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We read with interest Drs. Rezvanian and Watson's report of Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) treatment with clarithromycin.1 We appreciate their expansion upon our work using GABA-A receptor antagonists, including flumazenil and clarithromycin, for hypersomnia disorders.2–4 Our experience treating four KLS patients with clarithromycin follows.
In patient 1, clarithromycin 500 mg bid was added to chronic bupropion at spell onset. His next three episodes were truncated. After stopping clarithromycin, he experienced 3 typical episodes. Resuming clarithromycin at his next spell again decreased symptoms, and he remains on intermittent clarithromycin.
Patient 2 was treated unsuccessfully with oxcarbazepine, amphetamine/dextroamphetamine, modafinil, and theophylline. Clarithromycin 250 mg bid during a spell resulted in immediate improvement, which was sustained over one week. One week after then discontinuing clarithromycin, KLS symptoms returned.
Patient 3 experienced 3 KLS episodes/ year despite modafinil, amantadine, and bromocriptine. Clarithromycin was titrated to 500 mg tid for daily use. His only KLS episode during the next 10 months coincided with discontinuation of clarithromycin. However, he then developed a KLS episode while taking clarithromycin and decided to discontinue treatment, citing side effects.
Patient 4 experienced mild improvement from modafinil during an episode, while clarithromycin resulted in marked improvement. Despite accompanying nausea, she plans to take clarithromycin (500 mg bid) with subsequent episodes.
All four KLS patients responded at least partially to clarithromycin, and benefit was sometimes sustained. Thus, in some KLS patients there might be a role for clarithromycin use, although optimal timing of treatment (e.g., chronic or only during a spell) remains to be determined. Given KLS's medication-refractory nature, a medication effective in even a subgroup of patients may have clinical importance.
We agree that essential questions remain about mechanisms of KLS and clarithromycin. The activity of clarithromycin on GABA-A receptors5 is a parsimonious explanation for a benefit in sleepiness. However, the failure of flumazenil during a KLS episode, reported in two prior cases6 and in patients #1 and #2 above, suggests an alternate mechanism may be at work. Clarithromycin's anti-inflammatory actions might affect sleepiness via a reduction in soporific cytokines, or its antibiotic properties might result in a beneficial alteration in gut flora. Further treatment and mechanistic evaluations of clarithromycin are warranted.
Dr. Trotti reports no conflicts of interest. Dr. Bliwise has served as a consultant for Ferring, New England Research Institute, Vantia, and Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Rye has received honoraria from or has consultancies with Jazz Pharmaceuticals, UCB Pharm, and Xenoport, and has US20110028418A1 patent pending for use of flumazenil in treating hypersomnia.
Trotti LM; Bliwise DL; Rye DB. Further experience using clarithromycin in patients with Kleine-Levin Syndrome. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(4):457-458.
Rezvanian E, Watson NF, authors. Kleine-Levin syndrome treated with clarithromycin. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013;9:1211–2. [PubMed]
Rye DB, Bliwise DL, Parker K, et al., authors. Modulation of vigilance in the primary hypersomnias by endogenous enhancement of GABAA receptors. Sci Transl Med. 2012;4:161ra51
Trotti LM, Saini P, Freeman AA, et al., authors. Clarithromycin for the treatment of hypersomnia: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. Sleep. 2013;36:A248(Abstract Supplement).
Trotti LM, Saini P, Freeman AA, et al., authors. Improvement in daytime sleepiness with clarithromycin in patients with GABA-related hypersomnia: clinical experience. J Psychopharmacol. 2013 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269881113515062.
Garcia PS, Jenkins A, authors. Inhibition of the GABA(A) receptor by a macrolide but not by a lincosamide antibiotic. In: Proceedings of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2009, abstract number A1385.
Katz JD, Ropper AH, authors. Familial Kleine-Levin syndrome: two siblings with unusually long hypersomnic spells. Arch Neurol. 2002;59:1959–61. [PubMed]


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Great book. It has broken down the role of game and the core of RPGs in a way that I have not read before. I have read a lot of GM tips good and listened to numberous podcasts on the subject. This is the most consice and well thought out guide or content by far.
I downloaded it as a $0.00 donation. I am not going back and giving $10. Great job.
Tobiah Q. Panshin's The Game Master is an interesting book from front to back, one which is both wonderful and cringe-worthy at the same time. Of all things, perhaps its worst is its inconsistency; verging from academic-styled formal writing to wonderfully light informal prose, it does few things explicitly wrong but doesn't seem to know where it is. Nonetheless, it's something that I would recommend, with a caveat.
The Game Master, for instance, is aimed at novices, and while it's not terribly difficult to read and does a decent job at explaining its terminology (sometimes after using it nonchalantly), it has some things that are both not terribly applicable to a new player or GM, and can potentially cause more harm than good. While it's generally thoughtful, there are several instances of hyperbole (for instance, the statement that a freshly created vampire in Vampire: the Masquerade can shrug off machine gun fire) and it tends to do an odd mix of advanced theoretical work and some really weak practical examples.
Perhaps my favorite part of the whole book is its dissertations on narrative; while not a focus of the piece it has some things that would have helped many of the novice GM's I know incredibly. Is it the best source for this? I'm not entirely sure. The book does a good job of discussing the role of group narrative but often leaves bits and pieces that I'd like to see out, something that doesn't do too much harm to the general point of the book as an introduction to gaming but hinders it in its value. Still, the sections on narrative are well-made and I'd recommend them to anyone either as a refresher or an eye-opener. Unfortunately, some of the more game-related things do not fall into the category of being so wholly beneficial. While it's clear that Tobiah has a great understanding of roleplaying as a hobby and a great conceptualization of various games within the context of the whole canon of gaming, the writing within has the unfortunate effect of transferring very little of it to the reader. There are footnotes that are assertively unhelpful (one, for instance, points out the meaning of the term "min-max" the page after a prior footnote uses it), and a lot of blanket assessments that are just not accurate, though they may be true in a handful of cases. The actual game advice is much less helpful than the deconstruction of narrative forms that create a satisfying table experience. A lot of this may be my own personal opinion, of course, since as Panshin recognizes much of gaming revolves around having fun, and different people will have different definitions and sources of fun.
All-in-all, The Game Master is not a conclusive resource for advice on running a game, nor is it the first thing I'd hand a prospective player or game master and tell them to read through it and gain some sort of inviolate knowledge of gaming. Of course, such a thing will probably never be written-such is the nuanced nature of gaming. I'd place it in the mid-range; something for someone who's run a few games and formed their own opinions on how things work, or who already has a basic knowledge of how things work-it's a wonderful contribution to the theory of gaming and play but not necessarily a solution to the ills of a novice.
It's available on a pay-what-you-want basis, and despite my harsh criticisms and the general fluctuating quality, I'd give The Game Master a 4/5, and actually recommend that anyone reads it, at least a little, because there are valuable perspectives to be had here.
The Game Master is a book that gives a great understanding of the dynamics of gaming groups. In easy terms, Tobiah describes how to assemble a group of friends into a cohesive party and lead them, with a willing and helpful Game Master, consistently, into one enjoyable and successful role playing experience after another. His methods are usable across all genres of role playing, from Sci-fi to Steam Punk to Fantasy .
After a quick explanation and discussion of what a role playing game is, we are shown a breakdown of the component parts of the game.
Now its onto Assembling the Group, starting with The Group Contract. For character creation, its necessary to examine the goals for both the players and the GM. Were told that for the players, its just to create a character with stats but for the GM, he must ensure that the character don`t feel thrown into the midst of a game. To achieve this end, Tobiah has come up with 4 excellent suggestions as follows
-The characters should fit the game.
-The characters should fit the setting.
-The characters should fit the campaign.
-The characters should fit the the group.
The discussion of character creation then moves onto the 4 Golden Rules which are so on point that I have printed them out and have posted them on the wall above me where my players can see them at all times during play sessions.
I am also considering using Tobiah's idea, which he calls "Funny Hat Gaming" in my own games. Funny Hat Gaming is a term that he uses to describe the way we, as participants, portray nonhuman races and he suggests that all player characters be human...leaving the elves, dwarves, and halflings to regain their other worldliness.
Tobiah puts down on paper something I have always striven to do for my characters and usually ask of my players...create useful backgrounds but he takes a new and innovative approach to this as well. He explains the purpose of the background and how it is really more for the GM than the player. He also gives us a looks at what a bad background would be.
Throughout his book, Tobiah uses examples from pop culture from over the last 40 years that most of us rpg geeks use regularly in our games and most of us probably regurgitate quotes from during every game session we play in. His references to his games make me think he was part of my gaming group over the last 33 years of my participation in role playing.
I have not finished reading Tobiah Panshins but I will and Ive already recommended to over 10 people in my 2 gaming groups and at my local hobby store. I know if you are into Rpgìng you must get this book! Especially you GM`s!
On the whole, this is a good book. It contains excellent advice on structuring the character creation process. Including putting requirements and limitations on the writing of character backgrounds. I have only one major point of contention, but it is such a big issue that its worth knocking off a star. The author claims that homebrewing settings is a waste of time when there are already so many published settings, and doesn't even consider homebrewing systems. I strongly disagree with this. Homebrewing can be a fun and superior alternative to spending money on setting books, and it avoids the potential problem of failing to live up to the encyclopedic standards of some setting fans.
There is a lot of good in this document, and I particularly applaud the succinct chapter XII (Too Long;Didn't Read) and recommend it to those who are starting out on the road to becoming a great GM. The preceding eleven chapters are also well-written, though experienced GMs (myself included) will undoubtedly find passages that they don't agree with. Even new GMs are probably passing fair players already and will take exception to certain parts or inferences. Good! One size does not fit all. But this volume would feel less preachy if there was a disclaimer of opinion in the author's notes or the opening chapter.
This book is good. Read it and prepare to have some knowledge dropped!
I've been more GM than player in my time, and I found some good insights and helpful tips in here. It's one I'll refer to many times. Next time I'm ramping up for a campaign, I'll definitely have this handy.
It is surprisingly easy to read, too! And the illustrations, while corny were for the most part entertaining and added quite a bit to my enjoyment of the book.
My only beef: the author comes down seriously hard on playing non-human characters. While I agree that they are often reduced to "funny-hats" I believe that a player (or GM!) who really wants to wrap his/her brain around a different alien race should give it a try. It can be a lot of fun!
Bonus points also go to this book for being very genre neutral. So much stuff is heavily weighted towards that one big ol' fantasy game, it was nice to see a "how-to" that was broadly applicable.
Well worth reading. Thanks!

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The University of Nebraska-Omaha named Julie Cornell and Andrew Ozaki the recipients of this year's Andy Award on Wednesday.
Omaha doctor Joseph Dumba travels to Africa once a year with other Omaha doctors to provide medical care for those without it.
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I served at Minot AFB, ND, 463rd Combat Support Group around 1970, 1971. Helped maintain the 465L system and visited various LCF's as some of my equipment was in the capsule. Active duty 1967-1976."Why not Minot" was the cliche'. I can think of a few reasons why not, but I'll let it lie. Thank you for your service!Reggie
Honest question: I served 20 years in the Air Force but I never heard of a Marine being drafted. Did that service draft young men? I always assumed it was a volunteer branch of the military.
I had to look it up to make sure I remembered it correctly. There were close to 43,000 men drafted into the USMC between 1966 and 1970.
The Marines had a draft during the Vietnam war. In fact, I was drafted into the Marines but nobody knew it but me. Here's the story.When I was at the Oakland, CA Induction Center (March 1969), my group was all sitting down in chairs. Then one of the officials standing said "We need six volunteers from this group for the Marines-who Volunteers?" I think there was two who did volunteer for the Marines, but that was all. So the guy points at four others, one of them being me, saying you four just volunteered for the US Marines--stand over there". I have no doubt he pointed at me, but the guy in the chair behind me got up first, so I just sat there.I will always wonder what happened to that guy who went in my place.BTW, I got drafted into the army as an 11B (Infantry), Central Highland Jungles, B-3-8, 4TH Infantry Div. But I got out of Vietnam without as much as a scratch.-Don- Reno, NV
Good decision TomThis should help to refocus the positive aspect of this thread.
He's not a veteran yet, but our eldest Grandson just reported to Parris Island for Marine Boot camp Monday morning. He is to go to Ft. Leonard Wood after Boot Camp for Military Police training. Yeah, Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop are proud of him!
Infantry Medic, Bravo 1/52, 198 LIB, American Div. Chu Lia. March '70 - Feb '71.Vietnam is part of who I am, but I have refused to let it define me.Looking forward to a reunion with some of the guys I served with next month.Tom
Paul, Sounds like we've walked common ground. Humped to Stinson many times, but never got on Dottie. I didn realize that a road to Stinson was built in '71. Thou I know one exists now as one of our guys has been back several times and shared pictures.I'm on my way now through Iowa to attend our Company reunion in Minneapolis. I've reconnected with a number of guys I served with and have found the bonds we formed still remain.I've seen a number of your posts and wondered what part of Iowa you are in. I'm from the IL Quad Cities.Tom
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Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Imatinib may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
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Imatinib may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom). Throw away any medication that is outdated or no longer needed. Talk to your pharmacist about the proper disposal of your medication.
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
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Mipaliw, to practice the intention of beauty out of mutual assistance.
9 local and 2 international artists, after a month long residency in Fengbin Township and with the help from each other as well as from local habitants , completed their artworks in Shitiping and Fuxing, creating 11 eye-catching installations that bring a whole new scenery to the East Coast
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Memories Interwoven and Overlapped: Post-Martial Law Era Ink Painting in Taiwan
"Memories Interwoven and Overlapped: Post-Martial Law Era Ink Painting in Taiwan" features works of diverse categories and media, including ink and wash painting, meticulous heavy color painting, gouache painting, installation, video, and animation; in terms of style and expression, all the works manifest artists' realizations and sentiments of life, social and cultural concerns, dialectics on history and reality, and the depth and breadth of ink art exploration, exhibiting vibrant creative energy and dynamics. Through interpretation of and dialogues with exciting works of 24 artists from different generations, this exhibition aims to investigate the intertwined relation between Taiwanese ink painting and politics, and present artists' diverse creative visions inspired by overlapped and interwoven historical memories, as well as the splendid and exciting new look of ink art constructed on such visions, concretely, and in details, presenting and explaining the course of development of Taiwanese ink painting from the lifting of martial law up to the present time.
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This exhibition explores some of the current practices by artists working with printmaking who are approaching the form not specifically as printmakers but are in many cases using print as one of a number of forms of expression or in combination with other media. They represent new forms of engagement that is informed by current art practices and the impact of digital media, the relation to drawing and photo based media, as well as in some cases, durational, installation and performative practices. This is represented in the different cultural traditions in Taiwan, London and Madrid where most of the artists gravitate to or are based. It is possible to recognise some of the specific cultural conditions that inform the work from each country and the extent to which traditional forms of printmaking have been embraced or even rejected. The exhibition therefore highlights how these artists apply the concepts of print to their artistic expression. By presenting the prints created from different aspects and in different forms, the viewers will get a grasp of the new vision of printmaking which comes along with the departure from old traditions.
Grantees: Yao Jui-Chung, Wang Jun-Jieh, Ho Meng-Chuan "Isa"
Out of Place — A Trilogy on Kaohsiung Military Dependents' Villages: Lulu Shur-tzy Hou Solo Exhibition
A Trilogy on Kaohsiung Military Dependents' Villages summarizes the artist's creative work involving Kaohsiung's Zuoying and Fengshan military dependents' villages over the course of many years. Employing the juxtaposition of positive and negative image pairs — which is termed a "Double-gaze" style by the curator, the artist superimposes subjective and objective viewpoints. Her work displays the dispersion and disruption of the military dependents' villages, the turmoil and transience of the village residents' lives as well as their appeals for "going back home" due to the improper execution of "Act for Rebuilding Old Quarters for Military Dependents," and creates a contemporary epic of local history interwoven with the artist's narratives and her dialogue with the residents.
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Biggest Fear Among Americans: Financial Fraud
If you asked Americans 10 years ago what their biggest fears were, chances are many would have said domestic terrorism. Today, another type of criminal has U.S. citizens on edge: the cyber thief.
While national security is still a big worry, a recent survey of 1,000 Americans by IT firm Unisys identified financial security such as credit card fraud as the biggest security concern for 2014.
Perhaps to blame are the growing number of high-profile attacks. The December Target (TGT) breach led to the theft of 40 million card accounts, and 70 million names, emails and addresses.
"Security threats against enterprises have grown exponentially -- in size, scope and sophistication," Unisys said in the report. "While cloud computing, BYOD and social media are changing the rules of the game for enterprises, they have intensified security challenges for CIOs and CSOs like never before."
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Pain au Levain with Red Fife # 2 and an Attamura bread
Pain au Levain with Red Fife 75% Sifted
Last week I posted a bake of this bread, http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/24636/sweet-amp-sour that although a good loaf, I wasn't entirely happy with it because of it's close crumb and slight under baking. The finished loaf however resulted in a flavourful combination of the three different flours used in the mix, which I felt had good potential for an even greater flavour profile. One of the things I wanted to change from the last bake was the level of sour flavour, which was not as strong as I like. Since then I've been building my starter to a fairly stiff consistency to bring more acidity to it. With the warm temperatures we've been having here on Vancouver Island recently it's become a very active and tangy community of yeast cells. The mix, bulk ferment and final rise for Pain au Levain went well, giving me enough dough for two 800 gram loaves, one of which was shaped as a boule and placed in a brotform, and the other as a batard of sorts. I'd lined a wicker bread basket with linen and very clumsily sewn it into the basket to make a brotform, all the while suffering through stabbing myself repeatedly with the needle and hearing the occasional burst of laughter from across the room. It's not a thing of beauty but it does the trick, giving the dough a shape that's somewhere between a boule and a batard, or as David Snyder called a similar one of his, a 'boutard'. Both loaves went into a 500F oven turned down to 460F after 5 minutes and baked for 35-40 minutes with steam system in place during the first 5 minutes. With this bake I didn't have to rush off to a golf game, so the breads had a thorough bake, checking the internal temps for a 210F reading before I removed them to cooling racks and wrapped in linen. The loaves have a more pronounced flavour this time and a good sour tang that stays on the palate after eating. The crumb is more open than the previous loaf and with a bit of gelatinization as well. A good result for both loaves that I'm satisfied with.
Attamura Loaf
Somewhere along the way during the 3 builds of the levain I over- scaled and wound up with more levain than I needed for the Pain au Levain mix I was doing. Hmmm... Well rather than return the excess to the starter, I decided to try making an Altamura type bread using Atta flour, or Attamura, a project that Varda http://www.thefreshloaf.com/user/vhaimo has been working on over the last few weeks with some good results to show for her efforts.
The mix was made almost entirely with Golden Temple durum Atta flour except for the standard wheat flours and rye in the levain, roughly 67 grams total or 13.4% The levain was 27% of the mix, hydration was 70% (not counting the levain) and the salt at 2% for 500 grams of Atta flour. I did the mix using my new toy, a Bosh Compact, as it has a very gentle folding action when used on 1st speed that I felt would be just right for slowly developing the fragile gluten of the durum flour. The dough came together almost identically to ones that I've made previously using Extra Fancy finely milled durum flour, making a very smooth and supple dough. The dough had a temperature of 79.3F going into a 2 hour bulk fermentation and stayed in the mid 70'sF range throughout. Stretch and folds were done every 30 minutes and it was clear that the dough was gaining strength and fermenting well at each of these intervals. After the last S&F the dough was rested for 20 minutes and then shaped in a cap style by pressing the dough into a disk and folding it to almost meet the opposing side of the disk. The shaped loaf was placed fold down on floured linen and covered with another piece of floured linen for a final rise of 2 hours, then tipped on to a parchment covered peel and slid into a 450F oven on a stone.
So far so good, this might actually work I thought. The door of the oven was left open for the 1st 15 minutes, then closed for the duration of a 40 minute bake. No steam was used during the bake. After checking the loaf for an internal temperature of 210F, I left the loaf on the stone, turned the oven off and propped the door ajar to allow the loaf to cool gradually over the next hour.
The final result of this bake is something that looks like an Altamura type bread but has a deeper flavour than the one I made with Extra fancy durum flour a few weeks back. I actually prefer the flavour of the durum Atta flour over the X Fancy, which works out well as it's considerably less expensive and readily available here in B.C. I think two of the key factors in the success of this loaf was the high level of acidity contributed by the levain, as well as steady temperature during the bulk fermentation phase. Both Hamelman and Suas mention in their books 'Bread' and 'Advanced Bread & Pastry' respectively, that increased acidity and use of preferments will help strengthen the fragile gluten network of high ratio durum mixes. I'm satisfied now that a reasonably good loaf can be made using 100% (or very close to) Atta flour keeping these two factors in mind as critical to success.
Formulas and photos below.
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Pain au Levain with Red Fife 75% sifted
Central Milling Artisan White Malted
Nunweiler Dark Rye Flour
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Central Milling Artisan White Malted
All Purpose Organic White
Medium Rye Flour
True Grain Bakery & Mill Red Fife 75% sifted
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Total Prefermented Flour
Desired Dough Temperature-78F/25.5C
Mix the flours, levain, and water till all the flour is evenly saturated and autolyse for 1 hour.
After autolyse is complete mix the dough on 1st speed for 6-7 minutes, or by hand until the dough is smooth and cohesive with medium gluten development. Place in a bowl and cover with plastic for a 2 hour bulk ferment.
Stretch and fold the dough in the bowl every 40 minutes over 2 hours. Ambient temperature for this bulk ferment was 71-72F/21.6-22.2C . After bulk ferment is complete, divide the dough into desired weights and round lightly. Cover the pieces with cloth or plastic and rest for 15-20 minutes.
Shape the dough pieces into batards or boules, using brotforms, or free-shaping as desired.
Final proof of 1.45 to 2 hours depending on ambient temperature and scoring considerations. Tip the loaves onto a parchment/semolina lined peel and allow to air dry for 5-10 minutes before scoring. For the batard, a slightly shorter proof is needed to achieve the ear effect, which is done at a 30 degree angle not quite end to end.
The boule can be slashed as desired, but for the side slash pattern of the loaf pictured, it was allowed to proof marginally longer to avoid it blowing out above the side scoring.
Bake in a 500F/260C preheated oven, on a baking stone, with preferred steaming method in place. Bake for 5 minutes at 500F/260C, then lower the heat to 460F/237C, remove the steam system and continue baking for 35-40 minutes, rotating the loaves midway through the bake for even colouration. Check for an internal temperature of 210F/98.8 before finally removing the loaf to cool. Cool on a rack, wrapped in linen, for a minimum 5 hours, or overnight before slicing.


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The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Chef Philippe Parola, in an effort to produce a demand for two species of Asian carp, the silver and bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and H. nobilis), are launching the "Silverfin Promotion." Both species of carp are exotic to U.S. waters and are causing major problems where they become established. They have been very prolific in the Mississippi River and all tributaries and distributaries of the river. Both species are filter feeders and directly compete with paddlefish (spoonbill catfish), shad and the very young of all species of recreational and commercial fish. In many northern waterbodies, these species have already replaced native populations of fish. In addition to being an ecological threat, the silver carp is a direct threat to boaters and others that use our waterbodies. These fish, which can weigh 60 pounds, have a habit of jumping out of the water when disturbed by boats. Boaters and skiers have been severely injured by these fish. The fish have also damaged equipment on boats such as windshields, radios, GPS units and depth finders.
These fish are firmly established throughout the Mississippi River Basin and in Louisiana are abundant in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers. Eradication is not possible, but if a sufficient demand for the fish can be generated, we may be able to control their numbers. Although we have large numbers of silver and bighead carp in Louisiana waters, our river systems are very productive. Department biologists feel there has been a reduction in shad and paddlefish; however we do not feel that other recreational and commercial species have been impacted in most water bodies. If we are successful in establishing a demand for these fish, we may be able to reduce their numbers before they severely impact Louisiana's multi-million dollar commercial and recreational fishing industry.
Determine if silver and bighead carp are suitable for human consumption.
Chef Philippe Parola has tested the quality of both silver and bighead carp and rates them both as high quality. He has conducted small scale taste testing and determined the meat of both fish is very acceptable to consumers. The LDWF has also conducted in-house testing and concluded the fish would appeal to consumers and anglers. There is an obstacle to overcome with regard to selling the meat to consumers, the filets of both species have a series of floating bones that are not easily separated from the flesh.
Establish a method of removing bones from the flesh for commercial products. This step is necessary to create a commercial demand for the fish. Almost no consumers will purchase fish and fish products if they contain bones.
Chef Philippe researched current de-boning systems and has currently chosen to use a steaming method.
Establish a method of cleaning fish that would be acceptable to recreational fishers.
The US Geological Survey, working with the LSU AgCenter, has produced a video showing two methods of cleaning fish. One method leaves the bones in the flesh, but the bones are left whole and are easily removed after cooking. The second method completely removes all bones. This video will be publicized and made available. This activity includes having at least two department employees trained in the above cleaning methods. These employees will assist recreational anglers learn the cleaning techniques.
Increase methods of recreationally taking silver and bighead carp. Because these fish are filter feeders, they are not susceptible to traditional angling methods.
A Notice of Intent was presented to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission in January to allow the use of boats, dip nets, spears and snagging by recreational fishers. If the rule is approved, the new method of take will be legal in about 120 days. Additional considerations may be presented to the legislature in the 2010 legislative session.
Develop finished products from the commercially de-boned fish for purchase by consumers.
Chef Philippe has developed products such as fish cakes, fish balls, fish gumbo, and imitation crab meat stuffing.
Design and print a brochure for the Silverfin Promotion
LDWF and Chef Philippe will create an informative brochure. The information in this brochure will include the problems these fish present and our promotion encouraging the taking and purchasing of these fish and fish products.
Create a Web site to promote the purchasing and catching of silver and bighead carp
LDWF and Chef Philippe, will create a Web site. The information on this site will include the problems these fish present and our promotion encouraging the taking and purchasing of these fish and fish products.
Create a promotional CD/DVD providing information on the Silverfin Promotion
LDWF and Chef Philippe, will create an informative CD/DVD. The information on this disk will include the problems these fish present and our promotion encouraging the taking and purchasing of these fish and fish products.
Have one-on-one promotions of the fish products to various wholesale and retail outlets.
Chef Philippe will meet with representatives from various outlets and offer them samples of the various fish products. The goal of this activity is to convince outlet representatives to sell the products at their stores and restaurants.
Sponsor a large media event publicizing the Silverfin Promotion. The goal of this event is to get the message out to all fishermen and consumers that a new, natural, healthy, Louisiana produced product is now on the market.
On January 12, 2010, LDWF and Chef Philippe will present the fish products to the media, including members of the Outdoor Writers Association, to the LWF Commission, invited retail outlets and other invited guests. They will be informed of the reasons for the promotion and given samples of fish and fish products to eat. Samples will include those being marketed to the retail industry and those available to recreational fishermen cleaning their own catch. Videos showing the fish and cleaning methods will be continuously playing.
Present the Silverfin Promotion to the rest of the country. As the silver and bighead carp are not just a Louisiana problem, we feel the outreach effort should include at least one national promotion.
Chef Philippe has already been selected as the Chef that will be attending the National Grocers Association (NGA) Convention in Las Vegas. The association has over 1,500 members and the convention will be attended by approximately 2,000 individuals. At this convention he will provide samples of the commercial products to wholesale and retail outlets. The goal of this effort is to expand the market of silver carp products to other states.


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St. Columba student wins essay contest
Finn Stowers, a sixth-grade student at St. Columba School, recently received top honors in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas national essay contest.
Students from fourth through sixth grade were eligible. Finns essay, following the theme Planting the Seeds of Faith, was awarded first place by local judges, qualifying it for the Colorado state essay contest.
After receiving first place at the state level, the essay was sent to the national contest, where he received first place and a check for $100.
Finn is the son of Mick and Bridget Stowers of Durango.
Har Shalom to host Hanukah celebration
Congregation Har Shalom will host a First Night of Hanukah Festival from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8.
Modern and Ancient Israeli Hanukah will be held at 6 p.m. A Hanukah bonfire will be held outside, with a gathering for blessings and sharing. People should bring their menorah, candles and latkes to share. Catered side dishes and soufganiot (jelly doughnuts) will be provided, A $15 freewill offering is suggested.
The event will feature Hanukah stories and discussion, spielen dreydl (games for children), and Hanukah gelt and prizes will be provided. People may bring any kosher style (dairy/vegetarian) food or dessert items to add to the festivities. Volunteers are needed to meet and greet, help set up, serve, clean up and put away tables and chairs.
For more information, visit www.harshalomdurango.org or call 382-8300.
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The Foundation has established annual scholarships for high-school seniors to help deserving students further their educations. Scholarships are available for at-large Illinois high-school seniors. It costs CBAI member banks nothing to sponsor these students. Scholarships are also available for the children and grandchildren of community bankers and for part-time bank employees.
With college tuition rising every year, these statewide scholarships have helped young adults to further their educations since 1987. Donations to the CBAI Foundation are totally tax-deductible and may be made over a period of years.
Since its inception, the CBAI Annual Scholarship Program has distributed more than nearly $400,000 to over 200 appreciative Illinois high school students. In the process, they have learned more about the important roles that community banks play in their lives.
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MANILA (Reuters) - Twenty-one people have been killed in the Philippines during an apparently unsuccessful bid to rescue a Jordanian journalist kidnapped by Islamist rebels eight months ago, Philippine security officials said on Monday.
Members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), a group of former Muslim rebels who have made peace with the government, attacked jungle bases of the Abu Sayyaf group on Jolo island to free Jordanian Baker Atyani, said Antonio Freyra, a police chief in the area.
Atyani, a journalist working for the Al Arabiyah network, and his two Filipino television crew members were taken captive in June while reporting in the area.
"Based on our information, the MNLF lost eight members and the Abu Sayyaf suffered 13 casualties," Freyra told reporters.
"We have no information on the fate of the Jordanian journalist," he said.
Atyani's two Filipino colleagues were freed on Saturday. Authorities said they could not say if ransom was paid for them.
An army spokesman, Colonel Arnulfo Burgos, said the military was not involved in the rescue bid but sent troops to help evacuate residents who fled from the area and to prevent the fighting from spreading.
About 60 families in the Patikul area were relocated temporarily because of the clash, he said.
Jolo island in the Philippine south is a stronghold for the Abu Sayyaf rebels who are notorious for kidnappings and sometimes killing captives.
The militants are also holding an Australian, one Swiss, one Dutch and one Japanese person on Jolo and nearby Basilan islands.
Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing by Robert Birsel


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Taylor Swift rocked a sparkly blue mini dress by Muhair Zurad, with cutouts across her shoulder blades, when she accepted eight awards, including artist of the year, at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday. She also wore Jimmy Choo "Suki" platform sandals, according to a news release.
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Giant European retailer H&M has signed a pledge to improve worker conditions in Bangladesh, even though it has not been linked to the factory collapse in that country in April. Following H&M's lead, Carrefour, Marks & Spencer and Zara parent Inditex also said they will sign the pledge. So far, U.S. retailers Wal-Mart and Gap have not signed. [New York Times]
Thieves early Friday morning stole about $1 million in Chopard jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival. [WWD] (Subscription required.)
Fashion illustrator J. Hyde Crawford, who designed Bonwit Teller's violet logo in the 1960s, died May 11 at age 82 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. [New York Times]
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|Bill Boland Receives the Bank of America Local Hero Award, November 2007
Recently Bill Boland, the Coordinator for the Austin, TX SeniorNet Learning Center was chosen as a Local Hero by Bank of America. Bank of America uses the Local Hero Awards to recognize individuals who champion causes vital to their communities, inspire others to get involved, and who have special and significant impact on individuals, families, or communities.
In recognition of Bill's outstanding work, Bank of America is donating $5,000 to the Austin, TX Learning Center and Bill will be recognized at a public awards ceremony in Austin. Congratulations Bill on this tremendous honor!
See the full-page announcement (pdf document) in the Austin Stateman, December 7, 2007


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IBM i 2011 Roadmap announced
The future is bright for IBM i, as the powerful machine that could continues to provide data processing for hundreds of thousands of businesses across the globe.
In April 2010, IBM i 7.1 was released with enhancements that include:
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A recent IBM Whitepaper on the future of the IBM i shares the current state of the platform, and some of the future plans for development. One fact I found interesting was that in 2010, approximately 85% of IBM i shipments were on the IBM Power 520 and Power 720 servers, indicating that the medium and small enterprises are the biggest market segment.
The white paper shares that the future development focus of the IBM i includes the cloud: providing virtual machine image management, mobility and automation as well as extending storage virtualization features including thin provisioning. There will also be a focus on simplified management including automation of management tasks, and integration of management tools with virtual I/O server.
IBM also has continued its support of RPG, and recently announced IBM Rational Open Access RPG Edition, which modernizes RPG and allows RPG-based applications to interface with the wide range of new devices and resources. Not sure where COBOL stands, didn't see it mentioned… but this recent article shares that COBOL is alive and kicking (as in, "it ain't dead yet!), and there are certainly still job openings for developers familiar with the language.
The white paper included some case studies of companies that have upgraded their systems, which leads me to wonder, how many of you are using V5R3 (or V5R2) still? The support lifetime is waning, so what are your plans for an upgrade?
IBM user group sees benefits in Power7 machines, but what about former System i users?
IBM user group Common recently declared its love for the new cost- and energy-efficient IBM Power7 line of machines announced in part in February and completed in August.
Included in the most recent rollout were the IBM Power 795; Power 710, 720, 730 and 740 Express models; i Solution Editions; and i Edition Express for BladeCenter S, the latter which integrates IBM i and Windows blades in the same chassis.
But what does this embracement and new line of systems really mean for Common members, especially those affected by the pSeries/i Series merger just a couple years back?
"When IBM first announced [the merger], I was very skeptical about what type of benefits the iSeries users would get from a merged platform," said Pete Massiello, Common President. "But since the announcement, it has become very evident that we have greatly benefitted in the delivery of newer hardware at a lower cost, and new hardware and technology delivered faster to the IBM i community."
Massiello specifically cites the total cost of new hardware, memory and disk drives being much higher pre-merger, and, if not for the merger, customers may have never seen the solid disk drives introduced to the IBM i last year.
The only caveat to the new systems for i users, says Massiello?
"The new machines do require that customers are running either IBM i 6.1.1 or 7.1," he noted. "But we have been offering educational sessions and webcasts on these for some time now to help our members and the entire i community upgrade their operating system."
The bang-for-your-buck theory also holds truer with this generation, according to Massiello, because of the large amount of CPW per core for your dollar.
"I doubt that IBM would have been able to deliver what they did at this low of a price-point had the merger not happened," he mentioned.
(See one such example of CPW performance data from the Power 795 server).
Another item that Massiello is excited about for Common users as a whole in the new Power systems is the virtualization of I/O option – Virtual I/O Server, or VIOS.
"This primary partition virtualizes all the I/O to the other partitions on the server. We know that IBM i can also virtualize I/O, but not to the extent that VIOS can," said Massiello. "What VIOS does better is that it attaches natively to many different external disks and storage area networks (SANs), and can then virtualizes those disks to IBM i. IBM i doesn't have to know how to attach to all these SANs. IBM writes it once in VIOS and then VIOS can virtualize the disks to IBM i so thatIBM i doesn't care about the physical disks. This gives customers more options." Options, again, that continue the theme of not being possible without a platform merger.
To learn more about Common, check out their website, and see more on the recent Power7 systems announcement.
Redbook: Using independent disk pools on IBM i 6.1
The new Redbook, called "IBM i 6.1 Independent ASPs: A Guide to Quick Implementation of Independent ASPs," includes chapters introducing independent disk pools, as well as others on managing, backup/recovery, and example hardware configurations.
A letter to Santa from the IBM System i community
The bloggers at iDevelop write to Santa with their four wishes for the System i server platform: respect, visibility, modernization, and no more name changes (at least for a while). I would add a fifth: Keep the System i identity and resist merging it completely with AIX/Unix simply because they both run on Power processors.
Changes to IBM Systems Magazine
The operation will be splitting up, providing more strategic and management news for CIOs and IT managers in its typical print format, and moving all technical tips and articles online.
AS/400 specialty engines?
In a recent column, IT Jungle suggests that IBM offer specialty engines on the IBM System i, similar to what they do with the mainframe.
Currently with its System z mainframes, IBM offers three kinds of specialty engines: the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) to run Linux applications, the System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP) to run Java, and the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP) to run database applications, particularly DB2. Mind you, there is no physical difference between the mainframe's central processors and its specialty engines. They're the same chip. The difference lies in software licensing, which is free on the specialty engines.
IT Jungle thinks this philosophy could carry over to the System i and AS/400, particularly as IBM moves toward Power7-based machines:
On entry, midrange, and enterprise boxes that have more cores per chip activated, IBM would be wise to take a page out of its mainframe playbook and designate some engines for i/OS and others to run particular workloads as so-called "specialty engines." These could be configured to run database queries, support Java virtual machines, run PHP applications, support various application modernization front ends from third-party tool suppliers, support Linux for infrastructure workloads, run firewalls, support fault tolerance and disaster recovery mirroring on a single system, or even allow for the harvesting of number-crunching capacity for analytics applications running on workstations.
While I don't like the idea of i/OS engines carrying a premium price, lowering the overall price of a mixed workload system with i/OS and its DB2 for i database at the center of it all is a lot better than having a Power Systems i box that is too expensive to do anything but run the absolutely minimal amount of legacy code. I would prefer that these future Power7 boxes offer better value for the dollar than IBM's AIX-DB2 combo, in fact.
The column hints at the benefit for both sides. System i pros can viably stay on the platform that they've know and loved, probably for decades. Meanwhile, IBM can prevent any mass migration off the System i by allowing shops to mix-and-match so-called legacy AS/400 applications with newer ones that run on Linux and PHP, for example.
Some IBM System i Redbooks
Here's a pointer to some of the more recent IBM Redbooks around the IBM System i:
IBM Systems Director Navigator for i: Chapters in this Redbook on the systems management Web console include Network, Integrated Server Administration, File Systems, and Advanced Job Scheduler for IBM i.
End to End Performance Management on IBM i: Chapters in this self-explanatory title include Performance Management Life Cycle, Performance Data Analysis, Trending and Capacity Planning Tools, and Performance Management Best Practices.
DS8000 Copy Services for IBM i with VIOS: Chapters here include Virtualization with PowerVM, Connecting PowerVM Clients to DS8000, FlashCopy Scenarios, Metro Mirror Scenarios, and Global Mirror Scenarios.
The intermediate IBM i 6.1.1 version
I recently wrote about the next version of the IBM i operating system, formerly called i5/OS. It is due out next year. But in the meantime, IBM has come out with an intermediate version of IBM i 6.1.1. Once you get past all those decimal points, you may want to know what the heck it is, what it does, and why it might be useful to install.
For that we have Steve Will, the chief IBM i architect, who wrote about "What is This '.1' Anyway?" for IBM Systems Magazine. Dawn May also writes about it in her post, "Install IBM i Over the Network."
Several prominent speakers pull out of COMMON
Several prominent members of the System i community who usually give some of the best received presentations at COMMON user group meetings will not be doing that anymore, at least for the foreseeable future.
Jon Paris, Susan Gantner and Paul Tuohy are among the list of people who will pass on presenting at the COMMON show in Orlando next May. It is clear that COMMON's recent cutbacks will have substantial effects on the look and feel of the show. Perhaps the biggest cut of all is COMMON's decision to reduce compensation to volunteer speakers — whether that be in the form of a free registration, paying for travel and hotel, or other expenses. It certainly was one of the major factors that led to Paris's and Ganter's decision:
Had it not been for the need to examine our participation from a financial perspective, we would probably have continued on autopilot, delivering sessions along with our other volunteer duties, as we've done every time a COMMON conference rolled around. Being forced to think about whether we could afford to do that next year also caused us to think about why we were doing it in the first place and whether the time, money and energy we've been donating to COMMON represent the best way for us to help the community.
This weekend we found ourselves at the moment of truth, wrestling with the decision to either accept or decline our sessions that had been selected for the spring conference. We concluded that we still wanted to support the idea of COMMON, but increasingly it became apparent that the COMMON we wanted to support was an idealized organization that existed only in our minds. We had hoped the old COMMON could return and we worked with many other volunteers to make that a reality, but for whatever reasons COMMON's direction seems to be set. For the time being we'll remain members of COMMON and hope that things will change.
Paris and Gantner added that they won't, by any means, just disappear from the System i landscape. They just plan to put their efforts into other System i educational and social endeavors, among them the Young i Professionals, iManifest, and local System i user groups.
Even those continuing to participate in COMMON shows realize the problems with the user group's cutbacks to volunteers. Scott Klement, for example, will be going because Systemi Network is paying for him. But he said that he's "not happy with COMMON's attitude towards its volunteers, and (he) sincerely hope(s) they re-think their direction."
Meanwhile, Don Rima, a longtime IBM midrange user who just recently started the Tennessee Valley Midrange User Group, let loose:
Oh, I think that Jon and Susan are the tip of the iceberg of what's to come not only from a presenter standpoint but from an attendee standpoint. And as much as I like Jon and Susan and as super as thier presentations are, I find it hard to believe that there's NOBODY else out there that can do presentations on RPG, ILE…etc… Yet, it was absolutely shocking to find that there were NO sessions on RPG, ILE, CL or any of the other traditional "AS/400″ languages offered at IBM's tech conf this past September.And if COMMON continues to capitulate to IBM's demands that it become a AIX user group, it will also go the way of User Blue – even though User Blue had alot of help in its demise from SHARE, IMHO.
RPG Open I/O in IBM i 6.1.1 and 7.1
After attending the RPG & DB2 summit in October 2009, Profound Logic founder, Alex Roytman, got interested in some of the features that will be released in the upcoming versions of the IBM i operating system. Roytman is joined by Philip Roestamadji, marketing director at Profound Logic, and they discuss what they learned about RPG Open I/O. Two highlights include the possibility of using RPG to access non-DB2 databases, making RPG work with Oracle or MySQL databases, the other is using RPG to interface with browser applications to interface with browser applications, XML or mobile devices.
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Michelle Williams: Oscars Beauty Look For 2012
Oscars: Michelle Williams
While she has gradually lightened her signature pixie a few levels over the past few months, Michelle Williams has typically worn a makeup palette of pretty pink hues this award season. This time around, however, Michelle punched things up a bit with a bold raspberry lip hue. Marilyn Monroe, the actress whom Michelle portrays in My Week With Marilyn, would likely approve, but what about you?
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High-quality presentation is critical to most design projects. Rhino 5 has greatly enhanced the rendering tools in both the basic Rhino Renderer and support of plug‑in renderers. Including major enhancements to:
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Render-time mesh modifiers add small details without substantially increasing the Rhino file size.
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This stunning, original artwork by Armin Flossdorf captures Sebastian Vettel racing for Scuderia Ferrari at the 2017 Spa GP.
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Clark has moved into 10th place on the Ivy League's career player of the week list (OAC).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Christine Clark has been named the Ivy League Player of the Week for the second time in as many weeks and the third time this year, conference officials announced Monday.
Clark now boasts six career player of the week honors, tying her with former Crimson Tammy Butler '95 and Emma Markley '11 for 10th place on the Ivy League's all-time player of the week list. Harvard great Allison Feaster '98 owns the record for career honors, having been named player of the week 21 times in her illustrious career.
Clark scored a game-high 22 points on Saturday to lead Harvard to an 88-66 win over Dartmouth in the team's Ancient Eight opener. Seven of her points came during a 12-0 run by the Crimson in the second half which turned an 11-point lead into a 23-point margin. Clark shot 8-of-11 from the floor and was 5-of-5 from the line while also pulling down a team-best seven rebounds and dishing out two assists.
Clark has gone for more than 20 points four times this season including each of the team's last two games. She currently leads the conference in scoring (16.9 ppg), is fifth in assists (3.1 apg) and owns the ninth best shooting percentage (44.2%).
Harvard has now won 12 of the 20 weekly awards handed out by the Ivy League office this season and has earned at least one award each week it has competed. The Crimson's 12 awards are the most for a team in one season since Princeton had 15 in 2009-10 and are the most for a Harvard squad since taking home 13 in 2008-09.
Harvard is back in action Jan. 26 when it travels to Dartmouth for a 7 p.m. rematch between the teams.
2012-13 Ivy League Honors
Nov. 12 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Nov. 19 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Nov. 26 – Christine Clark, POW
Dec. 3 – Victoria Lippert, POW
Dec. 10 – Temi Fagbenle, ROW
Dec. 17 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Dec. 31 – Temi Fagbenle, POW & ROW
Jan. 7 – Christine Clark, POW & Temi Fagbenle, ROW
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Engineer Your Earth
Four finalists from the "Engineer Your Earth" competition will be present at a function hosted by the South African Women in Engineering.
On 17 October, the four finalists from the "Engineer Your Earth" competition will be present at a networking function hosted by the South African Women in Engineering (SAWomEng) group.
The competition organized by the UNESCO Engineering Initiative and the Earth Science Education in Africa Initiative, invited participants to find sustainable development solutions to local environmental problems. The competition was open to Africans, ages 18 to 30, of various academic backgrounds whose proposals reflected personal experiences. The proposals dealt with a number of contemporary issues, such as mining, water sanitation and natural hazards. The jury was composed of representatives of the SAWomEng and YES Network. The proposals of the four finalists are as follows:
Yetunde Dada and Mmathapelo Makgabutlane
Air Pollution Control
According to the authors, Gaborone, Botswana suffers from one of the highest levels of air pollution in world. Its pollution is due to its social development and its particular climate and geography. In order to improve the air quality, the authors suggest a long-term solution involving the installation of wind turbines as a way to disperse in the atmosphere the polluted air. By creating tunnels in the Kgale and Oodi hills, and monitoring air pressure within the tunnels, this proposal could solve a local environmental problem.
Wiebke Toussaint
Waste in the Jukskei River
In this proposal the author focused on reducing the waste found in the Jukskei River. This river passes through a number of suburbs and townships and oftentimes during the summer months it overflows destroying homes. Given the amount of waste in the water there are a number of health issues that emerge as a result of this flooding. In order to clean this river, the author stresses the need to develop partnerships with civil society groups. The author also highlights a variety of options including, environmentally-sustainable water filters.
Mukovhe Confidence Tshilande
Waste disposal challenges in Dzimauli village in Limpopo, South Africa
On of the key challenges facing residents of the agricultural village of Dzimauli is solid waste management. As the author suggests, despite the village having a high number of young residents who have completed their secondary education, few have an understanding of waste disposal. In order to rectify this situation, the author argues for the adoption of the "cradle-to-grave" approach where the emphasis is on reusing, reducing and recycling solid wastes. The author recommends educating youths about the importance of properly managing solid wastes, bringing the subject to the attention of municipal and tribal leaders and conducting a variety of feasibility reports on the area.
Nkhumeleni Tshiongo and Rendani Tshotheli
The Detrimental effects of acidic water from coal processing plant and possible solutions
The increasing demand for energy in South Africa has meant the mining of more coal in the region. The authors state one of the side effects to the production of coal is acidic water. This water ends up saturating underground supplies that result in the ingestion of acidic water by people and animals in bordering mining communities. In order to neutralise water, the authors suggest using hydro and electrometallurgical processes or desulphurization. In doing so, a number of people will benefit from this sustainable development solution including, mining companies and communities.


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City of Lincoln
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Affected residents encouraged to continue taking precautions until test results available
The Lincoln Water System (LWS) continue to take water samples and flush lines in an area of northeast Lincoln where water sampling has revealed coliform bacteria. New test results will be available and released to the public next week.
The area affected is a triangle bordered by Adams Street on the south, 70th Street on the east and Cotner Boulevard on the northwest. There are no immediate health concerns, but as a precaution, the City advises those in the area who have infants or health problems, such as severely compromised immune systems, to boil their drinking water or use bottled water until further notice.
Scott Holmes, Manager of the Environmental Public Health Division of LLCHD, said those with home water purifying systems should continue to take precautions if they have infants or those with health problems in the household. While some home water purifying systems designed to remove bacteria an be effective, proper installation and maintenance are very important.
Officials believe the problem was caused by a private contractor who damaged two water service lines near 70th and Adams.
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Lost in the Stars
A 23-page fapazine of mimeo art published on February 22, 1959 by Jean Young from Cambridge, mA.
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If you were at the Fairfax gym on Tuesday night, you would have been able to see two of the band members from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea (bass) and lead vocalist Anthony Kiedis, cheering for the Lions from courtside seats.
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