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Statement by Purna Sen,
Director, Asia-Pacific Programme, Amnesty International
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It violates the right to life. It is irrevocable. It can be and has been inflicted on the innocent. To move towards a world where human rights are protected and respected those counties that still execute must abolish this penalty. A world where human rights are real is a world without executions. What will be Asia's part in this journey? What will be said of South Korea?
We meet today on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the fourth of its kind, called by the World Coalition against the Death Penalty. This grouping of lawyers, NGOs including Amnesty International, trade unions, local governments from across the world, is an important umbrella for work to abolish the death penalty. Last year saw 263 actions all over the world on 10 October. This year we bring an added dimension to the power of this global call with a focus on Asia and the Pacific, through the launch of the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN). This network brings together voices of those fighting for human rights and against the death penalty across various countries in this region.
Trend towards abolition
In April 2006 Amnesty International estimated that 20000 people were on death row throughout the world. They wait to be killed by their own governments. Despite the shocking figures, the trend towards abolition is clear: the number of countries carrying out executions halved in the last 20 years and has dropped for the fourth consecutive year.
Progress towards global abolition has been dramatic. In 1977, just 16 countries had abolished capital punishment for all crimes. Today the figure stands at 88:
• 88 countries and territories have abolished the death penalty for all crimes;
• 11 countries have abolished the death penalty for all but exceptional crimes such as wartime crimes;
• 30 countries can be considered abolitionist in practice: they retain the death penalty in law but have not carried out any executions for at least the previous 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions,
This is a total of 129 countries which have abolished the death penalty in law or practice.
In Asia this trend towards abolition has not been as strong or clear as in the rest of the world. In fact, it could be said that Asia has bucked this trend
The region contains countries with high rates of executions and rare prospects of abolition. Several Asian countries, including Japan, China, Singapore and Indonesia, appear to be staunch supporters of capital punishment. In 2005, China was one of four countries in which 94 per cent of all known executions took place (the others were Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA) and has the dubious 'honour' of being the country with the highest number of executions in the world. In China a person can be sentenced and executed for as many as 68 crimes, including non-violent crimes such as tax fraud, embezzlement and drug offences.
After fifteen months with no executions, Indonesia reaffirmed its preference for executions, with the killing of three men in September 2006. India has announced an October execution date after two years of no state killings (the date has since been postponed). Singapore continues to execute, despite high levels of concern and appeals for clemency from across the world; the state has killed 420 people since 1991. Hanging, shooting, lethal injection and stoning are methods used in Asia to carry out the death penalty.
It is in this context that today we are launching ADPAN – a network of local, Asian voices against the death penalty working together towards a region without state executions. The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) brings together 21 members from twelve countries and will campaign against the injustice inherent in the administration of the death penalty in Asia and the Pacific. Today's launch is marked by a range of activities across the region. These include
A public outreach action to raise awareness of the death penalty in various countries
The launch of a national coalition against the death penalty in Indonesia, that will be marked by a candlelight vigil
A pubic education activity day in Hong Kong
A demonstration outside Bankwang prison in Thailand, at which messages from prisoners on death row will be shared
Website blogs against the death penalty in Malaysia and Australia
As part of ADPAN, Amnesty International will launch a website today where ADPAN members talk about the death penalty in their countries and where other regional information is available
In the light of the President's stated goal of 'zero executions' Amnesty International has also written to the Taiwanese government, on the occasion of their national day and the world day against the death penalty, to urge abolition.
Asia is indeed a diverse region but moves against the death penalty are increasingly united, as ADPAN demonstrates. We also note, with great pleasure, the recent abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines and congratulate the government for taking this step. Such leadership in the region is very welcome and increases the number of abolitionist countries, to include Nepal, Bhutan, Samoa, Australia and New Zealand, Cambodia, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, Timor-L'este. The work to win abolition in more Asian and Pacific countries will continue and will learn from the examples set by those countries that have lead the way.
Secrecy and doubt surround the death penalty in Asia. Many governments, like China, refuse to publish full official statistics on executions while Viet Nam has even classified statistics and reporting on the death penalty as a 'state secret'. Statistics on executions and prisoners on death row are very hard to elicit from the Indian government. If the claim that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime surely governments would be making them public: how often they execute and for what crimes. The absence of transparency, however, suggests shame; secrecy indicates that the state has something to hide and robs the people of the chance to see what their governments are doing and to hold them to account.
Crime and the death penalty
The death penalty is not the unique or powerful deterrent against crime it is often claimed to be. Instead of relying on the illusion of control given by the death penalty, governments must focus on developing effective measures against crime.
Studies have consistently failed to find convincing evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than other punishments. Reviewing the evidence on the relation between changes in the use of the death penalty and homicide rates, a study conducted for the United Nations in 1988 and updated in 2002 concluded that fears of sudden increases in crime rates as a consequence of abolition are not supported by statistics.
Crime figures from abolitionist countries fail to show that abolition has harmful effects. In Canada, for example, the homicide rate per 100,000 population fell from a peak of 3.09 in 1975, the year before the abolition of the death penalty for murder, to 2.41 in 1980, and since then it has declined further. In 2003, 27 years after abolition, the homicide rate was 1.73 per 100,000 population, 44 per cent lower than in 1975 and the lowest rate in three decades.
It is not the death penalty that inhibits crime but the knowledge that an effective and prompt criminal justice system will investigate and prosecute crime. This is what states must deliver as an effective element of crime reduction strategies; a reliance on the death penalty is not a substitute.
Use of the death penalty today is a failure of justice and a dangerous conclusion to trial processes that are deeply flawed. The death penalty is an irreversible act – a cruel and inhuman punishment indeed. But where the criminal justice process that preceeds state execution is itself flawed the penalty becomes even more indefensible. Allegations of torture and reliance on confessions make convictions questionable and have featured in death penalty cases in Asian countries. The alleged murder victims in cases where the accused have been executed have even re-emerged, sometimes after the execution of the so-called murderer.
South Korea
ADPAN held its inaugural meeting July 2006 and decided that an appropriate launch would be in South Korea, where the potential for an impressive step lies in the hands of the present government. By launching in Seoul, ADPAN draws attention today to the Special Bill to abolish the death penalty, introduced in 2004 and still awaiting its review by the Legal and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly. South Korea has strengthened its human rights work in the Ministry of Justice, has introduced the language of human rights into public discussion and most likely will provide the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The eyes of the world are upon this country: will South Korea now deliver on the promises it has made to human rights by showing leadership on that most basic right – the right to life – by abolition of the death penalty? Or will it remain among those countries whose names are shamefully associated with the unjust and outdated practice of the death penalty?
Since the mass state execution of 23 people in December 1997, South Korea has not carried out further executions; 64 people remain on death row. The 15th and 16th National Assemblies considered Special Bills to abolish the death penalty but parliamentary time for debate lapsed before discussion had progressed. The National Assembly again showed in 2005 the strength in this country of the pro-abolition voice. ADPAN calls upon the government, upon the National Assembly, to demonstrate a leadership role in Asia by ending the death penalty not only in practice but in law. Courageous steps have been already been taken; this opportunity cannot be wasted. South Korea must show itself to be a nation progressing towards the full protection of human rights by legal abolition of the death penalty.
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The Seven Best Lines From 'Professional Adventurer' John Fairfax's Crazy Obit
John Fairfax died in his home in Nevada on February 8th, at 74-years-old. Today, the New York Times ran his obituary and it is pretty great, as far as obituaries go.
Here are the seven best lines condensed into one easy-to-read, no subscription necessary, listicle.
- At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle.
- At 20, despondent over a failed love affair, resolved to kill himself by letting a jaguar attack him.
- To please his mother, who did not take kindly to his being a pirate, he briefly managed a mink farm, one of the few truly dull entries on his otherwise crackling résumé, which lately included a career as a professional gambler.
- Aboard were provisions (Spam, oatmeal, brandy); water; and a temperamental radio.
- Mr. Fairfax was bitten on the arm by a shark, and he and Ms. Cook became trapped in a cyclone, lashing themselves to the boat until it subsided. Unreachable by radio for a time, they were presumed lost.
- "I'm after a battle with nature, primitive and raw."
- In recent years, Mr. Fairfax made his living playing baccarat, the card game also favored by James Bond.

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19.15 Electricity Supply, Key Data Items, 2006-07 and 2007-08
Electricity distribution had the highest IVA for electricity supply activity in 2007-08, at $7.3b (graph 19.16), followed by electricity generation at $5.0b. Electricity on-selling had the highest sales and service income at $16.0b, followed by electricity distribution at $13.8b and electricity generation at $11.2b. Electricity distribution had the highest wages and salaries at $2.8b, followed by electricity generation at $1.1b.
19.16 ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, by ACTIVITY, Key Data Items, 2007-08
Diagram 19.17 shows the physical flow of electricity through the electricity supply chain in 2007-08.
19.17 Electricity supply chain physical flow of electricity gigawatt hours (gwh), 2007-08
Natural gas supply chain
The gas supply chain begins with extracting gas from wells. The extracted gas is processed to separate the methane from the liquids and other gases that may be present, and to remove any impurities. The gas extracted from a well can be used on site as a fuel for electricity generation or for other purposes.
High pressure transmission pipelines are used to transport gas from the source of extraction over long distances from production fields to major demand centres. Distribution pipelines deliver gas from points along the transmission pipelines to industrial customers and from gate stations to consumers in cities, towns and regional communities.
Often retailers act as intermediaries in the supply chain. They enter into contracts for wholesale gas, transmission and distribution services and package the services together for on-sale to industrial, commercial and residential consumers.
Unlike electricity, natural gas can be stored, usually in depleted gas reservoirs, or it can be converted to a liquefied form for storage in purpose-built facilities. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is transported by ship to export markets. It is also possible to transport LNG by road or pipeline.
There was an increase in the value of all three key financial data items for businesses engaged in gas supply activity between 2006-07 and 2007-08 (diagram 19.17). IVA increased from $20.3b in 2006-07 to $21.4b in 2007-08, sales and service income increased from $28.3b in 2006-07 to $30.6b in 2007-08, and wages and salaries increased from $1.3b in 2006-07 to $1.6b in 2007-08.
Gas extraction had clearly the highest value for gas supply activity for 2007-08 for both IVA and sales and service income ($19.4b for IVA, and $22.3b for sales and service income) (graph 19.18).
Diagram 19.20 shows the physical flow of gas through the gas supply chain in 2007-08.
Full details are in Alternative View of Electricity and Gas Supply Activity, Australia (4647.0).
Energy accounts
Supply and use of energy products in Australia, 2001-02 to 2006-07
Australia's total energy use increased by 15% for the period 2001-02 to 2006-07 (from 18,538 PJ to 21,363 PJ). Manufacturing, along with the electricity, gas and water industries were the largest domestic energy users in 2006-07 (around one-third each), while households made up a further one-eighth.
Over half of household energy use was on fuels such as petrol, diesel and LPG, about one quarter was on electricity, and the remainder on products such as natural gas, biomass and solar energy.
In its first attempt at presenting both physical and monetary aspects of energy use, the ABS found that the manufacturing industry was the largest user of electricity in 2004-05 at 313 petajoules (86.9 billion kilowatt hours), with an experimental value of $3,585m, while households used 215 petajoules (59.7 billion kilowatt hours), with an experimental value of $7,818m. Manufacturing had the largest share of oil and gas (around 80% for both physical and monetary use, graph 19.19). Households had the largest electricity cost (about a third of total electricity cost), while only using about a fifth of total electricity use (diagram 19.20).
Full details are in ABS Energy Account, Australia (4604.0).
Energy intensity measures for selected Australian industries
Overall there has been a decrease in energy intensity for all industries over the last 30 years (graph 19.21). However, energy intensity in mining has doubled over the last 30 years due to a number of factors (graph 19.22). In contrast, there have been large decreases in energy intensity in other industries, such as construction (74%) and transport (50%).
Full details are in ABS Energy Account, Australia (4604.0).


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The Queens Riddle
Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. He asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there... any tips you can give to me?"
"Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." Obama frowned, and then asked, "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?"
The Queen took a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle." The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Please ... See More send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walked into the room and said, "Yes, Your Majesty?" The Queen smiled and said, "Answer me this please, Tony, your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answered, "That would be me."
"Yes! Very good," said the Queen.
Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice the same question. "Joe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?" "I'm not sure," said Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one..." He went to his advisors and asked every one, but none could give him an answer.
Finally, he ran into Sarah Palin out eating one night. Biden asked, "Sarah, can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Sarah Palin answered back, "That's easy, it's me!"
Biden smiled, and said, "Thanks!" Then, he went back to speak with Obama. "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Sarah Palin!"
Obama got up, stomped over to Biden, and angrily yelled into his face, "No! You idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
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Robert S. Keebler
CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished), CGMA
Robert S. Keebler, CPA/PFS, MST, AEP (Distinguished), CGMA is a partner with Keebler & Associates, LLP and is a 2007 recipient of the prestigious Accredited Estate Planners (Distinguished) award from the National Association of Estate Planning Counsels. He has been named by CPA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners in the United States and one of the Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know During a Recession. Mr. Keebler is the past Editor-in-Chief of CCH's magazine, Journal of Retirement Planning, and a member of CCH's Financial and Estate Planning Advisory Board. His practice includes family wealth transfer and preservation planning, charitable giving, retirement distribution planning, and estate administration. Mr. Keebler frequently represents clients before the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the private letter ruling process and in estate, gift and income tax examinations and appeals.
In the past 20 years, he has received over 150 favorable private letter rulings including several key rulings of "first impression." Mr. Keebler is nationally recognized as an expert in estate and retirement planning and works collaboratively with other experts on academic reviews and papers, and client matters. Mr. Keebler is the author of over 75 articles and columns and editor, author, or co-author of many books and treatises on wealth transfer and taxation, including the Warren, Gorham & Lamont of RIA treatise Esperti, Peterson and Keebler/Irrevocable Trusts: Analysis with Forms.
Mr. Keebler is a member of the editorial board of the Society of Financial Service Professionals "Keeping Current" series. He is a featured columnist for CCH's Taxes Magazine – "Family Tax Planning Forum," Steve Leimberg's "News of the Week Newsletter" and the Bureau of National Affairs Tax Division. Bob also had his article "Is That Your 'Final' Answer?" published in Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal. Bob frequently is quoted in national publications such as New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Barrons, Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Financial Advisor, Forbes, Kiplinger, Lawyer's Weekly, On Wall Street, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Wealth Manager and Worth in addition to many local and regional newspapers.
He is a frequent speaker for legal, accounting, insurance and financial planning groups throughout the United States at seminars and conferences on advanced IRA distribution strategies, estate planning and trust administration topics including the AICPA's Advanced Estate Planning, Personal Financial Planning Conference and Tax Strategies for the High Income Individual Conference.
Mr. Keebler graduated (cum laude) from Lakeland College with a degree in Accountancy and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee with a Masters in Taxation. Before practicing in Northeastern Wisconsin, he practiced with Price Waterhouse where he concentrated in taxation.


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Blue Origin wants to fly under the radar all the way into space.
The secretive private spaceflight firm, which was established in 2000 by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is developing systems to launch astronauts to both suborbital and orbital space. While Blue Origin releases details about its plans and progress sparingly, the company's basic business model has come out.
It all revolves around reusable rockets and spacecraft, developed in incremental steps.
"It's really about developing and using vertical powered landing to drive reusable systems that can increase reliability and lower cost," Rob Meyerson, the company's president and program manager, said in a rare public presentation last September at a conference in Long Beach, Calif.
"We believe our incremental, long-term approach is going to develop the systems and technologies and vehicles that'll result in safe and affordable human spaceflight," added Meyerson, who spoke at Space 2011, a meeting organized by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. [Photos: Blue Origin's Secretive Spaceship]
Working with NASA
Blue Origin is one of four companies that have received funding through NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program, which seeks to spur the advancement of American private spaceflight capabilities. The other three firms are Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp.
CCDev's goal is to help get a handful of companies up and running as soon as safely possible, so the United States has its own way to send astronauts to the International Space Station and other destinations in low-Earth orbit. Since NASA's space shuttle fleet was grounded in 2011, the nation has relied on Russia's Soyuz vehicles to perform this taxi service.
Blue Origin got $3.7 million in 2010 in the first round of grants, called CCDev-1, and another $22 million last year under CCDev-2. The company is designing, developing and testing systems for both suborbital and orbital human spaceflight. [Blue Origin's Secretive Space Vehicle Explained (Infographic)]
Suborbital comes first.
"We're beginning with suborbital as a means to gain that experience, gain that practice that'll lead on to orbital human spaceflight," Meyerson said.
Suborbital: New Shepard
Blue Origin's suborbital vehicle is called New Shepard. The name is a nod to NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, who became the first American in space when he launched on a brief suborbital flight on May 5, 1961.
New Shepard consists of two reusable parts: a crew capsule and a propulsion module. A few minutes after liftoff, the propulsion module separates and heads back to Earth, eventually making a vertical, rocket-powered landing near the launch site (Blue Origin's private spaceport about 25 miles north of tiny Van Horn, Texas).
The crew module, which is designed to carry three or more people, coasts on to the edge of space before returning to Earth as well, its descent slowed by parachutes.
Blue Origin envisions multiple uses for New Shepard. It could carry tourists interested in experiencing microgravity and seeing the curvature of Earth against the blackness of space. The company also hopes scientists will book flights on the vehicle to take experiments up to space.
When it's fully developed, New Shepard should allow people to get to space relatively quickly and efficiently, according to company officials.
"The system design is optimized for rapid turnaround with a very small ground crew," Meyerson said. "We're talking tens of people, as opposed to thousands in previous reusable vehicles."
Blue Origin has conducted a handful of flights with suborbital test vehicles since 2006, including two in 2011. The second of last year's flights, which took place on Aug. 24, resulted in failure; the "PM2" vehicle crashed after reaching an altitude of about 45,000 feet (14,000 meters).
Orbital: The Space Vehicle
Blue Origin is also working on a manned vessel for orbital flight, a biconic craft called the Space Vehicle (SV).
"This development builds on our suborbital New Shepard crew capsule development," Meyerson said. "The lessons we learn in that program roll directly into the SV, the orbital system development."
The Space Vehicle is designed to transport up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit, though it can also carry a mix of cargo and crew, Meyerson said. When the spaceship comes back to Earth, Blue Origin wants it to touch down on land, with water landings as a backup.
Blue Origin is designing a reusable first-stage booster to help get the Space Vehicle to orbit. Like New Shepard's Propulsion Module, this rocket will return to Earth and make a vertical, powered landing.
"Then the orbital booster can be refueled and launched again, allowing improved reliability and lowering the cost of human access to space," Blue Origin officials write on the company's website.
Blue Origin doesn't release schedules or timelines of its projected progress. But Meyerson said the Space Vehicle might be ferrying astronauts to and from the space station in less than five years if all goes well.
"In our proposal with the government funding that we laid out, we believe [operations could begin] between 2016 and 2018," he said.
NASA dominated American human spaceflight for more than 50 years, but in the 21st century, private spaceflight companies are building new space taxis to launch more people into orbit. SPACE.com looked at the major players in the commercial spaceflight race in our recent series: The Private Space Taxi Race. This is Part 4 in that series.
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Primetime Ratings Report For the week of October 29, 2007 (Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings)
ABC Defeats an NFL Overrun-Boosted CBS to Win the Week in Adults 18-49, Ranking as the No. 1 Network for the 4th Time in the 6 Weeks This Season
ABC Airs 7 of the Week's Top 20 TV Shows in Adults 18-49, the Most
For Any Net, Including the Top 2 Series with "Grey's" and "Housewives"
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" is Monday's Top Draw for the Sixth Straight Week, Delivering TV's Second-Most-Watched Telecast of the 2007-08 TV Season and
Marking ABC's Largest Non-Sports Audience in the Time Slot in Over 7 Years
Television's Most-Watched Sitcom, ABC's "Samantha Who?" is Up
Week to Week in Viewers and Delivers a Series High Among Adults 18-34
ABC's "The Bachelor" Scores Season Highs in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49
ABC's Annual Telecast of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" Wins Tuesday
At 8pm in Adults 18-49, Drawing the Peanuts Classic's Largest Audience in 4 Years
Tuesday's Most-Watched TV Show, ABC's "DWTS the Results Show" Outdraws Fox's "House" for the First Time This Season, with Season Highs in Viewers, Teens and Kids
ABC's "Boston Legal" Tallies its Biggest Tuesday Audience in More than 1-1/2 Years
"Pushing Daisies" Dominates Wednesday's 8pm Hour in Viewers and Adults 18-49,
Qualifying as the Top-Rated Series in its Slot with Key Adults on All 5 of its Airings
For Six Weeks Straight, "Private Practice" is Wednesday's Top Series in Adults 18-49
Taking Second in its Slot to CBS' Veteran "C.S.I.: NY," ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" Bests NBC's Competing 10pm Freshman Drama, "Life," by its Biggest Margins Yet
Growing its Adult 18-49 Audience for the Second Week in a Row, "Ugly Betty"
Wins in Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34 with its Top Numbers Since Season Premiere
Thursday's No. 1 TV Show in Adults 18-49 for the Sixth Consecutive Week, "Grey's Anatomy" Posts its Best Viewers and Young Adult Numbers Since its Season Opener
Friday's Most-Watched Television Show, ABC's "Women's Murder Club"
Leads Friday at 9pm in Total Viewers for the Fourth Consecutive Week
"Desperate Housewives" is Sunday's Top TV Series for the Sixth Straight Week
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For the 4th time in the 6 weeks so far this season, ABC qualified as the No. 1 network during primetime among Adults 18-49. ABC (3.6/10) beat out second-place CBS (3.5/10) for the week in the key sales demo, despite the boost that the Eye Net received in its weekly averages from an ultra-high-rated NFL overrun into Sunday's prime (New England-Indianapolis). NBC (3.0/8) and Fox (2.7/7) finished a distant third and fourth for the week in the key sales demo, respectively. ABC also ranked No. 1 for the week in Adults 18-34 (2.8/8 � tied w/NBC). For the 6th consecutive week this season, ABC was the definitive No. 1 network across all key women demographics, beating out its nearest competitors by considerable margins: W18-34 +41% (3.8/11 vs. 2.7/8 � Fox and CBS tied), W18-49 +23% (4.8/13 vs. 3.9/10 � CBS) and W25-54 +12% (5.6/14 vs. 5.0/12 � CBS).
� ABC attracted its largest audience (11.3 million) in 5 weeks � best since season premiere week (w/o 9/24/07).
Rankings: ABC claimed 7 of the week's Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49, more than any other network, including the Top 2 TV series with "Grey's Anatomy" and "Desperate Housewives": "Grey's Anatomy" � No. 1, "Desperate Housewives" � No. 2, "Dancing with the Stars-MON" � No. 8, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" � No. 15, "Brothers & Sisters" � No. 16, "Samantha Who?," � No. 18 and "Dancing with the Stars the Results-TU" � No. 20. The Network claimed 4 of the Top 6 most-watched television series, including the Top 2 with "Dancing with the Stars" and "Grey's Anatomy": "Dancing with the Stars-MON" � No. 1, "Grey's Anatomy" � No. 2, "Dancing with the Stars the Results-TU" � No. 5 and "Desperate Housewives" � No. 6. On Sunday ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" ranked as the No. 1 TV program during the 10 o'clock hour for the week among Adults 18-49 � tied with CBS' Monday telecast of "C.S.I.: Miami." ABC newcomer "Samantha Who?" emerged as TV's most-watched sitcom, drawing more viewers than CBS' "Two and a Half Men."
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year to year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating trends based on the Live + Same Day data stream may be somewhat distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has more than doubled from approximately 9% during the same point in 2006 up to nearly 21% currently. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. Therefore, the only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
With the Net's Monday night lineup featuring "Dancing with the Stars," "Samantha Who?" and "The Bachelor," ABC was the most-watched TV network on the night for the sixth week in a row, towering over second-place CBS by 4.8 million viewers (16.5 million vs. 11.7 million). Trailing only ESPN during prime with another high-rated "Monday Night Football" contest (Green Bay-Denver), ABC took second on the night in Adults 18-49 (4.7/12).
"Dancing with the Stars" (8:00-9:32 p.m.)
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" stood as Monday night's No. 1 program in Total Viewers (21.4 million), representing a season-high performance in viewers for the second straight week and ranking as the most-watched show of the night for the sixth week running. In addition, the broad skewing unscripted dance competition also stood as the No. 1 TV program of the evening in Women 18-49 (7.6/18), Adults 25-54 (6.6/15) and Women 25-54 (9.6/21).
� Drawing 21.4 million viewers, "Dancing with the Stars" stands as the second-most-watched telecast in prime for the 2007-08 TV season (behind only the season premiere of CBS' "C.S.I."). Additionally, the ABC telecast drew the Net's highest Total Viewer count in the time period in over 7 years � since 5/1/00, non-sports.
"Samantha Who?" (9:32-10:02 p.m.)
The season's No. 1 new comedy, ABC's "Samantha Who?" was up week to week in Total Viewers (14.2 million vs. 13.7 million) and hit a series high in Adults 18-34 (3.5/8). The new show again held 100% of its Adult 18-49 audience week to week (4.5/10). The comedy led its half-hour among Total Viewers and across each of the key Women demographics: Women 18-34 (5.2/12), Women 18-49 (6.7/15) and Women 25-54 (7.8/17).
� "Samantha Who?" built on its lead-in among Adults 18-34 (3.5/8 vs. 3.4/9) and Women 18-34 (5.2/12 vs. 4.9/13), ranking as the No. 1 TV program of the night in the latter measure.
"The Bachelor" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
Placing second in its hour to CBS veteran "C.S.I.: Miami," ABC's "The Bachelor" defeated NBC's "Journeyman" in the hour by 4.0 million viewers (9.8 million vs. 5.8 million) and by 64% in Adults 18-49 (3.6/9 vs. 2.2/6). The ABC unscripted series ranked No. 1 in its time slot among Women 18-34 (4.5/11).
� "The Bachelor" scored season-high numbers in both viewers and young adults with the Net's best performance in the hour in 5 months � since 5/21/07.
ABC stood as the most-watched television network on Tuesday evening (14.0 million), while taking second across the key adult demos: AD18-34 (2.3/7), AD18-49 (3.7/10) and AD25-54 (4.6/12).
� In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, ABC posted its best Tuesday in 5 weeks � since season premiere Tuesday on 9/25/07.
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
ABC's special annual telecast of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" won its time period among Adults 18-49, besting the second-place nets by 15% in the hour (3.8/11 vs. 3.3/9 � CBS and Fox tied). The animated Halloween special also held the No. 1 position in the hour among Women 18-49 (4.7/13), Women 18-34 (3.5/10-tie), Teens 12-17 (2.5/8) and Kids 2-11 (6.1/21). The Peanuts holiday classic first aired 41 years ago on October 27, 1966. In fact the show delivered the highest-rated telecast with Kids 2-11 for any program on the broadcast networks so far this season.
� "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" was up over its performance last year at this time (Friday, 10/27/06) by 3.6 million viewers (11.4 million vs. 7.8 million) and by 46% among Adults 18-49 (3.8/11 vs. 2.6/9). It was the largest audience for the Peanuts Halloween special in 4 years � since 10/28/03.
"Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" (9:00-10:02 p.m.)
For the first time this season, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" outdrew "House," topping the Fox drama by 1.6 million viewers to win the 9 o'clock hour (18.9 million vs. 17.3 million) and emerge as Tuesday's most-watched TV show. The ABC dancing results show delivered a solid second in the hour in Adults 18-49 (4.3/10) to Fox, beating out third-place NBC's "Biggest Loser" by 39% (3.1/7) and fourth-place CBS' "The Unit" by 59% (2.7/7). Actress and recording artist Sabrina Bryan was the sixth celebrity dancer to be eliminated from the competition this season.
� ABC's "DWTS the Results Show" increased its overall audience for the fourth straight week, achieving a season high with Total Viewers (18.9 million), Teens 12-17 (2.1/7) and Kids 2-11 (3.1/13).
"Boston Legal" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
ABC's "Boston Legal" stood as the most-watched show in the 10 o'clock hour, outdistancing its nearest competitor by 2.8 million viewers (11.4 million vs. 8.6 million � "L&O: SVU" replay). The ABC legal drama also ranked No. 1 in the time period among Adults 25-54 (4.1/10) and Adults 18-49 (3.0/8). "Boston Legal" beat CBS' third-place "Cane" by a best-ever 3.3 million viewers and by 50% in Adults 18-49 ("Cane" = 8.1 million and 2.0/5).
� "Boston Legal" delivered the series' biggest audience on the night in more than 1-1/2 years � 3/7/06.
For the fifth time in the six weeks this season, ABC ranked as the No. 1 network on Wednesday among Adults 18-49 (3.1/9-tie). ABC was also the highest-rated network on Halloween evening in Adults 18-34 (2.6/8) and across the key women demographics: W18-34 (3.8/12), W18-49 (4.2/12) and W25-54 (5.2/13).
Please note: Due to the nature of Halloween, as many viewers were preoccupied with festivities surrounding the holiday, overall TV usage declined substantially week to week. Versus the prior Wednesday, overall Household television usage dropped -7% (HUT = 58.6 vs. 63.2) and Adult 18-49 usage dropped by -11% (AD18-49 PUT = 34.7 vs. 38.8). Among Women 18-34, week to week TV usage declined an even sharper -15% (31.0 vs. 36.6).
"Pushing Daisies" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
"Pushing Daisies" dominated the 8 o'clock hour, beating out its nearest competitors by 1.9 million viewers (8.6 million vs. 6.7 million � CBS' "Kid Nation") and by 35% in Adults 18-49 (2.7/8 vs. 2.0/6 � CBS' "Kid Nation" and NBC's "Phenomenon" tied). In fact ABC's "Daisies" has been No. 1 television series in the 8 o'clock hour for five straight weeks (on each of its telecasts) across each of the adult demographics (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54).
"Private Practice" (9:00-10:02 p.m.)
ABC's "Private Practice" stood as Wednesday's No. 1 TV series with young adults for the sixth week in a row. Among Adults 18-49 during the 9 o'clock hour, ABC's "Private Practice" (3.8/10) defeated CBS' "Criminal Minds" by 6% (3.6/10) and NBC's second half of a 2-hour "Phenomenon" by 46% (2.6/7). In addition to standing as the highest-rated TV series of the night in Adults 18-49, "Private Practice" was also Wednesday's No. 1 TV program with Adults18-34, leading its nearest time slot competition by 48% (3.4/10 vs. 2.3/7 � NBC).
"Dirty Sexy Money" (10:02-11:00 p.m.)
Taking second to CBS' veteran "C.S.I.: NY," ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" defeated its freshman drama competition during the 10 o'clock hour, NBC's "Life," by a best-ever 2.5 million viewers (8.2 million vs. 5.7 million) and by 47% in Adults 18-49 (2.8/8 vs. 1.9/5). The new ABC series won its time period in Adults 18-34 (2.3/7) and Women 18-34 (3.2/10), qualifying as the No. 2 TV program of the evening on both counts, behind only "Private Practice."
� "Dirty Sexy Money" was up from the prior week among Men 18-49 (1.9/5 vs. 1.8/5) and Men 25-54 (2.3/6 vs. 2.2/6), with its best number in 3 weeks on the latter measure � since 10/10/07.
ABC won the opening night of the 2007 November Sweep among Adults 18-49 (5.1/13), its 4th time in the past 5 weeks to deliver the No. 1 position on the night. For the sixth week in a row, the Net took first place Thursday evening in Adults 18-34 (5.2/14) and across all key women demographics: W18-34 (7.6/19), W18-49 (7.3/17) and W25-54 (7.5/17).
� ABC delivered its top Total Viewer (12.6 million) and Adult 18-49 (5.1/13) numbers on Thursday in 3 weeks � since 10/11/07. The Net was up from the opening night of the '06 November Sweep in Adults 18-34 (5.2/14 vs. 5.0/14) and Women 18-34 (7.6/19 vs. 7.2/19).
"Ugly Betty" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
Taking second to CBS' "Survivor: China" from 8:00-9:00 p.m., ABC's "Ugly Betty" beat its comedy competition in the hour ("My Name is Earl") by 2.6 million viewers (9.9 million vs. 7.3 million) and by 6% in Adults 18-49 (3.4/9 vs. 3.2/9). "Betty" ranked No. 1 in its time slot by wide margins over second-place "Survivor: China" in Adults 18-34 (+13% - 3.5/10 vs. 3.1/9) and Women 18-34 (+51% - 5.3/14 vs. 3.5/9). In fact the ABC sophomore series won its time period for the sixth straight week with Women 18-34, ranking as Thursday's No. 2 TV show among its core audience of young women (behind only "Grey's Anatomy").
� For the second week in a row, ABC's "Ugly Betty" increased its Adult 18-49 delivery (3.4/9 vs. 3.3/9). The show posted its best ratings since its season premiere in Adults 18-34 and Women 18-34.
"Grey's Anatomy" (9:00-10:07 p.m.)
ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" ranked No. 1 during the 9 o'clock hour and stood as Thursday's top television program in Total Viewers (19.3 million) and across each of the key adult demographics: Adults 18-34 (8.4/21), Adults 18-49 (8.1/19) and Adults 25-54 (8.4/19). In fact it was the first time this season that "Grey's" has topped an original "C.S.I." in Total Viewers. The ABC medical drama beat out the CBS crime drama by a best-of-season 42% in Adults 18-49 (8.1/19 vs. 5.7/14). It's the sixth consecutive week that "Grey's Anatomy" has been Thursday's No. 1 program in the key young adult sales demographic.
� For the second straight Thursday, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" saw week-to-week gains in both Total Viewers (19.3 million vs. 18.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (8.1/19 vs. 7.4/18), turning in its top numbers since its season premiere on 9/27/07.
"Big Shots" (10:07-11:00 p.m.)
In the final hour of the night against veteran dramas on CBS ("Without a Trace") and NBC ("ER"), ABC's freshman "Big Shots" ranked No. 2 among Adults 18-34 (3.0/9) and Women 18-34 (3.9/11), ahead of CBS.
� "Big Shots" was up from the prior week among Adults 18-49 (3.1/8 vs. 3.0/8).
"Women's Murder Club" (9:00-10:02 p.m.)
Continuing to surge from its lead-in among viewers and young adults, ABC's "Women's Murder Club" stood as Friday's most-watched TV show and led the 9 o'clock hour for the fourth straight week, outdrawing CBS' second-place "Moonlight" by 2.0 million viewers (9.6 million vs. 7.6 million). The new ABC drama finished 11% ahead of NBC's competing sophomore drama, "Friday Night Lights," among Adults 18-49 (2.0/6 vs. 1.8/5).
� "Women's Murder Club" was up from the prior week by 8% in Total Viewers (9.6 million vs. 8.9 million) and by 5% among Adults 18-49 (2.0/6 vs. 1.9/6).
Competing on the evening against CBS with its ultra-high-rated NFL overrun into prime (dubbed the "mid-season Super Bowl" -- New England vs. Indianapolis) and NBC with "Sunday Night Football" (Dallas vs. Philadelphia), ABC won Sunday night for the 6th week in a row across the key women demographics: W18-34 (4.7/13), W18-49 (6.2/15) and W25-54 (7.0/16).
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
During the 8 o'clock hour, ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" placed first during its hour among Women 18-49 (6.0/14) and Women 25-54 (6.6/14).
"Desperate Housewives" (9:00-10:01 p.m.)
Sunday's No. 1 TV series for the sixth straight week in viewers and young adults, ABC's "Desperate Housewives" was the most-watched show in the 9 o'clock hour, outdrawing second-place NBC (18.6 million vs. 18.0 million).
� "Desperate Housewives" drew it largest audience in three weeks � since 10/14/07.
"Brothers & Sisters" (10:01-11:00 p.m.)
ABC's "Brothers & Sisters" defeated its drama competition in the final hour of Sunday's prime, CBS' combination of "Cold Case"/"Shark," by 59% in Adults 18-49 (4.6/13 vs. 2.9/8). The ABC sophomore drama won the hour across each of the key women demographics: W18-34 (5.0/15), W18-49 (6.6/17) and W25-54 (7.5/18).
A note about increasing DVR penetration and year to year rating comparisons: Year-to-year rating trends based on the Live + Same Day data stream may be somewhat distorted by the level of DVR penetration in the Nielsen sample, which has more than doubled from nearly 9% during the same point in 2006 to more than 20% currently. More viewers are watching shows on their own timetables, which may not be reflected in the overnight next day numbers. Therefore, the only truly valid year-to-year comparison would be one based on the Live + 7 Day metric, once those stats are released by Nielsen.
Source: Nielsen Media Research (National Live+Same Day Program Ratings), week of 10/29/07, unless stated otherwise.


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UN agencies are launching today a plan to improve the management of oceans and coastal areas. The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability sounds the alarm about the health of the oceans, and explains how they influence our everyday life by regulating the climate, providing highly-nutritious food and by sustaining livelihoods and economies. It recalls that although the ocean accounts for 70 per cent of the surface of our planet, only one per cent of it is protected.
Presented at UNESCO Headquarters during the 36th session of the General Conference, the Blueprint was prepared for consideration by the UN conference on sustainable development (Rio+20, June 2012).
It proposes a series of concrete measures to:
- Create a global blue carbon market as a means of creating direct economic gain through habitat protection
- Fill governance gaps in the high seas, by reinforcing the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea,
- Support the development of green economies in small island developing states
- Promote research on ocean acidification- how to adapt to it and mitigate it.
- Increase institutional capacity for scientific monitoring of oceans and coastal areas
- Reform and reinforce regional ocean management organisations
- Promote responsible fisheries and aquaculture in a green economy
- Strengthen legal frameworks to address aquatic invasive species
- "Green" the nutrient economy (fertilizers for example)
- Enhance coordination, coherence and effectiveness of the UN system on ocean issues
The Blueprint was prepared by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It emphasises that 60 per cent of the world's major marine ecosystems have been degraded or are being used unsustainably, resulting in huge economic and social losses. Mangrove forests have lost 30 to 50 per cent of their original cover while coral reefs have lost 20 per cent, increasing the vulnerability of many highly populated coastal areas. The ocean absorbs close to 26 per cent of atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions which is provoking acidification that is already threatening some varieties of plankton and poses a threat to the entire marine food chain and dependant socio-economic activities.
Some of these phenomena are not new but are aggravated by cumulative pressures such as climate change, intensified human activity and technological advances. Furthermore, ecosystems situated in the deep ocean, where biodiversity and habitats often have major value, but are generally not well understood, have virtually no protection at all.
The international community pledged to tackle these challenges at the Summits of Rio (1992) and Johannesburg (2002). However the commitments made remain largely ineffectual and their objectives have not been met. Such has been the case for the pledge to restore fish stocks to sustainable levels by 2015, and the promise to create networks of protected marine areas by 2012. Few countries have adopted legislation to reduce land-based marine pollution, leading to an increase in the number of dead ocean areas. More than 400 marine areas have been listed as "biologically dead" to date.
"The full implementation of many of these goals and targets will require further efforts by States, intergovernmental organizations and the international community," state the authors of the report. They claim the present situation is the result of insufficient political will and resources, inadequate institutional capacities, insufficient scientific data and market imbalances.
"Greening the Blue Economy will be science and technology driven," they conclude. "But success will depend on sound policy processes and effective institutional arrangements and will therefore require commitment and funding from the international community as well as nations and industry".
Links :
Full PDF document (pdf)
Summary (pdf)
10 Proposals for the Ocean
Sha Zukang, head of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, outlines the role these member-driven institutions play in helping poor people (UN Radio)
FAO's Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
FAO and RIO+20
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Med411 - healthcare information & directory
Med411 is a medical portal with the sole purpose to provide you with the health information that you require. By making the most of our thorough guide you can boost your confidence, and also, boost your general health by being in the knowhow of how to keep fit and healthy. In a society that is constantly running at a fast pace it is essential to have access to medical information that is concise and easy to navigate; Med411 is all those things and more.
Information is key to healthy living, which is why we give accurate and credible advice on how to deal with common ailments, be it the common cold or an abrasion, as well as information concerning more serious conditions like infertility. If it should come to it then you can also learn of treatments that may be of assistance to you, and we can also help you to understand when it is time to go and see a medical professional to get yourself checked out. Med411 should not be seen as a substitute for the expertise of a medical professional, but more as a helping hand. If you are concerned about any medical symptoms you are experiencing, then it is advised that you visit a medical professional as soon as possible.
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You are 8 Weeks and 3 Days Pregnant
Focus On... Health
Fit-not sick
If you're feeling particularly nauseous, try going for a brisk walk in the fresh air while concentrating on your breathing and posture. Sometimes frequent sips of water help these feelings, and will allow you to exercise longer. Regular exercisers may find that nausea is absent during exercise, although it may resume after the session.
Extreme nausea and vomiting can be a sign of overexercising. Always drink water before, during, and after any physical activity.
Acupressure wristbands
A simple solution to help relieve feelings of nausea is to wear acupressure wristbands. Available from pharmacists, these bands have been clinically tested in the treatment of pregnancy-induced nausea. Unlike anti-nausea drugs, they don't have any side effects and are easy to use.
The elastic bands, one worn on each arm, work by applying pressure on the Nei Kuan acupressure point (known as P6). They can be washed and reused as necessary.
You may be wondering when you'll wake up and no longer feel sick. HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin) levels, which may be responsible for feelings of nausea will begin to fall in about three weeks' time and most women begin to feel better then. For some women the sickness may continue beyond this time.
You may have just started to feel nauseous or your sickness may have begun weeks ago and now be worse, but by around week 12 you should be over the worst. Nausea that happens daily, especially if it is associated with fatigue, can be very wearing so try to remember that it's temporary. It's normal to have some morning sickness and you should be able to keep some foods and fluids down. However, for a small minority of pregnant women-about 1 percent-the vomiting is severe, occurring regularly and lasting over a period of weeks. This more serious form of morning sickness is called hyperemesis gravidarum and can lead to dehydration. Hospital treatment with intravenous fluids and anti-nausea drugs may be required to rehydrate you.
Seek advice from your doctor if you're concerned about the amount of times you're vomiting or if you're struggling to keep fluids and food down.
As A Matter Of Fact
About 70-80 percent of pregnant women suffer from morning sickness.
If you are one of the 20-30 percent who don't be thankful. You may get anxious if you're not feeling sick because it is such a common symptom, but don't worry and just count yourself lucky.
Pregnancy Day by DayBy Consultant Editor, Paula Amato, MD
Original source: Pregnancy Day by Day.
Copyright © 2008 Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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According to a new survey, most Europeans would be prepared to change their purchasing habits and buy more environmentally-friendly products, but many feel they lack information and distrust manufacturers' environmental claims. The survey on the "Attitudes of Europeans towards building the single market for green products" indicates that more than three-quarters of respondents are willing to pay more for environmentally-friendly products if they were confident that the products are truly environmentally-friendly (77%). However, only slightly more than half of EU citizens feel informed (55%) about the environmental impacts of the products they buy and use.
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "Of course we all want to see more green products on shelves, but this survey shows that most of us are confused by green claims and don't trust them. That's not good for consumers, and it is not rewarding those companies that are really making an effort. We are working with companies and other stakeholders to develop the credible information consumers are looking for when they buy products. This will help develop markets and open up opportunities for innovation and investment in the green economy."
A large majority of EU citizens believes that buying environmentally-friendly products can make a difference to the environment (89%) and that they are as effective as regular products (74%). Confidence that products labelled environmentally-friendly are less harmful to the environment is highest in Portugal (84%), Malta (82%), France (81%) and Belgium (81%). However, confidence is significantly lower in Germany (44%), Romania (46%) and the Netherlands (47%).
Just over half of EU citizens generally trust producers' claims about the environmental performance of their products (52%), but a majority of Europeans do not trust companies' reports on their own environmental performance (54%). EU citizens are most likely to believe that they have come across exaggerated or misleading statements in Romania (40%), Bulgaria (40%), Greece (39%) and Latvia (37%). This belief is least common in Malta (17%) and Estonia (20%). There is nonetheless strong support for obliging companies to publish reports on their overall environmental performance and the environmental performance of their products (69%).
Across the EU, two thirds of people (66%) would be willing to pay more for a product if its guarantee of reliability was extended to five years. More than nine out of ten respondents also think the expected lifespan of products should be indicated (92%). Almost half of all respondents had decided not to have a faulty product repaired in the past 12 months because the repair costs were too high (47%).
A considerable proportion of respondents believe that it is not safe to consume food products after its "best before" date (45%). This means that large amounts of edible food are wasted or thrown away every day. More than three quarters of citizens in Sweden (81%), Austria (77%) and the United Kingdom (77%) believe that it is safe to consume food products after the "best before" date stated on the label. This view is shared by fewer than one in five citizens in Romania (14%) and Lithuania (17%).


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A man charged with stealing food, clothing and other items from lakeside camps during his 27 years of living as a hermit in Maine is due in court on new burglary and theft charges.
Forty-seven-year-old Christopher Knight is to appear in Kennebec County Superior Court on Tuesday afternoon by video from the county jail. Other issues that could come up include appointment of his legal counsel and his bail.
Officials want to raise Knight's bail from $5,000 to $250,000, saying high bail is appropriate to prevent people interested in the case from exploiting him.
Police say Knight admitted to hundreds of burglaries over the years to obtain supplies for his makeshift camp in the woods in Rome.
Via: Fox News


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12/5/2005 at 12:36 PM
Sitting here feeling warm,
Watching the sun shine on my arm.
Without a job I bought more time,
The cost is starting to cross the line.
Do the chores clean the house,
This place is quiet as a mouse!
The snow is melting outside the door,
As winter passes like the year before.
Many changes the year has brought,
Many lessons have been taught.
To the kitchen to make a meal,
Wearing an apron & stiletto heels.


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Monday, 3 December 2012
Your Eminence, dear Brother Bishops,
Monsignor Hudson,
Students and Staff of the Venerable English College,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today to the Apostolic Palace, the House of Peter. I greet my Venerable brother, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, a former Rector of the College, and I thank Archbishop Vincent Nichols for his kind words, spoken on behalf of all present. I too look back with great thanksgiving in my heart to the days that I spent in your country in September 2010. Indeed, I was pleased to see some of you at Oscott College on that occasion, and I pray that the Lord will continue to call forth many saintly vocations to the priesthood and the religious life from your homeland.
Through God's grace, the Catholic community of England and Wales is blessed with a long tradition of zeal for the faith and loyalty to the Apostolic See. At much the same time as your Saxon forebears were building the Schola Saxonum, establishing a presence in Rome close to the tomb of Peter, Saint Boniface was at work evangelizing the peoples of Germany. So as a former priest and Archbishop of the See of Munich and Freising, which owes its foundation to that great English missionary, I am conscious that my spiritual ancestry is linked with yours. Earlier still, of course, my predecessor Pope Gregory the Great was moved to send Augustine of Canterbury to your shores, to plant the seeds of Christian faith on Anglo-Saxon soil. The fruits of that missionary endeavour are only too evident in the six-hundred-and-fifty-year history of faith and martyrdom that distinguishes the English Hospice of Saint Thomas à Becket and the Venerable English College that grew out of it.
Potius hodie quam cras, as Saint Ralph Sherwin said when asked to take the missionary oath, "rather today than tomorrow". These words aptly convey his burning desire to keep the flame of faith alive in England, at whatever personal cost. Those who have truly encountered Christ are unable to keep silent about him. As Saint Peter himself said to the elders and scribes of Jerusalem, "we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard" (Acts 4:20). Saint Boniface, Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Saint Francis Xavier, whose feast we keep today, and so many other missionary saints show us how a deep love for the Lord calls forth a deep desire to bring others to know him. You too, as you follow in the footsteps of the College Martyrs, are the men God has chosen to spread the message of the Gospel today, in England and Wales, in Canada, in Scandinavia. Your forebears faced a real possibility of martyrdom, and it is right and just that you venerate the glorious memory of those forty-four alumni of your College who shed their blood for Christ. You are called to imitate their love for the Lord and their zeal to make him known, potius hodie quam cras. The consequences, the fruits, you may confidently entrust into God's hands.
Your first task, then, is to come to know Christ yourselves, and the time you spend in seminary provides you with a privileged opportunity to do so. Learn to pray daily, especially in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, listening attentively to the word of God and allowing heart to speak to heart, as Blessed John Henry Newman would say. Remember the two disciples from the first chapter of Saint John's Gospel, who followed Jesus and asked to know where he was staying, and, like them, respond eagerly to his invitation to "come and see" (1:37-39). Allow the fascination of his person to capture your imagination and warm your heart. He has chosen you to be his friends, not his servants, and he invites you to share in his priestly work of bringing about the salvation of the world. Place yourselves completely at his disposal and allow him to form you for whatever task it may be that he has in mind for you.
You have heard much talk about the new evangelization, the proclamation of Christ in those parts of the world where the Gospel has already been preached, but where to a greater or lesser degree the embers of faith have grown cold and now need to be fanned once more into a flame. Your College motto speaks of Christ's desire to bring fire to the earth, and your mission is to serve as his instruments in the work of rekindling the faith in your respective homelands. Fire in sacred Scripture frequently serves to indicate the divine presence, whether it be the burning bush from which God revealed his name to Moses, the pillar of fire that guided the people of Israel on their journey from slavery to freedom, or the tongues of fire that descended upon the Apostles at Pentecost, enabling them to go forth in the power of the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Just as a small fire can set a whole forest ablaze (cf. Jas 3:5), so the faithful testimony of a few can release the purifying and transforming power of God's love so that it spreads like wildfire throughout a community or a nation. Like the martyrs of England and Wales, then, let your hearts burn with love for Christ, for the Church and for the Mass.
When I visited the United Kingdom, I saw for myself that there is a great spiritual hunger among the people. Bring them the true nourishment that comes from knowing, loving and serving Christ. Speak the truth of the Gospel to them with love. Offer them the living water of the Christian faith and point them towards the bread of life, so that their hunger and thirst may be satisfied. Above all, however, let the light of Christ shine through you by living lives of holiness, following in the footsteps of the many great saints of England and Wales, the holy men and women who bore witness to God's love, even at the cost of their lives. The College to which you belong, the neighbourhood in which you live and study, the tradition of faith and Christian witness that has formed you: all these are hallowed by the presence of many saints. Make it your aspiration to be counted among their number.
Please be assured of an affectionate remembrance in my prayers for yourselves and for all the alumni of the Venerable English College. I make my own the greeting so often heard on the lips of a great friend and neighbour of the College, Saint Philip Neri, Salvete, flores martyrum! Commending you, and all to whom the Lord sends you, to the loving intercession of Our Lady of Walsingham, I gladly impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of peace and joy in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you.
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August 19, 2011
How to Try Google's Cleaner Interface
Here's how to do this in Chrome:
1. Install "Edit this Cookie", a cookie manager for Chrome.
2. Go to Google's homepage and click the yellow cookie icon from Chrome's toolbar.
3. Find the line that starts with NID, click it, select the value (Ctrl-A or Command-A for Mac), delete it, paste the following value (use Ctrl-V or Command-V for Mac) and click "Submit cookie changes":
Here are the instructions for Firefox:
1. Install Cookies Manager+ and restart the browser.
2. Go to Google's homepage.
3. Press Alt-T and select "Cookies Manager+". You'll also find the option in the "Web Developer" item of Firefox's unified menu.
4. Search for google.com and find the entry named "NID". If you're not in the US and you use a different Google domain, search for your domain (for example: google.co.uk in the UK).
5. Click "edit" and replace the content with:
Opera already has a cookie manager that lets you edit cookie values. You only need to go to Google's homepage, right-click on the page, select "Edit site preferences", go to the "Cookies" tab and edit the item that starts with "NID".
I couldn't find some great cookie managers that worked in the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Safari, but the instructions should be similar.
Sharing the "NID" value allows other people to try an experimental Google interface. The next time when you find an interface that looks different and you send a tip to firstname.lastname@example.com, you can also include the NID value of your Google cookie.
If Google constantly changes the "NID" value and you can't use the experimental interface for too long, delete your Google cookies and start again. What if you don't like the interface and you want to go back to the regular UI? Just remove the "NID" key or delete its value using the cookie manager.
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it seems to work for me but scrolling is broken! screenshot:ReplyDelete
Everything works fine here.ReplyDelete
- anirbanAugust 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Works fine for meReplyDelete
just like S scrolling now goes above search box.ReplyDelete
@S & @LaurieReplyDelete
The same happened to me when I randomly got the fixed header experiment about a week ago, and I found that refreshing the page fixed it (or Ctrl+F5 to clear the cache and refresh; Shift+F5 on some browsers if I remember rightly). I guess a different CSS file or something needs to be loaded to the one in the cache.
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM
Seems not to work very well with Chrome 14.ReplyDelete
The NID value gets changed constantly.
- AnonymousAugust 19, 2011 at 10:39 PM
opera sucksReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 7:30 AM
Is seems to only work for the first couple of letters I type in. some times it will work for the whole search I am trying to do. It always stops working when I press enter. I then have to repeat the process.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 7:33 AM
Also the delete in Ctrl+a delete Ctrl+v is is not needed as just Ctrl+a Ctrl+v will have exactly the same effect.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 20, 2011 at 8:59 AM
If you select "Set as readonly" the new interface doesn't stop workingReplyDelete
there is a lot of change centered around Google+ and public profiles, the 'dashboard' included...google is looking for what facebook has, lots of personal data for advertising..ReplyDelete
Honestly speaking, I tried this new interface but only after few searches I deleted the cookie.ReplyDelete
New interface is good to play however it is not in line with the Google philosophy of leaner and efficient interface.
- AnonymousAugust 23, 2011 at 2:20 AM
Google tests another new interface with "Search" title below de Google logo. Here's how to use this new interface (three different tests): http://tecno-net.blogspot.com/2011/08/google-prueba-otra-nueva-interfaz-con.htmlReplyDelete
and for IE on Windows 7: navigate to C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files. You might have to set Explorer to show hidden files and folders!ReplyDelete
Find the Cookie:email@example.com/ and doubleclick to open. Replace the NID value with the one above, save the document and enjoy the new interface
PS The only difference I see is that I have a location and a "the web" entry at the top of the list in the left pane, otherwise my google search pages already look like in the screen shot in the post..........
Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
ververy thanksReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 7, 2011 at 4:41 AM
Google launches a similar interface today: http://blogoscoped.com/forum/180547.htmlReplyDelete
thank you for your post. i'm searching this for hoursReplyDelete


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Max Bruch
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Max Bruch, in full Max Karl August Bruch, (born January 6, 1838, Cologne, Prussia [Germany]—died October 2, 1920, Friedenau [now in Berlin], Germany), German composer remembered chiefly for his virtuoso violin concerti.
Bruch wrote a symphony at age 14 and won a scholarship enabling him to study at Cologne. His first opera, Scherz, List und Rache (Jest, Deceit, and Revenge, text adapted from a work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), was performed in 1858. He conducted orchestral and choral societies at Koblenz (1865), Sondershausen (1867), Berlin (1878), Liverpool (1880–83), and Breslau (1883–90; now Wrocław, Poland). From 1890 to 1911 he was a professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts.
Bruch was an unusually ambitious and productive composer. His greatest successes in his own lifetime were his massive works for choir and orchestra—such as Schön Ellen (1867; Beautiful Ellen) and Odysseus (1872). These were favourites with German choral societies during the late 19th century. These works failed to remain in the concert repertoire, possibly because, despite his sound workmanship and effective choral writing, he lacked the depth of conception and originality needed to sustain large works. Bruch's few works that remain on concert programs are the Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra (1880), the Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra (1881), and virtuoso pieces for the violin and for the cello, notably his three violin concerti. His brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (1868) has won a permanent place in the violin repertoire.


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This year's theme, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," is based on Psalm 91:2: "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
Author and international advocate for people with disabilities, Joni Eareckson Tada is serving as the 2011 Honorary Chairman and will give the keynote address at the national observance in Washington, D.C., to be held at the Cannon House Office Building.
A few weeks ago, Joni spoke with us by phone about the event and about the role of prayer in her own life.
What is the importance of Christians in the United States coming together and praying for the nation?
Our country was founded on prayer. My husband is a former public high school history teacher and he'll be the first one to tell you that prayer has always been a part of our national tradition. I've got a quote right here with me by Thomas Jefferson. Let me read it: Thomas Jefferson, back in the 1700s, wrote that "Fasting and prayer are religious exercises, acts of discipline, and every religious society has a right to determine for itself the time for these exercises … and to determine the objects of prayer that are proper for the society according to their own tenets."
So right there you've got a president of the United States, one of our founding fathers, insisting that not only prayer, but fasting and prayer, are a part of the American tradition. I think Christians—those of us who live in the United States—we are ignoring a treasured and much safe guarded tradition of prayer if we don't stop and intercede for the president, for our administration, for Congress, for the Supreme Court. These people, these leaders, need our prayer and we mustn't ignore the charge our founding fathers gave us so many years ago.
How can we be most effective in praying for our nation?
I have a special booklet called Pray for Our Nation. It's an excellent little resource and it provides biblical guidelines and prayer points for each branch of our government, including how we can pray for the president and his administration, for Congress, for the Supreme Court. It covers how to pray for emergency response personnel in our communities, law enforcement, paramedics, firefighters. It really shows how we can become prayer warriors on behalf of our country. Readers can get a free copy by visiting me at joniandfriends.org. We need to be praying for the leaders as we're told to in Romans to lift up those in authority over us.
Over the years, what have you learned about prayer? Tell us a little bit about the role that prayer has played in your life personally.
I love that portion of Scripture that says we should pray without ceasing and I used to wonder how to do that. "How do you pray without ceasing? Oh, my goodness, you'd be hitting your knees all day long, locked away in your prayer closet. Is this what God means?"
But my disability has taught me what it means to pray without ceasing and it is an open availability to the spirit of God to have Him prompt you and press you and push you to pray for all sorts of things throughout the day. For instance, opportunities to encourage other people, chances to drop Gospel seeds, to shine Gospel light, opportunities to telephone a friend who might be ill, or chances to right what is wrong in our society.
We have chances every day to make Jesus Christ real to others and it just means keeping your heart open to the Holy Spirit and His whisperings and His nudging. Sometimes I like to think that praying without ceasing is having a hymn on your heart. I often like to start the day with a song and today it was … There's within my heart a melody, Jesus whispers sweet and low … and I love singing because all throughout the day as I'm humming a hymn and letting the words course through my mind and memory, it's a way of praying. It's a way of praising God. It's a way of worshipping Him in the Spirit.
Prayer is something that I run on every day and night and I'm so grateful that God gives us this privilege to come before His holy throne room every day, first to obtain mercy, then to find help in our time of need, and then to intercede for others, and then to effervesce it all back up to Him in a glorious fountain of praise and worship.
We've heard you say you prayed in the past to be able to walk again, to be able to be free of your wheelchair, and the answer from God has been "no." What can we learn from that?
Sometimes God's best answers to prayer are "no" because, if indeed we received everything that we prayed for, all our wants and wishes and heart's desires, I just don't think it would be God's best for our life. Let me share with you a quick story. I remember when I was in the hospital many, many years ago. I used to imagine myself in the Gospel of John, Chapter 5, lying at the Pool of Bethesda where all the other disabled, sick and lame were asking Jesus to heal them. I used to picture myself there pleading with the Lord not to forget me. "Don't pass me by, Lord. Here I am. Heal me."
As many times as I prayed when I was in the hospital, and read John Chapter 5, my hands and my feet never got the message. I never got healed. Well, many years later, my husband, Ken, and I had a chance to visit Israel and we spent a whole day touring Jerusalem. It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at the Pool of Bethesda and as soon as I saw those old ruins, I turned to Ken and went, "Ken, you won't believe it. I remember decades ago when I was hospital, I used to picture myself here and I used to imaging myself asking God to heal me and He never did."
But you know what? I'm so glad God didn't because the "no" answer to a prayer for healing has meant a more urgent leaning upon Him every day, a more vibrant hope of heaven, a deeper sense of prayer, a more energetic love for His Word. It's fostered my friendships, and deepened my concern and compassion for others who hurt. It's helped me start this ministry, Joni & Friends, to other people with disabilities.
I could go on and on recounting all the glorious good things that have happened in my life and in the life of others all because God said "no" to an answer to prayer. It wasn't until I was sitting there, leaning on the guardrail and looking at the ruins of the Pool of Bethesda a few years ago, that I realized how wonderful it is that God sometimes says "no."
Used with permission of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.


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Segment 1: Lessons from the Cold War
History, according to Frederick Kempe, has been kind to President John Kennedy. After pouring over documents, testimony and records, Kempe concludes Kennedy's inexperience and weakness during his first year in office was an unmitigated foreign policy disaster, leading directly to the Bay of Pigs showdown in the spring of 1961 and the erection of the Berlin Wall in the fall. What lessons can U.S. leaders today learn from this pivotal year in foreign policy?
- Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Council
Frederick Kempe presents the lecture "From Kennedy to Obama: How Presidential Decisions Shape History and Foreign Policy" Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. at Westminster College, Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, 1840 S. 1300 E., Salt Lake City.
Segment 2: Living the Tech Life
Today's conventional wisdom may be that a well-rounded life must include Facebook, iPhones and constant connectivity. But does technology and omnipresent media really enrich our relationships, boost our moods and enhance our intellectual capacity? Professors Susan Matt and Luke Fernandez join us to explore the question: Are machines making us stupid?
- Dr. Susan Matt, Professor and Chair of the History Department, Weber State University
- Dr. Luke Fernandez, Manager of Program and Technology Development, Weber State University
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
Hit or miss the next few days...
Anyway, since I was tired of lounging around in bed (really, it drives me crazy if I have to stay in one spot for so long) I thought I would make Jeff something different for lunch. I went this recipe, Cuban Black Bean Patties with Pineapple Rice, that I was suppose to make earlier in the week for dinner. I should have probably picked something a little easier, but I wanted to get the pineapple used up before it went south. I only had a couple bites, but it was too much for my sensitive stomach - lesson learned... stick with much more bland foods! It is pretty simple to put together, but I'm just not feeling up to talking about it as I normally would - Jeff was definitely pleased with the results though and had some of the leftovers for dinner tonight. The one thing I did differently (this is reflected in the recipe) was to refrigerator the bean mixture before I formed them into patties so they would hold their shape well. If you have any questions about the recipe or the flavors, I'll be happy to answer them... but it may be a couple days until I am back to normal (assuming tomorrow's test goes well!) enough to really feel up to it.
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Sorry you've been feeling poorly. I thought something must be up since you hadn't posted since Monday. Hope the US goes well and normally tomorrow.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/19/2007 10:04:00 PM
So sorry to hear you've been sick. Hope you'r feeling better soon. Don't even think about food till you are well. Just take it easy. JancdReplyDelete
I really hope you feel better soon. It stinks to be dehydrated and have no energy. Sadly, I can relate to how you feel. I am (still) nursing a stomach bug I've had for seven days now. No details needed, but I've lost 8 lbs. because of it. I've been wanting to lose a few pounds, but this is a horrible way to lose them.
Sending get well vibes your way!!!
Get well soon Joe.ReplyDelete
Oh man Joe - sick enough to get that sort of treatment? I hope you start feeling better and that the doctor's report comes back good!!ReplyDelete
And yeah, take it easy with what you're eating....bland stuff!!
I'd heard that norovirus was pretty active this season... at any rate, I certainly feel for you.ReplyDelete
While the patties look nice, I hope you stick to toast, ginger ale and dry cereal!
- Anonymous4/20/2007 01:08:00 PM
I'm sorry to hear that you have been sick. Take it easy for now. I hope you get better soon!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/20/2007 01:12:00 PM
Joe, I hope this passes quickly and you are back to your old self soon. If it makes you feel any beter, I had what I think is the very same stomach bug -- lots of nausea, dehydration...general malaise. It lasted a week or so then finally went away.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous4/20/2007 02:14:00 PM
Sorry you're sick Joe. I hope you're feeling better soon. I've been missing your posts but certainly understand why you haven't been around.ReplyDelete
Take care and feel better soon!!
- Anonymous4/20/2007 02:59:00 PM
So sorry you've been feeling ick, Joe! I hope your stomach gets better fast--try some plain yoghurt/probiotic supplements, it may help.ReplyDelete
I hope to see more of your great cooking soon!
Joe I thought something was not quite right when you didn't post this past few days...ReplyDelete
I am so sorry you are sick. I got a stomach bug last month and it was simply terrible, I felt nauseated for about 4 days and also very weak and without much interest in food at all.
Bland food was definitely the way to go and what I enjoyed the most on those days was boiled pasta with a little butter and salt, not gourmet, but did feel good on my sore stomach (and yes, your sore feeling does make all the sense to me!).
You are very sweet to cook for Jeff (I also had to cook for my DH and son, even though I couldn't even think about tasting the food myself).
Hope you feel better soon!
- Anonymous4/20/2007 04:40:00 PM
I'm sorry to hear that you've been sick, Joe... I hope all goes well tomorrow. Take care of yourself!ReplyDelete
Hope you're doing better. I have a couple of friends who have been very sick with it.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the good thoughts - I'm feeling much better and hope to hear good news from the stomach doc this week. I'm ready to get back in the kitchen!ReplyDelete


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by Joseph McMillan
Adopted 30 July 1964
The municipal chamber approved the flag by resolution no 701 of 30 July
1964. The colors are blue, white, and black. Blue and white come from the
flag of the State of Rio de Janeiro, while white and black are from the flag
of the Swiss canton of Freiburg, symbolizing the immigration from that
locality. The coat of arms recalls the local topography by the river (in
base), the origins of the city from the properties of the Baron of Nova
Friburgo (his arms), the ethnic origins of the settlers from Europe (the
arms of Freiburg) and the notable figures in the
history of the city. The dates on the scroll are 1818, the year in which
King Dom Joăo VI authorized the coming of the first colonists from the
canton of Freiburg, and 1890, when Novo Friburgo was elevated to the status
of a city. The colors in the coat of arms stand for strength (gold),
serenity (blue), abundance and wealth (green), candor and purity (silver),
and intrepidity and courage (red).
Source: Official municipal website
Joseph McMillan, 30 July 2002


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Home Page Chess Life Online Jerry on Chess Chatter
|Jerry on Chess Chatter
|By Jerry Hanken
|August 7, 2008
It's fun to listen to the chess chatter in the hallways
outside of the playing room at the US Open. Bits and snippets...
I had this Expert crushed three ways to Sunday but I just completely missed Qh4.
I played this nine-year-old kid with 1532 rating and I lost!! These kids should have a height limit, like if they're under three feet tall, they gotta' play in kid tournaments! You know, like in Disneyland.
I was playing this old life master on his floor and I had him so busted! I went into an endgame two pawns up and let him draw. What an idiot I am!
That darned kid was so booked up, he had moves coming out of his ears! I killed him anyway!
Those Russians talk to each other in Russian.... There should be a rule that you gotta' talk English in a chess tournament.
Which way is the bookstore?
He took the Najdorf pawn and he knew 32 moves but I had some secret Yugoslav analysis so I was ready for him! -----Did you win ? ---- Nah, I lost but not out of the opening.
This is my first tournament in 20 years-my kid got me started again-he's higher rated than me!
That's it, I am gonna withdraw and just quit playing chess!-Does anybody want to buy a great book collection? I got twenty Silman books and the Bronstein '53 tournament book-that should be worth a hundred easily."
Does anybody understand the rating system?---I won the B prize and my rating only went up only five points!"
When is the next round in the five day, why am I playing up, I was supposed to play down this round and I got Black--- AGAIN!, anybody know which way the escalator is? And on and on and on.
Nothing profound, but its' fun listening to chess chatter!
I don't want to say much about my game last night. I only had three hours of sleep last night, so I planned a nice nap before the game. Harold Winston reminded me that we had a bylaws committee meeting at a restaurant outside of the hotel before the round. There went the nap. We did have a good meeting and I had a delicious filet. They are not just blowing smoke when the natives tell you they have the best steaks in the country! So anyway, I had White and got a overwhelming position and just carelessly pitched a knight on c3. My opponent, Mr. Pennington told me after the game that he would have taken a draw after I lost the piece. I told him it would be insulting to offer a draw in that position! Anyway, I had to make some more bad moves before he put me away.
Back to even with four rounds to go and lots of meetings, meetings, and meetings! I gotta get some shuteye tonight or I will collapse! Still no answers to my first three quizzes so no more until somebody gets at least one! Good day, goodnight, and good chess. Jerry


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The editors of the Astronomical Journal chose an image from a Brandeis research paper to adorn the cover of the February issue of the Journal (see right). What is sweet about this is that the image was made by Valerie Marchenko, a senior physics major who has been doing research since her freshman year, initially with Dave Roberts, and presently with John Wardle in the Physics Department. Several of the images in the paper were made by Valerie, and of course she is a co-author. This is actually her second publication in a mainline astronomical journal.
Roberts DH, Wardle JFC, Marchenko VV. The Structure and Linear Polarization of the Kiloparsec-scale Jet of the Quasar 3C 345. The Astronomical Journal. 2013;145(2):49.
Brandeis undergraduates publish upward of 20 papers a year in scientific journals along with their faculty, postdoc and grad student mentors.


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I cannot imagine how devastating it would be for any family to lose a loved one in a plane crash, the way the Eckert Family lost Beverly in last night's crash of Continental Express's flight 3407 in Buffalo. Even less, though, can I imagine how traumatizing it must be for them given that on 9/11 Beverly's husband, Sean, perished on the 105th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center when it collapsed after the second hijacked plane struck.
According to one news report, Beverly was "traveling to Buffalo for a weekend celebration of what would have been her husband's 58th birthday. She also had planned to take part in presentation of a scholarship award at Canisius High School that she established in honor of her late husband."
One woman, a family member of another passenger on Flight 3407, said: "You never think this is going to happen to you . . . It always happens to somebody else, and you see it on TV."
So true. Which is why this is a good time for us all to ponder the words of James 4:13-15:
"Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and get gain'; whereas you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.'"
The families and friends of those killed in last night's crash are reeling with grief right now. Let's pray today for the repose of the souls of those who died and that the grace of the Lord's consolation would strengthen and comfort those who are grieving.


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