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Gary Patterson just kept saying it.
Not once, not twice, but 13 times over the course of a seven minute interview after the TCU football team's practice Saturday.
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In this section, you will find the MED-AB data collection forms for HSCT registrations, for cell therapy (non HSCT registrations) and for donor outcome, together with the corresponding manuals.
Completing the data collection forms
If you are using the forms for the first time, please download Submitting data to the EBMT, which contains further information and National Registry contact details.
For help filling out the forms, please refer to the manuals, which are designed to help with the submission of specific data collection forms.
If doubts appear as to how to complete any forms which cannot be resolved by reading the relevant manuals, they should be addressed to the national registry or EBMT Registry which will ensure expert advice is sought in each case. It is very important that the people filling in these forms do point out ambiguities, lack of clarity, etc. Any criticism can only improve the forms and manuals.
Quick access to downloads
Med-A for HSCT Med-B for HSCT Manuals for HSCT
Med-A for Cell Therapy
Donor Outcome
The EBMT produces detailed disease specific and HSCT specific forms called MED-B.
A Disease specific Med-B consists of an initial information sheet common to all diseases and procedures, a detailed disease specific pre-HSCT section detailing the diagnosis and pre-HSCT treatment, and a follow up section detailing complications and events that happened after the HSCT. The above is complemented with two HSCT specific Med-B forms: Allograft and Autograft.
All registrations must include a disease specific form and an HSCT specific form. The follow up section of each disease specific form should be submitted yearly. Although not mandatory, the Med-B forms are the basis for all registry-based scientific studies performed within the Working Parties, and the EBMT encourages all centres to fill them in.
The MED-A form contains what is considered the Minimum Essential Data. It is mandatory that these data be submitted for all patients. The First report consists of a common set of data that allows registration of the patient, the disease specific data and a summary of the procedures at day 0, then the remaining post-transplant information at 100 days. The Follow up report consists of a data set common to all diseases and procedures that allows complications and events taking place after the procedure to be registered. For follow up intervals please see the guidelines in Data Submission
The submission of MED-A data is a requirement for a centre to hold full membership in the EBMT, but as the MED-A data is part of the MED-B forms, if MED-B forms are submitted, it is not necessary to submit a MED-A in addition.
The document MED-AB Forms Manual, which details the definition of individual MED-AB items, has been written to help with the filling of these forms. This is a very extensive document and it is meant to be consulted on-line as additions and corrections are frequent.
To this end a Med-A for Cell Therapy has been created. It consists of 39 pages including
all the disease sheets and follow up. A manual on how to fill the forms is also available.
Donor outcome
While donor characteristics and collection procedures have undergone major changes, donor safety remains a vital issue and is the basis for sustained high donor motivation. To ensure maximal donor safety and availability, information on short and long term donor outcome is important.
For this purpose Donor outcome forms have been implemented under the guidance of the EBMT Donor Outcome Committee and in collaboration with the Swiss Transfusion SRC. It consists of two forms, one for the collection procedure and one for follow up. A manual on how to fill the forms is also available. Join us in this very important exercise by filling these forms regularly.
Please click on the links below to download or print the paper forms in pdf format.
You can download separate MED-A forms by diagnosis and graft type below. Alternatively you can view the full version. (last modified 10th January 2018)
Type specific One of the forms below must be submitted for each transplant:
Disease specific Each disease specific form contains the following: patient and centre details, disease specific pre-HSCT clinical history, disease specific follow up.
At least one disease form must be submitted with each transplant
Additional forms
Total Body Irradiation
Clinical Manuals and Reference Documents
Basic transplant registration: comprehensive guide to data collection, using the MED-A as a guide, with information on the EBMT and data submission. This is a PowerPoint presentation that can be used for training (Apr 2012)
MED-AB Forms Manual: Guide to completion of the MED-AB forms.
List of disease classifications: Disease synonyms and sub classifications as applied in the Registry database
List of drug names and synonyms :List covering the different names drugs may be known by in different countries or contexts. It also contains some information on chemotherapy protocols.
Summary of Disease status and Response by disease : Tabular description of disease status or responses relevant for each disease. PDF version
NIH defined criteria for GvHD. Presentation of H. Grenix, Med. Univ. Vienna
Definitions of Infectious Diseases and Complications after Stem Cell Transplant
Download forms and manual
Cell Therapy MED-A form
Cell therapy manual –A guide to completion of the Cell Therapy MED-A form
Donor Outcome forms
Donor Outcome manual –A guide to completion of the Donor Outcome forms


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Words: , 1890. Some hymnals show the author as Julia Sterling, one of Fanny's pseudonyms.
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"Speed Away, Speed Away, on your Mission of Light" was written after hearing the beautiful Indian melody which Mr. Sankey arranged for my words. The original Indian poem told the story of a young maiden who died leaving her father to mourn her untimely loss, and how he was comforted by a message brought him by a bird she had sent from the Happy Hunting Grounds. This melody seemed so beautiful that we thought it ought to have hymn-words and "Speed Away" was the outcome of this feeling. I wrote it hoping that it might inspire someone to go into the mission fields across the sea.
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Speed away, speed away, speed away.
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To the nations that know not the voice of the Lord;
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Speed away, speed away, speed away.
Speed away, speed away with the message of rest,
To the souls by the tempter in bondage oppressed;
For the Savior has purchased their ransom from sin,
And the banquet is ready, O gather them in;
To the rescue make haste, there's no time for delay,
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Denzel, Ethan, Chris and co update the man movie classic in Australian cinemas from September 29.
The 1960 film The Magnificent Seven, starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and more is one of the great man movies of all time. Seven hardbitten gunfighters recruited to defend the homes of an oppressed Mexican village, each with their own reasons for joining. Based on an Akira Kurosawa Japanese classic, it stands the test of time as a Western with a difference.
Which, of course, hasn't stopped Hollywood taking a whole new look at the film and updating it for a new generation. Which is what director Antoine Fuqua has done, bring together Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier) to defend the sleepy town of Rose Creek against the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard).
A motley collection of outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns, they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming and as in the original, they might be seven mercenaries… but they're fighting for more than money this time.
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I never thought I'd see the day (or the nightmare) when I'd be siding with Michelle Malkin—Ann Coulter without wit, and lethal injector to what remains of ethical journalism. But ideology never ought to trump principle; the fact that it so often does is what has us now in the no-exit mires of politics for self-destruction's sake. And as a matter of principle, anyone willing to defend the right of that Danish newspaper to publish the Mohammed cartoons in September 2005 has to take Malkin's side in her little spat with YouTube.
Malkin produced a two-minute video montage called "first they came" and inspired, as she wrote, "by the Mohammed Cartoon riots." She's right: "It's a simple slideshow highlighting the victims of Islamic violence over the years." By Malkin's usually amoebal standards of truth or accuracy, this is actually an innocuous piece of work that superimposes scenes of variously hysterical Muslim protests over one offense or another with scenes of victims of terrorist bombings. It's an old emotional and effective technique, and in this case it works pretty well. The images speak for themselves. It's not news that Muslims these days make it a specialty to be as offended as the usual crop of guests on Jerry Springer, and for reasons not vastly divergent from Springer's deviants. Not just Muslims in Pakistan's madrassas and Osama's caves and Hezbollah's delusions, but run-of-the-mill Muslims milling about their middle-class lives in Paris and London and, on occasion, in American cities as well. The war on the Enlightenment is a two-party front, with America's reactionary-religious conservatives on one side and its Muslim equivalent on the other. Nor is it news that terrorism has been, in its new-millennium variety, an exclusively Muslim-bred compulsion.
So Malkin's bit is neither original nor even controversial. If anything, it bears repeating once in a while: Muslim regression, not Western liberalism, is the problem, and a very big problem when it seeks to leach the West to its regressions. And terrorist bombings have been perpetrated in Islam's name. We can split hair all day and claim that Islam is a religion of peace. But if Christianity was a terror-inducing, genocidal and regressive religion for almost two millennia, and it was (when Islam for most of that time was a stroll in the valley of the lilies in comparison), it appears that it's Islam's turn now to assume Christianity's mantle of barbarism in God's name. Pointing that out isn't being insensitive; it's being necessarily factual, if liberalism (which finally defeated Christianity's stranglehold on western mind and society through the Enlightenment) is to mean anything at all, or survive.
The irony, of course, is that Michelle Malkin devotes her existence to the destruction of all things liberal. But that's another story, even if it proves the point here: Liberalism doesn't choose sides based on ideology. It defends all ideas, even the despicable ones, so long as ideas aren't translated into despicable actions. (Hear John Stuart Mill's drum roll.) In this case, Malkin's two-minute video isn't anywhere near despicable. It's even worth a look. Some people will inevitably find its use of the Muhammad cartoons, or rather its slightly approving way of the cartoons (especially with its repeated use of the Mohammed's head as a bomb), offensive. So what? By now those cartoons are like 1970s scenes of violence in Charles Bronson films: faintly shocking then, hum-drum now, if not symbolic of a defense of free thought that shouldn't fade out.
Malkin produced her little video and had it uploaded on YouTube. Sometime later, she received a note from YouTube: "Your video, 'First They Came,' has been rejected due to its inappropriate nature." No further explanations. Malkin wrote back, asking for an explanation. Nothing. She produced a video-letter to YouTube. Nothing yet. What's YouTube up to, if not rank and indefensible censorship? What's YouTube up to if not imbecilic and tendentious thought-policing? And how is YouTube up to what it's up to, if not by way of immediately reacting to a few probably calculated complaints to protect its rear and shareholders' accounts from the mildest controversy's fallout?
You can despise Malkin's politics and style all you want. The more reason to stand by her when she's being silenced, and from a video forum where the outrageous, the crass, the idiotic and the meaningless is full-frontal fare every byte of the day. Maybe someone is organizing a little cabal against Malkin or against material that displays Islamic distempers. More reason still to stand up and defend those who speak their minds regardless of their politics. The nature of the ideas expressed is irrelevant. Incidentally, even if Malkin's video had been offensive would have been no reason to shut it down, so long as it doesn't outrageously advocate violence. It so happens that "First They Came" v doesn't advocate anything more (or less) than a bit of reflection—admittedly an offensive notion in some circles, where thought is equated with subversion, or threat to the bottom line. But never a reason to censor.
This is one more reminder that the true threat to our liberties isn't from Osama's caves. It's from within, and it isn't by any means limited to wayward Republican administrations taking on the methods of juntas and dictatorships. Thought policing is legitimized by what the mass of people will allow, what they'll tolerate in the name of ideology, convenience, opportunism, and that catch-all of cancerous police states, "security." If only the likes of Michelle Malkin realized it: She's a victim of the very sort of mentality she projects and stands for.


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The amazing details about U Mumba
In the present scenario, U Mumba is the champions of Star Sports pro kabaddi league. We bet you all are aware of this fact. But in this article we are going to provide you with some unique things that you did not know about the tam U Mumba and its owner Ronnie Screwvala. The initial step has been taken up with the generation of U Mumba kabaddi team. There are certain other sports which will be recognized, and they are Motorsport and Football.
The origin of the team U Mumba
Undoubtedly U Sports has been able to frame a certain niche within the field of Kabaddi with the formation of U Mumba. It is totally redefining the sports perception in India and throughout the globe. We bet all of you are aware of the team U Mumba, but did you know what was the actual meaning of the name of this team? Derived from the word Mumbai, the word Mumba means mother land. In the season 1 of 2014, the team has finished runners up, in a close fight with Jaipur Pink panthers, while in 2015; the team kept being consistent on top of the league and beat the Bengaluru Bulls. Now, this year, U Sports is planning to launch its first kabaddi arena and launch another season of U Mumba Future stars. This is going to be a great platform for kabaddi players within the age group of 18-22 years.
The pre-season strategy of U-Mumba in kerala country
With the two editions of PKL arriving very close in a gap of just 5 months all the teams have been focused on trying out some new strategies for their benefit. The Mumbai franchise believes that if the players practice within the tender greenery of Cheruvathur, it will soothe their weary minds and limbs. One of the primary factors that the U Mumba team opted for practice sessions in kerala is, the north India is cold during these months and it is highly likely that players shall be injured if they train there. The pleasant and warm temperature conditions shall be refreshing for the players. Another reason to train in Kerala is this is such a place that has a lot of interest for Kabaddi. According to Shabeer bapu, if you are among such people who love your sport, then it motivates the players to a great extent.
How pro kabaddi has changed the lives of U Mumba players
It cannot be denied that U Mumba has been one of the most consistent performing teams through both the previous seasons and the team has the best balanced squad. This is what makes the team so aggressive and unique than any other teams of Pro Kabaddi league. Now, we bet you shall be interested to know how the pro kabaddi league has changed the life of U Mumba players. Check out the following article to know more about U Mumba local players.
Vishal mane
Well the address of Vishal Mane's house is 4/460 Ramdut, MP Marg. But you can easily gauge the popularity of this player when you walk out of Currey Road. Even a grocery shop owner shows you a direction of any other area by describing the posters of Vishal Mane. For instance, you shall be told to follow the posters of Vishal Mane if you need to go in a certain direction and then turn left from the that poster if you have to go to temple or go straight if you need to go to his house. You can easily conclude that U Mumba player Vishal Mane is a celebrity within the locality.
Rishank Devadiga
It can be said without doubt that fame and money comes to those who are the winners. In the case of Rishank Devadiga, who is a raider for U Mumba, the 21 year old enjoyed welcome home party. If you could only see the possession! The story for these guys is no less than any Bollywood movie. He used to stay in a nearby chawl, and now he has rented a one BHK flat, a lot of VIPs, MLA's and ministers are willing to meet him. The salary of this U Mumba raider is Rs 5.20 Lakh for a six week duty in the team.
The Money talk
Now that the franchises are gaining an amount of 4 crore on average, the owners can definitely feel much more confident. The league winners U Mumba have been successful in stealing a march over other opponents even outside the match. The ranking of U Mumba was Rs 12 crore in sponsorship. U Sports, the company that owns U Mumba, boasts about the fact that there shall be two seasons of pro kabaddi league this year which any IPL or ISL does not have.
The USB of U Mumba
The fact that U Mumba has been eyeing the consistency is they are capitalizing on the errors made by oppositions and held on to their lead during tense encounters. This is the only side that has been able to retain their starting seven. Considering the style of attack, U Mumba's strategy was not to attack directly and also the raiding department is an area of concern this year. They require a fit Shabeer bapu along with Rishank Devadiga. Rakesh is more fit but he has not been brought at this point and instead, Bhupendar and the young bench shall be called in this moment. U Mumba is planning to pin their hopes on defense. Experienced Jeevan Kumar (having 7 tackles last year) shall be coupled with solid Vishal Mane along with a strong co-ordination from Surendar Nada and Mohit Chillar at the corners. This shall form a web making it impossible to penetrate.
The strengths
The strengths of U Mumba comprises of the following factors:
The Core group has been retained. This means the team comprises of Rishank, Jeeva, Mohit, Vishal and Surender.
Under Anup's captaincy, another fit individual Rakesh Kumar has been added.
The presence of excellent coaching duo Ravi Shetty and Bhaskaran
The combined defense from Surender, Jeeva, Mohit and Vishal
The Weakness
The pattern and predictability shall be a concern because from the last year raiding department has struggled a lot.
There are certain injury concerns, for instance Shabeer has been not been able to put in 100%.
They are not able to set the tone early since home league has been scheduled just before the playoffs and fatigue shall become a factor.
The addition of Rakesh Kumar shall be a really vital point for U Mumba. This is one of the major opportunities because Rakesh Kumar is much more fit and experienced.
With the home league delayed, Shabeer Bapu is going to be fit within that time and U Mumba shall have the opportunity to fully utilize Shabeer Bapu.
The threats
The threats for U Mumba comprises of the following factors:
The pressures in performance is too much because they are the defending champions of season 2 and thus huge expectations are there from the team U Mumba.
Considering the amount of success they are having, complacency shall be really important factor.
There shall be no start or end of tournament at NSCI because Mumbai has wiped out the home advantage this time.
|Factors of team U Mumba
|Brief Description
|The origin of the team
|The name has been derived from the word Mumbai, which means mother land.
|Launching of the first kabaddi arena
|The complete new kabaddi arena shall provide opportunity for the young and aspiring kabaddi players to become more motivated and take part in pro kabaddi league.
|Pre season strategy
|Before the PKL, the U Mumba decided to practice and train in Kerala. Since the weather is pleasant at this time of the year. Chances of getting injured are much less. Staying away from the chaos of a city shall help the players to focus on their game and finally, people of kerala have a huge interest in Kabaddi. All these factors are going to be helpful.
|How pro kabaddi has changed the lives of U Mumba players
|The players like Vishal Mane and Rishank Devadiga are much more respected and recognized and this shall have positive impacts on the youngsters who are interested in joining kabaddi and many other lesser mainstream games.
|The USB of U Mumba
|The strengths like Addition of Rakesh Kumar, the presence of core team, excellent coaching and the strong defense.
|The weakness
|Pattern and predictability
Certain injury concerns of Shabeer and finally
The inability to set up an early tone.
|With the delay in home league, Shabeer is expected to be fit by that time and addition of rakes Kumar as mentioned earlier is an extra support.
|Pressure in performance since they are the defending champions.
There shall not be any sort of home ground advantage.
Complacency is going to be an important factor.
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Lack of evolutionary evidence??
Lizards Undergo Rapid Evolution After Introduction To A New Home http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417112433.htm "Striking differences in head size and shape, increased bite strength and the development of new structures in the lizard's digestive tracts were noted after only 36 years, which is an extremely short time scale," says Duncan Irschick, a professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. "These physical changes have occurred side-by-side with dramatic changes in population density and social structure." Again...evolution has never ever tried to explain HOW life came into existence. It simply points out what happens to that "life" once it is introduced into the natural system.


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Unlikely People in Unlikely Places
I love the gems hidden in the Bible. We learn all about David and Goliath, Noah, Abraham, Mary and Joseph, and many others as we grow up, but rarely do we hear about a widow with a son in the little-known town of Zarephath (pronounced Zarra-fath).
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This is how you know it is a "God thing."
Elijah, a prophet in the Old Testament, had told King Ahab there would not be any rain or dew for a few years until he gave the word for it to rain again. Could you imagine delivering this news to a pagan king? I don't think I would want to stay for long afterwards. He may decide to have me for dinner, or make me dinner for his pet lion.
Unlikely Places
God directed Elijah to go hide in the east by Kerith Brook near the Jordan River. (1 Kings 17:1-5) The ravens fed him, and he had water from the brook. However, after a while the brook dried up. God gave him some interesting instructions "Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you."
Now, if you were living during this time, you would find these instructions strange. Ravens were considered unclean birds, and Zarephath was foreign territory where the wicked Queen Jezebel, who happened to be King Ahab's wife, came from. Elijah, God's prophet, was taken care of by unclean birds, and then by a widow in a foreign land.
Our amazing God in His infinite wisdom chose some unlikely animals and people to take care of His prophet in an unlikely place during the most unlikely time you could dream of.
Unlikely People
Elijah arrived Zarephath and met the widow. However, the widow was having a bad day. She thought it would be the last for her and her son.
"'Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?' As she was walking to get it, he called to her, 'Bring me a bite of bread too.'" (1 Kings 17:10-11) She probably stopped in her tracks. "…I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die." (1 Kings 17:12) The widow of Zarephath was willing to give Elijah water, but she was not going to deny her son his last meal.
Elijah responded, "Don't be afraid! Go ahead and do just what you have said, but make a little bread for me first. Then use what's left to prepare a meal for yourself and your son. For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and crops to grow again!" (1 Kings 17:13-14)
Could you imagine the relief this woman felt as Elijah's words sunk into her heart? I don't have to worry if we will have enough food through this drought. My baby (actually a boy, but you know they are always our babies) is not going to starve to death. I can help someone else and still survive. Her thoughts were probably racing, wondering if she heard him correctly. The God of Israel was going to save her and her son?
You Have A Purpose
The God of Israel has created each of us to be used by Him daily. We can be a light to others if we are five, seventy-five, or even ninety-five. Our American culture has taught us the retirement years are for enjoying life and spoiling ourselves. There is nothing wrong with enjoying life, but God has so much more for us. Yet there is no retirement plan for Christians.
My parents are a living example of this. They are enjoying their retirement years being an active part of the Gideons, a ministry to reach the world with the gospel through their Bible programs and more. They teach AWANNA to little ones on Wednesday nights. My parents have always enjoyed working with children. They love being grandparents, and have helped to care for all of their grandchildren at different times. They have helped their children in many different ways too.
My in-laws have spent their retirement years caring for my mother-in-law's mother, two of her childless aunts, and now their second grandchild. All of the elderly women they cared for have gone to meet Jesus, but they spent many years traveling around Georgia and to Florida to care for these three ladies. They helped all of them to move multiple times, took them to doctor appointments, sat with them in hospitals, and so much more. They serve in their church in many different ways.
More Than One Way To Serve
There is not just one way to serve God. You can be a light using the gifts you have. When you seek God daily He will show you ways you can serve Him. As your love grows for Him, it will simply flow from your heart. You will not be able to stop yourself.
I still remember my husband's sweet grandmother (his mom's mother, whom I mentioned earlier). She had always been a giver. One of her favorite ways to show love to her family was big family meals during the holidays. As her health declined, she felt bad for not being able to help. You know what? Her very presence was precious to be around. Even though she was in an immense amount of pain from severe back problems you never once heard her complain.
You knew you were going to get lots of hugs when you were around her. We loved to hear her stories about her life. Family was always very important to her. As she became too feeble to stay at my in-laws for the holidays, we missed her presence on those days.
You see, being a loving part of your family is a part of serving God. If you are not able to take care of others anymore, you can still be a light by loving on those who care for you. My child will never forget his sweet great-grandmother who loved on him.
Celebrating YOU!
God uses the most unlikely people in the most unlikely places. When you stay close to Him, He will open up doors for you to be a light and love to others. I prayed for God to bring people in my life for me to share the gospel with, and to help me get out of my Christian bubble. God sent multiple people into my life after I started praying this prayer. Mentoring younger women in your life, formal or informally, is another way to continue to be used by God at any age.
This month on Ask God Today we are celebrating women who still have so much to give. God wants to use all of us, no matter our age or stage in life, no matter how healthy or feeble. God can use you right where you are! Be open to His calling on your life.
What unlikely person or unlikely situation has helped you?
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EU reinforces the control of medical devices
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Medical devices such as prostheses and HIV tests will be subject to stricter controls in the EU under a new EU law, adopted in the wake of scandals such as the PIP breast prostheses.
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved on second reading two draft laws on medical devices such as breast implants and hip replacements, and on medical devices for in vitro diagnosis such as pregnancy tests.
The new legislation, negotiated for nearly five years, provides for stricter controls of certification bodies will be required to employ qualified people in the medical field, random inspections of manufacturers after the devices were placed on the market, and the establishment of an "implant map" for patients to strengthen product traceability.
The measures concerning medical devices should be in place no later than 2020, those affecting diagnostic devices later than 2022.
"These texts are putting an end to an era where an implantable medical device almost met the same regulatory obligations than a toaster!", Welcomed French MEP Françoise Grossetête (EPP, right).
In the case of breast implants made by French company PIP, the certifier TÜV was sentenced in January to pay 60 20.000 million to complainants victims of these implants, filled with a gel fraud in violation of health rules .
The Commercial Court of Toulon (south of France) ruled that the certifier had not carried out the necessary checks.


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It seems proper that Weekly Music Commentary should begin the year 2017 featuring another young, budding singer/songwriter. This week I chose to feature Michael Tyler, a new artist with a pedigree in country music. In fact, he is the descendant of the late, great Jimmie Rodgers, known as "The Father of Country Music," who learned his craft around the New Orléans and Northeastern Railroad. Now young Tyler is moving closer to a stellar career creating his own style of Country music.
At the age of 13, over a MySpace meeting, Tyler met award-winning producer Michael Knox. After a few years of sending songs and ideas back and forth, Tyler came to Nashville, Tenn. to play a show at Tootsies Orchid Lounge for their first face-to-face meeting. At that time, Knox was hired by peermusic Nashville to help restructure the creative department. After watching Tyler play a few shows, Knox felt it was time for Tyler to make the move to Nashville as a peermusic songwriter. peermusic was founded over 85 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S. Peer, and is the largest independent music publisher in the world, with 32 offices in 28 countries and over a quarter of a million copyrights.
Working in A&R for the Victor Talking Machine label, Peer discovered Jimmie Rodgers ("Waiting For A Train") and The Carter Family ("Will The Circle Be Unbroken"), and recorded what became known as the famed "Bristol Sessions." With the establishment of his publishing company Southern Music, now known as peermusic, Peer acquired standards-to-be "You Are My Sunshine," "Walk Right In" and "Georgia On My Mind."
In 1980, Ralph Peer II became peermusic's third CEO, as he continues to lead the global firm through the transitions of the digital music era. Following in his father's footsteps, Ralph Peer II continues to be interested in the songs of the next generation of Country music stars. He also gets to make history repeat itself as he now can help the next Jimmie Rodgers find a country music fan base.
The fact that Michael Tyler started as a songwriter first is of interest too. Just about all the new artists in the music industry at least co-write their own material. Of course, when compiling material for an album, record executives many times reach out to songwriters with a history of a few hit songs to give the album a better chance of success. Early in his career, that seems to be Michael Tyler. In his short time at peermusic, Tyler has already penned a Jason Aldean cut ("Laid Back") on the platinum-selling record Old Boots New Dirt, and two songs on the LOCASH album "The Fighters" ("Shipwrecked" & "Ain't Startin Tonight"). That would be a great start, but there is more. Tyler recently co-penned Dierks Bentley's "Somewhere on a Beach."
Performing rights organization SESAC awarded Song of the Year to hot country newcomer Michael Tyler during its Nashville Music Awards for the smash "Somewhere on a Beach." Bentley presented the award to Michael Tyler, who co-penned the multi-week No. 1 platinum-selling hit.
"This is awesome and I'm so thankful for this honor! Wow, I can't believe this has all happened in the last year. I'm so blessed that Dierks decided to record the song and then release it as a single," Michael Tyler said. MT co-wrote "Somewhere on a Beach" with Jaron Boyer, Alexander Palmer, Dave Kuncio and Josh Mirenda.
Tyler's story would have a very happy ending if it stopped right there, but the songwriter from Thayer, Missouri is still writing several more chapters that might surely place him on the same career track as his descendant Jimmie Rodgers. The Reviver Records recording artist's debut single "Crazy Last Night", which world-premiered on CMT, was selected as Billboard's Country Songs of the Summer Picks.
Michael Tyler was on the road with Mercury Nashville's Canaan Smith for the Sundown Ready Tour toward the fall of last year, and is now with Reviver Records label mates LOCASH for Live Nation's 'Ones To Watch' Tour. Fans can purchase tickets at themichaeltyler.com.
Tyler is considered by many fans of Country music to be one of the young guns who have brought a resurgence to the genre. Perfectly cast as a gifted songwriter, Tyler is poised to give the industry a very good début album. I had an opportunity to listen to a few other songs by Tyler that may or may not be included on his first album. However, I got a quick understanding appreciation of his songwriting ability. Michael Tyler is an outstanding talent, heritage or not.
I must say that Michael Tyler certainly has a wonderful outlook on the music of today. A few times I've been asked about the current state of the music industry, and my stand is that it is not broken, but things have certainly changed. However, music is a mode of communication. That has not changed and Tyler is well aware of that fact.
"Music is difficult in the respect that more people are losing interest in what music stands for. It is a UNIVERSAL language that we can all understand. It says everything that we ourselves cannot always express to one another. Please keep music alive and thanks to all those that are supporting me!" Well said Michael Tyler!


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The Boston Celtics are smaller than ever after trading big man Jason Collins and losing rebounder extraordinaire Jared Sullinger for the season. The small-ball formula continues to grow and progress, but there is still a need for some big contributions out of the few big bodies left on the roster.
Chris Wilcox is going to have the biggest opportunity of his 10-year career to step up when Kevin Garnett is off the floor. Last night, he showed some great strides in appearing as if he was in decent basketball shape and rhythm, which has always been his biggest issue. All is well and dandy when he gets into a rhythm, but he often has a very hard time sustaining his abilities and contributions. The Celtics need him to be great as often as possible.
It's a lot to ask of Wilcox, but he displayed perseverance and grit last night filling in those extra minutes, as Doc Rivers made a coaching decision to sit Garnett for the first time this year.
His contributions and energy were positive signs of him maybe possibly finally putting together a semi-consistent season. In last night's 113-88 win over the dismal Phoenix Suns, he put up 14 loud points along, while pulling down eight boards and one block in 22 minutes played.
Rivers and the rest of the Celtics organization has been longing and dreaming of an in-shape and in-rhythm Wilcox. He has continued with his usual trend of missing a good chunk of the season, missing exactly 20 games due mostly to a thumb injury. His consistency and having the ability to stay on the floor is bigger than ever the Celtics this season.
While his minute total is still low, a healthy Garnett-Wilcox tandem would pay dividends for a team overloaded with guards and undersized guys. The Celtics need Wilcox's size, they need his loud dunks, and they need him to stay on the floor.
With the subtraction of Collins, Wilcox's role just got a whole lot bigger. He doesn't need to be anything near an All-Star, but 20 valuable minutes a night would be key for the Celtics down the stretch.
Wilcox is the classic case of a guy that could have been an All-Star if he simply could stay on the court. Now at 30-years old, staying on the court doesn't get any easier, but the Celtics are in dire need of his contributions. Last night was a test for Wilcox to lead the charge without Garnett, and it's safe to say he passed, but it's only one game.
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As in other games for Marvel Comics that Gameloft releases to movies you have to survive the events of the film in my own skin, so to speak, saving the world by controlling one of the protagonists. In this case, it's a guy with a shield, namely Captain America, which has always stood alone, but after the movie "The Avengers" has become an integral part of this whole saga. In the story you will become the leader of a special unit SCH.I.T corporation which is the guardian of world peace and tranquility of citizens. Your team was created to respond to emergency cases, one of which just happens in the game and in the movie! Over a peaceful life is seriously threatened - Winter Soldier, which is very dangerous and not pursue any specific purposes, making it difficult to capture. You have to use all your tactical skills to properly organize their team and destroy all the villains who will try to stop you! Do not forget, you have to be very skillful assistants - Sokol (the guy with a bow) and Black Widow (the girl who has Slavic roots).
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President Bush Orders Illegal NSA Spying
On this day, President George W. Bush secretly ordered the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct illegal warrantless spying in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). (See October 25, 1978 for the enactment of FISA.) When it was exposed by reporter Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times on December 16, 2005, the spying became a major scandal for the Bush administration.
On June 5, 2013, documents stolen and leaked by former NSA contract employee Edward Snowden revealed an even greater pattern of illegal spying by the NSA under President Barack Obama. The Snowden revelations, among other things, revealed that the 2005 New York Times story, explosive as it was, had uncovered only part of the NSA's illegal spying activities.
Read: Eric Lichtblau, Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice (2008)
Get the full story of the Snowden revelations: Luke Harding, The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man (2014)


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Big Brother is not only watching us, he's apparently aiming at us, too.
Drones have been used overseas to target and kill high-level terror leaders and are also being used along the U.S.-Mexico border in the battle against illegal immigration. But now, these drones are starting to be used domestically at an increasing rate.
The Federal Aviation Administration has allowed several police departments to use drones across the U.S.
They are controlled from a remote location and use infrared sensors and high-resolution cameras.
Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Texas told The Daily that his department is considering using rubber bullets and tear gas on its drone.
"Those are things that law enforcement utilizes day in and day out and in certain situations it might be advantageous to have this type of system on the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)," McDaniel told The Daily.
The use of potential force from drones has raised the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union.
"It's simply not appropriate to use any of force, lethal or non-lethal, on a drone," Catherine Crump, staff attorney for the ACLU, told CBSDC.
Crump feels one of the biggest problems with the use of drones is the remote location where they are operated from.
"When the officer is on the scene, they have full access to info about what has transpired there," Crump explained to CBSDC. "An officer at a remote location far away does not have the same level of access."
The ACLU is also worried about potential drones malfunctioning and falling from the sky, adding that they are keeping a close eye on the use of these unmanned aircraft by police departments.
"We don't need a situation where Americans feel there is in an invisible eye in the sky," Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at ACLU, told CBSDC.
Joshua Foust, fellow at the American Security Project, feels domestic drones should not be armed.
"I think from a legal perspective, there is nothing problematic about floating a drone over a city," Foust told CBSDC. "In terms of getting armed drones, I would be very nervous about that happening right now."
McDaniel says that his community should not be worried about the department using a drone.
"We've never gone into surveillance for sake of surveillance unless there is criminal activity afoot," McDaniel told The Daily. "Just to see what you're doing in your backyard pool — we don't care."
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Getting a speeding ticket without ever being pulled over could soon be a reality in Memphis.
A big step toward speed cameras happened Tuesday, when the City Council approved the measure in committee.
If approved in two weeks by the full council, we could see speed cameras as soon as July, according to the City Clerk Thomas Long. He says there will be a software upgrade to the existing 25 red light cameras to allow them to register speeding as well.
The city would also buy $300,000 worth of mobile speed cameras to move about the city. That works out to eight to nine cameras.
They're projected to bring in one million dollars next year.
City Councilman Myron Lowrey says this will be a new crime fighting tool for the Memphis Police Department, "Speed cameras will relieve some police officers, because they don't have to be sitting there watching or clocking you with the radar gun, it's done automatically. Technology improves our productivity."
An image of each violation will be viewed by a Memphis Police Officer to be sure of its accuracy.
On the subject of cameras…have you ever wondered just how many surveillance cameras there are watching you and me in the Land of the Free?
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the market for video surveillance cameras boomed in the United States and around the world. Shocked by the worst attack on U.S. soil in 60 years, everyone from small-business owners to executives of giant multinationals rushed to get advanced security measures in place.
A decade later, there haven't been any more major terrorist attacks in the United States, but there are an estimated 30 million more security cameras. Instead of being used to prevent terrorist attacks, experts say cameras are more often used for mundane purposes like nabbing criminals or calling out bad behavior at the office — if they're used at all.
Is Big Brother keeping us safe, or, could trusting our lives to automatons eventually lead to a dark and ominous future?
By the time Skynet became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms; everywhere. It was software; in cyberspace. There was no system core; it could not be shutdown. The attack began at 6:18 PM, just as he said it would. Judgment Day, the day the human race was almost destroyed by the weapons they'd built to protect themselves. I should have realized it was never our destiny to stop Judgment Day, it was merely to survive it, together. The Terminator knew; he tried to tell us, but I didn't want to hear it. Maybe the future has been written. I don't know; all I know is what the Terminator taught me; never stop fighting. And I never will. The battle has just begun.
No, I haven't lost my mind…yet.
I'm just sayin'…


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FarmBoat is looking for amazing people who love local food, socially conscious small enterprises, and maritime culture. If you have skills to share, let us know.
The FarmBoat Floating Market aboard the Virginia V at Lake Union Park is closed due to City of Seattle adverse policies against small businesses. For more information, see "FarmBoat Under Siege."


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A longitudinal study of cognitive performance during pregnancy and new motherhood
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This longitudinal study examined the popular belief that cognitive performance is impaired during pregnancy. Both self-report and objective test data on cognitive performance were collected on six occasions from three groups of women at three monthly intervals. Ten women who initially planned a pregnancy, 18 women initially in the first trimester of pregnancy, and 24 non pregnant controls completed the study. At each data collection participants reported their perceptions of current everyday memory, sleep, health, exercise, depression, anxiety and stress levels, and undertook a set of cognitive tests examining vocabulary, reasoning, short term memory, working memory, and semantic memory. A personality test was taken once. The planning group showed a significant increase in reported forgetting during pregnancy, and significantly more variability in sleep patterns than the control group over the test period. However, there were no other differences between groups on self-report or objective test results at any time phase. The personality factor of conscientiousness and level of reported anxiety were significant predictors of reported absentmindedness and forgetting on errands. The reported increase in forgetting in some pregnant women is possibly related to a complex interaction of personality and particular life situations. However, the precise nature of any objective change in memory performance during pregnancy is not yet clear.
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LATAM Airlines Group will reduce its C02 emissions by 10 thousand tons per year by changing containers The new fleet of ultra-light containers will save 1 million gallons of fuel and USD 3.2 million per year. The airline group hopes to reduce its CO2 emissions by nearly 60 million tons over the next 5 years. The airline group has invested USD 9.3 million in the purchase of the new containers. LATAM Airlines Group and its cargo affiliates will be the first in the cargo industry to have a 100% Kevlar fleet.
Santiago Chile, April 2013.- LATAM Airlines Group and its affiliates announced the purchase of 3,517 ultra-light Kevlar containers from Nordisk Aviation Products. These modern containers will replace all of those currently used in the company's cargo operations as well as those of LAN CARGO and its affiliates, MasAir, LAN CARGO Colombia and TAM Cargo. These air containers make it possible to transport large cargo volumes in a single unit, as well as helping to mobilize different types of cargo more rapidly, efficiently, and with greater security and control. The material used to manufacture the containers – Kevlar – has many advantageous properties,
including high impact resistance and excellent stability when exposed to extreme temperatures. Kevlar® is 5 times stronger than the same amount of steel by weight, providing an ideal combination of ultra lightness and strength.
"We are very happy with this new acquisition, as it represents a major investment being made by our companies –more than USD 9 million- that will yield savings in fuel and maintenance as well as reducing annual CO2 emissions by 10 million tons annually", stated Fernando Poitevin, Vice-President of Operations for LAN CARGO. The Kevlar® containers are 30% lighter than the current aluminum containers, and are made of the same material used to manufacture bulletproof vests as well as other products such as underwater cables and space vehicles, and in military applications, including the aeronautical industry.
This agreement supports the long-term commitment of LATAM Airlines Group and its affiliates to improving fuel efficiency and thus lowering our environmental impact. The new containers will be used in several aircraft models included in LATAM fleets and those of its affiliates, including the Boeing 777F-300 cargo plane, one of the most modern and efficient aircraft in the industry.
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LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is the new name given to LAN Airlines S.A. as a result of its association with TAM S.A. LATAM Airlines Group S.A. now includes LAN Airlines and its affiliates in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador, and LAN Cargo and its affiliates, as well as TAM S.A. and its subsidiaries TAM Linhas Aereas S.A., including its business units TAM Transportes Aereos del Mercosur S.A., (TAM Airlines (Paraguay)) and Multiplus S.A. This association creates one of the largest airline groups in the world in terms of network connections, providing passenger transport services to about 135 destinations in 22 countries and cargo services to about 144
destinations in 27 countries, with a fleet of 317 aircraft. In total, LATAM Airlines Group S.A. has more than 53,000 employees and its shares are traded in Santiago, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange, in the form of ADRs, and Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, in the form of BDRs. Each airline will continue to operate under their current brands and identities.
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New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. Original woodcut proof (15 x 10 cm plus large margins), with printed tissue overlay affixed by flap on verso. Fine, in publisher's envelope with return address. The upper panel of the envelope is darkened from proximity to something, not affecting the print. According to the publisher's caption, this is one of "100 proofs taken directly from Mr. Ward's wood block and sent to you with compliments of his publisher." It is signed below the image by Ward in pencil. While the edition is generous, the mode of this item's distribution, as a promotional item for Ward's first novel without words, resulted in a somewhat larger attrition rate than would normally be expected. (Inventory #: WRCLIT75379)


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Australians in midget submarines
by Ray Worledge
Japan's midget submarines proved a failure during the otherwise successful attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941. They also failed in Sydney Harbour six months later, and enjoyed only very limited success in the simultaneous raid on Diego-Suarez in Madagascar. As a result, despite having built dozens, midget submarines were hardly ever used again by the Japanese, and never successfully. But Japan was not the only power to deploy midget submarines during the Second World War.
More than 80 Japanese midget submarines of four types were photographed in a Kure dry dock 19 October 1945. The Japanese put considerable effort into constructing and deploying these midgets, but achieved much less that the more modest British X-craft project.
By contrast with the Japanese program, the British effort was belated and hasty, but objectively more effective. Early in 1940, an Army officer proposed the use of midget submarines for laying magnetic mines in shallow water, even producing a preliminary design. An affronted Admiralty took over the project, but progress was leisurely until it became evident that the Germans could station their most powerful ships in the Norwegian fiords, strategically placed to attack Russian or Atlantic convoys.
July 1942 contract
Now accorded a high priority, the midget submarine project went ahead with remarkable speed. In July 1942 an order was placed for six midgets, henceforth to be known as "X-Craft", while an appeal was made for volunteers (specifically, good swimmers and unmarried) to man them for hazardous service. The men selected were sent to Kames Bay, on the west coast of Scotland, where a depot ship was stationed, and trials began. Sadly, accidents during training cost several lives.
An early model X-Craft trial in Scotland (left) and an improved XE version under tow (right).
Early X-Craft displaced 27 tons surfaced and 29.5 tons submerged. They were 15.7 metres long and their 42 hp Gardner diesel gave them 6.5 knots surfaced while their 30 hp electric motor drove them at 5 knots submerged. They carried two 1,620 kg Amatol charges or limpet mines. Three crew were sufficient for towed passage but the operational crew was four.
By the summer of 1943 it was possible to plan an operation. The approach of winter would initially provide the cover of darkness, but all too soon the accompanying bad weather would make the ocean tow too hazardous. Once inside the fiords some moonlight would help the four-man crews navigate the X-Craft. Taking these factors into account, the period 20-25 September 1943 was chosen for the first attack. This was to be on the feared German battleship Tirpitz, which the Allies had made repeated but unsuccessful attempts to bomb, and possibly other ships, in Kaafjord in the north of Norway.
Australian contributions:
Of the six X-Craft participating, three were commanded by Australian Lieutenants:
- X8 by Brian M. McFarlane RAN;
- X10 by Ken R. Hudspeth RANVR; and
- X5 by Henty Henty-Creer RNVR.
Two more Australians, LEUT Max Shean RANVR and SBLT William J. Marsden RANVR, were respectively the diver in X9 and the first lieutenant of X8. In the event, X9 was lost with her outward passage crew when the towing gear failed, and X8 had to be scuttled because of explosive charge troubles.
The X-Craft attack on Tirpitz, 22 September 1943.
On the night of 21/22 September the remaining four X-Craft, two captained by Australians, entered the fiord as planned. Plagued by equipment failure, LEUT Hudspeth in X10 was unable to reach his target area, but showed great skill in regaining the open sea and the towing submarine. LEUT Henty-Creer's X5 was last seen breaking the surface 700 metres on Tirpitz's starboard bow; it was fired on and disappeared, but his fate is still a mystery. Both of the other attackers, LEUT B. C. G. Place RN in X7 and LEUT D. Cameron RNR in X6, reached the Tirpitz and laid charges that put Germany's greatest battleship out of action until March 1944.
Decorations well earned
Place and Cameron survived to receive their Victoria Crosses, but two of X7's operational crewmen were lost. Hudspeth was awarded a well-earned Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). The removal of the threat presented by Tirpitz to Russian and Atlantic convoys was an immense strategic benefit and, in the heartless way in which these comparisons are made, nine lives was a small price to pay.
The German battleship Tirpitz displaced 51,800 tons and carried a crew of 2,608. She was 253.6 metres long and had a main armour belt 315 mm thick. She mounted eight x 38 cm, 12 x 15 cm, 16 x 10.5 cm and 17 x 37 mm guns, together with eight 53.3 cm torpedoes. She also carried four Arado ar 196 seaplanes. Her her 12 Wagner boilers and three Brown Bovery turbines delivered 163,000 hp that gave her 30.8 knots. The X=craft disabled her for six months.
The next mission was to test the defences of the Home Fleet's anchorage in Scapa Flow by a simulated attack. LEUT McFarlane in X22 was chosen to proceed in tow by HMS Syrtis, north from the Clyde. In a storm in Pentland Firth, the two vessels collided and X22 was lost with all hands. LEUT Shean in X24 was chosen to continue the trial, which was successfully completed. He was also chosen for the next target, once again in Norway: a large floating dock in Puddefjord, near Bergen, known to be in constant use for U-boats and perhaps able to take the Tirpitz for repairs. Towed by the submarine Sceptre (commanded by another Australian, LEUT I. MacIntosh RN), Shean's craft slipped the tow in darkness off the Bergen Leads on 13 April 1944.
The attack the following day was carried out in the exemplary style that was to distinguish Shean in war and later in peace. The long entrance channel was successfully negotiated, the charges were released under the target with unhurried accuracy, and after another long transit of the channel contact was made with the towing submarine in the open sea. A textbook operation was completed when X24 returned to base, but the jubilation was dampened when air reconnaissance showed that a German cargo ship (the Barenfels) had been sunk, not the floating dock.
Wrong target
It was later found that since the printing of the chart issued to Shean, an additional berth had been built nearby, with similar orientation. With accurate briefing, the story might have been different. Shean begged to be allowed to return to Bergen, but this was not possible. For his mistaken success, Shean was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), rarely given to an officer of his seniority.
With the invasion of Europe imminent, it had become necessary to get detailed data on the chosen landing beaches. In January 1944 LEUT Hudspeth was sent in X20, with specialist personnel, to survey and collect samples from beaches of particular interest. The mission was successful, earning Hudspeth his second DSC. For the invasion proper, Hudspeth was detailed to moor X20 as a navigational beacon off Juno beach, joined by another X-Craft off Sword beach. His role in the landings won Hudspeth yet another DSC.
With the war at sea now focussed on the Pacific theatre, an improved type of X-Craft was built. Designated the XE series, they were slightly longer, with refined equipment and modifications aimed at improved habitability in the tropics. Transported from Britain in the mother ship Bonaventure, the first task "the cutting of the submarine cables between Singapore and Saigon, off Cap St Jacques in Vung Tau province, near the mouth of the Mekong River" was given once again to LEUT Shean.
Shean cuts cable
After appropriate training in a new technique and personally designing a special grapnel, Shean in XE4 did the job perfectly on 31 July 1945. One of his two divers was another Australian, SBLT Kenneth M. Briggs RANVR. For this operation Shean received a second DSO, and also the US Bronze Star, while Briggs was awarded the DSC. In a similar operation at the same time, LEUT H. P. Westmacott RN in XE5 attempted to disable the submarine cable off Hong Kong. Though he was uncertain whether he had succeeded or not at the time, it was found out after the war that he had indeed put the cable out of action.
XE3's target, the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao (in 1940).
The most spectacular operation was carried out by LEUT I. E. Fraser RNR in XE3. His main target was the Japanese cruiser Takao, anchored in the Johore Strait. In shallow water, the main explosive charge was laid under the cruiser, while magnetic limpet mines were attached to the hull. Both Fraser and his diver, LSEA J. J. Magennis, were awarded the Victoria Cross.
By the war's end, Australians in X-Craft had won two DSOs, four DSCs and a US Bronze Star. Sadly, three of them lost their lives. Compared with the Japanese record, the British midgets had achieved very important successes and shown that it was possible to use these craft to strike enemy targets and return safely to base.


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The BIG G: Gentrification in Germantown
"The Big G: Gentrification in Germantown: How it works, and for whom?"
A blue-ribbon panel will be moderated by Alan Greenberger, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development for the City of Philadelphia. The panel includes:
- Colvin W. Grannum, President & Chief Executive Officer Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation;
- Betty Turner Co-Founder, President at Germantown Community Connection
- Nora Lichtash, Executive Director Women's Community Revitalization Project (WCRP)
- Steve Mullin, President and Principal of Econsult Solutions.
The Forum this year has expanded from past Forums to become an all-day event, in that there will be a morning panel discussion followed by four facilitated roundtable discussions in the afternoon. The roundtable discussions will permit community engagement in a conversation in order to promote awareness, solutions, and actions. Registration for the event starts at 8:30 am, and the panel discussion starts at 9:00am. After lunch, the workshops will be facilitated for an hour and a half, with report-outs to the general group beginning at 3 pm. Topics for the roundtable discussions are: Sustainable Development of Vacant Property, Commercial Corridor Economic Development, Preserving Housing Affordability, Human Capital and Building Community Capacity. The roundtable facilitators are Kimberlee Douglas, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Program, Philadelphia University; Robert Fleming, Associate Professor and Director MS in Sustainable Design Program, Philadelphia University; Ingrid R. Shepard, Founder and Executive Director, The One Less Foundation; and Garlen Capita, Senior Urban Designer / Associate, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC; and Nora Lichtash, Executive Director, WCRP.
The event will wrap up at 4 pm.
In addition to the presentations and discussions, a Resource Fair, comprised of community organizations, will have tables set up for attendees to mingle among, network with and continue the conversation.
Our Third Annual Community Forum is Free and Open to the public but you must register as seating is limited.


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