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Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey?
The Idea in Brief
You're racing down the hall. An employee stops you and says, "We've got a problem." You assume you should get involved but can't make an on-the-spot decision. You say, "Let me think about it."
You've just allowed a "monkey" to leap from your subordinate's back to yours. You're now working for your subordinate. Take on enough monkeys, and you won't have time to handle your real job: fulfilling your own boss's mandates and helping peers generate business results.
How to avoid accumulating monkeys? Develop your subordinates' initiative, say Oncken and Wass. For example, when an employee tries to hand you a problem, clarify whether he should: recommend and implement a solution, take action then brief you immediately, or act and report the outcome at a regular update.
When you encourage employees to handle their own monkeys, they acquire new skills—and you liberate time to do your own job.
The Idea in Practice
How to return monkeys to their proper owners? Oncken, Wass, and Steven Covey (in an afterword to this classic article) offer these suggestions:
• Make appointments to deal with monkeys.
Avoid discussing any monkey on an ad hoc basis—for example, when you pass a subordinate in the hallway. You won't convey the proper seriousness. Instead, schedule an appointment to discuss the issue.
• Specify level of initiative.
Your employees can exercise five levels of initiative in handling on-the-job problems. From lowest to highest, the levels are:
1. Wait until told what to do.
2. Ask what to do.
3. Recommend an action, then with your approval, implement it.
4. Take independent action but advise you at once.
5. Take independent action and update you through routine procedure.
When an employee brings a problem to you, outlaw use of level 1 or 2. Agree on and assign level 3, 4, or 5 to the monkey. Take no more than 15 minutes to discuss the problem.
• Agree on a status update.
After deciding how to proceed, agree on a time and place when the employee will give you a progress report.
• Examine your own motives.
Some managers secretly worry that if they encourage subordinates to take more initiative, they'll appear less strong, more vulnerable, and less useful. Instead, cultivate an inward sense of security that frees you to relinquish direct control and support employees' growth.
• Develop employees' skills.
Employees try to hand off monkeys when they lack the desire or ability to handle them. Help employees develop needed problem-solving skills. It's initially more time consuming than tackling problems yourself—but it saves time in the long run.
• Foster trust.
Developing employees' initiative requires a trusting relationship between you and your subordinates. If they're afraid of failing, they'll keep bringing their monkeys to you rather than working to solve their own problems. To promote trust, reassure them it's safe to make mistakes.


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Certica Solutions provides performance management solutions to K-12 school districts, giving administrators and educators the ability to easily analyze, track and improve performance through better use of student, school and teacher data. Founded in 2001, Certica counts among its users nearly 600 school districts, charter schools and private schools, as well as a number of educational service agencies nationwide.
Certica Solutions has recently established an office in Austin, Texas as part of its expansion strategy, with a primary focus on client services and product development functions. This position will be based in the Austin, Texas location.
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The Software Implementation Specialist will work closely with customers to utilize our K-12 education data management software applications to achieve customer satisfaction and return on investment. This will be accomplished by helping both new and existing customers through the complete customer lifecycle from implementation planning and installation to training and providing ongoing field support, as well as taking an active role in developing new data validation "Rule Libraries" in the Certify software for assigned customers. The Software Implementation Specialist will collaborate with Certica's product development team to resolve any technical issues, and coordinate with sales and marketing on developing new business opportunities.
The Software Implementation Specialist must have a well-rounded customer-facing background with very strong technical skills and have demonstrated the ability to deliver value added services. He or she must be able to interact with individuals at all levels in our customers' organizations while taking a hands-on role in application development at the customer level. The Software Implementation Specialist is a thought leader in the organization and leads by example. The successful candidate will be able to get things done in an efficient manner, while working for a small company with limited resources.
The Software Implementation Specialist will have experience with SQL and database management, and will have strong customer service, communication and organizational skills. The Software Implementation Specialist position will report to the Vice President, Client Services and be located in the Austin, Texas area, at Certica's newest office location.
Essential Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Customer implementation planning and delivery;
- Consultation with customer on optimal software configuration;
- Software installation and ongoing maintenance of technical environment;
- Train and support end users of the company's software applications as well as business processes;
- Facilitate customers' ongoing adoption of the company's software applications; Create, maintain, and update data mappings from student information systems and Certify data validation "Rule Libraries" based on customer requirements and specifications;
- Solicit feedback and product enhancement ideas from customers;
- Collaborate with others in the client services team in the identification of best practices;
- Participate in various product management activities, such as identifying and reviewing new product features and beta testing;
- Work with customers to define new, innovative solutions to education and data management issues;
- Develop creative solutions to complex problems using readily available technology.
- 5+ years hands-on experience with SQL Server database software applications as an administrator or database manager;
- 5+ years in customer-facing roles with a software company or information technology services firm;
- Excellent knowledge of SQL;
- Strong knowledge of data models is a plus;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- A "Type A" personality with a high degree of executive functioning who can manage multiple tasks and projects with flexibility and confidence;
- A customer-focused, self-starter and problem-solver who can make judgments and set priorities based on business strategy and customer urgency;
- Strong willingness to collaborate with colleagues and work on teams;
- Experience with Salesforce.com is a plus;
- Strong knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint; MS Project is a plus;
- Experience in the K-12 education sector is a plus;
- Bachelor's degree required; computer science major is a plus.
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- Compensation will be commensurate with experience
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Williams Lake city councillor Surinderpal Rathor's home was the target of two arson attacks early Saturday, mere hours after his only daughter died suddenly Friday night.
In fact, if Rathor and his wife Charanjit hadn't been in the living room, awake due to their family emergency, the second attack could have proven fatal because a Molotov cocktail pierced the living room window, igniting curtains, carpet, ceiling and furniture.
"I grabbed the burning chairs and took them outside right away," Rathor said Monday from his Moon Avenue home. "I was worried because the electrical panel was so close to the flames. Being an electrician I knew if an electrical fire started the only thing that could save us would be God."
The first Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home around 2 a.m.
When RCMP arrived, Rathor had already extinguished a burning rag on the walkway outside the window.
RCMP members investigated the incident and afterwards Rathor and Charanjit went back inside to await the arrival of family from out of town.
The second, more serious attack occurred at 3:30 a.m., and ignited the inside of the home immediately.
Police said they thought it was a deliberate attack.
"Fortunately, on both occasions, the fire was quickly contained and resulted in only minor damage; although the potential for loss of life and home was significant," the RCMP noted in a press release.
"Witnesses observed someone running west on Moon Avenue from the scene, getting into a dark SUV which then travelled north on Midnight Drive," police said.
Rathor said he is leaving the matter in the hands of police as he and his family prepare for their daughter's funeral.
"Under Insp. Warren Brown's leadership I'm very confident that our detachment will get to the bottom of this, there's no question in my mind," Rathor said Tuesday.
The incident has left Rathor wondering, however, what he could have possibly done to incite such a violent act.
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"I would like to meet with this person to ask them what have I done wrong to hurt them so much, so that I don't repeat it to others."
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The health care debate has moved out of Washington as members of Congress have gone on recess. Two of San Diego's Republican congressmen say what they want from health care reform.
SAN DIEGO The health care debate has moved out of Washington as members of Congress have gone on recess. Two of San Diego's Republican congressmen say what they want from health care reform.
Congressman Duncan Hunter says he favors health care reform. He wants health care benefits to be portable and he says insurance companies should not refuse coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Yet he voted against health care reform legislation when it went before the House Education and Labor committee.
"This bill does not do what it set out to do," says Hunter. "One, reduce costs and two, provide better health coverage and health insurance to the American people."
Fellow republican Brian Bilbray says he also believes people with pre-existing conditions shouldn't be denied insurance. But he fears a government insurance option would give employers a reason to drop their coverage. House legislation, favored by Democrats, would require businesses to pay a tax if they do not provide health care benefits to their employees.
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The main thing to keep in mind is that health insurance is supposed to provide medical coverage when needed. .
But unlike businesses that provide a product to make money, health insurance companies make money when they restrict and do not pay claims.
Read a health insurance contract.
Pay attention to limitations and exclusions.
People's health is not a product that needs to be left to money motivated CEO's.
If that is your thinking, you might as well have your police and fire dept protection based on insurance premiums you pay.
Then you can go to the police and fire protection insurance page for 'limitations and exclusions' on whether or not the police or fire dept would come out to your house in the event of an emergency.
The point is, you would never think of discriminating against another citizen if he was the victim of a fire or crime.
So why would you be ok with health insurance companies discriminating against fellow citizens who have pre-existing medical conditions?


text: After earning her Bachelor's degree in Piano performance from Ewha Woman's University in Korea, Hee Jung Kang came to Chicago to complete her Master of Art degree in Piano Performance at the American Conservatory of Music, and her Master of Music and Doctor of Music degree in the same field from Northwestern University, where she studied with Dr. David Kaiserman. Dr. Kang won the concerto competitions at the American Conservatory as well as Northwestern University and performed with Northwestern Philharmonia Orchestra. She also attended the Gnesin Institute of Music in Moscow, Russia and received a Performance Certificate while studying with Arkady Sevidov, one of the earlier winners of the Tchaikovsky competition. In Moscow, she was invited to perform as a guest artist in the concert series at the Gnesin Institute of Music. Dr. Kang performs as a concert soloist as well as a chamber musician with her piano trio group. Her trio has performed with Northwestern Orchestra and participated in many master classes of Manahem Pressler, Peter Slovik, and Colorado Quartet. She also appeared regularly as a guest artist in a concert series sponsored by the Korea Times and the Korea Central Times in Chicago and throughout the midwest. During the past several years, she has been invited to perform with The Village Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra and had solo recitals sponsored by the Foundation for the Promotion of Music, Unitarian Universalist Church, and Bok Sanctuary. Dr. Kang is also known as a renowned clinician and her students won in many competitions and one of them is now studying at Julliard. She has given master classes and recitals for the 2005 and 2006 Summer Festival at the University of Florida. Dr. Kang is adjunct professor at the University of Florida and is a member of GMTA (Gainesville Music Teachers Association) and FSMTA (Florida State Music Teachers Association), and MTNA (Music Teachers National Association).


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If you suspect an employee is abusing your generous sick and disability leave benefits, consider cracking down on fraud. As long as you can document that you made a good-faith decision to punish leave abuse, a court won't second-guess your actions.
Recent case: Tom worked for Cincinnati Bell Telephone (CBT), which has a generous FMLA and disability benefits plan. Employees can take paid leave concurrently with FMLA leave. The company does, however, make light-duty jobs available to employees whose medical restrictions allow such work.
Tom took both FMLA and disability leave for back problems. He underwent regular physical therapy and received injections to help with the pain. CBT informed Tom that it had a few hours per day of light-duty work available. He went back to his doctor, described intense pain and got a "no work" order.
A few days later, Tom attended the downtown Cincinnati Oktoberfest, where co-workers observed him drinking beer and walking several blocks. One reported the encounter to CBT's HR office, which launched an investigation into how Tom could apparently walk through a crowded street festival but not perform light-duty work. HR concluded that Tom was abusing his disability leave. He was terminated when he returned to work.
Tom sued, alleging retaliation for taking FMLA leave.
The court dismissed the case. It reasoned that employers are free to punish what they honestly believe is leave fraud. (Seeger v. Cincinnati Bell Telephone, No. 10-6148, 6th Cir., 2012)


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This dourly serious film about drug dealers in Boston's South End ghetto could only come from a filmmaker convinced he's making his ultimate statement on America's -- and specifically black America's -- drug-and-crime culture. Writer-director Craig Ross Jr.'s pic may find its aud in ancillary with the right marketing angles.
This dourly serious film about drug dealers in Boston's South End ghetto could only come from a filmmaker convinced he's making his ultimate statement on America's — and specifically black America's — drug-and-crime culture. Writer-director Craig Ross Jr. dilutes rigorously effective dramatic scenes with pedantic, melodramatic strokes of overkill. Finally getting a paltry theatrical run after appearing two years ago in festivals, "Blue Hill Avenue" is better than the delay would suggest and could find its audience in ancillary with the right marketing.
Pic opens with the standard twitchy meeting of drug warlords in the usual grimy warehouse, and a verbose, literary narration from hero Tristan (Allen Payne), who asks, "How did we get here?" Shifting back 12 years to 1979, Tristan and his high school buddies E-Bone, Money and Simon (played as adults by William Johnson, Aaron D. Spears and Michael "Bear" Taliferro, respectively) so impress local kingpin Benny (Clarence Williams III) that he grants them an entry into his drug trade. "Blue Hill Avenue" moves with the grace of a prizefighter dancing around the ring during this section, as the boys turn into men with frightening speed, ripping off other dealers, commandeering their own piece of turf and sending plenty of signals to Benny that they will be a formidable crew. Although Ross relies far too much on narration to detail his inner contradictions, Tristan is nevertheless a fascinating central figure who reconciles his life on the streets as a tough leader in the crime world with being a straight-A student and the apple of his parents' eye. Shift to the present as Benny and local narco-detectives Torrance (William Forsythe) and Tyler (Andrew Divoff) join together to bring down Tristan's group, now grown up and dominant in the South End's crack trade. Tristan feels additional heat from family members who blame him for the plague of crack that's brought down the neighborhood and from his wife Nicole (Latamra Smith). The gang's stable sense of trust is eroded as the cops play one against the other with a wiretapping ruse, while Benny weaves some nasty surprises of his own. After a string of bloody, and bloodier, face-offs and eliminations, it comes down to Tristan vs. Benny and "Blue Hill Avenue" manages to find a noirish resolution. Ross has passed his own stern mood along to his cast: Payne is especially grim and no-nonsense, seriously supported by Johnson, Spears and Taliferro, whose deep, long stares would make anyone think twice about double-crossing him. Williams is ideal for expressing Benny's devious ways, while Forsythe and Divoff essay standard bad cops and Smith is limited by her angry wife role. The transition from the younger performers to the older thesps playing the same characters is painfully unconvincing. Production has been fashioned to look like a classical crime pic rather than an exploiter, with Carl Bartles' dark lensing as the lead element. However, Ross' taste for slowly tracking cameras keyed on tight closeups and two-shots is relentless and tiresome.Blue Hill Avenue
An Artisan Entertainment release in association with Cahoots Prods./Asiatic Associates/Glen Shaffer/Den Pictures. Produced by Mike Erwin, J. Max Kirishima, Brian "Killa B" Hinds. Executive producers, Rand Chortkoff, Craig Ross Jr., Mark Holdom. Co-producer, Ronn Roberts. Directed, written, edited by Craig Ross Jr.
Camera (Deluxe color), Carl Bartles; music, Jan Pomerans, Cruel Timothy; music supervisor, Timothy; production designer, Heather Young; set decorator, Kyle Hutchinson; costume designer, Lauda Swan; sound (Dolby Digital/SDDS/DTS), Jerry Wolfe; sound designer, Ken Skoglund; stunt coordinator, Randy Boliver; associate producers, Jim Hogan, James McDermont, Robert Brown; assistant director, Louis Tocchet; casting, Cathy Henderson Martin, Dori Zuckerman. Reviewed at Magic Johnson Theaters, Los Angeles, Sept. 19, 2003. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 128 MIN.
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Martine - Angelle Brooks
E-Bone - William Johnson
Money - Aaron D. Spears
Detective Tyler - Andrew Divoff
Benny - Clarence Williams III
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Whether you' re a first-timer or a " try, try-againer" , this book helps you get with the low-carb program and stick with it! Building on the success of Low-Carb Dieting For Dummies, it gives you loads of nutritional information plus more than 100 sumptuous low-carb recipes like Crunchy Brunch Oatmeal Pecan Waffles, Caribbean Chicken, Chile Spiced Broccoli, and Lemon Torte with Raspberries. Low-Carb Cookbook For Dummies includes: A complete nutritional analysis for each recipe so you can' t go wrong Lots of recipes for dishes with 5 carbs or less Recipes that de-carb no-nos like Southern fried chicken and Philly cheese steak sandwiches Recipes for soups, seafood, and meat dishes, including pork chops, lamb and steaks (with a steak chart so you can chart a low-carb course) Recipes for great desserts, including chocolate specialties and cheesecake Vegetarian recipes and crock pot specialties Terrific wrap recipes using lettuce, tortillas, or crepes Guidelines for eating low-carb when you' re dining out or brown-bagging it
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Chapter 3: All Carbs Are Not Created Equal: Looking at the Differences.
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Chapter 13: Eating Out without Apologies.
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Chapter 16: Psyching Yourself Up.
Chapter 17: Setting Yourself Up to Succeed.
Chapter 18: Falling Off the Wagon and Getting On Again.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Benefits of Low-Carb Dieting.
Chapter 20: Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Low-Carb Dieting.
Chapter 21: Ten Sources of Help on the Web.
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Appearing on the radio talk show of conservative radio host Laura Ingraham today, former President Jimmy Carter said he believes the Democratic Party should moderate its position on abortion, which it currently supports without limits and funded at taxpayer expense.
Carter said toning down the stridently pro-abortion position would help win back Republicans who abandoned the Democrats because of abortion and other liberal social issue positions.
Carter said:
"I never have believed that Jesus Christ would approve of abortions and that was one of the problems I had when I was president having to uphold Roe v. Wade and I did everything I could to minimize the need for abortions. I made it easy to adopt children for instance who were unwanted and also initiated the program called Women and Infant Children or WIC program that's still in existence now. But except for the times when a mother's life is in danger or when a pregnancy is caused by rape or incest I would certainly not or never have approved of any abortions."
"I've signed a public letter calling for the Democratic Party at the next convention to espouse my position on abortion which is to minimize the need, requirement for abortion and limit it only to women whose life are in danger or who are pregnant as a result of rape or incest. I think if the Democratic Party would adopt that policy that would be acceptable to a lot of people who are now estranged from our party because of the abortion issue."
(President Carter's abortion related remarks around the 13 minute mark)
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I am going to a festival this week and thus needed a simple and practical camera case. Luckily, I found this super easy peasy tutorial on Pink Penguin's blog and only did a few alterations to it, like adding a handle and changing the closure. Now I am ready to go! :)
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Aug 14, 2011, 01.47 PMby nettevivante
Thanks girls! :)
Aug 11, 2011, 05.04 PMby madebymeg
very cute!
Aug 11, 2011, 04.26 PMby cyndi-de-crafti
Thank you for the reference Nette! I checked out Pink Penguin's blog for instruction. She's very detail and she makes it easy to follow. I am also in need of a camera case, so definitely planning to make one! I really like your print with the unicorn and that you added a strap to carry it around. Another job well done! :)
Aug 11, 2011, 10.57 AMby tungufoss
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- Complex strategic gameplay.
- No dice or complex math involved.
- Clever visual style for quick field analysis.
- Steep learning curve for new players.
- Only multiplayer via passing your iDevice around.
Neuroshima Hex is a board game that almost seems like it was destined for the App Store and it's great to see this deep strategic title now available for people to try.
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I'm not in to the table-top RPG scene, though several of my friends do tell me that Neuroshima is an interesting game to say the least. Interesting enough to be adapted in to a board-game with an eventual translation in to English and players can forgo physical pieces thanks to its release on to the App Store, giving you the ability to jump in to this title anywhere you like.
As the title suggests, the game is played out on a hexagonal board, with pieces being placed in order to gain advantages against your opponent with the ultimate aim of weakening their headquarters before yours is knocked out of commission. Up to four players can take turns placing their tiles on to the board, lining up attacks, giving their players bonuses or even trapping opponents in order to secure a win. Things can quickly get complicated, especially when multiple players are involved, but a handy tutorial video does give a fairly comprehensive explanation of the basic rules so players can jump right in.
Learning how the tiles work is going to be the first hump for most players to overcome, however handy icons on each of them provide a quick way to identify how a card works and whether it has any special properties such as multiple attacks, moving on their turns and even absorbing shots fired against them.
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The recent RV144 clinical vaccine trial induced modest and transient protection in healthy individuals against HIV-1 infection, and is considered to be a marginal success. To improve the efficacy and duration of the antibody (Ab) response, better immunogens are required. We postulate that Abs induced by novel vaccine constructs will have higher specific activity, with stronger Ab titers and, within the total Ab response, a greater proportion of the Abs needed for protection. Such novel constructs, which could present viral epitopes in a context other than that of the whole envelope (Env), may also obviate the problems of the transient Ab response associated with whole Env. We and other have demonstrated that, by focusing the Ab response on V3, cross-clade neutralizing Abs are elicited which are detectable >1 year after immunization. Therefore, we now propose to extend the platform we previously developed for designing and developing V3-scaffold immunogens in order to create and test new epitope-scaffold protein immunogens that will focus the Ab response on two additional sites of vulnerability in Env: the V2 loop and the cluster of quaternary neutralizing epitopes (QNEs) composed of portions of V2 and V3. The HIVRAD will be composed of: Project 1: Vaccines to Induce Functional Abs Targeting the V2 Loop;Project 2: Rational Design of Immunogens Targeting the HIV-1 V2/V3 Quaternary Neutralizing Epitopes;Core A: Administrative Core;Core B: Protein Production Core;and, Core C: Animal Studies Core. The epitope-scaffold immunogens to be developed can be used individually or in combination, and will constitute powerful new tools for inducing broad and potent protective Abs. Many of the participants have worked together for >20 years to develop and characterize >100 human mAbs to HIV and other pathogens. Recently, the team has worked collaboratively and synergistically, preparing and analyzing >25 crystals of monoclonal Abs (mAbs) and mAb/epitope complexes, developing DNA Env primes and epitope-scaffold immunogens, and performing immunization experiments. Our experience places us in a strong position to extend our studies to epitopes that only recently have been recognized as important for protection from HIV infection. By the completion of the proposed Program, we plan to have identified epitope-targeting immunogens and immunization protocols that will generate Abs with protective anti-viral functions directed specifically toward the conserved regions of the V2 loop and the V2/V3 quaternary neutralizing epitopes of HIV-1 gp120.
Current data suggest an HIV vaccine will need to induce Abs with potent and broad anti-viral activities as well as cell mediated immunity. Vaccines made with whole envelope proteins have not yet achieved this goal;therefore, new immunogens are needed. In this Program Project Grant we will develop vaccine candidates that focus the immune response on portion of the virus that induce protective Abs. Project 1 - Vaccines to Induce Functional Antibodies Targeting the V2 Loop Project Leader: Susan Zolla-Pazner (Description as provided by applicant) The various forms of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoproteins do not serve as ideal immunogens because they poorly induce Abs (Abs) with broad antiviral functions, and the Ab response lasts less than 6 months. To overcome these limitations, epitope-scaffold immunogens can be used to focus the Ab response on vulnerable sites on the Env;however, the design of HIV epitope-scaffold immunogens has been fraught with many failures. Nevertheless, epitope-scaffold vaccines candidates have been successfully developed against influenza and Neisseria, and we and others have succeeded in designing several V3-scaffold and V3 peptide immunogens with demonstrable antigenicity and immunogenicity, resulting in the induction of HIV-1 cross-clade neutralizing Abs. In this Project, we propose to focus the immune response on the V2 region of gpl20. Until recently, this region was virtually overlooked as a target for vaccine development, but its importance as a vaccine target has been recently supported by data showing that anti-V2 Abs can be highly cross-reactive, display neutralizing activity, capture virus particles, and block gp120/a4p7 interaction. Support for pursuing V2 as a promising antigen for vaccine design also comes from pilot studies with specimens from the RV144 clinical vaccine trial. For this Project, we will apply the platform we developed for generating V3-scaffold immunogens to the production of V2-scaffold immunogens to be used for boosting the Ab response after priming with DNA Env. For Aim 1.1, we will construct V2 inserts for scaffolded immunogens based on the fine specificity of human V2 polyclonal and monoclonal Abs (mAbs), and on bioinformatics and molecular modeling data. In Aim 1.2, we will assess the prevalence and function of anti-V2 Abs of different specificities and clarify how these differ relative to the infecting HIV clade. For Aim 1.3, we will select and characterize new human V2-specific mAbs derived from non-clade B-infected donors from Cameroon infected with the clades that induce the most broad and functional anti-V2 Abs. Finally, after selecting V2-scaffold proteins which, from the results of Aim 1.2 and 1.3, react wit the most broad, potent and multifunctional anti-V2 polyclonal and mAbs, we will, in Aim 1.4, test the immunogenicity of selected V2 scaffold boosting immunogens in rabbits and non-human primates after priming with Env DNA. The ultimate goal of this Project is to induce antl-V2 Abs in rabbits and non-human primates that display cross-clade antiviral activities that mediate protection. RELEVANCE: Novel concepts are needed to develop an effective HIV vaccine. This project's goal is to design new HIV epitope-scaffold vaccines that will focus the host immune response on vulnerable sites on the V2 loop of the virus envelope glycoprotein. The project will provide important data that will advance the development of a more effective HIV vaccine.
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Miss Dior Cherie Extrait de Parfum is a more concentrated and more intensive version of Dior Miss Dior Cherie fragrance from 2005. This floral fruity chypre composition reveals the seductive and elegant side of the fragrance with notes of mandarin, jasmine and patchouli. It is available as perfume extract in bottles of 7.5 ml. The nose behind this fragrance is Christine Nagel.
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I am in love. I bought the biggest bottle available in the store once upon a time in Denmark: it was pre-Xmas, and I wanted a fairytale, and here it was, in liquid form, in such a cute bottle and with so much promise! The ultimate Cinderella perfume in my view. Even though I am happily married, when I test it ( again and again ) in local stores it just never fails to uncover some almost childlike anticipations of a heart-skipping romantic encounter in me! Hopefully it is still availabe to me in form of winning a few hearts in a male company and getting that well-known to all of us ladies thrill of a conquest, so that's the purpose of Cherie to me at this point in life: when I want to go out and sparkle - this is the best thing to put on. Very fresh, with a champagne note, strawberries to go with it, and the quintessence of innocent female charm ( if it ever IS innocent! :) ). Will fork out on a bottle of pure perfume as soon as I get a chance and will keep it for black and white galas and similar occasions that imply grandeur and exquisiteness.
vintage patchouli with roses but very elegant and luxurious
Warm and bright with a nice hint of spice. This is Miss Dior Cherie without all the syrupy sweet notes. I love it! Both versions are beautiful. The Extrait de Parfum is a more refined and adult adaptation. The dry-down is very similar to the original and it's my favorite of all time - so warm and inviting as it wears on throughout the day. If you find the 2005 version of Miss Dior Cherie to be too sweet, give this a try, it's gorgeous!
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Rise Of Wildrose: Alberta's Right-Wing Party Found Fertile Ground In Tory Government's Struggles
EDMONTON - When Danielle Smith won the Wildrose party leadership in the fall of 2009, she took to the stage at an Edmonton hotel and gave 400 cheering supporters their rallying cry.
"Ed Stelmach! You haven't begun to imagine what's about to hit you!" she shouted.
Stelmach wouldn't last as premier, but Smith made good on her word.
Since then Smith and her team have taken a sputtering right-wing movement and moulded it into a populist machine now challenging the Progressive Conservatives' 41-year hold on power.
But then it is a party that couldn't have been formed without the Tories' help.
Smith and the Wildrose, many of them ex-Tory supporters, have gained traction by giving a voice to those frustrated by a government they believe stopped listening on land rights and balanced budgeting, while rewarding itself with lavish raises and payouts.
"I don't think a party that has been in power for 41 years and has created all of the problems that we have today deserves another four years to screw it up," said Smith as the election campaign wound down.
But dissatisfaction with the Tories was evident even in the heady days of the last decade, when high oil prices were delivering multibillion-dollar surpluses to the province.
The windfall allowed then-premier Ralph Klein to fulfil his pledge to wipe out Alberta's $23-billion net debt.
But it was a paydown that came at a cost.
With boom times came hundreds of thousands of newcomers. They jammed schools and roads and crowded hospitals.
Klein admitted he never had a plan to cope with the boom, and in 2005 he quit after a lukewarm vote of confidence from the rank and file.
In came Ed Stelmach, an unassuming veteran Edmonton-area cabinet minister viewed as the compromise choice by Tories who feared their big tent would collapse if it chose either right-winger Ted Morton or centrist Jim Dinning.
Between Stelmach and a global economy that tanked in late 2008, the seeds were sown to sprout the Wildrose.
At first, it was a honeymoon for Stelmach. The Tories won 72 of 83 seats in the March 2008 general election.
With billions of dollars still coming in, he spent to catch up on infrastructure and had enough left over to grant himself and his cabinet 30 per cent pay raises.
But discontent was forming in the background.
New Tory members of the legislature, such as Rob Anderson, had hoped to play a part only to learn backbenchers were props. Stelmach and his circle would tell them the policy and they'd vote for it, he said.
"It was completely undemocratic, in every possible way," Anderson said.
Spending was at un-conservative levels, with new records for outlays being set every year. That wasn't considered a political problem as long as oil remained high.
It didn't.
In the fall of 2008, when the global economy fell into a trough, the multibillion-dollar Alberta surpluses turned into multibillion-dollar deficits.
But the new roads and schools were still needed, so the spending taps stayed on.
Stelmach withdrew billions of dollars every year from a rainy-day Sustainability Fund to keep Alberta out of the long-term red.
But problems followed like falling dominoes.
To speed up construction, the government passed a series of bills to give them wide authority to appropriate private land for public infrastructure with scant recourse or compensation to landowners.
Rural Albertans were outraged.
Stelmach then began tinkering with the royalty rates charged to oil companies.
The industry revolted. Drilling rigs moved out of province. The oil-hub city of Calgary feared big job losses.
Within two years Stelmach's team had alienated its biggest backers: fiscal conservatives, Big Oil, and rural landowners.
A vacuum opened on the far right of the political spectrum. All that was needed was someone to fill it.
On Sept. 14, 2009, Calgarians fired the shot heard around the province: they voted in Wildrose candidate Paul Hinman in a byelection in the Tory stronghold of Calgary-Glenmore.
By that point, the Wildrose had been around in various forms for seven years, moving in fits and starts.
It began in 2002 as the Alberta Alliance under former Social Credit leader Randy Thorsteinson.
It gained a foothold when Hinman, five years before his Calgary-Glenmore victory, won the Alliance's lone seat in the 2004 election in the deep south rural area around Cardston.
But that one step forward was followed by two steps back.
First the party fractured, with dissidents forming the Wildrose party. They reconciled shortly before the 2008 election and renamed themselves the Wildrose Alliance, but only had enough time to field candidates in 61 of 83 ridings.
They took just seven per cent of the vote.
Stelmach's team, meanwhile, brought their guns to bear on Hinman's Cardston riding and washed away the Alliance's tiny beachhead.
But with Stelmach's continued fumbling and another deficit budget in 2009, Tory party supporter Danielle Smith had seen enough and jumped ship.
She was the new face of the Wildrose: smart, urban, and telegenic, with a fluid, forceful debating style forged by years of public speaking and hosting a current affairs TV show. She patterns herself after Margaret Thatcher, and like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, graduated from the same fiscally austere "Calgary school" of economics.
Using Hinman's 2009 byelection win in Calgary-Glenmore as a springboard, Smith began to build a party.
Within months, disaffected Tories Anderson, Heather Forsyth and Guy Boutilier joined their ranks.
But it was on land rights that Wildrose took wing.
They backed town hall meetings, giving voice to landowners outraged that their birthright could be gone in an instant.
Stelmach at first dismissed the outrage as Wildrose-inspired hysteria, but soon got the message that he had a political problem on his hands.
The Progressive Conservatives eventually redrafted their land bills, promising no annexation without representation.
But the die was cast.
By early 2011, the Wildrose was tied with the Tories in popular opinion polls and Stelmach was out. He quit as premier ahead of a reported caucus putsch and — after a six-month leadership campaign — Alison Redford was in.
Poll numbers initially rebounded as the public embraced Redford, a human rights lawyer and former federal Tory adviser.
But the Redford dawn was soon overshadowed by the baggage of past party mistakes.
First came the revelation that parties of all stripes, mostly Tories, had been paid thousands of dollars for years to sit on a committee that didn't meet.
Then came the final $10.6-million bill for transition payments to outgoing politicians, the result of a silent broadening of eligibility rules under Klein.
Once more the public was upset, and the Wildrose again had traction.
When the writ dropped, the Wildrose campaign, led by ex-Harper adviser Tom Flanagan, grabbed the initiative, rolling out tight, succinct promises day after day: balanced budgets, health-care guarantees and direct cash rebates from oil and gas surpluses.
The party took an early lead in the opinion surveys but as the campaign wound down, slid back over concern with its social conservative policies.
The Christian right has always been a part of the recombinant DNA of the Wildrose — as it had been for the Tories — giving it oxygen but at the same time threatening to strangle any bid to build a big tent party.
In the 2009 Wildrose leadership contest, Smith's main rival was Mark Dyrholm, who had the backing of activist groups like Concerned Christians Canada and Equipping Christians for the Public Square.
In the election campaign those issues have come back to bite the Wildrose.
It began with the surfacing of a year-old blog by Edmonton candidate and Christian school activist Allan Hunsperger. He urged gays to repent or burn forever "in a lake of fire" and blasted "godless" public schools for fostering acceptance of gay students.
Then came Calgary candidate Ron Leech, a pastor who told a radio program he was the best candidate because his white skin allows him to communicate effectively with all races.
Smith fired back at critics last Friday, saying her party is through with being called bigots.
"I take it personally when accusations of racism and bigotry are aimed at me and at my party," she said. "Let me be perfectly clear — a Wildrose government will not tolerate discrimination against any individual on the basis of ethnicity, religion, beliefs, background, disability or sexual orientation ... period."
In doing so she sounded a second rallying cry: asking Albertans to accept that a party grounded in free speech and free votes in the legislature can keep intolerant views from bleeding into public policy.
Her answer comes Monday.


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Terokkar Forest is a zone in Outland located east of Nagrand, west of Shadowmoon Valley, southeast of Zangarmarsh, and southwest of Hellfire Peninsula. This forest was most likely named after Terokk, an arakkoa demigod of some sort.
Terokkar was seen as the Bone Wastes in previous maps and lore sources, but the Bone Wastes themselves are now a sub-region within the Terokkar Forest zone (in fact probably not the same Bone Wastes, as the current one was created only two years ago, according to ingame lore). Maybe one of the "Green Havens" replanted by druids to be like it was before the Horde necromancy and fel magic corrupted the land.
History Edit
Terokkar is most famous for the Bone Wastes and the ruined fortress of Auchindoun.
Worldofwarcraft.com says the following about the Terokkar Forest:
New hope has come to this ancient forest. Aided by the benevolent naaru, a group of draenei has rebuilt Shattrath City. The city has since thrown open its doors to welcome refugees of many different races from all over Outland. Yet the past has not left this area unmarked. To this day, only adventurers and graverobbers visit the haunted subterranean ruins of Auchindoun.
Geography Edit
The flora consists of mostly dark green forest vegetation of crystal pines known as olemba trees. Shattrath City lies in the northwestern portion of zone. Alliance and Horde each have a town.
The multi-winged instance Auchindoun can be found in this zone, containing four separate 5-man dungeons. There are no raid dungeons, micro dungeons, battlegrounds, or arenas in this zone. The spirit towers of the Bone Wastes provide a world PvP opportunity.
Every so often you can hear a roar while near Auchindoun - this is Teribus the Cursed, flying in circles around Auchindoun.
Maps and subregions Edit
Dungeons Edit
Dungeon Name | Level Range | Group Size | Approximate Run Time |
Mana-Tombs | 64-66 | 5-man | 1.5-3 hours |
Auchenai Crypts | 65-67 | 5-man | 2 hours |
Sethekk Halls | 67-69 | 5-man | 1.5 hours-2 hours |
Shadow Labyrinth | 70-72 | 5-man | 1.5 hours- 3 hours |
World PvP Edit
- Bone Wastes: In the Bone Wastes to the south, surrounding the ruins of Auchindoun, there are five Spirit Towers. These spirit towers can be captured by players who are PvP flagged. If all five towers become captured by a single faction, that faction gets a zone-wide Blessing of Auchindoun aura (buff) which lasts for six hours. The aura gives +5% Damage, +5% Experience Gain, and the ability to create a [Spirit Shard] in the Auchindoun instance. Spirit Shards can be spent at Spirit Sage Gartok at Stonebreaker Hold or Spirit Sage Zran at Allerian Stronghold.
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Adjacent regionsEdit
Zone Name | Faction | Level Range | Direction | Access |
Hellfire Peninsula | 58-63 | Northeast | Normal | |
Zangarmarsh | 60-64 | Northwest | Normal | |
Nagrand | 64-67 | West | Normal | |
Shadowmoon Valley | 67-70 | East | Normal |
Notable characters Edit
- Main article: Terokkar Forest NPCs
Archmage Khadgar resides in Shattrath City and can be found in its center.
Quests Edit
- Main article: Terokkar Forest quests
- See also: Terokkar Forest questing guide
Resources Edit
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Trivia Edit
- The virtual version of the band Level 80 Elite Tauren Chieftain performs on Terokkar Forest at the Darkmoon Faire[1] and in the World's End Tavern every three hours, added with the Patch 2.4.3.
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BANGUI, March 30 (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded when Chadian troops opened fire on civilians in Central African Republic's capital Bangui, officials said on Sunday.
The troops were driving into the city, scarred by religious conflict over the past year, to escort a convoy of Muslims back to Chad, having earlier crossed the countries' border some 500 km (300 miles) to the north in about 15 army vehicles.
"When they got to the PK12 neighbourhood, they suddenly started shooting. People panicked and started running and ducking for cover," said Sebastien Wenezoui, a spokesman for the country's Christian militia, the anti-balaka.
Saturday's shooting was the latest in a string of violent incidents involving Chadian troops, who the anti-balaka accuse of siding with Muslims and Seleka rebels and preying upon the local Christian population.
The mainly Muslim Seleka seized power a year ago, perpetrating abuses on the majority Christian population that triggered waves of revenge attacks, leading to thousands of deaths and displacing hundreds of thousands.
Under international pressure, the rebels gave way in January to an interim civilian government.
But the government - backed by 2,000 French and 6,000 African Union peacekeepers - has been unable to halt attacks by the anti-balaka on Muslims, tens of thousands of whom have fled to neighbouring countries or sought shelter in camps.
Majority-Muslim Chad has evacuated several thousand of its citizens through airlifts and road convoys. Its government was not immediately available to comment on Saturday's shooting.
The president of the local Red Cross, Pastor Antoine Mbao Bogo, said Chadian troops had fired at civilians.
"I was told over 10 people were killed and about 30 others were wounded, but I have not been able to verify the figures." he said.
Antoinette Montaigne, communications minister for Central African Republic's interim government, said the administration was still waiting for a report about the incident, adding that the government condemned the violence.
Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Central Africa Republic, Human Rights Watch says.
The United Nations estimates about 15,000 Muslims are still trapped in Bangui and other areas in the north, northwest and south of the country, protected by international forces. (Reporting by Bate Felix; Editing by John Stonestreet)


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Welcome to the brother and sister creative team at First Step Designs Stained Glass Studio. We offer creative, beautiful and affordable designs for the home and garden.
Born from a devastating job loss, the studio has nurtured in this former business executive a creative side hitherto unknown. It wasn't too long before my brother left his job to join the fun. We now spend our days surrounded by beauty, creativity and happiness. And usually a little Bob Marley mixed in for good measure! And we feel that our attitudes and lifestyles are reflected in our work.
So thank you for stopping by First Step Designs, and we hope that our work can share some of our freedom and happiness with you.
Debby and Joe
- Born on November 21
- Joined November 26, 2008
Favorite materials
uroboros, hard to cut textured glass, copper wire, recycled glass
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As a surgeon, you need high-quality information to help you perform an increasing number of challenging interventions. Our Diamond Select Veradius mobile C-arm gives you the image quality, ease of use, and dose management features you need.
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Long ago men lived in boats and caves. Somehow we have never forgotten. What happens when the man cave meets the sailboat? Nautical man cave. This post explores the nautical man cave providing inspiration should you want to create your own.
Nautical Man Cave Essentials
A man cave according to Google is defined as "a room or other part of a home regarded as a refuge for the man or men of a household." Consider household another term for friends and you get the idea. A nautical man cave mixes in love of sailing and all things nautical, the ocean, the sandy beaches, everything. The essentials of any good man cave are space, drinks, food, entertainment, and fitting decorations. Variations on these essentials provide the style of man cave. For the nautical man cave here are some specific essentials.
Man Cave Space
Every man needs his own space, an area of the home where only his rules apply. This usually ends up being in the garage or basement area initially setup to throw under-appreciated things. The man is left to design this area and so the man cave is born. Although natural lighting is nice, consider having some adjustable lighting in case you need to reorganize any of your stuff from unannounced visits. Really a man cave is born anywhere there is enough space to hang out, drink, and be merry.
Man Cave Drinks, Food, and Entertainment
As a sailor or anyone nautically inclined you should always have enough rum on hand for 20 people just in case. All that rum means you better have some good snacks on hand and although beer-candied bacon certainly sounds pretty good, most of the time you won't have time to get or make beer-candied bacon.
Food in a man cave is much like having food on a sailboat, it is all about access and portability. Think about if you were to ever go on a long sailing voyage, what food would you bring? Take that list and keep only those things you can eat without cooking. Bread, crackers, cereal, fruit, dried meat, and lots and lots of snacks. When in doubt add more beer or rum.
For entertainment most consider a good sized TV essential. Beyond that you need to have some cards and other games that are easy to play. Anything with complicated rules should be used for display only.
Man Cave Nautical Decorations
Of course you need the regular man cave essentials like a comfortable couch and some easy chairs. Beyond the usual mixture you need some things to create a nautical look and feel. You need a ship's wheel, one or two model sailboats, and some signs. That's it!
Want some more inspiration? Check out our Man Cave for Sailors Pinterest board with over 50 pins.


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01 Jul 2010
MacWorld, By Nick Spence
Threatpost, billed as Kaspersky Lab's independent, online news destination for the IT Security community, is now available to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users. Threatpost promises the latest security news stories, editorials, podcasts and video conversations. "Business people are always on the go and may not have the opportunity to sit down and read the latest security news via traditional web sites," said Dennis Fisher, co-editor Threatpost.
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My in-laws are back.
Have I ever mentioned that I'm a little crazy about them...as in a lot crazy about them?
They arrived with all their grandparent magic, including a huge stack of games and puzzles with which to entertain the children.
You need to know that when these people leave to go back to Oklahoma, I usually throw myself around their legs and weep and cry until one of the neighbors has mercy on me and aims a tranquilizer dart into my hindquarters.
Okay, that's a little bit of an exaggeration.
But not by much.
This trip, my mom-in-law, MiMi, brought some reading puzzles with her that she used in her early teaching days.
I absolutely love these little guys. They were produced in the late 1950's-early 1960's, just a simple design where the kids match the picture on the disc to the word underneath each opening.
The artwork is wonderful, those Dick and Jane style illustrations with bright colors and cheery designs.
Oh, and just a tip...when you're shopping for in-laws, the retired school teachers/elementary school principals are extremely handy. Just thought I should mention it.
All the kids love playing with these early reading games. And it's comforting to see that even in this high-technology age, even with kids who've been raised on video games and computer programs and DVD units, it's the simple things that can really capture that attention.
Well, that and a completely enthralled, fully engaged, total attention-paying MiMi...
That might help just a little...
And now to announce the winner of the Making Me Giveaway! Drum roll please!.....
Random.org has selected....The Future France Family! Julie B. Carr has also graciously said that if the winner would prefer the Countdown to My Birth calendar instead, she would be happy to accommodate! So make your choice and let me know! And congratulations!


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In it, but not of it. TPM DC
Dem Senators Split Over Corporate Tax Break Proposed for Stimulus Bill
Levin and Dorgan note that repatriation was attempted with questionable success in 2004, as part of George W. Bush's third tax-cut bill in four years. Democrats criticized the tax break at that time as unfairly skewed towards companies that outsource jobs.
"The facts simply don't support the claim that giving a tax holiday to companies with offshore profits will benefit the country and boost our economy," Dorgan said in a statement released with Levin. But can the duo convince other Democrats to beat back the Boxer-Ensign proposal this week? Here's a look at their complete argument against repatriation:
Impact on U.S. Jobs and Domestic Investment. Proponents assert that repatriation will result in an increase in U.S. jobs and domestic investment. Yet, according to [a] January 2009 CRS analysis, "While empirical evidence is clear that this provision resulted in a significant increase in repatriated earnings, empirical evidence is unable to show a corresponding increase in domestic investment or employment." Instead, as the CRS analysis shows, the top repatriating corporations closed down facilities and made massive job cuts. Another study found that many corporations who benefited from this tax break used the money to repurchase their own stock, which had no impact on job creation. Evidence is needed to show how a new round of repatriated funds would produce new jobs or domestic investment, since the last round failed to do so.Impact on U.S. Tax Revenues. Proponents assert that the $312 billion repatriated in 2005 represented funds that would not have otherwise been brought back into the United States and so produced new tax revenue. But, a Joint Committee on Taxation staff case study concluded that "the data belie this assertion." In addition, the score for the proposed repatriation provision is expected to project that it will cost the government billions of dollars in lost tax revenues.
Benefits Favor Corporations Engaged in Outsourcing. Data suggests that the 2004 repatriation tax holiday may have benefited only a narrow group of corporations that sent jobs, facilities, or funds offshore. In 2005, for example, five companies (Pfizer, Merck, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson and IBM) brought back 28% of total $312 billion repatriated. The top 15 repatriating companies accounted for over half of that total. This data indicates that reduced-rate repatriations may unfairly benefit a small group of large corporations that conduct business offshore, while imposing a competitive disadvantage on companies that keep jobs, facilities, and earnings within the United States.
Supporting Offshore Tax Havens. Most of the funds repatriated under the 2005 holiday came from "tax haven" or low tax jurisdictions, including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Research is needed to better understand the reasons why these jurisdictions were favored, and to determine whether repatriation tax holidays encourage U.S. companies to do business in and financially support offshore tax havens with secrecy laws and practices that impede U.S. tax enforcement.
Encouraging Offshore Profits. The January 2009 CRS analysis determined that multinational corporations are attributing their profits to tax havens at a far greater rate than before the 2004 repatriation provision [became law]. Research is needed to determine whether companies are reporting greater offshore profits due to expanded offshore operations or instead due to greater reliance on tax avoidance schemes such as aggressive transfer pricing, and whether repatriation tax holidays encourage U.S. companies to engage in more offshore business, more offshore tax abuses, or both.


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Below are poems written by poet Christopher Stones. Click the Next or Previous links below the poem to navigate between poems. Remember, Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth. Thank you.
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Literally lying to millions just prove a point We can't conceive of victory unless we have someone to anoint The idolization of mythic heroes is a constant story We can all take part of this myth and receive the glory For better or for worse we are humans We choose to feel better than every other, banking on our base demand! We can't all be right, surge of the insane We are inconsistent creatures just trying to stay sane This is the human race, take it or leave it We fight hard, reasonable or not, it's win or quit
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Oncology, General Surgery, Transplantation, Intestinal Rehabilitation
On staff since December 1995
Children's Title: Division Chief, Transplantation
Academic Title: Associate Professor of Surgery
Research Center: Center for Clinical and Translational Research
"The most rewarding part of my job is to see extremely ill children with end organ failure returned to good health after a successful transplant."
Patrick Healey, MD, is chief of transplantation in the Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery Division at Seattle Children's Hospital. Healey received his MD from the Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Healey is one of the few surgeons in the nation doubly trained in both pediatric surgery and transplantation. Because of this, Dr. Healey has unique expertise in the surgery of the liver and biliary tract in children. He leads one of the most successful pediatric transplant programs in the nation with outstanding results in liver, kidney and small bowel transplantation. Transplantation services are part of a multidisciplinary group including hepatologists, nephrologists and gastroenterologists. He completed his general surgery residency at the Hartford Hospital and completed fellowship training in abdominal transplantation at the University of Washington and in pediatric surgery at Seattle Children's. Healey has expertise and training in pediatric transplantation, specifically liver, kidney and intestine. He is a member of the UNOS Organ Availability Committee (2007-2008) and the UNOS Pediatric Committee (2005-2007). His clinical and research interests include transplantation in infants and small children, neonatal surgery, congenital anomalies and pediatric tumors.
Dr. Patrick Healey is our guardian angel, he is an amazing professional and human been, he and the whole liver transplant team made possible my daughter treatment and recovery before and after live transplantation. I highly recommend him and the liver transplant team at Seattle Children's hospital.
My family and I met Dr. Healey March of 2000. I had a conditon call Autoimmune hepatitis, which caused my liver to faily and become cirosis. So I was in need of a liver transplant. Dr. Healey is so compassionate that he talked us through on what was going to happen and he made himself very available to us. My transplant was 5/15/2000 and the surgery went perfect. My family and such strong faith that Dr. Healey and his team will take care of me. Dr. Healey was pleased on how well my body was functioning after the liver was put in. My family and I are so greatful that he was my physican and I will recommend anyone to him and his team of Drs. They will treat your children as if their were theres. 12 years and doing awesome.
On January 13, 2012, our son, Quentin, had to have emergency surgery for a perforated colon. He has Crohn's. He had the surgery in Yakima, but was medivacked to Seattle Children's Hospital that night. We almost lost him on the way, but when Quentin got there, there was Dr. Healey waiting for him. Dr. Healey and his staff stayed by Quentin's side throughout his stay. He was in the ICU for 6 weeks and Dr. Healey saved his life 2 more times. We spent a total of 3 months and 2 days at SCH and Dr. Healey was looking over him the whole time. We called him our Dr. God, because he had healing hands. There is no way we can ever thank him for what he did for our son and he will always be in our prayers for those healing hands to take care of other children. Quentin still has a long way to go, but we know that Dr. Healey will be there for us when decisions need to be made. We love you, Dr. Healey and your staff and SCH.
On Sep 19t 2007 my wife gave Birth to a set of Twins, Khalil and Kellen. Khalil was born with a TEF, (Basically his esophagous was connected to his trachea instead of his throat) The second day of his life, Dr. Healey performed a corrective surgery that saved his life and his enabled him to live a completely healthy and normal life. God Bless this man for what he did for my family and many others! Brandon King RN
Dr.Healey and Dr.Ledbetter performed a Whipple procedure on my 14 month old son and helped to save his life along with many other professionals at Children's Hospital. It is hard to believe what these doctors are capable of. We can't thank them enough! We will continue to pray for the miracles these amazing doctors accomplish :)
Dr Healy saved my Grandson's life with a multiple organ transplant. Our family owes so much to him and his Transplant Team - Thank You Dr H!!
Dr Healey saved my daughter life! He was directly involved with all of my girl"s surgery's, and he performed miracles daily. If your at Children's right know I'm sorry, but it gets better. Believe in Dr Healey ( He's amazing!)
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Routes : North America : United States : Kentucky : East : Red River Gorge (Climbing) : Shady Grove : Which is which?
Which is which? - 5.11c
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Crank through a steep start for a few bolts to a hand ledge. Continue up a more vertical face to the overhanging headwall. Conquer the headwall and clip the chains.
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I was mightily proud of myself for not wimping out on the first steep section, and sticking a little dyno after the 3rd bolt. There are couple of no-hands rests in the top section, making it very casual compared to the starting headwall. But I managed to mess up the sequence at the last bolt, tried to clip from way low, wasted a lot of energy on it, and took a fall. Next time!
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Frustrated Chinese complain to Obama
BEIJING The Chinese people would like President Barack Obama to stop an oil refinery from being built in southern China, endorse sweet-flavored tofu and reopen an 18-year-old criminal probe of a poisoning case. And while he's at it, if he wouldn't mind mobilizing U.S. troops to liberate Hong Kong, as well as China as a whole, that'd be great.
In a strange and diplomatically awkward turn of events, citizens have flocked to the White House website over the past week to lodge formal petitions, many of them directed against their government.
Some of the signatures – more than 168,000 total on the various petitions as of Thursday – were undoubtedly posted in jest, but many more, Chinese online users say, reflect a sincere sense of powerlessness.
Comments critical of the government are banned on Chinese Web forums. And while each provincial capital maintains a petitions office, and thousands of people travel to Beijing each year to report wrongdoing by local officials, such petitioners are often intercepted by thugs hired by those same local officials. They are held at "black sites," at times beaten, then hauled back to their home provinces – a practice that is itself the subject of petitions by human rights groups.
So as the link to the White House petition website went viral this week on Weibo microblogs – the Chinese equivalent of Twitter – all that pent-up frustration found sudden release.
The case that jump-started the fad was an unsolved attack almost two decades ago on a college student named Zhu Ling. In 1995, Zhu was left severely disabled after a suspected thallium poisoning. Her roommate, Sun Wei, who had access to thallium at the university, was a suspect. But she also happened to be the granddaughter of a high-ranking official believed to have close ties with then-President Jiang Zemin. No charges were filed, and Sun disappeared.
The incident resurfaced last month after another student was poisoned. Comments turned bitter as bloggers recalled Sun as an example of a rich, well-connected elite getting away with attempted murder.
The government censored Zhu's name online, and someone filed a White House petition demanding that Sun be deported from the U.S., where many Chinese bloggers believe she lives. Soon after that, residents blocked from online opposition to a chemical plant in the southern city of Kunming adopted the tactic. Someone urged commemoration of those killed during the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests, one of China's most heavily censored topics.
But it didn't take long for the petitions to devolve into the absurd.
On Thursday, as some petitioners called for a U.S. ban on Beijing fried pancakes, some bloggers tweeted worries that the White House might start filtering their complaints, as China's government has done for so long.
"If only we had more opportunities to express ourselves, we would gradually be more and more mature," one blogger explained.
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New Couple saying hello!
Hey, guys!
We're really excited about joining this forum, and getting to know all sorts of new things!
My husband and I are VERY new to having fish as our pets. Everything and everyone on here looks so smart and knowledgeable! I can't wait to start looking around.
I want to introduce our fishes too! We have 2. Tina is our Oranda Goldfish, and Mr Miyagi is a Cory Catfish. (uploading pictures soon!)


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users will be prompted to hit the + button to add the app's button to their springboard (aka home screen), this facilitates full screen '1-Click' access.
This web app is primarily designed for the iPhone, but should also work on a wide variety of other mobile devices including Android phones.
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text: Do you ever sound goofy talking to your dog? I do! Here's proof. On-Air Weekday Mornings 4 am - 10 amT.A. started in radio in 1995 (18 years). In 2005 he joined the cast of The Mo and Sally Morning Show. He is the trouble maker of with a happy-go-lucky heart. There's a reason people say, "It could only happen to T.A." Drama and tall-tales follow him around like the plague. T.A. just bought his first home and loves putting time and energy in to improving it. Just ask him about it he won't stop talking!T.A. is the definition of contradictions.• Being a guy's guy and a Pottery Barn enthusiast. • Drinking Miller Lite and Juicing• Knows-it-all but is wrong about everything• Love Star Trek/Star Wars and Julia Roberts Movies• T.A. constantly struggles between being a grown-up and a frat-boy. • Fan of the Cardinals, Cowboys, and Broadway Shows• Has a dog that loves him and a cat that loathes him.• Drama queen and a peace maker• Takes a ton of old man pills but kick boxes everyday.• Likes to cook recipes from Coastal Living Magazine and Camping in Missouri with his college buddies.T.A. has won the Kravis Center's Dancing With The Local Stars, Feast of Little Italy's Cheese building competition (twice).T.A. supports the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Rotary Club, Big Dog Ranch Rescue, and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.Credits• Late Show With David Letterman (Research) – New York, New York• KYTV Midday News – Springfield, Missouri• KYOO AM and FM – Bolivar, Missouri• The Randi Rhodes Show – New York, New York


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A motorcyclist and the driver of a pickup truck both died Wednesday afternoon after a collision at the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Barkley Road, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Traffic homicide detectives said the Honda motorcycle heading westbound on Beach Boulevard about 3:15 p.m. went into the intersection on a yellow light and a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck pulled away from a red light early.
The motorcycle struck the driver's door of the pickup.
The motorcyclist, Peter Hapsis, 26, died at the scene. Police said he was wearing a helmet.
The 71-year-old driver of the pickup truck, Nur Emin Emir, was taken to a hospital, where he died. Police said they have not determined if he was wearing a seat belt or if alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash.
The westbound lanes of Beach between Kline and Eve were closed for hours after the crash.
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I'm sorry, but it is not clear - what is your question?
I also sent question re: daytime meds. I am hearing that my meds may not be correct and I hear that Seroquel (although very effective for me) can effect liver.
Seems to be controversy over my meds. Please review the second question pending that also outlines my prior and current conditions.
Any medicine has possible side effects, so should never be used unless there is benefit that outweighs the risk for side effects. It is true that Seroquel can affect the liver, but that only occurs in a small percentage of patients. None of your other conditions or medicines are a contraindication to using this medicine. If the medicine is working for you, then you should continue taking it, but your doctor will want to monitor for potential side effects for as long as you need to be taking it.
Seroquel is not necessarily used for sleep. Its mainly used for bipolar disorder , schizophrenia, and an adjunct medication for major depressive disorder if really needed. There are other things that can be given for sleep (only to be used temporarily ) if that is the main issue. Also keppra, one of the medications you are taking, has a possible side effect of depression as some of the other antiepileptics. Seroquel is notorious for weight gain among many other side effects.
Please see the following for a complete drug information for seroquel.
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