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Man In Wingsuit Takes Flight…For A Second Anyway [VIDEO]
We admire ingenuity. We also admire courage. Turns out, we admire stupidity as well. This guy had all three. For some reason, dude thought it would be a good idea to make a wingsuit, jump off a cliff, and see what happens. Turns out, he actually did stay in the air...for a few seconds. Then he belly-flopped into a lake. Luckily, he survived and we look forward to seeing what he comes up with next!

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UH Hilo presents year-end awardsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
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HILO - The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo honored a student, faculty, and a staff member during its annual Year End Celebration and Recognition gathering, held May 10, 2007 at the University Classroom Building.
The Student Employee of the Year Award was presented to Jonathan Koch, who works in the UH Hilo Admissions Office. A member of the second class of Chancellor Scholarship recipients, Koch entered UH Hilo in fall 2003 and has helped transform the program into a student-run initiative.
"What Jonathan has done is provide a whole new dimension to the Chancellor Scholars program that we, as administrators, could never have accomplished," said Admissions Director James Cromwell. "As an upper classman, he works with newer Chancellor Scholars in planning service and social opportunities each semester, such as raising money for charity and participating in events like Relay for Life and Make a Difference Day. He is even exploring potential roles an alumnus can play in the program so that he can remain active after graduating next semester."
In the Admissions Office, Koch has become the face and voice of UH Hilo's local students from Oʻahu. He has served as a peer tele-counselor assisting students with housing, financial aid and other issues. Koch has also been active as an email correspondent with prospective students, participated in community forums on the University Web site and spoken at college fairs onOʻahu.
Receiving the Excellence for Scholarly and Creative Activities Award was Dr. Thomas K. Pinhey, professor of sociology. The award is presented each year to a tenure-track faculty member or a full-time Board of Regent classified professional staff member for outstanding achievement.
Pinhey joined UH Hilo in 2001 following a distinguished career, primarily at the University of Guam, where he chaired the Micronesian Area Research Center. An internationally recognized medical sociologist, Pinhey's research interests have reached broadly beyond that field, said Dr. Dan Brown, coordinator of research and graduate studies. "He has devoted considerable effort to understanding drug use and violence in adolescents," Brown said. "More recently, he has become interested in other health issues from menopause to diabetes risk, and has applied his research in particular to Pacific populations."
Since coming to UH Hilo, Pinhey has published 12 articles in major journals, including the American Journal of Public Health, Social Biology, Women and Health, Social Science Quarterly, and Pacific Studies. He has also served as a mentor for both students and faculty colleagues in research activities and has co-authored papers with his UH Hilo colleagues.
Social Sciences Division Secretary Yolanda Belog received the Outstanding University Support Employee Award, which recognizes the support employee who has made significant contributions to UH Hilo. Division Chair Dr. Rick Castberg, who selected her for the job when he headed Social Sciences in 1995, said Belog makes things work.
"She is extremely neat, organized and orderly," Castberg said. "All the traits I don't have."
Also honored were three faculty members who were presented with the National Society of Leadership and Success Award. Dr. Karla Hayashi, instructor of English, Dr. Cheryl Ramos, assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. Yumiko Ohara, assistant professor of Japanese, received the award which recognizes and honors UH Hilo faculty that teach with heart and passion and who have motivated students in the National Society of Leadership and Success on campus.


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Reshma Bano Qureshi, who in 2014 survived a brutal acid attack from her brother-in-law as she attempted to shield her sister from an assault was so badly disfigured she lost an eye and much of her face was left scarred.
But the 19-year-old from Mumbai, India not only survived the attack, but two years later has traveled from her home in India to participate in New York Fashion Week where she triumphantly walked the runway. Qureshi has gone on to become a spokesperson on her Youtube Channel where she not only talks about achieving "perfect red lips" during makeup tutorials, but also serves as a vocal opponent to campaign against the easy sale of acid in India. Her Youtube videos under the hastag #EndAcidSale, has attracted a massive following.
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UH Manoa College of Education selects Robert Stodden as Dai Ho Chun Endowed ChairUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The College of Education (COE) announces the appointment of Robert A. Stodden, director and professor of the Center on Disability Studies, as Dai Ho Chun Endowed Chair of the College of Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The endowed chair position in Educational Leadership was established in June 2001 when the COE received a $1 million gift from the Estate of Dai Ho Chun. Dr. Chun was a public school teacher, supervisor of student teachers and principal of University Laboratory School, faculty member in the College of Education, and director of the International Cooperative Center — the forerunner of the East-West Center."Dai Ho Chun coupled his interest in education with a lifelong advocacy for international endeavors," said Donald Young, interim dean of the College of Education. "We are very proud to claim Dr. Chun as an emeritus faculty member of our College of Education. His vision and leadership are exemplified in the endowed chair in his name, which enables us to honor the research and teaching of Dr. Stodden, who truly has a national reputation for leadership in his field."
Stodden is a nationally renowned scholar in the areas of educational policy development and evidence-based practice whose work has impacted educational systems and classroom practices on local, national and international levels. His research explores the use of indigenous and other cultural values and behaviors as a means of teaching and supporting Native Hawaiian and other minority student groups who are most at risk for school failure.
Stodden received his BA in education and psychology from Western Washington University, his master's in adolescent counseling and career guidance from California State University, Long Beach, and his Ph.D. in developmental disabilities/vocational rehabilitation from the University of Florida.
"I am honored to serve as the Dai Ho Chun Endowed Chair and I look forward to participating in educational leadership activities focused upon addressing policy and practice issues which impact upon students in Hawaiʻi's public schools most in need of assistance and support to succeed," said Stodden.
About the College of Education
The College of Education at UH Mānoa comprises a diverse mix of faculty, staff, and students whose aims are to advance and generate knowledge in the fields of education, human development, counseling, administration, assessment, evaluation, research, technology, disabilities, and other related disciplines. In addition to being a professional school of education, the College also houses units which employ and prepare professionals in the related fields of counseling, educational psychology, technology, research on disabilities, athletic training, evaluation, assessment, and curriculum development. For more information, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/coe.


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City and county work together to build water park
The $8 million water park is expected to open in 2014
One city and county are working together to build water park for residents.
Sebastian County and the City of Fort Smith will unveil plans for the $8 million project Tuesday night. Neighbors in Fort Smith had the opportunity to preview plans at a similar meeting Monday night.
The Sebastian County judge says the money to fund the project comes from city and county taxpayers.
"$4 million comes from the Sebastian County budget," says Judge David Hudson. "That money comes from 25-percent of our sales tax revenues that we reserve for capital improvements. The other $4 million comes from the City of Fort Smith. They had a special election last year to extend an existing tax and the $4 million dollars of that tax was allocated to this project."
Hudson says he expects the water park in Ben Geren Park to generate enough revenue to pay for operating fees.
"We're projecting a return on revenue from the facility that will come close to operating costs for the facility," says Hudson. "Initially, we will lose a little more money than we will after it's been more marketed and people are more aware of it being there. Our target would be operating the water park as close as we can to cash flow."
Hudson says the park will provide activities for the whole family.
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MOVIE REVIEW- Bro-mance: <i>Love You</i> full of laughs
I Love You, Man is a "pleasure-giver," though not the way the term is defined in the movie. This bro-mantic comedy has fun upsetting preconceived definitions of gender roles and intra-gender as well as inter-gender relations.
That sounds as hilarious as a thesis on cancer, so I'd better start over.
L.A. real estate agent Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) isn't what you'd call a "man's man"– his favorite sport is fencing. He's never formed close friendships with other men, having focused instead on trying to find the right woman.
He's finally found her: Zooey Rice (Rashida Jones), who shares all their intimate secrets with her close friends and business partners, Hailey (Sarah Burns) and Denise (Jaime Pressly). Not until they get engaged does Peter realize he doesn't have a friend to serve as his best man.
The script's biggest problem is that Peter has a younger brother, Robbie (Andy Samberg), who would be the obvious choice. It's one of those "then there wouldn't be a movie" situations, since the movie's about Peter finding a friend and learning to be a friend. It would help if there were conflict between the brothers, but that's avoided because Robbie's gay, and it might be read as homophobic.
Robbie's orientation is established up front at a meal with their parents (J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin). Manly Dad, who has more in common with athletic Robbie than introverted Peter, says Robbie always had a lot of friends growing up. After speculating on the reason, he responds to disapproving looks by declaring, "My son is a gay man, and I embrace his lifestyle."
Robbie introduces Peter to the concept of "man-dates," which don't work out too well for him. An Internet date doesn't match his photo– by about 60 years– and the guy Mom fixes him up with (Thomas Lennon of Reno 911!) should be dating Robbie instead.
It's true that when you stop looking for someone, that's when you find them. Peter meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segel of Forgetting Sarah Marshall) at an open house he gives to find a buyer for Lou Ferrigno's house. (Ferrigno comes in for some good-natured ribbing, even participating in it when he appears later in the film.) Sydney admits he just goes to open houses for the food and to hit on wealthy divorcées.
The men are so dissimilar they hit it off right away. If they were "The Odd Couple," Peter would be Felix and Sydney would be Oscar; but they both believe in saying what they mean, and they enjoy jamming to Rush songs. Before long, they're hanging out together so much Zooey feels like she's competing for Peter's attention.
Of Zooey's friends, Hailey is single and desperate. Denise has a stormy marriage to Barry (Jon Favreau). They fight all the time but have great makeup sex. She says she doesn't worry about him cheating on her because he's "40 pounds overweight with a Jewfro and a small dick."
The dialogue in I Love You, Man is crude, not always in a natural-sounding way, but often hilarious. This is a movie you should see early, before your friends give away all the good stuff. Ordinarily, projectile vomit gags make me want to vomit (or at least gag), but I cracked up at one here.
Director John Hamburg, who wrote the screenplay with Larry Levin, should have reined in the actors' improvisation a bit or been more ruthless in the editing room. Rudd does too much "adorably dorky" shtick, even though he does it well. The same goes for Segel wearing his inner animal on the outside, but so much of I Love You, Man is so funny that you can forgive it its excesses.


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Death threats force outspoken host of chatshow Aapas Ki Baat to broadcast from converted bedroom to avoid travel into Lahore
Najam Sethi, the star of one of Pakistan's top rated political chatshows, does not travel far to work. For the three nights a week his programme is on air, Sethi simply opens his bedroom door and walks into a purpose-built studio.
Since January the veteran journalist has been broadcasting from the glossy, little studio because he fears his public criticism in Aapas Ki Baat (Just Between the Two of Us) of one of Pakistan's most powerful institutions could get him killed.
He is not alone. Last month the prominent human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir, who lambasts the military for interfering in civilian politics, claimed there was a plot to kill her hatched "at the highest level of the security apparatus". She has since been given government guards to protect her.
Almost alone among the country's army of TV pundits, Sethi regularly takes on the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI), the military spy agency accused of everything from supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan to murdering its critics. Few other Pakistani journalists dare make such claims, or even criticise the Pakistani army's long history of interfering in the affairs of the nation.
A staple of Sethi's show is raking over the history of "failed military strategies, lost wars, misadventures and coups" by Pakistan's generals.
Sethi began to feel seriously concerned for his safety after the US raid on Osama bin Laden's compound last May, after he told his audience Pakistan must have been "complicit or incompetent" during the al-Qaida chief's decade-long stay in the country.
The broadcast led to a "stormy" face-to-face confrontation with a very senior ISI official. "He accused me of everything, anti-Pakistan, anti-army, anti-everything," Sethi said.
Weeks later the journalist Saleem Shahzad, who wrote extensively about the Taliban, al-Qaida and the ISI, was found dead in a canal. Sethi told viewers Shahzad had been tortured to death by the ISI.
With the top brass apoplectic, high-level government officials warned Sethi his name had been circulated on a hit list. A kidnapping plot, he was told, had been hatched involving two militant groups with links to the ISI.
Militant groups have pulled off some audacious kidnappings of high-profile people in Lahore, including Shahbaz Taseer, son of the assassinated former governor of Punjab province, who has not been seen since he was hauled out of his car in an upmarket area of Lahore in August.
Sethi and his wife, the journalist Jugnu Mohsin, hoped the danger would die down if they left the country. After four months abroad, Sethi returned to find he was still at risk, despite going public about the threats against him.
"On the first programme I did when I came back, I said I had been facing threats from state and non-state actors," he said. "And I warned that if anything should happen to me or my family we would hold the military establishment at the highest level responsible."
Security cameras now cover his house, which he rarely leaves. Soon he will have an armoured vehicle for his occasional forays into the city. Trusted guards from Mohsin's ancestral village have been drafted in to keep an eye on the guards provided by the government.
Sethi's liberal politics show, generally out of step with a society that appears to be turning more conservative, has been a surprise hit on the country's most popular private channel and commands primetime advertising rates, despite going out at 11pm. With a hit on their hands and nightly journeys to the Lahore studios of Geo TV thought to be too dangerous, channel bosses took the unprecedented step of building their star a studio in the couple's old bedroom.
Sethi sits at a glass table in the middle of the blue and yellow set and discusses the day's news with co-host Muneeb Farooq. With Pakistan buffeted by what seems to be at least one scandal, disaster or political upheaval a week, there's always a lot to talk about.
While the programme is slick, the makeshift broadcasting facilities are anything but. The production team run the show from monitors and laptops inside a battered pink and white Toyota Coaster in the driveway. They work in cramped, uncomfortable conditions – even at 11pm when the show begins, temperatures in Lahore are sweltering.
"Logistically it is a nightmare," said Zeeshan Khan, the producer. "If it rains, basically we can't broadcast."
As the show goes out Mohsin sits next door on their bed watching the broadcast, the sound turned down so that it doesn't disturb her husband just a few metres away.
Sethi receives ample abuse on the internet for his efforts, with people accusing him of being a US spy or of being corrupt. Recently his name appeared among a list of journalists allegedly paid off by a billionaire real estate tycoon. He denies the claims and sees it as part of a "fully fledged campaign" by military intelligence to undermine his credibility. He is more concerned about the threats. "In thirty years of English journalism, I got maybe three threats," said Sethi, who still edits The Friday Times. "But in three years in television I get one or two threats every day."
Nadeem Farooq Paracha, a cultural commentator for the Dawn newspaper, said Sethi's value lay in his political predictions, which usually turned out to be correct – and the fact that "he does not follow the usual rightwing, populist narrative of the rest of the Urdu media".
He also challenges the "military establishment's Orwellian distortions of history", that Paracha says airbrushes great fiascos such as the 1971 war that led to the breaking away of East Pakistan and the formation of Bangladesh.
"The army have started to realise that with him being on such a mainstream channel with such a huge audience he is starting to influence a lot of people, young minds particularly," Paracha said.
Sethi takes the threats as a sort of backhanded compliment, a sign that he must be doing something right and relishes the clout the show has given him. He said: "I can't go back to newspapers now. I'm not interested."


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What's a state to do when the federal surface transportation program heads toward its Sept. 1 expiration date with little promise of a new transportation bill and the Federal Highway Trust Fund's expenditures outpace tax receipts about $1.25 billion a month?
The good news is nobody expects Congress to allow the program to lapse. Washington will slap on some Band-Aid legislation taking states into 2015 (hint: November elections) but the wounds of partisanship will continue to fester. What Georgia should not be doing is holding its breath. State transportation leaders should hold their noses instead; forge ahead with new and growing independence from the federal government.
Gov. Nathan Deal is doing so already, having approved the sale of bonds and using some fuel tax funds as a stopgap until federal funds become available when Congress takes action. But it's a stopgap. Even accepting that a fuel tax increase is politically unfeasible, Georgia leaders' opportunities are as wide open as the roads (not under construction) in the state.
The state will gain credibility with taxpayers and voters when it shows, first, that existing funds are being dedicated to transportation. This includes dedicating the "fourth penny" – the 25 percent of the 4 cents-per-gallon sales tax that currently goes into the state's general treasury. It also includes enabling counties to divvy up a penny special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) – split an existing penny tax without needing to add a penny for transportation projects.
Second, prioritize user fees. Fuel efficiency and growth in hybrid and alternative-fuel vehicles have shrunk gas tax revenues even as needs grow. Because fuel tax revenue in Georgia is dedicated to roads and bridges, the state loses revenue for such infrastructure when alternative-fuel vehicles are not "paying at the pump."
For some states, the solution is to adopt adopting an indexed gas tax – a percentage based on price instead of a fixed cents-per-gallon. While helpful it, too, is a temporary fix. With shrinking revenues, it makes sense that Georgia target road users through increasing tolling and, eventually, implement an Oregon-type charge for vehicle-miles traveled.
Third, embrace private sector involvement. Georgia's infrastructure investments need sufficient long term credit, not pay-as-you-go. Private investors can facilitate this. While public projects may not always be completely privately funded, the dollars and experience of private companies can expedite a project. Outsourcing services, including transit, and encouraging private investment not only reduces the taxpayer burden, it expedites projects and increases efficiency. The private sector prioritizes needs to get the best return on investment.
Finally, reduce the federal government's role in state and local transportation policy so that domestic needs can be prioritized. Sound transportation policy is being diluted because planners are losing sight of the overriding principle that transportation solutions should solve transportation problems. Money from the feds comes back mired in earmarks and tangled in strings; state and local governments must tailor requests to accommodate the federal government.
Taking critical dollars away from the principle of getting people from Point A to Point B, these costly ideas include transit-oriented development; live-work-play; "road diets," "world-class city" ideas such as light rail, streetscaping and streetcars; environmental policy such as tougher fuel emissions regulations and CAFÉ standards; and energy policy – such as transportation grants funding solar panels on the canopy of bus stalls at MARTA's Laredo Facility in Atlanta.
Georgia loses money and control when fuel taxes go first to Washington. It's time the state that is the origin of the nation's greatest do-it-yourself chain can adopt more of the same.
Benita M. Dodd is vice president of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, an independent, state-focused think tank that proposes market-oriented approaches to public policy to improve the lives of Georgians.


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My buddy Al texted me the other day -
"I understand they're different players but who would you take, Alonzo Mourning or Allen Iverson in their prime"?
I said AI, my friend said Zo.
AI was just unstoppable offensively, man. Remember when he shook MJ out high that one time in Philly and J-ed in his face? Sick...I mean that was Jordan defending him!!! Almost snapped his ankles...Plus he took that mediocre 76ers team to the Finals, I think the same yr (could be wrong)..Think AI won the MVP that same yr too, averaging over 30 a game if I remember right...I liked Zo, not trying to take anything away from him, he played hard and was good. Just not on AI's level imo.. Ewing used to take Zo to school, even well past his prime. Plus Zo wasn't even a true 7-footer..What was he, 6'10"? Zo went to the Finals in '06 but he wasn't a primary component like AI was for his team -- he was a backup center at that point, behind Shaq.. Apples & oranges right there...In his prime, Zo played on arguably more talented teams over a longer stretch than AI (with Charlotte & Miami), still never got to a Finals in his prime.
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These classifications are based on severity, which is
determined by symptoms and lung function tests. You should be assigned to the
most severe category in which any feature occurs.1
Asthma is considered
intermittent if without treatment any of the following
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Asthma is considered mild
persistent if without treatment any of the following are
Asthma is considered
moderate persistent if without treatment any of the
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If you or your child has persistent asthma (mild,
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CitationsNational Institutes of Health (2007). National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (NIH Publication No. 08–5846). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm.
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The Charter ( Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium.A Physician's Charter) did not deal with just the important relationship of ...
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Houston V.A. physicians examine P4P data and find evidence of gaming and treating the chart
Researchers from the Houston Veteran's Administration Hospital have published an article indicating that behavior of that type does in fact occur. Dr. Laura S. Peterson and her associates write in the August 15 2006 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
They reviewed 16 articles and in 4 studies they found evidence of unintended effects-adverse selection and gaming or treating the chart to achieve financially rewarded goals. Importantly, for those of us who believe this entire P4P movement is motivated by a desire to save money, they found no evidence that these efforts are cost effective. Of course, lack of evidence does not necessarily mean evidence that they are not cost effective but the third party payers and CMS may at some point pull back if they are continue to be unable to show they there are cost savings to the payers. I hope so.
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- Anonymous said...
Is the goal simply to be cost-effective, or is the goal to also be clinically effective? Is there any relationship between cost-effectiveness and clinical effectiveness?
Intuitively, one would think that clinical effectiveness would, over the long term, tend to decrease costs on average.
I think the trouble is, this is very hard to measure, especially if you are looking at clinical practices that might not pay off in ways that are immediate and/or obvious.
- Anonymous said...
Intuitively, one would think that clinical effectiveness would, over the long term, tend to decrease costs on average.
Not necessarily. Say someone gets treated and lives a long life but takes a lot of drugs. Someone else doesn't get treated and dies. Clinically effective, but hardly saves money.
Or consider something like mammograms. You need to screen a thousand for 10 years to save one life; you can assume you may save on treatment of this one person and a couple of others (in some cases early diagnosis will not translate into savings). During the same 10 years over 50% of these 1000 women will have a recall because of false positive (cumultive, 10% after 1st mammogram, slightly less for subsequent one),around 10% will have biopsies (or something like it, could be 7% or 18, I don't remember). Moreover, because of overdiagnosis you will have more women diagnosed with breast cancer, so you end up treating more women at least with surgery and radiation. So the costs of screening and treating extra women will be way over savings. So clinically you get some lives saved, but at a cost.
Not sure about other preventive things like statins. What if someone still ends up having a heart attack but later? What about all of the extra people who would've never had a heart attack even with treatment.
- Sid Schwab said...
gaming and treating the chart: no big surprise. P4P is a worthy concept at some level. Implementation of meaningful parameters seems literally impossible. Of necessity, it must involve relatively simple, black-and-white data points that say little about overcall care provided by a given doc.


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Raising awarness about the 9 principles for children on the move
Ignacio of TdhIF on his last lag from Berlin to Vukovar
Ignacio Packer, Secretary General of the Tdh International Federation created his own fundraising campaign to better protect children on the move. He decided to make a physically challenging trip, starting on a bike in Berlin on July 1st 2017, cycling 280 kms to Tisa, Czech Republic, then another 232kms to Pelhrimov (Czech republic), making his way to Vienna on the third day (and another 202 kms). In Vienna he changed into running gear and ran 62 kms to Bratislava on the fourth day than 88 additional kms on the fifth day to reach Komarno (Slovakia), arriving in Budapest On July 6 after another 82 kms of running.
In Budapest we met him, while he was preparing to take the last lag of his journey in a kayak along the Danube, aiming for Dunaföldvár (Hungary), and ending up in Vukovar, Croatia.
This amazing physical effort and accomplishment is made for children in migration, and to raise awareness about the "Recommended Principles for Children on the Move and Other Children affected by Migration".
These principles are a result of a consultative process by a large number of experts from UN agencies, academics, donor agencies and civil society organisations, including Terre des hommes. These principles aim to improve the quality of protection afforded to all Children on the Move and Other Children Affected by Migration and to enhance programming, accountability, advocacy and communication.They are based on the recommendations set out in the Committee on the Rights of the Child's 2012. As a workable tool, they are intended to address policy makers and other stakeholders and to offer guidance for measures to be taken on the rights and the needs of Children on the Move and Other Children Affected by Migration.
So what are these principles?
1. Children on the move and other children affected by migration shall be considered children first and foremost and their best interests shall be a primary consideration in all actions concerning them.
Children affected by migration should be ensured the same rights as all other children, including birth registration, proof of identity, a nationality and access to education, health care, housing and social protection. Those responsible shall not assume that standard solutions work for all children; rather they are required to conduct individual and family assessments prior to making a durable decision about each child. Children at the border shall not be refused entry without an adequate and individualized analysis of their request and due guarantees consistent with a best interests determination.
2. All children have the right to life, survival and development.
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3. Children have the right to liberty of movement within their State, and to leave their State and any other.
Children have the right to migrate in search of family life, safety or opportunity. In particular, they have a right to flee violence and danger.
4. The detention of children because of their or their parents'migration status constitutes a child rights violation and always contravenes the principle of the best interests of the child.
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Booking Through Thursday: Do You Have the Time?
1. Do you get to read as much as you WANT to read? (I'm guessing #1 is an easy question for everyone?)
2. If you had (magically) more time to read–what would you read? Something educational? Classic? Comfort Reading? Escapism? Magazines?
1. Hahahahahahahaha! Um, what was the question again? If I could read as much as I wanted I'd give up sleeping, eating, bathing, peeing, blinking...you get the idea. I think that explains why I read while walking around the house. But, yeah, I have a house, a kid, pets, a husband, things that need taking care of. This week I haven't read in days! Imagine! I've been busy getting ready for Ho-Ho. I can't remember going this long without a book on the go. It's time to remedy that.
2. All of the above. I have piles of books waiting to be read so I'd have to start on that stack, then I'd take a trip to the bookstore, library, wherever. I love the classics so I have centuries of reading to do. I don't think there will ever be ENOUGH time.
So, how long have you gone without reading? I'm interested.
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Me, too. I've gone for a couple of weeks now without reading much of anything. The holidays are really stealing a lot of my reading time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 9:46 AM
I walk around and read too. This has been a slow reading week for me too because there's been too much other stuff going on. Hopefully I can hunker down with a book for a while today.ReplyDelete
I don't think I've ever gone more than a day or since I was 4 that I haven't read a book. I read just about every night before bed and almost always while eating lunch (we used to walk home from school for lunch, so this was a habit I learned early). My parents wouldn't let us read at breakfast or dinner, but at lunch it was ok.ReplyDelete
I couldn't read in July & August. I was completely off reading. I just did not want to.ReplyDelete
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LOL! I think December is one month that reading suffers... You're right. There will never be enough time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 11:23 AM
I don't think I have ever gone more than a day or so without reading at least a little bit.ReplyDelete
I always make it a point to read at least a page every day!ReplyDelete
And we'll never get enough reading time even if we've 48 hrs/day, ha!
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Lately I have gone through times when I haven't been reading because I have an 8-month old daughter - or at least it feels that way. I think I mostly read something every day though and usually have a couple books on the go. But no, there will never be enough time to read all I want to read.ReplyDelete
If I go more than a few hours without reading something, I feel like I'm going into withdrawals. Right now I'm finishing up The Fairest Star by David Field, and it's such a page turner that I really want to see how it ends... I just about cringe every time I have to put it down. Good thing I work at home, so no one can see me sneak a page or two when I can't take it anymore. :)ReplyDelete
My normal pattern is to read at least a little bit every day, but I've gone through a few long dry spells in the last several years when I didn't read at all. Thankfully I've not had a dry spell in a long while! Nowadays I carry at least one book around with me everywhere. I'm often able to get in a page or two while I'm waiting for something.ReplyDelete
Isn't it funny how many say we'd read more from our own shelves. Are there any among us who don't have cases of books that we haven't yet read?ReplyDelete
My husband thinks I'm crazy, but after making my rounds through the book blogging community, I see that I am, in fact, perfectly normal.
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 3:26 PM
I usually read two hours over breakfast every morning, taking my time and sitting at the sunniest spot at my neighborhood coffee shop. (It's San Francisco...everyone has their coffee at the cafes). Then I'll slip in some reading time when no students come for office hour. I'll read a bit more at home in the evening since I don't watch much TV.ReplyDelete
I think the longest I went without reading was two weeks, when I was sick and had constant headaches (or was asleep).ReplyDelete
jlshall & Alice- There's just too much to do!ReplyDelete
Bermuda- Me too.
Beth- My parents had that rule too :(
Gautami- I think we all have those times.
Amy & Melody- That's a good habit to have.
Melanie- Yes, babies need lots of attention.
Ruth- I'll have to look for that one.
Bookwormom- Reading while waiting: I try to do that too.
Christina- It's a compulsion. I see a book and buy it even though my shelves are sagging.
Matt- Reading in a coffeeshop sounds so nice!
Jeanne- I was recently sick too and didn't read a bit. You know you're really sick when you can't pick up a book!
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I realized yesterday that I hadn't read in over a day - since I finished Blindspot. When that happens I end up doing something stupid, like staying up past midnight starting a new book. I started The School of Essential Ingredients last night - and it's brilliant so far. I didn't want to stop and go to sleep.ReplyDelete
When my husband and I go away for our anniversary (nothing major, just a weekend away from the kids) I don't take any books with me, that way I pay attention to my husband.ReplyDelete
Of course if we get the paper or something I will read that, and pretty much every place we've been has included browsing in at least one book store.
My husband would much rather watch tv than read a book. He was an English major in college (so he loves books), but now he works long hours, so I understand him not wanting to do much reading after work or on holiday.
When I was working, I went months without reading for pleasure. Now, ah luxury!ReplyDelete
I have read more in the last two months than I have all year! I don't know what was wrong with me this year... Anyway, judging by the size of my TBR pile, I will NEVER have enough time to read everything that I want to read! lolReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 7:57 PM
I walk and read too! I've found that if I try to sit and read my kid's bug me more than if I walk and read.ReplyDelete
The longest I've gone without reading is a day.
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM
If I'm traveling, I don't read much at all, although I still have a book with me.ReplyDelete
I can go a couple of days without reading, but it's rare...and usually followed by a period of intense reading.
I read every day. I'm not talented enough to walk and read at the same time though. :)ReplyDelete
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No matter how busy I am, never a day goes by that I don't read something. Of course it may only be a couple of pages in bed before I go to sleep and drop the book on the floor, but I read something!ReplyDelete
Carrie- It must be good to keep you up late.ReplyDelete
Alyce- My husband isn't a reader but he understands that I am.
Sal- You're lucky!
Kailana- I agree, I'll never have an end to the TBR pile.
Callista- I usually just can't put it down, that's why I walk and read.
softdrink- I find it's hard to read while travelling usless I'm on a plane (or a beach).
Robin- Oh you'd get the hang of it ;)
Cathy- That's a good habit!
Yes, I read every "little moment" that I can... like the morning as I blow dry my hair, or while I'm supposed to be sleeping, or while eating (not always the best results, though!)ReplyDelete
With working earlier in the morning and through lunch, I am missing my two biggest reading times of the day. I haven't picked anything up since I finished Holidays on Ice last Wednesday (and even that was only 160 pages!). Walking and reading at the same time...just thinking about that makes me dizzy! :)ReplyDelete
I've been keeping myself busy with getting ready for the holidays too. I just love this times of the year. Although things have been a bit slow. I should have finish off my shopping by the end of November, but things started off slow. So now, I need to think about what to get my parents for Xmas. They are tough to buy for. I also wish to read whatever is in my TBR piles, but my moods have not been ready to read some of the books.ReplyDelete
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Defensive tackle Tommy Kelly says the Raiders were gunning for Cam Newton after the Panthers took out quarterback Carson Palmer.
Kelly says, ``You take our guy out, we're going to go and try to take your guy out. We're not out to hurt someone, but when that happens ...''
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- informing customers that the transmissions they sought were in stock, when the transmissions were not in stock;
- requiring customers to provide transmission core deposits ranging from $250.00 to $750.00 and failing to return the deposits to customers;
- informing customers that their transmission cores were received late or were unrebuildable when the transmission cores provided were not late or unrebuildable;
- shipping transmissions to customers that were not what the customer ordered and/or were not the correct transmission for customers' vehicles and then refusing to provide refunds or replacements;
- charging customers more than the quoted or agreed upon price for parts and labor and refusing to release vehicles to owners without full payment;
- causing unreasonable delays in completion of warranty work;
- avoiding and ignoring customers who were seeking updates and readiness dates for their vehicles; and
- offering a One Year/12,000 mile warranty that contained so many requirements, exceptions and limitations that it provided no real warranty protection to the consumer.
Under the terms of the Consent Judgment Transplant Plus can no longer accept core deposits, must deliver "in stock" transmissions within two weeks, must respond to customer complaints, and offer full refunds within 60 days. Transplant Plus will also pay the State a total of $36,000.00, with $28,355.68 in restitution to consumers and $7,644.32 in costs and attorney's fees.
This matter was handled by Assistant Attorney General Rebecca Salisbury of the Consumer Protection and Advocacy Section.


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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is an inherited condition in
which numerous polyps (growths that protrude from mucous membranes) form on the
inside walls of the colon and rectum. Having FAP makes it very likely that a person will get colorectal cancer.
People with FAP develop polyps in their 20s and 30s or even earlier. They may have hundreds to thousands of polyps throughout the colon by their 30s. Surgery to
remove the colon (colectomy) is the recommended treatment, because FAP almost
always develops into colon cancer.
The gene mutation that causes FAP can be detected by a genetic screening blood test. If the test result is positive, immediate family members should also be screened. Yearly screening with sigmoidoscopy beginning at age 10 or 12 is recommended. After polyps are found, surgery to remove the colon (colectomy) should be done to prevent colon cancer.
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The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (ESL) was founded in 1909 in Richmond. when eighteen women met at the home of Anne Clay Crenshaw. Lila Meade Valentine, a Richmond native, became the first president of the ESL. Valentine believed that an electorate that included women would be more supportive of democratic issues such as equal educational opportunities and health care reform. Along with Valentine, the league's others members included several prestigious women, among them Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston, Adéle Clark, Nora Houston, and Dr. Katherine Waller Barrett. During the first year about 120 women joined. The league sought to win women the right to vote as a democratic right of tax-paying citizens, which women were. Although independence had been won in 1776, women were still not equal citizens nearly a century and a half later. By denying women the right to vote, they argued, America was stuck in pre-Revolution days of taxation without representation.
The League joined forces with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and organized a campaign to inform Virginia residents about the issue of woman suffrage. The League started an education campaign that included passing out literature on city streets, visiting women's colleges, and addressing Virginia residents at town meetings, union meetings, and state conferences. The ESL went on to become Virginia's largest and most influential woman suffrage organization.
The ESL faced organized resistance in the form of the Virginia Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, founded in 1912. Much of the antisuffragist rhetoric placed women's role within the home and often focused on the idea of separate spheres for women and men. Antisuffragists argued that men's role was in the public sphere whereas women belonged in the private sphere or the home and that if women stepped outside of their designated sphere than the family unit would ultimately suffer. Suffragists who rejected this social norm appeared truly revolutionary for their time. The suffrage movement brought women into the public sphere where they exercised democratic rights such as speaking in public on behalf of woman's rights.
Among them, Elizabeth Dabney "Lizzie" Langhorne Lewis broke free from social norms, and spoke in public, campaigning for a woman's right to vote. Langhorne was born in Botetourt County but later moved with her family to Lynchburg. In 1873 she married John H. Lewis, an attorney. Her grandniece, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, viscountess Astor, who in 1919 became the first woman to be seated as a member of Parliament, recalled that her aunt had "a well-reasoned mind, curious about all new ideas, accepting nothing until she was convinced." For a woman of her time, Lewis was very political and became a popular speaker on behalf of woman suffrage and improved working conditions for women.
Despite the ESL's being one of the most influential suffrage leagues in the nation, the Virginia General Assembly defeated woman suffrage resolutions three times between 1912 and 1916 and refused to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment after Congress submitted it to the states in 1919. Shortly after the Nineteenth Amendment was passed, the ESL disbanded on November 8, 1920, and two days later reorganized as the League of Women Voters of Virginia, a state chapter within the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization, that still exists today.
1. Who was the first President of the ESL?
2. What arguments did the ESL make for woman suffrage?
3. What arguments did antisuffragists make?
4. How was Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne different from other women of her generation?
Further Discussion
1. Why is Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne listed as "Mrs. John H. Lewis"? What does this tell us about women's role in American society?
2. Elizabeth Dabney Langhorne was an excellent public speaker. Why is good public speaking such an important factor in the success or failure of a cause? What have been some of the most important speeches delivered by women in American history?
Working Out Her Destiny: Women's History in Virginia
Elizabeth Dabney (Langhorne) Lewis (1851–1946)
Equal Suffrage League of Virginia (1909–1920) In Encyclopedia Virginia, published by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Suggested Reading
Graham, Sara Hunter. "Woman Suffrage in Virginia: The Equal Suffrage League and Pressure Group Politics, 1909–1920." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 101, no. 2 (April 1993): 227–250.


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Jennifer Aniston said she may be unlucky in love -- but she's no lonely girl.
In an interview on the E! network, the 40-year-old actress said just because she's had a string of highly publicized splits doesn't mean she's the tragic spinster she's made out to be in her most recent Elle magazine spread.
"It's just their headline of 'Lonely Girl' that's sort of bulls--t," Aniston said. "I agreed to do it because how many times have I done an interview -- every time -- and you're misquoted and stupid sound bites get taken out of context and all of that ... still happened with this."
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"It's unavoidable."
Aniston has had a number of high-profile Hollywood romances that ended abruptly -- adding the likes of Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn and John Mayer to her trail of tears. But she said that's no reason to make her a pity case.
The actress told Australian Harper's Bazaar she is still a romantic and believes in love despite the tough breakups.
"I'm still a romantic. I still believe in love," Aniston.
She dished to the magazine that she believes relationships end because both individuals fail to compromise.
"I think it's laziness. I really do," she said. "I think a good relationship is about collaboration. That's the way to go in a relationship. I think you need to talk to each other. Say what you need. Say what you want."
The "Love Happens" actress said she's trying to remain optimistic.
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I'm seeing a weird problem with a Ext.window.Window which just contains a tab panel with two tabs (each is a Ext.panel.Panel).
When I select one of the tabs, the window is no longer movable. If I dont select one of the tabs the window moves fine.
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The British Columbia Genealogical Society (BCGS) celebrates it's 40th anniversary this year, and as part of the celebration is to hold an Open House at the library on Sunday July 17th.
The library will be open from 2-4 pm, and everyone is welcome. Door prizes will be given including a 3 one year membership to GenealogyBank courtesy of www.GenealogyBank.com.
One thing to note is that the BCGS is giving out their first-ever book awards on Sunday, and they tell me a couple of the authors will be there.
The winner this year is Bruce McIntyre for his three-volume series, Lives Lived West of the Divide: A Biographical Dictionary of Fur Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858.
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Thanks to Thilina Heenatigala of AWB now we can have a list of web-streams of the total solar eclipse.
The totality of 2 minutes will take place at 20:38 UT on 13th November. (06:38 AEST on 14th of November). In Sri Lankan local time, it would be 02:08 am in the morning of 14th.
Don't miss out !!
Cairns Solar Eclipse, 2012
The official destination website for the total solar Eclipse over Cairns and Great Barrier Reef will feature Terry Cuttle from the Astronomical Association of Queensland as the host. He will be joined by Kate Russo (eclipse chaser and author), Ben Southall (winner of the 'Best Job in the World' promotion and tourism ambassador), Richard Fitzpatrick (an underwater cameraman, will be live from under water) and Alan Hale (from Hale-Bopp comet who is studying comets close to the Sun which can only be seen during an eclipse).
2012 Eclipse live from a Cairns Hot Air Balloon
Up to a dozen hot air balloons floating west of Cairns, Queensland Australia, with visitors from 20 different countries will be part of a live webcast of the 2012 total solar eclipse.
SLOOH will broadcast a free, real-time feed of the stunning total solar eclipse live from Cairns, Australia. The broadcast team includes Patrick Paolucci, Bob Berman, Lucie Green, Matt Francis and Paul Cox.
Cairns City Eclipse 2012 webcam
Can't make it to Cairns to see the Eclipse? No problem! Just check back on 14 November before 6:39am AEST (GMT+10) to see it live on our webcam.
GLORIA Project
Videos and pictures of the eclipse will be broadcast live on the internet starting at 20:30 UT. Additionally meteorological data will be collected to allow students to perform an interactive experiment. During the broadcast there will be live commentary in Spanish and English.
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You would think that saying "yes" to returning to direct The Avengers 2 would have come easily to Joss Whedon and you wouldn't be wrong. But the fan-favorite director of the year's biggest film did have to mull over the decision a bit before finally accepting. Not that it was a difficult task to turn down gazillions of dollars. But Whedon still seems to carry a chip on his shoulder about past failures that fell by the wayside through no fault of his own. The success of The Avengers was a huge step in giving Whedon creative freedom going forward and it appears as if he's ready to put his signature mark on the franchise with The Avengers 2. Hit the jump to read comments from Whedon himself on accepting the director's chair again.
Whedon recently did a number of interviews in which he commented on his thought process on returning to direct The Avengers 2. The first film was certainly a trial for him. NME quotes him as saying that The Avengers was, "an enormous amount of work telling what is ultimately somebody else's story." But Whedon seems a bit more enthusiastic and optimistic about the sequel, saying:
"Avengers 2, it wasn't a tough decision. For a long time I thought, 'Well, it's just not going to happen', [but] when I actually started to consider it, it became so clear that I desperately wanted to say more about these characters.
"It would've been an easy no and it was a spectacularly easy yes. There was no wrestling. Either scenario was delightful. It was a win-win, but I'm very excited about it."
In another interview with CoCreate, Whedon shared an amusing anecdote about his decision making process when presented with the opportunity to return for The Avengers 2:
"There's a business aspect to it and I would be disingenuous not to say that, but the question for me is, Do I have another story to tell about these people? So we worked on the business side of it and I didn't think it was going to happen–I was like 'I'm never going to do this again.' But once they worked on the business aspect of it I thought that seems fair and cool, so, the question was, Do I have another thing to say? I was in London and I went to a pub and had some fish and chips and a pint and started writing in my notebook. I'm writing if I was going to do this what would I say and 40 minutes later I filled the notebook. So I text my agent and said to make the deal. I'm so in love with that universe and the characters and they way they were played and I have so much more I want to do with them. I know I can't match the success of the first one but I can try to make a better film and that's what I'm excited about, that's the new room of fear I'm entering now."
The Avengers 2 hits theaters May 1st, 2015.


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