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getting into med with an accounting background.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:33 pm
Post subject: getting into med with an accounting background.
hi everyone, i am an accounting major at uq. i am due to finish my degree next year and have been thinking about sitting gamsat in 2011. i was just wondering whether, as unlikely as it probably is, i was accepted into medical school, how much would i struggle considering that i don't actually have a science background. also, how much would i struggle with the admission process with my background?
are there any bridging courses or anything that anybody would reccommend to prepare me for the admission and, ultimately, med itself?
thanks so much
ps - i'm sorry if i've put this into the wrong forum
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Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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Location: Perth, WA
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:23 am
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This question is often asked.
I'm a first year, and I studied Arts. I have friends from teaching, engineering, graphic arts and commerce.... and they're all doing just fine.
We have people in my uni whose undergrads included:
Surf Science (yes... it was a Bachelor of Surfing)
so clearly, the course is designed for anyone with the potential to be able to achieve. You DONT NEED TO DO a bridging course, however, I would recommend learning about:
1. Biochemistry - OMG this has kicked my backside all semester. Things that take the Biochemistry students minutes to review are taking me hours to learn. Try "Lehninger" its a great textbook
2. Microbiology - Don't know a gram stain? can't distinguish Pseudomonas from Klebsiella? neither could I, and its a lot of work to figure it out. I use a book called "medical microbiology"... can't remember the author. Make sure its a simple though....
3. Physiology - It took me ages just to understand how fluid shifts between compartments, and I'm still not great at it..... "Marieb" is the bible for non science students. all of my physiology starts here, and then progresses to harder texts.
Other than that, most of the stuff you learn will make a lot of sense. The Anatomy is fun, and to be honest, you can't really learn it all that well from a book. You'll learn more about a heart in 10 minutes when you're standing there holding a human heart in your hands, than you will in 10 hours in front of Gray's (shudder).... or one of the other anatomy texts. PBL will draw most of the good stuff out for you, so short of a bit of background in the 'magic 3' above, I wouldn't worry too much.
Please don't worry too much. Get through GAMSAT, get yourself into med, and then start learning some of this stuff. If you REALLY want to prepare, the best thing you can do is to get as strong a financial base behind you as possible.... the less work you need to do while you study the better, the less financial pressure you have the better... so clear your debts, pay off your loans and save up a nice little war chest to help you find your feet....
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Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:11 pm
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it is a struggle
but in the end you will pass
for uwa- physiology, anatomy, biochem
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Location: Melbourne
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:48 am
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I agree it's a big struggle. You need to be sure you really want to do it, and have a real 'studying all day' mindset. It's 10x harder than your typical business degree.
The good news is at the end of year 2 you'll be at the same level as everyone else: this is more because it seems you can pass med exams having forgotten biochem, anatomy and physiol, rather than the fact you all know it to the same level. ?Proof? ---> check the OSCE's at your favourite med school. Saying hello and getting permission from the patient to examine them are like 40% of the marks at my school! Also, look at the past exams, the clinical work becomes more important as you go on, and you can 'pass' this without remembering alot of your basic science. Talk to a consultant though: they HATE this fact.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:39 pm
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we have units that you just have to pass (clinical skills is a breeze)
case based learning
clinical skills
population health
behaviuoral science
but the units we get a grade for are the killers (and should be concentrated on)
anatomy is a killer (especially since the uni is so unorganized)
biochem (is ok)
it is not that it is hard (well that would depend on the uni you went to maybe) it is that the uni is so unorganized you have no idea what you are supposed to be studying, and once you are behind it gets hard. also, people who know people pass down past exam questions with answers, so it is really unfair on the people who don't have these. and it is "expected to be done as part of networking" it is so totally unbelievable.
the lecturers play a big part on whether it is hard or not. one of our lecturers just makes silly remarks if you ask a question, it really puts you down. but remember, you won't be the only student in this situation
and the prereading is crap/waste of time, just hit neurology textbooks as soon as you get a place
but the sooner you put yourself through it, the sooner you will get through and be out
maybe choose one of the smaller unis, they might care more. the people i met from there love it. i was a snob, i picked a big uni. depends on what specialty you want to enter. if you are just going to be a GP, it is the same bit of paper in the end. and there are extremely few places in other specialties (eg cardiology, surgery etc about 6 new training places each per year for the whole of australia)
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:55 pm
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and yeah, the financial side of things is true
try to get a good lot of cash behind you before you enter the degree so you don't have to work so much
we have exams virtually every month
and we have to attend all classes, we have to get a medical certificate, and they check up on you ! (i got swine flu and yeah i did attend some classes because i didn;t want to get behind. they asked me if i was attending classes, after i handed in the med cert, and i just said i had been, after the date indicated on the med cert)
in cadiver class i felt like i was going to faint, and in physiology the blue words on the screen were like a wave. but most of the class has had it and attended. once you are behind you are stuffed
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Crows (烏, Karasu) are the characteristic summon of Itachi and Shisui Uchiha. At some point in time, Itachi made a contract with crows which allows him to summon them as he wishes. He mainly used them combined with his genjutsu as well as ninjutsu while fighting — often de-materialising into a flock of crows or summoning them from underneath his cloak to blind his target. He also used a variation of the Clone Technique called the Crow Clone Technique where he used his crows as a medium to create a copy of himself which, when hit, dispersed back into crows.
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The only distinguished crow Itachi has ever summoned possessed his best friend Shisui Uchiha's Sharingan in its left eye socket. Itachi stored this crow within Naruto Uzumaki right before going off to fight his brother Sasuke and hoped that for Naruto's sake, he would never have to use it. Some time later, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Itachi was reincarnated, he was forced to summon the crow and have it use Shisui's ultimate Mangekyō Sharingan technique on him: Kotoamatsukami — in order to free himself from Kabuto Yakushi's control. Seemingly not wanting the eye to fall into the wrong hands, Itachi later incinerated the crow with the flames of Amaterasu, stating that Shisui's eye would be of no use to them for at least another decade.
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The STOP error, or as it is more commonly called the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is a blue error screen that Windows displays when it has encountered a critical error. Usually when you hear people say that their Windows computer crashed, then they mean that it showed them a STOP error message.
The error messages shown below are the most commonly found in Windows XP; however, several have been found and are common in Windows Vista.
STOP 0x0000000A or IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - The Stop 0xA is usually caused by faulty or incompatible hardware or software. Try running Memtest86+ to see if your RAM is faulty.
STOP 0x0000001E or KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED - The Stop 0x1E message is similar to the 0xA error. I would try running Memtest86+ when receiving this error as well.
STOP 0x00000024 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM - The Stop 0x24 message indicates that a problem occurred within Ntfs.sys, the driver file that allows the system to read and write to NTFS file system drives. Try running the Chkdsk tool, this will check the integrity of the hard drive and of the volume. If an error is found when running the Chkdsk tool, then more than likely a hard drive would need to be replaced.
STOP 0x0000002E or DATA_BUS_ERROR - The Stop 0x2E message is typically caused by failed or defective RAM (including motherboard, Level 2 cache, or video memory), incompatible or mismatched memory hardware, or when a device driver attempts to access an address in the 0x8xxxxxxx range that does not exist (does not map to a physical address). It can also indicate hard disk damage caused by viruses or other problems.
STOP 0x0000003F or NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES - The Stop 0x3F message can occur after installing a faulty driver. If the message displays a particular driver, then try to disable, remove or rollback that particular driver. Check to see if there is an updated version of that driver, if so then install it.
STOP 0x00000050 or PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA - The Stop 0x50 message is most commonly caused by a hard drive that is going bad. I would find out who the manufacturer of your hard drive is and then go to their website and download their hard drive diagnostic tool. The scan usually takes a couple hours but it can tell you if there is anything wrong with your hard drive.
STOP 0x00000077 or KERNEL_STACK_INPAGE_ERROR - The Stop 0x77 message can indicate disk hardware failure, disk data corruption, or possible virus infection. I would try the Chkdsk tool to test the disk integrity and then I would run an antivirus scan.
STOP 0x00000079 or MISMATCHED_HAL - The Stop 0x79 message occurs when the system is using out-of-date Ntoskrnl.exe or Hal.dll files. This can happen after a System Repair that has copied incorrect files to the system. In Recovery Console, you can use the Copy command to copy the correct files from the Windows CD to the appropriate folder on the hard disk.
STOP 0x0000007A or KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR - The Stop 0x7A message indicates that a page of kernel data was not found in the paging (virtual memory) file and could not be read into memory. This might be due to incompatible disk or controller drivers, firmware, or hardware. I would start by running the Chkdsk tool, then run antivirus scan, and finally perform a hard drive diagnostic scan that you got from your hard drive manufacturer's website.
STOP 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE - The Stop 0x7B message indicates that Windows XP Professional has lost access the file that allows it to boot. STOP 0x7B errors could also indicate possible virus infection. I would start opening the Recovery Console and see if I could copy and replace the boot.ini file. If this works, then I work run an antivirus scan.
STOP 0x0000007F or UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP - The Stop 0x7F message is caused by faulty hardware, usually RAM. If you are overclocking your RAM, I would start buy reverting it to the recommended specifications. If you continue to get the error, then I would run Memtest86+ to see if the ram is faulty.
STOP 0x0000009F or DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE - The Stop 0x9F message indicates that a driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state. If it points to a particular application, then uninstall that application. If it points to a particular driver then you should disable, remove, or rollback the driver. Then download an updated driver or updated version of the application from the manufacturer.
STOP 0x000000BE or ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY - The Stop 0xBE message indicates that a driver attempted to write to read-only memory. If it points to a particular driver then you should disable, remove, or rollback the driver. Then download an updated driver from the manufacturer.
STOP 0x000000C2 or BAD_POOL_CALLER - The Stop 0xC2 message is similar to the 0xBE. Follow the same guidelines as shown above. The 0xC2 error message could also be caused by hardware that is defective or is about to fail. I would start by checking any hardware that has been recently been to installed to see if it might be defective and then go from there.
STOP 0x000000CE or DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS - This Stop message indicates that a driver failed to cancel pending operations before exiting. It will usually point to a driver that is causing the problem. If it does then you should disable, remove, or rollback the driver. Then download an updated driver from the manufacturer.
STOP 0x000000D1 or DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - The Stop 0xD1 message indicates that the system attempted to access pageable memory using a kernel process IRQL that was too high. Drivers that have used improper addresses typically cause this error. If it points to a particular driver then you should disable, remove, or rollback the driver. Then download an updated driver from the manufacturer.
STOP 0x000000D8 or DRIVER_USED_EXCESSIVE_PTES - The Stop 0xD8 message typically occurs if your computer runs out of page table entries (PTEs) due to a driver that requests large amounts of kernel memory. I would start by running Memtest86+ to make sure that your RAM isn't defective. It might be possible that you need to upgrade your RAM. Be sure to check your computer manufacturer's website to see what the maximum amount of RAM that your motherboard can hold before you upgrade.
STOP 0x000000EA or THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER - A device driver problem is causing the system to pause indefinitely. Typically, this problem is caused by a display driver waiting for the video hardware to enter an idle state. This usually means that there is a hardware problem with the video adapter or a faulty video driver. I would start by going to your computer's manufacturer website to install the latest video driver. If you have a video card then visit the website of the manufacturer that made your video driver and install the latest video driver.
STOP 0x000000ED or UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME - The kernel mode I/O subsystem attempted to mount the boot volume and it failed. Make sure your ATA cable is the correct one for your computer. For example, if you need an 80pin cable don't replace it with a 80 pin cable.
STOP 0xC0000221 or STATUS_IMAGE_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH - This Stop message indicates driver, system file, or disk corruption problems (such as a damaged paging file). Faulty memory hardware can also cause this Stop message to appear. I would start with a System Restore or Drive Rollback to restore a previous driver. You can also use one of the recovery features that come on the Windows CD to restore the Windows files to the way they are supposed to be.
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It might lead to bitter debates, but you could make a strong arguement that Sam Rockwell stole the show in "Iron Man 2" as twisted billionaire adversary Justin Hammer. That's no easy thing to do when it's being stolen from the solid, iron clutches of Robert Downey Jr.
But Rockwell was just so watchable, and, well just so fantastically odd for a bad-guy. And this clip from the Sept. 28 DVD and Blu-Ray release of the movie shows that oddness carries over after the movie cameras stop rolling.
This behind-the-scene footage shows Rockwell in the airport hanger (Van Nuys, not really France) when he meets and hires the villain played by Mickey Rourke.
Even off (movie) camera, Rockwell acts like the billionaire eccentric who wears his napkin in his suit at dinner he plays onscreen
Rockwell even breaks into a Christopher Walken impression.
As for the constant changes on the movie which was marked with script revision after script revision (in part to keep up with Robert Downey Jr.'s mad ad-libbing), Rockwell seemed to be taking it in stride.
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Bim's Huevos Rancheros Bake
- Yield: 12 servings
- Prep: 40 mins
- Cook: 165 mins
My favorite brunch dish is one I don't cook—my husband makes it, usually for a gang around the holidays. The recipe got its start at a 1995 chili cook-off in Creede, Colo., where a green chili and its very cute creator caught Bim's eye. A little schmoozing, and maybe a little flirting, and next thing I knew, Bim had the recipe. —Candace Floyd
- 1 1/2pounds regular bulk pork sausage
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 1large red onion, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 (4-oz) cans diced green chiles, undrained
- 1teaspoon ground cumin
- 2cups water
- 1/2teaspoon Tabasco
- 2tablespoons butter
- 2tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 12 (8 to 10-inch) corn-flour tortillas (such as Chi-Chi's Cafe Style)
- 3cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- Sliced pickled jalapeños (optional)
- Sliced black olives (optional)
- 12 eggs, fried
- 3/4cup sour cream
- 1cup chopped fresh tomatoes
- Place sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain sausage; remove from pan.
- Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to same pan. Add onion, jalapeño and garlic. Cook until soft, about 8 minutes. Add green chiles, cumin, cooked sausage, water and Tabasco. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 11/2 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally, until very little liquid remains.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan. Add flour and cook, stirring, until golden, about 4 minutes. Gradually add chicken broth, stirring until smooth. Add flour mixture to sausage mixture, stirring to blend well. Cook over medium heat until very thick and smooth, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes.
- Coat two 13 x 9-inch baking dishes with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350F.
- Spoon about 1/3 cup sauce on each tortilla. Top with 2 tablespoons cheese. Roll up and place seam side down in a pan. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Sprinkle with pickled jalapeños and olives, if using. Bake 35 to 45 minutes, until cheese is melted and lightly browned.
- To serve, place one filled tortilla on each plate. Top with a fried egg and garnish with sour cream and tomatoes. Pass additional hot sauce at the table.
Recipe by Bim Glasgow
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Glycemic Load 0
- Calories 610
- Fat 35g
- Saturated Fat 14g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 4g
- Monounsaturated Fat 14g
- Cholesterol 265mg
- Sodium 1180mg
- Potassium 430mg
- Carbohydrate 44g
- Fiber 5g
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 29g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 15%
- Vitamin C 20%
- Calcium 35%
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Egypt (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Beatings, Molotovs, & a Death in Clashes
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Friday's Israel, Palestine (and Beyond) Live Coverage: UN Declares Jewish Settlements in West Bank "Illegal"
1945 GMT: Mali. French President Francois Hollande has said his Government will help rebuild Mali, three weeks after France's military offensive that swept Islamists from urban areas in the north of the country.
Hollande declared French troops would stay in Mali "as long as necessary", handing over to African troops "once the sovereignty of Mali is restored".
"Terrorist groups have been weakened, but not disappeared," Hollande said.
Speaking alongside the French President, Mali's interim leader, Dioncounda Traore, thanked France for freeing the north to from "barbarity and obscurantism".


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Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which means that the all-too-familiar reflections and remembrances will dominate the media over the next 24 hours.
But here's one story about Osama bin Laden that you probably haven't seen.
An investigation by Middle East expert Robert Fisk, published December 6, 1993, in the U.K.'s Independent, bore this headline:
Anti-Soviet warrior puts his army on the road to peace: The Saudi businessman who recruited mujahedin now uses them for large-scale building projects in Sudan.
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College kids, as they are wont to do, have bucked the school's honor codes in any number of ways over the years from various forms of public protest to publishing underground satirical newspapers. There have always been students determined not to adhere to the honor code. My sister attended BYU while Jim McMahon was the school's quarterback and I don't think I'm divulging any big secrets to say that he didn't win awards for piety while he was a student there.
The bottom line is that BYU has an honor code and the students are supposed to abide by it. The Mormon church penalizes flagrant violations of the code, but isn't running a prison camp here. Nor is BYU unique in running a religious college where students are expected to voluntarily adhere to certain moral standards.
So all that said, the Associated Press's Cristina Silva recently made waves with a story about gay students at BYU making a video that has been included in Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" campaign. While this development is undeniably news, and clearly worthy of mainstream coverage, Silva reports this story with an unwarranted tone of breathlessness throughout:
The video has sent tremors through the Mormon community and represents the latest effort to reconcile the church's conservative values with a growing acceptance toward gay relationships. The video estimates there are more than 1,800 LGBT students at BYU. It also notes that the school is consistently ranked as one of the most unfriendly campuses for those students in the nation.
"Sent tremors through the Mormon community"? It would be nice to see generalizations such as that documented, otherwise it reads like editorializing. And in a story as potentially contentious as this, I'm not sure it's the best journalistic practice to uncritically repeat statistics, without at least attempting to understand the basis for their figures. Silva does note how the church has evolved in recent years:
A mere five years ago, BYU students weren't allowed to discuss their sexual orientation without risking expulsion under the school's strict honor code. A clarification in 2007 stressed that "one's stated sexual orientation is not an Honor Code issue."
In 2010, BYU lifted a ban on advocacy of homosexuality. That same year, students formed Understanding Same-Gender Attraction. The support group drew eight people to its first meeting. This semester more than 80 students have attended the weekly meetings on campus.
Gay students must still adhere to much stricter standards than their heterosexual classmates under the updated honor code. While premarital sex is off limits to all BYU students, straight couples are allowed to kiss and cuddle openly on campus. Gay students cannot.
A "mere" five years ago? Such a loaded word reeks of editorializing. More broadly, much of the honor code at BYU would be considered strict in comparison to the behavior that's come to define college life. If you're looking for keggers, classes on post-structuralist theory, or an environment that is constantly affirming of a panoply of sexual behaviors -- it shouldn't be news that BYU is a different kind of university. This is being framed almost as if it's an obvious injustice, instead of what every student should expect the place to be like before they matriculate.
That said, I suppose the video does represent how gay Mormons are becoming more vocal and this is an interesting development. I just wished Silva talked about it in a more serious fashion rather than relying on sympathetic anecdotes:
Adam White, a sophomore featured in the video, said he struggled with his sexual orientation during his first year at BYU.
"It was a very dark time for me because I was just feeling so confused," he said. "I mean, I was living in an all-male dorm, and just being in such close contact. Everything I had suppressed was coming at me." ...
Joshua Behn, a gay activist and former BYU student who recently left the church, said he had doubts about the student video when he first heard of it.
"I was afraid it was going to be, `oh, you can deny your sexuality,'" he said. "But watching, they don't make judgments about that. They are saying, `there are other people out there. You are not alone.'"
Randall Thacker, 39, said he "was completely closeted, completely ashamed" about his attraction to men when he graduated from BYU in 1997. A church leader sent him to therapy to change his sexual orientation.
"To see the video gives me so much incredible hope for the future," said Thacker, a gay activist in Washington, D.C. "It seems like a miracle."
These are certainly illuminating stories, but it would be nice if they were in any way balanced out with some perspectives from BYU administrators or church leaders. There's also no discussion of what the church actually teaches about homosexuality from a religious standpoint, and how that affects BYU's evolving policies here. Ultimately, there's little doubt about where Silva's sympathies lie here.
And my final bone to pick here is that, per the Behn anecdote above, Silva refers to gay Mormons being sent away for therapy by the church multiple times, and drops this on us:
Gay church members were often sent to rehabilitative therapy to "get fixed."
Attention all news editors: Whenever scare quotes are used, especially in sensitive and unsubstantiated contexts like this, it should set off klaxons in the newsroom and the writer should have their knuckles rapped. I'm pretty sure therapy for gay members was never an official church policy -- local bishops have a wide degree of latitude for how they help members of their wards. I don't doubt that it did happen, but the impression here is as if sending gay Mormons off for reparative therapy was commonplace. Maybe it was, but given what I know about the church I'm skeptical. And given the way this allegation is cavalierly thrown out in this story, I'm doubly skeptical.
Overall, there are enough interesting details to be gleaned from Silva's reporting and I give her lots of credit for understanding how to this video project is pushing the boundaries of the church's increasing public tolerance of homosexuality. But if this story certainly deserved to be written, the distinct lack of balance ultimately gets in the way of a more complete understanding.


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Normally I'd totally wait to let you guys swoon over these pics until closer to August, but I just couldn't. The 'Breaking Bad' final season is too far away! If you're like me, you're seriously jonesing for a little Aaron Paul action, too.
Paul stars as Jesse Pinkman on the hit AMC drama series about a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with cancer and starts cooking meth to earn money for his family. Paul isn't the meth-cooking teacher — he's the former student of the teacher who now helps him cook the meth.
Well, he was helping him. Now everything is sort of a huge mess. You really should just watch the show to see what I mean. It's crazy-good.
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is new chrome only getting security fixes?
if not maybe we could be less geek and highlight here (not on SVN) what are the new features.
hbguru: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/07/new-senses-for-web.html
My bookmarks page seems to have got way too big in this chrome 21
I`ve noticed one important change not mentioned above. PepperFlash player is set by default instead of "normal" Flash player.
Win XP SP3
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Whoa, wait... It's been that long already?
So I'm using Pepper Flash now, which is actually working decently compared to every previous time I've tried it, but HD video playback quality seems to have decreased somewhat? It seems a bit more pixelated.
Also, any chance of seeing Pepper Flash for Chrome on Android?
It seems as if the "insecure content" warning that
used to be given when an https page loads http assets has been removed.
Chrome now seems to block such assets unconditionally. This has serious consequences for us.
Can you guys please comment? Is there a way for the user to allow such assets on the page?
The YouTube bug (flash?) is not fixed. Once I updated Chrome to version 21, I cannot wantch any video's in Youtube. Any video will play for exactly 11 seconds without sound and stop.
@M. A. Sridhar: thanks for commenting. I'm just writing a blog post about Chrome's new mixed script blocking. Due to user confusion, the mixed script warning is now more subtle -- but it still exists. Look for the shield in the omnibox.
As a reminder, mixed scripting can be a serious security condition so should be fixed ASAP.
YouTube flash bug not fixed.
Same issues as Floren
there is a problom with pepperflash
when viwing youtube videos the player seems to glitch and jitter
when disablimg pepper flash and using regular flash it fixes it
please fix pepperflash
forgot to mention i use
win xp sp3
I've got the same audio issue with flash, please fix it quickly i dont want to use another web browers =(
Why haven't you fixed Flash yet? Audio is broken etc..
I know Flash is crap, but many sites still use it; including your own.
This is supposed to be the Stable channel, no?
flash is ok..
the problom is saltandpepperflash
i think they are more fucest on this than other parts :S
@bazab dab
Chrome needs to be hardware-accelerated for Pepper Flash to work properly, I believe, because it still doesn't work as well on my older laptop (too much CPU usage compared to NPAPI Flash).
Type chrome://gpu in your Omnibox and see what it says. Mine says that "Flash3D" and "Flash Stage3D" are hardware-accelerated.
wow that makes my eyes bleed
ok here what its says
Graphics Feature Status
Canvas: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled.
Compositing: Hardware accelerated
3D CSS: Hardware accelerated
CSS Animation: Accelerated
WebGL: Hardware accelerated
WebGL multisampling: Hardware accelerated
Flash 3D: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable
Flash Stage3D: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable
Problems Detected
Accelerated 2D canvas is unavailable: either disabled at the command line or not supported by the current system.
Disable 3D in Flash on XP: 134885
As in previous comments I am also facing the flash problem. There is some lag when switching to fullscreen and vice versa on youtube.
I am experiencing the same flash problem.
How can I switch from pepperflash to the normal one? Please someone reply : (
simone im glad im not alone on this :D
go type about:plugins in the serch bar and disable and you see shockwave flash click on the plus and then disable this:Shockwave Flash 11.3 r31
for me its the first one close and open
have a good day bro :D
simone and others with the flash audio problem, please come to http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=139953 and leave us information on your configuration. We are working hard to resolve the issues as quickly as possible. Thank you!
@bazab dab
That's probably as good as it gets on XP. I'm running Win7 x64 SP1 on a laptop that supports up to Direct3D 10.1, and all my entries say "hardware accelerated" with no listed problems.
I restarted my laptop and since that time, my Chrome 21 never drops below 20% of CPU even if absolutely nothing is being done!
I like the new Omnibox icons. Still looking forward to bookmarks, About, Downloads in the Uber page...
I found out that the huge constant CPU load was caused by Google Checker Gmail Plus 10.2 extension. When disabled, it's OK. I am using "Gmail checked plus classic" instead which is OK.
With the new Chrome 21 (Standard-Browser)I can´t open Links in TeamSpeak (Windows8 64Bit RP)
Flash Issue: Solved!
@bazab dab
Thank you! (even though I figured out the fix by myself xD hours and hours wasted)
You guys with the same problem just follow the guide of bazab dab written above.
Not sure if you told me that to help me or because the Chrome Team needs that.
I'll do it anyway. Thank you.
Youtube keeps having problems, at least on Linux 64bit.
So I keep having to enable the old 11,2,202,236 flash version.
They should either fix the new one or roll back to the old one.
i got some answers in google forums it pepper flash related issue disabling it fixes it even if i enable hardware acceleration if not fix all issue
glad my tip help some of you i feel good about myself now XD
cheers :D
Pepperflash is jittery and slow, disabled it in the plugins window.
Also, I browse at 58-67% zoom and elements of sites that were blocked in correctly pre-update (Elements on Twitter, Facebook) are now not blocked perfectly.
Besides that, thanks for the bugfixes. Those are always nice, even if their value is not always earth-shattering or visible to the naked eye.
Not only are the favicons now stupid looking blank pages in the Omnibox, but the Bookmarks Bar no longer has the saved link's icon in the address bar. Now THAT looks really stupid! Someone at Chrome failed to think through doing away with the favicons in the Omnibox, because I cannot believe they want Chrome users (that use the Bookmarks Bar) to have blank pages as the saved link icons. You need to re-think this change!!!
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@Bob Crews
The Omibox's blank-page icon replaces the globe icon (not the favicon which is already on the tabs). However, my bookmarks bar shows the favicons (if available).
Some Favicons (for lesser known and smaller websites) that most definitely had been available (previous to the last update) are now just blank pages in the Bookmarks Bar.
I now cannot access my homepage (google.com). I can type google.com and get there, but when I open Chrome the page just times out.
Sometimes I have some Shockwave Flash Craches.
MAC OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Youtube videos are broken for me as well. They play no sound and stop after around 3 seconds. I thought this was supposed to be the stable release, how could a bug like this get through?
CPU usage has shot through the roof since Chrome updated itself.
Just running a basic video page with standard tabs running in the background sends towards 100%.
Any tips in lowering this?
This is the absolute worse update ever. Way too many issues since the last update. I've loved using Chrome, but this is stupid crazy. I'm going to use another browser until this is (hopefully) all worked out - then, maybe I'll be back.
Flash videos installed locally on a computer no longer work unless PepperFlash is disabled. The videos consist of training videos installed on a customer's computer. The videos are viewed using the default web browser - if the user has Chrome with the newest version, the browser opens only a black window and the video will not play. The only workaround is disabling PepperFlash - but the average user will not know how to do this. It appears the viable option is to have our customers user a none-Chrome browser.
Can you guys stop messing with the GUI and start actually working on the performance issues? This issue with S&P-Flash is getting too far, people hating the new "look" this isn't a real 'stable' channel to me.
I don't want to start kicking chrome in the backside for it, I get fixes can't come just by request and are only fixed when it's possible to be done.. but come on.
First and Foremost;
CAN I BE THE ONE IN CONTROL OF MY 'FAVORITE PAGE' THUMBNAILS PLEASE... But performance issues first!
Not sure if it's just me or not but the WikiBooks website isn't showing at all in Chrome. Works fine in other browsers. The source of the page is all downloaded, but Chrome only shows a blank white page https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/wiki/Main_Page
@Chromana did you try to click on the shield in the omnibar and then enable unsafe content?
Anyway guys, I didn't like this release, I have to admit it, but come on don't be so evil I'm sure the Chrome Team is working on it hard. Developing isn't that easy, you should know it.
Don't forget to use the bug report.
The PepperFlash plugin causes my Windows 7 system to instantly reboot with a solid black or white screen when playing Flash videos. Disabling and using the standard plugin works fine. Took me hours to figure this out. Nice 'stable' release.
YouTube audio and video are out of sync with this update. Other Flash players, like BBC iPlayer, seem to be fine.
@Simone thanks a lot, that's what it was. They should really make it more obvious in Chrome when they hide stuff. I'm very good with computers and I missed it, not sure how non-technical people would cope!
Im having this problem: big red and green squares instead the website. Not just in one site, it happends on on few, don't konw why. Seems just random to me.
And im not the only one:
Look in the image that user on lastfm is linking.
GOOGLE TEAM...I wanted to say this but Chrome has been having big bugs for the last 7 months. Like when I try to go to Wikipedia it shows nothing and sometimes when I go on Facebook it says something about the site being suspicious the page with the red background. The worst of all everyday Chrome is randomly making the computer unstable and crashes it. If you can compare the chrome from December 2011 to today's chrome some of these bugs wouldn't exist. It was super stable compare to the last 7 months.
Flash problem: tried disabling as above, but that just killed youtube completely. Went to adobe site and downloaded latest flashplayer from there (11.3.300.268). Youtube is now working fine.
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All tabs freeze when loading pages in new tabs.
Pages not rendering at all in W7/64 SP1. I need to use this for my work and flash support it's being a mess since the last months. Why do you call this stable ???
I'm stoping using this and moving to Firefox permanently as I don't have time for this.
Could you please already release a new version for the stable channel? The flash bugs are incredibly irritating.
I strongly suspect the tech reporters will have a field day with this latest update - suggesting that Chrome may not be as good as people having been saying it is. Seems they are probably right...
Karen - the longer you delay fixes, the worse Chrome's reputation will become. I don't care if you have ten updates in a single day - ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS right away and get them corrected and behind you. Every hour that nothing is done is an hour too long. Damage has already been done...and waiting to correct the problems just makes Chrome look very, very bad.
Chrome - you blew it by creating problems...and you blew it again by not addressing the problems immediately, even if it meant reverting to older yet stable and sound channels.
I appear to be in the right place.
Mine is a variation of a theme.
I am experiencing a YouTube Full Screen lag which is disappointing, having recently uninstalled another browser, for Chrome 21.0.1180.75 m.
Cont'd (apologies)...
I am running Win XP Sp 3.


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Taiwanese athletes picked up another nine medals at the East Asian Games in Tianjin, China, yesterday to take their tally to 29.
Chia Hwi-peng picked up the silver medal in the women's over-73kg taekwondo after losing the final to China's Zheng Shuyin, while Huang Shih-feng threw 82.11m to claim the silver in the men's javelin.
Chin Chang-chen also picked up a silver medal in the men's under-52kg sanshou, although there were only two entries in the competition.
Wang Wen-tan, Chen Yu-te, Lo Yen-yao and Chen Chieh ran 3 minutes, 10.72 seconds to claim the bronze in the men's 4x400m relay.
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Li Shiau-ping and Chien Hsiu-lan picked up the bronze medal in women's doubles bowling and there were three more bronze medals in taekwondo — Chia Yen-lin in the women's under-53kg category, Chia Chia-chuang in the women's under-67kg category and Tzu Te-chuang in the men's under-68kg category.
Taiwan 's women's soccer team fell to their second defeat of the Games when they were thrashed 7-0 by North Korea, following their opening 8-2 defeat to Japan.
By the end of yesterday, China had a total of 67 gold medals overall, ahead of South Korea on 17 and Japan on 13. Taiwan were fourth with five golds, eight silver and 16 bronze.
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Behind Quincy Davis' game-high 26 points and 13 rebounds, Taiwan defeated South Korea by a 79-76 margin in the opener of the men's basketball competition at the East Asian Games in Tainjin yesterday afternoon to begin the competition with a surprise victory.
Heading into the contest as slight underdogs, Taiwan wanted to prove to the world that their victory over South Korea in July's Jones Cup in Taipei was no fluke, even though they lost to the same team a month later in the bronze medal game of the Asian Championship in Manila.
That was exactly what they did as the win not only put Taiwan in the driver's seat for a first-place finish in Group A to greatly enhance their chances of a top-three finish overall, but it also avenged the bitter loss to South Korea in August.
"Facing [South Korea] early is better than late because they are known to improve as the tournament goes on," Taiwan coach Hsu Chin-che said prior to departing for Tianjin late last week, stressing the fact that his players were as prepared as they could be.
Taiwan opened the contest with a quick 6-2 advantage, but quickly fell behind by six after allowing South Korea to roll off a 10-0 run.
However, the Taiwanese regained their poise to keep it a three-point game by the end of the first quarter, before skidding ahead to grab a 37-35 lead at halftime.
The two teams fought hard in a physical second half that saw Taiwan hold on to the lead, despite a late rally by South Korea that brought them to within a point with 14 seconds remaining.
That was as close as they got, though, as Keh Chi-hao drained a pair of free throws in the closing seconds.
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Taiwan upped their record to a perfect 4-0 with a 30-0 trouncing of Mongolia in five innings to remain unbeaten in the preliminaries of the baseball at the East Asian Games at Tianjin Sports Center yesterday afternoon.


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Video display South Central England Area More detail Place count in area: 41, Highest place: Dunkery Beacon, 519m Maximum height for area: 519 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 414 metres, Places in area South Central England:Beacon Batch 325mBleadon Hill [Loxton Hill] 176mBrent Knoll 139mBulbarrow Hill 274mDundry Down 233mEggardon Hill 252mFailand Hill 164mGlastonbury Tor 158mHambledon Hill 192mHardown Hill 207mLambert's Castle Hill 258mLewesdon Hill 279mLong Knoll 288mLyscombe Hill 262mNine Barrow Down 200mRidgeway Hill 199mSt Rayn Hill 238mSwyre Head 208mTelegraph Hill 267mThe Beacon 196mThe Verne 147mWavering Down 211mWeston Down 113mWhite Horse Hill 230mWin Green 277mWorlebury Hill 109mBlackdown Hills: Staple Hill 315mExmoor: Black Mires 465mChains Barrow 487mDunkery Beacon 519mGreat Rowbarrow 510mHorsen Hill 443mLype Hill 423mMonkham Hill [Withycombe Common] 382mPeriton Hill 297mSelworthy Beacon 308mThornemead Hill 412mTreborough Common 412mWinsford Hill 428mWithypool Common 428mQuantock Hills: Wills Neck 386m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Brent Knoll Hill Height: 139m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 182 Grid Reference: ST34078 50916 Place visited by 4 members. Recently by: IainT, paddyhillsbagger, Fergalh, chalky I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) View on Hill Bagging (DoBIH) Longitude: -2.945999, Latitude: 51.253575 , Easting: 334078, Northing: 150916 Prominence: 133m, Isolation: 6.7km , GPS IDs, 6 char: Brn139, 10 char: Brent Knol Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B5432/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Brent Knoll 1 of 1 Follow this place's comments Picture from paddyhillsbagger : Above the M5 Picture: Above the M5 Eventually! by paddyhillsbagger 4 Jan 2015 In a former life I passed this top almost weekly trucking up and down the nearby M5 motorway so it was lovely to actually get some time to climb the damn thing. Start from Brent Knoll church. 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HELLO, CAROLYN: My question is, when is spanking a child OK? I live on a rural dirt road off a busy road. We have about seven neighbors and all know each other and help out when needed.
We have a young couple with two young boys, 4 and 3, and she's pregnant with her third. The other day the 4-year-old showed up at our house, which is down a long hill and up our long driveway pretty far away from his house. I immediately called the mother, who answered in a groggy voice as though she's been sleeping. I told her I had her son, and she said her husband would be right there.
When she and her husband came, the boy just kept running down another dirt path as I and the mother called to him. He paid no attention and kept running away. I turned to the mother and said, "I hope you give him a good spanking for this." All she and her husband did is look goofy and brush it off as though it's OK for a 4-year-old to misbehave. I remember the few times I gave my kids a really good whooping was when they did something that endangered their lives. I don't believe you can raise a child without sometimes giving them a real shock when they do something very serious. - FURIOUS NEIGHBOR?
ANSWER: Spanking is OK when you live on a rural dirt road and your 4-year-old wanders to the neighbors' while you're pregnant and taking a nap.
That's the answer you want, right?
With all due respect, your question is not about when spanking is OK, since you state openly when you believe it is - to the degree that you're "furious" these neighbors didn't beat their child as you would have.
So let's be honest about your real question, which is: Am I going to use my platform to back you up, and help you set straight these and other know-nothing parents who are driving their kids/your neighborhood/this country straight into the toilet?
And my answer: no.
Part of the reason is conceptual, in that I can't imagine siding with someone incensed at not striking a child. No, I wasn't there to witness the danger and disrespect. But that allows me to stay back and see spanking for what it is, a violent act against the defenseless.
Part of the reason is practical. Hitting the people you are presumably trying to teach not to hit is an effective way for parents to undermine their own message and expose themselves as hypocrites. That actually chips away at a kid's respect for parents, which is ironic when you consider that corporal punishment's believers, if I understand them correctly, see it as a way to instill respect for (but actually fear of) authority.
Plus, plenty of 4-year-olds aren't spanked and do heed their parents. Plenty are spanked and don't heed. It's not the black-and-white, cause-and-effect business you make it out to be.
Nor is it your business whether these parents spank, and that's part of my "no," too.
If you truly just fear for the kids, then judging or lecturing their parents might be the least effective path. Being a kind, open-minded, boundary-aware neighbor - that's the most reliable way to position yourself to help.
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May 26, 2012-TTSA Race 9 (Our First)
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The local club, Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association, has a pretty active racing program and we decided to give it a try.
With pick-up crew (quite good, actually) and basically no other preparation whatsoever, we went out for a Saturday race in the Racer/Cruiser Class. It was a nice day, there was a good breeze, the race was in a great sailing area, and the committee gave us an interesting course (one mark was a wrecked ship). So when we got a good start, (not too aggressive), and were soon catching up on the racing class boats, we were feeling pretty good.
But the start was an hour later than we thought it was going to be, the race, at 17 miles, was going to take all afternoon, and two of our crew, Andrew and Susan, had appointments in the afternoon. We had to withdraw in order to get them back in time.
No problem. We called the race committee, told them we had to quit, and we turned down wind, set the kite, and got them back in time to catch the bus.
And everyone had a great day.
Next time we will try a little harder.
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An AWOL Army reservist is accused of a bad check scheme that duped dozens of people in Erie and Niagara counties, Town of Tonawanda police said.
Steven D. Burns, 21, of Sanborn is charged with petit larceny and issuing a bad check, according to Lt. Nicholas A. Bado.
Burns, who was arrested Monday, cashed $300 in personal checks on his closed account at a town bank, Bado said. Each time he visited a bank, Burns wore his uniform and claimed he needed the cash immediately because he was being deployed overseas in a few days, authorities added.
Tellers, sympathetic toward his plight, accommodated Burns and gave him cash, Bado said.
Burns is absent without leave from his reserve unit, Bado said. Detectives said he has commited the fraud on at least 30 occasions. The Secret Service also is investigating.
Following arraignment in town court, Burns remains in the Erie County Holding Center in lieu of $5,000 bail.


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Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, accused of 29 counts of dangerous driving after a semi-truck collided with the Humboldt Broncos team bus on April 6, was released on bail Tuesday.
Sixteen people died in the crash, including players and staff members of the Saskatchewan junior hockey team. Another 13 people were injured.
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Sidhu, 29, was remanded into custody exactly three months later, on July 6.
RCMP said he was arrested at his Calgary home at 10:07 a.m. local time without incident. He appeared in court in Melfort, Sask. Tuesday.
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Sidhu was released on $1,000 bail with a number of conditions. He must stay at his Calgary home and follow a curfew. He is also under a driving ban and had to surrender his passport.
Neighbours told Global News Sidhu lives in the basement suite at the home located in the community of Saddle Ridge.
He'll be back in court on Aug. 21.
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He is facing 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, and another 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily injury.
There was "evidence that motor vehicle was being operated in a way that was dangerous to the public," Superintendent Derek Williams, the officer in charge of the major crimes unit, said last week.
"There's a number of elements that make up the offence of dangerous driving. Including the marked departure from the standard of care expected from a driver, in this case a commercial truck driver," he explained.
Williams said the charge of dangerous driving causing death could be met with up to 14 years in prison, and up to 10 years for dangerous driving causing injury.
What do we know about Sidhu?
There's not much yet known about Sidhu, other than he was driving for Adesh Deol trucking company at the time of the crash.
RCMP briefly detained him directly after the crash, but released him soon after. He was uninjured in the crash.
WATCH: Victims' families relieved by RCMP charges in Humboldt Broncos crash
The director of the trucking company, Sukmander Singh, said in April that the driver had started working for him about a month before the crash.
Singh told Global News at the time that the driver had obtained his license about a year ago and had been on the road for two weeks, after undergoing two weeks of training.
Singh also said the driver had been going to counselling services after the crash, but didn't give the driver's name.
Sindu and Singh were the only two people working for Adesh Deol, and the company has since been suspended pending an investigation.
READ MORE: Parents of Humboldt Broncos player killed in crash sue truck driver, bus maker
As of yet, no charges have been laid against the trucking company.
RCMP said they researched every aspect of the crash including speed and position of the vehicles, road and weather conditions, point of impact and witness interviews.
They also said they investigated the possibility of impairment, but no impairment charges were laid.
The fatal crash rocked the hockey community in Canada and worldwide; a fundraiser for the team raised millions of dollars in just days. The families and the victims are expected to receive payouts soon from the fund to help cover travel and other costs.
The surviving members of the Humboldt Broncos have also been honoured by the NHL as they recover. Head coach Darcy Haugan was also posthumously awarded the Community Hero award at the NHL awards last month.
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A chromium waste pile, in Mou Ding, Yunnan.
Unluckily, just like a very large pile of dirt. Their unassuming appearance means dumped piles of chemical waste can go months unnoticed and unchecked in the countryside of China. But this "dirt" is toxic, possibly cancer-causing, and in order to avoid contamination of our waterways and biosphere must be disposed of properly.
Unfortunately that's exactly what didn't happen earlier this year in Yunnan, a southern province of China. Instead, two truck drivers of Yunnan Luliang Chemical Industry dumped multiple loads of chromium-contaminated waste in the hills of Qilin district in Qujing, near the Chachong Reservoir, over a period of three months starting from April. The two men were destined for Guizhou where the waste was to be disposed of at a processing plant. Instead it was left close to the mouth of a reservoir where nearly 3,000 people live nearby. Many of these people are farmers who depend on the water for their livelihood. In June, a light rain hit the area, washing down parts of the waste to the reservoir. 77 cattle died shortly after drinking the contaminated water. The drivers were arrested and the local environmental authority rushed to the dumping site to clean it up.
But this incident only reveals a much bigger problem. The 5,000 tons of chromium waste came from a chemical company that still owns another 140,000 tons of such waste, which is piling up in a poorly maintained site just meters away from the Nanpan River. It's a situation that immediately became a national concern when reported by the local media. Last month a Greenpeace team headed to the area of the 140,000 ton chromium waste pile. They visited a spot that locals call "the dragon's fountain". It is the mouth of an underground aquifer but ever since the chemical company moved in the water, that's used to irrigate crops and as drinking water by the monks of the local temple, had turned a nasty colour. One farmer told Greenpeace on video that his last rice crop, located near the site, had failed.
Last month a Greenpeace team headed to two chromium waste piles in Yunnan to test the local water quality. One sample gave results over 20 times the recommended safety level.
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When Greenpeace members tested the water some levels of hexavalent chromium (chromium VI) were so high it exceeded the limits of the on-site tester, which could only read up to 1.33 mg/L. Lab results later revealed that two of the sites near the "dragon's fountain", one at the mouth and the other in a rice paddy field close to it read respectively 24.25mg/L and 12.64mg/L of present hexavalent chromium. 0.1mgL is the highest recommended level for irrigation, groundwater and general use. The "dragon's fountain" is not the only water body that was contaminated. The Nanpan River itself is also under threat. Greenpeace members took samples of the river water that runs by the large chromium waste pile and discovered hexavalent chromium at 0.204 mg/L. A control sample at an uncontaminated section upstream was tested at 0.0007 mg/L.
And the problems are hardly restricted to this waste site. In 2005 there were at least 41 piles of chromium waste across 19 provinces, totaling at least four million tons. The Ministry of Environment Protection claim that three quarters of these have since been "neutralized", but one quarter still remain.
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This includes one at Mou Ding, a site that has remained since at least 2006. As one of the two chromium waste sites in Yunnan province, the waste had been sitting on the site of the since abandoned Mou Ding Yu Dian Chemical Industry. A few scrappy pieces of metal had been hastily used to cover the pile, with only two elderly men quietly overseeing the decaying remains. Several warning signs had been erected, but only after the Chinese media storm that had hit following the recent discovery of these toxic dump-sites.
Greenpeace's concerns are multi-fold. We're concerned about the 140,000 tons of chromium waste that Yunnan Luliang Chemical Industry has yet to dispose of. We're worried that local people are still living and working far too close to the contamination site. There's no clear signage warning local villagers of the dangers, preventing them from using the water in their irrigation or in raising sheep and cattle, and informing them that touching or inhaling this deadly material can lead to serious health damages. We're worried about the bigger picture. There are dozens of chromium waste sites still sitting in 12 provinces across China, some of them located in densely populated areas. And most of all we're worried about the effects of prolonged exposure to this toxic waste.
Last week Xinhua reported, "No human deaths have been attributed to the chromium pollution, but at least 14 local residents have been diagnosed with cancer since 2002 and many suspect their diseases were caused by contaminated drinking water." Such reports led journalists to suspect the existence of "cancer villages", villages that are located in close proximity to chemical factories and turning up unusually high numbers of cancer cases. One such village is Xinglong, just two kilometers from the Luliang dumpsite, and which 17 residents were reported from having already died from cancer in 2009.
(In Chinese) Local farmers discuss the changes that have taken place since the contamination of the water supply.
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How do you make Matt Damon even hotter? With the power of a classy black and white photo shoot courtesy of the fine folks at Esquire, that's how.
Matt is currently promoting his new film, 'Elysium,' which hits theaters in August. It's a sci-fi movie about a world where the poor people have to live on Earth, which has become like a destitute ghetto filled with sickness and suffering, while all the fancy rich people get to live on a massive, shiny space station and never have to worry about dying or starving or having to, you know, try.
But then Matt Damon gets this awesome robotic device screwed into his body (ouch) that will allow him to breach the rich people utopia and bring that motha down.
Damon is featured in the August issue of Esquire, in glorious black and white photos for your viewing pleasure. The interview takes place in Germany, where Damon drinks beer and eats steak (manly!). And we love the opening line of the piece: "Let's face it, the guy is ridiculous."
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Liberty News
Record crowd expected at Winterfest; tickets close to selling out
Liberty University's Winterfest draws thousands of students, church groups and youth pastors to the campus every New Year's. But this year the two-day festival, which combines a host of acclaimed Christian musical artists, speakers and entertainers, will feature a record crowd — with close to 7,000 tickets sold so far.
Luke Enns, with Enrollment Management at LU, which is helping to coordinate Winterfest, said the record stood at 6,759 tickets sold in 2006.
"Without a doubt this will be the largest Winterfest crowd in the event's eight-year history," he said Tuesday. "We are within a few hundred tickets this year of actually selling out at the Vines Center." Capacity is 7,400.
Enns said the draw is definitely the lineup of today's top Christian music artists, speakers and performers.
"This year we have one of the biggest acts in both Christian and secular music. Switchfoot has been at the top of the iTunes charts this fall playing on Apple iPod commercials, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and ESPN with their new album, 'Hello Hurricane,'" he said.
Other musical guests include Skillet, MercyMe, Barlow Girl and Thousand Foot Krutch. Speakers are Matt Pitt and David Nasser, along with emcee Clayton King. There will be performances by skateboarding pro Tim Byrne and variety entertainer Mark Lippard.
Winterfest, held Dec. 30 and 31, is a great way of sharing the message of Jesus Christ and challenging youth in their faith while ringing in the New Year, Enns said.
Attendees come from all over the U.S. and in groups numbering more than 100. This year there are groups coming from as far away as Florida and Southern California.


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History Department to host special presentation of Abraham Lincoln Papers
|Dr. Daniel Stowell, director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Liberty University's History Department will host Dr. Daniel Stowell for a special presentation of the Abraham Lincoln Papers Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m., in the Towns Alumni Hall. Stowell is the director of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, a group that searches for papers written by or about Abraham Lincoln.
Stowell will present the eyewitness account and medical/autopsy report of Dr. Charles Leale, a 23-year-old surgeon who was the first responder at Ford's Theatre when President Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865. Leale remained with the president until he died the next morning. His medical report was written just hours after Lincoln's death. (View the press release.)
Until this summer when the papers were discovered, no one besides Leale had seen the report since April 1865.
The presentation is titled "'O Doctor, do what you can for him!': Charles Leale's Eyewitness Report of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln," citing the words Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, spoke to Leale when he got to the booth where the president had been shot.
"What is remarkable about this newly discovered report is its immediacy and poignancy. You can sense the helplessness Leale and the other doctors felt that night, but it does not have the sentimentality or added layers of later accounts. It is truly a first draft of history," Stowell said.
This special presentation will be the unofficial kick-off to the 16th annual 2012 Civil War Seminar that begins Friday at Liberty.


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Former captain Rahul Dravid believes that Duncan Fletcher has a lot to offer in Indian cricket and said the Zimbabwean should be given more power in team selection to prosper as coach.
"Duncan has a lot of strength as a coach. He connects well with a lot of players and works quite well with them. But, in some ways, the scope or power that he has to make decisions or to make selections has been a little limited," he said.
"Some of these people (coaches) do have the maturity to be able to understand that when players come to them with a problem, they don't necessarily use that as a way to drop someone. But also the coach sees players from such close quarters, he understands players. So I think he (Fletcher) must have a say (in selection)," Dravid said on Time Out, ESPNcricinfo's fortnightly audio podcast.
Dravid called for giving more power to Fletcher and making him accountable. "You want to give people powers and you want to hold them accountable, especially when you have senior, knowledgeable people like Duncan," he said.
"I think his reputation is on the line as well. I think, knowing someone like him, he would want to get more involved and have a say in where his own career and his own reputation is headed," he added. The former skipper, however, feels that in the last three-four years, the role of coach in team selection has diminished.
"I remember John Wright or Greg Chappell consistently attending selection committee meetings, watching domestic matches. I think over the last three-four years we've seen that coaches have taken a slightly more detached, or slightly more backward, role to our selections. I don't think Gary watched a lot of domestic cricket. Duncan has not really done that as well," said Dravid.
Dravid said Fletcher's knowledge would be of immense help to find a middle-order batsman for India after his and VVS Laxman's retirement. "He's seen a lot of players ... who's a better middle-order player among Manoj Tiwary, an Ajinkya Rahane or a Shikhar Dhawan or Murali Vijay? At least, to have an opinion, an informed opinion by actually coming and watching some games. The fact that he didn't come and didn't attend the selection committee meeting tells you that maybe that's not in his scope of work, he doesn't have those powers," he said.
India's twin Test whitewash in England and Australia prompted Fletcher to put greater emphasis on fitness and Dravid hoped that it would be reflected in the upcoming England series starting in Ahmedabad on November 15.
"Definitely after the loss, he has put a lot of emphasis on the fitness and certain disciplines of the players and knowing and talking to maybe some of them. Over the last few months, there has been a little bit more focus on fitness and disciplines and the basics in skill levels of some players. Hopefully we'll see some of that in these Test series."
Dravid also praised Fletcher's knowledge and tactical acumen and said the Zimbabwean has a good relation with the players in the team.
"I think, Duncan has a lot to offer in terms of a coach, in terms of the tactics, his knowledge of the game, he works well in that area, he works quite closely with a lot of players... I think the relationship is good within the team."
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Please Help Tara!
Meet Tara, a sweet, loving six-month old kitten who needs an eye operation. Last March a litter of four kittens were found in a shed after their mother had been killed by a car. One was already dead, the other three had very bad upper respiratory infections and we suspect Calicivirus, as sadly, Tara was the only one who survived.
Tara's third eyelid had adhered to her cornea and when we had her spayed, it was loosened, however, it reattached upon healing. We took her to an eye specialist, Dr. Segal, at Carolina Veterinarian Specialty in Winston-Salem, and she said it could again be loosened, at which time they would put a contact lens in the eye so it will not reattach.
The cost for this operation is $600.00 and we were hoping some of our friends of Paws & Claws Feline Rescue may be needing a tax deduction at the end of the year and could donate to Tara so that she could have the operation.
Tara also needs her "Forever Home" if anyone has a place in their heart and home – she loves our collie dog and sleeps with her. Tara also gets along well with all the other cats and kittens.
Thank you to everyone who has generously donated, adopted, or volunteered this year to help us save almost one hundred cats and kittens. We couldn't do it without you
Thank you!
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Justice Department backs reduced penalties for low-level drug offenses
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday urged the U.S. Sentencing Commission to reduce the recommended prison time for certain low-level drug offenses.
Citing prison overcrowding, and the fact that nearly half of the nation's 216,000 federal prisoners are incarcerated on drug charges, Holder said sentencing reform is desperately needed.
" Modestly reducing the quantity-based guideline for drug offenses, while continuing to ensure higher penalties for drug offenders involved violence, or who are career criminals, or who use weapons in their offenses is consistent the Attorney General's Smart on Crime initiative and will help further our current need for efficient and strategic criminal justice reforms," the Justice Department's written testimony stated.
The department's 31-page prepared statement, though spanning a wide array of sentencing topics, placed particular weight on the drug sentencing question. The proposed reform would affect those convicted of possessing 500 grams or more of powdered cocaine or 28 grams or more of crack cocaine.
" It has become clear that we must find ways to control federal prison spending order to better focus limited resources on combating the most serious threats to public safety," the department's statement declared.
The seven-member sentencing commission was also scheduled to hear from other supporters of reform, such as Families Against Mandatory Minimums, as well as a representative of the National District Attorneys Association, who argues against reducing sentences.
" Despite the myth being promulgated by the U.S. Department of Justice that 'America's federal prison system is bloated with first-time, low level drug offenders', the vast majority of prisoners in the Federal prison system have been very bad actors for a long time," Raymond F. Morrogh, director at large of the district attorneys association, stated.