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Master's Requirements
Specific requirements for the M.S. degree in MEES are as follows (for a comprehensive format of requirements, please be sure to check the appropriate checklist, found here) :
Initial Advisory Meeting
A three member Research Advisory Committee is to be formed during the first semester and meets with the student to discuss the student's progress (mainly coursework, but also basic research interests). A report of this meeting must be filed with the MEES Program Office by the end of the student's second semester (Form can be found here).
Annual Committee Report
Every year that the student is in residence, committee meetings are to be held in order for the committee to review academic and research progress. Reports of these meetings are due annually to the MEES Program by September 30th. Annual Committee Report Forms can be found here.
Course Work:
- A minimum of 30 credits with 24 credits of course work and 6 credits of Masters thesis research (MEES 799). Of the 24 course credits, at least 12 of them must be at the 600 level or higher. Exceptions and waivers for equivalent courses taken before entry may be used to meet requirements of the student's Foundation upon approval by the appropriate Foundation Committee. Although graduate courses taken elsewhere may serve to fulfill requirements, only six credits from such courses may be transferred. Courses used to fulfill requirements for a previously awarded degree cannot be used for transfer credits.
- Core Foundation course specific to student's chosen Foundation.
- Three Professional Development courses that must include MEES609A Applied Environmental Science. Any additional professional development courses beyond the required three can satisfy elective courses.
- One Issue Study Group.
- Elective courses approved by the student's advisory committee.
Research Proposal:
A written statement detailing as specifically as possible the research to be conducted needs to be submitted to the MEES Program Office upon approval from the student's Advisory Committee. This is usually done no more than 1 year after entrance into the program. If vertebrate animals are to be used in the research, the animal use protocol should be filed at this time, before the research is done!
Thesis Defense:
An Oral Defense of the Thesis, administered according to Graduate School regulations will take place at the completion of the research project. This defense will be conducted by the Research Advisory Committee and will be administered once all other degree requirements have been fulfilled. The Thesis Defense will generally last no longer than two hours, but the time will be long enough to ensure an adequate examination. The Research Advisory Committee also approves the thesis, and it is the candidate's obligation to see that each member of the committee has at least two weeks in which to examine a copy of the thesis prior to the time of the defense.
The Research Advisory Committee may conclude that the candidate has passed or failed. A student may be conditionally passed with the provision that minor changes in the thesis be made and approved by the Major Advisor. A student who fails may at the discretion of the committee and with approval of the MEES Director and the appropriate Graduate School be permitted to stand a second defense after acting on suggestions for improvement of the thesis (collection of more data, use of different statistical analysis, rewriting of the discussion, etc.), at such time as the advisor considers appropriate. Once the thesis has been successfully defended, one copy must be supplied to the MEES Office in addition to the copies required by the Graduate School.
MEES Graduate Program Time Limits:
MEES full-time M.S. students will be limited to four years in which to graduate. Part-time students will not be held to the more rigorous MEES time limits, but to the former limits of five years for an M.S.


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Nokia is evidently adding some more customization options for Nokia Lumia 920 users (and possibly their other WP8 Lumias). The evidence comes from the latest update of Nokia's display + touch app, which allows users to control the SuperSensitive Touch and sunlight readability options.
Now there is a third option called "Lumia color profile", which will allow you to make your Lumia 920 "Vivid" or "Natural" by using a slider. Likewise you can change the color temperature from "Cool" to "Warm" on a second slider.
This will be the first time on Windows Phone that users were given access to changing more than just brightness on their display and it shows how Nokia is continually offering improved experiences.
But where is it?
The images for the "Lumia Color Profile" come with the Nokia system app updates that were released today. Specifically for display + touch version 220.127.116.11. But users have noticed that this option is not available, even after installation and a soft reset.
That leads us to believe that this feature, much like audio-levelling, will be "unlocked" with the new firmware update that is evidently forthcoming. In the past, certain Windows Phone functions like the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature only became available after a firmware update was installed.
Since this is a fairly major new feature, we're going to bet that display + touch merely unlocks the UI for the "Lumia Color Profile" but it is the forthcoming firmware that will actually enable this feature.
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Inspired by conversations on the FOOD52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun. Today: the definitive way to wash dishes.
Dishwashing is an art form in my family -- the standards and stakes are high. Put a dish away with a drop of grease or a sticky bit and you'll hear about it, sometimes for years. I will confess that despite the following detailed guide, I'm considered the worst dishwasher in my family.
Step 1: You want clean dishes? You need three simple things: heat, elbow grease, and organization. First, rinse off all dishes, pots, silverware with extremely hot water. The heat helps melt off any cooking fats, sweeping them down the drain. Set them to the side of the sink. If anything needs to soak, fill it with water and save it for last.
Step 2. Sprinkle a little dish soap (I like Palmolive, which cuts grease better than any other commercial brand I've found) in the sink and using hot water and a dish cloth, wipe out and rinse the sink. You won't get clean dishes if your sink is oily.
Step 3. Fill the sink with hot -- hot! -- soapy water. Scrub the dishes on all sides -- lots of people only scrub the tops, forgetting that the plate/dish/pot was set on top of another dirty plate/dish/pot. Use that elbow grease! Rinse with very hot water and set in a dish drainer in a position that will allow the water to stream off of it. If the water gets at all cloudy, empty the sink and start over. Dirty dishes will not get clean in dirty water.
Step 4. Dry the dishes with a thin cotton dish towel. Clean your dish drainer and dry it so it doesn't get funky (some dish drainers are worse than the dishes).
Step 5. Clean around the sink, wiping the faucet and back splash, then wash out the sink; rinse and firmly wring out the dish cloth and hang it in on a rod so it will dry. Never leave sponges or dishcloths in the sink. Who wants to have wring out a cold, wet dishcloth before using it -- gross!
Appendix: Sponges are generally a no-no; think of all the vile stuff that gets caught inside of them. Dishcloths can be washed (daily, if you live with my mom). Hand towels and dish towels should live separately. Never use gloves -- if you do, you can't feel the dishes and sense residual grease; also get in there, and embrace your work! If you want to scrub a pot, one of those scrub brushes is not going to cut it; Chore Boys are your friend.
Editors' Note: This was reprinted, verbatim, from a staff email on 6/18/2012.
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Most Asian stocks rose Monday on hopes the Federal Reserve may delay paring its bond purchases, with mainland Chinese shares jumping on some positive corporate results and reassuring comments on the country's economic growth.
The Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.56% jumped 1.9% for its best percentage gain in two weeks to lead the region's advance. The gains came after Xinhua news service and Reuters cited a National Bureau of Statistics spokesman as saying the country will achieve its growth target of 7.5% for this year, and were aided by better-than-expected results from some Chinese firms.
Stocks ended higher on Wall Street Friday as disappointing July home sales fueled hopes the Fed may not announce a reduction in the pace of its $85 billion-a-month in asset purchases from next month, as many feared. Such hopes helped lift prices of crude-oil and gold futures on Friday, which translated into stock gains for the resources sector in Asia on Monday.
"The theme of 'bad news is good news,' again rang true on Friday night with U.S. stocks ending higher, despite less-than-forecast new-home sales data," said Rivkin Securities analyst Tim Radford.
"With tapering concerns off the agenda until we get close to the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting late September, reduced market anxiety may see [Australian] prices trend higher back toward all-time highs, as investors again look to buy the dips," he said.
Elsewhere, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.07% rose 0.7%, South Korea's Kospi 180721, +0.04% gained 1% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.14% advanced 0.2%, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +1.87% slid 0.2%.
Mitul Kotecha, Crédit Agricole head of global markets research in Asia, said clarity was unlikely to emerge this week after mixed messages on the monetary-policy outlook from officials at the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium in the U.S.
"However, a pullback in core bond yields from recent highs will likely contribute to a calmer tone to markets at the turn of the week and some further near-term retracement in a positive direction for risk assets," Kotecha said.
In Asian stock trading Monday, shares of gold miners Newcrest Mining Ltd. NCM, -0.69% NCMGF, -6.30% jumped 4.9% and Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd. KCN, +1.18% KSKGF, +5.08% rallied 6% in Sydney. Korea Zinc Co. 010130, -1.01% rose 5.3% in Seoul, while Zijin Mining Group Co. 2899, -0.74% 601899, -0.90% ZIJMF, -5.17% added 1.6% in Hong Kong and 2.4% in Shanghai.
Among energy producers, Inpex Corp. 1605, +1.10% IPXHY, +1.77% gained 0.5% in Tokyo, and PetroChina Co. 857, -0.48% 601857, -0.81% PTR, -0.35% advanced 1.8% in Hong Kong and 1% in Shanghai, while Santos Ltd. STO, -2.04% rose 1.2% in Sydney.
Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd. WPL, -1.00% WOPEY, +0.28% declined 1.1% as the stock traded without rights to a dividend.
Shares of China Construction Bank Corp. 939, +0.64% 601939, +0.82% CICHY, +1.37% rose 0.7% in Hong Kong and 0.9% in Shanghai after the lender over the weekend reported a 13% increase in first-half profit from the year-ago period.
Refining giant China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. 386, -0.85% SNP, -0.29% 600028, -0.79% added 1.9% in Hong Kong and 1.6% in Shanghai following a 24% rise in its half-yearly profit.
Coal miner China Shenhua Energy Co.'s 1088, +0.63% 601088, -1.37% CSUAY, +1.18% stock rose 3.7% in Hong Kong and 1.9% in Shanghai, even as its half-yearly profit fell from the year-ago period.
On the downside, shares of BYD Co. 1211, -1.79% BYDDY, -1.34% plunged 11.8% in Hong Kong despite a sharp increase in half-yearly profit, after the Chinese battery and car maker said it expects a weak third-quarter performance. Billionaire Warren Buffett owns an interest in the company.
Japanese real-estate developers gained in Tokyo after the Nikkei business daily reported Friday the local housing market was showing signs of strength due to government stimulus and purchases ahead of an expected consumption-tax hike in April.
Shares of Mitsui Fudosan Co. 8801, +2.82% MTSFY, +3.42% and Mitsubishi Estate Co. 8802, +2.13% MITEY, +2.80% added 1% each among developers.
Resona Holdings Inc. 8308, +1.63% RSNHF, +4.77% rose 0.8% on news the lender had requested the government's deposit-insurance agency to dispose of its shares in the bank as a "part of the progress in its repayment of public funds."
However, broader market gains were capped as the U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.00% remained under the 99-yen level.
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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot > Image Policy
Apparently (in other words, it happened but I wasn't here for it), a while back there was a discussion on which images should be used for infoboxes. To clarify, if a character appears in a later video game but not in the film counterpart, it is common practice to use the new video game image. Although this does portray their most recent appearance, it is also thoroughly unrealistic, looks "cartoonish" enough that it contradicts (in my opinion, at least) the encyclopaedic tone the wiki holds. I think we should use the most recent film image in the infobox. Thoughts? Don't forget: Elvendork! (It's unisex!) 00:07, February 24, 2013 (UTC)
- The main issue with strictly using the canon-tiers argument for images is that this would mean the Mary GrandPré images would trump just about everything else (although Pottermore does give us a few more options now, I don't think that was a available the last time there was a major discussion about this). - Nick O'Demus 09:39, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
- I don't really mind a video game image, if it's of high-quality. And discussion is always allowed if someone feels they have a better image that can replace the existing image that's being used in an infobox. ProfessorTofty (talk) 11:36, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
Why not use the Mary Grandpré image? It is the most canon after all, and she at least tries to go by the book. And there's also Pottermore, which I personally like to use for objects and places, since we do see them properly.Majority rules, I suppose. Therefore, I also suppose that nothing changes, save that I know the wiki a bit better (meant in a positive way, of course, so hopefully nobody takes it in a negative way :) --Hunnie Bunn! 13:40, March 10, 2013 (UTC)
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Whatever political side you hang your coonskin hat on, you may or may not think hunting is a sport. But Ted Nugent, righty rockstar and murderer of many woodland creatures, is always an enjoyable interview.
In addition to Bambi, the Motorcity Madman considers those meddlesome, weed-smokin' hippies also his mortal enemies. Phoenix New Times writer Martin Cizmar interviewed El Nuge about some of his various political views and the conversation quickly devolved into insults and face-smacking threats when Cizmar suggested Rush Limbaugh was a drug addict. Uh oh.
UP: Well, look at Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh is a substance abusing criminal.
TN: Really?
UP: He was. He was hooked on oxycodone.
TN: You're one of those guys that's going to try to equate rush Limbaugh with meth heads?
UP: No, but he was illegally using drugs.
TN: He had a prescription drug problem for a period of time. But, in the final analysis, is Rush in the asset column or the liability column. Did he learn from his mistakes or didn't he?
UP: I don't know. I don't know him.
TN: You call yourself as journalist and you don't know that?
UP: I don't know him personally, I don't know where he is personally.
TN: I think it's universally known that Rush beat that demon. And he's been on the law-abiding side for many more years than he was on the law-breaking side... but to compare Rush's blink of and eye stumble to the drug culture. Martin, I gotta tell you, when I see you I'm going to have slap the shit out of you. I'll buy you a mocha, then I'll knee-cap you. Because that is so soulless. What a far-reaching fantasy...
"I'll buy you a mocha, then I'll knee-cap you" is the new "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang." Alright. Enough of me.
Tomorrow: Gourmet Spud and His Army Of Big Ol' Beavers From Banff will help you survive the Saturday afternoon duldrums. Sunday: Idiot Barking Dog.
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Consumer prices in Turkey rose by 49 percent in September from a year earlier, while wholesale prices climbed by 43.9 percent in the same period, the state statistics institute said Tuesday. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in September from August and wholesale prices were up 2.3 percent.
"For the first time in more than a decade the inflation drops under 50 percent. I think inflation will decrease to some 35 percent by the year-end," economist Deniz Gokce said.
The annual inflation rate stood at 53.2 percent in August, 58.6 percent in June and 62.7 percent in May.
Price increases have been declining since December, when Ankara launched a three-year, four-billion-dollar program of economic reforms agreed with the International Monetary Fund to reduce chronic inflation.
The government of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit aims to cut inflation to 20-25 percent by the year's end, 10 percent in 2001 and 5.0 percent in 2002. Turkey's inflation stood at 68.8 percent in 1999 and 69.7 percent in 1998.
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Motor Media necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 139 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Auto GP
Auto GP is a brand new open wheel championship, based in Europe and contested with single seater cars.
Our series placement is below Formula 1 and GP2, but above anything else that races in Europe thanks to a 550 bhp car. You can find an image of the car here http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6493/cart.jpg
We aim to gain brand awareness in the motor racing business, as well as an image that can be immediately recognised by car or racing enthusiasts which, we would say, could be males, age 15 to 55.
We are looking for a logo to represent Auto GP (GP means Grand Prix)
We are oriented on a square logo, with the name of the series clearly readable when it's used, as an example, as a Facebook avatar.
We would like to spread our core values: professionalism, reliability, combined with a fast car.
We think our logo should express a right balance between aggressiveness, dynamism and professionalism. If we'd have to sum up all that in an adjective we would say "sharp".
For the reasons expressed before, a cartoonish style isn't in our thoughts, but feel free to insert stylized elements in the logo. We aren't saying that that's exactly what we want, but feel free to try different solutions.
Use any colour combination you like, for the moment.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
We need the logo in a vector .eps file, in a CMYK .ai file, and in .jpg and layered .psd format.
We will provide contious feedback during the contest, thanks in advance for your attention.
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Kyacey Uscola was eliminated from The Ultimate Fighter last week. It was the high point of his week, as he soon received an unplanned second urethra opening from an ornery pit bull.
Uscola tapped out to fellow wild-card fighter Kris McCray, but the real news came in the weekly post-show sitdown interview:
Stephan Bonnar: So Kyacey, after you got off the show you had a pretty interesting fight, and this one was not with humans but rather with a pack of pit bulls. What happened?
Kyacey Uscola: I was walking up to the side of the (TUF) house, along the road, when these dogs sort of ran up on me and cornered me, and um I'm an idiot I didn't run when I should've ran, I squared off with them and sliced my hand punching one in the teeth. Got chunks bitten out of my shoulder, hip, hamstring and the uh money one was that they bit through my urethra and uh I had to have a catheter for two weeks...
SB: The tooth actually pierced through your penis?
KU: Yeah, all the way through.
SB: It bit a hole in it?
KU: Yeah.
SB: Holy shit.
SB: At any point did you try choking the dog out? Or did you just throw strikes?
KU: I didn't want to get on the ground with them, it was all sprawl and brawl man.
SB: So not too different from how you fight then...
KU: Not too much.
KU: The hooks I threw were from the hip, everything was no technique, soccer kicks. (gestures wildly)
SB: That was a month ago, how's the recovery? Able to train again?
KU: Getting there, somewhat 10 days ago I got into it.
SB: How about you and the wife?
KU: Just easing in to things.
SB: Maybe start with some blumpkins.
Jesus. Spike is already soliciting treatments for Deadliest Warrior: Man vs. Dog. I think Uscola wins by disqualification: seriously low blow.
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This part of PREP gives you an overview of what's needed to get your household ready for a disaster, plus links to detailed checklists and other information you'll need.
Many people find that getting prepared is easier with the support of friends or neighbors. You may prefer to start out as a group, or alternatively you may want to reach out to help your neighbors after you've gotten started as a household. For how to work together, see Get Prepared with Your Neighbors.
Remember—you don't have to do everything at once. Just keep taking one small step at a time.
What to do: a quick view
Get informed: Learn what happens during an earthquake and how to protect yourself and loved ones. Teach your household what to do and what not to do.
- During an earthquake: DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture; and HOLD ON until the shaking stops. If inside, stay there. If outside, move away from buildings, streetlights, utility wires: do not go inside until the shaking stops.
- If you're on the coast, move quickly to the highest possible ground. Do NOT go near the beach.
- After the shaking stops, take care of yourself and your loved ones, put on protective hat and clothing, check for gas or propane leaks and turn the gas off ONLY if necessary. Meet with neighbors to assess the situation and decide how to work together.
Prepare Your Mind (PDF)
How to Stay Safe in an Earthquake or Tsunami (PDF)
What to Do Right After an Earthquake (PDF)
Make a plan: If disaster strikes, having a plan in place and knowing what to do will help you feel calm and in control. Make sure family or household members are in on the plan.
- Plan what to do if a disaster occurs while you're at home, at work, or in school. Include special needs for family members and pets.
- Decide on a place to meet and an out-of-state contact person for family members to call. (Long distance calls or text messages may go through when local lines are overwhelmed.)
- Walk around your home looking for hazards such as tall bookshelves, and start fixing them.
Red Cross Family Disaster Plan (PDF)
Family Pet Emergency Plan (PDF)
Earthquake Home Hazard Hunt (PDF)
Build a kit: A disaster can affect your ability to access food, water, electricity and other services. Learn what supplies and tools you will need in order to make it through.
- Start stockpiling enough supplies for everyone in your household for at least a week including one gallon of water per person per day, canned or dried food (including for pets), flashlights and batteries, and medications.
- Make a stash of useful items at home, including a first aid kit; battery or crank radio; camp stove (with fuel) and other camping gear; tools and supplies for home repairs; and emergency toilets.
- Make a personal "go kit" for each member of the household in case you need to evacuate, as well as kits for work, school and the car in case you're not at home when disaster strikes.
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S6 E20 Hook, Line and Sinner
Callie and Arizona continue to argue about having a baby, but they're interrupted by Mark, who's banging down the door: He needs their help with Sloan's baby. When they get back to the apartment, Teddy's already delivered the baby safely.
Mark is ecstatic to be a grandfather and Sloan reconsiders giving up her child. "Maybe we should keep him," she says. Arizona thinks it's a terrible idea, since Sloan has no idea what she's doing, and she and Callie butt heads over the best thing to do. "This baby needs parents, not an 18-year-old child and a father she met five minutes ago." Mark tells her, "This is my grandson. I'm not just going to turn him over to some strangers when I might have a chance at a family." Sloan's freakout when left alone with the baby helps make Arizona's case. Callie tells Mark, "She's a baby herself." Mark and Sloan finally decide that giving the baby up is the best thing, but we can see how hard it is for Mark.
Callie suddenly has an insight into why Arizona doesn't want a child: She watched her parents' agony when her brother died! She tells Arizona, "I get it," but that their baby would be healthy. Arizona tells her she doesn't get it at all, "I'm not broken. My lack of wanting to have a baby is not some pathology that you can pat yourself on the back for having diagnosed. I like my life, the way that it is. I thought I liked it with you in it. I hope I'm not wrong."
The renowned cardio surgeon Tom Evans is at Seattle Grace for a consult, and possibly more. Derek had no idea that Teddy wanted to stay and thought he needed to fill the slot. Shaken to realize she might lose her job, she asks Derek to consider her for the position permanently. Cristina is thrilled to be assisting Evans all day, but when Teddy points out that he never even let her hold a scalpel, she realizes that she's much better off under Teddy. Teddy botches a surgery after Derek implies she's not qualified, and Owen comforts her when she starts to cry in the elevator and they seem on the verge of kissing when the elevator doors open.
Lexie is tired of Alex's brusque treatment, especially since they're still sleeping together. When she correctly diagnoses a tricky case, Miranda encourages her to take credit, instead of tipping off Alex, who doesn't even respect her. "Why do you want to hand your big save over to Karev? You are handing your power over to a boy because he's giving you sex."
Teddy's already in surgery when Lexie bursts in and tells her the patient has a highly contagious disease. Teddy reluctantly admits Lexie is right and stops the surgery before she's made a cut. Cristina begs Owen to talk to Derek on Teddy's behalf, but we're shocked when, unknown to Cristina, Owen tells Derek that Teddy "will be fine," if he doesn't hire her.
Meanwhile, Meredith is alarmed to hear April go on and on about how brilliant Derek is. She assures Meredith it's just professional, but Meredith is worried because Derek first got interested in her when she was an intern. Meredith's solution: She shows up at Derek's office, playacting that she's an eager young intern.
Derek gives Teddy the good news: She's got the job. Richard tells him he made the right call and Derek admits that he first offered it to Evans, who turned it down. Mark, who'd begged Derek to let her stay on, is thrilled she's staying.
Callie tells Arizona she's fine without a baby, but starts to cry. "Don't," Arizona says and kisses her.


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Aside from the continuing saga of coach Lane Kiffin, the most significant news had to do with injuries which could cost the Raiders two starters for their game against the San Diego Chargers Sunday at the Coliseum.
Defensive tackle Gerard Warren, who has been Oakland's most dominant interior defender, has a torn pectoral muscle (it was originally identifed as a neck injury against the Bills). Right guard Cooper Carlisle, who left the game against the Bills and returned, has an ankle injury and may not practice this week.
While most coaches do their best to mask the seriousness of injuries, here is what Kiffin said regarding the Raiders two injured players.
Regarding Warren: "That could be a serious issue for us."
Regarding Carlisle: "It's bad."
Not coincidentally, with Warren out of the game, the Raiders faded down the stretch against the Bills. That leaves Tommy Kelly and Terdell Sands as the two remaining tackles. Kiffin also counts Fred Wakefield as a third tackle, but in reality Wakefield is a tight end/offensive lineman/defensive end who only recently began playing tackle.
The Raiders can also move Jay Richardson inside.
If Warren's injury is for the longterm, the Raiders will be on the lookout for available tackles. It is doubtful anyone could be brought in this week to have an impact.
Carlisle was replaced in the lineup by Chris Morris, who would assume the starting role if Carlisle can't play. The Raiders prefer to use Paul McQuistan exclusively on the left side.
(Correction: McQuistan, of course, is on injured reserve and out for the year. Brainlock after nine hours of travel headed home from Buffalo . . . thanks to those who pointed out the error)
Another injury of note belongs to Derrick Burgess, who has having an MRI for an triceps injury. Kiffin said it is conceivable Justin Fargas could rest another week, giving him two more weeks, including the bye, before returning to action.
Missed the locker room session while returning from Buffalo, making it just in time for Kiffin's press briefing _ where the surprise guest was none other than Lane Kiffin.
Some quick hits:
— If the Raiders hope to get Kiffin to resign, it sounds as if they're wasting their time.
"There's no way I'm quitting, and that's got nothing to do with money, at all," Kiffin said. "That has to do with our players. I talked a lot of these players into coming here at some point – obviously, money has a lot to do with that – in free agency over the last two years. A lot of our coaches, I recruited them and their families to come here and build this thing together. So the last thing I'm ever gonna do is quit, the way that you guys are talking about quitting or even quit behind closed doors, as far as my energy or my passion towards getting this thing turned around.
"Because I believe we can turn this thing around. And there's a lot of good things going the right direction, and I think we're gonna turn it around."
— Kiffin said he hasn't spoken to Al Davis since before the Denver game and doesn't feel it is his place to walk into his office and ask for a definitive statement one way or the other.
"There's so many things to worry about running an NFL team and keeping this team together and coaching it, and our staff, that I'm not about to tell Al how he should be handling this situation," Kiffin said. "He's been doing this for a long time, has had great success in the league for a long time. I've got enough things to worry about, so I don't need to worry about telling him how he should handle it. He'll do what he feels in the best interest of our team, I'm sure."
That was almost a compliment. He even called him "Al" instead of "the owner."
— For those keeping score, ESPN and Fox Sports had Kiffin fired as soon as today, the NFL Network said Kiffin would make it through today but that Tuesday is a possibility.
— The bottom line? "Until Al Davis tells me I'm not the head coach, I'll keep plugging away."
— The bitter end against the Bills failed to serve as some sort of revelation that the Raiders ought to open things up offensively.
In fact, Kiffin sounds as stubborn as ever.
He talked about playing to position punter Shane Lechler in the fourth quarter and conceded, "It's very foreign to me. That's not the way I would want to manage a game. But it is where we're at right now. And there's no doubt in my opinion managing the game that way with the way we were playing gave us the best chance to win."
— Linebacker Thomas Howard told reporters in the locker room Kiffin came to the back of the plane to talk over the game with Nnamdi Asomugha and Kirk Morrison.
— Kiffin said he expected everyone to be hurting with the end result.
"If you're feeling good about yourself in this organization after that, then you're not our type of guy,'' Kiffin said. "Every person should be feeling they could have done something better. I know that's the way I feel.''
But he also found the silver lining in the black cloud in stepping up against a difficult opponent on the road.
"I compare that to last year, basically two similar situations where we went on the road, long trips, and that was Green Bay and Jacksonville, two playoff teams that we had to go on the road and play them in a tough environment, and we got handled pretty well," Kiffin said. "As opposed to yesterday, where we outplayed them, we're up by two scores with six minutes left. Once again, no one is pleased with the outcome or the way we finished. There are no moral victories, but I do like the direction that we're going."
— Kiffin credited Buffalo with speeding up the tempo on the Raiders defense with a "hurry-up, sperad out" situation and cited missed tackles as a culprit in the eventual demise.
If you're looking for him to say they should have been blitzing . . . sorry. Kiffin said he leaves the defense to Rob Ryan but didn't seem to have a problem with the strategy.
"Naturally you're gonna be more conservative on defense in that situation, up by two scores, you're gonna feel better about letting them complete five-yard passes and making a tackle," Kiffin said. "And all of a sudden you miss a couple of those tackles and they go for 15, 20 yards now, where before you're trying not to let 'em get a five-yard completion. That happens a lot of times, and it happened in that game. And unfortunately, it happened fast."
— Running back Darren McFadden said again he was unaffected by the turf toe injury against Buffalo _ he slipped at least four times _ but Kiffin ins't so sure.
"Hardly anybody else had any issues with it but him so I'd be surprised if it wasn't having to do with his toe," Kiffin said.
— Film review indicated to Kiffin that Gibril Wilson deserved his 15-yard personal foul against Josh Reed.
"From what I saw on the film Gibril deserved to be thrown out. He clearly punched the guy. I don't know what happened before that because you can't see it on the film. I'd love to protect him in this situation but there's no reason for that," Kiffin said. "No matter what's happened before there's
no reason for that and it hurt us. It hurt us with field position and it hurt us by not having him in there. We're playing Branch, a rookie, instead of a guy who's one of the highest paid guys and one of the keaders of our defense. I don't like the decision that he made. I'm sure
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The chessboard is divided into ranks (numbers) and files (letters). There are eight of each, and each is comprised of eight squares of equal size:
Ranks are rows that go from side to side across the chessboard and are referred to by numbers. Each chessboard has eight ranks, which are numbered from the bottom of the board (where the white pieces start) on up.
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I recently sold my partnership in a similar company to a large global operator that is very busy acquiring companies in the Caribbean with the aim of dominating the regional market. They have lots of resources and are agressive and will succeed probably in achieving a large volume of business. I am basically trying to start afresh in what is already a very competitive local market, and this will be a David vs Goliath affair. I hope to establish my niche in a more specialised and more personalised service aimed perhaps at a second tier clientele (yachts in a smaller size range than the truly grand private yachts - ie 80-140ft yachts instead of 150 to 300 foot vessels). The business model is predominantly concierge services for large yachts and this will certainly start as the bread and butter income , but I hope to move towards more technical specialised services as time goes on. At this point I hope to aim my business towards the slightly lower echelon in the industry - crews, first mates, captains of smaller yachts with the object of retaining them as clients as they grow in the industry and become captains of larger vessels.
My reputation is for humble service and personal hard work rather than arriving in dress whites and managing a more costly operation.
The primary clientele are yacht crews and captains - a young, modern, serious, professional, a very international and well travelled group, but carrying large responsibility and very serious about their work. They are great clients - very appreciative of good help, and they also know how to have fun in their off time. I think a different approach will be appreciated by this clientele.
A secondary clientele are the other industry professionals - management companies, brokers, sales agents, ship builders, parts suppliers etc who need services rendered in the islands.
Apart from there being different tiers of Superyachts (megayachts) there are also two different categories - Motor Yachts (generally more money, require more concierge services) and Sailing Yachts (tend to be more discerning, require more specialised services, a more Do it Yourself crowd). My speciality seems to be tending more towards the sailing yachts although I do not want to ignore the other vessels of course. http://www.superyachtart.com has great images in both categories - I really like the way this site looks.
I need a logo that is going to stand out and be the centerpiece of all advertising and promotion. The challenge is that everyone uses logos that are profiles of yachts and this will be difficult to escape.
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A portion of the business will come from clients who select a business card from a shelf with 6 0r 7 competitors - so it would definitely help if the logo stands out.
The logo needs a tag line :Yacht Agent and Marine Services" if possible.
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Some years ago in Bangui, I met a man from Obo. He had been working for an ill-fated American anti-poaching militia and was involved in untold drama: he'd accused his colleague, a South African mercenary, of embezzlement (diamonds, LandCruisers), who then accused him of murder, and he spent half a year in prison. Near the end of our conversation, he pulled out some photos of a corpse in the shallows on the banks of a river. The body was bloated, pummeled, and dismembered. "You Europeans don't believe it, but it is a very real problem for us – crocodile men. They are men who transform themselves into crocodiles and kill people in the water."
I didn't have time to ask more then, but the image of the corpse and my interlocutor's grave mien – even graver than when he described his rivalry with the South African – as he talked of the crocodile men stayed with me.
Evans-Pritchard, meanwhile, in his extensive work on Azande notions of witchcraft and magic, makes no mention of the "pili" (crocodile men). So I was curious to find out more while out in Obo. The problem of crocodile men dates to the early 1980s, when many Yakoma functionaries were assigned to posts here. The president at the time, Andre Kolingba, was a Yakoma, an ethnic group concentrated in riverine areas near the capital, and his loading of the civil service with his kin marked the beginning of the ethnicization of CAR politics.
Many Yakoma are fishermen, and pili developed as a strategy to increase catches. A man who takes the pili medicine, imbibed under guidance of a magician, gains the strength to stay underwater all day and finds all the biggest fish. Only, it can be used for ill as well; pili can also employ these superhuman skills to slay a foe, provided the foe is in the water. As Yakoma moved into Obo, they mingled with the Azande living there and the pili skills passed between friends. Very often, crocodile murders involve rivalries over women.
The pili problem reached its height in 87 – 96. It felt like an epidemic to residents, who sought out and sanctioned any suspected pili in their midst. The usual practice was burning accused crocodile men at the stake. As the flames began to lick at their bodies, they would denounce others. For a while, the Catholic mission stopped giving communion out of exasperation with its members' excitement for the crocodile-men-burning.
Few Yakoma remain in Obo, as indeed few functionaries at all remain. The crocodile men problem has abated too. (Now, ill will is enacted upon others through inflicting sickness, a sickness that resembles AIDS but is not AIDS because it kills people so much more quickly than the doctors say AIDS usually kills, explained one interlocutor. Incidentally, there is no functioning hospital in Obo, so any opportunistic infections would go pretty much untreated.)
But there was one big crocodile man case last year. A boy from the nearby village of Gugbere came to Obo for a soccer tournament. In the afternoon, he and his friends headed home, but found themselves blocked by the ferry, which was at the far side of the river. Undeterred, the young man jumped in and began swimming to pull back the barge that would bring them home. Halfway across, he began yelling, "They've gotten me! The crocodile men have me! You will never see me again!" His head and torso emerged from the water, as if propelled, once, twice, three times, and then he disappeared.
People searched for his body for four days before they found it. The internal organs and the penis had been cut out. People understood them to have been eaten. Investigations ensued, and three men were accused of the killing: the boy's cousin, a man from Sudan, and a boy from the neighborhood. They confessed to being pili and killing the boy. The man from Sudan was the ringleader, in a way. He had been paid by a patron in Sudan. The patron had lived in Obo until the UN decided to repatriate Sudanese refugees a few years ago. He had his eye on a girl in Obo, but the girl thought him too old and preferred the soccer playing boy. So the patron dispatched his associate to deal with the rival. The associate paid the boy's cousin and another young man to help him.
The three accused sat in detention at the gendarmerie. But an angry mob yelling passages from the Bible (an eye for an eye) led by the murdered boy's mother broke down the door and killed all three. Their bodies now repose in a cemetery established by a Colonel who ruled as prefet of Obo a few years ago. This colonel is remembered as a particularly effective leader, because he could see through people to tell who was bad and who was good, a skill enhanced by his drinking, according to local lore, and he quickly dispatched the bad to his cemetery.
While in Obo, I read a novella by Mark Twain called The Mysterious Stranger. The story takes place in modern-day Austria sometime around the 1600s, a period marked by witch scares. The narrator, a young boy, enjoys a privileged view of the world thanks to repeated visits from the titular stranger, who describes himself as Satan. Satan enables his young friend to see the future and shows him how little humans understand about good and bad – early death might in fact obviate years of suffering; madness may bring greater happiness than sanity. What emerges clearly, through the witch burnings and unexpected changes in people's lives, is the ridiculousness of human efforts to make order out of the evil forces they see in the world. By the end of the story, Satan reveals to the boy that none of it exists. Not the boy, not himself; all is but a ripple, a sigh, a joke of the universe. A kind postmodern tale, a product of its brilliantly irreverent author. And yet, immersed in my own tales of crocodile men scares (not to mention LRA depravities), which have a social truth as well as a physical truth and yet are founded in what are, to a logical-rational mind, untruths, somehow it struck me as hopeful.


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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Josh Gaither (Statesville, N.C.) and Chase Arnold (Kingsport, Tenn.) have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Lees-McRae College and play men's basketball in the fall of 2013, joining an already strong recruiting class, announced head coach Steve Hardin Monday.
"Josh and Chase will be great freshmen for our program," praised Hardin. "They both are winners, hard workers, and want to contribute towards the future of LMC basketball. These four freshmen signees fit our culture and style of Bobcat basketball for the future."
Gaither comes to Lees-McRae from Statesville High School in Statesville, N.C., where he led his team to three conference championships and the state championship game this spring. The 6-3 guard is a four-time all-conference selection, who was named to the all-state team this season as well as the North Piedmont Conference Player of the Year.
A native of Statesville, N.C., Gaither averaged 14 points, five assists, and five rebounds this season, as Statesville lost by one point in the state championship game this spring. During his four-year tenure, Statesville compiled an 83-17 overall record.
"Josh is a winner," expressed Hardin. "He will do whatever it takes to help the team have success. Josh is a strong guard that can score in many ways, and can also defend multiple positions. He played in a successful high school program and always came up big in tournament time. The best way I can describe Josh is as a true winner and extremely hard worker. We are excited to have him in our Bobcat basketball family."
Arnold joins the Bobcats from Sullivan North High School in Kingsport, Tenn., where he averaged 26.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 3.2 steals per game as a senior, while leading the state of Tennessee in double-doubles. The 2013 Northeast Tennessee Player of the Year concludes his career at Sullivan North as the school's all-time leader in both points and rebounds, totaling 2,150 markers and 1,012 boards.
The Kingsport, Tenn. native garnered Tennessee Elite 11 honors this season, as well as being selected as the district player of the year. Arnold is a two-time conference player of the year honoree, while also earning a spot on the all-region team in each of the last three seasons.
"Chase is a hard worker," said Hardin. "He plays extremely hard and has great skill to go along with his determination. I feel our program signed the best all around player out of east Tennessee.
"Chase had many games where he scored 40 and 50 points this year, but what I was impressed with not only his ability to shoot the ball and score in a variety of ways, but his willingness to battle and play hard all the time. Chase is also another perfect example of what a student-athlete is all about in that he brings his hard work to the classroom as well as the court."
Gaither and Arnold join an already impressive recruiting class for the Bobcats, which already includes Daruis Malbon (Hickory, N.C.) and Mike Chambers (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Malbon and Chambers were featured in the first installment of the Bobcats' new recruits series, which can be found here.
"'FIRE' is our brand of basketball, which means Fearless, Intense, Relentless, and Effort. We will constantly put pressure on our opponent's 94 feet and for 40 minutes. Check in every Monday for more Bobcat basketball signees."


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How do you make sure people play something other than a Jedi or Sith in Star Wars: The Old Republic? By making sure the other classes can kick Force-sensitive ass.
Star Wars: The Old Republic might have the strength of one of the biggest science fiction franchises in history behind it, but that franchise also has a flaw: The Force. The movies, comic books, and video games generally depict the Jedi and their evil counterparts, the Sith, as the biggest badasses on any planet.
But an MMO needs balance between classes, so BioWare has quite the task ahead of them. Judging by this video they seem to be doing a fine job, giving the other classes the means to neutralize Force abilities, while giving the Jedi and Sith the disadvantage of generally having to close to melee range to click virtual ass.
Nicely done, though it really doesn't matter to me. I've already locked myself into the Smuggler role, so I don't have to worry about being tempted by either side of the Force.


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Want to say a big thank you to the folks at Rainbow Book reviews for the blog hop. I got to go read a lot of neat posts, and many fine folks stopped by my blog to say hello. I really appreciate all the comments and encouragement, and it's great to know so many people see things the same way I do.
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- Sets by Wu-Tang, Talib Kweli, Pharaohe Monch, and Immortal Technique. A healthy amount of ass was kicked right there.
- Supernatural's Hosting Abilities. Some might find his schtick corny, but I felt the dude was crazy fun. He really had the crowd with his "3 emcees" routine.
- Running Into Peg City Residents. Nothing feels better than that.
- Myth, The Club. Spacious, nice decor, business-like (but not asshole-like) security staff. Thumbs up.
- Cute Midwestern Girls. Plenty of them. And on the thick side. Made me feel right at home.
- A Generally Positive Vibe. No real knuckleheads. Mostly polite folks.
- Nas' Diamond Crucifix. With matching bracelet and ring! Blinding!
- Some Jackass In The Floor Level V.I.P. Lame-ass Wu-Tang chants galore. Fucker.
- Hour-long Delay Between Nas and Wu-Tang. Made all the more excruciating by the previously-mentioned cock puppet. Grrrr.
- Smoking, Trough-style Urinals, And A Ban On Digital Cameras. All can be found at Myth. Luckily, I forgot my camera at home! I'm such a fuckin' bonehead.
- Jedi Mind Tricks' Set. Vinny Paz = minute stage presence for such a huge dude.
- No MF Doom. Disappointing, but Kweli's set made up for it. No Slum Village, either.


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We went to climb Cooks Lookout on Lizard Island about 150 miles north of Cairns. Cooks Lookout was where Captain Cook climbed to find a passage out through the reef about 16 miles east of the island.
It started out sunny when we went up the mountain, but a cloud moved in and hung on to the top of the island. The lagoon to the southwest was still lit by the sun. You can see the runway for the airport serving the island's only private resort, and the anchorage where our boat Tahina was located at this time.
The resulting panorama is kind of eerie with the clouds above, but still gives you a taste of the beauty of the island.
There are no kangaroos in Austria. We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in! Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party. This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality. The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself! Text by Steve Smith.


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House passes climate change bill
Democrats narrowly passed historic climate and energy legislation Friday evening that would transform the country's economy and industrial landscape.
But the all-hands-on-deck effort to protect politically vulnerable Democrats by corralling the minimum number of votes to pass the bill, 219-212, proves that there are limits to President Barack Obama's ability to use his popularity to push through his legislative agenda. Forty-four Democrats voted against the bill, while just eight Republicans crossed the aisle to back it.
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Despite the tough path to passage, the legislation is a significant win for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) and the bill's two main sponsors – House Energy and Commerce committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Ca.) and Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey (D) – who modified the bill again and again to get skeptical members from the Rust Belt, the oil-producing southeast and rural Midwest to back the legislation.
"We passed transformational legislation which takes us into the future," Pelosi said at a press conference following the vote, after she and other leaders took congratulatory phone calls from Obama, former Vice President Al Gore and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"It has been an incredible six months, to go from a point where no one believed we could pass this legislation to a point now where we can begin to say that we are going to send president Obama to Copenhagen in December as the leader of the of the world on climate change," said Markey, referring to world climate talks scheduled this winter.
After months of negotiations, 211 Democrats and eight Republicans voted for the bill of more than 1,200 pages, setting the legislation on a path towards the Senate. There, it faces a far more uncertain future given the opposition of key moderates and the already-heated battle over health care.
Republicans are sure to try and use against other Democrats in 2010, with accusations that they raised electricity bills for already-strapped consumers in the midst of a deep recession.
Indeed, the National Republican Congressional Committee wasted little time before blasting out a press release targeting more than two dozen Democrats for supporting "Democrats' ongoing crusade against economic recovery."
"I'm in a tough spot. I really am," Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), one of the Democrats who opposed the bill, said before the vote, citing his fears the legislation could raise energy costs and hurt the coal industry in his low-income, rural district.
"Either way I'm going to get creamed."
Democratic leadership attempted to protect their most vulnerable freshman by cajoling yes votes from more senior members such as Lloyd Doggett of Texas.
Doggett announced his change of heart from "strong objection" earlier in the day during the final stage of the floor debate.
Doggett told POLITICO that he made his switch after speaking to Obama and having lengthy conversations with Waxman, Markey, Gore and Pelosi, but ultimately, he decided to support the bill so he could have a seat at the negotiating table when California Sen. Barbara Boxer introduces it in the Senate later this summer.
"It has been a difficult and significant decision," Doggett said. "I just decided that I will have a better chance to make changes later in the process if I acted in good faith now. But don't think this means I'm signing off on the conference report," he said.
When the bill passed, the chamber erupted in applause, and colleagues shook Markey and Waxman's hands. Even some Republicans clapped, mocking the Democrats for casting what they deemed a politically unpopular vote.
The vote itself proceeded with much less drama than hung in the chamber for most of the day leading up to the much anticipated roll call; Democrats looked relieved and Republicans resigned as they watched votes register on the big board above the House floor. Fence-sitting Republicans such as Washington Rep. Dave Reichert and New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance waited to vote "yes" on the bill, in a game of chicken with moderate Democrats.
Many of those moderate Democrats, like freshman Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama, also waited until the end of the roll call to cast votes against the package.


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UN: Zimbabwe AIDS Education
Teachers will then be able to share vital information with the children so they can protect themselves against infection and continue Zimbabwe's successes in reducing the national HIV rate.
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United Nations—Almost 500,000 school children in Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed initiative to train 1,500 primary and secondary school teachers in new and practical ways to help stall the spread of HIV and AIDS.
The week-long training that began yesterday is supported by a $500,000 grant from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and will focus on teaching life skills for HIV prevention, addressing the gender dimensions of HIV, combating sexual gender-based violence, and providing psychosocial counseling.
Teachers will then be able to share vital information with the children so they can protect themselves against infection and continue Zimbabwe's successes in reducing the national HIV rate. In 2005 Zimbabwe became the first country in southern Africa to record a decline in HIV, with the adult rate falling to approximately 20 per cent today.
According to the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the drop can be attributed to delayed sexual debut for young people, faithfulness between sexual partners, and increased condom use.
"This is a remarkable achievement," UNICEF country representative Festo Kavishe said. "However, the country still has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world and we must continue to reach young Zimbabweans with clear and relevant information. That's what this training will do."
The training is being conducted by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture, the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education and VVOB-ZimPATH, an HIV/AIDS project of the Flemish Office for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance.
It will also help teachers in understanding and dealing with their own vulnerability to HIV and looks at issues of prevention, care and support, and anti-retroviral drugs.
The training follows successful efforts in 2006, where 1,200 teachers from 18 districts were trained. This year's instruction is being held at seven teachers training colleges in Harare, Masvingo, Mutare, Mutoko and Bulawayo.
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U.S.: Russia Withheld Intel on Boston Bomb Suspect
Russia withheld a crucial piece of information from the U.S. before the Boston bombings, U.S. officials say, bolstering a concern that distrust between the two governments erased an opportunity to avert the disaster.
In 2011, Russia sent an alert to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about alleged bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, prompted in part by text messages between his mother and a Russian relative. The texts suggested Mr. Tsarnaev was interested in joining militant groups that Russia blames for attacks in the Caucasus region, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigations.
U.S. officials call these text messages the most important in a series of missed signals between the two countries. One U.S. official characterized at least one of the text messages as generally discussing jihad, but without any specific mention of terrorism plans.
The U.S. officials say they learned about them roughly a week after the April 15 bombings. Several officials say such precise information would have led to a deeper examination of Mr. Tsarnaev, who died a few days after the bombing in a police confrontation. His brother and alleged accomplice remains in custody.
The information Russia withheld "would have allowed the bureau to open an investigation where you could track [Mr. Tsarnaev's] communications," said House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers (R., Mich.). "To me, that's where the ball really got dropped."
Previous terror plots in the U.S. exposed lapses in data-sharing among U.S. agencies, and the official Boston review could still uncover such instances. But so far in the Boston bombing, U.S. officials say, it appears that intelligence-sharing went most awry between the U.S. and Russia. After the Russian government made its 2011 query on Mr. Tsarnaev, the FBI three times requested more information and received none, U.S. officials say. Mr. Tsarnaev was a legal resident of the U.S. and a citizen of Kyrgyzstan.
The Kremlin said Russian security services gathered little information on Mr. Tsarnaev, but officials in the province of Dagestan said they tracked him during a six-month trip there in 2012. Russia never reported such details to the U.S. While in Dagestan, Mr. Tsarnaev met with a known militant, officials in Dagestan said.
U.S. officials say they don't know why the text messages weren't provided earlier. They surmised Russia didn't provide other information because they wanted to protect their sources or because they didn't give the information much credibility themselves.
To be sure, U.S. law-enforcement officials say it isn't clear whether knowing the content of the text messages would have changed what the FBI learned in 2011 about Mr. Tsarnaev's turn toward radicalization. A senior U.S. law-enforcement official also notes that the FBI, in sharing information with the Russians, often withholds details that could reveal its own sources and methods.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he couldn't comment on specifics, but said that in 2011, "There couldn't have been detailed information on him because he didn't live on Russian territory." He declined to comment on whether Russian authorities have provided more detailed reports on Mr. Tsarnaev to the U.S. since the attack.
Cooperation in the recent weeks has improved, both Mr. Peskov and U.S. officials say, but remains incomplete. The U.S.-Russia relationship has been strained by conflicting interests in Iran as well as clashes over U.S. adoptions of Russian orphans—all feeding a relationship colored by years of post-Cold War spying.
Tensions are also rising between the U.S. and Russia over Syria. On Friday—days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Russian officials in Moscow and raised concerns over Russian arms shipments to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad —the Kremlin said it would go ahead with deliveries of ground-to-air missile systems for the Assad government. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Russian government was preparing to make such a delivery.
Following the 2001 terrorist attacks, U.S. intelligence services sought to find common ground with their Russian counterparts, but soon discovered their interests diverged, said Andrew Liepman, former deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center and a Central Intelligence Agency veteran. The U.S. was focused on al Qaeda, and the Russians were focused on Chechnya.
"We took a Reaganesque approach to the Russians, where you need to verify everything you get," said Mr. Liepman, who is now an analyst with the Rand Corp. think tank.
A Dagestani official said security services first focused on Mr. Tsarnaev in 2010 after they arrested a suspected rebel sympathizer, William Plotnikov, a Canadian who named Mr. Tsarnaev as an associate. Early in 2011, they intercepted text messages that alarmed Russian officials, sent by Mr. Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva. Mr. Plotnikov was killed last July by Russian security forces.
In an interview, Ms. Tsarnaeva said she often communicated with relatives by text. She said she didn't know which messages might have alarmed the authorities, but denies she knew about any intentions of her son to join a rebel group.
On March 4, 2011, the Russian security service sent a formal request via the U.S. embassy in Moscow asking the FBI to look into Mr. Tsarnaev, U.S. officials said. At that time, the Russians didn't mention the texts and made reference only to Mr. Tsarnaev's interest in joining "underground" groups, a term that to U.S. ears could suggest political opposition, Dagestani officials said.
The Russian request was forwarded to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Boston. There, FBI field agents and other officials translated the letter and worked to identify Mr. Tsarnaev based on U.S. immigration and other records.
Once they had identified Mr. Tsarnaev, a U.S. Customs agent entered his name into a Treasury terrorism database. That system, known as the Treasury Enforcement Communications System, sends alerts to U.S. security officials when someone in the system is, say, preparing to travel by air.
Five days later, FBI asked the Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, for more information and received no response, one U.S. official said. Officials say the information from Ms. Tsarnaeva's texts would have allowed them to get wiretapping authority.
The FBI conducted a standard 90-day inquiry, including searches of public databases, its own files, and those of other agencies, as well as a voluntary interview, U.S. officials said. Mr. Tsarnaev provided his correct birth date, which was different from the two provided by the Russians.
Under FBI guidelines, any suspicious activity could have prompted a preliminary or even a full investigation. Agents found none and the FBI closed the case in June.
On Aug. 8, the FBI made another attempt to get additional information from the FSB, and received no response, a U.S. official said.
In late September, the FSB sent an identical request to the CIA through the U.S. embassy in Moscow, officials said. The CIA didn't find anything of concern and referred the information to the FBI because Mr. Tsarnaev was a legal U.S. resident. The FBI made its third request to the FSB for more information Oct. 7.
A few days before Mr. Tsarnaev's Jan. 12, 2012, Aeroflot flight to Russia, a U.S. Customs official in the Boston task force received an alert from the Treasury database that he was planning a trip, but took no action because he wasn't seen as a danger.
Russian security services, however, had Mr. Tsarnaev in their sights. One Dagestani official said that after Mr. Tsarnaev's arrival local police determined he was staying in a ground-floor apartment his parents were renovating in the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala. Dagestani officials say he tried to build contacts with radical rebel groups in the region, and met with one Islamist fighter.
U.S. authorities heard none of this, Dagestani officials said. The monitoring of Mr. Tsarnaev was the responsibility of regional security officers, who are barred from contacting the FBI or CIA directly. When officers in Makhachkala need information from the U.S., they are directed to pass the request through Moscow.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said knowledge of the intercepted messages "would have been good enough to re-examine the individual."
After the bombing, the Kremlin said Russia had gathered no meaningful information on Mr. Tsarnaev and little that would have helped the FBI beforehand. In late April, Mr. Putin said Mr. Tsarnaev had been in the country only "episodically" and that "Russian special services were to our grave regret unable to give our American colleagues any information that would have had any operational value."
On the U.S. side, officials say after Mr. Tsarnev was identified it took a week for Russia to provide the FBI with information about the intercepted text messages.
The directors of the FBI and FSB have been in regular communication in the aftermath of the bombings and U.S. President Barack Obama has spoken with Mr. Putin about the case. This week, both FBI Director Robert Mueller and Mr. Kerry, the secretary of state, traveled to Moscow to press the Russian government for more help.
A U.S. official, however, said the Russians still aren't fully cooperating, and in particular haven't provided information from surveillance during Mr. Tsarnaev's trip. Local authorities in Dagestan say Mr. Tsarnaev, perhaps knowing he would be monitored, didn't use a mobile phone there.
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What free time I have over the next few weeks is going to be focused on finding a new house; despite the gloom in the media, there's still an active market out there; a home on which I was ready to make an offer went so quickly they didn't even have time to get the estate agent's board up. From my own experience of looking at hundreds of homes on the market, good houses at a fair price are still going quickly, whilst flats, and houses that are either overpriced or have been tastelessly 'improved' are sticking. There are a few repos, but none I've seen are in readily habitable condition - mostly larger houses that have been used as illegal bedsits.
Inevitably, the agents will bombard you with details of their 'stickiest' properties. On the taste of my fellow citizens I will not comment, but I've seen photos of so many fine Edwardian terraced homes 'improved' with fake-leaded plastic windows and wall-to-wall MDF laminate flooring that I queried this with the agent. Had these features somehow become compulsory in the twelve years since since I last bought a house? I asked. "Most people" she responded frostily "like those features". Whoops.


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NASCAR will go back to the dirt for the first time since 1970 when the Truck Series visits Eldora Speedway in Ohio.
The July 24 event at the Tony Stewart-owned track in Rossburg will be a lead-in to the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series races later that weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Stewart, a three-time NASCAR champion, believed the Wednesday night race would attract drivers from all three NASCAR national levels and maybe even other series.
"Younger drivers and veterans from the World of Outlaws, late models, USAC drivers that will have an opportunity to land rides for that race ... Wednesday night at that time of the year is normally a pretty free night," Stewart said. "It gives us an opportunity to get guys in there that don't normally have that chance."
The deal to race at Eldora was announced Wednesday as part of next season's 22-race schedule, which will also include the series' first international stop. The Camping World Truck Series will visit Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario in September. It will be the first road-course track for the series since 2000, and ensure a NASCAR national series presence in Canada for a seventh consecutive season.
"It's very important that we maintain our national series presence in Canada," said NASCAR senior vice president of racing operations Steve O'Donnell. "We've accomplished that goal while also bringing a world-class venue like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on board. The Canadian fan base is so passionate and has a high regard for NASCAR."
The Eldora race has long been rumored, but a deal could not be put together until safety experts from the University of Nebraska visited the track Monday to determine if SAFER barriers needed to be installed. Although it was decided that the track needs some minor modifications to the inside walls, actual soft walls will not be installed.
"We are going to be making changes to the exits and entrances to the pit areas," Stewart said. "That's stuff we already started looking at. With the university's help, they're helping us make that even better than what we had planned. There will be some changes structural inside the track, but all for the safety obviously. I was pretty surprised and pleased of the report that we got from them."
The format of the race is undecided, and it could include heat races.
"We are looking at how races are competed at dirt tracks historically with heat races or last chance races," O'Donnell said. "As Tony said, we think we're going to have huge interest, not only from the series, but young up and coming dirt racers, veteran dirt racers. We think it will be a pretty compelling format. It will be a points race on the schedule, but probably some different variables included in the event."
Stewart and Austin Dillon participated in an October compatibility test to determine if the trucks were a fit at Eldora, and Stewart said Wednesday that rain had made the conditions less than favorable. But aside from removing the splitter from the trucks, Stewart said there were no issues.
At the time, Stewart believed it was just a test. But because it went so well, he quickly determined he had a real shot at landing a race at his speedway.SClB
"I didn't actually honestly believe that it was going to gain the momentum that it had," he said. "Obviously, this year when the discussions came up again, the interest was there, I was definitely pleased and caught off guard by it for sure. But definitely at that point, realizing that everyone at NASCAR was genuinely interested in doing it, it was something we put the full court press on."


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This impressive trick from Estonia's Ingvar Neumann seems to officially be called the lateral bike flip, although we've seen it referred to as the "Neu Flip," or, in Neumann's words, the "HD." ("For Heavy Drug, High Definition and Happy Day.") Whatever, it's a kick flip on a freaking bicycle, and it's never been completed before.
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2011: Starter at first base for the Engineers ... started 29 of the 33 games he played in ... Academic All-NEWMAC ... among the team leaders in doubles, triples, home runs and walks ... went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles against Eastern Nazarene (3/15) ... drove in three runs in back-to-back games against Hope (3/22) and Southern Maine (3/23) ... drove in a pair of runs against Clark (4/15) ... 2-for-5 day against Babson (4/30) was part of a five-game hitting streak.
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Bravo's "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley" has received its fair share of reviews since premiering two weeks ago.
People have criticized the reality-TV show for not depicting an accurate, authentic view of life in Silicon Valley.
"The problem with Start-Ups is that there's absolutely nothing that's reflective of the place and culture that is Silicon Valley," Bloomberg Businessweek's Sam Grobart wrote. "And that's the final shame of it, because someone could do a really interesting take on the Valley and what's going on there now."
But cast member Kim Taylor told Business Insider that authenticity isn't really what the show is all about.
"The show isn't meant to represent all of Silicon Valley," Taylor says. "This isn't PBS. It's Bravo ... It's meant to represent the reality of six people, some of whom may be insane. Thus far they were alarmingly accurate about what I was going through in my life."
Regarding the feedback the show has received so far, Taylor says she is amused.
"No one laughs about it more than me, well, except maybe the New York tech reporters," Taylor tells us. "It's a doc-com"—a hybrid documentary-comedy. "It's supposed to be funny and over the top."
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