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Originally started in 1979, Tinariwen is a group of Touareg men from Mali, in western Africa. Having grown up in the Sahara, it is no surprise that their name means ""deserts" in their native Tamashek language. Founding member Ibrahim Ag Alhabib was inspired by a Hollywood western featuring a guitar, so he built one out of a tin can and bicycle brake wire. Formed out of a group of refugee's in Libya, the group eventually settled down in their native Mali. The group now features eight members; a few who are have been with the band since the beginning, but also a few younger additions.
The early years involved a group of men playing songs together to pass the time, all this while various rebellions and wars were going on around them In 1991 the fighting had died down enough for the band to start to play local concerts and festivals in west Africa. In 1999 they were finally invited to play a few shows in France. This led to their headlining a festival in Mali in 2001 and further offers to tour Europe more extensively. This gained them the attention and publicity of major artist such as: Thom Yorke, Bono and the Edge, Chris Martin, Robert Plant and TV on the Radio.
In 2011 they released their 5th album, Tassili, which continues with their signature sound. Using traditional African beats, and guttural vocals of the Tamashek language. It is the guitar work that stands out; it is unlike what rock and roll in American has trained our ears to hear. Using both strumming and picking techniques, combined with unique rhythms it makes for simultaneously contemporary and traditional sounding melodies.
Their lyrics are mostly about the struggle for life and survival in the harsh environment of the desert and the conflict that has engulfed their country. On "Tenere Taqqim Tossam" they sing,
We come to you when the sun goes down
Leaving a trail of blood across the sky
Which the black night wipes out
The desert is hot and its water hard to find
Water is life and soul
I cry out to God on High
To bring my people together
In unity
But their lyrics also speak of a deep love of place. Like in the song "Tameyawt" where they sing,
How I miss Tameyawt
His walls are baked of earth
His village has turned green again
And his mountain boulders are smooth and long
My homeland is Timyawin
At times using horns, Tinariwen's music embodies the struggle to hold to hope and strength, and it helps move the audience from a place of sorrow to the triumph of joy; courage to enter the fight.
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I love Mollydooker, but I'm not familiar with the Mollydooker's dozen. What is that?
quote:Considering that The Velvet Glove is included, that really sounds like a good deal. I LOVE getting wine in the mail.
The dozen is available direct from Mollydooker shipped to your door and has all of the following for $499.
quote:Thanks bro.
Good list L.A.
quote:Me too., There's actually a winery in Santa Barbara County (Stolpman) that is growing sangiovese and making really good wines with it. It's definitely a California take on sangiovese, but I really like it.
Just received my Shypoke Sangiovese. It's the 2010 and it needs to sit awhile. I'm a Sangiovese fan.
quote:My faves as well. Glad you enjoyed the list.
Syrahs and Malbecs are my favorites. I think your list may be right up my alley.
quote:Thanks bro.
Solid list. . . Looking forward to the under $20 list for party season!
Thanks for the effort.
quote:I'm curious, what does your brother in law do for Gallo? Is he in sales? I ask because the statement reflects a lack of understanding of what the price of a bottle of wine means.
bro in law is a big wig for Gallo Wines in Napa
told me that 95% of people cant tell the difference between a $10 bottle and a $100 bottle.
quote:I've had very expensive wines that weren't very good and inexpensive wines that were very good. The trick is in knowing which is which. Again, the price has nothing to do with how good the wine is.
The big time oak aged wines that run in the 100s are different and so are the cheap $3-5 wal mart wines that use the leftover juices.
other than that he said go ahead and drink up on the $8/10/20 bottles. ive always read tons of experts say the same thing so we just buy shite under $15 and people tell us how good our wine is
quote:Gris Gris, 11 of the 12 wines on my list are reds, so that's a good place to start. I also listed the retail prices. Any of the wineries in my list will ship their wines. Generally speaking you can count on a cost of about $20 to ship 3 bottles of wine.
I need to give some very good reds to someone who did a huge favor for me this year. I don't know much about wines and I don't drink reds.
Any suggestions and also where might I order to have them sent to him?
I'm looking for 50-75 buck range and I'll probably send 2 or 3.
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Watch any surfing documentary, from Whipped! to Riding Giants, and you'll hear the dudes speak — in hushed tones — about the treacherous and epic waves that show up off the coast of Northern California when conditions are just right. The Mavericks break is legendary and for years was considered a myth by those who surfed and had never seen it.
Chasing Mavericks is about the days when that break was acknowledged as real, and the teenager, Jay Moriarity, who became famous there.
Jonny Weston is Jay, a curly-headed blond who has gotten the surfing bug from his standoffish neighbor, Frosty. The older surfer, played by Gerard Butler at his most gruffly charming, has a roofing job, a gorgeous wife (Abigail Spencer) and a growing family. But his passion is surfing. All flowing locks, Frosty is one of the "children of the tides," he poetically narrates. And his secret is Mavericks.
In a brief prologue, we learn of Jay's working-poor background — his alcoholic, semi-employed divorced mom (Elisabeth Shue) and his absent father. Cooper Timberline plays the 8-year old Jay, who tapes together a busted board, braves bullies and gets his nose bloodied by the surf but sticks with it to become the best surfer kid on the block by the time he's 15.
He lionizes Frosty and stows away when Frosty sneaks off to Mavericks, of which only a quartet of veteran surfers are aware. They know what the conditions are and are skilled enough to handle waves as high "as five-story buildings, a thousand tons of water pounding you, holding you down."
Those are Frosty's warnings to the boy. But when his wife points out that "there are all kinds of sons," Frosty mentors the kid — trains him for that magical three-month window when conditions make Mavericks an epic ride.
The dynamic here is that Jay is the more grown up of the two. He's keeping his lonely, depressed mother afloat and employed. Frosty is missing his daughter's childhood, ditching work, lying to his wife to surf.
Jay's high school years are as tough as anybody's — part-time job at a pizza joint, a surfing pal (Devin Crittenden) dabbling in drugs, bullies in and out of the water, an older girl (Leven Rambin) he has worshiped since childhood but who seems embarrassed by his attentions now. With kids sneaking into beach clubs after hours, breaking into back yards to skateboard in the empty pools of the rich folk, the film gives a PG, edges-rubbed-off taste of the era's surfing/skateboarding culture.
Chasing Mavericks tends toward the cute, as Jay's guru makes him practice holding his breath for four minutes, makes him ride a paddleboard 36 miles across Half Moon Bay, takes him on dives to explore the deadly reef that causes the wave break and assigns him essays on "the power of observation."
But the mentor-student relationship works. The sense of a time and place is very strong. And the surfing footage is awe-inspiring. The film captures the majesty and violence of the big waves and gives us a taste of their allure.
The film's emotional punches are saved for the third act, and it never really sells its ethos of "Live Like Jay" — on the edge and for each moment. It's a bit overlong for the limited scope of the story and narrow vision of the characters. That's probably due to director Curtis Hanson getting ill and being replaced by the equally accomplished Michael Apted for the last chunk of shooting. Either one, on his own, might have ensured those issues were addressed.
But Chasing Mavericks is still an entertaining dip into a world many talk about but few have ever sampled.


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Description: British songwriter and record producer Joe Meek was openly gay in a time when homosexuality remained outlawed. Tone deaf, drug addicted, paranoid and obsessed with black magic, Meek was responsible for a string of 1960s chart-toppers including "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and the groundbreaking "Telstar." Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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A federal judge has dismissed a New York entertainment lawsuit brought by Robert Burck, better known as the "Naked Cowboy." Burck filed the trademark litigation against CBS after one its soap operas featured a character that also played the guitar in nothing but a cowboy hat and his underwear.
The Times Square street performer, who the New York Tourism Department reports is more popular than the Statue of Liberty, has created a lucrative brand. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the street performer has secured corporate sponsorships, merchandising deals, and endorsement agreements.
The Naked Cowboy also appears to vehemently protect his intellectual property. Burck filed his first trademark application on Oct. 24, 2000 and most recently renewed his registration on May 25, 2010. In 2010, he unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit against the Naked Cowgirl, a female street performer who he claimed was trying to make money off his brand.
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That is calling for Islay whisky :D Ardbeg or Laphroaig?
Sorry for double post. Bad Internet connection :(
Woooow this looks delicious! I am in love with Japanese food just as I am in Japanese whisky. Haven't been in love with a Japanese women yet :P
Based on the assumption that it would not necessarily be a permanent thing, I could take a chance :P
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From the Open-Publishing Calendar From the Open-Publishing Newswire Indybay Feature Related Categories: Santa Cruz Indymedia | Environment & Forest Defense | Government & Elections | Health, Housing, and Public Services
Santa Cruz City Council Candidate Forum on Water Issues
On September 27, the Right to Vote on Desal Coalition hosted a Santa Cruz City Council candidates forum on water issues which was moderated by Rick Longinotti at the Louden Nelson Community Center. [scroll down for audio, photos, and the Desal Alternatives candidates scorecard]
All eight candidates, Pamela Comstock, Jake Fusari, Don Lane, Cynthia Mathews, Richelle Noroyan, CeCe Pinheiro, Steve Pleich, and Micah Posner, attended the forum, and Santa Cruz Desal Alternatives developed a candidates "score card" on water issues based on their performances at the forum as well as the answers they gave to a written questionnaire from the organization before the event.
Pro-desal candidates Mathews and Lane expressed frustration with the structure of the forum, which began with a half hour presentation by Longinotti critiquing the proposed construction of a water desalination facility in Santa Cruz. Richelle Noroyan stormed out of the forum when Longinotti used his position as moderator to question the factual accuracy of statements she was making. In his October 2 column, Bruce Bratton commented on her exit, saying, "I never in many years of candidates experienced such crazy behavior Can anyone possibly imagine how she would handle herself if she was on the City Council?" Some of the candidates seemed unprepared to discuss the topic of the proposed desalination plant, and Pamela Comstock, because of a lack of personal knowledge on the issue, declined to answer one question addressed to the group. The exchange between Longinotti and Noroyan that lead to her walking out of the forum can be heard starting at the 43:27 point of the audio clip posted below. For more information about the candidates, see: https://scruzwiki.org/2012_Santa_Cruz_City_Council_Candidates For more information about the Right to Vote on Desal Coalition, see: http://voteondesalsc.org/ For more information about Santa Cruz Desal Alternatives, see: http://desalalternatives.org Alex Darocy http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/ Listen now: Copy the code below to embed this audio into a web page:
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by Staff Writer / Florida PanthersDefenseman Keith Ballard will be one of four Panthers at the World Championships in Switzerland. The tournament starts Friday. The US will begin play Saturday against fellow Cats defenseman Karlis Skrastins and Latvia.
BERN - The organizers of the 73rd World Championship are putting the final touches on this year's European hockeyfest in Switzerland. The last signs are posted and the press conference room is getting its backdrop. The first teams have hit the ice in the practice rinks, as the rest of the teams and the media get into the city to take it over for the next three weeks.
Bern's PostFinance Arena, the home of National League A regular season winners and post-season underachievers SC Bern, has also got a major facelift, fit for the main venue of the tournament.
The best part, the standing room grandstand where 10,000 fans can cheer their favorites, has remained in tact. However, for the World Championship it has been turned into a seating area, bringing the capacity down from 17,000 to about 12,000. Whether their singing and chanting is enough to give Team Switzerland a true home-ice advantage remains to be seen. Back in 1998, when Switzerland last hosted the tournament, they made it to the semifinal, their best finish since 1953 when they won the bronze medal.
Then - as now - Team Switzerland was led by Canadian-born Ralph Krueger, who enters his 12th tournament as coach of the Swiss team.
Much of the buzz in and around the event's arenas - the PostFinance Arena in Bern and the Arena Zurich-Kloten (also called Schluefweg) – surrounds which NHL players will join the tournament's teams.
All the coaches wake up in Switzerland to check the NHL scores to see who might be available to join. And then they work the phones.
On Wednesday morning, the Finns had seven NHLers on their roster - goaltenders Karri Ramo and Pekka Rinne, defensemen Ville Koistinen and Anssi Salmela and forwards Jarkko Ruutu, Niklas Hagman, Antti Miettinen - and the Swedes four: defensemen Niklas Grossman and Tobias Enstrom and forwards Loui Eriksson and Joel Lundqvist.
By Thursday morning, Swedish coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson had named St. Louis Blues forward Patrik Berglund to his roster, while Finland's GM Jari Kurri woke up to see the Montreal Canadiens' Saku Koivu was available, at least in theory.
The first week of the tournament is a warmup round for the big nations. Canada, based in Kloten, is in the same group with Slovakia, Belarus and Hungary, which returns to the top division after a 70-year absence. The U.S. works on its game plan and line formations in games between Sweden, Latvia and Austria.
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Four Like Ever
Seeing Cooper Black at this size always makes me smile. This numeral 4 was amongst an assortment of mismatched wood type purchased from an ebay seller a number of years ago.
The original metal face was released in 1920 by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. It's overwhelming popularity meant it would inevitably be copied by every foundry and wood type manufacturer. I have a PDF of a Hamilton Manufacturing Co. catalog from 1938 (I'm pretty sure it appeared as wood type years earlier) showing specimens of Cooper Black, Cooper Black Italic, Cooper Black Condensed, Cooper Black Extra Condensed, Cooper Black Double Extra Condensed, and Cooper Black Highlight.
Typocurious has republished a brief but wonderful tribute to the brilliant Oz Cooper. Be sure to check out the hand lettered Christmas cards.
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From Zero: the biography of a dangerous idea by Charles Seife:
The biggest questions in science and religion are about nothingness and eternity, the void and the infinite, zero and infinity. The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Underneath every revolution lay a zero…
This revolutionary comes from a figure font containing only numerals, dollar signs, and cent signs, all surrounded by a shadowed outline. Though it's impossible to tell from this character, the typeface is No. 124 (see the scan below), first shown in Page's Wood Type Album, 1879. The same face was called Gothic Tuscan Condensed No. 2 by Morgan & Wilcox.
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Spartans Claim Piece Of Big Ten Title
Posted on 28 Nov 2010 by David Lesmeister.
The Michigan State Spartan football team went into Happy Valley this weekend and won for the first time there in 45 years! They beat Penn State 28-22, to stake their claim of the Big Ten Championship since 1990. Now, it is a waiting game as to what bowl the Spartans will attend, but it is looking like they will be shut out of a BCS Bowl, even though they achieved 11 wins for the first time in t...
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Spartans Go For Share Of Big Ten Title
Posted on 24 Nov 2010 by David Lesmeister.
Tenth ranked Michigan State visits Happy Valley this weekend with a share of the Big Ten Title on the line. The Spartans have never beaten Penn State away from East Lansing, so the task ahead for MSU will be a tough one. It is a different experience for Michigan State, considering they have not been in this situation of playing for a Big Ten Championship this late in the season since 1990. I re...
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Posted on 11 Nov 2010 by Colin Teskey.
Can you believe that the Spartans are already 8 months removed from their magical final four run and narrowly loosing to the underdog Butler Bulldogs? For me personally I couldn't be happier to get the season rolling and I am looking forward to watching this year's squad contend for a national title. First and foremost the Spartans have many hurdles that they will have to overcome to obtain t...
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Michigan State Improves to 9-1
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I need to first apologize to all my loyal readers out there for not getting this blog out until Monday afternoon. I was at a wedding in New York City and as a result, was unable to watch any of the Spartan game against Minnesota this weekend. I did keep up with the score on my phone, a game in which Michigan State ultimately won, 31-8. I do not get ESPN, because instead of showing the first pla...


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"Podium policy" (when regulators give speeches or interviews that announce new regulatory expectations) is never a good idea. Consider the comments of Jean-Ah Kang, special assistant to DDMAC director Tom Abrams, about social media regulation in her interview with Ignite Health: "The bottom line is this is a regulated industry, and if you choose to do promotion in that area just make sure that at the end of the day what we're looking at is in the best interest of public health."Then she offers some qualifications: "Several things come to mind with use of intent. We have regulations and again, they're not black and white per se, but they exist…Even though someone may not have intended something, if the end result is that the public is misled then it's a problem." Finally: "I mean people have gone to jail over these serious public health issues. So just be aware of the regulatory environment."
"Intent" to promote against the "best interest of the public health" via regulations that are "not black and white" and over which "people have gone to jail." The implications of her remarks are chilling. Chilling, frustrating and disappointing—but not surprising. After all, it's all about ambiguity. Ambiguity is power. That's why interpretation of FDA regulations is such a vibrant cottage industry. Regulated industry, on the other hand, seeks clarity. Industry wants predictability."I know it when I see it" as an approach to social media regulation doesn't cut it. Predictability is power in pursuit of the public health. And social media is as powerful tool for advancing the public health today as any medical breakthrough you care to name. In 2010, healthcare begins at search.
Peter J. Pitts is partner/director of global health at Porter Novelli and a former FDA associate commissioner


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Hot Dogby Nick Trost and Patrick ReymondEffectPatrick Reymond took Nick Trost's delightful packet trick and added a wonderful new climax that makes it perfect for restaurants! 3 cards are shown, 2 with pictures of a hot dog bun, the other with a hot dog. Upon sandwiching the hot dog between the buns, the magician is able to stretch it to twice its normal length! Then, in an effort to get the hot dog back to normal size, he mimes biting off the ends, leaving a hot dog with both ends bitten off on the card! It's visual, and great for kids in a restaurant! Comes with cards, printed on credit card stock to last a lifetime, and instruction booklet by Gary Ouellet.


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USA FTW in 3:19.06 in the W4x400m! Jamaica 2 and Great Britain 3. Another #Gold for the Americans!
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Jamaica FTW in 37.27! Japan 2 and USA 3. One of the GOAT @usainbolt finishes his #Olympic legacy. A fantastic night of racing from ALL!
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Second fastest time ever from lane 1, 41.01. WOWZA! what a great showing to go back-to-back at the #Olympics!
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Kerron Clement from @GatorsTF, and member of the @pennrelays Wall of Fame (2004 Relays Record Setting 4x4) WINS #Olympic #GOLD
We may be biased, but who's excited for some relay action starting today at #Rio2016 ?! https://t.co/EuI93Zk2Jb
It's a SWEEP! @Bri_Rollin @ItsPooda @KristiHollywood history in the W100 hurdles. A trio of @pennrelays alumni adding to the medal count!
. @EvanJager rocking the hair in 2009 USA vs World DMR - now rocking an #Olympic #Silver medal in the Steeplechase! https://t.co/LkpzOlcQ7w
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Congratulations to 2007 Penn Relays College #shotput champion @ShotDiva on bringing #TeamUSA its first T&F #Gold https://t.co/yjP5emoAfH
Good luck to the over 200 athletes from more than 35 countries whose #RoadToRio has taken them thru the Penn Relays. https://t.co/5pqZuHRKyc
Are you ready, are you really ready, are you really, really ready? #Rio2016 track & field starts TODAY!
Are you ready, are you really ready, are you really, really ready? #Rio2016 track & field starts in 12 hours! https://t.co/ddwllhTzXR
We'll miss you, Sanya! https://t.co/6ZwEDgPdCZ
#PokemonGO Official. https://t.co/QtosLVvEoJ
Major Nadrian McGill from @usmarinecorps congratulates 110m Hurdles champ Justin Johnson of @ClemsonTrackXC https://t.co/AHs5HxhosV
Thanks to @usmarinescorps for recognizing the CW 4x200 ECAC champions @stjohnsu #USMCLeadership #PennRelays https://t.co/44JyWhC6FC
@usmarinecorps Major Nadrian McGill congratulates College Men's 110m Hurdles champion Justin Johnson of @Clemsonu #USMCLeadership #pennrelays #track #field #trackandfield
"It's been 122 years. How many things in this world go 122 years?" — Former Overbrook and Central High Coach Fred Rosenfeld
Congratulations to the College Women's 4x200 ECAC Champions @stjohnsu from the @usmarinecorps #USMCLeadership #PennRelays #trackandfield #tracknation #usmc
Miss Penn Relays already? We get that... Here's sights and sounds from Saturday and USA vs. The World!
Our favorite year old, Ida Keeling, was on the Today Show this morning! http://www.today.com/video/100-year-old-ida-keeling-how-i-set-a-running-record-679223875579
Here's our favorite year old on @TODAYshow this morning! https://t.co/euDqUmjjzH
The darling of #PennRelays, Ida Keeling, was just featured on NBC Nightly News! https://t.co/G8Oi0UMobt
Ida Keeling https://t.co/xnq2Kj8Amb
Motivation Monday: #PennRelays videos @FloTrack: https://t.co/AHtgRK18yE #USAvsTheWorld: https://t.co/xxGrsn0bEg https://t.co/zYuDUdtxld
Very few athletes have a Penn Relays resume like DeeDee Trotter, who gave us some great moments over the years at Franklin Field. We got to sit down with her last year and showcase what makes her a Relays favorite! https://www.facebook.com/pennrelays/videos/10153782238644942 This year, in her last race at the Relays, she put in a monster 2nd leg to help bring home the Team USA win. We'll miss the glitter.
Check out photos from Saturday at the #PennRelays https://t.co/z31T8Rbii8 https://t.co/WF7Oxh0MX8
Check out our farewell video with @SanyaRichiRoss as the #SRRFinalLap hits the #PennRelays https://t.co/bwBGljaD7K https://t.co/3IvlWm18PT
Sanya Richards couldn't even tell you how many times she's been running at the Penn Relays, but 2016 was her final trip around the Franklin Field oval. She carried Team USA to victory in the 4x400-meter relay and found that her love affair with the Penns was mutually returned. Thanks for giving us something to cheer for all these years.
The 122nd #PennRelays are in the books. It was another incredible three days of exciting track and field, including Sanya Richard-Ross making her farewell lap around the Franklin Field track. SRR anchored Team USA to victory in the #USAvsTheWorld 4x400. She's retiring after this season, but we'll be back in 2017! Until then...
100 meters for 100 years. Ida Keeling brought the house down today with an inspiring performance.
We're a long way from Eugene, but the Oregon Track and Field team made the trip worthwhile. Raevyn Rogers earns our College Women's Athlete of the Meet for Relay Events after anchoring the Ducks' championship squads in the sprint medley relay and the 4x400, with splits of 2:05.83 and 51.29.
Congrats to Drew Hunter of Loudoun Valley High School (Purcellville, Virginia), winner of the Bill Miller Memorial Award as the High School Boys Athlete of the Meet for Relay Events. Hunter (left) ran an incredible 4:00.73 split for 1600 meters to anchor Loudoun Valley's distance medley relay to a come-from-way-behind victory. He won the 3000 in 2014 and the mile in 2015, making him the first high school athlete to win that career triple.
It was a great weekend for Penn State Cross Country and Track and Field at the Penn Relays, especially for Brannon Kidder, who is our College Men's Athlete of the Meet for Relay Events. Brannon anchored the Nittany Lions to championships in both the distance medley relay and the 4x800.
Congratulations to Fedrick Dacres of the University of West Indies-Mona, our College Men's Athlete of the Meet for Individual Events. Dacres broke the meet record in the men's discus, throwing 213 feet, 10 inches (65.04 meters). He also finished second in the shot put.
Congratulations be to @cpricerun and the rest of the 2009 Tennessee Women's 4x1500 meter relay COA team on their induction into the Penn Relays HOF. #pennrelays #run #tracknation #track #field
Congratulations to Kellion Knibb of Florida State Track and Field, our College Women's Athlete of the Meet for Individual Events. Knibb broke the Penn Relays record in the women's discus, reaching 192 feet, 1 inch (58.55 meters) and erasing a 20-year-old mark, set by Aretha Hill of Washington (189-6/57.76).
Jordan Geist of Knoch High School (Saxonburg, Pa.) is our Frank Bertucci HS Boys Athlete of the Meet for individual events. With a throw of 73' 0 3/4" in the shot, this breaks the existing Penn Relays record.
Let's hear it for the home team! The University of Pennsylvania won the college men's 4xMile relay this afternoon. That's the Quakers' first Penn Relays Championship of America since 1974. Keaton Naff (4:08.0), Chris Hatler (4:06.7), Nick Tuck (4:11.3), Thomas Awad (4:00.3) combined to run 16:26.30. Fight on Pennsylvania! #PennRelays #Track #TrackAndField #TrackNation #Penn @uofpenn @pennathletics @penntrack
Let's hear it for the home team! Penn Track & Field and Cross Country won the college men's 4xMile relay this afternoon. That's the Quakers' first Penn Relays Championship of America since 1974. Keaton Naff (4:08.0), Chris Hatler (4:06.7), Nick Tuck (4:11.3) and Thomas Awad (4:00.3) combined to run 16:26.30. Fight on Pennsylvania!
G.C. Foster College showing off their new hardware from the COA College Men's 4x100. #pennrelays #tracknation #track #run #Jamaica
U-S-A! The USA women took home the W for the first race of the USA vs the World. #pennrelays #track #field #tracknation #USA #
If you can't make it out to Franklin Field today, make sure to tune in to NBC Sports' coverage of today's meet, including the USA Track & Field vs the World races.
Before you catch today's races, relive some of Thursday and Friday's great moments! Relays Recap: Thursday & Friday
It's go time. The final day of the 122nd Penn Relays Carnival is officially underway. #pennrelays #run #track #trackandfield
A moment etched in your mind forever. Penn Relays Freeze Frame: April 29, 2016
Sanya Richards-Ross will take her final lap at Franklin Field tomorrow. On Friday, she and her Team USA teammates met the media.
It was a spectacular Friday at the Penn Relays. Check out more great photos at our Facebook page: facebook.com/pennrelays or https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154815492299942.1073741840.68780094941 #pennrelays #trackandfield #track #field tracknation
Action is not only picking up on the track, it is picking up in the Carnival Village. Culture and athletics combine every year to make Penn Relays a unique event.
#SquadGoals, Penn Relays style. We had an epic showdown in the high school boys distance medley relay championship today. Drew Hunter (far left) anchored Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, VA) to an incredible victory by just one-thousandth of a second over LaSalle Academy (Providence, RI). Both teams were given the same time, 10:00.01, after Hunter ran a 4:00.73 split for his 1600-meter leg, making up a 9-second deficit. Loudoun Valley's splits: Colton Bogucki (3:11.03), Nathaniel Thompson (49.28), Will Smagh (1:58.97), Andrew Hunter (4:00.73) #PennRelays #Track #TrackandField #TrackNation #DMR #distancemedley
Enter the Splash Zone. The steeplechase at Distance Night is always a fan favorite!
Congratulations to Hannah Reale, the 2016 Penn Relays High School Girls' Athlete of the Meet for Relay Events. Reale anchored the winning 4x800 championship team (9:00.79) for Shenendehowa (Clifton Park, NY), splitting 2:10.17 and diving at the line to preserve the victory. The first six teams were separated by less than 3 seconds.
Here's the press box view of the epic finish to the high school girls 4x800 championship race. Hannah Reale of Shenendehowa (Clifton Park, NY) put in a gutsy effort, lunging at the line to hold off her charging rivals. Results of the race can be found here: http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/team.aspx?s=1052


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- Adams co-founded American Football League in 1959
- He founded the Houston Oilers, which began play in the AFL in 1960
- In 1997, Adams moved the team to Tennessee, where it became the Titans
K.S. "Bud" Adams Jr., the founder and owner of the Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers football franchise and a co-founder of the American Football League, died Monday morning at his home in Houston, the team said.
He was 90.
Adams owned the team for more than 53 years, starting in Houston, where his Oilers began play in 1960 as a charter member of the NFL's new competitor, the AFL.
Adams, an oil company founder, teamed with other businessmen, including eventual Dallas Texans and Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, to form the eight-team AFL in 1959. The Oilers won two AFL championships before the league merged with the NFL in 1970.
The Oilers franchise moved to Tennessee in 1997, eventually settling in Nashville as the Tennessee Titans.
His franchise reached the Super Bowl once during his stewardship: in January 2000, when the Titans lost 23-16 to the St. Louis Rams.
Adams' death came three days after "Bum" Phillips, the man Adams employed as Oilers coach and general manager from 1975 to 1980, died at age 90.
St. Louis Rams head coach Jeff Fisher, who was the Oilers' and Titans' coach from 1994 to 2010, said Monday that he was "extremely saddened" to hear of Adams' death.
"My respect for Mr. Adams goes well beyond the owner/coach relationship that we shared for many years. He was a pioneer in the football business. He played a key role in creating and sustaining the American Football League, which helped push the popularity of our game to where it is today," Fisher said in a statement released by the Rams.


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Ancient Biblical coin of Antonius Felix 52 62 AD browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Ancient World:Holy Land:Coins: Pre AD 1000: item # 1178045
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Directly from Jerusalem, ancient biblical bronze coin Prutah of the Roman procurator Antonius Felix, dated from, 52 62 BC
Obverse: Two shields and two spears crossed, between them date year 14 Diameter: 1.6 cm Found in Jerusalem, Israel Condition: Good condition, untouched as found with lovely patina ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY Antonius Felix served under the Roman Emperor Claudius for the first two years of his perfect ship, and then under Nero for his remaining term. In B.C. 54, when Britannicus ruled briefly wth Nero, Felix issued a bronze prutah with the legend BPIT to recognize the young son of Claudius who was subsequently poisoned by order of Nero. The regin of Felix was oppressive but strong. It was he who caused the apostle Paul to be sentenced to prison. A passage in the New Testament refers to this governor. When Paul was transferred to Caesarea from Jerusalem for his protection, a message was prepared to explain this mission: AN HE WROTE A LETTER AFTER THIS MANNER: CLAUDIUS LYSIAS UNTO THE MOST EXCELLENT GOVERNOR FELIX, I SEND GREETINGS Apparently Antonius Felix was not above accepting a bribe, as revealed in Acts 24:26 concering the imprisonment of St. Paul. |


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By Dennis Seid/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – More than $100,000 to help victims of the April storms has been raised through the Tornado Relief 2011 campaign, the CREATE Foundation said Thursday.
In June, a two-hour fundraiser held at The Mall at Barnes Crossing raised more than $53,000.
CREATE is administering the fund and distributing all of the proceeds.
The fundraiser, a partnership among Northeast Mississippi media outlets, was originally slated to raise $50,000. But the strong response led CREATE President Mike Clayborne to raise the goal to $100,000.
Clayborne said $107,575 had been raised as of Wednesday.
"We've started to distribute money," he said.
The city of Smithville and the Monroe County United Way are assured of receiving funds, and the rest of the money will be given to nonprofit groups selected by CREATE.
Some of the money pledged to the fund is specifically targeted as designated by the donors, but most of the money is unrestricted.
"That gives us flexibility" in determining where to allocate the money, Clayborne said.
About 95 percent of the money pledged to the relief effort has been collected, and donors are encouraged to send checks to the CREATE Foundation, P.O. Box 1053, Tupelo, MS 38802.
Clayborne also said CREATE will continue to accept donations to the fund.
"The needs are great, and this isn't an overnight deal. It will take weeks, months, years," he said.


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Diagnostic and Interventional Therapy in Acute Pancreatitis
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified June 2010 by University of Regensburg.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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First received: June 13, 2008
Last updated: August 8, 2011
Last verified: June 2010
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Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Detailed Description:
The study aims to evaluate the course of patients with acute pancreatitis. Thereby we analyze different diagnostics and compare ultrasound, MRI and CT-scan in detection of necrotic areas and evaluate interventional therapy methods like percutaneous drainage techniques regarding the outcome. Laboratory values were assessed as well.
Condition | Intervention |
Acute Pancreatitis |
Other: CT-guided percutaneous drainage technique |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Prospective |
Official Title: | Diagnostic and Interventional Therapy in Acute Pancreatitis |
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics:
hereditary pancreatitis
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Further study details as provided by University of Regensburg:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: weekly ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- time to surgery [ Time Frame: weekly ]
- active necrosectomy [ Time Frame: weekly ]
- ICU stay [ Time Frame: weekly ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
Bacterial DNA
Estimated Enrollment: | 50 |
Study Start Date: | May 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2012 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
Evaluation of one study cohort
Other: CT-guided percutaneous drainage technique
Evaluation of different diagnostics and evaluation of outcome of patients who received percutaneous CT-guided drainage for necrotic debridement and analyze the further outcome
Detailed Description:
For laboratory values different inflammation markers were measured and compared.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Study Population
50 patients with acute pancreatitis
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age > 18 years
- Acute pancreatitis
- Written formal consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Missing formal consent
- Individual contraindications for CT-scan
- MRI or endoscopic ultrasound
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00699933
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Responsible Party: | Dr. Tanja Brünnler, University of Regensburg |
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Study First Received: | June 13, 2008 |
Last Updated: | August 8, 2011 |
Keywords provided by University of Regensburg:
acute pancreatitis interventional therapy CT-guided drainage therapy |
percutaneous necrosectomy Comparison of different diagnostic procedures: MRI, CT, Ultrasound Evaluation of interventional therapy including percutaneous drainage techniques und necrosectomies |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatitis Pancreatic Diseases Digestive System Diseases |
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Armand Bayou: Evaluating Water Quality for Aquatic Life
County: Harris
Parameter: Dissolved oxygen
Coastal Basin: San Jacinto–Brazos Coastal
Segment: 1113
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Background and Goals
Armand Bayou is a tidal tributary of Clear Lake, located in the San Jacinto–Brazos Coastal Basin. Armand Bayou is rich in plant and animal life and attracts canoeists, kayakers, fishermen, and birdwatchers daily. There are several parks and other recreational areas along Armand Bayou, including Bay Area Park and Armand Bayou Nature Center.
Since monitoring began during the 1970s, water quality testing has indicated that concentrations of dissolved oxygen in Armand Bayou were sometimes less than optimal for the support of fish and other aquatic life. Oxygen, which dissolves in water, is essential for the survival of aquatic life.
While the amount of dissolved oxygen in water fluctuates naturally, various human activities can cause unusually or chronically low dissolved-oxygen levels which may harm fish and other aquatic organisms. Over the past 50 years, land-surface subsidence has dramatically altered regional drainage gradients and the depth and width of Armand Bayou.
The project evaluated the effects of low dissolved oxygen on aquatic life to determine the actions necessary to improve water quality in the lake.
Public Participation
An ad hoc stakeholder group was formed during the project under the auspices of the Texas Sea Grant of Texas A&M University. This group continues to meet intermittently to identify ways to protect Armand Bayou. For more information about this group, contact Michi Vojta at Texas Sea Grant, 281/335-3170 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Or visit the website for the Coastal Watershed Program of the Texas Sea Grant.
Project Status and Implementation
Analyses of the data collected for the project revealed that concentrations of dissolved oxygen are often relatively low during hot weather, but also found no indication of aquatic-life impairment or limitation related to the dissolved-oxygen regime. The data set has several unconventional aspects that are related to unique hydraulic characteristics of the Armand Bayou system.
A TMDL allocation related to dissolved oxygen is not deemed appropriate at this time, since available data do not indicate impairment of the aquatic life community, nor identify a pollutant that needs to be controlled. Additional data are needed to provide satisfactory understanding of the causes and effects of the Armand Bayou dissolved-oxygen regime.
The TCEQ will continue working to develop protocols suitable for evaluating dissolved oxygen and aquatic life conditions in tidal streams, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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Standing in front of a large graph that displayed what looked like Richter scale results trending upward, Old Dominion University professor Tal Ezer began explaining.
The graph showed the highest and lowest flood levels at Sewell's Point in Norfolk in each year since the late 1920s, and small red circles marked the years in which floodwater was more than seven feet deep.
"Because of the sea level rise," he said about the red circles, "such a flood that happened about two times over 70 years has now happened four times over the past seven years."
Ezer was one of five panelists who spoke last week during the Sea Level Rise session at ECOnference, an annual forum at which alternative energy, green development and related topics are discussed.
Held at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, the conference was sponsored by ODU's Business Gateway and Inside Business.
Besides increased frequency of deeper floods, Ezer said flood hours are up, too.
From 1928 to 1982, according to another graph the oceanographer showed, the number of flood hours at The Hague in Norfolk never topped 100 in a given year.
The last four years, however, have seen no fewer than 200 annual flood hours, including more than 300 flood hours in 2009.
Norfolk is considered on the front lines of an effort to address the threat of a rising sea level and subsidence - or land sinking - and several national media outlets have spotlighted its fight.
At his annual state of the city address, Mayor Paul Fraim said $14 million has been spent in the past two years on storm water and flooding projects, and Norfolk was fortunate to have escaped October's Hurricane Sandy.
"We have already been to the White House," Fraim said, "where we met with officials of the Office of Management and Budget to advise them we will be seeking flood mitigation funding no later than the 2015 federal budget, probably in the amount of $1 billion."
In 2010, ODU created a Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Initiative that, among other things, takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues.
Some of the team's members spoke at the session last week, including modeling and simulation professor Joshua Behr; engineering professor Rafael Diaz; and geography professor Hua Liu.
Behr, who also has a background in health and political science, said "medically fragile, modest- to low-income" populations will be least able to adapt to sea level rise.
He said storm surges and flooding churn up the industrial waste that is most common in urban areas, and that minority populations have been the least likely to be aware of or active in those issues.
"We already know that there are sizable gaps or differences between minority and non-minority communities in Hampton Roads when it comes to basic health-related conditions," Behr said.
"And we expect that those impacts grow over time if the interventions are not tailored to address those communities specifically."
Diaz said that the potential results of sea level rise run the gamut, from health hazards to the attractiveness of Hampton Roads real estate and property.
Liu showed a map of Hampton Roads that depicted vulnerability to sea level rise by color.
U.S. Census block groups colored red were most at risk; yellow and green denoted medium and low risk, respectively.
"It's depressing to see that we do not have many green areas," Liu said.
Kevin Smith, an associate engineering geologist with Fugro Consultants Inc., said his firm is working with the city on plans to mitigate the impact of sea level rise and flooding.
The Netherlands-based company, retained in 2008, is in its second three-year contract with the city.
Since the company's been here, it's installed a network of tide gauges, identified flood-prone areas and evaluated various flood mitigation concepts.
"That could be a flood wall or a levy or a new pump station," Smith said.
The firm has selected four test sites for these concepts, Smith said, and preliminary designs have been completed for three areas.
"We've also developed a citywide, coastal flood master plan," Smith said. "Basically it's what would be required to build a coastal flood project around the city. And that's where we're at right now."


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Know what I think? Shaggy beards and gimme hats are of the Devil
Uh, uh, uh. Girl's wearing the wrong shoes for that outfit. And even if she did wear the right ones, she still couldn't dance.
(Hillary Clinton)
Lookin' sehr in Mode, Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel!
Mix your love of politics and gaming with this awesome shirt from Chop Shop! Who knew the Konami code and the nuclear launch code are actually the same thing?
Hold it right there! Do you see any other men wearing grey? This is WHITE or BLACK day!
I... I didn't get the memo
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Every February it feels like pink + red are an unstoppable duo. Cards, artwork, gifts and even food take on sweeter hues. While I tend to shy away from this color combo in my personal life (but don't mind it at the office, where I like to feel jolted by color more often), this pattern is really working for me. When the page loaded with the main image, all I could think was "hotcha!" A good hot pink is always hard to resist. Click here to pick up a sheet ($4.50) of this gift wrap at Kate's Paperie. xo, grace
This is an irresistible combo. I love it when someone gets the pink JUST right. xo
I love hot pink! Adding red makes it even better. Those colors make February my favorite color month, if there is such a thing as a color month.
When I first saw this post I thought it was wallpaper. I wish! I would have totally picked up a few rolls for my future office.


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Philomena van Rijswijk's poetry is a sensual treat. As with her fiction, there seems to be no topic off-limits; no intimacy she isn't willing to explore. Read More »
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By the end of this book the reader feels drained, enlivened, wiser somehow, as if a full live had been lived between its pages. Read More »
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A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a child. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth. Depending on the jurisdiction, a record of birth might or might not contain verification of the event by such as a midwife or doctor.
History and contemporary times[edit]
The documentation of births is a practice widely held throughout human civilization, especially in China, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Persia. The original purpose of vital statistics was for tax purposes and for the determination of available military manpower. Births were initially registered with churches, who maintained registers of births. This practice continued into the 19th century.[1] The compulsory registration of births with governmental agencies is a practice that originated in the United Kingdom in 1853.[2] The United States did not get a standardized system until 1902.[3]
Most countries have statutes and laws that regulate the registration of births. In all countries, it is the responsibility of the mother's physician, midwife, hospital administrator, or the parents of the child to see that the birth is properly registered with the appropriate government agency.
The actual record of birth is stored with a government agency. That agency will issue certified copies or representations of the original birth record upon request, which can be used to apply for government benefits, such as passports. The certification is signed and/or sealed by the registrar or other custodian of birth records, who is commissioned by the government.
The right of every child to a name and nationality, and the responsibility of national governments to achieve this are contained in Articles 7 and 8 in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: "The child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality..." (CRC Article 7) and "States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations..." (CRC Article 8).[4]
...it's a small paper but it actually establishes who you are and gives access to the rights and the privileges, and the obligations, of citizenship.
— Archbishop Desmond Tutu, February 2005[5]
Despite 191 countries ratifying the Convention, the births of millions of children worldwide go unregistered. By their very nature, data concerning unregistered children are approximate; however, it was estimated in 2008 that 51 million babies – more than two fifths of those born worldwide – were not registered at birth.[6] This phenomenon disproportionately impacts indigenous populations and even in many developed countries, contributes to difficulties in fully accessing civic rights.[7]
Birth registration opens the door to rights to children and adults which many other human beings take for granted: to prove their age; to prove their nationality; to receive healthcare; to go to school; to take exams; to be adopted; to protection from under-age military service or conscription; to marry; to open a bank account; to hold a driving licence; to obtain a passport; to inherit money or property; and to vote or stand for elected office.[8]
There are many reasons why births go unregistered, including social and cultural beliefs and attitudes; alternative documents and naming ceremonies; remote areas, poor infrastructure; economic barriers; lack of office staff, equipment and training; legal and political restrictions; fear of discrimination and persecution; war, conflict and unrest or simply the fact that there is no system in place.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Retrospective registration may be necessary where there is a backlog of children whose births have gone unregistered. In Senegal, the government is facilitating retrospective registration through free local court hearings and the number of unregistered children has fallen considerably as a result. In Sierra Leone, the government gave the National Office of Births and Deaths special permission to issue birth certificates to children over seven. In Bolivia, there was a successful three-year amnesty for the free registration of young people aged between 12 and 18.[14]
Statelessness, or the lack of effective nationality, impacts the daily lives of some 11-12 million people around the world. Perhaps those who suffer most are stateless infants, children, and youth. Though born and raised in their parents' country of habitual residence, they lack formal recognition of their existence.[15]
In Canada, the issuance of birth certificates is a function of the provinces or territories.[16]
Agencies or various ministers are in charge of issuing birth certificates:[17]
- Alberta - Department of Vital Statistics (Service Alberta)
- British Columbia - Vital Statistics Agency (Ministry of Health)
- Manitoba - Vital Statistics Agency (Ministry of Healthy Living, Seniors and Consumer Affairs/Consumer and Corporate Affairs)
- New Brunswick - Vital Statistics (Service New Brunswick)
- Newfoundland and Labrador - Vital Statistics Government Services (Service NL)
- Northwest Territories - Vital Statistics (Department of Health and Social Services - Health Services Administration Division)
- Nova Scotia - Registrar General Division of Vital Statistics (Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations)
- Nunavut - Registrar General of Vital Statistics (Nunavut Health and Social Services)
- Ontario - Office of Registrar General-Service Ontario (Ministry of Government Services)
- Prince Edward Island - Vital Statistics (Health and Social Services)
- Quebec - Director of Civil State (Minister of Justice)
- Saskatchewan - Vital Statistics-Information Service Corporation (Department of Health)
- Yukon - Vital Statistics (Ministry of Health and Social Services - Health Services)
Types of certified copies issued[edit]
There are three types of birth certificates issued:
- Copy of an act - Contains all information available on the birth of a person.
- Long form - legal size or two page form with details of the person, their parents', place of birth, certification by the parents, signature and stamp of the issuing agency or department. Recent forms are in English and French.
- Short form or card - provides name, birth date, place of birth, date of registration, date of issue, registration number, certificate number, and signature of registrar general
England and Wales[edit]
In England and Wales, the description "birth certificate" is used to describe a certified copy of an entry in the birth register.[18]
Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales started on 1 July 1837.[19] Registration was not compulsory until 1875, following the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1874, which made registration of a birth the responsibility of those present at the birth.[20]
When a birth is registered, the details are entered into the register book at the local register office for the district in which the birth took place and is retained permanently in the local register office. A copy of each entry in the birth register is sent to the General Register Office (GRO).[21]
Pre-1837 birth and baptism records[edit]
Before the government's registration system was created, evidence of births and/or baptisms (and also marriages and death or burials) was dependent on the events being recorded in the records of the Church of England or in those of other various churches – not all of which maintained such records or all types of those records. Copies of such records are not issued by the General Register Office; but can be obtained from these churches, or from the local or national archive, which usually now keeps the records in original or copy form.
Types of certified copies issued in England and Wales[edit]
There are two types of birth certificates:
A full certificate, titled 'CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY' is a copy of the original entry in the birth register, giving all the recorded details.[22] Information includes; name, sex, date and place of birth of the child, father's name, place of birth and occupation, mother's name, place of birth, maiden name and occupation. Certificates for births before 1911 do not show the mothers maiden name, before 1969 do not show the details of the parents' place of birth and registration and before 1984 do not show mothers occupation.[23]
The short certificate, titled 'CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH', shows the child's full name, sex, date and place of birth. It does not give any particulars of the parents; therefore it is not proof of parentage. A short birth certificate is issued, free of charge, at the time of registration.[22]
Both versions of certificate can be used in the verification of identity by acting as a support to other information or documentation provided. Where proof of parentage is required only a full certificate will be accepted.[24]
The original registrations are required by law[25] to be issued in the form of certified copies to any person who identifies an index entry and pays the prescribed fee. They can be ordered by registered users from the General Register Office Certificate Ordering Service or by postal or telephone ordering from the General Register Office or by post or in person from local registrars. If the birth was registered within the past 50 years detailed information is required before a certificate will be issued.[26]
Earlier testimony was a small book format-bound, now it's just a page format B5, provided with water marks. The certificate has a series and number.
Blank insert is made in Russian. In the case of being issued in one of the country's republics, its national language form liner can be made in Russian and in the official language of the republic on the model, approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
A birth certificate can be filled with a handwritten way and with the use of technical equipment (typewriters, computers). When filling in the form is carried handwritten way, all records are made legibly in ink or paste blue or black. If you are using a computer or typewriter dye must be black. The quality of paste, ink, dye, used in completing the documents should ensure the preservation of text documents for a set retention period. When filling out the birth certificate is not allowed to have it in patches, blots and erasures, cuts.
Birth certificate is signed by the head of the registrar or other public authority issuing the certificate (e.g., the consulate). Signature of the registrar should have a transcript (initials and surname) and sealed with the official seal.
Currently, information about the nationality of the parents is mentioned in the certificate on request. By default, this column is empty
When making a citizenship, a special insert is issued to the birth certificate. In testimony Stamp.
February 6, 2007 ear of citizenship were canceled, on the reverse side of the Certificate began to put a stamp on the child's citizenship. This rule applies to newborns or those who change or restores documents.
Old shells are valid for achieving a child 14 years old and to change them is not necessary.
The procedure for obtaining[edit]
The birth certificate of the child's parents can get (not deprived of parental rights), itself a child of full age, guardian or caregiver. Issuance of the document is made in the offices of the registrar, ZAGS (Russian: ЗАГС).
With the loss of the certificate, a new document is issued by the registry office (ZAGS) in the place of the original receipt on the basis of a written application.
United States[edit]
In the U.S., the issuance of birth certificates is a function of the Vital Records Office of the states, capital district, territories[27]and former territories.[28] Birth in the U.S. establishes automatic eligibility for American citizenship, so a birth certificate from a local authority is commonly provided to the federal government to obtain a U.S. passport.[29][30] However, the U.S. State Department does issue a Consular Report of Birth Abroad for children born to U.S. citizens (who are also eligible for citizenship), including births on military bases in foreign territory.[31]
The federal and state governments have traditionally cooperated to some extent to improve vital statistics. From 1900 to 1946 the U.S. Census Bureau designed standard birth certificates, collected vital statistics on a national basis, and generally sought to improve the accuracy of vital statistics. In 1946 that responsibility was passed to the U.S. Public Health Service. Unlike the British system of recording all births in "registers", the states file an individual document for each and every birth.[32]
The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics creates standard forms that are recommended for use by the individual states to document births. However, states are free to create their own forms.[33] As a result, neither the appearance nor the information content of birth certificate forms is uniform across states. These forms are completed by the attendant at birth or a hospital administrator, which are then forwarded to a local or state registrar, who stores the record and issues certified copies upon request.[1]
Types of certified copies issued[edit]
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, as of 2000 there were more than 6,000 entities issuing birth certificates. The Inspector General report states that according to staff at the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Forensics Document Laboratory the number of legitimate birth certificate versions in use exceeded 14,000.[34]
Acceptance of short forms[edit]
In the case of applying for a U.S. passport, not all legitimate government-issued birth certificates are acceptable:
A certified birth certificate has a registrar's raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal, registrar's signature, and the date the certificate was filed with the registrar's office, which must be within 1 year of your birth. Please note, some short (abstract) versions of birth certificates may not be acceptable for passport purposes.
Beginning April 1, 2011, all birth certificates must also include the full names of the applicant's parent(s).[35]
The U.S. State Department has paid close attention to abstract certificates from both Texas and California. There have been reports of a high instance of midwife registration fraud along the border region between Texas and Mexico,[36][37] and the Texas abstract certificate form does not list the name or occupation of the attendant. The California Abstract of Birth did not include an embossed seal, was no longer considered a secure document, and have not been issued in California since 2001.[38]
Other forms[edit]
Most hospitals in the U.S. issue a souvenir birth certificate which may include the footprints of the newborn. However, these birth certificates are not legally accepted as proof of age or citizenship, and are frequently rejected by the Bureau of Consular Affairs during passport applications. Many Americans believe[citation needed] the souvenir records to be their official birth certificates, when in reality they hold little legal value.[39]
Birth certificates in cases of adoptions[edit]
In the United States, when an adoption is finalized, the government seals the original birth certificate and will issue a replacement birth certificate substituting the individual's birth name with the name selected by the adoptive parents, and replacing the birth parents' names with the adoptive parents. In those cases, adopted individuals are not granted access to their own original birth certificates upon request. Laws vary depending on the state where the birth was originally registered and the adoption was finalized. Some states allow adopted people unrestricted access to their own original birth certificates, while in others the certificate is available only if the biological parents have given their permission or a petition has been granted by the court of jurisdiction. Other jurisdictions do not allow adopted people access to their own original birth certificates under any circumstances.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Birth registration in Ancient Rome
- Birth registration campaign in Liberia
- Closed adoption
- Death certificate
- Identity card
- Marriage license
- Passport
- Vital record
- ^ a b Vital Records Registration Handbook (Jacksonville, FL: Florida Office of Vital Statistics, 2007) 7.
- ^ "About Us" (UK General Registry Office), accessed August 2009, . Archived 1 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Brumberg, H.L.; Dozor, D.; Golombek, S.G. (June 2012). "History of the birth certificate: from inception to the future of electronic data". Journal of Perinatology. 32: 407–411. doi:10.1038/jp.2012.3. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Convention on the Rights of the Child Archived 11 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1989), accessed 17 May 2011.
- ^ Universal Birth Registration — A Universal Responsibility (Woking: Plan International, 2005)
- ^ "UNICEF SOWC Report" (Childinfo.org) accessed 17 February 2011.
- ^ Paula Gerba, "Making Indigenous Australians 'disappear': Problems arising from our birth registration systems," Alternative Law Journal 34, no. 3 (2009): |157–162,[dead link].
- ^ a b Count Every Child (Plan, 2009).
- ^ The 'Rights' Start to Life, (New York: UNICEF).
- ^ "Fact sheets," (International Council of Nurses, 21 May 2010).
- ^ UNICEF (2007) Birth Registration and Armed Conflict, (Florence: Innocenti Research Centre, 2007).
- ^ Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Children and HIV and AIDS Working Group on Civil Registration, Birth and Death Registration in the Context of HIV and AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa: Human's First and Last Right (Plan, 2008).
- ^ "Birth Registration: A Topic Proposed for an Executive Committee Conclusion on International Protection," (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 9 February 2010).
- ^ Simon Heap and Claire Cody, "The Universal Birth Registration Campaign," Forced Migration Review, no. 32 (2009): 20-22.
- ^ Futures Denied: Statelessness Among Infants, Children and Youth (Refugees International, 2008).
- ^ http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/subjects/cards/birth_certificate.shtml
- ^ http://www.ontario.ca/en/information_bundle/birthcertificates/119275.html
- ^ Melanie Lee (14 January 2011). "GRO information on birth certificates in England and Wales" (pdf). whatdotheyno.com. General Registre Office. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Civil Registration in England and Wales". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1874". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Official information on births, marriages and deaths". General Register Office. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Register a Birth". gov.uk. Government UK. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ GRO (2015). "Information on a birth, marriage or death certificate". gro.gov.uk. Government UK. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Treasury Solicitor's Department (10 March 2014). "Proof of Identity checklist for individuals". gov.uk. Government UK. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1953, 1 & 2 Eliz. 2, c. 1, accessed October 2011.
- ^ GRO (2015). "Ordering a certificate for events which have taken place during the last 50 years". gro.gov.uk. Government UK. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Birth Certificate Fraud (Office of Inspector General, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1988), iii.
- ^ Specifically, the Panama Canal Zone and Philippines. [1]
- ^ |Margaret Lee, U.S. Citizenship of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents, Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, (UNT Digital Library, 12 May 2006).
- ^ Report of the panel to evaluate the standard U.S. certificates (Division of Vital Statistics National—Center for Health Statistics, April 2000, addenda November 2001), 60.
- ^ Replace Your Vital Records:Get a Copy of Your Birth Certificate, USA.gov
- ^ Report of the panel to evaluate the standard U.S. certificates (Division of Vital Statistics National—Center for Health Statistics, April 2000, addenda November 2001).
- ^ 2003 Revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificates (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last updated 27 April 2011).
- ^ Birth Certificate Fraud (Office of Inspector General, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1988), 11.
- ^ "First Time Applicants", US State Department, accessed 26 July 2011.
- ^ "They Say They Were Born in the U.S.A. The State Department Says Prove It", Wall Street Journal, accessed 11 January 2012.
- ^ "NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN A CLASS ACTION, Castelano, et al. v. Clinton, et al.", US State Department, accessed 11 January 2012.
- ^ "FAQs - Birth, Death, and Marriage Services", Santa Clara County - Office of the Clerk-Recorder, accessed 11 January 2012.
- ^ Bob Rankin, "Passports Online" on Ask Bob Rankin, 2006.
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Apr 25, 2011 at 8:40 am #1272837
Hey all,
I'm taking a business trip out to Portland, Oregon in the 2nd week of May and I decided to stay for the weekend and do some hiking. I've never been in the NW states before and I'm pretty excited.
Right now I'm trying to find a good 2-4 day backpacking trip that would be open that early in the year. My current thought is to go to the Columbia River Gorge. From what I've heard, this should be cleared out of snow (for the most part) by then.
Does anyone have any good loop recommendations for the gorge? Or any other places for that matter?Also, where do I get trail maps for these parks? Would a gps be recommended?
Apr 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm #1729249Best source: http://www.portlandhikers.org/ Excellent forum where you can find out current conditions, and a Field Guide that lists local hikes–subject to the caveat below about this year's snow levels. Retired Jerry, who writes articles for BPL, has done a lot of the writeups for the Portland Hikers Field Guide!
Maps: There are new Green Trails maps of the Gorge this year; I haven't seen them yet. The US Forest Service map, "Trails of the Columbia Gorge" is good for planning.
Snow levels are low, low, low for this time of year. Here are pass cams as of this morning:
The extended Gorge loops go well over 3,000 feet (most to 4,000) and unless it warms up really soon (not likely given the current extended forecast), you are going to be in deep snow on the higher sections of all of them. If it does warm up, stream fords on loops like Eagle-Tanner or on upper Oneonta Creek will be downright dangerous. Everything (flowers, snow conditions, backyard gardens, you name it) is almost a month behind normal right now.You can do out-and-back overnight trips on Eagle Creek and Herman Creek. Certainly Eagle Creek to 7 1/2 Mile Camp and back is well worth doing, and the waterfalls (around every corner) are magnificent. You won't get much above 7 1/2 Mile Camp, and you certainly won't get to Wahtum Lake, which is 4,000 feet and in a north-facing basin with heavy old-growth forest.
http://www.portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/Seven_and_a_Half_Mile_Camp_%28Eagle_Creek%29Another possibility is the Opal Creek hike down near Salem, probably the most spectacular old-growth forest you'll ever see.
You'll have to check on conditions; as of last week the trail above Jawbone Flats was still snowy. The bridge is marked closed (one of the two handrails disappeared a couple of years ago and the log is at a slight slant), but should be just fine if it isn't too wet. If either snow or bridge is a problem, you could hike a mile up Battleaxe Creek from Jawbone Flats instead and hopefully find a place to camp. I'm hoping to do this one next month, too.Be prepared for rain!
The funny (as in funny-peculiar) thing is, that folks were hiking snow-free to well over 3,000 feet elevation back in January! This is the second year in a row in which spring (by the calendar) has been more wintery than winter!
Apr 25, 2011 at 2:25 pm #1729289I second Mary's idea for the Eagle Creek Trip.
I did it a couple weeks ago, very cool but extremely wet. At least it was the first day and then improved a little.
Apr 25, 2011 at 4:37 pm #1729346Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will do the Eagle creek hike. Also, thanks for the link to other site. It has tons of information.
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