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United Nations — Some of the most harrowing cases of gender-based violence Kathryn Bolkovac came across while working as a U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia involved a perpetrator dubbed "the Doctor" by the women and girls he abused.
"It was ('the Doctor's') practice to insert Deutsche Mark coins into the vaginas of young girls as they danced (in strip clubs)," she told IPS.
Gender inequalities were so deeply rooted into social structures that even men who worked for the U.N. participated in sexual harassment of various forms.
Gender-based violence, including psychological and sexual abuse, often represents a perverse expression of dissatisfaction with regard to power and self-worth on the part of the perpetrator.
"My fellow International Police Task Force monitor ... admitted to me (and U.N. management) that he had (purchased) a young girl from a local bar in Ilid?a to keep at home with him as his 'girlfriend'," said Bolkovac.
Men who worked at the U.N. Mission in Bosnia Herzegovina (UNMIBH) hung pictures with "inappropriate depictions of women" on the walls of their offices, she added.
And DynCorp employees - who are private military contractors embedded with the U.N. - circulated rape tapes around military bases, she noted.
Bolkovac herself also faced harassment: "The U.N. personnel manager approached me to introduce himself and to tell me I was 'kind of cute'," she told IPS.
"(In another case,) the contingent commander invited me to a Fourth of July celebration at the U.S. embassy and asked what type of undergarments I might be wearing," she said.
Bolkovac presented her book, co-written with Cari Lynn and entitled The Whistleblower: Sexual Trafficking, Military Contractors and One Woman's Fight for Justice, at the U.N. Bookshop at the start of this month.
Her story also inspired a film directed by Larysa Kondracki, entitled "The Whistleblower", which was screened at U.N. headquarters in October 2011, following a special request from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. A panel discussion with senior U.N. officials on violence against women and girls ensued.
On Feb. 14, 2013, Ban delivered a message in support of One Billion Rising, a daylong exclamation that showcased the solidarity and collective strength of women across the globe. The number "one billion" referred to the estimate that one in every three women is raped or beaten in her lifetime.
"The global pandemic of violence against women and girls thrives in a culture of discrimination and impunity," said Ban. "By standing together, we can end violence against women and girls, and build a world where all live free from harassment and fear."
But on the same day as One Billion Rising, another occurrence rattled the gender frameworks. It involved a world renowned Olympian, known as the "Blade Runner", who shot and killed his girlfriend while she sat on the bathroom stall.
Recipe for gender-based violence
Oscar Pistorius is a South African athlete with carbon-fibre racing legs. Once seen as a role model for young amputees, Pistorius fell from grace when he allegedly murdered Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.
This happened shortly after 17-year-old Anene Booysen was gang raped and mutilated to death. The perpetrators abandoned her body at a construction site not far from her home.
Both events brought attention to widespread gender-based violence, the topic of the upcoming Commission on the Status of Women's (CSW) 57th session, to be held at U.N. headquarters Mar. 4-15.
According to a synthesis report entitled "Addressing Inequalities", gender-based violence reflects "unequal power relations between men and women, girls and boys - in the economic, social (including legal) and political spheres.
Dean Peacock, co-founder and executive director of the Sonke Gender Justice Network, told IPS, "In South Africa, like in the U.S., there's a very strong association between gun ownership and manhood."
Bushmaster Firearms International, the same company that produced the .223 calibre semiautomatic rifle used in the mass shooting of a school in Newtown, Connecticut, ran an advertising campaign labelling Bushmaster guns as a "Man Card".
Peacock explained the dangers surrounding notions of masculinity in South Africa, where much of the population suffers from long-term structural unemployment.
"Men face a social expectation and a social pressure to be able to provide for their families - make sure their children can go to school, put food on the table - but they're (often) not able to do that, so they carry around a tremendous sense of failure," he said.
"They internalise and blame themselves for what are structural problems created by our economic policies and (South Africa's) position in the global economy.
Men then compensate for their failure to live up to that pressure by engaging in a range of risky practices that grants them some fleeting sense of either escape or power," he continued.
Many consume alcohol to deal with their sense of failure. "There's also a social expectation generated in a significant part by the world of advertising that men should drink, and that drinking is a mark of being a man," said Peacock.
"So if you (consider) the nexus of alcohol, guns, and - perhaps most importantly - the social pressure and expectation that men be dominant in their relationships with women (and) have the ultimate authority in their relationships and their homes... you've got a recipe for men's violence against women," he explained.
He advocated for psychosocial support for children exposed to violence, as well as policies in the education sector that integrate topics related to gender equality into the curricula.
Peacock also warned of the dangers facing women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations, when there is a lack of legal systems to hold people accountable for their actions.
Gender-based violence and development
The U.N. is currently constructing a new development framework, known as the post-2015 development agenda, to replace the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015.
A public consultation took place online and through social media platforms under the auspices of the U.N. Development Group between September 2012 and January 2013, focused on addressing inequalities.
It culminated with a public dialogue, which featured civil society experts and U.N. officials, who met from Feb 18-19 in Copenhagen.
One reoccurring topic brought up by both the public participants and the experts in discussion was how to incorporate gender-based violence - something that the MDGs failed to address - into the new development framework.


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Maintenance of Certification
MOC is Associated with Better Care
Iglehart JK, Baron RB. Ensuring Physicians' Competence — Is Maintenance of Certification the Answer? N Engl J Med. 2012;367(26):2543-2549.
Reed D, West C, Holmboe ES, Halvorsen A, Lipner RS, Jacobs C, McDonald F. Relationship of Electronic Medical Knowledge Resource Use and Practice Characteristics with Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Examination Scores. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27(8):917-923.
Hess BJ, Weng W, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. The association between physicians' cognitive skills and quality of diabetes care. Acad Med. 2012;87(2):157-63.
Reed DA, West CP, Holmboe ES, Halvorsen AJ, Lipner RS, Jacobs C, McDonald FS. Relationship of electronic medical knowledge resource use and practice characteristics with internal medicine maintenance of certification examination scores. J Gen Int Med. 2012;27(8): 917-923.
Holmboe ES, Wang Y, Meehan TP, Tate JP, Ho SY, Starkey KS, Lipner RS. Association between maintenance of certification examination scores and quality of care for medicare beneficiaries. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(13):1396-1403.
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Hess BJ, Weng W, Lynn LA, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. Setting a fair performance standard for physicians' quality of patient care. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26(5):467-473.
Holmboe ES, Weng W, Arnold GK, Kaplan SH, Normand SL, Greenfields, Hood S, Lipner RS. The comprehensive care project: measuring physician performance in ambulatory practice. Health Serv Res. 2010 December;45(6):1912-33.
Weng W, Hess BJ, Lynn LA, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. Measuring physicians' performance in clinical practice: reliability, classification accuracy, and validity. Eval Health Prof. 2010;33(3):302-20.
Hess BJ, Lynn LA, Holmboe ES, Lipner RS. Toward better care coordination through improved communication with referring physicians. Acad Med. 2009;84(10 Suppl):S109-12.
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One of the biggest theatrical productions of the year, the York Mystery Plays 2012 hark back to the UK's medieval past, and tell the self-declared "greatest story ever told".
Performed throughout August in a spectacular outdoor setting just an hour from Sheffield (and conveniently live-streaming this Saturday), the York Mystery Plays 2012 are vibrant, brilliant theatre on a genuinely epic scale.
Performed in a purpose-built temporary theatre, using the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey as their backdrop, there is certainly something spectacular about the York Mystery Plays 2012. For the first time since 1988, the tradition of Mystery Plays – bible stories performed by a citizen cast to inform the people – has been revived in York, one of England's most famous medieval cities.
The tales told will be familiar to anyone who had a Christian upbringing, or, indeed, anyone who has studied theatre history. But, this production would engage, entertain and dazzle the even most ardent athiest.
With just two professional actors – Ferdinand Kingsley as Jesus and God, and Graeme Hawley as the Devil – the plays continue in the medieval tradition of casting people of the city in all other roles. The scale of this becomes apparent for the first time as Adam and Eve leave the Garden of Eden, when literally hundreds of supporting actors swarm the stage, creating a blaze of colour and exhilaration. Watching people of such vastly differing ages and levels of experience caught in a single moment is truly a beautiful thing, and the directors, Damian Cruden and Paul Burbidge, use this to great effect throughout the show.
The key moments in the plays are brilliantly highlighted by such a vast cast, but the most glittering moments are those in which individuals are allowed to shine. The opening of the plays stand as an excellent example: Kingsley and Hawley play their roles to the perfection. Hawley's Satan stands takes fire from Kingsley, his God, and stares him square in the eyes as he refuses to obey. His banishment to the pits of hell is wonderfully executed with the assistance of the angels. It is notable, then, that Hawley has been nominated for Villain of the Year at the British Soap Awards twice. In this production he reaches the peak of villainy.
The people's cast, however, also provided remarkable performances: those of Harrison Lee, whose Adam was somehow brutal and vulnerable all at once; Edith Kirkwood as Mary Magdalene; and Paul Osborne as surely the most Yorkshire Noah in history all stand out in my memory, and must be commended.
Technically spectacular and performed with such passion and gusto, the York Mystery Plays 2012 are truly something special. Theatre on a truly cinematic scale, it is ironic that they will probably not be half so special when they live-stream on August 11th: there was just something about the atmosphere which could never be reproduced on screen.
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A good year for wheatMINOT, N.D. — The weather didn't always cooperate, but area wheat farmers generally have reason to be happy this fall.
By: Jonathan Knutson, Agweek
MINOT, N.D. — The weather didn't always cooperate, but area wheat farmers generally have reason to be happy this fall.
"We managed to pull off a pretty decent crop," one featuring improving prices, excellent yields and OK though uneven quality, says Neil Fisher, administrator of the North Dakota Wheat Commission.
Spring wheat fared better than durum wheat, the quality of which was hurt by harvest rains.
Fisher was among the speakers at the annual Crop Outlook and International Durum Nov. 9 in Minot, N.D.
About 100 people, including farmers, grain elevator managers and other industry officials, attended the event, sponsored by the North Dakota Wheat Commission and U.S. Durum Growers Association.
Forecasts for widespread rain and snow on Nov. 10 cut into attendance because some wheat producers stayed home to finish harvesting sunflowers, officials said.
Wheat doesn't receive as much attention in North Dakota as it once did. Other crops, particularly corn, are playing bigger roles, and the state's growing energy industry is increasingly prominent.
But wheat remains North Dakota's most important crop — its 2009 wheat crop was valued at $1.8 billion — and agriculture remains the state's dominant industry. Fisher says.
"Agriculture still drives the bus," he says.
Double-digit wheat prices?
The big question at the Minot event — one for which nobody had a good answer — is whether wheat prices will continue to rise.
Spring wheat prices have shot to more than $7 per bushel from about $5 per bushel in the middle of summer, reflecting problems with the Russian wheat crop.
"Everybody's wondering if wheat is going to hit the double digits ($10 or more per bushel)," says Jim Peterson, marketing director for the North Dakota Wheat Commission.
"Time will tell," he says.
Several farmers at the Minot event said privately that they're storing unsold wheat in hopes prices will climb to $10 or higher.
Though world wheat use will set a record this year, there still is a lot of wheat in the world, Peterson and others say.
"But U.S. market share is expected to rise dramatically. It's already happened in some classes. That's a positive for us as we go forward," he says.
The poor Russian wheat crop and the country's subsequent ban on wheat exports have helped U.S. exports, officials say.
"When Russia isn't exporting, we usually get some of the business," says Roger Baker, hard red spring wheat merchandiser for CHS Inc. and a speaker at the Minot event.
Durum market
Durum prices have risen, too.
In early September, they averaged $4.87 at area elevators surveyed weekly by Agweek.
Good-quality durum now brings close to $7 durum per bushel, with low-end durum fetching as little as $3.50 per bushel, Peterson says.
The key durum-producing areas of the United States and Canada were hit with rain during harvest, hurting some of the crop's quality.
Some areas in Canada received as much as 40 inches of rain this year, says Toby Torkelson, vice president for Rayglen Commodities Inc., a grain broker and consulting firm in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and a speaker at the event.
Big crop in region
This year, U.S. farmers harvested 581 million bushels of spring wheat, up from 548 million bushels in 2009, according to information presented at the conference.
North Dakota enjoyed an excellent wheat harvest for the second year in a row. This year, farmers in the state harvested 287 million bushels, the third most on record, down from 290 million a year ago.
Combined, North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana this year harvested 581 million bushels, up from 548 million a year ago.
Montana, which enjoyed plentiful rain this year, led the way, harvesting 105 million bushels this year, up from 71 million a year ago.
Durum farmers in North Dakota and Montana, which together account for about 80 percent of U.S. production of the crop, enjoyed record yields.
North Dakota producers harvested 70.3 million bushels of durum, up from 61.2 million a year ago.
Montana farmers harvested 18.6 million bushels, up from 16.6 million bushels a year ago.
Harvest conditions generally were good for wheat farmers in eastern North Dakota and Minnesota, but producers in parts of western North Dakota and Montana were hurt by rain during harvest, Peterson says.
"We had an excellent production year. We ran into some hiccups in terms of getting the crop off. so we have some issues to work through. But we have a lot of real strong positives in this year's crop, too," he says.
Looking at quality
Spring wheat generally is used to make bread and durum goes for pasta, and buyers are looking for high-quality wheat suited to the products they make.
The quality of this year's spring wheat crop, while good on balance, varies considerably, depending on whether the grain was harvested before or after the September rains, according to the Wheat Commission.
Eighty-five percent of the crop grades as No. 1 Northern Spring, and protein levels, though below their five-year average, are substantially higher than those of a year ago, the Wheat Commission says.
"That's pretty positive," Peterson says
The durum crop
With durum, "Quality is the big issue," Peterson says. "Durum endured more of the September rains than hard red spring wheat."
On balance, the 2010 durum crop is "of average to good quality," according to the Wheat Commission.
However, "diligent buyers will find more than adequate supplies" of high-grade durum, thanks in part to large carryover supplies from 2009, the Wheat Commission says.
"The thing to keep in mind is, the first 60 percent of the (2010) crop is of much better quality than the last 40 percent that was harvested," Peterson says.
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Often, the body's core temperature may go below the normal temperature. This may often affect metabolism and/or body functions. Typically, a person's body may stay at a certain temperature; this may often be done by biologic homeostasis or thermoregulation. In some cases, if the body is open to cold elements for an extended period of time; where the internal organs are not able to reload on heat the core temperature may drop. This may typically be known as hypothermia; one may exhibit signs or symptoms of hypothermia as the body becomes colder. This may be a serious condition if not reversed very quickly.
What are the most common sign and symptoms of hypothermia?
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A person may shiver this typically means the body is trying to warm up, however if the shivering stops this may means the hypothermia is getting worse.
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In some cases, when a patient is diabetic it may be a good idea to look at why the patient became hypothermic in the first place. In some situations, hypothermia may not be the central basis to idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. The reason for the idiopathic thrombocytopenic may be due to what has caused the individual to become hypothermic. The idea of ITP is that there may be no exact known reason even though some believe that ITP is known to be an
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In some cases, the main cause of hypothermia may be from prolonging contact to extremely cold temperatures. Also, an individual may develop hypothermia from cool, damn environments; there may also be cases where an individual's body has become wet which could make the body temperature to drop significantly. If a person does not dress properly such as not covering the arms, head or legs this may often cause hypothermia.
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In some situation, an individual may be completely healthy and still have a body temperature that is low. Now, it may not be a good idea if a person is sick and has a low temperature, it may be time to seek a doctor for an evaluation. Typically, hypothermia may often be described by, an individual's body becoming colder faster than the muscles can contract, shivering and metabolism may heat up the body. This normally is a condition that may need to be seen by a doctor, so that the symptoms can be reversed.
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Doc, you helped me out a few weeks back...questions about impending CT scan of mastoid bone and sinus area.
I've been communicating with an urologist, but I am still puzzled. I need help in understanding out how to understand the microscopic urinalysis results.
I notice "things" floating in my urine - the doctor tested with the following results: WBC 2 to 5 with the lab normal of less than 5. RBC was 0 to 2 with lab normal of less than 3. Mucus was at 2+ (abnormal, no normal range given). Squam epithel finding was "rare", with bacteria also "rare". PH was 5 with a normal range of 5 to 9. Specfic gravity was 1.020 with normal range of 1.003 to 1.030.
Background - I suffer from anxiety and IBS in the past. I was taking DOXYCYCLINE for 2 weeks leading up to urine test for middle ear fluid and tinnitus, so don't see how an infection is in play. CT and MRI of brain normal...they did confirm that I do in fact have a brain...a good thing.
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Luanda — The banking rate in the country in 2012 was set at 23 per cent, when it was estimated at 11 per cent 18 months ago.
This was said to Angop on Friday by the governor of the Angolan National Reserve Bank (BNA), José de Lima Massano, during the year-end greetings ceremony with staff and managers of commercial banks.
According to José de Lima Massano, the growth of Access of the population to banking services was possible with the commitment of the operators of the sector, with emphasis on the commercial banks.
He said that these outcomes must stimulate the operators of the sector in the continuity of the process.
He highlighted the expansion of the banking network that counts on at least 1.155 branches and counters countrywide, while the total deposits grew until November about 10 per cent, with greater representation of the national currency estimated at 52.43 per cent of the total amount.
Regarding credit to the economy, the governor of BNA said that it grew in 19 per cent in the last 12 months.
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Now that we've properly staged the comps, I need to adjust the size of the composition for output. Now, one of these pictures is very low resolution, so I'm going to have to settle with standard definition, and that's okay for this particular project. I knew that going in. The other picture, much higher res, so I have a little more flexibility in designing the output module. Here we go, Stage 3. I'll just go to the Composition Settings, and I could choose from my Presets. Now, this is a very low-res photo.
This is just a small practice image, but I'll stick with NTSC D1 for standard definition broadcast and click OK. That's fine, and this would work for the web as well. In this particular case, we're going to end up scaling up the pixels a bit, but that's all right. It's just a practice image. Our main output here has much higher resolution, so by choosing Composition > Composition Settings, you'll see we have adequate resolution to deliver for HD. I'm going to stick with the 720P, and in this case I'll set the Frame Rate to match what we need, 23.976.
And I can also adjust the Duration of the shot. In talking with the producer, we determined that we needed a 10-second animation, so I might as well set that here. I'll click OK, and it adjusts. Notice it's indicating the cropped area, and you see that it punches in, as opposed to here where we didn't have a high resolution source. You see why it's really important to lobby to get those high-res source materials; otherwise, you end up with gaps or pixel upsampling. I'll just adjust the Comp Settings here real quick, and we'll do a similar Duration of 10 seconds for this project and click OK, and it adjusts the total Duration. These are all set.
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For the knockback problem, I think a character should be able to take a step instead of an attack. It's a logical possibility, and I prefer changing programs to be logical over finding a way around something that shouldn't be a huge setback in the first place. Some of the monsters move during melee, after all.


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Last week the high school varsity girls volleyball, soccer and field hockey all had high hopes for the playoff season, preparing all week for last weekend's games, only to be disappointed in the end for a loss for all three teams.
Perhaps the biggest upset of the weekend, was the varsity girls soccer game, where the girls went into quadruple over-time against Stony Brook at the Dowling Sports Complex. The girls had to appeal in order to get into the playoffs. But on Saturday they were up against Stony Brook, who they tied with last time they played the them, earlier this season.
Soccer coach, Haley Luzim said that the girls played excellent on Saturday. With only 1:48 remaining in the game, Pierson's Katie Osieki scored, but after the girls started celebrating their victory, the referee took back the goal, calling an illegal handball. Luzim said the girls were very upset. The game then went into overtime, where neither team scored in the first two 10 – minute overtime periods and the third 5-minute extra period. They finally lost in the end when Stony Brook eventually scored, 108 minutes into the game. Goalie, Annie Osiecki had five saves on Saturday for Pierson.
The seniors that Luzim will be sad to see go will be Katie Osieki, Alicia Tagliasacchi and Diana Rodriquez.
For Luzim, she said the season started out slow, and the girls were able to develop and improve on their defense, communication and desire to win. In the off-season, she says the girls need to continue to work their ball skills. Luzim is planning to get the girls playing in an indoor soccer league this winter, which will help them with their ball skills and control. In addition, the girls may be attending a soccer camp as a team. This, according to Luzim, will help them build their skills and get in shape for next season.
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The girl's varsity field hockey team also went into overtime on Saturday. They traveled to Patchogue-Medford where they were up against Port Jefferson. The first two halves of the game showed no score for either team and coach Shannon Judge said the team lost 2.5 minutes into overtime off a broken corner.
"After we lost, I told the girls, people expected nothing of us, and we came in fourth in our league," Judge said.
She added that the team actually had the second best record in the league, but they come in fourth because of the power rating.
For next season, the girls will only have three starting positions to fill and coach Judge says she already has the kids that will step in to take those positions. This season was a good one for the team overall, Judge said. Her senior, Samantha Federico beat the school's record of 13, by getting 16 goals this season. Judge said, another senior, Anna Verneuille, a captain and her tenacity as a defender will be missed. Other seniors Dina Silver and Mariah Marienfeld, played an excellent season according to Judge.
The varsity girl's volleyball team shed tears on Friday night after their game in Center Moriches against Shelter Island. Stacey Springer, coach for the varsity team said the girls played really well the first match against their opponents, but lost all three games. "We have to work on mental toughness, the ability wasn't always the issue," she said. She added that the girls needed to have more confidence in themselves. She said now she is trying to get the team to push for clinics, clubs and doing more than just participating in the fall season. She adds that the defense, did a great job, but the offensive side needed to hit a little harder and a little more often, "I feel that's where we lost some of our points, but, she said, "I'm happy they got to have that playoff experience this year." Seniors that won't be returning for Pierson volleyball next year are Danielle Schiavoni, Devan Larson, Brianna Hand, Veronica O'Malley and Luisa Kennefick.


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The U.S. and European Union are continuing to warn Russian President Vladimir Putin about his aggression in Ukraine. Now, they've kicked the country out of the G8 summit, renaming it the G7.
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, senior fellow with The London Center for Policy Research, discussed that and other topics with Capital Insider.
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Get a thorough overview of techniques for creating characters for video games or real-time rendered applications. Author Chris Reilly covers low-poly modeling, texturing and animation, using 3D model and texture assets created in Maya and Adobe Photoshop. The course also includes an overview of Unity 3, including importing characters and making interactive animations with the Script Editor.
So I have some more work off-screen finishing up the controls for the arms. Let's go ahead and work on the head for a little bit. So I will set up controls for the mouth, the eyes, the antenna, and one overall control that will move the whole head around. So go ahead and import some controls. I will just bring up my Outliner so go to Window > Outliner and let's take a look at this main head control here. So this is what I used to rotate the entire head around.
So I am going to constrain this to that neck joint. So, again I just selected the head control, Shift+Select the neck joint, and we will do a Point Constrain and an Orient Constraint. So I am going up to Constrain > Point, with options. Make sure Maintain Offset is checked to keep the orientation of the controls static and click Add and Constrain > Orient. Again let's make sure Maintian Offset is selected and click Add.
So now when I select this head control I can bring up the Rotate tool and I should be able to rotate the entire head around the neck. Okay, that looks good! Let's move onto the eyes. So our eye joints here, we have this central one, which is located in the center of the sphere that forms each eyeball and then this outer one which is located basically over the pupil of the eye. So to set up motion for this I am going to make an IK handle that goes from the center of the eyeball out to the pupil.
So I go to Skeleton > IK Handle Tool, start at the centre of the eyeball, and now it's the pupil. In my Outliner I will just title that ikHandle_Eye_, left and that gets parented to the eye left control, which is this circle right here. So if I select that and use the Move tool I should be able to move that around. So what that's going to do is rotate the sphere around its center point, so that will allow me to have the eyes track back and forth or follow something on screen.
I will do the same thing for the opposite side. So IK handle from the center of the eyeball to the pupil and that gets parented to the eye right control. Now I also want a way to be able to select both eyeballs at once just in case I want them to be looking at something on screen or just not going cross-eyed. So I have set up just a straight NURBS curve here from main EYES control and I am going to parent both the EYE_L and the EYE_R control to that EYES control.
And then finally, since I want to basically have those eye controls move along with any rotations that the head make, I will go ahead and parent that EYES control to HEAD. So now when I go to make rotations with the HEAD, those EYE controls will follow along with it. Okay, let's take a look at the antenna. So for each one of these antenna controls this is actually very similar to the spine. I am just going to do Point and an Orient Constrain reach control.
So I will select the base ANTENNA control and Shift+Select the base antenna joint and Constrain > Point, Constrain > Orient. Same thing for these other two. The right hand side is exactly the same so I will leave that for you to do offscreen.
Now, let's move on to the mouth. So mouth controls are going to be set up very similar to how we structure the eyes. So we are just doing single joint IK handles from the inner jaw to the outer jaw. So set up Skeleton > IK Handle Tool. Drom the inner jaw to the outer jaw. And this one is going to be called ikHandle_Jaw_ L and that gets parented to the JAW_L control.
And the process is exactly the same for all the rest of the JAW controls. So IK Handle tool, from inner to outer jaw. This is ikHandle_Jaw_Top and that gets parented to JAW_TOP. So I will spend some more time finishing up the antenna and the rest of the jaw controls but that's pretty much it as far as rigging controls. In the next video we will just do a couple of cleanup tips before we move on to animation.
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Siding is an attractive and durable material covering the exterior of your home. Most siding comprises the very outside layer of your home's exterior and serves to effectively protect and insulate. There are a number of different factors affecting the cost of installation or repair. Most installation professionals will not separate out the cost of materials from the cost of labor but will instead quote the entire job as one price.
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The Second Annual Andrea Arbuckle Memorial Shootout and Ride the Hide Benefit Bull Bash on Aug. 24 in Litchville showcased local bull riding talent and hosted a silent auction to come to the aid of the Mike Sauer family of Valley City.
Litchville natives Tate and Taryl Smith competed in the Bull Bash in memory of their cousin Annie Arbuckle.
My name is Jake McNeal and I am your new Times-Record sports editor.
I come to Valley City from Portland, Ore., having found a great new opportunity.
But why Valley?
Because Valley City presents a new sports writing adventure, and I wanted to be the sports guy in a small town.
My wish most certainly came true.
Litchville native Tate Smith has organized the 2nd Annual Ride the Hide Bull Bash, to be followed by the Andrea "Annie" Arbuckle Memorial Shootout, on Aug. 24 in Litchville.
A street dance, sponsored by Uncle Dean's Tavern and the Bull Bash, and featuring the Dickinson-based band Outlaw Sippin', will follow the shootout. The Bull Bach will also feature a silent auction for the benefit of the Sauer family.
The late August sun hung over the northwest corner of Shelly Ellig Field for Valley City State's Red-vs.-White, open two-quarter running-clock scrimmage on Aug. 22.
Scores were left uncounted because the scrimmage was to be a showcase of Viking talent.
Freshman Kurtis Walls came in first at quarterback for the White team.
Carl Bjustad, 64, of Sheldon, was identified as the second victim in a fatal truck crash near Litchville Aug. 14.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol said in a release that Bjustad and Allan Tofsrud, 46, of Leeds, were both killed Aug. 14 when their semi trucks collided at the intersection of Highway 46 and Highway 1.
The NDHP said Tofsrud was traveling on Highway 46 and failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Highway 1 and struck Bjustad, who was traveling on Highway 1. Both trucks came to rest in the northeast ditch of the interchange.
Two Valley City auto dealerships are moving, allowing both to continue to grow. Stoudt-Ross Ford plans to build a new facility on Winter Show Road, and Miller Motors will move into the existing Ford building.
Stoudt-Ross Ford owner Steve Ross said it's a great time to be in business in the Valley City area and North Dakota as a whole.
A stray spark caused by discing on the Chuck Reidman farm 14 miles south of Valley City in Scandia Township caused a field fire about 2:26 p.m. Thursday, said Valley City Fire Chief Gary Retterath.
Retterath said Reidman was discing on his farm, when a spark ignited dead grass in a slough. "It wasn't very bad – we wet it down so it wouldn't get into another field," Retterath said.
The fire chief blamed the fire on especially dry conditions.
Read the AP Top 25 poll, which appears regularly on the www.times-online.com web site. The most recent poll was released Aug. 17. Every week college football fans anxiously await the release of the AP Top 25 poll.
The Arc of Barnes County recently presented Hilary Larson, a senior at Minnesota State University-Moorhead, with a $1,000 scholarship to help further her education, said Lavonne Lawrence.
ARC board members Barb Cook and Ken Merkes presented Larson with a check for winning the 2013 Arc of Barnes Scholarship at the August ARC board meeting.
More in Thursday's issue of the Times-Record.
AARP's volunteer operated Tax-Aide program is looking for new volunteers across North Dakota, including Valley City.
Lyle Halvorson, who works for AARP in North Dakota, said Wednesday, "We did have a volunteer in Valley City, but she retired."
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Virtual Economies and Currencies:
Additional IRS Guidance Could Reduce Tax Compliance Risks
GAO-13-516: Published: May 15, 2013. Publicly Released: Jun 17, 2013.
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Transactions within virtual economies or using virtual currencies could produce taxable income in various ways, depending on the facts and circumstances of each transaction. For example, transactions within a "closed-flow" virtual currency system do not produce taxable income because a virtual currency can be used only to purchase virtual goods or services. An example of a closed-flow transaction is the purchase of items to use within an online game. In an "openflow" system, a taxpayer who receives virtual currency as payment for real goods or services may have earned taxable income since the virtual currency can be exchanged for real goods or services or readily exchanged for governmentissued currency, such as U.S. dollars.
Virtual economies and currencies pose various tax compliance risks, but the extent of actual tax noncompliance is unknown. Some identified risks include taxpayers not being aware that income earned through virtual economies or currencies is taxable or not knowing how to calculate such income. Because of the limited reliable data available on their size, it is difficult to determine how significant virtual economy and currency markets may be or how much tax revenue is at risk through their usage. Some experts with whom we spoke indicated a potential for growth in the use of virtual currencies.
Beginning in 2007, IRS assessed the tax compliance risks from virtual economies, and in 2009 posted information on its website on the tax consequences of virtual economy transactions. However, IRS has not provided taxpayers with information specific to virtual currencies because of other priorities, resource constraints, and the need to consider the use of these recently-developed currencies, according to IRS officials. By not issuing guidance, IRS may be missing an opportunity to address virtual currency tax compliance risks. Given the uncertain extent of noncompliance with virtual currency transactions, formal guidance, such as regulations, may not be warranted. According to IRS officials, formal guidance requires extensive review, which adds to development time and cost. However, IRS may be able to develop more timely and less costly informal guidance, which, according to IRS officials, requires less extensive review and can be based on other existing guidance. An example is the information IRS provides to taxpayers on its website on the tax consequences of virtual economy transactions. Posting such information would be consistent with IRS's strategy for preventing and minimizing taxpayers' noncompliance by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities.
Why GAO Did This Study
Recent years have seen the development of virtual economies, such as those within online role-playing games, through which individual participants can own and exchange virtual goods and services. Within some virtual economies, virtual currencies have been created as a medium of exchange for goods and services. Virtual property and currency can be exchanged for real goods, services, and currency, and virtual currencies have been developed outside of virtual economies as alternatives to government-issued currencies, such as dollars. These innovations raise questions about related tax requirements and potential challenges for IRS compliance efforts.
This report (1) describes the tax reporting requirements for virtual economies and currencies, (2) identifies the potential tax compliance risks of virtual economies and currencies, and (3) assesses how IRS has addressed the tax compliance risks of virtual economies and currencies.
To accomplish these objectives, GAO reviewed tax laws, IRS guidance and program documents, federal program internal control guidance, and interviewed IRS officials and knowledgeable experts on the topics.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that IRS find relatively low-cost ways to provide information to taxpayers, such as on its website, on the basic tax reporting requirements for virtual currencies. In commenting on a draft of this report, IRS agreed with our recommendation.
For more information, contact James R. White at (202) 512-9110 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Recommendation for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: On March 25, 2014, IRS issued Notice 2014-21 to describe how existing general tax principles apply to transactions using virtual currencies developed and used outside of virtual currencies, referring to bitcoin as an example of such a currency. The notice is a relatively low-cost way to provide such information, in that it is brief (6 pages) and in the form of answers to 16 frequently asked questions, most of which refer to existing IRS publications and form instructions. The notice provides basic tax reporting requirements information, including that virtual currency is treated as property for federal tax purposes and that when a taxpayer successfully "mines" virtual currency, the fair market value of the virtual currency as of the date of receipt is includible in gross income.
Recommendation: To mitigate the risk of noncompliance from virtual currencies, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue should find relatively low-cost ways to provide information to taxpayers, such as the web statement IRS developed on virtual economies, on the basic tax reporting requirements for transactions using virtual currencies developed and used outside virtual economies.
Agency Affected: Department of the Treasury: Internal Revenue Service
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Electricity Generation Projects:Additional Data Could Improve Understanding of the Effectiveness of Tax ExpendituresGAO-15-302: Published: Apr 28, 2015. Publicly Released: May 28, 2015.
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Internal Revenue Service:Observations on IRS's Operations, Planning, and ResourcesGAO-15-420R: Published: Feb 27, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 3, 2015.
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Identity Theft and Tax Fraud:Enhanced Authentication Could Combat Refund Fraud, but IRS Lacks an Estimate of Costs, Benefits and RisksGAO-15-119: Published: Jan 20, 2015. Publicly Released: Feb 19, 2015.
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Tax-Exempt Organizations:Better Compliance Indicators and Data, and More Collaboration with State Regulators Would Strengthen Oversight of Charitable OrganizationsGAO-15-164: Published: Dec 17, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 17, 2014.
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Tax Filing Season:2014 Performance Highlights the Need to Better Manage Taxpayer Service and Future RisksGAO-15-163: Published: Dec 16, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2014.
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Individual Retirement Accounts:IRS Could Bolster Enforcement on Multimillion Dollar Accounts, but More Direction from Congress Is NeededGAO-15-16: Published: Oct 20, 2014. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2014.
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New Markets Tax Credit:Better Controls and Data Are Needed to Ensure EffectivenessGAO-14-500: Published: Jul 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2014.
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Leeds City Council has been granted indefinite injunctions against the travellers on Wortley Heights, Armley Gyratory and Hedley Chase.
At Leeds County Court yesterday (Monday 26 March) the injunction was granted for the three sites after a run of encampments in the area sparked concerns for local residents.
The injunction will stop the specific gypsy and travellers families who have been unlawfully camping on the three sites in close succession from doing so in the future.
The council have pursued the injunction route as an alternative measure to break the circle of encampments in close succession on public land. This will save the council from having to apply for eviction orders at these sites in the future., and therefore save money.
Councillor Peter Gruen, Leeds City Council executive board member with responsibility for neighbourhoods and housing said:
"This is an excellent result, and seeks to further make clear the council's stance on unlawful encampments.
"We have been working hard to reduce the number of encampments across the city on public land, and this injunction is another step forward. In these specific areas there were a number of encampments in quick succession which caused disruption and concerns for the local community, and therefore needed to be tackled.
"This injunction will help to save us money in the long term, as we are not having to continually serve eviction notices to travellers who move between sites in a local area."
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Looking at the future of Annapolis County and its three towns
© Lawrence Powell
A packed meeting in Bridgetown in late August of 2012 took a reading on how local people feel about municipal governance. Peter Nicholson, left, moderated the meeting which included three panellists who spoke on the subject. The consensus of the meeting was for change from the status quo.
By Anne Crossman
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Now that the New Year is here, it's time to move onwards in our goal to have a better governance model for our area.
When we started this "process" last summer with the Future Forum in August, we hoped that other electors in Annapolis County were ready to talk about different ways of doing things in our municipalities. Over 150 people came to that meeting and said, quite clearly, that they were ready to discuss and move forward with some action
Here we are again – ready and willing to move on.
Before we do that, it would be good to see what's been accomplished since last August. This is what it looks like through our eyes –
October's municipal elections were the most exciting in recent memory. Eight of the 11 county districts were contested, as were all mayoral and council seats in both Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal. Several districts and all of our towns held all-candidates meetings, many for the first time ever. There are new faces around the council tables. Candidates, who campaigned for changes in governance structure, leading to better services for county residents, were among them.
There has been an Annapolis County council meeting with Annapolis Royal council. There is a meeting being scheduled with Annapolis County council and Middleton council. There will be one with Bridgetown (which is really brand new) later this spring. There have been the Mayors and Warden meeting in the past but they have not always been productive.
Our county is now recording its meetings. There is talk of broadcasting (in some fashion or other) their meetings so all can see and hear what transpires. At present these recordings are for the use of council and staff only. However, anyone can now record proceedings including reporters. We hope this trend of public accountability continues and we see either webcasting or video available online. Further we note that The Annapolis Spectator now has a reporter at both the county's committee of the whole and the regular council meetings. We commend The Spectator for doing this.
The very tone of Annapolis County council meetings has changed – the bullying seems to have diminished considerably. There are councillors who are declaring a conflict of interest now. The committees are in the process of being changed and updated – some new ones being formed and others being dropped. Many councillors are meeting with their constituents to hear what their concerns are and are bringing those concerns to the table. While this did happen before, there seems to be more willingness to hear about these. There is time now at the beginning of each regular council meeting for recognition or kudos to be handed out by each councillor. Staff is being treated with respect and thanked appropriately.
So we'd certainly like to continue seeing the openness and spirit of cooperation and to that end we'd like to suggest that our councils start looking at different models which might better serve our community. The Region of Queens has shown how two municipal governments cooperated, creating a better model to serve its people. An extensive public consultation came first, resulting in savings, improved services and infrastructure. What is more, a new attitude emerged: the idea that a gain anywhere in the region is a gain for the entire region.
We feel the most important step is, with support from the province and without preconditions, to create an arms-length committee. Its task will be to seek public input, crunch the numbers and then determine what Annapolis County's optimal governance structure would look like. This must be an honestly open and demonstrably transparent process grounded in a clear-eyed view of what lies ahead.
And to that end, we will be starting the organization for Future Forum II to be held in March. Look for AFC Updates soon as well.
Anne Crossman is from Centrelea and Heather LeBlanc is from Granville Ferry. They are with Annapolis Future Committee, a group looking at moving towards regional municipal governance.


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Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins on verge of first British win
Bradley Wiggins is poised to become the first Briton to win the Tour de France after victory in Saturday's time trial.
Only an accident, stopping Wiggins, 32, from finishing Sunday's final stage in Paris, will prevent him from winning.
He now leads Chris Froome by three minutes, 21 seconds after beating his Team Sky team-mate in the 53.5km race.
"Today was a superb performance," said Wiggins. "I really wanted to get out there and finish with a bang. Fortunately I managed to do that."
He added: "It's the stuff of dreams to win the final time-trial and seal the Tour.
"I was thinking of my wife, children, grandfather, nan with about 20 kilometres to go. It sounds cheesy, but your whole life is for this and the reason I got into cycling as a kid was today."
It was a stunning performance from the Londoner who finished one minute and 16 seconds ahead of fellow Brit Froome in a blistering time of 1:04.13 to win his second stage of this year's Tour, the stage 19 time-trial to Chartres.
"As we saw he's stronger than me," said Froome. "I'm very happy. The [Team Sky] goal this year was to win the Tour with Bradley. To be second is an added plus."
"Congratulations @bradwiggins. That's been an inspirational display of athleticism & ambition. You are one of the greats of cycling"
Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford briefly let his guard down after the race. "It is a very proud moment," he said. "Bar anything silly we can start thinking about winning this race now."
"I would never have said we could do it if I didn't believe that. We had done our homework, we knew what Bradley was capable of and what the British team is capable of. Today is all about Bradley and what a fantastic champion.
"As we know, we are lucky to have Chris and Bradley in the same team. But this was a tour that suited Bradley, he's climbing well and his time trials are off the scale. That shows why we stuck with Bradley.
"It`s a lot easier to manage two good riders than two bad ones."
Wiggins, a three-time Olympic track champion, began the individual time-trial from Bonneval with an advantage of two minutes five seconds over Froome and he cemented his reputation as the best time-trial cyclist in the world with victory.
He now heads into Sunday's 120km 20th stage from Rambouillet to the Champs-Elysees in Paris knowing he should return home victorious.
Froome is also on the verge of history - no Briton has finished on the Tour podium in 98 previous editions, with Wiggins' 2009 fourth place equalling Robert Millar's 1984 best. Now there are set to be two.
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali is set to complete the top three despite finishing 3'38" behind Wiggins on stage 19.
I'm a little disappointed because I thought Bradley would have won by a greater distance. Seriously though I am so pleased. This year's course suited Bradley and he rode it perfectly. A few years ago I don't think anyone could have imagined we would have a British winner, never mind the top two on the podium. It confirms this is not going to be a flash in the pan and with Froome there's a legacy
The Liquigas rider is 6'19" adrift of Wiggins in the overall standings, almost four minutes clear of fourth-placed Belgian Jurgen van den Broeck.
The challenge of defending champion Cadel Evans faded in the Pyrenees mountains and the Australian, who has been troubled by illness, fell further back on the time trail.
Despite the final riders going out at three minute intervals, Evans was overtaken by his BMC Racing team-mate Tejay van Garderen with 20km of the time trial remaining and took 5'54" longer than Wiggins to drop once place to seventh, 15'51" back.
As well as being the display which all but secured the yellow jersey, Wiggins' was a performance which augured well for the Olympic road race on 28 July and the time-trial on 1 August.
Wiggins, Froome and Garmin rider David Millar, who all won stages on this year's Tour, will combine to try and help world road race champion Mark Cavendish win the road race in London in seven days.
Wiggins and Froome will then compete for gold in the time trial.
Before that though Cavendish, who won stages two and 18, will be seeking to complete a stunning Tour de France for Britain on Sunday's processional stage, usually contested by the sprinter.
The 27-year-old Manxman has completed the Tour three times and won on the Champs-Elysees on each occasion - in 2009, 2010 and 2011 - and it is likely that Team Sky will be leading out Cavendish on the French capital's most famous boulevard.
Stage 19 result:
1. Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky 1:04'13"
2. Christopher Froome (GB) Team Sky @ 1'16"
3. Luis-Leon Sanchez (Spa) Rabobank @ 1'50"
4. Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma @ 2'02"
5. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky @ 2'25"
Overall standings after stage 19:
1. Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky 84hrs 26mins 31 secs
2. Christopher Froome (GB) Team Sky @ 3'21"
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas @ 6'19"
4. Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol @ 10'15"
5. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC @ 11'04"
Comment number 21. Posted by Blythespiritson 21 Jul 2012 16:51
Wiggins Froome and Cavendish have shown themselves as superb athletes. Many of the race finishes have been enthralling this year. Yesterday's win by Cavendish was totally amazing and today Wiggins reigned supreme. This years TDF has been rivetting. Brilliant!
Comment number 19. Posted by Surely noton 21 Jul 2012 16:49
At last we are taking sport seriously
Lottery funding i.e. INVESTMENT, has been shown to work
Remember British athletes selling their kit to fund travel ?
Token PR stunts with plastic hockey sticks ?
There were never 'glorious' amateurs. Only neglected, frustrated people wanting to do their best
Make sport a central part of British life by INVESTING in it and just reap the benefits.
Comment number 18. Posted by 1L19on 21 Jul 2012 16:48
A truly deserved win for a winning team of amazing cyclists. After decades of watching TDF I have less than a day to wait to see a Brit rider win and another get second place, fantastic.
Comment number 15. Posted by wilberon 21 Jul 2012 16:46
I am 65 years old and have followed the TDF every year for ages.
I just cannot believe what is happening !!!
British cyclists in first and second
I hope Tommy Simpson is looking down from on high and seeing just what he started coming to a truly brilliant fruition
Well done Bradley and Chris and ALL the supporting Team sky riders .
you have made me cry with total delight .
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They will give you a hemispherical shape.
In my opinion an elliptical shape is preferable. For this I suggest you use a home made Styrofoam "fan" form. Cheap and easy to to do.
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It's the "indispensable" tool invented, I think, by Hendo. It comes in lots of flavors, including ones with clamps, although I'm a little dubious about that. Here's one by Pizza Bob that has a variable length, so you can use it to make elliptical section domes:
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If you are a novice brick layer when you start this project the tool is true to its name. It is indispensible. Now that I have laid 3 courses I think I probably could do it without the tool based on the practice that I have had. It helps to maintain the correct angles so your dome will be the shape you envisioned it. There are many variations on the tool, I find the clamp is helpful. I am hoping to be done with my dome by the end of March ( I was also hoping to eat wood fired pizza for the super bowl, but that one didn't happen)message me when you are ready to get started.
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