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Grimsby Legionnaires' disease outbreak affects four
Four confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease in the Grimsby area are being investigated by health officials.
Public Health England (PHE) said no common links have been identified between the infected people.
Dr Simon Padfield, from PHE in Humberside, said "all four patients are currently recovering".
Legionnaires' disease is a rare form of pneumonia that is transmitted by inhaling contaminated water droplets, with up to 15% of cases proving fatal.
Dr Padfield said the outbreak was first identified on 27 July but no source had yet been confirmed.
"Family doctors in the area have been contacted to ask them to be vigilant for patients with symptoms of Legionnaires' disease," said Dr Padfield.
"As cooling towers can often be associated with the spread of legionella bacteria, we will also be contacting the operators of major cooling towers in the area to ask them to introduce additional cleaning measures to ensure any bacteria would be removed.
"However, I should stress that no particular cooling tower has been identified as a potential source of infection at this time."


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It Takes a Community to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
By Laura Fitzpatrick, Drug Free Program Manager and Advocacy Liaison, Muskegon Community Health Project
Founded in 1997, the Muskegon Community Health Project (MCHP), the local community benefit office of Mercy Health Partners hospital, is nationally known for their health access initiatives which are steeped in community collaborative groups. Muskegon's collaborative has 65 members from 38 local organizations including those from public health, education, law enforcement, court officials, substance abuse agencies, and health care, student organizations, and a variety of community based organizations.
At the outset, MCHP focused on tobacco and alcohol, forming the Tobacco Reduction Coalition and the Muskegon Alcohol Liability Initiative, an alcohol prevention law enforcement taskforce under the Coalition for a Drug Free Muskegon County.
The coalition began by sponsoring smoke-free restaurant and workplace initiatives, which ultimately paved the way for a smoke-free Michigan.
They also worked on policy, student education efforts, and enhanced law enforcement efforts for both alcohol and tobacco, resulting in substantial declines in student use. Both community-led and supported initiatives steered many youths away from tobacco and alcohol use and abuse and helped them remain happy and healthy.
After several years focusing on alcohol and tobacco, our community turned its attention to prescription drug abuse prevention. The Coalition for A Drug Free Muskegon County, which was originally funded in 2005 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Association's (SAMSHA) Drug Free Communities (DFC) program, conducted a youth survey in 2009 that found that 17.4 percent of youth were trying medications that were not prescribed to them due to easy access. In addition, our law enforcement members reported an increase in residential break-ins especially by those seeking prescription drugs.
At the same time, other groups started looking at "take-back" programs that allow people to get rid of unneeded and unwanted drugs safely with no questions asked. Take-back programs are supported nationally by the ONDCP as excellent opportunities to reduce access to controlled substances.
In addition, Lakeshore Health Network, the local physician member service organization, began investigating ways to provide education to physician offices on how to monitor prescription drug use and abuse.
As multiple community organizations and resources were focused on take-back programs and prescription drug abuse, we quickly recognized an opportunity to serve multiple purposes with a single process. In September 2009, the Muskegon Area Medication Disposal Project (MAMDP) met for the first time, establishing the need to address this issue. The solution was to create several opportunities for our community to dispense with their drugs safely and securely.
MAMDP held our inaugural event in February of 2010 at a local fire station. We were overwhelmed by the public's response: 150 participants dropped off 500 pounds on the first day.
Since then, we have hosted 11 events at multiple fire stations, established permanent drop sites throughout the county and collected over three tons of medications.
Of the 7,300 pounds of materials collected in the past two years, 30 percent was over the counter medications, approximately 18 percent comprised cardiovascular medications, 10 percent were diabetic medications and 10 percent, or 810 pounds, were controlled or unknown substances. We also collected 475 pounds of sharps or used needles.
In addition to collecting, we took the process one step further by counting and classifying everything we collected to help inform and then change consumer, systems and local practices when it came to prescribing drugs. We wanted to reduce the source of medications, which would reduce the ability to abuse these prescriptions. We also conducted participant surveys of those dropping the medications off to inform media messaging and better serve the community.
In 2011, the Muskegon Area Medication Disposal Project established permanent multiple collection sites at area pharmacies and law enforcement agencies which now provide a more sustained approach. The future local project continues to build upon its successes and strives to keep educating the community and connecting with local resources.
"The numbers tell a compelling story that you have a hard time disputing", says Joe Graftema, PharmD, Mercy Health Partners Inpatient Pharmacy Manager and a long time MAMDP leader who coordinates the substance counting and classifying at the one day events. "We've been able to inform physicians, hospital leaders, pharmacists and health plan managers who can and have changed their practices or policies."
At a recent physicians education seminar put together by the project partner Lakeshore Health Network, the MAMDP members were encouraged by the physician response.
"We were impressed at the engagement and interest that the doctors had in changing their prescribing behaviors based upon the information from our disposal project" said MAMDP Chair Carrie Uthe. "They were so surprised about the amount of waste that unused medications were creating and the other safety and environmental issues."
Many communities throughout the country take advantage of federal prevention funding that comes in the form of community building and collaborative organizing through the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Drug Free Communities Support Program. The premise of the DFC program is simple – that communities around the country must be organized and equipped to collaboratively deal with their individual substance abuse problems in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
DFC is a collaborative initiative, sponsored by ONDCP, in partnership with SAMHSA, which works to achieve two goals:
- Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, and Federal, State, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.
- Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
DFC grantees are required to work toward these two goals as the primary focus of their Federally funded effort and they use a variety of ways to achieve local change in their respective communities. While the program offers direction and guidance to its grantees, it is up to the community on how they will achieve the change.
For more information go to www.MCHP.org
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Update: Now with video.
HTC finally made the Legend official and the specs were exactly what we expected. The HTC Legned will be the successor to the popular Hero with the addition of a faster CPU, more RAM, brighter AMOLED display, optical trackball, and new Sense UI.
One feature of the phone that did surprise us was the body of the phone. Engadget is reporting it was made from a single block of aluminum so that it's extra solid. To emphasize that point a HTC executive banged the phone against a wall during the press event.
"Legend is one continuous smooth surface. It's machined out of single block of aluminum. You could say it's carved. The body is the frame, the frame is the body. Legend is extremely solid. When you hold it, it doesn't feel like a phone. It's a piece of art."John WongHTC Chief Marketing Officer
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Ad servers are networked computers that allow companies to present, monitor the effectiveness of and change online advertising. As the service develops, independent companies outside the mainstream agency business are forming to specialize in ad serving.
But that wasn't the complaint of the agency and media executives gathered at the Amelia Island, Fla., meeting that concluded two Saturdays ago. No, their protest was that they didn't know what the hell ad servers were and why they had to hear about them. Hence the disconnect: Even as agencies large and small have begun to pay obeisance to -- and, in some instances, substantial sums for -- interactive expertise, online marketing and conventional advertising still seem like ships passing in the night.
I was a guest of the Four A's at "Facing the Future," as this year's conference was called, the leader of a panel discussion, so I don't want or intend to bite the hand that beckoned me to this marvelous place. But on the issue of interactivity, the language of disunion was louder than a whisper.
Interpublic Group of Cos. Chairman-CEO Phil Geier -- in an address borrowed largely from consultant Michael J. Wolf's "The Entertainment Economy" (a book lauded in this space a few months back) -- acknowledged the power of broadband multimedia but talked scornfully of digital "prophets" who predict "advertising will be swept away in the Holocaust of new technology."
Referring to Moore's Law, the principle that forecasts the doubling of computing power every 18 months, he invoked "Geier's Law," which he defined this way: "People don't change anything as quickly as the pace of technology."
Geier did give a loving and bracing defense of the primacy of "the idea" in advertising. And in affirming that "the most entertaining content will prevail," he signaled that the great gulf that once divided his agencies from the Doyle Danes and Chiats has been filled with rich loam. Technology, he claimed, will never change that. "Even the computer," Geier said, "is a new way to do old stuff."
This view that our skills are true and lasting and will see us through this transformation is widely shared in Medialand. A senior adviser to large publishing companies, responding to my criticism last week that major magazine publishers aren't taking full enough advantage of their interactive offerings, e-mailed me: "When you are trying to deliver your content to the most number of people, the last place you want to be is on the cutting edge of technology."
On its face, his argument seemed sound -- "the end users," this executive said, "usually don't have the hardware to handle the long downloads that things like streaming video or rich media require" -- but that argument, like Phil Geier's speech, still missed an essential point: Today's cutting edge becomes tomorrow's mainstream.
In the magazine world, as today's readers "mature" -- the median age of the Vanity Fair reader is 39, according to The New York Times -- their successors are making their way to the Web, to places like the Ultimate Band List, MP3.com and thousands of other multimedia sites that bear no resemblance to (and derive neither advantage nor liability from) print brands.
In the advertising business, pure technology companies are already competing with agencies to create and service commercial communications on behalf of marketers. Entire new forms of entertainment are already out there, starting with chat rooms and ending (so far) with multimedia-enabled interactive game sites, luring thousands, perhaps millions, of young consumers.
Truth be told, mainstream ad executives are not solely to blame. Their interactive compatriots, so consumed by daily changing technology, do often talk a foreign language. But sometimes from their mouths comes wisdom, as it did in Amelia Island when panelist Norman Lehoullier, managing director of Grey Interactive, responding to a question about how mainstream agencies might change the character of their interactive counterparts, answered: "It won't be the main agency telling the interactive firm, 'Take my brand character and make it work on the Web. We will be generating data that reshapes what they do."
It's true. Accountability changes everything -- notably how "the idea" and the "entertainment" Phil Geier rightly lauds are produced, judged and compensated. That doesn't mean he or I or anyone else at the Ritz-Carlton needed to understand the inner workings of ad servers. But it does mean that agencies and the media that depend on them ought to dock their ships in an interactive port for more than an overnight stay.


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Cleaning for Pennies
You have been investigating chemical changes in matter. In this activity, you and your family members will observe a simple chemical change.
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Ask an adult to help you pour about ¼ cup vinegar into the jar. Drop some of the pennies into the vinegar and put some of them aside for now. Let the dirty pennies sit for several hours. Take the pennies from the jar. Observe them. Now compare them with the pennies you set aside.
What happened to the pennies? Vinegar contains acetic acid. What do you think the vinegar did to the pennies?


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By Paul Goldman
Editor's note: Paul Goldman is a guest columnist for DecisionVirginia.com. The views expressed below are his own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of NBC12.
Almost all of the prosecution's own witnesses, except for law enforcement officials, don't believe Bob and Maureen McDonnell are criminals. The government's star witness, on the federal governments scam radar since the 1980s, couldn't swear under oath former Governor McDonnell knew the $177,000 in cash, gifts and loans came with illegal strings attached.
Jonnie Williams, the charmingly cagey Star Scientific, Inc. founder, admitted to wrapping himself in a friendly, seemingly benign veneer, albeit an image he thought shouldn't blind an experienced politician. McDonnell swears it did. The prosecutor produced not a single shred of direct evidence to refute him. Surely then, the prosecutor would have to concede this leaves reasonable doubt?
No. To prove their corruption case, they spent the free market equivalent of at least $100 million dollars, reviewed 3.5 million documents including texts and emails, ordered the FBI and Virginia State Police to interview 500 people, and examined the alleged conspirators from birth to beyond.
How hard can it be to determine whether Jonnie agreed to supply the loot in exchange for Bobby agreeing to provide the illegal governmental muscle? Like really, really hard.
The government could only dump a mountain of purely circumstantial evidence on the jury and cite New York Yankee great Yogi Berra's famous observation: "Some things are too coincidental to be a coincidence."
Their "Yogi Berra" prosecution lacks the usual DNA marker for a public corruption: no state contract, special license, or scheme to get public money to Williams or Star. No cash in a brown paper bag. There is only one undenied quid pro quo: the generous "Get out of Jail free" immunity deal Williams made with the prosecution after changing his story. He had initially defended the McDonnell's, calling them honest and trustworthy.
But to quote songwriter Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed."
The former Star CEO says he ratted out the McDonnell's due to "pangs" from a guilty conscience. Really? I ask: how does the prosecution win given the fact its own witnesses mostly think McDonnell is gullible, not guilty?
Especially when the government's case is riddled with evidentiary holes besides Williams' agreeing McDonnell might not have understood the conman's ulterior motive. In addition the "white bread" prosecution team made easy pickings for a local African-American attorney appreciating how to use the McDonnell administration's best-ever gubernatorial record on restoring ex-felons civil rights to build good will with the racially mixed jury when they retire to deliberate on a verdict.
Finally, as Sherlock Holmes observed in The Boscombe Valley Mystery, this type of purely circumstantial case lends itself to developing a plausible "alternative theory of the case," thereby creating reasonable doubt. Slam dunk for the defense? Not!
The former governor's counsel spent days explaining a "not guilty by reason of marriage meltdown" defense. The McDonnells fielded their own all-white team lacking "street smarts" and an appreciation for the restoration of rights character issue. Lastly, the defense merely denied the government's charges as opposed to crafting an alternative theory to explain William's actions.
The McDonnell legal defense focused largely on saying what Bob did for Jonnie – the "quo" - amounted to a Shakespearean "much ado about nothing." But this defense strategy does not actually negate any necessary element to the corruption felonies charged. An illegal quid pro quo agreement can exist even if McDonnell took the money while never intending to anything for Williams!It depends on how McDonnell judged Williams' expectations. The McDonnell defense can be 100 percent right on there being no meaningful "quo" and still lose huge.
They are apparently hoping this low criminality bar will seem unfair to the jurors given what Williams got from McDonnell compared to the free pass the con man got from the government. Such "street justice" would not surprise, leaving aside the bank fraud charges. .
But why not equally argue the following:
If Williams admits to having a reasonable doubt as to whether the former governor saw through the conman's practiced deception, how can a jury, with far less real-time information, in effect conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the businessman is wrong?
It would be different if Williams and McDonnell were sitting together at the defense table and denying everything, but the Star executive is working for the prosecution.
The government's other non-paid witnesses are collectively appalled at the McDonnell's blind ethical guy, indeed their Beverly Hillbilly attitude. But they give them the benefit of the doubt – as legally required – on crossing over into criminality.
"Call me Ishmael" starts the book Moby Dick. The prosecution's "Yogi Berra" case is damning. But legally, it has the story line of a hunt for a big fish.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Long-term trend-following hedge funds are heading for a third straight year of losses unless the commodity and financial markets they trade in settle into a more predictable pattern, which does not seem likely given the Federal Reserve's mixed signals on the U.S. economic stimulus.
Known generically as "managed futures", or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), many trend followers were whipsawed in the first half by market gyrations over whether the Fed would cut its bond buying this year. More volatility seems likely; last week, the Fed said it needed more time to decide.


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People's Pharmacy: Did Chantix reaction lead to killing?
Q. My husband's best friend, another soldier, started taking Chantix on Wednesday to quit smoking. Sometime Sunday evening or early Monday morning, he murdered a 17-year-old recruit and shot himself in the head afterward.
He was the sweetest, kindest, gentlest and most nonaggressive soldier I ever knew. My husband met him in recruiting school, and he was such a smart and talented person.
We are still struggling with what has happened. But after reading a myriad of stories relating to Chantix, blackouts and violent/suicidal rage, that is the only explanation I have for what happened.
Our friend had been drinking during the weekend, so I don't know how much that contributed to his psychosis, but either way, this medication is dangerous! Two lives were lost for no reason. We are so frustrated, sad and angry.
A. We are sorry to learn about your friend's tragic experience with Chantix. This is not the first time we have heard that this drug was linked to violence: "I live in the U.K. On Christmas Eve, my boyfriend had been using Chantix for some months. He was drinking and went berserk for no reason, assaulted me and destroyed my apartment. … As far as I know, he has no past mental health problems or history of violence."
Another reader offered a similar report: "My brother took Chantix for about a month, went berserk, beat his wife with no provocation and then called the police. He has no recollection of the incident and had visual hallucinations before this bizarre and tragic episode. His wife of 19 years divorced him. He's now homeless, and he's facing multiple felony charges."
The official prescribing information for Chantix lists depression and suicidal thoughts and acts, as well as agitation, anxiety, psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, hostility and homicidal thoughts. We worry that alcohol might intensify this problem.
Q. My doctor prescribed quinine for my leg cramps. With all the controversy and severe reactions described online, not to mention the Food and Drug Administration position on it, I am reluctant to try it. I have been in dire straits for weeks, and I don't know what else to do.
I am already taking magnesium, vitamin B-12, vitamin D-3, fish oil and valerian root, with no relief. I'm at the end of my rope, and doctors don't seem to want to help with this. What do you suggest?
A. The FDA forbids the use of quinine for leg cramps because it can cause life-threatening reactions affecting the blood. As a result, doctors have little to offer people with painful leg cramps.
Other readers have offered their own solutions, and we provide them in our Guide to Leg Pain. Some options include low-sodium V8 juice, yellow mustard or apple-cider vinegar and honey in warm water. Stretching the muscles before bed often can help, and we have detailed instructions. Anyone who would like a copy, please send $3 in check or money order with a long (No. 10), stamped (66 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. RLS-5, P.O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027. It also can be downloaded for $2 from our website: www.peoplespharmacy.com.
Q. When I was a kid, my parents always used calamine lotion for poison ivy. I hated the way it looked on my skin. Is there anything for poison ivy without the pink color?
A. Calamine lotion contains zinc and iron, which creates its distinctive appearance. One option might be Calaclear Lotion, which contains zinc and a local anesthetic, pramoxine, to ease itching. It is colorless.
Q. I live in Dallas, where West Nile virus is a serious worry. Avoiding mosquito bites is a challenge. I've heard that taking vitamin B-1 supplements can discourage mosquitoes. Is this an effective way to prevent West Nile virus?
A. Although we have heard from some readers that 100 mg of thiamine (vitamin B-1) taken orally can reduce bites, research does not support this approach (Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, June 2005). Because West Nile virus can be so serious, DEET-containing repellents are a prudent protective measure.


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It's a waste of electricity to have all kinds of devices and appliances plugged in even when they aren't in use. Also, children tend to take advantage of not being monitored all the time while they're on computers or playing video games. "In order to solve these problems, I conceived of my design," said an inventor from Pawtucket, R.I.
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IRS leaves Jamaica with $84m collected from jailed accountant's assets
Livern Barrett, Senior Gleaner Writer
An agent of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) left Jamaica last week with three cheques totalling just over US$700,000 or approximately J$84 million.
According the Financial Investigations Division (FID) of the Ministry of Finance, the money was derived from the liquidation of assets and deposits held at three local financial institutions by Pamela Watson.
Watson is a Jamaican accountant who is now serving a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence in the US on fraud charges.
The FID has already indicated that it is in the process of liquidating other assets linked to Watson that should yield close to US$110,000 or nearly J$13.2 million.
The agency says this too will be turned over to the IRS.
Watson, who has been described as a very popular activist in the Jamaican community in South Florida, pleaded guilty in a court in that state of operating a tax-refund scheme that defrauded clients and the US government of US$3.6 million.
Prosecutors have claimed that most of her victims were Jamaicans who she claimed she was helping.
Watson admitted in court that she falsified hundreds of tax returns and refund amounts on IRS forms without her clients' knowledge.
She was ordered to make restitution totalling US$3.6 million.
A probe by Jamaican financial investigators revealed that just over J$107 million and other assets linked to Watson were being held at two local licensed financial institutions.
Jamaican authorities had begun the process to have the funds forfeited to the State, but yielded to their US counterparts who had commenced similar proceedings in their jurisdiction.


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A new song by Michael Jackson featuring Justin Bieber has emerged online.
Slave 2 The Rhythm, recorded by the King of Pop shortly before his death in June, 2009, has been reworked to include vocals by the Baby hitmaker.
The pop sensation took to his Twitter.com page to pay tribute to the Thriller icon on Friday (16Aug13), minutes before the track surfaced on the Internet.
Bieber tweeted, "Excited for what is to come. MJ set the bar. Not only for music but for being an entertainer and how u treat the fans. Wish he was here..."
The song has already hit the airwaves in the U.K., where it was played on pop station Capital FM.


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Ed Sheeran wrote 10 different versions of each of the songs that feature on his new album ÷.
The 26-year-old singer-songwriter is due to release his third record on Friday (03Mar17), which boasts singles Castle on the Hill and Shape of You. Both tunes have become instant hits since being released, but Ed has revealed writing his new album was a long process.
"I had in my mind what sound should be on what song, and which subject matter would be on which song - so I'd write 10 songs for that (idea)," he told the BBC.
"So there's six or seven songs about Suffolk (where he grew up), but Castle on the Hill was the best one. And then there was a bunch of wedding songs, I guess, and Perfect was the best one."
He added that song Perfect was inspired by being in love with his "beautiful and smart" girlfriend Cherry Seaborn, who the star has known since high school and began dating in September 2015.
He continued to say that during the writing and recording process of ÷, he never let the pressure to deliver a number one album get to him.
"I felt that with the first album," he recalled of his debut +. "I remember thinking I would never write a song as good as A Team. And then Thinking Out Loud came, and I was like, 'Oh, OK, well maybe it's not impossible.'
"So going into this album, there was no worry at all because I knew I'd done it before. It's not like Thinking Out Loud will be the peak of my career. It's definitely happened on this album. There's definitely one that's better."
Ed enlisted the help of songwriter and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for his new material, and together the pair would pen 15 or 16 tracks a day during the sessions to record ÷.


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The barracks was built some time after 1860 when the acquired Kowloon. The origins of the barracks' name is unknown, but it was likely named for a gun club or the King's Park gun range.
Troops were rotated from the Wellington and Victoria Barracks on Hong Kong Island. A list of troops stationed here:
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* Hong Kong Singapore Battalion Royal Artillery
* First Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
* Royal Welch Fusilers
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* United Services Recreation Club
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Over the last year, I adopted Groovy as an enterprise implementation language. Here are 5 Groovy programming shortcuts that I found to be very handy. They are listed as tests, in the model of TDD.
Spread Dot Operator
The spread dot operator calls a method on every item in a collection. Upon the invocations, it creates a new list from the return items. So instead of looping through a collection to make a call on each object, use the spread dot operator.
Let's say we want to get the first 3 letters of each username:
This is very useful when utilizing several common design patterns or just plan old polymorphism. You are able to call an interface many times with minimal code.
void testSpreadDot() {
def emails = ["firstname.lastname@example.com", "email@example.com", "firstname.lastname@example.com"]
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Race: Tour of Utah, Stage 4
Start/Finish: IM Flash /Kearns, Utah
Distance: 154 kilometers
Kearns, Utah — Thursday's Stage 4 of the Tour of Utah was another hot one on the bike with temperatures again reaching around 38 Celsius. While the 154-kilometer stage didn't feature as much climbing as previous stages, it also didn't include any flat sections.
An eight-man break escaped 20 km into the day. With 50 km remaining, the break started to splinter, and as the race reached the finishing laps around Kearns, everything came back together. Several counterattacks ensued but the race finished in a bunch sprint with Travis McCabe (Holowesko Citadel presented by Hincapie Sportswear) taking the win.
"The race started fast, but once the break went, things got a little easier," Team Novo Nordisk's Stephen Clancy said. "Due to the winds, you always had to be paying attention. Once the peloton decided to reel in the break, the pace skyrocketed. It all came down to the circuits. We all survived, were safe and are ready to race again tomorrow."
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Lee Majors will appear on $#*! My Dad Says, William Shatner announced Tuesday on Twitter.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 1970s TV star will play an arrogant millionaire who competes against Ed (Shatner) for Rosemary (Jean Smart). The episode will air Feb. 3.
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Majors, 71, is famous for his role as an ex-astronaut with bionic limbs on the ABC show The Six Million Dollar Man.
"I'm thrilled to be working with an old friend," Shatner tweeted.


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After a Harry Potter-filled hiatus from the books, the 22-year-old actress will return to Providence, R.I., in January for the Winter 2013 semester, her rep confirmed to Gossip Cop this week.
Watson, an English Literature major, announced her leave of absence in March 2011 when she was on the heels of a busy schedule for the final Harry Potter film. Following her break, Watson spent a semester abroad at Oxford University.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower star joins a growing list of celebrities who have been juggling higher education and campus life with their on screen and professional careers.
Dakota Fanning has been roaming the New York University campus as a sophomore. The 18-year-old will have her hands full in the coming weeks, thanks to the much-anticipated release of the fifth and final Twilight film.
Meanwhile, iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove kicked off her freshman year at the University of Southern California where model Patrick Schwarzenegger also started this fall.
The potential classmates might bump into one professor Franco — as in James Franco— who is set to teach a film production class at USC next spring. The Spring Breakers actor is also completing his PhD in English at Yale University.
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RANGOON — A mob attacked a motorcade carrying Aung San Suu Kyi and other pro-democracy leaders with fists and sticks Saturday, smashing windows and denting the cars. No one was injured seriously.
Suu Kyi said the attack was orchestrated by Burma's military regime, which otherwise strictly enforces a ban on public gatherings. If so, it would be an escalation in the government's campaign to keep Suu Kyi from meeting with her supporters.


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Justin Bieber spends night at Bada Bing strip club in Kings Cross
Justin Bieber has touched down in Sydney and is already taking in the sights! And by sights, we mean Bada Bing Nightspot in Kings Cross.
JB flew in by private jet overnight post-Brisbane concert, and is understood to have been driven directly to the strip club where his network of Aussie fans caught him out! And live-tweeted it of course.
A source told the Daily Telegraph: "The club was closed off specifically for him and he was there until about 4.30am." We guess it's better than vandalising his hotel like he did at QT in Queensland!
The 19-year-old is midway through his Australian tour, playing Sydney's Allphones Arena on both Friday and Saturday night.
Which means we have an extra few days of the Biebs running riot in Oz…whatever will he do next?Gallery: Justin's shameless selfies!


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Financial sustainability remains a critical challenge for Civil Society Organization (CSOs) around the world. Although a variety of toolkits and research papers exist examining specific sustainability strategies , many CSOs continue to struggle to develop and maintain the resources needed to carry out their missions. The Facilitating Financial Sustainability (FFS) activity was launched in 2017 to develop and test ways that different actors (including donors, policymakers, intermediary organizations, and CSOs themselves) can work together to improve the factors that drive financial sustainability for local organizations in different developing world contexts. This paper synthesizes the findings from the analyses of both funders and CSOs. This represents one part of the three-part FFS research series, and is best considered alongside the other papers in the series to give a holistic perspective on CSO financial sustainability: "Understanding the Drivers of CSO Financial Sustianabiltiy", which includes an analysis of specific factor combinations that support CSO sustainability in different contexts, and "Funder Approaches to Financial Sustainability", which provides an overview of the funding landscape for CSO financial sustainability int he six countries included in the study.
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- North America / Mexico
- Europe (Southeastern) / Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Authors Anna Koob , Inga Ingulfsen , Megan Renoir , Matthew Guttentag , Becky Tolson
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Geographical Focus Africa (Eastern) / Uganda , North America / Mexico , Europe (Southeastern) / Bosnia-Herzegovina , Africa (Central) / Democratic Republic of Congo , South America (Northwestern) / Colombia , Asia (Southeastern) / Philippines
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His mates refer to him as "Froth", and we can guarantee you right here, right now, that no one loves to surf more than Thomas Victor Carroll.
Tom Carroll was born in the Sydney suburb of Newport, Australia, where he still lives today. At the age of eight, he first stood on a tiny Coolite. Under the influence of Narrabeen's Col Smith, the diminutive goofyfoot tore through the amateur field. Twice champion of New South Wales (Schoolboys in 1974 and Juniors in 1977) and twice winner of the prestigious Pro Junior (1977 and 1980), he joined the IPS World Tour in 1979. From the outset, three factors told the Carroll story: conditioning, versatility and injuries.
After a steady rise -- from 24th to 17th to ninth -- Carroll locked into the top five in 1982 and wouldn't budge until the decade was out. He attacked all conditions with precision and power, winning in waves generated by a passing boat at the 1983 Wave Wizards in Florida and in a swimming pool at the 1985 World Inland Pro in Pennsylvania. On the flipside, he dominated the 1982 World Cup at eight-to-ten foot Sunset. As Mark Richards stepped aside, Carroll filled the void, winning three consecutive events and becoming the first goofyfoot to earn a professional world title. He repeated in 1984 by staving off a late-career effort by Shaun Tomson and putting Tom Curren's destiny on hold. Carroll also won the USA based Surfer Poll that year, proving he was a surfer's surfer and the people's choice.
In 1985, he took a personal stance against South Africa's policy of apartheid, contributing to the loss of his title to Curren. Carroll's boycott of the South African events established him as a freethinking leader, and this inspired other pros to join his cause. By the late '80s, while fighting to reclaim his lost title, Carroll became the acknowledged master in Hawaii. His ascendancy at Pipeline from finalist in his first attempt in 1979 to the first three-time Pipe Masters champion, bridged the gap between Gerry Lopez and Kelly Slater. His first win, in 1987, was driven by pure emotion the day after his sister died in an auto accident. In 1991, in perfect 8- to 12-foot surf, he executed the most committed late drop and the heaviest under-the-lip snap in history to stamp his supremacy on the wave. Carroll's performances were equally dominant at Sunset, Haleiwa, Rockpile and later along Hawaii's outer reefs.
Throughout his career, injuries have kept him from full potential. Beginning with an infected fin gash in Bali in 1978, he has been plagued: stomach rupture in 1979, knee reconstruction in 1981, fin up the arse in 1988, multiple ankle ligament tears, various cuts, lower-back strains and a concussion in 1996. His strict training regimen on tour saved his career several times.
In 1988, when he appeared set to reclaim his crown, Carroll earned surfing's first million-dollar contract with Quiksilver. A careless paddling interference at Pipe cost him the title and caused a step back. The tour was a serious grind in the '80s, with more than twice the number of events today, and Carroll persevered through the guts of it. He married longtime girlfriend Lisa in 1991 and, at age 30, returned to third in the world ratings before leaving competition in 1993. During Carroll's 14-years on the world tour, he racked up 26 victories (third behind Tom Curren and Kelly Slater), finished in the top five nine times, and built a reputation as one of the most powerful and fearless surfers on Earth.
Still anchored in Newport today, Carroll has three daughters; Jenna, Mimi and Grace. The Quiksilver relationship has maintained throughout, and these days he works as a member of Quiksilver's international pro staff team, travelling the world surfing, teaching, and doing charity work. His surfing, in waves of consequence, remains on par with the best in the world and he is an invitee every year into the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau event at Waimea Bay. Tom surfs with heart, and works extensively with both the Quiksilver Foundation and Surf Aid as a staunch advocate for several humanitarian and environmental causes.


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Debt Fears for Greece Increase Interest Rates
Investors increased interest rates for Greek bonds as fears that the country will enter debt restructuring spread in the financial community on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.
On Tuesday, Greece raised €1.6 billion ($2.3 million) for money to be repaid in three months which required an increased yield of 4.1 percent compared to 3.8 percent in February. The rate of return for the benchmark ten-year Greek bond also jumped to 14 percent, reaching an all-time high since the Eurozone was created.
The increase was caused by nervousness among investors about the possibility of them being repaid or being forced to accept a delay in repayment.
After hearing news from a German finance official and an unnamed European Commission source saying that debt restructuring was inevitable, the markets feared that the Greeks might default anytime in the present.
The EU spokesperson denied the statement and said that it is impossible for the European Commission to say such information because no discussion took place between the European authorities and the Greek government.
On the other hand, Germany's Finance Ministry Technical Advisory Committee Chairman Clemens Fuest told Reuters that people should recognize the reality that the interest payments are breaking Greece.
In addition to the EU and Germany, other investors believe that there is a little likelihood that the restructuring will happen because for them, it would be premature for the European Union to backtrack so quickly after having launched bail-outs of Greece and Ireland to avoid a restructuring,
Benefitting from the increasing rates is gold, which is currently experiencing soaring prices. In the London Bullion Market, its price rose from $1,493 to $1,494.02 an ounce on Monday, April 18, 2011. It even rose to $1,497 when Standard & Poor's assessment of the US Treasury debt declined.


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Q. My wife and I own 1,500 shares of Waxman Industries. What are your thoughts regarding this investment?
A.One could wax eloquent about this stock's prospects.
Waxman Industries (around $3, NYSE), which assembles, packages and distributes plumbing, electrical, hardware and FTC security items for the do-it-yourself market, is a stock worth holding, said Sharon Conway, based in Chicago with A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc.
Earnings per share in its last fiscal year were down 13 percent due to a weak Canadian unit, acquisition costs and early repayment of debt.


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Thanks for the heads up David. No, I didn't start the branch yet. I got tied up in some other things. Perhaps tomorrow. Even still, we can still put fixes in for a few days while we wait for out dependencies to get released. Thanks, Joe David Jencks wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I just discovered a problem (GERONIMO-4554) that ideally I'd like to fix > in 2.1.4. I'm hoping to fix it tonight.... > > AFAICT you haven't actually branched yet so hopefully this will not > disrupt things appreciably. > > thanks > david jencks > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Joe Bohn wrote: > >> We're getting very close to a Geronimo 2.1.4 release. I think it's >> nearly time to create a branch to prepare for the release. >> >> So, I'm planning to create a branch on Thursday afternoon (2/26). >> >> Please carefully consider any changes in the branches/2.1 that might >> destabilize things and consider holding off until after the branch. I >> do anticipate that there will continue to be bug fixes and other minor >> changes. Hopefully, we will be in a position to create a release >> candidate sometime next week. >> >> Thanks, >> Joe > >
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Climate change is pushing Malawi further into poverty: women are hit worst
Climate change in Malawi is pushing people further into poverty and women are suffering most, according to our new report (Wed June 17).
The report, The Winds of Change: Climate change, poverty and the environment in Malawi, says that an increase in temperatures and intense rain in Malawi over the past 40 years has led to drought and flooding, causing shorter growing seasons, poor crop yields, food shortages, hunger and the spread of disease in a country where 29 per cent of people already live in extreme poverty.
As women have multiple roles in Malawi as farmers, child carers, providers of food, water and firewood, they are affected most by the changing climate, according to the report. Women's weak position in Malawian society also means that, generally, they have less access to income and credit and no voice in decision-making, making it difficult for them to find other sources of income or influence action on climate change in Malawi.
The report also warns that, in the absence of food, some vulnerable women may be forced to resort to selling sex for food, which could lead to an increased vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. The spread of HIV/AIDS in turn weakens people's ability to respond to the changing climate.
Oxfam Malawi Country Director, Sanjay Awasthi , said:
"Despite the fact that Malawi's greenhouse gas emissions are minuscule, climate change is hitting poor countries like Malawi first and worst and people are suffering, especially women. Climate change is exacerbating the inequalities that already exist for women in Malawi. Men are also struggling to cope with the effects of climate change, but as we are more likely to be educated, to have savings and skills to earn money, we have more opportunities to adapt."
Esther Chanache from Tsite village in Southern Malawi, adds:
"We women have largely been affected in terms of fetching water. Previously the rivers would run all year round but now when the rains stop, the rivers dry up. We have to walk long distances."
The report calls for rich countries, who produce three quarters of the world's greenhouse gas emissions that are instrumental in causing dangerous climate change, to slash their emissions and also provide funds to help poor countries like Malawi, who are not responsible for the changes the climate is forcing on their environment, to adapt.
It also makes recommendations for Malawian government and society to encourage them to take action to adapt to the vagaries of climate change, but makes clear that women's participation must be central to any of these efforts.
Sanjay Awasthi adds:
"Climate change adaptation should take women's needs into consideration. It should include things like practical help for women caring for orphans to allow them time and energy to cultivate their gardens and implement soil and water conservation, and access to credit to allow them to start small businesses."
Oxfam is already supporting Malawians to mitigate and adapt to climate change. For example, an Oxfam-funded irrigation system has enabled 400 farming families to become completely self-sufficient, cultivating crops all year round.
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'The Winds of Change: Climate change, poverty and the environment in Malawi' - new report (June 2009).
- According to the UN's Human Development 2007/8 report, Malawi is responsible for 0.0 per cent of global emissions. Rich countries are responsible for three quarters.
- 29 per cent of people in Malawi live in extreme poverty. Infant mortality is estimated at 134 per thousand. Between 800,000 and one million people are living with HIV. There were 70,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2007.
- More than 90 per cent of the population of Malawi is engaged in subsistence-level rain-fed agriculture, and 60 per cent of these are food insecure on a year round basis.
Oxfam is a founder member of the 'tck tck tck' campaign. The campaign brings together an unprecedented alliance of faith groups, NGOs, trade unions and individuals. As world leaders prepare to strike a climate deal in Copenhagen in December, 'tck tck tck' aims to harness the voices of people from around the globe to demand an ambitious, fair and binding climate deal which reflects the latest science.
Oxfam is a member of the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, www.stopclimatechaos.org.


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Chinese Steak and Noodle Salad with Ginger and Apples
This innovative noodle salad features flank steak, soy sauce, fresh ginger, diced apples and sliced shallots.
1⁄4 cup + 6 tbsp. fish sauce, divided
8 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp. finely chopped fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
11⁄2 lb. flank steak, lightly scored
6 tbsp. water
1⁄2 cup lime juice
1⁄2 cup sliced shallots
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
8 oz. dried thin rice noodles (vermicelli)
6 oz. Dole Butter Bliss or other Dole Salad Blend
2 cups Dole Chef-Ready Cuts Diced Apples or Dole Fresh Frozen Sliced Apples, partially thawed
1⁄2 to 1 cup coarsely chopped mint
1. Combine ¼ cup fish sauce, 2 tablespoons sugar, soy sauce, ginger and garlic in gallon-size resealable plastic bag. Add flank steak; seal. Marinate in refrigerator for 2 to 4 hours, turning occasionally.
2. Grill or broil steak to desired doneness. Discard marinade. Cover steak loosely with aluminum foil and let stand for 10 to 15 minutes. Slice steak thinly across grain. Set aside.
3. Stir together remaining 6 tablespoons fish sauce, 6 tablespoons sugar, water, lime juice, shallots and crushed red pepper in medium bowl until sugar dissolves.
4. Soak rice noodles in bowl of hot water for 15 to 20 minutes; drain. Boil 2 quarts of water in large saucepot. Add soaked noodles to water and cook for 1 minute. Rinse and drain. Return to bowl and toss with ½ cup lime-shallot mixture.
5. Combine salad blend, diced apples and mint in large bowl. Toss with ½ cup lime-shallot mixture. Arrange noodles on large serving platter. Mound salad mixture on top. Arrange steak slices on salad. Sprinkle with chopped cashews and serve with remaining lime-shallot mixture, if desired.
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ERC20 Token Standard Officially Formalized by Ethereum Developers
Most Ethereum and cryptocurrency enthusiasts have become familiar with ERC20 tokens. This token standard is used to create new forms of currency on the Ethereum blockchain. Now that Ethereum Improvement Proposal 20 has been formally adopted, the ERC20 token standard is officially instituted. This is a major development for the ecosystem as a whole, as the proposal also formally establishes API standards for Ethereum-based tokens.
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Renal failure cases are quite different from most medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death cases because unlike accidents and other situations that result in injuries, most instances of kidney disease are chronic but manageable. With chronic kidney failure (CKD), the goal is typically to manage the disease rather than curing. With an accurate diagnosis and the right treatment, most kidney patients can live a relatively normal life, while avoiding the need for kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant. Without that accurate diagnosis and treatment, CKD can lead to end-stage renal failure requiring dialysis and eventually a kidney transplant. Serious cases that are not discovered until the patient is critical can even result in death. If you have been the victim of a medical misdiagnosis and/or improper treatment for kidney disease, and if you are suffering from kidney/renal failure, an experienced Florida medical malpractice attorney can help. Time is critical as the law limits the window for seeking compensation. Speak with one of the lawyers at the Miami-based law firm of Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A.
Kidney diseases remain enigmatic; seldom can a single, conclusive cause be identified for any individual patient's condition. However, studies have shown that the likely causes of kidney failure include heredity (a history of kidney disease in the family), large quantities of analgesics (over-the-counter painkiller drugs), trauma, infection, and environmental factors. Diabetes and high blood pressure directly contribute to kidney disease, and so does glomerulonephritis, the inflammation of the glomeruli, the capillaries that initiate the filtering process in the kidneys. In the earliest stages, kidney failure is difficult to detect – the symptoms may be inconsistent and vague. Kidney failure can only be accurately diagnosed by a renal biopsy. If a physician finds protein in your urine, he or she should immediately refer you to a nephrologist (doctors specializing in the renal system.)
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text: On 18 November ICSR Atkin Fellows Amal Abusrour and Yosef Kedmi spoke at King's College London in a talk entitled 'Israel-Palestine: Prospective for Peace.' Speaking in their capacities as research fellows focusing on Arab-Israeli dialogue, Abusrour and Kedmi addressed a large audience of KCL War Studies students on the current state of political negotiations and prospects for a sustainable peace settlement in the future. Beyond giving summaries of the political situation from their own unique perspectives, the speakers addressed some of the most difficult negotiating points among the Israelis and Palestinians, including the right of refugee return and the creation of a Palestinian state along 1967 borders. In this sense the speakers illustrated the conflict between political points of view based in international law versus points of view based on internal political factors. A spirited discussion and question-answer session allowed for a variety of viewpoints to be heard.


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The handle of the cup has unique curves.
Monday, April 29, 2013
A Precious Aynsley Teacup
The handle of the cup has unique curves.
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Quite a unique shape, like a flower, and the pink roses are sweet. I am admiring your tablecloth, it's lovely with your treasured china.ReplyDelete
Hello Lavender Cottage,ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for commenting. I do appreciate your opinion. Your blogspot is very beautiful. I love the mauve and purple on your template. I hope to learn how to do that eventually.
I also love peonies (as you mentioned in a previous blog). I am looking to buy some pink ones. They are gorgeous.
Take care,
Elles sont magnifiques ces tasses à thé!ReplyDelete
quelle belle forme unique!
et de ravissantes roses
bises de France
Good morning Karen,ReplyDelete
Oh my, how beautiful! Your teacup is simply lovely with its unique shape and flower shaped saucer. I adore the sweet roses sprinkled on the set and I love the posies inside the cup too. How wonderful that you have all those pieces. They are very precious having belonged to your mother. That is a gorgeous table cloth! Would love to sip some tea with you. Thank you for coming to tea and sharing with us. Hope you have a beautiful day.
That is a gorgeous pattern! It is so pretty and delicate with its sweet pink roses. Blessings, PamelaReplyDelete
Hello Karen,ReplyDelete
Your tea time today is lovely! What a gorgeous china pattern! Those little rosebuds are so sweet. That handle too is so elegant. You are lucky to have these beauties in your collection.
Those flowers are stunning as well!
These oldies do have a special look and feel! The shapes, the delicate rosebuds, all so lovely!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this family treasure.
Hi Karen: Your table is so beautiful. Love the Aynsley tea cups you shared today. Everything looks so pretty. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, MarthaReplyDelete
Hi Karen, that's a very pretty tea set. I love the tea cups that have something special about them, like the curve of the handle or the angled sides. It makes them even more special. :) Have a lovely day.ReplyDelete
I see your beautiful sofa in the background there. This teacup is one the loveliest I have seen. The table cloth and setting are wonderful! I am so pleased you linked to "Friends Sharing Tea".ReplyDelete
What a beautiful treasure from your Mom! I love the scalloped edges of the trio! A beautiful setting!ReplyDelete
Hey Karen! I popped in via Pinterest ... someone had pinned a pic of your lovely Aynsley teacup. I have an Aynsley teaset, well, part of one, that has this same pretty rose pattern but is a different shape cup and round places and saucers. I have the sandwhich plate, slop bowl, milk jug and three trios. I hope one day to find a fourth trio ... in the meantime ... its fun looking! :0) Thanks for sharing your pics - Bear Hugs! KRISReplyDelete