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The North American black bear (ursus americanus) is the smallest of the continent's 3 bear species, and (comparatively) the most docile. It generally prefers to avoid humans and be left alone.
It was the Cuban missile crisis. The 2 superpowers were locked in a potentially lethal stare-down that affected lives across the globe. Both were on a hair trigger, watching for the other to make the first move.
Volk Field, in Wisconsin, wasn't one of America's larger bases. It was primarily used for pilot training and didn't even have a control tower. Planes were directed from a command center at Duluth.
In the current state of readiness, though, the Air Force had dispersed American warplanes to many such small bases across the north. Tensions were high. There was fear that Soviet agents would try to destroy the planes or runways prior to a first strike. Extra alarms had been hurriedly rigged up everywhere, alongside the dreaded klaxon that meant "launch nuclear bombers." Armed sentries patrolled constantly.
There were no drills. The pilots and planes were ready. The men had been told that, given the world situation, if the alarm sounded it was the real thing.
It was around midnight when a sentry patrolling the Duluth command center noticed a figure just outside the security fence. As he approached, it suddenly began climbing the fence, trying to get into the restricted area. This might be it. A Russian spy, trying to sabotage the bases to let the Soviets get in a first nuclear strike.
The guard fired his gun at the figure and hit the alarm button that warned of a ground intruder. The trespasser jumped off the fence and ran back into the forest on all fours- a large black bear. But the sabotage alarm had now been activated at all the bases under Duluth's command, sending armed guards racing to protect the planes.
Except at Volk Field.
Due to an undetected wiring error when the base was hurriedly readied for bombers, the nuclear war klaxon sounded there.
Fighter crews scrambled to planes. Their mission (likely one-way) was to intercept long-range Soviet bombers coming over the North Pole. Aside from other weapons, each American plane carried a single AIR-2 "Genie" rocket with a 1.5 kiloton nuclear warhead to be used against enemy formations. The Russians, once they detected American planes heading for them, would certainly retaliate in kind.
They taxied down the runway to Armageddon. Once airborne they couldn't be recalled- they were under orders to assume any ground communication telling them to come back was from the enemy. There was no control tower to correct the error before they took off.
A quick-thinking officer in the base's command center called Duluth, and learned of the mistake. There was no war, only an errant bear. He hurriedly jumped into a truck, turned on the flashing lights, and drove onto the runway, blocking the fighters from taking off and alerting them to the mistake. He was able to stop them just in time.
It was another close call.
Those involved didn't even know what had happened for another 25 years, when the incident was officially declassified.
Life on the edge is scary.


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The whole point of Valve's Steam Machine idea is that it bridges the gap between consoles and PCs. All the benefits of the PC in a simpler case. One company, however, is slanting a little too heavily towards the console side of the gap.
Alienware's flagship Steam Machine, one of the standouts from the early lineup of devices, won't be upgradable. Instantly negating one of the main reasons for buying a PC in the first place.
"Lifecycle wise, consoles update every five, six, seven years, we will be updating our Steam Machines every year," says Frank Azor, Alienware's General Manager in an interview with Trusted Reviews.
"There will be no customisation options, you can't really update it."
Well, that's a nothankyou.jpg on that one then. Those consoles updated every 5-7 years have an entire library of games coded specifically for them. The PC market won't wait for Alienware; it'll keep pushing the same boundaries it always does, which for purchasers of their Steam Machine means they'll start lagging behind just twelve months after purchase.
There's no word on price yet for the Alienware Steam Machine; the company only says that "The price will be competitive with next generation consoles."
Alienware: We will launch new Steam Machines every year [Trusted Reviews]

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direct link:Ravishing Light @ LyricalMyrical Festival.
My second 'clip-on mic' poetry and creative movement live performance, 'Ravishing Light,' @the LyricalMyrical Festival hosted by publisher, Luciano Iacobelli, @Q Space in Toronto. The 3-day festival of LyricalMyrical authors (over 30 featured) is the last event before it closes down in a few days. We all hope Luciano resurrects Q Space at another location at some point in the future. His cafe has been a warm, welcoming, accepting, nurturing and enjoyable space for poetry in Toronto and many of us will miss it greatly. Many thanks to my brother, Allan Clews, and my friend, Jacques Albert, who took video. I edited the clips the morning after.
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Every Science Fiction Fan Must Listen To Eli Raybon's "Primitive Man"
Who doesn't love sci-fi movies or TV shows? Sometimes, our imagination takes flight at a world of fiction where technological advances have primacy over anything else. Based on a futuristic concept, Eli Raybon releases "Primitive Man", which is featured on his debut album 'SUPERTOYS' (July 12th). Interestingly, he plays around with different vintage synths like no other before. With this in mind, he's reviving the sound of the 80s in combination with cyberpunk storytelling lyrics.
Personally, I think there are no limits for his creativity. The 21-year-old artist employs the right music elements on "Primitive Man" to indulge you in nostalgia. In addition, his impressive vocal range is very much similar to Depeche Mode's lead singer, Dave Gahan. It's easy to become a fan of Eli's music, don't you think?…
Get Some Instant Relief From Stress With Amadante's Chill Music
Easy on the ear, the soothing flow of "Blue Green Yellow" from singer, songwriter, and pianist Amadante creates a relaxing atmosphere. He was able to develop creative spontaneity since early childhood. In fact, when it comes to composing genuine songs, his inner impulse without premeditation sets him apart from other artists. Over the years, Amadante became a musical prodigy on the keys. This is evidenced by his signature style which is synonymous with feel-good vibes. In the case of "Blue Green Yellow", listening to dreamy synths over piano chords is a stress reliever. Definitely, the whole soundscape it emits is pleasantly calming. To my mind, his romantic lyrics reach new heights of expression as he incorporates the elements of fantasy and colors. In just three and a half minutes, he describes the magical feeling of falling in love. The chorus also revolves around emotional empathy. Certainly, he should also be considered a modern-day poet. Put your headphones on and check this out.
Electro-Pop Playlist Spotify 2020 — LISTEN
Get into this incredible Electro-Pop playlist on Spotify and tune into fantastic synth-driven selections. I'm bringing together tracks from Sam Sparro, Jessy Lanza, The Weeknd, Kiesza, Erasure, and more. Of course, it's plenty of emerging indie artists worth listening to as well. Instant and assured, these tunes are 100% singable.
While not all of them have reached the pop charts, I still think their underrated nature won't go unnoticed once you discover them. Electro-Pop is a genre that doesn't hold back when it comes to showcasing emotional lyrics with uptempo melodies. So, turn up the volume, and expect it to grow over time with more captivating hits. Don't think it twice, follow this playlist.
Top 10 Kylie Minogue Quotes That Will Inspire Female Artists
There are many pop stars in the world that have the ability to inspire female artists to reach their goals. Today, I'm sharing the best Kylie Minogue quotes so that you can feel empowered to keep doing music. I'm pretty sure she's still the best-selling singer from Australia.
Believe it or not, her first 13 singles topped the charts in the UK, making history during the 80s in the music industry. Her career began by accident, however, she has an innate intelligence worthy of admiration. Behind all her dancey hits, there's definitely a wise woman.
If you're into the mood for discovering more memorable expressions from your favorite music idols, then I would suggest you check out Quotes Hunter immediately!
"If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented."
"I just can't help but see things differently."
"If someone feels they have to live up to a certain image, then I can kind of understand that pressure because I'm considered to be one of those images, and I know how unreal they are."
"I am really not looking further than my next trip. I'm enjoying being in the moment."
"You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song."
"The point of my job is to entertain and make it look easy, so I guess it's the parts you don't often see which make me feel proud. All the behind the scenes work, the fears and insecurities I have to face and overcome to improve myself as a person and performer, all of the people who believe in me and encourage me."
"Let's just say that I am aware my style has meaning for some people."
"People see me as Kylie the singer. It would be a dream for me to be taken seriously as an actress."
"I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly unsexy."
"I'm sure that love exists, even infinite, eternal love."
Huntington Impresses With Modern Electro-Pop Single "Chapstick"
Discover the impressive artistry of the multi-talented singer, songwriter, and producer Huntington. I don't know about you, but his debut single "Chapstick" is highly energetic and 100% eargasmic. Here you have a modern example of high-quality Electro-Pop. Probably, the Los Angeles up-and-coming talent has written so many songs over quarantine, but this one is truly special.
Best of all, "Chapstick" portrays a relatable message on the uncertainty you experience after a breakup. Somehow, the lyrics feel personal and intimate as he isn't afraid to share his fears through great metaphors. Without a doubt, this is the perfect end of summer song for your Spotify playlist. Listen in full below.
Monotronic Unveil Their Most Catchy Song Ever, "Kids Of Summer"
Are you eager to hear fun, dancey, and upbeat music? Then, you need to explore the art of Monotronic. They are a New York-based collective led by creative producer Ramsey Elkholy.
Are you eager to hear fun, dancey, and upbeat music? Then, you need to explore the art of Monotronic. They are a New York-based collective led by creative producer Ramsey Elkholy. Catchy as hell, "Kids Of Summer" will melt every single speaker. As a matter of fact, this tune already reaches 22K Spotify streams in such a short time. Thinking about it, I believe the feel-good vocals are the precious nectar of the composition.
While it is true, the sound of Monotronic can't be boxed into only one genre, their new banger is built on pure electronic music, drums, and bass. Moreover, this song exhibits the band's great songwriting. No one can deny, "Kids Of Summer" is brimming with positive lyrics with an escapist feel that invites you to chase your dreams. Sure enough, this context matches up so well with the music video, in which, enthusiasm and energy arouse the choreography. On a side note, the clip also plays a subtle tribute and support to the Black Lives Matter movement, aimed to bring justice, healing, and freedom to black people across the world.
Nowadays, Elkholy has decided to shift gears, focusing less on playing gigs and more on recording and songwriting, which led to a series of upcoming singles and videos to be released throughout 2020. If "Kids Of Summer" is nearly perfect ear-candy, I can't wait to hear "Buy Yourself A Dream", out next month.
Let's keep an eye on their socials below to get notified with more surprises.
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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
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2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 large eggs
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Omaha Doctors Breaking Barriers Of Autism
Early Detection Key In Autism Intervention
Omaha experts are breaking through the barriers of autism. They're finding, in some cases, if autism is detected early enough in life, there are more opportunities to improve how a child connects with the world.
Both of Brooke's children -- Trinity and Roy -- have autism. And even though siblings have very different personalities, they share the same challenge.
"It's your kid, so you do whatever you need to do for your kid," Brooke said.
Brooke and her husband said they sought help as soon as possible. Trinity showed signs of the brain disorder at age two.
"I didn't know if we were ever going to talk," Brooke said.
Trinity stopped eating, wouldn't allow touching and couldn't play. So she started therapy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Munroe-Meyer Institute.
"If we can get in there while the brain is still forming synapses in the early stages, we have the best chances of helping these kids," said Dr. Lois Starr, pediatrician and genetics expert at UNMC.
Starr said researchers have found that when a child has autism, there's a 20 percent chance their siblings will, too.
"We have several family members with even up to three children with severe profound autism," Starr said.
Roy is in the early stages of therapy, and 5-year-old Trinity is showing progress her family never anticipated.
"Trinity is completely caught up milestone-wise. She reads at a second-grade level," Brooke said. "When I take her to the park, she's the first kid to go talk to other kids."
The progress in Trinity makes the family hopeful for their son.
"I do believe there's a window you can pull them through. And the earlier you get it, the more results you get," Brooke said.
Both doctors and parents of autistic children said it's important to talk with a pediatrician if your child is not meeting developmental milestones.
Early intervention for autism can make a big difference in outcomes.


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In the November issue of Vogue.
It's Rooney Mara AND her creator David Fincher. Yes. I said creator. Read the article and see if you don't feel the same way afterwards. One of the BEST Vogue celebrity profiles in a LONG, LONG time. So much better than the generic and safe Sarah Jessica Parker/Jennifer Garner/Jessica Biel pieces we get all the f-cking time in fashion magazines that don't offer anything insightful, provocative, or, more appropriately, because it is a FASHION magazine after all, stylish.
We are approaching the release of the Fincher version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This is Hollywood. By the end of their marketing strategy then, their goal is to make you forget about every other Lisbeth Salander you ever knew. Rooney Mara IS Lisbeth Salander. Because David Fincher commands?
Oh but it's a fascinating relationship. In Daniel Craig's words: "It's f-cking weird!"
Hit me up after you read about how she looks at him. How she can't camouflage, even in front of a journalist, her devotion to him, her consuming need for his approval. About everything. Even what she eats. The food control! He's her food boss! He is comfortably her food boss, in front of someone who's stated purpose in their presence is to be an observer and report back, there's no denying he's her food boss. Her everything boss.
Counter-thinking? Let's behave like this on purpose to start a conversation? Like a distorted version of Blomkvist and Salander? It's not like David Fincher is a stranger to a mind game. Sure. And if that was the intention, well, they did it really well. Because we're supposed to see it through the writer. And the writer totally bought it.
Something about Fincher's filmmaker's approach though... I think this is legit. I think he's control and order and with an actress of Rooney's... inexperience, shall we say, this is exactly how he's playing it. It is a 3 movie franchise, right? You could do worse for a mentor, I guess. It's creepy and fascinating to me at the same time. Adds yet another dimension to the anticipation for this movie. Brilliant, non?
Anyway, I need to stop writing so that you can go off and read it. I promise. It's a must. Including the part where Fincher explains why he didn't cast Scarlett Johansson who supposedly threw down an amazing audition but... well... find out for yourself why she didn't get the part.
Click here to read the piece and see more photos. Of course Anna Wintour chose the least interesting shot to turn into the cover.
It's not just Rooney Mara ...
In the November issue of Vogue.


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Obama briefed on Connecticut school shooting
President Obama is being updated throughout the day on the Friday shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
The president was first notified of the shooting at 10:30 a.m. while in the Oval Office and is continuing to get information on the status on the ground. Carney couldn't say whether Obama would speak about the incident. "If we get more information and as we get more information, we'll certainly provide it to you," he said.
(PHOTOS: Connecticut school shooting response)
Renewing the assault weapons ban "does remain a commitment" of the president's, Carney said, but he added that the day of an apparent mass shooting isn't the best time to discuss policy. "Today is not the day to ... engage in the usual Washington policy debates," he said. "I think that day will come, but today's not that day, especially as we are awaiting more information about the situation."
"The president as a father and I as a father certainly ... feel enormous sympathy for families that are affected," Carney said at another point in his daily briefing. The White House will "do everything we can to support state and local law enforcement, to support those who are enduring what appears to be a very tragic event."
Carney also said the FBI is assisting state and local law enforcement officials in Newtown, Conn.
RELATED: Obama: 'Our hearts are broken'


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When you buy this beautiful earrings and necklace set, you will be getting the best bang for your buck! Makes a great gift for that special fan you know. But hurry, as this deal will not last long!


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We should all know by now that companies write about themselves in the most glowing and optimistic way, especially in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. So when Facebook announced it had 845 million active monthly users and 483 actively daily users, people should have been a little skeptical. And just in case you weren't, the New York Times will be skeptical for you.
The Times' Dealbook found on page 44 of Facebook's prospectus information that explained the numbers.
Facebook counts as "active" users who go to its Web site or its mobile site. But it also counts an entire other category of people who don't click on facebook.com as "active users." According to the company, a user is considered active if he or she "took an action to share content or activity with his or her Facebook friends or connections via a third-party Web site that is integrated with Facebook."
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Essentially, if you have ever hit a "Like" on anything outside of Facebook or used your Facebook login to leave a comment on some other website, then you are considered an active user by Facebook. Even if you aren't a daily or monthly user of Facebook, Facebook has just enough fingers in enough pies to make you one of their active users whether you like it or not. Muahahaha!
The story goes on to compare data and suggest the 845 million MAU is about 40 million off.
Are you surprised that Facebook may have inflated numbers? We aren't. When estimating numbers for one's company, it's a rare firm that takes the conservative approach -- especially in an initial public offering. And overestimating by 40 million? Be thankful it's not 400 million.
We doubt that the news will make much of a difference for those eager to invest, but for those hesitating, realize that Facebook may be projecting bigger numbers than it can return.


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Due to current health and safety measures, all wineries are accepting visitors by appointment only
Since 1971, some of California's most ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignons have been made from grapes grown at the Eisele Vineyard, located on benchland near the northern end of the Napa Valley, just east of Calistoga. Protected by the Palisades Mountains to the north and cooled by westerly breezes from the Chalk Hill Gap, this 38 acre vineyard is planted on warm cobbly soils that produce a low yielding crop of exceptionally concentrated fruit.
Committed to producing estate grown wines of the highest caliber and distinction, the Estate employs organic and biodynamic farming protocols in the vineyard. The Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah wines produced in this remarkable place have a rare combination of forthright character, deep concentration without any sense of heaviness, and the capacity to develop profound complexity with age.
The Napa Green program is supported by a wide variety of groups including the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the University of California. The Napa Valley Vintners, along with Fish Friendly Farming, the Napa Valley Grapegrowers, the Napa County Farm Bureau and others developed the Napa Green program. Learn more about the program at napagreen.org.
Eisele Vineyard is certified under the Napa Green Winery Program by the Napa County Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Association of Bay Area Government's (ABAG) Green Business Program and completed all the regulatory components needed for environmental sustainability. These components included developing water and energy conservation methods, preventing pollution, and reducing solid waste. In addition to developing sustainable winery practices, this program is set to become the standard for the state of California.
Eisele Vineyard is certified under the Napa Green Certified Land Program. Eisele Vineyard has created and implemented a customized farm plan with measured results that addressed all aspects of its property, vineyard land as well as non-farmed land, including practicing soil conservation, water conservation, stable drainage, riparian corridor enhancement, fisheries and wildlife habitat enhancement and long-term improvement and sustainability.
Certification - certification is granted by the Napa County Agricultural Commissioners Office of Pesticide Regulation, the Regional Water Quality Control board, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the National Marine Fisheries Service.


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Facebook launched their new Facebook messaging service with fanfare saying that it would be a great way to communicate with people, with less spam. However, it looks like they still have quite a lot of work to do with fighting spam in Facebook Messaging.
According to a Business Insider writer, his Facebook Email account has already received a spam message where the sender said that he had won some money and in order to get it, he would have to send some personal details along. Such type of spam messages are very common with regular email and are usually marked as spam by services such as Gmail and Hotmail.
However, Facebook messaging is yet to encounter such messages and will have to filter such messages out and mark it as scam. Facebook Email/Messaging is yet in its infancy and not widely used, so they still have a lot of time on hands before a huge number of users begin to use.
Time to start polishing the rough edges then.. I mean spam filters to track such common spam messages. No?


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I installed the new subversive using the eclipse.org location.
Afterwards I installed Fasttrack 1.1.5 and (without choosing it) the SVN Team Provider 1.1.9 has been installed, too.
I now have two TEAM/SVN configuration items available under Windows->Preferences and I can checkout projects from a SVN server using two different SVN checkout methods.
Except removing the new version, what else can I do? Any suggestions?
Fasttrack 1.1.5 and Subversive eclipse.org version
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We are encountering this same issue. We already had "SVN Team Provider 1.1.9.02", but after installing Fast-Track, which comes with "SVN Team Provider (Incubation) 0.7.0.v20080321", we now have two competing SVN clients. You can find the 2nd one now listed under Eclipse --> Manage Configuration, in the Fast Track 1.5.0 node. There are now two SVN nodes listed under Windows --> Preferences --> Team in Eclipse. We also get an error when we check out new branches from our repository. These errors are popped-up after the check-out is complete, and so far they have not prevented us from functioning normally (we can check files in and out after this with no errors), but we're sure all of this can be solved by simply eliminating the packaged SVN client that comes with Fast Track. Unfortunately, this option is apparently not available from the Manage Configuration screen. Suggestions? Anyone else find a way to get rid of the extra, unwanted SVN client?
Re: Fasttrack 1.1.5 and Subversive eclipse.org version
I had a similar thing: two SVN items in Eclipse's Preferences window. It looked to me like I had installed both Subversive and Subclipse. So, I uninstalled Subclipse but it left its Preferences Team/SVN node behind, and I don't know why.
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A few things currently on my dresser, a candle stick by Catherine Lovatt from Lotta Agaton's shop, a post card from Therese Sennerholt, a stack of Paumes books cinched with a rubber band and a clear box with some of my rings.
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Love the composition and the colour scheme. Very graphic. May I ask if Lotta Agaton has opened an online shop? I simply adore her and I want so badly to go to see her shop but, well, Stockholm is not exactly around the corner. It'd be a dream to be able to order something from her selection online.
Great, great work. As usual! ;)
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Happiness IS here to stay! I love the simplicity of your dresser ... compared to mine it looks like heaven!ReplyDelete
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So what are y'all?
I have an overtraining ache at the moment that i went to the physio about the other day, and she told me that i have to change the way i run to become a heel striker as opposed to a midfoot striker which i naturally am. I didnt like her advice but didnt think it prudent to argue with a professional so came home and googled instead,. MAn was i living in the dark, had no idea there was such hot debate on the topic!!and of course im none the wiser or none the clearer about what is the best action for me right now IE listen to professional advice and spend god knows how many years retraining myself to run, or ignore it and carry on as i am as im happy and as i feel, has been sucessful for me. The issue is A/she says its the 'correct' way to run(heel that is) and B/she says it might well be that ive run the way i do sucessfully for the last ten years, but that is exactly the time frame that injuries start cropping up in!
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Championship rolls to Albuquerque
Isotopes Park will be the host site for the 2011 Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game, pitting the winner of the Pacific Coast League playoffs against the winner of the International League's Governors' Cup, in a one-game championship showdown on Tuesday, September 20 at 6:05 PM.
The contest, which will be nationally-televised on VERSUS, is the centerpiece of a day-long event that includes a free pre-game autograph session with Dodgers legends, a great giveaway from presenting sponsor Sandia Resort, and a post-game fireworks show.
The championship is one of two marquee events for baseball's highest developmental level. For the past 23 summers, the Triple-A Baseball All-Star Game has showcased tomorrow's Major League Stars in a mid-summer classic on the day following the Major League All-Star Game. Salt Lake City, Utah will play host to the 2011 Triple-A All-Star Game, scheduled for July 13.
In 1998 the Bisons participated in the best-of-five Triple-A World Series in Las Vegas, NV. The Herd was bested by New Orleans 3-1 in the series. Since 1909, Buffalo has been part of nine Triple-A Championship events.
Buffalo will host the 25th anniversary of the All-Star Game on July 11, 2012, a quarter-century after hosting the inaugural event.
2012 Triple-A All Star Game: DETAILS!
"Isotopes Park has been the scene of a lot of big events through the years and we're excited and honored to be chosen to host the 2011 Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game," said team president Ken Young. "The National Championship is yet another way we can showcase to the entire country our great facility as well as the great baseball fans we have in Albuquerque and throughout the state of New Mexico."
The contest will be televised live on VERSUS and is expected to be re-aired the following day on the Major League Baseball Network. It will also be broadcast live on radio coast-to-coast in Triple-A markets throughout the nation.
The excitement starts at 4:30 PM with a free pre-game autograph session on the Isotopes Park concourse with Dodgers greats Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, and Bill Russell, who will be signing autographs and taking pictures with fans until 6:00 PM. The first 1,500 fans will also get a great giveaway item courtesy of Sandia Resort. After the contest, fans will be treated to a spectacular fireworks show, the last one at The Lab in 2011.
Tickets for the Triple-A National Championship will go on sale Saturday, March 12 at 10:00 AM on-line at http://www.albuquerquebaseball.com and by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.
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Yes there is more to it than that; but it is nothing to do with the County ChampionshipsAlex Holowczak wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:20 amThe Internet exists in France and Germany, but the equivalent problem appears not to. So I think there's more to it than that.Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:43 amProbably the only way you might get more chess players at secondary level would be to close down the internet.
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I'm happy to report that my first novel, Velvet Totalitarianism, was launched in Romanian translation (by Mihnea Gafita) under the title Intre Doua Lumi (Curtea Veche Publishing, 2011). The presentation will include my talk about the book as well as a book trailer produced by Claudiu Ciprian Popa and a music video produced by Andy (Soundland) Platon (see the below). This was the first multimedia launch, in which a book trailer and music video accompanied the presentations of the novel.
The political commentator Adrian Cioroianu, the literary critic Alex Stefanescu and the film producer Stere Gulea introduced my novel in light of their respective fields. The book launch took place at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Bucharest (ICR Bucuresti) on September 21, 2011 at 18:00 p.m. (Aleea Alexandru nr. 38, sector 1, 011824, Bucuresti, România).
This novel is being made into a movie by the Romanian-American cinematographer Bernard Salzman (http://bernardsalzman.com/)
I'm pasting below the Advance Praise for my novel as well as Diana Evantia Barca's article about it in Catchy.ro and Anca Lapusneanu's article about it (and intellectual freedom) in Revista VIP.
Advance Praise for Velvet Totalitarianism/Intre Doua Lumi
A deeply felt, deftly rendered novel of the utmost importance to any reader interested in understanding totalitarianism and its terrible human cost. Urgent, evocative, and utterly convincing, Velvet Totalitarianism is a book to treasure, and Claudia Moscovici is indeed a writer to watch, now and into the future.
–Travis Holland, author of the critically acclaimed novel, The Archivist's Story, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.
Claudia Moscovici's first novel, Velvet Totalitarianism, triumphs on several levels: as a taut political thriller, as a meditation on totalitarianism, as an expose of the Ceausescu regime, and as a moving fictionalized memoir of one family's quest for freedom.
–Ken Kalfus, author of the novel A Disorder Peculiar to the Country
(2006 National Book Award nominee), of The Commissariat of Enlightenment (2003) and of PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies (1999).
Western intellectuals have often blurred the fundamental differences between the imperfect free world they have been fortunate to enjoy and the totalitarian world of communism they never had the misfortune to endure. Claudia Moscovici's Velvet Totalitarianism is a powerful corrective to that ivory tower distortion of reality. Moscovici makes her readers viscerally feel the corrosive psychological demoralization and numbing fear totalitarian regimes impose on those who live under them. At the same time, with style and wit, and informed by her experiences as a child in communist Romania and then as an immigrant in the United States, she tells a story of resilience and hope. Velvet Totalitarianism is a novel well worth reading, both for its compelling narrative and for its important message.
–Michael Kort, Professor of Social Science at Boston University and author of the best-selling textbook, The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath
This vivid novel by Claudia Moscovici, historian of ideas and wide-ranging literary critic, traces a family of Jewish-Romanian refugees from the stifling communist dictatorship of their homeland through their settling in the United States during the 1980's. This fascinating and compelling story is at once historically accurate, exciting, sexy and a real page-turner. Ms. Moscovici is as sensitive to the emotions of her characters as to their political entanglements.
–Edward K. Kaplan, Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities at Brandeis University and author of Spiritual Radical: Abraham Joshua Heschel in America, 1940-1972, winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Moving between extraordinary and ordinary lives, between Romania and the United States, velvet totalitarianism and relative freedom, dire need and consumerism, evoking her Romanian experience in the seventies, the emigration to the U.S. of her family in the eighties, and the 1989 uprising in Timisoara and Bucharest that marked the end of Ceausescu's regime, Claudia Moscovici offers her readers a multifaceted book—Velvet Totalitarianism—that is at once a love story, a political novel and a mystery. Love is the last resort left to people in order to counter totalitarianism under Ceausescu's rule. It keeps families united, allowing them to resist indoctrination and hardship and to make sure their children enjoy the carefree beautiful years that are their due. Love gives the protagonist of the novel the strength to overcome cultural differences between Romania and the U.S. and to invent in turn a form of personal happiness in a context that, while far from being as harsh as her initial one, does not lack its own problems.
– Sanda Golopentia, Professor of French, Brown University
Cold historical facts and figures tend to leave us emotionally indifferent. The impact of a nation's tragic events on one single person or family is much better understood and more profoundly felt. This is what makes Claudia Moscovici's book, Velvet Totalitarianism, so very special. Her novel is prefaced by a well-researched history of Romania under communism. Depending on one's point of view, Moscovici's work could be considered as the fictionalized story of a real Jewish-Romanian family under communism, based on her own recollections and that of her family and supported by true historical facts; or a brief history supported by the fictionalized story of a real family. It's a book well worth reading. The novel is a page-turner, witty and well written.
–Nicolae Klepper, author of the best-selling book, Romania: An Illustrated History.


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About this book
The Semantic Web, which is intended to establish a machine-understandable Web, is currently changing from being an emerging trend to a technology used in complex real-world applications. A number of standards and techniques have been developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), e.g., the Resource Description Framework (RDF), which provides a general method for conceptual descriptions for Web resources, and SPARQL, an RDF querying language. Recent examples of large RDF data with billions of facts include the UniProt comprehensive catalog of protein sequence, function and annotation data, the RDF data extracted from Wikipedia, and Princeton University's WordNet. Clearly, querying performance has become a key issue for Semantic Web applications.
In his book, Groppe details various aspects of high-performance Semantic Web data management and query processing. His presentation fills the gap between Semantic Web and database books, which either fail to take into account the performance issues of large-scale data management or fail to exploit the special properties of Semantic Web data models and queries. After a general introduction to the relevant Semantic Web standards, he presents specialized indexing and sorting algorithms, adapted approaches for logical and physical query optimization, optimization possibilities when using the parallel database technologies of today's multicore processors, and visual and embedded query languages.Groppe primarily targets researchers, students, and developers of large-scale Semantic Web applications. On the complementary book webpage readers will find additional material, such as an online demonstration of a query engine, and exercises, and their solutions, that challenge their comprehension of the topics presented.
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Nokia has announced that UK sports retailer Sports Direct has joined the line of companies moving across to Windows Phone 8 and will be adopting the Lumia 820. We appear to be banging a drum to a repetitious rhythm with these business success stories, but it's not often that we're able to shout out about big name companies joining the platform, and it's rare that Nokia has managed to bundle all its partnership deals into one month so far.
Sports Direct will be deploying the Lumia 820 to its regional managers to help ensure high rates of efficiency. The company has approximately 18,000 employees across the UK alone, and its operations are divided into regions with managers heading up teams for each region. Said personnel rely on stable connections for communication to take place.
This isn't Sports Direct moving to Windows Phone as a whole, though. The company has been using Lumia Windows Phones since they were announced back in 2011, taking on the Lumia 800 and 710 smartphones. Jay Lyford, IT Manager at Sports Direct had the following to comment on the move to the Lumia 820:
"Over the past year or so, we've been pressed by the need for managers to be more connected on the go. We needed to make sure they had the right devices, enabling managers to take pictures of stock and check, receive and send email on the road. We have been using Nokia's Lumia range of smartphones since they first launched in October 2011 as we were keen to get a foothold with the Windows Phone operating system. We are a Microsoft house through and through and Nokia's Lumia devices are perfectly suited to our needs."
Main features in Windows Phone 8, which captured the interest of the technology team include OTA backup of texts and the Company Hub. Lyford continues to expand on the benefits of Windows Phone 8 that fit the bill for the company:
"Company Hub allows us to push vital apps, company updates and important communications to users' devices. Quite simply the Nokia Lumia 820, working with the rest of our Microsoft environment, makes communication across the estate simple and delivers a great end-user experience."
But it's not only the features of Windows Phone that keeps the Sports Direct team with Microsoft's mobile platform. There was also the consideration on initial cost and maintenance for smartphones to be deployed. Lyford talk about how the company moved away from a competitor platform to achieve yearly savings:
"Moving away from BlackBerry meant we could give smartphones to more people because there were no more monthly licence fees to pay, or any increased monthly subscriptions. With yearly savings of approximately £14,400, we are now able to drastically increase the number of email-capable phones in use."
It's interesting to see such a well-known company in the UK continue to advance on Windows Phone and adopt the latest hardware. The Lumia 820 sports some impressive features for a mid-range smartphone, and on the latest version of Windows Phone, it's easy to see why it was deemed the perfect candidate to meet requirements of the company.
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Now that we've got Yogg-Saron down in 25, and our 10 man can clear the zone in ~4 hours (which means I am raiding 4-5 nights a week instead of 5-6 nights), I have a little bit of free time to get back to things other than Ulduar for a bit! I will certainly admit that this is a very refreshing, and most welcome change!
In some of this fresh free time, I have decided to move my next alt up to 80. Right now, in addition to my druid, I also have a Mage and a Paladin at 80.
When I first created and leveled Mynn, she was enhancement. As a matter of fact, she was the only melee class that I ever really managed to get anywhere! (I'm a princess…I shouldn't have to chase mobs to kill them :P) I actually had a ton of fun with Mynn and played her very frequently.
The bottom line was that Mynn was bad ass. I mean, seriously bad ass. Harley Davidson, chick in leather, bright red lipstick, bad ass.
There is just something incredibly liberating about punching things in the face and smashing that storm strike button that I just couldn't resist. Mynn made me feel rebellious! Free! Thelma and Louise!
And then something awful happened. Wrath of the Lich King released, and I really didn't like the changes made to the enhancement tree…Mynn's bitchin' leather pant wearing days were fast falling behind her, and not because she couldn't squeeze into them any more!
No…this hot mama is now sporting a much more, uh, unique, don't get caught in a lightning storm, type of look.
She is now resto/elemental. And while I do find that fun, I just don't get the same feeling of liberation from mashing the lightning bolt button that I did from smashing people in the face with storm strike. (Not to mention that fist weapons look WAY cooler than healing weapons ;)).
I am, however, enjoying her nonetheless. I find shaman healing to be a lot of fun, and riptide has got to have the coolest animation of any healing graphic in the game! She is currently level 74, and hopefully will see level 75 tonight so I can run some more instances and get a better feel for her new playstyle!
As I level her, and have new healing experiences with her, I will be giving random Mynn updates with any healing tips that I come across in my endeavors! (I am currently toying with different, shaman-y, things in my Grid!)
Random Trivia Fact! Mynn is a variant of Min who is a character from Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. She was one of my favorite characters in the series.


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The Addiction
Dir: Abel Ferrara, 1995. Writer: Nicholas St. John. Starring: Lily Taylor, Edie Falco, Christopher Walken. English. Horror/Drama.
From the deranged mind that brought you Bad Lieutenant, Ms. 45 and King of New York comes a horror tale involving drug addicts, graduate students and vampires.
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Southern Property LLC to Janny E. M. and Harry J. G. VanBeek, 1255 and 1257 Chatham Ridge Road, $509,000.
Legend Development Co. to Sue L. Calhoun, 1892 Clay Drive, Wayland's Grant, $247,500.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to W. Jeffery and Lia C. Dossin, 745 Russet Road, Grayrock, Crozet, $262,084.
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Christopher H. Stinson to Joan E. Rudel, 16.29 acres at 4310 Springwood Drive, Free Union, gift.
Crescent Development Group LLC to Barry Meade Homes LLC, lot in Still Meadow, $85,000.
Robert E. Knox to Corey Cleland, 233 Grayrock Drive, Grayrock, $242,500.
Craig Enterprises Inc. to Robert E. and Leanne W. Knox, 316 Grayrock Drive, Grayrock, $326,542.
Judith B. Refo to J.D. and Nancy T. Catlett, 89.143 acres on State Route 626, $375,000.
David Leland Wagner to John Q. Wagner, parcel on Route 240, Crozet, gift.
Rio Square LLC to Peggy B. Kessler, .130 acres in Rio Square subdivision, $250,000.
Larry M. and Brenda K. Lucas to Douglas T. and Donna S. Wood, 490 Willwood Drive, Fairgrove, Earlysville, $284,000.
Van Der Linde Housing Inc. to Eric G. and Heidi G. Trebour, 1254 Loring Run, River Creek, Dunlora, $377,946.25.
Karla K. Berger, Trustee, to Mark D. and Mary O. Combs, 93.43 acres at 4044 Carter's Mountain Road, $923,330.
Steven L. and Codie C. Peters to Kathleen Blick, 50.08 acres at 6525 Dick Woods Road, $700,000.
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J. Page Williams, Trustee, to Gerald R. Thomas, 1628 Garden Court, Gardencourt Townhouses, $96,000.
Attila and Ellinor Sipos to Thomas and Wendy Reynolds, 3048 Martin Kings Road, $267,000.
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Anh and Karine Nguyen Tuong to Aimee K. and Sarah K. Cleveland, 644 Crumpet Court, Stonehenge, $135,000.
Daniel J. and Ellen R. Huddy to Gladys C. Rogers, 1980 Craigs Store Road, Afton, gift.
Daniel J. and Ellen R. Huddy to Kristin Amy Huddy, 7.50 acres at 1980 Craigs Store Road, Afton, gift.
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Happy Valley LLC to Robert Hauser Homes Inc., lot in Walnut Hills, $105,000.
Happy Valley LLC to Weston Development Company LLC, lot in Walnut Hills, $120,000.
Weather Hill Homes Ltd. to Southern Home Builders of Virginia, two parcels in Wayland's Grant, $967,000.
Charles William Hurt and Shirley Fisher, Trustees, to Stephen M. and Elizabeth S. Placa, lot in Advance Mills Farm subdivision, $200,000.
Christina C. Hubbard to Adam and Christina Rennhoff, 1348 Wimbledon Way, LeParc, RiverRun, gift.
Morgan Simone Daleo to Dawna M. Clarke, 951 Rockledge Drive, Redfields, $289,000.
Michael L. Cesta and Lisa A. Fall to Stuart F. and Gabriella C. Chase, 3.915 acres in Spring Hill subdivision, $782,000.
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|Royal London One-Day Cup, Lord's
|Lancashire 304-4 (50 overs): Jennings 96, Vilas 70*, Croft 68; Helm 2-51
|Middlesex 284 (48.5 overs): Harris 117, Simpson 74; Mahmood 4-38
|Lancashire beat Middlesex by 20 runs
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Lancashire beat Middlesex by 20 runs at Lord's to set up a One-Day Cup semi-final against holders Hampshire in Southampton on Sunday.
But, after James Anderson and Saqib Mahmood reduced the hosts to 24-5 after 10 overs, chasing a target of 304-4, Lancs were made to fight all the way.
A Middlesex List A sixth-wicket record stand of 197 between James Harris (117) and John Simpson (74) took them close.
But, needing 84 off 59 balls, both were out and they fell short on 284 all out.
At 221-6, Harris was crucially stumped by Red Rose skipper Dane Vilas off spinner Matt Parkinson to end his first century in any form of cricket. And, just two balls later, England legend Anderson struck again with his second run-out.
With 43 runs needed off four, Mahmood came back to earn his fourth wicket – and a competition haul of 25 wickets in nine games.
A sliced top edge over third man for six off the last ball of Anderson's ninth over then reduced the target to 27 off 12 but Nathan Sowter was run out and Toby Roland-Jones holed out.
Earlier, former Lancashire skipper Liam Livingstone was out fourth ball on his first start for the Red Rose this season following an unremarkable four-match stint with Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
But England opener Keaton Jennings (96) Vilas (70 not out) and Steven Croft (68) all made half-centuries to help Lancs go past the par-score of 300 – and that quickly looked well beyond Middlesex.
Off the last ball of the fourth over, bowled by Mahmood, Holden played the ball to mid on, thinking the ball had gone past Anderson. But he was wrong as the 36-year-old paceman, down on one knee and with only one stump to aim at, scored a direct hit.
It then became two in two balls when a fired-up Anderson struck with the first delivery of the next over, trapping Nick Gubbins leg before with an inswinger.
Mahmood then got in on the act, having Sam Robson caught behind, before striking twice with the first and last balls of his next over, when Stevie Eskinazi miscued to square leg, before Ross Taylor then edged an outswinger to first slip.
However, any Lancs hopes of an easy win were quickly evaporated by Harris, who scored 11 fours and two sixes, and former Lancashire youngster Simpson.
It was the second time in three weeks that two Middlesex batsmen have posted a new List A county record partnership at Lord's, following the 184 put on by Eskinazi and Gubbins for the fifth wicket in the win over Gloucestershire. And it so nearly set up another victory, only for Lancashire to hold their nerve.
Middlesex's James Harris:
"It was an outstanding piece of bowling from Mahmood. You could argue Jimmy got out-bowled which doesn't happen an awful lot. So kudos to them, they made it hard for us up top.
"John and I were just trying to keep us in the game for as long as we could and it almost felt like we were in charge for periods of it, so to lose by 20 hurts a lot really.
"I was out there sooner than I thought I'd be. It's been a little bit of a plan that I would come up the order if we were in trouble to try and back up Simmo. A century has been something on my bucket list for a while."
Lancashire fast bowler Saqib Mahmood:
"We had a great start with the ball. Me and Jimmy bowled well up top, then it got a bit tricky in the middle, but we had that over when we took a couple of wickets and that changed the game.
"It got a bit nervy out in the middle when Simpson and Harris were batting. Someone just told me Harris's average in List A was 10, but he played like a proper batter out there.
"Simpson also played really well and they didn't look like giving us a chance, but we kept sticking at it and when that chance came we took it. We were just glad to get over the line really."
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WHITTIER >> The philanthropic social media phenomenon known as @HiddenCash surfaced at a Whittier park Thursday night, where hundreds of people showed up to take part in a scavenger hunt by flashlight.
Secluded Penn Park became the latest scene of the Twitter-fueled frenzy after the @HiddenCash Twitter account first gave clues to the location where Pez candy dispensers stuffed with cash had been hidden. A handful of treasure hunters who solved the clues arrived first at the secluded park, followed by hundreds more when @HiddenCash announced the park by name about 9:30 p.m.
Whittier officials said Friday that the park sustained more than $5,000 in damage to trees, shrubs, fences and sprinklers, which in some cases appeared to have been torn up by scavangers looking for the hidden cash. Police overtime adds another $1,700 to the tab, according to Assistant City Manager Nancy Mendez.
The city is considering asking @HiddenCash to reimburse the city. "He seems like his heart's in the right place, so we'll ask," said Mendez. "It was a nice idea, but 1,000 people is way too many for that poor old park," she said.
Twenty-five Pez dispensers were hidden at the park, along with two boxes of Pez dispensers, according to @HiddenCash.
The candy dispensers contained $40 to $50, while the bonus boxes included $100.
Vanessa Garcia, 26, of Whittier found a Pez dispenser containing $40.
"I've never seen so many people here, especially at night," Garcia said. "It's a lot of fun."
Garcia's sister, 22-year-old Alejandra Garcia of Whittier, found one of the bonus boxes.
Alejandra Garcia said she had not yet decided what to do with her newly-found $100. "I haven't thought about it," she said.
Kim Vaughn, 43, of Whittier said she was thrilled the scavenger hunt was being held in her town. She searched Penn Park with her husband and children.
"We've been following (@HiddenCash) all along, just waiting for one nearby," Vaughn said.
Some searchers brought large flashlights with them. Others searched by the light of their cell phones.
Additionally, @HiddenCash tweeted late Thursday that additional loose bills had been hidden along Greenleaf Avenue in Uptown Whittier.
The cash seekers took it in stride when the park sprinklers turned on midway through the event.
"Sorry about the sprinklers! Didn't plan that," @HiddenCash tweeted.
And while the atmosphere was festive, not everyone was thrilled with the large event at the park in a residential neighborhood, accessible only by one street. Traffic became gridlocked along Penn Street during the scavenger hunt.
"This is awful," Anthony Nerlino, 26, of Whittier said as people climbed through bushes, next to signs advising visitors to stay out of the shrubbery.
"How much is it going to cost to fix that," Nerlino said.
Police dealt with large crowds and traffic due to the event, but no major incidents were reported, Whittier police Capt. Aviv Bar said. The park was to be checked in the morning for any possible damage.


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Committee on Information – redesigned website
English, French and Spanish: http://www.un.org/ga/coi/
Conferencias y celebraciones de las Naciones Unidas
Organigramm des Systems der Vereinten Nationen
Report of the Facilitators on the consultations regarding the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and other Matters related to the Security Council
Restructuring of departments
A/61/L.54 – English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/L.54
A/61/L.54 – English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/L.55
A/61/L.54 – English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/749
Press Release: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/ga10579.doc.htm
On 15 March 2007 the General Assembly passed two resolutions to approve the Secretary-General's restructuring of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Political Affairs. Although the final texts of the resolutions are not yet available, you may see the drafts (A/61/L.54 and A/61/L.55, respectively). The report with the Secretary-General's proposals is available (A/61/749), as is the press release of the plenary meeting at which the resolutions were passed.
Secretary-General report on system-wide coherence (A/61/836)
English, French and Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/836
The Secretary-General presented his latest report (A/61/836) on system-wide coherence in development, humanitarian assistance and the environment to the General Assembly, which provides an overview of how he views the recommendations submitted by the high-level panel last year in the context of wider United Nations reforms (A/61/583 - http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/583). Learn more about the Panel at its Web site and read the Secretary-General's statement introducing the report to the General Assembly on 16 April 2007: http://www.un.org/events/panel/
Kosovo Status
English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2007/168/Add.1
The Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement (S/2007/168/Add.1) prepared by the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the future status process for Kosovo, was released on 26 March 2006. The report (S/2007/168: English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2007/168) recommends that Kosovo's status should be independence, supervised by the international community. More information is available on the UN Office of the Special Envoy for Kosovo (UNOSEK) Web site at http://www.unosek.org/unosek/index.html
MONUC: "Monthly Human Rights Assessment: February 2007"
The February human rights assessment report by the UN mission in DRC (MONUC) said operations by the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC), the national army, against militias had led to increasing allegations of human rights violations against civilians.
Summary of the report is available at:
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Buildings and Climate Change: Status, Challenges and Opportunities (UNEP report)
A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Buildings and Climate Change: Status, Challenges and Opportunities, explores the ways the building sector can combat the impacts of global warming.
Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage (UNESCO report)
The report looks at how climate change will affect World Heritage sites, which include cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.
Global tuberculosis control - surveillance, planning, financing (WHO report)
The global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic has levelled off for the first time since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared TB a public health emergency in 1993. The Global Tuberculosis Control Report released in conjunction with World TB Day finds that the percentage of the world's population struck by TB peaked in 2004 and then held steady in 2005.
International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics)
English: http://www.iknowpolitics.org/
French: http://www.iknowpolitics.org/fr
Spanish: http://www.iknowpolitics.org/es
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics) is an online workspace designed to serve the needs of elected officials, candidates, political party leaders and members, researchers, students and other practitioners interested in advancing women in politics. It is a joint project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
IPCC WGII Fourth Assessment Report: "Climate Change 2007: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" - Summary for Policymakers - April 6th, 2007
The Summary provides policymakers with information about climate change impacts and includes a number of judgments about priorities for further observation and research.
WIPO Outreach Guides
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French: http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/fr/guides/
Spanish: http://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/es/guides/
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has short outreach guides to help in planning IP-related outreach campaigns, and to provide examples of successful initiatives worldwide. The guides are available in the following areas: Planning a Public Outreach Campaign, Using Communications Tools Effectively, Outreach in Practice.
World Economic Outlook 2007: Spillovers and Cycles in the Global Economy (International Monetary Fund)
This report offers analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups, and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects. Summary is available in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French and Russian.
Human Rights and Business Learning Tool
This learning tool has been prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact Office and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC). It has been developed following a period of consultation with companies participating in the UN Global Compact concerning their learning needs in relation to human rights.
Input for the Experts' study on Complementary International Standards
The Human Rights Council has tasked the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action with the mandate to prepare complementary international standards to strengthen and update international instruments against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in all their aspects. The Experts decided to solicit the views and comments of various stakeholders to assist them in identifying human rights problems for which there may be normative gaps.
Signature Ceremony of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol - 30 March 2007
Unified Standing Treaty Body concept paper (HRI/MC/2006/2)
English, French and Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=HRI/MC/2006/2
A new concept paper prepared by the Secretariat (HRI/MC/2006/2) elaborates on the proposal of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for a unified standing treaty body, made in the High Commissioner's Plan of Action (A/59/2005/Add.3). The paper is divided into five parts, as follows:
the objectives of the High Commissioner's proposal and the principles that guide it; analysis of the current system, its objectives and achievements, as well as the challenges it faces; how the establishment of a unified standing treaty body would meet those challenges, and ensure a strengthened and more effective monitoring system; proposed ideas on the possible forms, modalities of operation and functions of a unified standing treaty body; issues to be considered with respect to the establishment of such a body.
Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector
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A joint progress report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), has been released. According to the WHO press release, while access to antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV infection in low- and middle-income countries continued to grow throughout 2006, more work is needed to reach global targets for universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care.
UNHCR's response to the Tsunami emergency in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, December 2004 - November 2006: An independent evaluation
Full report: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWFiles2007.nsf/FilesByRWDocUnidFilename/
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Expulsion of aliens (A/CN.4/565)
English, French and Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/CN.4/565
The UN Secretariat has prepared a study to assist the International Law Commission in its consideration of the topic of the expulsion of aliens (A/CN.4/565). According to the summary, "The study is based on the premise that every State has the right to expel aliens. However, this right is subject to general limitations as well as specific substantive and procedural requirements." This 600+ page document approaches the topic from several perspectives and is extensively footnoted. A select bibliography is annexed to the document.
International Court of Justice – redesigned website
English/French: http://www.icj-cij.org
The International Court of Justice has launched a new website to mark the end of its sixtieth anniversary year. The page highlights the latest developments and provides information about the court. All the documentation of the court has been digitized and is available in pdf format. There is also information about the predecessor body, the Permanent Court of International Justice and links to full-text documents from the Permanent Court (1922-1946).
Internationally Wrongful Acts (A/62/62)
English, French and Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/62/62
A new report of the Secretary-General compiles decisions of international courts, tribunals and other bodies regarding the responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts (A/62/62). In 2001, the International Law Commission adopted the articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (see A/56/10) and the General Assembly took note of these articles and commended them to the attention of Governments without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action (A/RES/56/83 and A/RES/59/35). The compilation, prepared for the next session of the General Assembly, reproduces the extracts of decisions under each of the articles referred to by international courts, tribunals or bodies, following the structure and numerical order of the State responsibility articles adopted in 2001.
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions entered into force this week. According to the UNESCO press release, "the convention aims to reinforce the links between culture, sustainable development and dialogue. It reaffirms respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, equal dignity of cultures, equitable access and openness of cultures to the world."
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Cancer drug ads don't boost inappropriate prescribing
Last Updated: 2012-11-22 9:47:57 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study ties advertising for breast cancer drugs known as aromatase inhibitors to a slight increase in the total number of prescriptions for those medications.
But the extra prescriptions were limited to women with a medical reason for taking those drugs. The ads didn't seem to increase the inappropriate use of aromatase inhibitors, which include letrozole (marketed as Femara) and anastrozole (Arimidex).
That's in contrast to some previous studies that found so-called direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of antidepressants, for example, led to increases in prescriptions both for patients who needed them and those who didn't.
"We know it increases demand for prescription drugs," said Julie Donohue, a health policy researcher at the University of Pittsburgh who has studied direct-to-consumer advertising.
"What we don't have a handle on is whether it's stimulating primarily appropriate use or inappropriate use. Probably some combination, but we don't know the ratio at all."
Besides the United States, the only country that allows direct-to-consumer advertising is New Zealand, according to the World Health Organization. Top drugs marketed to patients include sleep aids and medications to treat high cholesterol.
Aromatase inhibitors are prescribed to older women who have had breast cancer to prevent it from coming back. Because they work by blocking the body from producing estrogen, the drugs aren't supposed to be used in pre-menopausal women.
Tamoxifen is the drug of choice in younger women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer - the most common type - and an alternative to aromatase inhibitors in older women.
For the new study, researchers led by Dr. Gregory Abel from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston compared drug companies' monthly U.S. spending on direct-to-consumer ads for aromatase inhibitors with nationwide pharmacy data on the number of prescriptions for those drugs.
Between 2005 and 2007, spending on ads varied widely - from just over $22 million in October 2005 to less than $120,000 in January 2007.
Every million dollars spent over a month was tied to a 0.15-percent increase in aromatase inhibitor prescriptions three months later, the researchers reported in the journal Cancer.
However, when they looked specifically at older - likely post-menopausal - women and much younger women, ad spending was linked primarily to a rise in prescriptions for the older women.
A 0.18-percent increase in prescriptions for women over 60 accompanied every million ad dollars spent, but there was no increase among those 40 and younger.
Donohue, who wasn't involved in the new study, said that in the case of aromatase inhibitors, it's relatively easy for doctors to decide when it's OK to prescribe the drugs, and for researchers to look back at patient records and figure out when the drugs were prescribed appropriately.
"It gets really tricky with something like depression," she told Reuters Health - when the lines between minor and major depression can be blurry.
She said what doctors prescribe is often influenced by patient requests, with antibiotics being a prime example.
Donohue also pointed out that drug marketers not only print ads for doctors just as they do for potential patients, but they also send company representatives bearing free samples to visit doctors. That could also impact what doctors prescribe - and it's not clear whether that was a factor in sales increases of aromatase inhibitors.
"While it is the most visible form of promotion, DTC is actually a smaller part of the marketing budget than advertising and other forms of promotion to physicians," Donohue said.
"We can't really know from this particular study which part of the equation was responsible for there not being inappropriate use. Was it that patients appropriately classified themselves and the women under 40 didn't go to their doctors and ask (for aromatase inhibitors), or did doctors do the right thing for women under 40 and say 'no?'"
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In September 2007, Episcopal Bishop John W. Howe ushered four members of his Central Florida diocese into his small office on Robinson Street. The four men made the 64-year-old bishop an offer: step aside, retire now, and we'll pay off the mortgage on your lakeside home and the difference between what you make now and what your pension would be at the mandatory retirement age of 72.
There's a train wreck headed your way, they said, and we're offering you the chance to step out of the way.
The conservative, evangelical bishop who took over the 15-county diocese in 1990 was deeply embroiled in the issue of gay clergy in the Episcopal Church. He led a group of bishops who opposed the same-sex marriage and ordination of openly gay V. Gene Robinson as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire in 2003.
The ordination of Robinson resulted in a split within the Episcopal Church that extended to the diocese in Orlando, where members and clergy in nine congregations were planning to leave and take their church property with them.
Staying as bishop might mean presiding over the disintegration of the Episcopal Church in Central Florida.
The offer to take an early retirement was tempting.
"I needed a month to pray about it," Howe, 68, said in a recent interview. "I came back and told them I was convinced they were right. A train wreck was coming — and that's why I needed to stay."
Three years later, Howe thinks he has held the diocese together, the crisis has passed, and it will be time to retire — voluntarily — in 2012.
"I think we have become more unified than we ever were before. This is a solid diocese," said Howe, who announced his plans last month.
Howe's supporters think the bishop should be remembered more for keeping the Diocese of Central Florida from splintering apart than his position on gays in the church. Under his leadership, there were no mass defections of members and clergy, and no lawsuits over who owns church property like those that plagued other Episcopal dioceses.
"He did hold the diocese together," said the Rev. Jon Davis, rector of Church of the Incarnation in Oviedo, who worked under Howe in a youth ministry for 12 years. "It was because he had sympathy for why people were leaving the church and would not punish them for their beliefs."
Those who left the diocese did so with Howe's blessing. Those who stayed received his support, and the diocese's financial backing, in rebuilding their congregations.
Although Howe has strong theological convictions, he also has the ability to respect opposing views and to form friendships with bishops who supported gay clergy. Bishop Robinson considers him "my brother in Christ."
"My relationship with John is warm and collegial, and over the years our trust for one another has deepened, based on years of 'hanging in there' together," Robinson said in an e-mail. "We are living proof that two Christians do not have to agree on every hot button issue of the day in order to treat each other with respect and to have a good relationship."
The Rev. Canon Ernie Bennett, the diocese's second in command, said he offered to resign in 2003 when it appeared Howe was ready himself to break with the Episcopal Church. Bennett withdrew his offer to quit when Howe made it clear he had no intention of leaving the church. Bennett has since come to admire Howe's ability to accept those who disagree with him.
"He never expected everybody to toe the party line. When people disagree, he always treats them with respect," Bennett said.
Opposing views
Howe's critics argue the opposite. Conservatives were not the only ones who left the diocese. The diocese has become less diverse and less accepting than under Howe's predecessor, Bishop William Folwell, who lined up in favor of gays becoming priests, said Harry Coverston, an Episcopal priest and religion instructor at University of Central Florida.
Howe's evangelical push to increase the number of Episcopalians in Central Florida has largely failed, Coverston says. The diocese, which had about 37,000 members in 1990, now has about 38,000, despite the population growth in Central Florida.
"We had this declaration of evangelism of grow, grow, grow. That has not happened," Coverston said. "What has happened is it is becoming grayer, it's becoming whiter and stagnant."
Moreover, Howe's advocacy of traditional Christian theology that excludes gays makes the Central Florida diocese an outlier within the church, which has become more tolerant and liberal through the years, Coverston says.
Conservative Orlando
Howe's supporters argue that the bishop is in step with the conservative nature of Central Florida and the membership numbers are more a product of a nationwide decline in mainstream Protestant denominations than a widespread dissatisfaction with his orthodox brand of Episcopal doctrine.
In holding true to his beliefs and clearly articulating them in a pastoral letter in April 2008, Howe has created a stronger diocese, said the Rev. Jonathan French, rector of Grace Church in Ocala.
"That is a defining document for us," said Franklin, who took over Grace after the previous priest left with most of the 400-member congregation. "He set the stage and platform for any church that stayed."
A somewhat subdued, intellectual man, Howe is known as an inspirational teacher and preacher. But the brand of Episcopal evangelism he preaches is increasingly rare within the church. Howe never left the church, but in many ways it has left him behind, said Randall Balmer, an Episcopal priest and professor of religion at Columbia University.
"There is progressively less room for someone like Bishop Howe than there was 20 years ago," Balmer said.
Howe said he's ready to spend more time writing books and traveling with his wife, Karen. They have three children and five grandchildren. There are Clive Cussler novels to read, Benihana meals to eat and lakes to be explored on his boat.
A year after Howe's retirement in April 2012, Robinson in New Hampshire plans to retire. The events that embroiled the Episcopal Church over gay clergy may frame Howe's tenure as bishop but should not limit the legacy of the man, Bennett said.
"People assume he defines himself primarily around this one issue. That is not the case," Bennett said. "He's very passionate about Jesus and about proclaiming him, and that is where his heart is."
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