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CLARION – The Clarion Area Lady Bobcats defeated the Elk County Catholic Lady Crusaders by a 47-41 score last night in the District 9-A semifinal game played at Clarion University.The Lady Bobcats will now meet the Keystone Lady Panthers for the District 9 championship on Saturday at Clarion University. Keystone defeated Kane 58-51 in the other semifinal. The Lady Crusaders will take on the Kane Lady Wolves in the District 9-A consolation game. The date, site and time of that game will be announced.The Lady Bobcats opened a 10-2 lead early in the contest, with Elk Catholic battling back to close to within 14-10 at the end of the first period. Clarion led 23-21 at the half. At the end of the third period, Clarion opened a 10-point lead over ECC, 37-27."We played good defense, played hard, but didn't make our shots," said ECCHS coach Ken Pistner. "Our defense forced some turnovers late in the game, but we couldn't capitalize on them.""We kept our composure and made a run at them with our foul shooting," said Pistner. Elk trailed by 12 with 6:05 left in the game, but was able to close the gap to three with 20 seconds remaining."I thought it was a very good basketball game," added Pistner.The Lady Crusaders were led offensively by Abbi Petrosky with 14 points on three field goals and an eight-for-15 night from the foul line. Kristy Hanes scored 10 points on two twos and two threes. Taylor DaCanal added nine points.For Clarion, Kyla Miles scored 15 points on seven field goals and a one-for-one night from the foul line. Bri Nellis scored 11 points on two field goals and a seven-for-10 night from the foul line.Nellis scored the first points of the game on a foul shot. Miles added a field goal to give Clarion a 3-0 lead. Petrosky converted two foul shots, 3-2. Miles hit a two and Liz Shannonhouse a three to give Clarion an 8-2 lead. Miles made it 10-2 before Hanes hit a three for Elk, 10-5. Maci Thornton scored for Clarion to make it 12-5. Hanes and Nellis traded buckets, 14-7. DaCanal sank a foul shot and Petrosky added a two, cutting the Clarion lead to 14-10 at the end of the first period.DaCanal opened the scoring in the second period with a field goal. Lexie Meholic added a three for ECC as Elk took their first lead of the game, 15-14. Shannonhouse and DaCanal traded buckets. Nellis gave Clarion the 18-17 lead. A foul shot by Meholic tied the game, with Petrosky scoring a field goal as Elk led 20-18 with 1:13 left in the half. Ashley Hummell hit a field goal and Miles converted a three-point play as Clarion led 23-20 with 20 seconds remaining. Petrosky converted one of two foul shots with four seconds left to cut the Clarion lead to 23-21 at the half.Nellis sank two foul shots to open the second half. Hannah Wolf scored for Clarion to make it 27-21. Petrosky converted two foul shots, as did Clarion's Kate Fillman, 29-23. Miles made it 31-23 before Petrosky sank two foul shots. Clarion scored six points to take a 37-25 lead with 1:35 left. A field goal by DaCanal made the score 37-27 at the end of three quarters.Fillman scored the first points of the fourth quarter at the 6:05 mark, 39-27. With 2:37 left, Hanes hit a two, Meholic added two foul shots and Julia Sweeney hit a field goal, 39-33. Ashley Hummell and Hanes traded threes, 42-36. Thornton converted a foul shot 43-36. DaCanal converted two foul shots with 38 seconds left to cut the Clarion lead to 43-38. Nellis sank a foul shot, 44-38. Petrosky converted a three-point play with 20 seconds remaining to cut the Clarion lead to 44-41. Nellis sank a foul shot, 45-41 with Thornton scoring a field goal to give Clarion the 47-41 victory.Elk Catholic is now 22-4 on the year.The Lady Crusaders will now meet the Kane Lady Wolves in the consolation game. The date, time and site will be announced by the District 9 Committee.The Lady Crusaders were 12 of 37 from the field for 32 percent, while the Lady Bobcats were 17 of 38 for 45 percent.Elk outrebounded Clarion 30-26. Petrosky led ECC with 13, while DaCanal added six. Nellis had six caroms for Clarion, while Miles and Wolf had five each.


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Krzysztof Laudanski, MD, PhD, MA, FCCM
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
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M.D. (Medicine)
Warsaw Medical University, 1998.
B.Sc (Psychology)
Warsaw University, 2000.
M.A (Psychology)
Warsaw University, 2001.
Ph.D. (Anesthesiology & Immunology)
Military Institute of Medicine, 2012.
M.D. (Medicine)
Warsaw Medical University, 1998.
B.Sc (Psychology)
Warsaw University, 2000.
M.A (Psychology)
Warsaw University, 2001.
Ph.D. (Anesthesiology & Immunology)
Military Institute of Medicine, 2012.
Description of Clinical ExpertiseMy clinical work focuses on the care for critical care patients. I pay special attention to ventilator management and utilization of the transthoracic ECHO in guiding the therapy in my patients.
Description of Research ExpertiseMy sepsis research focuses on the outcome of the sepsis and pathomechanisms leading to short and long-term aberrancies of the immune system. More specifically, I focus on the development of the dendritic cells from monocytes during severe stress and development of T cell anergy. One of the leading hypothesize is that in some patients the development of naïve monocytes is skewed toward macrophages. This is leading to immunoparalysis due to the depletion of the dendritic cells pool. I am also interested in analyzing interaction between immune system components and neuronal system. In my research, he utilizes the animal and humanized models of sepsis as well as sampling of the population of patients.
Selected PublicationsLaudanski K, De A, Miller-Graziano C: Exogenous heat shock protein 27 uniquely blocks differentiation of monocytes to dendritic cells. Eur J Immunol 37(10): 2812-2824, 2007.
Miller-Graziano CL, De A, Laudanski K, Herrmann T, Bandyopadhyay S: HSP27: an anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory stress protein acting to dampen immune function. Novartis Found Symp 291: 196-208; discussion 208-211, 221-224, 2008.
Laudanski K, Ali H, Himmel A, Godula K, Stettmeier M, Calvocoressi L: The relationship between serum ferritin levels and electrocardiogram characteristics in acutely ill patients. Exp Clin Cardiol 14(3): 38-41, 2009.
Evans HL, Cuschieri J, Moore EE, Shapiro MB, Nathens AB, Johnson JL, Harbrecht BG, Minei JP, Bankey PE, Maier RV, West MA, Billiar TR, Brownstein BH, Calvano SE, Chaudry IH, Cobb JP, Cooper C, Davis RW, Fay A, Feezor RJ, Gamelli RL, Gibran NS, Hayden D, Herndon DN, Hunt JL, Laudanski K, Lederer JA, Lowry SF, Mannick JA, Miller-Graziano CL, Mindrinos M, Moldawer LL: Inflammation and the host response to injury, a large-scale collaborative project: patient-oriented research core standard operating procedures for clinical care IX. Definitions for complications of clinical care of critically injured patients. J Trauma 67(2): 384-388, 2010.
Bandyopadhyay G, De A, Laudanski K, Li F, Lentz C, Bankey P, Miller-Graziano C: Negative signaling contributes to T-cell anergy in trauma patients. Crit Care Med 35(3): 794-801, 2007.
Laudanski K, Wyczechowska D: The distinctive role of small heat shock proteins in oncogenesis. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 54(2): 103-111, 2006.
Laudanski K, De A, Pellegrini J, Miller-Graziano C: Simultaneous aberrations in Mphi and T cell function adversely affect trauma patients clinical outcome: a possible faulty IL-13 feedback loop. Clin Immunol 118(2-3): 332-341, 2006.
Laudanski K, Wyczechowska D: Monocyte-related immunopathologies in trauma patients. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 53(4): 321-328, 2005.
De AK, Miller-Graziano CL, Calvano SE, Laudanski K, Lowry SF, Moldawer LL, Remick DG Jr, Rajicic N, Schoenfeld D, Tompkins RG: Selective activation of peripheral blood T cell subsets by endotoxin infusion in healthy human subjects corresponds to differential chemokine activation. J Immunol 175(9): 6155-6162, 2005.
Cobb JP, Mindrinos MN, Miller-Graziano C, Calvano SE, Baker HV, Xiao W, Laudanski K, Brownstein BH, Elson CM, Hayden DL, Herndon DN, Lowry SF, Maier RV, Schoenfeld DA, Moldawer LL, Davis RW, Tompkins RG, Bankey P, Billiar T, Camp D, Chaudry I, Freeman B, Gamelli R, Gibran N, Harbrecht B, Heagy W, Heimbach D, Horton J, Hunt J, Lederer J, Mannick J, McKinley B, Minei J, Moore E, Moore F, Munford R, Nathens A, O'Keefe G, Purdue G, Rahme L, Remick D, Sailors M, Shapiro M, Silver G, Smith R, Stephanopoulos G, Stormo G, Toner M, Warren S, West M, Wolfe S, Young V: Application of genome-wide expression analysis to human health and disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(13): 4801-4806, 2005.
Laudanski K, De A, Miller-Graziano CL: Hsp-27 as an anti-inflammatory protein. Molecular Chaperones and Cell Signalling. Handerson B, Pockley AG (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Page: 220-233, 2005.
Laudanski K, Dohlman L: Intensive care in poor-resource settings: solutions are in the hands at home. Crit Care Med 39(10): 2385, 2011 Notes: Letter to Editor.
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The following article provides information on an issue with upgrades from Windows 8.1 to 10 are halting or hanging on Dell systems.
This is a specific Issue where the update from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 halts or hangs - using either the USB update stick or the online update, on a Dell system using a Hynix 512 GB SSD (Solid State Drive) as the boot drive.
While some users have resolved this issue by performing a clean install of Windows 10 and obtaining a new license key from Microsoft.
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Confirm the issue is the same as stated above : system hangs / halts during update from 8.1 to 10
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Former assistant professor of dance Carol Neubner, right, works with the Lander dancers who will perform her dance, "The Runners," in the Lander Dance Company's upcoming show. From left to right are Minyub Yum, a business administration major from Busan, South Korea; Nik Blocker, a theatre major from Ninety Six; and Ryan Hewitt, a theatre major from Florence.
Performances are scheduled for Monday, April 2, and Tuesday, April 3. Both performances begin at 8 p.m. in the Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center Auditorium.
Neubner, who established both the Lander University Dance Company and dance program, said she got the idea for "The Runners" from watching the slow-motion finishes of Olympics races. "It was loads of fun to watch," she said, describing the dance as "one of the most popular things we ever did."
When Neubner came to Lander in 1961, the Denver, Colo. native was initially offered one class, which she taught in the basement of Old Main. She said "it slowly worked into a full-time job."
By the time she retired in 1995, she had worked under four Lander University presidents.
"I loved my job from beginning to end," she said. "I feel so lucky to have done this."
Current Lander University Dance Company director Joey Giles, who danced for Neubner in the 1980s, said that his mentor "was able to recruit people who never thought they could be dancers." She taught him, he said, that "anybody can dance, if they have the passion and want to put in the work."
Dorothy Ann Rush Bailey, who founded "Dolly's School of Dance" soon after graduating in 1967, was another of Neubner's star students, and Bailey's dance "Crazy/We All Flew Over" will also be performed by Giles' dancers.
One of the first recipients of the Carol Neubner Dance Scholarship, created by Neubner's friends when she retired, was Suzy Connolly Shaw, and Shaw, who opened her own dance studio, Emerald City Dance Explosion, 10 years ago, will be featured in the program as well, as her students perform two dances that she choreographed, "How Great Thou Art" and "Silent All These Years."
The program will also include dances choreographed by the two current recipients of the Carol Neubner Dance Scholarship: Kellie Daugherty, a mass communication major from West Columbia, who serves as president of the Lander University Dance Company; and Damion Malachi, an elementary education major from Bennettsville, who serves as vice-president.
The performances are free and open to the public.


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In commercial photography, an industry one might not necessarily associate with the need for background checks by a government body, the question of DBS checks remains a similarly divisive one. However, with clients increasingly requesting a DBS accredited photographer for jobs, which involve potentially vulnerable people, the checks themselves are becoming more important to public relations and press photographers working in the UK.
Since their introduction in 2002, the effectiveness and necessity of Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks have been widely-discussed issues amongst those working with children and vulnerable adults.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks (previously CRB checks)
1. Overview
The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) have merged to become the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). CRB checks are now called DBS checks.
A DBS check may be needed for:
certain jobs or voluntary work, eg working with children or in healthcare
applying to foster or adopt a child
There are different rules for getting a criminal record check in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Who can ask for a DBS check
An employer can ask for a DBS check for certain roles.
DBS eligibility guidance lists most roles that are eligible for a check. However, the guidance isn't comprehensive so contact DBS if unsure.
Applicants (job candidates) can't do a criminal records check on themselves. Instead, they can request a 'basic disclosure' from Disclosure Scotland (you don't have to be from Scotland to do this).
How to get a DBS check
The employer gets an application form from DBS or an umbrella body (a registered body that gives access to DBS checks).
The employer gives the applicant the form to fill in and return to them along with documents proving their identity.
The employer sends the completed application form to DBS or their umbrella body.
DBS sends a certificate to the applicant. The employer has to ask the applicant to see the certificate.
If the applicant has subscribed to the DBS update service, the employer can check their certificate online.
How long a DBS check is valid
A DBS check has no official expiry date. Any information included will be accurate at the time the check was carried out. It is up to an employer to decide if and when a new check is needed.
Applicants and employers can use the DBS update service to keep a certificate up to date or carry out checks on a potential employee's certificate.
Types of criminal records check
There are 3 types of check. The employer or organisation running the check should provide the applicant with more information about the level of check required.
Criminal record check applicants must be 16 or over.
Standard (£26)
This checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and will take about 2 weeks.
Enhanced (£44)
This includes the same as the standard check plus any additional information held by local police that's reasonably considered relevant to the workforce being applied for (adult, child or 'other' workforce). It usually takes about 4 weeks.
'Other' workforce means those who don't work with children or adults specifically, but potentially both, eg taxi drivers. In this case, the police will only release information that's relevant to the post being applied for.
Enhanced with list checks (£44)
This is like the enhanced check, but includes a check of the DBS barred lists. It usually takes about 4 weeks.


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NOTE UPDATE ON JULY 1, 2014: Wow! This photo has gone viral on Reddit! It's funny to read the comments-- that this meat is raw. It's fake. It has face with a tongue sticking out (funny, and true...never noticed that before.) Let me say one thing-- this roast beef was bomb-diggity. Yes. it's cooked exactly the way I like it! If it's too rare for y'all, then cook it some more. One person said it would dry up in 10 minutes and be a dry roast. Nope. Didn't happen. Anyway-- welcome Reddit Army! I'm cooking for real, without any photo shopping. Please be nice, and not steal this photo without linking back to this blog. I have some work to do, as I see it's been done. Thank you!
The problem is finding good deli roast beef. I often wonder how long the beef has been in it's shrink wrap package, and I prefer to eat grass-fed beef. I spotted a recipe in a food magazine (and I won't name it) for Salt-Encrusted Beef. I've always wanted to try the technique of making a salt-flour dough and wrapping it around beef. The magazine photo looked delicious. But...
While flipping through one of my many Cook's Illustrated cookbooks, this version of Slow Roasted Beef (January 2008) caught my attention. I always enjoy reading the article that precedes their recipes because Cook's Illustrated does a lot of homework to perfect each recipe-- and I have to say that I have yet to be disappointed. Here's a portion of the article, so that you can understand why this recipe worked:
First step: selecting the best cut for our roast. Our favorite, the eye-round, has good flavor and tenderness and a uniform shape that guarantees even cooking. Next step: choosing between the two classic methods for roasting meat—high and fast or low and slow. Low temperature was the way to go. Keeping the meat's internal temperature below 122 degrees as long as possible allowed the meat's enzymes to act as natural tenderizers, breaking down its tough connective tissue (this action stops at 122 degrees). Since most ovens don't heat below 200 degrees, we needed to devise a special method to lengthen this tenderizing period. We roasted the meat at 225 degrees (after searing it to give the meat a crusty exterior) and shut off the oven when the roast reached 115 degrees. The meat stayed below 122 degrees an extra 30 minutes, allowing the enzymes to continue their work before the temperature reached 130 degrees for medium-rare. Final step: seasoning. Salting the meat a full 24 hours before roasting made it even more tender and seasoned the roast throughout.I made this recipe several months ago, but I wasn't thrilled with the photos. Since I'm home, healing from a winter cold, I'm editing some of the numerous food photos that I've been too busy to work on. I'm going to make this again, so I thought I'd share it with you-- overexposed photos and all...
Turn oven off; leave roast in oven, without opening door, until meat-probe thermometer or instant-read thermometer inserted into center of roast registers 130 degrees for medium-rare or 140 degrees for medium, 30 to 50 minutes longer.
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CHPC awards allocations on the general resources of the kingspeak and ember clusters based on proposals submitted to a review committee. The allocation is awarded to the CHPC PI, and access to the allocation is made available to all members of the group. Jobs from groups with allocation run at a higher priority and can preempt jobs running without allocation. Note that lonepeak general nodes are run in an unallocated manner.
Other resources on the clusters are "owned" by other PIs and your jobs will not be able to run on those nodes at priority unless you are a member of that group. You may run on the "owner nodes" by changing the SBATCH directives for the account and partition as desciribed on the SLURM documentation page . Your job can thus be run on any idle owner nodes, at low priority, but your job can be pre-empted (killed) if a member of the owner's group submits a job.at priority
Allocations are measured in wallclockcore hour which are 1 hour of wallclock time for each core on a node. For more details see our HPC Allocation Policy . Allocations are managed on a calendar quarter.wallclockcore hour for each core
There are two kinds of allocation:
Quick allocations are for PIs who are new to having a CHPC allocation. PIs may submit a quick allocationrequest which is for 20,000 wallclock core hours for the current calendar quarter at any time during the quarter. It is expected that after gaining experience using our systems with the quick allocation, the allocation process (below) should be followed. Quick allocations are reviewed by senior CHPC staff and awarded at CHPC's discretion.
Requests for allocations are accepted 4 times per year. The due dates for the four opportunities are set each quarter:
The exact dates are set each quarter and announced through the chpc-hpc-users mailing list. The maximum award amount is 200,000.
PIs are asked to submit a request for the four upcoming calendar quarters. Your allocation request will then need to be renewed the following year by submitting another request. You may ask for fewer quarters, but if you expect to be using our systems long term we request that you submit a full year request. If you find your allocation amount needs to be adjusted, you can submit a new request to replace your existing request at any allocation cycle during the year.
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Mature B-cell neoplasms arise in B-cells that have entered germinal centers within lymph nodes as part of the immune response. They display great heterogeneity at the clinical, pathologic, and genetic levels and represent 6-7% and 5-6% of all new estimated cancer cases and deaths respectively in the US in 2009. They are the fifth most common neoplasm in both males and females, and of the 103,960 estimated new cases in 2009, 20,860 comprise diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 20,580 multiple myeloma (MM), 15,490 chronic lymphocytic leukemia /small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), 14,900 follicular lymphoma (FL), 8,510 Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL), 6,000 marginal zone lymphomas (MZL) (including the three subtypes: extranodal marginal zone of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue [MALT], nodal marginal zone, and splenic marginal zone), and 3,730 mantle cell lymphomas (MCL), as the major subtypes. With the exclusion of HL, 32,520 deaths are expected in 2009 in the US as a result of these neoplasms.
Diagnosis of these neoplasms relies mostly on the pathologic examination of biopsy material, be it either of an incisional or excisional biopsy of a suspect lymph node, a fine needle aspirate of a suspect lymph node (as yet to be considered adequate for initial diagnosis, unless it is the only safe option), or a bone marrow aspirate. Unlike other cancers, rarely are other biopsy/surgical procedures performed prior to the initiation of treatment, thus limiting the amount of tissue available for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. CGI has optimized the utility of array-CGH so that it can be routinely applied to the study of a range of specimen types including formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) specimens, often the only specimen available for analysis.
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The family of a Maryland college football player who died after a sports-related concussion claim their son's complaints were ignored during a series of dangerous preseason football drills and his coaches "left him there to die."
Derek Sheely, of Germantown, Md., a 22-year-old fullback at Frostburg State University, died on Aug. 28, 2011. His parents filed a $1 million wrongful-death lawsuit last week claiming their son was forced to continue with strenuous preseason practice sessions in August 2011 even though he was bleeding from the forehead.
The Sheelys say their son's complaints were ignored and instead of being checked for a concussion, he was bandaged, mocked for complaining and sent back onto the field.
"Derek was hurting and he sought help," Sheely's mother, Kristen told ABC News. "He said 'I wasn't feeling well,' he had a headache, he was bleeding and he was called names. Put a band-aid on his head and sent back in time after time."
"He was told to stop complaining. To stop being a sissy in more graphic terms than I just used," Sheely's father Kenneth added.
The Sheelys and their daughter, Keyton Sheely, brought the lawsuit against Derek's head coach, Thomas Rogish, other team officials, the NCAA and Kranos Corp., which made the team's helmets.
Before he died, Sheely had engaged in 13 hours of full-contact drills in a three-and-a-half day period, according to the suit. The drills consisted of fullbacks running full-speed into halfbacks, crashing into them headfirst.
"The fullbacks on the offense were instructed to run at full speed leading with their helmets to run into the other fullbacks and it's our understanding is that these drills were run over and over again often times multiple times in the same day," Kenneth Sheely said.
Derek Sheely, after having his forehead bandaged for several days, told an assistant coach he "didn't feel right" and had a headache on Aug. 22, 2011. He walked off the field and collapsed, lapsing into a coma. He died six days later, the lawsuit said.
"Derek was not one to complain and if he came forward that really means something to me, that really means something was wrong…" Kenneth Sheely said. "In one week he had sustained so much head injury, so much head trauma that he passed away from it. They beat Derek up and left him there to die."
The Sheelys said Derek was a "wonderful person" and a "bright student" who wanted to work for the CIA.
"He was getting a double major in history and political science and he really wanted to go out and do political service with the CIA. So this was supposed to be his victory lap, a last opportunity to play football," Sheely said.
The family's lawsuit, filed on Aug. 22 in Circuit Court for Montgomery County, came the same week that the National Football League agreed to pay players who had sustained brain injuries from football $765 million, settling a years-long conflict over whether the NFL knowingly ignored brain trauma in its players.
In a statement to ABC News the NCAA said, "We were saddened by this student-athlete's death in 2011 and continue to extend our sympathies to the family. Nonetheless, we disagree with the assertions and allegations made against the NCAA."
Kranos Corp. told ABC News that it does not comment on pending litigation.
Rogish did not return calls from ABC News requesting comment after the suit was filed. Frostburg State University told ABC News last week it had no comment.
Derek's family is seeking at least $1 million in damages but they said the lawsuit is about seeking justice for their son.
"This is not about healing, or comfort or money. It's about justice for Derek and it's about protecting other athletes," Kristen Sheely said.
ABC News' Colleen Curry contributed to this report.


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I believe that wagsy is aware of this effort, but I have not seen too much on this here on the boards so I promised Brad that I'd post a note on his behalf.
Now, I know we are all concerned about copyright issues on our photos but the great thing about this effort is that it only requires a portion of the shark for id:
It would be great if everyone who has a side shot of any whale shark from any location on any date could upload these to this research site: http://www.whaleshark.org
All that is required is that you know the date and location of the photo. Apparently the resolution isn't that important either. Many images come from P&S cameras.
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As I mentioned in my last post, I'm just so thrilled to be included in this fall's issue of Twist Collective. My sweater, Twinings (rav link), is a pullover with detailing designed to evoke the look of a wrap sweater.
(Photo credits to Jamie Dixon (beach shots) and Caro Sheridan (studio shots); used with permission.) You can find all the tech specs either on the Twist Collective page linked above or on the design page here.
Twinings started out with a comment someone made about how wrap sweaters looked so flattering, but tended to feel really bulky over the stomach. My initial ideas involved trying to use a row of snaps to allow for just an inch or two of overlap, but I quickly realized such a sweater would simply be an asymmetrical cardigan. The nice thing about a true wrap sweater vs. a cardigan is that the fabric doesn't pull open at many tension points down the front of the sweater.
So I started thinking about how I could spread the tension evenly, and sketching, and would up with the idea of a single cable panel traveling across the front of a sweater:
I knew I wouldn't be able to make the cable panel move quite as severely as the sketch without some serious biasing in the fabric, but I started swatching to play around with the maximum movement rate:
And I was able to move a cable every other RS row without things getting too nasty. So when Kate told me she liked the sweater and wanted to include it the Fall issue, I calculated the different required cable positions at three points of the sweater and worked out the rate of decrease within each section.
I had lots of fun working with the other details of Twinings, too. The hem of the sweater body is trimmed with the same cables present in the panel; the sleeves are deeply cuffed with the same cables.
The back neck gave me a little bit of trouble: I started out wanting a wide, curved cable band on the back. But I quickly realized that working short rows on a back neck cable, combined with the complicated front of the sweater, would intimidate a lot of knitters. So instead, I charted out some attractive diminishing cables from the front neckline, moving into 1×1 rib. These extensions of the front cable panels are then sewn onto the back neckline. I wound up liking the effect far more than my original idea:
The merino-silk blend from Catherine Lowe Yarns was just great. I'd never worked with a yarn like this before (the individual plies are laid out parallel to one another and wound into a cake like that; CL says that they're sprayed with sizing to keep them together but although they did stay together fine I couldn't detect any stiffness or anything), and I don't necessarily understand why it makes such a difference–but it does! The stitch definition is utterly fabulous and I have to say that the yarn produced the single best fabric that has ever come off my needles. It manages both a dense-looking, opaque fabric and an incredible lightness–the sample weighs far less than you'd expect. The silk adds a lovely drape and shine. And the ex-goth in me definitely appreciated the color, which was a lovely dark violet that looked black in some lights, stunning purple in others.
All in all, I'm really pleased with the way the sweater turned out, and hope you are too! If you'd like to knit Twinings, we're having a knit-a-long for the sweater in my ravelry group and would love to have you join us.


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Game: Frogatto & Friends
I don't think that every game developer plans to get you addicted forever to his game.
Frogatto is light, polished and funny. It aims to entertain you for a few hours, and it does that very well in my opinion
Forum topic: A MOD Section?
Spring was originally developed as a foss replacement to the TA engine, so yes, there is an original game.
If the ioquake engine wasn't opensourced, and someone wrote a foss replacement the situation would be the same.
In the end this is a pointless complaint, as this is the best way to deal with such games, and you aren't even offering an alternative.
Game: Stringrolled
Wow, very nice platform game. I have packaged it for Pardus, it can be installed by following commands:
$ sudo pisi ar happy-kitty http://happy-kitty.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pisi-index.xml.xz
$ sudo pisi em stringrolled
Game: Frogatto & Friends
It cannot prevent me from going to other games.
Deleted it fast: copying svn took much shorter than in-game though.
Edit: ok, 1.1 have more fun. I'd raise the rating.
IMO its from one who want the game to be played
I want to share what I like, so I rate high on many titles may be disaster to others.
Game: Memonix
Thanks, fixed
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I cannot manage to run it.
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June 24, 2011
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"The AICPA applauds the House of Representative's passage of comprehensive patent reform legislation, H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act. The bill includes a provision fought for by the AICPA that would prevent people from attempting to patent ways to comply with U.S. tax law. House action is an important milestone following Senate approval of similar legislation earlier this year. We urge congressional leaders in the House and Senate to move swiftly on a consolidated bill. The AICPA thanks Representatives Lamar Smith and Bob Goodlatte for their leadership on this issue," AICPA CEO and President Barry Melancon said.
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Robert Pattinson Gets Turned Away At Private Party Before Enjoying A Guys Night Out
Rob might be an international megastar, but when he showed up to a 'Vice' magazine party on June 16 no one seemed to recognize him or care — and he almost didn't get in!
Robert Pattinson might want to move to Toronto permanently — the 25-year-old actor and world's biggest star is in the beautiful city shooting his new flick Cosmopolis, but he can walk around almost unnoticed! Several sources tell HollywoodLife.com that when Rob showed up to a private party on June 16 with two guys and three girls at The Poor Alex, a small venue on Dundas West he had a difficult time getting in and was initially turned away!
"Rob and his pals weren't getting in as there was a line," a source tells us of the party for Vice magazine. "So they took a security guard around the corner to chat with him and a while later they ended up getting in."
Other partygoers tell us that Rob was wearing a baseball hat and a brown jacket — the same incognito look he always wears in his downtime.
"He was definitely trying to be discreet but it didn't seem like anyone really cared or knew who he was," our source says. "It was a party full of super extreme hipsters."
Rob has always complained about the constant attention that comes along with living in the spotlight. We're so glad that Rob was able to have a normal night out with a few of his buds. But we're sure he's doing his best to keep his mind off of his girlfriend Kristen Stewart — we're told they're missing each other terribly with this long distance relationship!


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The Mackie HD series is a good start, but if Mackie wants more business, they need to finely tune these. The Amps in these are garbage. The Speakers, and the cabinet itself is nice, but the power amps they use for these are super unreliable. I would not buy these. If you want clarity, go with JBL PRX 600's or RCF ART series speakers. Those brands are very reliable, and have much better Customer Service. These speakers are heavy, and sound great when they work, but the amps overheat, cut out, and simply are just a pain. Mackie and EAW have to come up with some better product for mobile people, or they will definately lose the line of speaker production.
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Best Buy: Citi Ups to Buy; Sell-Off Overdone, Cost Cutting Still Positive
The Street continues to ponder yesterday morning's fiscal Q3 report from Best Buy (BBY) that pushed the shares down 9%. The stock closed down 7 cents, at $38.71.
Citigroup's Kate McShane raised her rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral today, with a $48 price target, up from $44, writing that the company will have some easier comparisons for same-store growth going forward, more buybacks, and that the "sharp" sell-off yesterday has made for a "compelling entry point" with the shares trading at 14 times forward earnings estimates.
McShane thinks that despite concerns about holiday price wars, about which management was quite frank, nevertheless the turn-around at Best Buy appears still to be intact:
While the market reacted poorly to recent results, we think the story remains intact with improving comps and continued benefits from cost savings which will offset price investment. The +1.7% dom. comp despite disruptions on the retail floor from rationalization and shop-inshop rollouts (30 bps) along with triple digit bps improvement in SG&A leverage shows early signs of the potential at which the company can grow sales while carrying out sales growth initiatives. Gross margin contraction related to price competitiveness is a concern but we note 1) mgt had warned of this as an ongoing pressure on margins and 2) the range of margin guidance only narrowed, it was not
reduced (from 40-70bps to 60-70bps).
McShane thinks the company still has some opportunity to improve profit on cost-of-goods savings and selling, general and administrative costs:
Renew Blue costs savings initiatives have the potential to significantly
boost EPS and more savings could be announced BBY's management has eliminated 85% of the original $400 million SG&A opportunity and has now reached 51% of the original $325 million COGS opportunity. We think the original $400 million SG&A opportunity is likely conservative and expect to hear BBY announce further cost savings (potentially on the international side) following the elimination of the remaining $60 million in SG&A (likely in 2014).
She even provides a chart of how Best Buy has done on the savings front, and how much it might yet be able to do (click for larger image):
She projects that with incremental cost savings, the stock could rise to $54:
To get a sense of the potential upside to BBY's shares, we looked at a range of incremental cost savings flow-through, starting at $200 million and going up to $700 million, and our estimate for the FY16 tax rate of 37%. We then applied a forward P/E rating, ranging from 11x to 15x on the range of diluted EPS results based on the previous range of reduced cost assumptions. At a 13x forward P/E multiple, which was both BBY's mean and median NTM P/E over the last 10 years, and $440 million in cost savings that hit the bottom line, we arrive at a $54 valuation, or 40% upside to today's intra-day price of $38.78.
McShane cut her EPS estimate this year to $2.35 from $2.43, but raised next year's estimate to $2.85 from $2.70, above consensus for just $2.77.


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Census Profile - About federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order)
The Constitution of Canada requires that the number of seats in the House of Commons be recalculated and the boundaries of federal electoral districts (FEDs) be reviewed after each 10-year census to reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. This process is known as the redistribution of federal electoral districts. A 2013 Representation Order was proclaimed with 338 federal electoral districts, and reported in the Canada Gazette on October 5, 2013.
Many of the 338 federal electoral districts (2013 Representation Order) do not fully align with the 2011 Census geographic structure. To tabulate the data from the 2011 Census, the 2011 dissemination block structure was used. In some cases, dissemination blocks were split between FEDs and were assigned to a single FED for the purpose of tabulating the data. For this reason, and also due to random rounding, the 2011 Census data for these FEDs may not match the population counts reported in the Canada Gazette.
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What's cooler than spending $1bn on a mobile photo sharing app?
The answer: spending $1bn on a mobile photo service and then launching your own mobile photo sharing app service weeks later.
Facebook's IPO last week was rocky to say the least, and the company now faces multiple class action lawsuits. But for its team, the Stay focused and keep hacking mantra is apparently in full force despite the fact that many investors have unfriended the social network.
Case in point: yesterday, Facebook unveiled a new, homegrown photo sharing app. Dubbed Facebook Camera, the app, which is initially available for the iPhone, is designed to "[make] using Facebook photos faster and easier."
Facebook Camera includes batch photo uploading capabilities and Instagram-like photo filters. Perhaps most importantly, as The Verge's Ellis Hamburger observes, it looks nothing like Facebook's core iOS app, which, for many users, has been the source of frustration and subject of criticism.
As one might expect given the timing of this launch, Facebook Camera's development began well before Mark Zuckerberg decided that he wanted to purchase Instagram no matter the cost. While some may suggest that Facebook Camera highlights the absurdity of paying $1bn for Instagram, particularly given some of the similarities between the apps, that may not be an entirely fair view.
For starters, Facebook's acquisition of Instagram isn't a done deal. The FTC is investigating the purchase over antitrust concerns and there is always the possibility that it could be blocked. There's also the issue of timing.
As AllThingsDigital's Mike Isaac suggests:
Instagram was taking over mobile photos, and Facebook couldn't wait around and watch the company snap up every user while still working on perfecting the Facebook Camera app.
Assuming the Instagram deal is allowed to go through, which one would expect Facebook to be banking on given the $200m breakup fee it agreed to pay Instagram if the deal doesn't complete, the company's homegrown app does raise questions about its strategy going forward. One big question is whether it will seek to bring the Instagram app and Facebook Camera together in some way, or whether it will let them co-exist side-by-side. Engadget's Brad Molen believes the later is more likely:
Camera as a standalone program is an indication of the company's expansion strategy. Its sights are set beyond the horizon, finding new ways to expand its sphere of influence beyond its current membership of 900 million members. Recently, we discussed the idea of Facebook offering more value to the average consumer than simply being a "social network.
Arguably, the company has already pushed beyond this designation and is quickly becoming an all-encompassing network comprised of a myriad of services and features. In the near future we envision Mark Zuckerberg & co. pushing out several different standalone apps, each one expanding on a feature in a way that many non-members will find appealing. Camera is one such example of this...
This is an interesting possibility, but with more than 900m members and significant penetration in many of the world's key internet markets, one has to wonder if such a strategy, which is based on driving audience growth, would really be a wise move.
Facebook's challenge is not growing its audience; it's monetizing its existing audience far more effectively. Mobile is a big barrier to this, and it's not clear that developing (or buying) a myriad of mobile apps will help the company. In fact, it just might be a huge impediment.
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I was really surprised when I saw this app being released so soon after the news of the Instagram acquisition. I thought it would have been a while since they would have integrated Instagram technology into a photo app of their own. I didn't even realise the deal with Instagram wasn't done yet.
I think it is a smart move though. Facebook has always unwittingly being one of the most popular photo sharing websites out there and I can see a lot more users posting more photos based on how much mobile traffic Facebook gets and the poor photo features on the current ios app. What I can't tell yet is whether the Instagram user base is going to accept being a part of Facebook's core network. I guess this app is designed to show Instagram users 'we're serious about photo sharing'.


text: Soulmates is a short story of the Shadow-Trilogy, a novel series by Marcel Weyers. It takes place a few years before the first novel "Shadows" starts and introduces the main protagonist Haru and his best friend Yusaku. The novel is a short story about friendship and is set in a modern day Japanese village.


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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Jose Avile, Pablo Vidal and Vitor Villar ran the show in Jefferson City (Tenn.) when they took the three top singles flights and helped sweep the doubles competition in a 6-3 win over Carson-Newman College, Tuesday afternoon. The Tornado remain undefeated on the 2011-12 season, improving to 7-0 on the year. The Lady Tornado fell, 9-0, to the Eagles.
Sophomore Jose Avila (Cuernavaca, Mexico) breezed through his singles match with Dusty Davis with a 6-0, 6-2 victory to set the tone for King. Pablo Vidal (Madrid, Spain) and freshman Vitor Villar (Amparo, Brazil) also took home wins in their singles matchups. Villar made easy work of Derek Holdway in the third singles flight of the match 6-1, 6-0 to continue his strong play in his first season with the team.
King swept the doubles competition in three flights. Local products Patrick Jones (Bluff City, Tenn.) and Seth Hale (Knoxville, Tenn.) helped clean up the doubles competition with King's second 8-5 win. The pairing of Jose Avila and Pablo Vidal also earned an 8-5 win while Leo Brigato (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Vitor Villar earned an 8-6 win in the sweep.
The women's team struggles continued, falling 9-0 after Carson-Newman took wins in all seven matches played. The Lady Tornado fall to 1-5 on the season.
With the win, the King men's team remains undefeated this season with a 7-0 overall record. Both teams will head to Mars Hill to take on the Lions on Saturday, March 10.
Prior to the Mars Hill match, the women have a home match on Friday, March 9, against Salem College. The match will begin at 4:00 p.m. at the King College Tennis Complex – weather permitting.
King College 6, Carson-Newman 3
Singles competition
1. Avila, Jose (KING_M) def. Dusty Davis (C-N_M) 6-0, 6-2
2. Vidal, Pablo (KING_M) def. Warren McClure (C-N_M) 6-3, 6-4
3. Villar, Vitor (KING_M) def. Derek Holdway (C-N_M) 6-1, 6-0
4. Paul Birdsong (C-N_M) def. Brigato, Leo (KING_M) 6-2, 6-3
5. Eric Mueller (C-N_M) def. Jones, Patrick (KING_M) 6-3, 6-4
6. Garret Duron (C-N_M) def. Hale, Seth (KING_M) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Avila, Jose/Vidal, Pablo (KING_M) def. Paul Birdsong/Warren McClure (C-N_M) 8-5
2. Brigato, Leo/Villar, Vitor (KING_M) def. Dusty Davis/Derek Holdway (C-N_M) 8-6
3. Jones, Patrick/Hale, Seth (KING_M) def. Austin Mackay/Eric Mueller (C-N_M) 8-5
Carson-Newman 9, King College (W) 0
Singles competition
1. Jen Ott (C-N_W) def. Karissa King (KING_W) 6-2, 6-1
2. Erin Green (C-N_W) def. Kayla Ketron (KING_W) 6-0, 6-4
3. Katie Brown (C-N_W) def. Eden Sherrod (KING_W) 6-1, 6-0
4. Megan Wilson (C-N_W) def. Kelsey Copeland (KING_W) 6-0, 6-1
5. Tiffany Delias (C-N_W) def. No player (KING_W), by default
6. Devon Jennings (C-N_W) def. No player (KING_W), by default
Doubles competition
1. Jen Ott/Erin Green (C-N_W) def. Karissa King/Kayla Ketron (KING_W) 8-2
2. Katie Brown/Devon Jennings (C-N_W) def. Kelsey Copeland/Eden Sherrod (KING_W) 8-0
3. Megan Wilson/Kate Walker (C-N_W) def. No player/No player (KING_W), by default


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On Thursday 9 March, Women's Day, a march against hate crimes will be hosted by Concerned Residents of Soweto, People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA), Positive Women's Network, Forum for the Empowerment of Women, One in Nine Campaign and the Joint Working Group of LGBTI Organisations in South Africa.
The march is in response to the murders of Sizakele Sigasa and Salome Massoa, lesbian women from Meadowlands Soweto.
The march begins at 10am at Meadowlands Stadium. It will proceed to Meadowlands Police Station.
TAC supports this march and urges everyone to participate.
For comment from TAC please contact Nosisa Mhlathi on 084 399 0031 or Gordon Mthembu on 072 897 7552.
For comment from the host organisations please contact:
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Here is the text of a new TAC's pamphlet on hate crimes:
(Section 12 of the Constitution)
More than 52 000 cases of rape and 9 000 cases of "indecent assault" were reported to the South African Police Services between April 2006 and March 2007. "Indecent assault" refers to forced anal penetration or forced oral sex. It is estimated that one in three South African women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. This rate is the worst in the world for a country not at war. A Medical Research Council study also indicates that only one in nine women who are raped actually report the assault to the police. Rape is underreported for a variety of reasons, including fear of retaliation, lack of education about the law's protections, economic dependence upon the assailant, the poor treatment of women who speak out, and feelings of shame about the assault. There is also a lack of faith in the police and the judiciary, as only 11% of rape cases result in conviction, and this too leads to the underreporting of rape. The low conviction rate can be attributed to a number of causes, including lack of police interest in pursuing cases, unwillingness of witnesses to testify, and poor handling of physical evidence.
The Treatment Action Campaign raises its voice in solidarity with the coalition of organisations fighting to end all gender-based violence, including rape. Sexual assault is degrading, violent and inhumane. All people in South African society must unite to oppose it!
But, there is an additional reason for TAC to join, support and lead campaigns against all forms of sexual assault: rape increases the risk of HIV transmission. No amount of HIV/AIDS education or prevention training can defend a person from the transmission of HIV through rape, which, due to its violent nature, increases the likelihood of transmission. Only post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), a treatment cycle of anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), can prevent HIV infection. Since 2002, the government has claimed to guarantee access to PEP for all rape survivors, but most survivors, both female and male are still unable to access these medications, particularly in rural or poor areas.
We demand that the government prioritize access to PEP for rape survivors in ALL communities!
Domestic Violence Act of 1998:
This Act commits the government to the elimination of domestic violence, noting that the victims of domestic violence "are among the most vulnerable members of society." This act includes provisions for protection orders against perpetrators of domestic violence, guarantees the privacy of survivors, and criminalizes rape within marriage.
Sexual Offences Bill:
This bill, proposed eight years ago, was passed in the National Assembly in May 2007. It is before the National Council of Provinces. The Sexual Offences Bill is a much needed improvement on South Africa's previous rape laws. It severely restricts the circumstances in which survivors' sexual histories can be admitted as evidence, widens the definition of rape beyond "sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent" to include different kinds of penetration that can be perpetrated against women or men, and provides access to post-exposure prophylaxis. However, it only guarantees access to PEP if the incident is reported to the police; TAC must work with its allies to ensure access to PEP for all survivors of sexual assault, as many cannot or do not wish to bring charges against their attackers.
Make protection from sexual assault a legislative priority! The Sexual Offences Bill must become law in 2007, and it must include PEP access for ALL survivors, not just those who report the assault to the police.
Due in no small part of the work of women's rights activists, there is wider acceptance that rape is criminal because it affects the dignity and personal integrity of women. The evolution of our understanding of rape has gone hand in hand with women's agitation for the recognition of their legal personhood and right to equal protection. To this end, women in South Africa and the rest of the world have mobilised against the patriarchal assumption that underlay the traditional definition of rape. They have focused attention on the unique violence visited upon women. Much of this activism focused on creating support systems for women, such as rape crisis centres and abuse shelters; and also on the process whereby rape is investigated and prosecuted. It is now widely accepted that sexual violence and rape not only offends the privacy and dignity of women but also reflects the unequal power relations between men and women in our society. (para 29)
These decisions by the highest courts in South Africa are victories but they must be made real. We can build upon them to educate ourselves and our communities, and to make sure that the government respects, protects, and promotes the right to be free from all forms of violence from either public or private sources. TAC members and the rest of South African society must be educated about rape, the toxic social attitudes surrounding its acceptance, and the legal protections against sexual assault.
There is a stigma surrounding rape, much like with HIV status. This stigma prevents survivors from coming forward and from fighting for their rights as citizens. We must end the stigma surrounding sexual assault, so more survivors can come forward without shame. Only then will survivors be truly protected by the law. Through education, we can empower South Africa to stand up and speak out against rape.
On 6 August 2007 the Madras High Court rejected a petition by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis challenging the validity of a particular provision of the Indian Patents Act that restricts the granting of patents to substantially innovative products. Novartis in its petition had claimed that the section does not comply with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), and in addition, is in conflict with the Indian Constitution.
Dismissing the petition and upholding the validity of the legislation, the High Court ruled - amongst other things - that:
Importantly, the judgment protects a legal framework that goes to some lengths to ensure the production of affordable medicines in India. Unlike South African law, the Indian Patents Act takes significant advantage of the flexibilities and public health safeguards permitted under TRIPS, which the WTO recognises "does not and should not prevent members from taking measures to protect public health." In particular, the WTO recognises that TRIPS "can and should be interpreted and implemented in a manner supportive of WTO Members' right to protect public health and, in particular, to promote access to medicines for all."
The Indian judgment is a victory for health activists, poor people and people with life-threatening and chronic illnesses globally - including HIV/AIDS. As was the case in South Africa in 2001 when the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association and 39 of its members withdrew their unjustifiable challenge to access-friendly provisions in the amended Medicines Act, the developments in India show that domestic and international activism, collaboration between government and civil society and competent legal work are essential if the rights of patients are to be protected against narrow corporate interests. In particular, the TAC congratulates the Cancer Patient Aid Association of India, the Lawyers' Collective and Médecins Sans Frontières for their strong political, technical and legal support given to the Government of India in its defence of the statutory provision under attack.
Despite a number of victories in South Africa against multinational pharmaceutical companies, some of them continue to conduct themselves in a manner that threatens access to sustainable supplies of affordable essential medicines. In ensuring sustained access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, two companies in particular are refusing to play ball - MSD and Abbott. In particular, they refuse to license multiple suppliers to produce and/or import generic versions of ARV medicines containing efavirenz, lopinavir and/or ritonavir. Shortly, however, the TAC's legal representative - the AIDS Law Project - will be filing a complaint at the Competition Commission on its behalf against the two companies. In the complaint, the TAC will seek an order compelling the two companies to grant multiple licences on reasonable terms and conditions.
For further comment, please contact Regis Mtutu (TAC International Co-ordinator) on 084 310 8614 or Jonathan Berger (AIDS Law Project) on 011 356 4100.
On 5 November 2005, the TAC lodged a court application against twelve respondents including Matthias Rath and the Government of South Africa. The TAC has filed its reply to Rath's affidavit. The two key affidavits are:
For details on this court case, please see the
Interdict against Rath's clinical trial, unregistered medicines and false advertising court case
The reasons for the case taking so long to be heard are partially described in this TAC electronic
and in this newspaper
TAC's lawyers will now proceed to ask for a court date to be set.
For comment, please contact Nathan Geffen on 084 542 6322.
An open letter to our President after his online newsletter regarding the Frere Hospital investigation
Dear President Mbeki,
I AM not adept at the nimble philosophical dance which weaves through the letter in which you berate this newspaper, so I'll get straight to the point: You are right.
You are right to say that "The facts communicate the conclusion that neonatal mortality at Frere Hospital is not significantly different from the national incidence of such mortality".
But, this conclusion, I'm afraid, leaves you hoist by your own petard.
Before I show you how, let me explain something that may have passed you and your health minister by.
Our exposé was never about numbers, (but, of course, we had to rely on the Frere's own unreliable statistics to illustrate the mortality trend). We did not make any particular claims about an "extraordinary" rate of neonatal deaths at Frere, we simply noted that the rate "exceeded" national and provincial rates.
Our reports were about the reasons for the baby deaths at Frere. This should have been clear to the average reader in our headline: "Why Frere's Babies Die".
Our reports were about people – the mothers and fathers who had to bury their babies because our health care system let them down. They were also about some dedicated medical staff who battled to provide quality care in an under-funded, under-resourced, and
mismanaged public hospital.
But you have chosen to rely on numbers, so let us hoist you then.
I would argue it is a damning admission to say Frere's baby deaths are not significantly different to the rest of the country. From this we can assume that the reasons we described behind these deaths – including Frere Hospital's own notes on negligence and maltreatment – are common in other state hospitals.
If this is the case, perhaps your deputy health minister Noziziwe Madlala-Routledge was correct to describe what she discovered on a visit to Frere as "a national emergency".
Mr President, you will be comforted to note that your argument that Frere is no different will be supported by the new Saving Babies report of the Medical Research Council, which will be published soon.
This report – which we cited in our coverage – will say that one in five baby deaths in South Africa is completely avoidable.
Compiled by the Maternal and Infant Healthcare Strategy Unit of the MRC, the report estimates 23000 babies die annually in the first month of their lives – and thousands more are stillborn.
Contributor Dr Joy Lawn, a senior policy and research adviser, writes in her foreword that this number is equivalent to a daily crash of four minibuses full of passengers, killing all on board.
These figures will show that it is almost impossible for South Africa to reach the UN's fourth Millennium Development Goal of reducing by two-thirds the
mortality rate of children under five by 2015.
Interestingly, it will also show that countries poorer than us elsewhere in Africa are succeeding in slashing their neonatal mortality rates. Malawi, for one, has reduced its rate by 25 percent.
What should one make of this "mini-skirt" of statistics, as you describe it, then, Mr President?
I trust you can see now that we did not lie in our reports. In fact, let us point out how your health minister's team confirmed much of what we reported.
Here are some examples.
We reported on the general state of neglect and decay at the hospital. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang responded by increasing the hospital's maintenance budget ten-fold.
We wrote about a shortage of beds in maternity.
She responded by ordering the construction of a new labour ward.
We described the shortage of nurses. She acknowledged this was true and said she would recruit more urgently.
We cited problems with equipment. Tshabalala-
Msimang said six more incubators would be bought. And it goes on, a basket of reforms for which we are grateful.
But tell us, Mr President, if our reports were wrong and were lies, would the health minister have visited Frere at all and would she have announced all these changes?
I'm afraid I cannot argue your case that our reports represent a post-modern interpretation of reality. I cannot even begin to understand what the following statement that you quoted means: "(Post-modernism is a) rejection of the picture of knowledge as accurate representation; rejection of truth as correspondence to reality; ... and a suspicion of grand narratives, metanarratives of the sort perhaps best illustrated by
dialectical materialism."
I wonder, though, what kind of truth did Murchia King experience when she watched her stillborn son, Liano, being buried at Haven Hills Cemetery?
Did Mariska Barrow-Radloff, who carried her dead baby around inside her for two weeks, experience a post-modern truth?
Or what about Noxolo Macewana, whose baby died while she waited 10 hours for a Cæsarian? What was her truth?
By the way, none of these women have had their personal tragedies acknowledged by your government. Perhaps someone should offer them some basic human compassion. It would be more appreciated than the "dialectical materialism" to which you refer.
Let us remind you, Mr Mbeki, what we said at the outset of our series on Frere:
"This tragedy is the result of our collapsing public health system, bereft of funding, resources and skilled staff. Sadly, our baby death investigation proves that when public health is mismanaged, human beings die."
And that, sir, remains the truth for us.
Your humble servant,
Andrew Trench
Deputy Editor
Daily Dispatch
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With the price of gold and silver soaring, today John Embry told King World News there is going to be a continued massive surge in the gold price, but the gains in silver will be "historic." Embry spoke at length about the gold and silver markets, the Fed and the mining shares. Below is what Embry had to say in this powerful interview.
Embry: "I'm focused on the better tone in the gold and silver markets. It's been a long struggle, but with all of the information that's come out recently regarding how tight the physical market is and the fact that the paper gold market really is one of the greatest Ponzi schemes of all-time, I think we could finally be on the cusp of a huge move in gold….
"I'm not talking $100 to $200 move for gold. I mean gold going back to the old high of $1,920 in a fairly short period of time.
One thing that drove me crazy last week was Bernanke's testimony and some of his statements after the fact. Gerald Celente noted that Bernanke said if the Fed wasn't continuing to print money, that the economy would 'tank.' That's exactly what all of us have been saying on KWN for months, if not years.
But it's interesting that Bernanke basically said as much himself, and nobody picked up on it. Bernanke was asked by one of the Congressmen if he was printing money, and he answered, 'not literally.' Now what does that mean? If you are creating $85 billion a month to buy Treasuries and bad bank mortgage debt, if that's not printing money then nothing is.
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10 Moments that Made Tech Athletics Absolutely Awesome in 2013
By Wes Frahm | Published
There have been plenty of reasons to cheer the Huskies on this year. From last-second scores to national titles to amazingly academic athletes, Michigan Tech's athletics have had a stellar year. Take a look back on the top 10 moments of 2013.
1. Soccer Playoff Win Makes ESPN Top Plays; Earns First NCAA Tournament Berth
Lindsey Van Rooy's goal in the final second of double overtime lifted the Huskies to a 1-0 GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal victory over Saginaw Valley State. The play made ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10. The win helped propel Tech to its first NCAA Tournament berth in the program's fourth year of existence.
2. MacInnes Student Ice Arena Gets Video Board
A new four-sided high definition video board was installed in the MacInnes Student Ice Arena, allowing fans to see game replays and other content during hockey games.
3. Pietila Wins Gold with Team USA
Michigan Tech hockey player Blake Pietila joined USA Hockey's World Junior Championship Team in Ufa, Russia. The Brighton, Mich., native brought home gold, as USA defeated Sweden 3-1 in the gold-medal game.
4. Women's and Men's Basketball Teams Make NCAA Regional Semifinals
Both Michigan Tech basketball teams made the NCAA Tournament and both won their first round games. The women fell to eventual national champion Ashland in the regional semifinal. The men likewise lost to the eventual champs Drury in the next round.
5. Men's Basketball Beats Lake Superior State on Last-Second Layup
Speaking of ESPN Top 10, T.J. Brown scored as time expired in a wild finish vs. Lake Superior State. The visiting Lakers had made a 3-pointer to take the lead with 1.6 seconds left, but Ben Stelzer threw a long pass to Brown, who scored for the 79-78 victory.
6. Outdoor GLI
Michigan Tech, the host of the annual Great Lakes Invitational played between Christmas and New Year's, is pairing with Olympia Entertainment to take the event outdoors in 2013. All four games of the tournament will be played at Comerica Park, home of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers.
7. McConnell Hauls in Victory
Jordan McConnell grabbed a deflected pass at the goal line as time expired to give Michigan Tech football a 33-31 win at Northwood Oct. 19. Tyler Scarlett's pass was intended for Brandon Cowie in the back of the endzone, but bounced high into the air and into the hands of McConnell for the win.
8. Hockey Sweeps Michigan State
Alex Petan scored with 1:08 left in overtime for a 3-2 victory over Michigan State and a series sweep over the Spartans Nov. 8-9. Tech had last hosted MSU in Houghton in 1984.
9. Tech Awarded 2015 and 2016 US Cross Country Skiing National Championships
The Michigan Tech Nordic Training Center will once again be the center of the cross country skiing nation when it hosts the US Nationals in 2015 and 2016. The bid was awarded to Houghton this fall.
10. Cross Country Teams Host GLIAC Championship
For the first time since 2000, the Tech Trails were host to the GLIAC Cross Country Championships. The Oct. 26 event drew a field of 344 student-athletes from 16 league institutions.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.