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Patriots vs. Seahawks: TV Schedule, Live Stream, Spread, Radio, Game Time & MoreOctober 10, 2012
Predicting that the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks would have the same record heading into their Week 6 matchup would have drawn plenty of confused looks prior to the NFL season, but these teams will battle each other this Sunday to maintain their winning records.
The Patriots suffered close losses against the Arizona Cardinals and the Baltimore Ravens, but have responded with two impressive victories and sit at 3-2.
The Seahawks have taken a controversial road to their 3-2 record, after the replacement referees made their last—and largest—mistake by awarding the team a game-winning touchdown against the Green Bay Packers. But the Seattle defense has not allowed an opponent to score more than 20 points this season, and is the driving force behind the team's success.
Here is everything you need to know about this inter-conference battle.
Where: Century Link Stadium, Seattle, Wash.
When: Sunday, October 14, 4:05 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Live Stream: NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL Audio Pass
Listen: 98.5 The Sports Hub, Sirius 91 (New England), 710 AM ESPN, 97.3 FM KIRO (Seattle)
Spread: New England -4 (according to Sports Book)
Patriots Injuries (via ESPN, as of Oct. 10)
S Steve Gregory, Questionable, Hip
WR Julian Edelman, Questionable, Hand
TE Aaron Hernandez, Questionable, Ankle
Seahawks Injuries (via ESPN, as of Oct. 10)
Seattle has no significant injuries to report.
What's At Stake
If the Patriots fail to win this game, they will equal their loss total from a season ago. New England has looked shaky at times this year, and the offense must prove it can succeed against a young and aggressive defense.
For Seattle, keeping pace in the NFC West will be difficult. Every team in the division currently has a winning record, and all four franchises have excellent defenses. The Seahawks will need to record a few upsets this season if they hope to make the playoffs.
Fantasy Impact
Any success the Seahawks have on offense will come through running back Marshawn Lynch. He has received 20 or more carries and gained at least 80 rushing yards in every game this season. Fantasy owners can expect another similar performance from him.
The Patriots' offensive stars have not been as consistent. Rob Gronkowski in particular has been unreliable, with three productive performances and two disappointing ones. Gronk's fantasy owners can only hope that he is a large part of the team's game plan this week.
Patriots Players to Watch: Stevan Ridley, Running Back
While New England has built a reputation as a throwing team, the Patriots rank 10th in passing attempts and first in rushing attempts. Ridley has received 102 of the team's 191 rushes and has gained the fifth-most yardage of any RB in the NFL.
He will continue to be a key part of the Pats offense, and his success will slow down the Seahawks pass-rushers. Look for New England to get Ridley involved from the start in this game.
Seahawks Player to Watch: Chris Clemons, Defensive End
Seattle's pass rush has terrorized opposing quarterbacks this season. On passing downs, Clemons and Bruce Irvin show off their explosiveness on the edge and often make tackles look foolish.
But Clemons is a more complete player than Irvin, who is primarily used as a pass-rush specialist. Even though both players will likely become familiar with Tom Brady, Clemons will have a larger impact on this game because he will spend significantly more time on the field.
What They're Saying
Jeff Howe of The Boston Herald notes that the loud noise from this matchup won't be coming just from the raucous Seattle crowd, as this physical matchup is sure to produce a few audible thuds.
Linebacker Brandon Spikes loves a good challenge, especially when it comes to hitting someone. This week might be his most violent test yet, as the Patriots prepare for Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, who carries the ball with the brute force of a runaway train.
The Seattle Times' Danny O'Neil reports that quarterback Russell Wilson has achieved success with the throws he hasn't made, more than the ones he has made.
Of all the rookies who began the season as their team's starting quarterback over the past 20 years, only one attempted fewer passes than Russell Wilson through five games.
But none had more victories.
Key Matchup: Patriots Passing Game vs. Seahawks Pass Rush
Despite the Patriots' propensity to run the ball this year, Tom Brady is still the heart of the offense. This game will hinge on his ability to get the ball out his hands before Clemons and Irvin get to him.
If the pass rush is able to disrupt Brady's rhythm, Seattle will have an excellent chance to come out on top in another defensive battle. But the New England running backs are capable of neutralizing the pressure on Brady, and if this happens, the loudest crowd in the league will have little to cheer for.
Prediction: New England 24, Seattle 13
The Seahawks defense will get to Brady early, but half time adjustments will allow that Pats to get the points they need to leave Seattle with a victory.


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The Global Economic Reset: A Crisis of Virtues and Values
HONG KONG, September 9, 2010 - America is facing a crisis of virtues and values, of which the global financial crisis is merely a symptom, according to John Bryant, founder, chairman and CEO of non-profit organisation Operation HOPE.
In an address at Asia Society Hong Kong, Bryant exhorted America to rebuild its relationships and reaffirm its place as the global economic and moral leader. He added that America would need to act with humility to regain trust and respect from its international partners.
"Relationships matter," Bryant said. "You don't do business with companies, countries or communities—you do business with people. One could argue that during this global economic crisis we [America] have treated people as transactions and not as relationships. And if we had treated them as relationships, we wouldn't have had a crisis."
In the previous century, Bryant argued that Americans profited from innovation and creating products with social value. Today, however, he said that attitude has shifted toward an obsession with creating wealth for its own sake. "Before, financial gain was the by-product, not the product. But over the past few decades, the focus has switched."
Bryant said that the change in values has created a new civil rights crisis. Financial illiteracy has led to a widening gap of economic inequality. Today, more than racial inequality, the divide between rich and poor has become the defining social issue. "Back then [in 1960s America], 22 million people didn't have the right to vote. Today, 40 million Americans don't have a bank account."
Bryant challenged banks and financial institutions to use the global financial crisis to change their modus operandi. "Banks have played the upper middle class card as far as they can take it."
He urged others to strive for "a world where diversity is a strength, where relationships are key, where dignity is at a premium."
Operation HOPE aims to effect policy changes that will lead to greater financial literacy around the world.
Reported by Natali Pearson, Asia Society Hong Kong Center

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i usually will end up switching after i use it anyway so the pokemon can be used again.
switching into an intimidate user or bulky pokemon would be ideal.
oh btw the way that skill swap and heatran were used was usually leading with hitmontop. leading to them predicting a fake out. but then switches into heatran and brings hitmontop back. and then cresselia proceeds with the skill swap.
the intimidate also immensely helped his heatran with other fighting types. i think he used a chople berry on heatran so he was able to tank hitmontops like a champ (i would assume) with chople and intimidate support.


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Moraine Valley Community College held a groundbreaking ceremony last week at the site where the school's health and wellness center will be constructed, and as part of the festivities was presented by the Chicago Blackhawks a check for $250,000.
The donation will go toward costs associated with the fitness portion of the $34.5 million facility, which will feature a four-lane lap swimming pool, indoor walking track, three full-sized basketball courts, fitness center, athletic training room, group exercise studios, hydrotherapy tub, athletic offices, and field house with seating for up to 3,500 people.
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Re: Cordery Family
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Carolyn Hill 1/25/04
Thanks for the email.
I guess what I was asking was where did you get your research for tracing the ancestors of Thomas Cordery?Was it from that book "900 years of Cordery" You mentioned?
Thomas' father, Thomas Cordray b. 1729 Kent Co. DE, do you have his wife?And Isaac Cordray,b. abt 1690, his wife?
Were there marriages published anywhere for them?
Is all of this in Unhallowed Intrusion and I just haven't read that far yet?
I appreciate all the help you've given me?All of the ancestors listed on the Cordery forum was great to get.
Thanks again.
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A Frolicsome Krampus Tag — in the original spirit of Fun
It's not strictly tied to the calendar, but December 5 is a traditional Krampustag (Day of Krampus) in which the creature historically associated with the old Yuletide stories makes his way through European towns and cities engaged in a bit of fun. "Fun" is a word that originally described trickery, quick-footed fooling or some other sort of messing about, and that's what the Krampus does in his Krampuslauf (run through the town). In this video, Krampus is accompanied by a mob of bell-and-straw-bedecked Buttnmandl:
Americans are increasingly appropriating the image of Krampus in order to subvert the happy-commercial talk of Christmas:
And Philadelphia will be holding its 2nd annual Krampuslauf on December 15 2012:
"KRAMPUSLAUF PHILADELPHIA is a safe, secular, collaborative and noncompetitive event. for an event with monsters and noisemakers, it's kind of a quiet thing… and it's a neighborhoody thing, even though we welcome people from wherever they wish to come. it's a kid-friendly event, and yet certainly has elements that you won't find at any gymboree… it's cold, it gets dark, there are monsters!
Rather than an "entertainment" event, krampuslauf is an example of the power of community ritual — a tableau or meditation — a voluntary village coming together briefly to acknowledge the significance, the necessity, of "darkness" in a season that promotes (however forced) cheer and light. it is a work of art and what you bring to it is what makes it what it is. and we don't know what that will be!"


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Here's another special chapter wherein we answer question coming from people here. The questions are from @MaituMurali.
1. How will u know if a guy is genuinely interested in you or simply he's simply playing with you?!
Rafa: A guy will do anything for a girl that he is genuinely interested with. By "anything" I mean anything (wiggling eyebrows). You can see him do things that he never does with anyone. If I am to be serious with a girl, I'll let you feel special. I flirt a lot yes, but when it comes to someone I like, you can really see and feel the big difference. Especially on "performance level" you know what I mean ;)
[Luca: Believe it or not this guy is an asshole. But I have to say, he treats a girl with Tender, Loving and Care.]
[Troy: We trained him well. Although we failed at controlling his horny hormones Tsk!]
[Rafa: Yeah, talk like I'm not here apes!]
Luca: He's serious on you if you see him do things to you that he never has done to other girls around him. Say, you invited him to go with you to the mall and shop, we know a guy hates to stay and shop at malls. But he'll stick around and be patient enough to accompany you. You can also determine it by the way he looks at you and the way he talks to you.
[Rafa: I think there's a reason now why girls call you girly names, coz you got that soft spot dude!]
Troy: Simple, observe and compare. The way he looks at you. The way he talks to you. And the things he can do for you.
[Luca: Short but to the point.]
[Troy: That's how Einstein's Jr. thinks.]
[Rafa: Cocky genes leveling-up.]
[Troy & Luca: Look who's talking?]
2. If you have feelings for someone and he's completely oblivious about the girls feelings towards him, should the girl just let it go or should she drop hints?
Rafa: Two options. Option A: If I am stranger, like we're not close. I guess giving me hints might help me understand what you feel towards me. Option B: If we are friends, a hint would be helpful too. But sometimes, some guys try to pretend not to know your feelings towards them and ignore it since they don't want to ruin the friendship. But if you really want to know he's feelings towards you, confess. Just be ready for the consequences afterwards.
[Luca: Nailed!]
[Troy: Wholesome!]
Luca: It would depend on what type of guy you like. Some guys who are insensitive. Even if you give them hints, won't really get it. So the best way is to tell him what you really feel. There are guys who are sensitive but sometimes pretend to be oblivious. You can interpret this by; A. they don't like you and ignores your feelings and the only thing they can give you is friendship. B. they know how you feel towards them, but too afraid to recognize it since they don't want to ruin the friendship. C. they like you too but afraid of the risk of losing you and the friendship you have. Give the guy some hints, just hints. See how he responds to it and from there you'll know what to do next.
[Rafa: O_O kroo.. kroo..]
[Troy: …..]
[Luca: What?!]
Troy: Give him some hints. But be informed that some guys would only know or understand what you want when you tell them exactly what you really want or your intentions from them. Just keep your feet on the ground and don't expect too much if you're to confess what you feel. Remember reality bites. So be prepared to bite it back! Rock on!
[Rafa: Just when I thought you were fucking serious about it.]
[Luca: Ruining the serious mood with the last two ahaha!]
[Troy: I know I made sense. Too seriousness can kill.]
To @MaituMurali we are sorry for the late answer to your question. We hope you understand where we're coming from. We tried our very best to help you solve the inquiries that guys give you. We hope we were able to answer everything.
To our dear readers thank you very much for your support. We have reached a 500+ reads! You all are awesome like that! Smoking! I do hope you will still be entertained to our next posts. And we hope you vote too! ;)
For the readers who gave us questions, please have the patience. Mark our word that we will answer them all. We don't want to disappoint you :)
Thanks again! Signing out Troy, Rafa, & Luca :D
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Former HGV driver Graham Webster, 65, started writing short stories to amuse himself while he was waiting for his lorry to be loaded or unloaded.
Now he's written an ebook to coincide with the centenary of World War One and he's donating all profits to Help for Heroes.
The father-of-two, from Delco Way in Dunstable, said The Luckiest Man Alive is about a Hatters supporter called Des, looking out to sea in 1964 and remembering how 50 years earlier, while serving in the Royal Navy, a tiny twist of fate had saved his life.
"It's only 7,500 words and it's available on Amazon for £1.53," he said. "I've never been in the forces but those people were prepared to put down their lives for us so I hope I can raise some money towards Help for Heroes."
Graham's wife Hazel is an avid reader and she spurred him on by saying it was as good as anything she'd ever read.
He's a member of Luton Writers Group, enjoys penning short stories – "That way you don't have time to get fed up" – and particularly likes fiction that has a sting in the tail.
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Downtown, and places nearby, will become a playground for families during the city's first "Kidcation Week," Aug. 12-18.
More than 50 businesses — museums, restaurants and hotels — will offer discounts and kid-friendly activities, organized by the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, throughout the week. Specials include free admission to area museums, freebies of all kinds, and many events.
"We did this with the kids in mind," CVB Executive Director Casandra Matej said. "Whether you travel within your own city or are going to a destination, you're learning about its history and its culture. Travel enhances an educational experience."
A kick-off event takes place Aug. 12 at HemisFair Park featuring live music by kid bands, and possibly a declaration by Mayor Julián Castro, but that hasn't been confirmed, yet.
Admission is free.
The event aims to raise the number of families who travel to San Antonio or to keep families in the city during this period of time.
"The summer is typically really busy, but right before school starts, we see a dip in visitors and occupancy," Matej said.
The weekend prior to the event will also fall on the Texas Sales Tax holiday.
Matej added that the CVB has seen positive responses, but the real indicator of the week's success will come about three prior, when people start booking hotels.
"Kidcation Week" highlights:
• Movies at HemisFair, Aug. 12-16: Free PG movies will be shown every weeknight of "Kidcation Week" at HemisFair Park.
• Bat Loco, Aug. 13: Learn about the bats under the I-35 bridge at Camden Street, and their eating habits, as they emerge for their nightly feeding. Festival includes live music, food and arts and crafts.
• Cowboy Day, Aug. 14: The Institute of Texan Cultures hosts a day of cowboy tours, book readings and activity tables.
• LET'S READ! Kids Back to School FEST, Aug. 18: Main Plaza festival includes airbrushing and hairstyling activities, musical performances, arts and crafts and an instrument petting zoo.
Special offers:
• Alamo Trolley: Free tour for kids 12 and younger with a purchase of an adult tour.
• Cheesy Jane's, 4200 Broadway: Free kids milkshake with purchase of a kid's meal.
• Hard Rock Cafe, 111 W. Crockett St.: Free kids meal with purchase of an adult entrée.
• Kiddie Park, 3015 Broadway: Kids get free cotton candy when they mention "Kidcation Week."
• San Antonio's Incredible Pizza Company, 11743 West Ave.: Free kids buffet of $5 game card.
• San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave.: Free admission all week for kids 12 and younger.
• Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway: Free admission for kids 12 and younger; entrance to exhibit "Dinosaurs Unearthed" $5 for adults, $2 for kids 12 and younger.
Click here for a complete list of "Kidcation Week" events.
Emily Bamforth is an Express-News staff writer.
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Climate change is rapidly becoming one of the core challenges of the 21st century for corporate directors and institutional investors. As this report documents, in the absence of preventive and adaptive measures, multi-billion dollar financial losses are distinctly possible if not probable.
As the potentially devastating economic consequences for investors, individual companies and entire industry sectors come into clearer focus, the onus is being placed squarely upon company directors, pension fund trustees,
and institutional investors to respond.
Unfortunately, U.S. corporate directors and institutional investors are, virtually without exception, in a state of double denial. First, they are in denial about the very existence, much less the magnitude, of the threat itself. Second, and paradoxically, they also seem oblivious to both the practicality and the affordability of early mitigation measures.
Company directors and institutional investors in the United States currently control – and have legal responsibilities for – roughly $7.4 trillion of financial assets invested in corporate equities, and a significant proportion of it could be at risk from climate change.
The risks here are two-fold: (1) the economic/financial risk from the damages and remediation due to climate change itself (directly to companies and indirectly through general socio-economic disruptions in the US and abroad), and (2) exposure to the costs of greenhouse gas emissions in any regime to mitigate climate change. These are not necessarily applicable to the same corporate entities. The first set of risks affects companies vulnerable to sea level rise, weather extremes, temperature and precipitation changes, etc.; the second set of risks affects carbon-intensive companies, which would face the costs of any mitigation regimes.
Neglecting to assess these risks is neither prudent nor responsible. The more information on climate-related damage accumulates, the more the refusal to examine these risks carries the potential for breach of fiduciary duty. Corporate board members and institutional investors can no longer ignore corporate practices that, over time, could result in tens of billions of dollars of losses to companies and their shareholders. To fulfill their fiduciary duties, investors and directors now must understand which industry sectors and companies are exposed to the greatest risks, what measures if any are being taken to reduce them, and how effective they are likely to be.
Company directors and institutional investors in the United States currently control – and have legal responsibilities for – roughly $7.4 trillion of financial assets invested in corporate equities, and a significant proportion of it could be at risk from climate change.
In contrast to their European counterparts and competitors, U.S. companies and financial institutions are lagging behind. However, four powerful forces are converging rapidly to accelerate the need for action: strengthening
political consensus within governments for action to address the climate change threat; growing evidence that environmental and social issues are directly linked to companies' financial performance; rising shareholder
activism; and increasing demands for greater corporate disclosure.
Sadly, U.S. fiduciaries have been slow to respond to these challenges. They have tended either to ignore the climate change phenomenon altogether, or to subscribe to the increasingly discredited view that solutions must inevitably be costly, both to individual companies and to the entire U.S. economy. When compared to the traditional U.S. enthusiasm for innovation and technological substitution, this is an uncharacteristically pessimistic and timid point of view with little grounding in fact. Recent studies by the National Academy of Sciences and others create serious
doubts about the economic cost thesis. Indeed, it is increasingly evident that the costs of inaction are likely to far outweigh the costs of action.
The bottom line, as this report documents, is straightforward: climate change represents a potential multi-billion dollar risk to a wide variety of U.S. businesses and industries. It should, therefore, command the same level
of attention and urgency as any other business risk of this magnitude.
But what, precisely, must company directors and institutional investors do to discharge their fiduciary duties in a responsible and prudent fashion in the face of the economic threats posed by climate change?
Corporate Directors
Both by law and by convention, company directors have a very clear set of duties. The most important of these are: to set and monitor overall company strategy and direction; to select, compensate, monitor, and evaluate the CEO; to protect the long-term assets of the shareholders; and to ensure the integrity and clarity of the company's reporting to key stakeholders. In light of these duties, company directors should:
1.Ensure that the company has sufficient expertise to make informed and responsible decisions regarding climate change. New conditions have arisen in the twenty-first century that are very different from those in which most corporate directors have professional experience. This means that most board members and company executives are under-informed and under-prepared for these new challenges. Board members should commit to ensuring that both the board itself and senior management have access to and use the necessary specialized expertise to make informed decisions in this area.
2. Insist that company executives undertake a thorough assessment of the company's current and probable risk exposure to the financial and competitive consequences of climate change. As a first step, this will involve measuring the company's greenhouse gas emissions throughout its entire value chain. The best available reporting framework with which to do this is the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocol. The Protocol was jointly convened by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and is included in the comprehensive Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Guidelines.
3.Insist that company executives have also thoroughly examined the opportunities which climate change may also present for new or expanded business activity and/or cost reduction. Climate change is not only about risk; it is also about opportunities. A few leading multinationals have already shown impressive results cutting
greenhouse gas emissions significantly at no net cost whatsoever.
4. Require that the company benchmark itself against its industry competitors, as well as against best practice from other industry sectors. This will not only give the board and senior executives a much clearer idea of the company's relative risk exposure, but could also be a source of concrete ideas about effective new initiatives.
5. Develop, announce, and implement an explicit strategy on climate change that it is integrated into the company's overall business strategy. This could mean anything from including "cost of carbon" calculation scenarios when examining potential projects to creating long-term strategies for changing the company's portfolio of businesses to remain competitive in the coming transition to a carbon-constrained business environment.
6. Link executive compensation to the company's performance on climate change objectives. Risk exposures, and therefore specific responses and quantitative performance targets, will vary with each company. What is important is that the targets exist, that they are both ambitious and realistic, and that executives'
compensation is tied in part to their success in meeting or exceeding those targets.
7. Explore new strategic alliances and business arrangements. This could take many forms, from choosing new, less carbon-intensive suppliers, to new collaborations with NGOs, to investing in new carbon-mitigation
8. Ensure that the company develops and follows best practice standards for disclosing its climate change exposures to investors and to other external and internal stakeholders. Institutional shareholders and the company's other key stakeholders reward companies for candor, transparency, and genuine efforts to improve their environmental performance, and will assume the worst when little or no information is forthcoming. The Global Reporting Initiative, recently launched as an international standard setting body, provides a comprehensive and widely accepted format for communicating with stakeholders on climate change and other social/environmental performance issues.
9. Create formal lines of accountability. Establish formal, board-level accountability mechanisms to monitor and
report on the company's progress in addressing climate-driven business risks and opportunities, and to ensure that any necessary remedial actions are taken promptly.
Institutional Investors
Institutional investors in the United States have a legal duty to act prudently and solely in their beneficiaries' best interests. Embedded climate risk is a serious long-term threat to the preservation of investment value. For fiduciaries to fulfill their duties under these conditions they must:
1. Seek expert advice on climate risk. Very few investment managers and securities analysts have the
specialized skills or experience necessary to quantify companies' exposure to climate risks. There are, however, a growing number of world-class authorities with expertise in the technical, policy, and financial aspects of climate change mitigation. Institutional fiduciaries would be derelict in their responsibilities if they failed to utilize those resources where necessary.
2. Undertake a portfolio-wide assessment of risk exposures. Climate risk varies widely among industry sectors. Even within the same sector the risk can vary by as much as sixty times. As fiduciaries of other
people's money, institutional investors must understand and control their relative level of risk exposure. Over time, this should become part of investment managers' overall risk management processes.
3. Incorporate climate change considerations into overall investment strategies. Pension fund trustees need to state their policy toward embedded climate risk in their statement of investment principles. Mutual fund portfolio
managers must incorporate climate risk into their assessments of individual companies, industry sectors, and entire investment portfolios.
4. Request – and if necessary, demand – greater disclosure of climate risks by companies wishing to be considered as investment candidates. Clearly, investors cannot factor climate risk into their decision-making
processes if they lack basic information on company-specific risk levels. In some European countries, such disclosure is now being mandated by legislation or demanded by the largest institutional investors.
5. Encourage best practice among their portfolio companies. As owners of the firms in which they hold shares, institutional investors and/or their outside fund managers must encourage the senior executives of their portfolio companies to pursue best practice in climate change risk management. Such encouragement will most likely need to be both through private discussions and public support for shareholder resolutions. Institutional investors can also join their peers in informal alliances such as the CERES Sustainable Governance Project or the U.K.-based Carbon Disclosure Project that encourage companies to make their risk exposures and performance more transparent to investors and other stakeholders.
6. Explore the commercial potential of new, "climate-friendly" investment products. Some innovative asset managers have recently created new mutual funds whose stock selection is oriented towards companies with superior strategic positioning and lower risk regarding climate change. These funds have already demonstrated both marketing and financial performance benefits.
7. Channel more investment capital into "clean energy" opportunities. In addition to the large multinational companies which are the primary focus of the mutual funds described above, there are many promising
investment opportunities among smaller companies which are developing and commercializing new clean energy technologies such as fuel cells, microturbines, and solar power. Most major institutions are already investing more heavily in unlisted, privately held companies in general anyway; all that would be required is a greater willingness to examine the growing opportunities specific to climate-friendly technologies. These companies are making a very direct contribution to minimizing the adverse effects of climate change, and the economic prospects of the best of them are attractive indeed.
8. Promote the universal adoption of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Protocol recommended in the Global Reporting Initiative's reporting guidelines. The more that greenhouse gas reporting can be done using a common, standardized format, the easier it will be for institutional investors and other stakeholders to assess and compare company performance, and to encourage both top performers and laggards to move to a higher performance level.
9. Support collective industry initiatives promoting a lower carbon economy. While institutional investors have considerable power and influence over company performance as individual actors, that influence can be increased many times through collective industry action. A number of fora already exist to do precisely this, including CERES, the Council of Institutional Investors, the Global Reporting Initiative, the International Corporate Governance Network, and the United Nations Environment Programme's Finance Initiative, among others. In addition, investors can and should make their views known to both national governments and key multinational institutions such as the World Bank and its sister institutions.


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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
David Finkle • New York City • Jul 22, 2011
While this version of Yukio Mishima's 1956 novel (as adapted by Serge Lamothe) is often as enthralling on the stage as it is on the page, this three-hour play doesn't always support the tireless and occasionally tiresome efforts expended on it.
Miyamoto has understandably drawn on traditional Japanese theater stylizations. Just as unsurprisingly, he's generously blended them with his love for American musicals. (Miyamato directed the Roundabout's revival of Pacific Overtures and made his acclaimed helming debut in Japan with a revue called I Got Merman.)
Joining forces with a top-notch team of collaborators, Miyamoto brings muscularity to the tale of Mizoguchi (Go Morita), whose stutter makes him the butt of jokes from early childhood, and who becomes an adult trying desperately to find meaning in his afflicted life. He seeks eventually futile help from two very different friends, the good-hearted Tsurukawa (Shunsuke Daito) and the scheming Kashiwagi (Sousuke Takaoka), who relies on his deformed legs as a device to coax sympathy from women.
When still young, Mizoguchi was taken by his father to the temple of the title, and although disappointed by its physical presence, he instantly attached a symbolic importance to it. (Exactly what sort both Mishima and his adaptors leave open for viewers' speculations.) Just to make certain audience members don't forget about the temple's influence, Miyamoto has it repeatedly stride onto stage as a character identified as Phoenix (Fuyuki Yamakawa)
Since Mishima based his bestseller on an actual 1950 incident, in which Shoken Hayashi set fire to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Miyamoto carefully incorporates that event into his story via a sound-and-light show towards the evening's end that is worth the price of admission.
While there are some dry patches during Mizoguchi's existentially compulsive wonderings, during which he seems to drop his stutter but not his strident complaining, what Mishima and Miyamoto have in mind as to the reason behind the young man's unrelieved angst seems to lie in deep-seated national despair.
Throughout, the 17-strong cast toils valiantly, including the six often shirtless young men collectively known as Dairakudakan, and who perform the more strenuous, often breakdance-like movements. Noriko Nakagoshi is touching as Uiko, a girl whom Mizoguchi eyes and whose untimely end he feels is partly his doing. As Mizoguchi's parents, the stern Choei Takahaski and the sterner Rei Okamoto are impressive.
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- v. Present participle of slush.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
While I do blog about other topics, this whole livejournal has always revolved around my work as Assistant Editor at RoF, of which the slushing was a significant part.
Today (once I manage to get out from under this cat, get dressed, and get the dog out) my writerly duties include slushing, writing an essay on prosody, and commencing work on The Sea thy Mistress.
With pints of blood slushing out of him he made a dash for about 250 yards to the large, fast, and open river.
If the zine has a physical office, order unsolicited pizza delivery to the slushing room, anchovies only!
The system was put into place a generation ago as part of reforms that followed the Watergate scandals of the 1970s – illegal activities sanctioned by President Richard Nixon's re-election committee and funded by unregulated donations slushing through his campaign treasury.
House Votes To Abolish Public Financing For Presidential Campaigns
Handkerchief came up to me in a familiar manner, the water in the cockpit slushing against his legs.
Start slushing tomorrow for Clarkesworld and, depending on the first flood of submissions, not go insane
If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I like to talk about coffee, LOST, Supertown, slushing, and politics videogames.
Start slushing tomorrow for Clarkesworld and, depending on the first flood of submissions, not go insane (flood is a great descriptor for the amount of submissions we've gotten in two days, and I've not gone insane yet wee!)
I had a whole list of things I was going to do once I got home from the day job (laundry, bills, slushing, drawing, and so on), but now I have something more pressing to do (worry).


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Two of my mates on the left and me at David Guetta on Friday night, very intoxicated haha.
Very grainy, but my mate and myself dressed as Hipsters for a theme party!
The boys at Future Music Festival 2012!
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Week 8 2011
Bucko was on a bye week last week. A chance to rest any injuries, re-evaluate the playbook and find something else to do on a Sunday night besides watch football. And the decision is in - X-Factor really is crap.
Apologies to Terrell Owens for missing his privately-arranged workout. Bucko got stuck in the same traffic jam that all the 32 team personnel directors did too. It was chaos. Everyone going absolutely nowhere. Or is that actually no-one going anywhere remotely near? TO, about as popular now as Nancy Dell'Olio at a ballroom dancing convention.
Started reading a new book today - "Quarterbacking fundamentals by Tim Tebow" - interesting read.
The Wembley game is now a distant memory but with any luck, the moron who ran around the field with his shirt off is still locked up. What a great message to send to the world on behalf of British fans. These kinds of idiots should be fined at least Ł1,000, locked up for a month and given community service orders too. And Bucko needs to stop reading
The Daily Mail
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Just finished that book if anyone wants to borrow it.
For the RedZone fans out there, let's go double box.
Why football will never work in Toronto Chapter 6. Bills TE Scott Chandler scores and runs to the crowd to do a Lambeau Leap or more like a Canadian Carousel. And the guy in the front row is busy on the phone with one hand and drinking a Labatts in the other and totally ignores him. Classic.
From the "Can I have this job" category comes the story that the Oakland Raiders signed Dave Rayner to replace Sebastian Janikowski for their recent game with the Chiefs. He kicked off to start the game, went to the bench, put his cap on backwards, and stayed there for the next three hours as the Raiders were shutout 28-0. $40,000 for one kickoff and was then released. Where do I sign up?
Was watching The Green Mile the other day and heard one of the characters chanting "Dead man walking". Hence very surprised to find out Tony Sparano of the Dolphins was not anywhere to be seen.
Last Wembley comment - anyone see or hear anything of Nick Halling last weekend? No? Good eh?
Laura Okmin sighting. Well I think it was her. Or someone who looked distinctly like her on a broomstick flying over Bucko's house on Halloween.
The last winless team battle is down to two thanks to the Rams' stunning upset of New Orleans on Sunday. How many survivor pools could that have ruined? Bucko won't make any mention of a certain Saints' quarterback screwing up his fantasy team but he does now own a Drew Brees voodoo doll. The Colts and the Dolphins, winless, clueless and hopeless. Sometimes you really have to feel for Andrew Luck as he will be following a passing icon wherever he goes in April's draft.


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We have experienced a shift in American character: we've become a nation of moochers. Increasingly dependent on the efforts of others over our own, Americans are free to freeload. From the corporate bailouts on Wall Street to the alarming increases in personal default and dependency, from questionable tax exemptions to enormous pension, healthcare, and other entitlement costs, the new moocher culture cuts across lines of class, race, and private and public sectors. And the millions that plan and behave sensibly, only to bail out the profligate? They're angry.
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My main class, call it Main.java, calls a Desktop Application I created in Netbeans. After the user clicks a button, it returns to Main.java, which then calls another desktop application which I created with Netbeans. The thing is, if I close one of them, I end up closing both. Is there a way that I can just close one but not the other?
These GUIs (GUI1 and GUI2) are called by: I changed the main method in GUI1App.java and GUI2App.java to be called "launch" instead of main. Then in my Main.java, I just use
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- 08-25-2010, 04:29 PM #2if I close one of them, I end up closing both. Is there a way that I can just close one but not the other
Are the "app"s JFrame windows? Can you call setVisible(false) to hid a window?
Don't have multiple JFrames. Instead have your main app be a JFrame and the dialog window a JDialog (the tutorials will show you how), or even better, swap views with a CardLayout. Also you will benefit greatly by not using NetBeans to generate your Swing code, but rather to learn to code it yourself through the Sun / Oracle tutorials.
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The annexins are a family of calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding proteins. Members of the annexin family contain 4 internal repeat domains, each of which includes a type II calcium-binding site. The calcium-binding sites are required for annexins to aggregate and cooperatively bind anionic phospholipids and extracellular matrix proteins. This gene encodes a divergent member of the annexin protein family in which all four homologous type II calcium-binding sites in the conserved tetrad core contain amino acid substitutions that ablate their function. However, structural analysis suggests that the conserved putative ion channel formed by the tetrad core is intact.
annexin A9
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Eye cancer statistics
New cases of eye cancer, 2015, UK
Deaths from eye cancer, 2014, UK
Survive eye cancer for 10 or more years, 2009-2013, England
Preventable cases of eye cancer, UK
- There are around 750 new eye cancer cases in the UK every year, that's around 2 every day (2013-2015).
- Eye cancer is not among the 20 most common cancers in the UK, accounting for less than 1% of all new cancer cases (2015).
- In males in the UK, eye cancer is not among the 20 most common cancers, with around 390 new cases in 2015.
- In females in the UK, eye cancer is not among the 20 most common cancers, with around 350 new cases in 2015.
- Incidence rates for eye cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 80 to 84 (2013-2015).
- Since the early 1990s, eye cancer incidence rates have increased by around a seventh (14%) in the UK. Rates in males have remained stable, and rates in females have remained stable.
- Over the last decade, eye cancer incidence rates have increased by a quarter (25%) in the UK. Rates in males have increased by more than a fifth (22%), and rates in females have increased by more than a quarter (28%).
- Most eye cancers occur in the choroid.
- 1 in 1,205 men and 1 in 1,330 women will be diagnosed with eye cancer during their lifetime.
- An estimated 5,800 people who had previously been diagnosed with eye cancer were alive in the UK at the end of 2010.
- There were around 120 eye cancer deaths in the UK in 2014, that's more than 2 deaths every week.
- Eye cancer accounts for less than 1% of all cancer deaths in the UK (2014).
- In males in the UK, there were around 55 eye cancer deaths in 2014.
- In females in the UK, there were around 65 eye cancer deaths in 2014.
- Almost 6 in 10 (56%) eye cancer deaths in the UK each year are in people aged 70 and over (2012-2014).
- Mortality rates for eye cancer in the UK are highest in people aged 90+ (2012-2014).
- Since the early 1970s, eye cancer mortality rates have decreased by more than a half (54%) in the UK, with a similar decrease in males (56%) and females (54%).
- Over the last decade, eye cancer mortality rates have remained stable in the UK, for males and females combined and separately.
- 6 in 10 (60%) people diagnosed with eye cancer in England survive their disease for ten years or more (2009-2013).
- 7 in 10 (70%) people diagnosed with eye cancer in England survive their disease for five years or more (2009-2013).
- 95% of people diagnosed with eye cancer in England survive their disease for one year or more (2009-2013).
- Eye cancer 10-year survival in England is similar in men and women (2009-2013).
- Eye cancer survival in England is highest for adults diagnosed aged under 50 years old (2009-2013).
- Around 8 in 10 people in England diagnosed with eye cancer aged 15-49 survive their disease for five years or more, compared with almost two-thirds of people diagnosed aged 70-89 (2009-2013).
- A person's risk of developing cancer depends on many factors, including age, genetics, and exposure to risk factors (including some potentially avoidable lifestyle factors).
- 2% (3% in males and less than 1% in females) of eye cancer cases each year in the UK are linked to major lifestyle and other risk factors.
- Certain occupational exposures may relate to higher eye cancer risk but evidence is unclear; these would account for an estimated 2% of eye cancer cases in the UK.
- 'Two-week wait', '31-day wait' and '62-day wait' standards are met by all countries for brain and CNS tumours.
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The latest statistics available for eye cancer in the UK are; incidence 2015, mortality 2014 and survival 2009-2013. Risk factors information are in production.
The ICD code for eye cancer is ICD-10 C69.
European Age-Standardised Rates were calculated using the 1976 European Standard Population (ESP) unless otherwise stated as calculated with ESP2013. ASRs calculated with ESP2013 are not comparable with ASRs calculated with ESP1976.
Lifetime risk estimates were calculated using incidence, mortality, population and all-cause mortality data for 2010-2012 due to the small number of cases.
Most cases of eye cancer are in the uvea; accordingly most evidence cited on our risk factors page is for uveal melanoma specifically rather than eye cancer overall. The specific cancer type is stated where possible.
Cancer waiting times statistics are for patients who entered the health care system within financial year 2014-15. Eye cancer is part of the group 'Brain and CNS tumours' for cancer waiting times data. Codes vary per country but broadly include: peripheral nerves and autonomic nervous system, eye and adnexa, meninges, brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves and other parts of the CNS, and secondary cancers of brain and cerebral meninges and other and unspecified parts of nervous system.
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Anthem Musculoskeletal (MSK) Solutions Management Manager - AIM Chicago - 138796 in Austin, Texas
/This position will be located in AIM's corporate office in Chicago IL (near O'Hare Airport)./
Your Talent. Our Vision. At AIM Specialty Health (AIM), a proud member of the Anthem, Inc. family of companies, it's a powerful combination, and the foundation upon which we're creating access to greater care for our members, greater value for our customers, and greater health for our communities. Join us and together we will drive the future of health care. This is an exceptional opportunity to do innovative work that means more to you and those we serve.
Solutions Manager* *is accountable for AIM's Musculoskeletal (MSK) solution and leads efforts to: set strategic direction, define the solution, plan enhancements, and bring the solution to market. The director ensures his/her solution is a market leader, generates strong ROI for clients, and consistently improves quality and safety on behalf of health plans, providers, and their members. Primary duties include but are not limited to: * Drives MSK solution execution and enables "downstream" teams (e.g., client management, operations) * Works with internal organizations (e.g., sales, marketing, technology, clinical, operations) to ensure successful solution development, sales support, and operational successes. * May lead effort or manage project teams in the implementation of complex solution-client implementations * Provides performance management, key reports, and analytical insights to identify solution improvements/address challenges * Supports solution roadmap development as needed * Engages with provider community on solutions, as needed.
The qualified candidate will have: * 5-7 years of experience in a related field, 2-3 years experience in solution/product management experience required. * or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills * Demonstrated product management successes * Excellent communication skills, including written, oral, presentation, and listening * Ability to collaborate with both internal and external partners * BA/BS degree in a related field required * Understanding of Musculoskeletal (MSK) space, technology implementations, and project management preferred /Anthem, Inc. is ranked as one of America's Most Admired Companies among health insurers by Fortune magazine and is a 2017 DiversityInc magazine Top 50 Company for Diversity. To learn more about our company and apply, please visit us at antheminc.com/careers. EOE. M/F/Disability/Veteran./
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Let's Play: Black Ops II Zombies - Die Rise
Penthouse of the dead
Die Rise is the Zombies mode map added by Black Ops II's new Revolution DLC. In this gameplay video, you can see us shamble around the map's wrecked Chinese skyscraper scavenging parts, falling off ledges and killing the occasional flesh-eater.
If you were a level designer, you might say Die Rise has a lot of "verticality". If you were a careless player, you might say "I fell down a lift shaft, everybody". Either way, Die Rise is an enormous map with lots of twists and turns to break up your party. It's also a change of scenery fans of Zombies mode will appreciate, a world away from the retro-futuristic Americana of the on-disc Black Ops II Zombies.
You start out up high and can drop your way down the partially destroyed building floor by floor, hunting for parts to get a generator back online. Alternatively, you can take the desperately unsafe elevator all the way down and work your way back up.
Black Ops II's Revolution DLC also introduced Turned to the game's Zombies offering. It's the first mode that lets you play as a zombie and the fastest, most frantic way to play Black Ops II multiplayer, Zombies or otherwise.
For even more on Call of Duty: Black Ops II's Revolution DLC, see our gameplay videos and tips for the new multiplayer maps and the Peacekeeper SMG, Revolution's bonus weapon.


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Woolworths Trust Launches Guidelines for Predator-Friendly Farming - 1 October 2008
In the latest step in its campaign to introduce predator-friendly meat to the South African market, Woolworths has just released a comprehensive set of guidelines called "Predators on Livestock Farms: A Practical Manual for Non-Lethal, Holistic, Ecologically Acceptable and Ethical Management". The book is sponsored by the Woolworths Trust, which last year donated funds to the Landmark Foundation to facilitate its publication.
Says Tom McLaughlin, trustee of the Woolworths Trust, "There is still significant persecution of predators such as leopards, caracals, jackals, eagles and vultures in South Africa. We have been actively working with conservation and agriculture groups for some time in an effort to put an end to the use of inhumane methods of predator control by livestock farmers and are very excited about the publication of these guidelines."
The manual will be introduced to farmers at a series of one-day workshops and will be introduced to Woolworths suppliers on a one-to-one basis.
The publication of these predator-friendly guidelines marks an important milestone in Woolworths Good business journey. Woolworths has pledged its commitment to environmental conservation and the preservation of our natural biodiversity as part of this comprehensive 5-year plan which is seeing the retailer fundamentally change the way it does business in order to accelerate transformation, drive social development, enhance its environmental focus and address climate change.
Director of the Landmark Foundation, Dr Bool Smuts, who authored the guidelines, says: "Thanks to the foresight and commitment of Woolworths, we have now been able to introduce a code of conduct which helps farmers identify predators and teaches humane methods of predator management. As conservationists we cannot do this alone. We are delighted that Woolworths has joined forces with our cause - not only in terms of funding, but by educating their suppliers and their customers about the vital need to protect South Africa's biodiversity."
It's not only in South Africa that Woolworths is encouraging farmers to use humane predator control methods. For example, Woolworths free range beef is farmed in Namibia to strict European standards by farmers who sign a declaration that they have not used gin traps, poisons or pack hunting to control predators.
Woolworths' commitment to predator friendly meat does not stop with the production of the manual; the retailer is also funding the placement of 10 Anatolian Shepherd guard dogs with sheep farmers around the country. Five puppies have already been placed. Woolworths is funding not only the breeding and training of these 10 dogs, but also their upkeep and feeding for the first year as well as quarterly follow-up and support visits by Cheetah Outreach.
The Anatolian Shepherd is not a herding dog; the breed that has been used in Turkey to guard livestock from predators - including wolves - for some 5000 years and has been identified in the manual as one of the proposed humane options for South African farmers to protect their livestock from predators.
The dogs are being bred as part of an on-going trial in association with DeWildt Cheetah & Wildlife Trust and Cheetah Outreach, which have been breeding Anatolians and placing them on farms in the range of the free-ranging cheetah in South Africa since 2005. According to Cheetah Outreach's Annie Beckhelling, they've had an over 90% success rate in protecting sheep and goats from predators including cheetah, leopard, caracal, jackal and hyena.
"While our predator policy and approach is only the first step on a long journey, we're confident that it will prove successful so that farmers will be able to stop using poisons, gin traps and other inhumane methods to protect their livestock," says Chan Pillay, Woolworths Trading Head of Meat, Poultry, Seafood & Dairy. "We're pleased to be playing a role in the protection of endangered species."


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|Reviews for i was begging for you to call me a liar
| hail.the.bloocheese chapter 4 . 7/3/2007
your honesty is breathtaking and awe-inspiring. keep it up :)
| Her Wishing Well chapter 4 . 4/14/2007
Graphically beautiful. I just loved this:
"i keep trying to close my eyes and lose myself.
and you tell me to keep them open and say you
can't trust me if i close my eyes while we kiss)"
| lackluster chapter 4 . 4/1/2007
simple and complex at the same time. i love it. "pineapple arsenic"
| Wylloa chapter 4 . 3/20/2007
Breathetaking, Memorable, Mesmorizing.
"you are just pineapple arsenic,
too sweet on my tongue and never enough."
| dollface and her cancer chapter 3 . 3/17/2007
you, darlin', are the master of cheap hotel rooms and pretty dirty things. grit and glitter and the words i can't find anymore. mhm. i'm jealous.
"your fingers justfucked hot on my thighs, balance precarious."
"say you / can't trust me if i close my eyes while we kiss."
miss thing, this is why we're all so desperately in love with you. you are such a perfect tragedy.
| acccountkiller chapter 4 . 3/13/2007
"pineapple arsenic" liked that line :-). It's good, makes one wonder somehow...it really goes well with the other poems from the grouping though. Your choice of words is always interesting...keep writing, even if it's just "something" it's always good :-).
| Wylloa chapter 1 . 2/24/2007
Your words are a graphic truth of the live everyone denies exists.
"(i don't care if you don't love me
anymore, i fucking destroyed you,
and it's a raw triumph
that i tell with bloody razors and
poetry, my highs have never been
so fucking good)"
This is so raw and ddrowing in emotion you want to sit on the edge of your seat and scream at the computer screen.
| Cum grano saltis chapter 3 . 1/23/2007
wow, wonderful! the ending is pure genius.
| acccountkiller chapter 3 . 1/7/2007
This poem is so sexual, but to me it looks like that's the least important thing in the whole story, like it's all a metaphore for something more meaningful, and I suppose it is. You have a really great style...write more stuff like this!
| acccountkiller chapter 2 . 1/7/2007
I really love the last lines here. Quite unique. Is this a true story? forgive me for being curious :-P but it does seem like one! I love this particular collection..very angry, very sad...so full of emotions!
| acccountkiller chapter 1 . 1/7/2007
Wow. I adore this. It's so angry and it just feels real! Her behaviours, the attitude, the feelings...everything...perfect. Maybe a bit coarse here and there, but it fits the conveyed images. Brilliant. *faves list* Love, Mia
| lackluster chapter 3 . 12/31/2006
the whole thing is such a gorgeous plea for...whatever. it feels like choking on alcohol and sipping it back down anyways. the two last lines are staying with me.
| dollface and her cancer chapter 2 . 12/25/2006
the last two lines are so perfectly you.
and raw.
and this is ohsoreal, you know.
| by His blood chapter 2 . 12/24/2006
it almost makes me feel alive again.
| by His blood chapter 1 . 12/24/2006
i'm so numb that i can barely breathe and i can't live like this much longer. but your words - this makes me feel something again, and it's amazing.


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CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Suicide has been in the news recently after the death of actor Robin Williams. While it's not an easy topic of conversation, some families feel there should be more discussions on the issue.
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Kathy Holmes first child, Paul Hanbury, would have turned 32 years old on Saturday. While family and friends still celebrated, it was a difficult day for the Chesapeake family.
"He was a wonderful human being," said Holmes.
Hanbury died of suicide on July 11 in Portsmouth. It's an experience Holmes never thought her family would know about.
"It's hit our family this time," she said. "It's our son."
Holmes said her son had a troubled past. He had a drug addiction. He also suffered from symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, bi-polar disorder, and anxiety. His mother said he wasn't medicated for his illness.
On July 11, Portsmouth Police showed up to a residence on Arizona Street. Spokesperson Misty Holley said in a news release officers were serving an arrest warrant to Hanbury.
"[In] less than a minute, my son had a gun and he shot himself in the head," said Holmes. "He committed suicide."
Holmes said, no other mother or family should feel the pain the comes with suicide. She said her family is now trying to raise awareness about suicide.
At Hanbury's funeral, they had a slideshow that included statistics about suicide and drug use. The family will also walk in the Out of the Darkness Community Walk happening at Mt. Trashmore in Virginia Beach on September 6. They invite others to join their team, "Finding Hope."
Holmes' advice to other families is to offer help to someone who is struggling with mental illness.
And for other parents, she said, "Pay attention to the hurts, other than the bruises or the stitches they might have to get. Listen to them. Let them talk to you and tell them what's going on."


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Oprah pick Uwem Akpan in the Southland tonight
Oprah Book Club fans in the Southland can see Uwem Akpan this evening at Loyola Marymount University's William H. Hannon Library. The author is set to appear at 5:30 p.m.
Akpan, a native of Nigeria, is the author of Oprah's latest book pick, "Say You're One of Them." The book marked two firsts for Oprah's Book Club: It was the first set in Africa and the first short story collection.
"He is the author of the most powerful collection of short stories that I believe I've ever read," Oprah said on her book club broadcast.
Akpan is a Jesuit priest who received a master of fine arts in creative writing from the University of Michigan. After earning his degree, he has returned to Nigeria, where he serves at Christ the King Church, Ilasamaja-Lagos, Nigeria.
"I started off going into the priesthood," Akpan said on the "Oprah" broadcast, "and the writing came later. For me, the two are very intertwined, right now, connected."
It is not Akpan's first visit to Southern California. Last year he appeared at the L.A. Times Festival of Books. "Say You're One of Them" was a finalist for the L.A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
-- Carolyn Kellogg
Photo: Uwem Akpan. Credit: Comfort Ukpong / Little, Brown & Co.