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Bosnian Serb General "Not Aware" of Plan to Split Sarajevo
Dragomir Milosevic, defence witness in the Karadzic trial at the ICTY. (Photo: ICTY)
Under intense questioning from prosecutors, a former Bosnian Serb army general this week denied that he was ever aware of a plan to divide Sarajevo into separate Serb and Muslim parts.
The witness, Dragomir Milosevic, was testifying on behalf of wartime Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic as part of the latter's defence case at the Hague tribunal.
Karadzic, who was president of the self-declared Republika Srpska from 1992 until 1996, is charged with planning and overseeing the siege of Sarajevo. He is also alleged to have been part of a joint criminal enterprise with other political and military officials to remove Muslim and Croats from Serb-claimed territory.
Milosevic commanded the Bosnian Serb army's Sarajevo-Romanija Corps from August 1994 until the end of the conflict.
He stood trial in The Hague himself in 2007, and was found guilty of terror, murder and inhumane acts for deliberately targeting civilians in the 44-month campaign of shelling and sniping against Sarajevo that ravaged the city and left some 12,000 people dead. Milosevic was initially given 33 years in prison, but that was reduced to 29 years on appeal. He is serving this sentence in Estonia.
Karadzic questioned his former general for some 14 hours over a two week period, before the prosecution commenced its cross-examination on February 4. (For previous reports on Milosevic's testimony, see Sarajevo Units Fired on Own Side to "Blame Serbs" and Bosnian Serb Officer on Mladic-Karadzic Rivalry.)
During the cross-examination, Milosevic said that "nobody issued an order to me to carry out combat action with the purpose of dividing Sarajevo".
Such an order could only have come from the commander of the Bosnian Serb army's general staff, Milosevic said.
"Even if anyone had ordered anything like that, I would have had to find another way of opposing that. The forces we had could not have made that happen," Milosevic said.
For the prosecution, Caroline Edgerton questioned this assertion, saying, "Even though the division of Sarajevo into Muslim and Serb parts was identified in the strategic goals, that wasn't one of the [Sarajevo-Romanija] corps's objectives?"
Milosevic said that he had never even heard of the six strategic goals that were allegedly developed by Karadzic and other officials in the Bosnian Serb leadership, until he was preparing for his own trial and learned about them from another defendant.
"During combat, no one issued anything to me or to [my predecessor] General [Stanislav] Galic. No one said, 'Here are the goals – implement them,'" Milosevic said.
At that point, Karadzic interjected to say that dividing Sarajevo was a "political and strategic goal".
"Could we please see where it was stated that it was a military strategic goal?" the accused asked.
Edgerton turned to the witness and – reading from notes - stated that his objective as commander of the Sarajevo Romanija Corps was "to maintain and improve positions under your corps's control which would set facts in place on the ground to ensure the achievement of divided Sarajevo as part of a negotiated settlement".
Milosevic replied that the "basic thing is to maintain the existing situation and to improve it. As for what would happen at the negotiations, that is up to someone else, not the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps."
"I would kindly ask you not to see this as a military task… if the point is to say that the division was supposed to be achieved by military means. This is a task that was not issued by anyone, nor was it possible to carry it out, or to achieve by combat," Milosevic continued.
Edgerton pressed the witness, saying, "You were able to carry out your task because your existing area already effectively represented a division of the city, didn't it?"
"The term division is something I am going to leave out of my answer," Milosevic replied. "At the point in time [1994] when I came to position of commander, all the issues were already crystallised. There was a balanced ratio of forces, and everyone knew what they wanted more or less…. There was no longer any question of division, but it was more [a] question of the sides staying wherever they were."
Edgerton then turned to the prosecution's claim that civilians in Sarajevo were deliberately targeted by the Bosnian Serb military. She noted that Milosevic had repeatedly denied doing this during his direct examination.
She then noted specific instances when civilians were shot by snipers and asked him to comment on them.
The first instance, on July 11, 1993, was when Milosevic was still chief of staff of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps. He did not become its commander until August 1994.
Edgerton cited the case of a woman named Munira who went to get water from the river Dobrinja in order to do her washing. While she was by the river, she was shot twice by Bosnian Serb forces from the tower of a Serbian Orthodox church. She could not be dragged to safety because bullets were still landing near her, Edgerton said, citing the testimony of the victim's daughter.
"Would you agree that this evidence shows that the victim was deliberately targeted?" Edgerton asked.
"First of all… if that person is a civilian, it is not something I can deny. I can't possibly say that's untrue," Milosevic said.
However, he said, the shots were not fired from the church in question.
"It doesn't mean I exclude the possibility of late Munira being fired at. In the case of her death, there is nothing I can assert other than it couldn't have been done from the church. It was not allowed. I am positive of this. No one allowed any soldier to climb up the tower," he said.
Edgerton asked him again whether the circumstances of Munira's death "sound like deliberate targeting".
"Whether that was done deliberately or under other circumstances is something I cannot say," the witness said. "I exclude the possibility that things developed that way. Even if they had, it did not come about as a result of anyone's decision or anyone's issuing of tasks to marksmen to engage civilians. If – under God knows what circumstances – it was done by a soldier, he couldn't have been so instructed by his superior, that is what I can tell you."
Edgerton challenged this response by saying, "You're able to offer evidence or information that I would submit is purely speculative as to what might have gone on with respect to soldiers' involvement. My question is… if that wasn't direct targeting, what is?"
Milosevic replied by asking the prosecutor not to suggest he was "trying to be speculative or manipulative".
"That is not my task here," he continued. "I do not accept that kind of assertion. I kindly ask you to refrain from doing so…. I can confirm that any engagement of civilians is impermissible and cannot be justified. I can confirm what our policy and practice was."
After Milosevic concluded his testimony, another former general in the Bosnian Serb army, Radoslav Krstic, was due to take the stand on Karadzic's behalf.
Krstic was chief of staff and then commander of the Drina Corps when the Srebrenica enclave fell to Bosnian Serb forces in July 1995. In the days that followed, more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered, according to the indictment against Karadzic.
Krstic was initially convicted of genocide in 2001, and sentenced to 46 years in prison. However, on appeal, his conviction was reduced to aiding and abetting genocide and his prison term was cut to 35 years.
Krstic appeared in the courtroom on February 8, but said he was unable to testify for health reasons. Judges have instructed the court registry to prepare a detailed medical report of his physical and mental health by March 8.
Rachel Irwin is IWPR's Senior Reporter in The Hague.
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What is it with car thieves? A Minnesota man repeatedly dialed 911 after stealing a car to brag that cops couldn't catch him. Did they? Yep.
You'd think with relatively high, tax-free profits on offer, the car theft profession would attract a higher quality of practitioner. At least in this instance, that's just not the case.
The 23-year-old didn't start calling 911 until police had already started chasing him, causing him to crash into a guardrail, abandon the car and flee on foot. At that point he was feeling pretty good about his efforts, telling police over the phone that he was smarter than them. Despite these near constant clues to his whereabouts, police lost track of the man until later in the night when a concerned citizen reported a prowler on his property. Police then found the man hiding in a shed. He now faces charges for gas theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, burglary, tampering with a motor vehicle, trespassing, and assaulting an officer. [via CBS]


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Never Too Old To Dance
She hadn't danced in decades — but a tragedy brought her back to the ballroom
En español | Umpha Sikarinthra sweeps confidently onto the dance floor, gorgeous in a siren-red Latin dress with black beads and trim. She's competing in a national ballroom championship in Las Vegas, against dozens of dancers. And now, after four days, she's reached the finals in the rhythm category, which includes cha-cha, mambo, and rumba. Despite the pressure, the petite Thailand native is too focused to have butterflies. "I have to pay attention to my partner's signals," she says.
See also: Dancing with a star.
Dancing has been a passion of Sikarinthra's since she was a young girl in Bangkok and her younger brother taught her to tango. But at 25 and newly married, she was forced to put away her dancing shoes. "My husband was from a royal family, and dancing was frowned upon," she explains. She eventually filed for divorce and moved to Chicago, where she found work as a nurse. Raising two children as a single mother, she had scant time for salsa.
Then a personal tragedy got Sikarinthra back on her feet, literally. In 2008 her 19-year-old granddaughter died suddenly of an aneurysm. Nothing eased Sikarinthra's feeling of profound loss — not even months of grief counseling — until a niece insisted she attend an open house at the local dance school. "When I'm on the dance floor, any unhappiness disappears," she says. After just six months of lessons, she entered a regional contest in Chicago. "My teacher said I was ready to compete. He always thought I had potential."
As the Vegas judges prepare to announce the winners, Sikarinthra's heart begins pounding. She squeezes her partner's hand — hard! — when their names are announced as rhythm champions. "When I was out there dancing and I heard the crowd cheering, I knew I'd nailed it. It was a dream come true."
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By Bernice Uresti
This is the time of year when students about to graduate from high school should be "doing their homework" on the many college scholarships that are available. Unfortunately, many students pass up these opportunities because they don't know about them, or they wait until it's too late to apply.
We want to make sure that as many students as possible take advantage of the scholarship opportunities available, before it's too late. Feb. 15 is the deadline to apply for 47 of the scholarships that we offer. That's not much time, considering the need to gather recommendation letters, transcripts and other documentation.
Our online application process allows students to browse the list of scholarships available to find the ones for which they qualify, and then use one application to apply for them all. Start out at www.saafdn.org and click on the "Scholarships" tab at the top of the home page to find our two lists of scholarship funds.
Applicants should read the criteria for each fund closely, because many of them are specific to geographic areas, high schools, fields of study, parents' employers, volunteer hours, or other details. Some scholarships are set aside for students who are "unable to attend college without financial assistance." Others have more general requirements, meaning a larger number of students who would qualify.
Since the San Antonio Area Foundation awarded its first scholarship in 1969, the Area Foundation has given out $12 million in scholarships, including $800,000 in 2011.
Please help spread the word about the scholarships available through the San Antonio Area Foundation. Share this information with counselors, teachers, parents, students and any others who may find it useful. Let's help as many students as possible because elevating the education level of our community benefits us all.
Bernice Uresti is the Program Officer for Scholarships for the San Antonio Area Foundation.


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I love this blog.
A little less than one year ago Sustainably Single Parenting (SSP) began. My goal was to be candid about my life as things progressed; from the end of my relationship with my abusive husband to whatever lied ahead for me and my kids. I was pregnant, in school full time, broke, and terrified. I wasn't sure if I'd be homeless by the end of my pregnancy, I wasn't sure how I'd manage to pay for things. I lived on two-four hours of sleep almost every night. But three nights a week I'd write.
I'd write about what I was feeling, how I missed him, how I grieved. I'd write about the children, their transition, and counseling. I'd write about my terror, and my methods for finding peace. I'd write about the disappointment of losing a dream. And through everything, people listened. People read, and reached out, and responded, and gave advice. People showed genuine empathy, told their stories, gave encouragement, and helped me to revitalize my self-confidence.
This blog has been a lifeline, a therapeutic outlet for me. It has been a chance for me to come forward about my situation, and hopefully, to inspire other victims to find the strength to leave their abusers. This blog has been a way for me to connect with amazing people, read heartwarming and heart-wrenching stories, and stand strong as a survivor who is certain of her ability to thrive.
I do not plan to give up blogging. I will return to SSP. But for awhile, I'll have to take a break to work on other things. I'm in my last semester of graduate school, and though I only blog two days each week, finding the time and energy to keep on that schedule while single parenting three babies and taking two classes and maintaining a household is proving much too stressful. I want to keep telling my story, keep connecting with readers and meeting new people, keep on helping the DV community in some small way.
My plan is to come back once I graduate (August 2013) or sooner if I can manage to find more balance before I finish my Master's degree. Until then, you can stay updated on our journey via Twitter. I hate to have to leave, but I have to sacrifice some things if I want to graduate without repeating my last semester. I've come this far…I have to do what is necessary for me to finish.
I know you all will understand. I will miss you until I blog again 🙂


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PS: Aquaman is probably the best superhero card in the game. This is sort of wrong.
The balance is okay. It's just that Aquaman's ability is good no matter how the cards drop. My brief ranking of the DCCDBG superheroes, because why the **** not. Keep in mind that all cards are either Superpowers, Equipment, Heroes, or Villains and they have roughly equal distribution in the deck. Top TierAquaman - you can place newly gained cards on top of your deck instead of your discard pile if they cost 5 power or less. Because it's type-neutral, you don't need to have a set buying strategy and can almost guarantee you'll always have at least two decent cards per hand. Green Lantern - if you play at least three non-starter cards with different names during your turn, +3 power. Basically, once GL has a deck going on turn 3 or 4, you'll have an almost guaranteed +3 per turn. That's excellent. Type neutrality also helps greatly. Martian Manhunter - if you play two or more Hero cards in one turn, +3 power; if you play two or more Villain cards in one turn, +3 power. This means you can focus on two card types and get +3 bonuses often. The bonus has a power ceiling, but that ceiling is a crazy-good +6 that Batman or Superman can rarely achieve. Only reason Green Lantern is better is that his bonus is more randomization-proof. Mid TierBatman - each Equipment card gives +1 Power during your turn. Batman's is probably the simplest hero ability - buy as much equipment and equipment bonuses as you can. If a lot of Equipment pops up, he's awesome. If it doesn't, he isn't any better than other Superhero cards. Superman - each different Superpower card gives +1 Power during your turn. Superman is almost the same as Batman, but because of the commonality of Kick they add that "each different" clause. Superman's still good, as Superpower cards are common and often excellent, but Batman is more repeat-friendly. Flash - You always go first. Once per turn, whenever you draw a card, you may draw an additional card. Always going first is neat (but mostly forgettable), but extra draws are always welcome. If you get a Location card or some cheap draws in the early turns, Flash is very effective. Low TierCyborg - after you play your first Equipment card in a turn gives +1 Power. After you play your first Superpower in a turn, draw a card. Like a gimped half-Batman half-Superman. Cyborg can focus on two card types for his buying strategy, but can't get a better bonus than +1 and drawing a card. Wonder Woman - whenever you gain a Villain or Supervillain, you may draw one additional card at the end of your turn. Wonder Woman has a good ability, giving you additional cards for defending against player attacks OR for your next turn, but she has to buy villains first. Diana gets no card-specific bonuses, and as such has trouble building Power in the early game. TL;DR Other people should play this game so I'm talking to an empty internet. New expansion is coming out in a few months (boom). Sorry for being so unnecessarily verbose.
I bought an SNK starter deck of the Vs System years ago, but I didn't have much fun with it. My one MTG-obsessed friend and I tried it and decided that our money was better spent elsewhere. But then again I prefer the idea of a standalone DBG to a traditional CCG.


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I would like to welcome my colleague and buddy Paul Robinette to Frontier Battles. Paul and I work together as Teaching Assistants in the Department of History at the University of North Dakota. I look forward to his posts.
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You had to expect it. Barry Manilow's musical "Harmony" opened at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles Wednesday, after a first run in La Jolla nearly 17 years ago and a recent production in Atlanta, and the crowd that showed up was ready and willing to cheer every song that Manilow wrote for the show, to cheer for Bruce Sussman's book and lyrics, to cheer the orchestra and to cheer for anyone who moved or sang onstage.
It was a "Fanilow" audience, and it gave an over-the-top reception to the musical based on the lives and performances of the Comedian Harmonists, the six-singer German musical group from the early 1930s that was, in its time, as big as the Beatles were 30 years later. The Comedian Harmonists, whose careers were ended by the Nazis (several members were Jewish) are still hot in Germany, but forgotten by most folks elsewhere.
This musical, in the works on and off for nearly 30 years, aims to change that.
The Comedian Harmonists became stars in the Weimar era, combining a precise six-part harmony with performances that were dynamic and delightfully funny. They made a dozen or so films, headlined shows with their names above Marlene Dietrich's and toured in Europe and the United States extensively. That they became forgotten says much about the continuing influence of the Nazi era.
The group was formed in 1927 by Harry Frommerman (played by Matt Bailey), who advertised for singers and led the group. The others were Ari "Lesh" Leshnikoff (Will Blum), Erich Collin (Chris Dwan), "Rabbi" Josef Roman Cykowski (Shayne Kennon), Erwin "Chopin" Bootz (Will Taylor) and Bobby Biberti (Douglas Williams). When the actors are together performing the several musical numbers Manilow wrote for them, choreographed with precision and comic grace by JoAnn M. Hunter, they are astonishingly electric as a group and as individuals. The set, a re-creation of a 1930s German train station that transforms into Carnegie Hall, an abandoned underground station and a concert hall in Copenhagen with quick changes, is a delight to watch, as is Tony Speciale's seamless direction.
But the story is another matter. Sussman wants to make the Comedian Harmonists iconic representatives of Nazi persecution and while they were that, they were also exemplars of the Germany that flourished between the world wars, comic geniuses who worked hard to attain their success and gloried in it. They were finally undone by Nazi laws banning Jewish music, Jewish song publishers, Jewish anything, but they were more than just victims, and "Harmony" would be better with more performances by the Harmonists and less suffering.
There are women in the mix, of course, but, as the program notes tell it, the Harmonists had many wives and the story had to be pared down to just two, Mary Hegel (Cykowski's wife, played by Leigh Ann Larkin) and Ruth Stern (Hannah Corneau as a fictional composite of several women).
The six Harmonists look their parts and have individual personalities that mesh best when they are singing. Manilow wrote all the music for the show, so there's naturally a big showstopper, but the group also does well by the Franz Liszt parody "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 20" and — wearing waiters coats and colorful underwear — "How Can I Serve You, Madame?" The orchestra in the pit plays with energy but not great swing.
The problem is, "Harmony" is a musical built on the personalities of the performers — not on the music, which is generally light but forgettable, and not on the book, which is serviceable but a bit too glib. You'll come away not humming new songs, but impressed by these performers, and the era they represent. And then you will have to buy a couple of recordings to learn just how great the Comedian Harmonists were and still are.
John Farrell is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer.


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Greensborough it is a "War on Waste"
Keeping in mind the information provided in the ABC's TV program, "War on Waste" this workshop will show you how to responsibly dispose of your unwanted stuff and "Declutter for a simpler life: The 10 Rs©". Over 6000 people have attended this workshop run by Council in the last year – and has a direct link to avoiding waste and clutter in the first place. "Do I need this new item? How long will it last? Hang on, is the old one still good enough?
Do you have time to waste looking for your stuff?
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- Your bills are paid on time saving you money because you have a system of dealing with them
- Finally there is more time to do the things you want.
What would you do with more time in your day?
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Ireland Nugent meets Winter the Dolphin | News
CLEARWATER, Florida -- Ever since Winter the Dolphin was rescued from a crab trap several years ago and rehabilitated at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, her story of survival has become a hit movie and inspired people around the world.
On Saturday, her "Dolphin Tale" helped Ireland Nugent, the toddler who lost her feet in a Palm Harbor lawnmower accident last month.
The Clearwater Marine Aquarium even donated part of its Saturday ticket proceeds to her family and held auctions in her honor.
The stories of Winter the Dolphin and Ireland Nugent both involve tragedy and strength, each the victim of a frightening accident with loved ones initially unsure if they would survive. That's why so much excitement surrounded the "Day of Support" for Ireland's family at Clearwater Marine Aquarium.
"I felt happy for her because she got to know someone who is like her," says Ireland's 11-year-old sister, Italia Nesbitt.
When Ireland was in the hospital, someone sent her a Winter the Dolphin toy. Winter's prosthetic tail helped Ireland learn more about what she would go through. But before Saturday, she had never seen Winter face-to-face.
"To see Winter without her tail and still see that Winter has such a vibrant life, can play and whistle and play games really lets [Ireland] know that she can still do the same things," says her mom, Nicole.
The company that makes Winter's prosthetic tails also brings kids to Clearwater Marine Aquarium who have lost limbs or are about to.
"It makes me happy to see a child's face light up," says Cammie Zodrow, senior marine mammal trainer at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. "It makes me feel even better as a mom to see a mother's and father's reaction to their child responding to Winter that way."
And although Ireland was scared at first to touch Winter, she smiled and pet her near the end of her visit. Her family is thankful for the opportunity, and for the support the aquarium provided.
"It makes me realize that with all the bad things going on in the world, there's so much good left in the world," Nicole says.
On Tuesday, Ireland will have her skin grafts checked and get a better idea of when she can receive her prosthetics.


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Has anyone ever told you to "act your age?" Here's some good news: when it comes to fitness, age really doesn't matter. Need proof? A news story last week reported that actress Jane Fonda (76) and fitness guru Richard Simmons (64) have released exercise DVDs and teach workout classes.
"This means that people in that age group, and even older, can – and should - exercise," says Jason Kozma, owner and personal trainer at Santa Monica Personal Training. "There is a lot of evidence pointing to numerous benefits of physical fitness for midlifers, baby boomers, and seniors."
That is a timely message, since May marks National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, which focuses on the important role physical activity plays – at any age - in our health, quality of life, and longevity.
Whatever age-related ailment you can think of, chances are regular exercise can help prevent it, or at least reduce its severity. "Arthritis, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, not to mention heart disease, cancer and diabetes, can all benefit from physical activity," Kozma notes. "Not only that, but being fit and active can also prevent disability and loss of function many people are at risk of as they get older." In fact, a study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reports that physically active older adults experience significantly fewer functional limitations than their more sedentary peers.
And since May is also designated as Arthritis Awareness Month and National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month – both conditions impacting mostly older adults – it is a good time to remember how beneficial exercise can be in preventing or managing both these conditions. "Remember that it's never too late (or too early) to start exercising," Kozma says. "It's just a matter of getting your physician's okay, and then starting slowly and gently as you gradually build up your intensity to the level that's comfortable for you. Exercising with an experienced trainer will ensure that your workout is safe and effective."
Kozma recommends including these workouts in your regular routine:
Strength training: With age, our muscle mass declines and the body becomes weaker. However, resistance training will not only build up muscle mass and keep the body strong, but also help prevent bone density loss that occurs in osteoporosis. Balance and flexibility exercises will improve stability and coordination, keeping you from falling down and sustaining serious injuries - a big problem among older people. It will also increase your range of motion, decrease muscular tension, and strengthen your joints, tendons and ligaments – all of which will go a long way in preventing or relieving the pain and discomfort of arthritis. Cardio training will ensure not only a healthy heart, but also – of particular concern to older people – a healthy, alert brain. Numerous studies have shown that, while boosting our cognitive abilities, exercise also significantly reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's, dementia and other related conditions.
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Launched by fitness expert Mr. America Jason Kozma in April 1997, Santa Monica Personal Training is a co-ed personal training fitness program which specializes in the areas of body transformations and next level training. Program details and client testimonials are available at www.smpersonaltraining.com.
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"Kimigayo" is the national anthem of Japan and the world's oldest lyrics in a national anthem. From 1868 to 1945, it served as the national anthem of the Empire of Japan. With a length of 11 measures and 32 characters, "Kimigayo" is also one of the world's shortest national anthems currently in use. Its lyrics are based on a waka poem written in the Heian period (794-1185), sung to a melody written in the imperial period (1868-1945). The current melody was chosen in 1880, replacing an unpopular melody composed eleven years earlier. While the title "Kimigayo" is usually translated as His Majesty's Reign, no official translation of the title nor lyrics has ever been established by law.
Prior to 1945, "Kimigayo" served as the national anthem of the Empire of Japan, however, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved following its surrender at the end of World War II, its parliamentary democracy successor state, the State of Japan, replaced it in 1945, the polity therefore changed from a system based on imperial sovereignty to one based on popular sovereignty. However, Emperor Hirohito was not dethroned, and "Kimigayo" was retained as the de facto national anthem, only becoming legally recognized as the official national anthem in 1999, with the passage of Act on National Flag and Anthem.
Since Japan's period of parliamentary democracy began, there has been controversy over the performance of the "Kimigayo" anthem at public ceremonies. Along with the Japanese Hinomaru flag, "Kimigayo" has been claimed by those critical of it to be a symbol of Japanese nationalism, imperialism and militarism, with debate over whether "Kimigayo", as a remnant of the Empire of Japan's imperialist past, is compatible with a contemporary Japanese parliamentary democracy. Thus, the essential points of the controversies regarding the Hinomaru flag and "Kimigayo" are whether they express praise or condemnation to the Empire of Japan and whether the Empire of Japan (pre-1945) and postwar Japan (post-1945) are the same states or different states.
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A Screw of Machines for refined canola oil production line consists basically of a worm assembly,a shft fitted with spirally-arranged worm sections,rather like a screw.The shaft turns horizontally in a cage consisting of barrel bars that are clamped together forming a kind of sloted tube around the shaft.
In turning,the worm assembly moves the oil-seed from the feed-end to the dischage-end,expelling the oil through the slots between the bars of the of the cage.The oil-seed,as it moves along the shaft,loses oil,and its volume decreases accordingly.
Applications of Large Scale Screw Pressing Machine:
Machines for refined canola oil production line are used for two different tasks.One is to obtain the maximum oil yield from a suitably prepared seed.This is achieved by a single pressing through the screw-press at high pressure.There is no further oil extraction operation.
The other task of Machines for refined canola oil production line is to "pre-press" the seed,generally of high oil content,to abtain a cake of more moderate oil content.This cake is then further processed,usually is a continuous solvent extraction plant,to recover most os the remaining oil.
Processing Scope of Large Scale Screw Pressing Machine:
It can be used to press oil from Peanut, Coleseed , Cottonseed, Sunflower Seed,Soya bean,cocoa nut, ,argan,seLDe,black cumin,almond ,pomegranate seeds,Palm Kernal and other oil-seed material.
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Through the semi-automatic oil press machine, you can get the crude oil as final products.And through the full-automatic oil press machine, you can get the edible refined oil as final products.You can choose the proper one according to the oil requirements
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Rapeseed generally contains about 19%~22% protein, 38%~48% fats. We provide all machines necessary for a complete Rapeseed oil plant, including pre-treatment machines, press, solvent extractors, refinery machines, etc. Rapeseeds invited by Canada with low erucic acid and glucosinolate is called canola oil.
I. Pre-treatment
Before extracting oils and fats from Rape seeds, the mill needs to prepare it by cleaning, crushing, softening, flaking and cooking. For cleaning, we offer magnetic separator, aspirator or different size cleaning sieves, as shown below, to remove impurities from Rape seeds.
Next, every rapeseed is crushed by centrifugal decorticator, as shown below.
Then, the temperature and moisture of oilseed pieces will be adjusted by conditioner or softening kettle so that they become soft and wet enough for flaking. This step improves their ductility. Below is photo of softening kettle.
The flaking roll will make the wet soft rapeseed pieces into flakes. We have vertical flaking roll, multi-stage flaking roll, hydraulic flaking roll and spring flaking roll etc., as shown below.
Finally, the flakes will be cooked to make tiny oils and fats groups get together to become bigger, and to make them less adhesive, easier to get out of flakes.
II. Solvent extraction
Oils and fats in rapeseeds flakes can dissolve in certain solvent. Therefore, we can immerse pressed fakes in solvent to extract oils and fats. Then remove solvent from wet meal, strip solvent from miscella, and recycle solvent.
Weâve percolation extractor, immersion extractor and rotocel extractor, etc., as shown below. The solvent pumps in extractor will continuously spray solvent and soak the rapeseeds cakes in it, so that oils and fats can be dissolved. After that, you get wet meal and miscella (mixed oil and solvent).
Wet meal treatment
Desolventizer toaster with integrated dryer-cooler(DTDC) is a system for separating solvent from the wet meal. We've vertical desolventizer toaster, horizontal desolventizer, flash desolventizing system and low temperature desolventizer, etc., as shown below.
Miscella treatment
After extraction, filter the miscella, send it to two evaporators successively, and then to the stripping tower. Weâve raising film evaporator, vapor separator, negative evaporator, normal evaporator, etc. For stripping, weâve tubular stripping column, disk stripping column, plate stripping tower, filling steam stripping tower, etc. After evaporation and stripping, you get crude rapeseeds oil and desolventized meal. This meal can be used to produce feeds. The crude oil needs to be refined.
Solvent recovery
The solvent vapour from wet meal and miscella will be collected by condensers to be reused. Weâve pipe bundle condenser, spraying condenser, contact condenser, etc., as shown below.
III. Crude oil refining
Crude rapeseed oil has a lot of impurities, such as phosphatide, free fatty acid, pigment, wax, sterol, sands, etc. We have to get rid of these impurities to get edible oil.
There are many ways to move the mucilaginous impurities from crude oils and fats, for example, hydration, heating, adding acids, etc. Weâve hydration tank, acid refining mixer, etc., as shown below.
This step is to remove pigment from crude oil to adjust its color. You can adjust according to the requirement of your market. Weâve acid refining tank.
This step is to move unpleasant smell from crude oil. This is an important standard for refined oil. Weâve deodorizing tank.
Solvent Extractor Advantages
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Phil Niekro had 13 seasons of 15 or more wins including three 20 or more win campaigns, was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997 and received a huge amount of thanks and credit when R.A. Dickey captured the 2012 National League Cy Young Award.
So Phil, what is the secret to throwing a great knuckleball?
"All I know is that I'm certain that I can throw about seven out of every 10 knuckleballs under control," said the now 74-year-old Niekro who was born on April Fools Day. "But even after all these years I still don't know why the knuckleball does what it does. I had success pitching in high school with the knuckleball. And I knew this was my ticket to the majors."
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"I had lost my last four starts going for No. 300. The Blue Jays (99-62) clinched the American League East Division title over the Yankees (97-64) the previous night. So I had one last chance for No. 300 on Sunday," Niekro said. "I enjoyed wearing Yankee pinstripes. I actually sensed the ghosts of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio etc. at the old Yankee Stadium. I got my 300th victory (at age 46). I'm the only member of the 300-win club to reach the milestone as a Yankee."
There have been only two new 300-career victory club members (Tom Glavine, August 2007; Randy Johnson, June 2009) since Niekro. There are 24 lifetime 300-game winners with 10 occuring before 1925 and six before 1902.
"It's going to be hard for the present-day pitchers to reach 300 wins. It's 15 seasons of 20 wins each or 20 years of 15 wins each," Niekro said. "Pitchers don't have long careers anymore (arm health, higher salaries). It's gone from throwing 300 innings a year in my era to a complete game being a rarity now. I know I hate it every time I hear the words `pitch count and six-inning quality starts.' "


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A Wider Circle
This organization provides basic-need items to families transitioning out of shelters and those living without life's necessities. A Wider Circle furnishes the homes of more than 1,000 children and adults each month. If you wish to donate furniture and other home essentials that are in good condition (no rips or stains), you can drop off items at their Center for Community Service in Silver Spring, Md. You can also schedule a pickup in most areas throughout greater Washington, D.C. Refer to their website for a full list of accepted items and their "wish list" of the most needed items at www.awidercircle.org. Some impressive 2011 stats:
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Habitat for Humanity – ReStore
ReStore is a resale business that sells new and used building materials and home items to the general public. All donations are tax deductible and donated by individuals, local retailers, building contractors and suppliers. Donated items are then sold at 50-90 percent off the retail price, with all proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity, an organization that provides safe and affordable housing to low-income families. ReStore accepts appliances, furniture, cabinets, roofing and flooring materials, exercise equipment, countertops, electronics, lighting and plumbing fixtures, among many others. All materials and items must be in good and working condition. Items may be dropped off at ReStore locations during their business hours or for larger donations you may schedule a pickup. For store hours and locations and for the complete list of acceptable items you can check out the following websites:
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Founded in 1902, Goodwill accepts gently used clothing, furniture, housewares, working electronics, and other household items. These items are then sold at their retail locations, with the proceeds used to fund employment, job training, and placement services for the disadvantaged and those with disabilities. To view their full list of goods accepted, and for the list of donation centers and stores, visit www.dcgoodwill.org. You may also schedule a pick up online for larger items or multiple items you don't have the resources to transport.
Salvation Army
Although the Salvation Army is involved in many community programs, proceeds from items donated to their stores will benefit their Adult Rehabilitation Centers, which help those who have lost the ability to cope with their problems and are unable to provide for themselves. Each rehabilitation center offers residential housing and work, along with individual and group therapy. This enables many to be reunited with their families and resume a normal life. Items commonly donated include appliances, clothing, furniture, and household goods. For more information on their donation program, please visit www.satruck.org.
BOWA Home Cleanup Days
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Marconi Union have announced 2 UK live dates in November 2018.
Marconi Union's track 'Red Line 12AM' has been used as the soundtrack to a new film directed by Jasmine Isdrake.
"The idea of generative music how it should be…using it relate to people, our own biology to either create or tailor music to themselves. It finally seems that generative music … has more purpose" Duncan Meadows, Marconi Union
If you missed out on getting a copy of the excellent Ghost Stations Remixes EP on Record Store Day , worry not. From Friday it will be available on vinyl again as well as digital for the first time.
Marconi Union will be performing live Saturday July 15th in Manchester at Band On The Wall.
To celebrate this year's Record Store Day, Saturday 22nd April, Marconi Union have commissioned four stunningly evocative and bold remixes from Biosphere, Japan's Steve Jansen, Antonymes and Digitonal, one for each track on Ghost Stations, which exquisitely compliment the captivating beauty of the original album.
Jon Hopkins will be doing a live DJ set this Friday 7th April at Fabric, London.


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Live Review: Ornette Coleman at Davies Symphony Hall
Ornette Coleman, a slow, frail-looking figure at age 79, shuffled onto the Davies Symphony Hall stage last night. Slowly making his way to the bandstand, he bowed, remarked that it was good to be able to get to know the audience, and picked up his alto saxophone. He and his band began to play.
Suddenly, Ornette Coleman wasn't 79 anymore. He was 24, or 34, or any particular age in between. His saxophone came to life with his unmistakable butcher-paper tone, a singular voice in jazz that is ageless. During the next five minutes, he picked up and played a flugelhorn, then a violin. His band rumbled forth until the line between improvisation and composition blurred, and the whole propulsion came to a quick, sharp stop.
It was, in a word, miraculous.
While many jazz legends age ungracefully and move into smooth-jazz territory, Coleman through thick and thin has continued to follow his own path, a journey that is at the heart of jazz itself. In recent years, this journey has brought him to the Pulitzer committee and, in one of the funniest television moments of the last few years, the Grammy Awards. He has also time and again returned to the SFJAZZ festival, who presented last night's concert. But he hasn't rested on his laurels, playing at Davies from a chartbook full of new compositions and old classics with a stellar band featuring son Denardo on drums, Anthony Falanga on upright bass and Al McDowell on five-string electric bass.
In a mostly adventurous, tight set, there were admittedly moments when the men on stage weren't entirely together. "Blues Connotation," the opening track from This Is Our Music, was the first sign that age might be catching up with Coleman—he layed out for the lightning-fast head, and when it came around again as the outro, he struggled to keep up.
But any minor diminishments were more than overshadowed by the stellar, unpredictable vision of Coleman's music. MacDowell provided swirling counterpoint to Coleman's playing, like a spider doing the Charleston, while Denardo, playing more rock beats than usual, maintained a strange sense of control. Falanga, an excellent bassist, brought the house down by bowing Bach's Prelude to Cello Suite No. 1, more than capably handling the iconic theme arranged for jazz in a surprise twist.
Coleman himself, with his bizarre white saxophone, played remarkably. After a short, beautiful encore run-through of "Lonely Woman," the applause was too great, and the band returned for "Song X." Davies Symphony Hall resonated with Coleman's bended notes, his falling glissandos, his jumping lines. It was clear that nowhere else in the entire world was music like this, full of humanity and love, being played at that same moment.
May Ornette Coleman live on, and may his music last a thousand years.
Tags: 2009, Davies Symphony Hall, Live Review, Ornette Coleman, Review, San Francisco, SFJAZZ


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PORTSMOUTH — When the new south span of the Memorial Bridge was maneuvered into position on Jan. 15, Portsmouth Pilot Chris Holt just happened to be lead tug pilot that day continuing a legacy dating back to at least the mid-1700s in his family.
Holt became part of a historic moment in the Memorial Bridge project just as his great-grandfather, Shirley Holt Sr., had been during the original construction of the bridge in the early 1920s.
Chris is a fourth generation pilot, hailing from a family of seafarers on the Piscataqua River.
"It was an honor to do something that my great-grandfather did 90 years ago," he said.
Standing on the Ceres Street deck where the tugs are hitched in the water, his father, Shirley Holt Jr., can see clear across the river to the three homes where he spent time growing up as a child, recalling the days he spent with his father, Henry B. Holt, also a pilot, and his grandfather watching as they mastered the river.
"That's our business, knowing the river," he said.
Now, the three Portsmouth Pilots manning the boats today are all Holts as well. With Chris is his brother Stephen Holt and cousin Richard C. Holt Jr.
"We had a law here," Shirley Holt Jr. joked of their business. "Your last name had to have four letters."
Genealogy records before the mid 1700s were lost in a fire, he said, but their family history of piloting traces back even further than that.
Holt Sr., born in 1883 and who worked on the water between 40 to 50 years, ran away from home, Chris explained, when he was 15 years old and began working on the ferry that connected Kittery and Portsmouth. That is where his career on the river would start. He died in 1959 after retiring to Maine.
Back then, Chris said, there were no steamships to get the work done and complete knowledge and confidence was required to run the schooners and row boats used.
Just as crews working on the reconstruction project now must track the tide schedule to conduct their float-outs and float-ins, the workers in his great-grandfathers' time had to do the same.
"A lot of the time they were at the mercy of the current," he said.
Compared to what's done now, the strategy is very similar, he explained, but today's tugs have 3,300 horsepower behind them.
"They had a hard time that way. They had to use their brain to figure things out," he said.
When Shirley Holt Jr. began his career as a pilot, there was no night work completed on the river, projects were done during the day.
He said he could remember going back and forth with his father on the river before his father was called to service in World War II.
At that time, his father was sent to Pearl Harbor to assist with the salvage efforts following the Dec. 7 attack.
He also recalled his fascination with the Sarah Long Bridge, which opened to motorists in 1940, as it was being constructed. The Sarah Long Bridge is the middle of the three bridges spanning the river.
"I can remember sneaking up on what they had completed. Anything that they didn't have nailed down was a big splash in the water," he said with a friendly grin from inside the Portsmouth Pilots office.
Chris, a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, said falling into the industry was "kind of just natural."
Though he earned an education with formal schooling, he credits his predecessors with learning everything they did for the job on their own.
"The biggest thing I think I learned from him is keeping your cool under pressure. There was never any fluctuation in his voice," Chris said. "He made it look so easy, but it really isn't."
The new South span of the Memorial Bridge was constructed in sections and floated into place on one barge Jan. 15. When Holt Sr. was a pilot, there were two barges to position with two tugs pushing each barge and two tugs pulling from the front.
"It was probably a lot more challenging for them to place it," he said.
Back then they worked without the use of radios for communication, relying instead on whistles and blow horns. Each whistle or patterned sound of a horn meant something specific, a sort of language crafted by pilots on the river.
"It's probably a little easier for us but we still don't want to damage anything," Holt said about the waterfront that lines the river today.
Unlike the float-out of the old bridge conducted last February that Chris Holt said was done during the biggest tide of the month, and included unforgiving cold and winter conditions that hindered immediate progress, this recent float-in of the new bridge went off without a hitch.
"Putting this span in probably went as well as it could have gone," he said.
The toughest part of this project, he suspects, will be placing the center lift span with both the north and south spans secured by that time.
"It's going to be a slow and arduous project," he said. "You can't damage it putting it in."
When Memorial Bridge was first constructed, it was the first without a toll for motorists spanning the river. It was also dedicated as a memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who participated in the World War of 1917-1919. For the bridge's life span, a plaque hung above the first truss span on the Portsmouth side of the structure.
It has been the only bridge of the three in the harbor that allow access for both pedestrians and bicycles. When the new Memorial bridge reopens this summer, that access will again be part of the design.
Chris said his participation in the float-in was somewhat luck-of-the-draw, though with just the three pilots, it was a good bet that a Holt would be at the helm of the tug operation navigating the barge to the bridge.
Whether he'll have the same luck in March when the North span is expected to be floated into place, remains unknown.
"It was an honor to put that first span into place and be part of the legacy carried on here at the river," Chris said.
Family of Pilots moves river traffic Always a Holt at the helm
PORTSMOUTH — When the new south span of the Memorial Bridge was maneuvered into position on Jan. 15, Portsmouth Pilot Chris Holt just happened to be lead tug pilot that day continuing a legacy dating back to at least the mid-1700s in his family.


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College of Education graduate receives Educator of the Year Award from Hawaii Association of Middle SchoolsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
College of Education
HONOLULU - Irene Ueda, a graduate of the College of Education M.Ed. in Curriculum Studies Program at UH Mānoa, was presented with the C.W. Stevens Middle Level Educator of the Year award from the Hawaiʻi Association of Middle Schools (HAMS) at their annual conference last month. She was honored for her positive impact on adolescents, commitment to school and community, and support of middle level education philosophy and practices.
Ueda graduated in 2006 and mentors student teachers from the COE. She is currently an 8th grade heterogeneous English teacher and 7th grade elective wheel Japanese language teacher at R. L. Stevenson Middle School. A former English Department Chair at the middle school, Ueda advises the school's English Club and served on the curriculum committee for the formation of the school's reading program.
According to Paul Deering, Associate Professor in the COE, some of Ueda's many other accomplishments include starting the state's only middle school billiards club, running a "Crime Scene Investigation" interdisciplinary curriculum project, and co-coaching student Andrew Zhou to the 2007 National Spelling Bee Finals in Washington, D.C.
"I'm still a little in shock over all of this because I wouldn't have been able to do all that I did without the support of my colleagues and administration," Ueda said. "I personally feel that this sort of thing cannot be given to just an individual since it is a mark of excellence for all of our school's teachers combined, and I am just lucky enough to be the recipient."
For more information about the UH Mānoa College of Education, visit www.hawaii.edu/coe.
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/coe


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Effects of RM-493 on Energy Expenditure in Obese Individuals
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01867437
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 4, 2013
Last Update Posted : April 20, 2017
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- RM-493 is a drug that stimulates parts of the brain that control eating and metabolism. It has helped to reduce body weight and improve insulin sensitivity in lab tests. However, it is not fully known whether RM-493 causes weight loss by just decreasing appetite or by increasing metabolism or both. Researchers want to see how RM-493 affects metabolism and hormones that affect the metabolic rate. They also want to see how RM-493 affects appetite by assessing feelings of hunger and fullness. They will study this drug in people who are obese but are otherwise in good health.
- To see how RM-493 affects metabolic rate and appetite in obese but otherwise healthy individuals.
- Individuals between 18 and 50 years old who are obese (body mass index between 30 and 40 kg/m2) but are otherwise healthy.
- The study consists of three phases. The first phase is the screening visit. The second phase is an 8-day inpatient stay. The final phase is a follow-up phone call one week after the end of the second phase.
- Participants will be divided into two groups. One group will receive the study drug first, followed by a placebo. The other group will receive the placebo followed by the study drug. The study drug and placebo will be given under the skin for 3 days each by a small device (OmniPod) that normally is used to give insulin to people with diabetes.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected. They will also meet with a dietitian. The OmniPod device will be demonstrated before use.
- Participants will have the following procedures during their 8-day inpatient stay:
- Daily exercise routine (walking on treadmill) after setting a comfortable pace (miles per hour) during an exercise test
- Wear physical activity monitors
- Body composition study to measure amounts of fat and muscle
- Calorie controlled study diet
- Study drug/placebo dose through the OmniPod (Days 2 through 4 and 5 through 7)
- Metabolic rate studies using a cart or the metabolic chamber
- Daily blood samples
- Urine collection for 24 hours
- Questions about weight history and appetite
- About a week after the inpatient stay, participants will have a followup phone call to ask about any side effects from the study.
|Condition or disease
|Obesity Morbid Obesity
|Drug: Placebo Drug: RM-493
|Phase 1
Obesity is a chronic relapsing health problem and a strong risk factor for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Life expectancy is shorter in obese individuals who often suffer from costly related co-morbidities such as certain cancers, liver disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and depression. Weight loss improves the co-morbidities. Diet and exercise are effective in the short term, but are rarely effective over a span of years. New therapies are needed especially for patients with obesity. The melanocortin system, and specifically, melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) is involved in the regulation of energy homeostasis and body weight. This role is validated in human genetic mutations, and in animal models of obesity, stimulation of MC4R reduces food intake and increases metabolic rate, causing a reduction in body weight.
RM-493 is a potent, selective peptide agonist for the MC4R that suppressed food intake and reduced body weight in preclinical studies. RM-493 has been studied in single dose and multiple ascending dose clinical studies in obese volunteers. This study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose, 2-period, crossover study to assess the effects of RM-493 on resting energy expenditure measured in a room calorimeter. Twelve obese but otherwise healthy adult subjects between the ages of 18 and 50 inclusive, will be enrolled and randomized to one of 2 treatment sequences (RM-493 then placebo; or placebo then RM-493) over an 8-day study interval. Components of 24-hour energy expenditure, exercise induced energy expenditure, spontaneous physical activity, respiratory quotient, safety and pharmacokinetic data will be collected.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|15 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Double (Participant, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 1b, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Dose, 2-Period Crossover Study to Evaluate the Effect of RM-493 on Energy Expenditure in Obese Subjects
|Actual Study Start Date :
|May 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|March 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|March 2014
Active Comparator: RM-493
Double blind RM-493 will be administered at a dose of 1 mg/24 hrs via subcutaneous infusion for 3 days
Drug: RM-493
Sterile solution (2mg/ml) for subcutaneous infusion
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Double blind placebo will be administered via subcutaneous infusion for 3 days
Drug: Placebo
Sterile solution (vehicle) for subcutaneous infusion
- Resting energy expenditure measured in a room calorimeter during continuous subcutaneous infusion of RM-493 or placebo in obese healthy subjects [ Time Frame: day 4 and day 7 ]
- Total energy expenditure measured in a room calorimeter during continuous subcutaneous infusion of RM-493 or placebo in obese healthy subjects [ Time Frame: day 4 and day 7 ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Male and female subjects aged 18 to 50 years at screening who meet the following inclusion and exclusion criteria will be eligible for enrollment:
- Able to provide written informed consent prior to any study procedures, and be willing and able to comply with study procedures
- Body mass index of 30-40 kg/m(2)
- Subjects who are medically healthy with normal or clinically insignificant screening results (laboratory profiles, medical histories, electrocardiograms and physical examination)
- Female subjects must have negative serum or urine pregnancy tests and must not be lactating. For females able to bear children, a hormonal (i.e., oral, implantable, or injectable) and single-barrier method, or a double-barrier method of birth control or abstinence must be used/ practiced throughout the study. Female subjects unable to bear children must have this documented in the case report form (CRF) (i.e., tubal ligation, hysterectomy, or post-menopausal [defined as a minimum of one year since the last menstrual period]). Post-menopausal status will be confirmed by follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).
- Female subjects must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to administering the OmniPod in both Period 1 and Period 2 to continue in the study.
- Males with female partners of childbearing potential must agree to use two medically acceptable forms of contraception as described above, with one of the two forms being condom with spermicide, from the Screening Period through the follow up phone call after completion of study treatment. Males with female partners of childbearing potential who themselves are surgically sterile (status post vasectomy) must agree to use condoms with spermicide over the same period of time.
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Any clinically significant abnormalities on screening laboratories or physical examination as determined by the Investigator
- Abnormal 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) except minor deviations deemed to be of no clinical significance by the Investigator
- ALT or AST > 1.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) during screening
- Treated or untreated hypertension or blood pressure 140/90
- Treated or untreated diabetes diagnosed as fasting plasma glucose 126 or a HbA1c 6.5%
- TSH outside of the normal range
- Active or history of any significant medical condition such as and including renal, hepatic, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, genitourinary, endocrine, immunologic, metabolic, neurologic or hematological disease.
- Clinical symptoms of or treatment for sleep apnea (severe snoring, excessive daytime somnolence)
- Any history of cancer, including personal history or close family history (parents or siblings) of melanoma; and/or personal history of multiple atypical nevi, nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, or a personal history of non-melanoma skin cancer.
- Bariatric surgery
- History of recent surgery (within 60 days of screening)
- Current or recent (within last month) infection or viral illness
- Prescription drug use including topical steroids and inhalers, and non-prescription medicines with sympathomimetic actions (eg decongestants) if not stopped 1 week prior to and throughout the admission.
- Weight loss or gain of greater than 3% of body weight in last 3 months
- Inflexible dietary restrictions
- Actively training athletes (collegiate or professional level)
- Cigarette smoking (must be completely nonsmoking for at least 2 months)
- Dependence on caffeine, alcohol or drugs; unable or unwilling to abstain completely from caffeine and related substances for 72 hours prior to study and throughout the study
- Claustrophobia or other psychiatric conditions that would preclude participation in all aspects of the study
- Unable or unwilling to wear an insulin pump for the 6 days of treatment during the study (to deliver test drug and placebo)
- Participation in an investigational clinical study within the 30 days prior to dosing in the present study
- Any other reason, which in the opinion of the Investigator, would confound proper interpretation of the study
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01867437
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Monica C Skarulis, M.D.
|National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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|Responsible Party:
|Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
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|First Posted:
|June 4, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 20, 2017
|Last Verified:
|April 2017
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|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
24 Hour Energy Expenditure
Resting Energy Expenditure
Healthy Volunteers
Obesity, Morbid
Nutrition Disorders
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms


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How can I then return in happy plight,
That am debarred the benefit of rest?
When day's oppression is not eas'd by night,
But day by night and night by day oppress'd,
And each, though enemies to either's reign,
Do in consent shake hands to torture me,
The one by toil, the other to complain
How far I toil, still farther off from thee.
I tell the day, to please him thou art bright,
And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:
So flatter I the swart-complexion'd night,
When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.
But day doth daily draw my sorrows longer,
And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger.
Sonnet 28: Translation to modern English
So how can I, who am prevented from the benefit of rest, return in a contented frame of mind when the oppression of the day isn't relieved at night, but the day is oppressed by the night and the night oppressed by the day? And although they are natural enemies they shake hands on an agreement to torture me, the one with travel, the other to dwell on thoughts of how far away from you I have travelled. To please the day I tell him that your brightness lights him up when clouds conceal the sky, and I flatter the black-complexioned night that you brighten the evening sky when the sparkling stars are not shining. But day prolongs my sorrows daily, and night makes my grief grow stronger nightly.


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How to replace the internal hard-drive in an Imation Apollo 500GB 2.5″ portable hard-drive
A few months ago I got an Apollo 500GB 2.5″ portable hard-drive from Imation. It's nice and compact and I used it to store movies, music and other random crap. About a month ago I was trying to copy a few files onto the device when I noticed that operation was extremely slow. It was so slow that it was pretty much unusable. I wanted to test it out and see what the problem was, but I got busy with work and also my parents were visiting and so I was flying to California almost every weekend. When I finally got around to testing it out, I found that I couldn't even mount the drive properly now. I could neither do it in Windows 7 nor in Ubuntu 9.04. Ubuntu would recognize the drive and it also saw that there was a partition on there, but other than that it wouldn't do anything. I tried to use gparted to format it, but it wouldn't even show up there. In Windows 7, I used Computer Management and when to Drive Manager. Intially the drive wouldn't show up, but after unmounting and remounting it a few times, it finally showed up. I deleted the existing partition, made a new one, and then tried to format it. The format never finished; it was taking far too long. I then tried to format it in Ubuntu and this time gparted saw the drive, but it was unable to format it as well. I suspected that it might have some hardware issues (which is strange, because it's not like I used it in a rough manner. Imation should probably make their drives tougher!) and so I tried to run some SMART tests on it. Ubuntu's smartmontools doesn't support USB drives. But on Windows, I used a trial version of ArgusMonitor to test the drive. As I suspected, there were a whole bunch of errors. Many sectors were unreadable and Argus suggested that I back-up all data immediately. I didn't have much data on there anyway and so I figured the drive was pretty much toast. Then for kicks I wondered if I could replace the internal hard-drive. It's basically a 2.5″ SATA hard-drive and I had an extra one lying around, and so I decided to see if I could replace the hard-drive.
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Florida Snake Identification Key
Black Swamp Snake, Swamp Snake
Scientific name: Seminatrix pygaea (COPE 1871)
The following will separate the two Swamp Snakes found in Florida. If you are unable to distinguish between them based on the characteristics in the key below, you probably can do so using the geographic location alone.
Select the box below that is the closest match to your snake:
117 or fewer belly scales; short triangular markings on either side of the belly scales; southern Florida.
Your snake could be a Southern Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea cyclas.
118 or more belly scales; transverse black line on either side of the belly scales; central Florida and the coastal plain to southeastern Alabama and Georgia.
Your snake could be a Northern Florida Swamp Snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea.
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Madison superintendent finalist withdraws application
Community forum to be held Thursday
MADISON, Wis. — One of the two finalists for superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District has withdrawn his application for the position.
Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education said finalist Walter Milton, Jr., superintendent of Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Ill., informed the board that he believes the Madison Metropolitan School District is not the right fit for him, and he will pursue another opportunity.
The board said Tuesday that Milton has withdrawn his application for the position.
On Sunday, the school board had announced Milton and Jennifer Cheatham, chief of instruction for Chicago Public Schools, as the two finalists.
"We do have a very qualified candidate who we are excited to bring before the community and continue our decision process," the board said in a statement Tuesday. "Dr. Cheatham is a top candidate, and we are impressed by her work. In her time there, Chicago Public Schools have made significant strides in improving student achievement, and the schools that Dr. Cheatham specifically supervised made gains above the district average."
The board said it will continue the decision making process on Thursday with final meetings with Cheatham.
The board said it's eager for the community to attend the community forum with Cheatham at 5:45 p.m. Thursday at the Monona Terrace, where the public is encouraged to bring their questions.