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Will Tar Sands Drain the Rockies Dry?
We waited in a long line to pay our entrance fee at the entrance to Banff National Park, gateway to the Canadian Rockies, international tourist destination par excellence. It was a weekend in July, and the line of idling RVs was long. Around us, the dark, craggy peaks of the mountains rose toward the sky.
I insisted that we stop at Lake Louise, mostly because I had fond memories of going there as a child. Ethan, my companion, jostled with the other tourists to snap photos of the lake, and behind it, Victoria Glacier, whose melt feeds the waters in spring. The color was as milky green-blue as it was in my memory, but the glacier seemed, well, drier, more rocks than snow. Was it nostalgia, or was it actually smaller than it had been seventeen years ago?
As it turns out, it's definitely smaller. According to the World Wildlife Fund, glacier coverage in the southern Rockies has decreased by a whopping 25 percent in the twentieth century.
To escape the crowds, we changed direction and trekked out into the backcountry. Finally—for a little while, at least—we could be alone with the woods. Except that when we arrived at the campground, we found a burgeoning party of campers, trying desperately to start a fire with damp wood and a massive propane torch. So much for solitude.
Still, it felt good to be among mountains. Later that evening—it's light until ten thirty, at this latitude—we left the campsite and followed a rocky trail through dense pine and lichens and up along a steep path to an elevation so high that few trees can survive, just gray rocks and dirty snow. The wind quickened as we crossed to the other side of a ridge and found ourselves staring down into a basin of stark gray and white, with a lake of shockingly deep blue, like an old black-and-white postcard that had been artificially tinted. The snow sloped down directly into the water, making it bluer still. Above, clouds darkened and it began softly to rain. The only sound was the wind. I felt the presence of unseen animals—bears, maybe elk—and knew that they felt our presence, too.
Slightly further north lies the Columbia Icefield, described by UNESCO as "the hydrographic apex of North America," and which feeds the Athabasca, Saskatchewan, and Columbia rivers that in turn form one of the most important freshwater basins in North America. From snow to glacier to river to delta and back again, this is a cycle that has continued more or less continuously since the last ice age.
But the cycle has been interrupted. Follow one of these threads—the Athabasca river—some 800 kilometers downstream, and you'll hit the Alberta tar sands and the refineries that process them. It's one of the most water-intensive industries on the planet and guzzles twice as much in a year as the entire city of Calgary. What's left over is spit out into massive, highly toxic tailings lakes, retained by some of the biggest dams in the world. Flows in the Athabasca have already declined by 30 percent since the 1970s and at the moment hover dangerously around the minimum threshold for ecological sustainability.
The industry depends on this fresh water from the Athabasca to continue. The irony is that climate change is also drying up the glaciers that are the source of this water at an astounding pace.
The tar sands, as has been well documented, stand to be a major threat to the global climate: as Bill McKibben recently pointed out, if burned in their entirety they'd kick up 240 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere, raising the earth's temperature by a little less than one degree. That may not seem like much until you consider our carbon "limit" for the entire Earth is only two degrees—after that, we haven't got much hope.
"Those mountains are our grandfathers." This is what Bob Smallboy, of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, told me later when he described his people's relationship with [what we call] the Rockies. "They offer protection, sustain us." They are the site of ceremony, ancestral graves, Sun Dances, vision quests. The English word "sacred," he says, does not begin to describe it.
Another thing he said lingered in my mind long after: that these mountains are where people and animals have always gone for refuge and shelter, "especially when natural cycles change," or in times of devastation.
As I stood on the windy ridge in the rain, looking down into the lake of melted glacier water, far from the crowds who come to camp in their RVs, I thought about that water and its eventual destination. And I wonder today where we will go for refuge in times of devastation.
Take an 8-mile trek with indigenous groups through one of the world's largest ecological dead zones, and you might find something lifegiving.
Why developing the tar sands has been called "world's most destructive project."
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Sports took center stage in 2012
In London, the World Cup and here at home
It seemed like every time a sports fan turned around, there was something to catch his or her attention.
If it wasn't John Teller on the World Cup Ski Cross tour, it was Stacey Cook, climbing to 10th in the world in women's World Cup downhill racing, then nabbing her first two World Cup podium finishes on back-to-back days in Lake Louise in early December.
If it wasn't Deena Kastor, who had to drop out of the 2012 London Olympic marathon because of injury, it was the ageless Meb Keflezighi taking fourth place. He was out of the medal race, but fourth fastest in the world? At age 36, that was really something.
The Mammoth Track Club came up big overall, and not just for the marathoners among them. Morgan Uceny was a heavy favorite for a medal in the 1500 meters but was tripped along the way and fell to the track. That was mitigated, somewhat, by Amy Hastings' thrilling performance in the 10,000-meters in the Olympic Trials.
Hastings finished well back in London, but it was her race in the Trials that will remain her signature moment—until further notice.
Meanwhile, back at home, Elaine Smith, her husband Jim, along with Andrew Kastor and the members of the High Sierra Striders, finally put together strong donor support, Measure R funding, and political muscle to complete the town's magnificent new running track at the Whitmore Sports Complex.
The Striders then immediately merged with the Mammoth Track Club, suddenly without his longtime coach Terence Mahon—he left to coach in England—to open high-performance running to anyone and everyone.
There were so many remarkable performances by so many different kinds of athletes—runners, skiers, snowboarders, cyclists and team sports players—that it would be hard to list them all.
But for high-school football star Matt Graeff, 2012 was especially poignant and triumphant.
Diagnosed with cancer shortly before the Mammoth Huskies' season began, the team showed him support by shaving their heads before their first game, and then welcomed him on the field as captain for the Opening Night national anthem.
Whittier Christian took the Huskies to the woodshed that evening, but the blowout loss didn't matter.
On wristbands distributed around town, the words "Fight the Good Fight" appeared on Graeff's behalf. He fought the fight, continues to fight it to this day, and, we hope, finds more fight in 2013.

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To say that I have an obsession with making ice cream sandwiches is the understatement of 2007. In other words, I LOVE ice cream sandwiches. It all started out last summer when my mom bought me an ice cream maker. After I realized that I could put homemade ice cream and chewy cookies (two gigantic projects) together to make one nostalgic dessert, there was no turning back. I made chocolate cookie and vanilla ice cream, chocolate chip cookie and espresso ice cream, gingerbread cookie and pumpkin ice cream, and sugar cookies with peach ice cream. With Valentine's Day next week I was itching to make a heart themed sandwich and found this recipe for chocolate strawberry sandwiches! (I am so excited right now, you'd think I was my cocker spaniel). I know you may not have as much free time as I do, or an ice cream machine, so I simplified the recipe by substituting store bought strawberry ice cream for the homemade stuff. To make these scrumptious sandwiches for your sweetie (I'll be making them for you dad!),
Heart Shaped Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches
From Martha Stewart
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon milk
2 to 2 1/2 pints strawberry ice cream, softened
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter, vanilla, and sugar. Add eggs and milk, and mix until combined.
- Add reserved flour mixture, and mix on low speed until incorporated, scraping the sides of the bowl at least once.
- Divide the dough in half, and shape each half into a flat disk. Wrap each disk in plastic wrap, and chill until firm, about 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Roll dough out on a floured surface, sliding an offset spatula under the dough to release it every few turns of the rolling pin. Roll dough to 1/8 inch thick. Cut dough using a variety of heart-shape cookie cutters 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter, making sure each cookie has a match to make a sandwich.
- Place hearts on a parchment-lined baking sheet; chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator; use a fork to prick the cookies all over with holes.
- Bake until just firm, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet; transfer to a wire rack.
- With the underside of half the cookies face up, spoon softened strawberry ice cream about 1/2 inch thick to cover one side. Place matching cookie on top of ice cream, top side facing out.
- Transfer immediately to freezer to harden; repeat with remaining cookies and ice cream.
- Serve directly from the freezer. Sandwiches can be kept stored in an airtight container in the freezer for 3 to 4 days.
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Hoop-La: RISD's Basketball Team is Having a Ball
In the tradition of all great RISD sports teams (The Nads, The Jugs, The Pricks), our basketball team proudly carries a name that students at most schools might be embarrassed to shout in a packed auditorium. Thankfully, RISD students aren't shy about supporting their Balls. Games draw crowds of cheering students who gleefully shout apt innuendos and chant somewhat inappropriate slogans as the Balls fly across the court.
Team captains Gavin Engel 12 ID and Henry Freel 13 ID appreciate the enthusiasm of their fans. "They're not so much into the basketball as the excitement of the game," Engel explains. Last year one renegade fan from theCreature Creation Wintersession puppet class brought a giant alligator head to a game and ran around the back of the court dancing and attempting to distract the opposing team as they took their foul shots. His moves may not have been entirely legal, but the team and the fans alike loved it.
Sadly, one especially distracting member of the RISD community has been banned from all Balls games this year: our beloved mascot Scrotie. Parents at the Wheeler School, the private school up the hill that allows its gym to be used as the team's home court, find Scrotie's enthusiasm to be offensive and have barred the boisterous phallus from cheering on his team with the rest of his peers.
Still, in spite of Scrotie's absence, RISD fans flock to games to support their team. The Balls roster includes 12 students in a variety of majors ranging from Architecture to Glass. Led by Engel, the often co-ed group is on the court from November to March, practicing every Tuesday night. "It's a great stress reliever," says Engel, smiling. "Tuesday night is a good time to play ball."
Practices have been held on Tuesdays since the team was resurrected a decade ago byJoe Gebbia 05 ID+GD (one of the entrepreneurial trio that now runs the successful travel businessAirBnB). The Balls were originally founded in the 1970s but were disbanded for years until Gebbia got to RISD and wanted to play. Since then, captains have been working with RISD students' varied studio times and strange sleep schedules to get the team working together and to give the fans the great games they crave.
Game night always pulls plenty of fans out of their studios and to the gym to support their team. "Last year at the Cooper Union game in New York City, there were more RISD fans there cheering than there were Cooper fans," laughs Engel. Students hitched a ride to the Big Apple on the team's bus, leaving work behind in an outburst of school spirit. There are few things more rewarding than calling out racy chants at rival art schools as the Balls clash on the court. I guess RISD is a school that just loves its Balls.
— Samantha Dempsey 13 IL
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The mission of the Haskell Special Interest Group is to maintain, grow, and guide the packaging of Haskell projects in Fedora.
Mailing lists
We have two mailing-lists:
- haskell list (archives) for general discussion [new!]
- haskell-devel (archives) for bugzilla traffic.
We have an IRC channel #fedora-haskell on Freenode.
Follow us on Twitter.
Haskell Platform support
Fedora's Haskell Platform status is summarized here.
For more details see the Fedora haskell-platform community page.
- Next release:
- Rawhide currently has ghc-7.4.1 with haskell-platform-2012.2
- should work in F17: e.g.
sudo yum --enablerepo=rawhide update ghc\*(usual cautions apply)
- should work in F17: e.g.
- Rawhide currently has ghc-7.4.1 with haskell-platform-2012.2
- Current releases:
- F17 has haskell-platform-2011.4.0.0 with ghc-7.0.4
- F16 has haskell-platform-2011.2.0.1 with ghc-7.0.4
- EPEL6 has haskell-platform-2011.4 and ghc-7.0.4
- EPEL5 has ghc-6.12.3
- Former releases
- F15 had haskell-platform-2011.2.0.0 with ghc-7.0.2
- EPEL4 had ghc-6.8.3
- F14 had haskell-platform-2010.2.0.0 with ghc-6.12.3
- F13 had haskell-platform-2010.1.0.0 with ghc-6.12.1
- F12 had haskell-platform-2009.2.0.2 with ghc-6.10.4
- F11 had haskell-platform-2009.2.0.1 with ghc-6.10.3
See also the current Haskell Platform release schedule.
- Update draft packaging guidelines for Haskell to the latest cabal2spec-0.25 templates
- submit updated PackagingDrafts/Haskell to FPC
- Features/GHC74 for F18
- add haskell-platform packages to Upstream_release_monitoring#Package_Ignore_List
- Haskell_Spin submit to Spins SIG
- docsbeat
- port cabal2spec package to haskell
- Add %check sections for packages that have tests available
- cabal/yum integration (cabal-rpm)
- autogeneration of packages for a "testing" repository of all-of-hackage. Pull from this (with a human eye) to make Fedora packages.
- A tool to check for dependency breakage for version updates in repo: packdeps/reverse and cblrepo exist
- A tool to do automatic rebuild. Try to do it in koji or mock-build with a shell script or haskell script.
- Automatically updated package dependency graph.
- Need to have continuous build integration, eg automate dependency builds. Check reverse [1].
- Koji supports maven now. It could have support for cabal as well.
New Package Process
- Please use the latest cabal2spec package when submitting a package review request.
- The current Haskell Packaging Guidelines have been revised PackagingDrafts/Haskell.
- cabal2spec generates .spec files from cabal packages using up to date templates.
- You can use cabal2spec-diff when reviewing packages to check differences from the templates.
- Please include haskell-sig in the InitialCC field of Package_SCM_admin_requests.
- Remember to add new packages to Upstream_release_monitoring (Note that packages in haskell-platform are intentionally not listed to avoid accidental breakage.)
Package reviews
All open haskell-devel package reviews which can be split into:
- New Ready reviews (all Ready reviews)
- Other pending or new reviews (not containing "Ready" in Whiteboard] (8)
- NotReady reviews (40)
- Haskell-pkg-reviews dependency tree
- "ghc" or "haskell" reviews not CC haskell-sig
(Stats last updated 10 May 2012)
Non-review bugs, which can be split into:
- Ready Upstream Release Monitoring bugs (URM)
- Blocked Upstream Release Monitoring bugs (URM)
- Other misc bugs
- Tracker for libraries with no revdeps
See also the package review links in the Packaging section.
Current packages in Fedora
See package interdependencies for dependency graphs.
Info on singleton libraries.
SIG Members
Package owners:
- JensPetersen (sponsor)
- Lakshmi Narasimhan T V
- Ben Boeckel
- Shakthi Kannan
- BryanSullivan
- ConradMeyer
- zoglesby
- JeremyHinegardner
- GerardMilmeister
- TomMoertel
- Michel Salim (sponsor)
- RichardJones
- PeterLemenkov
- MilesSabin
- RajeshKrishnan
- Aidan Delaney
- Gautam Akiwate
- Payas Awadhutkar
Former contributors:
- 2012-05-29: Fedora 17 ships with Haskell Platform 2011.4.0.0)
- 2012-02-14: new haskell mailing-list for discussion
- 2011-11-08: Fedora 16 ships with ghc-7.0.4 and all prof subpackages merged into devel
- 2011-06-01: Fedora 15 ships with ghc-7.0.2
- 2010-12-05: Fedora packages now listed on http://hackage.haskell.org
- 2010-11-02: Fedora 14 ships: all doc subpackages merged into devel
- 2010-05-25: Fedora 13 ships with ghc-6.12.1 and shared ghc libraries
- 2010-01-10: fedora-haskell-list becomes haskell-devel list at fedoraproject
- 2009-09-29: haskell-platform added for f12
- 2009-04-15: revised Packaging Guidelines accepted
- 2008-09-17: initial Packaging Guidelines approved
- 2008-02-13: fedora-haskell-list started
- 2007-05-10: Fedora SIG formed
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The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reviewed 97 studies involving more than 2.88 million people globally. It shows the lowest risk among those who are overweight though not obese, according to generally accepted health standards. Those just over the obesity threshold had the next lowest risk.
The findings, by scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were immediately challenged because the report didn't consider gender, age, fat distribution or fitness levels, all factors that influence the risk of disease and death. Because of this, the researchers agreed no recommendations should be made based on their findings.
"The implication, if there is any, is that this may be a more complicated issue than meets the eye," says Katherine Flegal, a senior CDC scientist who is the report's lead researcher.
The report also shouldn't be viewed as a free pass to overindulge, the researchers say. The heaviest participants were 29% more likely to die from any cause during the course of the studies, according to the data.
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ST. LOUIS -- It's the baseball trade deadline, a time where teams scour the market, burn the phone lines, and believe they have found the perfect piece for the World Series parade.
Man, it's an exhilarating time to be a general manager, isn't it?
So how you feeling these days, John Mozeliak?
"From a personal standpoint,'' says the St. Louis Cardinals GM, "I'm perfectly fine. I've got my health. The family is great.''
Uh, OK, and from a baseball perspective?
"Well, I'm pretty frustrated right now,'' he tells USA TODAY Sports. "Really, I'm ready to tear my hair out.''
Welcome to the GM fraternity.
The Cardinals' organization, sitting in third place after being preseason favorites to win the NL Central, are stacked with young pitchers and prized prospects. Mozeliak would love to make that trade that immediately turns around their fate.
If only there was one to be made.
"There's no easy solution,'' says Mozeliak, whose team has scored the third-fewest runs in baseball, ranking last in home runs. "There's just not a lot of players out there, period.''
The one man who would make an immediate difference, of course, is Miami Marlins All-Star slugger Giancarlo Stanton. Sorry, Marlins GM Dan Jennings hates to spoil anyone's party, but Stanton isn't going anywhere.
And, oh yeah, don't think about third baseman Casey McGehee and his .320 batting average and 53 RBI.
"He ain't going nowhere, either,'' Jennings told USA TODAY Sports.
There are 18 teams within 5 ½ games of first place or a wild-card berth, and even teams like the Tampa Bay Rays, who were out of the race just a few weeks ago, suddenly are surging to relevance in the weak AL East.
Who's in? Who's out? Who's available?
It's become the most mystifying trade deadline in recent memory.
"Your needs can change in a hurry, from game to game,'' says Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos, whose club certainly is living proof. "You can't just be locked into one area. Everything is fluid. Your needs constantly change. It's just too early to get a read right now."
The Toronto Blue Jays, perched atop the AL East for 42 consecutive days - their longest streak since their playoff berth in 1993 - were searching for a starter. They talked to the Cubs about Jeff Samardzija. Yet, after losing 19 of their 28 games, forget pitching, they're in desperate need of a bat, particularly after Edwin Encarnacion was placed on the disabled list Monday with a strained quadriceps muscle.
Claiming outfielder Nolan Reimold, who has played in just 56 games the last 2 ½ years, isn't quite what the Blue Jays have in mind.
"We're only halfway there, and just as hot as teams are in the first half, teams get cold in the second half,'' Anthopoulos says. "We've see teams collapse down the stretch, or play particularly well down the stretch. Any club can get hot in the second half. Look at Kansas City last year. Look at Tampa Bay.
"It's hard to take away from your big-league club in July, because if you're not that far out now, you have a chance.''
Sure, the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks have already waved the white flag. The Philadelphia Phillies may soon be joining them. And perhaps the Minnesota Twins, too.
Yet, with every team in baseball making money, gone are the days when high-priced players were traded to make ends meet.
The Phillies could move aces Cole Hamels or Cliff Lee, but they certainly don't need the savings with their fat TV contract. Now, if you want to move $8 million outfielder Marlon Byrd and his 18 homers for young prospects, it makes perfect sense.
The Texas Rangers sure look like they're done in the AL West, but since they're convinced this year is an aberration, there's no reason to trade invaluable All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre. The Diamondbacks have a valuable trade chip in starter Wade Miley, but don't you build your franchise around young, inexpensive pitching?
"Payroll management is less stressed today than it was 10 years ago,'' Mozeliak says. "There really are few teams looking to move money. It's a variable that certainly has less pressures than it did a decade ago.
"No one's forced to do anything.''
Yes, this is why the New York Yankees are sitting with pockets full of cash, blowing past their $189 million budgetary plans, with nary a soul to spend it on, settling on the likes of Brandon McCarthy.
"There's probably not going to be a lot of (pitchers) available,'' Yankees manager Joe Girardi says, "especially with the second wild card keeping so many teams in it.''
The Rays used to be a feeding ground for teams ready to seize their assets, but even with Price expected to earn close to $20 million in salary arbitration this winter, why trade him now when he may be the guy that gets you into the postseason? They can simply wait until the winter.
"Obviously the confidence level is up,'' Rays manager Joe Maddon told reporters after sweeping the Yankees for their ninth victory in 11 games. "Anything is possible."
And after the A's-Cubs' blockbuster deal that sent Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the A's, it's quite possible we won't see another marquee player moved.
Sure, Chicago White Sox outfielder Dayan Viciedo could be traded to Seattle or San Francisco. The Twins, who acquired DH Kendrys Morales, could always spin him off again, maybe back to Seattle. The defending champion Boston Red Sox may have no choice but to surrender, giving up starter Jake Peavy and catcher A.J. Pierznyski.
Yet, a difference-maker on the trade market? You may have to wait until December.
"It wouldn't surprise me to see a lot of activity,'' Anthopoulos says, "but it may not be until August. It just may have to be the smaller moves, the bench pieces, the relievers.''
So sit back and breathlessly wait for the San Diego Padres to move third baseman Chase Headley and reliever Joaquin Benoit. Watch the Diamondbacks trade infielders Martin Prado and Aaron Hill. Stay tuned to see if Red Sox shortstop Stephen Drew is on the move.
All those hired guns acquired at the deadline have been reduced to squirt guns.
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This news story describes the innovations, operations, size, and capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope. The article also presents and discusses the questions and theories that the telescope will explore and test. Star Witness News is a... (View More) series of articles, written for students, that are inspired by NASA press releases. Supplemental education materials include background information, vocabulary, and discussion questions and answers. Common Core Standards for English Language Arts are also identified. (View Less)
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Building Intuition for In-water Optics and Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Spectrophotometer Activity with littleBits™
This activity demonstrates optical properties of water: that different constituents in water affect the transmission, absorption, and scattering of different colors in the visible light spectrum. Inexpensive, off-the-shelf components are used to... (View More) build a light sensor and source, creating a simple spectrophotometer that can measure light absorption. In the second part of this activity, principles of ocean color remote sensing are applied to measure reflectance. Using components that are clearly visible allows students to configure them in different ways. Playing with the instrument design gives students a practical understanding of spectrophotometers, in-water optics, and remote sensing. As an extension of this concept, students are encouraged to think about how ocean color is used to estimate the concentration of chlorophyll to infer phytoplankton abundance, colored dissolved organic matter, and suspended sediments. (View Less)
This science news story highlights a new initiative by the Hubble Space Telescope to image distant galaxies. The program uses gravitational lenses to image galaxies that are otherwise too distant and faint for the telescope to image. The story... (View More) includes information describing how gravitational lenses are similar to optical lenses. The article also includes a description of parallel fields - a set of observations done in tandem with the gravitational lens observations that will result in six additional HUDF-type observations of the sky. Star Witness News is a series of articles, written for students, that are inspired by Hubble Space Telescope press releases. Supplemental education materials include vocabulary, discussion questions and answers, and identifies relevant Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. (View Less)
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text: I am so sorry. Back in February I wrote about the sharp fall of the homicide rate in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Daniel Cerqueira, an IPEA economist , has just found out that the data is seriously flawed (in Portuguese). Check Graph 4.2. From 2006 on, there was a huge increase of violent deaths with "unknown causes" and the victims have demographic profiles strangely similar to the victims of homicides. True, homicide rates have fallen, but it was not as sharp as the official data shows.


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Case Study: Heartbreak in a Word
With one word, an individual can experience not only racism and classism, but a shock and kind of shame that may stun and sting for many years.
Note: this case study uses the word, "slavey," which is more often used in British English. It means as the word implies, servant.
I was born in France in 1962. I am a single child. My parents were a mixed couple. My father was a French jazz pianist who played with local and national orchestras my mother was Spanish. They met in Madrid, the capital city in Spain, where my father the musician, settled for a couple of years.
Since she fell in love with my father at the age of twenty two, my mother left her family, her town and her country, in order to follow her husband to France.
France, like many other countries in the world, is a land of immigration. During the sixties, French immigrants were essentially poor Spanish, Italians and Portuguese in search of a better life. But like other countries, French people only tolerated those immigrant strangers by permitting them to take the jobs no one else wanted and for much less money than the native French would work for.
Nicole's Mother, Pilar
My mother, a fiery but tender, yet passionate, kind and independent woman—did justice to her beautiful name: Pilar. She was a Spanish beauty with dark flashing eyes, dark hair cut in the modern boyish style, and porcelain skin. She didn't share the fate of the immigrants because as the wife of a professional musician, she became a French citizen. A wife and homemaker, mother did all the things that a family matriarch does for her husband and her child.
My early memories of mother were of walking out of school and seeing her waiting for me among the other mothers. To me, she was the most beautiful, caring and loving mother who, when she embraced me, had a smell that I imagine baby animals must also know and find comforting as they search for and snuggle against their mothers. As mother picked me up from school, she would unwrap a treat for my afternoon snack, a cake that she bought at the baker shop.
My musician father played in clubs and I don't remember him being home at night, so mother and I would spend our evenings home by ourselves. She always did her best to make life enjoyable for me. So, we often had dinner while watching cartoons, or she would tell me stories about her childhood. We became close in those years.
A very intelligent person, mother learned the French language easily and spoke it perfectly without almost any accent. She loved literature and mostly learned French by reading lots of books. I remember that when she was not taking care of the house or me, she was always holding a book and reading. And she made sure that I would develop a love for books too, by bringing books home from the store which always made me so happy!
I was so proud of my mother; to me she was the "ultimate mother." Although she adjusted to life in France, my mother never forgot her roots. She missed her country and her family very much. In her soul, she would forever be Spanish. She had come from Madrid, a beautiful capital full of historical monuments, magnificent churches, monasteries, delightful gardens and parks. Mother grew up in a historical part of town between the royal palace and the opera while as a child, playing with friends in the very gardens of the palace!
My mother was a bright woman who had come from a cultured and educated family, her own father being a musician at the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra. I think what she missed most, was her family and the Spanish soulful culture and mentality, which is very unique. The Spanish have this inner pride, a sense of dignity and a kind of passion within. They have a dramatic flair and constant interaction between tears and laughter, between the deepest spirituality and the spirit of "fiesta" or having fun. The "Spanish soul" is the result of combining a mix of cultures and traditions: the Christian, the Moorish and the Gypsy. This cultural diversity gave birth to many artistic forms of expression such as Flamenco, considered one of the most moving, soulful and wild musical styles of dance on the planet.
For all those rich cultural reasons, my mother made sure that I would love and be proud of my Spanish heritage. From birth she taught me Spanish which became my second language, and during my summer vacations she would send me for a whole month to Madrid to stay with my Spanish family.
Those times with my grandmother, my uncles, aunts and cousins are part of my fondest childhood memories. I was treated like a princess, and to bliss and happiness. Showered with love during those summers, I truly felt "at home" in Madrid. And my heart would break every time I had to go back to France where people were formal and aloof and not at all warm like my Spanish family.
One day, at school, I innocently told a little girl who was one of my classmates, that my mother was Spanish. I still remember the feeling of pride in my heart as I said it. But I was not prepared for what the little girl replied when she said: "Oh, so your mom is a slavey!"
It was my first encounter with ignorance and those concepts. Even though my child intellect was not able to embrace fully its meaning, I fully understood for the first time that some people on this planet are patently considered "inferior" to others. That moment and that discovery impacted me deeply. The pain and sadness of that moment is clear to this day. My own flesh and blood were targeted through my mother. For me, mother was nothing but beauty, sweetness, intelligence and elegance. I was so proud of her! How could she be labeled a "slavey" only because she was Spanish?
My classmate may as well have lanced open my heart for the pain was like a dagger: I felt insulted for her, for my Spanish family and for myself. I remember that the pain was overwhelming and later I spoke of it with my mother. Her dark eyes clouded over upon hearing my story, but ever the lady and ever the diplomat, she simply informed me about ignorance. How, at age seven, could a world be magical one moment and shattered the next? And with only a word!
I suppose there are other words that "immigrants" have heard that may seem to be much worse. But for me, "Slavey" meant that my mother and I were somehow "inferior," unacceptable, not worth being respected. And how could that be, when my mother was the most respectable person I knew? It is not a feeling that I will forget. After that moment, I understood that I could be harmed at any moment by other people. I have since adopted the belief that every human being is my brother and I have that incident to thank for my philosophy.
This story holds another great lesson: I was not the only one harmed. My little classmate was also a victim—of her parent's thoughtless words because children believe everything their parents say. Parents would be wise to consider more seriously their responsibility and the power of their words and how they impact the mind and life of a child.
Discussion Questions
- What lesson does this story hold?
- Who was harmed in the exchange between the two classmates? Who was the victim and why?
- Do you think the little friend in this story intended to harm her friend?
- What was lost during this encounter? Was something gained?
- Do you remember a similar incident in your life?
- Should people try to retain their ethnic pride? Why or why not?
- Does diversity add to or detract from the socialization and the human experience? Why or why not?
- What other words indicate race or class that might harm an innocent mind?
- What would you say to the parents in this story? To the little girls?
Case Study written by Nicole Pagani-Hopkins:
Nicole is a nurse with a degree in clinical research who considers herself a "citizen of the world" who likes to travel and have encounters with her human brothers and sisters all over the world. Music, reading and art are important to her; she contributed to this curriculum because she believes it will contribute to a spiritual awakening on this planet. Nicole lives on the edge of the Mediterranean Sea in France.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three Penn State engineering faculty members have been named winners of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.
The faculty members are Robert Rioux, the Friedrich G. Helfferich Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering; Christopher Saldana, the Harold and Inge Marcus Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; and Howard Salis, assistant professor of chemical engineering and agricultural and biological engineering.
The NSF CAREER Program is designed to promote the work of young teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of their organization's mission.
Rioux will receive a $425,000 grant for "Modulation of Kinetic Dispersion at the Single Molecule Level on Individual Catalytic Nanoparticles." His work focuses on heterogeneous catalysis, catalyst design and synthesis, time-solved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy of condensed systems, x-ray absorption spectroscopy and reaction mechanisms in nanoscale systems and photocatalysis.
Saldana will receive a $400,000 grant for "Deformation-Based Surface Generation for Microstructure Control." His work centers on manufacturing, experimental mechanics, materials processing and micro/nano-scale behavior of materials.
Salis will receive a $420,000 grant for "Model-Guided Optimization and Autonomous Control of a Synthetic Biodetoxification Pathway for Harnessing Lignocellulosic Feedstock." His work focuses on engineering synthetic biological systems, including metabolic pathways, genetic circuits and genomes.


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Pop star Cyndi Lauper has confirmed reports suggesting her friend Sharon Osbourne dumped food and water on Jonah Hill's brother at music mogul Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party on Saturday night (25Jan14).
The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun singer claims Osbourne confronted Jordan Feldstein at the bash after he allegedly made a joke at the expense of Sharon's son Jack, who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
Lauper tells news show Extra, "I love Sharon, but after last night I kind of love her more.
"Sharon dumped some stuff on him (Feldstein), like a plate of food and some water to wake him up, and said, 'Don't f**k with my family'."
Speaking to Extra on the red carpet at the Grammys on Sunday (26Jan14), Osbourne played coy, but admitted, "We had to make a hasty retreat (from the party)."
Feldstein previously hit the headlines late last year (Nov13) when he wed Clint Eastwood's daughter Francesca in Las Vegas. A week after the top secret nuptials, the bride began proceedings to annul the union.


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Apple: Future iPhone Gains Slower, Says Raymond James
Raymond James's Tavis McCourt today offers up a couple of tidbits regarding Apple (AAPL).
First up are the findings from a quarterly smartphone survey that his firm commissioned, which is conducted over the Web using a sample of 500 owners of smartphones in North America, conducted December 11th through the 12th.
The iPhone was owned by 56% of respondents, up from 47% a year prior. He takes that as "evidence the [iPhone] 5S/5C launches have continued to lead to share gains in North America.
McCourt believes that mid-50% range is about where buying intentions will peak, given desire for Google's (GOOG) Android operating system on mobile devices has held firm:
54% of respondents intend to purchase an iPhone for their next iPhone, still within the 50%-56% range that has been witnessed in our survey for 18 months now. Essentially, it has been easy to see in the surveys that iPhone share would ultimately work its way up to the mid-50% range, and now that iPhone share appears to be there (based on our survey of smartphone users), future share gains should be pretty minimal in the near term. Intention to purchase Android phones has remained consistent in the 38%-40% range, in line with current ownership.
Good news for both Apple's iOS and Google's Android is that the retention rate was stable for the former, rising for the latter: 86% for iOS, unchanged, and 81% for Android, up from 75% last year. "We still see extremely high retention rates, and limited switching between platforms or to new platforms," moreover, "13% of Android smartphone users intend to switch to the iPhone for their next phone, down from 21% y/y."
Among other tidbits, 26% of iPhone users said they'd pay $100 or more to get an iPhone with a bigger screen, while 31% of respondents said they're interested in a television set from Apple versus 15% who showed interest in a smartwatch. Among Android users, 43% have a Samsung Electronics (005930KS) "Galaxy" model of one sort or another.
Knowledge of Google's "MotoX" smartphone, the first real native Motorola/Google device, is "shockingly low, he writes, at only 36% of respondents, despite a reported half-a-billion-dollars spent on marketing the thing, "which shows the difficulty in unseating Samsung's lead in the Android ecosystem."
Both Nokia (NOK), which is selling its handset unit to Microsoft (MSFT), and BlackBerry (BBRY) are having are hard time making any progress according to the survey:
Less than 4% of smartphone users intend to purchase a Windows Phone as their next phone and less than 2% intend to purchase a BlackBerry. This is flat sequentially, as neither platform shows any signs of momentum in North America (although we do believe Windows Phone ramping in Europe).
The second tidbit from McCourt is a reference to a story Friday at The Boy Genius Report by Jacob Siegal describing clues in a forthcoming beta of the iOS software regarding its integration with car dashboard displays. Writes McCourt, "We expect iOS in the car will not replace a car's factory-installed infotainment system but will instead overlay on top at the user's discretion."
"For Apple it is just another environment and facet of our daily lives for their ecosystem to spread, which is ultimately monetized through selling very high margin iPhones."
McCourt has a Strong Buy rating on Apple shares.
Apple stock today closed up $3.07, or 0.6%, at $557.50.
Previously: Apple: 'Hybrid' iPad/Mac May Come in June, Says Jefferies; Survey Shows iPhone Demand, Satisfaction Steady, December 16th, 2013.


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Actually debug Tools don't help with crash, they often use classic GL introspection functions so that they will provide the same reports as arb debug output. Tools from IHV only give access to the performance counters of their hardware while frame capture is vendor agnostic as far as I know.
On the other hand they're really useful to debug visual glitches as they record framebuffer content after every draw call which allows to detect which call is not correctly working and see all the state parameters (blend, depth text, constants...).


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Endocrine surgery is a specialty that treats both benign and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the endocrine system. This includes the thyroid, parathyroid glands, the adrenal glands, certain tumors of the pancreas, some kinds of tumors in the gastrointestinal tract as well as a number of familial disorders (genetic diseases) that are characterized by endocrine tumors.
Endocrine surgeons are specially trained in both the medical pathophysiology of these diseases, as well as the surgical treatment of them. They work closely with medical endocrinologists, as well as radiologists, oncologists, and nuclear medicine specialists to ensure that patients receive a multi-disciplinary, multi-expert approach to their treatment.
Jennifer Cannon, MD, is a fellowship-trained endocrine surgeon and is board certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She is a candidate member of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons; she is a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.
Additional information for patients with Thyroid cancer and their families can be found at the website.
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Dr. Kim Risley
Teaching Area(s): Biology
Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Milton J. Lichty Chair of the Department of Biology
Courses Taught: Biology
When I enrolled in a college course in general microbiology I was amazed at what I learned, and I have been fascinated with this field of study ever since that introductory course. My interest in teaching began when I was a teaching assistant for a microbiology lab and from that point on I knew this was the profession for me.
Professional Accomplishments
My proudest accomplishment is that I have contributed to my field of study in a positive way and have challenged students to become even better scientists than I was at their stage of career.
Teaching Style
My teaching revolves around the student as an active learner. Because team and individual learning are important in science, they are both used in my classroom and labs. Scientists often collaborate with others who have expertise in different fields, so I try to have my students work together as much as possible to gain different perspectives on the topics we cover.
My research focuses on three main areas: bacterial biofilms, molecular biology of viruses and genomics/bioinformatics. I recently started research in the areas of metagenomics and phage hunting and performed sabbatical research on vaccines and wound healing in spring and summer 2012 at NEOMED.
Best Part of the Job
My favorite part of my job is that I am continually learning more about my field of study and get to share that excitement with students.
Science Building
I enjoy spending time in Bracy Hall because it is a building where occupants can interact with science at a level beyond the textbook. It is an exciting place to work and learn!
Personal Attention
Students at the University of Mount Union have a lot of resources available to them. There is a feeling of personalized attention here that is not as tangible at other institutions of higher learning.
Preparing Students
In the Department of Biology we assist students in developing a respect for their place in the natural world, and the liberal arts education helps them to be well-rounded in their learning. As students progress through the curriculum they are challenged to master an advanced skill set that prepares them for rewarding careers in science-based fields of study.
Research Interests
My research interests include: bacterial biofilms, molecular biology of viruses, genomics/bioinformatics, vaccines, wound healing, metagenomics, epidemiology of infectious diseases
B.S., Microbiology, North Dakota State University
Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Students at the University of Mount Union have a lot of resources available to them. There is a feeling of personalized attention here that is not as tangible at other institutions of higher learning.
- Favorite Quote or Motto
- "Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise."
- Surprising Fact about Yourself
- Most people might not know that I am interested in World War II events.
- If You Weren't a Professor
- If I weren't a professor I would want to be a forensic scientist or a chef.
- Places to Visit or Things to Do
- I would like to visit Yosemite National Park to hike and take nature photographs.
- Favorite Movie
- My favorite movie is The Sound of Music.
- Hobbies and Interests
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42 U.S. Code § 300j–5 - National Drinking Water Advisory Council
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(a) Establishment; membership; representation of interests; term of office, vacancies; reappointment
There is established a National Drinking Water Advisory Council which shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Administrator after consultation with the Secretary. Five members shall be appointed from the general public; five members shall be appointed from appropriate State and local agencies concerned with water hygiene and public water supply; and five members shall be appointed from representatives of private organizations or groups demonstrating an active interest in the field of water hygiene and public water supply, of which two such members shall be associated with small, rural public water systems. Each member of the Council shall hold office for a term of three years, except that—
(1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and
(2) the terms of the members first taking office shall expire as follows: Five shall expire three years after December 16, 1974, five shall expire two years after such date, and five shall expire one year after such date, as designated by the Administrator at the time of appointment.
The members of the Council shall be eligible for reappointment.
(b) Functions
The Council shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Administrator on matters relating to activities, functions, and policies of the Agency under this subchapter.
(c) Compensation and allowances; travel expenses
Members of the Council appointed under this section shall, while attending meetings or conferences of the Council or otherwise engaged in business of the Council, receive compensation and allowances at a rate to be fixed by the Administrator, but not exceeding the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Council. While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Council, members of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 (b) [1] of title 5.
(d) Advisory committee termination provision inapplicable
Section 14(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (relating to termination) shall not apply to the Council.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1446, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a),Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1688; amended Pub. L. 104–182, title I, § 127,Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1659.)
References in Text
Section 5703 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (c), was amended generally by Pub. L. 94–22, § 4,May 19, 1975, 89 Stat. 85, and, as so amended, does not contain a subsec. (b).
Section 14(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 14(a) ofPub. L. 92–463, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–182inserted ", of which two such members shall be associated with small, rural public water systems" before period at end of second sentence.
Termination of Advisory Committees
Pub. L. 93–641, § 6,Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, set out as a note under section 217a of this title, provided that an advisory committee established pursuant to the Public Health Service Act shall terminate at such time as may be specifically prescribed by an Act of Congress enacted after Jan. 4, 1975.
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.
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Broadcom Showcases Set-top Box Innovations at Moscow CSTB Event
Broad Portfolio of Cable, Satellite, IP and Terrestrial Silicon Solutions Targets Rapid Transition to Digital Broadcasting and IPTV
Jan 28, 2013, 08:07 EST
MOSCOW, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --CSTB Exhibition and Forum 2013 –
News Highlights
- Introduces Broadcom's proven expertise in powering digital TV platforms to this expanding market
- Addresses the 90 percent penetration of pay TV households by 2018, according to ABI Research
- Paves the way for operators and broadcasters to deliver enhanced interactive and hybrid IP-based services
- Announces the industry's first fully integrated single-chip DVB-T2 receiver SoC for digital TV transition
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ : BRCM ), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, is showcasing its latest generation of cable, satellite, IP and terrestrial TV solutions at the CSTB Exhibition and Forum, the premier broadcasting and telecommunications event in Russia. Broadcom's broad range of digital set-top box and receiver technologies addresses the growing demand for digital TV delivery and paves the way for future hybrid IPTV services in Russia and neighboring markets. Learn more at Broadcom.com.
"Russia is undergoing a massive television restructuring, and we expect pay TV to continue its high growth and exceed 90 percent household penetration by 2018. Russia's digital cable subscribers have been growing rapidly, reaching nearly 45 percent of total subscribers. Satellite subscriptions have been growing at 18.5 percent annually since 2008, with increasing interest in HD services," said Sam Rosen, Practice Director at ABI Research. "Today's Russian television consumption is evolving from analog to digital, with an upcoming transition from standard definition (SD) to high definition (HD), driven in part by the government's investment in digital TV broadcasting. Russian audiences increasingly value the convenience and comfort of more sophisticated broadcast services, and are ready to pay for these new technologies."
Russia has adopted the DVB-T2 standard for terrestrial broadcast and set 2015 as the national analog shut-off deadline.* In the surrounding area, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have also adopted this standard. At CSTB, Broadcom is launching the industry's first fully integrated single chip DVB-T2 receiver system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution (BCM7563), providing a cost-effective transition from analog directly to digital TV programming and an easy migration towards future IP-delivered interactive content and services.
"Broadcom's broad portfolio of set-top box and receiver technology enables device manufacturers to address the significant growth in multiple TV segments –cable, satellite, IP and terrestrial," said Dan Marotta, Broadcom Executive Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Communications Group. "With Broadcom's common architecture and hardware compatibility, platform design investment can be easily leveraged to address multiple segments for lower costs, less complexity and faster time-to-market."
Broadcom will also demonstrate the BCM7445 Ultra HD TV Video Decoder SoC that supports the latest generation of video compression technology called HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), based on the H.265 standard. This compression technology offers operators and broadcasters significant bandwidth savings over current standards. Additionally, Broadcom will demonstrate the BCM7241 IPTV STB SoC with the BCM43526 5G WiFi solution, based on the latest IEEE802.11ac standard. This enables operators to provide reliable whole-home, carrier-grade video distribution and coverage for multi-room DVR, browsing, gaming, over-the-top (OTT) and other services.
Technology Highlights
- BCM7581 DVB-C High Definition Set-top Box SoC
- BCM7592 Multi Mode HD STB SoC that supports DVB-C, DVB-T and ISDB-T with hybrid IP services
- BCM7435 Video Media Server with Multi HD transcoding
- BCM7445 UltraHD Video Media Server with HEVC
- BCM3128 DVB-C Full-Band Capture with 8 QAM channels
- BCM3383 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem SoC
- BCM7014 DVB-C SD MPEG2 Zapper SoC
- BCM4538 Quad Full Band Capture Satellite Receiver
- BCM4538+BCM7429 Satellite IP Multi switch Set-top Box Platform
- BCM7346 HD Satellite PVR SoC with Power Management and MoCA®
- BCM7360 HD PVR Satellite SoC
- BCM7358 HD Zapper Satellite SoC
- BCM7301 SD Zapper Satellite SoC
- BCM7241 + BCM43526 802.11ac Wireless IPTV Set-top Box Platform
- BCM7563 single chip DVB-T2 Receiver SoC
For ongoing Broadcom news visit our Newsroom, read our B-Connected Blog, or visit us on Facebook or Twitter. And to stay connected, subscribe to our RSS Feed.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ : BRCM ), a FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile environments. With the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and embedded software solutions, Broadcom is changing the world by connecting everything®. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.
Broadcom®, the pulse logo, Connecting everything® and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
Dana Brzozkiewicz
Public Relations Manager
Chris Zegarelli
Senior Director, Investor Relations
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LITCHFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A 25-year-old passenger who died in the crash of a double-decker Megabus in Illinois was a native of India traveling to central Missouri.
Aditi R. Avhad was headed to Columbia, Mo., when the bus slammed into an interstate bridge support pillar Thursday near Litchfield. Dozens were sent to hospitals with injuries. It's not clear how many remained hospitalized early Friday.
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E. Jayne Trumbull, 74, of 6265 Shawmut Rd., Ridgway, died Monday afternoon, May 14, 2012, at Elk Regional Health Center following a brief illness. She was born June 9, 1937 in Ridgway, daughter of the late Eugene and Grace (Reinhart) Lyle. She was married to James C. Trumbull, who preceded her in death on Dec. 19, 2003. She had resided in Shawmut for the last 20 years and was a former Ridgway resident. She was a member of the Brandy Camp Methodist Church. She was a graduate of the Ridgway High School. She was also an avid reader and loved garage sales. Her cookies will be greatly missed. She had been employed by Metaldyne for 25 years before her retirement. She is survived by a son, Kevin L. Trumbull and his partner Caryl J. Austin of Ridgway; four grandchildren, Brian, Eric, Chelsey, and Samantha; four great-grandchildren, Eli, Maddy, Stella, and Axel; a brother, Evert Lyle of Treasure Lake; and a special niece, Sharon. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband. Funeral and Committal Services for E. Jayne Trumbull will be held at the Thompson Funeral Home on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Joni Williams, Pastor of the Brandy Camp Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Parklawn Memorial Gardens. Friends will be received at the Thompson Funeral Home on Wednesday from 12 p.m. until the time of the service at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ridgway Public Library, 329 Center Street, Ridgway, PA 15853.


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I work as a doctor, and I was compelled to travel to join my husband for a month so that my residence visa would not be cancelled. I did not go to my work during this month and I did not take a leave of absence; I told them that my mother was sick and needed surgery (which was indeed the case), and she lives in another city. In the beginning I did not regard my salary as permissible, because I did not work during this period, and I offered the salary to my fellow doctors; some of them were prepared to agree and others refused. But the one who is in charge of my work said to me: They have no right to anything you have; take your salary in full. That was because on the days on which I did not go to work, no one did the work instead of me. After that, I was nine months pregnant and I was very tired and could not go to work. I had some problems at the end of the pregnancy and I did not go to work for another month, but this time my colleague did the work instead of me. What is the ruling on my taking the salary in these two cases? If it is not permissible to take the salary, what should I do with it? Should I give it in charity or give it to my colleagues? Now I feel that my supplications (du'aa's) are not being answered – is this the reason? How sound is the hadeeth, "Make sure your food is halaal and your supplications will be answered"?.
It is not permissible for you to take the salary in the two cases mentioned, so long as you did not get a leave of absence that would make it permissible for you to take the salary even though you did not do the work (sick leave, if you were actually ill, or maternity leave, if the system allows the pregnant woman to take a leave with pay).
In the first case, you should give in charity the salary that you got, or donate it to public facilities that the state usually spends on, and the closer it is to the field of your work (medicine and hospitals), the better, because there was no one who took your place at work and you cannot give the money back to the state.
In the second case, it also seems that you should give it in charity, because the one who did your work in your stead did not do it in an official capacity with permission from the one who is entitled to give permission for that, and the employment system does not allow an employee to appoint someone else to act in his stead, with or without a salary.
For more information, please see the answer to question no. 105403
For information on things that prevent supplication (du'aa') being answered, please see the answers to questions no. 13506 and 5113
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Press Release 61/2017
5 April 2017
The international community meets in Brussels on 5 April to discuss the situation in Syria, the effects of the crisis on the region and intervention in these. Finland is further increasing its support to assist those suffering from the war in Syria and Syria's neighbouring countries, and Finland's pledge of support for 2017 will increase to a total of EUR 35 million.
The conference participants include not only the EU and the Syrian region but also the entire international community: the United Nations, major donors and civil society, humanitarian organisations and development cooperation agencies. The conference assesses the progress made by the international community in fulfilling commitments given at the London conference in February 2016, and agrees on additional measures to assist those suffering from the crisis. Finland has consistently borne its responsibility and provided the assistance it has pledged: Last year, Finland's final support for Syria rose to about EUR 34 million, and Finland even exceeded the pledge given at the London conference.
Not only is the war in Syria, which has continued for six years, a vast humanitarian catastrophe; it is also an immense regional development crisis. Within Syria, 13.5 million people are in need of protection and humanitarian aid – more than half of them children and young people. In all, 6.3 million people have been displaced within the country because of the violence, many of them repeatedly. Finland hosted a high-level international conference on Syria, "Supporting Syrians and the Region", in Helsinki in January where the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) for 2017–2018, extending to Syria's neighbouring countries and coordinated by the UN, was launched. The pledges of assistance given in Brussels are based on the plan, and the Helsinki conference thus prepared the ground for the Brussels conference.
"The Helsinki conference had three principal messages. The need for assistance to Syria and its neighbouring countries will be enormous for years to come even if progress were made in political negotiations. Support to women and their active role in relief operations must be paid more attention than at present. With regard to future building of reconciliation, it is important to support Syria's civil society and to see that it is more closely involved in the planning and delivery of assistance," Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen states.
Finland's support to the victims of the Syrian conflict is divided between humanitarian aid to alleviate immediate suffering and help refugees, and development cooperation strengthening the capacity of local communities especially in neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees.
Humanitarian aid is linked, among others, with healthcare, food and other emergency relief materials, and shelter. Development cooperation support is divided into three entities: promotion of the political process and efforts to combat impunity; livelihoods and basic services within Syria; and support for the capacity of neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees. Finland's priorities include women, children, education and job creation.
In spite of the Geneva peace talks, the Astana meetings supporting them and the ceasefire that came into force at the end of 2016, in practice the parties have not ensured the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid to its destination. It is still very difficult to deliver aid to certain areas and across lines to all those in need within Syria. Finland appeals especially to the ceasefire guarantors – Russia, Iran and Turkey – that they would exert their influence to make it possible for aid to reach its destination.
Violations of human rights and international humanitarian law continue in Syria. Finland strongly supports the work to combat impunity and sees it as a prerequisite for a lasting peace. Finland together with 104 other countries has endorsed the Resolution of the UN General Assembly on establishing a mechanism supporting Syria's accountability. As part of the pledge made in Brussels, Finland will give EUR one million to support the work of the mechanism in 2017–2018.
Inquiries: Jussi Nummelin, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 295 351 768 and Noora Rikalainen, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance and Policy, tel. +358 295 351 310.
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O Cirque du Soleil está renovando seu contrato de colaboração com a Federação Internacional de Ginástica (FIG) por mais 4 anos. Durante a visita do Presidente Prof. da FIG, Bruno Grandi, e do Secretário Geral André Gueisbuhler à nossa sede em Montreal, mostramos os bastidores do novo espetáculo Amaluna! Destaques da visita!
Curious on how Cirque du Soleil scouts talent? Learn more by watching this video about Krista Monson, Director of Casting in Las Vegas. (Courtesy of CNN International)
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Blogging from Los Angeles, world and Olympic medalist Raj Bhavsar describes his new life in Cirque du Soleil, which begins its newest show, "IRIS: A Journey Through the World of Cinema," Sept. 25 at the Kodak Theatre. Pictured: Bhavsar hits a handstand in LA's Runyon Canyon Park near the Kodak Theatre.`
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Kathryn Howard ran off and joined the circus. With her college gymnastics eligibility exhausted, the All-American performer was finishing her advertising degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln when she got a call from Cirque du Soleil, the Canada-based circus company with shows on six continents.
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