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Todd McShay and Mel Kiper Jr. have made their careers out of evaluating talent for the NFL Draft. Their Big Boards, Mock Drafts and hair (at least for one) are well known in the sports world. While they may not have universal agreement, their opinion is respected and notice is taken when they make any noise. Tonight we come to you with McShay's most recent noise, his 2014 NFL Mock Draft 4.0 (Insider, costs $) and what it holds for the Cleveland Browns:
4. Cleveland Browns: Blake Bortles, QB, UCF
I think this pick would come down to Bortles or WR Sammy Watkins. I'm going with Bortles. While he isn't a perfect prospect at QB, he has the highest ceiling of any quarterback in this class. He has some improving to do with his mechanics, but he showed clear progress in that area during his pro-day workout, and he checks all the boxes in terms of his size (6-foot-5, 232 pounds), intangibles, character, mental makeup and leadership ability. He can also make plays with his legs and is more creative than he gets credit for.
McShay starts the Browns off with the QB seen by most with the highest upside. McShay has Jadeveon Clowney, Greg Robinson and Khalil Mack off the board in the first 4 picks leaving the Browns to select from the 1 remaining "stud" of the 4 in the draft, Sammy Watkins, or their pick of QBs. Teddy Bridgewater and Johnny Manziel have their fans due to the obvious traits they have shown in college. Bortles showed some quality traits as well but is easily considered the QB with the most upside by many draft pundits. The Browns get that guy with the #4 pick.
26. Cleveland Browns (from IND): Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
In this projection, the Browns drafted UCF QB Blake Bortles at No. 4 overall, and now they've added a big-play threat at wide receiver in Benjamin oppositeJosh Gordon. This pair of picks would give Cleveland a young and potentially explosive passing attack to develop (TE Jordan Cameron and WR Andrew Hawkins would help round out an impressive receiving corps). Benjamin has a lot of developing to do as a route-runner and is inconsistent catching the ball on tape, but he is a red-zone nightmare who does a great job of coming down with 50-50 balls.
Bortles is joined by another physical freak in Benjamin. Benjamin is a raw product that is truly a boom or bust prospect. The next WR taken isn't until #45 in Davante Adams. McShay has 7 WRs taken in the first round, with the Browns having the last of those picks. Benjamin, if he can learn the route tree and how to catch consistently, would be an amazing fit with Josh Gordon, Jordan Cameron, Andrew Hawkins and Ben Tate on offense.
35. Cleveland Browns: Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska
Jean-Baptiste has very good size at 6-3, 218 pounds, and would be a nice fit in Cleveland.
With the Browns second round pick McShay has them getting the big corner they need across from Joe Haden. Adding 3 players on the offensive side of the ball is slightly unrealistic so a corner, safety or inside linebacker shouldn't be a surprise. Jean-Baptiste may not be the best corner on the board but his size will help him match up with the growing receivers in the league. Across from Haden he will get to break in covering opposing team's #2 receiver.
McShay added a long term QB starter, a #2 WR and a #2 corner. Having Gordon and Haden makes those #2 acceptable but is that enough value for 3 of the top 35 picks?
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|Beauty / 7:48 PM - Saturday August 21, 2010
okay, so im going to the beach but im on my period....
i need tips on what to do because im too young for tampons!!! so far i know that water will stop blood from coming out, i know i can bring pads with me, i know to wear dark swimsuits, yada yada. but i just need help!!!!
- Asked by iamfunny1, A Beauty Expert, Girl, 18-21, Las Vegas
why do you think you are too young for tampons? they can be painful, yes... but i started using them the first day of my period when i was 12.... you have to get used to them... but that's really the only thing you can do im sorry... if i didn't wanna use a tampon but im on a beach... id wear a bikini top with under wear and shorts... so i can wear a pad and people dont know... and just tan away! i think the look looks totally hot in my opinion... but yes, water makes blood stop from coming out... but the SECOND you get out of water it will be all over the place....
- Response by A Flirt, Girl, 18-21, Consulting
youre not too young to use tampons-- unless your parents wont let you... its nice to use them because somethimes the water DOESNT stop the blood (thats happened to me)
- Response by jhanso15, A Sports Star, Girl, 18-21, Minneapolis, Student
Okay so first things first. You're not too young for tampons. I started using them when I was 12. Just talk to your mom or something and ask if she'll buy you some because you don't want to have to worry about your period at the beach.
- Response by yourbetrayal95, A Rock Star, Girl, 18-21, Body Work
i'm 14 and i wear tampons, and my mum was relieved that she didn't have to buy pads anymore.So unless you've JUST started (like the last couple of months) i wouldn't use them. just bring a towel or wear water short over your bathing suit(black) or wear a black swimsuit.
- Response by sarajarv11, A Sports Star, Girl, 18-21, Halifax, Student
You are right about the pads and the dark swimsuits, but if i were you i would not go in the water. The ocean stops blood from being visable, but it doesn't stop it from coming out.
- Response by lhc001234, A Trendsetter, Girl, 22-25
Too young! I'm twelve and my mom actually WANTS me to use them..
- Response by msmusic98, A Trendsetter, Girl, 17
u r NEVER 2 young 2 wear a tampon. maybe u r saying that bc u r a little scared 2 use 1? thats perfectly normal, i was super scared when i first used 1 but they r really helpful if ur going 2 the beach. ur right about wearing the dark swimsuit :) but if u do decide 2 wear a tampon, the key is 2 RELAX!! its going 2 b difficult 2 put it in and take it out if ur muscles r tensed up. i hope this helps!! good luck <3
- Response by miaisbored, An Arty Girl, Girl, 18-21, Denver, Lawyer
hey your not to young for tampons! im 14 and going into high school and just started using them this summer there awsome as long as you change them and dont use the wrong absobancy so start with regular or light if you are going to. But deff wear an dark coloured bathing suit and bring shorts but if you relle dont want to just dont go in the water. :)
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Matthew Stafford's breakout season in 2011 showed what he is capable of when he stays on the field. Smashing the Detroit Lions' passing record book in his first fully healthy season is quite an accomplishment and it definitely grabbed the attention of his peers.
NFL Network and NFL.com are in the process of revealing the top 100 NFL players for 2012 as voted by the players. Matthew Stafford became the first Lion to make the list when he was revealed at number 41 last night.
The ranking puts Stafford ahead of Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Michael Vick, Joe Flacco, Tony Romo and Tim Tebow who all made the top 100. The top 40 will be revealed in the coming weeks.
The list of quarterbacks who have been revealed so far combined with the mystery of what remains sets up one scenario likely to be a point of contention with Lions fans. At this point is seems all but guaranteed that Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan will crack the top 40. Is he really a better quarterback than Matthew Stafford? An argument can certainly be made that he isn't. I am already expecting an adjustment in next year's rankings to that effect.
Watch the NFL Network segment about Matthew Stafford's ranking on NFL.com.


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24: Live Another Day (2014– )
10:00 p.m.-11:00 a.m.
42 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
As the world teeters on a terror plot of mass proportions, Jack and the team reunite one last time to avert an imminent crisis. With no time left and the fate of free world on the line, Jack is faced with an unthinkable and grave decision.
Creators: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran | Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub
2. 24: Live Another Day (2014– )
46 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Active
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Creators: Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub
3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 165 min | Action, Adventure
A new menace emerges and the Dark Knight rises again to protect the city from a merciless terrorist with the help of anti-heroine Selina Kyle.
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane | Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
4. 30 Rock (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star, all while trying to run a successful TV show without losing her mind.
Stars: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski
5. The Avengers (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Writers: Joss Whedon, Zak Penn | Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Hostages (2013–2014)
TV-14 | Action, Drama
As Ellen prepares to operate on the President, the First Lady (recurring guest star MARY ELIZABETH MASTRANTONIO) confronts her and forces Ellen to tell the truth about the assassination plot.
Writer: Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Stars: Toni Collette, Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt
30 Rock (2006–2013)
Hey, Baby, What's Wrong?: Part 1
TV-14 | 43 min | Comedy
Liz and Criss's relationship is put to the test during a trip to IKEA, Jack discovers that he and his mother in law are attracted to each other, Kenneth trains his assistant, and Jenna gets the "yips" before an important performance.
Creator: Tina Fey | Director: Michael Engler | Stars: Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer
8. Futurestates (2010– )
Sci-Fi | Active
Imagining tomorrow's America today, FUTURESTATES is a series of independent mini-features - short narrative films created by established filmmakers and emerging talents transforming today's... See full summary »
Stars: Luis Aldana, Sheetal Sheth, Johnny Wilson, Tom Bower
Hostages (2013–2014)
Burden of Truth
TV-14 | Action, Drama
After a member of the President's staff is murdered, Ellen urges Duncan to back out of the assassination plot, while other members of the President's staff take matters into their own hands... See full summary »
Writers: Joshua Allen, Joshua Allen | Director: Phil Abraham | Stars: Dante Brattelli, Billy Brown, Rhys Coiro, Nicholas J. Coleman
Hostages (2013–2014)
Loose Ends
TV-14 | Action, Drama
When investigators get closer to discovering the conspiracy to kill the President, Duncan is ordered to get rid of an insider by someone very connected to the plot. Meanwhile, Duncan takes ... See full summary »
Creator: Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Director: Henry Bronchtein | Stars: Josh Banks, Jeremy Bobb, Lizzy Brooks, Billy Brown
Hostages (2013–2014)
Off the Record
TV-14 | Action, Drama
Duncan locks the Sanders family in a room for the day while he and his team head to New York City to eliminate the sniper team targeting President Kincaid. Meanwhile, Duncan's mother-in-law... See full summary »
Writer: Nick Santora | Director: Duane Clark | Stars: Billy Brown, Tom Bruno, Hilarie Burton, Rhys Coiro
Hostages (2013–2014)
The Good Reason
TV-14 | Action, Drama
Ellen must decide whether to save Duncan's life, and later decides to confront his wife. Meanwhile, Creasy (recurring guest star JEREMY BOBB - You Don't Know Jack) meets with Vanessa (... See full summary »
Writer: Cassie Pappas | Director: S.J. Clarkson | Stars: Jeremy Bobb, Billy Brown, Tyler Elliot Burke, Paul Calderon
13. Disconnect (I) (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama, Thriller
A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.
Writer: Andrew Stern | Director: Henry Alex Rubin | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Hope Davis
Hostages (2013–2014)
The Cost of Living
TV-14 | Action, Drama
When Brian goes to the police to expose Duncan and his team, he decides against telling the truth after Burton (recurring guest star LARRY PINE) shows up and shows him evidence of Ellen and... See full summary »
Writers: Rick Eid, Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Director: Fred Toye | Stars: Toni Collette, Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt
Hostages (2013–2014)
Fight or Flight
TV-14 | Action, Drama
Ellen reveals to Duncan that she will not kill the President but will help him get what he needs, as long as he gives her something in return. Meanwhile, Nina (recurring guest star FRANCIE ... See full summary »
Writers: Rick Eid, Jeffrey Nachmanoff | Director: Bill Johnson | Stars: Toni Collette, Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt
Hostages (2013–2014)
Hail Mary
TV-14 | Action, Drama
Ellen and Brian agree that they need to take down Duncan to have any chance of escaping, so she sneaks away to see a man who has previously helped her solve problems. However, unbeknownst ... See full summary »
Creator: Alon Aranya | Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Frisco Cosme, Dylan McDermott, Ramon Aleman, Jason Altman
Hostages (2013–2014)
Sister's Keeper
TV-14 | Action, Drama
When Ellen's sister, Lauren (guest star NINA ARIANDA - Midnight in Paris, The Good Wife), shows up unexpectedly at their house intending to stay, Duncan forces Ellen to get rid of her ... See full summary »
Creators: Alon Aranya, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir | Director: David Von Ancken | Stars: Toni Collette, Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt
18. Gossip Girl (2007–2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
Privileged teens living on the Upper Eastside of New York City.
Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick
19. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
R | 108 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about two inner city boys who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Writer: Michael Starrbury | Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Skylan Brooks, Ethan Dizon, Jordin Sparks, Jeffrey Wright
Hostages (2013–2014)
Suspicious Minds
TV-14 | Action, Drama
After Duncan discovers Sandrine's betrayal, he decides to use her to save Nina (recurring guest star FRANCIE SWIFT) and Sawyer (recurring guest star LOLA COOK).
Writer: Rick Eid | Director: Anton Cropper | Stars: Billy Brown, Scott Burik, Rhys Coiro, Toni Collette
21. The Hunger Games (2012)
PG-13 | 142 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete.
Writers: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray | Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci
22. Believe (I) (2014)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Active
A relationship forms between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
Creators: Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Friedman | Stars: Jake McLaughlin, Johnny Sequoyah, Jamie Chung, Kyle MacLachlan
Hostages (2013–2014)
Invisible Leash
TV-14 | Action, Drama
Ellen's refusal to assassinate the President during surgery could cost her a family member's life. HILARIE BURTON (One Tree Hill) appears as Samantha, Brian's mistress.
Creators: Alon Aranya, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir | Director: Jason Ensler | Stars: Toni Collette, Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro, Sandrine Holt
Gossip Girl (2007–2012)
The Big Sleep No More
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
Several of our favorite Upper East Siders attend a performance of Punchdrunk's provocative theater experience, "Sleep No More," which translates to masks, anonymity and some surprising ... See full summary »
Creators: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage | Director: Vincent Misiano | Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford
25. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Writers: Eric Roth, Jonathan Safran Foer | Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow
26. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price if he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.
Writers: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby | Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson, Hayley Atwell
27. Hostages (2013–2014)
42 min | Action, Drama
Dr. Ellen Sanders, a premiere surgeon, is thrust into a chilling political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage by rogue FBI Agent Duncan Carlisle. Ellen and her family are held ... See full summary »
Creator: Rotem Shamir | Stars: Billy Brown, Dylan McDermott, Toni Collette, Tate Donovan
28. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Joseph Wilson, Valerie Plame Wilson | Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
29. Zarra's Law (2014)
Crime, Drama
Writers: Joseph Scarpinito, Charles Kipps, Juha Wuolijoki | Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Erin Cummings, Brendan Fehr, Tony Sirico, Nick Sandow
30. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Writers: Austin Bunn, John Krokidas | Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
31. Our Idiot Brother (2011)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters.
Writers: Jesse Peretz, Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall | Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Nick Sullivan
32. Going the Distance (2010)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
A romantic comedy centered on a guy and a gal who try to keep their love alive as they shuttle back and forth between New York and San Francisco to see one another.
Writer: Geoff LaTulippe | Director: Nanette Burstein | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Ron Livingston, Charlie Day
33. I Just Want My Pants Back (2012– )
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Creator: David Rosen | Stars: Peter Vack, Kim Shaw, Elisabeth Hower, Jordan Carlos
34. Keep the Lights On (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
In Manhattan, filmmaker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.
Writers: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias | Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane
35. Winter's Tale (2014)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Mark Helprin | Director: Akiva Goldsman | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly
R | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Writers: Géla Babluani, Greg Pruss | Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: Sam Riley, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Statham
37. About Alex (2014)
R | 96 min | Drama
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
Writer: Jesse Zwick | Director: Jesse Zwick | Stars: Nate Parker, Jason Ritter, Maggie Grace, Max Greenfield
38. A NY Thing (2009 TV Movie)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
A French romantic follows his dream girl to NYC, but a weekend of white lies, one-night-stands and tangled love triangles prove infatuation and romance are not what they seem. Featuring indie darling Greta Gerwig.
Writer: Olivier Lécot | Director: Olivier Lécot | Stars: Jonathan Zaccaï, Fanny Valette, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Greta Gerwig
39. The Oranges (2011)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
Writers: Ian Helfer, Jay Reiss | Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney
40. Damsels in Distress (2011)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A trio of girls set out to change the male-dominated environment of the Seven Oaks college campus, and to rescue their fellow students from depression, grunge and low standards of every kind.
Writer: Whit Stillman | Director: Whit Stillman | Stars: Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke
41. New Year's Eve (2011)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Romance
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Writer: Katherine Fugate | Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer
42. Louder Than Words (II) (2013)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Family
After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.
Writer: Benjamin Chapin | Director: Anthony Fabian | Stars: Adelaide Kane, David Duchovny, Scott Cohen, Timothy Hutton
43. HairBrained (2013)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
When 14-year old genius/outcast Eli Pettifog is rejected from Harvard, he ends up at Ivy League wannabe Whittman College. It's hate at first sight. At Whittman, Eli meets 41- year-old ... See full summary »
Writers: Sarah Bird, Billy Kent, Adam Wierzbianski | Director: Billy Kent | Stars: Alex Wolff, Brendan Fraser, Julia Garner, Michael Oberholtzer
44. The Longest Week (2014)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Drama
Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and... in love.
Writers: Peter Glanz, Juan Iglesias | Director: Peter Glanz | Stars: Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup, Tony Roberts
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26th Feb 2013 | 05:45
You may not realise it, but it's time you increased the security of your iPad
Despite Apple's best efforts with the walled garden approach to prevent malicious software from installing, there's still a massive vulnerability that can cost you valuable data. It's you.
OK, we'll, not you specifically, but iPad users in general — of which I assume you're one, or why are you reading this? iPad users create security problems for themselves by not implementing the simple security features that Apple has built into iOS.
Your iPad is pretty safe when it's in your hands, but if someone gets at it when you turn your back — or if, heaven forbid, they steal it — all bets are off.
Imagine for a moment what someone stealing your iPad might get at, other than swiping your shiny toy. Confidential emails? Passwords? You log out of Facebook every time you quit the app, right? No? Oh, that could be embarrassing.
However, there are some very easy things you can do to protect your data and yourself — and maybe even your iPad — built in. Incidentally, everything discussed here also works with iPhones, although you're more likely to keep your iPhone on your person rather than in a bag, so it's a bit safer.
Use a better passcode
For whatever reason, the iPad doesn't make you use a passcode to unlock your iPad by default. The slight inconvenience seems tiny compared to the potential consequences of a compromised tablet, so fix that straight away.
Open the Settings app and tap on 'General' in the left-hand column. Find 'Passcode Lock' and tap on that.
The resulting pane has a number of options. First, tap on 'Turn Passcode On'. After all, that's what we came to do.
You'll then be presented with a keypad into which you can enter any four-digit code that comes to mind. A good four-digit code is easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to guess, so don't use your birthday or anything like that.
When you've tapped it in, you'll be asked to enter it again and then you're done. Sort of.
A four-digit passcode is all well and good, but an actual password is so much better. It's easier to remember and harder to guess, particularly if you use combinations of upper- and lower-case letters, and throw in the odd number instead of a v0W3l. You see what I did there?
Back in that 'Passcode Lock' pane in the Settings app, you'll see a slider that says 'Simple Passcode' is 'On'. That's the default.
Tap the slider to turn the 'Simple Passcode' to 'Off'. You'll be presented with that keypad again, on which you should enter the four-digit code you created before.
Once you've entered it, you'll be presented with a full keyboard on which to enter your new alphanumeric password. Enter it again and you're done.
If you're not confident about your ability to create a strong, memorable password, there are numerous free or cheap utilities on the App Store to help.
I like Wolfram Password Generator, from the same folks who develop Wolfram Alpha. It costs 99c and can generate all kinds of passwords either randomly or according to rules you set, and it can test the strength of passwords you make up yourself.
Incidentally, right above the 'Simple Passcode' slider, there's the option to set an interval before a passcode is required.
It's basically like asking how long after the horse has bolted you'd like to shut the gate. Unless you can think of a good reason to set it to anything other than 'Immediately' (I can't), just leave it.
It's also a good idea to disable access for Siri and Photo Frame when the iPad's locked, which you can also do from the same Settings app.
There's quite likely no real security risk in allowing them, but anything that someone can do with your iPad without having to know your passcode is potentially a weakness.
Track its location
If someone does pinch your iPad, there's a pretty straightforward way to find out where it is.
It's part of Apple's iCloud service and it's called, cryptically enough, Find My iPhone, although it's not labelled that on an iPad. Nice of Apple to keep things simple.
Presuming you have an iCloud account (the setup of which is outside the scope of this particular article), simply open up the Settings app again, tap on 'iCloud' in the left-hand column and look for the slider to turn 'Find My iPad' to the 'On' position.
This will register the device with Apple, so it can use the location information provided by your iPad to track its position.
You need to have 'Location Services' activated on your iPad for it to work, so if you've turned that off (either to preserve battery power or because you're paranoid about Apple following you around), you'll be prompted to turn it back on.
If you can't find your iPad, either because of mischief or happenstance, you can use any web browser (or an app on an iPhone or another iPad) to find it.
Simply log in to iCloud.com, click on 'Find My iPhone' and then when the map appears, click on 'Devices' in the upper-left corner.
If you have multiple devices registered, select the one you're trying to find and its location will be marked by a green dot on the map.
You can then select 'Play Sound' (which will cause your iPad to beep, even if it's muted), 'Lost Mode' (which will lock the device and enable you to set a four-digit Passcode to unlock it, even if you haven't previously) or 'Erase iPad'. We'll get to that last one in a second.
If you're using the Find My iPhone or Find My iPad app on an iOS device to track your missing iPad, you also have the option to display a message on its screen. Something along the lines of 'If found please return to...' could be helpful, or 'If you stole my iPad I hope you get fleas' — whatever you feel is appropriate.
And if the device you're looking for is offline because the thief has cunningly switched it off, you can request an email notification if and when it appears online.
The nuclear option: wipe it
If all else fails, you can still stop people getting the valuable data and passwords stored on your device by wiping the thing clean remotely.
You can do this manually, using Find My iPhone, or you can tell your iPad to do it automatically in the event that the wrong passcode is entered 10 times.
Go into the Settings app again, tap on 'General > Passcode Lock' and at the bottom of that pane, set the slider for 'Erase Data' to 'On'.
Of course, once your device is wiped, it's wiped. Find My iPhone will no longer be able to track its location and your data can't be recovered. I presume you had a backup.
It may seem an extreme thing to do, but if you consider the worth of what you've stored on that eminently theftworthy device, it makes sense.


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Why Email Is Not 'Either-Or'
by Loren McDonald on Nov 30, 7:51 AM
Does email reach and frequency trump relevance in email marketing, or is relevance the key to success? My position in this long-running and frequently recurring debate is that you need all three elements to build a world-class email program and generate optimum results.
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Shopping Trends Will Affect Email Big-Time
by David Baker on Nov 28, 12:14 PM
$59 billion is a number that will ring in your head for some time. 247 million customers spent on average $423 each over Black Friday weekend (according to the National Retail Foundation Survey), adding up to that $59 billion -- a whopping 13% jump over last year. Several trends stuck out that I believe will drive some changes in how we, develop, deploy and optimize programs for 2013. Some may be a bit late to implement this holiday season, but certainly noteworthy to file in your next-ideas vault.
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Can't We All Just Get Along? Deliverability As An Optimization Problem
by George Bilbrey on Nov 21, 9:56 AM
I'm on several spirited discussion lists where email marketers and deliverability folks hang out. Over the last few years, I've seen this conversation played out many times: Deliverability Person (and Occasional "Enlightened" Marketer): "Target, target, target. It's all about relevance. Send the right message at the right time. Take the dead addresses of your list. You will drive higher response rates and have fewer delivery problems." Grizzled Direct Marketer: "More, more, more. Who cares about rates of engagement (clicks, conversions, opens)? I care about numbers.
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Game-Changers In Email Marketing Best Practices
by Wacarra Yeomans on Nov 20, 10:33 AM
We have a stock of presentations that we've given to new colleagues over the years to introduce them to the crazy world of email, including the basics of email layout "anatomy" and a crash course on subscribers' "email mindset." Each presentation serves as a sort of snapshot of where the email marketing world was during a given year. I recently looked back over them to see what's changed and what hasn't.
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10 Ways To Improve Your 2013 Email Program
by Loren McDonald on Nov 15, 12:53 PM
Even though we are just entering the 2012 holiday season, it isn't too early to think about changes you should make to your 2013 email-marketing program. For many marketers, this will mean some significant shifts in direction. But, as I've written throughout 2012, the right changes can help you move the needle farther in the right direction more than endless loops of tweaking and twiddling. Following is my list of program shifts that can help take your email program to new heights of success:
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The Rise Of 0-to-1 Email Communications
by Mike May on Nov 14, 3:20 PM
My inbox is losing its voice. Or rather, most of the messages in there have lost theirs. It wasn't long ago that almost every marketing email I received was copywritten expressly for the email channel, allowing me to hear the voices of all the brands I subscribed to. But now most of the messages in my inbox have no such voice, and were instead authored by machines.
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Four Steps To The Social Consumer
by David Baker on Nov 12, 10:38 AM
Back in 2009, Forrester developed a framework called the Social Technographics Ladder. This focused on seven groups primarily based on their activity within social networks. This ladder still holds up, but I tend to simplify it to the four stages of social activity I believe would mean something for marketers:
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Closeness, Not Costumes: Building Successful Marketing Partnerships
by Kara Trivunovic on Nov 8, 4:43 PM
Why do any two entities enter into a relationship with one another? Some do it for reciprocity. Some do it to fill a void. Some do it out of obligation. If this were another sappy love song, I'd point out that some fall in love with the mere idea of being in love. Thankfully though, this isn't a love song, and if I had to speak for the countless marketers that I've had the pleasure of meeting, I'd venture to say that they entered into the relationship with their current agencies of record, email service providers or other like entities ...
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Best Send Times?
by Jim Ducharme on Nov 7, 12:26 PM
If you're a veteran of the email marketing biz, you may be a wee bit tired of some questions that come up over and over again. I know I'm always being asked what the best time to send emails is. The reason this question keeps coming up is probably due to the insatiable desire to load as many magic bullets in one's online marketing gun as possible. Online marketers are like NASCAR teams, always looking for that one tweak to give them an edge.
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The Line Between Service And Stalking
by Chad White on Nov 6, 7:54 AM
Consumers have cited "too many emails" and "irrelevant content" as their top reasons for unsubscribing for years and years now. An email experience that's more personalized in both content and cadence is clearly the answer, as evidenced by the huge ROI that most triggered emails generate. However, the email experience has become more complex because marketers have new sources of data from which to personalize that experience.
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I wrote about Russell Brand's call for an unspecified revolution this past Friday. I liked his eloquent and indignant dismissal of the current political and economic system but he did not provide a vision of what a revolution should aim for. I have been struggling to wrestle down my own ideas on this and while I am still not quite there I feel like an outline is emerging.
Let me start by describing the goal. It is nothing short of humanity coming together on a global scale to eradicate poverty and disease and live in harmony with the environment. There I have said it, much like contestants at a beauty pageant declaring their goal to be "world peace." I fully realize that this seems like an impossible dream, a forever unrealizable utopia. But I am quite sure that our lives today would seem like a utopia to pretty much anyone living in the Middle Ages (and yes, some parts of the world seem not yet to have escaped that time).
In fact, there are two compelling reasons for embracing such a new vision of utopia now. First, because it is within humanity's reach. We have the technical resources to make sure everyone has access to food, clothing, shelter. We also have a technology (the Internet) to let us globally collaborate on solving problems. So any argument about "it can't be done" at this point is a defeatist, negative one (and I plan to take on some of these in subsequent posts, such as the "goes against human nature" objection). Second, we need it more urgently than ever before. Not only are we screwing up the environment potentially beyond recovery but we are also ripping apart the existing social and economic fabric. The last few times we did this we wound up with revolutions and wars. We should all wish to avoid a horrible transition because given our capabilities the downsides could be much worse than even the previous world wars.
What does life in my utopia look like? Everyone has a basic guaranteed income. We are all connected to a global and free Internet (free as in not controlled by any one entity and free at the margin after paying a basic access fee that can easily be afforded with the guaranteed income). We are sharing information freely and collaborating to solve environmental and healthcare problems. We spend our time learning, producing and consuming art and (for some) working in a more traditional sense.
I have no illusion that it will take us a long time to get even close to this vision. Likely several, possibly many generations. But there does seem to be a path towards this world and it revolves around doing away with nation states (and hence also with the UN). Instead we need a global network of cities and regions. We could get there through the leadership of the mayors of the largest cities of the world. Already today the top 50 cities and their immediate surroundings globally have 10% of the global population living in them (and vastly more of its economic activity).
As a starting step, some of the largest cities could become the nodes in a globally free Internet. As a next step they might declare themselves Internet free trade zones with much less restrictive intellectual property regimes. There are likely some additional step to strengthen this alliance of cities including figuring out how to include regions. At some point they would need the guts to break away from their respective federal/state taxation systems. I will write a lot more about what a city and region based governance system might look like but to avoid massive distortions it would need a relatively simple and unified tax system (tax sales, income, treat inheritance as income and allocate on the basis of where sales happen / people spend their time).
And yes, I fully realize that this all sounds grandiose and lacks pretty much all detail. But the same was true at some point for air travel or having a global information network or routinely living to the age of 80 or cities with 20 million people living in them. So unlike Brand I am not calling for a random revolution but for laying the intellectual ground work for a new alliance among the cities and regions of the world, not unlike when the colonies came together to form the United States of America. We need a new set of Federalist Papers — or maybe it should be the Globalist or Humanist Papers. And yes we need to think big because the stuff our present national governments are doing generally amounts to spending a fortune on rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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Judging by the interwebs this morning, it seems that most hockey fans have had enough of Patrick Kaleta and all his antics. Once again during the Buffalo Sabres first pre-season game, Kaleta was up to his usual antics and didn't make too many friends after he
jumped Canadiens youngster Alex Galchenyuk and started a massive scrum.
It's no secret that Patrick Kaleta is one of the most disliked players in the NHL for the things he does on the ice during the game and between whistles. Whether it's running a guy into the boards, hitting him after the whistle, sucker-punching an unprotected player or shying away from a real tussle with another NHL tough guy, there is always something happening with Kaleta. It's rare for the Sabres to play a game and not have an incident with Kaleta and that's not good for a young Sabres team.
Yes, the rookies are going to need some tougher veterans to protect them this season, but Kaleta is not the right guy. Last night was a pre-season game, a meaningless pre-season game for some players and Kaleta was running all over the ice trying to injure players. You have to love Kaleta's effort/dedication to his team but, he just doesn't play smart hockey, and that costs the Sabres more than it helps. When Kaleta is on the ice, you're not going to have many calls go his way, and more times than not he'll be the one sitting in the penalty box while the Sabres will be forced to kill off another stupid penalty. He's the type of player who wears his emotions on his sleeve, except he needs to learn to reign in those emotions so they don't hurt his team.
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about Kaleta's game is his unwillingness to actually drop the mitts and fight. You want to be a tough guy in the NHL? Fine, drop the mitts with other tough guys. Don't jump other teams star players or young rookies. One can't play the way Kaleta plays and not drop the mitts at the odd time to back it up, you just can't.
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Two suspected poachers killed and firearm recovered
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Two suspected poachers were on 25 November 2010, gunned down while three others escaped with injuries at Lemomo Hills, 5km from Amboseli National Park. Kenya Wildlife Service rangers ...
Down Syndrome Society adopts Unique 'Zedonk' at KWS
Published: 15 Nov, 2010
The Down Syndrome Society of Kenya today adopted a unique animal 'the Zedonk' whose parents are zebra and donkey, at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. The 10-year-old zedonk was ...
International conservation group donates special computers to Kenya
Published: 08 Nov, 2010
An international conservation group that monitors illegal killing of elephants has donated special computers equipped with the Management Information Systems (MIST) to be used in capturing and monitoring data to the Kenya Wildlife Service....
Suspected poachers killed, elephants massacred and firearms recovered
Published: 02 Nov, 2010
Three suspected poachers have been killed, four firearms recovered and five elephants killed in two separate incidents in Isiolo and Tsavo in the last one week. More suspects are on the run in both incidents. ...
KWS Celebrates Annual Thanksgiving Day and Sports
Published: 01 Nov, 2010
The Kenya Wildlife Service held its annual Thanksgiving Ceremony at the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru from25th - 29th October, 2010....
Kenya -Tanzania Cross border wildlife census concluded
Published: 01 Nov, 2010
Kenya and Tanzania on the 16th of October 2010 successfully completed a joint cross border aerial census of wildlife within the Amboseli-West-Kilimanjaro and Magadi-Natron landscapes. ...
Community wildlife sanctuary hosts unique fundraising event
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Little-known Lumo Community Wildlife Conservancy in the expansive but popular Tsavo area will from Friday, October 22, 2010 host a unique event in which participants will sight wildlife and win prizes for it. ...
KWS successfully conducts Rhino Exercise in Tsavo East
Published: 13 Oct, 2010
The Kenya Wildlife Service successfully held an ear notching exercise on the endangered black rhinos at Tsavo East National Park from 5th to 8th October, 2010. ...
Strategy for Bioprospecting in Kenya
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A team of technical experts drawn from various lead Government Institutions involved in biodiversity research, conservation and management in Kenya have concluded their first round of preparation of a strategy for Bioprospecting in Kenya's Protected Areas. ...


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Casey Kotchman led off the ninth inning with a home run to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to a 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - The Baltimore Ravens have signed veteran running back Ricky Williams to replace Willis McGahee, who they let go days before training camp.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - DeSean Jackson wants a piece of that money the Philadelphia Eagles have been throwing around. Just don't expect him to turn into T.O.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Joe Paterno was hospitalized and undergoing tests on his right arm and hip after a player ran into the 84-year-old coach during practice.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Tight end Tony Moeaki was removed from the Kansas City Chiefs' physically unable to perform list Monday and participated in the team's morning walkthrough and afternoon practice.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Todd Haley remembers watching Kelly Gregg stuff the Kansas City Chiefs' vaunted rush attack. He has vivid memories of punishing fullback Le'Ron McClain clearing the way for Ray Rice.
BOSTON (AP) - Jacoby Ellsbury had a three-run homer with a career-high six RBIs as the Boston Red Sox continued their mastery of CC Sabathia and beat the Yankees 10-4 on Saturday, ending New York's eight-game winning streak and moving back into a tie atop the AL East.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Will Muschamp era at Florida began Saturday with little fanfare but a lot of uncertainty.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Justin Verlander lasted seven innings despite some balky defense behind him and the Detroit Tigers hung on to beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Saturday night, moving their ace into a tie for the major league lead in wins.
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - That kid who went to college with two brown grocery bags filled with his belongings strutted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Jon McGraw is back for his fifth season with the Kansas City Chiefs and 10th in the NFL. That qualifies him as the elder statesman of the secondary.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - With millions of dollars potentially at stake, Bubba Starling is putting football at Nebraska on hold until he decides whether to sign with the Kansas City Royals.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - Tamba Hali jogged down the long, grassy hillside to the practice field at Missouri Western State University, the modest crowd on hand for the Kansas City Chiefs' practice bursting into applause.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Andy Reid won his first 13 games the week after a bye. He's lost his last two.
SAN FRANCISCO - The St. Louis Cardinals handled the tough part well, erasing a four-run deficit to force extra innings.
There is no midterm break for Big 12 Conference football teams, and the only grades that matter are win-loss records.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The last two times the Kansas City Royals played a postseason game at home, rain fell after the final out. This time, it started well before the first pitch.
BALTIMORE - Following another successful road show, the Royals are heading back to Kansas City with momentum and history on their side in the AL Championship Series.
MANHATTAN - Even in the midst of a bye week, Bill Snyder didn't have time to blow out any candles.
LAWRENCE - Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy freely admits that his team doesn't run the ball very well.


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Gov. Terry Branstad and other state officials will mark National Police Week by honoring four law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty.
Branstad will join others for the ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday at the Peace Officer Memorial outside the Oran Pape State Office Building. The event will be moved to the Capitol rotunda in case of rain.
The ceremony will honor Rockwell City police officer Jamie D. Buenting, who died Sept. 13, 2013; Alton police Town Marshall Joseph Kashmetter, who died March 27, 1911; Farmington police City Marshall Robert C. Coulter, who died Dec. 21, 1902; and Farmington police City Marshall Reuben Fenstenmaker, who died Jan. 1, 1868.
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WHO report 2008
Global tuberculosis control
3.2 NTP budgets, available funding and funding gaps
3.2.1 High-burden countries, 2002–2008
NTP budgets in 21 of the 22 HBCs have increased during the period 2002–2008, often by substantial amounts, but have stagnated in all but five countries (Brazil, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria and the United Republic of Tanzania) between 2007 and 2008 (Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2; Table 3.3; Annex 1). There are insufficient data to make an assessment for Thailand. The total combined budget for the 22 HBCs in 2008 is US$ 1.8 billion, almost four times the US$ 509 million budgeted for in 2002, but just US$ 16 million higher than in 2007. The Russian Federation has by far the largest budget (US$ 722 million), followed by South Africa (US$ 352 million), China (US$ 225 million), India (US$ 67 million) and Brazil (US$ 64 million). These five countries account for 81% of the NTP budgets reported for 2008 by 21 HBCs. Three countries have budgets of around US$ 50 million (Indonesia, Nigeria and the United Republic of Tanzania), followed by Kenya with a budget of US$ 33 million. The remaining 13 HBCs have budgets of US$ 25 million or less in 2008.
In absolute terms, the budgetary increase in the Russian Federation far exceeds that in any other HBC, at US$ 560 million since 2002. The second largest increase is in South Africa (US$ 289 million), following comprehensive planning and budgeting for all components of the Stop TB Strategy during 2007, and likely more accurate budgeting for individual provinces than was possible in previous years. In both countries, large budgets for the diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB are particularly striking (Figure 3.3). The Russian Federation and South Africa account for most of the amount that has been budgeted for MDR-TB across HBCs (US$ 506 million out of a total of US$543 million, equivalent to 93%).
In relative terms, the most striking budgetary increase is the 844% increase reported by the United Republic of Tanzania (Figure 3.4a; Table 3.3). This larger figure follows a planning and budgeting process that was completed in late 2007. The plan for 2008–2012 covers all elements of the Stop TB Strategy, is in line with Global Plan targets and includes a comprehensive assessment of the budget required for collaborative TB/HIV activities (both those funded and provided though the NTP and those funded and provided via the national AIDS control programme). This has brought the budget developed by the NTP to a level very comparable to that estimated in the Global Plan (see also section 3.4.1 below and Annex 1). If the budget for collaborative TB/HIV activities likely to be funded and managed by the national AIDS control programme is removed, the budget in the United Republic of Tanzania is approximately halved.
Other countries with large relative increases in their NTP budgets over the past seven years include Afghanistan, Brazil, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa. Countries with noticeably small increases in their budgets since 2002 are the Philippines and Viet Nam, reflecting the fact that both countries had already reached, or were close to achieving, the global targets for TB control in 2002.
DOTS accounted for easily the largest proportion of NTP budgets between 2002 and 2006, and in 2008 continues to account for much the largest share of the NTP budget in all of the 22 HBCs except the Russian Federation, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania (Figure 3.1; Table 3.3).1 In contrast to earlier years, a much larger proportion (around 30%) of total NTP budgets across all HBCs is accounted for by diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB in 2007 and 2008, with the Russian Federation and South Africa accounting for just over US$ 500 million of the total of US$ 540 million. Collaborative TB/HIV activities remain a comparatively small component of NTP budgets for the HBCs as a whole, but account for more than 50% of the budget reported by the NTP in the United Republic of Tanzania and for a relatively large proportion of the budgets reported by several other African countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda and Zimbabwe (see also section 3.4.1 and Annex 1). High costs for collaborative TB/HIV activities in the United Republic of Tanzania follow a comprehensive costing analysis, as noted above.
The large budget increases described above have been accompanied by big improvements in available funding (Figure 3.2, Figure 3.4b, Figure 3.5; Table 3.3). For all HBCs, funding for NTP budgets has increased by just over US$ 1 billion since 2002, reaching US$ 1.4 billion of the US$ 1.8 billion needed in 2008. Funding has also increased in all individual HBCs, although the increases range from less than US$ 5 million in six countries (Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Uganda, Viet Nam and Zimbabwe) to around US$ 100 million in China, around US$ 300 million in South Africa and around US$ 400 million in the Russian Federation. As with NTP budgets, however, funding has stagnated between 2007 and 2008.
The extra US$ 1 billion of funding for NTPs in HBCs in 2008 (compared with 2002) has come mostly from HBC governments (including loans). This extra domestic funding amounts to US$ 0.8 billion (Table 3.3, columns 10–13) in total, an overall statistic that conceals the fact that most of the additional domestic funding has come from four countries only: Brazil, China, the Russian Federation and South Africa (an extra US$ 799 million including loans in 2008, compared with 2002). In other HBCs, increases in funding have come primarily from the Global Fund in 12 HBCs, from a combination of the Global Fund and grant funding in Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, and Pakistan, and mainly from donors other than the Global Fund in Afghanistan and Myanmar. Funding from the Global Fund in 2008 amounts to US$ 200 million compared with zero in 2002, and all HBCs except Myanmar have Global Fund grants. In relative terms, the most impressive improvements in funding overall (from all sources) have occurred in Indonesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, South Africa and the United Republic of Tanzania (Figure 3.5).
Among all HBCs, national governments will provide US$ 1194 million (66%) of the funding required by NTPs in 2008 and US$ 297 million (16%) will be funded by donor agencies (Table 3.3). This leaves a reported funding gap of US$ 328 million (18%). In absolute terms, the largest funding gaps are those reported by Brazil, China, Nigeria and the Russian Federation (US$ 252 million, or 77% of the total reported gap). Proportionally, the largest gaps are in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Kenya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation and Uganda (with gaps representing 31–73% of the required budget). Only five HBCs reported no funding gap, or a negligible funding gap: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and South Africa.
3.2.2 All countries by region, 2008
Data for all countries (in addition to the 22 HBCs) began to be collected in 2003 and were reported for the first time in 2004. There is variation in the set of countries that report complete data each year, making presentation of needs for all countries over time difficult. For this reason, Figure 3.6 presents NTP budgets by source of funding for 2008 only. In 2008, 90 countries (22 HBCs and 68 other countries) submitted complete financial data. Globally, these countries account for 91% of TB cases (up from 90% in 2007); at regional level, they account for almost all TB cases in the African, Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions (89–97% depending on the region), for 74% of the regional total in the Region of the Americas, and for 60% of the regional total in the European Region.
NTP budgets in 2008 in these 90 countries total US$ 2.4 billion, up from US$ 1.6 billion in 2007 for countries accounted for 91% of TB cases globally, with a funding gap of US$ 385 million (also higher than the US$ 307 million gap reported in 2007).
Budgetary funding gaps as a proportion of the total budget were similar for HBCs and non-HBCs in the Region of the Americas and the Eastern Mediterranean Region, and much lower or non-existent in non-HBCs in the European, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. It is only in the African Region that funding gaps represent a higher share of the budget required in non-HBCs. Overall, NTP budgets per TB case (estimated annual incidence) were higher for HBCs compared with non-HBCs in the African Region, the European Region and the Region of the Americas, and much lower for HBCs compared with non-HBCs in the Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.
1 See Annex 2 for a definition of the budgetary line items included in the category DOTS.


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The BUAV: The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection is one of the oldest animal protection groups in the world, and their history of advocating on behalf of animals in laboratories reaches back over a hundred years. They have also been at the forefront of undercover investigations into animal experimentation industries, and are one of the only groups that has put significant resources into connecting the dots of the international web of animal experimentation and it's related companies and suppliers. They contributed a wide range of footage for use in MTD, and we are honoured to have been able to use some of it in the film.
PubMed is an online database of publications resulting from biomedical research, both with and without the use of animals. With a few quick keystrokes, you can find out about all kinds of animal research being performed around North America, including at a university near you. We sincerely recommend this resource for anyone who thinks that animal experimentation is something that happens far away from them. CLICK HERE to begin searching for animal experiments that have been recently performed, documented, and published.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now! (SAEN) is the leading organization in the US devoted to exposing the what happens behind the closed doors and blanked out windows of Universities and commercial labs across North America. They have leaked countless documents and photographs from inside labs and have a long track record of helping activists across the US with their campaigns.
Foundation for Biomedical Research is a staunchly pro-research organization that is currently engaged in a widespread and ongoing PR campaign to discredit and dismiss any ethical or scientific concerns about the use of animals in research. A fascinating and scary look into a world that is not for the faint of heart. CLICK HERE to enter the animal experimentation PR spin cycle.
The Sacrifice - Lynda Birke, Arnold Arluke, and Mike Michael: This book is, in many ways, the key analysis point of the film. It combines a sociological history of lab animals with a sociological history of the laboratory space and a tonne of interviews with lab workers and students of science and biology to form a pretty broad context under which vivisection happens. It is not framed with an "animal rights" approach, but rather presents the information in a dispassionate and matter-of-fact way, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions. Lynda Birke herself used to work in laboratories, and a recent interview with her during MTD production in the UK will form a narrative line in the film.
Brute Science: Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation - Hugh LaFolette and Niall Shanks: A carefully considered and thoroughly explained outline of the contemporary issues facing the use of non-human animals in scientific research. They do an excellent job of explaining how the ethical and scientific validity of animal research are intertwined and prove that you can't talk about one without talking about the other. If you don't have a background in science, you may find parts of this book very dry (I struggled through some parts, but found it overall very rewarding).
FAQs About the Use of Animals in Science: A Handbook for the Scientifically Perplexed - Ray Greek and Niall Shanks: If the above book sounds a bit daunting, this is exactly what you need to get your hands on. Though different in scope and content, it does exactly what it says it does: answers the frequently asked questions that you have probably heard a million times before and probably wish you could answer more eloquently. I had a chance to see Dr. Greek speak last September at the University of Toronto, and he gave an excellent and accessible lecture specifically on the predictive value of animal research. You can watch that lecture here.
The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary - Andrew Westoll: Full disclosure, Andrew and I worked together for months at a Toronto lefty bookshop when he was trying to get his first book published and I was just starting to make short films. Little did I know that a few years later, we would be working on some of the same subject matter on our own separate paths. This book takes readers on an honest and challenging journey into the use of chimpanzees in scientific research, and specifically tells the stories of the beautiful and (in many ways) broken individuals that live at Fauna Sanctuary. Give yourself a few days once you start, because you will not be able to put it down once you pick it up.
Secret Suffering - Sarah Kite: This book is a first-hand account of Sarah Kite's 8-month undercover investigation into Huntingdon Life Sciences (formerly known as Huntingdon Research Centre). It is an excellent account not only of the conditions inside the contract testing facility and the kind of hideous things that happen(ed) there, but also the hardships endured by undercover investigators as they gather crucial information to shine a light on what goes on behind closed doors and high walls and barbed fences. MTD will include Sarah reading some of the passages from her book, as well as an interview about her experience.
Laika - Nick Abadzis: A graphic novel about Laika, the first ever animal to orbit the earth (and die there). Though the graphic novel takes some storytelling liberties that it kind of has to (because it's a graphic novel), I think it does an excellent job of giving a proper emotional weight to the story and the consequences of the exploration of space for Laika, and the animals that followed her into the abyss before humans felt brave enough to do it themselves.
The Monkey in the Rocket - Jean Bethell and Sergio Leone: A children's picture book that gives a rather disturbing look into the use of monkeys for space flight tests… Disturbing because it's amazing how much fun this book makes animal experimentation look like!
Doctor Rat - William Kotzwinkle: A novel, and a strange an hallucinatory one at that. One of the main characters is a lab rat with Stockholm Syndrome who narrates large parts of the story. The book is kind of about the end of the world, and kind of about how human beings have so thoroughly steered us in that direction by attempting to control everything. Not bedtime reading!
These books are mostly still in print, and you can probably order just about any of them from your local indie bookshop or from an online used book dealer.
Support Groups:
If you are a current lab worker or researcher looking for support to stop experimenting on animals, or if you are a former lab worker looking for emotional support and someone to talk to, please reach out.
Maximum Tolerated Dose and the Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group (LPAG) provide resources and outlets for current and former lab workers or researchers to tell their stories and those of the animals they worked with.


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Puzzle Solutions 61-70 - 100 Floors
Puzzle Solutions 61-70
Level 61
You have to drag and drop the white shapes into the blocks on top of the clock until they read '1830' (24-hour time for 6:30). The solution is 1 - F+L - 3 - backwords L + upside down L.
Level 62
Select the knife and cut the red wire. Then tap the right and left arrows until it makes a straight horizontal green line on the top of the door.
Level 63
Keep tilting your device to make the stone on the left lay on top of the left red button. Then tap the squares until they match the lights on the ceiling.
Level 64
Spin the eye around in circles really fast until the bar on top of the door turns green.
Level 65
Take the black dot in the middle (eyeball) and move it into the tube on the right. Tap your fire stick and then the sprinklers so the water rises to the top of the tube and opens the door.
Level 66
Grab the stick on the bottom right corner and then use it to take the hook off the wall to the left of the door. Hook the hook on the ring on the door and drag down the door with the hook.
Level 67
Release a floating seed by tapping the flower in the top right and then move the bucket to catch it. Place the bucket under the tap and tap the tap to turn on the water (a flower sprouts). Move the bucket into the sunlight.
Level 68
Pick up the stone star piece. Lift the box by tapping and holding the lever. Then take the square panel underneath the box. Tap and hold the lever again, and place the stone star underneath the box.
Level 69
Make the light on top fall by tapping it. Then tap the fish to the right and time it so that it collides with the light and moves the octopus off the drain. Then use the knife and cut the weeds off the door.
Level 70
Press the arrows in order (left, right, left, left, right, left, right, right) to bring the alien to his spaceship.
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Interview by Dove ~Sheepish Lordess of Chaos~
RadioPlanet.tv: There's a lot of buzz going around about you, not only from your fans, but a lot of industry and media people are really getting behind you right now. Talk a little bit about how Felli Fel and various people have helped support you and get your movement out to the fans.
Nipsey Hussle: Felli Fel is big in L.A.; he's one of the top DJs at Power 106. I got a company called All Money In and we was real heavy on the streets as far as promotion, getting these mixtapes out and trying to saturate the whole California market. At one point in time we had posters across the whole city of L.A., mixtapes in every liquor store, barber shop, mom and pops store and V.I.P Records, any means of distributing our product we had.
If you were in L.A., it was impossible to miss us. We ended up signing with Jon Shapiro at Epic, and I guess he had a conversation with Felli Fel where he was looking to come to the west and find some authentic Hip Hop. Felli Fel said, "There's only one dude who's really doing his thing like that and it's Nipsey." Based on that, everybody connected the dots, called the lawyer up and we made it happen.
RPT: New York media has picked up on you as well, for that to happen with you being from Cali and not having an album out is rare. How does that feel and who else have been some of your supporters?
Nipsey Hussle: I ain't gonna lie, New York as a whole has really taken to my movement. A lot of DJs like Kay Slay, Whoo Kid, Envy, Suss One, Lazy K, Angela Yee, Tony Touch, ni**as everywhere. I had my folks in damn near every part of New York, so I already went to the people and put my music out, slapped hands and smoked blunts with ni**as and made my presence felt out there.
I spent months and months hitting the radio, distributing my tapes and just putting my foot down out there. I knew that New York is the number one market in the country and the mecca of Hip Hop, so if they don't stamp what you're doing it's kind of hard to break in with your music.
RPT: You've been very open about your gang affiliations. How important is that to who you are as an artist?
Nipsey Hussle: At a point in time I was surrounded and overwhelmed by that, I didn't have a record deal or a 9 to 5 job. I was in the hood 24/7 and that was my entire perspective. Even though I had traveled in the past and I was exposed to other things growing up, but for a long time leading up to me getting my deal the elements of poverty and gangbanging were my everyday surrounding and environment.
That kind of explained why my music was saturated into that also, but as I move forward and get other experiences and my element expands, I want my music to grow with it. It'll still be my perspective and foundation based off of where I came from, but I don't think it's gonna be saturated in my music now. I want people from other walks of life to still be able to see the truth and relate to what I'm saying.
RPT: Do you think music has made gangbanging a little more glorified than what it really is?
Nipsey Hussle: Yeah, most definitely I do. I think people have the image of a gangbanger or a gang member misconstrued like it's glamorous or a rock star image or attractive to ladies. There's only two outcomes to gangbanging [death or jail] people need to understand that's not just what people say, that's the true nature of this lifestyle and this mentality.
When you see a person that was successful with rap music and they've become financially stable, then they try to go back and pick up a rag to say that they're a Blood or a Crip, it's disrespectful to people that really grew up in that element. Not only in L.A., but in Chicago and other places where gangbanging is real culture and not just a fad, it's a real dominant culture for the streets. It's almost a slap in the face and disrespectful to the people that have died over that and are still knee deep in that lifestyle.
It's also disrespectful to themselves, because they're not being 100% true to themselves and they know that's not their experience and lifestyle and they're trying to sell it as an image. I think it don't really connect with the people, it kind of leaves the people with a sour taste in their mouth. They don't feel the authenticity, if this is your story and your truth there's a way you go about it without glorifying it. That's what I respect.
RPT: You're very much a young entrepreneur. You gave up your clothing store so that you could get your own studio. How hard was it for you to go from fashion into doing your music 100%?
Nipsey Hussle: It wasn't really with the store when I fell back and made that decision, it was before that. I used to do my thing in the streets before I had the store. Before I had the store I sold my cars, jewelry and everything I had and focused everything on music. I'm not trying to be cliché and say I quit hustling to rap, but I really made a conscious decision to take everything that I considered an asset and put it into my music, because I felt like my music could take me to a level that the streets could never take me to.
Part of that was my t-shirt store that I opened with my brother, we began selling everything out of there and that was our central location. My music movement was before the store, but once we got the store that was like the location for our t-shirts, hats, merchandise and mixtapes, and it made my movement that much bigger. I was always a grinder and a hustler, I used to shine shoes when I was eight years old, I used to sell candy and cut grass.
I used to do everything for myself, because I always had the mentality to go out and get it myself, because I never used to like asking my mama and she'd tell me we didn't have any money because she just paid the bills. Ever since I was young I didn't like somebody telling me young, I didn't want my mama to have to feel guilty, so me and my brother always used to have to go get it ourselves.
RPT: When you tell people how hard you hustled to get to where you are, do you think they take it for granted and think they could get a shortcut if you hooked them up?
Nipsey Hussle: Some of the up and coming artists have the right idea and some are totally lost and blind. The unbiased truth is that there's no shortcuts. Some people get blessed in the game when a major artist comes and signs them or a major producer endorses them, some artists gotta do it like me and just build it up from zero. The one thing that I would tell an up and coming artist is you gotta make a decision and stick to it for better or worse. If this is what you gonna do, you gotta do it. If it's not what you gonna do, fall back and find something else. But you can't be in the middle straddling the fence where two weeks you rap and a month you don't, then an artist comes out that inspires you and you rap again, then you don't rap. You just gotta stick to your guns and find something else.
RPT: Because you work very hard and you're so focused on what you do, do you feel it's possible to balance a relationship and is that something you even want at this time?
Nipsey Hussle: I think it's possible. Right now that's not my aim or goal, but it all depends on what your objective in a relationship is. If you just want somebody that you can call whenever you hit their town and hang out, that's possible. But if you're looking for a wife or an everyday companion, that's kind of hard to do when you're traveling, moving around and trying to stay at the forefront of your movement and hold a position in this game.
In my opinion it's next to impossible, because at the end of the day you gotta give priority to one thing or another. You gotta give priority to your relationship or your career; I'd think it's kind of hard to balance. Now if you're at a stage where you're Jay-Z and you've transitioned and you're falling back, it's kind of different. But if you're just getting in this game and trying to establish and make a name for yourself, my personal belief is that you can only give your priority to one thing at a time.
RPT: Have you had any situation where a girl has done something really crazy to get your attention online or otherwise?
Nipsey Hussle: I'm not gonna say they did anything crazy to get my attention, what they usually do is scream and try to hop on stage or hop on the bus and make it clear what they're willing to do. I don't wanna get into too much detail but they get wild, especially when you're on tour. They do next to anything, you tell 'em to do a cartwheel naked and they're liable to bust out and get to doing splits. I'm focused though, so I take it with a grain of salt. It's fun to add to the experience and the excitement, but I ain't really turned on by groupies. That don't really stimulate me.
RPT: What are your favorite songs that you've worked on from your forthcoming album?
Nipsey Hussle: Hands down, my favorite record on my album is called "Blue Laces". It's one of them songs that sums up everything, if I was to play one record to establish a fan that would be it. Mr. Lee from Houston produced that, he did a lot of work with Jeezy, UGK, and Bun B. But it's just one of those records that's real powerful; it got a spirit in it. So when you hear it, if you're in a room by yourself or the car or studio, you gonna feel the spirit that's in that record. That's one of the records that I'm proud of.
Aside from that, I'm still working on the project. I got so much music, I'm getting ready to let a lot of it leak to the internet because I got to the point where I have so much music that there's no way all of it is gonna make the album. Certain records people need to hear right now, I just leaked them a couple of days ago. So I'm just trying to reach my peak creatively before I drop the album.
RPT: When is the album coming out?
Nipsey Hussle: It's coming out December 22, 2009.
RPT: Are you doing any touring this summer?
Nipsey Hussle: Yeah, we just came off the LAX tour with Game, we did 44 cities. We're getting ready to go on tour with Snoop and a rock band called Slightly Stoopid, that's like a 22 city tour. Then we're putting together a One West tour where we tour all of the cities on the west coast. So far it's gonna be me, Jay Rock, Jayo Felony, Game, I think Mistah F.A.B., Glasses Malone, U-N-I and a couple other West Coast artists are gonna hop along.
We gonna be everywhere, I just came from DC and New York; I'm going to Miami to work with The Runners. I'm going back to L.A. and going in with J.R. Rotem. We're moving, and '09 is finna be a good year for Hip Hop and the West Coast.