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BEIJING (Reuters) - Tears flowed at one of Beijing's biggest "house" churches when some 300 Chinese Christians prayed on the last Sunday before they face eviction from their makeshift place of worship, pressed by officials wary about religion outside of their grip.
The Shouwang Church, with about 1,000 members, is one of the biggest Protestant congregations in Beijing that has expanded beyond the confines of churches registered and overseen by the ruling Communist Party's religious affairs authorities.
But the Party is wary about any potential unrest, and this gathering of neat middle-class and student Christians has been told by its landlord that it can no longer worship at the "Old Story Restaurant," with its walls lined with pictures of Chinese Party leaders shaking hands with former U.S. presidents.
Church leaders warned that unless the church can find a new home, its members may be forced to worship outdoors, a risky step in this nation where big gatherings often attract official scrutiny and can be broken up by police.
"This is the cross that the church has to bear," Pastor Jin Tianming told the worshippers about the prospect of worship outdoors. Some of them wiped tears from their faces.
"We need a formal approval from the authorities to allow us to find an indoor meeting place. If not, we will not waver in worshipping outdoors."
Members of the church told Reuters that they did not see themselves as political activists or foes of the government. But the pressures they face shows the extent of China's recent crackdown on dissent and potential sources of unrest.
"Some people may face getting caught, may have to stand trial or may even be sentenced," You Guanhui, an older pastor told the congregation about the possibility of gathering in a park or other public place. Continued...


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Then again if wife made a voluntary gift of some ring to hubby it would now be hubby's? But the long run costs to prove a point may not be worth it?
The parties could address equitable split of assets acquired during the marriage time (but not before).
The courts probably do not care who slept where --adulty is a rather non legal issues most places. (Matters in a few --but if you go there it probably is not going to be cost effective if the real goal is to cut the ties...)
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Safety rules, limits on drilling debated
There are 18 comments on the DispatchPolitics story from Dec 14, 2009, titled Safety rules, limits on drilling debated. In it, DispatchPolitics reports that:Ohio's oil and gas industry and state regulators say a bill in the legislature will add tough new restrictions and safety measures to a 2004 law that opened cities, villages and townships to drilling.
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#1 Dec 14, 2009
Dang! Those anti-drilling Republicans are at it again!
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#2 Dec 14, 2009
what is the rush to start drilling in residential area.if we wanted to live next to a drilling site i am sure the land would be cheaper than your average neighborhood.
#3 Dec 14, 2009
Drill, baby, drill!
#4 Dec 14, 2009
BBBBuut, they were not wearing hard hats. If OSHA ran the country from it's conception, the world would have one less superpower and we would be wearing full body armour to make a trip to the grocery store.
#7 Dec 14, 2009
Drilling and operating gas and oil wells in high density urban areas allows drilling companies to keep 88 cents out of every dollar for their companies while paying homeowners between 0.2 to 1.25 cents. Since this is an industrial, commercial activity, homeowners with a mortgage may be at risk of having their loans called. In addition, it has been shown that their property values also decline. In residential neighborhoods 100 times more people are exposed to health and safety risks associated with the industrial operations associated with gas well operations than in non-residential areas.
#8 Dec 14, 2009
I have yet to find ONE person who supports urban drilling that has a well 150 feet from their own house.
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#9 Dec 14, 2009
IT defies logic and reason to place a well so close to a home. The oil and gas industry is contributing heavily to the Senators that support the drilling so of course reason is being abandoned for financial persuasion. The govenor wants local control so that gambling can be prohitibed in communitiesthat don't want it. Why shouldn't the same rules apply to communities that don't want oil and gas wells scaring the beauty of their residental areas? Its time for politicians to do whats right for their citizens.
#10 Dec 14, 2009
Why should they start now? They've gotten away with ignoring us for SOOO long.
#11 Dec 15, 2009
90% of all gas wells 100 feet from homes are on land owned by people who want them there. I should know I have one. It is the rare cases where people don't want the well and it is that close (for example if you don't own your minerals). These extremist groups keep pointing to 1 incident out of the thousands of wells drilled in Ohio and the hundreds in urbanize areas. Now they are grasping at straws calling OSHAA, where the only issues are ones that effect the drillers themselves. Sounds like a last ditch effort to me!
#12 Dec 15, 2009
Shut up, liberal! Drill baby drill!!!(just not near MY house)
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#13 Dec 15, 2009
A realtor told me that if there is a gas well within 300 feet of your home, that the FHA will not give a loan to some one who would want to buy it if you decide to sell. Also I was told that if a gas well causes an incident at your home, it is very doubtful that you would be able to insure your home from that point on. That tells me that the gas wells would have an effect on my property that I feel would devalue and cause great harm to me as a property owner. Gas wells should be placed in your back yard, not mine. Thank you
Lillian Breedlove/ An American for citizens rights/ over pay to play
/ business as usual in Ohio!
#14 Dec 15, 2009
@Interested Owner- You put a well 100 feet from your house? Why? I bet you have one that is NOT 100 feet away. It is not the same to have it on your property but much further away...
Most states that permit drilling have set backs that range from 500 feet to 1000 feet. Check Texas, their industry is alive and well. Yes, setbacks this large may restrict residential drilling. However, local communities and residents should have a choice as to whether or not they want to live in an area that has gas and oil well drilling. Drilling has been shown to lower property values, is unsightly, creates serious risks to the safety and health of the residents adjacent to the drilling, and produces known polutants that have shown to cause cancer. Deaths have occured as recently as September from the release of Hydrogen Sulfide.
It does not make sense that the Govenor of the State of Ohio feels that local communities should have a say as to wheter or not to allow gambling in their community, yet does not offer the same support to communites that want to have sensible ordinances concerning drilling.
Basically this is a dollar and sense issue. A few are reaping great benefits while risking the safety and health of citizens and creating an esthetic blemish for communities.
#15 Dec 15, 2009
Why does the ODNR allow the gas wells to be situated so close to houses, apartments, parks, schools, daycare buildings, and places of worship? Why should thousands of children be exposed to the risk of explosion or chronic exposure to toxins throughout their formative years? As the density of well placement increases in our Ohio municipalities, we lose many possibilities to enjoy peace and beauty in our communities. The heavy machinery tramples our forests and playgrounds to prepare the drilling pads. The noise and disruption of drilling drowns out birdsongs and children's laughter. The brine and gas trucks make endless trips through the roads where our kids should be riding their bikes. The pipes and tanks that we pray won't explode are caged and hidden behind wooden fences. I don't feel peace-of-mind over the prospect of cheap natural gas for a few years, just until we consume the resources sitting under our homes.
#16 Dec 16, 2009
Ask yourself why does Texas have these larger setbacks??? Do you think it has anything to do with the large amount of vacant land in Texas, coupled with the 2 mile plus depth of the wells, as well as the extremely high pressures they face there? Ohio wells are a fraction of the size and scope Texas wells are, so it is impossible to even TRY and compare the two. In addition, the gas in Ohio is where the urbanized areas are, not the other way around. This is why there are almost no wells in the Western half of Ohio, virtually no natural gas. Wells have been drilled in these areas since the 1930s, and still very, very few incidents. Do some research as I did before you keep listening to these groups that are completely uninformed.
#17 Dec 16, 2009
Hope you don't heat your home with natural gas/oil, drive a car, use plastics or other petroleum-based products.
#18 Dec 16, 2009
Funny! That's exactly what the eco-nuts hope!
#19 Jul 13, 2011
we are not saying that we don't want gas wells. we are saying we don't want them next to our homes
#20 Jul 20, 2011
To drill an Oil and Gas well in Ohio, standard permits require 20 contiguous acres from you or a group of owners and a wellhead that is 300 feet from a non-participant's property line and 150 feet from an occupied dwelling. It is also a good idea for your well site to be 1300 feet from another well. Some portions of the state do require 40 contiguous acres from you or a group of owners and a wellhead that is 350 feet from a non-participant's property line due to the necessity to drill deeper to reach the gas.
Property owners who have contributed leases forming the 20 acre plus drilling unit earn a 12.5% royalty on all gross revenues with no required investment. If you don't do it, your neighbors will.
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anyone use this or have done any ballistics test vs Golden Sabre or Hornady Critical Defense?
Corbon Pow`Rball Ammunition PB38070, 380 ACP, Powerball, 70 GR, 1100 fps, 20 Rd/bx - Able Ammo
yes that is true BUT the penetration on this round is average 100-150 fps compared to other 90gr ammo. It shall transfer more energy as it dumps into a target.
Go ahead and give them a try. I've got two dozen .380 ACP Glaser Safety Slugs collecting dust in a drawer somewhere. Still in the original packaging.
But after reading this forum, I'm not real confident in .380 no matter how hot the round. Other opinions may vary, we'll see.
Stick with ball ammo.
Buy Fiocchi .380 FMJ if you don't think your gun can handle Buffalo Bore's stuff. Fiocchi loads a little hotter than domestic brands.
other people have used buffalo bore and said it shoots fine, the fiocchi you are saying is JHP or BALL AMMO?
OOOooo...I don't know about that. I sure like the looks of their .38 Special figures and I've obtained a bit better than their quoted performance when shooting their ammunition over the chronograph from my 2-inch .38 Special revolver. I sure like the looks of that heavier bullet too.
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I use Fiocchi .25 automatic in my little carry piece, they don't snap as hard (:rolleyes:) as other brands but feel like they zip faster...must be a slower powder.
OH I do wish Buffalo Bore would make a 55 grain .25 acp flatnose running high 800's.
Now how much and how large is your 38sp revolver compared to a pocket pistol?
as advised above, I'd avoid the 70gr .380. The lighter, faster bullets have a tendency to fragment as soon as they enter ballistic gelatin (flesh)and don't achieve the penetration needed to reach vital organs. The only .380 that consistently achieves the FBI minimum pentration standard of 12" is full metal jacket, so I'm just guessing the the Powerball 70 grainer won't come close to that.
just curious why with all the small single stack 9mm's out today that have twice the power you still choose to carry a .380?
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The busier I get, the more indispensable my slow cooker becomes — and I need more good recipes to put in it.
Today I'm pretty pumped to share the work of two of my snarky, hilarious colleagues, both of whom are slow cooker freaks aficionados.
Stephanie Brandt Cornais of Mama & Baby Love is the bomb when it comes to going straight from the freezer to the slow cooker and not looking back. She keeps things simple, no extra steps, and gives working parents (and busy people everywhere) a superb new option for getting real food on the table realistically by dinnertime, every night.
Stacy Myers of Stacy Makes Cents is not only the funniest Southern girl I know but also one of the smartest with money and living debt-free, and I think she can make just about anything in a crockpot. Maybe even money, but I kind of doubt it.
FIVE lucky KS readers will receive a set of FOUR slow cooker books in today's giveaway:
- Crock On! by Stacy Myers
- Keep Crockin' by Stacy Myers
- From Your Freezer to Your Family: Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes by Stephanie Brandt Cornais (no longer available)
- From Your Freezer To Your Family, Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes For Every Season, StephanieBrandt Cornais (no longer available)
Although all four book clearly have something in common – they're all slow cooker cookbooks – they're remarkably different once you dig in. I can't wait to tell you about each one.
Crock On! is subtitled A Semi-Whole Foods Slow Cooker Cookbook, but I think Stacy sells herself short on that one. It's filled with real food in my opinion, no semi- about it, and it truly is one of my favorite books to cook from, including all my digital and hard copy cookbooks. I use it at least a few times a month, and one of her recipes (Southern BBQ Chicken) is even in The Healthy Lunch Box, one of my own books. You can see a sample recipe for the book, Cheesy Sausage Potatoes, by clicking HERE to download it.
Keep Crockin' is Stacy's second slow cooker book, new last fall, with 55 all new recipes, never published on her blog or anywhere else. You can feel Stacy's shift in eating habits between this and her first book, as there is far less gluten and grain, more low-carb meals in general and more variations to adapt recipes. I've tried two from this new book, and so far, so yummy! Check out the sample download, Chicken Tiki Masala (will download immediately).
The concept behind From Your Freezer to Your Family: Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes (no longer available) took Pinterest by storm on Stephanie's site a few years ago, and she realized that people were hungry for simplicity on both sides of the freezer – simple to prepare and freeze, simple to cook. We are a busy world! Every recipe in the book is written for double portions right from the get-go, and readers are encouraged to make 3-4 recipes at a time for 6-8 meals in the freezer, all in an hour or two of work. Then the frozen meals go directly into the slow cooker in the morning and on the table for dinner.
Stephanie's second full-length freezer-to-slow-cooker eBook isn't even out yet, but it's coming next week. It's been a labor of love for a year and a half with extensive recipe testing, and it includes the best recipes from the first book (which will be off the market next week!) plus many new ones for a total of 70 recipes.
My Honest Thoughts
I get a bad taste in my mouth when I read a gushing, overly positive review. Maybe I'm just cynical, but I always think, "Wasn't there something negative or questionable to say about the (whatever-it-is)?"
So I'm not like that.
I'll help you figure out exactly what book will be best for you by listing advantages and disadvantages to each – honestly.
Crock On!
- Totally recognizable ingredients and spices – Stacy uses really normal stuff, and her family and ours mutually agree that we enjoy cumin, chili powder and garlic in our dinners, I think.
- Simple recipes – not a ton of prepping or chopping
- American fare – plenty of Mexican and Asian food here, but by "American" I mean that most Americans would recognize and enjoy the food. Think of slow cooker recipes that include canned cream soups, but without the cans.
- Stacy will make you laugh, guaranteed.
- She's all about full fat dairy, butter, and the good stuff.
- Sometimes I feel like there's more sweetener than needed in a recipe (so I just cut it) and there are a decent number of recipes with flour, corn, or other starchy carbs.
My experience:
I really do use this book all. the. time. Here's the list of all the recipes we've tried and enjoyed:
- Stuffed Pepper "Stoup" (multiple times, have shared with company)
- White Beans & Ham (my new go-to when I have a ham bone)
- Chili Pork Wraps (a few times)
- Caroline Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches (many times, served to company too)
- Beef and Broccoli (this was Christmas Eve dinner for us a few weeks ago – it cooked while were at Mass. Voila!)
- Maple Sesame Chicken (a few times)
- Sloppy Chicken
- Broccoli Casserole
- Garlic Smashed Potatoes
- Plus I have about 4 more on my "must make someday!" list.
Keep Crockin'
- More simple recipes, just like the first book
- Breakfasts included in this one!
- Recipes tested and reviewed right on the page
- If you're NOT grain-free/gluten-free or sugar-free, you'll see a lot of ingredients that you might not have in your house: almond flour, arrowroot starch, stevia, and some other unique foods. Some have substitutions, some don't. This book also includes many dairy-free alternatives. For some of you, all this might be an advantage!
- Recipes can be on the small side in my opinion. Just be ready to double if your crock can handle it if you like leftovers.
- The photos are only okay – I should be talking, mine aren't so hot either – but this isn't food porn. It's simple fare.
My Experience
I tested a recipe for Stacy, the Curried Chicken Soup. It was delicious, even though I think I forgot to add the thickener an hour before the end (I do that all the time when anything has to be added to a crock). My only problem? It only called for 2 cups chicken broth and 1/2 cup. milk. I thought I might starve my family if I didn't double it immediately!
The recipe we tried this week was Lentil Lasagna Soup, and I increased the amount of some of the ingredients (but not all of them). This one had 4 cups of broth. It turned out really thick, like a "stoup," but I liked that about it. Jonathan, the 2-year-old who often declares, "I no like soup!" (except the "s" is a "p" sound, which is pretty awesome), ate 3 or 4 bowls of it. Hooray! The only problem was when my reminder popped up to take a photo for this post the next day, here's what was in the fridge:
That's a 2-cup bowl but totally could have been a 1-cupper. User error.
The other recipe I planned to try was Pumpkin Chip Breakfast Pudding. The "chip" is for "chocolate chips" so I planned to make it as a fun Sunday night dessert. When I got down to it Sunday after lunch, I realized that it had to cook in a loaf pan in water in the crock…and mine didn't fit.
I was going to switch to the Maple Pecan Pie, but when it came time to start that one 2 hours before dinner, I was way too busy with something that must have been important. I have Pizza Sandwiches from the book planned for this Sunday, and I have to say I'm so excited about that recipe – ground sausage, which I make homemade and love, as the foundation for sandwiches that taste like pizza? I have a feeling this one will be a hit.
So bottom line, as long as some "different" ingredients don't turn you off (Stacy offers "normal" substitutions for almost all of them) and you know what quantity your family will need, this is a very versatile and comprehensive slow cooker cookbook for just about any real food kitchen.
From Your Freezer to Your Family: Slow Cooker Freezer Recipes
(Stephanie is no longer selling her eBooks)
- If you're grain-free or gluten-free, you'll love that the recipes hardly have any in them – nor dairy.
- Gorgeous photography and layout
- Stephanie has so much grace for busy moms and so many shortcut suggestions! I love that!
- Lots of vegetables – when Stephanie shares a meat-centric meal, there is almost always still a few different kinds of veggies included.
- For our family, Stephanie uses fruit with meat or spices like cinnamon with meat too often, but that might be an advantage to some. There's also lots of sweet potatoes, so I've skipped many recipes so I don't get the stink eye from my husband (I like them, he doesn't) but I just realized I should try simply subbing white potatoes!
- This girl is not afraid to be heavy on the spice – if your family would be best described as "mild," you'll want to automatically cut down anything spicy by half, or even a fourth, because there's generally no warning if something will be spicy. (We love it, but our kids haven't been able to eat a few of the things I've made!)
- Recipes aren't listed in the table of contents, so navigation is trickier than I'd like.
- Not all ingredients are everyday ingredients in my kitchen, but they probably wouldn't throw everyone (lamb, eggplant, mango, duck, shrimp)
My experience:
I have to admit, I haven't done the "freezer" part of the cookbook, just the slow cooker part. Call me crazy. It would probably be a good thing, but I have two reasons for not trying it:
- Sometimes I'm behind enough that I don't have the extra time to plan to make a few extra meals for later.
- I don't always have enough meat for a double batch of meat-centric meals.
We've tried:
- Cumin beans (really good, but spicy)
- Ginger Beef (seriously yummy, but spicy) I was going to take a photo of this one for this post, but the week just flew by! It's really pretty with red peppers, scallions, and pea pods…and since my husband forgot to take the rice with it when he packed it for lunch, we can also say with certainty that it's a delicious soup.
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Milk thistle helps protect the healthy cells in the liver from free radical damage or inflammation caused by toxins. It also stimulates the regeneration of new healthy cells and aids the body in mopping up toxins. It helps to increase glutathione production, the body's major antioxidant substrate. This herb has no adverse side effects, though it may loosen stools slightly as it increases bile flow.
Turmeric protects the liver from incoming toxins through its potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It has a particular affinity for the liver and is therefore used in most detoxification programs. Like milk thistle, it may soften stools. Turmeric has been shown to increase the production of bile by over 100 percent, making it a powerful aid to toxin excretion (phase two). Note: If there is any indication of bile duct obstruction, this herb should not be administered.
Dandelion is beneficial for both the kidneys and the liver. Although its mechanism is not thoroughly understood, dandelion has diuretic properties (to flush out toxins) with potassium-sparing effects, and helps protect against kidney stones. Contact dermatitis has been seen when the herb is used in fresh form rather than dried.
Burdock is high in fructo-oligo-saccharides or FOS, which will increase the beneficial bifidobacterium and eliminate the bacterial pathogens that can build up in the gut. In addition, burdock increases saliva and bile secretions to help break down, bind and excrete toxins from the body.
Fibre and bentonite clay are both used to help remove toxins and excess fats from within the bowel. During detoxification, toxin load on the bowel is increased considerably so, to ensure that they do not accumulate in the gut, fibres and/or binding clays can be used to help attract, mop up and eliminate the toxins directly.


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More than 50 senior representatives from government, NGOs, the Communist Party, and donor groups attended a national leadership seminar in Hanoi, launching the Vietnam AIDS Public Policy Training Project, a partnership between the Kennedy School of Government, the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, and the POLICY Project Vietnam.
"The course is designed to help policymakers better understand and respond to the root causes of the epidemic, such as poverty and inequity, and to develop effective multi-sectoral strategies that protect human rights and involve affected individuals and communities," says Lisa Messersmith, director of the Vietnam AIDS Public Policy Training Project at the Kennedy School of Government.
In addition to the leadership seminar, faculty from the United States and Vietnam taught a five-day training course to over 40 Academy faculty and senior policy makers from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The AIDS Public Policy Training Project has convened a faculty of international AIDS experts from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston University School of Public Health and Abt Associates.
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam estimates that the number of people currently living with HIV in the country is more than 250,000 and that the number of new infections is sharply increasing each year. While the epidemic has been concentrated among injecting drug users, there is evidence of increasing sexual transmission and the emergence of a generalizing epidemic in some provinces.
The project aims to strengthen the capacity of central and local policy makers to implement rights-based and multi-sectoral responses to AIDS in Vietnam. Project partners plan three regional trainings this year in which senior provincial-level leaders from the Party and various government ministries will participate.
The Vietnam project, part of the AIDS Public Policy Training Project based at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government's Asia Programs, has been training government officials in Asia since 2003 to aggressively confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Building on last year's senior level training course on AIDS for Chinese provincial government officials, this first training in Vietnam expands the impact and reach of the AIDS Public Policy Training Project.
"The similarities between China and Vietnam's Party-led political system have made the adaptation and expansion of the training program relatively easy," says Joan Kaufman, director of the AIDS Public Policy Training Project at the Kennedy School. "However, the governance and public policy issues we address are relevant to all countries facing the AIDS epidemic. Our plan for the coming year in China is to focus on the role of NGOs in the AIDS response, to open greater political space for civil society actors in a constrained political environment."
National leadership seminar participants at the five-day training review a case study.
Course faculty and participants review and comment on AIDS action plans at the provincial level.
Photos: Kristin Eifler


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Best quality bathroom faucets for the money
I am redoing the master bath and very overwhelmed on what brand of bathroom faucets to go with. They all have nice styles to choose from and they all range in price, some very, very expensive.
I do want quality along with style. So would appreciate opinions which brands offer the best quality for your money. Thanks!
I only use Delta and Deltas second line Peerless
I guess I hate cheap stuff.. I use Grohe
Peerless, Delta, Grohe, Danze.
FWIW, I've lived in my house for 12 years and I'm getting ready to replace the third Moen faucet that has been installed at my kitchen sink. Needless to say, the fourth one won't be a Moen. Maybe their bathroom faucets are made better....or maybe they're not.
For quality I think its hard to beat Grohe, thats what I have having replaced a miserable Kohler. If cost is a real variable and you want style Danze gives a lot for the money and Ive seen very few complaints
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By Richard Clarke
Emmanuel Adebayor argues that Arsenal will only be satisfied by winning the Champions League this season.
The Togolese striker hit the first goal at Fenerbahce on Tuesday night as Arsène Wenger's side stormed to a 5-2 victory that kept them top of Group G and looking to seal early qualification to the next round.
Last season, Arsenal went through in similar style and then swept aside Milan before being knocked out by Liverpool at the Quarter-Final stage. Adebayor demands improvement on that and, realistically, he argues that means lifting the trophy in Rome next May.
"What we did last season is behind us now," he said. "We want to achieve something better than that.
"If you want to go further that really means to win it. Once you go past the Quarter-Final you only have the Semi-Final and Final so you have a lot of chance to win it.
"We have not lost a lot of players. We have only lost Hleb and Flamini but we have changed them. Nasri and Denilson have come in and are both playing good football."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Poll: Are Spain the greatest team, like, ever?
What we witnessed in the final of Euro 2012 was something special. Whatever your allegiance, wherever your money lay there can be no other reasonable, sane, mature option but to applaud and appreciate the making of history.
That this Spain team is great there can be no question. Vicente Del Bosque may well have altered the way that football will be played in the future. At the very least he and the unbelievably talented players he has at his disposal have shown the world that you don't need need to be six-foot plus and super-athletic to play football and win. Hell, you don't even need to play with a striker.
Fernando Torres (28) may have nabbed a late goal and the Golden Boot but his efforts were largely superfluous as the passing brilliance of Xavi (32), Andres Iniesta (28) and Cesc Fabregas (25), to name a few, was what did for the Italians. The Azzuri were unlucky to lose Thiago Motta to injury minutes after bringing him on as their third substitute but their stars, Mario Balotelli (21) and Andrea Pirlo (33), had already been outshone by then. 4-0 was tough but there is no question the better team won.
Regardless of revolutionary implications where does this team stand amongst the great international teams of years gone by?
Are they better than the Brazil of Pelé at his peak, the team which won the 1970 World Cup playing football which still inspires to this day?
The recent French team, led by the mercurial Zinedine Zidane, winning the World Cup in 1998 and the European Championship in 2000?
Or even, if you're feeling particularly patriotic, England's World Cup winning side of 1966?
If there's a team we haven't included then let us know about it in the comments section below, feel free to let explain exactly why in a hilarious rant. There may be some kind of reward. Pants-like perhaps.
Have we just witnessed the greatest international football team that's has ever played the game of football? If not Spain, then who?


text: Five fires burning south, southeast, north, northwest and west of my home. All within 30 to 90 miles. A few years ago they got a little closer. My brother-in-law is near the Agua Dulce fire and he just called to say they are evacuating. Hope everyone near the fires is safe.


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"T" Frame Swingset
So, I was at the park with my son this weekend and came accross a steel structure (made of tublat steel) for a swing set. It was a "T" shape, with 2 steep poles running up the center, then a steel pole accross the top with a swing hanging on each side, nice and simple.
GOt me thinking about building something like that in my backyard. My thought was, 2 6x6 vertical cemented into the ground (3 to 4 ft) and then another 6x6 accross the top with a swing on each size. I would use lag bolts, mending plates and corner brackets to fasten it all.
Anyone have any thoughts on this style of swingset? cant find plan's or even pictures anywhere, just always run accross the A frame style.
Seems to me that it wouldn't be as stiff in wood as the steel one at the park. I think it would sway more. And the post would eventually break off at the ground.
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Imperial Wireless Chain
The Imperial Wireless Chain was a strategic international wireless telegraphy communications network, created to link the countries of the British Empire. Although the idea was conceived prior to World War I, The United Kingdom was the last of the world's Great Powers to implement an operational system.[1] The first link in the chain, between Leafield in Oxfordshire and Cairo, Egypt, eventually opened on 24 April 1922,[2] with the final link, between Australia and Canada, opening on 16 June 1928.[3]
Initial scheme[edit]
In 1910 the Colonial Office received a formal proposal from the Marconi Company, to construct series of wireless telegraphy stations to link the British Empire within three years.[1] While not then accepted, the Marconi proposal created serious interest in the concept.[4]
Parliament ruled out the creation of a private monopoly to provide the service and concluded that no government department was in a position to do so, and the Treasury were very reluctant to fund the creation of a new department. It was decided that contracting the construction to a commercial "wireless company" was the favoured option,[4] and a contract was signed with Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company in March 1912. The Government then found itself facing severe criticism and appointed a select committee to examine the topic.[5] After hearing evidence from the Admiralty, War Office, India Office, and representatives from South Africa, the Committee unanimously concluded that a "chain of Imperial wireless stations" should be established as a matter of urgency.[4] An Expert Committee also advised that Marconi were the only company with technology that was proven to operate reliably over the distances required (in excess of 2,000 miles (3,200 km)) "if rapid installation and immediate and trustworthy communication be desired".[4]
After further negotiations prompted by Treasury pressure, a modified contract was ratified by Parliament on 8 August 1913, with 221 Members of Parliament voting in favour, 140 against.[4] The course of these events were disrupted somewhat by the breaking of the Marconi scandal, when it was alleged that highly placed members of the governing Liberal party had used their knowledge of the negotiations to indulge in insider trading in Marconi's shares. Of rather more consequence was the outbreak of World War I, which led to the suspension of the contract by the Government.[6] Meanwhile Germany, in contrast, successfully constructed its own wireless chain before the war, for the cost equivalent to two million pounds sterling, and was able to use it to its advantage during the conflict.[7]
Post World War I[edit]
With the end of the war and the Dominions continuing to apply pressure on the Government to provide an "Imperial wireless system",[6] the House of Commons agreed in 1919 that £170,000 should be spent constructing the first two radio stations in the chain, in Oxfordshire (at Leafield) and Egypt (in Cairo), to be completed in early 1920[8] – although the link actually opened on 24 April 1922,[2] two months after the UK declared Egypt independent.
Parliament's decision came shortly after legal action initiated by Marconi in June 1919, claiming £7,182,000 in damages from the British Government for breach of their July 1912 contract, and in which they were awarded £590,000 by the court.[9] The Government also commissioned the "Imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee" chaired by Sir Henry Norman (the Norman Committee), which reported in 1920. The Norman Report recommended that transmitters should have a range of 2,000 miles, which required relay stations,[10] and that Britain should be connected to Canada, Australia, South Africa, Egypt, India, East Africa, Singapore, and Hong Kong.[11] However, the report was not acted upon.[12] While British politicians procrastinated, Marconi constructed stations for other nations, linking North and South America, as well as China and Japan, in 1922.[13] In January 1922 the British Chambers of Commerce added their voice to the demands for action, adopting a resolution urging the Government to urgently resolve the matter,[14] as did other organisations such as the Empire Press Union, which claimed that the Empire was suffering "incalculable loss" in its absence.[15]
Under this pressure, after the 1922 General Election, the Conservative government commissioned the Empire Wireless Committee, chaired by Sir Robert Donald, to "consider and advise upon the policy to be adopted as regards an Imperial wireless service so as to protect and facilitate public interest." Its report was presented to the Postmaster-General on 23 February 1924[16] The committee's recommendations were similar to those of the Norman Committee – that any stations in Great Britain used to communicate with the Empire should be in the hands of the State, that they should be operated by the Post Office, and that eight high-power longwave stations should be used, as well as land-lines.[6][17] The scheme was estimated at £500,000.[17] At the time the committee was unaware of Marconi's 1923 experiments into shortwave radio transmissions, which offered a much cheaper alternative – although not a commercially proven one – to high-power long-wave transmission system.[6]
Following the Donald Report and discussions with the Dominions, it was decided that the high-power Rugby longwave station (announced on 13 July 1922 by the previous Government[18]) would be completed since it used proven technology, in addition to which a number of shortwave "beam stations" would be built (so called because a directional antenna concentrated the radio transmission into a narrow directional beam). The beam stations would communicate with those Dominions that chose the new shortwave technology. Parliament finally approved an agreement between the Post Office and Marconi to build beam stations to communicate with Canada, South Africa, India and Australia, on 1 August 1924.[6]
Commercial impact[edit]
From when the Post Office began operating the "Post Office Beam" services, through to March, 31st, 1929, they had earned gross receipts of £813,100 at a cost of £538,850, leaving a net surplus of £274,250.[19]
Even before the final link became operational between Australia and Canada, it was apparent that the commercial success of the Wireless Chain was threatening the viability of the cable telegraphy companies. An "Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference" was therefore held in London in January 1928, with delegates from Great Britain, the self-governing Dominions, India, the Crown Colonies and Protectorates, to "examine the situation which arose as a result of the competition of the Imperial Beam Wireless Services with the cable services of various parts of the empire, to report upon it and to make recommendations with a view to a common policy being adopted by the various governments concerned."[20] It concluded that the cable companies would not be able to compete in an unrestricted market, but that the cable links remained of both commercial and strategic value. It therefore recommended that the cable and wireless interests of the Eastern Telegraph Company, the Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Western Telegraph Company and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company should be merged to form a single organisation holding a monopolistic position. The merged company would be overseen by an Imperial Advisory Committee, would purchase the Government owned cables in the Pacific, West Indies and Atlantic, and would also be given a lease on the beam stations for a period of 25 years, for the sum of £250,000 per year.[21][22]
The Conference's recommendations were incorporated into the Imperial Telegraphs Act 1929, leading to the creation of two new companies on 8 April 1929; an operating company Imperial and International Communications, in turn owned by a holding company named Cable & Wireless Limited. In 1934 Imperial and International Communications was renamed as Cable & Wireless Limited, with Cable and Wireless Limited being renamed as Cable and Wireless (Holding) Limited.[23] From the beginning of April 1928 the Beam services were operated by the Post Office as agent for Imperial and International Communications Limited.[19]
Transfers of ownership[edit]
The 1930s saw the arrival of the Great Depression, as well as competition from the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and affordable airmail. Due to such factors Cable and Wireless were never able to earn the revenue which had been forecast, resulting in low dividends and an inability to reduce the rates charged to customers as much as had been expected.[24] To ease the financial pressure, the British Government finally decided to transfer the beam stations to Cable and Wireless, in exchange for 2,600,000 of the 30,000,000 shares in the company, under the provisions of the Imperial Telegraphs Act 1938.[23][24] The ownership of the beam stations was reversed in 1947, when the Labour Government nationalised Cable and Wireless, integrating its UK assets with those of the Post Office.[25] By this stage, however, three of the original stations had been closed, after the service was centralised during 1939–1940 at Dorchester and Somerton.[26] The longwave Rugby radio station continued to remain under Post Office ownership throughout.[citation needed]
Beam stations[edit]
The shortwave Imperial Wireless Chain "beam stations" operated in pairs; one transmitting and one receiving. Pairs of stations were sited at (transmitters first):[26]
- Tetney and Winthorpe (with Ballan and Rockbank in Australia, and with Khadki and Daund in India)
- Ongar and Brentwood
- Dorchester and Somerton
- Bodmin and Bridgwater – the latter actually in the hamlet of Huntworth which is nearer to North Petherton (with Drummondville and Yamachiche in Canada,[27] and with Kliphevel (now Klipheuwel) and Milnerton in South Africa)[28]
At Bodmin and Bridgwater, each aerial stretched to nearly half a mile (800 m) long, and consisted of a row of five 277 feet (84 m) high lattice masts, erected in a line at 640 feet (200 m) intervals and at right angles to the overseas receiving station. These were topped by cross-arm measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) high by 90 feet (27 m) wide, from which the vertical wires of the aerial were hung, forming a "curtain antenna".[27] At Tetney the antenna for India was similar to those at Bodmin and Bridgwater, while the Australian aerial was carried on three 275 feet (84 m) high masts.[26]
Electronic components for the system were built at Marconi's New Street wireless factory in Chelmsford.[29]
Devizes was home to a receiving station until the outbreak of World War One.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Empire Wireless Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1923-04-23, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ a b Wireless Service Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1921-11-21, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Beam Wireless Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1928-06-16, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ a b c d e New Marconi Agreement, Hansard, Published 1913-08-08, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ The Official History of Rugby Radio Station Subterranea Britannica, Malcolm Hancock, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ a b c d e Post Office Contracts Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited Hansard, 1924-08-01 , accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ The Wireless Chain Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1915-09-11, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Wireless Chain Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1919-08-04, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Marconi Company Wins From Britain, New York Times, published 1919-07-26, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Relays in the Wireless Line Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1921-07-16, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Wireless Chain Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1922-01-27, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Wireless Links Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1921-07-21, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ New Wireless Services Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1922-08-16, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Link Up Wireless Chain Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1923-01-29, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Radio Communication Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1922-12-08, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Empire Wireless Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1924-02-25, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ a b [1] Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1926-11-20, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ High Power Wireless Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1923-07-18, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ a b Beam Services, Hansard, published 1929-07-22, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference Library of Congress (Open Library), accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ Empire Communications - Cable and Wireless Merger The Canberra Times, published 1928-07-28, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ An Important Development Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1928-07-10, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ a b Cable And Wireless Plc Business Information, Profile, and History jrank.org, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ a b Imperial Telegraphs Bill Hansard, published 1938-05-30, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Cable & Wireless Bill Glover, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ a b c Tetney Beam Station, Paul Hewitt, Tetney County Primary School, published 2005-09-24, accessed 2010-10-04
- ^ a b Beam Wireless Papers Past, Evening Post (New Zealand), published 1927-10-05, accessed 2010-10-03
- ^ Beam Wireless - The Original Stations Shortwave Central, published 2010-11-30, accessed 2011,03-06
- ^ The Marconi Company Departments 1912 - 1970 Archived 20 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Martin Bates, accessed 2010-10-04
External links[edit]
- Tetney Beam Station – Tetney County Primary School
- Dorchester Radio Station – South Dorset Radio Society


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New Orleans • Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game.
Of course, his UConn Huskies haven't had to face a team like upstart Louisville, which is making an unprecedented run through the women's tournament. A victory Tuesday night over the Cardinals would be UConn's eighth title, matching the Huskies with Tennessee for the most ever in women's basketball.
Auriemma didn't want to think about it.
"Talking about things that haven't happened yet is never a good idea," Auriemma said.
History is on the Hall of Fame coach's side: UConn is 7-0 in title games, including a victory in the 2009 game against Louisville and the 2004 game that was also played in New Orleans. That game was the college finale of Diana Taurasi, who finished with three straight championships.
This trip to the Big Easy could be the beginning of a new dynasty for the Huskies led by Breanna Stewart. The heralded freshman has been on one of the most remarkable runs of any first year player in the history of the NCAA tournament. She had a season-high 29 points in the semifinal victory over Notre Dame and was honored as the most outstanding player of the Bridgeport regional.
Auriemma said he couldn't remember a player having a better game in such a setting.
Stewart already has scored 82 points in the NCAA Tournament in just four games. The Syracuse native sat out the opening round rout of Idaho.
Auriemma's latest prize recruit missed this season's first game against Louisville as she recovered from an ankle injury. UConn still won that game by 14 points. The Huskies have had their way with the Cardinals, winning the past 12 meetings, including that 2009 championship.
"I don't remember a thing, you try not to remember anything about those games," Louisville coach Jeff Walz deadpanned. "We're playing better basketball. The kids are confident, not much more to say. We believe in what we're doing. No one thought we'd beat Baylor, no one thought we'd beat Tennessee."
Walz isn't fazed by his team's lack of success against Connecticut. It's hard to blame him the way the Cardinals have rolled through the tournament behind freewheeling guard Shoni Schimmel.
First came the upset of Brittney Griner and Baylor that shocked everyone. Then came the victory over the Lady Vols the winningest program in women's basketball history. And finally the Final Four win over tournament newcomer Cal to get back to the title game for the second time in five seasons.
"It's going to take the best game we've played to date," Walz said.
Louisville vs. Connecticut
P Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.


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Well, my personal experience with both goes like this... First holster I ordered was a CBST in black cowhide for a G19. This has been a great holster after breaking in for a few weeks. Only issue I have with it is the lip on the metal clips gets some skin from my wrist every time I go into my pants pocket for something. Sure I could change position of the holster (8:00 position as I am a lefty) but that position is most confortable for me. I also purchased a gun belt from Cross Breed.
I ordered a Theis holster for a .40 Shield in horsehide with kydex clips. Love the kydex clips as they have no lip to scratch my wrist. The only "pjroblem" I had with this holster was the finishing on the edges. The edges of this holster were very sharp and irritated my side badly. I ended up dressing the edges with sandpaper and solved that problem.
I am happy with BOTH holsters and would/will buy them again as the need arises. I will probably stick with kydex clips from now on. Just the same, I think I will try one from N82 tactical somewhere down the line... Variety is the spice of life.


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As you enter the Bartholomew Park, you will be surrounded by vineyards, gardens and in the distance a replica of the majestic Villa built by Agoston Haraszthy in 1861-2 for his family overlooking the property. The Count opened the Villa with a grand and elegant masked ball. The Count's original Villa was destroyed, and in 1987, at the end of her life, Antonia Bartholomew, rebuilt the Villa to preserve physically the fascinating early era and way of life. The museum in the Villa is open on weekends from noon to 3 pm.
Park History
Read all about the park history – from the beginning with Count Haraszthy, the Intervening Owners, to how Frank Bartholomew came to own the property.
Park Amenities
Learn about the various park features for you to explore – such as hiking, picnicking, visiting the villa and Museum.
The Foundation
Learn about The Frank H. Bartholomew Foundation and the scholarships offered.
General Park Info
Read information regarding general park rules and policies.


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Still Buy Caremark
Caremark Rx (CMX ): Still 5 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Phillip Seligman
We view Caremark's receipt of an administrative subpoena from the Washington State Attorney General, and the Washington AG's note that AGs of 18 more states will follow suit, as part of a series of probes seeking info about the business practices of Caremark and other pharmacy benefit managers. We believe the new probes address the same allegation as have the others -- that PBMs steer doctors to pricier drugs to boost profits. So far, the only risk we see is increased regulatory oversight. Our 12-month target price is $42, representing a 23-times forward p-e ratio -- a premium to S&P 500's -- on our 2005 EPS estimate of $1.85.
Career Education (CECO ): Downgraded to 2 STARS (avoid) from 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Massimo Santicchia
Career Education says regulatory agencies have placed American InterContinental University on warning status and Brooks College on probation. Following the recent class-action shareholder lawsuit accusing the company of student-record falsification, and the disclosure of an SEC investigation, we see today's news as further clouding Career Education's prospects and its management credibility. Despite the recent price drop, we believe that at 24 times our 2004 EPS estimate of $1.76, the shares do not fully reflect what we view as increased risk of systematic fraud. Our new target price is $30, cut today from $60.
Best Buy (BBY ): Reiterates 5 STARS (buy)
Analyst: Amrit Tewary
In its 10-Q filing on July 2, Best Buy reiterated its earlier earnings per share guidance of 47 cents to 52 cents for the August quarter and $2.80 to $2.93 for full fiscal 2005 (ending February). We are keeping our earnings per share estimates of 51 cents for the August quarter and $2.93 for full fiscal 2005. We think Best Buy's Reward Zone customer-loyalty program will continue to drive store traffic levels higher. Also, we believe its "customer centricity" initiative should enable the company to effectively target and retain its most profitable customers. We see significant appreciation potential to our 12-month target price of $67, which is based on our historical p-e model.
Micron Technology (MU ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Thomas Smith, CFA
Based on our outlook for strong demand for DRAM and other memory chips in the second half of 2004, and on Micron's improving margins in its May-quarter results, we are raising our earnings per share estimates to 33 cents from 19 cents for fiscal 2004 (ending August) and to $1.00 from 85 cents for fiscal 2005. After a 50-cent deduction for stock option expense, we expect S&P Core Earnings of 50 cents per share for fiscal 2005. Our 12-month target price is $16, with our analysis by relative measures indicating higher 12-month price potential, but our discounted cash-flow analysis indicating less potential.
Maxtor (MXO ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Richard Stice, CFA
Maxtor sees second quarter revenue of $820 million to $825 million and operating loss per share of 16 cents to 20 cents. Previous guidance was for revenue of $955 million to $980 million and an operating loss of 4 cents to 8 cents. The company cites severe price declines for the shortfall. We are revising our 2004 estimate to a loss of 22 cents per share from earnings per share of 17 cents, our 2005 estimate to 21 cents earnings per share from 76 cents earnings per share, and our 12-month target price to $6 from $7. While the near-term trend is disappointing, we advise holding Maxtor, based on our view of a favorable market position and a pickup we anticipate in PC demand.
Verizon Communications (VZ ): Reiterates 3 STARS (hold)
Analyst: Todd Rosenbluth
We view favorably Verizon's planned $418 million purchase of mostly western U.S. wireless assets from Qwest Communications as Verizon looks to deploy wireless broadband services nationwide. We believe the move is consistent with its focus on high-growth segments. However, we are concerned by news Verizon overstated its first-quarter 2004 long-distance line count by roughly 9%, suggesting to us that its bundled services penetration may be less successful than originally viewed. We are maintaining our 2004 earnings per share estimate of $2.45 and our 12-month target price of $37. Verizon's dividend yields 4.3%.


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WHO 7 Day Mother Baby mCheck Tool
The concept
WHO Patient Safety has demonstrated improved outcomes through the use of clinical checklists to improve the safety of patients. All the checklists to date have been aimed at use by healthcare professionals. However, in keeping with our belief that safer care starts with the patient, we feel that the proven safety benefits achieved by clinical checklists could be replicated with a checklist style tool for patient use.
As part of the commitment towards the achievement of the UN Millennium Development goals, WHO Patient Safety has chosen to target the first patient-held checklist style tool at mothers and their babies. This tool is being developed using an innovative patient-centered approach combining expert consensus with global patient response and will focus on a mother checking for key danger signs in herself and her baby in the first seven days after the baby is born.
Purpose of the tool
The tool will aim to increase safety during the high-risk postnatal period for mothers and babies by:
- ensure safe discharge from skilled care,
- facilitate a mother's decision to access skilled care in a timely and appropriate manner, and
- empower mothers with knowledge.
The tool is not designed to be comprehensive. By focusing on key danger signs, it targets only the most common and most burdensome causes of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in the immediate and early postnatal period, as defined by WHO. It is intended to be simple and easy to use by all mothers globally in settings of varying economic profile and literacy. We have chosen the first seven days as this is a known high risk period when the majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur. Most of these occur at home (regardless of location of delivery and presence of skilled attendant) and are avoidable with improved care during the immediate and early postnatal period.
How does the tool work?
The tool uses well recognized, evidence-based danger signs for a mother and her baby in the first seven days after birth to trigger questions that a mother can ask herself during this period. Upon identifying any of these danger signs in either herself or her baby, the tool can help a mother make an informed decision about the severity and urgency of the problem and when to access skilled care. The tool is designed to promote appropriate and timely health-seeking behaviour and ultimately reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.
This decision making process will be further enhanced by the use of mHealth (mobile phone) technology. Mothers will be able to use the tool as a trigger to call an interactive automated system in their local language, that will further guide their decision-making process regarding seeking skilled care.
Tool development
This tool is being developed using an innovative patient-centred approach combining expert consensus with global patient response. The 'by patients for patients' approach is being led by a number of our PFPS Champions across the world. By harnessing their local networks of stakeholders including mothers, fathers, grandmothers, midwives, obstetricians and community healthcare workers, it is hoped that the tool will truly respond to global patient need.
Phase I of development involved a basic needs assessment whereby 9 Patient Champions (from 9 countries) used a combination of surveys and questionnaires to ascertain that there was a need expressed in their networks for the development of such a tool.
Phase II involved nine Patient Champions (from 9 countries) running focus groups with their networks to help guide the development of a draft tool that incorporates cultural sensitivities and needs.
Phase III - PFPS Champions in 11 countries joined together with a health provider partner to run focus groups with key stakeholders to further refine the tool and assess the feasibility of the mHealth component.
Official piloting of the tool is now taking place in Karnataka, India , due for completion October 2013.


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MR INTERNATIONAL from STYLEISKING on Vimeo.Compiled of footage taken from 2007– 2012, Mr. International shows Bates' work both on the streets and in the gallery. Among the cities smashed here are San Francisco, Las Vegas, Montreal, Paris, Bali, Prague, Warsaw, and Copenhagen. Other writers include Rime, Ewok, Sever, Steel, Mr. Cartoon, Wen, Smash137, and many more.


text: Vail 200+ Attend Trademark Rally By Renai Bodley • Jul 13, 2016 KPCW A crowd of more than 200 people gathered outside city hall in Park City Wednesday afternoon to send a message to Vail Resorts, while executives from that company met inside with city officials to debate Vail's application to trademark the name "Park City." KPCW's Renai Bodley was there: Vail says letter "misconstrued" By Renai Bodley • Jul 6, 2016 Vail released a follow-up statement Wednesday morning, after Park City Mayor Jack Thomas replied to a letter Bill Rock, Chief Operating Officer of Park City Mountain Resort, sent the day before. In that letter, Rock said Vail is not "willing to withdraw or amend" the application to trademark the name "Park City." In Thomas' response, he said he was "disappointed" with the letter. Wednesday morning, Vail's Vice President for Mountain Community Affairs, Kristin Kenney Williams, released the following statement: Park City Mayor to Vail: "I Am Disappointed" By Renai Bodley • Jul 5, 2016 On Tuesday, Bill Rock, the COO of Park City Mountain Resort, sent a letter to Park City Mayor Jack Thomas and city council stating that Vail would not "withdraw or amend" its application to trademark the name Park City. Tuesday night, the mayor responded with a statement to the Park City community. Thomas says he is "disappointed" with Rock's letter. He also says Vail "balked" at the city's attempts to come up with an agreement that protected local businesses that have the words "Park City" in its name from any legal actions from Vail. Vail to City Council: "We Are Not Willing to Withdraw" By Renai Bodley • Jul 5, 2016 KPCW Vail Resorts has responded to community pressure on its application to trademark the name "Park City." Bill Rock, the Chief Operating Officer of Park City Mountain Resort, sent a letter to Park City Mayor Jack Thomas and the city council on Tuesday, which said in part that Vail is "...not willing to withdraw or amend our application, and to our knowledge the City has never asked any other business in our community to voluntarily give up or change its trademark applications." The letter also states that, "...we think it's important for the City to respect the branding rights of all local Park City Brewery: "We did what we felt like we needed to do to protect our business" By Renai Bodley • Jun 21, 2016 With all the uproar about Vail's trademark application for the name "Park City", why isn't anyone talking about the one business in town that already owns a similar trademark? KPCW's Renai Bodley explains: Vail: Our Intent is to Protect Park City By Leslie Thatcher • Jun 10, 2016 KPCW Vail Resorts does not intend to withdraw its application for the trademark of the words Park City, but company officials hope that after Thursday's discussion with the Park City council, the community will better understand why they're doing what they're doing. KPCW's Leslie Thatcher has more: Here is the complete interview with Bill Rock and Kristin Williams from The Local News Hour with Leslie Thatcher on Thursday, June 9, 2016: City Officials, Vail CEO Meet By Leslie Thatcher • Jun 9, 2016 Courtesy Park City Municipal Park City officials met with the CEO of Vail Resorts earlier this week as the Park City Council prepares to discuss the efforts of the Colorado company's trademark application for the words "Park City." KPCW's Leslie Thatcher has more. New Group Aims for Trademark "Facts and Knowledge" By Renai Bodley • Jun 7, 2016 Courtesy Angela Moschetta, Future Park City The count keeps getting higher. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than fifty people have asked the federal trademark office for more time to consider what threat, if any, exists if Vail owns a trademark for the name "Park City." The deadline to file an extension request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is this Thursday. That's the same day city council will take up the issue in a work session. And now a new group called Future Park City is getting in on the action. KPCW's Renai Bodley has the latest. Powdr Corps Buys Eldora Mountain By Leslie Thatcher • Jun 7, 2016 Courtesy Park City Municipal Park City's Powdr Corp has added its first resort since selling Park City to Vail Resorts. KPCW's Leslie Thatcher has more. Vail Acquires New Ski Resort By Renai Bodley • Jan 19, 2016 @WilmotMTN Vail just got bigger. Today the company announced it has acquired another ski resort. And that makes the Epic Pass much more appealing to the Midwest market. KPCW's Renai Bodley explains: Pages1 2 next › last »


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Let's start with recording. As mentioned there's a 1TB hard disk on board that holds 259 hours of highest-quality high-definition material, but that can be increased to 684 hours if you convert it into the lower bitrate HM mode (we'll discuss recording modes in Operation). As for standard-def, you can record up to 518 hours' worth of programmes.
The built-in disc drive can record onto BD-RE, BD-R (single and dual layer), DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL and DVD-RW platters. You can't record directly onto a disc as everything goes on the hard disk first then has to be copied to disc afterwards. That's not such a bad thing, though, as it gives you a chance to edit out bits you don't want and label it all up properly before committing it to disc.
Dual Freeview tuners let you record two channels at once, but unlike rival PVRs from Samsung and Humax you can't watch a third while two are being recorded, which is a frustrating limitation. It also disables network functionality. However, you can watch a programme from the hard disk while recording two channels, or check out the EPG.
There's also a pleasing range of network features on board, including the Viera Connect internet content portal and DLNA streaming of media files over a network.
Viera Connect offers the same range of apps as its Blu-ray players and systems, including BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Netflix, Skype (which requires an optional camera), MySpace and others in the Viera Market (where you can also buy peripherals like 3D glasses and cameras).
The selection could do with a few more catch-up TV apps like ITV Player, 4OD and Demand Five (all found on Samsung's latest PVRs) and the long-winded layout needs a rethink, but it's a welcome feature nonetheless.
As for DLNA, the deck streams AVCHD, WMV, AVI, MP4, XviD and MOV, but sadly not DivX or MKV (the latter can be played via the USB port, though). Supported music formats include MP3, WMA, WAV and AAC but not FLAC. Non-DLNA servers can be accessed using the Network Drive function.
Also useful is the ability to copy files from SD cards or USB devices onto the hard disk, turning the DMR-BWT735 into a sort of entertainment jukebox. Transferable file types include MPEG-2 (SD video) AVCHD, JPEG and MPO (plus MP3 from USB). You can also transfer certain files to Blu-ray and DVD, making it a versatile tool for managing your media.
Also on the networking front we find the new Remote Recording feature, which allows you to schedule recordings while you're out and about using your Android or iOS tablet or smartphone (running Panasonic's DIGA Player app).
This is joined by multiroom streaming, which lets you send a recording or live TV channel from the deck to a networked device anywhere in the home – including Android/iOS smartphones, tablets, DLNA-equipped TVs, Blu-ray players and systems.
There's plenty more to report, not least on the Blu-ray playback side. It's a 3D-capable deck with all of Panasonic's usual picture trickery, including Adaptive Chroma Processing, 2D-to-3D conversion (for any video source) and 1080p up-scaling, plus it decodes Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio. You'll also find a bunch of sound and picture enhancements within the Options menu.
I have ben looking for a PVR/DVD recorder to connect to my Panasonic Viera Smart TV as the TV has limited internet apps, i.e. no Channel 4 or 5 on demand services. Panasonic say that they "strive to make improvements" but they appear to have done little to provide the updates and are not able to say if and when they ever will! It would seem that this recorder is no better in this department. Some other manufacturers are more up to date and do provide 4OD and 5OD.
Good review, but can it play back at 1.3 x normal speed?
This is an exceptionally useful feature of our existing Panny DVD recorders (when using RAM disks), but no one mentions it in current reviews of HDD/BluRay models. Pan. tells me that it is possible, but I have seen no evidence of this.
And even Richer Sounds was flummoxed by the question, so shops like Curry's & J Lewis have little chance of knowing!
Can anyone clarify, pls?
I would say so - look at the remote control 'Play' button on the picture above - it has a '1.3' notation on it, just like on my own DMR-BWT700. Just hold the 'play' button down for 2-3 seconds and it flips into 1.3x speed. Press 'play' again to return to normal play speed
I would explain that with this model and Timer Recording, the unit records a
programme directly from the broadcaster (hence the DR recording mode), which it
then has to downgrade to the desired recording mode in my case LP
Therefore, it is normal that the unit records in DR and then converts it to LP. So this means that if you record for one hour and want it in long play the recorder will convert what you have recorded when in standby mode which will take about another hour. IT WILL NOT record in LP mode in the first instance. To me this is very wasteful of time and energy not to mention the wear and tear. the reason I like to record in LP is that I can get two films on a 4.7 DVD.
I was thinking about buying one of these but then I found out it could not record HD content from a Sky+ HD box in high definition, just in SD through the scart connection between the recorder and my Sky+ HD box.
My problem is it can only record high definition programmes from tuners whereas I would like one that could record high definition programmes directly from from a Sky+ HD box which is what I have.
It only has a scart connection for connecting a Sky HD+ satellite box to meaning even if I store HD content to my Sky box I can only copy it to the Panasonic recorder in SD mode.
Why buy a HD recording unit then record LP onto a DVD.
A 25GB bluray disc costs under £1 (TDK 25 = £22) why don't you keep the recordings in DR mode and burn directly to bluray.
Burning in LP is illogical.
Like buying an Aston Martin and putting a cheap set of Chinese tyres on it.
Have a nice day.
Sky don't want you to do this, it's not a limitation of the Panasonic unit.
Anyone who knows if I buy this model with 2 x DVB-T2 tuners in Germany, if it will work with the danish T2, or if there are different types of T2 in the two countries?
(I've heard that the UK model won't work in DK) :)
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Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch did not practice Wednesday due to knee injury. There were no previous reports about a knee injury, so this may just be a glorified day off. He did only receive nine touches for 27 yards during an uneventful win over the Rams. There should be plenty of carries available to Lynch against the winless Bucs.
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3 Day Trip on 17th.....Resort Drivable from LA that Doesn't Suck?
Hey guys,
Japan resider here with awesome snow conditions all around who's unfortunately moving back to the states and has a trip set from 17th of January to 20th in South Lake Tahoe.
However, due to the crap conditions being reported, thinking of changing plans and going somewhere else.
This is the only weekend I can do the drive for a trip, so can anyone recommend anywhere within a 10 hour drive radius from LA that has some decent conditions for 3 intermediate boarders?
Central or western Colorado is 12 hours from LA. Straight shot on I15/I70.....
Salt Lake City for sure. They're due to get a nice hit over the next week, though it'll dry-out leading up to when you get there. But, yeah, passing through Vegas and the lunar landscape of southern Utah......that's your best bet. Brian Head is a little resort that is on the way to SLC. The drive to CO would be pretty rough. You can adjust your trip based on conditions as it becomes closer.
So SLC gets one storm on a shit base or no base and you recommend that. Fuck that. I'd rather drive an extra 2-3 hours for way better open terrain and conditions. We have a solid base all over CO and continue to get snow. We got "2"" over night but I was still slamming through knee deep shit at 845 this morning and 4-6" on some of the groomers. I wish I didn't have to work right now or I'd still be hitting fresh snow. There is no crowd around until march either.....
You have an advantage though, your driving either way and can make a last minute decision.... Unless SLC gets 2' of snow this weekend and then another 12" or more before You get there I'd stay clear. Tahoe and Utah are hurting right now.
SLC will get 2-3 feet this weekend. Lift tickets are a ton cheaper in SLC (especially if you stop at the Lifthouse in Cottonwood Heights, just at the entrance of the access roads to Brighton, Solitude, and Snowbird.)
Maybe going to work is what made you all sorts of grumpy. No worries, I get it.
OP.....as I said before, make a game-time decision.
I have been to both places in the last month and neither have gotten much snow since I have been. It's a 6 hour drive for me to get to the canyons(not the resort of that name)and we just had an event cancel from snowbird for this weekend because they do not have a good enough off groomer base. I travel and ride these places throughout the season, the past 2 seasons, but feel free to take that advice and go to SLC.... I'll keep riding our pow as much as I can for the next couple months with no lines and personal gondolas....
Also, I live in the middle of vail and it is almost exactly 12 hours from my place to my brothers place in LA, he is about 3 miles from the beach in LA. That is in good traffic and decent driving conditions. Add 45 minutes for breck. Subtract an hour for aspen.
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Happy Friday everyone! As we head towards summer, the sun and the heat can be an issue. We've got some ideas for you whether you want to be inside or out this weekend.
Outdoors, Silver Springs 2013 Concert Series continues this weekend. Josh Turner, one of the Grand Ole Opry's youngest members, will be on stage. The country singer/songwriter is a double-platinum selling artist. He has a number of number one hits under his belt, including his biggest hit "Why Don't We Just Dance". The South Carolina native will be on stage Saturday at Silver Springs. Showtime is 3 pm. Website
Indoors, the Florida Museum of Natural History is celebrating World Sea Turtle Day Saturday. The event is designed to be a good way to learn about sea turtles and their habitats. People from the Sea Turtle Conservancy will be there for tours of the museum's sea turtle exhibits. Kids can play turtle trivia for a prize and create turtle themed crafts. Researchers from UF will be there to answer questions about careers in marine biology. The event runs from noon to 4 Saturday at the museum on Hull Road in Gainesville. Website
The High Springs Community Theatre is kicking off its latest production tonight. "Nunsense" is a musical comedy centered around a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken. The original play ended up being the second longest running off-broadway show in history. Shows are tonight and Saturday night at 8 pm, with a matinee at 2 pm Sunday at the theatre on NE First Avenue in High Springs. Website
Given how hot it's been this week, a pool party sounds like a lot of fun. The City of Gainesville's "Summer Heatwave" is back. The city's department of parks, recreation and cultural affairs is teaming up with GPD for the "Operation Respect Yourself" pool party. The free event for teenagers will feature water, music, food, and a lot more. Admission is free. The fun goes from 11 am to 4 pm Saturday at the Andrew Mickle Sr. Pool, 1717 SE 15th Street in Gainesville. Website
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[quote:Prometheus.Locke:MV8yMjg3Njg4XzM5NDkxODI2XzdEMTEyNzZD] http://www.unduecoercion.com/2013/08/snowden-is-just-tip-of-iceberg-chilling.html Snowden is just the tip of the iceberg. The chilling truth lies below the surface. "... This is an attack on more than just privacy, the very fabric of our legal system is being attacked by prosecutors and law enforcement. Before this is all said and done it will be clear that these organizations have been actively evading due process of law for decades. ..." http://www.unduecoercion.com/2013/08/obama-continues-his-lies-and-nsas.html Obama continues his lies, and the NSA's illegal activities will now .. be better hidden than before. "... It's almost humorous to me that the Administration is still talking about FISA as if it's the problem--it's been disclosed through multiple "official" sources already that the FISA court is nowhere to be found in the NSA surveillance "loop." The ability to know everything is Pandora's Box; we will not be shutting it without smashing the NSA into a thousand pieces. What this rhetoric means is that the "official line" on this has not and will not be changing. The old lies will be replaced with new ones, and the American people will not have the truth... for their own benefit.. right? ..." [/quote]
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There is a significant amount of speculation that Ed Snowden's release of information is controlled, and at some level that must be the truth, however the global response, as well as number of very important high level details are "true" either way. The newspapers who have chosen to release Snowden's leaked slides made a significant point of limiting some of the information released, specifically the technology involved in collection, in the "interest" of National Security. These papers decisions are most likely part of the controlled release, and what we have before us is a message from the NSA to the world.
We are watching you, and there's nothing you can do about it.
What has been delivered by the release of several classified NSA slides is the governments will to surveil all electronic communications, regardless of whether or not they originate in the United States, are between U.S. citizens, or are privileged diplomatic communications of foreign states--both allies and enemies. We have witnessed backlash from the EU, specifically Germany, as well as a number of South American nations who are "disgusted" by the use of apparent Cold War tactics.. being used against "friendly" nations.
At the same time, we have seen a number of the corporations involved flat out deny their participation in the PRISM program, who have repeatedly stated they value the privacy of their users, and only respond to specific FISA requests. The slides clearly state that the data is collected directly from the servers of these companies, and if it is possible for both of these things to be true, there is nearly only one way.
What we are looking at is a hardware backdoor, one that operates similarly to TEMPEST technology, and can remotely collect information from pretty much any piece of hardware without the owners knowledge. Research into this technology, which remotely reads (and now most certainly can also write) information to electronic hardware is not new, its very old in fact. I am reminded of a story of Soviet spies traveling around the country in an "eavesdropping van" to steal trade secrets from our companies, sensitive information from our government all the way back in the 70's and 80's. In the 90's, a gentleman named Van Eck "discovered" how some of this technology worked, and it then became public knowledge also. This technology allowed for exactly what PRISM does--the removal of sensitive information directly from servers without the knowledge or consent of the owners of the servers.
For a number of years, the internet was filled with speculation about TEMPEST, and a counterpart technology which would allow for the opposite: remotely writing directly to hardware (integrated circuits, boards, etc) which would allow for communications to not only be listened to, but also altered. Slowly since the beginning of the 21st century, nearly all information about TEMPEST has been removed from the internet. That in itself is a bit strange, its not often that a leaked piece of technology gets "unleaked" and removed from public view.
It is this second research thrust revealed in the TEMPEST which might give light to how "PRISM" may be nothing more than a controlled leak, one designed to give the public an explanation for how something can happen, without knowing the full truth.
This technology, now over 40 years in development, has the ability to read and write to any electrical circuitry, remotely, and undetectable. What does that mean to you? They can not only listen, but change what you see and hear; and they can do it to everyone, everywhere not just companies that give consent. During this long period of research and development, it's pretty likely that the TEMPEST electromagnetic shielding standards have also been defeated.. as those too are now public knowledge. This would imply that on some level, scientists have defeated timespace when dealing with electrons and photons.. it would be a very big thing in the world of physics.
It's possible, and probable, that this mechanism can be used regardless of geographic location of the hardware, and it could begin at the factory, where the chips are created and inserted in electronics. Every computer, every phone, and ever single server on the planet would be available for not only surveillance, but also censorship, and even more nefarious--intentional disinformation being inserted.
What Snowden was given, was an explanation to NSA employees (and now the world) as to how its possible for them to have the availability of information that these contractors know they do, without revealing just how powerful the control is. Telling low level employees that they have access to server level information from large companies alleviates the need to tell them that they have... well.. complete read/write access to... everything. If you think about it though, that's what they have.
Welcome to the new brave new world of electronic communications, where you can no longer trust that the message you receive, is the one that was sent.
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