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BEIRUT – Syrian warplanes bombed an olive press factory in the country's north on Tuesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, including farmers who were waiting to convert their olives to oil, activists said.
Two activist groups — the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees — said the targeted factory is west of the city of Idlib. The LCC says at least 20 people were killed and many others wounded in the raid, while the Observatory said "tens were killed or wounded."
Both groups depend on a network of activists on the ground around the country.
President Bashar Assad's regime has been launching intense air raids on rebels in recent months, mostly in Idlib, the nearby province of Aleppo, Deir el-Zour to the east and suburbs of the capital Damascus.
The most recent air raids have killed hundreds of people, including eight children on Sunday in the village of Deir al-Asafir near the capital, Damascus.
"It is a sign of despair," said Hilal Khashan, a political science professor at the American University of Beirut. He added that the regime forces are overstretched, and the air force is being used in areas that the army cannot easily reach.
"This is mass punishment. The regime is striking at civilian areas to make the people pay a price for not standing against advancing opposition forces," Khashan said. "The regime is desperate and wants to make the price of its opponents' victory costly."
Olive oil is a main staple in Syria. Tens of thousands of tons are produced annually.
Fadi al-Yassin, an activist based in Idlib, told The Associated Press by telephone that dozens of people had gathered to have their olives pressed when the warplanes struck, causing a large number of casualties.
It was not immediately clear why the olive press was targeted. "It was a massacre carried out by the regime," said al-Yassin.
"Now is the season to press oil," said al-Yassin, noting that many olive press factories are not functioning in the area because of the fighting in the region. A large number of people were at the one near the city of Idlib.
"Functioning olive press factories are packed with people these days," he said.
New York-based Human Rights Watch said that evidence has emerged that an airstrike using cluster bombs on the village of Deir al-Asafir near Damascus killed at least 11 children and wounded others on Sunday. Cluster bombs have been banned by most nations.
"This attack shows how cluster munitions kill without discriminating between civilians and military personnel," said Mary Wareham, arms division advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "Due to the devastating harm caused to civilians, cluster bombs should not be used by anyone, anywhere, at any time."
The Observatory also reported heavy fighting on the southern edge of the strategic rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan, captured from government troops last month.
The town is on the highway that links the capital, Damascus, with the northern city of Aleppo, Syria's largest, a commercial center that has been the scene of clashes between rebels and troops since July.
The Observatory and al-Yassin said air raids on Maaret al-Numan killed at least five rebels.
The LCC said a shelling fell on the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, killing a boy and wounding another.
Also, Syria's state-run TV said a car rigged with explosives went off in the Damascus suburb of Artouz, killing at least two people and wounding four.
Syria's conflict started in March 2011 as an uprising against Assad's regime, but quickly morphed into a civil war that has since killed more than 40,000 people, according to activists.
Assad's regime blames the revolt on a foreign conspiracy. It accuses Saudi Arabia and Qatar, along with the United States, other Western countries and Turkey of funding, training and arming the rebels, whom it calls terrorists.
On Tuesday, the pro-government daily Al-Watan published a list with names of 142 Arab and foreign "terrorists," whom it said were killed in Syria over the past months.
The paper said Syria submitted the list to the U.N. Security Council last month.
The list had names from 18 countries. It listed 47 from Saudi Arabia, 24 Libyans, 10 Tunisians, nine Egyptians, six Qataris and five Lebanese.
International journalists who visit rebel-held areas say foreign fighters are taking part in the battles against Assad's forces. Western officials say there is little doubt that Islamist extremists from outside Syria, some associated with the Al Qaeda terror network, have made inroads in Syria as instability has spread.


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"The top of the line in the Law Enforcement Series."
Savage Arms 110 BA Sniper Rifle
By: Steve Tracy
Arthur Savage opened Savage Arms in 1894. He was approached by Chief Lame Deer in 1919 about the purchase of Model 99 lever-action rifles for his Indian reservation. A deal was made that pleased the Chief, so he gave the gift of his Indian head logo to the company, which is still used today.
Modern Savage rifles from the Westfield, Mass. manufacturer are known for their accuracy. Hunters and long-distance target shooters are well versed with the quality offered by Savage Arms. The recent addition of a purpose-built sniper rifle for law enforcement use will make Savage a well-known brand in our police community as well.
Unique Features Contribute to Accuracy
Five unique features set Savage rifles apart from other bolt action makers. The first is its button rifled barrel that is hand inspected and straightened. This results in consistent bore diameter and rate of twist. Next is the floating bolt head, which adjusts itself for a perfect engagement to the rear of a loaded cartridge without the need for expensive hand-lapped locking lugs. The two-piece bolt head provides repeatable precision alignment of each cartridge in the gun's chamber.
Headspace control is maintained between the barrel and the action with Savage's third unique feature, the lock nut that provides for zero tolerance. This screwed-down lock nut allows Savage to produce a tight barrel to action fit at less cost than more labor-intensive methods.
Accustock technology secures the action to the stock by a rigid rail system that is permanently embedded in the stock. This system engages the stock three dimensionally along its entire length instead of the traditional method of utilizing just two screws. It's the fourth way that Savage rifles achieve their notable accuracy.
The final contributing factor to a Savage's inherent accuracy is its Accutrigger. A tab inside the face of the trigger is called the Accurelease. It functions as a safety that prevents a light trigger pull from accidentally discharging if the rifle is dropped or jarred while loaded. The rifle can only be fired by pulling the trigger deliberately. The Accutrigger is shooter adjustable down to a 1.5-pound pull.
Three Caliber Choices for the Ultimate Sniper Rifle
Savage Arms currently offers 10 different models in their Law Enforcement Series for various police purposes. Savage has been travelling the country to showcase their wares at local ranges so the opportunity to shoot their newest gun was to be taken advantage of. The Model 110 BA is the top-of-the-line sniper rifle, available in .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua. The Model 10 BA is chambered for the shorter-action .308 Winchester.
The 110 BA is a huge rifle. It's not made to be carried over mountainous terrain like a hunting rifle and it doesn't fold up for backpack carry on a hiking trip. The 110 BA is 4 feet, 2.5 inches long with a fluted, heavy target, 26-inch barrel and a recessed target crown. The unloaded rifle weighs 15.75 pounds without a scope and rings. It is meant to be stored in a hard case, transported by vehicle to an incident scene, and then deployed by a trained sniper.
Modular Design
Aimed downrange on a shooting table, the Savage sniper rifle was like a big jungle cat waiting to pounce, ready to unleash tensed muscles and attack its target at any distance. The 110 BA was equipped with a Harris bipod mounted under its forearm and a quality, high-powered Nikon Monarch scope secured to its top Picatinny rail.
The stock is all aluminum and sports a Magpul PRS2 butt with large, quick adjustable knobs for regulating length of pull and cheek weld height. It also has a generous rubber recoil pad to absorb recoil. The entire gun is finished in matte black and there are rails on the top and bottom as well as to the left and right for accessories.
Once the butt pad was properly adjusted, the five-round box magazine was loaded with Hornady .300 Win Mag 150-grain Superformance ammunition. The bolt handle is gigantic, more akin to a muscle car's gearshift knob. Working the bolt while wearing gloves would be effortless. The throw is long to accommodate the length of the .300 Win Mag round, but chambering and ejection was positive and flawless. A three-position safety moves fore and aft and is located on the grip tang.
The grip is large, ergonomically contoured, and has a base to support the edge of the shooting hand. The grip places the trigger finger in the ideal location for a consistent press. The forward-mounted side rails are high enough to still permit a proper purchase for an offhand grasp on the smooth forearm area to prevent flayed flesh from sharp-edged rails.
The Accutrigger is shooter adjustable from 6 pounds down to 1.5 pounds. The trigger on the 110 BA was very light, crisp, and exhibited no over travel. The interaction of a human being with the trigger is a variable outside of the rifle maker's control. The best way to allow for the melding of tissue to steel, so that it permits the mechanicals of the rifle to shine, is through an outstanding trigger pull. The Savage 110 BA provides such a trigger pull.
The rifle's entire design is modular, enabling its operator to customize it to mission-specific situations. Aftermarket grips, stocks and accessories can be added to tailor the gun for particular situations.
"Send it!"
When the trigger is pulled, recoil of the .300 Win Mag is managed by the large muzzle brake, the rifle's weight, the grip, and the recoil pad. Muzzle blast is not directed at the shooter, but the sideways gust will blow a toupee, baseball cap, or both off an observer's head if he is standing off to the side.
The target was a mere 100 yards away, child's play for a sniper rifle like the 110 BA, and the second shot went straight through the first shot's hole. The Savage is capable of sub half-MOA groups. The superb trigger pull provided by the Accutrigger system helps to minimize human error out of the rifle's equation. The ability to adjust the gun to an individual shooter with the Magpul stock makes the gun fit anyone. The Savage 110 BA makes long-distance accuracy seem effortless for any shooter.
An Excellent Option for Police Sniper Use
A superb quality scope and rings are necessary to take advantage of the inherent accuracy of a sniper rifle like the Savage 110 BA. Excellent optics don't come cheap and can cost as much as the rifle itself. The Savage 110 BA's suggested retail price of $2,394 is on par with similar sniper rifles from other U.S. manufacturers and considerably less than custom guns that cost two or three times as much.
Savage Arms is a traditional American firearms manufacturer that has entered the arena of extreme long-range sniper rifles for law enforcement use. The New York State Police Response Team utilizes the Savage Law Enforcement Series as their official precision rifle. The Savage 110 BA is a serious contender for police departments and specialized units considering a long-range sniper rifle.
Steve Tracy is a 23-year police veteran with 20 years of experience as a firearms instructor. He is also an instructor for tactical rifles, use of force, less-than-lethal force, and scenario-based training. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last night he wants to ban sodas and many other sugary drinks in 16 ounce servings sizes and up, the reaction was swift and predictable. McDonald's says the ban, which applies to city restaurants and food carts, is "narrowly-focused" and "misguided." Barry Popkin of the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, calls the move "gutsy," and tells The Salt: "Controlling sugary beverage portions sizes is critical for reducing weight gain and [the] risks of diabetes in the U.S."
But will the move actually reduce obesity numbers, as the mayor intends?
"I'm extremely skeptical of that," says David Just, who teaches behavioral economics at Cornell University. He tells The Salt that the way the proposal is structured, people will just rebel.
First, the proposal would essentially go after large-sized sodas sugar-sweetened fruit beverages and large pre-sweetened coffee and tea.
And it would keep these beverages from being sold in restaurants and food carts, delis and movie theaters — but not in most stores. The department says it has the authority to do this in the same way it has the power to inspect and grade its food service establishments.
In New York City, more than half of adults are obese or overweight, says Dr. Thomas Farley, the health commissioner, who blames sweetened drinks for rising obesity rates.
But what the proposal doesn't do is affect drinks containing at least 70 percent fruit juice, and lattes or cappuccinos or milkshakes that contain at least 51 percent dairy, according to this handy New York Health Department chart.
This is a problem for several reasons, Just says. The giant sugary fruit juices and chocolate shakes untouched by the proposal contain tons of calories, too.
And it may drive people who want to drink a lot of soda to buy more smaller sizes and ultimately, pay more money for it, he says.
"The major reason why people buy larger-sized sodas is that they walk in and see the price per ounce," Just says. "It makes economic sense for them."
And because soda drinkers tend to have lower income than, say, people who get a daily Starbucks Grande Skim Latte with a vanilla shot, it matters. Just says: "I'm afraid this proposal is targeted more at class than obesity."
In Cornell's experiments on food and behavior, if people are told that they can't have a large size for health reasons, they tend to fight it. So for example, instead of a 64 oz. soda, they may go buy eight 8 ounce bottles, he says.
Also, Just says, soda is just one small piece of the obesity puzzle, and it's ultimately pretty hard to pin a whole epidemic on one item.
But on the other hand, if smaller drink sizes abound, people may start drinking less. In the book Mindless Eating, Just's colleague Brian Wansink studied people in a movie theater. He tells All Things Considered host Melissa Block that those who given large-sized buckets of popcorn on the way in ate more of it than people given the medium-sized bucket, even if it was stale.
"Even the people who had just eaten dinner and were given terrible popcorn ... still ate about 33 percent more popcorn if they were given a bigger container," he says.
And those 100 calorie snack packs popping up everywhere? "They've had some success," says Just. "But if companies had been mandated to do that, I don't think it would have worked," he adds.
So, is banning supersized cups a good way to get people to drink less soda? Well, that's the question we'll put to Brian Wansink who has studied portion size and how it affects consumption. He is professor of consumer behavior at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Professor Wansink, welcome to the program.
BRIAN WANSINK: Well, it's great to be with you.
BLOCK: And you've called us a nation of mindless eaters.
BLOCK: Why don't you tell us what that means for how the size of the container or a portion affects how much we consume?
WANSINK: Well, absolutely. What we found out in the research that we have done up here in Cornell is that the typical person makes over 200 decisions about food a day. Most would think we make about 20 or 25. But we're going to be just a nation of mindless eaters, because we're not aware of all the things around us, all the cues around us that trick us in eating or drinking a little bit more than we otherwise would; whether it be the, you know size of a bowl or cup. Or whether it would be what the person is doing next to us, or the music that's in a room or the lighting.
BLOCK: And in terms of a size of a container, if I'm handed a 32-ounce soda, won't at some point my body say I'm done with soda. I'm not going to finish this. I'm going to drink half of it?
WANSINK: Well, we like to think so. But, I mean, our eyes are a lot bigger than our stomachs. We eat with our eyes and not with our stomach. And so, our stomach is fairly crude when it comes to telling us whether we're full or not. So what we actually do is we eat or drink a certain amount that looks appropriate on a plate or in a cup.
BLOCK: Now, you did a study about how much popcorn people would eat during a movie.
BLOCK: And you found that even if the popcorn was terrible, really stale and nasty, people with a big container ate more of it. I think I know this feeling.
BLOCK: I think I'm a case study in this.
WANSINK: Well, yeah. We did a study in Chicago. We gave people either those, you know, those large size popcorn containers or the super large-size ones. But this is five-day old popcorn that had been in entomology lab...
BLOCK: Eww.
WANSINK: ...for five years - it was like eating Styrofoam. What we found is that even though we looked at people who had just eaten dinner, we gave them terrible popcorn. A typical person still ate about 33 percent more popcorn if they were given a bigger container. But if you ask them if the bigger container influence them, they go: No, no, no, it couldn't have.
BLOCK: I have seen this argument about soda in particular, that regardless of portion size, it doesn't make us feel full. So, no matter how much we're given, we'll just keep drinking it. We don't reach a sense of fullness.
WANSINK: Well, it's truth of all beverages. They just really don't have the same either mouth feel or that (unintelligible) feel that, you know, an equal amount of fiber would, for instance.
BLOCK: Well, what are your thoughts on New York Mayor Bloomberg's plan here? He wants to restrict supersized drinks as a way to fight obesity. Think it's a good idea?
WANSINK: I really think it's not going to have really any dent. Or if it does, it's only going to be a small one. Because the people who love this stuff will continue to love it. They're going to think of ways to get their fix.
But my bigger fear is that if this fails, it's going to be an epic failure in the fight against obesity. Because all of a sudden, it's something that's very visible and, you know, it's supposed to work theoretically. If it fails, what's the next step than maybe throwing up your hands and saying, oh, let's look at something else.
BLOCK: And that's the wrong message, you think?
WANSINK: I think so too. I think this could be done in a lot better way by engaging these retailers and figuring out what can be done to kind of reduce the stuff by still making it profitable for you guys.
BLOCK: How would you engage retailers to get the same effect in the end?
WANSINK: Well, in the same way when we engaged manufacturers about 15 years ago, in talking to them and saying, look, you could charge a premium for offering less and getting people to eat less and then pay more. They go, oh, yeah, OK. And they thought of a number of different ways to make that happen in ways to promote it, to package it differently.
BLOCK: Brian Wansink, thanks for talking with us today.
WANSINK: Thanks very much.
BLOCK: Brian Wansink directs the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University. He's author of the book "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think." Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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5 shot at Ohio apartment complex; gunman killed
5 shot at Ohio apartment complex; gunman killed
LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio —
Police say they've shot and killed the gunman who shot five people including a child during a domestic dispute at a northwest Ohio apartment complex.
Lake Township police say shots rang out at the Eastpointe on the Mall complex near Toledo at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
When officers arrived, they say the gunman opened fire on them outside a building at the nearby Laketon Terrace apartment complex. Police say they returned fire, killing the suspect.
Investigators believe the shootings started as a domestic dispute.
The Toledo Blade reports police did not immediately release the names or conditions of the victims. They continue to investigate.


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Python bivittatus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820
Common Name(s):
Python molurus ssp. bivittatus Kuhl, 1820
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Python bivittatus was recently recognized as a full species (Jacobs et al. 2009), having previously been considered a subspecies of P. molurus. The subspecies P. b. progschai has been erected to describe populations from Sulawesi (Jacobs et al. 2009).
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|Stuart, B., Nguyen, T.Q., Thy, N., Grismer, L., Chan-Ard, T., Iskandar, D., Golynsky, E. & Lau, M.W.N.
|Auliya, M. & Bowles, P.
The Burmese Python is a widely distributed species found throughout Southeast Asia, with evidence of extensive and widespread population declines. Neither generation length nor the scale of declines throughout this snake's global range are well-known, however, it has been listed as Critically Endangered in two major areas within its range due to localized declines greater than 80% over a ten-year period, and exhibits apparently high but unquantified rates of decline throughout its distribution. This snake is conservatively estimated to have declined by at least 30% over the past ten years across its global range as a result of over-harvesting for a variety of uses, to some extent compounded by the effects of habitat loss, and with the drivers of this decline not having ceased. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable.
|Range Description:
|This species occurs from India, where it has a very disjunct distribution and is known from only two small, isolated areas in the northeast, through Nepal to Indonesia and China (including Hainan). It is absent from Peninsular Malaysia, with a southern limit to its distribution in mainland Asia of Surat Thani in Thailand (M. Auliya and T. Chan-ard pers. comm. September 2011). This snake is absent from Borneo and Sumatra; Borneo has traditionally been included (erroneously) in the species' distribution based on a record of skins from a port in East Kalimantan (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011). In Indonesia it has only been confirmed from Java, Nusa Barung, Bali, Sumbawa, and possibly also Lombok, as well as in south Sulawesi (M. Auliya September 2011). It is absent from the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. Whitaker and Captain (2004) report it from Nepal and Bangladesh. As Python molurus, the species has been reported from between 10 and 4,050 m asl.
The species is also introduced and established in the wild in southern Florida, USA via the pet trade (Snow et al. 2007), where it has had detrimental impacts on native fauna, and has recently been blamed for localized declines of up to 99% in encounter rates of several common native mammal species since 2000 in some parts of the Everglades National Park, as well as the apparent loss of introduced rabbits and foxes from these sites (Dorcas et al. 2012).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Bangladesh; Cambodia; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan); Hong Kong; India (Arunachal Pradesh); Indonesia (Bali, Jawa, Sulawesi); Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Viet Nam
Introduced:Singapore; United States (Florida)
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|This species has declined across its native range through harvesting for the skin, traditional medicine and pet trade, as well as habitat degradation. Zug et al. (2011) stated that pythons are rare in Myanmar. It is reported to be rare in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nnam (Q.T. Nguyen and T. Neang pers. comm. August 2011). The Vietnam Red Data Book estimates a decline in this species of more than 80% over 10 years in this country (Dang et al. 2007). This snake is now very rare in mainland China, as it is heavily exploited for food and skins, with population declines estimated at 90% over ten years (Wang and Xie 2009), although it remains common in Hong Kong where it is a protected species. No population data is available for this species in any part of its Indonesian range (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011), however, it is now very rare in Indonesia, and is difficult for even traders to find (M. Auliya and D. Iskandar pers. comm. September 2011). It is common in Thailand, where its protected status is well-enforced (T. Chan-ard pers. comm. August 2011). Although rates of decline are not available for many areas of this snake's range, the observation that it is declining throughout its native range and the scale of declines reported from China and Viet Nam justify a conservative estimate of population declines over the past 10 years in excess of 30%, and potentially close to or exceeding 50% over the preceding ten years, with declines ongoing due to heavy exploitation and, to a lesser degree, habitat loss.
|Current Population Trend:
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|The Burmese Python is mostly found in forested areas, including mangrove forests and rainforests, but is also found in grasslands, marshes, streams and rivers, including the Tonle Sap wetland in Cambodia. It is found in wet rocky areas near streams and pools, large rotting logs, large burrows, caves, crevices and old and ruined structures. It has been found inside villages, outside houses, in Cambodia (T. Neang pers. comm. August 2011). It is a good climber and an expert swimmer. It is more nocturnal than diurnal. It feeds on small to large mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, preferring to mostly feed on mammals. Breeding occurs in India between December to February after which larger females lay between 80-100 eggs in the months of March and June (Daniel 2002, Whitaker and Captain 2004). Gestation in captivity lasts four months, and eggs have an incubation period of 60 days (Reed and Rodda 2009). In common with almost all snakes, the species reproduces sexually. Exceptionally, however, a female in captivity isolated from males produced viable eggs in five consecutive years; genetic evidence confirmed that the offspring were genetically identical to the mother, making the Burmese Python the only boid snake known to exhibit parthenogenesis (Groot et al. 2003). The snake is unusually cold-tolerant for a python, including subtropical areas of China within its native range, and hibernates to survive the winter (B. Stuart and M. Auliya pers. comm. August 2011).
Observations from Indonesia suggest that this species prefers more arid environments than the Reticulated Python (Broghammerus reticulatus), with which it is sympatric through most of its range. This ecological niche partitioning allows the two species to exist in syntopy, although the Burmese Python is the rarer of the two around human habitations (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011).
Captive animals reach sexual maturity at 2-3 years of age with a regular food source (Reed and Rodda 2009), with males maturing earlier than females; generation length in the wild is unknown, but is expected to be at least as long and likely longer.
The introduced population in Florida thrives in the wet habitat of the Everglades.
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Generation Length (years):
|Use and Trade:
|This large constrictor is harvested for food, skin for use in the leather industry, medicinal purposes, and the pet trade. It is known to be used in snake wine in Viet Nam, but in small numbers, with 13 individuals recorded in one recent study (Somaweera and Somaweera 2010). The species is commercially bred in Viet Nam and China, however, production systems vary and Vietnamese operations are reliant on breeding wild-caught individuals, while Chinese systems also breed subsequent captive generations and so are not reliant on a regular wild source (M. Auliya pers. comm. March 2012). Trade in this species is illegal in much of its range due to national protection, however, the species is illegally imported into China and source populations for this trade cannot be traced (M. Lau pers. comm. September 2011). The species is kept by collectors and as pets in much of its range (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011). Despite public concerns about the introduction of pythons to the Florida Everglades and their low commercial value, thousands are still imported into the United States from Viet Nam as pets (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011). The species is also still imported to Europe. China has recently developed a market for low-quality snake skins, largely supplied from west Malaysia, and pythons may also be supplied for this trade.
|Major Threat(s):
This species is under threat due to illegal trade; in China it has been heavily impacted by overexploitation for food and skins, the latter for use both in leather and in traditional musical instruments such as Erheen, Sanxian and hand drums (CITES 2011) and Vietnamese populations are under pressure from a combination of use in food and leather production, export to supply the pet trade, and consumption in snake wine. Similar pressures are presumed to account for the rarity of this species throughout the remainder of its range, for which no quantitative data is available. The subspecies P. b. progschai, which has a restricted range in southern Sulawesi, is of some interest in the commercial international pet trade, and may be vulnerable to exploitation, the type specimen having been recorded in a trader's collection (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011, Jacobs et al. 2009). Despite its designation as a protected species in this country, populations in China exhibit no evidence of recovery, and illegal harvesting is ongoing (M. Lau pers. comm. September 2011).
Habitat degradation through slash and burn agriculture in upland areas (Q.T. Nguyen pers. comm. August 2011) may pose a risk by eliminating this snake's prey and making it more vulnerable to exploitation by humans (T. Neang pers. comm. August 2011).
Ironically, this is an invasive species that is firmly established in southern Florida, USA, and poses a threat to the ecosystem there by consuming native wildlife (Snow et al. 2007, Dorcas et al. 2012).
|Conservation Actions:
|Curbing harvesting of this species throughout its range is needed if populations are to persist outside Thailand. The biology of the species is being extensively studied in its introduced range in southern Florida (e.g. Snow et al. 2007, Dorcas et al. 2011, Dorcas et al. 2012) due to probable negative impacts on the ecosystem and fear by the U.S. public, and more is now known about the species in its introduced range than its native range. More research is required on native populations throughout its range, including those in Indonesia, China, Viet Nam and Cambodia, particularly to establish the effects of trade on this python (Q.T. Nguyen pers. comm. August 2011). It is listed on CITES Appendix II. It is a protected species in Viet Nam, China, Thailand and Indonesia, and is known from protected areas (Q.T. Nguyen, M. Lau and M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011). It is listed as Critically Endangered in the Vietnam Red Data Book (Dang et al. 2007) and in the Chinese national Red List (Wang and Xie 2009).
Bhupathy, S. and Vijayan, V.S. 1989. Status, distribution and general ecology of the Indian Python Pythoň molurus molurus Linn. in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 86(3): 381-387.
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Andrew wrote:There has been some downtime in the past 24 hours, yes. Everything appears to be fine for the moment.
Phil89 wrote:Is there a way to get my uploaded videos off nba2k.com like there was with Live 10? I still can't figure this out.
jay-r wrote:Andrew wrote:There has been some downtime in the past 24 hours, yes. Everything appears to be fine for the moment.
Still down for me.. Are you able to get online right now ?
You should contact 2K support http://support.2k.com/home and tell them your problem. They will provide new CD key.
I had the same problem, and they told me not to uninstall the game or reformat the computer until they have a permanent fix for this.
Andrew wrote:Just to clarify our position on that, it's not about "hate" or being needlessly bureaucratic. This thread is just for quick questions about the game itself; we have a whole section dedicated to helping out with developing mods, requesting them or getting help with them. We're trying to ensure that questions that need a more detailed answer don't get lost in the shuffle and can be more easily found when other people come along searching for anwers. Questions like yours are a good example of what this thread is for.
Anyway, to answer your question, the Nike and Jordan brands are the only ones you can get signed by in MyCAREER. I'm guessing it's a licensing thing, that there's some kind of deal in place with Nike/Jordan to feature those brands in MyCAREER, or if not then perhaps 2K simply underestimates the popularity of other shoe brands.
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BEAUMONT — The morning was clear and chilly — and so early a host of stars still glittered in the sky. The three hunters quietly began placing decoys about the spread, rising adrenaline levels providing insulation against the cold. As they finished and settled beneath camouflage cover, the eastern horizon changed from purple . . . to red . . . and then to pink.
The noise started faintly but soon became deafening, the cries of a thousand geese rose from their nighttime roost ponds in search of food. As the sky brightened, the outline of a rice combine and auger cart parked in the next field became visible to the hunters. Then came the geese — snows and specs and blues — in great columns, to feed on rice the farmer had left behind.
This is a common scene played out hundreds of times during the winter throughout the Rice Belt, which comprises 18 counties in the Upper Gulf Coast region of Texas. Located in the heart of the central flyway for migratory birds, Texas rice farms play a vital role in maintaining winter feeding-grounds for migratory birds that flock to escape Canada's harsh winters.
Yet, providing wildlife habitats and enhancing water quality may be considered a lagniappe, or an extra benefit, to the state's economy, since the rice industry itself contributes nearly $1 billion every year. Roughly half, or $500 million, is directly related to the value of the rice crop, including the farm-gate price and processing and distribution revenues. Much of the economic infrastructure of the rural Upper Gulf Coast depends on rice production.
The other half can be attributed to the revenue from such outdoor activities as bird-watching and hunting. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, revenue from wildlife-watching in Texas tops $1.2 billion annually. Since roughly half of these enthusiasts are in pursuit of migratory birds and waterfowl, a good portion of that $1.2 billion is spent along the Gulf Coast.
This is not surprising because Texas has nearly 650 different bird species, according to the Texas Ornithological Society, and more than half of those can be found in the Texas Rice Belt. In the annual Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society, Matagorda County's Mad Island Marsh ranked in first place for the sixth year in a row.
Last Christmas, 243 species were identified, making the county home to the most diverse population of bird species in the nation. Not by coincidence, Matagorda County is also one of Texas' top rice-producing counties, with more than 18,000 acres in 2003. How do rice farmers preserve and enhance the environment while ensuring their crop will bring in a profit?
A major contributor is the farmers' use of the Integrated Pest Management system supported by Texas A&M University scientists and Texas Cooperative Extension agents. This method of pest control focuses on long-term prevention and damage control through a combination of techniques that rely on diligent crop monitoring. These include biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties. Pesticides are used only after monitoring indicates a need, and they are applied in ways that minimize risks to health and the environment.
In Jefferson County, the rice IPM program is coordinated and implemented by Extension agent Kelby Boldt, with input and training from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists who specialize in rice research. According to Boldt, adequate training for the program's field scouts is critical to its success.
"To try and keep the costs down for the farmers, we often rely on college students to fill the scout position," Boldt said. "That means they may come to us with very little knowledge of rice production practices, so we have to invest several weeks at the beginning of the year to train them properly."
This involves time spent with the scientists at the Research Station, learning about rice physiology and morphology, soil and plant nutrition, pathology, and weed and insect control.
"By the time they complete their training at the center and we begin to walk the fields together, these guys are very knowledgeable in rice production," Boldt said. Jefferson County rice farmer Herbert Clubb has participated in the program since it began in 1998 and is quite satisfied with the results.
"I am a third-generation rice farmer in my 59th year of rice production," he said, "so I know the importance of keeping a close watch on my fields. At my age, though, the problem is actually getting out there to cover 300 acres of flooded rice fields. When all the tallies are in, I think the benefits of the program are well worth the cost."
Clubb has enrolled all of his acreage in the program, but Boldt says many farmers enroll only a small portion of their land and use the scouting reports as an indicator of what to look for in their other fields.
To document the impact and savings associated with the pest control program, Dr. Mo Way, entomologist at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Beaumont, has conducted three years of testing that compares IPM and conventional rice production techniques. According to Way's research, the program's plots consistently showed a higher economic return — $20 to $50 more per acre — than the plots that followed a conventional spray program.
Protecting water quality is especially critical in rice production. Along the Texas Gulf Coast, freshwater inflow is one of the most important factors affecting the health and productivity of the bay system. Here, freshwater from the land combines with salt water from the Gulf of Mexico, producing brackish water that is the key to estuarine productivity.
But as greater demand from industry and residential areas decreases freshwater reaching the bays, high saline conditions threaten habitats that support a multitude of species, including redfish, speckled trout and flounder that fuel the state's recreational fishing industry.
To help alleviate this problem, rice farmers release thousands of acre-feet of floodwater in preparation for harvesting their first crop. This inflow of freshwater comes in mid-August when demand is highest, making up for the water tied up in municipal use. And, according to a study conducted by Experiment Station scientist Dr. Garry McCauley, the water that leaves a rice field is often cleaner than the water that comes in. McCauley looked at 50 rice fields over a two-year period, measuring the major nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) in water coming into the field and water leaving the field just prior to harvest.
In all cases where the water was "held" for the proper time, McCauley found nutrient content was less when the water flowed out than when it flowed in. "There is no economic incentive for farmers to apply fertilizer then let it escape the field," he said. "It just doesn't make sense. They want to get the most for every dollar they invest in the crop."
McCauley also found that water released from the first crop had lower amounts of sediment than water entering the field. And because of the natural biological activity that occurs in rice fields, oxygen levels were higher in water leaving the fields, which is also important for the continued health of bay and estuary systems.
"What it comes down to is that our research has shown that IPM methods for rice farming do work," McCauley said. "The fields where farmers use IPM practices are vibrant wildlife habitats, and the water released from these fields enhances the streams, marshes, bays and estuaries."


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Before starting with the code let's see which advantages we can undertake developing a plugin structured application. First of all an application capable of managing plugins can extend its features with apparently no limits. Anyway, rather than developing a plugin structured application because "it's so coool!!" the developer should think about the real advantages of this kind of development. For instance we can think about an archive manager application: the main program can delegate the creation/extraction/editing of each type of archive to specific plugins. This way we give modularity to the application so that supporting brand new archive types in the future will simply consist in writing the specific plugin and not rewriting the whole application. Ok, then let's stop talking.. and start coding =).
So, even if an archiving application would be nicer to look at, here we will examine a simple text editing application capable of plugin loading. Each plugin will simply give a specific text editing feature.
The main step to create a plugin structure is to define its base class. This class will be inherited by every plugin and shuld give access to the key resources of the main application. In this example the main plugin class will inherit a KXMLGUIClient since every plugin will give access to its features through a gui element (a KAction in this case).
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The Flyers signed forward Dan Carcillo today to a 1-year contract, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Carcillo will earn $1.075 million in 2010-11.
"We are happy to have Dan under contract for the 2010-11 season," Holmgren said in a statement about the 6-foot, 205-pound left winger.
Carcillo's signing puts the Flyers approximately $2.497 million over the league's $59.4 million salary cap. Holmgren will have until the regular season begins on Oct. 7 to pare the roster back down to fit the cap.
Carcillo, 25, had 12 goals, 10 assists and a team-high 207 penalty minutes in 76 regular-season games this past season. He led the team in hits with 194. He also became the first player, alongside Boston Bruins' forward Shawn Thornton, to be assessed a fighting major in the NHL's Winter Classic, on Jan. 1, 2010.
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Stacie Ballard views the health insurance plan at her family's small dairy and cheese operation in Gooding, Idaho, as a strong incentive for attracting and retaining workers.
Nonetheless, she recently learned her coverage fails to meet minimum requirements under the federal Affordable Care Act, and her best option may be to drop it rather than absorb inflated premiums, once new mandates under the law take effect in 2014.
Despite past assurances from President Obama that Americans can chose to keep their existing plans, insurance experts say Ballard's situation has become commonplace in Idaho, and throughout the country. According to U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, more than 100,000 Idahoans have already received notice that their policies will be discontinued.
The ACA grandfathers in policies created prior to the law's passage on March 23, 2010, unless they've undergone significant changes. Crapo and Sen. Jim Risch, also R-Idaho, cosponsored the "If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It Act," which would grandfather all plans established prior to that date.
The health care law requires small group and individual plans to cover 10 so-called essential health benefits, including maternity, mental health, pediatric dental and other areas commonly missed by insurance. Small employers with under 50 workers, however, aren't obligated to offer coverage. ACA critics fear it may become more attractive for small business employers to drop coverage and send workers to new, subsidized public health exchanges.
Idaho is scheduled to release its first estimates on participation in the exchanges by the end of this month.
Ballard insures her own family and five full-time workers with her dairy's dental and health care policy.
"We have really good insurance. I don't understand what we don't have that is so wonderful," Ballard said. "I think the hardest part is the unknown. I've got to talk to my accountant. I've got to talk to my insurance guy."
Crapo spokesman Lindsay Nothern believes legislation to grandfather in more policies would pass the Senate — indeed, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., introduced her own grandfathering bill — but Democratic leadership won't take the bills up for a vote.
David Wilcox, the president of Magic Valley Insurance in Twin Falls who sold Ballard's policy, estimates 98 percent of Idaho small group and individual health plans don't meet the minimum standards of the federal health care law.
"The challenge was we had six to eight months to determine how to keep insurance affordable. We were doing these types of changes and told retroactively, 'If you make those types of changes, you're no longer grandfathered,'" Wilcox said. "There's a very strong incentive to drop coverage, not that it's not good coverage."
Idaho Department of Insurance spokeswoman Tricia Carney agrees Wilcox's 98 percent estimate "may be fairly accurate."
"Most of the existing plans do not completely meet the new federal guidelines and so will be discontinued, and new plans will be introduced," Carney said.
Regence BlueShield of Idaho estimates 6,500 small groups won't be able to keep current plans, affecting about 62,000 members. On the individual side, approximately 20,000 BlueShield members will not be grandfathered, compared with 2,500 plans that will be unaffected. Policy holders who take no action upon receiving notification that their plans don't meet ACA requirements will automatically be renewed with a compliant policy.
"We needed to make our decisions regarding our small group policies within months of the ACA's passage, well before federal regulations and guidance offered any clear answers in dozens of related areas," said BlueShield sales represenative Todd Bateman
Nationally, Chris Condeluci, an insurance expert who helped draft provisions of the health care law as former Republican tax counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, said projections show 60-75 percent of small group health plans will lose their grandfathered status due to significant changes by 2016.
Condeluci isn't surprised by the cancellations, which he said were intended by both Congress and the White House to weed out policies deemed inadequate.
"The problem here is the president was telling the public, 'You can keep your plan, no matter what,'" Condeluci said. "What he should have said was, 'You can keep your plan so long as it meets minimum standards.'"


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Because Anchorage is a stopping spot between Asia and North America there's a larger arts and cultural element than you would normally find in a city this size. Here's a tour of my favorite pieces of outdoor art around town--things that beautify the city and make us look a little classier than we actually are. You can click on any photo to see it enlarged.
1. Fishing poles. Located on the overpass on 15th Avenue downtown these fishing poles become hanging baskets each summer. Form following function--I love it!
2. Wyland mural. Painted on the side of J.C. Penneys downtown it was created by Wyland who's chosen to do what has worked for Michaelangelo, Raphael and Cher and go by only his first name. He came to town as the first stop on his "Whaling Wall Tour" in 1994 (you can see the other murals here) so I'm including it for old time's sake. It's not really my style of art but my boys love the whales. For 500 bonus points, can you name the kind of whale? I'm the mother of a future marine biologist so I'm aware of those kinds of things.
3. The pointy things at the Anchorage Museum. I don't know what they're called or who made them but they look kind of fun to me. Kind of like an old-fashioned heat register or something. They make me think of groups of people at a party, leaning in toward each other as they talk.
4. Resolution Point. Okay, quick history lesson here. The Resolution was Captain Cook's ship and Captain Cook gets credit for "discovering" Anchorage, hence the name Cook Inlet, bestowed on the body of water next to which our fair city is settled. To be accurate, however, Captain Cook never made it this far up the inlet, having instead given the job of exploring to William Bligh (yes, of Mutiny on the Bounty fame) and supposedly grumbled about the whole experience in his journal because he'd been hoping to find the mysterious Inside Passage and had been foiled yet again in his attempt. Resolution Point has a bronze statue of Cook staring out to sea and though he never made it to Anchorage it's one of the prettiest places on the coast and a wonderful place to view the inlet. The statue of Cook is Anchorage's own Statue of Liberty, visitors can climb up stairs on the inside of the 300-foot statue and view the inlet from windows in Cook's wig. [Pause to see if anyone believes me]. Okay not really, but wouldn't THAT be something? I mean that would bring the tourists in droves. Maybe the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce out to consider something like that. But for now, he's about life-sized.
5. Ice Sculptures. In the winter ice sculptors come out of hibernation with chain saws in hand to beautify the city with their craft--and let me tell you, there's more on display than just your pretty ice swans. This sail fish was carved back in February and was about 12 feet tall. Very beautiful and very impressive.
6. The Whales. I love this sculpture because it's just a clever idea--who would have thought of a pod of whales racing along A Street? Heh, it's clever. I was only able to capture two of them but there are about half a dozen that look as if they're racing along, breaching through the grass. My kids think they look fun to climb on.
7. The Salmon. The same can be said for this sculpture which I like almost as much as the last. Whales are just cooler than salmon, that's all.
8. Other Salmon. But speaking of salmon, a bunch of artists in town got together and made life-sized salmon sculptures and then stuck the salmon on poles all over the downtown area like some big spawning ground. They're here and there and are each different and rather interesting. Here's a photo of one in front of the Performing Arts Center fountain and you'll have to click on it to enlarge it in order to actually see the salmon in question. Sorry for the poor photo, I never claimed to be an artist myself.
9. The Northern Lights. My children go to Northern Lights school and in front of the school is a sculpture representing the Northern Lights. It's really a fun piece because it lights up in the winter darkness and glows like the Aurora Borealis, changing colors from pink to green to purple just as the real northern lights do. I'll have to do a post about the northern lights this winter because when they're putting on a show (from around October through March) it's something to see.
10. Totems. These particular totems sit in front of the courthouse on 4th Avenue downtown--right about the place where the Hot Dog Guy sells his famous reindeer hot dogs that taste so heavenly (yea, that's a separate post). If any of you out there are in need of a little extra cash and are handy with a chainsaw, Andrew told me that the state paid $60,000 for these little babies. Unsure whether that's the price for both or per totem but regardless, that's serious money for a carved log with some paint on it. I mean, don't get me wrong, I think they're beautiful but it does seem a tad pricey for what you're getting doesn't it? My brother carved small totems in high school and his were just as pretty. Maybe I should forget blogging and take up totem carving . . .
11. Whale bones. I hope you can see this picture well enough, you're looking through the iron fence that surrounds the Municipal Cemetery in downtown Anchorage at a set of whale rib bones sticking up above a grave. I don't know if this qualifies as art or not but I've always thought they were beautiful--white and stark against the green as if they were standing guard--and a little mysterious. It's as if the cemetery feels like a whale's graveyard or something rather spooky like that. There's an interesting explanation surrounding the bones: many Native Alaskans are Quaker--Christian missionaries went to which Alaskan villages in the last century and in villages where Quakers had success there are still practicing Native Alaskan Quakers today. However, Quakers consider headstones to be idolatrous and instead use natural markers such as the whale ribs to mark the graves of their loved ones. Interesting, huh?
12. The Last Blue Whale. This bronze statue sits outside the Carr-Gottstein building downtown and depicts a blue whale and a small whaling boat about to capsize in the waves above. An interesting tribute to Alaska's whaling history as seen from the whale's perspective and quite famous around town here.
13. The fountain at the Loussac Library. This probably gets my vote for greatest piece of art in Anchorage because in the summer it's a beautiful, flower-encircled fountain, spraying water twenty feet into the air and in the winter it becomes an ice sculpture, twisted and frozen like an Arctic landscape. I find that clever and pretty.
Have you entered the Write-Away Contest this month? The topic is collections and it's going to be great--The Moose's Tooth has given me a genuine Moose's Tooth t-shirt as this month's prize.
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Two free lectures hosted by the Department of Art and Design at Loyola University New Orleans will explore sculpture, architecture and graphic design this month. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
David R. Harper, a native of Nova Scotia, will present his lecture Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. in St. Mary's Hall, Room 201. He is known for refashioning traditional medium into something never seen before. To differentiate his embroidery work, he uses sustainable sources of animal hides as canvases, and his sculptures use ideas surrounding hunting rituals.
After receiving his Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2006, he completed a Master of Fine Arts in fibers/material studies from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011. His work will culminate with an exhibit to launch the newly relocated Antenna Gallery at 3817 St. Claude Ave., Saturday, Nov. 10, 6-9 p.m.
Graphic designer Amir Berbic will focus on Dubai's urban landscape to examine the correlation between architecture and graphic design in his lecture Thursday, Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. in Monroe Library, Multimedia Room 2. Berbic specializes in typography, editorial, book and poster design.
A native of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Berbic has practiced design throughout the world and is an associate professor of design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. His artwork, which has been featured in academic and professional publications and exhibitions, includes print, digital media, photography and installation.
For more information, contact Jess Brown in Loyola's Office of Public Affairs at 504-861-5882 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What's Next for Team4HIVHope?
By Carol Hyman
July 5, 2011
Most of the crew and racers have returned home, though Steven and Marty are continuing a vacation in the States before returning to Australia. We're snug in our own beds with our dogs, cats and loved ones. We're catching up on a week's worth of sleep. We're massaging the aches and pains, and Cisco is seeing the dentist to deal with his teeth that got "pushed in" when he crashed in Gettysburg.
Yes, Cisco crashed in Gettysburg. This is the guy who went down passes in the Rockies at warp speed, who careened down the road in the middle of the night on next to no sleep. But a little bit of gravel did him in on a flat road in Gettysburg. He got scraped up but was well enough to ride into Annapolis with his teammates.
So the race is over, but Team4HIVHope is far from over. There is still much to be done. DNA Magazine in Australia has contacted Steven about doing a profile on him when he returns home. We continue to tweet and Facebook about the race. We do not want people to forget about what those racers did. We want to keep up the momentum.
Perhaps we will inspire another HIV-positive team to race next year. Maybe we inspired some people to participate in one of the many AIDS rides that occur around the US and the world.
Better yet, perhaps we will inspire people, HIV positive or not, to demand treatment for all who are affected, whether or not they can afford to pay.
And maybe we changed some minds. We met many people along the way at Time Stations throughout the country. People at Quickee Marts, Walmarts and gas stations throughout the United States saw HIV-positive people using their restrooms, buying ice and looking just like anyone else. Perhaps some of these people have never knowingly met an HIV-positive person before. And while they might not have been ready to embrace any of the team, they respected what we were doing. And they wished us success.
When racer Jim Williams was on the Today Show before the race, he said he wanted to show people that "we are not lepers." I hope we showed people that indeed, we are not lepers or pariahs, but people just like everybody else with the same hopes and desires. And, with the right treatment, and damned hard work, the ability to reach higher highs than we had ever imagined.
One member of the group I have yet to mention is Patrick Burns. Patrick followed the team in our "gofer" car, filming hours of footage of the racers and crew. He is far from finished, and he will be doing follow-up interviews with team members in the weeks and months to come. All of this will be put into a documentary about Team4HIVHope and its groundbreaking entry in RAAM. I'll try to keep you posted about developments, if not here, then on our Facebook page.
The racers and crew have been forever changed by our experience and each of us will continue to spread the word of acceptance and right to treatment.
And if anyone else out there is crazy enough to want to follow in our footsteps, we are ready with encouragement and advice. We have learned a lot.
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Race Across America: Team4HIV Hope Cycles to Raise Awareness and to Win
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The Race Across America is a bicycle race in which cyclists ride 3,000 miles/4,800km from Oceanside, Calif., to Annapolis, Md., in June each year. There is about 110,000 feet of climbing involved. This year for relay teams begins on June 18.
RAAM is not a stage race such as the Tour de France. In RAAM, there is only one stage: start to finish. It is essentially a time trial, but a very long one! Challenges include heat, deserts, violent winds, thunderstorms, riding at night, sleep deprivation, muscle injuries and mental acuity. And for the HIV-positive riders, there are more health challenges. An HIV-trained nurse is part of their crew.
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Stone v. Ritter: The Delaware Supreme Court Affirms the Caremark Standard for Corporate Compliance Programsby Andrew J. Demetriou and Jessica T. Olmon, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA
Since the 1996 Delaware Chancery Court decision in In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation, 1 the fiduciary duty of corporate directors has been understood to embrace the adoption and maintenance of corporate compliance programs that are designed to detect corporate wrongdoing and bring it to the attention of management and the board of directors. In its November 6, 2006 decision in Stone v. Ritter, 2 the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Caremark standard for director duty and elaborated on the nature of the directors' responsibilities for conduct found to be in violation of law that causes losses to a corporation.
Stone v. Ritter involved a derivative action by shareholders of AmSouth Bancorporation ("AmSouth"), in the wake of the disclosure that AmSouth had paid $50 million in fines and civil penalties arising from violations of the federal Bank Secrecy Act. 3 The lawsuit alleged that the directors of AmSouth had breached their duty to act in good faith because, while AmSouth maintained a program to monitor Bank Secrecy Act compliance, the program was not adequate to prevent the violations giving rise to the fines and civil penalties. The Chancery Court dismissed the complaint on the basis that, under Caremark, directors can only be liable in situations involving a sustained or systematic failure of the board to exercise oversight, and the Court found that the complaint did not establish the requisite lack of good faith on which to base liability.
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An important question left open by Stone is whether the Delaware courts may become embroiled in cases involving value judgments as to the adequacy of compliance programs in view of the circumstances under which they are adopted as well as in the context of changes in regulatory or other risks affecting the corporation's business. In addition, the related concern is the degree to which a pattern of violations of law or corporate policy (so-called "red flags") will create a duty for the Board to modify its compliance program or otherwise act, and this can be resolved only on a case by case basis. The result may be a change in the litigation focus from the duty of the Board to adopt a program to the process by which compliance measures are adopted and the degree to which the Board has exercised proper oversight to ensure that compliance efforts remain current or perhaps even consistent with "best practices." The Caremark decision held that the decision as to the elements of a compliance program remains squarely within the business judgment rule, and therefore the Board must satisfy the standards of due care and loyalty, but there has been little commentary concerning the duty of ongoing review and revision of the program.
Importantly, the Stone decision reinforces the proposition that directors are not responsible for ensuring the legality of every act by the corporation's personnel, even if the illegal conduct disclosed a failure of the corporate compliance program. Nonetheless, it is now beyond reasonable disagreement that corporations that are active in the healthcare industry must have an appropriate compliance program addressing such matters as kickbacks, self-referral issues and false claims, to the extent appropriate to their core business activities. Moreover, in exercising business judgment in approving a compliance plan, the Board should be advised on guidance published by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, 8 as well as publications from private sector organizations, such as the Health Care Compliance Association, 9 that may be viewed as defining industry standards and practices. In addition, the Board of Directors must do more than merely adopt a reasonable program, but must demonstrate its general effectiveness through evidence that regular reports are being made to appropriate Board organs from the compliance officers, and addressing issues that surface through the compliance efforts. 10 The Board may also be held to a duty of continuing education on developments in compliance and periodic review of the program elements to ensure that is remains reasonably effective. Counsel advising Boards of Directors on compliance issues and compliance programs need to be sensitive changes in the regulatory environment that may signal the need to Board action, so as to preserve the protection afforded to a Board under the decision in Stone v. Ritter.


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Automobile senior editor Jason Cammisa announced on Twitter early this morning that BMW will bring a 2.0-liter, single-turbo, inline-four-cylinder diesel engine. He added that the engine should make 180 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque. Those specs should sound familiar, because they are: the U.S.-spec engine has an identical output to the 2.0-liter I-4 turbodiesel under the hood of the European-spec BMW 320d sedan and wagon.
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Gun purchases and requests for concealed carry permits are surging across the country, and here in North Carolina, an omnibus gun bill, H937, is lying in wait for final approval while tax and budget negotiations continue (unless it magically appears as an amendment elsewhere). Among other things, the bill eliminates the permit requirement when buying a handgun from private dealers — at gun shows, for example; increases the areas in which concealed carry holders can bring a gun to include parks and other recreational venues and allows them to keep the guns locked in their cars on public school property; and makes records of who has guns permits no longer open to the public.
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