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Published March 17, 2005, in issue 0411 of the Hook
[February 24 cover story: "She's dying: His drug could save her"]
I want to comment on your February 24, 2005, article "She's Dying and His Drug could help her." My wife was diagnosed with ALS in November 2003. She had probably had the disease several months before that.
She was misdiagnosed with allergies, sinus infection– even had surgery to have her uvula removed. We have tried everything to help her. She is on a vitamin regimen. She has water therapy. We have tried acupuncture. Herbs. Organic diets.
We traveled to China for a new unproven treatment called OFC surgery. She had two holes drilled into her skull while she was awake and 1.5 million OFC cells injected into her brain. There is nothing an ALS patient will not try. What in God's name do they have to lose? Then I read your article and see something that just might help her– and has helped others it seems– and I get so upset.
It is maddening that a group of people whom I don't know have control over a possible treatment and will not even consider letting people try it. Not only that, they take it away from the ones it has helped. How do they sleep at night knowing they are allowing people to die while they work out their little agenda of crossing all the T's and dotting all the I's? This is not right.
Any ALS patient and their family would be willing to sign any form removing all responsibility from the University, the staff, the doctor, and anyone else who is so scared that they may be sued. Having ALS and having a spouse who has ALS is a living hell!
I think the real reason that this medication was withdrawn was solely monetary and liability concerns.
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Service orientation is about agility. Without a resulting agility, there is no point of doing SOA. Unfortunately, enterprise SOA infrastructure initiatives sometimes fail in part because its security mechanisms and processes demolish any agility that was built into the SOA itself. This happens when security is an afterthought. Simple barriers are good for security but they can easily become preventers of agility.
When security fails to maintain agility, one of following two possible consequences seems to emerge. The first is a failure of the corporate SOA initiative – without agility, the SOA fails to provide value. The second is when users of the SOA infrastructure work around the security mechanisms and processes to restore the needed agility. Holes are poked in the barriers themselves to accomplish what is needed – this is obviously dangerous and non productive.
To avoid such problems, one must implement a security that enables agility. One of the key ingredients of such an application of security is the decoupling of security from the services themselves. Consider the figure below where agility is represented on the Y axis and decoupling on the X axis. Note that I consider decoupling not as a binary 'on-or-off' state but rather along a scale with varying degrees.
On the left extreme, security is embedded as part of the application logic itself. There is no decoupling and therefore no agility with applying security at this level. This type of approach cannot accommodate important SOA patterns such as service compositions and global policies. Any change at this level requires potential interruptions of service and costly development phases. Moving along to the right, we come to container level security. This is a first step towards decoupling but the security is still running in process of the service implementation, very close to it and with very little added agility. Agent based solutions can offer additional decoupling in the sense that they can receive instructions from a centralized authority. However, agent based solutions are still running in process of the services themselves and have a native dependency to the container of the service implementations. There is still limited agility and a potential lock-in problem.
On the top right, you find security as a service, a security implementation that runs out of process, in a transparent way to the services themselves. Security as a service is a pattern typically implemented by gateway-based solutions – centralized policy enforcement points (PEP) and policy decision points (PDP). Security as a service requires a neutrality towards the services that they act on behalf of. This neutrality is achieved through the use of standards based mechanisms.
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Decision : 36 COM 8B.7
Natural Properties - Lakes of Ounianga (Chad)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Documents WHC-12/36.COM/8B and WHC-12/36.COM/INF.8B2,
2. Inscribes the Lakes of Ounianga, Chad, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criterion (vii);
3. Adopts the following Statement of Outstanding Universal Value:
Brief synthesis
Located in North-Eastern Chad, in a hot and hyperarid desert setting with less than 2mm rainfall per year, the Lakes of Ounianga comprises a total of 18 lakes, in two groups, displaying a variety of sizes, depths, colorations and chemical compositions. The property covers 62,808 ha and has a 4,869 ha buffer zone. The Lakes of Ounianga property is located in a basin which, less than 10,000 years ago, was occupied by a much larger lake and has a globally unique hydrological system, sustaining the largest permanent freshwater lakes system in the heart of a hyperarid environment.
The property also displays a range of striking aesthetic features, with varied coloration associated with the different lakes and their vegetation, and the presence of dramatic natural desert landforms that all contribute to the exceptional natural beauty of the landscape of the property. The shape and distribution of the lakes, combined with the effect of the wind moving the floating vegetation in the lakes, gives the impression of "waves of water flowing in the desert".
Criterion (vii): The property represents an exceptional example of permanent lakes in a desert setting, a remarkable natural phenomenon which results from an aquifer and associated complex hydrological system which is still to be fully understood. The aesthetic beauty of the site results from a landscape mosaic which includes the varied coloured lakes with their blue, green and /or reddish waters, in reflection of their chemical composition, surrounded by palms, dunes and spectacular sandstone landforms, all of it in the heart of a desert that stretches over thousands of kilometres. In addition, about one third of the surface of the Ounianga Serir Lakes is covered with floating reed carpets whose intense green colour contrasts with the blue open waters. Rock exposures which dominate the site offer a breathtaking view on all the lakes, of which the colours contrast with the brown sand dunes separated by bare rock structures. The shape and distribution of the lakes, combined with the effect of the wind moving the floating vegetation in the lakes, gives the impression of "waves of water flowing in the desert".
The boundaries of the 62,808 ha property have been designed to ensure its integrity. The property includes the area situated below the 450m contour line within the immediate lake watershed. The 4,869 ha buffer zone includes the village of Ounianga Kebir beside Lake Yoan. Zoning for management of the site takes into account pressures which are now mainly concentrated on Lake Yoan. Ounianga Serir, the smallest village (population of c. 1,000 in 2012) is next to the lake Teli, inside the property.
The hydrological system of the Lakes of Ounianga is functioning and the water level is stable apart from a slight seasonal variation, thanks to a groundwater supply which compensates evaporation losses.
The beauty and aesthetic values of the property have been well conserved. Although a good number of people live around lakes Yoan and Teli, local initiatives are assuring the compatibility between human activities and conservation of the site's values. Activities planned in the management plan strengthen and complement these initiatives. In addition the recently adopted Decree No. 095 which aims to maintain traditional agricultural practices in the property instead of intensive agriculture will enhance the conservation of the property.
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Decree n° 1077/PR/PM/MCJS/2010 of 15.12.2010 designated the Lakes of Ounianga as a "Natural site"; the protected area system of Chad, as established in Law n°14/PR/2008, focuses on fauna and flora conservation and, alone, is not fully suited to Ounianga; thus, responsibility for the property is vested in the Ministry of Culture. There is high level political support for the protection and management of the property at national and local levels.
Under the decree, all activities that could threaten the integrity of the property, including mining, are forbidden. The national designation is similar to IUCN Category III for protected areas. This decree is complemented by the Decree No. 630 which regulates the need to prepare Environmental Impact Assessments for development projects.
The property has an effective management plan in place for the short and long term, and there are adequate resources and staffing provided its implementation and monitoring.
Wetlands such as the Lakes of Ounianga are also protected by Law 14/PR/98. An action plan is implemented through local associations to avoid negative impacts on the site. Conservation efforts focus on factors that could impact the site's integrity, which include effective measures to regulate urban development, address litter and waste management, support sustainable agriculture and ensure that traffic, tourism and other uses is maintained at levels that do not impact the Outstanding Universal Value of the property. Several local associations created at the initiative of the local governmental authorities and the local communities are also responsible for the conservation of the property. These activities are implemented with the support of a Local Management Committee, which provides input for improving the existing management plan.
4. Commends the State Party, and the local communities associated with the property, for their efforts to conserve this property and to maintain the sustainable traditional use of resources in the region;
5. Requests the State Party to implement in full the commitments to both short-term and long term requirements to substantially revise and enhance the management plan for the property, and to provide adequate staffing and resources for its implementation, as noted during the evaluation of the nomination;
6. Also requests the State Party to:
a) Increase further the involvement and representation of local and indigenous communities in the future conservation and management of the Lakes of Ounianga in recognition of their rich cultural heritage, the legitimacy of their rights to maintain sustainable traditional resource use and their rich local knowledge, including through providing effective and enhanced mechanisms for consultation and collaboration,
b) Enhance the authority and effective work of the Local Management Committee and use it as platform by which the government, agencies and indigenous peoples will discuss, analyze and resolve land use and/or management actions that could represent threats to the property whilst sharing and making the best use of local and traditional knowledge to improve the existing management plan for the property,
c) Provide the necessary human and financial resources to ensure the effective enforcement of the recently approved Decrees No. 095 and 630 for ensuring the conservation and sustainable traditional use of the property;
7. Further requests the State Party to provide a report to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2014 on the establishment and resourcing of the management plan and the progress in implementing the above recommendations, for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 38th session in 2014.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Tamika Catchings finally has the only title that was missing from her incredible basketball resume - a WNBA championship.
She scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever win their first WNBA title with an 87-78 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Sunday night.
Catchings, who was the MVP of the Finals, averaged 22.3 points in the series, which the Fever won 3-1 over the defending WNBA champions.
``When you come into this league, your goal and dream is to win a WNBA championship,'' Catchings said. ``Twelve years later ... it's so sweet right now.''
Catchings had won three Olympic gold medals and an NCAA championship at Tennessee in 1998, but never a WNBA one. She had been in a position to clinch at home before. The Fever led Phoenix 2-1 in the best-of-five WNBA Finals in 2009, but the Mercury beat the Fever 90-77, took the series back to Phoenix and won the title at home in Game 5.
This time, Catchings took it home with college coach Pat Summitt looking on in the crowd.
The Fever won even though No. 2 scorer Katie Douglas missed most of the series with a severely sprained left ankle. Douglas checked in with 3.2 seconds left to a loud ovation.
Erin Phillips added 18 points and eight rebounds while Shavonte Zellous and Briann January each had 15 points for the Fever.
Minnesota was trying to become the first team to repeat since Los Angeles in 2001 and 2002.
``It was hard being the hunted, as we all know,'' Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said. ``There's a reason this hasn't been done in over 10 years. I really felt like if there was a team that could do it, it was our team.''
Indiana held Minnesota below 40 percent shooting in all three wins.
``They played good defense,'' Minnesota guard Lindsay Whalen said. ``They contested shots and they made it tough for us to get in the lane a little bit. I think that was the theme of the whole series. They were just tough, and give them credit for the way they played.''
Indiana led 63-58 at the end of the third quarter of Game 4. Minnesota cut Indiana's lead to 70-67 on a jumper by Maya Moore, but Phillips scored on a drive past Moore, got a defensive rebound, then found Shavonte Zellous for a 3-pointer from the left corner to give the Fever a 75-67 lead with 4:58 remaining.
Indiana led by at least five points the rest of the way. A 3-pointer by January gave Indiana an 80-72 lead with 1:18 to play. Reeve was called for a technical with 57.6 seconds remaining, Catchings made the free throw and the Fever took an 81-74 lead. Zellous made two more free throws with 27.2 seconds to play, and Fever fans began celebrating.
Seimone Augustus, Minnesota's leading scorer in the playoffs, was held to eight points on 3-for-21 shooting on Sunday. She shot 6-for-30 in the final two games of the series after the Fever switched January over to guard her.
Catchings said January, who was on the WNBA first-team all-defense squad, did her job.
``I think she set the tone,'' Catchings said. ``All her (Augustus') baskets were hard. She used up all her energy in the first quarter.''
Whalen scored 22 points and Moore added 16 points for the Lynx, who were vying to become the first team to win consecutive titles since Los Angeles in 2001 and 2002.
Moore picked up her third foul with 6:13 left in the second quarter. Reeve, who was fined for her jacket-tossing tantrum in Game 2, became animated again while disagreeing with the call. As the crowd erupted, Reeve waved hello and made the motion for a technical foul.
This time, Reeve's antics didn't help much as in Game 2, when her team pulled away from a tight contest after her technical foul for a convincing win. Minnesota tied the game three times in the second quarter, but the Fever closed with a 7-2 run, including a 3-pointer by Phillips, to take a 47-42 lead at halftime. Whalen scored 14 points in the first half to keep the Lynx in the game, often scoring on uncontested drives. Minnesota hung tough, despite Augustus shooting 2-for-13 in the first half.
It was right there for the Fever.
``Coming into halftime, we said we have 20 minutes and we're not trying to go back to to Minnesota to close this thing out,'' Zellous said.
Indiana started the second half on a 9-4 run, including two buckets by Catchings, to take a 56-46 lead.
Minnesota came right back. A driving layup by Moore cut Indiana's lead to 56-54 and forced the Fever to call timeout.
Minnesota tied the game on another drive by Moore, but the Fever responded with a 3-pointer by Catchings and a basket by Jessica Davenport to push the lead back to five by the end of the quarter.
Indiana then closed the deal at home in front of a sellout crowd.
``They made some huge runs at us and gave it everything at us, and I'm just relieved more than anything because we deserve this,'' Phillips said. ``We've been through so much as a team, we've lost in crucial times and we've stuck together. I'm just so proud right now.''


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Use Views as Your Decorating Inspiration
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: March 7, 2011
Easily change the look of the room and make it appear more spacious by opening the curtains, lifting the shades and blinds and bringing the scenery into your living space. Let the outside be your inspiration as you give the illusion that your room extends through the window glass.
No matter what the season, continuing the theme that your view provides will offer you many color choices and unique accessory ideas. As you look out the window are you treated to tulips making their way through the melting snow? Set a pot of forced tulips inside the house to maintain the theme. Bring in an accessory or two that matches the color of the emerging foliage of the plants and trees in the yard and add an exciting splash of color and texture with a pillow covered in a springtime floral print.
The trick works in any room of the house for any season of the year. Look outdoors for decorating inspiration. Use cut flowers or a water feature inspired theme for summer, rustic earthy colors for fall and let the wintery scenery blend with the decorations of the holiday season.
Check out the material remnant bins at the craft shop for deeply discounted pieces of fabric to use to create the accessories to match the season.
Pinecones, vases of leaves as well of flowers, or pieces of logs turned into votive candle holders can all be attractively displayed in your home to extend the theme of outdoor freshness and wide open spaces to you décor. Even a display of clean rocks in a jar will bring nature into the room.
The opposite works as well. Paint a basket or plant container in the same color as the accessories of the room that overlooks your back patio or front porch. Placed it on an outdoor surface within view of the window and the continued theme makes everything within your line a vision an extension of your living space.
Spring Decorating Ideas
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: March 5, 2011
Baby lambs, bunnies and chickens are all sure signs of spring. Pastel colors of lilac, yellow, pink and blue will surely make you think of spring bulbs sending shoots up into the warming spring sun, ready to burst into bloom. Add these elements to your décor to freshen up your home and welcome the sunshine. There is no easier way to chase away the winter blues.
Baskets are perfect decoration items for spring. Place your container plants into a basket and top it off with a spring inspired pastel color ribbon topped off with a matching bow. If you don't have plants, use baskets to hold items that would otherwise clutter your table. It doesn't matter what the basket contains, it's the pastel colored ribbon that introduces the illusion of spring into the home.
Place tiny chick, lambs and bunny figures in and around your plants, along the window sill or even tucked between the books on the bookshelf. A bit of whimsy will brighten any dark corner and
Fill jars, clear flower vases and candy dishes with jelly beans. The color and shape are as appealing as a decorating accessory as they are for a snack. Place them in any area that color and texture is needed.
Fill your vases with tulips and daffodils. If you don't have the real blooms, use silk bouquets.
As the clutter that has accumulated over the winter months is cleared away and replaced with the freshness of spring accessories, your home will take on a whole new look. The easy decorating makeover costs hardly anything.
The spring theme also lends itself well to the holidays that occur during the early months of the year. Guests who gather in your home for Easter dinner, Mothers Day brunch or even May Day will think the décor was specially designed for the occasion.
St. Patrick's Day Candles
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: March 3, 2011
Nothing creates a festive mood like a room full of shimmering candles. Even if you only have room for a few candles, you can "green up" your St. Patrick's Day décor with some simple pillar candles adorned with ribbons. This is an easy project to do and you may have the supplies on hand already. If not, you can acquire them affordably.
First, gather up any pillar candles you already have. You'll want white ones and green ones. Height and width doesn't matter. If you don't have any, they can be found at most stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Dollar Stores.
Next, select ribbons in colors and patterns that are in keeping with the St. Patrick's Day theme. Many stores will be carrying seasonal ribbons now. You can choose solid colors like green and white or patterns like shamrocks, leprechauns or checkerboards. If your budget allows, buy some of each. Also pick up some straight pins with white heads.
Using a soft ribbon-type tape measure, determine the circumference of each candle. Cut a strip of ribbon that compliments the candle color to the length of the candle's circumference. Hold one end in place with your hand and wrap the ribbon around the candle's center. Use the pins to hold both ends in place on the candle. Line the pin heads up and space them evenly down the ribbon seam to add to the finished look.
When all the ribbons have been attached to the candles, you can set the candles in their places. A nice variety of thickness and heights makes a great display on the center of a table along a mantel or placed around the room in smaller groupings. Wait for your guests to arrive and light the candles for a wonderful touch to your St. Patrick's Day gathering.
Homemade Designer Towels
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: March 1, 2011
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The guest towel arrangement in the bathroom shows that an extra effort is being made to make the user feel pampered and welcome. But decorative guest towel can be expensive. That's why many home makers tell the family not to use them but to save them for the guests.
Turn any towel set into a uniquely designed set of towels that will welcome any guest. Simply insert a matching fabric into the lower quarter portion of the towel or face cloth. The result is a beautifully decorated towel set that can also make a wonderful gift. The fact that you have created them yourself makes them even more special.
There are two ways to achieve the designer look of the homemade guest towel. The strip of material can be sewn right over a portion of the towel, or the towel can be cut and the pieces attached to either side of the strip of matching fabric. For a finished look, two strips of the matching fabric should be faced together so that the towel is as attractive from the back as it is from the front.
The measurements will depend on the length of the towel. Be careful to keep the inserts to scale on the bath towel, hand towel and face cloth so that the pieces look like a beautiful matched set.
Wide pieces of ribbon or lace can also be used for a creation that is uniquely your own. Just make sure that whatever fabric you use can be laundered so that your homemade gift is practical as well as beautiful
Shop the sales for regular sets of towels for your homemade designer towels. When buying the fabric for the insets, be sure to check out the bins that hold remnants. You can often find several yards of quality fabric at deeply discounted prices.
Easter Candy-filled Cups Make Sweet Gifts
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: February 28, 2011
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Though we grow older, we never grow too old for Easter candy. Jelly beans, chocolate eggs wrapped in colorful foil wrappers and marshmallow hens and chicks coated in colored sugars are reminiscent of childhood for all of us. If you are looking for a light-hearted gift for someone like a neighbor or coworker, a collection of these candies, served up in a cup and topped off with a decorative ribbon might be just the right gift.
First, scout around the local second hand shops and antique stores in your area. Look for mismatched tea cups, coffee mugs and matching saucers if they are available. Focus on spring or Easter themes. Mugs with pictures of Easter bunnies or tea cups with floral patterns are an excellent choice for this project. If you have trouble finding cups there, you can try your local dollar-type store for seasonal cups.
Next, purchase a variety of candies, depending on the tastes of your intended recipient(s). You can fill the cups with alone type of candy or mix and match. It's up to you. If you're going to use marshmallow candies, get the kind that is individually wrapped. Opening a larger package and separating the marshmallows will cause them to dry out and become stale.
Cut a length of pastel colored ribbon. Center the bottom of the cup on the center of the ribbon. Bring the ends up and tie the ribbon in place. Slip a hand-printed gift tag onto the ribbon and tie again. Curl the ends of the ribbons and let them dangle from the cup. Set the cup on its saucer, if bought one. Your gift is ready.
Candy-filled cups make nice place settings for an Easter get-together too. You can use them instead of place cards by putting each guest's name on the tag.
How to Make a Valentine's Day Scrapbook
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: February 12, 2011
Remember this Valentine's Day and the ones you love by making a scrapbook of all the fond memories you have of this special day. This is a time when couples look for new, exciting ways to express their love for one another. It's a time to cherish and remember for many years to come. One of the best ways to keep these memories alive is with a Valentine's Day scrapbook.
They're easy and fun to make. All you need to do is visit your local craft store and pick up a few supplies. If you prefer not to start from scratch you can even pick up a scrapbook kit that has everything you need to get started. Once you have all of your supplies ready, it's time to put together a memory you'll cherish forever.
Things to include in your Valentine's Day scrapbook:
- Photos
- Cards
- Love letters
- Keepsakes
Arrange these items throughout the pages of the scrapbook and write a passage about the special meaning it had for you. It makes it more interesting and easier to find what you're looking for later if you give each section or page a title. Decorate the page with embellishments, ribbons, bows, lace and so forth that helps capture the mood of the memory. Be creative and experiment a little to come up with unique ways of displaying your memories.
The contents of the Valentine's Day scrapbook can include memories from anyone who made this day special for you such as, children, parents, siblings, friends and so forth. However, you may want to dedicate a few pages especially for the special someone in your life. Creating your Valentine's Day scrapbook is a tradition you can continue annually so you can look back on your life and all the happy memories you had throughout the years.
How to Use Lighting Efficiently
Posted by: Lisa Mason on: February 10, 2011
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The lighting in your home can greatly affect your mood and it has a huge impact on the way your décor looks. When used correctly, lighting can enhance your room and make it look more vibrant and beautiful. On the other hand, improper lighting can have an adverse affect on your mood and surroundings.
Below are a few tips on how to use lighting efficiently that'll help you get the most from your décor:
- Use the right type of lighting for the job. Do you want to accent a painting or table of collectibles? If so, use accent lights. Task lights are designed to brighten up work areas like kitchens and home offices while some types of lights are designed especially for decoration. You'll need to decide which type of lighting would be the most efficient and practical for your needs.
- Place the light in the best location to get the most from its use. For example, use ambient lighting in the center of the room to light up the space more thoroughly making it easier to see where you're going. Place task lighting over the area where you'll be performing some type of duty for the best results.
- When installing lighting, consider the location of the on/off switch carefully. An ill placed light switch can be extremely annoying and ruin an otherwise perfect floor plan.
- Use the right type of bulbs for your fixtures. LED lights are fast becoming the most popular choice due to its energy efficient properties. They're compatible for most all fixtures and types of lighting.
Using lighting efficiently can improve the overall quality of your life and make your home more relaxing and comfortable. The correct lighting placed in the right location will enhance your décor, improve your ability to perform task and make your home safer.


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By Frank Colucci | November 1, 2007
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ALL NEW U.S. ARMY AVIATORS NOW GRADUATE from the Flight School XXI (FSXXI) curriculum at Fort Rucker, Ala. The modernized schoolhouse has nearly all its required simulators, TH-67 primary training helicopters, and go-to-war aircraft. Compared to past training schemes, FSXXI gives each student pilot 50-80 additional hours in operational utility, cargo, attack, and scout helicopters.
Hard comparisons with legacy training are still being formulated, but the new mix of virtual and real flying reportedly gives field units more capable aviators able to fly operational missions sooner. "All the feedback we're receiving is positive," Col. Walter Golden, deputy commander and assistant commandant of the U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Center and Fort Rucker, said. "The feedback we're getting from brigade commanders and standardization instructor pilots is that Flight School XXI pilots require less flight time to achieve Readiness Level 1 and pilot-in-command status."
Army aviator readiness levels are determined by field commanders. Legacy flight school graduates were typically classified Readiness Level 3 in the field and needed up to 40 hr additional training to attain Readiness Level 1 proficiency in base, mission, and special tasks specific to their new units. According to Golden, field units now classify most FSXXI graduates Readiness Level 2 or high-Readiness Level 3. "They really have to receive training in only some of their base and special mission tasks." FSXXI also graduates Army aviators with underwater escape "dunker" experience and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training.
Earlier this year, Brig. Gen. Stephen Mundt, Army aviation director, told Congress that Flight School XXI would enhance Army readiness with aviation units more able to focus on collective training than individual skills. He also noted that the new program gave student aviators 16 more weeks of direct mentorship from the same instructor pilot (IP). About half of the IPs now at Fort Rucker are combat veterans. Lt. Col. Don Lindsay, commander of the 1st Battalion, 14th Aviation Regiment, responsible for Bell Helicopter OH-58D Kiowa Warrior and Boeing AH-64D Apache crew qualification, values the extended relationship between each experienced IP and his two students. "The experience is in many respects transferred to those individuals," he said. "It's not all about the flight instruction. It's about the Army, how to be an officer, a warrant officer, and a leader in the Army."
Fort Rucker concluded its legacy initial entry rotary-wing training program in late 2005. The program relied on piecemeal simulators and obsolete Kiowas and Hueys to prepare students for aircraft qualification courses in their go-to-war helicopters. The two-phase FSXXI supplements advanced training devices and standardized training helicopters with more time on operational aircraft. Fort Rucker admits about 1,200 flight students a year, and FSXXI in 2006 qualified 520 new pilots on the Sikorsky Aircraft UH-60A/L, 154 on the OH-58D, 144 on the Boeing CH-47D Chinook, and 122 on the AH-64D. A preliminary study released earlier this year by the Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences at Fort Rucker found the difference between graduates of interim FSXXI and legacy flight training statistically significant. Compared with graduates of the former program, new Chinook pilots from FSXXI attained desired readiness levels with 11.22 fewer flight hours in their assigned units. Interim FSXXI without the full complement of cost-saving simulators nevertheless cost the Army about $90,000 or 26 percent more per Chinook pilot than the old training. Total training time at Fort Rucker remains 12-15 months. The institute has an on-going study to quantify the payoff from the dynamic training program.
Flight School XXI has already incorporated changes based on Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Student pilots are now introduced to combat maneuvering flight in their go-to-war aircraft. "We recognized early on the training we provided to our students during initial entry rotary-wing often trained them for only the most conservative maneuvers in the aircraft," Golden explained. "In the environments they're fighting in, they need to be familiar with a broader envelope." The school set safe maneuver limits and trained its trainers to keep students from overstressing the aircraft.
Legacy gunnery training was biased toward out-of-ground-effect hover to simulate fighting armor formations in Europe. However, experience in recent combat showed the need for running and diving fire as well as some off-axis gunnery practice. In addition, Fort Rucker's gunnery ranges previously represented Cold War target arrays at extended ranges. FSXXI has introduced more urban-type terrain and targets.
Fort Rucker has set up mechanisms to bring real-world lessons into the FSXXI program. "We have a directorate of evaluation and standardization with experienced instructor pilots from each airframe for units in the field," said Golden. "They conduct periodic visits to units in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as [in the United States]. They actually fly missions with these units and bring back the tactics, techniques, and procedures they're using."
Lessons learned are also incorporated into training and doctrine by an integration cell at Fort Rucker and distributed to deployed units monthly via a secure newsletter. The FSXXI faculty is also kept fresh. Golden said, "We've made a conscious effort here at the school to keep our instructor pilots here for only a three-year assignment, so we can continue to cycle them back out to the field... serving with deployed formations." The new school now has its first IP drawn from FSXXI graduates after a two-year field tour.
Computer Sciences Corp. was named FSXXI prime contractor in 2003 to install, operate, and manage the simulators central to the turnkey training scheme. CSC selected L3 Link, FlightSafety International, Rockwell Collins Simulation and Training, and Metters Industries to build the training devices. Virtual simulators (operational flight trainers and instrument flight trainers) for the Bell TH-57 and advanced aircraft virtual simulators for the UH-60A/L, CH-47D, AH-64D, and OH-58D reside in Warrior Hall and are owned and operated by CSC. Reconfigurable training devices that quickly can be converted to any of the go-to war-aircraft for collective training reside in the Army's aviation warfighting simulation center.
New simulators are planned for the UH-60M and CH-47F with their Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), and requirements for a Bell ARH-70 simulator with CAAS have been identified. Golden said, "The CAAS cockpit will be fully integrated not just in the simulators but in our academic training and all the rest."
Except for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior advanced aircraft virtual simulators, all the FSXXI simulators have been tested and accredited by the Army's Directorate of Simulation. "They were designed as a phased approach," said Golden. "We're pretty much on the time we anticipated for the fielding of those simulators." Aviation training exercises have successfully networked the reconfigurable training devices with the aviation combined arms tactical trainers at Fort Rucker and other AVCATT suites at Fort Hood, Texas, Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort Campbell, Ky., and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. One unit commander reported that in the first few weeks with his unit in Iraq, every mission flown had been reviewed in training previously during an exercise.
By September 2007, FSXXI students had logged more than 126,000 live flight hours. Some OH-58C navigation trainers remain in the fleet, but all Phase 1 primary and instrument training is conducted on TH-67A and A-Plus Creek trainers. Bell has so far delivered 212 TH-67s to Fort Rucker, including seven last year. The Army expects additional Creeks to make up for attrition and fill out the primary training fleet. Lear Siegler Services, Inc. provides contract flight instructors and maintenance support for the TH-67s.
Fort Rucker has enough UH-60A/Ls, CH-47Ds, OH-58Ds, and AH-64Ds for FSXXI Phase 2 training with Army instructor pilots. Golden explained, "In some cases, we buy an overcapacity in maintenance that allows us to train on a smaller number of aircraft than would perhaps be the requirement." The Aviation Center flew its last training missions with the AH-64A last November. Aircraft qualification courses for the analog Apache were transferred to the Western Army National Guard Aviation Training Site (WAATS) in Marana, Ariz.
FSXXI has made other modest changes since startup. The Army, for example, asked CSC to set up additional classrooms and break areas in Warrior Hall. Changes have also been made in course content. "We have made subtle changes because we're a learning organization," said Golden. "We continue to evaluate our programs and methodology on a continual basis."
FSXXI plans aimed for 60 percent simulated and 40 percent live flight training. "Our original model is still pretty close to the goal, although we adjust it to new simulators, tasks, and standards," said Golden. "There absolutely have been no disappointments with Flight School XXI. We don't rest upon our laurels or pretend that FSXXI is the final product and we're not going to change it... "We're constantly tweaking and modifying the structure to keep it relevant for the warfight."
Flight School XXI uses Advanced Aircraft Virtual Simulators (AAVS) for the UH-60A/L, CH-47D, AH-64D, and OH-58D in Warrior Hall owned and operated by integrator CSC.
Student pilots in the UH-60 AAVS fly over a simulated urban environment added to the FSXXI curriculum.
Bell has delivered 212 TH-67 Creeks to Fort Rucker so far for primary and instrument training.
The UH-60 Advanced Aircraft Virtual Simulator.


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Some people really like competitive mountain biking. Some people watch competitive mountain biking on television. Some die-hards even go and watch it in person. The two whack jobs doing play-by-play, or whatever you call it in mountain biking, for this particular event, however, do all of the above and more—with the caps lock firmly enabled.
Just listen, all the way to the end, as these two men erupt with passion, spittle and above all else, straight up enthusiasm for mountain biking. You can almost see the two of them, sitting there, hands squeezing their heads trying to keep brain from bursting through skull as they watch what must be the single greatest bike riding performance ever.
h/t Josh and, UPDATE: our very own Luke O'Brien, evidently.


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Goals are fun. You know what they say: chicks dig the
long-ball bulging of the twine. I'm sure that scoring a goal at the NHL level is one of the funnest things you could possibly do (legally).
What's not quite as glorious – but just as valuable in contributing to the effort of winning hockey games – is the act of preventing the puck from entering your own net. After all, a 1-0 win counts just as much as the 6-5 win. Remember, the ultimate objective of hockey is to score one more goal than you allow on any given night.
You don't truly recognize the beauty, and importance, of a great two-way defenseman until you get to watch one on a regular basis. Then, everything changes and you're left wondering how you slummed through all those days without one. What's even better than that is when you can combine two defenseman of that ilk, to form a top defensive pairing. There's comfort in knowing that you're in good hands.
Which teams (and individuals) benefited from this sort of chemistry? And how do they stack up against each other?
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If you're still not convinced of the importance of quality defensemen, look no further than events such as the trading deadline, the entry draft, and July 1st. Not to excuse Jay Feaster's incompetence, but it's this very allure which causes General Managers to give someone like Dennis Wideman $26.25 million. It's also what provokes GMs into selecting defensemen with high draft picks, even though it has proven over time not to be the wisest of moves. Yet Jay Feaster types will continue to go back to the well, in the hopes of striking gold.
The Criteria
What sort of criteria can we use to justify placing the label of "top pairing" on a pair of blueliners? The defensemen we have included in the discussion fit the following mold:
a) They log a boatload of minutes, preferably with a handful of them coming with their team being shorthanded.
b) They do the 'heavy lifting' for their team. That means that they play against the toughest opposition, whilst not having the luxury of being sheltered thanks to a high percentage of offensive zone starts. That sound you just heard was Marc-Andre Bergeron closing his web browser.
c) They drive play for their team. They are proficient at breaking out of their own end, helping their team get into desirable positions in the attacking zone.
d) They're at least somewhat of a two-way threat. They can't be a liability in the offensive zone. That's not to say that they have to be Mike Green circa 2009, but they still need to be capable. It's just not your time yet, Mr.Tanev.
And it's just an added luxury if they happen to be playing on a team-friendly contract, going above and beyond their salary. But if they're this good at their job, chances are that they aren't missing too many meals. That wasn't a Dustin Byfuglien joke, I swear.
Back in May, Robert Vollman analyzed the numbers from this past season, in an attempt to find out who the best pairings were. Below, is a little visual that he used to display the offensive zone start percentage, and quality of competition, of the men who can lay claim to being on the "top pairing" for their particular team.
The Numbers
In an attempt to paint an even clearer picture, though, I went through the trouble of compiling a few more stats that prove to be relevant in this argument. Unfortunately, you'll have to settle for a chart that isn't quite as aesthetically pleasing as the one Vollman provided us with. It's the Antti Niemi of charts – it's not all that pretty, but it sure gets the job done.
So what kind of conclusion can we draw from the numbers? There are obviously names in that list that you'd expect to see, but there are also some names in there that you wouldn't necessarily thought of initially:
Dion Phaneuf (who has managed to re-invent himself as a defensively reliable defenseman the past two seasons in Toronto), PK Subban (who is doing remarkable things for a 23-year old defenseman, yet gets scrutinized like no one else), Sheldon Souray (who I thought was done), Carlo Colaiacovo (who was anything but the 'offensive defenseman' you probably think of him as), and the tandem of Nikita Nikitin and Fedor Tyutin (who were easily the best things to happen to Columbus last season, yet no one seems to care).
The Very Best
Interestingly enough, some of the best pairings on this list were split up this summer. Suter, Garrison, Souray, Kuba, and Colaiacovo all switched teams via free agency, while Nicklas Lidstrom rode off into the sunset. In fact, the two best pairings in the league – Suter/Weber, and McDonagh/Girardi – likely won't be playing together this season.
It's pretty clear that those two pairings were on a world of their own last season. What they managed to accomplish was pretty remarkable, all across the board. After that, there is a fairly well defined tier of pairings spots 3 through 7, and then there's the rest (which we don't care about). Maybe they should play a little better, and then we'll care.
Purely in terms of value, Nikitin/Tyutin and Gorges/Subban need to be in the discussion. Subban should be getting a substantial raise in pay as an RFA, but he'll likely more than earn his contract, regardless of what the Canadiens give him. As for Nikitin and Tyutin, it's remarkable that they're making over $3 million per year less than teammates Jack Johnson and James Wisniewski. You don't need to look further than that in an attempt to explain what's wrong with Columbus.
When debating between the merits of the other three pairings, you need to figure out what it is that you value most. If it's completely unprovoked flying elbows, then Keith is your man. If you want a tandem that is tremendously solid across the board, but may be lacking the mind-blowing upside of some other pairs, then your guys are in Vancouver.
And that brings us to Dustin Byfuglien and Tobias Enstrom, who are the most interesting pairing of the bunch. They are quite the oddball pairing – Enstrom has quietly been one of the more productive defensemen in the NHL ever since he came to the league as an 8th rounder back in '07, whilst Byfuglien has routinely fallen under scrutiny for his weight (rightfully so), but has been a revelation since his move to the back-end.
The only knock against them in this discussion has to do with how Claude Noel chose to deploy them last season. Unlike most of the other players on the list, they weren't relied upon to go up against the toughest of opposition. And then there's also the fact that they played relatively favourable minutes, starting a larger number of shifts in the offensive zone.
Still, it's hard to argue with the results. They have remarkably strong possession numbers – their Corsi numbers actually blow away the rest of the competition – and they're amongst the very best when it comes to racking up the points. Nearly everything the Jets do goes through them, and you don't need to look further than their ice-time totals to see how much they are relied upon.
The Winnipeg Jets have plenty of things that they need to shore up if they wish to make the playoffs for the first time since '07, but what they have currently working for them is one of the five best defensive pairings in the entire NHL.


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PRINCETON, N.J. – A few big plays helped Princeton get an early lead on the Yale football team Saturday afternoon at Princeton Stadium, and the Tigers never looked back from there. Princeton scored three times in the first quarter, all on plays of 23 yards or more, en route to earning a 59-23 win over the Bulldogs. With the win, Princeton remained unbeaten in the Ivy League and clinched at least a share of the league title.
This is Princeton's first Ivy title since 2006, when the Tigers shared the crown with Yale. Harvard, which comes to New Haven next Saturday, is one game back in the standings with one game to play and could earn a share of the crown.
The halftime stats showed Yale with a 273-241 edge in total offense, but the Bulldogs nonetheless trailed by 15. That was an ominous sign on a day where a handful of plays made a major difference in the final score. By the end of the game Princeton had outgained Yale 507-336.
"I definitely thought it was closer than the 36-point final score," said Tony Reno, Yale's Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football. "You've got to give credit to Princeton. They are a very good football team. They have proven that week-in and week-out. We left a lot of plays out there, and you can't do that versus a really good team."
Yale (5-4, 3-3 Ivy League) gained a gradual edge in field position as a series of punts started the game, including one by junior punter/placekicker Kyle Cazzetta that pinned the Tigers at their own seven. Princeton got just five yards on that drive before punting, setting the Bulldogs up at the Yale 49. On the second play of that drive, under heavy pressure, sophomore quarterback Logan Scott tossed the ball to freshman tailback Candler Rich for what initially appeared to be a short gain. But Rich followed his blockers and then got to the left sideline, where he outran the last Tiger defender with just enough room to dive into the end zone and touch the near pylon for a 48-yard touchdown. The Bulldogs went for two and were denied, but led 6-0 at the 9:04 mark.
Princeton (8-1, 6-0 Ivy League) answered with a big play of its own. Running back Dre Nelson's 42-yard touchdown run capped a five-play, 58-yard drive that took just 92 seconds. The extra point by Nolan Bieck gave the Tigers a 7-6 lead.
Princeton's next drive also ate up yardage quickly, including a series of three straight plays that went for seven or more yards that got the ball to the Yale 23. From there, quarterback Quinn Epperly tossed one up for wide receiver Connor Kelley in the end zone. Despite a pass interference call on the Bulldogs, Kelley still made the catch for the touchdown and a 14-6 lead.
The Bulldogs rallied with a 75-yard drive that was highlighted by two big plays from junior wide receiver Deon Randall: one an 18-yard run, the other a 23-yard reception on a pass from Scott. The final play of the drive was the first career touchdown catch for sophomore quarterback Morgan Roberts, who nabbed a 13-yard pass in the end zone. Cazzetta's extra point pulled Yale within one.
An onside kick on the next play went awry for Yale, as Princeton cornerback Jakobi Johnson grabbed the ball at the Bulldog 46 and took off untouched into the end zone to extend Princeton's lead to 21-13.
The scoring continued at a rapid pace as the second quarter began. The Tigers drove 72 yards to go ahead 28-13 on a 13-yard pass from Epperly to running back Di Andre Atwater at 11:59. Princeton got a first down deep in Yale territory on a pass interference call against the Bulldogs on a third-and-nine play from the Yale 27 during that drive.
Yale drove to the Princeton 21 late in the second quarter, but a great play by Princeton defensive back John Hill broke up a pass from Scott to Roberts that would have been a touchdown. The Bulldogs settled for a 39-yard field goal from Cazzetta to pull within 28-16 with 4:56 left in the half.
The Bulldogs had a chance to trim the lead further shortly before halftime, but after a long throw by Scott from the Princeton 30 fell incomplete the Bulldogs fumbled on the next play and Princeton recovered. A third-down pass breakup by freshman defensive back Robert Ries forced a Princeton punt on that drive, but the Tigers got the ball back again in the waning moments of the half. Yale caught a tough break when a blocked field goal by senior defensive lineman Dylan Drake was negated by a timeout that had been called just before the snap, and the Tigers took advantage to get a 21-yard field goal by Nolan Bieck as time expired in the half.
Princeton drove 71 yards to go ahead 38-16 on the first possession of the third quarter, with Epperly running the ball in from four yards out for the touchdown. The second play of Yale's next drive provided another tough break, as Scott's pass was partially deflected and wound up going right to Princeton defensive back Phillip Bhaya, who took off untouched for a 34-yard interception return for a touchdown.
The Tigers scored on their next offensive possession, driving 84 yards and finishing with a 24-yard pass from Epperly to wide receiver Roman Wilson. That put them up 52-16 with 4:47 left in the third.
A 29-yard kickoff return by Rich, followed by a five-yard penalty on Princeton, set the Yale offense up at the Princeton 43. A third-down conversion run by junior tailback Kahlil Keys kept the drive going, and Scott ended the drive in dramatic fashion with a touchdown pass thrown under heavy pressure. Randall grabbed the ball in the end zone with 1:03 left in the third to make the score 52-23.
Princeton answered with a 20-yard touchdown run by Nelson on the first drive of the fourth quarter to make the final 59-23.
"We started off playing well defensively," said Reno, as his team limited Epperly to just six completions on 12 attempts in the first quarter. "We were very concerned about getting a high enough point total. We knew we needed to score some points. The defense did a nice job early on, but as the game wore on our inexperience started to show."
Yale once again played without three offensive starters, with senior quarterback Henry Furman, senior wide receiver Chris Smith and junior tailback Tyler Varga all sidelined. Randall finished with a game-high 13 catches for 127 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball three times for 28 yards. Scott, making his first career start, finished 22-of-39 for 240 yards and three touchdowns.
Yale hosts Harvard at Noon next Saturday.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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Parsing C++ Programs using C#
Intelligent parsing of C/C++ code can be very tricky. I have started an open-source project to develop a C++ parsing framework in C#.
I have a task ahead of me to clean-up and standardize the comments of a large SDK containing over 600 C++ header files. These files were written over the course of 15 years, by a large number of programmers of varying degrees of skill and experience, and no commonly agreed upon coding guidelines.
This kind of terribly mundane task, just begs to be automated, but the problem is that parsing C++ files is hard to do correctly. Part of the problem, is that the source files sometimes use non-standard Microsoft compiler extensions and use macros extensively.
My first task it to pull out the comments and reformat them. However I want to also extract the surrounding context. This way I can automatically generate missing comments, and verify existing ones.
I have already wrote a general purpose parsing framework in C++ called YARD but Igenerally don't like programming in C++ anymore. It is just much easier to write and maintain code in C#. You don't have to write so much boilerplate code, and the refactoring and debugging tools are much easier to use.
So I started work last week on an open-source parsing framework in C# called (C++ Ripper. It allows a grammar for C++ to be expressed within C# similar to how one would write a CFG or a PEG grammar. In fact it is very closely related to the PEG formalism, but I don't follow it to the letter.
Here is an example of code taken from here used to express a C++ structural grammar for the parser.

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|= bracketed_group

|| paran_group

|| brace_group

|| type_decl

|| typedef_decl

|| literal

|| symbol

|| label

|| identifier;

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|declaration_content

|= Plus(node + Eat(multiline_ws));

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|declaration

|= comment_set + pp_directive + Eat(multiline_ws)

|| comment_set + semicolon + Opt(same_line_comment) + Eat(multiline_ws)

|| comment_set + declaration_content + Opt(semicolon) + Opt(same_line_comment) + Eat(multiline_ws);

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|file

|= declaration_list + ws + NoFail(EndOfInput());
 Note that this is pure C#, with only a small amount of operator overloading. I overload the "+" and "|" operators to represent sequence and choice PEG operators.
The C++ Ripper parsing framework allows a programmer to express a grammar from a series of basic Rule and Rule operators (like "+", "|", and "Opt()") which are used to automatically create an abstract syntax tree (AST). There are several specialized rules (like "Eat()") which are used for preventing too many nodes being created in the tree. This is important because the grammar expresses rules right down the individual character sets (no tokenizer is needed) so you can end up with extremely dense and hard to manage trees.
One of the reasons that I created my own parser from scratch, is that I wanted to keep comments instead of stripping them like most parsers do. I also wanted the parser to make a distinction between comments that precede a declaration, and those that follow a statement or declaration, but occur before the next newline.
This project is only in its beginning stages, and I am not really trying to solve anyone else's problems but my own. However, I hope that others might find a simple C++ parsing library to be useful in their own projects. I can think of several things I'd like to use it for (a C++ file comparison tool, a C++ pretty-printer, a C++ refactoring tool, a Doxygen->JavaDoc converter, a documentation generator, a C++ pre-processor, etc.), oh well if I only had more spare time (and money).
I'd love to hear whether some code from C++ Ripper makes it into your project, so please drop me a line.


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Anyone familiar with it? I've never read Gav Thorpe before. I was buying a book for the plane ride, and was about to pick up Titanicus when I saw this interesting-looking (and much more portable) paperback. I'm about 1/3 through (couldn't wait for the trip) and so far it's a very interesting dissection of the Fallen Angels and a good look at the mindset of the Deathwing/Inner Circle of the Dark Angels.
I wouldn't put Thorpe up with Abnett, but so far he is above Counter and light-years better than Goto. From what I understand, he was primarily involved more with game resources than fiction.


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European Parliament: Propose Conflict Mineral Legislation for EU-Based Companies Now
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Although we are university students based along the remote eastern coast of Scotland, we realise that the same electronics we use to study for our exams connect us to one of the deadliest conflicts in the world. We have been told that European Parliament will not even think about moving on conflict mineral legislation until elections in 2014. This is unacceptable. We are now calling for European Parliament to dissolve this connection brought about by irresponsible and illegal sourcing practices.
We were pretty terrified to learn our electronics have a connection to the largest and bloodiest conflict since World War II that is currently raging in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. This conflict has resulted in the deaths of over 6 million people and the displacement of thousands. The mining of tin, tungsten, tantalum, gold, and other valuable minerals are providing tens of millions of pounds/euros to the dozens of armed groups operating in the eastern DRC. These 'conflict minerals' then end up in our electronic devices. Electronics companies have known about this connection for over a decade and, meanwhile, many outside mining companies operate in the DRC without ensuring the safety and welfare of their employees and fail to follow Congolese and international extractive and environmental laws. Countries like Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, and Colombia have seen similar exploitation of their resources and violence as well.
Despite being the Nobel Peace Prize Winner of 2012, the European Union has made slow progress in ensuring that electronics companies operating within its boundaries practice due diligence and transparency with their supply lines. Legislation addressing the conflict mineral trade has been discussed for the passed several years and there is little to show. We think the time for legislation addressing the clear lack of guidelines on sourcing and repercussions for companies lacking ethical sourcing practices is long overdue. It's time for the EU to act now.
Please join us in asking Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, and Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Trade, to propose legislation addressing the trade of conflict minerals immediately. Until mining companies and electronics industries begin sourcing their materials ethically according to OECD guidelines, consumers in the EU are complicit in fueling violence not only in the Congo but also in other regions of world that the conflict mineral trade affects as well.
It is time to end the connection between the EU and the bloody reality brought on by the extraction and trade of conflict minerals.
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Surveillance, prevention and control of taeniasis/cysticercosis
Infections due to T. solium require proper public health interventions aimed at their prevention, control and possibly elimination.
Such interventions should in principle require strict meat inspection regimens, health education, thorough cooking of pork, sound hygiene, adequate water and sanitation, improved pig husbandry practices and easy access to treatment for both infected individuals and people who are in close contact with them. Difficulties linked to the implementation of such measures are increased by the fact that reliable epidemiological data on geographical distribution of T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in people and pigs is often missing.
Appropriate surveillance mechanisms should enable new cases of human or porcine cysticercosis to be reported to national authorities in order to facilitate the identification of communities at high risk and focus prevention and control measures in such areas.
Identification of T. solium endemic areas relies on a number of tools which detect taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans or cysticercosis in pigs.
As epidemiological studies have demonstrated that cases of human and porcine cysticercosis tend to cluster around persons infected with T. solium tapeworms, who act as sources of transmission, identification of human tapeworm carriers might help focus the public health interventions. Methods available include detection of eggs in human faeces or in the peri-anal region, or detection of tapeworm antigens in human stool samples.
Options available for detecting human cysticercosis include biopsy of subcutaneous cysts (a common manifestation of cysticercosis in Asia), immunodiagnosis (detection of antibodies or parasite antigens in serum samples) and imaging (radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging).
Methods for detecting cysticercosis in pigs include the rapid, inexpensive method of detecting lingual cysts, but this has low sensitivity, or more sensitive immunodiagnostic tests and postmortem inspection. One dose of the drug oxfendazole has been found to cure porcine cysticercosis though it may take several months for the cysts to disappear.
In 2009, all aspects of controlling T. solium infection and disease were discussed during an expert consultation on foodborne trematodiasis and taeniasis/cysticercosis held in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic. The meeting issued guidance that focused on an integrated approach that targets both taeniasis and cysticercosis and includes large-scale preventive chemotherapy in humans, and treatment and vaccination of pigs. These tools should be ready for use in the field within 2–3 years.
The consultation group further acknowledged that community-led total sanitation (that is, the provision of adequate water and sanitation organized by the community itself) is a novel approach to behavioural change and has the potential to be scaled up with minimal investment. Its potential role in control of helminth infections is being investigated.
The hope is that the combined implementation of all these interventions will produce such an impact on transmission of T. solium that elimination of taeniasis/cysticercosis will be an achievable goal in the foreseeable future.


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On January 21, 2013 the Estherville City Council held a public hearing regarding the rezoning of the Old 6th Street Emporium and Jane's Place (located at 201 S. 6th St.) which would allow the Emmet County Animal Shelter to have a permanent home. At this hearing two people voiced two Cons regarding this rezoning. The Cons were the Possibility of barking dogs and the Possibility of odor from feces. There are city ordinances' protecting the residents of these two issues. In addition to city ordinances' the Emmet County Animal Shelter must pass codes established by the state of Iowa and must pass surprise inspections.
Now let's take a look at all of the Pros regarding this rezoning. Allowing the Emmet County Animal Shelter to move into a complex of empty buildings will bring a couple of new businesses to the downtown area. These businesses have approached Kristy Henning inquiring about renting space from the Shelter. Having the Shelter and new businesses on the outskirts of town will increase foot traffic to the downtown area. This in turn can bring more dollars to our community. Allowing the Shelter to move into empty buildings that are in need of repair will result in old buildings being renovated which in turn results in materials being purchased from existing local businesses. Allowing the Shelter to expand to a new home will bring more visitors to our town which too results in increased revenue. It is a fact that families from Minneapolis, Michigan, and even as far away as Arkansas have come to Estherville to adopt pets from the Emmet County Animal Shelter. Visitors from this far away stay at hotels, purchase gas, and buy meals at restaurants. This too results in increased revenue to our town. Allowing the Shelter to expand to a new home will create more opportunities for members of our community to volunteer. Volunteerism is a fantastic way for children and adults to get involved in our community. It provides a sense of belonging. These are just a few of the Pros to rezoning 201 S. 6th St.
Right now all of the dogs that are up for adoption are being cared for in Foster Homes. This way of sheltering homeless dogs will continue. So there will be a very limited number of dogs actually housed at the proposed new home for the Shelter. There will be cats housed at the proposed new home for the Shelter. Cats are very clean and quiet animals.
Our City Council voted against allowing the rezoning of this complex of empty buildings. So to sum this up in a nutshell our City Council is in Favor of Rejecting an increase of dollars to our community. The Pros of this rezoning truly outweigh the Cons. Are we about revitalizing our community or shutting the door to the possibility of a Progressive community?
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Template:Scouts BSA rank advancement for Venturers
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Scouts who earn the First Class rank while a registered member of a Boy Scout troop may elect to continue working toward Eagle as a registered member of the Boy Scout troop or a registered member of a Venturing crew, or while retaining dual membership in a Venturing Crew, or while retaining dual membership registration in both a troop/team and a Venturing crew. Whichever registration status a boy elects, both Scoutmaster and crew Advisor need to confirm which adult leader the boy plans to have oversee his advancement process toward the rank of Eagle. That selected leader needs too be fully cognizant of the 12 steps from Life to Eagle (see description in this manual), the timeline requirements of certain merit badgess required for Eagle (see the current edition of Boy Scout Requirements), and the requirements of the Eagle Scout leadership service project (see reference in this manual).
Position of responsibility requirements may be met by the Venturer serving as president vice president secretary, or treasurer in his crew, or as boatswain, boatswain's mate, yeoman, purser, or storekeeper in his ship.
The Scoutmaster conference will be conducted by the Advisor or Skipper.
As the Venturer meets the requirements for the Star and Life ranks, a board of review is conducted by the crew or ship committee. The Eagle board of review follows the procedure established by the local council.
Program-level awards: Venturing Award • Discovery Award • Pathfinder Award • Summit Award
Expert-level awards: Quest Award • TRUST Award • Ranger Award
Scout ranks: Star • Life • Eagle Scout • Eagle Palms