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You're right on the money, OP. Too tired to post any relevant links, but yes its part of the attack on workers. All handed out in various ways. Should be obvious by now.
So improving productivity is an attack on workers???
Wait until the Obamacare taxes hit businesses this year! You may be begging for that job you complain about today.
Originally posted by GeorgiaGirl
I'm a teacher, and we have been told for years that we should just be "thankful you have a job." All while being furloughed and being asked to do more and more for less pay. Most teachers now work late into the evening and on weekends just to keep up.
Originally posted by Wildbob77
I worked a series of really lame jobs while I was putting myself through college.
I made sure that I got a degree in something that would have a good salary.
I've been well paid for a long time.
The lesson here is don't end up loading trucks for a living.
Originally posted by stirling
Maybe you have a decent job phage.
Countless other people are getting screwed by being hired part time instead of full time. they merely hire twice the staff they need and screw the workers for their full time benefits.
Sometimes i wonder for all your knowledgeable pronouncements if your head is really screwed on straight.
The gains that the unions have won over the decades have all mostly been clawed back in innovative ways by the greedy companies.
Originally posted by WaterBottle
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Your experience with a mom and pop is not indicative of most corporate structures.
I understand that.
I'm talking about capitalism as a whole.
Originally posted by DarKPenguiN
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
The fact you mention truck unloading makes it a super sore spot in terms of how this is done in the world of freight. I cannot count the number of times I paid anywhere from $80 for a couple pallets to as much as $300 for a frozen load ...JUST for the "kind generosity" of the customer who ordered the freight my truck brought to get it OFF my truck and into their warehouse.
Once upon a time, a driver could pick up guys out front and drive in to have them unload. Those guys actually GOT the $100-$150 that it was back then. Then...they moved inside the fence as contractors. I imagine the pay dropped starting about that time for them. Oh, then even places like Walmart decided it was cool to charge the truck to unload what THEY ordered ..and I KNOW their people weren't getting diddly squat compared to the money being paid 100% and solely for the service of unloading.
BTW... That $80-$300 paid for what might be 15 minutes or it might be a few hours....and figure that one for what the guys doing the work should have seen in their own pockets. Heck, once upon a time, they DID. Now? You're right. They get pennies on dollars while the truckers get shafted ..or the companies do, and just add it to the freight bill ...which works back to the receiver eventually, right into the price on your store shelf.
Yeah, my buddy is a lumper- His company charges up to $300 to unload (using 2 Lumpers) and pays the lumpers $10/hour.
ADD- Something I saw in kentucky (and never since) was that there would be 2 Mcdonalds (or Pizza Huts or whatever) in a City- They would work someone 39 hours at one and have them punch out and go to the other- Work 10 hours (for example) at the second location. Then they would be paid by 2 checks, one for 39 hours and one for 10 hours- No overtime.
This was not voluntary or optional and was rampant. Since moving to Michigan I see the opposite- NOW what the fast Food places are doing (here anyhow) is keeping everyone hours at 26/week but doing it in such a shady way that the entire week is ruined- For example, scheduling someone to Open and work for 2 hours then go home. Punch back in during the lunch rush and go home. Punch in during the dinner rush and then go home. Literally scheduling to make someone work 2 tiny shifts in a day spread out over a ton of hours.
-And since there isnt anything here- People are doing it and fighting for the chance.edit on 2-5-2013 by DarKPenguiN because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Aazadan
Nothing to do with trucks but where I work, last week a notice went around that in order to cut health care costs due to Obamacare all full time employees would be dropped from 40 hours to 29 hours. All part time employees would have their hours cut in half. At this point I should mention that full time employees got the states Cadillac health care plan, it was the best one available in Ohio. Earlier this week a new cost cutting measure was announced, they need to reduce payroll by 15% and rather than give everyone a paycut (they've done a 5% paycut every 6 months for the past 2 years) they're going to have everyone secretly rebid on what they're willing to work for. They'll then base who they keep employed based on how much money each employee wants.
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28 August 1921
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos.
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Welcome.... to hell.
Welcome! I don't know what tshu is talking about, but I hope you enjoy your stay at hotel GBAtemp. The bathroom (with real running water!) is down the hall, one bed per group of 5, and we have high definition TV (and by that, I mean we have a non-working TV nailed to the sealing with the word definition painted on the screen). Once again, enjoy your stay.
nice,.. thanks ace.. and tshu too.. yeah.. u right, this places rocks!! I'm gonna make my self comfortable.. any suggestion on what forum should i started to?
Nah, I'm kidding. This place is great, you'll love it here. Just remember to check out all the existing and active threads for something that interests you, before you go making your own threads.
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Sanford's record while serving in Congress shows no great accomplishments. When he was governor he opposed reducing the sales tax on food, a truly regressive tax. He is a career politician, and in my opinion, is pining for that Washington congressional life where he can assemble a staff, attend cocktail parties and receptions on an almost daily basis and receive a hefty paycheck and pension.
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I don't know how or why our society has developed an intense aversion to complexity. I read through Twitter and Facebook posts disparaging the citizens of Ferguson. Blaming them for burning down their own city and snidely asking how they think looting and rioting will help their cause. It makes me feel sad for people like this who seem to have limited or no ability to invoke critical thinking at a time like this. I have been watching the news and live feeds of the riots. I've sadly seen peoples' livelihoods burn to the ground. I have also seen people linking arms and protecting local businesses. I have seen hundreds, if not more, of the protesters kneeling on the ground with their arms in the air, chanting. All by myself, I was able to consider that just maybe these were two distinct groups of people in the same place trying to accomplish different things, even though they are the same race. It's shocking how few people are able to distinguish between the two. I think it's time to starting referring to them by different names; protesters and rioters (or disgusting opportunists). Ferguson is not in the middle of nowhere. People from other places do have the ability to transport themselves there. It isn't like the whole country wasn't aware of what was going on or the potential for chaos. You honestly don't think a few jerks from St.Louis or somewhere else nearby didn't hop in a car or on a bus and head that way to take advantage of the situation?
I also think it is scary to hear the interview with the Ferguson cop. Did Michael Brown attack Darrin Wilson ferociously with intent to kill him; as Wilson claims? Did Darrin Wilson shoot Michael Brown while he was innocently standing 40 feet away with his hands in the air surrendering; as Brown's friend claims? I wasn't there so, I don't know what the truth is or what it isn't. I've always believed that there are two sides to every story but the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle. Are both Michael Brown and the Darrin Wilson to blame- from what it sounds like, to some extent- probably. However, during the interview Wilson seems incredibly certain; of everything. I find that concerning. When asked if he believed that he would have acted the same if the man was white or Asian he answers very quickly and firmly, "Yes!" Really? Because I don't consider myself the least bit racist but I can't say that on some subconscious level I'm not more afraid of a large black man following me down the street than a large white one. Psychological studies have proven that a person can be completely unaware of their of subconscious bias to a number of things including looks and race. When asked if he felt there was any thing he would have done differently again he firmly and without question claimed, "No!" I find that astonishing. I second guess my latest pants purchase for weeks. This guy killed someone and feels completely confident in it? Not even a, "I wish there could have been a non lethal option but there just wasn't at the time."? Even soldiers who live in a daily, it's them or me situation return home with difficulty coping with having to take a life and certainly for them it is not even a question- they had no other choice. But for Wilson it's all perfectly clear? Believe it or not, I don't blame Wilson for how the interview comes across. I'd be naive if I truly believed he wasn't being told exactly what to say and how to say it. If you don't think that this interview was practiced with him over and over again before he sat down then you need to wake up. Sadly, I doubt this gave the public any actual insight into what he is actually thinking about that day. If it is a true representation than that's scary.
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To me, this inability to find complexity in today's events is not only sad but dangerous. More than one thing can be happening at a time, more than one person can be to blame in a tragedy like Ferguson or Cleveland. Being rabidly obsessed with only finding fault and assigning blame to one side or the other does little or nothing to prevent it from happening again. Americans need to open their eyes and their minds to more than one way of thinking and seeing things. Otherwise, we'll be nothing than a teeter totter as the balance of power switches back and forth. We need to find balance and that is impossible without seeing and considering both sides.


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We found a way to help a nation divided against itself through the confusion and turbulence of the 1960s, Mfume said in his keynote address to the NAACPs 92nd annual convention. It is now a matter of having still yet a long way to go.
Speaking to about 4,800 people at a packed convention center hall, Mfume mentioned a lengthy list of issues on which he wants to see progress.
They include making health care affordable to everyone, cleaning up the environment, reforming the electoral system, ending the AIDS epidemic, removing the Confederate flag from public places and stopping hate crimes.
Mfume said Sunday that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also is preparing to sue the paint industry in an effort to hold it accountable for health problems linked to lead in paint. He didnt say which companies would be sued and made no mention of that effort in his speech.
If NAACP members feel they face a difficult task now, they should remember the obstacles the group has already overcome, Mfume said.
Can you imagine 1909? he asked.
About the time Mfume spoke on Monday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer reacted sharply to NAACP board chairman Julian Bonds attack on the Bush administration in his speech to the convention Sunday night.
Bush has appeased the wretched appetites of the extreme right wing, and he picked Cabinet officials whose devotion to the Confederacy is nearly canine in its uncritical affection, Bond said.
Fleischer said Bonds remarks were excessive.
The comments made by Mr. Bond are another reminder about why the tone in Washington needs to be changed, Fleischer said.
The spokesman added that those remarks were not made under Kweisi Mfumes leadership, when Kweisi Mfume was president of the NAACP.
A reporter reminded Fleischer that Mfume is still the NAACP president, but the spokesman seemed not to notice that he misspoke.
Bond assailed the civil rights records of Interior Secretary Gale Norton, a former Colorado attorney general, and Attorney General John Ashcroft.
The administrations tax cut and its faith-based initiative, which would allow government funds to flow to churches, mosques and synagogues that seek to ease social woes, were also targets of criticism.
Bush has asserted that church-based groups receiving government funds should be able to refuse employment to people outside their religion. Critics, including Bond, contend this could amount to government-funded discrimination.
Bond also said the Bush administrations tax cut placed funding for important programs in a lockbox, raiding the treasury for a decade, closing the door on government aid for children, for schools, for the poor.
This is government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.
Neither Bond nor Mfume has met with Bush since he took office in January. However, Bush addressed the convention through a videotaped greeting on Monday.
We must continue our work to make sure that my party keeps faith with the memory of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass, Bush said.
Bush also said he had selected a diverse and well-qualified group of advisers including Secretary of State Colin Powell, Education Secretary Rod Paige, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson.
The president also promised to improve the nations public schools and to work to end racial profiling.
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To get things started, the service offers lessons in Kindergarten through 12th grade math, English, science, and history. All lessons are only in English for the time being, with plans to add additional languages in the future.
The traditional U.S. textbook industry Knewton is out to disrupt is expected to reach $16.56 billion by the end of this year, up 4.7 percent from the year before, according to a Simba Information study on Market Research. But according to the same post ,77.5 percent of survey respondents who are not currently using OER content said they plan to use or might use it in the next three years.
Evidence of the increased demand was seen in March with the launch of Finland-based Eliadash which has a similar mission as Knewton of turning creative commons content into educational courses. Its first year in business, the company plans to offer 5,000 classes.
Interestingly, not all this freely available OER content was generated freely. In 2002 the Hewlett Foundation, endowed with $9 billion from Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Hewlett, began investing a total of $110 million in OER "to make high quality educational materials openly available anywhere in the world."
To take advantage of those materials, Knewton was founded in 2008 with a focus on test prep apps and now works with 25 corporate partners including Pearson, Houghton Mifflin, and Softbank to create tailored educational experiences. To date, the company has delivered 15 billion personalized recommendations to 10 million students on 6 continents, according to the report.
In preparation for today's launch of the artificial intelligence-powered service, Knewton spent the past several months with about 25,000 beta users running through the lessons so the software could learn which classes worked best where. "Our algorithms determine the most appropriate content to present to a student in any given scenario," said Liu.
For now, teachers can also manually upload new content by entering it in Knewton's taxonomy. But as soon as the next year or two Liu expects that even that will be automated. ""We want to make it as easy as a click of a button to upload a file, our system to be able to scrape it, to be able to use natural language processing," he said. "If it's a video, for example, to be able to determine what it is, where does it fit, and get it into the system so it can now be part of the recommended pool."
The company has raised $106 million in venture capital from Chris Dixon, Ron Conway, Reid Hoffman, and institutional investors including Accel Ventures and Bessemer Partners. Liu described revenue generated by the company's enterprise customers as "fast-growth" but isn't sharing details yet. The company currently has 200 employees and is hiring for offices in Asia, Europe, and Brasil. Most recently, Knewton hired its first and only employee in Beijing.
For now, the company doesn't have internal targets on user-growth, but is focused on improving the "learning outcomes" of its algorithms, in other words, how successful the software is at teaching. In the future Liu expects the company will launch a downloadable app and eventually, sell premium "white label" services for companies that don't want everyone learning what they teach. "Putting all these things together we're releasing what we think is the most powerful education tool ever created," said Liu. "And it just keeps getting more powerful."
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Can anybody here help me as .me.uk is nolonger working
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*runs and hides*
sucks, after all that shit over the slogan they're now getting another one. goddamn annoying! (especially because of having to update all your torrents too)
I was so scared when after all the DNS issues there was a message saying that oink.--.-- was no more!
But at least its still there. Worlds best site.
Prefer the old domain by far.
Thanks again, just grabbed a .PDF Diamond/Pearl strategy guide and it took about 3 minutes...
So what's a good way to balance my ratio so I can stay with Oink longer? (other than creating my own torrents, my laptop can't withstand such madness) Does leaving my finished downloads open (this strat guide for instance) help it?
upload upload and upload your own stuff. seriously, i did this and it helps alot, especially if your rip CDs in high quality V0/V2/APS format, or even 320kbps. FLAC is popular but usually only with popular albums. reward yourself when you upload a few GB's with a few torrents, just go steady and be patient.
@seja_8: yeah it scared the living beejeebus out of me too, goddamnit.
What you want to do is jump on the popular torrents fast.
Go to requests, sort by number of votes, and then go to the last page and request a bunch of those ones with high numbers of votes so when you get a PM saying they're upped, download them and then seed them. Works like a charm.
For what I understand, once you create your own torrent and get your own tracking address and all, you have to leave uTorrent open in order to keep the torrent open to the Oink.cd community, right? Once your computer goes off (or you close uTorrent) then no one can download your file, right?
[Thanks for the miracle-tip, Seja! Gonna try it out...]
Yep, must be open and on.
Anyone wanna give an invite?
Seeing as you're a City and Colour fan, sure!
PM me your email...
And if you have any invites to other sites, a trade would be welcome!
But not necessary
you dont have to update your torrents.. you can just change your HOSTS file


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Vincent Kompany: Delighted to beat Everton but not getting carried away
Vincent Kompany has insisted that Manchester City will not get carried away about climbing to the top of the table as there are still two games to play.
City battled back to beat Everton 3-2 on Saturday and are set to become champions if they can win their final two matches, which are at home against Aston Villa and West Ham United.
Manuel Pellegrini's men have an excellent record at the Etihad Stadium but Kompany is taking nothing for granted yet and has urged caution, pointing to City's 2-2 draw at home to Sunderland last month as an example of how unpredictable football can be.
"Ultimately it's two games at home but it doesn't mean anything," he told Sky Sports. "You saw the Sunderland game and how tough it was.
"Hopefully we'll just play like we can, we have a strong home record and we have goals from everywhere on the pitch."
Speaking about the clash with Everton, Kompany said: "It was very hard and very intense, but ultimately we got a great result."
Kompany – 'It was intense'
City had to stay strong to hold on for a win and Kompany says the back four can be proud of how they have adapted to a different style under Pellegrini.
He explained: "Our defensive record has improved. A lot of credit has to be given to the defenders for the season we've had so far.
"In the previous seasons we played in a defensive system and we always had the best defence in the league.
"Now we are playing with a bit of a different system and it is more difficult and therefore I think we are doing ever so well."
Goalkeeper Joe Hart also pulled off some good saves and Kompany added: "He was unbelievable. You guys are getting him in form at the right time I guess for the World Cup."


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Video: Rearranging Photo FramesDecember 14, 2013
https://vimeo.com/62642949 (keep your eye focused on the top bookshelf)
Reddit, meet my father or his rather bald head to be precise. Since moving into their new house about 5 years ago oddly spooky things have happened.
Note: My father doesn't believe in ghosts or life after death.
Here's the story thus far, since moving into the house there appears to be a presence of some kind. It started maybe two years ago when my father was working in the living room, he heard a voice ask if he was working there. His response was "no, I live here, do you?" to which the voice answered "Yes, I live in the basement". Fast forward a year, a my mother comes home from work asking my dad (while he was working in the kitchen) how his day was to which he responded… a couple of minutes later someone asked him how his day was again and him turning around to inform my mother he had just told her found nobody in the room. At Christmas my aunt and mothers best friend visited, when walking into the bedroom my aunt saw a figure leaning over the bed and my mothers friend saw an old lady at the bottom of the bed. Events have turned more interesting in the last few months, our friendly ghost is now moving objects, in the video where the picture frame moves, there is a collection of DVD's just out of sight. These were all moved and nicely arranged on the kitchen table over night, my mother unable to find the culprit in my brothers assumed someone was sleep walking. She has also been speaking more often, the reason my father recorded this video was that she spoke and he tried to catch it on camera. He thought she had said "I can't find him" after analyzing the situation though where she continues to move things in that area of the house we've decided that she said "I can't find it". Since the recording of this video (a couple of weeks ago, I'm new to reddit though so you get it late) the DVD's have all moved again and now we have a new trick of pictures being turned on the walls of the house and the photos on the shelf being rearranged: http://imgur.com/YWx5GkY http://imgur.com/EvgflEY http://imgur.com/LOn21Yp
I particularly found this fascinating, I've never known someone with a genuine experience of ghosts. The next time I go back to England I intend to see if I can experience anything first hand. Thought it was worth sharing our story.
Since all this happened I've asked my dad what his thoughts are now on death and his answer was "don't know", he has a way with words.
Any questions I'll pass on, we're currently researching the house they're in as it's several years old for any deaths of staff who may have worked there.
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Swansea Faith Week Invitation
9th-14th February 2015
Marquee next to Fulton House, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
On behalf of Swansea University faith representatives, I take great pleasure in inviting you to participate in our Faith Week Exhibition 2015, to be held near Fulton House, Swansea University, from 9th – 14th February 2015.
This year, different faiths are working together with great interest to increase understanding of other faiths. Different faiths encourage debate which increases knowledge and enriches people's lives and this event aims to encourage the sharing of information about a diverse range of belief systems. We are confident that this exhibition will bring many faiths together and promote better understanding.
We hope that this will provide a good opportunity for University students, staff, local school children and other community members to participate. We would therefore like to invite you to bring your family and attend to this exhibition.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information.
We, along with other faith leaders, look forward to welcoming you on the Swansea University campus.
Revd. Nigel John
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Senior Chaplaincy
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sheik Mohsen El-Beltagi
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Imam Swansea University Mosque
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The ABWA (American Business Women's Association)
- Career Chapter of Topeka held their Holiday Lunch on Tuesday at the Topeka Country Club. During the lunch Karren Weichert , President and CEO of Midland Care was introduced as the 2018 Woman of Distinction honoree. Karren will be honored at a banquet in Mid March 2018.


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Medicines Safety Update Vol 2, No 6, December 2011
This issue of Medicines Safety Update was published in the December 2011 issue of Australian Prescriber.
Proton pump inhibitors and acute interstitial nephritis
The incidence of acute interstitial nephritis caused by proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is unknown. Given the widespread and growing use of PPIs and the consequences of acute interstitial nephritis, the potential for this adverse reaction should not be forgotten.
PPIs are a leading cause of drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis (AIN), which may cause acute kidney injury and sometimes long-term damage.1 The association between PPIs and interstitial nephritis was reported by the TGA in the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Bulletin in 1995 and in 2003.2,3
Reports continue to be received of interstitial nephritis with PPI use. The table shows reports to the TGA and the World Health Organization's (WHO) Program for International Drug Monitoring* to July 2011 of suspected cases of interstitial nephritis in which a PPI was suspected. These data should not be taken to reflect incidence rates.
The total number of PBS/RPBS prescriptions dispensed since 1992 for each PPI have been: omeprazole 50.1 million; lansoprazole 10.2 million; pantoprazole 29.6 million; rabeprazole 15.3 million; and esomeprazole 38.2 million. PPIs are also available for direct purchase by consumers.
Product Information documents for PPIs mention interstitial nephritis as a very rarely or rarely reported event in the postmarketing experience with these drugs. Fever and skin rash are also sometimes mentioned but patients with PPI-induced AIN rarely present with the classic hypersensitivity syndrome of fever, skin rash and eosinophilia in the context of renal impairment.4 Non-specific symptoms such as fever, anorexia, weight loss, fatigue, lethargy, nausea, vomiting and malaise predominate. Laboratory findings include pyuria, proteinuria and/or haematuria.1
While AIN is considered a class effect of PPIs, the TGA has received no reports of interstitial nephritis with lansoprazole. The lack of reports may reflect the lower use of lansoprazole compared with other PPIs, but could possibly reflect variation in the incidence of rare adverse reactions within a class. Prescribers should be aware of the possibility of AIN with this class of medicine. If cases are suspected, please report them to the TGA - see 'What to report' on page 193.
- Geevasinga N, Coleman PL, Webster AC, Roger SD. Proton pump inhibitors and acute interstitial nephritis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006;4:597-604.
- Omeprazole and interstitial nephritis. Aust Adv Drug React Bull 1995;14:15.
- Interstitial nephritis with the proton pump inhibitors. Aust Adv Drug React Bull 2003;22:2.
- Perazella MA, Markowitz GS. Drug-induced acute interstitial nephritis. Nat Rev Nephrol 2010;6:461-70.
* Adverse drug reaction information from this Program is not homogeneous at least with respect to origin or likelihood that the pharmaceutical product caused the adverse reaction and the information does not represent the opinion of the World Health Organization
Dabigatran (Pradaxa) and the risk of bleeding
Dabigatran (Pradaxa) is a potent short-acting anticoagulant for which there is no antidote or reversal agent. As with warfarin, bleeding events can occur. Clinicians are urged to give careful consideration to the suitability of their patients for dabigatran particularly with regard to recognised risks of bleeding.
Dabigatran (Pradaxa) is a potent oral anticoagulant. It is a direct thrombin inhibitor that inhibits free and clot-bound thrombin. It has a mean half-life of 12-17 hours. It is renally excreted and the rate of elimination is related to renal function. There is a close correlation between plasma dabigatran levels and anticoagulant effect.
Dabigatran may be considered an alternative to warfarin and it carries similar risks of bleeding. In clinical trials the risk of bleeding per year of treatment with dabigatran was 16.6% (1 in 6 patients) when taking 150 mg twice daily, and 14.7% (1 in 6.8 patients) taking 110 mg twice daily compared with 18.4% (1 in 5.4 patients) for warfarin.
Bleeding adverse events with dabigatran
In April 2011 the TGA approved dabigatran for use for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and at least one risk factor for stroke. Since then, the TGA has received an increase in the number of bleeding-related adverse events reports for dabigatran (see table).
The analysis of these reports shows that some of the bleeding adverse events occurred during the transition from warfarin to dabigatran; many of the adverse events are occurring in patients on the reduced dosage regimen; and the most common site of serious bleeding for dabigatran is the gastrointestinal tract, whereas for warfarin it is intracranial.
Risk factors for bleeding
- Age ≥ 75 years
- Moderate renal impairment (30–50 mL/min) – severe renal impairment is a contraindication
- Concomitant use of aspirin (approximately twice the risk), clopidogrel (approximately twice the risk), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including COX-2 inhibitors
Monitoring renal function
New recommendations for assessing renal function before starting dabigatran and during its use are now in place. See information on the TGA website at Current year alerts.
Coagulation testing
In bleeding patients Thrombin Time is the most readily available clotting test reflective of the relationship between dabigatran concentration and clotting time. Although there is not a direct linear relationship, activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) >80 seconds is associated with a higher bleeding risk. Prothrombin time (INR) should not be used.
Guidelines for managing bleeding patients
Australian experts are currently developing Australian guidelines for the management of bleeding in patients taking dabigatran. In the meantime clinicians are referred to the New Zealand guidelines.1
It is strongly recommended that clinicians read the Product Information before prescribing dabigatran. The Product Information is available from the TGA website.2 For more detailed information regarding the considerations of the TGA in approving dabigatran please see the Australian Public Assessment Report (AusPAR).3
Reporting adverse events
Health professionals are requested to report adverse events associated with dabigatran to the TGA via the TGA website.
- Guidelines for management of bleeding with dabigatran (pdf,86kb). New Zealand: PHARMAC; 2011 Aug. [cited 2011 Nov 8]
- Pradaxa Product Information. Boehringer Ingelheim Pty Limited. 2011 August.
- Dabigatran etexilate mesilate - AusPAR. Therapeutic Goods Administration. 2011 May 24.
Risk of myopathy and rhabdomyolysis with simvastatin – new dosage recommendations and contraindications
To reduce the risk of myopathy and rhabdomyolysis, health professionals are advised of new recommendations to limit the use of high dose simvastatin (80 mg/day) and of new contraindications for the use of simvastatin with potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, gemfibrozil, cyclosporin or danazol (see box). They are also reminded of the need for lower doses when simvastatin is used concomitantly with drugs that interact with simvastatin and increase its absorption.
Simvastatin, like other inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase, is known to cause myopathy and more rarely rhabdomyolysis. The risk of myopathy is dose related and is more likely to occur in the first year of treatment. Other risk factors include age ≥65 years, female gender, uncontrolled hypothyroidism and renal impairment. Myopathy can be the result of interactions with other drugs. Many cases may be associated with a genetic variant which results in reduced uptake of simvastatin by the liver.
A recent re-analysis by the US Food and Drug Administration of the Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and Homocysteine (SEARCH) trial has confirmed the increased risk of myopathy and rhabdomyolysis with increasing doses of simvastatin.1 In the trial the incidence of myopathy increased from 0.02% among patients taking 20 mg of simvastatin daily to 0.9% among those taking 80 mg daily. The trial also found only a limited increase in benefit from the 80 mg dose compared with lower doses.
Following a review of these findings, the TGA is recommending limitations to the use of high dose simvastatin (80 mg/day) and changes to the contraindications. The TGA is working with the sponsors of simvastatin and simvastatin-containing medications to update the Product Information to provide increased warnings regarding the risk of myopathy associated with high doses of simvastatin, and to detail the new dosage recommendations and contraindications (see box).
Important information for health professionals
The 80 mg/day dose of simvastatin should only be used in patients at high risk of cardiovascular complications who have not achieved their treatment goals on lower doses and when the benefits are expected to outweigh the potential risks.
Concomitant administration of simvastatin with potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, gemfibrozil, cyclosporin, or danazol is now contraindicated (see box for details).
Simvastatin is contraindicated in patients who have previously experienced myopathy secondary to other lipid lowering agents.
In patients taking simvastatin for whom an interacting agent is needed, a lower dose of simvastatin or an alternative statin with less potential for drug-drug interactions should be used.
Health professionals should advise patients who are commencing simvastatin therapy or whose dose is being increased of the risk of myopathy and remind patients to report any unexplained muscle pain, tenderness or weakness to a health professional promptly.
Simvastatin therapy should be discontinued immediately if myopathy is suspected.
Health professionals are asked to report any suspected cases of myopathy to the TGA.
* These updates provide information on changes to the recommendations for simvastatin. For full prescribing information, see the Zocor Product Information available on the TGA website.
- Safety Communication: New restrictions, contraindications, and dose limitations for Zocor (simvastatin) to reduce the risk of muscle injury. US Food and Drug Administration. 8 June 2011. [cited 2011 Nov 8]
Medicines Safety Update is written by staff from the Office of Product Review. Editor: Dr Katherine Gray. Principal Medical Advisor: Dr Megan Keaney. Contributors to this issue include Dr Nick Simpson, Dr Kaye Robertson and Dr Bronwen Harvey.
For correspondence or further information about Medicines Safety Update, contact the TGA's Office of Product Review at email@example.com or 1800 044 114.
What to report? (you do not need to be certain, just suspicious!)
The TGA encourages the reporting of all suspected adverse reactions to medicines, including vaccines, over-the-counter medicines, herbal, traditional or alternative remedies. The TGA particularly requests reports of:
- ALL suspected reactions to new medicines
- ALL suspected medicines interactions
- Suspected reactions causing
- death
- admission to hospital or prolongation of hospitalisation
- increased investigations or treatments
- birth defects
For blue cards
Reports of suspected adverse drug reactions are best made by using a prepaid reporting form ('blue card') which is available from the website: Report of suspected adverse reaction to medicines/vaccines or from the Office of Product Review, phone 1800 044 114.
Reports can also be submitted:
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- fax 02 6232 8392
- email firstname.lastname@example.com
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SOURCE: Visual Management Systems
September 18, 2007 14:07 ET
TOMS RIVER, NJ--(Marketwire - September 18, 2007) - Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VMSY), a leading Digital Surveillance
company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to provide an operational
update, the first since the company went public through a reverse-merger on
June 15, 2007.
Visual Management Systems (VMS) is an emerging leader in loss
prevention management solutions and digital surveillance technologies
that helps corporate, government and individuals improve safety and security, worker productivity, and return on investment, all while being able to
view their businesses live from anywhere in the world.
"Since commencing operations in 2003, our company has grown at a blistering
pace with revenues exceeding $4 million in 2006 and over $11 million since
inception," said Chief Executive Officer Jason Gonzalez. "We are committed
to maintaining our proven track record of delivering impressive growth and
shareholder value."
The company has secured an impressive client roster that includes companies
such as Harley Davidson, TGI Fridays, Clearview Cinema, Dunkin Donuts,
Exxon, Best Western, French Consulate, 7-11, Hampton Inn, Central Jersey
Airport, Applebee's, McDonald's, KFC, Residence Inn and Taco Bell
Restaurants. Further, the company has secured strategic alliances and
sales partnerships with numerous top companies within their prospective
industries. Companies such as Northern Video, Windy City Wire, Pelco, and
Netgear supply DVR components to VMS.
2007 has already been a significant year for the company. VMS completed a
reverse-merger and began trading publicly on the OTC Bulletin Board under
the stock symbol VMSY. The company elected to go public through this route
as a way to attract capital with minimal dilution, to expedite growth of
the company, and fund new product initiatives.
Moving forward, the company is implementing a growth strategy that includes
an aggressive marketing plan which will expand its sales force, establish
telemarketing centers, and increase its regional and satellite offices
geographically. VMS also plans to pursue a senior stock listing in the
next 12 to 18 months to elevate the company's status within the financial
community, opening the opportunity for investment to a broader universe of
About Visual Management Systems
Management Systems, Inc. (VMS) is a publicly held manufacturer and
marketer of loss prevention systems with shares traded under the stock
symbol VMSY. VMS delivers online corporate
surveillance solutions anytime, anywhere that can help companies
improve safety and security, worker productivity, customer service and
return on investment (ROI). Users of VMS's surveillance
technologies can view their operations live from anywhere in the world.
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Visual Management Financial Services,
the company provides flexible financial options for equipment and service
purchases, making VMS solutions affordable for all types of businesses.
For more information visit the company's Web site at http://www.vmscctv.com
or contact corporate headquarters at 1-877-323-CCTV.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from
any future results, performances or achievements express or implied by such
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, changes in levels of
competition, possible loss of customers, and the company's ability to
attract and retain key personnel.
Investor Relations Contact:Wendy PrabhuMercom Capital Group, llc1-512-215-4452Email Contact
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Promote your event for International Day of People with Disability.
Promotional products
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Social media
You can use the following post examples to promote your event on Twitter and Facebook.
We're having a [INSERT EVENT] on #IDPwD 3 Dec. Love you to join us. Find out more…
We're having a [INSERT EVENT] to celebrate International Day of People with Disability on 3 December. If you would like to join in the fun [INSERT DETAILS OF EVENT – TIME, DATE, ADDRESS, RSVP]
You can also use social media to post photos of your celebration after the event using #idpwd.
We can also share your event photos on social media via the IDPwD Facebook page.
Please note: before you post photos online make sure you have permission from the people in the photos. Before taking a photo of a child, or distributing a photo of a child, make sure you have written permission from their parent.
Community Service Announcements
You can send a Community Service Announcement (CSA) to local newspapers and radio stations, and pin it on community noticeboards.
CSAs should be around 60 words in length and include the event details.
Here's an example you can use:
3 December is International Day of People with Disability – a day to break down disability barriers and celebrate abilities.
[INSERT ORGANISATION/SCHOOL] will celebrate with a [INSERT EVENT/ACTIVITY] at [INSERT LOCATION] on [INSERT DAY, DATE] at [INSERT TIME].
Come along and celebrate the contributions, skills and achievements of people with disability.
For more information call [INSERT NUMBER] or visit http://www.idpwd.com.au/
Media releases
You can send a one page media release to your local paper two weeks before your event. It should include the following information:
- Details of the event – who, what, where, when, why and how.
- Information on IDPwD and your organisation
- A quote from your nominated spokesperson (preferably someone who attracts media attention). Make sure you have permission for any quotes you use.
- Include the names of any high profile people attending such as the Mayor or MPs.
- Let the media know what photos they could take at the event.
- Seek permission from parents before you include children in any photos.
You can use the following media release example.
Released [date]
[INSERT ORGANISATION NAME] will be joining the celebrations for International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) on 3 December with a [INSERT A COUPLE OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR EVENT, WHERE AND WHEN IT'S BEING HELD].
[INSERT SPOKESPERSON, POSITION & ORGANISATION] said a range of community leaders including [INSERT NAMES OF COMMUNITY LEADERS] will be [INSERT DETAILS OF THEIR PARTICIPATION] to support this important day.
"We are delighted [INSERT NAME] will be [INSERT EVENT ACTIVITIES]," said [INSERT SPOKESPERSON'S NAME].
"International Day of People with Disability is a day to celebrate the many contributions people with disability make to our community.
"Getting involved in celebrations for this UN sanctioned day is a chance to challenge myths, improve awareness and take positive action to change inclusion and accessibility for people with disability."
If you would like to attend this event or would like to find out more, please contact [INSERT CONTACT NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION]
For further media information please contact [INSERT NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER]
Photo opportunity
If media cannot attend your event, you can provide them with some good quality, interesting photos (with captions) following your celebration.
Please note: before you send photos to the media make sure you have permission from the people in the photos. Before taking a photo of a child, or distributing a photo of a child, make sure you have written permission from their parent.
The Twibbon
Raise awareness of International Day of People with Disability by 'pinning' the blue and orange Twibbon to your social media profile picture.


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The new "Community" showrunners have a tough act to follow.
In an interview with EW, Alison Brie (Annie) admitted she has no idea what to expect from the upcoming season of the NBC comedy. "My motto going into Season 4 is, 'Well, this should be interesting,'" Brie said.
As for Dan Harmon's firing in May, Brie says she still can't imagine the series without him.
"There's no question that the show will be different," she said. "Dan Harmon was so instrumental in everything that went on with the show, and was the cause of most of the relentless innovation ... Hopefully we'll maintain the essence of what makes this show great."
In addition to a slew of sad and outraged tweets from the show's stars when Harmon got the boot, Gillian Jacobs (Britta) recently opened up about the former showrunner.
"We're all very grateful to him, because he really changed our lives and our careers," Jacobs told Vulture. "So we have an infinite amount of gratitude towards him and his beautiful writing and his ambition."
The full cast of "Community" will return to NBC in its new Friday timeslot on Fri., Oct. 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET.


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Happy New Year Cycling Friends!
The Crooked Letter Cycling Blog and I have been on an extended vacation since I took a seasonal position with VBT (Vermont Bicycle Tours). I am happy to be back at the computer and will have more blogs coming soon!
However, I wanted to share the 2016 Crooked Letter Cycling Calendar with you now! It contains rides all across the state of Mississippi as well as a few popular rides across the south.
Go ahead and pick at least one ride that is outside of your comfort zone and start mentally and physically preparing for it.
If you are a beginner, set your sights on the 25 mile ride at the Natchez Trace Century Ride May 7 or the 20 mile route at Bikes Blues & Bayous in August. If you are already a casual cyclist, I hope to see you at JMC's First Flora Ride March 5.
Have you ever completed a tour? Check out Louisiana's Cycle Zydeco or find Frank Jarmin and ask him about RAGBRAI!
Looking for a new adventure out of state? Search the calendar by by state in the search field. We have events included from Arkansas, Alabama, Iowa, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee.
If you have never completed a century ride, it should be on your 2016 goals. Even if you don't own a bike right now, we have enough century rides scheduled for anyone to train for one before the year is out.
I know I am missing several rides that have not been confirmed for late summer and fall of 2016. If you are the organizer of a ride and would like to have it listed on the calendar please contact me!
2016 is going to be a great cycling year! What event are you most looking forward to? How many of the in-state rides do you think you will participate in?


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Levine named fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice University biophysicist Herbert Levine has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences — one of the nation's foremost scholarly honors.
Founded in 1780, the academy is among the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the country. The society's list of current and former members includes Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and the honorary chairman and the founding director of Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, James A. Baker III and Edward Djerejian, respectively.
The 2012 class of 220 members and 17 foreign honorary members includes Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, Amazon.com founder Jeffrey Bezos as well as winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Fields Medal and Academy and Grammy awards.
Levine, professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), will join Rice's faculty as the Hasselmann Professor of Bioengineering this summer. Levine is co-director of the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics located at Rice and UCSD and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Physics Frontiers Centers program.
"I am honored to be included among such a distinguished and diverse group of contributors to our society," Levine said. "And in what other context would I ever be compared to Clint Eastwood?"
Levine specializes in research on pattern formation in nonequilibrium systems, an area with applications for a wide variety of biological systems. For example, he developed new theoretical approaches that help explain the directed motion of eukaryotic cells. He is also one of the originators of the "microscopic solvability" approach to diffusively unstable systems, which helped revolutionize scientists' understanding of several phenomena, including the structures that bacteria create when they colonize surfaces and form antibiotic resistant biofilms.
Levine has both a doctorate and a master's degree in physics from Princeton University and a bachelor's degree in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the National Academy of Science, a fellow of the American Physical Society and a past chair of the American Physical Society's Division of Biological Physics.
The academy's 2012 class of fellows also includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Neil Simon, television journalist Judy Woodruff and philanthropist Melinda Gates. This year's foreign honorary members include British recording artist Paul McCartney.
The new class of fellows will be inducted Oct. 6 in Cambridge, Mass. More information is available at http://www.amacad.org/.


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How to determine if it can cause problems if I use IC for UPD6464A OSD?
Latest Updated:08/01/2005
For the UPD6464A OSD IC, I input a 1 Vp-p signal for an experiment and it was output unchanged. Is there any problem if I use the IC as is?
There is a problem.
To make the input signal 1 Vp-p in the external video signal mode, the level of the internal video signal (character signal) must be adjusted accordingly. Perform the following setting.
|1. Internal video signal amplitude control bit
|2. Voltage applied to Vcnt pin
Item 1 above can be changed by a command, but item 2 requires modification of the hardware.
The voltage of the pin cannot be changed by a command.
|- Forcibly apply 2.5 V to the VCNT pin from an external source.
|- Insert a resistor between Vcnt and VDD (+5 V)
to adjust the voltage applied to Vcnt to 2.5 V.
The level of VBSO pin is determined by a voltage-dividing resistor connected between the Vcnt pin and VDD (+5V).
The above two methods may be used to adjust the voltage applied to the Vcnt pin to 2.5 V.
Reference document:
OSD LSIs User's Manual Figure 2-9 in "2.2.3 Video signal output section"
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In news we're sure no one saw coming, Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are facing yet another wash of sexual harassment claims.
On Saturday, April 1, The New York Times reported that five women received payments totaling roughly $13 million in what sounds an awful lot like hush money: They agreed to take the cash in exchange to not sue or discuss alleged sexual harassment at the hands of Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly denied the allegations, saying that his fame made him a target and that he had no human resources complaints ever filed against him … through the Fox News HR hotline, specifically. (No word on whether sexual harassment complaints were made to HR through email or a meeting, though, as far as we know.)
Since then, advertisers including Mercedes Benz, BMW, Hyundai, Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, Allstate, and several others have either pulled ads from The O'Reilly Factor or released statements saying they're reviewing their options to do so, Variety reported.
It's just the latest in a whole lot of sexual harassment complaints against Fox News, with other notable claims from Gretchen Carlson, Andrea Tantaros, and even Megyn Kelly making headlines in recent months. Hopefully, if the allegations are true, losing advertisers will finally spark some change … even though said change should have been sparked a long time ago.


text: Contract Law Appellate Court Opinions by Roy, Christopher Aug 18 2017 11:52AM AC38896 - Windsor Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Reliable Mechanical Contractors, LLC ("The defendants, Reliable Mechanical Contractors, LLC (Reliable Mechanical), and its sole member, Elijah El-Hajj-Bey, appeal from the summary judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Windsor Federal Savings and Loan Association, on its collection claim, and from the judgment of dismissal of their counterclaims. As to the summary judgment, the defendants claim that the plaintiff failed to prove the nonexistence of any genuine issue of material fact and that it was thus entitled to judgment on its complaint as a matter of law. As to the dismissal of the counterclaims, the defendants argue that the court erred in concluding that their counterclaims were barred by the three year statute of limitations. Because El-Hajj-Bey was not a party to the underlying action at the time final judgment was rendered on the plaintiff's complaint, he does not have standing to appeal from that judgment. Accordingly, we dismiss El-Hajj-Bey's appeal from the summary judgment. As to the dismissal of the counterclaims, that judgment applied only to Reliable Mechanical's counterclaims, not to those advanced by El-Hajj-Bey. There is thus no final judgment on El-Hajj-Bey's counterclaims from which to appeal, and, accordingly, we dismiss El-Hajj-Bey's appeal from the judgment of dismissal as to those counterclaims. We reverse the summary judgment ordered by the trial court against Reliable Mechanical and dismiss as moot the appeal from the judgment of dismissal of its counterclaims.")AC39342 - TD Bank, N.A. v. Salce ("In this action seeking to collect on a promissory note, the defendant, Anthony H. Salce, Jr., appeals from the judgment of the trial court, Hon. Edward F. Stodolink, judge trial referee, rendered in favor of the plaintiff, TD Bank, N.A. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the court, Hon. Richard P. Gilardi, judge trial referee, erred in denying his motion to dismiss by improperly placing the burden of proof on him to establish a lack of personal jurisdiction due to ineffective service of process; and (2) the court, Radcliffe, J., erred in granting summary judgment as to liability in favor of the plaintiff because the defendant's second special defense was viable. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the court.") Posted in: Contract Law, Recent Opinions


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Urgent Action Against Funding/Association of China's Coercive Birth Control Program
Communist China's population program is highly coercive and features gross violations of reproductive freedoms, including forced sterilizations and forced abortions Clearly these policies violate a woman's right to freedom of choice and to have control over her own body. The following information is intended to provide you with a framework to take action against these violations.
Both the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development and 1999 Cairo Plus 5 Conference in New York rule out coercion relating to reproductive rights. Additionally the 1995 UN Women's Conference and NGO Forum recognized such abuse as serious violation of women's human rights and condemned such practices calling for governments to take action. This commitment is reflected in the conference report; the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, both of which received the support and consent of governments. These documents clearly state governments should;
"Take all appropriate measures to eliminate harmful, medically unnecessary or coercive medical interventions…" and that "Acts of violence against women also include forced sterilisation and forced abortion, coercive/forced use of contraceptives…" (section D, paragraph 115).
It is also stated that women should have the right to have control over their sexuality and reproductive health, "free of coercion, discrimination and violence". Yet as evidenced by the broadcast of several harrowing television documentaries on the issue, including UK-Channel Four's 'Undercover in Tibet' (April 2008) reports such as 'Orders Of The State' (ITN 2000), 'Children of Despair' (ITN 1992) and 'Slaughter of the Innocents' (Dr J. Aird, AEI Press 1991) there's no doubt that China's population program throughout its history has proved highly coercive. In October 2001 the US Senate was presented with damning evidence, researched inside communist China, that documented the nature and extent of medical atrocities resulting from the program, and the shameful complicity of the United Nations population agency (UNFPA).
Since then the US Congressional Executive Committee on China and the United States State Department have noted that coercive measures and medical atrocities continue and that China continues to violate international agreements
"Chinese officials continue to actively promote and implement coercive population planning policies which, as they are written and implemented, violate international standards. The PRC Population and Family Planning Law and provincial implementing guidelines limit couples' freedom to build their families as they see fit by stipulating if, when, and how often they may bear children.
Local implementing regulations across China still require that couples be
married and obtain a birth permit to lawfully bear a child. The population planning policies of all of China's 31 provincial-level jurisdictions limit couples to bearing one child. Exceptions for couples who meet certain criteria vary by province, and include some exceptions for ethnic minorities (sic).
Officials continue to coerce compliance with population planning targets using methods including heavy fines, forced abortions, and forced sterilizations.
Controls imposed on Chinese women and their families, and additional abuses engendered by China's stringent population and family planning system, violate standards set forth in the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the 1994 Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. China was a state participant in the negotiations and adoption of both.
Acts of official violence committed in the implementation of coercive population planning policies contravene provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which China has ratified. Furthermore, discriminatory policies against ''out-of-plan'' children (i.e., children born in violation of population planning policies) contravene the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. China is a State Party to these treaties and has committed to uphold their terms." Source: 2014 Report from the Congressional Executive Commission On China (Emphasis Added)
In light of such violations how can governments justify donating millions of taxpayer's money to population agencies, such as the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), both closely associated with the program, when there is such damning evidence that abuse is widespread and not being moderated by the involvement of such agencies? Furthermore, how can any government endorse and pledge a commitment to the findings of the Beijing Declaration on these issues, while at the same time continue to fund (and support politically and morally) China's appalling population program?
Act Now for China, Xinjiang and Tibet
Please join the campaign to promote women's human rights in China, Xinjiang and Tibet by expressing your concern to the addresses below. Remember, we must ask why UNPFA and IPPF are continuing to work with communist China's regime, while aware of these terrible violations, and that their presence is having no humanizing effect upon the Chinese program.
Sample Petition Against China's Coercive Population Control Program
I would like to express my concern regarding human rights abuses within communist China's population program. I am shocked that according to documentation provided by Tibettruth women are denied reproductive rights or freedom of choice. That they face a series of draconian measures including; financial penalties, mental/physical coercion, mass campaigns of forced sterilizations, forced abortions. It is worrying to note the continuing support and involvement of your department/organization with this program violating, as it does, several important human rights instruments/agreements; including, ironically, the Beijing Declaration of the Fourth World UN Conference on Women. I appeal to you to withdraw your association/sponsorship until such time as communist China's regime can demonstrate it is operating a humane and education-based population program, where the dignity, human rights of women is respected and enshrined in law and practice.
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Executive Director
United Nations Fund for Population
220 East 42nd Street
New York
Dr Alvaro Bermejo
Director General
International Planned Parenthood Federation
4 Newhams Row, London, SE1 3UZ. UK


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On Sept. 18, soybean rust was found in Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, and Tallahatchie counties on soybeans in Mississippi and in Prairie, Monroe and Lee counties on soybeans in Arkansas.
On Sept. 17, soybean rust was reported in Hinds County, Miss., on soybeans.
On Sept. 16, soybean rust was reported in Jefferson and Lincoln counties, Ark., on soybeans; Clarke and Washington counties, Ala., on kudzu; Jefferson County in Mississippi on soybeans; and in Thomas County, Ga., on kudzu.
On Sept. 15, soybean rust was reported on soybeans in Autauga County, Ala., and in Bolivar County, Miss. (previously detected in Bolivar County in January on kudzu but was destroyed).
Since January of 2008, soybean rust has been reported in 11 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Georgia, 22 counties in Florida; four counties in Louisiana; 15 counties in Mississippi, and five counties in Texas. Rust was also reported in three states (five municipalities) in Mexico on yam bean and soybean. These were destroyed or are no longer active. Soybean rust is expected to spread northward until frost.
Updates of rust finds are available at http://sbr.ipmpipe.org/cgi-bin/sbr/public.cgi.


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Characters' Roles Formative Assessment
Lesson 5 of 8
Objective: SWBAT identify the roles of the antagonist and protagonist in a fiction text.
Big Idea: Now that we know that all characters have roles, let see if you can spot the two major ones!
This formative wasn't as easy to create because it's hard to find short pieces that have an antagonist and protagonist. After searching for eons, it finally hit me that I could use the summary of a book! I could have also used a excerpt from a book that had thorough details about the characters, but this worked out first. Here are some of my additional thoughts on this.
When you're taking your test today, please be sure to justify to show me where you found your answers in the text. Remember, this is not an option. We've been working on ways to remember the roles of our main characters, so try to think back to your processing and the activities we've done the past few days. When you're finished, please turn in your quiz and answer the characters' roles LEQ in your interactive notebook. If you have any extra time, be sure your notebook is up-to-date- this includes the table of contents.
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Independent Work
While the kids are working, I'll be around to check for justification. It's still early in the year, so I try to give them gentle reminders along the way. It's a new system for many of them, so I want to give them some time to get it down. My kids who rush try to get away with skipping it for quite some time, but it really helps their scores. Here are some examples of some answers and you can see the justification as well.
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Early finishers
As the students finish up, I ask them to answer the lesson essential question, "What are the roles of characters?" in their notebooks. They also have some time to do any extra processing in their notebooks. For example, I might say
If you feel like you didn't do well today, you could study antagonist and protagonist by creating song lyrics to help you memorize them. Use your interactive notebook sheet to get some ideas. When you've created something, just staple it to the page that has those notes.


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News of 2017's new compound hunting bows has been steadily flowing out from the marketing offices of the nation's top bow manufacturers.
The top new bows to catch our attention so far include the following models:
Bear Moment
Under the banner of the legendary Fred Bear, the folks at Bear Archery have come up with another solid winner with the company's new Bear Moment compound bow. With quick-grip acquisition technology, this modern stick-and-string should shine in both ground blind and treestand applications for whitetail and big game enthusiasts.
Available in different colors and camo finishes, this bow checks in with a weight of four pounds, 31-inch axle-to-axle length, a six-inch brace height, draw length options ranging from 25 to 30 inches, two draw weight ranges (45 to 60 pounds and 55 to 70 pounds), 80-percent let-off and arrow speeds up to 340 feet per second.
For more information, visit www.beararchery.com.
Bowtech Reign
Bowtech's new flagship bows for 2017, the Reign 6 and 7, are said to be ultra-smooth, quiet, powerful and balanced. With such features as the PowerShift Technology Flip Disc, a Micro Sync Dial, CPX technology and the company's OverDrive Binary cams, the resulting bows offer top-end limb efficiency, reduction of noise and stability through the draw and shooting cycle.
Available in different colors and camo patterns, not to mention draw-length and draw weight-ranges, the micro-tune capabilities of the Reign 6 and 7 will offer a balanced platform, smooth drawing ability, a dead-solid hold and top-end accuracy downrange.
For information, visit www.BowtechArchery.com.
Hoyt Pro Defiant
With some 86 years of building bows, the engineers at Hoyt Archery think they've built the company's most cutting-edge compound, so far, that is.
The company's 2017 Pro Defiant models bring together the best parts of target bows and hunting bows, including the DFX Cam system, the UltraFlex limbs, Dual Cable Stops, Offset Riser Technology, zero-tolerance limb pockets and the company's Zero Torque Cable Guard system. Add in a synergistic marriage of the DFX cams and the multilayer laminated limbs and the company indicates there's an increasing of the "… axle-to-axle measurement at full draw, and improving form, comfort and accuracy."
At the end of the day, Hoyt has put together another winner of a bow, one that steadily delivers arrows into the boiler room of a buck or bull out in the field and into the 10-ring on the target range.
For more information, visit www.Hoyt.com.
Mathews Halon 32
If Mathews' new bow for 2017 looks familiar, it's because it's the bigger brother of the Wisconsin company's previous Halon bow, a very popular model among bowhunters and an award winner to boot.
Checking in at 32 inches axle-to-axle, the bow comes in various draw weights (40, 50, 60 and 70 pounds), three different brace height and draw length configurations, and a number of camo and color options. With the CROSSCENTRIC Cam, Harmonic Damper, a true-center nocking point and enhanced string angle, this bow maintains shot-to-shot consistency and the ability to be quiet, steady and accurate despite delivering high-end arrow speeds up to 350 feet per second
As is usually the case with a new Mathews' compound, expect hunters to rapidly snap up the Halon 32 bow at their local pro shops.
For information, visit www.mathewsinc.com.
PSE Evolve
The evolution of technology and top-end bows continues for PSE Archery thanks to the company's new Evolve Cam System (ECS). Shooters can find up to 90-percent let-off on these new bows (different modules offer from 65-percent to 90-percent let-off configurations) without any loss of power or arrow speed (up to 346 feet per second at 90-percent let-off).
Available in four models in the PSE 2017 Pro Series (the Carbon Air 34 ECS; Carbon Air 32 ECS; Evolve; and Evolve 35), the these bows bring such technology as PSE's Wide-Track Limb System and the company's WedgeLock Speed Pocket into play. The result is another top-flight performer from PSE Archery that gives shooters the best of bow performance, shooting consistency and personal comfort on the range or in the field.
For information, visit www.psearchery.com.
For complete ATA show coverage of all the new bowhunting gear for 2017, please visit: http://www.bowhuntingmag.com/ata-show-2017


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Eastern Michigan and Ball State feature the toughest nonconference schedules in the Mid-American Conference this upcoming season.
Eastern Michigan
Aug. 31 vs. Monmouth; Sept. 8 at Purdue; Sept. 22 at San Diego State; Oct. 27 vs. Army
Eastern Michigan is one of five teams in the conference with just one game against a team from a Power 5 conference. But the Eagles also face two teams (San Diego State, Army) with 10-wins from last season as well. Last season, Chris Creighton's team snapped an 11-game road losing streak to Big Ten teams. The Eagles will look for continued success against Mountain West teams (2-0) with a trip to San...


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One of the most important things you can do when researching a stock if you're a long-term investor is look at the company's financial statements. We're talking balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.
A company's financial statements are available on their investor relations page or on the SEC's website. But if you want to be able to easily look up the statements of multiple companies in one place, you can do that on a site like FinanceBoards, which offers various widgets where you can look up both quarterly and annual statements.
The Balance Sheet
The balance sheet—a breakdown of a company's assets, liabilities, and capital—shows us what a company is worth at a given time. In other words, how much are their total assets worth, what kind of debt liabilities do they have, and how much shareholder equity is there?
We can view all of this information on FinanceBoards' Balance Sheet Quarterly Widget, or view it in chart form below.
We can see that Netflix, Inc. NFLX 1.64% has more assets than liabilities. The difference between those numbers is the total stockholder equity. So, Netflix was worth about $3.11 billion at the end of June 2017. We can also see that from September 2016-June 2017 Netflix saw a dramatic increase in both assets and liabilities.
The Income Statement
The income statement shows how profitable a company is. It shows us a company's total revenue, expenses, and the result of those two numbers, net profit. If you want to know how much money a company is making, this is the spot.
To learn more about the Company Financial Statement Widgets on FinanceBoards, check out its Widget Spotlight Series.
Looking at Netflix's quarterly income statement, we can see that revenue spiked dramatically at the beginning of 2017 but leveled off afterwards. In all, the company generated $65.60 million in net profit in the June 2017 quarter.
The Statement Of Cash Flows
This tells us where in a company cash is going to. Is the company spending money on operations? Mergers and acquisitions? Are they paying it back to shareholders via dividends? The statement of cash flows tells us how a company is spending its money, and what excess money they have left over (this is called free cash flow).
Looking at a chart of Netflix's statement of cash flows over the last four quarters, we see that they spent far more on operating activities and financial activities in the June 2017 quarter than the March quarter.
Together, these three statements offer critical insight to breaking down a company's financial health. They're important enough to take the time to learn how to understand on their own, but it's also worth having a platform, like FinanceBoards, that can break these complicated statements down in a faster, simpler way in multiple formats on one screen.
WooTrader is a sponsored partner with Benzinga. This article was written in conjunction with WooTrader, and may have been subject to their approval.["Source-benzinga"]


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RED Epic Dragon 6K
RED were the first company to offer a mainstream, compact, lightweight cine quality digital camera in 4K, and their 6K Epic Dragon is still the go to camera for many operators. With the 8K Weapon sensor due to be released in the not too distant future, it is clear that RED are committed to pushing the boundaries of cinematography.
£550 per day
Our RED Epic Dragon 6K Camera Packages Includes:
1 x Red Epic Dragon 6K camera with Titanium PL mount and PL cap
1 x Red +1 adaptor module
1 x Red Quickplate module
1 x FMJ top plate
1 x DSMC top mount 19mm
1 x Sliding top handle
1 x Red side cover+ screw
1 x Red pro 5″ touch screen
1 x Wooden Camera EVF mount
1 x Bomb EVF
1 x USB to USB 3.0
1 x Noga arm ¼ inch to ¼ inch
1 x BEBOB bridge plate with 2 x universal 19mm mounts
1 x BEBOB Adaptor mounting plate with 2 x 25mm screws
1 x ET sliding dovetail plate
2 x Torx Key & 1 x Allen Key
4 x 128GB SSD Cards+ case
2 x Standard LCD/EVF cable right to straight 18" cable
1 x Short right angle to right angle EVF/monitor cable
1 x RED Station Red mini
1 x Firewire 800 Cable
1 x 4pin XLR to 1B Lemo cable
1 x 2pin Lemo to 4-way D-tap power block
2 x 340mm Long 19mm rods
2 x 440mm Long 19mm rods
1 x Sync cable
1 x Audio cable mini jack to 3 pin XLR
Battery / Mains Power
6 x HL9S V-Lock batteries
2 x IDX 2-way charger
2 x IEC mains cables