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Top Android App: Relax and Sleep
Relax and Sleep is a handy app that will help you ease stress and escape from your surroundings, even for just a few minutes. If you need help falling asleep, look no further!
- Version: 2.13
- Size: 2.40MB
- Category: Lifestyle
- Price: Free
Relax and Sleep allows you to choose and play from a list of ambient sounds. Examples include ocean, summer rain, forest birds, and acoustic guitar melody. Simply check the box next to the sounds you'd like to play. You can independently adjust the volumes and mix and match different sounds to create your own personalized relaxation melody. Once you have done this, don't forget to save your personalized melody in the menu. Next time, load your preset combination from the menu to start relaxing immediately!
If you'd like to use this app to help you fall asleep, make sure to set the timer so that the sounds will mute after a specific length of time.
- Very easy to use, can run in the background
- High quality sounds with long loop times
- Timer for use as a sleep aid
- Can only have one saved preset melody
- When timer ends, sounds are only muted, app doesn't quit
- More sounds!
Conclusions: If you want help relaxing or falling asleep, you should definitely download this app!
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The relax and sleep app does indeed generate some really nice sounds for getting relaxed!
If you would also like not to be disturbed by phone calls, but (like me) are afraid of missing an important call I can recommend also using the Quiet Sleep app together with Relax and Sleep :)
Link for the app is here:
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Men's soccer: Peninsula keeps on rolling
Sequim Gazette staff
It may be early, but these Pirates look in midseason form.
Peninsula (7-0-1) earned a pair of shutout wins last week, crushing the South Puget Sound Clippers 10-0 on Sept. 11 and whitewashing Southwest Oregon 4-0 on Saturday.
On the road against South Puget Sound, P.C. raced to an 8-0 lead by halftime, getting two scores each from Ash Apollon, Alex Martinez and Christian Martinez, and scores from Victor Sanchez and Kassio Monteiro.
Steven Rodriguez and Erick Urzua added scores after halftime.
Christian Martinez and Urzua each contributed two assists.
Sophomore keeper Angel Guerra recorded his first shutout of the season, earning five saves.
"It was nice to get the shutout," coach Andrew Chapman said, praising his defense and the outstanding play of Guerra.
Against Southwest Oregon, the Pirates broke a 33-minute stalemate with four scores in a six-minute span and that's more than they needed. Apollon, Urzua, Kalei Gallarde and Christian Martinez each had scores.
Guerra needed just one save as the Pirates kept the ball on the offensive end, tallying 34 shots on goal.
"We had a hard time finding the back of the net," Chapman said. "Our guys did really well keeping the pressure on all game and getting shots off but unfortunately they just weren't really going in. We did get everybody, in which is always a plus."
Peninsula was slated to take on North Idaho College on Sept. 17 — results were not available at press time. The Pirates host Pierce College on Sept. 21 and play at Tacoma on Sept. 25.
See a photo album of Peninsula's match against Southwest Oregon here.
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An incoming junior at Louisiana State University, Margot Nathalie Herbst is majoring in kinesiology and is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, serving as its social chairwoman; the National Society of Collegiate Scholars; the Physician Assistants Collegiate Society; and Pi Sigma Theta national honor society. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lars Thomas Herbst, her mother the former Susan Nathalie Ewing.
A graduate of Mount Carmel Academy, Margot served on the school's student council and was active in the swimming program there for four years, two as a member of state-championship teams.
Margot has worked as a lifeguard at Metairie Country Club, and has volunteered at Ochsner Medical Center and for Habitat for Humanity, the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, numerous blood drives and the Race for the Cure.
She plans a medical career with emphasis on "contributing to patient care."
As a sub-deb, Margot was a lady in waiting in the court of the Dorians. She will be honored at a deb party given by her parents during the Christmas holidays.


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Satay, an easy Asian appetizer, livens up holiday buffets, by Wolfgang Puck
Makes 24 skewers
3/4 pound New York strip steak or fillet
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 garlic cloves, blanched for 30 seconds in boiling water, drained, chilled in ice water, and minced
1 organic green onion, finely chopped
1/4 cup bottled hoisin sauce
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Put 2 dozen bamboo or wooden skewers in a shallow baking dish wide enough to hold them flat. Add cold water to cover, put the dish in the refrigerator, and chill for 1 hour.
Cut the steak into 24 long equal strips, each weighing about 1/2 ounce. Drain the skewers and wipe the baking dish dry. Pass each skewer back and forth through a strip of steak all along its length. Arrange the skewers on a platter or baking pan. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.
About half an hour before serving time, prepare the marinade: In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, honey, pepper flakes, cumin and turmeric. Remove the skewers from the refrigerator, uncover them, and pour the marinade over the meat, turning the skewers to coat the meat evenly. Leave at room temperature to marinate for about 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat an indoor countertop electric grill, a stovetop grill pan, or the broiler.
While the grill or broiler is heating, prepare the sauce: In a small skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add the garlic and green onion and saute, stirring frequently, until soft, about 2 minutes. Pour in the hoisin sauce and the soy sauce, add the pepper flakes and cook 1 to 2 minutes longer. Strain into a clean pan and whisk in the remaining butter. Cover and keep warm.
Just before serving, arrange the skewers on the grill or under the broiler. Cook until medium rare, 30 to 40 seconds per side.
Pour the sauce into a small bowl and set in the center of a large serving platter. Arrange the skewers around the bowl and serve immediately.


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'A wise woman builds her home' Proverbs 14:1
I am not sure why but I have an unusual amount of energy today! Maybe because this weekend was a long on with a sick baby or I just woke up on the right side of the bed! Either way or what ever it is I am so motivated. Yesterday i was not able to attend church because of my sick little one and boy did I miss it! This morning I have embarked on an adventure! A command center adventure! This is one thing, among many, that I love about being a wife. My husband asked me a few weeks ago if I would be creative and make a 'command center'. Well that is what I am calling it! He wants an area in our house that has the calendar, note board, to do list, tack board and so forth. Well I was excited about this project because I knew the perfect place to start!!!! PINTEREST! I tried to find pins that not only worked for me but also for Ramon. He loves old wood and neatness. So that was my spring board. I set a few goals before starting this project because with lack of a goal, plans can become very extravagant!
Here are my goals:
- Be resourceful. Use what ever materials I have around the house.
- Think of Ramon first. I like very clean edges and such, Ramon on the other hand loves barn wood.
- Keep it simple. If it is too chaotic and busy it will be an eye sore.
With these set, I started looking on pinterest to see what other people included in their 'command centers'. I found a lot of really great ideas! Some, though I loved, I had to pass over simply because it would not work in our house. Like not having the same type of set up. After searching for about 30 mins. I came up with a list of things that would be essential on our command center.
Items to include:
- Calendar- Not one that I have to number and renumber every month.
- A weekly schedule. These are the events that take place every week at the same time, ie. Mom's group, Spanish Bible study, youth group, water babies...
- The memory verse we are learning with our teens
- Meal Schedule
- Chalk Board for writing note or Dry erase
- Area to tack important papers
Some Ideas that I thought were AWESOME but are necessary for our family yet were a behavior and chore chart, family rules, and little bins or canvas bags with the names of family members things to go into. Our daughter is too small for the behavior chart and chores and the rules...we haven't made any yet! I also debated a 'to do' list but normally I write out a check list at my desk in the morning, so I am leaving that off.
I was so excited when I remembered that I in fact had some barn wood in the garage! Really this was the highlight of the project so far! I can not wait to put it all together! The wood actually was for another project that failed so it is cut up but I designed a great look for it I am so excited! I hope Ramon LOVES it!
Sometimes I am surprised how fun projects can be. Like this one. I was reminded while being creative that this is all part of making our house a home. One must be careful not to compare their skills to another's. I caught myself looking at a blog and asking...HOW DOES SHE DO IT! haha I am sure with the gifts and abilities god has given her of course! God gives us talents and abilities for our own use and then friends that are great at other things to help fill in the gaps! I hope that you have a wonderful Monday!
I will be posting pictures later today! We are also getting our Christmas tree today! I have a lot of fun things to do this week! It shall surely be a fun week!
What are your organizing project this week!? How have you made your house more 'home like' lately?


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An updated version of this story is now available at MassLive.
EAST LONGMEADOW – Police are searching for a man suspected in a rash of vehicle break-ins, mostly at area gyms and health clubs, in a number of Western Massachusetts communities.
Police here and in Belchertown, Northampton, Palmer, Springfield and Westfield have working together to investigate the break-ins in which purses containing credit cards have been a common target.
Sgt. Patrick T. Manley said surveillance video from a vehicle break-in at Century Fitness on North Main Street earlier this month has led to a suspect in the case who is believed to have driving a green Ford Explorer while committing a number of the break-ins.
Police traced that Explorer to a woman in Westfield who had some type of relationship with the suspect, Manley said.
"He is not in her good graces any more and he doesn't have access to the vehicle and his whereabouts are unknown," Manley said.
Some of the credit cards have been used at area stores to purchase gift cards and the like and police have been analyzing surveillance photographs of the transactions in an effort to determine his identity, Manley said.
The suspect is described as a heavy-set black male, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 tall, Manley said.


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CEFS receives Kellogg Foundation grant for outreach series
September 13, 2007
Media Contact: Nancy Creamer, director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, at 919.515.9447 or firstname.lastname@example.com
The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) recently received a $10,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in support of its "Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture" outreach series, which includes farmer and consumer-oriented workshops, a sustainable agriculture lecture and a family-oriented fall festival.
CEFS, located in Goldsboro, is a partnership of North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. It develops and promotes food and farming systems that protect the environment, strengthen local communities and provide economic opportunities in North Carolina and beyond.
The "Seasons of Sustainable Agriculture" workshop series was initiated in 2006 to celebrate 10 years of CEFS programming.
"The workshop series was so successful in educating farmers, other agricultural professionals, students and consumers, we've decided not only to continue it, but expand it to include two new events: an author series and an annual sustainable agriculture lecture," said Dr. Nancy Creamer, CEFS director.
The inaugural sustainable agriculture lecture was given in May by Carlo Petrini, founder of the International Slow Food Movement.
The second annual CEFS Fall Festival, to be held in Goldsboro on Sept. 15, will feature educational exhibits, kids' activities, farm tours, workshops, food, music and a farmers' market. Fall Festival information is available on line at: http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/fallfestival2007.htm
"We are grateful to the Kellogg Foundation for supporting these important initiatives," said Dean Johnny Wynne, N.C. State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. "Our overall goal for CEFS programming is to broaden the dialogue about sustainable agriculture and local food systems among the general public, educators, policy makers, health professionals, agriculture professionals, students and others, furthering the development and implementation of sustainable community-based food systems in North Carolina."
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 "to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." To achieve the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants toward specific areas. These include: health; food systems and rural development; youth and education; and philanthropy and volunteerism. For further information, please visit the Foundation's Web site at www.wkkf.org.
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I am the chairperson of a local schools foundation in Portland. I have done my share of fundraising to support our elementary school in the four years we have attended, without thinking too deeply -- until this year -- about its negative impacts (it just felt essential and, sadly, normal).
It takes too much parent time that would be better spent on other things, such as homework help, packing a healthy lunch, chaperoning field trips, or advocating for state revenue reform.
It burdens local business owners who are asked to donate to more school auctions than they can likely count. It alienates parents who can't afford to give. It band-aids the problem, relieving pressure on those responsible -- state legislators, anti-tax voters, school districts. But most tragically, for Oregon and our country, it is privatizing public education before our eyes and with our own participation.
Though it's easy to forgive the good intentions (they're our kids, after all) I, for one, want to be part of the solution going forward, not a barrier to the real, long-term solution we all know is the answer for public education in Oregon: comprehensive, bold, urgent state revenue and tax reform.
Together, we parents, legislators, teachers, voters, homeowners, and believers in democracy all across Oregon can solve this. If we really want to. Do you? I do.
Lisa Frack, a Portland Public Schools parent since 2008, is the communications director of Family Forward Oregon.


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The fifth Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI).
The fifth Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) took place in WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 8 July 2016. All members (bar 1) of the CG, attended the meeting, along with observers from the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI), Global TB Drugs Facility (GDF), Global Fund (GF) and the GDI Task Forces.
The objectives of the meeting were:
- To follow up on recommendations made and action points agreed upon during 4th GDI CG meeting in December 2015, and subsequent monthly teleconferences;
- To provide an update on progress in scale up of MDR-TB services and care, and updates on new policies;
- To provide an update on the progress of the respective GDI Task Forces; and
- To provide an update on the progress of the GDI "Costed Framework" document.
The participants were briefed about the activities of the GDI Secretariat since the forth CG meeting held in December 2015. New WHO policy guidance on programmatic management of MDR-TB and second-line drug susceptibility testing was presented to the participants. Chairs of regional GLC presented on the MDR-TB scale-up in their respective regions. This was followed by the respective GDI Task Forces presenting their progress and the activities in their respective areas to the GDI CG. A final session was dedicated to the final steps in development of the GDI "Costed Framework" document.
The report of the meeting and action points were compiled by the secretariat, approved by the core group and shared as a public document on the GDI website.
All meeting documents can be found at the " Meetings" tab."
The fourth Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI)
The fourth Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) was held on 1 December 2015 in Capetown, South Africa. All members (bar 1) of the CG, attended the meeting, along with observers from the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI), Global TB Drugs Facility (GDF), Global Fund (GF), USAID, and Leaders of the GDI Task Force on "Access to new DR-TB drugs.
The objectives of the meeting were:
- To follow up on recommendations made and action points agreed upon during 3rd GDI CG meeting in May 2015, and subsequent monthly teleconferences;
- To provide an update on progress in scale up of MDR-TB services and care, and updates on new policies;
- To provide an update on the Joint GDI and GLI Partners Forum, April 2015;
- To provide an update on the progress of the respective GDI Task Forces and from the Infection Control (IC) sub-group; and
- To discuss the GDI CG membership, the GDI "Costed Framework Plan, 2016-2017" and the GDI workplan for 2016.
The participants were briefed about the activities of the GDI Secretariat since the third CG meeting held in May 2015. An update was provided to the CG on "progress in scale-up MDR-TB services and care, and on new policies". This was followed by a "Joint update from the GDI and the GLI" at which the members of the GLI Core Group were present for the update and subsequent discussions. The respective GDI Task Forces and the TB Infection Control sub-group presented the progress and the activities in their respective areas to the GDI CG. A final session then discussed the "GDI CG membership, the GDI Costed Framework Plan 2016-17, GDI funding and workplan for 2016".
All meeting documents can be found at the " Meetings" tab."
The third Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI)
The third Core Group (CG) meeting of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) was held on 1 May 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. All members of the CG, attended the meeting, along with observers from the Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI), Global TB Drugs Facility (GDF), Global Fund (GF), Infection Prevention and Control (IC) sub-group and the USAID.
The objectives of the meeting were:
- To follow up on recommendations from the GDI/GLI forum, including the issue of the "call to action on the introduction of new anti-TB drugs"
- To follow up on recommendations and action points agreed upon during 2nd GDI CG meeting and subsequent monthly teleconferences
- To provide an update on the progress of the GDI Task Forces, and the Infection Control (IC) sub-group
- To review the strategic priorities of GDI and plan subsequent activities for the next year; and
- To discuss the GDI "costed framework" and the work plan
The participants were briefed about the activities of the GDI Secretariat since the second CG meeting held in October 2014.
Following discussions between the GDI CG members and interested participants from the Joint GDI/GLI Partners Forum, there was general consensus that no-one wanted any "new" structures outside of considering a new Task Force. Hence GDI CG agreed that the creation of a GDI Task Force to address this issue was the best solution.
A joint session of the GDI and GLI CGs discussed the issue of growing gaps between the number of MDR-TB cases detected and the numbers started on treatment. GDI and GLI chairs also reviewed the recommendations from the previous joint meeting, as well as relevant issues raised during the Joint GDI/GLI partners forum.
All meeting documents can be found at the 'Meetings' tab.
Professor Charles Daley, MD, elected as Chair of the Core Group of Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI)
Professor Charles Daley, MD, was elected as the Chair of Core Group of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) by the Core Group members. Dr Daley has served till recently as the Chair of the global Green Light Committee (gGLC) and brings with him strong clinical and educational background, field experience, leadership, and the ability to bring people together for global scale up of the programmatic management of drug-resistant TB (PMDT).
Dr Daley has worked with drug resistant tuberculosis patients for 20 years. He developed and implemented a national tuberculosis advice line that helped TB programs across the United States manage complicated forms of tuberculosis, including drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). He participated in the development of the WHO 2008 Emergency Update of the Guidelines for the Programmatic Management of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis as well as the 2011 updates to the PMDT guidelines. Over the past few years, he has provided monitoring and technical assistance support to several high TB/ MDR-TB burden countries including China, the Philippines, Peru, and Kyrgyzstan. He has facilitated several international PMDT trainings aimed at building capacity for scale-up of PMDT. He has also conducted research in countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, Brazil, and Colombia.
Updates on situation of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea, with special emphasis on Daru Island
This document is a copy of the statement issued by WHO Representative Office in Papua New Guinea. The document can be accessed at:
April 2016
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health threat in Papua New Guinea. TB kills more people in Papua New Guinea than any other infectious disease. The problem is further compounded by high levels of drug resistant TB particularly in hot-spot areas1, namely Daru of South Fly District in the Western Province2,3, the National Capital District and the Gulf province4.
Recognising the serious problem with drug resistant TB in Papua New Guinea, the Government of Papua New Guinea in coordination with all partners established an emergency response team (ERT) in August 2014. The ERT assists in raising high-level advocacy, resource mobilization, planning and monitoring of implementation of the national response to drug-resistant TB. Subsequently, an accelerated response plan was developed in January 2015 and the government and partners have been further increasing their efforts to address the issue. As part of continued support for the country's effort, the Western Pacific Regional Green Light Committee (rGLC) conducted its annual mission to Papua New Guinea in May 2015 and made a series of recommendations. The rGLC is a group of international TB experts to support public health response to address drug-resistant TB across the Western Pacific Region. Although the next rGLC mission is planned later this year, significant progress has already been observed.
The purpose of this document is to provide an update on the progress made since May 2015 and WHO's position to further support country's efforts.
Progress since the rGLC mission to Papua New Guinea in May 2015
With substantial efforts of the central and local governments, local health workers and engaged communities, supported by international and local partners, significant progress has been observed, particularly improvements in diagnosis, treatment and care for patients with drug-resistant TB in Daru.
- Increasing funding: The Government of Papua New Guinea has committed funding to implement the accelerated response plan to address MDR-TB and released 8 million Kina (equivalent to US$ 2.6 million) in January 2016. The Australian Government continues to provide significant financial support
- Improving patient support while on treatment: To ensure all patients successfully complete their treatment, community-based treatment teams, the Daru Accelerated Response for Tuberculosis (DART), have been established. Patients can receive treatment close to home and also nutritional support through a daily lunch for every visit.
- Organizing care around individual patient needs: Weekly individual care planning meetings have been instituted in Daru General Hospital with a focus on delivering patient-centred care.
- Improving access to essential medicines to treat drug-resistant TB: The government procures all second-line TB medicines and medicines to treat side effects. These are available to patients with drug-resistant TB free of charge.
- Expanding access to a new medicine: Building on the experience in the compassionate use of bedaquiline since 2013, the National TB programme introduced a procedure for access to bedaquiline for patients required the drug. Currently, six patients (five in Daru and one in Port Moresby) are treated with a regimen containing bedaquiline. Expanded access to novel TB drugs can be critical for curing patients when an effective treatment regimen cannot be designed with existing medicines.
- More patients successfully treated: Since June 2015, only 3% of patients discontinued treatment within six months after initiating MDR-TB treatment, compared to more than 60% of patients were lost to follow up previously. This indicates improvement in patient education and support as well as better clinical care including management of adverse side effects.
- More patients diagnosed with TB and MDR-TB at an earlier stage of the disease: Diagnosis of patients with drug-resistant TB is significantly improving due to expanded use of a rapid diagnostic technology (Xpert MTB/RIF), active contact tracing and international collaboration with offshore laboratories. In 2015, 120 patients were diagnosed with drug-resistant TB (43% increase from 2014) and all of these patients were enrolled for treatment.
- Improving in-country diagnostic capacity: The National TB Reference Laboratory in the Central Public Health Laboratory, Port Moresby developed its capacity to conduct culture and drug susceptibility testing, which was previously only possible by offshore reference laboratories.
- Preventing transmission: Infection prevention and control have been strengthened through administrative, mechanical and personal protective measures. The hospital management developed its infection control plan, introduced a cough triage centre, assigned an infection control focal person and regularly monitors use of protective equipment by health care staff in the MDR-TB ward.
- Updating policies to further strengthen the services: To build on these improvements, the Department of Health 's National TB Program has released its updated approaches to further strengthen the TB services in Daru in the following four areas (National TB Programme Directives issued on 18 March 2016):
- Patients can start treatment for MDR-TB on an outpatient basis without requiring hospitalization according to the conditions and preference of patients
- Trained community health workers can supervise and support treatment of patients with MDR-TB care in the community
- A new diagnostic technology, Xpert MTB/RIF, can be used to diagnose all people who are presumed to have active TB
- The use of a new drug, bedaquiline, is expanded.
WHO position on the progress and the updated approaches
- WHO supports the new approaches of the National TB Programme on MDR-TB treatment on an outpatient basis as well as community-based care and support that is close to patient homes.
- WHO supports the use of Xpert MTB/RIF as the initial diagnostic test for TB diagnosis as per global WHO policy guidance5.
- WHO advises that the use of new drugs should be further extended to ensure that all patients who are eligible for treatment are provided with adequate treatment regimens that include new drugs when necessary. Specifically, WHO recommends that:
- the use of bedaquiline should be extended to include all MDR-TB patients for whom a conventional regimen cannot be designed, as per current interim WHO policy guidance; and
- delamanid should be included according to current interim WHO policy guidance.
- WHO supports continued monitoring of TB service delivery to ensure that adherence to treatment (with patient support) is maintained, treatment response and drug safety are continuously measured and promptly addressed, and barriers to scale-up of treatment are removed quickly.
- WHO supports the acceleration of proactive approaches for case detection and prevention such as preventive therapy6 and infection control at household and community levels.
- WHO recommends extending these additional policies to the whole country in a stepwise manner and as soon as possible.
- WHO welcomes the progress to date, and is committed to providing continued support to Papua New Guinea and stakeholders for TB control and to maintain the emergency response to MDR-TB in hot spot areas including Daru.
Core Group members of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), particularly multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) represent significant threats to global TB control efforts and a major public health concern in several countries. Levels of MDR-TB remain worryingly high in some parts of the world, notably countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In several of these countries, up to 32% of new cases and more than 50% of previously treated cases have MDR-TB.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that worldwide 450,000 people developed multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and at least 170,000 deaths were caused by MDR-TB in 2012. Globally, the overall detection of cases of MDR-TB increased from 29,000 in 2008 to about 94,000 in 2012. However, only around 77,000 eligible patients were actually put on MDR-TB treatment. Despite progress, the number of MDR-TB cases initiated on proper treatment in 2012 represented only 17% of the estimated cases of MDR-TB. Achieving universal access to treatment as envisaged in resolution WHA62.15 requires a bold and concerted drive on many fronts of TB care.
The Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) has been recently constituted as a Working Group for drug- resistant TB related issues (DR-TB) replacing the previous MDR-TB Working Group and the global Green Light Committee (gGLC). The main focus of the GDI will be accelerating the global response to DR-TB through a partnership approach with involvement of all key stakeholders.


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For GPS purposes:
900 E. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne, FL
2205 S. Front St., Melbourne, FL
Please plan your arrival times accordingly.
Free parking is available on the side streets in Downtown Melbourne or paid parking is available in the City Hall parking garage on Strawbridge Ave, near Municipal Ave.
Below is the map from the City Hall parking garage to the start/finish area.
We recommend the following path for safety, to avoid crossing US1:
- Cross Strawbridge Ave. at the crosswalk in front of the garage.
- Continue east on Strawbridge.
- Turn right on Depot Dr.
- Turn left on Melbourne Ave. and follow to the end.
There will be signs pointing you to the start/finish area.
Getting to Melbourne
Melbourne is by the Atlantic Ocean in East Central Florida and easily accessible by car, plane or boat. Following are typical driving times from various Florida cities:
Miami - 2 hours
West Palm Beach – 1 hour, 20 minutes
Vero Beach – 45 minutes
Cocoa Beach – 30 minutes
Daytona Beach – 1 hour, 30 minutes
Jacksonville – 2 hours, 40 minutes
Gainesville – 2 hours, 45 minutes
Tampa – 2 hours
Orlando – 1 hour
By Car:
The start/finish line of the Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon is easily accessible by car as it is located near the intersection of US 1 and SR-192. Parking is available at the multi-story parking garage immediately north of the race starting area and on side streets to the east, north and west of this intersection. Arrive early as you may have quite a walk to the start.
By Air:
The Melbourne International Airport is served by Delta Airlines and US Air, with several daily flights to and from Melbourne and select other East Coast airports.


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Fans who plan on attending Sunday's Hillsboro Hops game, starting at 1:35 p.m., should leave their baseball gloves at home.
Instead, bring a yoga mat.
The Hillsboro front office is encouraging fans to head to the ballpark early for a 12:30 p.m. event in which Santosha Yoga instructors will hold a 45-minute class on Ron Tonkin Field for ticket holders.
All ages are encouraged to attend and the class is free with admission to the game.
While the event may seem like an odd pairing – "Buy me some peanuts and yoga mats?" – it was generated by the passion of two season-ticket holders.
Santosha Yoga co-owners Dina Lang and Katy Nadal love their yoga studio, but have also discovered a passion for the two-year-old minor league club in Hillsboro.
"We got to know the people who are sort of in charge there and we were talking about doing something good for the community," Lang said.
That led to a brainstorming session in which the Hops decided to use the 45-minute window between infield/outfield practice and the first pitch for a class that Lang said is more about peace of mind than contorting one's body.
"It's a wonderful mindfulness practice," she said. "If nothing else, my passion is bringing yoga to everybody. The first thing we usually hear from people is, 'I'm really inflexible. I can't even touch my toes.' It's never about being able to touch your toes, it's about what you learn about yourself on the way there."
Approximately 35 people from the studio have already purchased tickets in order to attend the class, but Lang said that shouldn't dissuade beginners from giving yoga a try.
"I teach all levels, all the time. I figured out, over the years, how to make it accessible for everyone that's there," she said. "We're just going to do a pretty all-levels accessible, gentle flow. We'll definitely do some stretching and poses."
The Hops anticipate 100-to-200 fans to participate, and Lang has been frantically trying to stuff her car full of as many rolled up mats as possible in an attempt to accommodate everyone.
"It can be done right down there on the (base)ball field, which will be fun for the fans," she said.
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Pomfret asked to pay more for school resource officer
March 14, 2013
The Fredonia Central School District is looking to expand its school resource officer to full-time status. This decision may cost the town of Pomfret more money....
What the hay,when I went to school there was a SRO in each and every classroom. They were called teachers or Nuns and they had cans of whoop butt or rulers and the backup was the Principal. Ah the good old days. Just a less costly observation folks,carry on!
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How much could it cost to spread the salary of that officer among all those paying Fredonia school taxes? It couldn't be that much.
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So let me get this straight village of fredonia residents. You want town of pomfret residents to pay more taxes for a sro. Well I am in another town with fredonia schools and have delusional taxes because I prefer a nice place. Do you expect me to pay more too because I am sick of nys taxes and fredonia school taxes. I went to fredonia schools and IT is nothing special. Why don't you cut some spending, jobs, or salaries if you want an sro so bad. Or better yet have judeye pay the bill. Thank goodness I don't live in the village, you couldn't pay me enough. So with that get off your village high horse!
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What the heck, village citizens pay 66 percent of the Pomfret costs any way. Pomfret students go to Fredonia school so the town should pay it's share and stop riding on the backs of the village citizens. As usual, Steger wants another free ride...
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By the way, I agree that the town should be dissolved. I'm just saying that those living in the town of pomfret yet have to send their kids to another district (Brocton, Cassadaga) should not have to pay for Fredonia's resource officer
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Funny how the Town is fine with asking Village taxpayers for more money, but when the shoe is on the other foot...
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People who live in the Town do not pay Village Tax but people who live in the Village pay Town tax. Either the Town becomes part of the Village or they should start paying Village taxes. The Town residents have the same services that the Village residents have. Time to get serious about merging the two. School should be on a tuition basis and paid for by people who have students in school. Residents who send their children to Catholic School pay School Tax and Tuition. Time for a change!!!!
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The school and village should split the cost 50-50 and they should leave the town out of it.
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MANY people who live in the largest portion of the Town of Pomfret do so to be in the Fredonia school district without paying Village taxes. Just saying...
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The Fredonia School District is not the only district that residents of the Town of Pomfret belong to. What about Brocton Schools? Does part of my Pomfret taxes go to support anything in the Brocton School? Probably not. I am all for having SRO's but if you help fund for one in one district you should help fund for the other.
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12 Dec 2006, 07:41pm by Aaron Schatz
By this point, the weighted DVOA ratings we use over at FOX are starting to look a bit different from the year-long totals. Chicago is on top of both, with San Diego and Baltimore right behind, and New Orleans finally moves into the weighted top ten. Commentary now available at FOXSports.com.
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12 Dec 2006, 05:47pm by Ned Macey
Yeremiah may love to drink his wine, but he also likes to shut down the opposition's pass offense. Tom Brady appears to be enjoying the wine too much the night before games when he plays Miami. The Patriots offensive line has a general hangover since their bye. Joey Harrington is drinking some magic concoction that has him resembling a quality quarterback.
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11 Dec 2006, 09:56pm by Russell Levine
Now that all the individual postseason hardware has been handed out and the focus has shifted to the silly season for coaching hires (has Alabama's athletic director Mal Moore found anyone to take his wheelbarrow full of cash yet?), there are still things about the college football season just past that are worth reviewing.
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11 Dec 2006, 11:21am by admin
This week, everything collapses: the Indianapolis run defense, the New England offensive line, Shaun Alexander's record, the Denver Broncos, the Labour party of the mid-90's, and the Legend of Tony Romo. Plus: My name is Prince, and I am funky.
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FO's Mike Tanier and Aaron Schatz return to NFL Films for another lesson from the master, Ron Jaworski. Learn what coaches' film shows about the Giants defense, Tony Romo, and Rex Grossman. Plus: the NFL Matchup staff answers some reader questions, and Football Outsiders makes its press box debut at Lincoln Financial Field.
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09 Dec 2006, 01:00pm by Aaron Schatz
Two division leaders meet up in Dallas, but only one of these teams has balanced talent. Meanwhile, Denver's recent struggles began with their first game against San Diego. Can they use the second game to end those same struggles?
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08 Dec 2006, 12:43pm by Mike Tanier
It's Week 14. Do you know where your offensive line is? Mike Tanier tracks the changes each NFL team has made this season on the offensive line and discovers which teams have enjoyed the most stability up front.
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07 Dec 2006, 06:42pm by Alex Carnevale
We just can't get enough Herm Edwards at The Week in Quotes. It's just too bad he's going to destroy Larry Johnson's career while he's being so quotable. Also: fantasy football is popular, but sideline reporters are not.
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07 Dec 2006, 12:15am by Bill Barnwell & Ian Dembsky
Overs? Unders? Good teams? Bad teams? It's all the same in the NFL. Rob Bironas can go from being a Loser League favorite to kicking 60-yard game-winning field goals, and Bill's betting record isn't happy. Ian revisits the Over/Under bets for this season, and that doesn't make Bill or Ian very happy. Jason Beattie draws a comic, and that doesn't make Matt Millen very happy.
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06 Dec 2006, 12:40pm by Michael David Smith
Are the Jets ready to make a surprising playoff run under first-year coach Eric Mangini? If so, they'll need some improvement on the defense, which we explore in this week's Every Play Counts.
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Mercantile Bank Corp. stayed in the red and cut its dividend in half after a tough second quarter for the local bank.
The loss, $2.6 million, or 31 cents per share, reverses the pace a year before when the bank reported earnings of $2.2 million.
Shareholders who have suffered a downturn in stock value will also see their dividend cut from 8 cents to 4 cents a share, payable Sept. 10 for investors as of Aug. 8. The dividend most recently was in the 14 to 15 cent range. Six months ago, Mercantile shares traded around $20, but they have been setting 52-week lows for the past week, closing at $5.40 Tuesday, down 44 cents on Nasdaq.
Interest rate margins -- the difference between what the bank receives on loans and pays out to depositors -- fell 26 percent from a year ago to $10.6 million, compared to $13.9 million last year. Lower margins are driven by the "Federal Reserve's aggressive interest rate reductions since September 2007," CEO Michael Price said in a statement.
Mercantile also boosted its reserves to cover potential loan defaults by $6.2 million in the second quarter. Last year, the bank held 1.67 percent of the value of its total loans and leases in reserve. That rate is now 1.73 percent.
Declining home values and foreclosures cut deep into the bank's balance sheet. Mercantile reported:
• Nonperforming loans overall -- $46.6 million, or 2.16 percent of total assets, up from $24 million, or 1.14 percent of assets, a year ago.
• Nonperforming loans for home construction -- $14.7 million, up from $13.1 million in March
• Nonperforming loans for commercial construction -- $28.7 million, up from $23.2 million in March
• Write-offs -- $4.2 million
"The financial condition of some of our borrowers has become increasingly strained as real estate remains unsold and liquid sources of debt repayment are exhausted," Price said. "Recent appraisals often reflect significant declines from the original estimated values."
Other expenses, not counting interest, were up 7.4 percent to $10.8 million, mostly driven by higher costs to administer problem properties, including legal expenses, property tax payments, appraisals and write-downs.
Total loans and leases grew by $46.5 million in the second quarter, and total assets are up 2.8 percent to $2.16 billion since a year ago. Construction loans account for 14.5 percent of all loans, and 72 percent of Mercantile's portfolio is secured by real estate.
Price noted some positive trends in a difficult quarter. The bank's "watch list" is holding relatively steady, and delinquent loans in the range of 30 to 90 days are declining. He forecasts better results for the balance of the year and into 2009, driven by rising interest rates and changes in the banking community.
Mercantile sees some local opportunity "as some financial institutions retreat from our markets," he said.
The bank is hosting a conference call with analysts at 10 a.m. today, available online at mercbank.com.


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The Uttarakhand Teachers Eligibility Test (UTET) Examination will be of 150 marks (total marks) containing all Objective type multiple choice questions. UTET Exam Question paper won't be tough and will be used to check the knowledge of the aspiring teachers in Student Psychology, Basic Language, Science & Arts subjects. The syllabus of Uttarakhand Teachers Eligibility Test (UTET Exam Syllabus) will cover the basics of Student Psychology, Language Subjects, Science & arts and General Knowledge etc.
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Ubuntu's Wild Ride on the Dell Roller Coaster
There are many occupational hazards associated with being a fan of FOSS, but one Linux Girl never expected to have to endure is what's afflicting her now: whiplash. Yes, after all the unexpected twists and turns in Dell's approach to Ubuntu, another surprise maneuver came up last week that was simply too much. The move in question, you ask? Well, just days after the news broke that Dell had removed all Ubuntu-preloaded machines from its site, reports emerged that the company is actually *expanding* its desktop Ubuntu selection.
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Those are words from Winston Churchill put to use by Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion.
"As much as it might be eating him up inside, he's not showing it outwardly ever at practice,'' Oregon State coach Mike Riley said of Mannion. "A lot of adults can't handle a disappointment like that, let alone a young kid.''
Mannion was back with the first unit in Monday's practice as Cody Vaz watched in sweats, limping on his sprained left ankle.
"I'm just taking it as it comes,'' Mannion said. "You learn to focus on the things you can control.''
One thing the Beavers can control is how well they begin games. The past two have been disastrous. They weathered the Arizona State game, in which Arizona State forced Vaz to fumble on the first series and recovered it for a touchdown.
Last week at Stanford, the Cardinal overwhelmed OSU early, taking a 14-0 lead, losing it, then coming back for a 27-23 win.
"We can't have hills and valleys,'' Mannion said. "That's something I know our offense is thinking about.''And Mannion, who lost the starting job at Washington three weeks ago, is doing his best not to ponder his own hills and valleys.
"One thing's for sure,'' Riley said. "He'll be ready if he's the starter.''
Mannion appears on the verge of getting back in the saddle again, although Riley won't name a starter just yet. Physically, Mannion says he's 100 percent, and Riley says he's zero percent ready to name a starter.
Kicker Trevor Romaine was named Pac-12 special teams player of the week after hitting all three field goal tries at Stanford.
It was a tough one, but Jordan Poyer says the Beavers have accepted the loss at Stanford and are moving on, back to Corvallis. There they will face a Cal Bears team that gave Oregon an early scare but who has suffered a frightful spate of injuries.
What's a world tour without a stop in Corvallis? Ask well-traveled and well-recruited cornerback Dashon Hunt.
The Beavers should be two-touchdown underdogs to Oregon in the Civil War, but who would the Ducks play in the BCS title game if they win out? Don't rule out Georgia.
In case you missed it last night, here's a nifty catch by a guy who once accepted an OSU scholarship.
OSU coach Craig Robinson shook his brother-in-law's hand a week ago, but he didn't play hoops with him. Not wanting to return to Corvallis on crutches, Robinson was an assistant coach on President Obama's team on Election Day.


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Seventy-three-year-old Jane M. Helfrich died Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle on Oxford Drive at Alton Avenue in south Allentown.
The victim, who resided in the 1800 block of Oxford Drive, was walking when struck around 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. She was pronounced dead at 8:01 a.m. in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township.
The Lehigh County coroner determined via autopsy that the cause of death is attributed to multiple blunt force trauma.
The accident is being investigated by the coroner's office and Allentown police, with the assistance from the Lehigh County district attorney's office.


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You may make a contribution to the Foundation in the memory of a family member or friend. You may make a general gift or a gift to be designated for a specific area. You can also choose to award a one-time scholarship.
An endowment is an aggregation of assets invested to support ENMU-Roswell's educational mission in perpetuity. With your gift, you may establish an endowment towards a specific purpose.
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When considering your estate plans and preparing your wills, we hope you will remember ENMU-Roswell. You can become a planned giver by naming the Foundation in your will as a beneficiary of your estate with either a specific amount or a percentage of the remainder. You may also give assets other than cash, such as real estate, mineral rights, or art.
The ENMU-Roswell Foundation provides several scholarships to students each semester. For more information, visit the Financial Aid section of the campus web site.
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• Homer Bantam hockey takes third at State
By Sean Pearson
Homer Tribune
Kevin Bell Arena bustled with activity over the weekend, as the Homer Hockey Association hosted 10 teams for the 2014 Bantam Tier III State Hockey Tournament.
Teams from Palmer, MatSu, Anchorage, Kenai, Fairbanks and Copper River competed in three days of 23 games to determine this year's winner.
And, while the Bantams turned in an overall awesome performance, point totals prevented the Homer team from moving on to the crossover games.
"Four teams make it to the two crossover games, and then the winners of those games play each other in the championship," explained Homer defenseman Charlie Menke.
Each win in the tournament is worth two points and a tie is worth one point.
"In our case, the team we tied also had the same record, so it came down to a tiebreaker," Menke said.
The tiebreaker compares teams by the most goals scored in games, and Homer came up just a few points short.
Menke said he felt the team played well in the tournament, overall.
"I think most of us played our best," he said. "I know our coaches are very proud of how we played.
Menke added that he wishes the team could have made it further in State.
"It was tough when it came down to tiebreakers," he said, "because we knew we could have beaten the teams who made it to the championship game.
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We proposed a novel THz generation technique beyond the limitation of the input optical pulse width, based on phase modulation via cascaded χ (2) process. When intense THz electric field generated by optical rectification lies in electro-optic (EO) crystal, emitted THz field gives phase modulation to the optical excitation pulse. The phase modulation causes excitation pulse narrowing and consequently gives rise to the enhancement of conversion efficiency and THz wave bandwidth broadening. We experimentally realize this generation technique with high χ (2) EO crystal LiNbO3 and with subpicosecond pulse from Yb-doped fiber laser. It opens new concept of THz technologies.
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I was lucky enough to be at opening night of the Rockettes' first national arena tour, which kicked off last Friday night in Minneapolis at the Target Center. Since I'm the show's emcee on Nov. 19 at Van Andel Arena, I figured I better know what the heck I'm talking about.
First, let me say, "Wow!"
This is my first time seeing the Rockettes, and I can honestly say that West Michigan is in for a treat. The high-stepping dancers have a rich American history, and they hold nothing back in this nearly two-hour production.
Directed and choreographed by Linda Haberman, the Christmas Spectacular is a multi-faceted theatrical production that travels in nearly 30 trucks and 16 buses and celebrates Christmas with a variety of special lighting effects, costumes, fireworks, a live nativity scene and more.
I had a chance to meet Jonathon Hochwald of Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the company putting on the tour featuring the Radio City Rockettes immediately after the show, and he said the only way to build on last year's success of the 75th anniversary show was to take it to arenas around the country.
"We take the word spectacular really seriously, so everything you can think of we have in this show," he said.
Grand Rapids is the fifth city on this 16-city tour, which concludes in early January.
Several members of the Rockettes will be in Grand Rapids on Tuesday and Wednesday to promote their upcoming performances Nov. 19 and 20 at Van Andel Arena. I believe we'll have them on the air with us at WLHT-FM (95.7) during the 8 a.m. hour on Tuesday.
Later in the day we take our contest winner, Rose Cucinella of Ada, to a dance lesson at The Moving Company in East Grand Rapids, where she and her friends will learn how to dance like Rockettes.
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Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia What is now popularly known as the BSE was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers' Association" in 1875.
Over the past 135 years, BSE has facilitated the growth of the Indian corporate sector by providing it with an efficient capital raising platform.
Today, BSE is the world's number 1 exchange in the world in terms of the number of listed companies (over 4900). It is the world's 5th most active in terms of number of transactions handled through its electronic trading system. And it is in the top ten of global exchanges in terms of the market capitalization of its listed companies (as of December 31, 2009). The companies listed on BSE command a total market capitalization of USD Trillion 1.28 as of Feb, 2010.


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At that time, Fredonia native Jenn Suhr will go for the gold in women's pole vaulting. Today, during the Summer Olympic Games in London, she had one jump in the qualifying round of 4.55 meters, or 14-foot-9, to make it to the finals, which take place Monday.
In 2008, Suhr won silver at the Olympic games in Beijing.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Chase Masterson is accompanying Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy in the new audio The Shadow Heart, coming out this November.
Speaking exclusively to Sci-Fi Bulletin, Chase explained, "My friend Frazer Hines, the fabulous actor who played Jamie McCrimmon on Doctor Who, referred me to the Big Finish team. When I got the call from the producer David Richardson, I was thrilled. If there's any property an actor would want to be a part of — in addition to Trek — it's Doctor Who. Fifty years of great stories, and counting! It's great that the property has recently started to garner the widespread respect in the U.S. that it deserves. And every aspect of doing Big Finish has been an excellent experience — working with Sylvester and the Big Finish team, the fans' enthusiasm, and yes, the lunch. Can't wait for you to hear what we did!"
"We were delighted to get Chase on board," says producer David Richardson. "It turned out she was heading to the UK for a convention – and we had the perfect feisty role for her in The Shadow Heart."


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The UFC's champions are undeniably the best fighters in the world in each of their respective divisions.
They rack up absurd winning streaks and tend to consistently beat all comers. That said, not every bout has been perfect. There have, after all, been boos, hisses, jeers, bad judgments, poor refereeing and even losses.
So when fighters are writing their autobiographies, what chapter are they going to skip? What fights are not going to show up in highlight reels when the UFC's marketing department is pulling together commercials? What scraps would have made Dana White pull his hair out if he had any?
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A path in a dream can indicate the direction that we should take spiritually.
The idea that there is a path in life resonates with chinese thought, which calls the tao 'the way'.
In some schools of thought the left hand path represents evil or black magic.
Related Dreams
PathIf you dream of walking down a quiet path, you have patience and a clear mind.If your path is blocked in a dream, you need to take more time to think about the consequences of recent actions.
PathTo dream that you are walking in a narrow and rough path, stumbling over rocks and other obstructions, denotes that you will have a rough encounter with adversity, and feverish excitement will weigh heavily upon you.To dream that you are trying to find your path, foretells that you will fail…
PathOften a path can represent the way we feel a relationship or situation is developing.It can also suggest a way of following up a concept or line of enquiry.A pavement introduces the idea that the path is already prepared for us.
PathA path in a dream signifies the direction we have decided to take in life.The type of path, e.G. Whether it is smooth or rocky, meandering or straight, may be just as important as the path itself.In waking life, it is often the way a clairvoyant 'sees' the way in…
Path(See Road)
Road Or PathThe road or path in a dream suggests our own individual way forward. Just as in dreams, an individual vehicle represents the dreamer's body and external way of being, so the road reflects the way of doing.Any obstacle in the road will reflect difficulties on the chosen path whereas turns…
Path1. Destiny. 2. Progress. 3. Peaceful state of mind (if path is unblocked).
Dark PathAn evil place or the way of the wicked, Ps.35:6
Icy PathIf you find yourself slipping on an icy path it symbolizes the path of the arrogant and wicked, Ps. 73:18, Jer. 23:12
PathA level path is symbolic of walking in God's truth, Ps. 27:11, Jer. 31:9. A hidden path can symbolize an unseen option in life
Slippery PathSymbolic of judgment upon the wicked, Ps. 73:18, or the way of the wicked, Ps.35:6, Ps. 73:18. Also symbolic of calamity and punishment for wicked behavior, Jer. 23:12
Straight PathSymbolic of ease in life, being led by God, Jer. 31:9
PathTo dream of a straight path denotes success and virtue, a crooked and thorny path forecasts disappointment and treachery (Gypsy).


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The Umpqua Bank Challenge -- a two-man team best-ball event featuring pros from the Champions and PGA Tours -- will be played on The Reserve's North Course, Peter Jacobsen Sports announced.
"The Reserve has always been a great partner to PJS, and I couldn't be happier to continue our relationship with them," Jacobsen said. "The course is spacious and fan-friendly, and gives us the opportunity to create an extremely special event."
From 1998 to 2006, The Reserve was the site of an annual event produced by Jacobsen's company. From 1998 to 2002, the facility hosted the Fred Meyer Challenge -- a team exhibition event on which the Umpqua Bank Challenge is based.
When Fred Meyer Challenge ended after a 17-year run, Jacobsen obtained the Jeld-Wen Tradition, a Champions Tour major, and staged it at The Reserve for four years before moving it to Sunriver in Central Oregon in 2007 for a four-year run. The Tradition moved to Alabama last year.
Jacobsen brought world-class male golfers back to the Portland area in 2011 with the Umpqua Bank Challenge, staging it at Portland Golf Club -- the original site of the Fred Meyer Challenge. Organizers estimated that 15,000 fans attended the three days of the August event, which included a pro-am and two days of tournament play.
PGA Tour golfers Scott McCarron and Steve Elkington won the inaugural Umqqua Bank Challenge. The field included such major champions as Arnold Palmer, Nick Price, Bernhard Langer, Mark O'Meara, Fuzzy Zoeller and Ben Crenshaw.
The move to The Reserve will bring a different look from previous Jacobsen events there. The Fred Meyer Challenge and Jeld-Wen Tradition were contested on the John Fought-designed South Course, although one hole from the North was mixed into the Tradition layout.
However, the Umpqua Bank event will be held on the Bob Cupp-designed North, with the South open for member play during the tournament. The Reserve rotates its two courses for use by members, making the 18 holes not reserved for member play open to the public.
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There is a story on The Mistake Bank in the latest issue of a Harrisburg-based weekly business newspaper that shall remain nameless.
Hey, Patriot-News, when are you going to do your story on The Mistake Bank?
The story, written by David Dagan, was very well done and is worth a read.
There was also a hilarious editorial cartoon about the project. I can't locate that on the web yet, but if I get access to it I'll post it here.
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Islanders OK new model for community council
Islanders last week unanimously approved a motion to overhaul the Vashon-Maury Island Community Council's bylaws, putting in place a model that some hope will create a group that's more collaborative and productive in addressing Island issues.
The motion, put forward in the fall and approved last Tuesday in a 39-0 vote, will eliminate the council's use of Robert's Rules of Order, which some have said bog down meetings and prevent conversation.
Under the new bylaws, VMICC board members will gauge community sentiment on Island issues by conducting informal polls and hearing comments at meetings and collecting feedback online via Facebook and email. Board members — rather than Islanders at meetings — will then vote on issues, presumably informed by what they've heard, said VMICC board president Tim Johnson.
"We'll entertain a representative government ourselves a little more," Johnson said.
"Theoretically you'll reach out to a lot of people who don't show at meetings and find out what they feel," he added.
Johnson, who was part of the group that put forward the motion, believes that under the new model the board will be able to more effectively communicate Islanders' views to county officials and will in turn form a better relationship with them. He called the relationship critical since the council this year was defunded and stripped of its semi-official status.
"Getting on top of the future with our elected officials is important," he said.
The restructuring proposal was put forward in September by Johnson and five other Islanders, several of them active in GreenTech or All-Island Forum. The group spent several months crafting the proposal, which was then reviewed by VMICC's governance and policy committee.
A small group of people skeptical about the proposal showed at last week's meeting, Johnson said, and questioned whether the council should take away Islanders' voting power and give it to the board. A long discussion ensued, he said, and a couple small changes to the motion resulted — one being that the board would contain eight members rather than the proposed six.
'They wanted to make sure it took more yes votes to get something decided on," he said.
Several well-known Islanders spoke at the meeting in support of the motion, Johnson said, and ultimately those who had doubts presumably changed their minds, as no one voted no.
He said the give-and-take discussion that occurred was promising to see.
"It was the beginning of what I've been hoping to see, that our meetings and interactions are more related to discussing what's on our minds instead of lining up on opposite sides of the vote," he said.
In the coming months, Johnson said, he and others will focus on how exactly to implement the new model and would likely set up a new Facebook group and email chain to reach out to those who don't regularly come to meetings.
Johnson admitted he doesn't know exactly how the new bylaws will play out, but said clearly the old model wasn't working.
"That's the exciting part; it's something new to try," he said.
Meanwhile, the council is also looking to fill a vacant seat on its eight-person board. Islanders Terry Sullivan, Max Slade and Stephen Buffington were recently voted onto the council, while Carl Sells resigned for personal reasons, leaving an open slot.
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A quality educational program is well designed and continuously evaluated. The resources below are useful for designing new curricula or reviewing existing curricula.
General Resources
"Designing a College Curriculum," Lion F. Gardiner, Rutgers University. The National Academy for Academic Leadership, 2005.
Discusses six principles emerging from the literature on curriculum design and the importance of defining curricular outcomes as a basis for design, implementation and assessment.
"Curriculum Review," Robert M. Diamond, The National Academy, and Lion F. Gardiner, Rutgers University. The National Academy for Academic Leadership, 2005. Contains questions to ask when reviewing curricula, from mission statement, goals, and objectives to monitoring and producing learning. Also lists resources for further learning.
Concept Mapping and Curriculum (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Teaching Resource Center).
Uses concept maps as planning devices for curriculum development. Lists other readings and online resources for concept mapping and curriculum design.
Understanding by Design by Wiggins and McTighe: A Summary
A summary of the "backwards design" model for instructional development, a curriculum design approach that begins with the desired end results and works backwards through the curriculum design process to achieve them.
The College Curriculum Renewal Project (Georgetown University)
Profiles of curricular revision in many disciplines to serve as models for a variety of curriculum development approaches. Includes an example of "backwards design" in Sociology & Anthropology. Other web pages on this site describe the CCRP at Georgetown University.


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Halloween made for a downright dangerous weekend on Washington County roads, with police responding to several crashes and reporting a spike in DUII arrests.
Oregon State Police reported 31 DUII arrests from 6 p.m. Oct. 31 to 6 a.m. Nov. 1, more than double the number of arrests recorded in the same period in 2008. Most of the arrests came in the Eugene area, with six arrests made by state troopers in the Portland metro.
Police also responded to two cases of pedestrians getting struck as they attempted to cross a freeway; a driver on a fog-blanketed road rear-ending a parked semi; and a teenage driver going 103 mph on Interstate 5.
An allegedly drunk driver crashed into a power pole in Aloha early Saturday, forcing the closure of Kinnaman Road for several hours.
Police came across the crash on the 19000 block of Southwest Kinnaman Road at about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. They found a 1997 Ford Taurus had crashed into a power pole.
The 44-year-old driver, Gerald Adams, said he was sending or reading text messages when he crashed into the pole. He was booked into the Washington County Jail after failing a field sobriety test.
Kinnaman was closed while crews from Portland General Electric repaired the pole.
Two pedestrians struck on freeways
Police were investigating two car crashes this weekend involving men who tried to walk across Washington County freeways.
Interstate 5 was closed for much of Friday night after a 45-year-old Beaverton man tried to cross the freeway near Tualatin. Police said Michael Bennett was walking along the right shoulder of southbound I-5 near Wilsonville, when he tried to cross the three southbound lanes of the freeway.
Bennett made it to the far left lane, where he was hit by a 2009 Toyota. Oregon State Police said the vehicle was a Toyota SXD, but there is no such model. Bennett was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither the driver nor passenger of the Toyota were injured. The driver cooperated with the investigation, and no citations were issued.
The freeway reopened after about three hours. An Oregon State Police spokesman had no additional details.
A second pedestrian survived after he walked onto Highway 217 Sunday afternoon.
Police said 26-year-old John Thomas Nelson, of Beaverton, was standing near the right-hand shoulder of Highway 217 near central Beaverton, when he walked into traffic. He was hit by the driver of a Toyota 4-Runner.
Nelson was taken by ambulance to Oregon Health and Science University, where he was treated for a punctured lung. Beaverton Police said he was in stable condition late Sunday.
Driver rear-ends semi parked on freeway
Police believe dense fog caused a Beaverton driver to plow into a semi truck that was parked at the weigh station on U.S. 26 near Mountaindale.
According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, 44-year-old Arnulfo Reyes Jr. was driving about 60 mph westbound on the Sunset Highway at about 6 a.m. Sunday. With visibility as low as 40 feet, Reyes lost his orientation, police said, and rear-ended the semi.
"Most likely Mr. Reyes was traveling too fast for the foggy conditions and thought the truck was traveling down the highway instead of being parked," said sheriff's office Sgt. David Thompson.
Reyes was extricated by firefighters, and taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital with life-threatening injuries, including multiple broken bones and "crushing injuries to his chest," Thompson said. He is expected to recover.
Roan was uninjured in the crash. Neither driver was cited.
Thompson said he thinks two things helped Reyes survive — the vehicle he was driving, a Mercedes C-230, is known as a safe car with a great crash rating.
"The second was a crash bar on the back of the trailer — the metal bar you see hanging down below the rear of the trailer bed," Thompson said. "If that had not held up, the car would have gone under the trailer."
Teen arrested after going 103 on I-5
A Lake Oswego teenager was arrested Friday after a sheriff's deputy caught him driving 103 mph in midday traffic on Interstate 5.
A sheriff's deputy was conducting speed enforcement on I-5 near the Highway 217 interchange at about 11 a.m. Friday when his laser gun detected a vehicle going 103 mph. He saw a 2005 Dodge SRT-10 pickup truck straddling the right shoulder of the freeway, narrowly missing a stalled semi truck that was parked in the right-hand breakdown lane.
Eventually, the driver got caught in a traffic jam, and deputies pulled him over. The driver was identified by police as 19-year-old Mohamed Oueini.
Police said Oueini offered no reason for his high speed. He was arrested for reckless driving and issued a citation to appear in court, police said.
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A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. For me, it means eliminating all but the essential, eschewing chaos for peace, and spending your time doing what's important to you.
It means getting rid of many of the things you do so you can spend time with people you love and do the things you love. It means getting rid of the clutter so you are left with only that which gives you value.
Want some practical tips?
Read Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life and think about how you can simplify your life in 2012.
Have any of you already decided to make some changes? What ways are you simplifying your life?


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Halo 4 rewards for early orders
Halo 4 is out November 6, but if you order it before then, you can get a nice look for your armor and weapons.
But here's how they get you: You get a different skin depending on where you order the game. If you order it from several places just to get the bonus armor, that means you should either get an award for best fan, or your credit card taken away.
DC superhero game coming in 2013
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a DC superhero fighting game coming up in 2013.
The game is about superheroes fighting each other. I hope we don't have to fight Batman in the game, because if so, it's game over, man. Game over.
But wait, you say, you could play Superman. He could beat Batman. But that is where you are wrong. Batman already has Superman figured out. He's Batman.
Sega Genesis games on Xbox
Sega has released two games from the 1990s for the Xbox 360: Golden Axe and Streets of Rage.
In both games, players walk sideways and fight things.
Golden Axe is a sword fighting game where you fight monsters, and Streets of Rage is a fist fighting game where you fight on a street, while angry.
That's everything you need to know.
Both are from the glory days of the early 1990s and the game console Sega Genesis.
If only we could drink Crystal Pepsi while we play.
Write to the Gamebits guy at firstname.lastname@example.com, and check out new Gamebits Monday on the TechKnow page of the Birmingham News. And Facebook! Like Techcetera there.


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MOBILE, Ala. -- A Tuesday afternoon meeting of the Mobile City Council's Finance Committee erupted over the issue of $200,000 the mayor set aside in the new budget for sporting events.
Council members Connie Hudson and John Williams said that part of the money should go to the Senior Bowl, the college football all-star game that is considering moving from Mobile after 58 years here.
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' budget proposes giving $47,500 to the Gulf Coast Classic, another college football game, and then reserving another $200,000 that the council can give either to the Classic or to another sporting event that would create an economic impact for the city.
But when Hudson proposed giving some of the $200,000 to the Senior Bowl, Jones snapped at her.
"It's unfair to both entities to play one off the other," he said.
Hudson and Williams both said they've been contacted by a broad array of constituents asking them to try to keep the game in Mobile.
"They're saying, 'I don't care what you do, Mr. Williams, just do something to retain the Senior Bowl,'" Williams said.
Jones said the Senior Bowl didn't request money from the city this year.
Jones is a voting member of the board that controls the game.
"I don't think it's going to leave the community, and I don't want anyone to think the city is the reason they might be leaving because it's not," Jones said. "Trust me, $200,000 won't keep them in the city."
Hudson said she spoke to Victor Lott Jr., chairman of the board that controls the Senior Bowl, and he said he would like to receive funding from the city. The game has never received money from the city, although it receives nearly $100,000 in in-kind services from the city.
Lott could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Senior Bowl President Steve Hale said Tuesday evening that he requested $500,000 from the city last year, but got turned down. The game ended up losing $150,000 and not being able to give as much money to charities as it had in previous years.
It was a sharp downturn for a game that had made more than $1.3 million in profit and given more than $1 million to charities in the previous four years.
Hale said he did not ask the city for money this year.
"This isn't just about money," he said of the potential move. "There are a lot of issues at play."
The council could vote on the city's new budget as soon as Tuesday. Council President Reggie Copeland said the council should decide how to use the $200,000 at that meeting.
Taylor Hodge, chairman of the board that runs the Classic, has said that if the council does not give the Classic the $200,000, it would "doom the game."
The Classic received $275,000 in city funding last year, up from $40,000 two years ago.
The game did not see a proportionate spike in attendance or economic impact for city businesses, and organizers have been unable to meet their financial commitments to the two universities involved.


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TABC Looking to Speed Up Alcohol Permitting
It could get quicker and easier for businesses to get licensed to sell alcohol in Texas.
Sherry Cook, the director the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, told the House Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures on Wednesday that her agency hoped to consolidate its now separate processes for beer and liquor licenses.
Currently, some permit applications for beer and liquor can be processed and approved entirely by TABC, but others require the involvement of county courts, Cook said.
"It causes us some difficulty in trying to automate those business practices when you have two separate processes that it runs through ...


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The Trustees and Friends of the Great Barrington Libraries invite the community to a party for new Library Director Amanda DeGiorgis from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 9, in the vaulted reading room of the Mason Library.
DeGiorgis was promoted to director on March 3 from her position as senior librarian. She holds a doctorate in medieval history from the University of St. Andrews, a master's degree in library and information sciences from Simmons College, and a bachelor's degree from Smith College.
The party is free and open to the public. Highlights include music by Berkshire Sings choral group and Lizzie Meier on ukelele with grilled pizza from Berkshire Mountain Bakery.
Information: (413) 528-2403.


text: As the title says, I'm looking to turn my SS into a spearhead. I don't want to make it sloppy or just bind it to the side of the shaft or anything like that, so here's what I was thinking. After acquiring a straight, good, haft, I would use a saw slightly thinner than the handle of the SS with no scales, and cut down the haft, perpendicularly till I could snugly push the knife into it right up to the guard. Perhaps round out the back of the cut to accommodate the curve of the ring. Tap small started holes where the screws that hold the scales on are, and put some high strength nuts, bolts, whatever, through the haft at these points. Basically what I'm ending up with is a similar concept to how the Trench Hawk goes together. My questions....... Can anyone see a way of improvement on any of these concepts? I'm worried about the lateral stress on the points of connection, and fear the haft would split easily. Perhaps a hard epoxy on either side of the handle and a tight 550 cord wrap, but this would make it difficult to quickly remove the blade to convert it back to a knife. Ideas? I'm even trying to think of alternate haft materials to wood, but no luck so far. Thanks All!