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The move comes after India recently lifted duties, which hit as much as 550%, on imported alcohol including French wine and Scottish whisky.
However, the EU has expressed annoyance that India has chosen to raise its basic duty on wine from 100% to 150%.
It is unknown if the US, which made a similar WTO case, will follow suit.
The three member WTO panel investigating the EU's complaint can stay in place for up to a year while the complaint is suspended.
"The European Commission will now continue to monitor the situation on the ground to make sure that no new discriminations appear at state level," the Commission said in a statement.
The Indian Finance Ministry reduced its additional duties to between 20% and 75% on imported beer and wine and between 25% and 150% on imports of distilled spirits.
The raising of basic duty on wine to 150% is still within India's WTO limit.
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We had the modem die at our Texas office last Friday, and because the account was linked to people no longer with the company and we didn't have the answer to the security question, it was a bit of a hassle getting things back up.
What methods do you use in keeping records of these kinds of things so that the torch can be passed or delegated, but still have it secure enough that random employee A doesn't access it?
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Jul 19, 2010 at 11:55 UTC
We use an Access database that is on a private share for the IT Department & password protected. It just keeps simple information like IP addresses, phone numbers, serial numbers, passcodes etc.
We also have a consistent password/security answer that use for our service accounts.
Jul 19, 2010 at 11:56 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
Sounds like this is rather unstructured data and that scream... WIKI to me. Any ad-hoc data like that we put in a wiki. We use DokuWiki and we can lock down pages by job role.
Jul 19, 2010 at 11:59 UTC
We keep most of that data in the IT Services section of SpiceWorks. We use role based accounts and have distribution groups set up for the registered email addresses. If someone leaves we make sure someone current gets those emails. In most cases it means we can do a forgot password and get the email.
Jul 19, 2010 at 12:27 UTC
docu wiki
Jul 19, 2010 at 12:40 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
docu wiki
Jul 19, 2010 at 12:46 UTC
Thanks a lot everyone. I'm thinking I'll be going the Wiki route, or at least heavily considering it, as it's not necessarily just IT services that could be needed in something like this. Checking out the DokuWiki page now. I'll probably work on getting the IT specific stuff into Spiceworks as well for easy access.
Jul 19, 2010 at 2:48 UTC
Niagara Technology Group (NTG) is an IT service provider.
The nice thing about DokuWiki is that it requires no database so it is VERY easy to move around, backup and support.
Jul 20, 2010 at 6:38 UTC
Keepass. Security information, passwords and the like are stored in Keepass and referenced by a wiki.
Jul 20, 2010 at 7:52 UTC
+1 for Keypass. When I went on vacation last month, I uploaded the latest version to SharePoint in a secure area and let my manager know where it was located and what the access password was.
Jul 20, 2010 at 1:49 UTC
Excel PW protected spreadsheet on a private IT share. But based on this convo I'm going to check out KeePass and DocuWiki to see if there's any benefit to going that route...
Jul 20, 2010 at 2:11 UTC
+1 for Keepass. We use it to track all our login info for various devices and websites, etc. I'm investigating DocuWiki based on SAM's suggestion to a question I posted regarding documenting systems.
Jul 20, 2010 at 4:58 UTC
We use a product called SecretServer. It keeps most anything we want in it in an encrypted fashion.
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A community farm has secured its future by smashing its fundraising target.
Sutton Community Farm, based in Wallington, grows a variety of organic vegetables and fruit and distributes them in a delivery scheme. Six weeks ago the farm launched a campaign to raise £15,000 in order to make the necessary investments to become sustainable.
The crowdfunding scheme attracted more than 200 backers who donated between £5 and £1,500 to raise a £17,172. The money will be spent on marketing the farm so it can complete with other national vegetable box delivery schemes.
Laura Jean Sargent, manager of the farm's VegBag scheme, said: "We've been overwhelmed by the generosity and support of our community and funders both near and far. It's a true testament to the growing attitude towards the overall importance of truly local food and one that we can all be proud of."
The farm's campaign to promote locally grown, seasonal produce has been backed by top chefs and celebrities including Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Lorraine Pascale. Ms Pascale said: "I'm a huge advocate of eating sustainably grown produce and always incorporate fresh and organic vegetables into my recipes.
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Computer-Age Tots Trading Building Blocks for Software
By JOSHUA MILLS
Published: February 13, 1994
David Caropresi, who is 3, sits on a raised stenographer's chair in his family's upstairs office, using the computer to play with dinosaur software, clicking the computer's mouse to make things happen.
He has used the program since he was 26 months old, and "by the time he was 2 1/2, he could name six or seven dinosaurs -- before he could count to 10," said his mother, Christine Caropresi, a corporate relocation specialist in Wexford, Pa.
David still has some difficulty moving the mouse where he wants it, she said, but no problems exploring the software at his own speed. And he is allowed to play in the office by himself. Literate Before Reading
Call it lapware or totware, computer software is rushing to embrace younger children -- and vice versa. Designed expressly for 2-year-olds to 6-year-olds, the programs rely heavily on sound to provide direction and encouragement.
Is a generation emerging that will be computer literate before it is literate? Many people seem to think so.
"When they use these new programs, children are thinking, doing all the things we would like children to do," said Sue Bredekamp, director of professional development at the National Association for the Education of Young Children, in Washington. "And for young children, computers are really a social activity. Children will interact in pairs, even in threes and fours. It's very different from the adult experience of computing."
Twenty-five percent to 30 percent of American families have a computer at home. Just how many of the nation's 80,000 licensed preschool programs have computers is not certain, Ms. Bredekamp said, but it is a sizable fraction.
"You can sense the trend, the excitement," she said.
As more nursery schools invest in computers, some educators say they see a variety of benefits in getting an early start on high technology. "Computer literacy is not something that happens suddenly when you're 12," said Barbara T. Bowman, vice president for programs at the Erikson Institute for Advanced Study in Child Development, a research center in Chicago. "It's a long process."
Yet it is not all blue skies in the world of preschool computing. Some educators say they simply do not understand the rush.
"Computers are an extra, they're fun, but the school's time and money can be better spent on other things," said Linda Jo Platt, director of the Community Nursery School in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. "Children learn by touching and feeling and holding. I'd rather hand them a puzzle."
In addition to her nursery school duties, Ms. Platt is a member of her village's school board. "By the time they leave our schools, they absolutely need computer literacy to succeed," she said. "But I don't see how 4-5-6's need it."
Many people in education and the computer business also worry that because computing is distributed unequally at the preschool level, technology will reinforce the gap between affluent and poorer communities.
"Middle-class kids have computers at home; they have time to play and explore," said Dr. Bowman of the Erikson Institute. "Poor kids are simply not exposed to that. When children in both groups reach 13, you'll see striking differences."
While many after-school and community-center programs provide access to computers, the efforts are not adequate to close the gap, she said, because "most kids rotate through these programs for a half-hour a couple of times a week." A Wide Following
Software publishers say that while middle- and upper-income families are embracing computing, it is growing among the less affluent as well. Rod Turner, who until last week was president and chief executive of the software company Knowledge Adventure in La Crescenta, Calif., said that at focus groups with parents "we have a broad mix of racial and economic groups," adding, "People on more limited income still really want to do the best they can for their children and they are very price conscious."
Children's software generally sells for $29 to $59.
Whatever concerns may exist, computing among the very young is clearly surging, pushed along by changes in hardware and software. More than a third of computers sold to homes in recent months contained a compact-disk player and speakers that provide sophisticated sound. This encourages software companies to develop programs that rely on sound, rather than words on screen, to engage young users.
And because compact disks have a far greater storage capacity than floppy diskettes or even hard drives, designers can load up their software with pictures and animation, as well as sound, all of which contain more data than text.
"The hardware enabling is the key," said Harry Wilker, vice president of publishing at Broderbund Software Inc., which is based in Novato, Calif., and is one of the biggest producers of children's software. "Sound is getting cheaper and better, video is getting more sophisticated, and that promotes and enables a software push."
Many educators say the software companies are making the most of the opportunity.
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Nicholas MeyerScreenwriter and Director
Nicholas Meyer was born in New York City, the son of a psychoanalyst and a concert pianist. He attended the University of Iowa, home of the famous Writers Workshop.
Meyer's award-winning teleplays for ABC's Judge Dee & Monastery Murders and CBS's Night That Panicked America launched his screenwriting career, though the WGA strike of 1973 caused him to set aside screenwriting and try his hand at novels. Target Practice was published in March 1974 and won an Edgar nomination. It was followed four months later by his Sherlock Holmes pastiche, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which remained on the NY Times Bestseller list for 40 weeks and won the British Gold Dagger award for crime fiction.
Meyer's screenplay for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976. The film starred Nicole Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave.
In 2015 IDW published the graphic novel version of the book in five installments.
Meyer's directing debut – from his own screenplay – occurred in 1979 with Time After Time, starring Malcolm MacDowell and David Warner. The film introduced Mary Steenburgen.
This was followed by Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan (1982) and The Day After, (1983) ABC's nuclear-themed movie, which remains the single most watched television film ever made, nominated for fourteen Emmys. Its controversial telecast drew over one hundred million viewers.
Subsequent Meyer novels include two other Holmes pastiches, The West End Horror, (1976) and The Canary Trainer (1993); also Black Orchid (co-authored with Barry Jay Kaplan) (1977) and Confessions of a Homing Pigeon (1981).
Other directing credits include Volunteers, starring Tom Hanks and John Candy (1986), The Deceivers, starring Pierce Brosnan (1988), Company Business, starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryishnikov (1991), Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country, starring Christopher Plummer (1992) and the HBO film, Vendetta, (1999), starring Christopher Walken.
Other screenplays include Sommersby, starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster (1993) and contributions to the Dreamworks animated feature, Prince of Egypt.
His screenplay, The Informant, based on Gerald Seymour's novel, Field of Blood, won the PEN award for Best Teleplay, 1999.
His screenplay for the novel The Human Stain by Philip Roth, starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, was released October 31, 2003.
His screenplay, Elegy, (based on Roth's novella, The Dying Animal), was released in August of 2008. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Saarsgard.
Recently completed screenplays include an adaptation Dan Simmons' novel, The Crook Factory, for Johnny Depp, and his two part miniseries, Houdini, aired over Labor Day 2014. Meyer's script was nominated for a WGA award and the series was nominated for seven Emmys.
His Hollywood memoir, The View from the Bridge, was published by Viking in 2009.
Currently he is writing I Medici, starring Dustin Hoffman for RAI TV (Italy) and a new television series, FREUD – The Secret Casebook, in partnership with Frank Spotnitz, (X-Files, The Man In the High Castle).
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by AmberBeer, Aug 28, 2013.
No duh.
I don't disagree but there are only a few teams in the league that can withstand the injuries that the cowboys have had on both lines and one of them is SF.
Just to play the devils advocate here: I believe the best DT didn't play last year cause of foot injury, got into a heated argument with the OWNER then got a DUI after another player on the team died and another is on his way to jail (Brent).......So I dont see how people call RATLIFF the best DT on the team,,,he hasnt played enough to be called a player on the team......unless you are talking about someone else.
The TEAM and most of the FANS knew then and know now RATLIFF is a HEADCASE who doesnt want to play....yet, is enjoying cashing Jerry Jones checks every week while not earning any of it.......as far as the 2nd year player your talking about, I am assume your talking about Crawford...and yes that one hurts,, good guy, great potential....but like Matt Johnson does no good if you cant get on the field.
But the bottom line the Cowboys GM off season moves continues to plague this team.....Jerry Jones claimed the strength of the Defense was the DL ....what a just joke, then there are those trying to claim he drafted 2 first round OL in the last years.....which is factually true....but then he compliments them with marginal to serviceable at time backups players that other team cut... so in realty Cowboys OL has 2 first round OLmen. 2 backup guards (Benny and livingston) who once apon a time started on a Dallas team and then Doug Free who was giving a crazy money and just fail off a cliff. But the Cowboys do have a top 6 pick and 50million CB in the back field......
I get what you saying tho....I am just playing devils advocate here...... Championships are won in the trenches,,,,ask Emmitt, ask Troy.....ask the Redskins HOGs. As Ray Lewis who had Tony Saragusa and Nagata as nose tackles,...... its the foundation that builds championships.....ala 17 years and counting for Jerry Jones Cowboys.[/quote]
I have 3 super bowl rings in the 90s that says you can build a great offensive line without a high round pick. That is what world Jerry has been living in. I can't say I blame him either. Not to mention he has spared no cent to invest in the OL coach for the last 5 + years. He should be getting a bit more than he has in all honesty.
The starting DL was supposed to be Spencer, Ratliff, Hatcher, and Ware.
By my count, that is 2 1st rounders, a 3rd rounder, and a 7th rounder.
Then, they had an injured 3rd round backup. Another 4th round backup. An UDFA in Bass, and then another 7th rounder in Lissemore. Then, a FA in Hayden.
By comparison, the cornerbacks have come from a 1st round pick (with a trade up), a FA, a 5th round pick, a 4th round pick, and a FA.
All of the starting DL mentioned are over 30. The investments were made a while back. Not a lot has been invested on the DL in recent years.
Two of those mentioned (the two 1st rounders) were also drafted as OLBs. That is not drafting DLinemen. That is drafting Linebackers. They merely shifted to DL in a different scheme.
As far as CB goes, Dallas has invested two 1st round picks in the last 6 drafts. They have also invested 4 5th round picks and a 4th during that time. On top of that, they have spent the biggest Blue Chip FA investment in recent years on a CB. They could have instead gone after one of the two Blue Chip Guards.
I think the two recent 1st round OL picks are a positive step, but I agree with the original thesis that the Cowboys have under-invested in the OL/DL in recent years. By comparison, they have over-invested (in my opinion) at RB, WR, TE and CB. I think you could make an argument for over-investing in OLB too. Fortunately, some of those players are now DLinemen.
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I've yet to hear one convincing argument that the Cowboys undervalue OL. From 2003-9, they drafted Al Johnson, Jacob Rogers, Stephen Peterman, James Marten and Robert Brewster in either the 2-3 rounds. Had the Cowboys only hit on two of these guys, then we're not having all of these discussions about OL problems.
But they didn't hit on two of these. Along with a lot of other draft picks.
So is it ignoring the lines or just being so poor at drafting them that they stink because of players selected?
I suspect you know the answer to that.
I think it's clearly the latter: they've misevaluated not under valued.
Not the latter of the former. That's a when did you stop beating your wife question? Plenty of teams miss on players. If you say stink then they stink. How about not evaluating the OL and elsewhere for that matter very well. If you consistently don't draft well then you'll become a mediocre team at best. That's as much the truth or more now as it was in 1995-2000 and beyond.
Packers have a terrible OL and a just a decent DL -- but not for lack of investment:
2007 1st Round - Justin Harrel (DT)
2009 1st Round - BJ Raji (NT)
2010 1st Round - Bulaga (OT)
2011 1st Round - Sherrod (OT)
2012 2nd Round - Worthy (DE)
2013 1st Round - Datone Jones (DE)
Their problem isn't the investment -- it's the fact that 3 out of 4 of the most recent guys are out for the season.
Neither Bulaga or Sherrod had any injury histories in college, however, both have missed the majority of their NFL careers to date due to season ending injuries.
At the end of the day, luck plays a part in the NFL
I think it pretty clear that moving up to take Claiborne last year was a mistake. They could have dropped down and picked up online and dline or stayed put and picked up dline at the least.
I'm not saying Claiborne will not be a player, I'm saying they overvalued the depth across both lines last year and it is haunting this team right now.
I somehow missed Mankins, so excuse my prior information. They've drafted 4 OL in the 3rd round or higher. Mankins and Solder were first rounders in '05, and '11 (the same year we drafted Smith). It's not like the Patriots were spending a lot of first rounders on OL. They started a little earlier, but still since 2002 (realignment) they've spent the exact same number of first rounders on OL as we have. And again, even less on OL 3rd round and up. Our guys just didn't pan out (remember we spent a 3rd round on guys like Brewster).
But yeah. We suck at evaluating OL.
Until Claiborne has had a chance to prove himself it's impossible to draw the conclusion you make.
Moving up to draft Claiborne had nothing to do with the valuation of the depth of our lines. It had everything to do with getting the 2nd highest rated player on their board and a player they thought would be an impact player at his position.
I'm sure this has been pointed out, but there are 9 starters in "the trenches". Four of ours are first round picks. One cost us a third (another would be starter cost us a third but was injured) and one cost us a fourth. Oh, and another would be starter is a one time pro bowler. How on earth is that not "building" around the trenches?
Our lines may or may not be great, but it isn't because of a lack of using resources on the positions. It may, however, have to do with having 3 guys out with injuries without playing a single game yet.
The draft is an evaluation of the entire team depth and impact should both be taken into consideration.
Claiborne may have been drafted for the impact they thought he would make the fact of the matter was the Cowboys had just signed Carr, Jenkins was still on the team and the team also had a good third corner in Scandrick. And let's face it Claiborne was an average cornerback last year he did not have the impact they were hoping for.
Will Claiborne make the leap we are hoping for? I don't know, but certainly hope so.
Last years draft was deep in online and dline and I flat out think they made a mistake on draft day.
Investing in the offensive line and making do with a junk bond quarterback has been the franchise strategy for the Kansas City Chiefs for a long time. How has that worked out for them?
If anyone really thought Rat was going to start we should all question your sanity. I told my friend last year we would never see him again. Perfect example of a guy who QUIT after the payday..Regardless of the reason, he got paid and then NEVER again was the same. He's hurt the BOYZ more than he's ever helped...


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"The Fifteenth Amendment", an 1870 print celebrating the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in February 1870, and the advancements that African-Americans had made as a result of the Civil War.
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- Book labelled "Holy Bible".
- 5. "Education will prove the Equality of the Races"
- Schoolroom scene with Black woman schoolteacher.
- 6. "Liberty Protects the Marriage Altar"
- Double wedding scene.
- 7. "Celebration of Fifteenth Amendment, May 19th, 1870"
- (at center) Large vignette of black parade with drums and mounted men leading marchers on foot, viewed by a friendly white audience.
- 8. "The Ballot Box is open to us"
- Black man casting secret ballot.
- 9. "Our representative Sits in the National Legislature"
- Floor of Congress scene, presumably depicting Sen. Hiram Revels sitting at his desk as other Blacks watch from the galleries.
- 10. "The Holy Ordinances of Religion are free"
- Black church scene with Black preacher.
- 11. "Freedom unites the Family Circle"
- Domestic scene.
- 12. "We will protect our Country as it defends our Rights"
- Black military unit parading past cheering white spectators.
- 13. "We till our own Fields"
- Two black men reaping grain.
- 14. "The Right of Citizens of the U.S. to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the U.S. or any State on account of Race, Color, or [previous] Condition of Servitude - 15th Amendment"
- Quill pen(?) and scroll of Constitution of the United States.
Edited from image http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3g00000/3g02000/3g02300/3g02399u.tif on the Library of Congress website.
Bibliographic information found at LoC site:
TITLE: The Fifteenth amendment
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Kelly (T.)--Fifteenth amendment (A size) (A size) [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-2399 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-36272 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Parade surrounded by portraits and vignettes of Black life, illustrating rights granted by the 15th amendment.
MEDIUM: 1 print on wove paper : lithograph with watercolor ; 25.2 x 31.4 cm.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: N.Y. : Published & printed by Thomas Kelly, 17 Barclay St., c1870.
CREATOR: Kelly, Thomas, fl. 1871-1874.
NOTES: A reduced version of Kelly's large print "The Fifteenth Amendment, Celebrated May 19th 1870" (no. 1870-4), with a key to the picture added in the lower margin. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1870-5.
- African Americans (portrayed), in the U.S. military.
- Baltimore, Md.
- Brown, John.
- Colfax, Schuyler.
- Constitutional amendments, fifteenth.
- Delany, Martin Robinson.
- Douglass, Frederick.
- Emancipation Proclamation.
- Grant, Ulysses S., presidency.
- House of Representatives.
- Masons.
- Revels, Hiram.
- Schools, for African Americans.
- Voters and voting.
- African Americans--Civil rights--1870.
- Liberty--1870.
FORMAT: Lithographs Hand-colored 1870.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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Drilling company Abraxas Petroleum Corp. swung into the red in the second quarter, reporting a net loss of $6.6 million, or 6 cents per share, compared to net income of $3 million, or 3 cents per share, for the same quarter a year ago.
The San Antonio-based driller's adjusted net loss in the quarter, excluding certain noncash items, was $65,000, or zero cents per share, compared to an adjusted net income, excluding certain noncash items, of $11 million or 12 cents per share for year-earlier quarter.
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Therapeutic angiogenesis by transplantation of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived Flk-1 positive cells
Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are the novel stem cell population induced from somatic cells. It is anticipated that iPS will be used in the expanding field of regenerative medicine. Here, we investigated whether implantation of fetal liver kinase-1 positive (Flk-1+) cells derived from iPS cells could improve angiogenesis in a mouse hind limb model of ischemia.
Flk-1+ cells were induced from iPS cells after four to five days of culture. Hind limb ischemia was surgically induced and sorted Flk-1+ cells were directly injected into ischemic hind limbs of athymic nude mice. Revascularization of the ischemic hind limb was accelerated in mice that were transplanted with Flk-1+ cells compared with control mice, which were transplanted with vehicle, as evaluated by laser Doppler blood flowmetry. Transplantation of Flk-1+ cells also increased expression of VEGF mRNA in ischemic tissue compared to controls.
Direct local implantation of iPS cell-derived Flk-1+ cells would salvage tissues from ischemia. These data indicate that iPS cells could be valuable in the therapeutic induction of angiogenesis.
There are increasing numbers of patients around the world with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
Recently, novel embryonic stem (ES) cell-like pluripotent stem cells were generated from mouse skin fibroblasts by introduction of four transcriptional factors (Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, c-Myc)
Differentiation of iPS cells to Flk-1+ cells
Undifferentiated iPS cells were cultured on collagen IV-coated dishes with DM as described previously
Figure 1
Purification of Flk-1+ cells from iPS cells
Purification of Flk-1+ cells from iPS cells. A) Flk-1 expression profiles from 3.5 days to 7.5 days of cultivation as determined by flow cytometric analysis. (* p < 0.05 Day4.5 vs Day3.5, 5.5, 6.5 and 7.5). B) FACS analysis of pre and post MACS-sorted Flk-1+ cells at day 4.5. More than 99% of enriched cells were positive for Flk-1. Some of these purified Flk-1+ cells were positive for Nanog-GFP.
We also tried to characterize the Flk1+ cells by FACS analysis. Gated Flk1+ cells showed CD11b negative, CD45 negative, CD31 negative, VE-cadherin negative, E-cadherin negative, CD34 negative or CD90 negative (Figure
Figure 2
Characterization of Flk1+ cells
Characterization of Flk1+ cells. Differentiated iPS cells were analyzed by FACS. Differentiated iPS cells were stained with Flk1-APC and additional cell marker (c-kit, Sca-1, CD11b, CD31, VECAD, CD34, CD44, CD45, CD90, SSEA-1, CXCR4 and ECAD). Additional cell marker was analyzed after gating Flk1+ cells. Red line shows the result of the negative control and Blue line shows the result of the sample stained by each antibody.
We confirmed the expression of undifferentiated markers such as Nanog and Oct3/4 on differentiation at day 4, 5, 6 and 7 by RT-PCR (Figure
Figure 3
Time course RT-CPR in vitro
Time course RT-CPR in vitro. The expression of Flk-1 was peaked at Day5 from differentiation. Undifferentiated iPS cells markers, Nanog and Oct3/4, were strongly expressed in early phase and started to gradually decrease with differentiation. We also observed the transient expression of c-myc at Day4 and Day5.
Augmentation of ischemia-induced angiogenesis by Flk-1+ cells derived from iPS cells
We examined whether in vivo implantation of Flk-1+ cells derived from iPS cells could augment ischemia-induced angiogenesis using a mouse model of hind limb ischemia. KSN athymic nude mice underwent surgical induction of unilateral hind limb ischemia. Sorted Flk-1+ cells (6×104cells/mouse) or control PBS were injected into adductor muscles in the ischemic limb at postoperative day 1 (Figure
Figure 4
Effects of cell transplantation on blood flow recovery in the ischemic hind limb
Effects of cell transplantation on blood flow recovery in the ischemic hind limb. A) Strategy to purify Flk-1+ cells and to transplant them into ischemic hind limb tissues. B) Representative LDBF images. A low perfusion signal (dark blue) was observed in the ischemic left hind limb of control mice, whereas high perfusion signals (white to red) were detected in Flk-1+ cell-transplanted animals (6 × 104 cells) on postoperative days 3, 7 and 14. C) Quantitative analysis of the ischemic/nonischemic limb LDBF ratio on pre (Day-1) and post operative days 0, 3, 7 and 14 (n = 4). *p < 0.05 Flk1+ cells (6×104) injected mice vs. control mice. D) Cell dose-dependent effect of transplantation seven days after surgery. Flk-1+ cells (2 × 103, 2 × 104 or 6 × 104 cells) or PBS as a control were injected into the ischemic limb at postoperative day 1 (n = 4/each group, **p < 0.05 2×104 or 6×104 vs. control mice).
Implanted Flk-1+ cells augmented the expression of VEGF in ischemic tissues
We investigated whether implantation of Flk-1+ cells would up-regulate VEGF mRNA expression in ischemic hind limb tissues in chronological order. At postoperative days 3 and 7, VEGF mRNA expression increased significantly in mice transplanted with Flk-1+ cells (6 × 104 cells) compared to that of control mice (Figure
Figure 5
Flk-1+ cell implantation stimulated VEGF, basic FGF, HGF and IGF expression in ischemic tissue
Flk-1+ cell implantation stimulated VEGF, basic FGF, HGF and IGF expression in ischemic tissue. VEGF, basic FGF, HGF and IGF synthesis in ischemic hind limb muscles was determined by real-time RT-PCR following transplantation of the Flk-1+ cells (2 × 103, 2 × 104 or 6 × 104 cells) or PBS-injection as the control(CNT). Results are expressed as the level of VEGF, basic FGF, HGF and IGF mRNA to day three control. GAPDH mRNA levels were used as the internal control. *P < 0.05 6×104 vs. CNT at each day (n = 4 in each groups). N.S. = not significant difference between groups at same day.
We next examined the synthesis of basic FGF, HGF and IGF in ischemic muscle after cell transplantation by real-time PCR. There were no significant difference in these mRNA levels between mice transplanted with Flk-1+ cells and control mice (Figure
Tracing Flk-1+ cells in vitro and at chronic phase in vivo
We examined whether Flk-1+ cells could be incorporated into the vascular network in vitro. Figure
Figure 6
Tracking Flk-1+ cells in vitro and at chronic phase in vivo
Tracking Flk-1+ cells in vitro and at chronic phase in vivo. A) Tube formation assay in vitro. PKH26 red-labeled Flk-1+ iPS cells were co-cultured with HUVECs for 24 hours on Matrigel. iPS cells (red) were confirmed to be incorporated into network structures. The bar indicates 200 μm. B) Double fluorescence staining of CD31 (green) and PKH26 (red) in ischemic adductor muscles on postoperative day 21. Co-localization is indicated by yellow in the merged images (magnification, ×400; bar indicates 50 μm). Flk-1+ cells (6 × 104 cells) were stained with PKH26 red and then injected into ischemic adductor muscles. Double positive cells (▲) and single positive PKH26 cells(↑) are indicated.
Using PKH26-labeled Flk1+ cells, we examined whether in vivo implanted Flk-1+ cells survived and differentiated into vascular endothelial cells in ischemic tissues (Figure
The present study provides evidence that implantation of Flk-1+ cells differentiated from mouse iPS cells promote angiogenesis in a well-established hind limb ischemia model. In the model, no tumors were observed. Mice transplanted with these cells displayed rapid recovery of limb blood perfusion, which was accompanied by a rapid increase in VEGF mRNA levels in the ischemic tissues.
Recently, preclinical studies had validated the concept of "cell therapy for ischemic disease" using stem/progenitor cells to repair and regenerate vascular cells in patients with severe ischemic cardiovascular disease
Therapeutic angiogenesis is likely mediated by multiple angiogenic cytokines released from implanted cells and host muscle tissues such as VEGF, bFGF and HGF rather than by direct differentiation of transplanted cells into mature endothelial cells
Recently, Narazaki and coworkers showed that Flk-1+ cells derived from mouse iPS cells could differentiate into both endothelial and mural cells and reproduce the vascular regeneration process
Recently, two studies reported the usefulness of Flk-1+ cells for promoting angiogenesis in vivo
We have some limitations in this study. Firstly with regard to the unexpected lack of difference in VEGF expression in day 14, self-healing and supplementary effect by iPS may spontaneously attenuate around 14 days after transplantation. One study showed that double immunolabeling for BrdU and CD-31 in ischemic versus normal murine hindlimbs established that endothelial cell proliferation peaks at 7 d (1,235 ± 254 versus 8 ± 14 BrdU-positive cells/mm2 for the ischemic versus normal limbs, respectively, P < 0.001); proliferative activity is then subsequently reduced at days 14 and 21
Secondly, the KSN nude mice were used for this study to avoid immunological rejection of the injected iPS cells, because the genetic background of the MEFs for iPS generation in this study was 75% DBA, 12.5% C57BL/6 and 12.5% 129S4
In conclusion, direct local implantation of mouse iPS cell-derived Flk-1+ cells has augmented ischemia-induced angiogenesis in a mouse model. This suggests that iPS cells would be a potential candidate for use in therapeutic angiogenesis.
Allophycocyanin (APC) conjugated anti-mouse Flk-1, Phycoerythrin (PE) conjugated anti-mouse Sca-1 and PE-CD44 antibodies were purchased from eBioscience (San Diego, California). Anti-APC microbeads were purchased from Miltenyi Biotec (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany). PE conjugated anti-mouse CD11b, PE-CD45, PE-CD117(c-kit), PE-CD31, PE-CXCR4, Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) conjugated anti-mouse CD34, FITC-CD90 and CD31 monoclonal antibodies were purchased from BD Pharmingen (San Diego, California). PE-SSEA1 antibody was purchased from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, Minnesota). PE-VE-cadherin antibody was purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, California). Alexa Fluor® 555 conjugated E-Cadherin antibody was purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, Massachusetts). PKH26 Red Fluorescent Cell Linker Kit was purchased from SIGMA-ALDRICH (St Louis, Missouri).
Cell Culture
Germline competent mouse iPS cell lines "iPS-MEF-Ng-20D-17" generated from mouse embryonic fibroblasts by introducing the four factors(Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4 and the c-Myc mutant c-Myc(T58A) with the use of retroviral vectors were provided by Riken Cell Bank with the permission of Dr. S. Yamanaka
Cell separation and analysis
Cultured cells were harvested after induction of Flk-1+ cells by 96 to 108 hr culture in DM on type IV collagen-coated dishes. Induced cells were stained with APC conjugated anti-mouse Flk-1 antibody. Flk-1+ cells were sorted with a magnetic cell separation system and purity was confirmed by flow cytometric analysis (BD FACS Canto, BD, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey). For the detailed characterization, induced cells were stained with APC conjugated anti-mouse Flk-1 antibody and additional antibody (CD11b, CD44, CD45, CD117, Sca-1, SSEA-1, E-cadherin, CXCR4, CD31, VE-cadherin, CD34 and CD90). Stained cells were analyzed by BD FACS Canto.
Tube formation assay and incorporation of Flk-1+ iPS cells
The formation of vascular-like structures by Flk-1+ iPS cells on growth factor-reduced Matrigel (BD Biosciences, Bedford, Massachusetts) was performed as described previously
Mouse model of hind limb ischemia and cell transplantation
Male KSN athymic nude mice were used for this study. Study protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of Nagoya University School of Medicine. Mice, ages 8 to 12 weeks, were subjected to operative unilateral hind limb ischemia under anesthesia with sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg i.p.). In this model, the entire left femoral artery and vein were excised surgically
Laser Doppler blood flow analysis
Hindlimb blood flow was measured using a laser Doppler blood flow (LDBF) analyzer (Moor LDI; Moor Instruments, Devon, United Kingdom). LDBF analysis was performed on legs and feet. Blood flow was displayed as changes in the laser frequency using different color pixels. After scanning, stored images were analyzed to quantify blood flow. To avoid data variations due to ambient light and temperature, hindlimb blood flow was expressed as the ratio of left (ischemic) to right (nonischemic) LDBF in a same mouse according to previous studies
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and real-time Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
Total RNA was isolated from cultured iPS cells using TRIzol Reagent (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA). Total RNA from ischemic muscles was extracted using the of FastRNA Pro Green Kit. (MP Biomedicals, Solon, Ohio). The cDNA was produced using oligo-dT primers and superscript II reverse transcriptase (superscript II, Invitrogen). The cDNA was diluted with DNase-free water at a concentration of 10 ng/μl. RT-PCR was performed using the Ex-Taq PCR kit (Takara, Otsu, Japan) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (real-time RT-PCR) was performed using 1 μg cDNA in the Mx3000P Real-Time PCR System (Stratagene, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, California) using SYBR Green I as a double-stranded DNA-specific dye according to the manufacturer's instructions (Applied Biosystem, Foster City, California).
Primers were as follows: forward 5'-CAGGCTGCTGTAACGATGAA-3' (Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:60.01°C) and reverse 5'-GCATTCACATCTGCTGTGCT-3' (Location: Exon4, Melting Temperature:60.02°C), Product size: 140 bp for murine VEGF.; forward 5'-GGCGGTGGTGACAGTATCTT-3' (Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:60.00°C) and reverse 5'-GTCACTGACAGAGGCGATGA-3' (Location: Exon4, Melting Temperature:59.99°C), Product size: 162 bp for murine Flk-1.;forward 5'-CCAATCAGCTTGGGCTAGAG-3' (Location: Exon5, Melting Temperature:59.97°C) and reverse 5'-CTGGGAAAGGTGTCCCTGTA-3' (Location: Exon6, Melting Temperature:59.96°C), Product size: 129 bp for murine Oct3/4.;forward 5'-AAGTACCTCAGCCTCCAGCA-3' (Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:60.01°C) and reverse 5'-GGGGATAGCTGCAATGGATG-3' (Location: Exon5, Melting Temperature:62.66°C), Product size: 199 bp for murine Nanog.;forward 5'-TCCTGTACCTCGTCCGATTC-3' (Location: Exon2, Melting Temperature:60.07°C) and reverse 5'-GGTTTGCCTCTTCTCCACAG-3' (Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:59.84°C), Product size: 195 bp for murine c-myc.;forward 5'-AGTGTGACGTTGACATCCGT-3' (Location: Exon5, Melting Temperature:59.02°C) and reverse 5'-GCAGCTCAGTAACAGTCCGC-3' (Location: Exon7, Melting Temperature:61.15°C), Product size: 298 bp for murine beta actin.; forward 5'-AACTTTGGCATTGTGGAAGG-3' (Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:59.97°C), and reverse 5'-ACACATTGGGGGTAGGAACA-3'(Location: Exon3, Melting Temperature:60.09°C), Product size: 223 bp for murine GAPDH.; forward 5'-AGCGGCTCTACTGCAAGAAC-3'(Location: Exon1, Melting Temperature:59.79°C), and reverse 5'-GCCGTCCATCTTCCTTCATA-3'(Location: Exon4, Melting Temperature:60.04°C), Product size: 183 bp for murine FGF2.; forward 5'-GGCAGCTATAAAGGGACGGTA-3' (Location: Exon5, Melting Temperature:60.46°C), and reverse 5'-CTTCTTCCCCTCGAGGATTT-3'(Location: Exon6, Melting Temperature:59.65°C), Product size: 154 bp for murine HGF.
Analyses of mRNA levels of VEGF were normalized to GAPDH as the internal control and expressed relative to the quantity of VEGF mRNA at day three in ischemic adductor muscle injected with PBS (day three control).
Statistical Analysis
All data were obtained from at least three independent experiments. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using Student's t test or two-way ANOVA. P < 0.05 was considered significant. All data are shown as means ± SEM.
List of abbreviations
iPS cell: induced pluripotent stem cell; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; Flk-1: fetal liver kinase 1; ES cell: embryonic stem cell; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; BM: bone marrow; EPCs: endothelial progenitor cells; LDBF: laser doppler blood flow; HUVEC: human umbilical vein endothelial cell
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
HS carried out the all experiments, participated in the analysis and interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript. TK carried out flow cytometry analysis and in vivo experiments. sequence alignment and drafted the manuscript. MK, PL and TY carried out in vitro differentiation and in vivo analysis. NN, SI and YN participated in the design of the study and the analysis and interpretation of data. JY participated in the design of the study and advised to handling the stem cell and differential methods. RS, TM and KI conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We gratefully acknowledge Fumiko Ozawa for the technical assistance and Minoru Tanaka in the Division for Medical Research Engineering, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine for maintenance of the FACS instrument.
This work was supported by a grant from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (No. 26-J-Jd08) to T.M.
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Resident Pharmacist- PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency, Howard University (Washington, District of Columbia) (Job Number: 024813)
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Walgreens Health System Pharmacy and Howard University College of Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Residency Program (PGY1), Washington DC.
Walgreens and the Howard University College of Pharmacy are united in their commitment to train future champions in the community pharmacy arena. This postgraduate year one learning experience is based in our Nation's Capital that serves a diverse patient population. Participation in this residency program that will encourage the resident's creativity and enhance practice skills as they find ways to address unique healthcare challenges in the community pharmacy setting.
Under the guidance of preceptors, the residents will work towards achieving their professional goals, develop as leaders in the profession, and embrace the provision of compassionate care to members of the community. Also in accordance with the learn-teach-lead model, the resident will also develop and enhance their didactic and preceptor teaching skills by working with and serving as a model for pharmacy students in various stages of their training. In its ongoing commitment to lead the efforts in training a cadre of community pharmacy leaders, Walgreens continues to invest in the future of the profession and advance healthcare.
Residency Learning Opportunities
Bedside medication delivery and counseling
Ambulatory care clinics at Howard University Hospital
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Serving as a preceptor for IPPE and APPE
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Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from a college or school of phar-macy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
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Completed on-line application at www.walgreens.jobs
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The wind rushed softly outside the expansive office of Thyferra's governor, the faint sounds of the summer evening playing lightly in the background as the man went over various reports from the previous weeks. It was reaching the end of the summer cycle on the affluent world, and Xaedrin knew there would be precious few of these types of evenings to come in the near future. His window hung open, allowing the sounds and smells to permeate the large room. He could feel the warmth from outside, but also knew that the temperature was dropping. There would be a chill to the air this evening, following the warm glow of the day. As much as Xaedrin enjoyed the summer weather, thoughts of the cool weather overtaking it brought a muted smile to his lips as he considered various metaphors for the ever constant battle of the opposing philosophies of the Force.
Typically Xaedrin would have already retired from his office, having finished this type of work. However, having just returned from a ... business trip to an outer rim world, he had a lot of catching up to do. Running a planet was hard work; especially one as influential as Thyferra. He sighed as he scrolled through the fifth report on bacta productions he had read today. He knew that it was important, and he had to keep astride the situation of the various government controlled syndicates, but he wished it wasn't so flaming boring. Such was life. Enough! said a voice from inside his head. The voice was small and muted, as if being heard through walls, speaking unaware of him in a separate room. Xaedrin had been hearing that voice for years, and had simply thought himself mad, assuming that his mind was fracturing and that he was hearing a mental embodiment of his emotions. Lately, however, he wasn't so sure. Granted, he was confident he was going mad. But there seemed more to it than that. The madness was becoming more defined - almost self-aware. He would have found it disconcerting if it weren't so fascinating. In a step that was probably further toward the madness, he had taken to speaking to that voice when he heard it. As per his expectations, it never responded. The voice never seemed to be talking to him, after all. In fact, it seemed to be totally unaware of him. Enough of what? he asked himself internally, leaning back and setting down the datapad. There was no answer, of course, and the voice had once again vanished, leaving him to shake his head and chuckle at the ridiculousness that gripped him. Fool, he chided himself
A chime from the ornate door pulled him from his reverie, returning him to reality. "Come," he said as he pressed a comms button on his desk. The door opened to admit a Sith apprentice, wearing an ornate black leather cuirass bearing a small image of the Thyferran crest along with a functional pair of thick leather pants and a dark cowl that concealed part of his visage. Xaedrin had recently developed a group within the TDF called the Shadow Initiative, training his own army of Force-sensitive Sith inquisitors as it were. These Sith, these Shadow Initiates, were his eyes and ears in the galaxy and on Thyferra, and were tasked with anything of real importance that Xaedrin needed accomplished. Their archaic uniforms served as a reminder of their secretive and dangerous nature, though they were rarely worn outside of the governor's palace - unless Xaedrin wanted them noticed.
The man nodded his head in subservience to his master before taking several steps into the room. "Lord Vondiranach, you ordered that the Shadow Initiates keep tabs on a Jedi, one Danuae Verdegrande," he began without preamble. The order had been an odd one, but the Shadow Initiates didn't question their orders - they simply obeyed. "We've discovered that a small band of Executioners have closed in on her position and are moving against her. As far as we can tell, she is unaware of the threat. We have three Initiates in the area, but they are apprentices and the Executioners are Knights. Are we to approach the Executioners and wave them off their target? Should we extricate the Jedi? What are your orders, master?"
Xaedrin's brow furrowed as he considered the news. The Jedi, Danuae, had been one from the delegation that had come to Thyferra several months back. He had been fascinated by her, and for some reason hadn't let that go. He had no idea why he held interest in the girl. She was a mere curiosity. Yet he had ordered the Initiates to monitor her, and had on several occasions made clear that she was to be off limits from other Sith who had begun to move against her. Why had she stuck in his head the way she had? Because she belongs to you, the voice said, startling him slightly. It seemed as though the voice were speaking to him, this time. What do you mean? he responded, once again answered only by silence. The Initiate must have noticed his perplexed expression, as his eyes began shifting slightly around the room - perhaps wondering if he had said something wrong. Xaedrin stood slowly, straightening his black cloak as he did so.
"Prepare my ship," he said decisively. "And chart a course for her location. I will leave immediately." The other man merely nodded his head before silently exiting the office. Xaedrin stood staring after him for a moment, trying to puzzle out the whole situation. Are you there? he asked the voice. There was no response.


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The Sagittarius
Say "skal!" to a new drink with a Swedish vibe that's dedicated to Sagittarians. The base is Karlsson's Gold Vodka, distilled from Swedish potatoes only once, yielding an earthy flavor; we added pepper, dill, tonic, and a hint of lime. The accompanying nibble is easy to make: Mix cream cheese with lemon zest and pepper, spread on rye bread, and top with smoked salmon.
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Source: Martha Stewart Living, December 2009
- 1 1/2 ounces vodka, preferably Karlsson's Gold
- 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
- 3 dill sprigs, plus more for garnish
- Freshly ground pepper
- Ice cubes
- 1 1/2 ounces tonic water
Combine vodka, lime juice, dill, and a pinch of pepper in a cocktail shaker. Crush dill using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon. Strain into an ice-filled glass. Top off with tonic; stir to combine.
Serve with a dill sprig and an additional pinch or 2 of pepper.
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A wooden bicycle was presented in Yerevan's Freedom square on Sunday. The bike was developed as part of the "Ticcson" project funded by the Awesome foundation, and looked, well… funny, I guess. And yet, it has a pretty ambitious goal: to "contribute to the development of that culture of changing cars into bicycles" in Yerevan. Continue reading "Biking in Yerevan becomes 'the thing'"
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A Warren, MI, pizzeria is exchanging free pizza in return for McCain campaign signs.
"Turn in your sign, get some free food," offers Diana Franzoni, owner of Salvatore's Pizzeria, the restaurant giving away the pizza. Still seething over the fact that McCain pulled out of the battleground state, she contends: "McCain gave up on Michigan, so you should give up on him."
Salvatore's, which has collected hundreds of signs in the past two weeks, has become the center of controversy. The pizza-sign exchange has led to many signs being stolen from supporters' front lawns. "You're putting a bounty on a McCain sign for a pizza," said one supporter whose sign was stolen. The McCain camp has admonished the offer as "wrong," saying that true McCain supporters would not be likely to give up their signs for free pizza.
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Moviefone: Do you consider yourself a pacifist?I know enough of real people to know the "everybody" in his first response cannot really be "everybody", but, instead, "most folks". There is a small proportion of folks who enjoy making others suffer: that is why we must have very strict controls on the use of force by interrogators in wartime situations or some will end up doing more harm than good as they have in Iraq. Even my hero, Robert E. Lee, said:
Eugene Jarecki: Wouldn't everybody consider themselves (pacifists)? Wouldn't everybody prefer peaceful resolutions of problems to violent resolutions of problems?
MF: But if everyone considered themselves pacifists then maybe we wouldn't be engaged in war in Iraq.
EJ:I don't know that that's true. I think that puts blame at the foot of people who probably think they're doing the best they can. Many of the people we talked to up and down the chain of command, they don't think, "I kill people for a living." They think, "I wield force because without that wielding of force worse things will happen." Now whether they're right or wrong may be a subject of debate, and whether they were right or wrong to think that the Iraq War was a worthwhile gamble, or that kind of thinking, is worthy of debate. But that's what their inner thinking is telling them. They're not going through life thinking "I like war." They're actually going through life thinking, "If I drop two bombs on a Monday it might prevent other bombs from blowing up on a Tuesday." And there have been times in history where that was probably a defensible way of thinking. I would say obviously all of those people, in a world where it's possible to be so, would be pacifists. The problem is that the world we're living in is very much through the looking glass. We are past the point of no return on a lot of ways that the world is run, and it is increasingly run by a smaller and smaller handful of figures and elite corporations who are making those decisions about when it's necessary to use force without democratic consensus and without a democratic process.
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it."
"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
When I read the blogs of those, who at least in regards to the "war on terrorism," are on the radical right, I suspect they largely think themselves realistic "pacifists" forced by terrible circumstances to drop those preventive bombs. Put them at the sites of those bombs, many of these same people would be risking their own lives to save the bystanding babies and even grown babies maimed by their bombs. They are not evil people, just scared and mistaken people.
The evil is in those who manipulate the fear and who look on terrorist attacks, war, and recession as a "trifecta" for their political interests.
If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.We are a "nation of freemen" (and freewomen). When we allow our fear of a madman (OBL), a cult (Al Qaeda), or even a great religion (Islam), to scare us into giving dictatorial power to any person, even one the majority "trusts", eventually that trust will be broken and the suicide will be finished.
"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. "And another:
-Louis D. Brandeis
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
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Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
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"Even though I have been married for over 40 years to the least critical man you can imagine who wouldn't care if I spent 15 hours a day blogging, I try to hide the fact that I spend so much time at the computer. ...When I hear the garage door going up, I get up from the computer and go to meet him from a different room of the house to look as if I have been washing clothes or dishes or someother useful chore. Anybody observing this guilty-looking ritual would assume I had been surfing porn sites or something instead of reading and/or writing blogs..."
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Blogging! I don't have time to blog. I am not doing other things I need to be doing and blogging instead. I wasn't gonna blog, but my sister said, 'Start a blog.' and I did and now I can't stop.
- from Blue Star Chronicles
Every morning I tell myself that I will spend only a few minutes checking email and blogging and then I'll get dressed and started on whatever I need to do. Almost invariably, those few minutes stretch to unbelievably long amounts of time. On school days (I'm a teacher) I barely make it to school on time sometimes because I push my computer/blogging time to the limit.
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"Concerning gun control, an overwhelming majority believe in the right to own weapons, but four of five Americans prefer modest restraints on handguns, including a background check, mandatory registration, and a brief waiting period before one is purchased.
A disturbing change in government policy has involved the firearms industry. Supported by succeeding Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, legislation was passed by Congress in 1994 that for ten years prohibited the manufacture, transfer, and possession of nineteen specific semiautomatic assault weapons, including AK-47s, AR-15s, and UZIs. None of these are used for hunting -- only for killing other humans. More than eleven hundred police chiefs and sheriffs from around the nation called on Congress and President Bush to renew and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban in 2004, but with a wink from the White House, the gun lobby prevailed and the ban expired.
This is not a controversy that involves homeowners, hunters, or outdoorsmen. I have owned and used weapons since I was big enough to carry one, and now own a handgun, four shotguns, and two rifles. I use them carefully, for harvesting game from our woods and fields and during an occasional foray to hunt with my family and friends in other places. We cherish these rights, and some of my companions like to collect rare weapons.
But many of us who participate in outdoor sports are dismayed by some of the more extreme policies of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and by the timidity of public officials who yield to their unreasonable demands. Heavily influenced and supported by the firearms industry, their primary client, the NRA, has been able to mislead many gullible people into believing that our weapons are going to be taken away from us, and that homeowners will be deprived of the right to protect ourselves and our families. There are no real threats to our "right to bear arms," as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. If so, the NRA efforts would certainly be justified.
In addition to assault weapons, the gun lobby protects the ability of criminals and gang members to use ammunition that can penetrate protective clothing worn by police officers on duty, and assures that a known or suspected terrorist is not barred from buying or owning a firearm -- including an assault weapon. The only criteria that the NRA has reluctantly accepted are proof of a previous felony, mental derangement, or being an illegal immigrant. Deeply concerned when thirty-five out of forty-four men on the terrorist watch list were able to buy guns during a recent five-month period, the director of the FBI began to reexamine the existing law and asked some U.S. senators to consider amendments. The response of top officials in the NRA was to criticize the watch lists -- not the terrorists -- and to announce support for legislation that protects gun manufacturers and dealers from liability if a buyer uses an AK-47 in a terrorist attack. They also insist that background information on gun buyers be discarded within twenty-four hours, precluding the long-term retention of data that might reveal those who are plotting against our nation's security.
What are the results of this profligate ownership and use of guns designed to kill people? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American children are sixteen times more likely than children in other industrialized nations to be murdered with a gun, eleven times more likely to commit suicide with a gun, and nine times more likely to die from firearms accidents.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research reports that the rate of firearm homicide in the United States is nineteen times higher than that of 35 other high-income countries combined. In the most recent year for which data are available, handguns killed 334 people in Australia, 197 in Great Britain, 183 in Sweden, 83 in Japan, 54 in Ireland, 1,034 in Canada, and 30,419 in the United States. The National Rifle Association, the firearms industry, and compliant politicians should reassess their policies concerning safety and accountability."
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Disasters present a broad range of human, social, financial, economic and environmental impacts, with potentially long-lasting, multi-generational effects. The financial management of these impacts is a key challenge for individuals and governments in developed and developing countries. The OECD supports the development of strategies for the financial management of natural and man-made disaster risks.
Adrian Blundell-Wignall est le Conseiller spécial des marchés financiers au Cabinet du Secrétaire général et Directeur de la Direction des affaires financières et des entreprises, Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.
Tendances des marchés de capitaux est une publication de l'OCDE qui analyse l'évolution et les tendances sur les marchés nationaux et internationaux de capitaux.
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This article provides an overview of the evolving investment strategies of insurers and identifies the opportunities and constraints they may face with respect to long-term investment activity. It investigates the extent to which changes in macroeconomic conditions, market developments and insurance regulation may affect the role of insurers in long-term investment financing.
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This article provides an overview of the analytical tools used by insurance regulators and supervisors for the purposes of market and macro-prudential surveillance. The article provides a point of reference on the use of analytical tools for market surveillance and is intended to inform the further development of the OECD Global Insurance Statistics framework.
The Global Pension Statistics Project measures and monitors the pension industry, allowing inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems.
The OECD International Platform on Terrorism Risk Insurance shares information and identifies good practices on terrorism risk financing to contribute to more rapid economic recovery in the event of attacks. This page provides information about national terrorism insurance programmes in several countries and monitors their evolution.
This e-platform monitors the evolution of national terrorism insurance programmes and the degree of government participation in these schemes. It tracks market trends, and identifies and shares best practices to continuously improve terrorism insurance solutions and financial resilience to terrorism.
The OECD is currently revising the Recommendation of the Council on Guidelines on Insurer Governance. The draft text was made available for public comment from 12 July until 29 August 2016. This consultation is now closed.
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The total volume of distressed real estate impacting US banks increased approximately 1.7% from Q4 2010 to Q1 2011 according to data compiled from the FFIEC repository by distressedpro.com (BankProspector).
Numbers shows that the nation's banks added just under 5.5% to their commercial REO balances from Q4 2010 to Q1 2011.
Both owner occupied and non-owner occupied late and non performing loans increased modestly at 2.19% and 1.7% respectively however the largest percentage increase, by far, was in 30-89 day late non owner occupied commercial property which saw a jump of 16%. This increase could point to continued trouble in the commercial real estate market and is a sign that more owners are going into default. Also the total number of banks reporting an increase in the same rose by a count of 156 to a total of 2,461 banks with newly defaulted commercial non-owner occupied property.
Today 3,504 banks are reporting commercial REO for a total $10.1 billion. Meanwhile late and non performing CRE loan totals top $54 billion which could point to more downward pressure on prices and more opportunity for investors and distressed property service providers.
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