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Iran profile - timeline
A chronology of key events:
550-330 BC - Achaemenid dynasty rules the first Persian Empire. At its greatest extent under Darius I stretches from the Aegean Sea and Libya to the Indus Valley.
492-479 - Persian attempts to conquer Greece fail.
330 - Alexander the Great of Macedon conquers the Persian Empire, founding a short-lived empire before dying in Babylon in 323.
312-140 - Most of Persia is part of the Greek-dominated (Hellenistic) Seleucid Empire, founded by a general of Alexander the Great.
140 BC - 224 AD - Persia - known as the Parthian Empire - under the rule of the Arsacid dynasty.
224-651 AD - Sassanid dynasty rules Persian Empire; Zoroastrianism is the dominant religion.
Advent of Islam
636 - Arab invasion brings end of Sassanid dynasty and start of Islamic rule.
9th century - Emergence of modern Persian language (or Farsi), written using a form of Arabic script.
9th-13th century - Decline of Islamic Caliphate, which is replaced by a series of Iranian and Turkic dynasties, including the Shia Buyids, the Seljuk Turks and the Empire of Khwarezm.
1220 - Mongol forces of Genghis Khan overrun Persia, which becomes part of the Ilkhanate, ruled by descendants of Genghis' grandson Hulagu.
15th century - Competing Iranian, Turkic and Mongol dynasties, including the empire of Timur the Lame (Tamerlane) in eastern Iran.
1501 - With the support of Shia Qizilbash warrior tribes, Shah Ismail I becomes first ruler of Islamic Safavid dynasty; Shia Islam declared state religion.
1571-1629 Apogee of the Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I, who reforms the army, sidelines the Qizilbash and establishes first diplomatic links with western Europe.
1639 - Treaty of Qasr-e Shirin (or Treaty of Zuhab) ends about 150 years of war against Ottoman Empire.
1736 - Nadir Shah deposes the last Safavid ruler and founds the short-lived Afsharid dynasty.
1751 - Karim Khan, of the Zand dynasty, briefly restores stability.
1794 - Mohammad Khan Qajar kills the last Zand shah and founds the Qajar dynasty, restoring stability to Iran after half a century of instability.
1828 - Iran cedes control of Caucasus to Russia after second Russo-Persian war.
1890 - "Tobacco Riots": ruler Naser al-Din Shah forced to withdraw trade concessions granted to Britain after mass protests.
1907 - Introduction of constitution which limits the absolutist powers of rulers.
1914-1918 - Iran declares neutrality but is scene of heavy fighting during World War I.
1921 February - Military commander Reza Khan seizes power.
1923 - Reza Khan becomes prime minister.
1925 December - Parliament votes to make Reza Khan ruler, deposing Ahmad Shah Qajar.
1926 April - Reza Khan crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi. Mohammad Reza, the Shah's eldest son, is proclaimed Crown Prince.
Shah installed
1935 - Formerly known as Persia, Iran is adopted as the country's official name.
1941 - The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War II leads to the Anglo-Russian occupation of Iran and the deposition of the Shah in favour of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1950 - Ali Razmara becomes prime minister and is assassinated less than nine months later. He is succeeded by the nationalist, Mohammad Mossadeq.
1951 April - Parliament votes to nationalise the oil industry, which is dominated by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Britain imposes an embargo and a blockade, halting oil exports and hitting the economy. A power struggle between the Shah and Mossadeq ensues and the Shah flees the country in August 1953.
1953 August - Mossadeq is overthrown in a coup engineered by the British and American intelligence services. General Fazlollah Zahedi is proclaimed as prime minister and the Shah returns.
Campaign to modernise
1963 January - The Shah embarks on a campaign to modernise and westernise the country. He launches the 'White Revolution', a programme of land reform and social and economic modernisation. During the late 1960's the Shah became increasingly dependent on the secret police (SAVAK) in controlling those opposition movements critical of his reforms.
1978 September - The Shah's policies alienate the clergy and his authoritarian rule leads to riots, strikes and mass demonstrations. Martial law is imposed.
Shah exiled, Khomeini returns
1979 January - As the political situation deteriorates, the Shah and his family are forced into exile.
1979 1 February - The Islamic fundamentalist, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returns to Iran following 14 years of exile in Iraq and France for opposing the regime.
1979 1 April - The Islamic Republic of Iran is proclaimed following a referendum.
1979 4 November - Islamic militants take 52 Americans hostage inside the US embassy in Tehran. They demand the extradition of the Shah, in the US at the time for medical treatment, to face trial in Iran.
1980 January - Abolhasan Bani-Sadr is elected the first president of the Islamic Republic. His government begins work on a major nationalization programme.
1980 July - The exiled Shah dies of cancer in Egypt.
Iran-Iraq war
1980 22 September - Start of Iran-Iraq war which lasts for eight years.
1981 January - The American hostages are released ending 444 days in captivity.
1981 June - Bani-Sadr is dismissed, he later flees to France.
1985 - After the US and Soviet Union halted arms supplies, the US attempted to win the release of hostages in Lebanon by offering secret arms deals, this would later become known as the Iran-Contra affair.
1988 July - 290 passengers and the crew of an Iran Air Airbus are mistakenly shot down by the USS Vincennes.
1988 July - Iran accepts a ceasefire agreement with Iraq following negotiations in Geneva under the aegis of the UN.
1989 February - Ayatollah Khomeini issues a religious edict (fatwa) ordering Muslims to kill British author, Salman Rushdie, for his novel, 'The Satanic Verses', considered blasphemous to Islam.
1989 3 June - Ayatollah Khomeini dies. On 4 June, President Khamene'i is appointed as new supreme leader.
1989 August - Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani is sworn in as the new president.
1989 November - The US releases 567 million dollars of frozen Iranian assets.
Major earthquake kills thousands
1990 June - A major earthquake strikes Iran, killing approximately 40,000 people.
1990 - Iran remains neutral following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1990 September - Iran and Iraq resume diplomatic ties.
US imposes sanctions
1995 - US imposes oil and trade sanctions over Iran's alleged sponsorship of "terrorism", seeking to acquire nuclear arms and hostility to the Middle East process. Iran denies the charges.
1997 May - Mohammad Khatami wins the presidential election with 70% of the vote, beating the conservative ruling elite.
1998 September - Iran deploys thousands of troops on its border with Afghanistan after the Taleban admits killing eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e Sharif.
Student protests
1999 July - Pro-democracy students at Tehran University demonstrate following the closure of the reformist newspaper 'Salam'. Clashes with security forces lead to six days of rioting and the arrest of more than 1,000 students.
2000 February - Majlis elections. Liberals and supporters of Khatami wrest control of parliament from conservatives for the first time.
2000 April - The judiciary, following the adoption of a new press law, bans the publication of 16 reformist newspapers.
2000 May - Inauguration of the Sixth parliament.
Khatami's second term
2001 June - President Khatami re-elected.
2002 January - US President George Bush describes Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an "axis of evil", warning of the proliferation of long-range missiles being developed in these countries. The speech causes outrage in Iran and is condemned by reformists and conservatives alike.
2002 September - Russian technicians begin construction of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US.
2003 June - Thousands attend student-led protests in Tehran against clerical establishment.
2003 September - UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, gives Tehran weeks to prove it is not pursuing an atomic weapons programme.
2003 October - Shirin Ebadi becomes Iran's first Nobel Peace Prize winner; lawyer and human rights campaigner became Iran's first female judge in 1975 but was forced to resign after 1979 revolution.
2003 November - Iran says it is suspending its uranium enrichment programme and will allow tougher UN inspections of its nuclear facilities. IAEA concludes there is no evidence of a weapons programme.
2003 December - 40,000 people are killed in an earthquake in south-east Iran; the city of Bam is devastated.
Conservative resurgence
2004 February - Conservatives regain control of parliament in elections. Thousands of reformist candidates were disqualified by the hardline Council of Guardians before the polls.
Nuclear crisis
2005 August-September - Tehran says it has resumed uranium conversion at its Isfahan plant and insists the programme is for peaceful purposes. IAEA finds Iran in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
2004 June - Iran is rebuked by the IAEA for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear activities.
2004 November - Iran agrees to suspend most of its uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU.
2005 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran's ultra-conservative mayor, wins a run-off vote in presidential elections, defeating cleric and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
2006 January - Iran breaks IAEA seals at its Natanz nuclear research facility.
Bomb attacks in the southern city of Ahvaz - the scene of sporadic unrest in recent months - kill eight people and injure more than 40.
2006 February - IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear activities. Iran resumes uranium enrichment at Natanz.
2006 April - Iran says it has succeeded in enriching uranium at its Natanz facility.
2006 31 August - UN Security Council deadline for Iran to halt its work on nuclear fuel passes. IAEA says Tehran has failed to suspend the programme.
Holocaust denial
2006 December - Iran hosts a controversial conference on the Holocaust; delegates include Holocaust deniers.
UN Security Council votes to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and technology. Iran condemns the resolution and vows to speed up uranium enrichment work.
2007 February - IAEA says Iran failed to meet a deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, exposing Tehran to possible new sanctions.
2007 March - Diplomatic stand-off with Britain after Iran detains 15 British sailors and marines patrolling the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab waterway separating Iran and Iraq.
2007 April - President Ahmadinejad says Iran can produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale.
IAEA says Iran has begun making nuclear fuel in its underground uranium enrichment plant. It also says that Iran has started up more than 1,300 centrifuge machines.
2007 May - IAEA says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years if it so chooses.
2007 June - Protests erupt after government imposes petrol rationing amid fears of possible UN sanctions.
2007 July - Iran announces plans to stop making cars that only run on petrol and switch to dual-fuel vehicles, which also run on gas.
Iran agrees to allow inspectors to visit the Arak nuclear plant following talks with the IAEA.
New sanctions
2007 October - US announces sweeping new sanctions against Iran, the toughest since it first imposed sanctions almost 30 years ago.
2007 December - A new US intelligence report plays down the perceived nuclear threat posed by Iran.
2008 February - Iran launches a research rocket to inaugurate a newly built space centre. Washington describes the launch as "unfortunate".
2008 March - President Ahmadinejad makes unprecedented official visit to Iraq, where he calls on foreign troops to leave. He also stresses his government's desire to help rebuild Iraq and signs a number of cooperation agreements.
Conservatives win over two-thirds of seats in parliamentary elections in which many pro-reform candidates were disbarred from standing. The conservatives include supporters of President Ahmadinejad as well as more pragmatic conservatives who oppose his confrontational foreign policy.
UN Security Council tightens economic and trade sanctions on Tehran.
2008 May - IAEA says Iran is still withholding information on its nuclear programme.
Iran's new parliament elects former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its speaker.
Incentives offered
2008 June - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana presents an offer of trade benefits, which Tehran says it will look at, but will reject if it demands suspension of uranium enrichment.
2008 July - Iran test-fires a new version of the Shahab-3, a long-range missile it says is capable of hitting targets in Israel.
2008 August - Informal deadline set by Western officials for Iran to respond to package of incentives in return for halt in nuclear activities passes without reply.
Iran says it has successfully launched a test rocket capable of carrying a satellite into space.
2008 September - UN Security Council passes unanimously a new resolution reaffirming demands that Iran stop enriching uranium, but imposes no new sanctions. The text was agreed after Russia said it would not support further sanctions.
Relations with US
2008 November - Parliament votes to dismiss the interior minister, Ali Kordan, who admitted that a degree he said he held from Oxford University was fake. The move is a blow to President Ahmadinejad ahead of next year's presidential election.
In an unprecedented move, President Ahmadinejad congratulates US president-elect Barack Obama on his election win. Mr Obama has offered to open unconditional dialogue with Iran about its nuclear programme.
2008 December - Police raid and close the office of a human rights group led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Shirin Ebadi. Officials say the centre is acting as an illegal political organization.
2009 February - Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he would welcome talks with the US as long as they are based on "mutual respect".
2009 March - Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei tells anti-Israel rally that US President Obama is following the "same misguided track" in Middle East as President Bush.
2009 April - An Iranian court finds Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi guilty of spying for the US. She is sentenced to eight years in prison.
2009 May - Iran rejects a US state department report saying it remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world.
Jailed Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is freed and returns to US.
Election protests
2009 June - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is declared to have won a resounding victory in the 12 June presidential election. The rival candidates challenge the result, alleging vote-rigging. Their supporters take to the streets, and at least 30 people are killed and more than 1,000 arrested in the wave of protests that follow.
The Iranian authorities claim foreign interference is stoking the unrest, and single out Britain for criticism.
2009 July - President Ahmadinejad dismisses his most senior vice-president, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, under pressure to do so by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
2009 August - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sworn in for second term as president, presents cabinet - the first since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979 to include women.
A number of senior opposition figures are accused of conspiring with foreign powers to organise unrest and are put on trial.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says there is no proof that opposition leaders blamed for the post-election unrest were agents of foreign powers.
Missile tests
2009 September - Iran admits that it is building a uranium enrichment plant near Qom, but insists it is for peaceful purposes.
The country test-fires a series of medium- and longer-range missiles that put Israel and US bases in the Gulf within potential striking range.
2009 October - Five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany offer Iran proposal to enrich its uranium abroad.
2009 November - Iran refuses to accept the international proposal to end the dispute over its nuclear programme. UN nuclear watchdog IAEA passes a resolution condemning Iran for developing a second uranium enrichment site in secret.
Iran denounces the move as "political" and announces plans to create 10 more uranium enrichment facilities.
2009 December - Death of influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri triggers further clashes between opposition supporters and security forces. At least 8 people die in what is the worst violence since the contested presidential election.
2010 January - Iran executes two men arrested during the period of unrest that followed the disputed presidential election of June 2009. It also puts 16 people on trial over the Ashura Day opposition protests in December, when eight people were killed.
Iranian physics professor Masoud Ali-Mohammadi is killed in a bomb attack in Tehran. No group claims responsibility. The government accuses the US and Israel of his death, while Iranian opposition groups say Mr Mohammadi supported one of their candidates in last year's presidential election.
2010 February - Iran says it is ready to send enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal agreed with the West. The US calls on Tehran to match its words with actions.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says the opposition will continue its peaceful struggle against the government.
2010 May - Iran reaches a deal to send uranium abroad for enrichment after mediation talks with Turkey and Brazil; Western states respond with scepticism, saying the agreement will not stop Iran from continuing to enrich uranium.
More sanctions
2010 June - UN Security Council imposes fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, including tighter financial curbs and an expanded arms embargo.
2010 July - International outcry as a woman is sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
27 killed as suicide bombers attack a Shia mosque in Zahedan near the Pakistan border.
2010 August - In what Tehran describes as a milestone in its drive to produce nuclear energy, engineers begin loading fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant.
2010 September - Stuxnet - a computer worm which affects industrial systems and which may have been created by a nation-state - is reportedly detected in staff computers at the Bushehr nuclear plant.
Sarah Shourd, a US citizen caught hiking with two friends near the Iran-Iraq border, is freed after a year in prison. The three deny they were spying.
US imposes unprecedented sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials for human rights violations.
2010 October - A former British embassy employee jailed in 2009 for espionage has his sentence commuted.
2010 December - Main achievement of talks in Geneva between Iran and key world powers on Iran's nuclear programme is to agree to hold another round of talks in Istanbul in January.
President Ahmadinejad sacks Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, thought to be his main opponent within Iranian leadership.
2011 January - Nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran now possesses technology needed to make fuel plates and rods for nuclear reactors.
2011 February - First mass opposition demonstrations in a year amid a wave of unrest rippling across the Middle East and North Africa.
Iran sends two warships through Suez Canal for first time since the Islamic Revolution, in what Israel describes as an act of provocation.
Leadership rift
2011 April - Rare public row between Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad over the resignation of Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi.
2011 May - Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation says the generating unit at the Bushehr nuclear power plant has begun operating at a low level.
2011 August - Two US citizens arrested on the Iran-Iraq border in 2009 are found guilty of spying and sentenced to eight years in prison.
2011 September - Iran announces that the Bushehr nuclear power station has been connected to the national grid.
2011 October - The US accuses Iran of being behind an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington. Tehran rejects the charges as part of an American propaganda campaign.
2011 November - A report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA says Iran is carrying out research that can only be used to develop a nuclear bomb trigger. Iran rejects the findings as politically motivated.
2011 November/December - Protesters attack the British embassy in Tehran after London imposes tighter economic sanctions. Britain evacuates its diplomatic staff and expels all Iranian diplomats, but ties are not severed.
2012 January - US imposes sanctions on Iran's central bank, the main clearing-house for its oil export profits. Iranian threatens to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran begins enriching uranium at its undergound Fordo plant, in what the US terms a "further escalation" in the nuclear row. The European Union imposes an oil embargo on Iran over its nuclear programme.
2012 February - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors leave Iran after being denied access to the Parchin site, south of Tehran.
2012 March-May - Supporters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei beat those of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in parliamentary polls boycotted by pro-reform groups.
2012 May - UN nuclear inspectors find traces of uranium enriched at 27% at Iran's Fordo nuclear site, a day after Iran and world powers hold inconclusive talks on Iran's nuclear programme in Baghdad.
2012 June - US exempts seven major customers - India, South Korea, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Turkey - from economic sanctions in return for their cutting imports of Iranian oil.
EU boycotts Iranian oil
2012 July - European Union boycott of Iranian oil exports comes into effect.
2012 September - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) quarterly report says Iran doubles production capacity at Fordo nuclear site and "significantly hampered" IAEA ability to inspect Parchin military site.
Canada breaks off diplomatic relations over Iran's nuclear programme and support for the Assad government in Syria.
2012 October - Iran's rial currency falls to a new record low against the US dollar, having lost about losing 80% of its value since 2011 because of international sanctions. Riot police attack about 100 currency traders outside the Central Bank.
EU countries announce further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme, focusing on banks, trade and crucial gas imports.
2012 November - Leaked IAEA report says Iran is ready to double output at the Fordo underground uranium enrichment facility.
2013 January - Iran tells IAEA it plans to upgrade uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz plant, allowing it to refine uranium at a faster rate.
Iran arrests 11 journalists accused of co-operating with foreign Persian-language media organisations as part of a clampdown against the BBC and Voice of America in particular.
2013 April - Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore-processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material.
Rouhani becomes president
2013 June - Reformist-backed cleric Hassan Rouhani wins presidential election, gaining just over 50% of the vote.
2013 September - President Rouhani tells US broadcaster NBC that Iran will never build nuclear weapons, and repeats offer of "time-bound and results-oriented" talks on the nuclear question in his address to the UN General Assembly.
2013 November - Iran agrees to curb uranium enrichment above 5% and give UN inspectors better access in return for about $7bn in sanctions relief at talks with the P5+1 group - US, Britain, Russia, China, France and Germany - in Geneva.
2014 January - World powers and Iran begin implementing a deal on Iran's nuclear programme following intense talks in Geneva.
2014 April - The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has neutralised half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile, as per a deal agreed earlier in the year.
The US refuses to issue a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, over his involvement in the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
Iraq crisis
2014 June - President Rouhani says Iran is ready to assist the Iraqi government in its battle against extremist Sunni insurgents, amid reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in Iraq providing military training and advice.
The UK says it plans to re-open the British embassy in Tehran. Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the embassy in 2011.
2014 July - The sixth and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group begin in Vienna.
2014 August - Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz uranium enrichment site.
Parliament dismisses pro-reform Science Minister Reza Faraji-Dana for allegedly supporting students and lecturers involved in the 2009-2010 election protests.
2014 November - Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, in move that might ease Iranian demands to have own uranium enrichment.
Vienna negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme fail to finalise preliminary deal signed in Geneva in November 2013. The two sides express confidence that remaining sticking points can be resolved, and agree a seven-month extension to the talks.
Nuclear deal
2015 July - After years of negotiations, world powers reach deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for lifting of international economic sanctions. The deal reportedly gives UN nuclear inspectors extensive but not automatic access to Iranian sites.
2016 January - Serious rift in relations after Saudi Arabia executes leading Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Crowd sets Saudi embassy alight.
International economic sanctions on Iran lifted after UN says satisfied with progress on fulfilling nuclear agreement. President Rouhani embarks on the first European state visit of an Iranian president for 16 years.
2016 February - Reformists perform well in elections to parliament and Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the Supreme Leader.
2016 December - The US Senate approves a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, which penalises American companies for doing business with Tehran.
2017 January - Iran reportedly carries out medium-range ballistic missile test. UN Security Council recommends investigation to see whether it violated a UNSC resolution banning tests of missiles designed to deliver nuclear warheads.
Iran takes delivery of its first new aircraft in 37 years.
2017 May - Hassan Rouhani wins re-election as president.
2017 June - Several people are killed in co-ordinated attacks on parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini. The Islamic State group claims responsibility.
2017 December - Mass protests in several cities over economic grievances, which are acknowledged by President Rouhani and Supreme Leader Khamenei.
2018 May-June - President Trump announces the US withdrawal from the 2015 international deal on Iran's nuclear programme. Iran in turn warns that it will begin increasing its uranium enrichment capacity if the deal collapses as a result of the US move.


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Fire guts condo unit in PenacookBy Doug Alden
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 03. 2013 12:05PM
PENACOOK - An overnight fire caused extensive damage in a three-story townhouse unit and left five people temporarily without a home, Concord fire officials said Sunday.
Battalion Chief Guy Newbery said the fire started in a bedroom on the top floor in an end unit at the Island Shore Estates condominium complex about midnight. All five residents were out of the building by the time firefighters arrived and there were no injuries.
Newbery said it took about 40 minutes to extinguish the flames. The damage was extensive but contained within the one unit, Newbery said.
The cause was ruled non-suspicious, but investigators were still trying to determined what actually started the fire, Newbery said.
The family members were staying with relatives and would be interviewed by investigators Sunday or Monday.

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Eminem, Pink, Rihanna
Eminem's new album drops June 21st. Relapse was the best selling rap album of 2009 but many didn't feel it was Eminem's strongest work. There are high expectations for Recovery. He is currently promoting it in Europe, spotted after a performance in London today.
Recovery will feature tracks with both Pink and Rihanna. Em said he really respects Pink and that:
"When we did the track I heard her on it and knew vocally she'd smash it."
Also Rihanna:
"The same thing with Rihanna. It would be more special with her on it."
His collaboration with Pink is called Won't Back Down. Below. It's growing on me.
Yes, I still have an Eminem problem. And, as noted, not even in the shamef-ck way. If he would, I would play the Beckhams game with him, handholding down a red carpet. He'd never go for it though. It's a stretch for him even to put on a pair of jeans over sweat pants.
Photos from Wenn.com and Flynetonline.com


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St Kitts And Nevis
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What to see in St Kitts
St Kitts Attractions
The little island of St Kitts offers an unexpected wealth of sightseeing activities for visitors, although many travellers will be perfectly content without moving beyond the gorgeous beaches.
Top attractions within Basseterre include The Circus, Independence Square, and the Treasury Building which houses the National Museum, while the Brimstone Hill Fortress, looming above the city, is one of the island nation's prime attractions, UNESCO-listed and well worth the climb.
Those capable of tackling a fairly strenuous climb will be well rewarded for hiking up Mount Liamuiga, the island's dormant volcano. There are also some good walking trails through the rainforest, protected in the national park, which covers roughly a quarter of the island. Those who prefer not to break a sweat can take the scenic drive to Bloody Point; the vicious name recalls the massacre at this site of about 2,000 Carib Indians by colonial forces, but the main appeal these days are the spectacular views. Another way to tour St Kitts is to board the popular Scenic Railway which makes a three-hour circuit around the picturesque island.
Those wanting a taste of the island's former plantation culture should visit Romney Manor, a 17th-century sugar estate, or the Fairview Great House and Gardens, a colonial mansion dating back to 1701.
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Undersheriff says department still on lookout after "suspicious situation"
STANDISH — The Arenac County Sheriff's Department is continuing to investigate an incident where an unidentified person allegedly attempted to lure a 9-year-old girl into a white van with tinted windows.
Undersheriff Donald McIntyre said the department has received leads since the alleged incident took place occurred in the vicinity of the Arenac Store on State Road on the evening of Tuesday, May 10.
"We are still on lookout," he said. "We have received a lot of help from the community with this issue."
McIntyre was careful to call the incident a "suspicious situation" not an attempted abduction.
Sheriff Jim Mosciski said last week that the girl, who was allegedly approached by the van, told her parents there were two males in the van, and said she may have seen a third man but was unsure.
According to Mosciski, the van allegedly approached the girl while she was playing at a friend's house. He said the girl told her parents that someone in the van rolled the window halfway down and asked her if she wanted candy. Mosciski said the girl yelled, "Ma!" and ran while the van pulled away.
He said the van in question is white with tinted windows and a star or sticker in one of the windows, not a sheriff sticker as early reports had stated.
Mosciski said the sheriff's department was contacted at 6:18 p.m. that evening after the mother and her daughter returned home and talked about the incident with the mother's spouse.
Mosciski said the Standish-Sterling Community School district was informed of the incident the following morning, May 11. The district then alerted parents with an automated message.
McIntyre said the alert that was sent out to the community to inform them of the situation.
"If we were to do nothing and something happened, that would be the worst thing that could happen," he said. "By sending out an alert, the community can be more guarded."
McIntyre said the incident appears to be isolated and does not appear to be related to similar situations that occurred in Auburn and Hemlock just days before.
"I have checked with departments in those areas, and the vehicle described does not match," he said.
Anyone with information or who sees a van fitting this description is encouraged to contact the sheriff's office. The office can be reached at 989-846-4561.
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Re: Roster Questions
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:36 am
Alberts Wants to Re-Sign
Looks like Alberts would be willing to come back to Vancouver, and I'd take him back (depending on what he wants). I'd like a meaner guy back there, but for a 6-7 guy I'd take him. This team lacks what Alberts brings (big body, physical), and he didn't disgust me with his play last season. Give him 1 year @ $1M."There remains interest by a couple of teams and Andrew was hoping to come back to Vancouver," Alberts' agent, Kurt Overhardt told the Vancouver Province. "We especially think with the new coaching staff that he would fit in because he's a big, strong warrior and knows his role."


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The Walrus Says
Eric is following in the footsteps of his father, Christopher, who graduated from MMA in 1979 and has been "shipping out" ever since.
The 19-year-old has spent quite a bit of time this year at sea, but even now – while home for the summer – he doesn't go far from the ocean. He's lifeguarding at the beach at Greens Pier.
After graduating from North Kingstown High School last year, one of the first things Eric did was shave his head in preparation for going to MMA. What happened after that? We asked him to tell us about his freshman year and his first voyage across the Atlantic.
"Once there, I was taught how to march, stand at attention, salute and how to yell very loudly. After that was behind us, school became the priority. At first, we had two musters a day and bed checks, we had to run everywhere unless we were with other midshipmen, and we couldn't leave on the weekends. This lasted for about six weeks in a period called MUG (Midshipmen Under Guidance) month. After MUG month, the regiment became easier. We only had morning muster, PT (physical training) twice a week, inspection and we were free to do what we wanted on the weekends.
"Preparation for the cruise aboard the 500-foot TS State of Maine began a couple of weeks before our departure. We had to load non-perishable stores onto the ship during maintenance. There were also a lot of projects being worked on to make the ship ready for sea. One of the ship's generators had to be reassembled, new piping and a new fresh water plant installed, and all sorts of mandatory checklists were initiated.
"Once everything was all set, personal items were brought on board. We were told which berthing area we would be sleeping in when we checked onto the ship with our student IDs. I was in a nine-man berthing. The bunks, around two feet by two feet by six feet, were stacked three high. My rack was luckily in the middle. After staying ashore for four days making final preparations, we finally left the dock at Castine, Maine, on May 5. It was a weird feeling observing the ship moving under its own power after seeing it tied up for 10 months. Many of us didn't believe that it would make it across the Atlantic, but we were pleasantly surprised.
"Underway, routine was established rather quickly. There were four rotations that we went through. Everything was split into deck and engine assignments for the freshmen, because technically we can't declare our majors until after the completion of the cruise. One of the rotations was engine watch, where we'd wipe oil, learn systems and take readings and soundings from different apparatus. If you had deck watch, you could be lookout, fire and security, or standby relief helmsman.
"Another rotation was training, which taught us how different devices operated, how systems worked and basic chart work and knots. There was also utility watch, which was making sure the ship was clean. We swept and swabbed the decks, wiped handrails and cleaned gym equipment. A couple of people were assigned to scullery or trash duty.
"The last rotation was maintenance. When you were on deck maintenance, you chipped and painted rusted parts, washed the deck, and checked fire extinguishers and emergency lights. If you had engine maintenance, you would paint, fix broken machine parts, do electrical work and help the plumber. These projects often involved welding and power tools."
Next week, Eric tells us about the Atlantic crossing and his visits to European ports, including how he and other classmates caused a traffic jam while ashore in Marseilles.
Kudos to three Jamestown students at North Kingstown High School, who were named to the Southern Rhode Island Newspapers spring sports all-area teams: Michael Spahr for his achievements in outdoor track, and Dan Hansen and Sam Baines for their tennis skills.
Ed Silvia, Joan McCauley, David Laurie and Sam Bari know that B.J.'s poser is "Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone.
Barbara-Ann MacIntosh and Elizabeth Mancini were a bit late, but correctly said that the previous week's poser was "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts.
How about: "Well, no more studying history and no more reading geography...."
A wiggle of the Walrus tusk to our unsung heroes, the letter carriers – who, with the temperatures in the 90s and on one occasion, the 100s – and with enough humidity to float a boat, got the mail delivered to us every day.
Emily Titon writes that a beetlelike critter has been raising havoc with the plants in the area of her home and in her residence itself on Pemberton Avenue, and wonders if others are having the same experience. She says they do not seem to be Japanese beetles because they lack the green marking. "This is a puzzler and it's kind of bugging me." Anyone know what they are?
Take a grocery bag to the library and fill it up for $1 with what is left from the book sale. The offer is good only today through tomorrow, and excludes any specially priced books or sets.
Join fellow animal lovers at the Potter League for Animals' Yappy Hour Tuesday, July 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Top of Newport at the Hotel Viking in Newport. Tickets are $20 a person, and include complimentary wine, tasty treats and entertainment. Bring along your animal stories and a 4 x 6 photo to enter in the "Most Loveable Pet" photo contest. RSVP to 846-0592, ext. 125.
The cruise ship Dawn Princess of the Princess Line will anchor off Newport on Saturday.
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Book Recommendation: The Frugal Foodie Cookbook
There could not be more perfect timing for the recently-released The Frugal Foodie Cookbook: Waste-Not Recipes for the Wise Cook, though I'd like to argue that this book could be an useful tool in any economic climate. We've all been tightening our belts, but that doesn't mean we have to give up on quality. The Frugal Foodie in nine chapters offers over 200 budget-conscious recipes using wholesome, healthy ingredients, plus additional DIY recipes (such as how to roast your own coffee!) and bonus recipes for making your own food-based toiletries and bath accessories.
The focus of The Frugal Foodie is on eating better on less money by making many things from scratch and not wasting food. The recipes are quick and simple and the book is filled with helpful hints and tips, such as how to make your own breadcrumbs, why nonfat milk foams the best, how to make your own salad spinner, and how to grow your own ginger. There are even DIY non-meal recipes for making your own shower gel, coffee scrub, and bathtub tea.
The meals are very inventive and offer a lot of variety. In the pasta chapter, there are several recipes for delicious sauces from Greens and Garlic Sauce to Squash and Sage Sauce. Don't miss the recipe for Exponential Chicken, in which one whole chicken feeds two people for five days. All meals are covered, from breakfast to dinner, including midnight snacks, kids' meals, party planning, brunch and ladies' luncheon ideas. Plus, Starr includes recipes for homemade gifts and homemade candies, which will make this cookbook really useful in the upcoming holidays.
Interested? Get the book at Amazon. The Frugal Foodie blog is at //frugalfoodiecookbook.blogspot.com.
Frugal Cooking: Eight Ways to Use Leftover Chicken
More With Less: Frugal and Budget Cooking
Tough Times Ahead For Food Snobs?
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't foresee sending U.S. ground troops into Syria.
Obama was asked at a news conference in Costa Rica what he might do if more evidence of Syrian use of chemical weapons emerges.
Obama says that as commander in chief he doesn't like to rule things out, but he doesn't foresee a scenario in which American boots on the ground would be good for the U.S. or good for Syria.
He says leaders he's consulted in the region agree.
Obama says the U.S. is putting pressure on the Syrian government in other ways. And he says if systematic use of chemical weapons is confirmed, the United States will present that evidence to the international community.


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Recent rains should help cotton yield and quality, "if the plant was developing bolls at the time of rainfall. Initiation and development of new bolls will depend on severity of the drought prior to the rainfall, and if we have a warmer or cooler than normal fall season," says J. C. Banks, Oklahoma Extension cotton specialist says.
"In a normal season, plant fruiting is orderly and continuous. Under normal drought stress, plants continue to produce squares, but fruit will shed shortly after blooming.
"Under severe drought stress plants cut out and terminal growth stops, resulting in no new squares in the top of the plant."
Banks says new blooms have to go through the entire squaring process, two and a half to three weeks, so first new blooms since rainfall will occur near the middle of September. To produce bolls, the first of these late blooms would need exceptionally warm fall weather until the mid-November.
"If drought stress has not been as severe, squares will be present in the top of the plant," Banks says. "These squares normally shed within a few days following bloom if the plant continues to be drought stressed. If rainfall is received, normally squares at or nearing bloom will shed, but half to two-thirds grown squares will continue to develop and initiate blooming 10 to 15 days earlier than plants that have been severely drought-stressed and do not have squares in the terminal of the plant.
"Even less-stressed plants, will initiate blooming at the end of August or September 1. This is normally near the end of our effective fruiting period, but with favorable fall weather some of these blooms will develop into harvestable bolls."


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June 17. 2013 1:14AM
Chris Kehas: In Manchester schools, we see the results of failing to plan
In Manchester, there has always been a tension between the funding authority and the Board of School Committee, regarding support for the public schools. The reasons have varied through the years, but the tension has always existed.
Some will remember that up until the 1960s there was another player in the mix. A City Finance Commission appointed by the governor had final control of the purse strings; the Board of Mayor and Aldermen did not. Many were glad to see that commission disappear and Manchester's elected officials take control of the city finances. But that change did not result in any great changes for the public schools. The tension remained, only it shifted so that it was between the Board of School Committee and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
This tension can and must be used in a positive, productive way. Both boards have to come together and develop some master plan for supporting the public schools. In the words of the famous Yogi Berra, "If you don't know where you are going, you'll never get there." There is much wisdom there. We have been basically reactive; we must become proactive.
Let's look briefly at some costly results of not having a master plan.
In the 1970s, Central High was allowed to become overcrowded, but we got "lucky" then. We were offered and bought the Girls Catholic High School-Immaculata, and we used it for 10 years. What to do after that? We made it an elementary school and closed some others. One was Straw Elementary, which had just been extensively remodeled and renovated. We closed it and sold it. Money well spent?
To fill the new Beech Street Elementary School, we closed some schools. Franklin was one. A bond issue had been floated, and Franklin was extensively renovated (including the installation of an elevator) to house citywide school administrative offices. Shortly thereafter it was demolished to make room for the Center of New Hampshire. Money well spent?
In 2001, as a reaction to overcrowding, a Citizens' Task Force on Public School Facilities was established. The task force included representatives from all of the sending towns. That committee
recommended that facilities be built to accommodate only the projected Manchester city students, and to phase out the contracts with sending towns. The recommendation was not accepted, and a $105 million bond was floated, which has resulted in an excess of facilities such that the closing of West High is being considered by some. Within a short time, Bedford was gone. Auburn has left, and the citizens of Hooksett and Candia are restless. Money well spent?
For both boards, the main goal should be to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Manchester. To decide first what the needs of the city are, and then to pursue the funding necessary to serve and meet those needs. Strong, bold leadership is essential to accomplishing that.
As long as the Board of School Committee is perceived, and perceives itself, as caring only for the schools and not the entire city, and as long as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen is perceived, and perceives itself, as elected primarily to keep taxes down, and not do what is in the best interests of the city, then little if any progress will be made.
All too often, elected representatives say "what my constituents want..." or "my constituents would never support such and such." But here both boards have the same constituents. The alderman from a ward and the school board member from that same ward share the same constituents. They should not be in conflict with each other. They represent the same people and should be on the same page. And as long as one group controls the finances, it is essential for progress to be made that both boards act in concert.
There is another tension at play here. The boards are not simply a collection of individual wards. Board members represent a ward and they also represent the interests of the entire city. It would do well for all board members never to forget that.
Chris D. Kehas of Manchester is a former school board member from Ward 3.


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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Good Luck on the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Boards!!!
7 comments:
Thank you so much for the Blogs 2 Boards series. I found it very helpful. I feel that the blogs 2 boards questions were clinical and logical while a lot of the actual exam questions were touchy feely and open to interpretation. They need to do a better job of reducing ambiguity in their questions. You guys on the other hand, did us a great service!
- October 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM
I agree on both points.
Blogs to boards a good resource.
The exam has a long way to go to make it an objective measure of the palliative medicine body of knowledge. Maybe it just reflects how far the specialty needs to go in research etc...
Was surprised by the shear number of pediatric questions. It does not really reflect the setting where the overwhelming majority of us pratice.
- October 6, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Did the boards yesterday. There were many pediatric questions anybody has any ides as why is that? Children census is extremely low in Hospice reflecting the general death rate nation wide...
- October 6, 2012 at 12:17 PM
How do you write an exam when there is no evidence? Check out the ABIM palliative medicine boards.
- October 9, 2012 at 5:21 AM
I thought the board exam was terribly unreflective of the work done in palliative care, at least on our busy service at an academic medical center. I would say more than half the content had nothing to do with my work. Many questions were terribly written and ambiguous. Content was far too heavy around pediatrics as the others stated. Also content is very heavy on bereavement and grief.
Lastly it seems like in palliative care we stress the importance of teamwork and that the physician does not always need to be the team leader, yet the board content seemed to indicate we have to have expertise in aspects of care that would be provided by other disciplines in the team.
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- October 24, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I passed! Good luck to others. Was a brutal exam.
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STOCKTON - Delta College will be the only school represented by four triple jumpers in the finals of the Northern California Community College Championships.
STOCKTON - Delta College will be the only school represented by four triple jumpers in the finals of the Northern California Community College Championships.
The meet begins at 2 p.m. today at American River College in Sacramento with the triple jump competition beginning at 6:50 p.m.
The Mustangs' Will Kaigler, Michael Lewis, Aman Pannu and Austin Willis hope to finish among the top six and advance to the state championships May 17-18 at College of San Mateo.
"I think this is huge for us," Lewis said. "Not just for the school, but for the area in general. To see that we are in a good coaching system and developing is something to be very proud of."
Delta track and field coaches Lauryn Jordan-Seals and Mike Speer came aboard in 2009. Soon after, Lester Bond joined as the jumps coach. Bond was an All-American jumper at San Jose State in the 1960s and has coached at various levels.
The Commission on Athletics archive dates to 2000 with Delta never having won the triple jump. From 2000-2010, the Mustangs had two jumpers make the regional finals. In the past three years, eight have made it.
"I think a lot of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for coach Bond," Kaigler said. "He cares about us as athletes and people."
Kaigler, a freshman from West, and Lewis, a sophomore out of McNair, and Willis have a real shot at winning today. They have flirted with the 49-foot mark this season.
Lewis has the best mark on the team at 49-53/4 inches. He hopes to take down the school record of 50-5 set in 1972 by Anthony Terry and then possibly transfer to UC Riverside.
"I just took a visit there and really liked it," Lewis said. "They coach a lot of the same ways that I'm used to and made me feel comfortable."
Bond believes next season's team has the potential to be even better. He plans to get everyone but Lewis back, and has talented redshirts waiting to join the team in Bear Creek's Jack Phouminavong and Eric Sloan.
"It's a hard event to do," Bond said. "But if things go right, next year's guys will be right up there, too."


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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. (AP) — The Army already looked into allegations that Sgt. 1st Class Michael Barbera killed two unarmed Iraqi boys in 2007. Commanders gave him a letter of reprimand.
But now, years later, military prosecutors are trying to convince an investigating officer that Barbera should face a court martial after all.
Barbera, 31, was a staff sergeant when fellow soldiers say he shot and killed the teenage brothers in Diyala Province. The case was the subject of a 2012 story in a Pittsburgh paper, The Tribune-Review, which described how some of Barbera's comrades remained troubled that he was never prosecuted. It prompted calls from Congress for the Army to review the shooting.
The Army charged Barbera last fall with two counts of premeditated murder, which carry a mandatory life sentence. A preliminary hearing opened in his case Wednesday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle, where Barbera was transferred from Alaska's Joint Base Elmendorff-Richardson to face charges.
One soldier who said he witnessed the March 2007 shootings, former Spc. John Lotempio, testified that the boys appeared to be just 10 or 11 and posed no threat as they herded cattle in a palm grove where an eight-man U.S. Army reconnaissance team was hidden one day seven years ago.
But Barbera, the leader of the recon team, took a knee, leveled his rifle and killed them from nearly 200 yards away, Lotempio said.
"Oh my God — why?" he said when a prosecutor asked him to describe his reaction. "They didn't see us."
Barbera's attorney, David Coombs, called the allegations baseless and highlighted the lingering questions about why it has taken so long to bring the case to court. An investigating officer, Lt. Col. Charles N. Floyd, is to recommend whether Barbera should face a court martial.
Coombs alleged that the newspaper's "hit piece," which won an investigative reporting award, and congressional pressure had improperly influenced the Army's decision to file charges.
Barbera's fellow soldiers didn't begin to come forward to report concerns about the shooting until 2009, and a criminal investigation was conducted then. The matter was "somehow put to bed by administrative action," Capt. Ben Hillner, an Army prosecutor, said in his opening statement.
Hillner did not elaborate on that decision by commanders at Fort Bragg, N.C., where Barbera was then based, but the investigating officer clarified that Barbera received a letter of reprimand.
Lotempio said he didn't report the killings at the time because "I don't think I knew the proper way to go about it. I didn't want to think about it." He has suffered from nightmares about the killings, he said, and he felt guilty because he was the one who first noticed the boys and woke up Barbera, who promptly shot them.
"If I didn't wake him up, they'd still be alive," he said.
He said "absolutely not" when asked if the boys posed a threat
After Barbera killed the first boy with a single shot to the head, the second waved to them with one hand and yelled, "Hello, mister! Hello!" Lotempio said. Barbera fired a second shot that killed him.
Lotempio said the shootings contravened the rules of engagement for the mission, which was not to fight unless the enemy had the means, opportunity and intent to cause harm.
Coombs, who represented Chelsea Manning, the Army private convicted of leaking a massive trove of information to Wikileaks, argued in his opening statement that even though the soldiers' rules of engagement required them to report violations, it was two years before any raised concerns.
Further, he said, the reporter who wrote the stories, a former Marine named Carl Prine, was too ready to believe what Barbera's former comrades told him.
Prine was called as a witness Wednesday to testify about an allegation that Barbera threatened his wife in 2011, saying words to the effect of: "For your own personal safety, you need to tell your husband to back off the story," Hillner said Wednesday.
That's the basis of another charge against Barbera, conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. He's also accused of trying to get a soldier in 2009 to tell investigators that the dead boys might have been wearing suicide vests.
Prine told the investigating officer that he did not expect his newspaper would be willing to turn over videotapes of interviews conducted for the story, in particular interviews of the boys' relatives he conducted in Iraq.
The shootings were near the village of As Sadah. The reconnaissance team had planned to remain secreted in the grove for two to three days monitoring possible enemy activity.
After the brothers were killed, Barbera's group also killed their cousin, who approached the scene along a footpath. No charges were filed in that shooting. The first witness to testify Wednesday, former Army medic Andrew Harriman, fired the shot that killed the cousin and said it appeared the man had been reaching for a weapon.
Contrary to Lotempio's story, Harriman testified that Barbera fired five or six shots at the boys. Harriman didn't see where Barbera was shooting, and he said he only learned after the fact from another soldier, Pfc. Dary Fink, that Barbera had killed two unarmed boys.
Harriman said he believed he urged Fink to report the shootings. Nevertheless, Harriman also testified that he believed his immediate commanders would have swept the matter under the rug.
The victims were identified as Ahmad Khalid al-Timmimi, 15; his brother Abbas, 14; and their cousin, Muhamed Khaleel Kareem al-Galyani.
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An international survey of cancer doctors shows many question U.S. health advisers' 2010 rejection of Roche's drug Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer.
The small survey, published in the journal Cancer, shows almost half of the respondents would continue to use the drug under certain circumstances regardless of the final decision from the Food and Drug Administration.
"The controversy surrounding the FDAs decision on possibly withdrawing bevacizumab (Avastin's generic name) from its indication for use among women with (metastatic breast cancer) was felt across the globe," said Dr. Shaheenah Dawood, the survey's lead author, in an e-mail to Reuters Health.
Once thought to slow advanced, or metastatic, breast cancer by almost six months, more recent studies show Avastin only slowed the disease by two to three months.
The new numbers coupled with side effects, including ulcers in the stomach and intestines and blood clots, led an independent panel to reaffirm the FDA's proposal in June.
FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg has yet to finalize the decision, but some insurers have already decided to stop paying for the $8,000-a-month drug. Others, including the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced they will continue to cover the drug regardless of the FDA's decision.
Avastin's use for lung, kidney and brain cancers hasn't been challenged.
Dawood, of Dubai Hospital in United Arab Emirates, and her colleagues sent the survey to about 3,000 cancer doctors. Only 564 responded, however, limiting how representative the new findings are.
More than four out of 10 doctors said they would continue to use the drug under certain circumstances even if the FDA rejected it, and eight percent said, "of course I will use it."
A fifth of the respondents said they would not use the drug at all, and nine percent said they would be reluctant to use it.
"In the ideal world, I would like the ability to prescribe Avastin for my patients," said Dr. Eric Winer, director of the Breast Oncology Center at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. "However, I don't think this is a huge travesty if it's not available."
Winer said he has cut back on using Avastin in his own center, but said he did it independently of the FDA's proposal.
"Like the panel we were paying attention to the data coming out from other clinical trials," Winer told Reuters Health.
Although the FDA does not consider cost in its decisions, 78 percent of respondents thought it did. Even more thought the FDA's decision might open the door to the evaluation of other drugs.
The survey was conducted through the United Arab Emirates Cancer Congress. Dawood received honoraria from Roche, Avastin's manufacturer, but she said it was not connected to the survey.


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Photography by Philip Dattilo
"The details are details. They make the product. The connections, the connections,
the connections. It will in the end be these details that give the product its life."
So said the architect and designer Charles Eames. A fine example of that: the details
in South Hall, the new academic building that reflects the design of the older buildings
on the Law Quadrangle while also injecting new life into the look and feel of the
Law School.
Did someone steal "Petty Larceny"? No—it absconded to South Hall. Some of the
Hutchins Hall windows featuring legal cartoons had to be removed to accommodate
the entrance to Aikens Commons—among them, "Petty Larceny," "Receipt of Stolen Goods,"
"Contracts," and "Coercion." These windows, along with colored-glass panes from
Hutchins Hall, now adorn the doors to South Hall's student lounge, another of the
many design elements that tie together the new and old buildings.
Above each of the three public entrances to South Hall is a legal symbol in bas
relief: at the Monroe Street entrance, the scales of justice; at the entrance on
Oakland, a torch illuminating an open book; and above the State Street door, a lamp
atop stacked tomes. These legal symbols, in addition to being thematically appropriate
to South Hall, connect the new to the old: the Law Quad's buildings contain 14 small
and 36 large shields that repeat these and other legal images and themes.
The focal point of South Hall's main floor, Elkes Grand Hall is marked by an
impressive light fixture above and a medallion design under foot. Placed like a
compass at the crux of four hallways, the starburst medallion was designed by the
lead interior designer for South Hall, who also handpicked the precision-cut stones
that compose it. Elkes Grand Hall is named after the late Terrence Elkes, '58, who
was active in steering the Law School Campaign, and whose Elkes Foundation supports
the Law School and other organizations.
The elegant working gas fireplace in South Hall, which sets a reflective mood
for the building's quiet student lounge, features tile from Motawi Tileworks of
Ann Arbor. Motawi tiles are known for their rich glazes and uniquely American designs,
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Manchester school board sends course listings back to committeeBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 28. 2013 11:51PM
MANCHESTER - The Board of School Committee on Monday voted to return to committee the high school program of studies for next fall.
The Curriculum and Instruction Committee had approved the program, which is a listing of all courses offered at the three high schools.
But the full board rejected the listing, with the majority arguing that it continued to include specialized courses offered at only one of the three high schools.
"The idea was to have courses that students at all three (high schools) can participate in," board member Art Beaudry said. "There are courses here where other students have no chance of taking the course at the other school."
The vast majority of courses on the list are core subjects taught at all three high schools. There are, however, unique courses taught at only one of the three schools, such as "Women's Literature" and "Lessons of the Vietnam War" at Manchester High School Central.
The school board has long been making an effort to pare down its program of studies in order to remove specialized classes.
Board member John Avard said the list of courses approved by the committee reflected the concerted effort of school principals and district officials.
"This is the most pared-down list I've ever seen. I think it's time we do as the education specialists say we should do. Time is drawing short," he said.
Assistant Superintendent Michael Tursi said, "There is a total of 22 course titles. ... This list has been vetted through building principals."
The vote sends the program of studies back to the Curriculum and Instruction Committee, with the directive to further pare down the list.


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With activities for children in preschool through age 5
In addition to those listed in the Resources section, the following publications were used in preparing this booklet:
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Asimov, Isaac. "Science and Children," Introduction in Science Fare by Wendy Saul and Alan R. Newman. New York, Harper & Row, 1986.
Berger, Melvin. Simple Simon Says: Take One Magnifying Glass. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1980.
Cobb, Vicki. Science Experiments You Can Eat. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
Herbert, Don. The Wild Inside; Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Inc., 1959.
Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen and Sandler, Howard. "Why Do Parents Become Involved in Their Children's Education?" Review of Educational Research 67(1): 1997.
Katz, Phillis. Exploring Science Through Art. New York: Franklin Watts, 1990.
Lewis, James. Learn While You Scrub: Science in the Tub. New York: Meadowbrook Press, 1980.
Lowery, Lawrence F., (Ed.). NSTA Pathways to the Science Standards: Guidelines for Moving the Vision into Practice, Elementary School Edition. Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press, 1997.
National Center for Improving Science Education. Getting Started in Science: A Blueprint for Elementary School Science Education. Andover, MA: The NETWORK, Inc., 1989.
National Research Council Staff, National Academy of Sciences. National Science Education Standards: Observe, Interact, Change, Learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Pres, 1996.
U.S. Department of Education. Papers Presented at the Secretary's Summit on Mathematics, February 6, 2003 in Washington, D.C. (available online at
www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/progs/mathscience/index.html), 2003.
Zubrowski, Bernie, Bubbles. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1979.
Zubrowski, Bernie. Messing Around With Baking Chemistry. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981.


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There are few things in life that disappoint more than an under-chilled lager – but thankfully there are plenty of ways to keep your beer (or wine, or soft drink) nice and cool. Here are some of our favourites.
Husky Union Jack mini fridge
£139.99, Drinkstuff
Yes, you guessed it – we've included this because it's Jubilee weekend. But this mini fridge is plenty cool enough (no pun intended) to use all the time, regardless of monarchy-related anniversaries. There's enough space for 40 cans or 12 bottles of wine, and it's food safe too.
It's hard to believe, but this fridge became one of the star turns of this year's CES tech expo. Why? Because it features a special "Blast Chiller" section that can cool a room temperature beer, can or bottle of wine to frosty perfection in eight minutes or less.
Marshall amp fridge
US$200, Marshall
Don't let its officially-licensed looks – including knobs that "go to 11" – fool you: this is no amp. It's a beer fridge capable of carrying enough cans of Red Stripe to keep a whole crew of roadies happy.
LED ice bucket
£16.99, Drinkstuff
Turn your dining room into something resembling the set of a hip hop video with this tech-enhanced ice bucket, which employs nine blue LEDs to make your Cristal look extra frosty. You supply the minks, the ice (real and bling) and the dollar dollar bills, y'heard.
BrewCave walk-in cooler
$US6,349, KegWorks
We're going to go ahead and call this the Holy Grail of beer coolers. With enough space for over 30 cases and four kegs of beer, its four inch-thick insulation keeps the entire "room" in a permanent state of absolute chillness. Which is what you'll be in if you can stump up the necessary funds.


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By Stephen Brown and Noah Barkin
BERLIN (Reuters) - France's German-speaking prime minister offered a worried Berlin reassurances on Thursday that his government would reduce the deficit and prevent France from becoming the next victim of the euro crisis by applying a new economic model.
Jean-Marc Ayrault, making his first visit to Berlin since Francois Hollande became president, told Chancellor Angela Merkel that France would find its own way to reduce spending and boost economic growth and jobs, rather than copying Germany.
"My challenge, the government's challenge, is to reform what isn't working, to correct what is too weak, but to keep the profound values that make France what it is," he told a joint news conference after talks with the conservative chancellor.
"The job that is under way is constructing the new French model," said Ayrault, a Socialist.
A Reuters report that Merkel's finance minister had asked the German government's economic advisers to consider preparing policy recommendations for France has stirred outrage in Paris.
But Merkel said she would never dare to evaluate the decisions of the French government and added diplomatically: "We want a strong France just as France wants a strong Germany, so that together we can become a strong Europe."
Ayrault also held a 20-minute meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who emerged saying Germany and France did not "grade" each others' economic policies.
But it was clear French pride had been stung. Ayrault told a conference in Berlin organized by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that his host country Germany also had its problems.
"The German population is ageing quicker than the French, which poses problems for pensions and social security," said the French premier. "This sort of understanding for other countries' problems - I expect it for my own country too."
Paris is under intense pressure to improve French economic competitiveness relative to Germany and southern European countries that have implemented painful reforms to bring down their own debt in the face of a crippling three-year crisis.
German officials are worried that without bolder reforms, France could get sucked into the crisis - which has forced bailouts of Greece, Portugal and Ireland - in what would be a crushing setback for the bloc's efforts to stem the turmoil.
In response to calls by industrialist Louis Gallois for cuts in labor charges to reverse decades of industrial decline, the French government has now announced plans to grant companies 20 billion euros in annual tax credits to lower labor costs.
Ayrault cited this as one example of the "courage" France's Socialist government was showing on economic reforms.
His knowledge of Germany and its language may have been one of the reasons for his appointment. Relations between Merkel and the new president are often contrasted with the close partnership - especially on the euro crisis - that she enjoyed with Hollande's conservative predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy.
Hollande criticized Merkel's focus on austerity for the euro zone during his election campaign and the new Franco-German leadership couple have not got off to the best start.
"The main thing is to build a personal relationship," Ayrault said, adding that although the two governments belonged to opposing political factions, their relationship had to be "ueberparteilich" - the German word for non-partisan.
Ayrault and Merkel both rejected suggestions that the French premier's plans to meet Germany's centre-left opposition Social Democrats on Friday - less than a year before federal elections when Merkel will seek a third term - undermined this ideal.
"The important thing is for us to work together well," said Merkel.
(Additional reporting by Annika Breidthardt, Gernot Heller and Elizabeth Pineau; Writing by Stephen Brown; Editing by Gareth Jones and Mark Heinrich)


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CITYFLO 250 - Izmir, Turkey
The Municipality of Izmir awarded Bombardier Transportation the contract to build a new metro system for the large metropolis of Izmir in Turkey.
Bombardier Transportation supplied a CITYFLO 250 solution for the project, which included EBI Lock computer-based interlocking, EBI Cab ATC onboard equipment and an EBI Screen control room.
The contract also includes the construction of a double track of 11.5 km, 10 stations and 30 articulated vehicles, power supply, signalling and communication systems, a service workshop and depot.


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PARIS (AP) — A French father demanding visiting rights with his son climbed down Monday from his protest perch atop a crane, but said it will be a long time before divorced dads are seen as credible single parents and get the same rights in France as mothers.
Serge Charnay halted his four-day protest on the crane in the western city of Nantes after Justice Minister Christiane Taubira met with SOS Papa, an activist group for divorced fathers.
"It's a start ... There's lots of work to do," he told TV cameras after reaching the ground. "These little ladies still think we can't change the diapers of a kid and take care of him ... This must stop."
Another father with a similar grievance briefly occupied a crane in the eastern city of Strasbourg over the weekend before police persuaded him to come down.
Charnay wants France to strengthen its law on shared custody. He was convicted of taking his son on an unauthorized vacation for two months in 2011 but says he did not regret that because "if I hadn't I wouldn't have seen him."
He said he does not expect to see his young son on his next birthday but insisted that his unusual protest was "absolutely not" aimed at improving his own lot.
"I went up for the cause of fathers," he said.
The head of SOS Papa, Fabrice Mejias, said the meeting with the justice minister did not appear to advance the fathers' cause.
However, Family Minister Dominique Bertinotti, who was also at the meeting, said later it's clear France needs to promote mediation between separating parents rather than systematically putting divorce cases before a judge.
She rejected Charnay's claim that fathers are seen as lacking in credibility.
"I don't think it's in a pseudo-war of the sexes that things will progress," she said on BFM TV.


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Found on Santa Fe Craigslist: "Complete Book of Pregnancy" secret storage book safe
Stash your valuables in an out-of-date medical book with graphic pictures of the birthing process. It'll work like a charm ... unless you get robbed by a gang of pregnant women.
"The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth" by Sheila Kitzinger - Book Safe w/ hidden storage.
This book has been transformed into a recycled hollow book safe. It has a compartment inside to hide things.
Inside dimensions of book are 4.25 x 7.5 inches and is 5/8 inch deep.
Please note there are graphic photos of a child being born at the first of the book. Book looks great with or without the paper cover.


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In his account of the simple act of defiance that sparked the historic Montgomery bus boycott in 1955, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that the "zeitgeist"—the spirit of the times—had tracked down Rosa Parks. The same might be said of Bill de Blasio and his paradigm-shifting campaign to be elected as mayor of the nation's largest city.
King was suggesting that a confluence of historic forces—not an individual act of courage—had given rise to the new nonviolent mass resistance to legalized segregation. The Montgomery boycott came not long after hundreds of thousands of black GIs returned home from fighting a world war against racial genocide, only to find domestic racism implacably entrenched. It occurred just a year after the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, and at a time when the Cold War was rendering American apartheid an international embarrassment. If it hadn't been Rosa Parks, the moment—the zeitgeist—would have produced a similar act of inspirational resistance somewhere else.
It's far too soon, of course, to begin drawing comparisons between de Blasio's election and the epochal achievements of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery campaign. But King's larger notion—that historical forces converged to create an opening through which the modern civil rights movement would erupt—is instructive in evaluating the meaning of what many progressive New Yorkers are now labeling "the de Blasio moment." Now as then, the hot winds of the zeitgeist conspired to shape both the figures and events rattling the cage of the status quo.
King's emphasis on the zeitgeist ran the risk of diminishing Parks, who in fact was serving as secretary of the Montgomery NAACP chapter at the time and actively participated in planning the civil disobedience campaign. Likewise, de Blasio has a long record of social and economic progressivism, with a grassroots sensibility that winds all the way back to his youthful activism on behalf of the Sandinista government. As chair of the New York City Council's General Welfare Committee and later as public advocate, he was a staunch progressive, supporting increased taxes on the wealthy, greater investment in social services, racial justice and workers' right to organize; as a candidate for mayor, he was unwavering in his commitment to chart a new course.
Yet his forthright advocacy of a new model of bottom-up government activism cannot be traced solely to his personal history. It can be fully understood only in the context of long-term, deeply rooted developments in the national, even global, political economy.
Others have noted this broader historical significance. In the Daily Beast, Peter Beinart argued that the de Blasio campaign reflects the political crystallization of a generation of young people who have grown up in an era of dismal economic prospects and a tattered government safety net. This, Beinart predicted, will give rise to a new mass anticorporate politics that will benefit populist politicians like de Blasio and Senator Elizabeth Warren at the expense of more conventional centrists like Cory Booker and Hillary Clinton. Similarly, Harold Meyerson has written that de Blasio's victory signifies the potential breakup of "the Democratic Party's romance with Wall Street."


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Michael Phillips is the son of Minneapolis attorney Felix Phillips, the brother of novelist Arthur Phillips, and is himself an excellent reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Last spring the Journal published Phillips's riveting account of the service in Iraq of Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham: "In combat, Marines put theory to test, comrades believe." At I Love Jet Noise, Phillips's story was noted in "No words."
Phillips has expanded his Journal article on Cpl. Dunham into a book, published today: The Gift of Valor. OpinionJournal has posted excerpts in a column under the same title. The Journal prefaces the excerpts with the following editor's note:
"The U.S. military announced that three American soldiers were killed . . . and one wounded in two separate attacks." So read an AP report last week in phrases that are roughly familiar to anyone who has followed the battle with Iraq's insurgency over the past months.
The facts, so stated, are as momentous as any facts can be, but stripped down to an almost clinical abstraction. One is left to wonder: What happened in those fateful, final minutes? Under what circumstances did death come–with what surprise, suffering, heroism or glory? Who exactly were these soldiers and how will they be remembered by their families and comrades in arms?
In "The Gift of Valor," Journal reporter Michael M. Phillips attempts to answer such questions for the events of April 14, 2004, when a platoon of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Anbar Province came under murderous assault.
Drawing on his experience as a reporter in Iraq–and on dozens of interviews–Mr. Phillips offers portraits of the young men in Kilo Company and reconstructs the action of that day: the takeover of an abandoned building, the shock and shrapnel of a hidden bomb suddenly exploding there, the rake of surrounding machine-gun fire, the wounds, the retreat; and later, more bloodily, an ambush, as another part of the platoon, in a convoy of Humvees, draws fire from insurgents armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, and a nearby Marine patrol sprints toward the sound of firing.
One member of this arriving contingent is Cpl. Jason Dunham, the main figure in Mr. Phillips's account, a likable 22-year-old squad leader from Scio, N.Y., who suffers head wounds in the course of the day's fighting and, despite the efforts of his fellow Marines and of doctors in Baghdad and elsewhere, loses his life.


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Image Gallery: Sawflies, ants, bees and wasps
Sawflies (Suborder Symphyta) and ants, bees and wasps (Suborder Apocrita) all belong to the insect Order Hymenoptera. Some species have one pair of wings (unlike flies, which have two pairs), others are wingless, some are solitary and some are colonial, building large nests. Many have interesting shapes, colours and patterns that help to identify them, while others are cleverly camouflaged or mimic their insect prey.


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Wondering what others think of Flir's infrared thermal imaging camera that fits on the back of an iPhone, and supposedly later this year, on Android phones. I believe the price is around $350.
I plan to buy one as soon as they come out with the Android version.
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It's great to see tools like this becoming more accessible. There's a startup called Mu Optics that has been developing something very similar for a couple of years now. Glad to see FLIR hasn't been idle; it'll be interesting to see how both products compare.
It will be interesting to see how society reacts this time to the wide spread use of infrared cameras. Last time it forced an entire industry to modify all standard cameras in such a way as to not be able to remove the IR filters. An IR camera used inappropriately can produce some embarrassing images. Add to that, that today's internet will share those pictures with millions in the blink of an eye and I see real problems ahead. Of course FLIR and other mfgs are well aware of this so apparently they don't see it as a problem.
How are they going to protect peoples privacy, ie, whatever is under their clothing, foil underwear? Sorry, I couldn't resist that.
But your underlying point, Bud, is a valid one. Since this is, for all intents and purposes, a cheap thermal imager, how many clowns will buy one with no training whatsoever (not even taking the time to do free webinars)? How many will make recommendations based on that? How many will miss major water issues because they only know/think to use them to identify insulation gaps? That's where this could move from a clever to risky tool.
How many time have we heard a home owner speak poorly about the energy audit they recently had, only to discover upon further questioning that it was far from a real audit. From that faux audit that home owner will tell everyone who will listen that an audit is a waste of time.
Now, toss in the low cost thermal cameras and why pay for an IR inspection when your neighbor can do one for free.
From our perspective we need to recognize the effects these cameras will have on what we offer and work around them. I personally don't see ever giving up my camera as an energy audit tool, in fact I'm more likely to take the level II training. If we emphasize the features of our cameras that the low cost units cannot match, when combined with our training and experience we should still be able to justify a price for our work.
But energy auditing, like many other professions, will be constantly changing with the tidal wave of technology. To give it the old New England twist, "you ain't seen nothing yet." Think, a box in every home that monitors everything. Not that far away.
You can still modify standard cameras to operate in the near infrared range. I have several. They are not useful for producing the embarrassing images as suggested. Those devices were night vision movie camera's and they are still available.
Cheap short wavelength (near visible light) camera's are easily available with the ability to stream on the internet. They are found as security camera's.
A thermography camera is long wavelength IR, not the short wavelength IR. Resolution is not something that would worry most. Now days a trip through the TSA scanners has revealed far more detail than the FLIR low end iphone camera.
Infrared photography has been around for nearly 100 years.
People survived.... the privacy issues have been brought up with the combination of cellphones and the inboard camera. Perhaps that combination should be banned... or perhaps ban cellphones...
Amazing application for iPhone and Android smartphones. Flir is a great company specializing in thermal imaging, night vision, infrared camera and optical innovations.
Is this product fit a particular android phone or universal fit any android phone?
There is already an android IR attachment - http://www.instructables.com/id/EHQJMVEH6DWPRGU/?lang=en, not quite as sophisticated as the Flir One - no on-board temps, but cheaper ...
Agreed with the earlier comments about 'just anyone' using these - especially since RESNET and others have quite strict requirements on IR use. Let alone all those IR ads of inspecting electrical equipment, boilers, etc.,w/o the proper equipment.
The resolution and sensitivity of the kickstarter version -- makes it mostly a novelty. Mu Optics is now nearly seven months behind their original estimated delivery schedule, I'm guessing they will finally deliver a year after their original estimate (if they do... and I commited for one of their devices...)
FLIR is well funded and more likely to meet the their estimated target date. But the resolution and sensitivity is likely to still be well below their current entry level thermal imaging cameras. Their current low end camera does not meet the RESNET or BPI minimum recommend/required specs.
Will it cut into the building auditing business? Perhaps... but remember how many people out there even use the available simple things like a smoke pen... or a $40 point and trigger IR thermometer. I've suggested those to a number of different people with I've had conversations about how to weatherize their homes... and generally they don't spend the money. Instead they buy lots of caulk and sometimes replace the old fiberglass insulation with newer fiberglass insulation... :-(
The value of a RESNET, BPI, and other certified professionals - comes in the both the detailed, understandable audit AND an appropriate affordable action plan that will produce results.
Decentralization sometimes has some pitfalls. Now that "everybody" might be able to afford an IR set up on their mobile phone, there may be a lot more "experts" out there dispensing information that may not be quite right. Just because you can afford the technology, does not mean you have the experience or capability to properly interpret the images. Caveat emptor all over again.
Good point. The low cost iPhone cameras are also opportunities for teaching moments. It is easy to construct cases in which the user or the camera might produce "incorrect" results because the operator wasn't looking for reflections or doesn't understand the limitations.
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The Minamata Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury. More
Pursuant to the synergies omnibus decisions taken in 2013, the Secretariat cooperates with the Interim Secretariat of the Minamata in areas of common interest to the four conventions.
The Basel Convention and the Minamata Convention have a close relationship for matters related to mercury wastes and their environmentally sound management, as set out in Article 11 of the Minamata Convention. The Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention shall seek to cooperate closely with the relevant bodies of the Basel Convention in the review and update of the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of elemental mercury and wastes containing or contaminated with mercury .


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David West had 28 points and seven rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers overcome the ejection of Roy Hibbert following a fourth-quarter scuffle to beat the Golden State Warriors 108-97 on Tuesday night.
West also was called for a technical foul, along with the Warriors' David Lee, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, for the altercation that began with 6:10 remaining in the game.
George Hill had 23 points and seven assists, and Paul George had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers (36-21), who have won five straight.
Curry scored a season-high 38 points and Thompson had 13 for the Warriors (33-24), who had a three-game winning streak snapped.


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Seafloor Observatory Science and Instrumentation
DOEI Project Funded: 2007
PI: Chris German, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
Postdoctoral Fellow: Chip Breier, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow: Brandy Toner, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry
We are developing a new oceanographic tool, a suspended particulate rosette (SUPR) sampling system capable of rapidly filtering 36 large water volume samples (30 to 80 liters per sample) for suspended particulates during a single CTD cast or moored deployment. The SUPR sampler is designed to be compatible with future in situ optical analysis methods. We are developing the SUPR system to investigate these fundamental questions, "How do iron- and manganese-rich, hydrothermal plume particles affect seawater chemistry and to what extent do these particles fuel microbial activity in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes?


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Bedford girls in midseason formBy HARRY KOZLOWSKI
Special to the Union Leader
December 20. 2013 9:29PM
MERRIMACK — The Bedford girls showed they're ready to defend their Division I girls' basketball title, beating Merrimack 58-24 on Friday.
Shooting accuracy, aggressive defense and lots of speed, the Bulldogs overwhelmed the Tomahawks. Merrimack managed one 3-point basket in the first quarter, while Bedford scored 22 points.
And the Bulldogs were just getting warmed up. "Today was about just getting on the court and playing someone other than ourselves" said Bedford coach Sue Thomas.
Bedford played a fast-break offense getting to the basket before Merrimack could set itself on defense.
And when they didn't have the ball, the Bulldogs swarmed the Tomahawks in the backcourt, forcing many turnovers. Bedford led by 29 at the half, 41-12.
"I wanted to work on our defense" said Thomas. "I know my girls can score. Today was all about trying out our various defenses."
"Our goal this year is to be really up on players, trapping, double teaming," said Thomas.
Bedford spread the scoring around. Rachel Collins led with nine points, Gabby Hunter and Nikki Tucci had eight, and McKenzie Brown added seven.
"We have a very unselfish team" said Thomas. "It's not about anyone's stats, it's about the team winning. Our girls can play hard the entire game because we have a very deep bench."
The game marked the debut of Merrimack coach Courtney Cheetham, who took over the Tomahawks this year.
"We have a very young team, with three freshmen," said Cheetham. "I'm trying to introduce some new systems and it will take some time for the girls to settle in."
The Tomahawks were led by Lauren Dubois with eight points. Grace Mulvey had seven points and Amanda D'Amico added six. "Lauren is only a sophomore" said Cheetham. "She's a team leader and ranks right up there with some of the best guards in the state."


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