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Guyana, Suriname elected to key UN Committees for upcoming United Nations General Assembly (REPORT)
(September 4, 2012) - Set to make history, today both Guyana and Suriname were selected to chair two of the most important committees at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting.
Guyana will serve as Chair of the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly for the 67th Session, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced.
In a related development, Ambassador of Suriname to the UN, His Excellency Mr. Henry Mac Donald, was today also elected to chair the Third Committee, making this the first time that two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) representatives will chair Main Committees of the General Assembly during the same session.
The General Assembly body stated:
"The Assembly today elected Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador George Talbot, by acclamation to chair the Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee). Ambassador Talbot is the first Representative of a CARICOM Member State at the United Nations to hold the position."
The Second Committee, which deals with a wide range of development matters, will have a full agenda of issues to consider, among them: macro-economic policy questions, sustainable development issues, including follow-up to the Rio+20 conference, challenges associated with poverty eradication, globalization, international migration and development, and the situation of countries in special circumstances such as Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States.
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Guyana's priorities for the upcoming session will include a focus on: food security and agriculture, poverty eradication, climate change related issues, and the developmental impact of inequalities both within and across countries as well as on greater effectiveness and efficiency in the conduct of the work of the Committee.
During Guyana's tenure, the Committee will also undertake the first quadrennial comprehensive policy review of the UN's operational activities for development. Ambassador Talbot was nominated and endorsed for the post by CARICOM and by the Group of the Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) which include 33 countries, equaling 17% of all UN members.
Additionally, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bangladesh were also elected to the Bureau of the Committee.
Ambassador Talbot, who holds a Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages from the University of Guyana and a Master's degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, is a career diplomat with vast experience in multilateral affairs.
This year's gathering of the UN's world body of 193 nations will is set to convene in New York City on September 18, and will run for two weeks. According to earlier voting, Serbia's Vuk Jeremić was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly; and Jamaica was chosen as the first seat in the General Assembly Chamber meaning they will lead the chamber in order of speeches.
(This article first appeared in Demerara Waves.)


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Use Assessment To Plan Instruction
In this activity, you will assess the reading and writing performance of one of your students to guide your instruction.
To chart the student's progress, repeat similar assessments throughout the year and adjust instruction accordingly. Compare Assessment Forms to consider how the student has progressed.
The Running Record (PDF) and letter to next year's teacher (PDF) are also available for your reference.
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Books for Courageous Girls
By Nicki Richesin, The Children's Book Review
Published: December 23, 2011
I would like my daughter to read about young girls as instructive role models who will inspire bravery and determination in her. I've spent a bit of time searching for books with bold heroines and these are the ones I've found most entertaining and even a little humorous. Enjoy and please let me know which books you've found for the girls in your life.
The Maggie B. was my absolute favorite book as a child. Irene Haas painted an enchanting water-colored world with her sweet verse I wanted to escape to. Margaret Barnstable was everything I wanted to be: bold, resourceful, a sailor and a violinist. When a storm strikes her ship, she single-handedly battens down the hatches and cares for her brother. All this while, fishing for "beautiful blue green lobsters" she prepared in a scrumptious stew as supper for two. After all these years, I would still like to sail on the Maggie B. (Ages 4 and up)


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4.4.2 Hole Determination Based Upon Overall Tree Structure
In this method a more advanced hole generator approach is used whereby holes are created at the intersection of big branches. The first potential place is the trunk and first branch intersection. The further the branching is from the trunk the less reason for a highly detailed model, therefore there should be a limit, and intersections between small branches should not generate holes and cracks. Another good position for possible holes could be the beginning of the roots whereby a hole is determined in an area where most of the vertices angles are low also in places where the roots meet the trunk's surface.
Now that I have described the tools and two possible methods for hole detection I will provide the necessary steps for this process. The proposed process of hole generation is based on 3d studio max 9 work flow and tools, but could be easily implemented in any other 3d modeling application or created as a stand alone solution. For the sake of simplicity random vertices on a polygonal plane will be used, instead of vertices with low angular levels in tree trunk model.
The first step in hole generation is to select a candidate vertices group, which should form a hole. After the selection is done a chamfer tool is applied. The value which describes the distances where new vertices are created, could be half of an average edge length of selected vertices'. The next step would be to connect newly created vertices via the chamfer tool. The connection tool creates new edges between newly created vertices. Edge selection is converted to a polygon selection. See figure 33 where it describes the fourth step.
Fig 33. Proposals visualization.
Fig 33.first four steps in hole creation. The red dots represent selected vertices, red lines selected edges, and red shaded area represent selected polygons.
As Figure 33 shows the resulting polygon selection is not accurate. This is due to the fact that the edge selection conversion to a polygonal selection includes all neighboring
polygons. Polygonal selection should be shrunken to get the desired result.
Fig 34. Proposals visualization.
This is shown in Figure 34. The next step is to erase all selected polygons, and select the remaining edge outline and conduct an edge extrusion. The last step shown in Figure 34 represents a subdivision algorithm applied on a mesh.
The subdivision algorithm not only generates more detailed mesh structure, but also softens the edges of it. The steps I have described are rather easy to perform due to the ability of 3d studio max to remember the last used selection and convert vertices selections to edge or polygon selections. This process should be possible in any 3d modeling software, but it might include a different order of steps, or additional steps required to achieve the same result.
Figures 33 and 34 show steps which are very easily preformed manually. But the steps are also simple enough so that the actions could be automated. To manually create a hole as shown in Figures 33 and 34 it took around 5 minutes. But if a real trunk model was used with high mesh density and many holes to generate, this process could be very long.
My recommendations if implemented would decrease the amount of time involved in current tree generation.
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The Screen Actors Guild is asking members for information about non-union casting calls for commercials — and promising that it will keep the information anonymous.
In a posting on its website Friday, SAG said it's seeking to learn more about non-union casting calls for commercials in order to better serve and represent the members.
"If you have any recent knowledge of non-union casting calls, please take a few minutes to fill out this brief survey with whatever information about the casting call that you wish to provide," it said. "All information provided is completely anonymous and will be used to help us better understand the non-union work space and create more work opportunities for our members."
Ray Rodriguez, national exec director of contracts, told Variety that the idea originated with the guild's Spanish-language task force, given that such commercials are more of an issue for Spanish-language performers. "We're trying to develop as much insight as we can," Rodriguez said. "The fact is that member earnings are up for commercials. It's not in response to any kind of spike in non-union work."
Rodriguez also said there's no agreed-upon metric for measuring non-union work and added that the survey will probably remain on the SAG website for six months. SAG covers about $800 million in commercials earnings from its members, based on pension and health contributions from employers.
Rodriguez said the survey's unrelated to a recent move by leaders of SAG and the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists to ask the ad industry for a one-year extension of the current commercials pact, which would move the expiration back to March 31, 2013.
SAG and AFTRA struck for six months against the ad industry in 2000. The guild subsequently disciplined 187 non-union thesps for crossing picket lines during the strike — 133 membership bans ranging from six months to 4 1/2 years, along with 54 bans for the maximum five years.
SAG also fined Elizabeth Hurley and Tiger Woods $100,000 each for performing in non-union spots during the strike.


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Editor's note: Readers often comment that there should be more good news in the paper. While it's true that there's more than enough bad news to go around, on Mondays on the editorial page we will highlight some of the many good-news stories that appear on our pages on a regular basis.
The sun is shining, rain is falling and all of the South Shore is heading into the garden and the local farmers market. You know what that means – a gorgeous cornucopia of farm fresh foods for summer tables.
This week we bring you three stories of locally-sourced food that are healthy and delicious, and make a fitting feast to serve on the patio.
South Shore Seafood Exchange
Fishermen are the farmers of the sea. Yet the quintessential New England life is fast disappearing.
To support Scituate fishermen, the South Shore Seafood Exchange has arranged for shareholders to pay $145 for a 10-week season. Customers then line up once a week at Marj Bates' Scituate home – or other pickup sites in Marshfield, Hanover and Cohasset – where they collect the catch-of-the-day, fresh-off-the-boat.
One week, cod fillets may be handed out. The next, rock salmon. To entice shareholders further and make for a complete experience, Bates graciously includes recipes with each week's fish.
This is a brilliant way to bring healthy foods to area tables, support our fishermen, and make dinner that much more local and delicious. We commend all involved.
Farmers' markets
If you didn't pick up our Summer Guide and tear out our guide to farmers' markets, be sure to check out our community calendar section. You do not want to miss out on your local farmers' market.
A bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are staples at pretty much every farmers' market, but ones such as Marshfield (every Friday from 2 to 6 p.m.) also offer fresh eggs, honey, meat and pony rides. In Weymouth (Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.), contributions come from three farms and a variety of merchants, while live music plays. Braintree goes all out every Saturday (9 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and features not only locally-grown produce, but pies, breads and (swoon!) cheeses.
This an opportunity to provide fresh food to your family and support local businesses, while meeting up with your neighbors on a beautiful summer day and sharing in the community spirit.
Holly Hill Farm, Cohasset
One of the most gratifying experiences is planting a seed, watching it take root, nurturing it to fruition and then preparing the product – whether it be tomatoes, peppers, lettuce or strawberries – for your summer table. So if you want to grow your own garden and don't know where to start, the good folks at Holly Hill Farm will help.
Last week, they announced the farm's summer program, which included tours of gardens in Scituate and Cohasset, highlighting chicken coops for egg gathering, food pantry gardening and edible landscapes, this past Saturday. Next month, a local expert will teach those interested how to safely identify wild local edibles and recipes for preparing them.
For those of you who try a garden this summer, please let us know how it works out. Send us your photos and stories to email@example.com. Bon appetit!
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Christmas comes early for NFL fans this year. With 24 teams still mathematically alive in the playoff race, Week 15 boasts a bevy of games with major postseason implications. In fact, six games feature teams that are both above .500, and five feature at least one team with a clinching scenario. Let's take a closer look at these six Statement Sunday matchups.
Indianapolis Colts at Houston Texans, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
What's at stake?
Houston is looking for a lot more than self-respect after their embarrassing Monday night affair. A win would clinch the AFC South -- and possibly a playoff bye, if the Patriots and Broncos both lose.
A Colts win would change the tenor of two races for the rest of the regular season. The division title would suddenly be back up for grabs, with a rematch looming in Week 17. The Texans would also leave themselves vulnerable to giving up homefield advantage in the playoffs to New England. The Colts would also clinch a playoff spot with a victory. Just as important, a strong result would show they can actually compete in the playoffs when they get there.
|Check out the best photos of Colts vs. Texans matchups through the years.
Player to watch
Arian Foster, RB, Texans: If the Texans can jump out to an early lead, they will likely play ball-control offense, in an effort to keep Andrew Luck off the field for as much of the second half as possible. Expect a steady dose of Foster, as well as a fair amount of touches for Ben Tate. More ...
Under pressure
Gary Kubiak, head coach, Texans: Kubiak deserves credit for getting Houston over the hump and into the playoffs this season and last. That is no small accomplishment, especially when you consider many folks doubted that he was capable after many seasons of underachievement and disappointing finishes. Now, the pressure is on for Kubiak to prove he's the coach to take Houston to the promised land of the Super Bowl. More ...
Matchup to watch
Andrew Luck vs. J.J. Watt: The Colts' signal-caller excels at escaping pressure and plays his best football when he's under fire. Will he be able to get away from Watt, who can take games over and neutralize quarterbacks with his pass rush skills? More ...
Did you know?
The Colts lead the series, 17-3, but all of the Texans' wins have come at home, including in each of the past two seasons. ... QB Andrew Luck needs 260 passing yards to set the single-season rookie passing record. ... Luck has thrown 18 TD passes this season. The Colts' three QBs last season threw a combined 14. ... Luck has been knocked down 100 times this season, most in the league and 14 more times than second-place Michael Vick. ... The Texans have allowed 42 points in each of their two losses this season. ... In the previous three seasons, the Texans have had the NFL's leading passer (Matt Schaub in 2009), rusher (Arian Foster in 2010), and receiver (Andre Johnson in 2009). ... Foster has scored a TD in every game this season. ... Over his past four games, WR Andre Johnson has 612 receiving yards. There are 54 players with 612-plus receiving yards this season.
Elliot Harrison's prediction
Expect the Houston Texans to be all sorts of PO'd after getting slapped around by the Patriots on national television. Can Andrew Luck capitalize on man coverage the way Tom Brady did? Can T.Y. Hilton give the Colts a shot in the arm in the return game? Maybe. But Indy's front seven is going to have a hard time limiting Arian Foster and the entire Texans run package. The Colts just don't have that kind of personnel -- they're allowing 4.7 yards per carry. This is a huge game in the AFC wild-card picture for the Colts, but I think the Texans getting hammered last week is a case of poor timing for Indianapolis. #NotaHaterColtsNation Texans 34, Colts 20. (See predictions for every Week 15 game.)
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Rigney places third in Pa. section of USCA indoor nationals
March 2, 2014 | Lancaster, Pa.
Liberty University sophomore Ian Rigney placed third in the men's compound division of the Lancaster, Pa., section of the 44th annual United States Collegiate Archery (USCA) Indoor National Championships, held Saturday and Sunday at Lancaster Archery Supply's indoor range.
A total of 639 registered archers competed in eight locations across the country, a 25-percent increase from last year's USCA indoor nationals. Complete results from the Lancaster competition are available online but the final national standings have yet to be calculated.
"From a competitive standpoint, we did pretty well. We have students of character and they handled themselves very well," Liberty Head Coach Drew Arneson said.
Rigney, who defended his U.S. Intercollegiate Archery 3D National Championships individual men's compound title last October in Missouri, scored a 567 in Saturday's first round and a 571 in Sunday's second for a total of 1,135. That put him in third place behind only Justin Bradley of California University of Pennsylvania (1,163) and Matthew Cummings of Penn College (1,140). Rigney finished tied with Markus Weber of Penn College (1,135).
"Ian did very well the first day, shooting next to (Bradley), who was the reigning national indoor champion," Arneson said. "That helped him elevate his game and shoot better the first day. The second day, he was kind of on an island. He was in the first group and he didn't have anybody really competitive shooting next to him. His total score was higher the second day, but nobody in his group was going to catch him. Had the first- and second-place guy been next to him, he might have shot even higher."
Flames junior Hunter Jacobs placed 11th with 531 points in the first round and 549 in the second for a 1,080-point total.
Lady Flames senior Marissa Scalzo also came in 11th in the women's compound event with a 541-point score in the first round and a 546 in the second round for a total of 1,087. Columbia University's Judy Zhou won the women's compound competition with 1,145 points, edging Penn College's Nicole Lapinski (1,143).
"Everyone increased their scores significantly on the second day," Arneson said. "That's natural because the student athletes are more calm and used to the competition."
Jacobs and Scalzo haven't had as much experience as Rigney in indoor shoots.
"Marissa's graduating, but by next year, Hunter should be well equipped to compete for the top spot," Arneson said.
He is planning to take his team to an outdoor sport shooting event in April in Harrisonburg, Va., hosted by James Madison University, or potentially hosting one once the new range is completed on Liberty Mountain.


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A predisposition or a preconceived opinion that prevents a person from impartially evaluating facts that have been presented for determination; a prejudice.
A judge who demonstrates bias in a hearing over which he or she presides has a mental attitude toward a party to the litigation that hinders the judge from supervising fairly the course of the trial, thereby depriving the party of the right to a fair trial. A judge may Recuse himself or herself to avoid the appearance of bias.
If, during the Voir Dire, a prospective juror indicates bias toward either party in a lawsuit, the juror can be successfully challenged for cause and denied a seat on the jury.
n. the predisposition of a judge, arbitrator, prospective juror, or anyone making a judicial decision, against or in favor of one of the parties or a class of persons. This can be shown by remarks, decisions contrary to fact, reason or law, or other unfair conduct. Bias can be toward an ethnic group, homosexuals, women or men, defendants or plaintiffs, large corporations, or local parties. Getting a "hometown" decision is a form of bias which is the bane of the out-of-town lawyer. There is also the subtle bias of some male judges in favor of pretty women. Obvious bias is a ground for reversal on appeal, but it is hard to prove, since judges are usually careful to display apparent fairness in their comments. The possibility of juror bias is explored in questioning at the beginning of trial in a questioning process called "voir dire." (See: voir dire, hometowned)
biasnoun bigotry, disinclination, disposition, foregone conclusion, inclinatio, inclination, jaundice, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, preapprehension, preconceived idea, preconception, predetermination, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudgment, prejudication, prejudice, prenotion, proclivity, proneness, propensio animi, propensity, susceptibility, trend, undetachment
Associated concepts: actual bias, bias of mind
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BIAS. A particular influential power which sways the judgment; the
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2. Justice requires that the judge should have no bias for or against any individual; and that his mind should be perfectly free to act as the law requires.
3. There is, however, one kind of bias which the courts suffer to influence them in their judgments it is a bias favorable to a class of cases, or persons, as distinguished from an individual case or person. A few examples will explain this. A bias is felt on account of convenience. 1 Ves. sen. 13, 14; 3 Atk. 524. It is also felt in favor of the heir at law, as when there is an heir on one side and a mere volunteer on the other. Willes, R. 570 1 W. Bl. 256; Amb. R. 645; 1 Ball & B. 309 1 Wils. R. 310 3 Atk. 747 Id. 222. On the other hand, the court leans against double portions for children; M'Clell. R. 356; 13 Price, R. 599 against double provisions, and double satisfactions; 3 Atk. R. 421 and against forfeitures. 3 T. R. 172. Vide, generally, 1 Burr. 419 1 Bos. & Pull. 614; 3 Bos. & Pull. 456 Ves. jr. 648 Jacob, Rep. 115; 1 Turn. & R. 350.


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Sorel Etrog
Canadian (born in Romania), 1933–2014
Large Mother and Child, 1962–1964
283 x 95 x 98 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of Carol MacAulay Taylor and Maurice Taylor through the Province of Manitoba
Sculpture, Canadian Modern (1910-1979)
Arriving from Romania, via Israel, in the early 1960s, sculptor and painter Sorel Etrog was part of a contingent of European artists that immigrated to Canada after World War II. Many of Etrog's sculptures from the 1960s, such as Mother and Child, are hybrid structures composed of multiple figures merged into a single form, employing biomorphic and industrial shapes. There is anguish in the link Etrog establishes between the vital human body and the twisted knot of metal emerging from a soaring pillar, reflecting both the artist's traumatic childhood and his abiding concern for human freedom.
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Examining cellular pathways in both their spatial and temporal context is critical for understanding cell development and functioning. Molecular Probes® CellLight™ reagents provide a simple and effective method for introducing targeted intracellular labels into live cells, enabling unambiguous visualization of organelles and other cellular structures in live mammalian cells by fluorescence microscopy (Figure 1).The secretory pathway involves a series of complex and highly regulated steps that ultimately leads to the delivery of proteins out of the cell. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus are the key membrane-bound intracellular compartments involved in the processing and posttranslational modification of proteins prior to their delivery. These compartments exist in a dynamic equilibrium mediated by anterograde traffic from the ER to the Golgi, and reciprocal retrograde trafficking from the Golgi to the ER. This transport is mediated by small GTPases, which participate in the budding of transport vesicles. Similar processes govern lysosome-mediated organelle degradation (autophagy). When CellLight™ reagents are combined with Molecular Probes® classic organelle stains, these dynamic organelle processes can be studied in their native cellular context (Figures 2 and 3).
CellLight™ reagents are provided in a ready-to-use format—simply add, incubate, and visualize. These reagents open up new avenues for multiparametric study of dynamic cellular events in live-cell context.
Figure 1. Labeling of nuclei, Golgi apparatus, and ER in live HeLa cells. Nuclei were labeled with Hoechst 33342 (blue), the Golgi apparatus was labeled with CellLight™ Golgi-GFP (green), and the ER was labeled with CellLight™ ER-RFP (red). The close relationship between the ER and the Golgi apparatus is evident in this high-resolution image, with the perinuclear Golgi apparatus appearing in "pockets" of the ER. Imaging was performed on a DeltaVision® Core microscope.
Lysosome-mediated Organelle Degradation
Figure 2. Lysosome-mediated organelle degradation (autophagy) visualized with CellLight™ and LysoTracker® reagents. Cells were transduced with CellLight™ Mito-GFP (green) and subsequently serum-starved for 24 hr to induce autophagy. Nuclei were labeled with Hoechst 33342 (blue) and total lysosomal mass was assessed with LysoTracker® Red DND-99 (red). Under control conditions (Top), a normal population of numerous small lysosomes was observed. Under serum starvation (Bottom), a smaller number of large lysosomal structures were observed in areas of the cell devoid of mitochondria. Imaging was performed on a DeltaVision® Core microscope.
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Figure 3. ER-to-Golgi trafficking visualized with CellLight™ reagents. The ER and Golgi apparatus were labeled with CellLight™ ER-RFP (red) and CellLight™ Golgi-GFP (green) and imaged before (A, B) and following (C, D) brefeldin A treatment. Brefeldin A blocked anterograde transport from the ER to the Golgi apparatus, leaving only retrograde transport intact. As a result, the Golgi stacks redistributed to the ER via unperturbed retrograde trafficking, colocalizing with the ER-targeted RFP and appearing as orange fluorescence. To resolve the dispersed Golgi GFP signal in the ER after brefeldin A treatment, the images in (C) and (D) were adjusted. Identical adjustments in gain made to (A) and (B) revealed no diffusely localized Golgi GFP prior to brefeldin A treatment (data not shown). Images were acquired every 30 sec for 30 min following treatment. Imaging was performed on a DeltaVision® Core microscope.


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McDonald's Keeps Dwight Howard On The Marketing Menu
February 2, 2010: Superman will continue to fly into McDonald's, thanks to a multi-year renewal of a deal between NBA all-star center Dwight Howard and the fast-feeder. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Howard, whose prowess above the rim with the Orlando Magic and during the Slam Dunk contest at the NBA's All-Star Games in 2008 and 2009 earned him the Man of Steel nickname, initially signed with McDonald's in 2008. He and fellow NBA all-star LeBron James are scheduled to appear in a McDonald's commercial, "Check This," that will break during Super Bowl XLIV on CBS.
In addition to multi-media marketing, Howard's agreement includes support of several McDonald's programs, promotions and other initiatives in coming months. Among them, Howard will support McDonald's sponsorship of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver and the 2010 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games in Columbus, Ohio, benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio.
Howard was a member of the U.S. gold medal men's basketball team at the 2008 Olympics; in 2004, he earned McDonald's All American Game co-MVP and Player-of-the-Year honors. He has served on the McDonald's All American Advisory Council since 2008.
The McDonald's spot with James is a remake of a classic McDonald's commercial from 1993, "Showdown," in which NBA legends Larry Bird and Magic Johnson played an über game of H*O*R*S*E for a Big Mac. McDonald's has posted a snippet of the ad on YouTube, showing James arriving at a basketball court with a Big Mac and fries and Howard challenging him for the meal, which mimics the original spot with Jordan and Bird. Bird also will appear in the new spot. Lead agency is Leo Burnett, Chicago.
Howard's other marketing partners include adidas, AirTran, EA Sports, Coca-Cola-owned Glaceau Vitaminwater and T-Mobile. He is handled by Goodwin Sports Management, Seattle.
"Dwight has been a champion for his team, his community and McDonald's since we entered into a relationship with him in 2008," Neil Golden, CMO for McDonald's USA, said in a statement. "We are excited to bring Dwight and LeBron – two of the biggest names in basketball today – together for the remake of this iconic commercial, the first of many opportunities to come."
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Escaped Missouri murder suspect remains missing
EMINENCE (AP) - An escaped southeast Missouri murder suspect remained on the loose two days after slipping away from a group of jail inmates watching fireworks.
KYTV-TV reports 35-year-old Jason McClurg of Winona was with nine other inmates outside the Shannon County jail Friday night watching fireworks when he broke free.
Sheriff Steven Blunkall says McClurg is considered dangerous and may be armed. He had not been located as of early Sunday evening.
The sheriff says the deputy who took the inmates outside has been fired, adding that it's the second time an inmate has escaped on the deputy's watch.
McClurg is accused of killing his wife on May 4 by mixing prescription medications with Kool-Aid and persuading her to drink it by saying their young child made it for her.


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones is among those NFL players who want the league and the union to finally agree on a way to do blood testing for human growth hormone.
"I hope guys wouldn't be cheating. That's why you do all this extra work and extra training. Unfortunately, there are probably a few guys, a handful maybe, that are on it. It's unfortunate. It takes away from the sport," Jones said.
"It would be fair to do blood testing," Jones added. "Hopefully they figure it out."
When Jones and the Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl on Sunday, two complete seasons will have come and gone without a single HGH test being administered, even though the league and the NFL Players Association paved the way for it in the 10-year collective bargaining agreement they signed in August 2011.
Since then, the sides have haggled over various elements, primarily the union's insistence that it needs more information about the validity of a test that is used by Olympic sports and Major League Baseball. HGH is a banned performance-enhancing drug that is hard to detect and has been linked to health problems such as diabetes, cardiac dysfunction and arthritis.
"If there are guys using (HGH), there definitely needs to be action taken against it, and it needs to be out of (the sport)," Ravens backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor said. "I'm pretty sure it'll happen eventually."
At least two members of Congress want to make it happen sooner, rather than later.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland wrote NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith this week to chastise the union for standing in the way of HGH testing and to warn that they might ask players to testify on Capitol Hill.
Smith is scheduled to hold his annual pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday.
"We have cooperated and been helpful to the committee on all of their requests," NFLPA spokesman George Atallah said. "If this is something they feel strongly about, we will be happy to help them facilitate it."
Several players from the Super Bowl teams said they would be willing to talk to Congress about the issue, if asked.
"I have nothing to hide. I can't speak for anyone else in football, but I would have no problem going," said Kenny Wiggins, a 6-foot-6, 314-pound offensive lineman on San Francisco's practice squad.
But Wiggins added: "There's a lot more problems in the U.S. they should be worried about than HGH in the NFL."
That sentiment was echoed by former New York Giants offensive lineman Shaun O'Hara, who now works for the NFL Network.
"Do I think there is an HGH problem in the NFL? I don't think there is. Are there guys who are using it? I'm sure there are. But is it something Congress needs to worry about? No. We have enough educated people on both sides that can fully handle this. And if they can't, then they should be fired," said O'Hara, an NFLPA representative as a player. "I include the union in that, and I include the NFL. There is no reason we would need someone to help us facilitate this process."
Issa and Cummings apparently disagree.
In December, their committee held a hearing at which medical experts testified that the current HGH test is reliable and that the union's request for a new study is unnecessary. Neither the league nor union was invited to participate in that hearing; at the time, Issa and Cummings said they expected additional hearings.
"We are disappointed with the NFLPA's remarkable recalcitrance, which has prevented meaningful progress on this issue," they wrote in their recent letter to Smith. "We intend to take a more active role to determine whether the position you have taken — that HGH is not a serious concern and that the test for HGH is unreliable — is consistent with the beliefs of rank and file NFL players."
Atallah questioned that premise.
"To us, there is no distinction between players and the union. … The reason we had HGH in our CBA is precisely because our players wanted us to start testing for it," Atallah said. "We are not being recalcitrant for recalcitrance sake. We are merely following the direction of our player leadership."
Wiggins and other players said no one can know for sure how much HGH use there is in the league until there is testing — but that it's important for the union's concerns about the test to be answered.
"The union decides what is best for the players," said Ravens nose tackle Ma'ake Kemoeatu, who said he would be willing to go to Capitol Hill.
"I feel like some guys are on HGH," said 49ers offensive lineman Anthony Davis, who would rather not speak to Congress. "I personally don't care if there is testing. It's something they have to live with, knowing they cheated, and if they get (outplayed) while they're on it, it's a hit on their pride."
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Representative Chaffetz, who is expected to become the chairman of the House oversight subcommittee responsible for the federal workforce, addressed a letter to President Obama demanding that he conduct an investigation into the procedures taken by the TSA, particularly as related to an incident involving a little boy. According to the letter, a Utah Valley University student, Luke Tait, recorded a young boy having his shirt removed to prove that the father was not carrying any dangerous substances.
In an interview between Tait and the Associated Press, Tait explained that he felt it behooved him to take the video of the now notorious incident at the Salt Lake International Airport because he realized something crazy was going on. In an effort to avoid allowing the TSA to touch the little boy, the childs father complied with the TSA by removing the boys shirt.
Fox News writes, While the kid and his father were allowed to go through security, TSA agents came over and questioned Tait about his videotaping the incident and ordered him to delete the video. He refused, but was allowed to go to his gate, where, Chaffetz says, TSA agents sat near him and communicated through walkie-talkies until he boarded his flight.
In the letter to Obama, Chaffetz wrote that the actions do not speak well of the TSA.
He added, Surely it is possible to secure an airplane without sacrificing individual liberties or privacy. We can utilize bomb-sniffing dogs, AIT machines as a method of secondary screening, and behavioral profiling to accomplish the shared goal of safe and secure air travel.
TSA responded to the incident in a blog saying that travelers will no longer be asked to and should not remove clothing (other than shoes, coats, and jackets) at a TSA checkpoint. If youre asked to remove your clothing, you should ask for a supervisor or manager.
Chaffetzs letter bears strong similarities to those concerns cited by Senator Snowe in a letter she addressed to TSA Administrator John Pistole. In her letter, Snowe stated that she wants further information on the procedures taken by airport security to confirm that there is in fact a careful balance between protecting individual safety and preserving individual privacy.
According to Fox News, Snowe said she was concerned about the training methods after hearing reports that the pat-down process was being implemented differently across the nation.
In the letter to Pistole, Snowe wrote, These new searches are a novel procedure both for the traveling public and your front line TSA officers, and I am not convinced the Transportation Security officers have received adequate training in what is clearly an invasive procedure.
Snowe also insisted that Pistole respond to her later no later than December 13.
Chaffetz and Snowe are not the first lawmakers to stand up to the TSA.
Similarly, lawmakers in New Jersey have teamed up with local chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union to stand up to the TSA. The legislators asked Congress to review the procedures taking by TSA workers to screen passengers for flights. They have also called upon the state Senate and Assembly to confront Congress to review the constitutionality and effectiveness of the invasive procedures.
New Jersey state Senator Michael Doherty is leading the effort and asked New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to have Attorney General Paula Dow evaluate the use of the naked-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs to determine whether the procedures violate New Jerseys privacy laws.
Doherty emphasized, When you buy an airline tickets, you do not give up your constitutional rights.
Last week, Floridas Republican congressman John Mica wrote a letter to 100 of the nations busiest airports urging them to opt for private security screeners instead of those of the TSA. Mica asserts that the quality of customer service would likely improve under the private sector, and views the transition to private companies as a step in the right direction, as private companies could best determine how to provide adequate security.
Chaffetz would likely agree with Micas recommendation, as he asserts that the TSA has become too big to run efficiently.
Theyre now a big personnel agency. Theyre trying to manage tens of thousands of people. When they implement things like the pat-down and this new technology, its been a disaster. Everybodys complaining about it. And they never consulted Congress it wasnt properly done, reports Chaffetz.
Perhaps the best example of lawmakers taking a stance against the TSA is the introduction of the American Traveler Dignity Act by Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul.
According to Paul, [The Act] establishes that airport security screeners are not immune from any US law regarding physical contact with another person, making images of another person, or causing physical harm through the use of radiation-emitting machinery on another person. It means they are subject to the same laws as the rest of us.
Paul declared, "Something has to be done. Everybody's fed up. The people are fed up. The pilots are fed up. I'm fed up Enough is enough."
Despite the public outcry by both American citizens and politicians, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs continues to defend the procedures. He claims that the introduction of the new procedures has affected only about 1 percent of the 34 million people whove been through TSA screening since the implementation of the new rules.
He also claims that children under age 12 will be put through modified screenings, though he admits that the new rules have not been implemented in the best way.
If somebody feels as if they have been unduly subjected to something that they find to be far more invasive than the line of convenience and security, they should speak to a TSA representative at the airport. TSA is trying desperately to strike that balance. That will evolve the evolution of the security will be done with the input of those that go through the security, says Gibbs.
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First drive: the new McLaren 12C GT3
As a road car based Formula, GT3 kind of lulls you into a false sense of security. These cars look familiar, which gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling. Yes, the road car in question here is the McLaren 12C, which is so fast and so blazingly hi-tech that the racing rules and requirement for what's known as 'balance of performance' mean that the race car version is actually 126bhp less powerful than the one Joe Schmo can buy. Crazy but true.
The other thing to note is the rise of customer racing. Ferrari's Corse Clienti has been on the go for 20 years now, but McLaren's 12C race programme has ramped up in just two years, no mean feat irrespective of the company's pedigree. Previously limited to Europe, 12C GT3s are now racing in Malaysia, Taiwan, Abu Dhabi, and Azerbaijan (round the streets of Baku, no less). Forty cars have been delivered, and just last weekend the car scored three pole positions, three podium finishes, and three outright victories in three different championships. Some bloke called Sebastien Loeb won a race in Spain, in his sideline as 12C GT3 driver and team owner. Well, he likes to keep busy.
Thing is, the idea is you don't have to be Loeb to have a fighting chance in one of these (or indeed the equivalent Ferrari 458, AMG SLS or Porsche). Just well-heeled and available on weekends. But having just had a go in a 12C GT3 around the perennially windswept Snetterton circuit in Norfolk, trust me when I say that big aero and fat slicks means big respect. This is another way of saying that things didn't quite go according to plan.
The 2013-spec 12C GT3 has had some alterations. The bonnet has new scoops and ducting to expel heat more efficiently and improve cooling. The ECU has been revised, and the electrical architecture tweaked. And the car's aerodynamics package has evolved to deliver better overall balance and superior tyre wear. McLaren concedes that there were a few teething problems with the car at the outset, but the results are starting to pile up now.
I love the brutal simplicity and functionality of racing cars, have raced a fair few myself over the years, and driven three different generations of Formula One car and a DTM Audi. The 12C GT3, as Commercial Director of McLaren GT Daryl Cozens says, 'is designed to be accessible to the latest generation of gentleman drivers'. True that. But it's still a very serious race car, and thanks to that frankly awesome aero package and the huge rubber, the 12C GT3's operating window is both way beyond and much narrower than even very tidy saloon racing cars. It's intimidating.
It's also fantastically comfortable, as it ought to be given its endurance remit. The wheel is that odd, squashed circle shape, and though it's not the riot of buttons and dials the F1 guys have to deal with, it's still busy enough. There's a bank of touch sensitive push buttons in a binnacle to your right, including an ignition one, and surprisingly small paddles to change gear. The 'box itself is six-speed rather than the regular 12C's seven-speed, its ratios altered accordingly.
Here we go, then. Ignition on. Push a button to put the 'box in neutral, then clutch down and hook first gear. We won't need the clutch after this. It's like pulling away in second, but we don't stall. Thank God. There's no coughing or throat clearing, though; the 12C pulls cleanly immediately, and also feels instantly fantastic. It ripples and pulses with energy. Rob Bell, McLaren GT3 racer and development driver, is clear about what's needed to make it work: massive braking inputs. 'It will feel strange at first, and some guys take half a season to really get to grips with it. But you've got to use all of the braking potential to get the weight shifted onto the nose, and really work the car into the corner.' Jeez, OK.
Braking is tricky in all racing cars. It's arguably the toughest bit to get right. Watch the really fast guys - Lewis and Fernando, for example - and they will be sooooo late on the anchors it's untrue. It's about carrying the right amount of speed into and out of the corners. It's also important to 'switch on' your tyres. This means not pussy-footing around, and bloody well getting on with it.
Snetterton has been reworked since I last raced here, and it's more technical. Having had a few sighting laps in a 12C road car, I know where it goes. But I'm also not bloody well getting on with it. So while the first couple of laps prove that the 12C GT3 really is relatively accessible - it's not as savagely quick as the road car, for example - I'm just not going hard enough, quickly enough.
It still feels absolutely epic, of course, and just monsters its way through the corners. But it would be more epic still and the aero more effective if I was picking up the pace, and working those brakes a lot harder. My lap delta in the display is beaming the unpalatable truth at me like a bat signal. I need to be quicker everywhere, especially on the brakes.
A couple of the corners here - Montreal and Palmer - are first gear jobs, and the back end gets alarmingly mobile. But it's also surprisingly easy to correct, although this is not the point: it shouldn't be sliding at all, just gripping like an industrial vice. Agostini is a tricky little number, Hamilton faster than it looks, and the Bomb-hole as ballsy as ever. Coram used to be a great challenge; it's not so much fun now. But we start stitching a few laps together, and it begins to flow. For a while, anyway.
Then it's up Senna straight, through Riches - just brilliant - and down through the 'box into first for Montreal. There are some warning signs. Biiiig slide. Into Palmer now… oh dear. Round we go. Hold on tight. Tyres not up to temperature? Too much power? When it goes, boy does it go. There's no transition. It's like an on/off switch. My brain aches.
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Of course the media and the blogosphere are now both wise to Labour's playing of this card, and suspiciously politically advantageous announcements of increased alert states and the like by security ministers and officials are quickly seen for what they are, and don't get through to the voting public. So what does Brown's government do? Invent a new target for local government of course. So this year National Indicator 37 comes into force - Improving Citizen Awareness and Community Resilience in the Face of Threats. Now this is smart. The fear-raising will come from local Councils - many of them Tory - that people trust, rather than from a government they don't. And what's more, Council tax payers will bear the cost themselves. And it's compulsory - even Tory councils can't do nothing.
Government henchmen Crapita are running a council-fear beanfest to coincide with the G20 summit in London to get the message across. The publicity states:
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The timing is the key. The new 'local fear' performance indicator comes into effect in financial year 2009 / 2010; this means throughout the run-up to the expected May 2010 election, councils throughout the country will be pumping out 'fear' pamphlets, holding 'fear' exercises, getting the whole local voluntary sector to join in, gaining big 'fear' publicity in local free ad papers and generally helping Brown's campaign, all in order to get a good NI37 score at the end of next April.
One of the men behind all this is Bruce Mann, Head of Civil Contingencies, Civil Contingencies Secretariat at the Cabinet Office, one of Crapita's speakers. Jeanette Innes, Assistant Director, Programme Manager for Telecommunications Resilience, and who works for Mann will also be speaking.
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Though Ted has still yet to fulfill the promise in the show's title, CBS is already looking to spin-off How I Met Your Mother into an entirely new series, this time focusing on a mother telling her children the tale of how she met their father. After 9 years and 190 episodes, are audiences ready to start things all over again?
According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox Television (the studio that makes the show) is currently in talks with creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and Up All Night creator Emily Spivey to helm the new series that's been referred to as How I Met Your Father. The spinoff series would introduce a new group of friends from New York and this time focus on quest for love from the female perspective. Though nothing has yet been made official, if the spinoff series does moves forward, the new cast could be introduced in the How I Met Your Mother series finale.
When it comes to television spinoffs, it's almost impossible to tell whether or not it will strike the same with note with audiences that the original did - though How I Met Your Father does have a few things going for it. Aside from familiar settings, like New York and (possibly) MacLaren's Pub, still part of the franchise, there's something inherently compelling about using How I Met Your Mother's structure to explore the journey to marriage from the female perspective.
Of course, when one beings to talk about spinoffs, comparisons to the original are inevitable, but in How I Met Your Father's case, that could very well be a death knell. After so many years of unanswered questions, missed encounters and awkward conversations about sleeping with everyone except the Mother, will the series' dedicated following give the spinoff a chance – will they even want to?
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The New York Times is raising its newsstand prices for the third time in less than two years as a severe advertising slump forces readers to shoulder more of the costs of producing newspapers.
With the latest changes announced Tuesday, individual copies of The New York Times on Mondays through Saturdays will have doubled to $2 since July 2007.
The upcoming increase, effective June 1, will boost the Times' weekday price by 50 cents, or 33 percent, from the current price of $1.50. The Times, which has the third-highest U.S. circulation on weekdays, increased the weekday price by 25 cents during each of the previous two summers.
The New York Times also is raising the price for its Sunday edition, which is the nation's top-selling newspaper on that day. Sunday's national and Northeast editions will cost $6, an increase of $1. In the New York area, it will cost $5, also a dollar more.
Home delivery rates aren't changing for now. That means most of the Times' readers won't be affected by the June 1 increases because home delivery accounts for nearly two-thirds of the newspaper's weekday circulation and more than 70 percent of the Sunday circulation.
But the Times isn't ruling out an increase later this year, newspaper spokeswoman Diane McNulty said. The Times had raised its home delivery prices around the same time it increased newsstand prices in 2007 and 2008.
Raising the prices of newspapers is risky because it threatens to drive away readers, particularly as the Times and most other newspapers give away their stories on the Internet. The recession also has made many consumers more frugal.
But many newspapers have shown willingness to see circulation fall as long as they keep the readers most coveted by advertisers.
Among other things, the Times and other newspapers have been cutting back on discounted and third-party sales. The thinking is that readers willing to pay higher prices could end up being more valuable to advertisers because they are presumably more affluent and more engaged with newspapers.
The average sales of 395 daily U.S. newspapers, including the Times, tracked by the Audit Bureau of Circulations fell 7.1 percent from last year during the six months ending in March, the biggest decline on record.
The New York Times' weekday circulation averaged 1.04 million during the six months ending in March, a drop of more than 3 percent from last year. Before the 2007 price increase, the Times' weekday circulation stood at 1.12 million.
Although many factors are behind the circulation drop, both USA Today, the nation's largest weekday newspaper, and The New York Post have blamed higher prices for recent declines in their circulation.
Despite the erosion, the circulation revenue of the Times and other newspapers is still higher that a year ago because the remaining readers are paying more. Higher prices helped lift the first-quarter circulation revenue at The New York Times Co. and McClatchy Co., which owns The Miami Herald and 29 other daily newspapers.
The flurry of price increases underscores just how much the shifting financial landscape has shaken newspaper publishers.
For decades, newspapers were able to rely on steady increases in their ad revenue to cover most of the cost for gathering the news, printing the information and then distributing the copies. A reliable flow of advertising is one reason the Times was able to go from 1999 to 2007 with just one increase in the cover price of its weekday edition.
But ad revenue has been crumbling throughout the newspaper industry for the past three years, forcing newspapers to lay off workers, reduce wages and look for new ways to make money.
So far the revenue gains from higher prices haven't been nearly enough to overcome the advertising drought.
The New York Times Co., which also owns The Boston Globe and 16 other daily newspapers besides its flagship publication, lost $74 million during the first three months of the year as its ad revenue plunged 27 percent from last year. Circulation revenue edged up by 1 percent.
With its newspaper prices rising and ad sales sagging, circulation accounted for 38 percent of the Times Co.'s first-quarter revenue. Most newspaper publishers still rely more heavily on advertising.
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HANOVER, N.H. – MIT heavyweight crew entered one boat in the Dartmouth Green Monster Invitational, a novice-only rowing event that takes place every year on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire.
Tech completed the course with a time of 17:36, just a few seconds behind Vermont's B boat with a 17:31 and almost 10 seconds ahead of the University of Massachusetts B boat. Boston University B finished in first with a 14:19, just one second ahead of host Dartmouth's heavyweight boat.
MIT has just one more regatta before the fall season comes to a close. The Cardinal and Gray will compete in the Foot of the Charles on Saturday, Nov. 23, with races starting at 8:30 a.m. Tech will not return to the water until the spring, when it hosts the Alumni Cup in early April.
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I'm certainly not the first person to suggest that perhaps all this sturm und drang regarding the proper place of feminist ideals within the skeptical movement is just the rabble-rousing of an angry fringe. It's not really insightful to suggest that the bulk of skeptics–the true skeptics, who are very concerned with accomplishing skeptical goals–find the all the hullabaloo about "calling out" sexism and "hijacking the movement" with "personal grudges" and generally "behaving like spoiled children who don't know how good they have it in this world" to be a huge distraction–HUGE!–that prevents them from getting their skeptical work done. It's definitely been suggested explicitly to me that I'm making mountains out of molehills, and I don't speak for all women in the skeptical movement and that my Handy Guide isn't very applicable to the skeptical community because it presents my specific beefs about what I personally don't like as universal issues, and that the best thing for skeptics to do is let me ramble on without engaging me until I wear myself out, and then just sweep it all into the dustbin.
These arguments could be making some very good points. It is entirely possible that my quirky sense of injustice is unique to me and has no bearing on anything else. I'm just finding trouble where I want to, out of boredom or delusion or a highly Westernized sense of middle class woman entitlement or plain old cantankerousness, and if there are so many fewer active women in the skeptical movement than men, it's for reasons entirely different than the ones I give that require solutions entirely different than the ones I suggest. Such as Ladybrains! and Who cares what the gender balance is? I care about ideas!


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Young people are the future of Hong Kong, and at Cathay Pacific we believe it is essential to contribute to the skills development and personal enhancement of today's youth. That's why we support and organise a range of aviation-related educational programmes to help inspire and support future generations and to enhance their sense of social responsibility.
The airline's flagship youth programme, I Can Fly, is a unique educational programme combining the essence of social service with aviation know-how. It aims to encourage young people to fly high and reach for their dreams.
Launched in January 2003, the programme actively recruits Hong Kong students who show a passion for aviation and an interest in community service. Thousands of students have graduated from the programme since its launch.
Cathay Pacific pilots and staff volunteers lead the I Can Fly members through a series of aviation and social service activities during the programme period. The young members are given the chance to visit various aviation facilities, go through aviation-related training, participate in teambuilding activities, and design and implement their own social-service projects for community groups. At the end of the programme, the members take part in overseas trips where they learn more about different aspects of aviation and interact with people from different cultures. A number of former I Can Fly participants have since taken up careers within the Hong Kong aviation industry.
The programme has then been adopted by many of the airline's local teams – in Mainland China, Canada, the USA and Thailand, for example - to nurture an enthusiasm for aviation among young people around the world.
This unique programme involves Cathay Pacific staff volunteers, of different nationalities and backgrounds, who help to encourage local students to practise their spoken English. Through English on Air, secondary school students of different age groups are invited to Cathay Pacific City to meet and mingle with the volunteers for English-speaking sessions.
The programme is conducted in different formats, including interactive activities, conversation sessions and mock job interviews. Since its launch in late 2007, more than 2,000 students have benefited from the programme.
The first Cathay Pacific Community Flight took place in 2007 and has been an annual fixture on the airline's CSR calendar since 2013. To date, close to 1,000 participants from underprivileged families in Hong Kong have enjoyed this unique experience.
Leveraging on the unique business strength Cathay Pacific possesses as Hong Kong's home airline, the community flight provides an opportunity to fly to less-privileged children and their families. The flights have been organised with a different theme each year, from "Spirit of Hong Kong" to "Family Solidarity", which provided families with a memorable experience and the chance to bond up in the air. The overarching aim of this programme is to promote positive values that can help build harmonious family relations with the wider Hong Kong community.
Cathay Pacific's headquarters, Cathay Pacific City, is a sophisticated complex that features a host of aviation-related training facilities. Cathay Pacific offers students and members of the public an opportunity to get a unique insight into the aviation world through a guided-visit programme that is open to non-profit organisations. More than 10,000 visitors - including schools, universities and non-governmental organisations – take part in the programme each year.


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (release) -- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Interim Chancellor Dr. Grady Bogue and Chancellor-elect Dr. Steven Angle introduced David Blackburn as the institution's new Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics today.
Blackburn most recently served as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration at the University of Tennessee where he was member of the Volunteers' executive staff.
"After an exhaustive search that produced an incredibly strong pool of highly qualified candidates, David Blackburn clearly distanced himself from the group as the right person to lead the Mocs," stated Dr. Angle. "He has a proven track record of fundraising, administration and integrity that is a perfect fit for our University."
Angle is scheduled to introduce Blackburn at a public reception on Tuesday, April 23, at 3:00 p.m. (E.D.T.) in the University Center on the UTC campus. He will officially begin his duties on April 24.
"David Blackburn is a talented and well-experienced athletics executive who is ready to put his initiative and imagination to work in continuing to build the strength of our program at UTC," said Dr. Bogue. "We are proud to have him coming to the fellowship of UTC."
A 1990 graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Blackburn has over two decades of experience in college athletics. He began his career at Tennessee in 1993 working with then-head football coach Phillip Fulmer, serving in a variety of roles within the program. He held his most recent position since 2008 as direct oversight of Vols football and its senior-level administrator.
"I am extremely grateful to Dr. Angle, (Interim Chancellor) Dr. Bogue and the search committee for the opportunity to lead the Mocs," stated Blackburn. "UTC has a very strong athletics program that focuses on the comprehensive excellence of its student-athletes; academically, athletically and socially. This strong foundation provides tremendous opportunity and potential for growth."
At Tennessee, Blackburn has served as the athletic department liaison to the Thornton Center, the student-athlete academic support unit. He was appointed to participate in various search committees for head coaches and upper level departmental staff. He also participated in the design and construction of Tennessee's new $48 million football training center.
In August of 2003, Blackburn made a transition into fundraising and became the Assistant Athletic Director for Development. During his tenure working in fundraising, the Volunteer Athletic Scholarship Fund saw record growths in all areas. Most noted were total athletic gifts more than doubling from $19.5 million in 2003 to over $41 million in 2007. Also, he helped secure an $84 million multi-media rights contract with Host Communications.
In 2007, Blackburn was promoted to Associate Athletic Director for Administration where he broadened his scope of athletic department management serving on then-Athletic Director Mike Hamilton's senior management team. That appointment included oversight of the track and field program, the swimming and diving teams, facility operations, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, equipment operations, and event management.
"I especially want to take a moment and thank the members of the search committee for their time and efforts to bring forward several strong candidates on an extremely aggressive schedule," said Dr. Angle. "Led by Dr. Debbie Ingram, they were vigilant and dedicated in their review of candidates, and I believe the process resulted in the right choice."
A native of Loudon, Tenn., Blackburn is married to the former Andrea Radel of Albion, Mich. They have two daughters, Emma and Charlee.


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When we last checked in with SOPA, the bill aimed at curtailing online piracy, it was catching flak from op-ed writers and newspaper editorial boards alike. The bill's detractors, including some of the world's largest Internet companies (Google, Twitter, and Facebook among them) were decrying that the provision would create major, damaging changes in the Internet's underlying technology in the name of stopping copyright infringement.
Now, after two long days of debate, the House Judiciary Committee has postponed a vote on SOPA.
According to Reuters, the SOPA discussion came to an "abrupt end" when Congress was forced to "turn its attention to a floor vote on a nearly $1 trillion spending bill that would avert a government shutdown." Not that the bill is dead in the water: Lawmakers are slated to take up the SOPA measure again when Congress reconvenes, possibly as soon as Wednesday.
The Guardian today reported that Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who authored the bill, had "conceded to calls for further investigation of claims that the legislation will damage the infrastructure of the internet." That concession was enough for Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit, who called the decision "a huge victory for everyone who uses the Internet – and proof that millions of people speaking out can still make a difference in a Congress usually run by corporate lobbyists."
A quick recap: SOPA would allow private companies (especially movie and record companies, whose livelihoods depend on protecting intellectual property) to create a blacklist of websites that they deem to be infringing on copyrights. With a judge's signature, the companies can then defund these sites by barring ad providers and banks from doing business with them. SOPA doesn't affect sites ending in .com, .org, or .net, meaning that only non-US websites would be affected by the bill.
As it's written now, SOPA would also force some pretty major technical changes to DNS, one of the technologies that underlies the Internet. The bill's latest version would require Internet service providers like Comcast to bar customers from visiting a blacklisted site by blocking the site's DNS or otherwise firewalling it. SOPA would also mandate the offending site's removal from US search engine listings. Six amendments came up on Thursday that would have softened those provisions, but the Judiciary Committee voted each of them down. (One of these amendments would have exempted universities and research institutions from the blacklisting provision; the amendment's failure means that these groups would also have to block their users from visiting infringing sites.)
Critics of the bill, including Internet security experts and other members of the technology community, say that the changes to DNS technology proposed under SOPA would make the Web less secure. In an open letter sent to Congress on Thursday, 83 prominent Internet engineers voiced this concern, arguing that "We cannot have a free and open Internet unless its naming and routing systems sit above the political concerns and objectives of any one government or industry." On Thursday, several lawmakers requested a delay to hear testimony from Internet engineers.
The House Judiciary Committee's hearings will continue, but the fate of SOPA isn't yet certain. Its Senate cousin, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), was approved in May, although the full Senate hasn't yet taken action.
Have you been following the debate on SOPA and PIPA? What do you think about the bills' provisions? Too harsh, or necessary to protect the legitimate interests of copyright holders? Let us know in the comments section below – we're listening.
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