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- Posted January 16, 2013 by
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
Gun control debate: Background checks
Obama'a Assault on Gun Owners Part I
The Gun Control Commission recommendations are going to President Obama and this morning he will announce his proposals. There is no surprise in what the President will be proposing because he has already predetermined his course of action. It's unfortunate that the tragedy occurred at Newtown, Connecticut but President Obama jumped on that opportunity to implement his gun control policy like a junk yard dog on a bone. When he announced the formation of the Gun control Commission with Vice President Biden standing by his side he reminded me of the Wizard of Oz as he threw back the curtain and told the Vice president "Here's your commission". The Gun Control Commission is just a kangaroo court and will propose whatever the President wants in order to establish credibility to his agenda to infringe on our Second Amendment rights. An AR-15 is NOT an assault rifle. I have one and as you can see by the photograph the fire selector switch has two positions –Safe and Semi. The magazines I use with it are twenty round magazines which are standard sizes. Hi capacity would be 50 and 60 round magazines, and the 100 round drum. I purchased my rifle because I like to shoot and the M-16 I used for the 32 years I spent in the Army was quite familiar to me and I wanted something that resembled it. I'm not a gun nut or gun freak, I'm just an average citizen who believes in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a ninth generation American. My Family came to America in 1719, escaping poverty, war, and oppression in Germany. I had a family member who fought and was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine in the Revolutionary War and several family members fought in the Civil War, World War II, I fought in Vietnam and my son fought in Iraq. You can see the Navy Seals logo on my AR-15 "Duty Honor Country". That logo is the Seals watchword and it is mine as well. We in America have lost control of our politicians to big business and political action committees and the very wealthy. Our only safeguard against our government overstepping its authority is the Second Amendment. The problem that we have is not a problem of guns or which types of guns or of hi-capacity magazines (that fit an arbitrary definition of hi-capacity) but one of a moral decay in our society that has allowed people to acquire guns who should not have them. The decline of the nuclear family and an increase in single parent households along with increasing economic hardships has left millions of Americans without support structures to help them through their trying times. We need to insist, no, demand that Counseling and Mental Health programs be made more robust and encompass our youth from the time they start school through the 12th Grade. Anti-bullying campaigns must be in all school districts and integrated into our society. I wasn't surprised when I read that Bryan Oliver, 16, who attended Taft Union High School in Taft, California was said to have been bullied. This just corroborates what I said in my CNN iReort "Who Are the Shooters". On May 8, 2007 the PBS show Frontline presented a documentary entitled "When Kids Get Life". This does not talk so much about school shooters in general but it does feature the following five cases of children under 18 years old who commit murder and are sentenced to life in prison without parole.
a. Jacob Ind- On December 17th, 1992 Jacob shot and killed his mother, Pamela Jordan and his stepfather, Kermode Jordan. Jacob was 15 years old
b.Trevor Jones- Convicted of killing 16 year old Matthew Foley when a gun Matthew was buying from Trevor went off.
c. Andrew Medina- Andrew was 15 on July 15th, 1999 when he and two other youths, 17 year old Michael Brown and Derrick Miller tried to carjack 17-year-old Kristopher Lohrmeyer and someone fired a gun killing Lohrmyer.
d. Nathan Ybanez- Convicted of killing his mother at age 14.
e. Erik Jensen- Eric was nothing more than a loyal friend of Nathan's and became a victim of circumstances when he was with Nathan when he killed his mother.
All the crimes took place in Colorado, and these are just five individual cases but they are indicative of a failure in our society to look out for and care for our young children.
Several things caught my eye in Josh Levs, CNN report on Sunday January 13,2013, Countdown to new wave in gun violence battle
By Josh Levs, CNN http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/13/politics/gun-laws-battle/index.html
Senator Joe Manchin is quoted as saying on "State of the Union.""It has to be a comprehensive approach." I agree that a comprehensive approach must be taken by all the people of this country. I have even presented some of my own ideas in previous iReports "Who Are the Shooters", and "Sandy Hook-A Teachers Thoughts". Senator Diane Feinstein is quoted as saying in December following the shootings at Sandy Hook, "All of the things that society regulates, but we can't touch guns? That's wrong," Senator Feinstein, the Second Amendment states that you can't touch guns; it says that the citizens of this country have a right to self-defense given to each of us by our creator. It further states that these are not ordinary rights or even privileges but unalienable rights which means that these rights can't be transferred or taken away. The Second Amendment states "a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." That means they can't be encroached, violated, or interfered with. There are people in this country who believe that they do not need to have guns or firearms, and there are those who believe that we should disarm every citizen. The former are entitled to conduct their affairs the best way they see fit but the latter do not have a right to infringe on the rights of the people who choose to arm themselves.
In Part II of "Obama's Assault on Hand Gun Owners you'll see what Janet Napolitano, thinks about the Second Amendment, read some more of my thoughts and views on our national heritage, and read what two of the founding fathers had to say about the Second Amendment.


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Originally posted by dalloway
reply to post by CobraCommander
Again: Slippery Slope and False Causal Connection as argument techniques are puerile and unsophisticated. Trying to somehow connect gay marriage and incest in order to prompt a certain reaction is ineffective and sophomoric.
Originally posted by dalloway
reply to post by bluemirage5
Again: Gay marriage in no way harms society. Every single opinion to the contrary is biased in one way or another by religious politics and is unquestionably anti-civil rights.
What color is your hair, bluemirage5? Lets say it's brown. Okay, hey everyone with brown hair, listen up: There's this thing called My Religion, and My Religion says you're not allowed to get married. Sorry. Thanks for playing.
See how ridiculous that is?
Originally posted by CobraCommander
Originally posted by dalloway
reply to post by CobraCommander
Again: Slippery Slope and False Causal Connection as argument techniques are puerile and unsophisticated. Trying to somehow connect gay marriage and incest in order to prompt a certain reaction is ineffective and sophomoric.
The slippery slope is the redefining of marriage and causal connection the legislation which has mandated the new precedent. Using big words and terms without understanding their substance is rather juvenile and undermines your standing in this debate.
As I have already stated, any argument which can be made to support the redefining of marriage to allow for gay marriage, can also be made for incest, or even polygamy.
Originally posted by fooks
ya get some whacked out straight marriages anyway.
if gays want to marry let them. geeze! i been married twice!
what's the problem?
they could make better parents sometimes if they adopt, obviously.
unfortunately, the insurance companies will have a say.
you can't marry your 59' gold top and insure it for 2mill and it ends up dead. lol!!
or your goat or car, etc.
there are laws for incest already.
what the problem is, i have no idea.
it seems like propaganda being spewed.
it is all about the legal aspect.
Originally posted by dalloway
Pffft. Doesn't matter what you scramble up to use as your supposed slippery slope and causal connection, those two techniques are still just not even useful for a freshman debater. Presenting your major points and then presenting some solid pieces of data to back up those beliefs would be much more in line with what would be expected from a skilled debater. The use of words and phrases designed to frighten or provoke an emotional response but have no foundation in fact, is junior varsity all the way. I thought you were a more advanced debater than that, CC.
It's been fun, but I'm done for the night. Thanks for the conversation. Have a pleasant tomorrow.

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Discussion in 'Other Flashing Hardware & Software' started by GBA_Temper, Jan 4, 2007.
Does this save and does it work with other wads?
Well it doesn't save that good but it saves good sometimes. And it doesn't work with other .WADS I tested.
Doesn't work at all for me. Should I have this prboom.wad or what ever it is? And if I need it, where to get it?
I renamed doom1.wad to doom.wad and tried burning the nds both by directly dragging it and with the g6 software, and
didn't get it to work either way.
Get's stuck at:
I_Read: read failed: EOF
Anyone else got this to work?
Got it to work!
Here's what I did for other dummies.
I dragged doom1.wad renamed to doom.wad to my g6, and then I dragged the prboom.wad (still don't know what it is)
Then i burned the nds file with the g6 burner. You can find both doom1.wad and prboom.wad with google.
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You might want to avoid going into the ingame options. It'll cause the game to crash. (I guessed it would, but had to try anyway )
I played through the sharevare version (aka first campaign) Took me just over an hour to do it. The game works perfectly except with two things. 1. there's no music and 2. Saves don't work. Aside from that it's all Doom. I can't advise you to play Doom on DS though. I almost drop it when suddenly one of those huge pigs from hell I used to have nightmares of as a kid started attacking my back!


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SASNET News
• Open letter from the new SASNET Director
Since 1 July 2007, Anna Lindberg is the new SASNET Director. Dr. Lindberg, till recently Assistant Professor at Penn State University in USA, has been appointed Director/Coordinator for SASNET on a 50 % basis from 1 July 2007 to 31 December 2009. Besides working as Director for SASNET, Anna Lindberg will also continue with an ongoing research project on "Marriage traditions in South India from 1930 to the present", being affiliated with Lund University's Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies (ACE). The historian Anna Lindberg now succeeds Professor Staffan Lindberg, the driving force behind the creation of the Swedish South Asian Studies Network in the year 2000 and its Director since the formal launch of SASNET in 2001. In an open letter, Anna Lindberg declares her ambitions as Director for SASNET. Read her statement.
• SASNET's South Asian Reference group meet in New Delhi
On Saturday 3 November 2007, a seminar meeting will be organised in New Delhi for SASNET's South Asian Reference group, consisting of a number of senior researchers from the region, that closely observe SASNET's activities and give constructive suggestions to the root node. SASNET's new Director Anna Lindberg and the Deputy Director Lars Eklund will then meet and discuss with Dr. Rita Afsar, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta, Dept. of Paediatrics, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Dr. Tek Nath Dhakal, Campus Chief of Public Administration Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal; Professor Kumudu Wijewardena, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (SJP), Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Dr. Dipak Malik, Institute of Gandhian Studies, Varanasi, India. The meeting will be held at the Nordic Centre in India (NCI) in Nizamuddin, New Delhi. More information about SASNET's South Asian Reference group.
• RUC/SASNET joint Seminar on Post-Exotic India
The Graduate School of International Development Studies, Roskilde University Centre (RUC) organises a two-days workshop titled "Post-Exotic India – a new Narrative in Making?" in collaboration with SASNET on 26-27 September 2007 in Roskilde, Denmark. The seminar is prepared by Dr. Ravinder Kaur and Prof. Laurids Lauridsen from RUC and Prof. Staffan Lindberg, Lund University. The workshop aims to posit and explore the post-exotic India through the following themes: • processes and effects of 1991 economic liberalisation, • emergence of a vocal, mobile and astute middle class, • global ambitions of India, and • its regional implications in South Asia. Invited speakers include Nicholas Dirks, Columbia University, USA; Pritam Singh, Oxford University, UK; Thomas Blom Hansen, Amsterdam University, Netherlands; and Srirupa Roy, Amherst, USA, SSRC New York (TBC). Venue: Roskilde Universiuty Centre, Lille Auditorium. More information (as a pdf-file)
Besides being a workshop open to the public, it will also be an Intensive PhD workshop. The programme is the same with one exception, namely that the second day will end up in a paper presentation seminar – open only to PhD students upon application by July 15th to email@example.com. A maximum of 20 PhD students can participate in the workshop sessions. Each participant must prepare a short paper (no more than five pages), presenting her/his research design and setting, main questions regarding fieldwork and data collection techniques. More information (as a pdf-file)
• More information about SASNET and its activities
See SASNET's page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet.html
Research Community News
• Anthropological working papers discussed through e-seminars
The Media Anthropology Network, established in 2004 by the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) has launched a working papers series in order to create a space for discussion and reflection on the anthropology of media. The Network aims to foster the exchange of information and coordinate research and teaching projects on the anthropological study of media. It also hopes to contribute to the theoretical development of this area of anthropological research. Besides posting working papers on the website, a mailing list is used as an informal 'e-seminar' on them, allowing the network to discuss papers over a period of a week after their posting. Go the Media Anthropology Network' Working Papers web page.
During the period 12–26 June 2007, such an e-seminar was held over a working paper presented by Kerstin Andersson, Dept. of Social Anthropology, Göteborg University. Her paper, titled "The online Durga", focusing on the role of new ICT technologies in the creation, formation and maintenance of a Diaspora identity among the Kolkata intellectuals, was commented upon by Dr. Matthijs van den Bos, University of Amsterdam and many others. Follow the e-seminar on "The online Durga".
• Inaugural Meeting of Asia-Europe Alumni Networks in Madrid
An Inaugural Meeting of Asia-Europe Alumni Networks will be held in Madrid, Spain, 30 August – 1 September 2007. It will be organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) with the support of the Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation (UNISCI) of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and the already existing ASEF University Alumni Network (ASEFUAN). The Madrid meeting will be an informal consultation process to derive ideas, reactions and substantive proposals from specially invited high-level representatives of existing bi- or international alumni networks, representing academic exchange programmes with an Asia-Europe dimension. This brainstorming session will be organised with workshops to facilitate an open and free discussion about the formation of a platform for co-operation among various Asia-Europe alumni networks. The meeting precedes the Sixth Annual Conference and General Meeting of the ASEFUAN, also held in Madrid 2–7 September 2007. More information about the ASEFUAN conference.
• Dissertation about how rotavirus diarrhoea in children can be effectively treated
Dr. Shafiqul Sarker from ICDDR,B (Centre for Health and Population Research) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, defended his doctoral dissertation at Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm, on 12 December 2006. The thesis is titled "Passive immunotherapy and probiotic agents in enteric infections in children" and deals with diarrhoeal disease, one of the leading causes of global childhood morbidity and mortality throughout the World. Rotavirus and pathogenic Escherichia coli are the most common causes of acute diarrheal illness in children. The thesis presents results how the rotavirus diarrhoea in children can be effectively treated. Dr. Sarker has been involved in a sandwich PhD programme with the Division of of Clinical Immunology, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine at Karolinska Institute since 2001, where he was supervised by Prof. Lennart Hammarström. Read the abstact of the thesis.
• Roots of Democracy in the Himalayas theme for special issue of Sociological Bulletin
Sociological Bulletin, the journal of the Indian Sociological Society, plans for a special issue about "CFP: Routes and Roots of Democracy in the Himalayas" likely to be published in early 2009. Contributions to this special issue are now invited, and selected contributors will be asked to submit full papers for anonymous peer-review by 30 January 2008. If interested, please e-mail abstracts indicating title, giving author's name and institutional affiliation by 31 October 2007 to Prof. N. Jayaram, Professor of Scoiology at Goa University, and Dr. Vibha Arora, Assistant Professor in Sociology, Dept of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. More information about the Sociological Bulletin.
• ICAS Book Prize provides an international focus for publications on Asia
The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Book Prize – IBP – is a global competition which provides an international focus for publications on Asia while at the same time increasing their visibility worldwide. The book prizes are awarded for: (1) best study in the humanities; (2) best study in the social sciences. Furthermore there is a prize for the most outstanding PhD dissertation in the field of Asia Studies. Eighty publications and 10 PhD theses were submitted for the latest round (deadline 31 December 2006). They were presented at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2007 Meeting held in March in Boston. The deadline for the coming IBP 2009 will be 31 December 2008. More information about the ICAS Book Prize.
• Grim scenario for South Asia according to IPCC Assessment Report
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently finalizing its Fourth Assessment Report "Climate Change 2007", also referred to as AR4. A summary for policy makers was released by the IPCC on 29 April 2007, which calls for urgent action globally. IPCC, chaired by Mr. Rajendra Pachauri (photo to the right), was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1998 to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. The fuller final draft version of the Second Working Group of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, which may be watered down before final publication, lays out shocking scenarios for India and the rest of South Asia, including rising sea levels, falling crop productivity and increased mortality due to heat-related factors. This scenario is described in detail by Daphne Wysham, Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, and Smitu Kothari, Director, Intercultural Resources, Delhi and Visiting Professor at Princeton University, USA, in an article titled "Climate change will devastate India", published in the Hindu 9 April 2007. Read the article.
• More than half of the world's population live in urban areas by 2008
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, presented its 2007 State of World Population Report on Wednesday 27 June 2007. UNFPA is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. It has its headquarters in New York, USA. The theme for the 2007 report is "Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth", and deals with the fact that in 2008, for the first time, more than half of the world's population – 3.3 billion people – will be living in urban areas. This unprecedented shift could enhance development and promote sustainability – or it could deepen poverty and accelerate environmental degradation. Full information about the 2007 Report.
Coinciding with the World Population Day 2007 on July 11th, the World Bank publishes material about "South Asia Urban Growth – A Challenge and an Opportunity". It includes an interview with the South Asia Chief Economist Shanta Devarajan, plus reports on Population and Urban Development in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Go for the World Bank South Asia page.
• Finnish Government looks east – towards India, China, Japan and South Korea
The Ministry of Education Government of Finland, has also presented a strategy report regarding the Finnish government's ambitions regarding collaboration with som selected Asian countries (India, China, Japan and South Korea) in the fields of education, research and culture. The report titled "Suuntana Aasia/Målet är Asien" was published on 31 May 2007. Among the suggestions given are efforts to improve coordination between different agencies in Finland and to better make use of existing collaboration projects at Nordic and European levels, and also to increase and develop exchange programmes within education and research. Positions as Counsellor for research and culture are further suggested to be set up at the embassies of Finland in both New Delhi and Beijing. The full report is in Finnish, but a summary is available in Swedish. Read the summary.
• More information about South Asia related research at Swedish and Nordic universities
See SASNET's page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/research.html
Educational News
• National Knowledge Commission recommends educational reforms in India
The Indian National Knowledge Commission is a a high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, with the objective of transforming India into a knowledge society (more information about the National Knowledge Commission). In an official letter, dated 29 November 2006, its Chairman Sam Pitroda (photo to the right) asks the Prime Minister to work for the establishment of 50 National Universities all over India in order to provide education of the highest standard. Pitroda also appeals for the creation of upto 1,500 new universities in the country, enabling India to attain a gross enrolment ratio of at least 15 per cent by 2015. A change of the system of regulation for higher education is also required, according to the letter, and an increase in public spending and diversification of sources of financing. Reform of the existing universities and promotion of enhanced quality are also pleaded for, and a thorough restructuring of the undergraduate so-called affiliated colleges. Finally Pitroda lists the need for ensuring access to university studies for all deserving students, and affirmative action to ensure that access to education for economically and historically socially underprivileged students is enhanced in a substantially more effective manner. Read the full letter with recommendations from the National Knowledge Commission (as a pdf-file)
• More information about South Asia related education at Swedish and Nordic universities
See SASNET's page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/education.html
Conferences and courses
• Tamil Nadu conference on Technology, Innovation and the Millennium Development Goals
A three-day International Conference on "Technology, Innovation and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in India" is held in Tiruchirapalli, India, 12–14 July 2007. It is jointly organised by the Bharathidasan University and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France. The objective of the conference is to explore technological solutions, organizational routines, social norms and public policy to attain the MDG while facilitating exchange between academics, NGOs, firms, funding agencies and policy makers. It will be the first time in India that a conference is being specifically organized to bring about a dialogue between mainstream academics, NGOs, policy makers and private funding agencies on these issues. More information (as a pdf-file)
• Eighth World Hindi Conference inaugurated today
The Eighth World Hindi Conference is held in New York, USA, 13–15 July 2007. It is being organized in cooperation with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York. The Conference will deliberate on issues relating to the growth and presence of the Hindi language in the world including teaching of Hindi in foreign countries, use of information technology and necessary measures to increase its popularity. So far seven World Hindi Conferences have been held at Nagpur (India), Port Louis (Mauritius, twice), New Delhi (India), Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago), London (UK) and Paramaribo (Surinam). This time the conference is being organized in the Americas where a large number of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) or People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are settled. The conference will be inaugurated at the United Nations headquarters today, 13th July. A large number of distinguished guests and senior dignitaries from various countries are expected to attend the conference along with eminent Hindi scholars, writers and poets from across the globe.
• India/Pakistan Sixtieth Anniversary discussed at Southampton conference
The Hartley Library in UK, which houses the Mountbatten papers, in conjunction with the Centre for the Study of Britain and its Empire at the University of Southampton holds a conference entitled, 'The Independence of India and Pakistan: Sixtieth Anniversary Reflections.' at the Avenue Campus, University of Southampton on 17-20 July 2007. The event will be divided into panel discussion and keynote plenary lectures. Papers will be of 30 minutes duration followed by questions. The following people have agreed to participate: Gyanendra Pandey, Urvashi Butalia, Gurharpal Singh, Akbar S. Ahmed, Joya Chatterji, Victoria Schofield, Sten Widmalm and Sikandar Hayat. More information.
• Hyderabad Workshop on Demand Side Management of Groundwater
An International Learning Workshop on "Demand Side Management of Groundwater" is held in Hyderabad, India, 23 July – 3 August 2007. It is organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with Bharathi Integrated Rural Development Society (BIRDS) and the World Water Institute (WWI). The Learning Workshop will comprise of thematic discussions, group work, presentations, project work and field work. During the field work sessions, participants will be able to interact with farmers, farmers' groups and civil society institutions and experience different processes being used to facilitate demand side management of groundwater. The total number of participants will be 20 and from various countries. More information (as a pdf-file).
• Mutiny at the Margins theme for Edinburgh conference
A conference titled "'Mutiny at the Margins'. New Perspectives on the Indian uprising of 1857" will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 23–26 July 2007. The conference, marking the 150th anniversary of the Indian Uprising will be organised by the Centre for South Asian Studies at University of Edinburgh. The ambition is to bring together British and Indian scholars with an interest in developing new approaches and exploring new perspectives on this seminal event. It is being organised as part of a wider programme of research funded by the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) at Edinburgh University in Scotland – one of the premier centres for South Asian studies in the UK. The purpose is to commemorate the 150th anniversary of this event, reinterpret what happened, and to discuss its various legacies. More information.
• 338 panels accepted for the ICAS 5 conference in Kuala Lumpur
The Fifth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS 5) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysa, 2–5 August 2007. The theme for 2006 ICAS conference is 'Sharing a Future in Asia' , focusing on the fact that even though Asia is often proclaimed as the fastest growing region in the world today, still nearly a billion of its population live in poverty. The conference is organised by the Institute of Occidental Studies (IKON), the Institute of The Malay World and Civilization (ATMA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), University of Leiden, the Netherlands. It will have 338 panels and more than 1500 participants. One of the keynote speakers is India born Prof. Arjun Appadurai, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at New School University in New York, USA. His most recent book is "Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization" (1996, University of Minnesota Press; 1997, Oxford University Press, Delhi). More information about ICAS 5.
• 2007 World Water Week includes High Level Panel on Climate Change, Water and Vulnerability
The 2007 World Water Week will take place in in Stockholm 12–18 August. The theme for the 2007 World Water Week will be "Progress and Prospects on Water: Striving for Sustainability in a Changing World." The World Water Week is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development, with large relevance to South Asia. It is filled with plenary sessions, seminars, workshops, side events and special activities. One of the key speakers is Ms. Sunita Narain, Director for the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), India. Since the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was recently presented, the 2007 World Water Week willl include a High Level Panel on Climate Change, Water and Vulnerability. Full information about the World Water Week 2007.
• Asia-Europe Colloquium on Governance & Management in Kuala Lumpur
An Asia-Europe Colloquium on Governance & Management will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5–6 September 2007. It is organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). The event addresses university leadership and representatives of university associations and networks from all ASEM countries – since 2006 also including India and Pakistan. The event will be organised in partnership with the European University Association (EUA), the Malaysian Vice Chancellors Committee (MVCC) and will be hosted by the Malaysian Open University. The colloquium aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion on key issues of institutional management and governance, in order to enhance exchange and cooperation prospects between Asian and European Higher Education Institutions. More information
• 13th International Association for Ladakh Studies Colloquium in Rome
The International Association for Ladakh Studies (IALS) organises its 13th Colloquium in Rome, Italy, 7–11 September 2007. Only in the last three decades has Ladakh (northwest India) been readily accessible for study, but in that short time it has been the focus of much attention by students in many disciplines. These have been attracted by the interest of its physical situation at high altitude in the rain-shadow of the geologically active Himalaya; by the natural ecology of this rugged desert and the skilful adaptations of pastoralism and agriculture; by the sociology, history and cultural tradition, especially as a surviving example of Tibetan Buddhism; and by the problems presented by modern development and conservation. The first international Colloquium on Ladakh was organised at Konstanz (Germany) in 1981 and eleven more have been organised by IALS since then in various European countries and Ladakh. More information
• London conference on Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change
A one-day conference about "Indian Mass Media and the Politics of Change" will be held for for Postgraduates & Early Career Researchers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, on Saturday 13 October 2007. It is jointly organized by Sacredmediacow, an independent student-led research centre on Indian media, and the Centre for Film and Media Studies at SOAS. A significant portion of the activities around the conference will take place on Sacredmediacow's website. The aim is to include the people talked about when researching Indian media as much as possible in the dialogue and debates through the possibilities allowed by new technologies: by distributing conference material online, by creating an online platform where the questions raised can be debated during the conference and by allowing distance participation as much as possible through teleconferencing, video broadcast and other such means. Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre. More information.
• First International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium in Paris
The First International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium will be held in Paris, 29–31 October 2007. The Workshop will have as main focus standardization issues concerning the inter-operability of the various tools available for the computer processing of Sanskrit texts. It is organised by the Rocquencourt Laboratory of INRIA (French National Institute for Informatics and Automatics) in collaboration with the Department of Sanskrit Studies at University of Hyderabad, India, and the NLP Department of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha at Tirupati. Recently, the three institutions have formed a joint team in Sanskrit Computational Linguistics, that now will hold its first workshop. It has been decided to open the meeting also to outside researchers. More information.
• Stockholm conference on the War in Afghanistan
An International two-day conference on "the War in Afghanistan. Local, Regional and Global Aspects" will be held in Stockholm, 8–9 November 2007. It is organised by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA), and will feature some of the World's leading authorities on the situation in Afghanistan and the role of its neighbouring countries. In order to participate, please send a mail to email@example.com. The invited speakers include Hanif Atmar, Minister of Education in Afghanistan; Horia Mosadiq, Director of Human Rights Research and Advocacy Consortium, Kabul; Research Director Svante Cornell, Silk Road Studies Program, Uppsala University; Aziz Rafiee, Director of Afghanistan Civil Society Forum, Kabul; and the well-renowned journalist/writer Ahmed Rashid. Venue: Polstjärnan Konferens, Sveavägen 77, Stockholm. More information (as a pdf-file)
• 3rd International Conference on Gross National Happiness in Bangkok
The 3rd International Conference on Gross National Happiness will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, 22–28 November 2007. The theme for the conference, co-organized by the Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation and the Center for Bhutan Studies in Thimphu, will be "Towards Global Transformation – World Views make a Difference". The concept of Gross National Happiness (GNH), originated in Bhutan, challenges development models dominated by GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and un-sustainable economic growth. The Bangkok conference offers a creative platform for exchanges, networking and policy development towards transformation at individual, local, national and international levels. It will be held in partnership with a network of Thai and South East Asian NGO's and youth groups; and the Ministry of Social Development & Human Security, and 'Well-being Index Network', Government of Thailand. Invited speakers include Vandana Shiva from India, and Lyonpo Jigmi Thinley, President of the Center for Bhutan Studies (CBS) and former Prime Minister of Bhutan. More information.
• Thiruvananthapuram conference on the Kerala People's Plan
An International Conference on "Kerala People's Plan Revisited" will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, India, 14–15 December 2007. It will be organized by Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) in New Delhi, in co-operation with Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA). The conference will focus on the People's Plan Campaign launched in mid-1990s in Kerala, which was a historic landmark in formulating a methodology of decentralised planning with people's effective participation. The two-day conference will pool and share the experience of local planning in Kerala, rest of India and other countries. Papers are invited from social scientists, planners, innovative NGOs and administrators. More information.
• Guwahati Conference on Northeast India and its Transnational Neighbourhood
An International Conference on Northeast India and its Transnational Neighbourhood will be held in Guwahati, Assam, India, 16–18 January 2008. The interdisciplinary conference will provide a forum for scholars and policy makers, as well as visual artists and others involved in the material and visual representation of this region. It is being planned by the newly formed Asian Borderlands Research Network (more information). All scholars who are currently, or have previously been actively involved in research in this region are invited to participate, irrespective of nationality. However, it is hoped that scholars from countries such as India, China, Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand will make a significant contribution. The conference is organised by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, in collaboration with the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden, the Netherlands. Venue: IIT Campus, 20 km north of Guwahati. More information.
• Ahmedabad Seminar on Vernacular Settlements
The Fourth International Seminar on Vernacular Settlements will be held in Ahmedabad, India, 14–17 February 2008. It will be hosted by the School of Architecture at CEPT University (Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology) in Navrangpura, Ahmedabad. The theme of the seminar is "Vernacular Settlements and Architecture in Transition". Keynote Speakers will be Prof. Balkrishna Doshi, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Architects; and Dr Hasan-Uddin Khan, Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University and Visiting Professor of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
• South Asia related panels at the 16th IUAES conference in Kunming
The 16th International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) will be held 15–23 July 2008 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. The conference has the overall theme "Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity" and includes a large number of panels organised by researchers from India and Bangladesh. Full information about the IUAES conference.
– A panel entitled "Diverse Ethnic Rites of Passage" is organised by Associate Professor Zulfiquar Ali Islam, Dept. of Sociology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and Associate Professor Md Mustafa Kamal Akand from the Dept. of Anthropology at the same university. Read their call for papers (as a pdf-file)
– Dr. Zulfiquar Ali Islam also convenes a second panel (together with Prof. A H M Zehadul Karim, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Rajshahi), titled "Indigenous Knowledge for Ecological Resource Management". Read their call for papers (as a pdf-file)
– A panel entitled "Pilgrimage Landscape, Cosmogram and Planning the Heritage Cities" is organised by Prof. Rana P. B. Singh (photo to the left), Banaras Hindu University, India and Prof. Masaaki Fukunaga, Centre for South Asian Studies, Gifu Women's University, Japan. Read their call for papers (as a pdf-file)
– A panel on "Ethnographic Discourse of the Other in the 21st Century Asia'" vill be organised by Senior Research Fellows Eswarappa Kasi from the Dept. of Anthropology, and Ramesh C: Malik from the Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies (CALTS), bott at University of Hyderabad. Read their call for papers (as a pdf-file)
– Other South Asia related panels at the Kunming conference include a panel on "Himalaya: Ecology, Adaptability and Culture", organised by Prof. Ajai Pratap Singh, Commission on Anthropology of Small Islands; a panel on "Anthropology of Water", organised by S. Narayan, A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies in Patna; and a panel on "Female Child Migration and Trafficking in Asia", organised by Vijay Prakash Sharma, Advisor of USAID/India – REFORM Project.
• Other conferences connected to South Asian studies arranged all over the World
See SASNET's page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/conferences.html#conf
South Asia related culture in Scandinavia
• Information about South Asia related culture in Scandinavia
See SASNET's page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/culture.html
New and updated items on SASNET web site
• Swedish departments where research on South Asia is going on:
Constantly added to the list of research environments at Swedish universities, presented by SASNET. The full list now includes 214 departments, with detailed descriptions of the South Asia related research and education taking place! Go to http://www.sasnet.lu.se/environment.html
ƒ Dept. of Systems and Software Engineering (APS), School of Engineering, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona/Ronneby
ƒ Dept. of Electroscience, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University
ƒ Dept. of Zoology, Stockholm University
• Several new articles recommended for reading
Look at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/recreading.html for suggestions on interesting new articles on South Asia in International media, and new books published at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/newbooks.html.
• Useful travelling information
Look at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/travelling.html. Updated travel advises from the The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office about safety aspects on travelling to the countries of South Asia.
Best regards,
Anna Lindberg Lars Eklund
SASNET/ Swedish South Asian Studies Network
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The network is open to all sciences. Priority is given to co-operation between disciplines and across faculties, as well as institutions in the Nordic countries and in South Asia. The basic idea is that South Asian studies will be most fruitfully pursued in co-operation between researchers, working in different institutions with a solid base in their mother disciplines.
The network is financed by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and by Lund University.
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Get a head start on your college degree and save thousands of dollars! Students attending BSSM should consider themselves full-time students carrying a full load of coursework. Below are the guidelines for a student to receive academic credit:
Approximately one hour of work outside of class is counted for each hour of class. Therefore 20 hours of class Monday through Thursday should require 20 hours of "homework" for a total of 40 hours a week, plus church meetings.
Practicum Courses
For the purposes of transferable units, practicum courses (such as City Service) count as one hour of class work for every two hours of practicum if this is acceptable to the institution receiving the units.
Grading Criteria
BSSM is entirely pass/no pass. Either you graduate with transferable units for all the classes or for none. Each course syllabus indicates the requirements for successful completion.
Letters of Completion
Students who miss 16 or fewer days, satisfactorily do all their assignments, and have not entered into a Learning Agreement will be given official letters of successful completion for possible transfer to other institutions.
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Author(s): Andrew McDonald
Junior Fiction (Reading Age 7-9 years)
Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! Did you know your city is protected by asecret squad of crime-fighting pigeons? It's true!Withmaster of disguise Rock Pigeon,bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finderHomey, the REAL PIGEONS will solve any mystery and fight any bad guy tokeep the city safe! Perfect for fans ofAaron Blabey's Bad Guysand Dav Pilkey'sDog Manbooks, the Real Pigeons series is a hilariously silly and highly visualintroductionto the joys of reading and crime-fighting for readers 6+. In Real Pigeons Fight Crime, Rock and his mystery-solving friends will tackle their first caseload: Why have all the breadcrumbs disappeared?Who on earth is kidnapping bats? And can the pigeons avert a dinner disaster??


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Like one of those telenovelas that are so popular on Latin American television stations, the slow yet inexorable deterioration of Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, has been soaked in drama and cloying sentimentality.
For almost two years, Chavez has been fighting cancer. And for most of that time, he has been claiming—falsely—to have been cured. But less than two months after winning a fourth term in last October's election, Chavez was spirited back to Cuba, where Fidel Castro's doctors have been treating him...
Moreover, even after he is buried, Chavez's figure will loom large in the political life of Venezuela. Should Henrique Capriles challenge Chavez's successor, it is probable, according to Sammy Eppel, director of the Human Rights Commission of B'nai B'rith Venezuela, that the "shocking anti-Semitic" caricatures used against him last year will emerge again.
As for Chavez himself, Eppel does not hold back. "Chavez will probably be remembered as the one who made Venezuelan Jews feel that for the first time they were not welcome in their own country, a chilling reminder of past tragedies," he told me in an email...more.


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Running Jobs on Socrates
(TORQUE/Maui batching system)
All jobs on socrates must be run through the scheduler. No jobs should be run on the "head node", nor should jobs be started directly on the working nodes.
Batch job scripts are UNIX shell scripts-- text files of commands for the UNIX shell to interpret, similar to what you could execute by typing directly at a keyboard. They contain special comment lines that contain TORQUE directives. TORQUE evolved from software called PBS (Portable Batch System). Consequences of that history are that the TORQUE directive lines begin with #PBS, some environment variables contain "PBS" (such as $PBS_O_WORKDIR in the script below) and the script files themselves typically have a .pbs suffix (although that is not required).
You should always specify the amount of RAM your job needs per node, otherwise the default amount is used. At the time of this writing, the default is 950MB - 950 megabytes. The script below has an example memory allocation.
Executables compiled with the OpenMPI API can be run in batch files simply with the command:
Socrates - Sample Script:
Here is an example job script, diffuse.pbs, for a job to run an OpenMPI program named diffuse. The command
requests 2 processors on 3 computers - 6 cores in total.
The adjacent command
requests 2GB (2 gigabytes) of RAM be allocated for this job.
#Sample PBS Script for use with OpenMPI on Socrates
#Jason Hlady
# Begin PBS directives for defaults
# All torque (batching scheduler commands) begin with #PBS for historical reasons
# Default is for serial job: one processor on one node
# can override this with qsub at the command line, or alter it in the script
# in the form of nodes=X:ppn=Y
# X = number of computers : Y = number of processors per computer
#PBS -l nodes=3:ppn=2
#PBS -l mem=2GB
# There are other directives to control the maximum time your job will take.
# These are walltime and cput. Both use the format hours:minutes:seconds (hh:mm:ss)
# This would stop your job after 3 days: #PBS -l walltime 72:00:00
# This would stop your job after 200 cpu-hours (total): #PBS -l cput 200:00:00
# There are also maximum values that cannot be overridden.
# Job name which will show up in queue, job output
# Remove the second # from below line and rename job
#Optional: join error and output into one stream
#PBS -j oe
# Debugging section for PBS
echo "Node $PBS_NODEFILE :"
echo "---------------------"
cat $PBS_NODEFILE
echo "---------------------"
echo "Shell is $SHELL"
NUM_PROCS=`/bin/awk 'END {print NR}' $PBS_NODEFILE`
echo "Running on $NUM_PROCS processors."
echo "which mpirun = `which mpirun`"
### Run the application
# shows what node the app started on--useful for serial jobs
echo `hostname`
cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR
echo "Current working directory is `pwd`"
echo "Starting run at: `date`"
# change the program name from "./diffuse" in the below line between the hash marks
# to the name of your executable
mpirun ./diffuse
echo "Program finished with exit code $? at: `date`"
exit 0
To submit the script called diffuse.pbs to the batch job handling system, use the qsub command as below:
qsub diffuse.pbs
To check on the status of all the jobs on the system, type:
To limit the listing to show just the jobs associated with your user name, type:
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To delete a job, use the qdel command with the jobid assigned from qsub:
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- Touring Bikes
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- Cruiser bikes
- Sidecar Outfit
- Learner Leagal Bikes
Ride some of the best roads in the British Isles:
There can be no doubt the Southwest of England has some of the most enjoyable roads to ride in the UK. It is said that almost 40% of the land in the Southwest of England is protected as either National Park or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We are privileged to be located on the very edge of Dartmoor National Park with its rugged moorland and yet within a 40 minute motorcycle ride, you can find yourself overlooking stunning beaches and amazing coastline. It really is a special place to visit and there can be no better way to travel around this beautiful part of the country, than on two wheels.


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Kennford pink cottage owners ordered to repaint home
A couple who painted their 17th Century cottage a vivid shade of pink have been told they must repaint it a less vibrant colour.
Teignbridge District Council denied retrospective planning permission for the listed building in Kennford, Devon, saying any repainting needed consent.
Owner Ann Kennedy argued it had "always been this shade of pink" and their work merely restored the previous hue.
The council gave the owners three years to repaint it in an agreed colour.
'Storm in a teacup'
Ms Kennedy argued Lantern Cottage, a thatched cob building, had historically been pink and she was only returning it to its former state.
She also said she sent the council proof of the colour the house was when she bought it.
The authority's planning committee turned down the application by 17 votes to three.
The council said consent was needed before any alterations were made to a listed building that were likely to affect its character or appearance.
Councillor Mary Colclough claimed the new colour was "not in keeping with the village".
Her argument was supported by councillor Joan Lambert, who said the cottage "was garish and doesn't fit in to the local area".
She said: "It is the wrong type of pink, as it is particularly vibrant."
However, councillor Mike Walters argued the situation was "a storm in a teacup".
He said: "The cottage has brightened the area up."
Committee chairman councillor Humphrey Clemens said: "We have a responsibility to support our conservation officers and the applicant should have to apply for an acceptable colour."
Ms Kennedy said she was "a bit upset" at the decision.
She said: "They've given us three years to do it, so that's a bit of a compromise on their part.
"Everybody sees colour differently. What one person sees as garish, another can see as acceptable."


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We are proud to announce the latest in a series of expansions with the opening of our new office in London!
The continued success of our browser, social and mobile titles – which have over 200m users – and some exciting new collaborations have prompted us to make this move.
Olliver Heins, previously general manager at NaturalMotion and head of games at Goodgame Studios, will oversee the new office, drawing on his experience building free-to-play games at Goodgame. We very much look forward to working with him!
"I'm thrilled to join the Plarium team to create the next generation of triple-A RPG games for mobile platforms," he said.
Plarium CEO and co-founder Avi Shalel added: "When Plarium was founded with just a few members in a small shared office in Israel, we knew we started something that would have a major impact on gamers around the globe.Opening this new office is necessary to ensure we are able to bring the same level of attention, quality and community involvement that our fans expect from us as we grow more rapidly in the mobile game space."


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Understanding Diabetic Ulcer ,Prevention and Treatment
A diabetic ulcer can normally be found on the legs or the feet. Diabetic foot complications are the highest cause of (non-traumatic) lower extremity amputations in both the Unites States and Great Britain. Most of these diabetic foot amputations have one thing in common; they begin with a diabetic ulcer. It is important to understand the process, the treatment and prevention of these harmful conditions, in order to create an effective plan and take measures in either stopping them from persisting or restoring the condition to a manageable state once it has begun.
Being diagnosed with diabetes can be difficult to process. It means there may have to be changes made to daily living as a means of accommodating the pitfalls associated with the disease. If any or all of these steps are not taken, then certain physical symptoms may appear. One of the main issues that plays a major role with physical symptoms is the blood glucose level. Keeping the blood glucose level within a healthy range is one of the greatest challenges for diabetics. Over time, erratic ranges can lead to poor circulation, especially in the lower extremities. Combine this with the fact that lack of control of blood glucose levels can also lead to poor wound healing. Most doctors (primary care) do not examine the feet during office visits.
A diabetic ulcer can be described as a poorly healing ulcer usually on the feet, normally caused by a combination of diabetes induced vascular disease and diabetes induced foot neuropathy. These two processes can thus lead to ischemia as a result of the pressure in the soft tissues against bone rominences. As a result of which the acute wound healing process is slowed down. This will affect the cell proliferation and protein synthesis.Both of them will decrease.
A diabetic ulcer a common long term complication of diabetes that can be complicated by peripheral vascular disease. Such an ulcer is most likely to occur on the bottom of the feet, but they can occur on the tops of the toes as well. Due to diabetic neuropathy, it is common for ulcers to go undetected for long periods of time. Symptoms may include sores ,ulceration or blisters, difficulty with simple tasks such as standing or walking, discoloration on the foot or around the ankle, swelling of the same area and possibly a fever (due to an infection).
Risk Factors
The most common risk factors for diabetic ulcer formation include structural foot deformity, diabetic neuropathy, and peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
The best tip for prevention is careful monitoring of all activity that is related to diabetes-this means frequent exercise, a carefully planned diet and proper dosage of insulin and medication when needed. This also includes adjustments when necessary. Always maintain proper hygiene with the feet, cleaning them on a daily basis. Have the feet examined during a regular visit to your primary physician. Make sure that shoes fit properly. Improperly fitted shoes may create blisters. Prevention of a diabetic ulcer begins with the right attitude. Acceptance of the changes in lifestyle that come with diabetes is the first step in the prevention of a diabetic ulcer.
Treatment may vary, depending on the stage of the diabetic ulcer. Keep in mind that once the ulcer has appeared, it will not go away without treatment of the condition. In other words, it will not heal itself. There are medications that will enable the wound to heal if it is in the early stage. By cleansing the diabetic wounds frequently, the individual can avoid any further infections. Antibiotics can also help in reventing infection. If the wound is already infected, then there may be problems with high blood sugar. There may be a need for a skin graft in later stages of an ulcer. Bypass surgery and removal of dead tissue may be done to prevent amputation as a result of diabetic foot sores.
Being given that foot ulceration is one of the most common complications in diabetes mellitus, there exists much controversy concerning the proper dressing care of the ulcer in diabetic patients. This is the reason why standards of care have not yet been defined. There are many questions regarding the best dressing to be applied and how often such dressing should be changed.


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From the Foreword: The following account represents a significant look at a half century of U.S. Marine Corps effort in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. This has been and is still the location of the Corps cold weather and mountain training facility. Over time the needs and demands for Marines and units prepared to operate under these conditions waxed and waned with the real world requirements of deployed forces. This was reflected in the realities of conflicts in the Korean Peninsula, the Cold War's northern and southern flanks, and in the current Global War in Terrorism fight in Afghanistan and elsewhere. While the future is often uncertain, this firm look at the past is useful to show how previous challenges have prompted creative and innovative responses. This is as much a story of evolution as an institution.--p. iii.This purchase alone cost $56.50. To not put this special gear to use in bad weather would have been a waste, and for the thrifty Cochrane, awastea was a sin that was second only to idleness. aThroughout our absence, a he later wrote in his report to the Commandant, adrills and instructions were unremitting. ... The German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prinz Eugen had two weeks earlier been raiding in the shipping lanes ... Courtesy of Col James A. Donovan land on 16 August 1941.
|The U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, 1951-2001
|Orlo K. Steele, Michael I. Moffett
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You may remember a month or so back I reviewed the Harry & David Moose Munch Milk Chocolate Bar, which earned itself a very credible 8.0 out of 10. These Moose Munch bars are Liz from **I SHOP 4 YOU II** favourite bars, and I must say given the success of the milk chocolate version I was looking forward to this dark variant. This dark variant included all the same fudge, popcorn, caramel and nut ingredients, just all coated in a 'rich dark chocolate'.
Weighing in at the same 56.0g this was yet another massively fulfilling bar. There was some partial blooming on the bar, though I decided not to penalise it for this due to the large distance and variable conditions the bar travelled to get to me. On the whole I still thought it was presented well, with a good standard wrapper and even a plastic tray included for protection. I was pretty disappointed by the smell of the product, it wasn't that it smelt bad ... it was just it had no real forthcoming scent at all ... never a good thing as it meant there was no growth of anticipation.
This bar seemed far more packed full of the nut, popcorn and fudge elements compared to the previous milk chocolate version I reviewed. To coin my own phrase, the dark chocolate was very 'mass consumer friendly' in it's flavours, it was nowhere near what I would describe as a massively cocoa intensive taste. It noticeably lacked sweetness in comparison to the milk chocolate variant, and was quite dominant in regard to the other flavours of the bar. The added elements seemed a bit more lost in the context of the dark chocolate, the popcorn in particular really struggled to establish a firm flavour base. Of course all the different elements added an wonderful array of textures ... the nuts were crunchy, popcorn fluffy and the caramel and fudge added a smoothness to the middle of the bar. The dark chocolate flavour lasted for a long time in the mouth and could be tasted for a long duration after eating the bar.
Overall this dark chocolate variant provided a largely satisfying experience, though I think it is marginally inferior to the milk chocolate variant. Despite the dark chocolate not being as intense as it possibly could have been, it was still largely dominant, and nullified the flavours of the nuts, popcorn, fudge and caramel just that little bit more in comparison to the milk chocolate bar. These added elements were better proportioned in this bar, though I think this is something that is somewhat mostly down to luck. If you get the chance to try the Moose Munch range it is one that comes with my recommendation - its not the highest scoring range by any means, but it is certainly a unique one and well worth trying.
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CBeebies fixes lineup for the year
MUMBAI: BBC has announced that Michael Carrington, controller of kids broadcaster CBeebies, has unveilled Autumn 2008 schedule packed with new home-grown programmes, showcasing shows for 0?6-year-olds made in the UK.
Kicking off the new schedule, from today 1 September, sees the return of the pre-school show In The Night Garden to CBeebies Bedtime Hour at 6.20 pm with 20 new episodes.
Carrington says, "As promised earlier this year, we're delighted to be able to welcome back In The Night Garden to CBeebies Bedtime Hour with a raft of new episodes."
Comedy is present with the puppet series, Nuzzle and Scratch, starring two incompetent alpacas who work at a job agency for animals.
Following the international success of Lazytown, CBeebies has the new UK series Lazytown Extra. This is a magazine show featuring favourite Lazytown characters guaranteed to be non-stop fun.
Comic legend Lenny Henry and actress Imelda Staunton lend their vocal talents to Big And Small, a vibrant puppet series celebrating the differences between two best friends offering fun-filled adventure injected with infectious humour and music.
Carrington adds, "Comedy takes centre stage on CBeebies this Autumn with a line-up of new, originated British content. Plus we're developing new formats like Lazytown Extra and bringing big names to the channel."
Other shows for this season on CBeebies include Postman Pat SDS (Special Delivery Service). Postman Pat has been promoted and now has a whole range of vehicles and gadgets to help him deliver the mail on time!
Then a new CGI series takes Thomas The Tank Engine to the next level, called Chuggington. Meanwhile Little Big Cat accompanies the BBC One event Big Cat Live with CBeebies' Sidney Sloane travelling to Africa to meet the local children and provide regular updates.


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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large saute pan, heat the butter. When the butter is melted, add the lobster meat and saute until the lobster meat has turned red. Add the Cognac and flame. Stir in the carrots, celery, shallots, and garlic. Add the port, bouquet garni, and 2 3/4 cup of the creme fraiche. Season with salt and pepper. Cover the saute pan and simmer for 15 minutes on low heat. Remove the lobster meat. Chop the claw and tail meat into 1/4 inch slices. Whisk in the reserved coral and tomalley into the cream mixture. Fold in the lobster meat and pasta. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the mixture between the 6 individual ramekins. In a small mixing bowl, whisk the remaining creme fraiche until thick. Fold in the egg yolk and Gruyere. Season with salt and pepper. Top each ramekin with the cheese mixture. Place in the oven and cook for 8-10 minutes or until the top is lightly browned. Place on a plate. Garnish with whole lobster claw meat, grated cheese, long chives, and chopped chives.
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Shoppers can find products for sale online at Mysisterwifescloset.com. The online store sells apparel products, such as women's t-shirts, scarves, hats and aprons. The types of hats sold on My Sisterwife's Closet include knitted beanies and animal hats.
The store also includes jewelry, such as necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings. Shoppers can find baby products, such as quilts. Customers can also find children's hats and bags for sale, including messenger bags and animal hats. The assortment of My Sisterwife's Closet merchandise also includes beauty products, such as handmade soap and lotion bars.
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ("Honda") is currently being examined by the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau ("Bureau") on matters related to a transfer pricing*1 issue. In the examination, the Bureau claims that the allocation of the total profit Honda and its Chinese joint venture companies earned from their automobile business in China was not an "arms' length" allocation but rather that too much of this total profit was realized by the Chinese joint venture companies over the five-year period ended March 31, 2006.
Honda considers corporate governance to be one of its highest corporate management priorities. Honda established prices for its transactions with the Chinese joint venture companies that were intended to comply with the local laws and regulations of both Japan and China and result in the appropriate amount of taxes in both Japan and China. Despite Honda's continuous assertion over the course of the examination that the allocation of profit between Honda and the Chinese joint venture companies was arms' length, Honda has not, as of March 31, 2008 or today, been able to reach an agreement with the Bureau on this issue.
Honda prepares its consolidated financial statement in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP"). According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 ("FIN48")*2, if a tax position is not considered to be more-likely-than-not of being sustained upon examination, a liability for the unrecognized tax benefit needs to be recognized. In accordance with FIN48, Honda has estimated and recognized a liability and tax expense, including the portion related to this transfer pricing issue, in its consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2008.
The recognition of the liability does not indicate that, as of today, Honda has received the final result of the tax examination. As the examination has not been completed and is ongoing, Honda will be making continuous efforts, by providing factual explanations, to facilitate the
Bureau's understanding of Honda's assertion.
Honda did not recognize any tax contingent liability related to this tax issue in its stand alone financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Japan and general accounting practices in Japan.
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Taxation rules require that a price used for transactions between related entities-a "transfer price"-be the same as would be used in arms' length transactions between unrelated entities because the resulting amounts of taxable income earned by the related entities will then be the same as would be earned by unrelated parties. When related parties do not use an arms' length price in their transactions, their taxable income is calculated by applying the price that would be used for arms' length transactions between unrelated entities. The taxation rules regarding transfer pricing were introduced in Japan in 1986.
Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes." If a tax position is not considered to be more-likely-than-not of being sustained upon examination, a liability for the unrecognized tax benefit needs to be recognized. Honda adopted FIN48 as of April 1, 2007.


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Bacon's Castle: 17th Century Garden
A highlight of any visit to Bacon's Castle is a stop at the 17th-century garden to see what is in bloom. This reconstructed garden replicates what was on site during the lifetime of Arthur Allen and his son and is based on archaeological evidence as well as a careful study of surviving documents. The project was generously sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia.
The plan for the garden is a rectangular grid divided into six planting beds. White sand walkways give access to the planting beds. A brick wall at the north end of the garden provides wind protection and sun-reflected warmth for the starting bed at its base. Near the foundations of outbuildings around the garden archaeologists found wine bottles bearing the seals of Arthur Allen.
Only plant varieties that were grown in the late 17th century are cultivated at the Castle garden. Plants of that time that we know today include Larkspur, Hollyhocks, Snapdragons, and Columbine. Less common heirlooms that still flourish at the Castle include Elecampane, Sensitive Plant, Celandine Poppy, Sweet Rocket, and Love Lies Bleeding Amaranth. Heirloom plants give us a glimpse of our ancestry-they are living hand-me-downs. These plants are often more vigorous, flavorful, colorful and reliable than today's hybrids.


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Element: Water
Quality: Mutable
Color: Mauve, Lilac, Purple, Violet, Sea green
Day: Thursday
Ruler: Neptune, Jupiter
Greatest Overall Compatibility: Virgo, Taurus
Lucky Numbers: 3, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24
Date range: February 19 - March 20
Strengths: Compassionate, artistic, intuitive, gentle, wise, musical
Weaknesses: Fearful, overly trusting, sad, desire to escape reality, can be a victim or a martyr
Pisces likes: Being alone, sleeping, music, romance, visual media, swimming, spiritual themes
Pisces dislikes: Know-it-all, being criticized, the past coming back to haunt, cruelty of any kind
Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back.
Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.
Their ruling planet is Neptune, so Pisces are more intuitive than others and have an artistic talent. Neptune is connected to music, so Pisces reveal music preferences in the earliest stages of life. They are generous, compassionate and extremely faithful and caring.
People born under the Pisces sign have an intuitive understanding of the life cycle and thus achieve the best emotional relationship with other beings.
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Questor says Hold
At the time we put a buy on the retailer arguing it was at last emerging from under the shadow of its private equity-owned, highly indebted, past.
"The chain came to epitomise the so-called "quick flip"," Questor argued, "where private-equity houses buy a business cheaply, load it up with debt and then sell or float it at a huge profit a couple of years later. However, in recent years Debenhams has shaken off this tag."
We think Thursday's results back up the view we took last year. In what was Rob Templeman's last results presentation as chief executive, he announced a further strengthening of the company's balance sheet. The company paid down £165m of debt during the six-month period, taking its total debt burden to £350m or 1.3-times earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Taking the debt position at flotation five years ago, £1.7bn, as the starting point this represents a significant achievement.
What Mr Templeman has been striving to do at Debenhams is create a retailer that is benefiting from growth areas, such as international expansion and online retailing; is protected through the historical resilience of core areas such as fashion and beauty; and is increasingly focused on controlling its own destiny through in-house designer brands.
The package Mr Templeman is leaving his successor is encouraging – or at least we think so. Unfortunately the market does not always agree.
Since Questor last tipped Debs the price has fallen 12.4pc. This is broadly in line with the sector although slightly more than some of the company's nearest competitors, such as Next.
What will change the downward trend in Deb's share price? The announcement of Templeman's departure won't be any help. But the succession planning, with deputy chief executive Michael Sharp stepping into Mr Templeman's shoes in September, could hardly be smoother. The ongoing Government squeeze on spending cannot help either.
However, there are some bright spots. Debs has just resumed paying a dividend, 1p at interim level. Its price to earnings ratio is 9.1, in line with its nearest rivals, and there could be some good economic news around the corner. As Mr Templeman explained on Thursday, he expects commodity prices, particularly cotton, to fall next year as more supply hits the market.
True, there is not much the company can do about the wider economic picture, Government cuts and the increase in VAT.
Investors who take a particularly gloomy view of what these issues will mean for the retail sector may like to think twice about getting involved with Debenhams or its peers.
The shadow of Debenham's private-equity past may still linger in the minds of some investors but there is little reason for it. Questor feels there is growth potential in this stock. International expansion, continued focus on profit margins and growth of its online presence should lead to steady, if sometimes unspectacular growth. For the moment we are sticking with the company.
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Published on December 03, 2012
Steve Horsley has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cone Health. Horsley will assume this role on Jan. 1 following the retirement of John Jenkins on Dec. 31.
Horsley joined Cone Health as Vice President and Associate Chief Information Officer in November 2010 and helped spearhead the implementation of Cone HealthLink – the state-of-the-art electronic medical records system at Cone Health.
"Steve has provided exceptional direction not only for the IT team but also for staff and physicians as we undertook this ambitious and transformative project," says Terry Akin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Cone Health. "Steve and John have worked closely for the past two years, and we could not ask for a better successor for this role."
Before coming to Cone Health, Horsley was the chief technology officer at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. Prior to that, he was director for planning, integration and information services at Group Health, also in Seattle. He has an MBA from the University of Colorado at Denver.
Jenkins joined Cone Health in 1998. As Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jenkins was responsible for building and maintaining the technical infrastructure connecting the five hospitals and more than 100 clinics that comprise the Cone Health network.
"John has been instrumental in developing the high-caliber teams needed to bring our very aggressive information technology plans to fruition," Akin says. "His leadership style has been vital in bringing us to today and in laying the groundwork for tomorrow."
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Back in 1980 something i graduated from college with a psychology degree. I did not go directly into a psychology practice per say, instead i became a business owner, a wife, a mother, all in that order. I quickly found out that the most challenging, and definitely the most rewarding part of my life was raising my girls and preparing them the best way i could, for the life ahead of them. Like most mothers, i would seek advice from my parents, my sister, and my close trusted friends about this and that regarding parenting. My dearest friend carole and i always shared many different ways of parenting with each other over the years. We never stopped trying to figure out ways to help our own kids get through 'kid problems.' that is how we stumbled upon the ideas which are presented in the empowered youth audio series. Our ideas proved sucessful and since we had always wanted to reach out beyond our own families, the next logical step was to duplicate our ideas and put them out into the world . our pure intention was to help each and every family by giving their children extra tools for better living. I believe in divine inspiration and we were truly inspired to create this company. My dream is to help each and every child/teen to live a better life by becoming more accepting of themselves. This will allow them to feel more joy and peace in their world.
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1979-1987 : Mr Major's Written Parliamentary Answer on Supplementary Benefit
Below is the text of Mr Major's written Parliamentary Answer on Supplementary Benefit on 20th January 1986.
Mr. Walters Asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has received any representations from individuals seeking to reveal the addresses of supplementary benefit claimants for the purpose of private litigation to recover outstanding debts.
Mr. Major Requests of this kind have been received from time to time. For reasons of preserving confidentiality, addresses of claimants are not provided to other individuals for the purpose of pursuing private litigation in which the Department does not have a direct interest.
Mr. Walters Asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will seek powers to introduce a scheme whereby his Department deducts specific amounts from supplementary benefit claimants who have changed addresses and cannot be traced by individual creditors.
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Dr. Larry Martinelli and other ID physicians in private clinical practice focus on patient care, expecting to see a broad spectrum of infectious diseases in outpatient and inpatient settings. ID specialists can play a major role in antibiotic formulary selection, hospital infection control and employee health, and local community infectious disease issues.
Private PracticeLubbock, Texas
Larry Martinelli, MD, never felt the desire to "own an organ." While many of his medical school colleagues were narrowly focusing their futures on specific body systems and functions, he found himself drawn to a specialty that required big-picture thinking. "In infectious diseases, we don't have a specific body system or organ that's ours," he explains. "We have to deal with everything—the whole patient, all the organs, everywhere they've been, everything they've done. Wwe maintain a very broad knowledge base. And we eventually interact with all the medical subspecialties, even surgical. At some point, every specialty needs help from ID."
A graduate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Martinelli completed his internal medicine training at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver and an infectious diseases fellowship at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is a partner in a three-physician infectious diseases practice in Lubbock, Texas, and clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. A tireless volunteer, he recently received an IDSA Society Citation for his dedication and exemplary service to the field of infectious diseases.
Dr. Martinelli most enjoys the variety and detective work that characterize private practice in ID. Take, for example, a case early in his career when he was asked to examine a woman who had been scratched by her dog about 18 hours earlier. "When I saw her, her arm was literally rotting off," he says, adding that other physicians were baffled by the condition. "I looked at her arm, got a quick history, and realized it had to be group A strep. They all looked at me like I was nuts."
But he wasn't. Even though necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating disease, was a relatively unknown condition at the time, Dr. Martinelli recognized it. The woman was rushed into surgery based on his diagnosis. She survived. "It's cases like that where you either figure it out quickly or the patient is going to die," he says. "ID is about solving the mysteries. It's figuring out the really complex, difficult cases when nobody else has a clue what's going on. You put it all together, and the light bulb comes on. That's what I love about this job."
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