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Each breed has a rescue organization for their breed. Small Paws is the largest breed rescue in the country, with over 800 volunteers and over 6000 members in 26 countries.
Small Paws has rescued over 10,000 Bichons in the past 16 years from across the country.
It's that time of year again! The 2015 Okie Bash is Coming!
The 17th Annual Small Paws Rescue Oklahoma Bash in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will be held on the weekend
of October 16 and October 17, 2015. Friday and Saturday nights!
Please hurry and make your reservations!! Call 918-425-2112
(Also, please, and this is VERY important, R.S.V.P. to Bonnie at firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Oklahoma Bash is only ten weeks away!)
The sleeping room rate,
including two continental breakfasts per room is $104.00 for all rooms.
(If you want a King room, you should call A.S.A.P. in order to try to get one of the remaining King rooms!)
Meal rates are listed below!
(Click Here to See Pictures and Videos of the 2010 Small Paws Rescue
Oklahoma Bichon Bash!)
(Click Here to See Pictures and Videos of the 2011 Small Paws Rescue Oklahoma Bichon Bash!)
(Click Here to See Pictures and Videos of the 2012 Small Paws Rescue Oklahoma Bichon Bash!)
(Scroll down for the "You Betcha I'm Coming In Early!" Itinerary!)
You may also reserve Thursday night for the same price of $104.00 if you want to come in early!
This is how to make your reservations for sleeping rooms in the bungalows at the beautiful Post Oak Lodge!!
Make your reservations now!! Call 918-425-2112
Post Oak Lodge
5323 West 31st. Street North
Tulsa, OK 74127
Tell them you are with Small Paws Rescue.
All of the reservations need to go through the front desk. .
The front desk can be reached 24 hours a day at 918-425-2112
The lobby of the main lodge.
The Path to The Bungalows
A porch and gathering place of one of the bungalows. Have your coffee out here!
Autumn colors abound!
See event and menu pricing below. Room pricing is as follows:
See More Photos of the Beautiful Accommodations!
is one of the sleeping rooms. High thread count linens and down
comforters. High speed internet in the rooms, as well as cable TV.
The room
rate, including two continental breakfasts per room is $104.00 for all
rooms, including a continental breakfast for two.
One of the sleeping rooms with two beds.
There are eight total bungalows. Each bungalow has it's own living room, dining room, a kitchen with fridge and microwave.
The two large bungalows have 10 sleeping rooms upstairs and 8 sleeping rooms downstairs.
All in all there are 60 sleeping rooms there on site.
Each sleeping room has a TV and there is a big screen flat screen TV in the living room of each bungalow.
Yes, you can share a room with two queen sized beds with a friend and split the cost.
If you are really friendly, you may have four in a room.
A Nice Continental breakfast will be offered by the Chef, for $12.00, including gratuity
if you decide to come in as an "Early Bird" on Thursday.
and your dogs will be right there, on site, in your bungalows!
Let the lodge know of any food allergies or if you are a vegetarian.
(Chef is very good at providing for special requests!)
Once we get there we won't have to leave. This is where we will have our Saturday picnic, by the lake.
The price for the picnic meal will be $18.00. We will have an additional side item this year.
We will also have several heaters if needed, but the dates we have selected this year should
provide EXCELLENT autumn weather!!! The extra rain we have had is predicting premium fall colors!!
There will also be a Bichon Costume Contest by the lake on Saturday during our picnic, and bring your dogs!
Dale and "Reagan" Pressnall at the 2011 Okie Bash Picnic!
The Barbecue Dinner down at the Covered Pole Barn will be Saturday Night at 6:30 P.M.
The cost of dinner at the poll barn will be $25.00. Bring your dogs! We will have heaters!
After the barbecue dinner Saturday night, we will retreat to just outside of Cabin One, where we will enjoy a roaring Bonfire.
There will be conversation, and past memories shared.
Bring your guitars, fiddles, anything you can play, and join in the fun!
The Bonfire is the perfect ending to a wonderful weekend, together.
There will be seating and you are welcome to bring your dogs, along with any refreshments you would like.
The "You Betcha I'm Coming In Early!" Itinerary!
Usually, about 30-35 of us arrive early, in time for dinner on Thursday night!
This is a great time which kicks off our fun filled weekend of good friends and Bichons!
We will be going out to dinner at Kilkenny's Irish Pub at 7:00 P.M.
for anyone coming in early on Thursday evening, October 15, 2015.
Kilkenny's Irish Pub
1413 E. 15th. St.
Tulsa, OK., 74120
Phone 918-582-8282
Kilkenny's Dinner Menu
Your dogs will be safe in your rooms on Thursday evening.
We will go to lunch together on Friday, October 16, at 12:00 P.M. at the La Villa Restaurant,
located inside of the beautiful Philbrook Museum, for anyone else arriving early!
You may order from the menu there.
La Villa Restaurant
2727 S Rockford Rd.
Tulsa, OK 74114-4104
(918) 748-5367(918) 748-5367
Friday afternoon is free time.
The plated banquet dinner at 7:00 P.M. is held in the lodge dining room
on Friday Night, October 16, 2015. It will be NICE!
If you need to be picked up at the airport, we will have someone come and pick you up and take you out to Post Oak
If you need a ride from the airport, please contact Kem Hagadorn at email@example.com.
So Ya'll come to see us if you can!
P.S. (We must ask that due to liability issues, that you leave dogs who bite at home
as well as dogs who are aggressive to other dogs.
Dogs who are known biters or aggressive to other dogs will not be allowed lodging at Post Oaks Lodge .
See the YouTube Video of Small Paws® Rescue on Fox & Friends, 2014!
Small Paws® Rescue on
and Friends in New York City, in 2013!
I want to let those of you who do not know yet, know how we got started back in the Spring of 1998. WOW! How time flies!
At the time, the Co-Founder of Small Paws™ Rescue, Susan Sebring, and I, had first applied to join an existing Bichon rescue organization.
We both got a form letter back, telling us that rescue work took more than just a good heart and that at that time we were deemed to have been not suitable for rescue work. (Yes, that's what the letter really said...)
Though we were discouraged at first, we decided if we couldn't go to the mountain... we would move the mountain to us, and thus Small Paws™ Rescue was born.
Small Paws® Rescue Inc. is 501-C3 Tax exempt charitable organization. All donations are tax deductable.


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|Elysium (2013)
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|The Wolverine (2013)
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|Pacific Rim (2013)
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Updated: 10/25/2006 - Bryan has recently been victim to a slew of armed robberies, particularly targeted at convenience stores. Police have looked to video surveillance cameras for clues.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - Bryan has recently been victim to a slew of armed robberies, particularly targeted at convenience stores. Police have looked to video surveillance cameras for clues.
Updated: 10/26/2006 - An error in one local candidate's latest ad came as a surprise to both the candidate and a supposed endorser. County Court at Law #1 candidate Amanda Matzke was advertised as having been endorsed by the College Station Police Department.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - Congressman Chet Edwards is seeking a ninth term in Congress, but his work during the last eight has apparently made him among the most powerful in the House.
Posted: 10/25/2006 - Area senior citizens received a lesson in African American history on Wednesday. The Brazos Valley African American Museum hosted Senior Citizens Appreciation Day.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - Condemned inmate Gregory Summers remembers making funeral arrangements for his parents and an uncle. All were fatally stabbed and then burned when their home in Abilene was set on fire in 1990. But investigators in Abilene later determined Summers arranged for the slayings to collect insurance money.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - In a somber, pre-election review of a long and brutal war, President Bush conceded Wednesday that the United States is taking heavy casualties in Iraq and said, "I know many Americans are not satisfied with the situation" there.
Posted: 10/25/2006 - Authorities say the autopsies of five people whose bodies were pulled from the Rio Grande show they were drowning victims. The most recent statistics show 38 drownings from the Border Patrol's El Paso to Rio Grande Valley sectors between October of 2005 and September 15th of this year.
Posted: 10/25/2006 - Prosecutors say a convicted murderer should be kept in state treatment when he completes his 25-year sentence next year because he is a sexually violent predator. Prosecutor Joey Robertson says 44-year-old Wesley Wayne Miller of Fort Worth can't control his, quote, "sexual deviant behavior."
Updated: 10/28/2006 - For the sixth straight year, Texas A&M's Army ROTC Ranger team is tops. At the annual Army Ranger Challenge competition in San Antonio, A&M's team faced off against 21 schools in competitions for infantry skills.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - Some Madisonville residents are speaking out about their police department. At a town hall meeting Tuesday evening, residents made their claims that the department is racially profiling. City staff and council members heard the calls at the meeting.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - It's been a long time coming, but the construction of Bryan's Justice Center is officially underway. At a ceremonial ground-breaking Tuesday afternoon, members of the city's staff, the police department and the municipal court hailed the center as a major necessity for the city.
Posted: 10/24/2006 - To make the Bryan Police Department's Tuesday even bigger, the group is one step away from being accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
Posted: 10/24/2006 - It was a bizarre scene in downtown Bryan Tuesday afternoon, and what first looked to be a kidnapping may have just been a prank. The trunk of a Dodge Neon opened on Texas Avenue, and a young man jumped out with his hands tied up and his mouth duct taped.
Updated: 10/24/2006 - Bryan authorities are investigating a break-in at a local medical center. Police were called to the Physicians Centre on University Drive East around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Posted: 10/24/2006 - Bryan Police may be on their way to a break-through in the armed robberies spree. A warrant has been issued in connection with the sixth convenience store crime.
Updated: 10/24/2006 - Ghost and goblins aren't the only things parents need to watch out for on Halloween night. With about 190 registered sex offenders in the Brazos County, parents should know exactly where predators' are living to avoid leading their children to the wrong front door
Updated: 10/24/2006 - It was a sewage spill of massive proportions that has kept clean up crews hard at work.The four million gallon spill into Carter Creek is being blamed on the massive rainfall the Brazos Valley received last week.
Posted: 10/24/2006 - Some A&M Basketball players took their game off the court and into the classroom. The Texas A&M Men's Basketball Team visited Forest Ridge Elementary to present Slam Dunk, Drugs are Junk. It's all part of Red Ribbon Week, a week dedicated to promote a healthy and drug-free lifestyle.
Updated: 10/25/2006 - College Station Police and Brazos County Crime Stoppers are looking for a man they believe attacked a woman with a hammer. A warrant has been issued for 22-year-old LaBrandon Jarrell Searcy. He is described as a black male, 5'9" and 190 lbs. He has a tattoo of "Dino" on his right arm and a dollar sign on his left arm.
Updated: 10/28/2006 - Texas A&M has teamed up with two companies to help heal soldiers wounded in war. Through research funded by DermaPlus Incorporated and MatrixDesign Incorporated, Texas A&M will help further develop the proven abilities of a human protein to help regenerate tissue and accelerate wound healing.
Posted: 10/24/2006 - Palestinian gunmen kidnapped an Associated Press photographer in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, grabbing him as he walked out of his apartment and whisking him away in their vehicle, a witness said.
Updated: 10/24/2006 - The six Bryan convenience stores hit in the armed robbery spree all had surveillance footage of the incidents. Some videos are clearer than others, but authorities hope they all can play a part in capturing the suspects.
Updated: 10/24/2006 - Monday morning College Station Water Services found a broken wastewater line along Carter Creek. The spill area is behind SAMS Club along Associates Drive.
Updated: 10/24/2006 - Once again, the candidates for District 17 met to answer questions from Brazos Valley voters. At a forum, Chet Edwards and Van Taylor began by answering questions on a number of issues. But the meeting eventually returned to the status quo for this race.
Updated: 10/28/2006 - Students dropped off their "Dirty Laundry" at the Zone Plaza on Texas A&M University. It was all apart of Cotton Incorporated's Dirty Laundry tour, a national Katrina relief program.


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Under a bright blue, fall Oklahoma sky in a serene setting, cattle are doing what cattle do – quietly moving through a pasture looking for the next best thing to eat. As they graze, instruments are recording how much methane they are producing.
The good news is, Kansas consumers spend $7.2 billion on food each year. The bad news is, $6.5 billion of it comes from beyond the state's borders, obesity is on the rise, 56 percent of Kansas farmers require secondary income and only eight percent of Kansans have healthy diets, according to a 2010 survey by the Kansas Health Institute.
While food safety will always be the cornerstone of our production process, allegiance is making inroads into why and where consumers buy their products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is publishing a rule that outlines how it will improve the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), one of USDA's largest conservation programs. The interim final rule includes program changes authorized by Congress in the 2014 Farm Bill.
Although women represented only 28 percent of Kansas farmers in 2012 and the number of farmers is declining overall, women are ramping-up their involvement in several of the state's less common forms of agriculture. The Kansas Rural Center is one organization in Kansas that continues to advance programs to better serve the needs of this historically underserved population.
We all know a century is a long time. In U.S. agriculture the changes make it seem more like a millennium. We are aware of the obvious changes in crops, crop yields, machinery and technology, demographics, and globalization. But where and why did those changes happen and how have these changes changed, or not changed, what a farmer has become?
Record crops and low prices have farmers embracing change in 2015, with acreage shifts continuing to move fields from corn to soybeans, according to the latest Farm Futures survey.
Well, 2015 is starting out as busy as 2014 ended! I have several more upcoming programs to tell you all about in Agriculture and Horticulture. As always, you can contact me at the Extension Office for more information about these exciting opportunities coming your way!
Before we all become buried in the new year, let's look at this new beginning with a bit of humor. Plenty of people trot out their lists of resolutions. Often, such lists are as long as their arms and last as long as their pinky.
As the holiday season comes to an end, so does the entry period for the 2015 National Festival of Breads. The festival, sponsored by King Arthur Flour, Red Star Yeast and Kansas Wheat, is a national amateur bread baking competition that hundreds of bakers enter. The entry deadline for this year's competition is January 16, 2015.
Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) and the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC) will host the eighth annual Be Ag-Wise professional development workshops early next year.
Happy New Year to everybody. 2014 is history and 2015 is officially here. The last year was interesting to say the least for crop and livestock producers. The drought, record high prices for protein (beef, pork, and poultry), significant declines in crop prices, record corn yields, and steep declines in fuel prices. The natural question then is what does 2015 have in store for agriculture? This list is in no particular order and accurately seeing into the future is tricky at best.
If temperatures are too hot in May and June, farmers could lose more than layers.
Do you ever drive by the USDA Service Center or the K-State Research and Extension Office and wonder what they do in there? Do you ever have a question, but aren't sure where to turn? What about wanting to improve your operation, and needing some financial assistance to help with the cost? Chances are these offices have the ability to help.
Many, many traditions are associated with Christmas – a decorated tree, colored lights, gift giving, parties and turkey and ham dinners. Most of these traditions are recent additions.
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No doubt you've noticed all the soft drinks, flavored water and sports drinks today. They're everywhere.
Kansas farmland values, which climbed and at times soared since 2006, started to level off in 2014 and have dipped so far this year, pulled ...
Livestock shown by young exhibitors from across the state were named champions at the 83rd Kansas Junior Livestock Show, proudly sponsored by Cargill. During the ...
Announcement that the Conservation Awards Program will again be held in this county was received today by Alicia Boor, Barton County Agriculture and Natural Resources ...
The title of this article refers to a method coal miners used before sensitive detection equipment and modern ventilation. Miners would take a canary into ...
Travel out to the fields of Kansas during October and you'll see them teeming with fall harvest. Combines chomp through the fields of corn ...
Farmers and ranchers who previously were forced to sell livestock due to drought, like the drought currently affecting much of the nation, have an extended ...
Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions - corn, grain sorghum ...
A soil test is imperative to showing what nutrients are in the soil so that your plants can utilize them to grow. Sometimes though, a ...
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11 Jan 2014 17:41 GMT | Politics, Middle East, Israel, Lebanon
Ariel Sharon, who has died aged 85, was for decades one of Israel's most controversial figures.
Long the darling of the far-right, Sharon angered Arabs and Israeli doves by championing Jewish settlement on land taken in the 1967 Middle East war.
Sharon was widely reviled for masterminding the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, during which Israel's Lebanese Christian allies massacred Palestinians in two refugee camps in Beirut.
Sharon was forced to resign as defence minister after an Israeli inquiry found him indirectly responsible for failing to prevent the killings in Sabra and Shatila camps.
His provocative visit to Islam's third holiest site, al-Haram al-Sharif (The Noble Sanctuary), in Jerusalem while opposition leader, was said to have sparked the second Palestinian intifada (uprising) in September 2000.
Sharon then shocked Jewish ultranationalists in 2003 by announcing he would remove all 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and four from the occupied West Bank.
Legendary battlefield record
He found popularity as prime minister from 2001 to 2006. As leader of Likud, Sharon was elected prime minister twice, in 2001 and 2003, vowing to restore security and stamp out Palestinian violence.
Known for his girth and booming voice, Sharon was a career army commander, with a legendary record on the battlefield.
Born on February 26, 1928 in Kfar Malal, an agricultural moshav, then in the British Mandate of Palestine, to a family of Belarusian Jews, he joined a paramilitary youth battalion in 1942 aged 14, and later an underground paramilitary force, the Haganah, the Jewish military precursor to the Israel Defence Forces.
As a commander, Sharon was known for bold tactics and an occasional refusal to obey orders.
After retiring from military service, he was instrumental in establishing Likud in July 1973 by a merger of Herut, the Liberal Party and independent elements and became chairman of the campaign staff for that year's elections.
As a politician he became known as "the bulldozer", a man contemptuous of his critics while also capable of getting things done.
A prominent hardline voice over the decades, he led Israel's military response to the second intifada.
Gaza troop withdrawal
In mid-2005, he directed a unilateral withdrawal of Israeli troops and about 7,000 Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip.
Often portrayed as a shocking turnaround for a man who had been a leading player in building Jewish settlements in captured territories, the move came as Sharon put thousands more Israelis in settlements across the occupied West Bank.
A decade earlier, Sharon had famously urged Israeli settlers in the West Bank to "grab more hills, expand the territory. Everything that's grabbed will be in our hands, everything that we don't grab will be in [Palestinian] hands.''
He left the Likud Party, which he helped found, in 2005, and formed the centrist Kadima, a party designed to be centred largely on his own personality.
Sharon's decision to found a new party was a typically bold bid to reshape the Israeli political landscape.
The move was designed to bypass far-right criticism and press ahead with plans to end conflict with the Palestinians, including the pull-out from Gaza.
It seemed he was on his way to an easy re-election when he, at the age of 77 and considerably overweight, suffered a stroke in January 2006.
Sharon first had a small stroke in December 2005 and was put on blood thinners before experiencing a severe brain haemorrhage on January 4, 2006 that left him comatose.
After spending months in the Jerusalem hospital where he was initially treated, Sharon was transferred to the long-term care facility at Tel Hashomer hospital.
He was taken home briefly at one point but returned to the hospital, where he remained until his death.
He is survived by his three children.
Click through for a slideshow of scenes from Sharon's life.
Source: Al Jazeera and agencies
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Pinkie Pie: I wanted to ask you a favor!!!!!!!!!
Pinkie Pie will follow you to the ends of the earth and then some lol
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With a similar approach to his famous America, The Beautiful, Carmen Dragon's arrangement of this beloved American hymn is considered to be one of the most dramatic and effective versions ever...
George Gershwin's first published song! Parts for an optional four-part chorus may be purchased to accompany this set. This is an outstanding first effort from one of America's finest composers.
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The price of natural gas through Washington Gas increased by nearly half from February to March, meaning consumers could see hefty bills this month if the region can't shake off winter's icy grip.
This month, the cost for a unit of natural gas, called a "therm," increased from 65 cents per therm to 93 cents per therm. For a household that relies on the average winter usage of 200 therms a month to heat a home, the monthly bill would equal $290 — an increase of $56, according to the D.C. Public Service Commission.
"Outside economic factors, customer usage and unpredictable weather can have an impact on bills and the cost of natural gas during the winter," Washington Gas spokesman Ruben Rodriguez said in an email.
Experts point to the extremely cold temperatures that spread across much of the country this winter as the likely culprit behind price increases.
"There's been unprecedented demand in 2014 because of the cold, so I'm sure that is influencing general rising prices," said Amy Sweeney, a natural gas specialist at the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
But because prices are set each month to protect consumers from the daily cost fluctuations of natural gas, the extreme demand from this winter is only now being reflected in the skyrocketing costs.
"January 2014 was the highest demand month for natural gas ever," said Chris McGill, vice president of policy analysis for the American Gas Association. "Everything east of the Rocky Mountain region has been colder than usual this year."
Washington Gas announced earlier this year that the company had broken its record on Jan. 7 for the most natural gas distributed to customers during a 24-hour period. The prior record was from January 16, 2009. That month, prices for natural gas reached $1.07 per therm, according to the Public Service Commission.
Utilities don't reap any profit from the price increases, which are passed along to consumers as the cost of the commodity rises. Rather, utilities collect profits from the costs associated with the distribution of gas used.
Washington Gas customers saw an increase in distribution costs last year after the D.C. Public Service Commission approved an $8 million revenue increase, which raised the average residential customer's bill by $3 a month.
Prior to the increase in prices this month, Mr. McGill said wholesale costs of natural gas have remained relatively stable. As consumption comes back in line with normal usage rates, the price is expected to stabilize once again.
But though spring — and its warmer temperatures — should be on the horizon, relief may not be immediately forthcoming. Outlook predictions from the National Weather Service predict below normal temperatures for the month of March.
To provide some relief to customers, who might not be able to keep up with the high gas costs, Washington Gas announced a new payment plan that allows for deferment of bills over $500.
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"You find serious overconfidence by hedgehogs," Mr. Tetlock said. "With a rigid, self-justifying style of thinking, combined with a lot of content knowledge, combined with trying to see far in the future — well, you are more likely to go off a cliff.
"On the other hand, a key factor underlying superior fox performance was that they were more modest about what they could predict. The longer you try to see into the future, the more advantageous it is to be modest. I think they also derive some befits by being more self-critical and aware of alternative possibilities."
The most common problem with forecasts like the Global Trends report, Mr. Horowitz said, is that they fall into a hedgehog-style trap of treating current conventional wisdom as a blueprint for the long-term future. For example, extrapolating from the late 1990s economic boom, the 2001 Global Trends report predicted that the global economy of 2015 would "return to the high levels of growth reached in the 1960s and early 1970s."
"The most natural thing to do intellectually is look at the present," Mr. Horowitz said. "What is going on now is going on for a reason, and therefore it is most likely to continue. There's nothing wrong with that. To do better is difficult. It requires both being more aware of your own biases and being forced out of your intellectual comfort zone."
The future of forecasting?
Mr. Horowitz and Mr. Tetlock are involved in an ongoing, multi-year project funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activities Agency (IARPA) that is attempting to create better metrics for evaluating analyst accuracy.
Encompassing studies at a half-dozen universities and involving thousands of forecasters making predictions on hundreds of questions — Who will win the upcoming election in Ghana? Will Iran test a nuclear weapon by the end of the year? — the research aims to help participants recognize biases, avoid common errors and make better predictions in the future, lessons that can then be applied to American intelligence gathering.
One of the most important lessons, Mr. Tetlock said, is learning to avoid something he calls "accountability ping-pong" — that is, overreacting to errant prediction by abstaining from predictions going forward.
"We're making progress in that direction," he said. "Our forecasters are gradually becoming better calibrated. How far can they can go? Nobody knows for sure."
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Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945
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Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation.
In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the Netherlands and ending the Nazi reign of terror. The Canadians gave the Dutch freedom - and food - and out of such dark times an eternal friendship was forged.
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Curiosity-Driven, Not Data-Driven
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Beth Kanter raises the question of data-driven decision making in the non-profit sector. Of course, most of us in the public sector in one place or another have had to deal with someone touting data-driven decision making as the only way to move forward. There's a good conversation on G+. Eric Petersen, she writes, prefers the term data-informed. And Kanter herself prefers "curiosity-driven". In a comment, I point out the well-known and oft-repeated fact that all data is theory-laden. The use of data to inform decision-making, therefore, is just another way to use theory to inform decision-making, albeit a less obvious and surreptitious way. I'm not thrilled by the expression "curiosity-driven" because it suggests irrelevance. I think there's a wide set of bases on which to ground decisions, and that it would be a mistake to abstract the process of decision-making from the context in which it occurs.
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Ever one for hockey's sometimes baffling secrecy, Eric Fehr didn't even want to reveal the poorly kept secret Thursday morning that he'll be back in the Washington Capitals' lineup against the New York Islanders.
But Fehr is set to make his return from a four-game absence on the same night Martin Erat will make his Caps debut following a trade from the Nashville Predators.
"[Fehr] was playing very good for us," coach Adam Oates said. "Shame to lose him. Injuries are a part of the game. We don't want to lose anybody. But it's nice to be able to inject two guys into the lineup."
Fehr's career was dogged by shoulder injuries until this season, when he showed he could stay healthy while playing in Finland. He signed a one-year, $600,000 contract with the Caps and then recorded six goals and six assists in 29 games before suffering an upper-body injury that Oates said was not a shoulder problem.
Fehr was injured March 24 at the New York Rangers when he was spun to the ice by defenseman Ryan McDonagh. Oates didn't give a timetable on Fehr's return as recently as Wednesday.
But the 27-year-old right wing skated with teammates Wednesday and Thursday looked ready.
"I feel good right now," Fehr said. "A lot better than last week."
Fehr said it was easier watching the Caps because they were winning without him.
"Obviously the team's playing really well right now," he said. "We're playing some pretty exciting hockey right now. I think we're getting back to our offensive ways, and I definitely want to be a part of it."
Fehr is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer. A year ago the Jets did not tender him a qualifying offer after he had two goals and an assist during an injury-plagued season in Winnipeg.
Part of getting a new deal, whether it's with the Caps or another NHL team, hinges on Fehr's ability to stay healthy, because he has shown an ability to produce when he's on the ice.
Chimera sits for Erat
To make room for Erat and Fehr, left wing Jason Chimera will be a healthy scratch Thursday night. It will be the first time Chimera is a healthy scratch since Bruce Boudreau sat him March 29, 2011.
"Martin's a left-shot player. I think our top two lines have been going good," Oates said. "And he's the odd man out right now."
Chimera, 33, has one goal and eight assists in 36 games. His goal came March 17 against the Buffalo Sabres.
Aaron Volpatti and Wojtek Wolski are the other healthy-scratch forwards, but each player has been accustomed to that role lately. Adding Erat without subtracting another player meant someone used to playing would be sitting out.
"That's very difficult for the player that sits," forward Brooks Laich said. "But that's where hockey has always been and always will be a team sport. Maybe it's your time this time, maybe your time will come some other time, but you support the guys that play."
Having 15 forwards on the active roster could serve as some type of motivation.
"Nobody likes to be sat out. That's a fact," Oates said. "But also it can make you take a step back and look at the game. And sometimes you need to do that to re-evaluate yourself and to re-evaluate where you belong."


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Cal offensive coordinator Tony Franklin talks about his quarterbacks, tempo, and surprises from this spring.
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She's never one to miss out on an exciting event, and earlier this evening (January 9) Christina Aguilera rolled up to the 2013 People's Choice Awards.
The "Ain't No Other Man" songbird showed off her ample curves in simple black pants and a white fitted blazer as she worked her mojo for the audience at the Nokia Theatre LA Live in Los Angeles.
Hollywood is buzzing with anticipation as the 2013 People's Choice Awards get underway at the Nokia Theatre this evening (January 9).
The live award ceremony is scheduled to commence at 9 p.m. ET on CBS Television Network, but the excitement is already beginning on the red carpet.
Celebrities were filled with holiday cheer, sharing good tidings with their fans on Twitter as they gathered with their family and friends to celebrate Christmas.
Adding a funny family photo to her tweet, Miley Cyrus accompanied the pic with a hearty "Ho Ho Ho."
Enjoying a couples' shopping trip, Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler headed to the Boogie's store in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday (December 22).
The "Voice" coach was all bundled up in a white top, black jacket, and knee-high black boots as she held the arm of her beau, who carried their shopping bag.
Her singing career has been one of the most prolific of her generation, and Christina Aguilera is about to be recognized for her impact on the music industry.
The "Ain't No Other Man" songstress will be honored with the People's Voice award at the 2013 People's Choice Awards on January 9th.
The shockwave from the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are still reverberating through the entire country, and last night (December 17) "The Voice" paid tribute to the victims with a special performance.
In a heartwarming display of love, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, and Blake Shelton joined with the contestants and hosts to sing "Hallelujah."
After hacking the email accounts of more than 50 celebrities, Christopher Chaney was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday (December 17).
Back in March, Chaney pleaded guilty to nine felony counts, including wiretapping and unauthorized access to a computer.
Taking care of her daily duties, Christina Aguilera stopped off at Taste restaurant in West Hollywood for lunch yesterday (December 13).
Joined by her son Max and boyfriend Matthew Rutler, the "Genie in a Bottle" songstress looked cute and casual in a grey and cream knit hat with a matching top and black trousers.


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A decade of cardiothoracic surgery at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
ABSTRACT The medical records at Aga Khan University were reviewed to analyze the trends, mortality and patients characteristics of cardiothoracic surgeries in the last decade.
The medical records of all adult cardiac, thoracic and combined cardiothoracic operations performed during January 1995 to December 2004 at the Aga Khan University Hospital were reviewed. Data were retrieved and analyzed for trends, patient characteristics, and procedure mortality.
From January 1995 - December 2004, 4553 cases were eligible for the study, of which 73% were males and 9.4% were children. Male to female ratio changed from 1.3:1 to 3:1 from childhood to adulthood. Number of patients requiring cardiothoracic intervention increased continuously throughout the period, cardiac operations outnumbering thoracic or combined procedures. Ten-year average annual mortality remained 4.8% with slight variation per annum. Age distribution of cardiac surgery patients remained the same, however, constantly increasing number of over-70-year olds was observed. Mortality for isolated CABG, isolated valve and CABG with valve remained 1.9%, 4.3% and 18.3% respectively.
Trends of cardiothoracic procedures appear similar to those in the developed countries, so are the mortality figures.
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ABSTRACT: To estimate the prevalence of diabetes and the number of people with diabetes who are > or =20 years of age in all countries of the world for three points in time, i.e., the years 1995, 2000, and 2025, and to calculate additional parameters, such as sex ratio, urban-rural ratio, and the age structure of the diabetic population. Age-specific diabetes prevalence estimates were applied to United Nations population estimates and projections for the number of adults aged > or =20 years in all countries of the world. For developing countries, urban and rural populations were considered separately Prevalence of diabetes in adults worldwide was estimated to be 4.0% in 1995 and to rise to 5.4% by the year 2025. It is higher in developed than in developing countries. The number of adults with diabetes in the world will rise from 135 million in 1995 to 300 million in the year 2025. The major part of this numerical increase will occur in developing countries. There will be a 42% increase, from 51 to 72 million, in the developed countries and a 170% increase, from 84 to 228 million, in the developing countries. Thus, by the year 2025, >75% of people with diabetes will reside in developing countries, as compared with 62% in 1995. The countries with the largest number of people with diabetes are, and will be in the year 2025, India, China, and the U.S. In developing countries, the majority of people with diabetes are in the age range of 45-64 years. In the developed countries, the majority of people with diabetes are aged > or =65 years. This pattern will be accentuated by the year 2025. There are more women than men with diabetes, especially in developed countries. In the future, diabetes will be increasingly concentrated in urban areas. This report supports earlier predictions of the epidemic nature of diabetes in the world during the first quarter of the 21st century. It also provides a provisional picture of the characteristics of the epidemic. Worldwide surveillance of diabetes is a necessary first step toward its prevention and control, which is now recognized as an urgent priority.Diabetes Care 09/1998; 21(9):1414-31. DOI:10.2337/diacare.21.9.1414 · 8.42 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Reliable information on causes of death is essential to the development of national and international health policies for prevention and control of disease and injury. Medically certified information is available for less than 30% of the estimated 50.5 million deaths that occur each year worldwide. However, other data sources can be used to develop cause-of-death estimates for populations. To be useful, estimates must be internally consistent, plausible, and reflect epidemiological characteristics suggested by community-level data. The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) used various data sources and made corrections for miscoding of important diseases (eg, ischaemic heart disease) to estimate worldwide and regional cause-of-death.patterns in 1990 for 14 age-sex groups in eight regions, for 107 causes. Preliminary estimates were developed with available vital-registration data, sample-registration data for India and China, and small-scale population-study data sources. Registration data were corrected for miscoding, and Lorenz-curve analysis was used to estimate cause-of-death patterns in areas without registration. Preliminary estimates were modified to reflect the epidemiology of selected diseases and injuries. Final estimates were checked to ensure that numbers of deaths in specific age-sex groups did not exceed estimates suggested by independent demographic methods. 98% of all deaths in children younger than 15 years are in the developing world. 83% and 59% of deaths at 15-59 and 70 years, respectively, are in the developing world. The probability of death between birth and 15 years ranges from 22.0% in sub-Saharan Africa to 1.1% in the established market economies. Probabilities of death between 15 and 60 years range from 7.2% for women in established market economies to 39.1% for men in sub-Saharan Africa. The probability of a man or woman dying from a non-communicable disease is higher in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions than in established market economies. Worldwide in 1990, communicable, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional disorders accounted for 17.2 million deaths, non-communicable diseases for 28.1 million deaths and injuries for 5.1 million deaths. The leading causes of death in 1990 were ischaemic heart disease (6.3 million deaths), cerebrovascular accidents (4.4 million deaths), lower respiratory infections (4.3 million), diarrhoeal diseases (2.9 million), perinatal disorders (2.4 million), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2.2 million), tuberculosis (2.0 million), measles (1.1 million), road-traffic accidents (1.0 million), and lung cancer (0.9 million). Five of the ten leading killers are communicable, perinatal, and nutritional disorders largely affecting children. Non-communicable diseases are, however, already major public health challenges in all regions. Injuries, which account for 10% of global mortality, are often ignored as a major cause of death and may require innovative strategies to reduce their toll. The estimates by cause have wide Cls, but provide a foundation for a more informed debate on public-health priorities.The Lancet 06/1997; 349(9061):1269-76. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07493-4 · 45.22 Impact Factor


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