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While entering data into my genealogy database, I watched all the archived RootsMagic webinars. I have been using RootsMagic for 2 years now. There are many things I love about the software, but there were many things that I wished that it could do. Apparently, it does a lot of the things I thought that it didn't.
Here are just a few of the things that I learned:
- There's a calculator built into the date field that can be used to find birth dates when tombstones only contain death date and age at death. No more having to open up a website and then copying the date over to my database.
- You can print reports of where all your sources are used. This is going to really help me clean up some of the old sources that I still have in my database when I redid. I don't think they are still being used as citations, but I want to make sure before I delete them.
- There is a "missing information" report that will print out a list of names and a blank for whatever field you are looking into filling.
- You can make custom reports. There is a whole webinar on something I didn't even know I could do.
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USDJPY: The pair is now see a move higher with more strength envisaged. On the downside, support comes in at the 111.00 level where a break if seen will aim at the 110.50 level. A cut through here will turn focus to the 110.00 level and possibly lower towards the 109.50 level. On the upside, resistance resides at the 112.00 level. Further out, we envisage a possible move towards the 112.50 level. Further out, resistance resides at the 113.00 level with a turn above here aiming at the 113.50 level. On the whole, USDJPY looks vulnerable to the downside.
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Sioux Falls Woman Stabs, Treats Friend after Facebook Argument
A Sioux Falls woman was arrested over the weekend after, police say, she stabbed her live-in male friend with a kitchen knife and then tried to sew his wound up after they argued over the victim's Facebook posts.
Lieutenant Matt Burns says officers were called around 1:30 a.m. Saturday to an apartment at 701 South Western Avenue, and while they were on the way, a woman reportedly told Metro Communications she had "stabbed him and then tried to stitch him up":
Charged was 29-year-old Casie Lee Six Toes of Sioux Falls. The 33-year-old male victim was treated for a stab wound that police say was not life-threatening.


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Watch This Retro Robot Replicate 80s Drum Beats
Have you ever wondered what kind of music robots would make? Turns out they can pull off some pretty sick 1980s drum machine beats, as evidenced by this video, which features the MR-808, an electromechanical music robot, emulating some oh-so-80s beats.
Moritz Simon Great, a German artist and musician, designed and programmed the MR-808 to emulate the sound and function of the Roland TR-808, the famous 1980s drum machine that helped create beats for Marvin Gaye's 'Sexual Healing' and 'Planet Rock' by Afrika Bambaataa. David Byrne, 2 Live Crew and Kimbra have even used the device.
The new robot version of the TR-808 was created to be a synthetic member of any electro-pop band – it can play live sounds and structures that human musicians aren't able to. This ten-foot wide machine reproduces the sounds of the hi-hat, bass drum, cowbell, clap, cymbals and more.
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HANG TIME PLAYOFF HEADQUARTERS — One of the greatest cities on the planet and one of the greatest fan bases in all of sports moved one step closer to reuniting today with the unveiling of the Golden State Warriors' plans to move back to San Francisco and into a new arena by 2017, when the team can maneuver out of its lease at Oakland's Oracle Arena.
The new arena site is near the waterfront in downtown San Francisco on Piers 30-32 close to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, a picturesque location that will provide some stunning views of the Bay Area. This is the latest effort by Warriors ownership, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber, to breathe new life into the franchise and give their fans hope for the future by diving back into their storied past.
Some of the greatest success the Warriors have experienced came during their time in San Francisco. In the nine seasons they called San Francisco home, from 1962-63 to 1970-71, the Warriors had five winning seasons, made the playoffs five times and went to The Finals twice.
This news didn't shock the fervent fan base that has stuck with the team through the good and bad of the past 50 years, the last 41 in Oakland. When Lacob and Guber took over in 2010, they made it clear that they had plans to shake things up for an organization that has reached the playoffs just once since 1994, and that included a move back to the City by the Bay.
Not only will the new arena be the Warriors' new home, they'll be using private funds to build and complete the $500 million project. And it will bring a state of the art facility to downtown San Francisco when almost every other professional sports team in the area resides outside of the city limits.
"This is more than just a basketball arena," Lacob said at the news conference attended by the likes of NBA Commissioner David Stern, California's Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and Warriors greats Al Attles and Nate Thurmond, among others. "This is a live entertainment arena."
Said Guber: "We had one mission today; a world-class venue."
Warriors executive and the NBA logo himself, Jerry West, made sure to mention that he'd seen new arenas built in Los Angeles, twice. There is an energy and excitement that's associated with these sorts of projects, he said, one that attracts fans and also players that want to enjoy the latest and greatest facilities the game has to offer.
"If I were a player," West said, making his best pitch while trying to avoid the wrath of the commissioner, "this would be my resting place if I were a free agent."
If the final result looks anything like the artist renderings, there will be no need for a hard sell from any Warriors executives. The Warriors will have the most breathtaking venue in the league. And if Lacob and Guber have their way, they'll also have a team to match up with that venue.


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As the 2013 draft approaches, questions remain regarding whether the spinal condition that forced linebacker Jarvis Jones from USC to Georgia will cause one or more teams to shy away from him in the draft.
And now there's a question regarding prior work performed by the doctor who has given Jones clearance to play despite a case of spinal stenosis.
According to Mike Garafolo of USA Today, former NFL cornerback Samari Rolle has sued Dr. Craig Brigham for negligence arising from a spinal fusion surgery.
Brigham recently has written a letter explaining that Jones should be able to play football "without restriction," and that he suffered only a stinger or a mild "spinal cord concussion" at USC.
Frankly, the question of whether Brigham botched Rolle's surgery has no relevance to the question of whether Brigham accurately has diagnosed Jones' condition. Bad outcomes tend to get doctors sued, regardless of whether they actually committed malpractice.
The real question here is whether someone hoping to undermine Jones' draft stock has leaked the documents or otherwise tipped the media off to the existence of Rolle's lawsuit.


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Editor's Note: Wet weather is generally welcome in the arid West for with it comes irrigation water supplies. However, a welcome wet winter and spring like this year also bring on diseases. Steve Koike, Monterey County plant pathology farm advisor and Richard Michelmore, from University of California's vegetable crops department, provided the following information of two of the more common lettuce problems, lettuce anthracnose and downy mildew, associated with wet weather.
Anthracnose disease of lettuce only occurs in California during cool spring seasons when there are significant rains.
Due to the rainy weather pattern of 2005, anthracnose is now developing in a number of lettuce growing areas. Initial symptoms are small (1/16 inch in diameter), water-soaked spots occurring on outer leaves. Spots enlarge, turn yellow, and are usually irregular and angular in shape. Under cool, moist conditions, white to pink spore masses of the fungus will be visible in the centers of the tan-colored lesions. If disease is severe, the lesions will coalesce and cause significant dieback of the leaf and in some cases will result in stunting of the plant.
As spots age, the affected tissue will dry up and become papery in texture. Eventually the centers of these spots can fall out, resulting in a shot hole appearance and hence the name. Anthracnose lesions are often clustered along the midribs of lower leaves.
Romaine cultivars, in particular, exhibit severe disease along leaf midribs. If infected early and severely, young lettuce seedlings can be killed by anthracnose.
The pathogen is Microdochium panattonianum. Older references give the pathogen name as Marssonina panattoniana. Microdochium panattonianum infects lettuce and other Lactuca species and has also been reported on chicory and endive. At least 5 different races of the pathogen have been identified. The fungus forms tiny, resilient survival structures (microsclerotia) that can persist for up to four years in soil. The anthracnose pathogen requires cool, wet conditions for infection and symptom development… Splashing water moves microsclerotia and conidia from soil onto leaves, resulting in infection. Optimum temperatures for disease development are approximately 60 to 68 degrees and symptoms can appear 4 to 8 days after infection.
Field history key
To prevent disease development, avoid planting early spring lettuce in fields having a history of the disease. Rotate with non-host plants to help reduce soil inoculum levels, though such rotations will not eliminate the pathogen unless hosts are not planted for over four years. Use irrigation systems (furrow or drip irrigation) that eliminate leaf wetting. Resistant cultivars are not widely available.
Protectant fungicides, such as Quadris, are effective for controlling this disease.
Rainy weather last winter and this spring has been blamed for severe outbreaks of lettuce downy mildew in various winter lettuce growing regions (southern California; Huron, Yuma, Arizona). Because the pathogen is favored by leaf wetness, cool conditions, and high humidity, this epidemic is not surprising. Downy mildew is probably the most important foliar disease of lettuce worldwide and can attack all lettuce types.
Losses are experienced when severe downy mildew causes lowered yield and quality and when diseased leaves need to be trimmed from the harvested produce. Infected heads also have lower post-harvest quality due to infections from secondary pathogens such as soft rot bacteria and the gray mold fungus (Botrytis cinerea).
Downy mildew causes light green to yellow angular lesions. White fluffy spores of the pathogen are visible primarily on the undersides of these lesions. With time the lesions turn brown and dry up. Older leaves are in contact with the soil can become soft and rotted due to secondary decay organisms, such as Botrytis cinerea.
On very rare occasions the pathogen can cause systemic infections that result in dark discoloration and streaking of internal vascular and pith tissues. If downy mildew infects the cotyledons of young seedlings, the plants can die.
Lettuce transplants
Greenhouse grown lettuce transplants can also be infected. Cultivated lettuce is the main host, though B. lactucae has been reported to infect wild Lactuca species, artichoke, and related plants in the Asteraceae plant family. However, the pathogen is highly specialized to its host and strains infecting cultivated lettuce are restricted to lettuce.
Downy mildew is caused by the pathogen Bremia lactucae, which can only grow on living plant tissue and belongs in the oomycete group of organisms. The population structure of Bremia lactucae is complex and consists of multiple races (pathotypes) and two mating types (B1 and B2).
There is considerable variation in the ability of isolates of B. lactucae to overcome resistance genes in lettuce. Pathotypes are identified by testing their virulence on a diagnostic set of lettuce cultivars which has different resistance genes. A pathotype is defined as a group of isolates with a particular pattern of virulence that is observed in multiple locations and over multiple years. The worldwide nomenclature of isolates is complicated because different groups use their own numbering systems (for example: NL1, NL2, etc. in the Netherlands; IL1, IL2, etc. in Israel; CA V, CA VI, etc. in California), reflecting the local variation. A standard numbering system is now being used in Europe in which races are assigned BL (for B. lactucae) numbers. In California eight races have been defined over the past 25 years. Pathotypes CA VI, VII, and VIII are currently the most common.All these isolates belong to the B2 mating group.
Humid, cool conditions are required for B. lactucae to sporulate and to infect lettuce; therefore, the disease is usually more problematic in the coastal areas than the desert regions. Initial inoculum consists of conidia from surrounding plants (most likely other lettuce fields). The conidia are produced on lesions at night and are released into the air in the early morning if relative humidity is sufficiently high. The spores are dispersed by winds and are short-lived. Infection takes place in 3 or 4 hours if there is free moisture on the leaves, or if near saturation conditions are present and temperatures are optimal (52-68 degrees). In Europe and elsewhere the sexual survival spore, the oospore, may be a source of initial infection from the soil; however, there is no evidence of this factor being important in California.
The most effective means of controlling downy mildew is to grow resistant cultivars. Some cultivars are resistant to most isolates of B. lactucae currently in California. However, such resistant cultivars are not available for all areas and seasons.
Breeding for downy mildew resistance has been the major focus of seed companies and the number and diversity of cultivars with resistance genes effective against all Californian isolates of B. lactucae are likely to increase greatly in the next few years. Because the pathogen is highly variable and dynamic, resistant cultivars do not remain resistant indefinitely and are overcome by virulent isolates of B. lactucae. Recent breeding efforts have been aimed at introducing different resistances into different lettuce type (crisphead, leafy, romaine, and butterhead) to slow down the breakdown of resistance and prevent the pathogen spreading from one type to another.
In the absence of resistant cultivars, the alternative is to apply fungicides prior to the development of the disease. Greenhouse grown transplants should especially be protected so that downy mildew is not distributed and brought to the field on transplants. Many isolates in California have developed high levels of insensitivity to the Ridomil fungicide (metalaxyl), and many B. lactucae isolates are at least partially resistant to Aliette (fosetyl-Al). Resistance management strategies dictate that different fungicides should be used in rotation to slow down the development of insensitivity.
Some recently registered products (Reason, Tanos, Acrobat) have been very effective in downy mildew trials and should be useful to the lettuce industry.
Research has been aimed at developing disease prediction models for B. lactucae. Such systems potentially can help farmers reduce the number of fungicide applications made to lettuce; however, a reliable and commercially available model is not yet available.
Culturally, irrigation systems, such as drip irrigation, that reduce leaf wetness and humidity should reduce the likelihood of disease but will not prevent disease when weather conditions are conducive to epidemics.


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Gucci's famous loafers were recently the subject of a substantial article in the Financial Times. What more evidence does one need that these shoes have achieved iconic status than a profile in an international broadsheet? In the story, Gucci's creative director Ms Frida Giannini said that she "plays with the design each season, updating the shape, materials and details, but the shoe's essential beauty and functionality remain the same". No wonder the world's most discerning gentlemen, from politicians to film directors, have been wearing them for half a century, and that, in 1962, these famous shoes became part of the collection at the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Combining the comfort of a moccasin with a natty formality, Gucci loafers have long been the footwear of choice for that group of international travellers once known as the "jet set". The shoes are synonymous with Hollywood's biggest names as well as Europe's more suave males, while remaining notably popular with high-flying Japanese businessmen, who are said to find them convenient in a culture where you have to take your shoes off every time you enter a room.
The horsebit detail on these handsome loafers is a reminder of a key element in Gucci's history. The equestrian-derived hardware was originally inspired by the time, just after WWI, that Mr Guccio Gucci worked in London's famous Savoy hotel. There, he was privy to the comings and goings of the English aristocracy, and overheard their conversations about racing and polo.
Mr Gucci came to understand how much the world of horses meant to this privileged group of men and women, and made a mental note to make equestrian imagery a feature of the brand he wanted to set up. When in 1921, back in his native Florence, he founded Gucci, he immediately started to use elements taken from tack as motifs and decoration - something the brand continues to do 90 years later.
From its inception, Gucci has balanced glamour with a level of quality that's reliant on artisanal production techniques. Meanwhile, at an aesthetic level, Ms Giannini has an unerring ability to update the best of Gucci's heritage in a manner that makes it entirely contemporary, yet pleasingly classic. As a result, these famous loafers are likely to continue to define a certain strand of masculine style for many years to come.
All the artisans involved in making these loafers are located in a single workshop in Florence. They wear traditional leather aprons over white lab coats (an outfit that symbolises Gucci's blend of the past with the present) and, suitably attired, use a personalised tool kit to hand-make each shoe.
After nailing the upper of the shoe to a last, the artisan sews the moccasin upper to the sole, before handing over to a colouring specialist, who hand-stains the leather to give the hide a rich tone.
Since the leather is stained entirely by hand, giving it a lightly-worn vintage look, the finish of each shoe is unique.
The final step sees the leather lining, and the metal and bamboo horsebit hardware attached by hand, before the shoes are wrapped and boxed.


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Remains identified as sister of gunman in Christmas Eve shooting in upstate NY suburb
WEBSTER, N.Y. – The human remains found at the scene of the Christmas Eve shootings of four upstate New York firefighters have been identified as the gunman's sister.
The sheriff in Monroe County, where Rochester is located, tells local media that a medical examiner made the identification of the remains of 67-year-old Cheryl Spengler. Authorities say she died from a gunshot wound to the head. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Her remains were found in the charred debris of William Spengler's lakeside home in the suburban town of Webster. Authorities say the 62-year-old Spengler set fire to his home, then ambushed volunteer firefighters who arrived to put out the blaze. Two firefighters were shot to death and two others were wounded.
Spengler committed suicide after a shootout with a police officer.


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I think a lot of us who suppressed artistic pursuits for years are revisiting the possibilities now that we've lost our "real" jobs. Among my own circle of friends and acquaintances, I've seen a sales rep become a photographer, a realtor start up a home-grown theater program, and a downsized tech guru switch to consulting and focusing on his music career.
A couple weeks ago, I traveled back to New York City, the place where I nurtured my dreams as a young adult. As a teen in Long Island, I'd occasionally catch the commuter train in the early morning and spend the day in the Village, maybe take in a Woody Allen retrospective at a theater, drink coffee and smoke Camels, all without any awareness of the irony such cliches deserve. I left the area for college but moved back in my twenties, lived in a fifth-floor tenement walk-up and worked at a bookstore. I went to cafes as a pretension, sitting there and making a half-hearted attempt to write, or at least to pretend to write. "Look at me, won't you? I'm writing in a cafe. Regard my thrift-store hipster clothing." (I'm sorry, Hungarian Cafe near St. John the Divine, I don't think I ever covered the rent on my chair all those hours.)
In college I majored in journalism. That was the compromise I made with my parents, who were, after all, fronting the bill for my tuition. There was one thing I was sure I could do, and that was write. In fourth grade I began announcing that I wanted to be an "author," but despite years of trying, I couldn't seem to translate that desire into the role of "journalist." I wanted to write about emotions and memories. I didn't want to chase after reality and chronicle it, I wanted to create my own, or at least poetically interpret what I saw, and I didn't see how to do that in media.
I'm sorry now for my shortsightedness, and for the fact that I didn't explore my options more fully. When I was asked (which I was, often, throughout my life,) "why didn't you ever 'do anything' with your writing?" my pat answer was something along the lines of, "But I have. Everything I've done professionally and personally has benefited from it." That's a load of crap, and I know that now. I could turn a phrase in a thread of business emails, and express myself decently when I needed to put my best face forward. Resumes and cover letters came easily. I also wooed my fair share of lovers through my written sentiments and wordy rhapsodies.
When Facebook entered into the picture, I started to rediscover old college friends I'd been either too drunk or too careless to maintain contact with. Interestingly, many of them had become editors, were working in publishing, or were authors of books. I felt fleeting bitterness: I could have done this! Why didn't I do this? After awhile, one or two of those friends began to quietly mentor me, and then I had a blog, and then a few more writing assignments came here and there.
I had to have the bud of a writing career lain blatantly in my lap, on the heels of professional ruin. Thank goodness for confessional blogs.
My professional experience as an independently-contracted sales rep became, 'round about 2008, an extraneous luxury for the companies I represented. If they didn't completely change their business model to eliminate that position, at the very least the commissions dried up to nearly nothing. But now, years later, I'm sitting at a cafe around the corner from my house, writing long and hard for the few places that pay me to do so. It's my work and I love it. And you know what? I'm noticing a lot more people writing here. It's become difficult to score one of the good tables with an electrical outlet, now.
I think a lot of us who suppressed artistic pursuits for years are revisiting the possibilities now that we've lost our "real" jobs. Among my own circle of friends and acquaintances, I've seen a sales rep become a photographer, a realtor start up a home-grown theater program, and a downsized tech guru switch to consulting and focusing on his music career. I will never downplay the struggles of our poverty, but I greet this artistic revolution with gratitude.
So I had my short trip to New York, in order to meet with some people who have been instrumental in my fledgling writing career. I got to sit on the subway not as a bitter and unfulfilled bookstore employee, but as a writer. I got to look at those long avenues with their rivers of taxicab yellow as a (very lightly) employed "creative," and I felt younger than I ever felt when I was a resident of that great city, several long lifetimes ago. It was so good to come full circle with those lost dreams; to walk up to the brownstone building of My. Literary. Agent! I'm not embarrassed to say I cried.
I'm a person who is prone to crushing sadness. It's a thread that has remained constant throughout everything I've done and written. As cornball as it sounds–and I'm actually cringing as I write this–I take comfort in what was my first spoken word: "light."
That said, I am overdue to honor my mentors: Robert Feinstein, Jeremy Smith, Neal Gorenflo, Lisa Belkin, Candace Walsh, Brian Doherty, and Laura Jackson among the many who've shown me The Light, and other unnamed benefactors who let me have my moment. I finally get to be a writer now.


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Dell Says SAP's HANA Has 'Scalability Issues'
Dell CIO Andi Karaboutis says it took six months of testing before her team was able to successfully run SAP's analytic application, HANA, because of the size and complexity of the data being analyzed.
SAP is counting on HANA, introduced in June 2011, to offset slowing growth in customer spending in its traditional segments, such as ECC, an application used by large companies to manage inventory and other business processes. Monday afternoon in New York it introduced a new visualization tool called Lumira that it says makes it easier for business executives to view analysis produced by HANA. The company boasts that HANA makes it easy to analyze huge amounts of data from a wide variety of sources in real-time, but Dell's experience would show that achieving those results in real-world circumstances is far from a slam-dunk.
According to Ms. Karaboutis, Dell is tracking customer behavior and transactions across a number of venues, including its own website, social networks, and from transactional data supplied by resale partners. The data is stored in a number of databases, including those from Oracle Corp. and Teradata Corp. The computer company is trying to reinvent itself as a broader services company in the face of flagging sales of personal computers, and getting a better understanding of customer preferences is key to that effort.
But Ms. Karaboutis said during an interview that, "we're not in production yet [because of] some scalability issues." She said HANA may not have been as robust as it needed to be when it was introduced to the market, and while SAP marketed it as being able to parse data from a variety of sources, the system struggled to do that. "That's one of the reasons it took so long to implement," she said, and is "why it's taken so long" for Dell executives to get those needed insights about customers. But she added that she still thinks SAP has "a great product."
Steve Lucas, SAP's president of platform solutions, said Monday that SAP intentionally went after big accounts when it first introduced HANA in order to establish its credibility. Noting that SAP will soon sign its two-thousandth HANA customer, he said, "if we hadn't started with big customers, we wouldn't be in this position."
In an emailed response to Dell's comments, he said "Dell is seeing significant benefit from investing in HANA… Dell was a VERY early adopter of HANA and we are grateful they brought a big challenge to us. In the end, HANA delivered."
Mr. Lucas said HANA can perform a number of processing and analytic tasks, including transaction, text analysis, and predictive analytics, in live memory, which allows customers to get results almost instantaneously.
Data visualization tools such as Lumira generally make it easier for non-technical people to use complex analytics tools. They can also be used to display data to customers. Michael Gliedman, CIO of the National Basketball Association, was on hand Monday to help SAP introduce Lumira. Mr. Gliedman said HANA makes it possible for the NBA to show complex data sets, such as shooting efficiency or number of turnovers by individual players, on its website.
Mr. Gliedman said the NBA was "able to avoid any scaling issues," and is able to generate "instant access to 4.5 quadrillion combinations of NBA statistics."
Ms. Karaboutis said she is working closely with other executives, including the company's chief marketing officer, to help turn around the company. She said executives remain focused on their responsibilities and "delivering on our commitments" to customers, despite the uncertainty provoked by the ongoing proxy fight and shareholder vote at Dell scheduled for Friday.
CORRECTION: Steve Lucas is SAP's president of platform solutions. An earlier version of this article said he was the company's executive vice president in charge of analytics products. HANA has almost two thousand customers; an earlier version of this article incorrectly cited that figure as one thousand.
The NBA is using HANA on its website, but has not yet begun using Lumira. An earlier version of this article said the NBA was already using this tool.


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Oceans cover almost three-quarters of the earth's surface and play a crucial role in tackling climate change. Why are they so important, what threats do they face and how can we protect them?
Oceans: their importance and the threats that they face.
Oceans cover more than 70% of our planet. They store more than 90% of the world's carbon dioxide, and remove 30% of the carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere.
Oceans include some of the most fragile ecosystems and species on Earth, but are continuously threatened by human activity. More than 60% of the population now lives on or near a coastline and 80% of tourism is concentrated in coastal areas. Close to 25% of fishing in developing countries is carried out near a coral reef and more than 70% of the world's fisheries are in danger.
Exploited by overfishing and subject to pollution and oil or gas extraction, marine resources have been seriously affected in many regions.
What are protected areas and how can they help?
One of the most effective means of protecting marine and coastal biodiversity is through the establishment and effective management of marine protected areas. According to IUCN's definition, a protected area "is a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values."
Marine protected areas, which often include barrier ecosystems, such as coral reefs or mangroves, can play an important role in protecting us from the effects of natural disasters. Coral reefs reduce the speed of waves, while mangroves are effective windbreaks that help to reduce soil erosion. Ample evidence was found that healthy coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, considerably reduced the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and protected those living in the area.
Mangroves also absorb pollutants and are a natural filter for water, stopping a great deal of pollution from reaching the sea.
Marine protected areas are key to replenishing biodiversity and nourishing the growing human population. Studies have shown that "no take" marine protected areas, not only double the amount of fish but also their size, in a very short period of time. They also serve as safe breeding grounds for key threatened species, such as whales and marine turtles, whilst protecting a variety of marine ecosystems and the rich biodiversity they sustain.
By protecting key ecosystems, such as coral reefs, marine protected areas also generate opportunities for tourism, which in turn brings jobs and income. Unfortunately, local populations rarely benefit from tourism revenue as most of it is held by big companies. Creating more community-managed marine protected areas would help bring greater benefit to the local population.
What challenges do we face?
Despite the importance of marine protected areas for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, only 1% of the ocean is protected. The goal of the 1992 World Summit on Sustainable Development and the Convention on Biological Diversity to establish a global, representative system of marine protected areas by 2012 is far from being met.
Protected area managers face many challenges from lack of government funding and support to antagonism from local communities. With good communication and awareness programmes, this trend could be reversed. Involving local population in the protection of marine areas, could offer them sustainable livelihoods and economic benefits from fishing and tourism.


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ZANESVILLE, OH -- The meta-fact check war rages on.
As the campaigns continued to trade salvos over the accuracy of claims made in both parties' convention speeches, Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that he's happy to be under the microscope of fact checkers.
Carolyn Kaster / AP
Vice President Joe Biden talks with Lisa McIntosh of Lewisburg, Ohio, as he stops for an ice cream cone Saturday at a Dairy Queen in Nelsonville, Ohio.
"I say to the press, 'Fact check me,'" the vice president declared before launching into a lengthy critique of the Republican plan for Medicare overhaul.
"What they're proposing will actually cost the Medicare trust fund that pays for the benefits when you go to the hospital, the doctor, to run out of money, a sufficient amount of money by 2016," he said. "That's when it would hit the wall."
Biden's claim echoes one made Wednesday night by former President Bill Clinton, who said that the Romney-Ryan goal of repealing the Affordable Care Act would eliminate that bill's measures to keep Medicare solvent until 2024, pushing the date when Medicare will "go broke" up by 8 years.
The non-partisan factcheck.org found that to be an exaggeration; while repeal of ACA would mean the earlier exhaustion of the part of Medicare that covers hospitals, the fund would still collect payroll taxes to cover the vast majority of hospital bills.
The Washington Post put it more bluntly: "This is wrong," it wrote on Sept. 6 of Biden's 2016 Medicare solvency claim.
On Saturday, Biden also accused Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryanof proposing to turn the federal health insurance program for seniors into "Vouchercare," saying that the Romney-Ryan plan would raise costs for seniors.
Independent fact checkers have pointed out that while Ryan's most recent budget would provide private insurance vouchers which would grow at the rate of inflation rather than at the rate of health costs, it would also keep traditional Medicare as an option for seniors who wanted it. While most agree that it's likely that seniors would have to pay more if they chose Medicare, it's hard to project how health care costs would change under a hypothetical Romney-Ryan plan.
"Today, Vice President Biden said that he should be fact-checked, and we agree," said Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. "The vice president knowingly and deliberately leveled false and discredited attacks."
The fact check challenge comes after a Romney pollster was quoted saying that "we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers." Paul Ryan's convention speech was heavily criticized for citing several discredited claims.
Biden poked fun at that sentiment Saturday, calling it "amazing" that the Romney campaign "doesn't like to be fact checked."
Addressing the crowd of about 450 at an Ohio elementary school, Biden also needled Republicans for their impassioned support for Medicare.
"If … you got dropped down from Mars and turned on the convention, you'd think that they really cared about it. You'd think it's something they thought of," Biden said of Republicans.
"They mention it so often you'd be surprised to learn that they've always been trying to chip away [from it] for the last 40 years," he added.
Another fact check? You can't survive on Mars.


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In Germany breakfast is all about bread. People start their day with a fresh roll (Brötchen) and or a slice of bread topped with butter/margarine and cheese, cold cuts, jam, or even nutella.
Another popular breakfast food is cereal in the form of corn flakes or müesli.
Müesli is Schwitzerdütsch (Swiss German). It is the diminutive of Mues, which means something like mash, puree or even cooked meal. Müesli means something like "small or little meal". Today Mus (the standard German form of Mues) means something like mash or puree (we call applesauce "Apfelmus").
When I became a vegan, I started to eat less bread (because I didn't want to replace the regular toppings like cheese with vegan versions or buy expensive spreads) and more müesli. It can easily be homemade and served with soy milk. These days, I rarely buy packaged müesli mixes, but make my own from oats, fresh fruit, flax, and non-dairy milk.
Sometimes I want both though, a slice of bread and a bowl of müesli. On these days I reach for a slice of fresh müesli bread topped with a thin layer of vegan margarine and some sugar beet syrup or banana slices. If you are a fan of combining sweet and savoury, you can also reach for your favourite savoury spread.
This bread is made with a generous amount of whole spelt flour and there's no added sugar in the recipe. Only raisins are used to sweeten it. It also contains healthy fats from several kinds of nuts and seeds. Made with a large amount of water and a sourdough starter, this bread keeps fresh and moist for a long time. Of course you can also use it for French toast or bread pudding. If you haven't made a sourdough starter yet, it's time to start. You can find a tutorial here.
This bread takes some time and patience. You have to prepare your sponge about 16 hours before you actually start making the bread. Bread made with sourdough starter can be either dense or as light and fluffy as a bread made with commercial yeast. It all depends on your ingredients. If you make your starter from white wheat flour, this will result in a mildly sour starter perfect for white wheat breads like ciabatta or French bread. If you choose rye flour for your starter, the result is a sour and strong starter which is great for hearty rye bread. For this recipe I chose a starter made from white wheat flour. Like a regular yeast bread it has a very soft crumb and a mild flavour, so don't be afraid to use a starter (I probably write this for German readers as we tend to associate sourdough with strong and dense rye bread).
When using a sourdough starter, it's important to have patience. The bread won't rise as fast as a bread made with regular yeast. Therefore the second rise can take up to two hours, depending on the surrounding temperature. Usually two hours are sufficient. Don't let your yeast bread rise for much longer. You might overproof it and you'll end up with a flat and dense loaf.
But you can also safe time during the first rise. In bread baking, the main function of the first rise iswater absorbtion. Therefore you don't have to let your bread rest for 60 or even 90 minutes. 30 minutes is long enough for the flour to absorb all the water it needs.
Müsli-Bread (Makes one 950 g loaf)
To make the starter:
100 g all-purpose flour
100 g water
1 tablespoon active sourdough starter
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Mix until well combined. Cover the bowl and let sit in a warm place for about 16 hours or until airy and bubbly.
To make the bread:
20 g pistachios (2 tablespoons)
30 g hazelnuts (1/4 cup)
100 g raisins (3.5 oz)
10 g sunflower seeds (1 tablespoon)
8 g flaxseed (1 tablespoon)
50 g oats (1/3 cup)
200 ml water
200 g starter (see above)
100 g all-purpose flour (1/2 cup + 1/3 cup)
100 ml water
300 g whole spelt flour (2 1/2 cups)
10 g (1/2 tablespoon) salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
Soak pistachios, hazelnuts, raisins, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, and oats in 200 ml water. Soak for at least on hour. Don't skip this step, it's important for trapping moisture in the bread.
Combine soaked nut mixture, soaking water and starter. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Using your hands, knead for 5-7 minutes until the dough is elastic. The dough will still be very sticky, but don't worry about that. Breads made with many seeds and spelt flour require more water than regular breads made from only wheat flour. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
Transfer the dough onto a floured working surface. Knead for 1-2 minutes and place in a 750 g banneton or in a flat round bowl. Let the dough rise for 2 hours or until doubled in size. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 250°C (480°F). Make sure to preheat a baking sheet as well. When the loaf is ready to be baked, have a piece of parchment paper and 1/2 cup of hot water ready. Carefully take the hot baking sheet out of the oven using pot holders. Line with parchment paper and transfer dough onto the sheet. Transfer to oven. Pour hot water on the bottom of your oven to produce steam. Close door and reduce temperature to 200°C (400°F). Bake for 50 minutes until golden brown.


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Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., Honored for Excellence in Medical Communication
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., has been awarded the 2012 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for her article on probiotic and prebiotics for Diabetes Self-Management, a magazine geared for people with diabetes.
For over 20 years, Amy has been helping people understand how to eat healthfully—as an educator at the Deaconess before it merged with Beth Israel, and then at Joslin where she started focusing on diabetes.
And during that time, she has brought her expertise out of the classroom to broader audiences as a health communicator writing for blogs and magazines, and co-authoring books on nutrition. One of those books, 16 Myths of a Diabetic Diet, won the 2000 Will Solimene Award.
Here, she talks about her experiences as a writer, and gives advice to aspiring communicators.
What's the most difficult part of trying to communicate to the public?
I think the most difficult part for me, and I see this with other educators that I coerce into writing, is streamlining everything that we know. We just have so much information in our heads about diabetes So my tendency is to try to write everything I know about a particular topic and it's just too much.
It's really a challenge for me, and I see it with other people too, to narrow down to the most important pieces of information that the consumer needs to know that will help them. And sometimes it's really hard because it seems like everything is important.
So what's the most rewarding part of what you do?
I love getting feedback, good and bad. Fortunately, knock on wood, it's been mostly positive. And actually, that article that I submitted for this award was on probiotics and prebiotics. And the reason I decided to submit it was that people told me how helpful it was for them.
When people say "oh this has really helped me, thank you so much for clarifying a confusing topic or helping me make sense of things," just the fact that I've helped somebody, whether it's a consumer or another health care professional, that's really rewarding. Of course, I want to write with clarity and I want to help people cutthrough all the red tape and all the misinformation that's out there on so many topics.
On the topic of misinformation, what do you think health communicators could do better?
I think gathering facts and really making sure that the information that you are communicating is credible. I've heard and seen horror stories about people who just go to untrustworthy websites for their information. And unfortunately you have to weed through so much junk on the internet. And sometimes even just using Wikipedia as a crutch for information, and it is wrong, or it's slightly inaccurate—it makes me cringe.
Before you start writing and communicating, you have to do your own homework. And sometimes it means going on to a professional site like PubMed and weeding through some of the tedious research articles. But I think you need to do that to make sure that it is truly accurate and not get caught up in the hype that's so prevalent on the internet.
You bring up "the hype;" it seems like there are fads in health communication, like all publications jump on "this new piece of research says this!" So what do you think is important for health communicators to keep in mind when there are these fads?
I think it's really easy to get caught up in that, particularly when it's in a magazine. And a lot of those articles, I should say, are written by credible health communicators, including dietitians. . But when you see those fad stories, the news flashes on juice fasts and things like that, it's easy to get caught up in "oh, I'll write about that!" And then when you really stop to do your research, as any good writer should do, it's like "oh, there's not a whole lot to say about it." Or "gee, I don't want to recommend this," or "maybe I write about it from a different approach."
Again, I it goes back to doing your research and doing your homework and not getting so caught up in the latest fad or jumping on the bandwagon just because something is so trendy. Or if it is really trendy, I think the job of us as educators or writers is to take a more critical look at it and debunk some of the misconceptions, and point those things out to consumers.
A lot of what you do is blog work. Do you notice a different type of interaction on the internet than you do when you're talking to somebody in person?
Actually, it's very similar. I think because when I interact with people, I try to keep things not so formal, more conversational in other words. I try to use that same approach or tone in my blog work. The nice thing about writing for a blog is I can impart a little bit of my own experience.
For example, last week I wrote a blog about hamburgers because May is "National Hamburger Month." And sometimes I like to let people know that just because I'm a dietitian, I don't always make the healthiest choices and sometimes I really like a juicy hamburger.
So that's the kind of stuff that I can share on a blog or I can share with patients. I can say "you know, I like hamburgers too, but here's how we can make it healthier." So that's what I do with blogging.
Your career has spanned the Internet Revolution. How would you say the advent of internet writing and blogging has changed the way people interact with each other and interact with health professionals?
I mean, I gripe or complain about all the misinformation on the internet, but I do think that it's a great tool because it helps people converse with each other better.
So even myself, because I'm a patient, I have doctors, I like to look things up on the internet and, like many people, say "I think I have the latest disease!" But being able to do that lets me converse or communicate with my health care providers more easily.
And I think that's true for people who come to Joslin. A lot of them do their homework, a lot of them read articles or blogs on the internet. And sometimes it's, again, not always credible information, but that's okay. It gets a dialogue going. People can say "I saw this new meter on such and such a website. What do you think about it?" That's great because it helps us all really talk with the patients and get at what they're most interested in or what they're most concerned about.
That's really our job. It's not our agenda, when they come in, even though I may think "I want to talk about fiber today." But if you, as the patient, want to talk about something totally different, that's great. That's what we want.
So I think the internet has enabled our patients to do that better.
Anything else you want to add?
I just want to encourage people to not be afraid to write or to communicate and to keep at it. Because a lot of people ask "what does it take to become a good writer?" And for me, I don't think I have a magic secret or formula. In fact, a nurse recently asked me, "how do you write?" And I said "you just have to write every day, about something. It doesn't matter what. Whether you keep your own journal, or whether you respond to questions on the internet or write every week for a blog." And it helps when someone reads your work and edits you. It keeps you striving to become better all the time.
The more you do it, the better you get at it.
News & Inside Joslin
- Educator Carole' Mensing Honored with Allene Von Son Distinguished Service Award
- A Tribute to Dr. George F. Cahill, Jr.
- Q&A: Allison Cohen on Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care
- Joslin Scientists Identify Biological Mechanisms That Affect Diabetic Nephropathy
- Joslin Convenes Diabetes Innovation Conference
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center Initiate A New Clinical Relationship
- Study: Short-Term Intensive Weight Loss Program Works For Four Years
- Joslin researchers find new cause of cardiac damage after heart attack in type 1 diabetes
- Joslin Researchers Find 'Good Fat' Activated by Cold, Not Ephedrine
- Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., Honored for Excellence in Medical Communication


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The speculation is over. The Atlanta Falcons will be the team featured in this year's season of Hard Knocks, the NFL Films-produced show that appears (somewhat) annually on HBO.
Our reaction to the return of the show, in a nutshell:
It's an intriguing choice for a number of reasons. The Falcons generally fly under the radar despite being one of the best teams in the NFL since Matt Ryan, general manager Thomas Dimitroff and coach Mike Smith arrived in 2008. But they were one of last season's biggest disappointments.
Let's count a few reasons we're already looking forward to one of the best shows on television:
1. A franchise trying to rebound: The Falcons are a lot more interesting than they were a season ago. After reaching the doorstep of the Super Bowl after the 2012 season, the Falcons were among the league's worst (and unluckiest) last year. The bad luck has followed them into 2014 with the loss of linebacker Sean Weatherspoon.
No one expects a shakeup in Atlanta anytime soon, but this is an organization that grew used to winning records under Dimitroff. There is a lot of pressure on them to rebound big this year or changes could come. Pressure makes for better television.
2. Roddy White: He's consistently one of the most overlooked and entertaining voices in the league. This is his time in the spotlight.
3. Bryan Cox and Mike Tice: The Falcons just so happen to have two of the most entertaining assistant coaches in the league. We haven't had nearly enough Tice in our lives since he was the head coach in Minnesota. Cox is full of fire on and off the field.
"I only lost two fights out of about 60, 70," Cox said of his days growing up in East St. Louis this week. "If I thought I was fighting, I was getting the first lick. Just know that."
4. Atlanta nightlife: Training camp is not the time for partying, but let's just say we hope the NFL Films cameras track the players on some nights out on the town at some point.
5. Thomas Dimitroff, breaking the mold: He cuts a different figure than most general managers. Dimitroff doesn't eat meat, is an extreme sports enthusiast and rides a motorcycle. He thinks about the NFL from a different angle and has a hard time saying anything uninteresting. His relationship with his former boss, Scott Pioli, should also be interesting to watch. Dimitroff brought Pioli back into the league this offseason, and documented his first ride to work. Appearing on Hard Knocks is a long distance from "The Patriot Way."
6. Reality shows colliding: One of the great things about Hard Knocks is that it's not like other reality shows. The drama is real. The stories are not manufactured. This season, we'll get a little clash with the other kind of reality show. Sources familiar with the situation tell Around the League that Falcons defensive line Kroy Biermann is a part of the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and he's not camera shy. (That source: Dan Hanzus' wife, Emily.)
7. Steven Jackson: Like Roddy White, he's a veteran that deserves some time in the spotlight. He came to Atlanta to chase a ring, and landed at the bottom of the standings again. It will be fun to follow Jackson as he tries to fend off challengers to his running back throne.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the heroes debate the Super Bowl windows of Brady and Manning.


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HIV "Cure" in Toddler Offers "Global Hope"
March 6, 2013
Johns Hopkins Children's Center pediatrician Dr. Deborah Persaud reported at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections that a Mississippi toddler is "functionally cured" of HIV. Duplicating the functional cure with other HIV-infected infants would offer hope to other children whose mothers transmitted the virus during pregnancy or while giving birth or breast-feeding. A "functional cure" means that, although testing reveals HIV traces in the toddler, highly sensitive tests have been unable to detect fragments of HIV virus that can replicate.
In the Mississippi case, the HIV-infected mother received no prenatal care and was diagnosed during labor. Doctors typically give an HIV-infected newborn a prophylactic combination of two drugs. In this case, Dr. Hannah Gay gave the Mississippi newborn a three-drug mixture within 30 hours of birth, without waiting for HIV test results. Gay suspects the timing of treatment was the curative factor. She explains the case in a video clip of a CNN interview, available at http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/health/hiv-cure-global-hope/index.html.
CDC reports that the number of HIV-infected infants born in the United States dropped by 90 percent since the 1990s, when HIV testing became a routine part of prenatal care. Doctors are able to suppress the virus enough in mothers to prevent them from transmitting it to their babies. UNAIDS Global Report estimates that 1,000 HIV-infected infants are born each day; there are 330,000 HIV-infected children, living mostly in developing countries where expectant mothers are less likely to be tested and treated for HIV. For example, only three percent of HIV-infected pregnant women in North Africa and the Middle East and 23 percent of women in West and Central Africa received antiretroviral therapy.
Current World Health Organization (WHO) pediatric treatment guidance will remain in place pending results of future studies and clinical trials, according to Dr. Meg Doherty, coordinator of treatment and care for WHO's Department of HIV/AIDS.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
United confirm Mata agreement
Manchester United have announced they have reached an agreement with Chelsea to sign Juan Mata.
The midfielder will have a medical, almost certainly on Saturday, and personal terms are also still to be agreed.
However, unless there are any hitches, Mata will make his debut in Tuesday's Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff at Old Trafford.
"Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Chelsea Football Club for the transfer of Juan Mata for a club-record fee," said United in a statement.
"The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms.
"A further announcement will be made in due course."
It has seemed just a matter of time before Friday night's announcement was made, with it becoming obvious Mata would be joining United as early as Tuesday.
Although manager David Moyes refused to discuss the 25-year-old following Wednesday's Capital One Cup semi-final loss to Sunderland, sources involved in the deal had confirmed it was close to being agreed.
And the seal was put on the switch by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho when he spoke to the media on Friday lunchtime.
"It's what he wants," said Mourinho.
"It's what he asked us to accept. Chelsea Football Club is proud to act this way, in an open way, in a human way.
"The offer, compared with what the club paid two years ago (when Mata signed from Valencia), was fantastic."
It is thought United have agreed to pay £37million for Mata, smashing the club record £30.75m they paid for Dimitar Berbatov in 2008.
Voted Chelsea's player of the year for the past two seasons, Mata has failed to win over Mourinho and ended up being squeezed out due to the form of Oscar and Eden Hazard.
Yet Mourinho insists the former Valencia man leaves with his best wishes.
"We hope he does well," said Mourinho. "We are convinced he is going to do well.
"If Manchester United pay their record for a player it's because they know exactly what they want.
"They are convinced he's going to be important for them.
"In spite of probably many clubs, many boards and many managers think you can't sell a top player to a rival club, especially not in the same country you play, we feel and we think differently.
"The player deserves respect, the player deserves to be happy and to play where he wants to play."
Desperate to preserve his place in Spain's World Cup squad, Mata has jumped at the opportunity to help revive United's fortunes.
And while his arrival alone cannot guarantee Moyes will steer his club back into the Champions League places, it does at least underline the determination within the Old Trafford hierarchy to return them back to their previous status as top dogs, which has slipped so alarmingly this term.


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Bradley Manning's family saddened by 35-year sentence, say he acted in the best interest of US
HANOVER, Md. – The family of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning says they are saddened and disappointed in the 35-year sentence he received for giving troves of military and government secrets to WikiLeaks.
Manning's attorney David Coombs read a statement from the family Wednesday during a news conference.
The statement from the family said Manning's intentions were good and he believed he was acting in the best interest of this country. They also thanked his defense team and supporters around the world and said the fight was not over.
Manning's uncle Kevin Fox told BBC television that the soldier shouldn't have been given any time at all and he called him a hero. Fox is Welsh, like Manning's mother, who is reportedly in poor health.


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Following the 1998 nightclub hit of glamourized gangster Bindy Johal, Indo-Canadian gangs began a rise to prominence in the Lower Mainland drug scene still seen to this day.
One such gang – now called the Dhak Group – first appeared on police radar two months after Johal was slain when a young Gurmit Singh Dhak, then just 20 years old, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 7.5 years in prison after 19-year-old Doah Minh Vu was shot in the head outside the now-defunct Madison's nightclub in downtown Vancouver.
Dhak, who was driving his SUV at the time, opened the passenger window and repositioned the vehicle so passenger Cuong Manh Nuguien, 21, could fire the point-blank killshot. Two loaded handguns and three balaclavas were later found in the SUV by police.
Ballistic tests also linked both weapons to a December 1998 non-fatal shooting of five men at the New Lucky Garden Restaurant.
It was the most serious charge against Dhak to date, after being handed an 18-month conditional sentence in 1997 on a trafficking charge.
Dhak, who also served one year for a 1998 assault charge, would reappear on police radar as the head of "Billy's Crew" in 2005 and was charged with two counts of uttering threats to police after his Lexus SUV was shot up.
In February 2006, Gurmit's younger brother Sukhveer Dhak, then 22, would be arrested with five others after Surrey RCMP raided a drug house near Emma Stephenson elementary. One kilogram of cocaine was seized, as well as one kg of crack cocaine, 90 tablets of ecstasy, 225 grams of marijuana and $33,000 in cash. The weaponry seized included 16 semi-automatic pistols, an M16 assault rifle and two Mac-10's with silencers.
At an upscale Kitsilano restaurant in September 2007, Gurmit would be targeted and shot in the abdomen at his 29th birthday party. Two hours earlier, a man who claimed to know Gurmit had his South Vancouver home sprayed with gunfire. The same home would be shot up again in 2008.
A weekend of heavy gunfire would follow Gurmit's shooting in a south Vancouver neighborhood and into the Fraser Valley. There would be 19 gangland murders in the Lower Mainland in 2007, including the Surrey Six massacre. 129 organized crime networks were identified by police in 2007, a number that climbed for the third year in a row.
In 2009, another drug swoop performed in Vancouver saw Sukh Dhak, then 24, arrested alongside eight others.
In October 2010, Gurmit was unable to escape another attempt at his life and was executed while sitting in his BMW in the parking lot of Metrotown Shopping Centre. He was shot in the face – the mark of a professional hitman – in a hit police deemed "very targeted." The shooting triggered a round of retaliatory gunfire that injured 10 outside a Vancouver restaurant in December 2010, and is ongoing.
According to court records, Sukhveer – alias Gurveer Gill – was in Kelowna around the same time Red Scorpion Jonathon Bacon was gunned down. One month later, in September 2011, known Dhak member Jujhar Singh Khun-Khun would be wounded in a Surrey shooting.
Gang Task force Supt. Tom McCluskie would soon issue a warning that "anybody associated with the Duhre or Dhak group is subject to retaliation or to violence from other gangs they're in conflict with."
The well-publicized execution of Sandip "Dip" Duhre at a ritzy downtown restaurant in January 2012 would confirm that.
Among the spate of high-profile killings since, Sukh Dhak met his end in a hail of bullets at a Burnaby hotel in late November, 2012.
Khun-Khun would surive another targeted hit in January 2013, one which killed associate Manny Hairan.
On February 25, 2013, Jason McBride, 37, of North Vancouver, and Michael Jones, 25, of Gibsons, appeared briefly in B.C. Provincial Court in Surrey, charged in the August 2011 hit on Jonathon Bacon.
Khun-Khun was also charged in the Kelowna shooting, ultimately decimating the Dhak group for good, as police have stated.


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(CNN) — Sunday night's 55th annual Grammy Awards were as much about the performances as it was the actual statues handed out.
The evening saw some powerful collaborations among artists, and all eyes were on one controversial performer. Here are the top 5 moments of the night:
1) Killer performances
Take your pick. From a spirited performance of "The Weight" by an all-star group including Sir Elton John, T Bone Burnett, the Zac Brown Band, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons and Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes, to the many duets like R&B crooner Miguel with Wiz Khalifa and Miranda Lambert with fellow country artist Dierks Bentley, it was all thrilling.
Fun. reminded us as to why we loved them when they performed "Carry On." But they won a big award of the night, song of the year, for their hit "We Are Young." And the stars in the audience were grooving along during a tribute to Bob Marley led by Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Sting, Ziggy and Damian Marley.
Even Taylor Swift won us over when she took to the stage dressed as a ringmaster and surrounded by circus/carnival types to kick off the ceremony with her hit "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together."
But one of the most eagerly awaited performances was:
2) The return of Justin Timberlake to the stage
The Grammys went sepia-toned for Timberlake's performance of his new single "Suit and Tie," which offered plenty of homage to the Rat Pack era with Timberlake in a tux with a bow tie and a big band with similarly suited backup singers billed as "JT and the Tennessee Kids."
Jay-Z left his seat in the audience to run up on stage for his rap portion of the song. And Timberlake was cooler than cool as he segued into his new single "Pusher Love Girl." The performance marked the return of Timberlake to music since he took a four-year break to focus on acting.
Welcome home JT.
3) LL Cool J pulls triple duty
Sure, he's a big acting star now, but don't forget that LL, aka James Todd Smith, got his start in the hip hop game.
So it felt right when the Grammy host donned a knit cap, a black T-shirt and some subtle bling to perform alongside Chuck D, Travis Barker, Tom Morello and DJ Z-Trip. They closed out the show with "Welcome to the Terrordome" and shouted out the late Beastie Boy, Adam "MCA" Yauch, with a "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" chant.
He also kept the audience informed of what folks were saying on social media, reading tweets and responding to some. The Grammys got its monies worth with him.
4) Adele didn't wear black
You can't not love her as she sings like an angel, is hilarious and just seems so normal.
But just like you can always count on a practically flawless performance when she grabs the mic, we thought she was also a sure bet to show up in a black frock. It's kind of been like her thing.
But no. When Adele took to the stage to claim the first award of the night, best pop solo performance for "Set Fire to the Rain," she was wearing a flowery, red and black Valentino dress.
New life as a mom and clearly new fashion choices: It was almost as surprising as Prince showing up to present Gotye and Kimbra the record of the year award for "Somebody That I Used To Know.
5) The somewhat anticlimactic appearance of Chris Brown with Rihanna
Despite a few cutaways of the pair sitting together in the audience and Brown standing and clapping following her performance, seeing the two together was not as big a deal as the run up felt like it should be.
Friday marked the fourth anniversary of Brown's assault on Rihanna, which occurred before that year's Grammy ceremony.
The pair had been a huge focus of this year's Grammys as fans waited to see if they would arrive at the ceremony together and how much "togetherness" they would exhibit.
But in the end it felt like really no big deal.
More surprising was six-time nominee Frank Ocean not winning any of the big awards he was up for.
Ocean scored best urban contemporary album and shared best rap collaboration with Kanye West and Jay-Z for "No Church in the Wild," but lost best new artist to Fun. and album of the year to Mumford & Sons.
It was also more fun checking to see which artists ignored the reported Grammys memo asking them to cover up (we are looking at you and your rather exposed bosom Katy Perry). Jennifer Lopez even joked about it while presenting.
"As you can see I read the memo," Lopez said, wearing a black dress cut extremely high and fully exposing one leg.
Album of the Year
Mumford & Sons, "Babel"
Song of the Year
Fun, feat. Janelle Monáe, "We Are Young"
Record of the Year
Gotye, feat. Kimbra, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Best New Artist
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Pop Instrumental Album
Chris Botti, "Impressions"
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Paul McCartney, "Kisses On The Bottom"
Country Album
Zac Brown Band, "Uncaged"
Country Solo Performance
Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
Country Duo/Group Performance
Little Big Town, "Pontoon"
Country Song
Carrie Underwood, "Blown Away"
Rock Performance
The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"
Hard Rock/Metal Performance
Halestorm, "Love Bites (So Do I)"
Rock Song
The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"
Rock Album
The Black Keys, "El Camino"
Alternative Music Album
Gotye, "Making Mirrors"
R&B Performance
Usher, "Climax"
Traditional R&B Performance
Beyonce, "Love On Top"
R&B Song
Miguel, "Adorn"
Urban Contemporary Album
Frank Ocean, "Channel Orange"
R&B Album
Robert Glasper Experiment, "Black Radio"
Rap Performance
Jay-Z and Kanye West, "N****s In Paris"
Rap/Sung Collaboration
Jay-Z and Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean & The-Dream, "No Church In The Wild"
Rap Song
Jay-Z and Kanye West, ""N****s In Paris"
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UpTo Wants to Let You Broadcast Your Schedule
Rock City Apps, doing business as UpTo, has raised $1.5 million in Series A funding, Chief Executive Greg Schwartz told Venture Capital Dispatch. The company makes an app that allows users to follow each other's schedules and publish their own schedules to the public, or to specific groups like co-workers, friends, family or fans of a particular sports team or musician.
The funding came from Detroit Venture Partners and Ludlow Ventures, the same investors that backed the company in an earlier $875,000 seed round.
Schwartz, a Michigan native, said his Detroit company this year plans to hire a head of business development and a marketing lead and to increase the number of "streams," or schedules published via UpTo. Prior to starting UpTo, Schwartz was the director of digital business for Warner Music Group.


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In the past several years, I've been hacked, covertly harassed, had some of my material plagiarized, and I believe somebody may have been using my identity and/or masquerading as me. I want to make clear that nobody else speaks for me. I speak for myself. All of the content on this site is my original writing. This is the ONLY site to read me and find out what I believe. I support free markets, liberty, and the Constitution. That's why I started Veterans for Ron Paul in 2007.
Mark's 2015 Declaration of Independence
The government in Washington doesn't own me. I don't belong to the government in Washington. I hate the government in Washington. The government in Washington can go to hell.
About the founder of LE
Mark served honorably for four years on active duty in the Marine Corps infantry. He received a meritorious promotion which required having to go up for a board and answer several questions about Marine Corps knowledge. He received the Good Conduct Medal on his three year mark. He supports the prompt dissolution of the criminal government in Washington, and states seceding. He calls for governors to arrest war criminals in both parties. He was dually endorsed by the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party when he ran for a municipal office in 2002. His top issue was ending the use of tax increment financing, instead using tax abatements. He re-enlisted in the Army National Guard in 2006 because he missed the military and was honorably discharged. He has helped expose how the VA medical system exists to undermine the rights of veterans by creating faux medical records, as about 99% of the VA medical records that the VA claims are his are faux - literally almost every sentence in the VA medical records the VA claims are his is false. Having a collegiate GPA of 4.0 so far, he stood on principle refusing to take anything from the taxpayer to go to school. He started Veterans for Ron Paul in 2007 (contrary to the claims somebody else started it, which he can prove), which had several hundred members, and then a separate Veterans for Ron Paul was created later by somebody else. He has held the NFA Series 3 license (futures and futures options broker) which he did a voluntary withdrawal on because he couldn't in good conscience sell managed futures, which are designed for institutional clients, since firms would do better to hire an in-house trader to trade a proprietary account with a discount broker rather than allocating assets into a managed futures account, which he outlined in his well-written withdrawal request. He's proud to say that he never bagged a single client for MF Global because if he had bagged a client it would have been for MF Global, since he was hired by MF Global. He can assist your company in developing a hedging strategy. He believes silver bullion is on sale. His commentaries have been carried by sites like Antiwar.com. He takes pride in the fact he's a commentator, not a journalist. Since the year 2000, he has spent much of his free time reading the great minds of the Austrian School of economics, such as Murray Rothbard, Henry Hazlitt, Ludwig von Mises, et al.


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A winner was selected from 80 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Techgear.co.za supplies the latest gadgets and consumer electronics to the South African market place. We are in the process of launching our online store and want a funky logo to match.
Young professionals, who demand the best technology, gadgets and gear.
The age range is between 20 and 40 male and female who are young trendy, and want the best latest tech out there.
The logo needs to fit into the current site http://www.techgear.co.za, we want to move away from the Orange and more towards RED which will match the site.
- White background, clean cut.
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- We are an online shopping site (perhaps the use of a stylish cart)
- We are specialists in gadgets, consumer electronics and accessories
- We are south african (maybe)
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I like some of the clean cut work done on this logo
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What if something goes badly wrong while you're abroad? What if you're the victim of a crime, or fall ill?
What if someone close to you dies abroad, or suffers other serious misfortune? In this section we explain how we can help.
Information on how the British Embassy can help if you are admitted to hospital whilst abroad
This page explains what assistance we can offer British nationals arrested or imprisoned abroad including a contact number and a list of support organisations.
This page provides general advice on what to do if you are a victim of crime whilst abroad, including information on replacing lost or stolen passports
This page provides general advice and information on how we can help if you are affected by a crisis overseas
Advice on what you should do if you are sexually assaulted whilst abroad, including how the local Embassy can help.
This section explains what we can do to help you in the unfortunate event of a friend or relative dies whilst overseas including contact numbers and what you can do if the death occurs in suspicious circumstances.
Information on what the FCO's Forced Marriage Unit does, and links to information for victims and professionals.
Advice on what to do, and what we can do to help, when you suspect someone has gone missing abroad
Information and practical advice for anyone affected by international parental child abduction or involved in residence and contact disputes overseas, including contact details of our specialist Child Abduction Unit.
Female genital mutilation is illegal in the UK. If you know someone at risk of FGM you can find information and contacts here that can help.
What we can do to help in the case of terrorist incidents.
In association with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and our partners Buy Association we would like to bring you this video guide to buying property abroad.