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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 2012) – The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) revealed today the 2012 Olympic Games volleyball (indoor) preliminary round schedules for both the men's and women's competitions that will take place July 28 to Aug. 12 at Earls Court in London.
The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, ranked No. 1 in the world by the FIVB, opens the Olympics against No. 15 Korea on July 28 at noon PT. Team USA meets Brazil, ranked second in the world, on July 30 at 8:45 a.m. PT in a rematch of the 2008 Olympic Games gold-medal match. On the middle day of competition, the Americans meet 2011 FIVB World Cup bronze medalist and fifth-ranked China on Aug. 1 at noon PT. Team USA challenges No. 6 Serbia on Aug. 3 at noon PT before concluding pool play on Aug. 5 against No. 11 Turkey at noon PT.
The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, the defending Olympic Games champion and currently ranked sixth in the world, starts the competition on July 29 against No. 7 Serbia at 8:45 a.m. PT. The U.S. challenges No. 13 Germany on July 31 at 8:45 a.m. PT. On the middle day of pool play, Team USA meets top-ranked Brazil in a rematch of the 2008 Olympic Games gold medal at noon PT on Aug. 2. The American team faces 2011 FIVB World Cup champion and second-ranked Russia on Aug. 4 at 8:45 a.m. PT before concluding pool play on Aug. 6 against No. 18 Tunisia at noon PT.
During pool play, there are a total of six matches per day broken into three sessions of two matches with women's and men's competition alternating days.
The top four teams in each six-team pool advance to the women's quarterfinal round on Aug. 7 and men's quarterfinal round on Aug. 8. The top finishing country in each pool will face the fourth-place team from the opposite pool. A drawing of lots will determine crossover quarterfinal matchups for teams finishing second and third.
The women's semifinal round is scheduled for Aug. 9, while the men's semifinal round is set for Aug. 10. The women's medal round matches take place on Aug. 11, followed by the men's medal round matches on Aug. 12.
The U.S. Women, which are currently in first place of the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, are seeking its first-ever Olympic Games gold medal. Four years ago Team USA captured the silver medal after falling to Brazil.
The U.S. Men are the defending Olympic Games champion, winning their third Olympic gold medal with a victory over Brazil. Team USA is currently in first place of the FIVB World League Pool C after winning three straight matches in France. The U.S. will host France, Korea and Italy in a World League Weekend in Dallas at the Dallas Convention Center Arena. To buy tickets, click here.
2012 Olympic Games Women's Volleyball Schedule
Pool A (World Ranking): Japan (3), Italy (4), Russia (7), Dominican Republic (9), Algeria (16), Great Britain (69)
Pool B (World Ranking): USA (1), Brazil (2), China (5), Serbia (6), Turkey (11), Korea (15)
July 28: Algeria vs. Japan, 9:30 a.m.
July 28: China vs. Serbia, 11:30 a.m.
July 28: Great Britain vs. Russia, 2:45 p.m.
July 28: Italy vs. Dominican Republic, 4:45 p.m.
July 28: USA vs. Korea, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
July 28: Brazil vs. Turkey, 10 p.m.
July 30: China vs. Turkey, 9:30 a.m.
July 30: Serbia vs. Korea, 11:30 a.m.
July 30: Dominican Republic vs. Russia, 2:45 p.m.
July 30: USA vs. Brazil, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m. PT)
July 30: Italy vs. Japan, 8 p.m.
July 30: Great Britain vs. Algeria, 10 p.m.
Aug. 1: Dominican Republic vs. Japan, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 1: Algeria vs. Russia, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 1: Serbia vs. Turkey, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 1: Great Britain vs. Italy, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 1: USA vs. China, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 1: Brazil vs. Korea, 10 p.m.
Aug. 3: Brazil vs. China, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 3: Japan vs. Russia, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 3: Turkey vs. Korea, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 3: Great Britain vs. Dominican Republic, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 3: USA vs. Serbia, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 3: Algeria vs. Italy, 10 p.m.
Aug. 5: Algeria vs. Dominican Republic, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 5: China vs. Korea, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 5: Great Britain vs. Japan, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 5: Italy vs. Russia, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 5: USA vs. Turkey, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 5: Brazil vs. Serbia, 10 p.m.
Aug. 7: Quarterfinal Matches at 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 9: Semifinal Matches at 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Bronze Medal Match, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Gold Medal Match, 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 11: Women's Gold Medal Ceremony, 8:20 p.m.
2012 Olympic Games Men's Volleyball Schedule
Pool A (World Ranking): Italy (3), Poland (4), Argentina (8), Bulgaria (9), Australia (22), Great Britain (92)
Pool B (World Ranking): Brazil (1), Russia (2), USA (6), Serbia (7), Germany (13), Tunisia (18)
July 29: Great Britain vs. Bulgaria, 9:30 a.m.
July 29: Russia vs. Germany, 11:30 a.m.
July 29: Australia vs. Argentina, 2:45 p.m.
July 29: USA vs. Serbia, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m. PT)
July 29: Italy vs. Poland, 8 p.m.
July 29: Brazil vs. Tunisia, 10 p.m.
July 31: Serbia vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m.
July 31: Poland vs. Bulgaria, 11:30 a.m.
July 31: Italy vs. Argentina, 2:45 p.m.
July 31: USA vs. Germany, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m. PT)
July 31: Great Britain vs. Australia, 8 p.m.
July 31: Brazil vs. Russia, 10 p.m.
Aug. 2: Serbia vs. Germany, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 2: Australia vs. Bulgaria, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 2: Russia vs. Tunisia, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 2: Poland vs. Argentina, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 2: Brazil vs. USA, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 2: Great Britain vs. Italy, 10 p.m.
Aug. 4: Germany vs. Tunisia, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 4: Great Britain vs. Poland, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 4: Australia vs. Italy, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 4: Russia vs. USA, 4:45 p.m. (8:45 a.m.)
Aug. 4: Argentina vs. Bulgaria, 8 p.m.
Aug. 4: Brazil vs. Serbia, 10 p.m.
Aug. 6: Australia vs. Poland, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 6: Russia vs. Serbia, 11:30 a.m.
Aug. 6: Italy vs. Bulgaria, 2:45 p.m.
Aug. 6: Great Britain vs. Argentina, 4:45 p.m.
Aug. 6: USA vs. Tunisia, 8 p.m. (noon PT)
Aug. 6: Brazil vs. Germany, 10 p.m.
Aug. 8: Quarterfinal Matches at 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.
Aug. 10: Semifinal Matches at 3 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Bronze Medal Match, 9:30 a.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Match, 1 p.m.
Aug. 12: Men's Gold Medal Ceremony, 2:50 p.m.


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|[Dawn] The Sindh government on Thursday banned pillion-riding for Friday in seven major cities of the province, including Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
and Hyderabad, following security threats on Eid Milad-un-Nabi, officials said.
"The ban would be effective from 8am to 10pm in Bloody Karachi, Hyderabad, Khairpur, Larkana, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Naushahro Feroze," said an official. "The decision is temporary and in fact part of security arrangements being made for the 12th of Rabi-ul-Awwal."
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The first trailer for the long-delayed Red Dawnremake has been released. Watching this trailer, I'm reminded of why we now use aliens for all of our invasion movies. Being a superpower, it's tougher to imagine the U.S. getting invaded by almost any other country. The original worked in 1984 because it preyed on Cold War fears, and those fears no longer exist. Even when China was the foe for the remake (a post-production change was made so that we wouldn't lose money from their bustling economy; now the baddie is North Korea, which is laughable since they can't even get a working rocket let alone an invasion force), there wasn't too much fear, although that would at least provide a credible war. I will say that the rah-rah freedom on display is kind of cute, and it's interesting that the remake focuses on the characters going on a mission rather than simply trying to survive like in the original.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Josh Peck, Isabel Lucas, Edwin Hodge, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Red Dawn opens on November 21st.
Click over to Yahoo! Movies to watch the trailer in HD.
Here's the official synopsis for Red Dawn:
In "Red Dawn," an American city awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky – shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.


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A little before midnight my buddy called and asked me if I could join him on a short hop to Zgharta, Lebanon in the morning. He wanted to visit a friend recovering in the hospital. We might grab a bite to eat if you want to, he said, Ehden is not that far away.
I haven't been to Lebanon since October of last year. I feel terrible how a fucking barrier blocks my freedom to cross the "border" between here and there. What a bunch of idiots on both sides. What filth, hypocrisy, shortsightedness and bigotry make me wait in line to be in one of my favorite locations on the planet, a mere hour and a half drive away.
Ehden's Paradise is the number one restaurant in the world serving Mezza and Middle Eastern Cuisine. I'm not an idiot to accept the words Lebanese or Syrian Mezza. I have evolved far too much to be such a Levantine Chimp. There's no place on earth where every bite you swallow, every sip you gulp, every breath you take is as good as it is in this northern Lebanese village. Paradise has been my favorite hideaway since the first time I set foot in Ehden, well over twenty years ago.
We made it in the late afternoon to Paradise. The wide terrace seats a comfortable thousand hungry patrons but it was almost deserted. There were far more waiters milling around like busy bees than there were people sitting behind tables and eating. We were greeted near the entrance by the maître d' who assured us that we would still get the best food and service despite our late arrival. What was it all about, I asked. This is one of the biggest nights in Ehden, he said, Sabah Fakhri is here for his annual one-night appearance.
For those readers who don't know who Sabah Fakhri is and in order to make it easier for them to comprehend and grasp the importance of the event, this is a man who is considered by over 200 millions of Arabs as Our Pavarotti. Well, wait, I need to elaborate further. Pavarotti, rest his soul, was one of the greatest of all times no doubt, but he could have found a cozy place to sit in his heydays in the shadow of our 76 year old veteran singer. Sabah Fakhri is the greatest performer alive. In 1968 he sang for 10 hours without a pause in Caracas, Venezuela to the adulation of thousands of expatriate fans. This world record remains unbroken.
The evening was sold out, of course, weeks ahead. We consumed the heavenly Mezza slowly and deliberately. No Kass of Arak could taste remotely close to the way it tastes in Ehden. In the late heat of this July afternoon all around the Mediterranean, the cool air at 1,500 m altitude took us to another reality. This is indeed how Paradise would be like one day when we bite the dust and are sent by default there. There is no man on the face of this earth as good as me, I mused, content in the knowledge that someday, this could all be mine forever. A renewed and spirited hubbub behind caught my ear then my eye. The owner and the staff were greeting someone very special who, just like us, had come fashionably late for lunch. It was none other than Mr. and Mrs. Fakhri who had just checked in in their hotel and came for a quick bite to eat. They were accompanied by a Tartoussi guy we knew. As they walked close by, our friend waved hello and said to the old man: "These guys came from Tartous to see you tonight". We had to stand and shake hands with the legend. He expressed his happiness and gratitude for our taking the trouble to attend his performance. When our friend knew that we didn't even have a reservation he fixed it in an instant. You will join me on Sabah's table, he assured us, as he hurried and joined the superstar.
I only had what clothes I was wearing. Not a toothbrush! Not even another pair of boxers to change into. Yet we managed to buy the essentials, find a great room in a hotel nearby and took a long nap before the endless night ahead. I was only missing one thing. I needed to call someone, as my day and night, my whole life past or ahead of me wouldn't be what it was meant to be if I hadn't done that. When I reluctantly hung up, my smile was larger than my face. I knew that it'll be a night to remember.
How can I explain what Tarab is to non-Levantines and North Africans? It's almost a futile attempt since Arabic is the only language with the right vocabulary to convey this state of mind. Sabah Fakhri is the master of Tarab without any shadow of a doubt. As thus let me try to make a fool of myself and fumble with an attempt to explain.
All the girls are stars and you...
Their moon you are
Tarab is a state of musical rapture. The lyrics, the music and the voice conspire together to put the listener in a unique mood of oriental sensuality and worship, lust and spirituality, seduction and chastity. Tarab is when you reach a mental point where everything around you is beautiful. The plate of fresh fruits on the table with drops of dew forming on the grapes and melons, the dark of night and the velvety flow of wine down your body, the numbness of complete sensory satisfaction, the touch of the wind on your cheek, the swaying ass of the girl dancing nearby, her erect nipples, the perfume on her belly in your nose, memories of love making, a mental orgasm, a voice from within,... floating in a womb of pleasure, your long scream at last with an uncontrollable Ahhhhhhhhhh, this is Tarab.
In the Paradise of Ehden, Sabah Fakhri brought us, all one thousand and one of us, into a land of one thousand and one Arabian nights for five consecutive hours (1:30AM till 6:30AM).
عيشة لا حب فيها جدول لا ماء فيه
The wine of love let me drink
Burdens of hearts let's forget
A life we live void of love
Devoid of water, a barren creek
I woke up at nine o'clock and headed back, across the fucking barrier to Tartous. On my way around the park in the late evening I was suddenly assaulted by the taste of fruits on my tongue, the long shadows of the night and the stream of wine gushing in my soul, the stupefaction, the caress of a breeze on my skin, a beautiful woman's butt, her breasts, the smell of her tummy, my going in, my inescapable climax, my own voice inside the tunnel, my last scream..... Ahhhhhhhhhh, Paradise.


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D2L Known Issues Reminder:
We are entering spring semester 2014 with D2L version 10.1 SP13. This is a reminder of some of the known issues that we are still experiencing.
These are by no means the only known issues we are dealing with, but they are particularly troublesome at the beginning of the semester when instructors are copying courses forward and editing their quizzes.
1. Attempting to delete questions in a quiz or question collection produces an error and/or does not delete all of the questions selected for deletion.
Workaround is to attempt to delete only a few questions at a time.
2. Cannot change the number of questions to be drawn from a random question set.
No workaround. Only option is to create a new random set and enter the correct number of questions to draw from the set.
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Prospective Investigation of SUPRACOR Visual Outcomes of Presbyopic Hyperopic Patients With and Without Astigmatism
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01628146
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified May 2015 by Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 26, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 20, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Hyperopic Presbyopia
|Device: SUPRACOR LASIK treatment
|Phase 4
The developed software algorithm SUPRACOR uses the subjective refraction of the eye to create a treatment for the distance vision correction. This part of the treatment does not show any difference to a regular LASIK treatment for hyperopic cases. In addition to the treatment for the distance vision an additional central ablation component will be added to address the near vision.
Excimer Laser Technolas® 217z100P, High Speed Session Management Software (KERACOR V5.0) and ZYOPTIX Cards as well as all the diagnostic devices that are used in the #1162 study are CE certified and are used for their standard purpose.
This study will be conducted at Mater Private Hospital (Eye Laser Department) by Professor Michael O'Keefe who would recruit up to 40 subjects according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|40 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|PHASE IV STUDY # 1162. Prospective Investigation of SUPRACOR Visual Outcomes of Presbyopic Hyperopic Patients With and Without Astigmatism
|Study Start Date :
|September 2012
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|July 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|October 2015
Experimental: SUPRACOR LASIK treatment
SUPRACOR LASIK treatment
Device: SUPRACOR LASIK treatment
The SUPRACOR algorithm uses the subjective refraction of the eye to create a treatment for the distance vision correction.
Other Name: LASIK
- High contrast intermediate visual acuity [ Time Frame: The study endpoints will be calculated for the 6-Month follow-up examination. ]The percentage of treated patients with a binocular uncorrected high contrast intermediate VA of 20/32 (0.4) or better. This percentage should be equal or greater than 60%.
- Contrast sensitivity [ Time Frame: The study endpoints will be calculated for the 3-Month and 6-Month follow-up examination. The defined study endpoints should be fulfilled at least for the final examination at 6-Month. ]For all treated patients the mean value of the binocular photopic contrast sensitivity (log) for the various spatial frequencies should not decrease more than 0.30.
- Patient satisfaction [ Time Frame: The study endpoints will be calculated for the 3-Month and 6-Month follow-up examination. The defined study endpoints should be fulfilled at least for the final examination at 6-Month. ]The percentage of satisfied patient post SUPRACOR treatment. This percentage should be equal or greater than 75%.
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:
|45 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be at least 48 years old and not older than 65 years
- Subjects must read, understand, and sign an Informed Consent Form (ICF).
- Subjects must be willing and able to return for scheduled follow up examinations through 6 months after surgery.
- Subjects must be willing to have both eyes treated with the laser during the same visit.
Manifest Refraction for both eyes:
- Sphere: +0.75 D to +5.00 D
- Cylinder: -2.0 D to 0.0 D
- Spherical Equivalent: +0.75 D to +4.0 D
- Subjects must have presbyopia as determined by an age-related need for optical aid (≥+1.50 D) for reading with their best distance correction
- The proper SUPRACOR treatment for the patient must target the dominant eyes for distance at 0.0/ 0.25 dpt and the following eye for near at -0.5/-0.75. The delta between the targets must remain 0.5 dpt
- Subjects who have be screened successfully for acceptance of the SUPRACOR simulation
- Subjects who are contact lens wearers must have gas permeable (GP) lenses discontinued for at least 3 weeks and soft lenses discontinued for at least 1 week prior to the preoperative evaluation in the eye to be treated. Contact lens wearers who wear their contact lenses for any amount of time between the preoperative baseline examination and the operative visit must not be treated.
- Corneal topography should be normal.
- Subjects who are contact lens wearers must have 2 central keratometry readings and 2 manifest subjective refractions taken preoperatively at least one week apart. The refraction values must not differ by more than 0.50 D as defined by manifest refraction spherical equivalent (MRSE). The keratometry values must not differ from the previous values by more than 0.50D in either meridian.
- High contrast, manifest, best spectacle-corrected decimal distance visual acuity (VA) measured with the phoropter must be correctable to at least 1.0 (Snellen20/20 or 6/6) in both eyes.
- Mesopic pupil size measured with Zywave II WaveFront Aberrometer and the special Pupil-o-Meter function must be between 3.5mm and 6.5 mm
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects for whom the combination of their baseline corneal thickness and the planned operative parameters for the LASIK procedure would result in less than 250 microns of remaining posterior corneal thickness below the flap postoperatively.
- Subject for whom a flap thickness other than 100-120µm is planed
- Eyes for which the baseline manifest subjective refraction exhibits a difference of greater than 0.75D in sphere power, or a difference of greater than 0.50D in cylinder power, or a difference in cylinder axis of more than 15 degrees compared to the baseline cycloplegic subjective refraction. For manifest cylinder of less than 0.75D, the difference in cylinder axis will not be taken into consideration.
- Subjects for whom the preoperative assessment of the ocular topography indicates that one or both eyes are not suitable candidates for treatment based upon the suggested computer-simulated treatment plan.
- Any subject who is going to be co-managed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist who is not approved as a Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH Excimer laser Investigator.
- Subjects with anterior segment pathology, including dry eye syndrome and cataracts which in the Investigator's opinion, would interfere with best spectacle-corrected VA (BSCVA) or a successful treatment.
- Subjects with evidence of retinal vascular disease.
- Subjects with any residual, recurrent, or active ocular disease, or corneal abnormality that in the Investigator's opinion would interfere with BSCVA or a successful treatment.
- Subjects with signs of keratoconus.
- Subjects with unstable central keratometry readings with irregular mires.
- Subjects who have undergone previous intraocular or corneal surgery of any kind, including any type of Excimer laser surgery for either refractive or therapeutic purposes.
- Subjects who have a history of Herpes simplex or Herpes zoster keratitis.
- Subjects who have a history of glaucoma or glaucoma suspect.
- Subjects who are immunocompromised or carrying diagnosis of connective tissue disease, clinically significant atopic disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and other acute or chronic illnesses that will increase the risk to the subject or confound the outcomes of this study.
- Subjects taking systemic medications likely to affect wound healing such as corticosteroids or antimetabolites.
- Subjects who are known to be pregnant, lactating, or who plan to become pregnant during the course of the study.
- Subjects with known sensitivity to medications used for standard LASIK.
- Subjects participating in any other ophthalmic study during this study.
- Subjects with an ocular muscle disorder including a strabismus or nystagmus, or other disorders affecting fixation.
- Subjects at risk for angle closure.
- Subjects who have Diabetics
- Subjects who have Cataract
Subject who have Dry Eye syndrome as evaluated with the "Tear Break Up-Time (TBUT)" Within this study protocol a TBUT ≥7 seconds is acceptable.
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): NCT01628146
|Mater Private Hospital, Eye Laser Department
|Dublin 7, Ireland
|Principal Investigator:
|Michael O'Keefe, MB, BAO, BcH
|Mater Private Hospital, Dublin
|Responsible Party:
|Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH
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|First Posted:
|June 26, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 20, 2015
|Last Verified:
|May 2015
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Hong Kong's top mixologists compete to create new signature drink for Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific is committed to offering the highest quality products and services to its passengers, both on the ground and inflight. The airline has worked hard to enhance its offering to customers – from lounges and aircraft cabins to inflight entertainment and the food and drink served onboard – and its professional team continually strives to delight passengers with innovative new catering ideas.
Recognising their professionalism and experience in interacting with passengers, the airline has been working with its cabin crew – named the world's best in the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards™ – to introduce a new signature drink for customers.
Ten mixologists from some of Hong Kong's leading restaurants and bars were invited to present unique non-alcoholic drinks for cabin crew at a tasting event held at Cathay Pacific's headquarters in early March. More than 1,400 cabin crew cast their votes to determine the five final contestants, who then had a fixed time to prepare their drinks for the judging panel at today's final.
The judging panel, which was chaired by Cathay Pacific's Director Service Delivery Philippe de Gentile-Williams, included senior managers from the airline, President of the Hong Kong Bartenders Association (HKBA) which is also the supporting organisation for the competition, a top tier Marco Polo Club member and one of Cathay Pacific's Senior Pursers.
Each drink was assessed on taste, presentation, ease of preparation and how well it matched the unique image of the airline. At the end of a hard-fought competition, the winning drink was declared to be a tantalising blend of passion fruit, lemongrass and apple juice created by Marlo Guevarra from The Upper House. Members of Cathay Pacific's cabin crew team will get the chance to give the winning cocktail a name that best represents its uniqueness, before preparing and serving the new signature drink to passengers.
Speaking at today's event, Mr de Gentile-Williams said: "At Cathay Pacific, we are committed to offering high quality products and services to our passengers, both on the ground and inflight. This competition is a demonstration of the great effort made by our catering team, and also by our cabin crew to find the right drinks, create an appropriate name, and serve our passengers onboard. It's also been great fun. I'd like to thank all today's contestants for their creativity and imagination, and my congratulations go to the winner for coming up with this delicious creation. We very much look forward to serving this drink to our passengers soon."
Winning mixologist Marlo Guevarra said after claiming the title, "The Upper House is thrilled to participate and have won the competition. We are delighted that Cathay Pacific passengers can enjoy The Upper House experience not only on the ground but in the air as well."
Cathay Pacific joined together with the HKBA to hold the airline's inaugural cocktail competition in 2001, repeating the exercise again in 2007. The winning drinks from those competitions – "Cathay Delight", "Pacific Sunrise", "Cloud 9" and "Oriental Breeze" – are still being enjoyed by thousands of Cathay Pacific passengers every week and will remain on the drinks list together with the new winning creation.


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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 4, 2013) – The ETSU men's basketball team got its first road win of the season, but it didn't come easy.
Freshman guard A.J. Merriweather (Jackson), along with junior guards Jalen Riley (Racine, Wisc.) and Rashawn Rembert (Tampa) each scored a team-high 18 points – while Merriweather also collected a double-double with 11 rebounds – as the Buccaneers overcame a second half deficit to rally past Austin Peay 80-74 in non-conference hoops action Wednesday inside the Dunn Center.
With the win, ETSU improved to 4-5 on the year, while Ohio Valley Conference member Austin Peay dropped to 4-4 on the sseason.
"A really good win, especially to be down by four in the second half, we showed a lot of fight and resilience to get this win," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow, whose team also showed improvement in the paint by outrebounding the Govs, 41-33. "We had guys make plays tonight.
"Jalen comes off the bench and basically we aren't in the game without his scoring. I have no words to describe A.J., but he is just relentless on the glass and a special player. And Rashawn stepped up like a veteran and made big shots for us down the stretch."
Despite a comfortable 11-point halftime lead, the Bucs squandered that advantage quickly in the second half, as the Govs opened on a 21-6 run to take a 54-50 lead with just over 12 minutes left. The Bucs finally managed to get back into a flow on offense, tying the game at 56-56 on a layup by Merriweather with nine minutes remaining on the clock.
From there it was a back-and-forth game until Rembert scored 10 of the Bucs' 12 points during a 12-5 run that made it 75-69 with two minutes left in the game. Unfortunately for ETSU, Austin Peay didn't go away, scoring a basket and then taking advantage of an ETSU turnover to nail a 3-pointer that made it 75-74 with 50 seconds left in the contest.
At that point, Riley missed a jumper, but Merriweather again came through with a decisive offensive rebound that resulted in a pair of free throw makes by Rembert. That 3-point lead then held up as the Bucs made 3-of-4 foul shots to close out the game.
While it was a battle at the end, ETSU got off to a great start in the game and appeared ready to cruise to a win.
After falling behind 2-0, the Bucs took the lead on a Rembert 3-pointer and never trailed the rest of the way during the first half. Using a zone defense to force 12 turnovers by the Governors and shooting 55 percent from the floor, the Bucs took a game that was tied at 23-23 and proceeded to outscore Austin Peay 21-10 to close out the half and lead 44-33 at the break.
ETSU's offense in the first half dished out an impressive 12 assists, and got a lift from its reserves, as Riley came off the bench to net a team-best 10 points, while Merriweather also provided 10.
Austin Peay got a game-high 20 points from Travis Betran, while Ed Dyson and Chris Horton added 15 and 13 points, respectively.
The Bucs will return to action on Saturday at 2 p.m., taking on Atlantic Coast Conference foe Georgia Tech in Atlanta. For more on the ETSU men's basketball team throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men's hoops link.


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|The Atrium entrance to Lambeau
It sounds silly, I mean no one is going to Lambeau Field to worship or anything, but to Packers fans from all over, getting to Lambeau Field is a pretty big deal. Getting season tickets, well, that's a huge deal.
The Green Bay Packers have an extraordinary history, heck the trophy awarded to the Super Bowl winner is named after former Green Bay Packer coach, Vince Lombardi. Lombardi is looked at as an inspiration to football fans and players everywhere. Heck, one of my nephews is named Vincent if that tells you about Packer love!
|One of the many businesses with Packer pride
I've been to Lambeau several times. My husband is originally from Green Bay and every time we go home to visit a trip to Lambeau Field is on the schedule (and a Packer game if they're playing). Green Bay exudes Packers. Almost every business has something Packer in the store and Packer gear among kids and adults alike is a clothing staple.
Want to go to a Packers home game? Well, unless you know someone with season tickets or find a dealer authorized to sell tickets for season ticket holders that aren't going to the game that weekend, you're pretty much out of luck. The Packers games have been sold out since 1960. So if you want to go and live in the vicinity, best sign up for season tickets, but…
Getting season tickets is no easy matter. You will wait decades, or even your entire life without getting season tickets. It used to be that you could will someone your place on the waiting list if you died, but no more. Luckily, you can still will your tickets to someone so it's possible to keep them in the family!
|In front of Lambeau with Benjamin
To illustrate how long it takes, and how important it is, to get season tickets, after our first son was born we flew to Wisconsin from Hawaii to have Benjamin baptized in my husband's church…and then we drove to Lambeau Field and put his name on the waiting list for season tickets. After our second son was born, we drove from Tennessee to Pennsylvania to have Daniel baptized in my church and then a few days later drove to Wisconsin to see family…and to go to Lambeau and put his name on the waiting list for season tickets. Benjamin was born in 2001 and his number on the waiting list the last we checked is 47560. Daniel was born in 2006 and his number is 68529.
I mentioned earlier that almost all stores have something cheering the Packers on inside, but lets talk about the city. The McDonalds restaurants are GREEN & GOLD!!!
|A Green Bay McDonalds
You've seen signs up north that tell you not to park on this side of the street due to street sweeping or plowing? Well, in Green Bay you see street signs that say "No Parking Day of Packer Game"!
|A very unique sign
Many streets, particularly near Lambeau Field, are named for popular/famous Packer players and coaches, and Brett Favre owns a steakhouse near the stadium!
Well, speaking of Brett Favre what Packer fans had heartache about (apart from him being just a first class drama queen) was the fact that he didn't retire (you know…the final time he retired) straight from the Packers. His last team that he played for should have been the Packers, and the silliness that went on (and the reasons were many, varied, and complicated) should never have happened. He should have gone out gloriously, and not gone out with a text of his genitals!
Despite the Favre-drama and how upset fans were at his bumping around to other teams, what they support
fully is Aaron Rogers. Not only is Rogers a 1st class quarterback, but that's what Packer fans do. They support their team. They don't support their team when they're winning. They support their team whether they're winning or whether they're having a terrible season! Packer fans don't walk out of football games. They stay to support their team, not what you see when you watch other teams play…they're losing and the stands empty. Nope…not for my Packers. Die hard fans, always.
Lambeau isn't a covered stadium either, and as you might expect, it snows in Green Bay, so after it snows the fans come out to shovel the stands and get the stadium ready for the game. They come out in droves to shovel! In fact earlier this year the stadium had to turn away hundreds of people because there were just too many of them! There were even some fans that drove more than 3 hours so they could shovel. It was like they were waiting for Black Friday Holiday deals outside Walmart. They waited for the stadium to open and to be among the people selected. Sure they get paid, but they do it because they are fans!
Going to a game is an all-day affair….OK…most of the day affair. You first have to find a place to park. There simply isn't enough room at Lambeau to park (and it's expensive!), but if you drive around (or know the right people) you can find parking near the stadium. Lambeau is right next to a residential area. Quite literally there are homes across the street from the stadium! People rent out their lawns for anywhere from $10-$25.00+ dollars per car to park. I don't know what it does to their lawn, but do the math…if you fit 10+ cars on your lawn each time the Packers play, that's a nice chunk of change!
|Outside Lambeau after signing Danny up for tickets
The Packers aren't owned by one person. They are owned by the fans themselves. In fact, as I type this, the last day to purchase stock in the Green Bay Packers is coming to an end. Perhaps we'll purchase a couple shares before midnight. If not, we'll wait for the next stock option. How much are shares going for? $250! It's one of the ways that this non-profit organization raises extra funds.
I'm not originally from Green Bay, but as I've blogged before, I've whole-heartedly married into a Packer family and am a die hard fan. I love the passion the fans have as well as the sense of humor. This DirecTV ad makes me laugh. It's very spot-on. The hand-made sweater. The priest sitting in the room with her and the team rivalry (although they would have been more on target had it been a Bears fan that moved in).


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Brennan: Rickie Fowler's Payne Stewart tribute has legs
PINEHURST, N.C. -- Rickie Fowler has been getting a rise out of people with his colorful golf attire for quite some time, but no reaction has meant more to him than the way Phil Mickelson responded when he laid eyes on Fowler on Thursday morning in the U.S. Open locker room.
In a tribute that was kept remarkably secret until he set foot on the course for the first round, Fowler walked in dressed like the late Payne Stewart: white knickers, a blue shirt and matching argyle socks. The only thing missing was Stewart's flat cap. Fowler wore his trademark Puma flat-billed baseball cap instead.
Mickelson looked up as Fowler walked in. He smiled at Fowler, and gave him a thumbs-up.
"Phil obviously is a good buddy of mine, and him giving a smile and a thumbs-up, I think everyone really liked it," Fowler said. "Because he was right there with Payne in '99 (at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst), I was waiting to see what I might get out of him today."
Fowler was a 10-year-old in Murrieta, Calif., in October 1999 when he heard the news that Stewart and five others died on a chartered jet that lost cabin pressure and crashed in South Dakota.
"I was just getting off school," Fowler said after shooting a fine, even-par 70 in the first round Thursday. "I was on College Road sitting in the back seat with my mom and sister in the car. I started crying in the car. He was someone that I looked up to. I think it was tragic to the whole golf world."
A few months ago, Fowler came up with the idea of honoring Stewart by dressing as Stewart did throughout much of his career, and most notably here 15 years ago.
"I don't think anyone outside my family, the people at Puma, a couple close friends, probably 10 people actually knew I was going to wear this," he said. "I tried to keep it as quiet as possible."
He idolized Stewart then, and now, and in some ways is the epitome of the man he remembered Thursday: flashy and talented, with a flair for the dramatic. Stewart won the U.S. Open in 1991, at 34, and again in 1999. Fowler still is waiting for his first major title.
"Payne was one of my all-time favorite players," Fowler said. "I never had a chance of meeting him, but I obviously loved watching him play and loved how he handled himself on and off the golf course. And hearing from guys that have been out here for a while that knew Payne well, hearing from them how great a guy he was on the course and off, it's cool to be in the position I'm in to wear some attire like he used to wear, to give tribute to him."
It was a stroke of genius. How often do young athletes really know the history of their sport, much less have the wherewithal to respond as Fowler did, with such a dramatic gesture? It was like something from another time, and the spectators loved it.
"It was cool to get the comments from fans out there walking down holes," Fowler said. "Anything you can think of. (From) shouting out Payne's name to 'Nice knickers, nice socks, nice outfit.' It was cool when I was walking off one, when I made the turn, someone yelled out 'Rickie Stewart.' It was cool to walk around and be in the middle of it and kind of share it with the fans."
Fowler's play also was worthy of their attention. Starting on the back nine, he parred the first 10 holes before birdies on Nos. 2 and 5, followed by bogeys on the par-3 sixth and ninth holes.
"All in all, it was probably the worst I could have shot," he said. "I was very pleased with the ball-striking. I think I hit 12 fairways and 15 greens, which is pretty good around this place."
Fowler's even-par round was good enough for a tie for 16th place, but it was the worst in his threesome. His playing partners, Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama, shot 1-under 69s. Fowler, 25, was the oldest of the group, followed by Matsuyama at 22 and Spieth, 20.
"I think the three of us were feeding off each other," he said. "I'm definitely the oldest guy in the group. So I've got more experience, so technically I should do better. But they both got me today."
Not that it really mattered. There was something more important going on Thursday. "Definitely, a special day," Fowler said, and he was right. What he shot was secondary to what he wore.


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New Half-Blood Prince "Quidditch Ron" Statue from Gentle Giant
Apr 21, 2008
New York Comic-Con took place this weekend, where many toy and collectible manufacturers displayed some of their new products for the upcoming year. Among those at the event was Gentle Giant, makers of fine statues and mini-busts. Cool Toy Review has the first look at what is a statue of Ron Weasley in his Quidditch uniform from the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Also new from Gentle Giant is a special "Harry Potter Quidditch Box Set" that is due out this fall as well. In addition, you can see some additional photos of previously reported new products due, including the Tonks, Lupin, and large sizes of Harry and Lord Voldemort from "Goblet of Fire." UPDATE: If you were having trouble seeing the photos, they are also now available here in our galleries.
Other vendors there included NECA, who displayed action figures we've reported on previously; new "Half-Blood Prince" figures are not being displayed for the time being. Also present were Tonner, makers of the high end collectible Harry Potter toys, and Cool Toy Review has another look at their new Kreacher doll, as well as additional looks at Snape, Voldemort and more here via this link.
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Wikipedia says the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon is the first non-hearse Caddy longroof sold in America. Elvis and today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 1972 Brougham would beg to differ, but does this yellow wagon's price also need some editing?
It has been said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. And I'm sure the builder of yesterday's Wankeled BMW 2002 was so well intending that he'd offer to drive that road- if he could just get the damn carb to run right.
The major modifications to yesterday's car took place in the front. In contrast, today's modified 1972 Cadillac Brougham carries its cha-cha-cha-changes in the back. Of course, it's so freaking big they may not be immediately apparent should the car be approached from the front.
There were a number of companies longroofing Caddys back in the Nixon era, and one of the most prominent was ASC, or American Sunroof Company. They're best known for modding coupes into convertibles, and in the eighties modded their name to American Specialty Cars. The origin of this particular custom Caddy is unknown, but it could be ASC's work. It's also NOT the Caddy wagon once used as a grocery-getter by Elvis, but does gain coolness points for the King having transported his love me Tender Vittles in a similar one.
This car started as a Brougham, which is not just a hipster way to refer to your dude friends, but the single model of Cadillac's Sixty Special for '72. That year happened to be Caddy's 70th anniversary and instead of the traditional gift of platinum, this C-body range-topper got a roof and two-way tailgate off of its sister, the Olds Custom Cruiser.
Seeing as both the Caddy and Olds shared a common platform, and the Sixty Special's 133-inch wheelbase wasn't that far off the Olds' 127, the fit looks pretty close. Overall, other than the awkward C-pillar, it's hard to imagine this as anything other than factory. Helping that out is the fact that both the bodywork and the buttercup paint on this car looks to be in excellent condition. Less appealing are the huge-ass and completely doucheriffic 20-inch chrome wheels - but that's just a jack and lug wrench away from banishment.
The interior is '70s baroque, and features an extra set of seats in the back, as well as a second split bench to access them. The ad claims the interior color to be beige, and despite that seemingly milquetoast choice of hue, the footboards and faux wood trim speak of elegance. I'm not quite sure what the bench seat and necker's knob on the tiller speaks to, but I wouldn't mind finding out. Wink-wink.
Moving the car's massive 5,000-lb plus weight is the task of the 222-bhp (SAE) 472 cubic inch V8 under a hood so large it has its own secession petition. That's bolted to a TH400 and for those of you suddenly disappointed that it's not a stick - what are you thinking?! The ad notes a litany of mechanical replacements/updates, and it appears the 37,176-mile custom does run without major issue.
Of course with its obviously ample specifications, this Caddy would react to every appearance of your gas card the way Hannibal Lecter does a portly postal carrier.
You may have been told at some point in your life that size doesn't matter. Well, let me be the last to shatter that myth and tell you that hell yes size matters, and the bigger the freaking better. This custom Caddy wagon is about as big as you can get without requiring a steady breeze and a star to sail her by, and of course is also about as rare as it is huge. Both of those qualities play into its price, which its Charlotte Motor Speedway-adjacent dealership has set at $17,995.
Do you think that rarity, condition, and sheer presence all add up to this Caddy being worth that amount? Or, is this a longroof that will spend a long time under its dealer's roof?
You decide!
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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:31 pm
Post subject: Food additives
I would love to see an article on common food additives, preservatives and how they effect the flavor and healthiness of foods-especially ones that are not commonly heard about. A recent poster suggested that sodium tripolyphosphate may be giving my scallops a bitter taste. Though I generally accept the idea that meat and seafood are processed using agents to preserve both their freshness, and the appearance of freshness, I know nothing of what those agents are, and why they are in use.
I remember being told that oranges were "gassed" to make them look more orange and ripe. There was always something ominous about that idea, though of course it could just be an anti-chemical sort of fear not necessarily reflecting a health risk.
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Well for starters, many of your foods that have red food coloring comes from zillions of crushed beetles (beetlejuice), and the FDA does not require this to be disclosed. I don't necessesarliy have a problem with this, but if you are a vegetarian, or concerned about "kosher" foods.... then knowing you are eating crushed beetle bugs (specifically cochineal beetles and their eggs), may be important.
So, for example, the next time you dig any red colored Yoplait yogurts, or Hershey good & plenty candies, or Tropicana grapefruit juice, and/or many others.... just know your drinking beetlejuice!
Got milk... er... beetle guts?
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Eltonyo, I always like your posts. Do you mean that in Tropicana grapefruit juice that they don't need to say it has red coloring, or they don't need to say it comes from beetlejuice? I'd check my fridge, but I don't have any of their (I guess you mean Ruby Red) grapefruit juice at the moment. As far as being Kosher is concerned, if the red came from an ainimal product, the container would NOT be permitted to have the "Pareve" seal (the "U" with the "O" around it) designating there were no meat or dairy products in it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:21 am
Post subject: Carmine
ElTonyo, thanks for that interesting fact. I wiki'd and found this:
Carmine also called Crimson Lake, Cochineal, Natural Red 4, C.I. 75470 or E120, is a pigment of a bright red color obtained from the carminic acid produced by the cochineal insect, and is used as a general term for a particularly deep red color. Carmine is used in the manufacture of artificial flowers, paints, rouge, cosmetics, food additives, and crimson ink.
Carmine is used as a food dye in many different products such as juice, ice cream, yogurt, and candies, eyeshadow, lipstick, etc. Although principally a red dye, it is found in many foods that are shades of red, pink, and purple. As a food dye it has been known to cause severe allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock in some people.....Food industries were aggressively opposed to the idea of writing "insect based" on the label and they finally agreed to simply putting "carmine". Food products containing carmine-based food dye may concern groups whose members are allergic to it or who do not consume any or certain animals, such as vegetarians, vegans, and religions with dietary law (e.g. kashrut in Judaism and halaal in Islam), and those who simply do not want to eat insects.
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how disgusting. sometimes its better to not know ingredients.
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To me, the most unappealing aspect about eating insects was on a public television nouvelle cuisine cooking show about 15 years ago. (Some things you do not forget.) It seemed this couple enjoyed sauteed grasshoppers, but they disagreed on how they should be prepared. The wife liked the grasshopper whole, but the husband preferred them with the wings removed because they always got caught between his teeth!!!
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yep...yep...yep.... it ain't fiction folks. the american indians knew about this "beetle juice dye" since time-antiquity. we kinda stole their 'patent' on how to paint your face "red" in war time.... and colored our food products with it... cuz everybody luvs a nice ruby-red strawberry color!!!!!!
nobody in a "fictional" mindset, could even dream up this "reality" we american's actually live in.
but it's true. all true.
... ad infintum ad nauseam
and don't even get me started.
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Thanks for the link.
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome(redirected from Amsterdam type dwarfism)
de Lang·e syn·drome(dĕ-lahng'ĕ),
a multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by mental retardation, distinctive facies with microcephaly, synophrys, low anterior hairline, depressed nasal bridge, anteverted nares, long philtrum, carp mouth, thin upper lip and low-set ears, prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, hirsutism, and frequently, limb anomalies. Genetics unclear, although some instances appear to be autosomal dominantly inherited.
Synonym(s): Amsterdam syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Cornelia de Lange syndrome(kôr-nē′lē-ä də lăng′, də läng′, kôr-nā′lē-ä dĕ läng′ə)
A congenital disorder characterized by intellectual disability, short stature, characteristic facies with thick eyebrows and low hairline, and limb abnormalities.
Cornelia de Lange syndromeAn often autosomal dominant, multiple congenital anomaly syndrome (OMIM:122470) characterised by mental retardation; distinctive facies with microcephaly, unibrow, low anterior hairline, depressed nasal bridge, anteverted nares, long philtrum, carp mouth, thin upper lip and low-set ears; prenatal and postnatal growth retardation; hirsutism; and frequently, limb anomalies.
de Lange,Cornelia, Dutch pediatrician, 1871-1950.
Cornelia de Lange syndrome - Synonym(s): de Lange syndrome
de Lange syndrome - a congenital anomaly characterized by impaired development, mental retardation, characteristic facies with synophrys and hairline well down on forehead, depressed bridge of nose with uptilted tip of nose, small head with low-set ears, and flat spadelike hands with simian crease and short tapering fingers. Synonym(s): Amsterdam syndrome; Cornelia de Lange syndrome


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Helen Clark: Speech at the Women Deliver Conference on "Keeping the Promise: Towards A New Development Agenda Which Delivers For Girls and Women"May 30, 2013
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
"Keeping the Promise: Towards A New Development Agenda Which Delivers For Girls and Women"
Women Deliver Conference,
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
9.00 am, 30 May 2013.
My thanks go to "Women Deliver" for inviting me to speak to this plenary session on moving towards a new development agenda which delivers for girls and women.
The Millennium Development Goals launched in 2001 did set important targets for the advancement of girls and women. Seven years earlier, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) had set out a bold twenty year action plan on sexual and reproductive health rights and women's empowerment and gender equality.
There's no doubt that life has changed for the better for many girls and women since these landmark agendas were launched.
But there's also no doubt that it hasn't changed for all.
I'm sure that all of us here share a burning sense of injustice that many girls and women do not enjoy fundamental human rights as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent treaties, declarations, and UN conference outcomes.
Now, in the consultations taking place around the world on what a new global development agenda could look like, there is a strong momentum for achieving development with equity, eradicating gender inequality, and empowering women and girls. These consultations have already engaged hundreds of thousands of people – across national, regional and global meetings, and through social media.
Let me review first where we are on the global development goals we currently have, before outlining the priorities for action coming through both the post-2015 consultations and the comprehensive report led by Presidents Tarja Halonen and Joaquim Chissano on the sexual and reproductive health agenda beyond 2014.
I am a supporter of the MDGs, and I believe that the global focus they brought to development has achieved a lot. But it's clear that the progress towards those goals and targets has been very uneven – not least for girls and women.
Yes, the world is nearing gender parity in primary school enrolment, and gaps are closing in secondary school enrolment too. In some regions of the world, girls' enrolment in secondary schooling is greater than that of boys, while in others the reverse applies.
The lack of progress on MDG 5 on reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health, however, is well known. The target was to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by three-quarters from 1990 to 2015. By 2010, deaths were estimated to have declined by 47 per cent – but the High Level Task Force headed by Presidents Halonen and Chissano estimates that still 800 women die every day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Some countries have declared their high maternal death rates a national emergency – in reality it is a global emergency.
It is sobering indeed to see the highest death rates among the youngest mothers – among girls who did not get the chance to make other choices. Building a world where the girl child has her human rights upheld and the chance to complete her education and determine her own destiny is vital for reducing maternal mortality and for achieving gender equality and women's empowerment.
It's also estimated in the Halonen/Chissano Taskforce report that 222 million women in developing countries want to prevent a pregnancy, but are not using a modern method of contraception. The result, they say, is some eighty million unplanned pregnancies a year and twenty million unsafe abortions.
Access to contraceptives and skilled attendance at birth differ sharply between wealthier and poorer women. Younger women have the least access to these services.
By denying that most basic sexual and reproductive right, the right to control one's fertility, societies disempower girls and women. I remember what a revolution it was for young women of my generation in New Zealand when modern contraception gave us the freedom to choose the lives we wanted to live. My aspiration is to see every girl and every woman have that right and that freedom.
We need - in governments, legislatures, and public administrations - more people who will lead on these issues. Fundamentally, we need many more women in positions of power – and women who are prepared to use that power to advance the human development and rights of other women.
That's why the target in MDG 3 on women's participation in national legislatures is vital. It was set at thirty per cent, which I believe, from my own experience in New Zealand, gives the women members critical mass – if not equal numbers – in legislatures, and thus supports action on critical priorities for women. But this target too is not yet met – only around 21 per cent of the members of the world's national legislatures are women.
I approach these issues from a rights perspective. Girls and women have a right to equality under the law, to equal status and equal opportunity, and to live free from fear of violence and want.
But for those who do not find the rights-based case compelling, perhaps the economic case will carry greater weight. As Hillary Clinton once said, investing in women is "not only the right thing to do…..it's clearly the smart thing as well."
Countries where women have rights and opportunity denied cannot maximize their development potential – that can't happen if half the population is not equally empowered.
This year's global Human Development Report looks at policy priorities for sustaining the rise of countries in the South. The very first priority is "Enhancing Equity", because inequity impedes progress. It notes that at the core of the challenges is addressing gender inequality. Gender inequality and disempowerment of women and girls lie at the heart of slow progress on MDG targets and the Cairo Programme of Action. That's why they must be focused on and tackled with renewed determination in a reinvigorated global development agenda.
The UN development system has been facilitating massive outreach on what that new agenda could look like. We have been determined to get input from the grassroots of communities, and not just from decision- makers and experts. It has been very encouraging to get strong feedback on the importance of achieving development with equity, and on ensuring that all who are currently marginalized can benefit from the progress their countries make.
UNICEF and UN Women have led the consultation on addressing inequalities – first soliciting on-line feedback, and then convening a high level global meeting in Copenhagen earlier this year.
The report on these consultations notes that a great many contributions focused on gender inequalities – in four main areas:
- the lower control of women than men of social, economic, and political resources and opportunities
- the cultural and social reproduction of girls' and women's subordinate status
- failure to uphold sexual and reproductive health rights, and
- gender-based violence.
A key message from the global meeting was that inequalities harm us all. Among their consequences, it concluded, are "reductions in the pace and sustainability of economic growth; diminishment of the productive potential of all who are harmed and excluded, and the loss of this potential to society; the worsening of existing fragility and vulnerability….; and the weakening of social cohesion and security for all."
The global meeting in Copenhagen also concluded that "gender-based discrimination – including the denial of the rights of women and girls, and their disempowerment to take control of their lives and bodies – remains the single most widespread driver of inequalities in today's world." It saw gender-based violence as "a major element of this massive and continuing failure of human rights."
These are strong words –with which I agree in their entirety. Those words now need to be followed up in a global development agenda which gives priority to gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women to make their own decisions about the lives they lead. There is also strong support for a specific focus in the new agenda on tackling the roots of gender-based violence, which lie in major structural inequalities between genders.
Complementing the important post-2015 consultations is the impressive report of the High Level Taskforce for the International Conference on Population and Development. It has made detailed recommendations for achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. The Taskforce aims to galvanise political will for full implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action, and for ensuring that sexual and reproductive health rights, gender equality, and the empowerment of women and young people are secured as priorities in the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals.
I have no doubt that implementation of the Taskforce's recommendations would have a dramatic positive impact on the status of girls and women. It identifies specific actions which should be taken to:
- respect, protect and fulfil sexual and reproductive rights
- achieve universal access to quality, comprehensive and integrated sexual and reproductive health information, education and services;
- ensure universal access to comprehensive sexuality education for all young people, in and out of school; and
- eliminate violence against girls and women, and secure universal access to critical services for all victims/survivors of gender-based violence.
So where should advocacy for girls and women's empowerment, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health rights be directed now?
The process of determining a new global development agenda and sustainable development goals still has close to two years to run.
This afternoon in New York, the independent High Level Panel of eminent persons appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General on the global development framework beyond 2015 will present its report. It is to be hoped that sexual and reproductive health rights, gender equality, and girls and women's empowerment feature prominently in it, as this report will be an important input to the ongoing global discussion.
Meanwhile, an Open Working Group on sustainable development goals, appointed by the UN General Assembly, is meeting regularly in New York. This process was called for by the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development last year. It is due to report back to the General Assembly by September next year.
All the feedback from the extensive post-2015 consultations is available to the Open Working Group. There is momentum for the two tracks to merge, so that one global development agenda covering the three strands of sustainable development – the economic, social, and environmental – can be agreed.
Following the report of the Open Working Group in September 2014, UN Member States are likely to focus on negotiating the details of that agenda and sustainable development goals, with a high level event envisaged at the UN in New York in the spring of 2015 to agree on an outcome.
Thus, advocacy for sexual and reproductive health rights, gender equality, and girls' and women's empowerment will need to be maintained at a high level for close to two more years. I hope that the energy emanating from this conference will help make that possible.
Feedback from the extensive post-2015 consultations suggests that there is strong support for achieving development with equity. People are saying that they want the unfinished business of the MDGs attended to – and there is much unfinished business, not least in the areas of greatest interest to this conference.
There has also been a strong call for a more transformational, universal, and holistic agenda which does not place challenges in silos, but, rather recognises the links between them. A vision for a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future demands no less – and holds out the promise of a better tomorrow for girls and women.
I look forward to a stimulating panel discussion this morning. I know that all of you who have travelled from all corners of the world will ensure that your voices are heard for a global development agenda which demands action on sexual and reproductive health rights, gender equality, and girls' and women's empowerment.


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Here's a bunch of new pictures from "Red State" that have hit the nets. For those of you not in the know "Red State" is the new Kevin Smith horror flick that will apparently not include any of the haha. Sounds like all his other films! Booyah, I'm on today,
Here's a bunch of new images from "I Saw the Devil" which unfortunately, don't show the actual devil. But from the look on people's faces it looks like maybe they did see the devil so I am going to keep my fingers crossed that at some point I will see the devil in this film... DEVIL.
Dustin Runnels AKA Goldust from the good old WWE will be directing and producing his first horror film titled "The Fire Witch". No idea what the movie will actually be about but my guess is it has something to do with fire and probably at least one witch.
Remember Anne Rice? Me too! Wow we should do a checklist of all the other things we have in common. Anyway Anne is hoping for a reboot of her "The Vampire Chronicles" film, probably because vampires are so hot right now and she's fallen on hard times. I heard she spends her days at the local food kitchen. That's not confirmed though.


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B.C.'s spiny dogfish has become the first shark fishery in the world to be deemed sustainable, helping to open doors to foreign markets and offering a glimmer of hope for globally overfished shark populations.
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), based in London, England, has concluded that B.C.'s commercial hook-and-line dogfish fishery is sustainable following an independent scientific assessment by the accredited certification body Moody Marine Ltd.
The council found that dogfish meets the "global standard for sustainable fisheries, which includes healthy fish stocks, minimal ecosystem impacts, and an effective fisheries-management system," and is "managed within the precautionary framework" of the federal fisheries department.
"We're really excited," Michael Renwick, executive director of the B.C. Dogfish Hook and Line Industry Association, said in an interview. "We're hoping MSC certification will result in new interest for dogfish products."
The decision should serve to maintain and enhance markets, especially in Europe, where environmentalists have campaigned against shark fisheries globally, and potentially lead to higher prices, he said.
"It's a small nugget of hope that environmental groups will open their eyes to this first initiative to ensure sustainability by a very rigorous process."
In an opinion letter in the journal Nature in 2010, scientists such as Jennifer Jacquet and Daniel Pauly of the University of B.C. Fisheries Centre said the MSC's credibility is at risk unless it "creates more stringent standards, cracks down on arguably loose interpretation of its rules, and alters its process to avoid a potential financial incentive to certify large fisheries."
However, the MSC's dogfish certification is supported by the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) and World Wildlife Fund, which co-founded the MSC but is no longer involved in its operation.
Scott Wallace, a DSF fisheries analyst, said Tuesday that despite ongoing questions about stock assessments, the fishery was worth supporting because all vessels have electronic monitoring, there is limited bycatch of dogfish in other fisheries, and the total allowable catch is conservatively set.
"This is an exception in the world of shark fisheries," he said.
The MSC's certification of dogfish is for five years, during which time there are annual audits.
Nick Dulvy, Canada research chair in marine biodiversity and conservation at Simon Fraser University, said dogfish stocks, especially in the Strait of Georgia, must continue to be carefully monitored in the future.
Dogfish take 35 years to become sexually mature. "They've got pretty much the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom — two years at a time," he added. "We have to be very careful. If we're going to call them sustainable, I'd like to see much better monitoring."
The hook-and-line fishery caught 3,147 tonnes of spiny dogfish in 2009-10, accounting for 92 per cent of the species' total landings in B.C. The remaining eight per cent was landed by the trawl fishery (not part of the assessment and thus not certified to the MSC standard) or as bycatch in other hook-and-line fisheries.
Dogfish is the most common of 15 species of sharks documented in B.C. waters and the province's most widely utilized fish. The meat is sold to Europe, including as "rock salmon" for fish and chips in England, the belly flaps smoked and sold in Germany, the fins for Asian shark-fin soup, cartilage for health pills (of dubious value), and the reminder for organic fertilizer.
Among the other B.C. fisheries already MSC-certified as sustainable are hake, halibut and Fraser sockeye, the latter particularly disputed by some environmental groups.
In other shark-related developments, Fin Donnelly, MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam and Port Moody and the NDP's critic for fisheries and oceans, said he plans to introduce a private member's bill this fall calling for a ban on the importation of shark fins into Canada.
Toronto is debating a ban on the sale of shark fin after Brantford, Ont., became the first city in Canada to ban the product last May.
Shark-fin soup is strictly a status symbol in the Asian community, popular at wedding banquets, and the fins do not even add flavour to the soup.
Claudia Li, founder of the Vancouver-based conservation group, Shark Truth, said the only real way to save declining shark populations is to end the global shark-fin-soup industry.
"While most dogfish go to make fish and chips, some do end up in cheap versions of shark-fin soup, which is why the solution for sharks globally does not lie with MSC certification or sustainable shark fisheries; it lies in banning shark-fin products," Li said.
The global shark-fin trade, at 26 million to 73 million sharks per year, is considered unsustainable.


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Money is missing from your wallet. Your daughter says "I saw Josh take it out of your wallet." What are your immediate thoughts? Do you first give him the benefit of the doubt – maybe someone came collecting charity, or the paperboy came to be paid, or do you assume the worst?
Judging others favorably is a mitzvah. Instead of jumping to conclusions that your son is the culprit, look for possible positive explanations for the seemingly incorrect behavior.
Since we want others to give us the benefit of the doubt, we should try not to be quick to make negative judgments about our fellow humans and come up with "escape clauses" -- possible, reasonable, favorable explanations for their behavior. The Torah teaches that the way we behave toward others is the way that God will behave toward us.
The obligation to judge favorably applies to our children too. In fact, it applies first and foremost to the members of our family circle.
Fulfilling this commandment varies according to who is being judged. There are three categories to consider:
Category 1
The first category concerns a person who has demonstrated a good track record in the behavior that is being judged. For example, we may have a child who has always been honest. Now, at age 12, this child has been caught shoplifting. Since it is the child's first offence, the parent should not think "What a little thief he is!" or "What an ingrate, after all we've done for him!" Don't ignore his excellent track record. In this case, the Torah commands us to judge him favorably -- to search for good, reasonable explanations for his misbehavior, not farfetched excuses.
The parent could think that the child was suffering from undue peer pressure, or he was impulsive and not thinking about the consequences of his actions, or he just forgot to pay for the item, etc.
Positive judgment does not preclude taking action that will help the child to remember not to steal in the future. The parent can certainly create a logical consequence -- having the child write an apology to the store, do some community service, pay back the value of the item.
Category 2
The second category concerns a person who has a mixed track record. The child is generally honest, but who has been known on occasion to do some questionable things -- perhaps he's told small lies sometimes or he has taken small change found in the house without permission. Now he has been found shoplifting.
In this category, we are obligated to make a favorable judgment if it's fairly easy to do. There is no reason for us to assume the worst. Only in cases where it would be very difficult to come up with a positive explanation would we be exempt from judging favorably.
Category 3
If the child has a poor track record in this specific area, let's say he's been caught shoplifting twice before, we are not obligated to try to come up with positive explanations.
Nonetheless, if we choose to try to find a favorable judgment it is considered meritorious on our part.
Seeing the good does not preclude taking steps to discipline our children. Understanding that our son shoplifts because he may be suffering from very low self-esteem, or a biologically based impulse control problem, does not stop us from instituting punishment for this behavior. There is still an enormous difference between condemning the child as a no-good thief and trying to understand his behavior in the light of personal or physical challenges.


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