of the victim, the age of the accused, and the relationship of the victim to the accused—was available from a subset of 122 police services in 2005. While these subsets provide useful information on children and youths as victims of sexual offences, we must keep in mind that they are not nationally representative. Data limitations are noted on the various slide input notes.
First, let me begin by telling you what we know about the sexual activity of youth according to Statistics Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, as of 2000-01, in which we asked youths if they had ever had consensual sex. We found that 5% of 12- and 13-years-olds, 13% of 14- and 15-year-olds, and 41% of 16- and 17-year-olds reported having had sexual intercourse. Among the sexually active 14- and 15-year-olds, 37% reported first having had sexual intercourse when they were 10 to 13 years old, and 36% when they were 14, with the remaining 27% at 15 years of age.
Before turning to what we know about sexual offences in Canada, it's important to recognize that given the secrecy that often surrounds sexual offences, they are the least likely offences to come to the attention of the police. According to the 2004 general social survey on victimization that covered the population 15 and over, only 8% of sexual offences are brought to the attention of the police. We suspect that reporting rates may even be lower for those younger than 15. At the end of the presentation, you'll find a supplementary slide on reasons for not reporting.
Turning to the second slide in the presentation, in 2005 there were about 26,000 sexual offences known to police. Among these, about 23,000 were sexual assaults, and just under 3,000 were other sexual offences, which included sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, anal intercourse, and bestiality. While we're unable to disaggregate the individual offences that make up the other sexual offences in our police-reported data, we do know from our court data that about three-quarters of cases of these other offences are sexual interference incidents.
Data from a subset of police services indicate that sexual offences are crimes largely committed against young women under the age of 18. Overall, in six in ten incidents of sexual violence, the victim is less than 18 years of age. As the slide clearly indicates, young women between the ages of 13 and 15 are the most vulnerable to being the victim of a sexual offence.
Concerning the age of the accused, for sexual assault and other sexual offences in which the victim is under 18, the accused is 21 years of age or older in about two-thirds of the incidents, and therefore outside the proposed age of exclusion. Young males aged 13 to 17 are at the highest risk of sexually offending. You'll also find a supplementary slide on age of accused at the end of the presentation.
While we cannot predict the direct impact of Bill C-22 on the number and type of sexual offences reported to police, we are able to look at incidents of sexual assault in which the victim is 14 and 15. There were 788 such incidents in which an accused was identified, as reported by a subset of 122 police services in 2005. We found that in six in ten of these incidents, the accused was 21 years of age or older; in about one-quarter of the incidents, the accused was 16 to 20 years old.
Our subset of police reported data allows us to look at the relationship of the victim to the accused when an accused can be identified. The majority of sexual offences against children and youth are committed by someone known to them, more often by friends and acquaintances, about 50% of the time. Just over one-third are committed by family and just over 10% by strangers. We know that when kids are younger they are more likely to be sexually victimized by a family member. As they get older and more socially interactive, they are most likely to be sexually victimized by a friend or an acquaintance.
Turning to slide 4, we can turn our attention to trends, and we're able to look at 16 years of nationally representative data on other sexual offences. We see that there's been an overall decline of about one-quarter in the rate of these offences between 1990 and 2005. Despite this overall decline, however, in three of the four most recent years there have been slight increases. This overall decline is similar to trends in violent crime rates, where we've seen declines throughout the 1990s, followed by relative stability since 1999. You willl also find, in supplementary slides, information on trends in sexual assaults.
We can offer some insights into the offence of luring that the proposed bill touches on. These data are also from the subset of 122 police services in 2005, and although not nationally representative, they do provide a general sense of trends for these offences. Between 2003 and 2005 there were 116 reported incidents, of which 44 were reported in 2005.
We can also speak to the processing of sexual offence cases. There are three things that can happen to an incident when it's reported to the police: it can be cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, or remain unsolved. In 2005, next to robbery, the charge rate for "other" sexual offences was the lowest among violent offences, at 37%. What's noteworthy is the 44% decrease in charge rates for other sexual offences between 1990 and 2005. This is significantly larger than the 22% drop in charge rates for sexual assaults and the 4% drop in charge rates for violent crimes overall.
Remembering that only about 8% of sexual assaults are reported to police, and, as I've indicated, that other sexual offences are among the offences least likely to be cleared by charge, once cases do get to court, with the exception of homicide and attempted murder, sexual offences are the least likely to result in a conviction, compared to other violent offences. Overall, 49% of violent offences are convicted. This compares to just 39% of sexual assaults and 37% of other sexual offences.
Although conviction rates for sexual offences are low, once convicted they are dealt with harshly. Rates of incarceration are higher for these offences than they are for overall violent offences. For example, overall, the rate of incarceration for convicted cases of violent crimes is 35%. In the case of each sexual assault and "other" sexual offences the rate is 45%. It is higher for homicide, attempted murder, and robbery.
We also know from our court data that someone convicted of a sexual assault or an "other" sexual offence is more likely to get a longer prison sentence than cases of physical assault, including major assault; and "other" sexual offences, such as sexual interference, invitation to touching, and sexual exploitation, get longer prison sentences, on average, than cases of sexual assault. In 2003-04, on average, a person convicted of an "other" sexual offence and who was sentenced to prison had a sentence length of 529 days. This was up 117 days since 1994-95. This compares to an average prison sentence length of 212 days for violent crimes overall, and of 466 days in the case of sexual assault. Only homicides, attempted homicides, and robbery have longer average terms of imprisonment.
All sexual offences, be it either "other" sexual offences or sexual assault, are treated more harshly when the victim is 11 years and under than when the victim is 12 to 17 years old. For example, 47% of "other" sexual offence cases, where the victim was 11 or under, received a term of imprisonment. This was true for 39% of other sexual offences involving a victim of 12 to 17 years of age. Whether the accused is a family or non-family member also has an impact on whether the accused will receive a sentence of imprisonment. Upwards of 50% of cases where the accused is a family member get a term of imprisonment, compared to about 40% of cases where the accused is non-family.
In summary, Mr. Chairman, the data have shown that sexual offences are the least likely offence to be reported to the police. Young women aged 13 to 15 are the most vulnerable to sexual offences.
Roughly two-thirds of the accused are over the age of 21, where the victim was under the age of 18, and yet young males are at the highest risk of sexually offending.
Fewer incidents of sexual offences are being cleared by charge, and sexual offences have one of the lowest rates of conviction. However, when there are convictions, sexual offences are dealt with harshly by the courts, particularly when the victim is young and the accused is a family member.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
You'll find a series of supplementary points at the end of the presentation.
Thank you.
9:15 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Thank you, Ms. Barr-Telford.
To the Canadian Bar Association, you have three people here. Are you all going to present, or is there going to be one presenter?
9:15 a.m.
Tamra Thomson Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
We will each speak for about two minutes.
9:15 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Fine. That would be great, Ms. Thomson.
9:15 a.m.
Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
I will start.
9:15 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Thank you.
If you want to introduce the topics of conversation that the other two members are going to present, go ahead.
9:15 a.m.
Director, Legislation and Law Reform, Canadian Bar Association
Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. The Canadian Bar Association is pleased to have this opportunity to speak to you today in support of Bill C-22.
The letter we have provided to you analyzing the bill has been prepared by our criminal justice section, which has among its membership both crown and defence counsel, as well as by the sexual orientation and gender identity conference.
The mandate of the Canadian Bar Association is to improve the law and the administration of justice, and we have analyzed the bill within that optic.
I'm going to ask Ms. Gallagher to speak about the Criminal Code aspects of the bill, and then Mr. Kindred will address some things that we think would improve the bill even more.
March 29th, 2007 / 9:20 a.m.
Margaret Gallagher Treasurer, National Criminal Justice Section, Canadian Bar Association
Thank you.
As we've set out in the letter that Ms. Thomson has referred to, the CBA is very mindful of the fact that children must be protected from sexual exploitation by adults. We are also aware that the existing age of consent might contribute to sexual exploitation in some cases.
It is a reality that some young people engage in responsible and healthy sexual activity within consensual age-appropriate relationships, and this activity should not be criminalized. If the age of consent is to be increased, it is also appropriate to increase the close-in-age exemption.
Because Bill C-22 does this in a fair manner, the CBA supports the amendments proposed in the bill. However, to ensure the objectives of this bill are met, it is important that the law be fairly and consistently applied.
Mr. Kindred will speak to this issue.
9:20 a.m.
Kevin Kindred Branch Section Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Conference, Canadian Bar Association
The CBA is pleased to have the opportunity to present today on an important equality issue in this area as well. It's an issue that the legal community has been aware of for more than a decade. It's raised now before this committee, because for the first time in some time, Parliament is again dealing with the issue of age of consent. I am speaking about the discriminatory provisions around anal intercourse in section 159 of the Criminal Code.
Since 1995 courts have told us that section 159 violates the charter, discriminating against gay men by stigmatizing their sexual conduct. One might ask why this is still an issue if courts have told us since 1995 that section 159 should be of no force and effect.
Courts have still had to deal with section 159 since 1995. We saw it come up again in 1998 in Quebec, in 2003 in British Columbia, in 2004 in Alberta, and in 2006 in Nova Scotia. All of those cases are cited at footnote four of our submission.
I would particularly note that for the 2006 case in Nova Scotia, a self-represented individual had to take the issue to the court of appeal in order to have his conviction under section 159 overturned.
This is actually still a live issue. But regardless of it being a live issue in the courts today, the fact that a discriminatory provision still exists in the Criminal Code sends a message in and of itself that is inappropriate and discriminatory.
We have also heard there are objections being raised to dealing with section 159 in the context of this bill.
Of course it's not for a witness to tell the committee about its own procedure. I will say there may be ways this committee can deal with the section 159 issue that are within the scope of the bill before you today. It may be that it instead requires the political will of the government and the minister to either amend the bill or to deal with section 159 in some separate manner.
The CBA firmly takes the position that full equality requires the repeal of section 159 and that the time is now.
Thank you.
9:20 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Thank you.
From White Ribbon Against Pornography, Ms. Judy Nuttall.
9:20 a.m.
Judy Nuttall Coordinator, Affiliated with Citizens Addressing Sexual Exploitation, White Ribbon Against Pornography
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to make this presentation today.
Ladies and gentlemen, Concerned Citizens Against Child Pornography has worked in Barrie for over ten years to bring awareness to parents and to our community that children's safety can no longer be taken for granted. Working with the White Ribbon Against Pornography campaign, each year we deliver boxes of ribbons and information to school staff rooms. Letters containing white ribbons are sent to all members of Parliament. Boxes of ribbons with flyers have been available in banks, churches, and stores. Letters are sent to local and national TV, and interviews on local TV and Rogers—
9:25 a.m.
The Chair Art Hanger
Excuse me, Ms. Nuttall, but perhaps you would slow down a little for the interpreters, please.


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Nvidia Corp. said on Monday that it would officially launch its next-generation graphics cards for gamers on the 26th of March, 2010. The company is six month late with its new GeForce GTX 400-series graphics boards, however, Nvidia is confident that the novelty based on the Fermi architecture will open up new performance heights.
"The wait is almost over! The world's fastest PC graphics gaming technology will be unveiled at PAX 2010," a statement by Nvidia reads. PAX East is a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers, which will take place from March 26 to March 28, 2010 in Boston Massachussets.
Nvidia promises that at PAX East it will not only publicly demonstrate its latest graphics technology, but also to start sales of actual GeForce GTX 470 and GTX 480 graphics boards, the first DirectX 11-capable products from the Santa Clara, California-based designer of graphics chips.
ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices and the arch-rival of Nvidia, initiated sales of its ATI Radeon HD 5800-series graphics cards on the 23rd of September, 2009, about six month ahead of Nvidia.
The flagship Fermi graphics processor will feature 512 stream processing engines (which are organized as 16 streaming multi-processors with 32 cores in each) that support a type of multi-threading technology to maximize utilization of cores. Each stream processor has a fully pipelined integer arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and floating point unit (FPU). The top-of-the-range chip contains 3 billion of transistors, features 384-bit memory GDDR5 memory controller with ECC and features rather unprecedented 768KB unified level-two cache as well as rather complex cache hierarchy in general. Naturally, the Fermi family is compatible with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.x and OpenCL 1.x application programming interfaces (APIs). The new chips will be made using 40nm process technology at TSMC.


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IRVING, Texas - Glenn Beck, the conservative radio host and media entrepreneur, is now heading up a film division at Mercury Radio Arts, the parent company of his popular radio show and digital media operation TheBlaze. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Beck announced that he has been refurbishing The Studios at Las Colinas, a 72,000-square-foot facility in Irving, Texas, where films and TV shows like "JFK," "Robocop" and "Walker, Texas Ranger" were filmed. "We're getting it ready for some big plans," Beck said of the property, which he purchased in June. Beck is currently developing three projects for the big screen. One is set in ancient history, one in modern history and a third is considered "faith-based." He has also optioned several other ideas. Beck also purchased the rights to his 2008 best-seller "The Christmas Sweater" back from Sony and plans to turn the story into a movie for television or theatrical release. "I bought a movie studio for a reason," Beck told The Hollywood Reporter. "I have every intent of finding great artists who will tell great stories that aren't typical. Everybody thinks they know who I am because of my stint on Fox - that was two years of my life. I'm much more into culture than I am into politics, and that's where I intend on making my stand." Beck went on to tell the Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood is missing this moment to reconnect with the American people because they don't speak the language. Some of it is out of spite - they might not like people of faith."%3Cimg%20src%3D%22http%3A//beacon.deseretconnect.com/beacon.gif%3Fcid%3D163211%26pid%3D46%22%20/%3E
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In the new Lennon cover Record Collector magazine there have been some stirrings about an unreleased "Lost Song" from the "Double Fantasy" sessions...this is from Terry Ott's usually quite crappy little blog over at Beatle News Briefs...
"The following caught my eye(s): According to Douglas, there is a "lost song" from the sessions,entitled, Street of Dreams, which Douglas also claims he co-wrote. Apparently, part of the song had been kicking around Lennon's head since the mid 60s and according to Douglas, 'had a real Beatle-y feel.' And speaking of Beatles, assistant DF sessions engineer Jon Smith says that John was using his original, black Beatle Rickenbacker guitar on the song I'm Losing You, that according to Smith, still had the Shea Stadium set-list taped to the back of the axe."
The Rick 325 for "Losing You" sounds really suspect. I'd like to hear what Bun. E., Rick & Tony Levin have to say about that detail...Jack Douglas too. for that matter. BUT... concerning the "Lost Track"...Here's a combination of two columns (UN-BOOTLEGGED LENNON- which is tracks 1-11 & MISCELLANEOUS LENNON TRACKS- which is 12-14) which come under the rare John Lennon section of a site titled "In My Life: Words & Music by John Lennon" @
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The following tracks are known to exist and form part of John's Solo Demos. They have not yet been bootlegged.
*****1. Street of Dreams. (1980)****
2. Dream Time. (1979)
3. Soft Shoe.
4. Man Is Half Of Woman. (1971)
5. When This Life Is Done. (1977)
6. I'm Ready Lord. (1977)
7. What You Want Is What You Get.
8. Something Is Wrong.
9. Endless And Mindless.
10. I've Got You. (1971-1972)
11. Popcorn. (1973-1974)
12. Rock Peace. (1969)
In August 1969, it was announced that this instrumental was to be the follow up single to 'Give Peace A Chance'. However, 'Cold Turkey' was released, and there is no evidence Rock Peace was ever recorded.
13. Incantation. (1974)
A song John Lennon co-wrote with Roy Cicala, at New York's Record Plant studio, 15th July, 1974. The number was never recorded, although the copyright was registered 15th November, 1974.
14. Hold On I'm Coming. (19??)
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The International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1932 adopted his proposal, and the Fields Medal was first awarded at the next congress, held at Oslo in 1936. Fields Medals were not awarded during World War II so the second Fields Medals were not awarded until 1950.
Fields wished that the awards should recognize both existing mathematical work and also the promise of future achievement. To fit with these wishes Fields Medals may only be awarded to mathematicans under the age of 40.
In 2014 medals were awarded to:
Artur Avila
Manjul Bhargava
Martin Hairer
Maryam Mirzakhani
Earlier winners of the medals are given below.
1936 L V Ahlfors
1936 J Douglas
1950 L Schwartz
1950 A Selberg
1954 K Kodaira
1954 J-P Serre
1958 K F Roth
1958 R Thom
1962 L V Hörmander
1962 J W Milnor
1966 M F Atiyah
1966 P J Cohen
1966 A Grothendieck
1966 S Smale
1970 A Baker
1970 H Hironaka
1970 S P Novikov
1970 J G Thompson
1974 E Bombieri
1974 D B Mumford
1978 P R Deligne
1978 C L Fefferman
1978 G A Margulis
1978 D G Quillen
1982 A Connes
1982 W P Thurston
1982 S-T Yau
1986 S Donaldson
1986 G Faltings
1986 M Freedman
1990 V Drinfeld
1990 V Jones
1990 S Mori
1990 E Witten
1994 P-L Lions
1994 J-C Yoccoz
1994 J Bourgain
1994 E Zelmanov
1998 R Borcherds
1998 T Gowers
1998 Maxim Kontsevich
1998 C McMullen
2002 L Lafforgue
2002 V Voevodsky
2006 A Okounkov
2006 G Perelman (who declined it)
2006 T Tao
2006 W Werner
2010 Elon Lindenstrauss
2010 Ngô Báo Châu
2010 Stanislav Smirnov
2010 Cédric Villani
Other Web sites:
More details of the Fields medals are available at the IMU web-site
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With limited resources, people have managed economic and environmental instability for a long time."resources, while managing serious economic and environmental instability, and have been doing so for quite some time. The example I give in the book is their crops. About 80 percent of the crops in a year are not African domesticates. These folks have managed to integrate crops from all other parts of the world slowly but steadily and have been able to work without soil or crop science the way we understand it, and still have functional ecosystems that provide them with food and seem to be somewhat sustainable.
The problem is that the correlation between weather and famine is actually pretty low historically."between weather and famine is actually pretty low, historically. The correlation between markets and things like food prices and famine is actually extraordinarily high.
Climate change impacts humans through indirect pathways that hit all parts of the environment."they aren't really, they just aren't operating at a fine enough scale to do it. So right now I don't feel like there's a really strong literature supporting the connection. That isn't to say that climate change won't have some impact on conflict in the future. In fact I think this is something we ought to be paying attention to. This is just me saying, let's do this really rigorously, let's be very careful about how we set up these research projects and studies so when the findings come back they're actually robust, as opposed to headline-grabbing.
Development done right is in our self-interest in the developed world.addresses are things like land use, agriculture, energy use. That's the kind of stuff that we need to be focused on that would then have huge benefits back to us over time... I would argue that the climate benefit is a collateral benefit that would come out of a better understanding of what people are already doing on the ground, or could be doing.
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Phase IIIB Study Evaluating the Effects of Atazanavir Powder With Ritonavir in HIV-infected Pediatric Patients (PRINCE2)
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The purpose of this study is to describe the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of a regimen of atazanavir powder boosted with ritonavir and an optimized dual nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in pediatric patients aged ≥3 months to <11 years.
Drug: Atazanavir Sulphate
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|A Prospective Single Arm, Open-label, International, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of Atazanavir (ATV) Powder Boosted With Ritonavir (RTV) With an Optimized NRTI Background Therapy, in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infected, Antiretroviral, Naive and Experienced Pediatric Subjects From 3 Months to Less Than 11 Years.(Pediatric Atazanavir International Clinical Evaluation: the PRINCE II Study)
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Participants Who Died and With Adverse Events (AEs) Leading to Discontinuation, Hyperbilirubinemia, Jaundice, First-degree Arterioventricular Block, Tachycardia, and Rash [ Time Frame: Day 1 of treatment through Week 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]AE=any new unfavorable symptom, sign, or disease or worsening of a preexisting condition that may not have a causal relationship with treatment.
- Number of Participants With A Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Class C AIDS Event [ Time Frame: Day 1 of treatment through Week 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]The CDC disease staging system assesses the severity of HIV disease by CD4 cell counts and by the presence of specific HIV-related conditions. CD4 counts are classified as 1: ≥500 cells/µL, 2: 200-499 cells/µL, and 3: <200 cells/µL. Children with HIV infection are also classified in each of several categories. Category N: Not symptomatic. Category A: Mildly symptomatic. Category B: Moderately symptomatic. Category C: Severely symptomatic.
- Number of Participants With Laboratory Test Results Meeting the Criteria for Grade 3-4 Abnormality [ Time Frame: Day 1 of treatment through Week 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Criteria of the Division of AIDS for grading the severity of adult and pediatric adverse events as follows: Grade (Gr) 1=mild; Gr 2=moderate; Gr 3=severe; Gr 4=potentially life-threatening. Neutrophils (absolute) (adult and infants >7 days): Gr 1=1.000-1300/mm^3; Gr 2=750-999 mm^3; Gr 3=500-749 mm^3; Gr 4= <500 mm^3. Alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase: Gr 1=1.25-2.5*upper limit of normal (ULN); Gr 2=2.6-5.0*ULN; Gr 3=5.1-10.0*ULN; Gr 4= >10.0*ULN. Bilirubin, total (adults and infants >14 days): Gr 1=1.1-1.5*ULN; Gr 2=1.6-2.5*ULN; Gr 3=2.6-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN. Lipase: Gr 1=1.1-1.5*ULN; Gr 2=1.6-3.0*ULN; Gr 3=3.1-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN. Bicarbonate, serum low: Gr 1=16.0 mEq/L-<lower limit of normal; Gr 2=11.0-15.9 mEq/L; Gr 3=8.0-10.9 mEq/L; Gr 4= <8 mEq/L. By criteria of the World Health Organization: Amylase: Gr 1=1.0-1.39*ULN; Gr 2=1.40-2.09*ULN; Gr 3.=2.10-5.0*ULN; Gr 4= >5.0*ULN.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Number of Participants With HIV RNA <50 Copies/mL and <400 Copies/mL in the Week 24 Atazanavir Powder Cohort and the Eligible Week 48 Atazanavir Powder Cohort [ Time Frame: Day 1 of treatment to Weeks 24 and 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Virologic success includes patients with HIV RNA <50 copies/mL. Two cohorts were assess: The Atazanavir Powder Cohort=patients who received treatment and did not switch to capsule before analysis Week 24 or before their HIV RNA Week 24 assessment, and the Eligible Week 48 Atazanavir Powder Cohort=patients who initiated study treatment at least 48 weeks before last person last visit and did not switch to capsule before analysis Week 48 or before their HIV RNA Week 48 assessment.
- HIV RNA Changes From Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline to Weeks 24 and 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- CD4 Percent Changes From Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline to Weeks 24 and 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- CD4 Cell Count Changes From Baseline [ Time Frame: Baseline to Weeks 24 and 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Last observation carried forward: missing values are replaced with the last on-treatment value in the previous visit window;if a patient does not have an on-treatment value, baseline value is carried forward. Baseline observation carried forward: missing values are replaced with the baseline value; if a patient does not have a baseline the first on-treatment value is carried forward.
- Number of Participants With Emergent Genotypic Substitutions [ Time Frame: Baseline through Week 48 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Newly emergent substitutions are on-treatment substitutions that were not detected at baseline.Viral rebound in the resistance analysis was defined as: Less than a 1 log10 drop from baseline in plasma HIV RNA level by Week 16, confirmed by a second plasma HIV RNA level redrawn within 2 and 4 weeks from original sample. Or, a plasma HIV RNA level >200 c/mL after Week 24, confirmed by a second plasma HIV RNA level redrawn within 2 and 4 weeks from original sample. Or, repeated plasma HIV RNA level ≥50 c/mL after Week 48. Viral rebound was defined as a plasma HIV RNA level ≥400 c/mL at any time in a patient who had previously achieved a plasma HIV RNA level <50 c/mL. Or, a plasma HIV RNA level ≥50 c/mL and <1,000 c/mL followed by a return to virologic suppression was considered a viral blip and not a viral rebound. NRTI=nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
|Study Start Date:
|May 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2018
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Stage 1: Atazanavir + Ritonavir
Participants received atazanavir powder orally (dosed by weight: 5 to <10 kg=150 mg, 5 to <10 kg=200 mg, 10 to <15 kg=200 mg, 15 to <25 kg=250 mg, 25 to <35 kg=300 mg) once daily for 24 to 48 weeks or a weight ≥35 kg. Participants also received ritonavir once daily for 24 to 48 weeks or weight ≥35 kg in the form of 80-mg/mL solution, orally (dosed by weight 5 to <25 kg=80 mg, 25 to <35 kg=100 mg); 100-mg capsule, orally (dosed by weight 25 to <35 kg=100 mg); or 100-mg tablet, orally (dosed by weight 25 to <35 kg=100 mg)
Drug: Atazanavir Sulphate
Other Names:Drug: Ritonavir
Other Name: Norvir
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Months to 11 Years (Child)
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- Confirmed HIV-1 infection diagnosed by protocol criteria
- Screening HIV RNA level ≥1000 copies/mL
- ≥3 months to <11 years of age at time of first treatment
- Antiretroviral-naive or -experienced
- At screening, all participants must have genotypic sensitivity to atazanavir and at least 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), which must be approved for pediatric use at the local country.
- Antiretroviral-experienced patients must also have documented phenotypic sensitivity at screening to atazanavir (Fold Change in susceptibility <2.2) and to at least 2 NRTIs that are approved in their country
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- Experienced participants who received atazanavir or atazanavir/ritonavir at any time prior to study enrollment or who have a history of 2 or more protease inhibitor failures
- Antiretroviral-naïve or -experienced HIV-1-infected patients with contraindication to study medications
- Cardiac rhythm abnormalities
- Need for tenofovir
- Weight <5 or ≥35kg
- >Grade 2 abnormality in aspartate transaminase/alanine transaminase levels
- Coinfection with either hepatitis B or C virus
- Any active Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category C clinical condition
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|October 26, 2015
|Last Updated:
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South Africa: Medicines Control Council
Romania: National Medicines Agency
United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee
Brazil: Ethics Committee
Brazil: Ministry of Health
Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
Argentina: Administracion Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnologia Medica
Chile: Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile
Mexico: Ethics Committee
Mexico: Ministry of Health
Mexico: Secretaria de Salud
Russia: Ethics Committee
Russia: FSI Scientific Center of Expertise of Medical Application
Russia: Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
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Spain: Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios
Spain: Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
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For every niche interest, there always seems to be 1 or 2 books that are considered the "bible" of the subject. So, what are the "bibles" of the tea world?


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks sustained their year-long rally on Monday amid higher profits from Kellogg
The S&P 500 gained 0.4% to close at 1,767.98 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2% to finish regular trading at 15,639.57. The Nasdaq also rose, closing 0.4% higher at 3,936.59.
Markets continued to rise into the 11th month of 2013 as the benchmark S&P 500 extended its gain for the year to 24%, poised for its best performance since 1995 during the heyday of the Internet Boom.
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Am I crazy?
Aside from Chris being a great guy, what was so exceptional about the visit. I understand that taste is subjective, but even if I dont enjoy something, my palate can recognize certain attributes. His food is just flat.
Since your palate seems to be in the vast minority, perhaps you should reconsider whether it is as great as you seem to think.If you watch some of the cooking reality shows (Gordon Ramsey's comes first to mind) some of the TRAINED CHEFS could not tell, when blindfolded, pork from beef... or bacon from baloney.I'm not sure what is to be gained by soliciting negative reviews for Chris' establishment other than to help yourself understand why you don't like his pizza when everyone else does...?Taste IS subjective and this IS America.... you are entitled to dislike his pizza if you wish without fear of reprisal. However, rather than lobbying for negative reviews, why don't you explain to us why you feel a need to have your opinion validated? Why not just post a negative review on Yelp and be done with it?I apologize if this comes across rudely, but I have discovered, just recently, that life's WAY too short to keep quiet when something is bothering me...~sd
Taste IS subjective and this IS America....~sd
I agree with what you said, but what does it being America have to do with it?
I feel bad saying this because I love Chris.....really amazing character that guy is....... but I know some other people who just didn't think the pizza was that amazing. Its pretty easy to find pizza just as good at a number of spots in NYC, so I think that throws the balance off for people who are expecting an out of body experience.
Perhaps 7+ years of wanting the "holy grail of pizza" heightened expectations a little too much?
Bicster, What if you didn't have to wait 3 hours...would the pizza have been worth it???
I understand how some people could be slightly underwhelmed, but I still think P Bianco is at least in the top 10 pizzerias in this country. I don't mean this with any disrespect, but I would love to hear a list of your preferred places, just so I can make sure I have tried them. I have a pretty serious list under my belt already since I have traveled quite a bit throughout the US with my job.


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AJW Technique on Wednesday announced aircraft maintenance approval for its Montreal facility from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Indonesia.
The company has now been cleared to perform maintenance on aircraft registered in Canada, the U.S. and Indonesia three months after opening the Montreal facility.
Christopher Whiteside, president of the AJW Group, said the Indonesian approval was critical for the facility, as "South East Asia remains one of the most significant growth centers for both business and commercial aviation across the industry."
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Adult Novelty Store Not Coming To Lakewood
LAKEWOOD – An adult novelty store will not be joining the American Mattress Plaza in Lakewood.
On Monday, Charles Smith, Lakewood village code enforcement officer and building inspector, told the Village Board during its regular meeting that the owner of the plaza would not be executing a lease for the proposed business. On April 17, Jill Laemmerhirt said she was proposing to open an adult novelty retail store in the plaza, located at 305 E. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, during a village Planning Board meeting.
"The issue is off the table," Smith said to the board members.
Later in the meeting, the board passed a resolution to hold a public hearing at 6:45 p.m. Monday, May 13, to have a moratorium on issuing special-use permits for proposed adult novelty stores. The moratorium is to give the board time to address the issue in its zoning code. In January, the board passed a similar moratorium on issuing special permits for vehicle sales, building permits for constructing storage sheds and zoning permits for electronic-advertising signs.
In other village business, the board passed the 2013-14 village budget unanimously. The spending plan for the village includes a tax rate of $7.53, an increase of 23 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. The proposed tax levy is increasing by 1.3 percent to $1,705,355, which is a hike of $22,397.
An open house will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Lakewood Fire Department, 37 J.W. Packard Blvd., Lakewood. Kurt Hallberg, Lakewood fire chief, said the open house is to promote recruiting new members to the volunteer department.


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Microsoft, Apple and Nokia Now All Have the Same Problem
In reality, while cautious, I have never been near-term bearish on Apple. Consider what I wrote last week on TheStreet :
I need to point out that when Steve Jobs returned to the company, Apple did not become a success overnight. It took several years and a whole lot of second-guessing from bears and even the company's few bulls.
For most intents and purposes, the rough road ended when Jobs made Apple's product lineup leaner and meaner and introduced the first iPod. Just like the path to success, the road to failure or, at the very least, mediocrity, will not present as a swift and straight path.
While I argue that the loss of Steve Jobs will hurt Apple down the line, I have never questioned its near-term dominance. In fact, I have a deep admiration for the company, largely because of Jobs' impact.
I expect weakness here and there -- that's normal. Even though it did not come this quarter, it will come at some point just as it has in the past. That said, any type of swift downfall is a long ways off. Relatively seismic, high-level cultural shifts do not occur overnight.
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Several reasons exist for Apple's dominance. The top two:
Sadly, the tech space lacks innovators. Of course, innovation was always the hallmark of software and hardware companies and such, but, long ago, they passed the torch to new social media companies ranging from Pandora(P) to Facebook. As Steve Jobs chided shortly before his death, Apple's so-called competitors are little more than copycats.
Each smartphone and tablet that followed iPhone and iPad represented little more than a knock-off of the original. Jobs and Apple took things like Walkmans and mobile phones and made them better; everybody else merely reacted and produced cheap imitations. The only company that deserves a pass for putting out an inferior product is Amazon.com(AMZN) .
Jeff Bezos never wanted, nor does he want, a battle with Apple. He's too smart for that. He released Kindle Fire as a means to serve an end. In many ways, it's similar to the approach Apple takes. Bezos is creating an ecosystem at Amazon, just as Jobs did at Apple with seamless links between gadgets, content and platforms.


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Pizzarev's site clearly shows them using a Woodstone Firedeck oven. According to Woodstone, it is made especially for pizza. There are no other options in this model line but gas.http://www.woodstone-corp.com/products_ovens_fd.htmToo expensive? I seriously don't know what you're asking for in this series of posts. Do you want a cheap knock-off using the same idea as the Firedeck? A conveyer oven? Some gadget so simple a monkey could use it that dumps cheese? You will get what you pay for. If you don't want to pay someone who has experience and skills, then you're stuck with making it so easy anyone could do it. That usually means mediocre product. If that's the case, I'm sure there are "packages" that the equipment manufacturers offer, including everything needed to get off the ground & training. You know, contract for frozen dough balls, conveyer oven, prep table, fridge, etc.
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Cheektowaga man charged after domestic dispute on boat
HANOVER – On Wednesday, Scott Schieder, 47, of Losson Road in Cheektowaga was charged with second-degree unlawful imprisonment, three counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief and two counts of second-degree harassment.
On July 6, troopers from Collins participating in an underage drinking check in Sunset Bay were notified of a domestic dispute occurring on a boat. Numerous bystanders called 911 after hearing a female calling for help from a boat offshore. Troopers and the Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies located the boat and watched as it went across the bay into Snows Marina in the Erie County.
Reportedly the dispute started while Schieder and the female victim were in a bar at Sunset Bay. The dispute continued as they left the bar and got into a boat owned by Schieder. While on the boat, he began to push her around the boat and covered her mouth numerous times to prevent her calling for help, after he had thrown her cell phone into the lake. Before the officers could get to the dock at Snows Marina, Schieder and the victim got off the boat and went to a cottage. Reportedly, Schieder pushed the victim around, ripping her clothes in the process. The victim was finally able to leave and meet troopers after calling a family member.
Troopers were not able to locate Schieder and had arrest warrants issued for him.
On Wednesday, he turned himself into the Town of Hanover Court and was picked up by troopers. He is due in the Towns of Hanover and Brant Courts later this month. Erie County Sheriff's Depart-ment and the Seneca Nation of Indians Marshals assisted with the case.
Buffalo man charged following accident
in Dayton
DAYTON – On Wed-nesday at about 10:45 p.m., troopers from Collins charged Dominic Kimble, 28, of Carolina Street in Buffalo with driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana following a minor personal injury accident on State Route 62.
Troopers met Kimble at a home after the accident and reportedly smelled alcohol. He told the troopers that he hit a bump in the road and lost control of his car. He reportedly failed a series of field sobriety tests. The Gowanda Ambulance transported him to Erie County Medical Center to be treated for minor cuts. While checking his car prior to removing it from the scene, troopers reportedly found a pipe containing marijuana.
Kimble is due in the Town of Dayton Court next month to answer the charges.
Silver Creek man charged with criminal mischief
SILVER CREEK – On Saturday, Eric S. Grundhoefer, 24, of 36 Hanover St., Silver Creek was charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief.
At about 11:30 p.m., Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies responded to an altercation at Grundhoefer's residence. Reportedly he damaged several items at the residence.
Grundhoefer was arraigned in the Town of Hanover Court. He was remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail and is scheduled for the Village of Silver Creek Court at a later date.
Three West Seneca teens charged
at Hanover Beach
HANOVER – On Saturday at about 11:54 p.m., a Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputy was on foot patrol on the Town of Hanover Beach when he noticed three subjects on the beach.
According to the deputy Maxwell Filipiak, 17, of 1266 Orchard Park Road in West Seneca had marijuana in his possession; Matthew Singer, 17, 4 Neubauer Court in West Seneca also was in possession of marijuana; and Nicolas McManus, 18, of 123 Heritage Farm Road in West Seneca, was in possession of an open container of alcohol.
All three were issued appearance tickets and are scheduled for the Town of Hanover Court at a later date.
State police warn about 'phishing' scam in Western New York
The New York State Police are warning citizens of a possible "phishing" scam in Western New York. Residents have received calls from a company that warns of computer viruses and the caller asks for remote access to computers to fix the "problem."
"Phishing" is an attempt to access personal or financial information, through electronic communication, while posing as a legitimate or trustworthy entity.
Citizens are reminded to never give personal information during unsolicited telephone, text or online communications.
Irving woman charged with DWI
SILVER CREEK – On Saturday evening, Barbara L. Ramsey, 45, of Route 438 Irving was charged with driving while intoxicated, aggravated driving while intoxicated, first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, and stopping/standing/ parking on a highway.
Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputies report a vehicle operated by Ramsey was parked on the highway. Following an investigation, she was charged.
Ramsey is to appear in the Village of Silver Creek Court at a later date to answer the charges.
Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office
JAMESTOWN – Tyler D. Bemis, 22, of Falconer was charged with fourth-degree larceny and fraudulent receipt of benefits on July 8. It is alleged that from July 2012 through February of this year, Bemis did not report his employment or income to the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services. This resulted in Bemis receiving $2,668.56 in benefits he was not entitled to receive. He was released on an appearance ticket for Jamestown City Court. To report welfare fraud, contact the County Welfare Fraud Hotline at 1-800-388-5365 or the Sheriff's WeTip Hotline at 1-800-782-7463.
MAYVILLE – William R. Thomas Jr., 54, of Dewittville was charged with driving while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content of .08 or more and having a loud exhaust on July 11. At 10:15 p.m. Thomas' vehicle was stopped on Sea Lion Drive for a loud exhaust. During this traffic stop, he was found to be intoxicated. Thomas was released on an appearance ticket for Chautauqua Town Court.
HANOVER – Eric C. Lundberg, 51, of Angola was charged with having an open container in public on Saturday. At 10 p.m. , deputies observed Lundberg holding an open container on South Shore Drive.
As police drove by Lundberg he threw the container to the ground. Police instructed Lundberg to pick up the container and dump out the alcohol. He was released on an appearance ticket for Hanover Town Court.
BUSTI – On July 7, Steven C. Cabisca, 40, of Jamestown was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, speeding, one headlight, failure to cover loose cargo, and failure to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of address change. Reportedly, he was also wanted on an arrest warrant in the City of Jamestown.
A deputy stopped Cabisca for reportedly speeding on the Baker Street Extension at about 10:43 p.m.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department turned him over to the Jamestown Police Department. Cabisca will answer the traffic charges in the Town of Busti Court at a later date.
MAYVILLE – On Friday at about 8:30 p.m., Kyle Langer, 23, of Sherman was taken into custody in the village on an outstanding warrant for a probation violation. He was transported to the Chautauqua County jail and will remain there until arraignment in Chautauqua County Court.
Erie County Sheriff's Office
Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard reports the arrest of a Salamanca resident for driving while intoxicated and other charges by Sheriff's Road Patrols on Saturday night.
While on patrol on the Reservation, Deputy Ryan Rogers took into custody Joni J. Jamison, 53, and charged her with aggravated DWI, failure to keep right and failure to maintain the road after investigating a one-car crash on Route 438. Jamison drove off the road and struck a utility pole, knocking wires down.
A breath test revealed her blood alcohol content to be .18 percent, over twice the legal limit. She was processed at the North Collins station and released on appearance tickets for North Collins Court. Rogers was assisted during the investigation by Deputy George Avery.
This was the 189th DWI arrest by Sheriff's Road Patrols in 2013.


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Bank of America: Dead Cat Bounce Winner
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Bank of America was the winner among the largest U.S. banks on Thursday with shares rising 2% and close at $9.39, partially recovering from Wednesday's painful 7% drop.
The broad indexes continued their post-election decline, all showing 1% declines for the session. Shares of McDonald's Corp.(MCD) pulled back 2% to close at $85.13, after the company reported that its sales global during October were down 1.8% from a year earlier, while domestic sales declined 2.2%. CEO Don Thompson said that although "October's sales results reflect the pervasive challenges of today's global marketplace, I am confident that our strategies and the adjustments we are making in response to the current business headwinds will build sales momentum and drive sustained, profitable growth."
This was the company's first decline in monthly global sales since 2003.
McDonald's said that in the United States, "modest consumer demand and heightened competitive activity offset the impact of local Dollar Menu advertising, the Monopoly promotion, and the recent launch of the Cheddar Bacon Onion premium sandwiches. Moving forward, the U.S. remains focused on enhancing its value leadership position by balancing strong everyday value messaging with affordable premium menu options."
The KBW Bank Index (I:BKX) was down 1% to close at 48.09, with all but three of the index components showing declines on Thursday.
Bank of America chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett early on Thursday wrote that "the macro backdrop is currently one of high liquidity and low growth. But, in 2013, we believe growth expectations will rise as stimulus gains traction and a transition from the Age of Deleveraging (2007-2012) to the Great Rotation (2013 onward) will begin in earnest, led by the US. So our core asset allocation is bullish equities and credit, bearish bonds, neutral commodities. Shorter term, post the election, the fiscal cliff is a big deterrent to risk-taking," and "the reelection of President Obama brings into focus the potentially risk-negative subjects of taxation and financial regulation."
Hartnett said that "analyst Phillip Middleton estimates that Wall Street could see an additional
JPMorgan Announces Buybacks
In its third-quarter 10-Q filing, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) on Thursday announced that on November 5, the Federal Reserve approved the company's revised capital plan, allowing the company to repurchase up to $3 billion in common shares during the first quarter of 2012.
Following the Fed's last round of annual bank stress tests in March, the regulator approved JPMorgan's plan to repurchase up to $12 billion in shares during 2012, followed by $3 billion in buybacks during 2013. After JPMorgan CEO James Dimon first announced in May that the company was looking at a large second-quarter hedge trading loss, the repurchase program was suspended, after the company bought back roughly $1.6 billion in common shares.


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Topic: Restful Authentication with all the bells and whistles (new 9/05/08)
This is a new restful authentication tutorial based the lastest version of the plugin and edge rails as of 9/05/08. The original tutorial can be found at http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=74245#p74245
The source code is now available on github.com at http://github.com/activefx/restful_auth ree/master Since this new tutorial will be less of a step by step instruction guide and more of an overview and description of the files in the application, I suggest you grab the app from github to work with. Currently the tutorial assumes a working knowledge of Git, however I'm almost done with a beginner's tutorial for Git if you don't have an understanding of it yet.
To set up the application from the source code on github, follow these instructions:
- git clone git://github.com/activefx/restful_authentication_tutorial.git
- cd restful_authentication_tutorial
- git submodule init
- git submodule update
- Set up database.yml file
- Set up config.yml file (repeat as necessary for test and production environments)
- Change the login and password for the admin user in the _set_up_first_admin_user.rb migration
- Change contact_site method in application.rb to redirect to your site's contact form or info
- rake db:create:all or db:create
- rake db:migrate
Current features include:
- Namespaced admin and user sections
- Login / Logout
- OpenID Authentication with support for incomplete OpenID profiles
- Roles and permissions
- Administrative user controller
- Set roles, activate, enable / disable users
- Member list and public profiles for logged in users
- Activation, with option to resend activation code
- Beta invitation system with easy on/off functionality
- Forgot Password / Reset Password
- Change Password
- Failed login attempts database logging
- Recaptcha displayed for more than 5 failed logins
- Helper methods (link_to_user, if_admin?, etc.)
- Configuration file
- 404 handling and database logging
- Yahoo User Interface 3 CSS template
- Nested layouts
- Authentication Plugins
- restful_authentication, open_id_authentication, role_requirement, recaptcha
- UI Plugins
- custom-err-msg, permalink_fu, uberkit, will_paginate
- Debug Plugins
- exception_logger, rails-footnotes, query_analyzer, query_stats, rows_logger
- Development Plugins
- auto_migrations
- Testing
- rspec, rspec_rails
This is a very preliminary release of the application and has not been fully tested or security audited. Please feel free to fork and improve, or message me with any feature requests, suggestions, bugs, fixes for the known issues, resources, etc. The Todo list in the readme is listed in order of urgency and I'm going to try and add those features to the application in that order.
There are couple of things you want to do to get started. Generate the rails application, initialize a git repository, install the restful_authentication, open_id_authentication, role_requirement, rspec, rspec_rails, and will_paginate plugins (the other plugins are optional), vendor edge rails, and run the generators for restful_authentication, open_id_authentication, role_requirement, and rspec. (Note that the sample app is locked to certain versions of the plugins and edge rails, so if you're working through the tutorial this way there is a chance everything won't work together properly.)
The rest of the tutorial will be posted soon. I just wanted to get some feedback on the application and make sure it works as expected.
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You read the title I am obviously looking for a team in KC. I have been playing for about 6 and a half years. I played on a semi pro team in Germany when I was stationed there. I am a front player and love playing as much as possible. I have an etek 3 and a fully upped Ion as my backup. I really want to get back into playing tournament paintball!!!! I have played in alot of tournaments with several teams and can work on almost any gun. I have all my own gear and dont need to borrow anything. I am willing to try out.
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iHerb Customer Reviews
Savings of: $1.00 (34% off)
Be Very cautious, take it from a medical professional that researches!
Posted by Reviewer2482060 on Mar 16, 2012
If you would have asked me about this product 6 months ago, I would have given it 5 stars. It puts you to sleep like a baby and you will remember your dreams. I loved that part of this supplement. I even requested that my husband get off prozac, as you can't take with most anti depressants. At first, he too slept well and had bountiful energy. After a few months, I noted that he was very angry all the time and he said the same about me. I even purchased a book solely dedicated to 5htp and read a lot but not all of the book. My husband finally went off the 5htp for 2 months, while I increased my dose from night time only, to a morning dose as well. I was furious with the world. I hated. I actually felt hate in my heart. My husband tried it once more last night and this morning. He came home from work early because he was so angry he wanted to tell everyone off and felt that if he did not come home he would explode and say or do something that was not him, then he remembered he had added the 5htp. Needless to say, no more 5htp unless, I just can't fall asleep, knowing that the next day I will be angry
no no no
Posted by Reviewer2218574 on Mar 05, 2012
I tired this 2 days in a row, first night I couldn't sleep and I do sleep well normally, so as I'm a sucker I tried it the next day and couldn't sleep that night either. The third day I didn't take it and I slept 10 1/2 hrs straight through. Judge for yourself but I love my sleep so these are going in the bin.
Nice Product
Posted by Reviewer2186607 on Jan 28, 2012
Works to keep you alert, and make your thinking clearer, but you do have to take this with Vit C & B complex - if you don't - it will not work as well (it turns into serotonin in your intestines and doesn't get all of it through to the bloodstream to make it to the brain to help balance the neurotransmitters there). Will buy 5-HTP product again - not sure if it will be this brand - but also would spread it out over the day - 50mg in the mid morning and 50mg mid evening.
Very Relaxing, but Proceed with Caution
Posted by HawaiianViking on Oct 24, 2012
Within two hours of taking 100mg of Doctor's Best, Best 5-HTP I was feeling very relaxed, something like how I feel after yoga or a massage. I slept well that first night, except for strangely intense and sometimes disturbing dreams. Several days on and I haven't noticed a greatly elevated mood, but I do feel very relaxed without feeling drowsy. Depression — of the type caused by brain chemistry — can be a result of a defecit of the neurotransmitters Dopamine, Norepinephrine, and Serotonin. Since 5-HTP works by stimulating the human body's own production of Serotonin, I think that a person must have depressed levels of Serotonin in order for this product to make much difference in their overall quality of life, since depression can involve other neurotransmitters. To those who already take prescription anti-depressants: Please be careful! Consult with your medical professional, since 5-HTP — together with SSRIs — can create dangerous levels of Serotonin in the brain and cause Serotonin Syndrome.
Helps Ease Anxiety and OCD Thoughts and Rituals
Posted by rabbit on Aug 16, 2012
I've taken 5-HTP for years and it has greatly improved my quality of life. It cured my insomnia and I am now able to sleep through the night. It has helped immensely in lessening my depression. It also helps ease anxiety as well as OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) thoughts and rituals. In some ways, it works immediately - The first time that I took 5-HTP, in about 30 minutes, I felt euphoric - happy, relaxed, and sleepy. I slept through the night, and still do. It was a relief to know that it worked that fast. It takes maybe three to four weeks to notice more permanent changes in mood, like an all-day improvement in depression, instead of the immediate effect that it has after you take it because it is leveling out the seratonin/melatonin levels in the brain. It has been compared to traditional anti-depressants, with relatively no side effects. For a week or two, you may have intense and vivid dreams. I also had increased headaches for the first week or two, but after that it significantly reduced my migraines. I take only one capsule (100 mg) a day at night before bed. (The recommended time to take it is about a half hour to an hour before bedtime.) If you have depression, insomnia, migraines, anxiety, and/or OCD, I fully recommend 5-HTP because it has done wonders for me.
Seems like it works
Posted by jasmine on Oct 07, 2012
It seems to me that my nervousness and tension decreased since I've taken 5-HTP. However, I also take Source Naturals NutraSleep at bed time, because 5-HTP doesn't help me to get deep enough sleep. RU Кажется, эта штука работает. Во всяком случае, мне кажется, будто я меньше психую, когда принимаю это средство. Правда, проблемы со сном оно мне не решило, поэтому на ночь я принимаю NutraSleep от Source Naturals.
gave me stomach unrest...
Posted by PracticalReviews on Oct 26, 2013
i tried it several times and each time i got stomach unrest and none of the benefits of relaxing or sleeping aid that it suppose to give,i tried different dosages each time,i guess HTP is not for me at all...you are welcome to rate & read my other reviews
Exelent product
Posted by RomStayn on Feb 16, 2013
excellent lowers appetite
Quality Product
Posted by SherryB on Aug 23, 2012
I use 5-HTP to help with sleep. This is a solid product and a good price. It helps to take it an hour before going to bed. If you have lots of stress and anxiety though, it is best to deal with those directly as 5-HTP won't be a wonder supplement for sleep. It is a helper supplement along with learning to deal with stress, anxiety, depression and any underlying issues with your sleep.
very good
Posted by Reviewer2117901 on Mar 07, 2012
was very surpriced how mutch different i feelt while taking these, better mood, good sleep like this alot.


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What are some good songlists everyone has of Paul CDs/tapes they have made? Here is my best one, I think, made not very long ago:
Oh, and forgive the two things on the beginning. I had 45 seconds left on it and I needed to put something in.
1)Billy Madison-'What you just said...'
2)Jay and Silent Bob-'...I'm a smoooooth pimp...'
3)The Song We Were Singing
4)Here Today
5)Dear Friend
6)My Love
7)Wanderlust (ToW)
9)Loving Flame
10)Little Lamb Dragonfly
12)Once Upon a Long Ago
13)Tug of War
14)Treat Her Gently (Lonely Old People)
15)No More Lonely Nights
16)Winter Rose/Love Awake
17)Venus and Mars (Reprise)
18)Mull of Kintyre
19)Warm and Beautiful
20)One of These Days
The list was considerably longer, but some reasons stopped them from being added:
Venus and Mars (Couldn't find it single without Rock Show)
London Town (Time constraints)
Calico Skies (Couldn't find it on WinMX, didn't have time to get it off FP)
Same Time Next Year (Found it by fluke the first time...)
Little Willow (Couldn't find)
From a Lover to a Friend (Time)
Somedays (Time)
Singalong Junk (Time)
Maybe I'm Amazed (Time)
Beautiful Night (Wrong format thingy)


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Majestic Triple Peak Men's New York Mets Matt Harvey Royal T-Shirt
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- Triple Peak t-shirt inspired by player's actual jersey
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text: "Smart Grid" is a high level concept that infuses information and communications technologies with the electricity grid to increase performance and provide new capabilities. The smart grid vision includes the idea that the utility's meters, sensors, control devices, and software applications will be able to exchange information, and to do this with sufficient timing and data volume to enable a wide range of applications. The IntelliGrid Program conducts research that delivers tangible results that provide immediate value to members as well as longer term results that help to lead the industry towards an interoperable smart grid. This report summarizes the results of research conducted by the program in 2012 and presents the research plans for 2013.


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The Independent to add additional ways to read the newspaper
Since 1874, the Independent has delivered valuable news and information to people in Marshall and the surrounding communities.
The Independent has been an integral part of life in southwest Minnesota for generations, delivering news from your neighborhood and beyond directly to your door. But as technology changes, so do newspapers.
More than a decade ago, the Independent began delivering an Internet version to online readers. In 2012, we also added a mobile version to allow readers to access the newspaper on devices such as iPhones.
The Independent has long provided readers with comprehensive coverage of news, sports, opinions, news of record and other information important to the people of the southwest Minnesota. Neither our website nor mobile app is an exact copy of the printed version. Beginning Wednesday, you will be able to read the entire newspaper, online, every day. Every page, every story, every advertisement, now will be available to our subscribers electronically regardless of where you are located. The electronic version of the Independent will download to your phone, tablet or computer in a few seconds and allow you to read the newspaper in the same manner you would if you were holding the printed edition in your hands.
Subscribers also will be able to enjoy the same website they have used for years, which includes an archive stories.
After the electronic edition is launched you will only need to answer a few questions to link your digital account to your subscription information. After that, you will be able to access both the website and electronic version of the newspaper.
Newspapers, including the Independent, continue to evolve to meet the information needs of a changing base of readers. Reading the news electronically is a valuable part of many people's day. With the addition of a digital version of the newspaper, that value is intensified.
"The addition of an electronic edition as well as a subscription-based website will allow the Independent to serve our readers in whatever format they are most comfortable reading the newspaper," said Publisher Russ Labat. "It's an exciting time to be in the publishing industry."


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Hotel Fonda Vela, Monteverde, Two brothers transformed their childhood farm into a harmonious hotel which now provides deluxe accommodations in harmony with the wonder and beauty of the cloud forest. Surrounded by tropical gardens, the hotel offers a nurturing experience in nature. (Jan. 15-27 trip.)
Casa Corcovado, Osa Peninsula, This fabulous boat-in bungalow lodge is situated on a 170-acre private reserve that borders Corcovado National Park and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Built with conservation and luxury in mind, Casa Corcovado offers a pristine stay in the rainforest.
Hotel Bougainvillea, San Jose, Set on 10 acres of lush gardens, the Bougainvillea provides a restful oasis in a quiet, residential area of San Jose, with large, bright rooms overlooking tropical gardens.
Pacuare Lodge, on the Pacuare River, Expect an educational, exciting, and sublime experience at this remarkable lodge, nestled between the river and a private rainforest reserve. Your bungalow features an alfresco shower and nearly 360-degree rainforest view. Youll love the candlelight dinners!
Arenal Observatory Lodge, Arenal Volcano, Stunning views of the volcano and Lake Arenal are yours at this nature lovers retreat. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the dining room overlook the volcanos southern slope and open to a wide deck where you can enjoy a majestic setting along with your Costa Rican cuisine.
Monteverde Mountain Hotel, Monteverde, Youre just minutes away from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and butterfly and hummingbird gardens, a frog pond, and more. The rooms are comfortable, and the Jacuzzi-with-a-view is a great place to relax after a day of cloud forest hiking. (Jan. 27-Feb. 6 trip.)
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Near halftime of the mid-day games
- The fumble called a touchdown in the Arky-Auburn game... I am sure someone could prove me wrong but.... I could swear in the SEC games that the undefeated teams get the benefit of the doubt in these situations. I don't care what was called on the field if you can't see that was a fumble it's time to find something else to do.
- Leman from Michigan after one of Denard's INTs came off the field absolutely screaming at one of the coaches. Right up in his grill. Curious what that conversation was all about.
- Illinois didn't look too sharp against Sparty in the 2nd half.
- Nebraska better get something going