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CTRI - Clicking to greater transparency and accountability
Bobby George
AVP and Head Regulatory Affairs, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, Rabale, Navi Mumbai, India
Date of Web Publication 19-Nov-2012
Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd, Dhirubhai Ambani Life Sciences Centre, Rabale, Navi Mumbai 400 701, Maharashtra
A clinical trial registry (CTR) is an official platform for registering a clinical trial (CT) with an objective of providing increased transparency and access to CTs to the public at large. Clinical Trials Registry - India (CTRI) is a free online public record system for registration of CTs being conducted in India. The vision of the CTRI is to ensure that every CT conducted in the region is prospectively registered with full disclosure of the trial data set items. With more number of CTs being conducted in the country, with a large number being global multicentre trials, it is binding on the industry/investigators/sponsor to comply with the requirements laid down. While there are pros and cons, there is enough scope for improvement of CTRI.
Keywords: Clinical trial registry, clinical trials registry-India, compliance, regulatory
George B. CTRI - Clicking to greater transparency and accountability. Perspect Clin Res 2012;3:122-4
George B. CTRI - Clicking to greater transparency and accountability. Perspect Clin Res [serial online] 2012 [cited 2022 Jan 21];3:122-4. Available from: https://www.picronline.org/text.asp?2012/3/4/122/103592
Clinical Trial Registry - An International Perspective
The United States (US) was one of the first countries to start off with CTR when the ClinicalTrials.gov was established by Section 113 of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA 113). It was launched by the National Institutes of Health in February 2000 (http://clinicaltrials.gov/). The European Union (EU) CT database, EudraCT was set up on 1 st May 2004. The EU CTR website (https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu) was however, launched later by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) on 22 nd March 2011. In September 2004, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) issued a statement regarding CT registration. [1] The ICMJE announced a new policy to reduce potential misrepresentation of CT results in publications. As per the ICMJE policy it required mandatory registration of CTs before enrollment of the first patient as a precondition for consideration for publication. Further, the statement also specifies particular data that must be provided by the sponsor to an acceptable registry. [2] Globally, a strong need was felt to make CT information more widely available with the registration process being standardized. In 2005, World Health Organization (WHO) took the lead to establish the International CTR platform (ICTRP), a one stop search portal ( http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/) for identification of trials fed from existing CTRs that meet standard criteria for the exchange of essential trial data (20 key item details) before enrollment of the first patient. Apart from US and EU, the other countries which have CTR include Africa ( http://www.pactr.org/ ) Australia ( http://www.anzctr.org.au ), Brazil ( http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br ), Canada, China ( http://www.chictr.org ), Cuba (http://registroclinico.sld.cu), Germany (http://www.drks.de), India ( http://www.ctri.nic.in ), Iran ( http://www.irct.ir), Japan ( http://umin.ac.jp ), South Africa ( http://www.sanctr.gov.za/ ), South Korea ( http://ncrc.cdc.go.kr/cris/index.jsp ), Sri Lanka ( http://www.slctr.lk/ ), Netherlands ( http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/index.asp ), New Zealand ( http://www.anzctr.org.au ) etc. The primary registers are WHO -selected ones which are managed by not-for-profit entities who accept registrations for any interventional trials, delete duplicate entries from their own register, and provide data directly to the WHO. [3] Another search portal is the IFPMA CT portal (http://clinicaltrials.ifpma.org), which has been initiated by the pharmaceutical industry for providing convenient "one-stop-shop" for published CT information.
Clinical Trials Registry - India
CTRI is not for profit organization and is hosted at the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR's) National Institute of Medical Statistics (NIMS). CTRI was established in October 2005 and was officially launched on 20 th July 2007 however, at that point in time registration was on a voluntary basis. Since 15 th June 2009, CT registration in the CTRI has been made mandatory before enrollment of the first subject by the Drugs Controller General (India) (DCGI).The CTRI adopts the WHO definition of a CT: 'Any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health- related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes.' [4],[5] However, many academic researchers and investigator initiated studies are still being done with new drugs without taking approval from DCGI which is against the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules. The DCGI has issued the notice on 16 th Aug 2012, making it clear to all concerned that no CT for a new drug, whether for clinical investigation or any clinical experiment by any institution, shall be conducted except under and in accordance with the written permission of the licensing authority. [6] In the proposed draft rule 122 DAC, dated 18 th Nov 2011 from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW) which may be called the Drugs and Cosmetics (3 rd Amendment) Rules, 2012 - the clause (1)(d) states "CT shall be registered at CTRI before enrolling the first patient in the study". This will formally bring the process of registration under the legislation. In this review, the author has attempted to introspect and jot down the advantages and shortcomings of CTRI in the Indian context and suggested possible areas of improvement for this registry taking cue from other such registries available globally.
Positive Features of Clinical Trials Registry - India
Registration is free of charge to anybody with internet access thereby encouraging the sponsors or their designated surrogates (collectively known as data provider/applicant) to register their trials.
Clarifications/confirmatory mails are sought by sending mails to applicant/investigators/contact persons prior to registration.
Once registered, all updates and changes get recorded and viewable in the public domain.
As CTRI has additional items/fields over and above the 20 items in the WHO-ICTRP trial registration data sets (like phase of trial, study sites, names of ethics committees (ECs) and approval status, method of generating randomization sequence, blinding/masking, estimated trial duration, brief summary etc) it would influence and strengthen the study design, conduct and eventual reporting of CTs.
Once registered in the CTRI, the WHO trial registration data sets are transferred to the central repository of the WHO's ICTRP search portal which would give the trials greater visibility.
The trial results will qualify to be considered for publication in journals that endorse the ICMJE position on prospective trials registration.
Helps in providing a base template for designing the study protocol and also leaves scope for raising the standard of study design/trial.
Helps to expedite the overall study duration as there is a ready database of trials done in a similar setting/indication/investigators which can be capitalized upon.
Patients can surf to identify CTs they may wish to participate in.
Helps in informed healthcare decision-making for healthcare providers, policy- makers and funding agencies.
ECs can use it to evaluate a particular trial and see the status of regulatory and other site EC approvals.
Journal editors and systematic reviewers can use to determine adherence to the study protocol including amendments, verify the outcome measures etc., using this database.
It can be used as a good market intelligence tool by companies to identify what their competitors are up to; what stage of development they are in and what are the drugs being tried for a particular indication.
CTRI is open in accepting registration of CTs not just conducted in India, but those conducted in other countries in the region, which do not have a primary register of its own.
Limitations OF Clinical Trials Registry - India
Although any researcher who plans to conduct a trial involving human subjects with any intervention (drugs, device, surgical procedure etc.) is expected to register the trial at CTRI, the CTRI cannot ensure that all trials will be registered. [7] Many investigator driven trials still go unregistered.
As part of quality control (QC) checks, the CTRI does not cross verify against "all" the elements entered. For example, thorough compliance checks are not performed for the "study protocol" per se to verify if the "applicant" is providing the correct/abridged/complete information.
Once a CT is registered, the "data providers" are expected to regularly update the trial status or other aspects as the case may be throughout the lifecycle of the CT by requesting CTRI to unlock the database. However, this does not happen in many cases.
There are no hyper-linking to relevant documents/information in other online biomedical resources like PubMed/MedlinePlus etc. to access related health topics.
Detailed search filters supporting multiple selection options are not there for instance search by year of CT approval, age of the subject, gender etc.
Under certain data fields, CTRI does not accept symbols which sometimes becomes challenging for the "data providers" to enter with the correct representation.
Although it had been proposed that a Universal Trial Reference Number (UTRN) would have to be acquired from the ICTRP before registration with a primary registry, a temporary UTRN is being automatically generated and assigned by the CTRI software application to any trial that is being processed for submission. [8]
To encourage compliance, system generated reminder mails could be sent to the applicant. Defaulters who do not periodically update the trail status should be listed on the website.
Registration if done through unique "organizational accounts" will help in minimizing chances of duplicate registration numbers being created for the same trail, and would help ensure better quality control. [9]
CTRI staff can work actively with DCGI staff and access the registered trials to conduct self compliance checks.
Registration of post marketing surveillance and bioavailability/bioequivalence (BA/BE) studies is currently not mandatory in CTRI though there is drug intervention involved. Though there is bound to be resistance from the industry, enforcing it at least for "new drugs" (e.g., new strength) will serve scientific and ethical function apart from regulatory compliance.
Minor editorial issues (e.g., typos, spelling errors, controlled vocabulary) in the items being fed, can be corrected during QC checks by having some IT enabled search engine tools [such as G-spell; SPECIALIST Lexicon; Medical Subjects Heading (MeSH) vocabulary] as used by ClinicalTrials.gov. [2]
CTRI can take feedback from different user groups and attempt at modifying the site as necessary to adapt to the changing regulatory requirements.
Web content can possibly be expanded beyond English to other languages (like Hindi) to have a wider reach.
Currently there is no data element for "study results" in CTRI. Due to vested interests, negative trial results are usually not brought to the general public/physicians notice. Inclusion of the same as part of CTRI update will help in improving research transparency and would strengthen the validity and value of the scientific evidence base. In fact the ICMJE has recommended quite some time back a standard abstract format for reporting of CT results. [10] EU also has future plans to include publication of summaries of CT results with the launch of Eudra CT V 9.0.
System generated e-mail alerts can be sent to users every time a CT of their interest is registered, provided one subscribes to it.
With advocacy and dissemination of the need for CTR, the number of trials registered on CTRI has phenomenally grown over a period of time, which reflects greater transparency, accountability at the same time safeguarding patient's interest. Some of the points listed above could be viewed as advantageous for some while being disadvantageous for others. Additional funding from ICMR, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the WHO could help in raising the current standards and minimize the shortcomings.
I gratefully acknowledge the encouragement and support of Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd in carrying out this work (www. rellife.com).
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Britannia (coin)
Britannia (One ounce silver)
2 pounds sterling
32.45g up to 2012
from 2013 31.21 g
up to 2012 40.00mm
from 2013 38.61 mm
from 2013 3 mm
.958 silver (1997–2012)
.999 silver (2013–present)
Years of minting
Jody Clark
Design date
Philip Nathan
Britannia coins are British bullion coins issued by the Royal Mint in gold since 1987, in silver since 1997, and in platinum since 2018. The coin patterns feature various depictions of Britannia, a feminine personification of the United Kingdom.
Britannia gold coins contain one troy ounce of gold and have a face value of £100. Gold Britannias also are issued in fractional sizes of one-half, one-quarter, and one-tenth of a troy ounce and with face values of £50, £25, and £10 respectively. In 2013 two additional sizes were introduced, a five-ounce coin of face value £500, and a fractional size of one-twentieth of face value £5.[citation needed]
Britannia silver coins contain one troy ounce of silver and have a face value of £2. Silver Britannias also are issued in fractional sizes of one-half, one-quarter, and one-tenth of a troy ounce and with face values of £1, 50p, and 20p respectively. Like the gold coins in 2013 two additional sizes were introduced, a five-ounce coin of face value £10, and a fractional size of one-twentieth of face value 10p.[citation needed]
1 Gold Britannia
2 Silver Britannia
2.1 Silver Britannia mintages
3 Coin Designs
Gold Britannia[edit]
From 2013 the gold coins have a millesimal fineness of 0.9999 (or 24 carat gold). Until 2012 the gold coins have a millesimal fineness of 0.917 (91.7% or 22 carat gold) with the non-gold component being copper until 1989 and silver from 1990.
2013– Gold Britannia specifications (gold content, and approx total weight)
Five ounces: diameter 65 mm, (156.295 g)
One ounce (2013) : diameter 38.61 mm, (31.104 g) 'larger thinner coin' just for 2013
One ounce (2014–) : diameter 32.69 mm, (31.104 g)
Half ounce: diameter 27 mm, (15.60 g)
One quarter ounce: diameter 22 mm, (7.86 g)
One tenth ounce: diameter 16.50 mm, (3.13 g)
One twentieth ounce: diameter 12 mm, (1.58 g)
1987–2012 Gold Britannia specifications (gold content, not total weight)
One ounce: diameter 32.69 mm, (31.104 g) (total wt 34.050 g)
Half ounce: diameter 27.00 mm, (15.552 g)
Quarter ounce: diameter 22.00 mm,(7.776 g)
Tenth ounce: diameter 16.50 mm, (3.110 g)
Silver Britannia[edit]
Since 2013 the silver coins have been produced with a millesimal fineness of 0.999 (99.9% silver).[1] They have a mass of 31.21 grams and diameter of 38.61 mm.[2]
From 1997 to 2012 the silver coins had a millesimal fineness of 958 (95.8% or Britannia silver). Total mass 32.45 grams, diameter 40.00 mm.[3]
Silver Britannias have been released each year beginning in 1997, when a silver proof set was offered. In 1998 and in all subsequent even-numbered years the reverse design has depicted a standing Britannia figure. Beginning in 1999 and continuing in odd-numbered years, a series of alternate, non-repeating depictions of Britannia have replaced the standing figure on the reverse. Starting in 2013, the proof versions of the coin will feature a different design each year, while the bullion version of the coin will always feature the classic standing Britannia. While mintage was limited prior to 2013, in 2013 and after mintage of the bullion version of the coin is unlimited based on demand.[1]
Some 2014 silver Britannia coins were struck with the incorrect obverse as there was a mix up during the manufacturing process with the 'Lunar' Year of the Horse coins from The Royal Mint, as both coins were to the same fineness and specification,[4] and similar but not identical obverse sides. It is thought that there are around 17,000 examples with the mis-strike, which have been dubbed the 'Mule Britannia' These coins have fetched substantial premiums on online auction sites.[5]
Silver Britannia mintages[edit]
The following table has the most recent numbers of coins minted by year.[6]
1oz Proof (Orders / Issue Limit)
Proof sets (Orders / Issue Limit)
5oz Proof
1997 (.958 Ag) – 16,005 11,832 not available
1998 (.958 Ag) 88,909 3,044 3,044 not available
1999 (.958 Ag) 69,394 no proof coins released no proof coins released not available
2001 (.958 Ag) 44,816 4,596 10,000 not available
2003[7] (.958 Ag) 73,271 2,016 / 5,000 3,669 / 5,000 not available
2004[8](.958 Ag) 100,000 2,174 / 5,000 – not available
2005[9](.958 Ag) 100,000 1,539 / 2,500 2,360 / 3,500 not available
2006[10](.958 Ag) 100,000 2,529 / 2,750 3,000 / 3,000 (The Silhouette Collection encompasses 5 styles which are 1oz .999 silver & gold gilt) not available
2007[11](.958 Ag) 100,000 5,157 / 7,500 2,500 / 2,500 (Sold out) not available
2008[12](.958 Ag) 100,000 2,500 / 2,500 (Sold out) 2,500 / 2,500 (Sold out) not available
2009[13](.958 Ag) 100,000 6,784 2,500 / 2,500 (Sold out) not available
2010[14](.958 Ag) 126,367 6,539 3,497 not available
2011[15](.958 Ag) 100,000 4,973 2,483 / 2,500 not available
2012 (.958 Ag) 100,000 2,500 - not available
2013 (.999 Ag) Mint to Order 2,500 in limited edition presentation, max mintage 8,500 - 1,150 in limited edition presentation, 3,500 in First Strike Presentation, max mintage 4,650
2013 (.999 Ag) Snake Privy Rim 300,000 0 - 0
2014 (.999 Ag) Mint to Order 2,500 in limited edition presentation, max mintage 5,300 1,750 in limited edition presentation, 550 in First Strike Presentation 600 in limited edition presentation, 750 in First Strike Presentation, max mintage 1,350
2014 (.999 Ag) Horse Privy Rim 1,000,000 0 - 0
2015 (.999 Ag) Mint to Order unknown unknown unknown
2015 (.999 Ag) Ram Privy Rim 200,000 0 - 0
2016 (.999 Ag) Monkey Privy Rim 176,300 0 - 0
Coin Designs[edit]
The reverse design of the first silver Britannia from 1997
A 2018 1oz silver Britannia coin in proof finish.
A 2018 1oz silver Britannia coin in bullion finish.
Proof Philip Nathan Britannia riding horse-drawn chariot
Brilliant Uncirculated
Classic standing Britannia
Brilliant Uncirculated Philip Nathan Britannia riding horse-drawn chariot In 1999, the silver Britannia repeated the Boudicca in chariot design used in 1997, but was only issued in the uncirculated bullion (non-proof) version, as opposed to 1997 when it was only issued in the proof version.[16]
Philip Nathan With lion, vertical text This year features a new design, Britannia is shown standing, accompanied by a lion, similar to the Una and the Lion reverse used on the very rare 1839 £5 gold coins.[17]
Philip Nathan Britannia wearing a helmet with waves in the background
Philip Nathan Seated Britannia features a seated figure of Britannia, similar to that used on halfpennies and farthings from 1672, which in turn reflects the original personification of Britannia on Roman coins of Hadrian.[18]
Christopher Le Brun Seated Britannia with lion features a seated figure of Britannia, with large shield bearing the Union Flag (Union Jack), with a lion at her feet, and what looks like the white cliffs of Dover and a sailing yacht in the background.[19]
John Bergdahl With large waves This year's Britannia has a new design featuring Britannia on the beach, with giant waves and a lighthouse in the background.[20]
Philip Nathan The 2009 issue has reverted to the Chariot design last seen in 1999.
Suzie Zamit In Corinthian-style helmet Designer Suzie Zamit says: "Britannia is a really important British icon and I wanted to create a design that represents her as a symbol of British liberties and democracy. I felt it was important to portray Britannia as strong - almost Amazonian - and courageous, but not overly warlike, more peaceful and protective".
Britannia wears a Corinthian-style helmet, emphasising her warlike spirit and is accompanied by a lion to symbolise courage. However, Britannia's serene gaze and the presence of an olive branch, also portrays the goddess as a protective defender of peace and modern British liberty and values. Her eastward looking gaze alludes to Britain's role in the EU and its presence in Afghanistan.[21]
David Mach In front of large flag David Mach talks about his challenge to make Britannia a contemporary image and not just appear nationalistic: 'I worked out a design with as much movement as I could for a small surface area; movement that would encourage people to turn the coin and watch the light shift over the surface like I had done with half-crowns as a boy. My design acts as a lenticular image. The flag and Britannia appear to move reflecting a contemporary Britain; a changing Britain; a Britain which is culturally on the move but still with plenty of reasons to wave the flag.'[22]
Philip Nathan Classic standing Britannia It draws its inspiration from a strongly maritime approach, Britannia windswept on a cliff-top, the very essence of authority and elegance.[23]
Proof Robert Hunt Britannia and the owl her head appears turned, symbolizing an interest in lands beyond her borders. She wears a Corinthian helmet and holds Neptune's trident to represent her claim as "ruler of the waves". An owl is present as a symbol of wisdom.[24]
Proof Jody Clark Britannia with lion in front of globe I wanted to include a lion in this Britannia portrayal too because I had decided upon a very feminine and elegant looking Britannia, and I needed the strong presence of the lion to balance the design out. I didn't want it to be overly soft and flowing. I don't think a lion had featured for a while either so I knew I wanted to include one in mine.
Why did you place the globe in the background – what is it – what does it represent?
In my research I found that Britannia often sat on the globe in an imperial fashion. I didn't think that was a very modern concept. Instead, I decided to place it alongside her. I wanted to make the design appear as if Britannia is moving with the globe, and portray a sense of movement, with flowing elements like her dress. I thought it would be nice to have the contrast of static graphic elements too, like the globe. I found it a real balancing act getting the traditional aspects in whilst giving them a modern twist.[25]
Proof Anthony Dufort Corinth helmet and shield Anthony looked back to Greek and Roman coins and statues to ensure authenticity while modelling her trident and Corinthian helmet.[26]
Proof Suzie Zamit Warrior Britannia with lion Susie has brought her own perspective to Britannia, 'the warrior queen'.
"I knew it was important to make Britannia immediately recognisable but I also tried to think about how she could represent Britain in the twenty-first century. Britannia represents British liberty and democracy, especially potent in times of national insecurity, so I wanted to portray her as a strong figure, almost Amazonian, proud, patriotic and courageous. She is reminiscent of the goddess 'Athena,' a warrior but in a protective, peace-keeping way.
"The shield, a symbol of protection and security, incorporates the Union Jack and I included the lion as national symbol of courage. Visually it is very strong, beautiful and watchful and also a symbol of protection. The inclusion of wind and sea reflect the more modern, forward thinking themes of renewable and green energy".[27]
Proof Louis Tamlyn British isles forming body
30th anniversary design
Louis created the design as a first year student at Central Saint Martins college when the Royal Mint requested a 'contemporary interpretation' of Britannia. Louis states: Britannia used to be the name of Great Britain in Roman times and hasn't really been used enough as a visual feature. I think it is important to revive it as a visual feature of the Britannia design as it communicates notions of the history and identity of Britain; by showing Britannia and the island as one it changes our perception.[28]
Proof David Lawrence In helmet with sunburst behind Wears traditional British flowers around her helmet.[29]
Lawrence commented, "I wanted to create something with classical grace about it and a certain amount of gravitas: coins of the realm, especially when cast in valuable metals, are a serious business. I enrolled various family members to pose, bedecked with bedsheets and broomsticks for reference shots. It was then a matter of working through the compositions until some pleasing shapes could be resolved within the constriction of the coin's roundel".
David Lawrence With lion, thrusting trident David said of his of design, "My initial thoughts were influence by the great engravers of the past. Their work has a classical grace and gravitas I was keen to recreate. After all, coins of the realm are a serious business. The lion had to be there somewhere, as did the shield and trident… many of the components were already decided in a way. The end result is an Anglicised version of ancient Rome".[30]
James Tottle Britannia in front of flag with lion on shield James Tottle said of his design, "I felt that a strong pose with a striking silhouette of Britannia in the foreground alongside the Union flag in the background would produce a well-balanced image; I also wanted to feature the lion so I worked it onto the shield. The image needed some movement and drama so I used crashing wave and a billowing dress to achieve this".[31]
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Just a little update;
Series is mostly done but I still need to do some freeze-frame credits but replacing the last two still credits with screenshots. It's coming out well so far. All the DVD episode overlaying is done and I even reconstructed the Screen Legends promo as best I could. I could only do it with footage with didn't have any effects done to the promo trailer itself. My only issue with the VHS footage is the shift in colour and brightness when it goes from DVD back to VHS (ie. even 2nd episode that leads into scrolling credits). I've tried dabbling with the colour corrector plug-ins but I wasn't happy with my progress. Even if I got close with one episode, it would still be way off on another, so I just left them as they are for now. Like i said before, all warts aside, it's still a huge leap in quality than just watching bare-bone VHSrips. I already did a remastered audio track for Series 2 via Audacity long before I attempted this (again, sourced primarily from 2004 DVD's and AUS ToF) which has been ported over to this. So just a few more tweeks left for Series 2 and I'll release it.
I've just started work on Series 1 with the first eight episodes, which is largly the same approach, plus thanks to AUS ToF, I can do some overlaying with some of the nameboard shots. One issue I've run into is the the framing on AUS ToF for these shots is shifted a bit, so it's a bit of a job overlaying and matching seemlessly. The yellow line transitions at the begining of each episode (so far) is working as (unlike Series 2) the 2004 DVD maintains the footage in it's barest form, so I'm able to crop the DVD frame-by-frame inside the yellow line/borders. Not bad for a newbee like me. The end of each episode doesn't give me the option to do this, so it's all VHS footage there. Opening credits for this will be just like Series 2 but the trouble here is the AUS ToF DVD has slightly fewer frames so the odd VHS frame will still be in there sadly. The theme tune, I want to keep it retro and true to how it sounded on VHS (the mixing/mastering of the theme varied between Series') so that'll be straight from AUS ToF.
As a break from Series 1, I thought I'd also attempt Series 3, buy restoring the original title's and 1991 VHS freeze-frame credits for Episodes 1-16 and using the early MA narration. These will look the best as there's no transisiton between the opening titles and the episodes and VHS will only be needed for episodes titles (except for "Mavis", which will simply be ported over from "TLoF" AUS DVD in full), end credits and "The Video Collection" Ident. I've also ported over the "Britt Allcroft Company" ident from the "Peep Peep Party" UK 2000 DVD.
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Finch's paintings feature things that you can't see and his drawings feature things you can't say. His paintings demonstrate how one can find indications of the divine by digging through the rejected or overlooked kitsch and cast off material of our culture.
Scott Finch has been featured by the Critic's Choice Exhibition at the Dallas Visual Art Center, the Fleisher Art Challenge at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, and the Gulf South Regional Artists Exhibition at Bridge for Contemporary Art in New Orleans.
Currently serving as the Director of Public Programming for Art at The Louisiana Art & Science Museum, his professional experience has also included faculty positions within Southeastern Louisiana University and The East Baton Rouge Parish School System as well as time as the Texas Sculpture Association's executive director.


Running out of romantic date ideas to surprise your date? Here's a collection of date ideas submitted by site visitors.
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"I'm a romantic, I have all these ideas on my head, but I guess that the best romantic idea I'm thinking at the moment is that me and my current partner, are getting a relaxing massage in a resort spa that is so expensive. So expensive that the customers they have at that time would only be us."
"After a busy day, it is sometimes difficult to find the energy for romance. One idea is to bathe your partner. Prepare the tub for your loved one by cleaning the bathroom, lighting candles, and drawing the bath with warm water. Help your partner into the tub and then proceed to wash their naked body. Make sure to massage their scalp while you wash his or her hair. The bathed party will be able to relax and feel refreshed. The bather will have the visual feast of viewing the bare body of their loved one, and the emotional connection that comes when caring for your partner."
"Including your pets in a date can be a creative way to create a new memory. My boyfriend and I love our dogs. After one particularly rough week at work, he surprised me with a great date! He planned a picnic for me, him, and our two dogs. He made and packed lunch and drinks for all of us. He took us on a short hike, while lugging all the food. Then, while we ate, he gave me a beautiful photo frame full of photos of the dogs and him over the years we've been together. It was so romantic, and so unique!"
"I think that a great date idea would involve staying in on a cold day. I make sure my sweetie and I have everything we need so that we don't have to go out for anything. This would include two or three movies, a great meal, and snacks and cocoa to last us through out the day. You can also decide the location of your date. You can choose from the bedroom or the living room's sofa. Make sure to have a warm blanket to snuggle under."
"Ahhh romance. A great way to fan the flames of love would be to have a love treasure hunt. First cut up several little hearts out of colorful paper. Next draw a map of your home. Write clues of on your hearts regarding where the next heart will be. As your mate goes from one to the other, leave little trinkets or photos that will remind them of your time together. The last one will, of course, lead to you."
"An interesting possibility for a romantic getaway or first date might be your consideration for visiting Mackinaw Island in northern Michigan near St. Ignace. You can arrange for accommodations at the Grand Hotel and dinner as well. Rent the DVD "Somewhere in Time", then put yourselves in another world. No vehicles are allowed but you can grab a buggy ride to indulge the sites or rent a tandem bike and explore the island at your leisure. You catch a ferry to reach your destination and the view and the scenery is magnificent. If you wish to create a lasting impression, it's hard to go wrong there, you will most certainly create a lifetime memory."
"If you haven't said "I love you" yet, try this idea. Find a woody area with bushes, buy battery-operated Christmas lights, and arrange them in a bush in a way that spells out "I love you." Either that evening, or the next day, take your partner on a hike, and end up at the bush with the Christmas lights and turn them on."
"An idea is do something outside both of your comfort zones. Experience something new together. My boyfriend and I went to a symphony because we were never really into that kind of music. We both found a new appreciation for it, and it is now a tradition."
"If you and your sweetie are forced to spend too much time away from each other due to busy schedules or long distance it's a great idea to start a journal together. One partner writes thoughts, worries, feelings or lovey-dovey notes and then passes it off to the other. You can set a schedule to exchange notes such as daily, once or twice a week, or every time you visit. Your love will be reignited when you feel like high-school sweethearts passing notes in class. The journal will become a keepsake that allows you to peek into each other's hearts and always know how the other is feeling."
"I'd call it original, maybe some would call it unconventional. I think that a great idea is skydiving, having done it myself. It gives a great positive rush and is great for bonding with your partner. It is something intense and adventurous which is totally outside of the bedroom (for most). I would highly recommend it, and I think it is very romantic (IF you both want to do it!).


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In the last two weeks I have spent a lot of time emailing companies to arrange partnerships for games and affililiation with my poker forums. I quickly realised how time consuming emailing can be – you take the time to write the email, they reply not answering some of the questions you asked, they reply again and answer it in a roundabout way and so on and so on. Of course, this kind of work does not show any increase in traffic or income right away but over time it usually proves to be worthwhile.
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I have spent a lot of time looking into scripts for new projects and not only can it sap your time, that time can also be wasted if nothing comes to fruition.
Thankfully, one of the ideas I was looking for a script for came to an end today as I finally added a classifieds area to Blogging Tips. It took me a while to find the right script though. Along the way I checked out a lot of classifieds and job scripts.
VBClassifieds – A script which would have integrated with my forum, it was supposed to have a few bugs but on the whole it looked ok. It was discontinued a while ago so it wasn't an option.
PhotoPost Classifieds – I have the photopost script on my forums however their classifieds script seems like a half assed attempt at making some extra money without the extra work!
GeoDesic Solutions – A poor script in my opinion. Perhaps the functionality and coding is good however the awful design makes me question who would pay so much money for this product.
Web Scribble – Not what I was looking for but seems like an ok script.
A href="http://www.68classifieds.com/">68 Classifieds – Very poor in my opinion, particularly for the price. Better free alternatives out there.
PHP Classifieds – Not what I was looking for but I'm sure it could be useful if modified well for a certain topic.
PHP Yellow Pages – Not what I was looking for.
IntoEx Job Script – Nice script but too basic in my opinion. Would suit a different project perhaps.
A href="http://www.phpprolance.com/">PHP Pro Lance – A very nice script and one which I did consider.
Another script which I think some of you will like is ClipShare. ClipShare is a youtube clone. There are dozens of other youtube clones out there however ClipShare is the most professional looking in my opinion and at $199 for the pro version it's definately worth looking into it if you fancy starting a multimedia site. Of course, the one thing you need to worry about with a video sharing site is bandwidth!
Why did I spend so much time hunting for scripts??
As you know, I'm actively looking to start 1 or possibly even 2 new projects in the next 4-6 months. I have various ideas and most of them would require a unique script or modifying an existing script for my needs. I have used elance a few times in the last 5 or 6 years however my experience with them hasn't been great. The guy who designed my poker calculator 2 years ago was good to work with but the minute he was paid he was gone…it would have been easier finding wally!
Going back 3 or 4 more years I was trading a lot of website domains at the time. Myself and another member of DNForum agreed to put up 50% of the cost of hiring a coder at elance to design a unique domain script which would list the domains a domain trader owned with the latest bids etc. It was a simple enough script however there wasn't any other like it out there. Our plan was to resell it on for $50 a time (or around that price). My partner for the project contacted me and told me that the guy had resold the script onto other people and used the exact same code for various other scripts, and most of these ended up in turnkey website stores!!


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Book Title: Relentless Pursuit
Author: Sara Orwig |Website| Twitter| Facebook|
Format: mass market
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A cool million to help a withdrawn child in time for kindergarten? Widowed teacher Ava Barton is touched that the girl's guardian, Texas billionaire Will Delaney, cares so deeply. But the job includes moving into Will's mansion for the summer. And suddenly, Ava is working nights and weekends trying—unsuccessfully—to resist the gorgeous tycoon down the hall. Will wants her in his bed for June, July and August. But come fall, he'll move on. Unless she can teach him a thing or two about opening his guarded heart to love.
I have said before that I just read these because they are short, sweet, no real deep thoughts or plot involved. I love reading them in between deeply emotional or thought provoking books or even while waiting on a book series to complete. Very rarely do I dislike them, as much as I disliked this one.
I don't like anybody involved in this book other than Caroline (the child) I kept forgetting the name of the lead female character because she was so forgettable and Will, Mr I can't take No for an answer, is just this side of being a stalker.
Hell even the name of the book lets you know he doesn't know what "NO" means. It began to get repetitious as they kept having the same conversation over and over and over again. "No, you don't believe in commitment and that's what I want not an affair" Her; Him" I only believe in affairs" You're on two different planets and still determined to sleep with each other?? Why?? It's not logical especially because neither of you are really getting what you want.
The child Caroline, her story took front and center of the story and to tell the truth it was more interesting than the "romance". It was also clear to several things were wrong with the scenario 1) her parents are dead it takes TIME for her to get over that, it's not going to happen in 6 months, let her grieve. 2) If she is having trouble then you seek a THERAPIST not a tutor 3) Ava & Will's relationship was still that of employer/employee, him pursuing her even after she asked him to stop was very inappropriate s well as could be seen as him attempting to take advantage of his position.
After a while I just wanted to quit reading because he was too rapey and she was indecisive and there weren't any real sparks between the two. I had other issues like Ava not being able to take a compliment, why are you talking me out of paying you the respect you deserve?? (pg 117 & 123). If you're not really doing anything positive, then why are you here?? Why is he paying you??
The 'love scenes in pages 91, 157, 111-112, WTF dude seriously?? When a woman says "we have to stop", don't tell her "no you don't really want to" and continue attempting to seduce her.
I'm not amused by this story at all. Do Not Recommend.


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Is LEED leading the way to sustainability and energy efficiency? Critics increasingly say "no," but alternative green construction and remodeling standards exist, and some provide more useful guidance and stringent rules.
The U.S. Green Building Council developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, standards as a way to get independent ratings and verification of environmental claims. The standards can help builders and remodelers identify and quantify the sustainability of their buildings.
The LEED standards cover energy savings, water efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources. Various standards apply to new construction, ongoing operations and remodeling. There is also a neighborhood standard that helps communities minimize their environmental footprint.
LEED's platinum, gold and silver ratings are the most famous and widely advertised independent measure of sustainability. Contractors and manufacturers are keen to advertise that their products and services contribute to LEED ratings, and companies with LEED-approved facilities wear the rating as a badge of green credibility.
However, the badge has been tarnished by Henry Gifford, a New York City mechanical systems designer, who crunched the numbers behind a USGBC study that found LEED buildings are only 25 to 30 percent more efficient than the average building. Others have long complained that the LEED process is expensive and cumbersome.
Plenty of alternatives are available, at varying price levels and with varying degrees of effectiveness:
• Green Globes: The Green Building Initiative developed Green Globes as a cheaper, simpler Web-based alternative to LEED. The standards are fairly similar, but Green Globes is primarily focused on energy efficiency rather than some of the product sourcing criteria in LEED. Green Globes also is more flexible than LEED, and allows a greater degree of self-reporting. This also makes it too weak, according to some critics.
• NAHBGreen: The National Association of Homebuilders created a residential sustainability certification program. It is quite similar to LEED, although substantially less expensive in some ways. The program is also less stringent about testing energy performance, so NAHBGreen homes could potentially be less efficient than LEED homes.
• Energy Star: The little Energy Star logo on your refrigerator is also available for buildings. More than 1 million homes are Energy Star certified, which requires an ongoing review of year-round utility bills. The building must be quantifiably more energy-efficient than the average home. This type of Energy Star certification is a requirement for a certain level of LEED Operations and Maintenance rating. However, you can permanently affix a LEED New Construction certification plaque to your new building based on a single measurement. You don't need to track energy use over time or in different seasons.
• Living Building Challenge: The International Living Building Institute is far more stringent than Energy Star or LEED. So far, three buildings are certified to the Living Building Challenge standard. The rating goes far beyond requiring lower energy usage. A Living Building must produce at least as much energy as it uses. There is also a wide array of other requirements. For example, all water used must be captured and treated, the site must incorporate urban agriculture, and the building must be completely non-toxic. The list goes on, and includes social and environmental justice requirements, as well as education measures. While LEED projects get points for certain features while glossing over other requirements, the Living Building rules look at the whole package and don't allow much wiggle room.
• PassivHaus: We previously covered the other über-strict green building system, the German PassivHaus, or Passive House, rating. It is designed to cut energy use by 90 percent. It has none of the other requirements of a Living Building. The Passive House is all about energy consumption, or the lack thereof. If you want a certifiably sustainable building, you may want to look beyond the questionable LEED certification program to the Living Building and Passive House standards.
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Svîrîdivka (în ) este un sat în comuna Morozivka din raionul Malîn, regiunea Jîtomîr, Ucraina.

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Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Svîrîdivka era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%).

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In the 17th century, the southernmost point of Africa where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet became a desirable half-way haven for the Dutch East India Company which was trading with India. By order of that company in 1652, a few Dutch settlers at the Cape of Good Hope to established this half-way station so that fresh vegetables and fruits could be provided to prevent scurvy among the Company's sailors. Emigrants from Holland were then encouraged to settle and colonize, but they were soon joined by settlers from other countries.
Even with this melting pot of nationalities, Dutch prevailed as the language of the Cape of Good Hope but it was tempered by the French and others into the more simplified speech that became refined into Afrikaans. Not only was this agrarian society bound by this more localized speech, but also by religion; with strong Protestant roots, they fellow shipped together under the banner of the Dutch Reformed Church.
From 1795 onward there were a few British residents at the Cape, many of whom were military personnel, but it was not until 1814 that Britain eventually gained formal possession of the Cape. Factors that prompted a substantial emigration of British settlers to South Africa 1819-1820, the most serious of which was the economic crisis in Britain following the Napoleonic wars which made emigration with promise of land and opportunity very attractive. Another was to settle the disputed eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope with a farming community to discourage the Xhosa tribe from crossing the colonial boundary. The British government also wanted to increase the English-speaking population of a recently acquired colony that was predominantly Dutch in its language and customs.
Hostility between British and Dutch settlers, known as Boers or Afrikaners, led to the Great Trek of 1835-43, a migration of Boers from the Cape who founded Natal, Orange Free State, and Transvaal. Britain seized Natal in 1843 but the other two territories became Boer republics. After the Anglo-Boer Wars in 1880-81 and 1899-1902 the British and former Boer territories were combined as the Union of South Africa in 1910. Then in 1961 South Africa became an independent republic and withdrew from the British Commonwealth.
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1487 -A Portuguese explore led the first European voyage to land in southern Africa
1652 -The Dutch East India Company established a victualling station at the Cape of Good Hope, at what would become Cape Town
1814 - Following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was formally ceded to Great Britain and became an integral part of the British Empire
1910 - The Union of South Africa is the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa and it came into being with the unification of the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony
1948 - The National Party was elected to power and it strengthened the racial segregation begun under Dutch and British colonial rule. The legally institutionalized segregation became known as apartheid
1961 - South Africa became an independent republic and withdrew from the British Commonwealth
1994 - South Africa transitioned from the system of apartheid to one of majority rule
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Sharapova on song as L.A. seeds tumble
Posted byadmin August 4, 2009
Maria Sharapova continued her rehabilitation from injury with a comfortable victory at the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships on an opening day that saw early exits for three of the four seeded players in action.
The unseeded former world No. 1 improved her record since returning from nine months out with shoulder problems to 14-5 as she crushed Australia's Jarmila Groth 6-0 6-4 on Monday night. The Russian, who was blown away by Venus Williams in the quarterfinals at Stanford on Friday, will play third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the second round. "She was swinging away all through the match and a lot of them started to go in, but she couldn't consistently do it," Sharapova told the WTA Tour Web site. "Playing all of these tournaments is a great benefit for me. This is my sixth tournament back and this is going to be a process on things I want to improve and work on in my game. It has been a good ride so far." Last year's losing finalist Flavia Pennetta also progressed, with the Italian 10th seed being taken to three sets by lucky loser Varvara Lepchenko. Pennetta, beaten in 2008 by Dinara Safina, will next play American wildcard Coco Vandeweghe following her 6-2 5-7 6-0 victory against Uzbekistan-born, U.S. resident Lepchenko. Pennetta let slip a 4-1 lead in the second set, but then lost only seven points in taking out the decider in just 23 minutes.
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Vandeweghe defeated Italy's Tathiana Garbin 6-4 6-4 for her first victory in a WTA Tour main-draw match. French 11th seed Virginie Razzano was beaten 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 by Russia's Anna Chakvetadze, who will next play unseeded compatriot Alisa Kleybanova. Estonian 15th seed Kaia Kanepi suffered a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) reverse against Czech Lucie Safarova, who earned a second-round clash with Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko. Pennetta's 16th-seeded compatriot Francesca Schiavone was dumped out by veteran American qualifier Jill Craybas, who won 7-6 (9-7) 6-2. Craybas will next face Yanina Wickmayer after the unseeded Belgian crushed former teen prodigy Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-1 6-1. The tournament field includes five of the world's top-10 players, including No. 1 Safina and her fellow Russian, second seed Vera Zvonareva. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, Azarenka and Russia's Nadia Petrova, ranked 8-10, also received first-round byes. The Williams sisters Venus and Serena are not playing, nor is Bank of the West Classic winner Marion Bartoli. The Frenchwoman upset Venus in Sunday's final in Stanford, while world No. 2 Serena was beaten by Samantha Stosur in the quarterfinals.
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China, Singapore and Malaysia: East looks West to attract international students
By Andrew Watling - 17 October 2013
East Asian countries are rapidly increasing their numbers of international students.
Studying abroad is slowly becoming the rule rather than the exception – international students increased by 1.3 million between 2002 and 2009 and the growth shows no sign of stopping.
It's no secret that students from Asia, especially China, now make up an enormous proportion of international students studying in Europe and North America. But what about the reverse? China, Singapore and Malaysia now play host to 12% of the world's international students and together represent one of the most important emerging markets for international study in the world.
Previously, up to 70% of the world's international students opted to study in what have traditionally been the most popular destinations – the US, the UK, Germany, France and Australia.
But according to the World Educational Services organisation, developments over the last ten years show that this picture is changing. Many of these countries have experienced a slump in international student numbers and, while continuing to attract hundreds of thousands of students from abroad, are facing a challenge mounted by universities in Asia.
Crucially, many western countries are not only trying to attract students to their countries for study placements, but also to keep them there following graduation. Ageing populations in countries like Canada and Australia mean that a future manpower deficit is edging ever closer. As for governments in Asia, their motives for attracting students from abroad are based purely in the economic short-term – lack of manpower is far from being an issue in China.
While East Asian countries, China especially, have experienced very rapid growth in international student numbers, they also differ from major western student hubs by recruiting large numbers of foreign students from regional neighbours.
A large proportion of students studying abroad in China, Singapore and Malaysia have come from one or other of those very countries. That said, all of these countries have made impressive declarations of intent to attract more students from outside Asia, with the increasing use of English in Asian universities a key factor in breaking down mobility barriers.
The impressive increase in international student numbers in China, Singapore and Malaysia not only looks set to intensify, but to diversify.
US to capture higher share of international students
Sri Lanka aims to be "hub" for international students


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Peter Gibbs
About Settling the Score
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 CRICKET SOCIETY & MCC BOOK AWARD
'Settling the Score reeks of real life memories matched by a totally believable atmosphere and colourful dramatis personae … stylishly written, strong plot and sub-plot, grabbing your interest from page one, with a satisfying closing of the paperback at the finale. It's highly recommended…'
All Out Cricket, October 2012
'Very well plotted and absolutely authentic both on and off the field of play.'
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Settling the Score takes us behind the scenes of a County Championship match played in the late 1960s, during which the apparently mundane mid-table tussle turns into a tale of bitter personal rivalry and betrayal both on and off the field.
Anyone familiar with de Selincourt's nostalgic story of The Cricket Match where villagers gather on a fine summer's day to play the game, will find Settling the Score a revealing and sometimes humorous antidote. Indeed the contrast between amateur and professional cricket could not be more marked than in Gibbs' account of a three-day match at the end of a decade that saw the demise of the 'amateur' first-class cricketer and the birth of the limited-over formats which are such a staple of today's professional game.
As one former cricketer put it after reading the book, 'if all the matches had been like this one, playing careers would have been considerably shorter.'
'Terrific … Unputdownable… Has there ever, ever been a more vivid, knowing or believable novel about sport? Settling the Score is like a great batsman's great innings – measured at first, methodical in its development and merciless in its later stages'
Peter Gibbs grew up in the Potteries where a passion for cricket took him to England Schoolboy honours. Later at Oxford he won a 'blue' in each of his university years. After graduating he worked for Rolls Royce and combined this with playing professional cricket for Derbyshire, scoring 10,000 runs including eleven centuries.
At twenty-eight he retired from the game to run his own business before becoming a full-time playwright. Two of his stage plays have been premiered in London at the Bush and Hampstead theatres. The BBC has produced a dozen of his radio plays including Supersaver, winner of the Prix Futura at the Berlin Festival. His first screenplay, Arthur's Hallowed Ground, was produced by David Putnam for Channel 4. A play for television, Benefit of the Doubt, won the Radio Times TV Script Award and his work on Tanamera
won him the Australian Pater Prize for adaptation.
More recently he scripted a feature film, Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War and was a prize-winner in the Kaos British Short Screenplay Competition for Next Man In. He has more than a hundred television scripts to his credit including three 'written and created' six-part series and was the lead writer on Heartbeat, Yorkshire Television's long-running drama series.
Settling the Score reeks of real life memories matched by a totally believable atmosphere and colourful dramatis personae … stylishly written, strong plot and sub-plot, grabbing your interest from page one, with a satisfying closing of the paperback at the finale. It's highly recommended…
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A security consultant has uncovered a security hole in WhatsApp, the instant messaging platform recently acquired by Facebook. The flaw can be leveraged to gain access to the private chats of Android device owners.
Many people are concerned with the privacy implications that come with Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp. However, as Bas Bosschert, the man who identified the vulnerability, highlights, Facebook didn't need to buy the company if all it wanted to do was read users' chats.
The expert has found that any Android app that's allowed access to the SD card installed on the device can easily access private conversations.
All chats are saved in a database file (msgstore.db) that's stored on the SD card. Bosschert has developed a proof-of-concept which demonstrates that any app that's granted permission to access the card can easily retrieve the database and upload it to a remote server.
According to Bosschert, in newer versions of WhatsApp, the database file is encrypted. However, this doesn't mean that users' private chats are secure. It simply means that an attacker would have to decrypt the database file to gain access to its contents.
The decryption key can be found in WhatsApp Xtract, an app that allows users to create backups of WhatsApp conversations.
The POC developed by the expert is designed so that when the database is retrieved, the victim only sees a simple loading screen. Cybercriminals could combine the data-stealing code with a popular application to harvest a large number of databases.
I've reached out to WhatsApp to see if they plan on doing anything about the issue. This post will be updated if they respond to my inquiry.
In February, security researchers from Praetorian revealed finding a number of SSL-related vulnerabilities in WhatsApp. Most of them were fixed almost immediately by the company.


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Other Views: Let science, and courts, fix bone marrow shortage
Dr. Thomas Egan uses a bronchoscope to examine donated lungs in his lab at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (Allen G. Breed/Associated Press)
PUBLISHED: December 3, 2013 at 7:44 a.m. | UPDATED: September 24, 2021 at 6:33 a.m.
To the chagrin of those in the Obama administration, the government lost a hard-fought legal effort to ban compensation for those giving bone marrow for transplant.
Instead of accepting a federal appeals court decision, the administration is now engaged in a cynical attempt to circumvent the ruling by changing organ transplant rules to cover new, less invasive ways of donating bone marrow.
It's unacceptable, and the administration should drop the effort.
The legal battle over bone marrow transplant compensation began in 2009 when the Institute for Justice in Washington, D.C., sued the attorney general over the claim that extracted marrow amounted to organs, and therefore was covered by the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984.
The law criminalized compensation for those giving organs for transplant, the thought being to prevent exploition of poor donors.
Bone marrow never really fit the ban since it is replenishable. And medical advances since then have vastly changed the landscape.
It used to be that doctors stuck a long, thick needle into a hip bone to extract the life-giving material. It was painful and risky. Now, they almost always filter marrow stem cells from a donor's bloodstream.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled in 2011 that the marrow cells taken from a donor's bloodstream were blood parts, not organ parts, and donors could accept compensation.
The administration response has been to propose changing the definition of 'human organ' to include marrow taken in the less invasive manner. In short, they're trying to do an end run around the ruling.
And the net effect will be to limit potential donors when the opposite is what should be encouraged.
Generally speaking, critics of paying for organ donations worry that the rich would go to the front of the transplant line. But as we've noted before, a controlled compensation system – not a free-for-all – is worth pursuing because it will increase the number of organs available for transplant.
The same argument holds for bone marrow, though it's even an easier call. Society has long been comfortable with paying for plasma donations.
The Obama administration should accept that science and the court system may have provided an answer to the problem of bone marrow shortages. It's time for the administration to get out of the way of progress.
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Our latest featured couple are Val and Keith. This wonderful pair met in 2014, when Val was staying in the USA. Now, two years on, they are finally able to plan their wedding and prepare to close the distance for good.
Val and Keith, like many long distance couples, find airport goodbyes one of the most difficult aspects of long distance. Combined with a 7 hour time difference, it's safe to say they are very much looking forward to putting the distance behind them. Read their full, inspiring story below.
Keith and I met in 2014 while I was being an AuPair in the States. His parents lived in my neighborhood and we started talking during a block party in August. I told them I had not had the chance to meet many people my age during the first year of my stay and I guess they felt bad for me =) cause they suggested to exchange numbers so their son (who was just a couple years older than me) could show me around.
We clicked the first time we hung out and started dating shortly after for the last two months of my stay. I left for Germany end of October and we were long distance ever since.
In March 2016 Keith flew to Germany without telling me and surprised me with a proposal at the Farmers Market where I worked Saturdays. We started the K1 Visa process and got the first approval while I was visiting him this summer.
The medical and interview at the consulate followed and just now in October I finally hold my Visa and One-Way-Ticket in hand. We couldn't be more excited to close the distance early November, when I move to the states and we get married in court.
For us airport goodbyes are probably one of the most painful parts about long distance. You might think it would get easier but it actually gets harder every time you have to do it. On the other hand: seeing each other after a long time apart is one of the most rewarding and glorious feelings there is.
We have a seven hour time difference which makes it hard to communicate sometimes and when we do find time to Skype the bad internet connection is the worst. But the hardest part is of course the missing each other on special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays etc. and on a daily basis. It always feels like you are missing half of yourself. And it doesn't help that most people and couples around you don't understand your situation and what you are going through.
It's hard having to explain your relationship status to people that don't believe long distance can actually work or even counts as a "real relationship." But in the end non of this matters, because he is the love of my life and worth every mile between us. Our journey so far was hard but I wouldn't wanna have it any other way!!
We always try and make time to talk as much as possible and take part of each others lives. Communication is key for a solid and healthy relationship – especially cause that's all you can do really.
Also we tried to see each other at least twice a year even though flight tickets are crazy expensive – it is always good to have something to look forward to. And it helps your family and friends to get on board – getting to know your partner in person is helping them to understand why long distance is the path you are taking.
And don't compare yourself to other couples, don't let anyone make you feel bad or insecure about your choice to love someone far away. I think long distance builds a couple and strengthens it, cause if you survive long distance what else would there be to not make it through?! Believe in your love, fight for it and make it work against all odds.
First is closing the distance and getting married this year in the states, then we actually plan on having a church wedding in Germany end of 2017. Other than that we will be taking everyday as a gift: because we have fought so long for this and are now rewarded as being together is the only thing we care about!
I have found my soulmate and best friend and everything that lies ahead is going to be the greatest adventure cause I get to spend the rest of my life with him!
See more of Val & Keith's LDR journey on Val's Instagram page – @valkoenich.


Drawing on her Mexican-American and Cherokee heritage and experience as a music ministry leader, Donna Peña composes music that is ideal for multilingual worship. Her bilingual psalmody expresses ethnic richness in an accessible manner.
Sigan la Bandera (Follow the Banner) is a musical celebration of Mary, who appeared to St. Juan Diego as the Virgin of Guadalupe in 1531, and who continues to inspire and intercede for the people of Mexico, the Americas and all who seek her help.
For centuries, pilgrims have "followed" and made processions to her "banner," the cloth from Juan's cloak on which her image miraculously appeared. These 12 new and traditional Marian songs will delight all who love the mariachi music of Mexico and all who have a special devotion to "la morenita."
Expertly performed by the ensemble Mariachi Tepeyac, with Donna on vocals and flute, Sigan la Bandera captures all the color and mystique of this spirited music. Besides seven beloved, traditional songs, the collection includes two new compositions by Donna.
"There is truly nothing like it"
"There is no greater pride in Mexico than the look of the charro," she explains, "and the sound of the violins, trumpets, guitars, guitarron and vihuela that make up the mariachi. With the opening statements of these instruments, one hears the gritos and roars of approval by those who come to listen. There is truly nothing like it."
"Mi Virgen Ranchera" is a very popular song by the famous Mexican composer Chucho Monje. "Virgen Mambisa" is a flamboyant song by Cuban nationals Rogelio Zelada and Orlando Rodríguez of Miami. Many will also recognize "Santa María del Camino," a well-known song by Spanish composer Juan Antonio Espinosa.
Donna composed "Ruega por Nosotros" to express gratitude to Mary, who is with us-and one of us-in the midst of all our struggles. A medley combining a traditional song with a something Donna learned from the Mexican community growing up in Minnesota, "El Adiós de un Soldado/Adiós, O Virgen de Guadalupe" is a touching remembrance of young people leaving for war.
Of course, the music of Sigan la Bandera will be especially meaningful on December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe; it can create a "Mañanitas" experience for that celebration. But these mariachi serenades in honor of Mary make delightful listening any time of the year.
Donna Peña grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied at the University of Minnesota. She served for many years as music director at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in St. Paul.
Donna's bilingual music, which expresses ethnic richness in an accessible manner, can be found in the two-volume Cantaré Eternamente/For Ever I Will Sing. Her collection Sigan la Bandera is a musical celebration of Mary with Donna on vocals and flute.
Donna lives in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.


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First of all, I have NO information about tomorrow. The best place to get school closing info is 88.5 KEOM. The district's twitter account is good also.
If we have a normal day --> Side-By-Side starts at 7:15 at North Mesquite. The band hall should be open right around 7 PM. We will get you back to school when it is over.
Thank you again for all of the adjusting that you have done during this CRAZY two weeks. I think Old Man Winter forgot about us and then said "Aww, let's just cram all of winter that I forgot into 2 weeks!"
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me through e-mail or texting.


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One example is our participation in the Grupo de Trabalho Interinstitucional sobre Educação Infantil [Inter-institutional Work Group on Child Education] (GTIEI). Through the action of GTIEI, the Special Chamber of the São Paulo Court of Appeals has determined in an unprecedented decision that public hearings shall be held in order to create a schedule to solve the problem of lack of vacancies in child care centers in São Paulo. You can find more information on this subject in the "News" tab. This strategy may be replicated for any complex demand involving social rights.
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By accident - because Celebus is located exactly in the middle of "The Crease". Whenever a space fold collapsed, the traveling ship would land almost on top of the Celebus system.
Now that... is damn cool. Your sci-fi concept is very interesting.
In the movie Interstellar, they used a folded piece of paper to demonstrate the mechanics of folding space. The only difference between my model and their example is that they used a wormhole to connect the dots. I wrote this part of the story years before Interstellar came out so wormholes weren't really a science fiction thing back then, and yes, wormholes are fiction. There's little science behind them.
The concept of falling into "The Crease" when folded time collapses is something I came up with for the basis of these stories.
I think 'the gods' are amusing themselves.
Can a nonaccidental trip be made there? And more importantly made away?
Yes the fold can be intentionally collapsed just as SIGNOS did to get them there. But you would have to find a way to generate the massive amount of power needed to bend the space between point A (or point B) and Celebus to get back... so basically they're stranded.
Unless a space fold generator ship got lost there. After all those things have to get out there somehow.


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Sarajevo will host the First International Tour Operator Meeting, where more than 100 countries around the world will participate.
Named "Meet Up Sarajevo 2019", will take place from March 28 until April 1st, and more than 200 travel agencies, including media representatives, will be the participants of the largest Sarajevo tourist promotion organized so far.
The event will also present Bosnia and Herzegovina as a tourist destination, so it is planned for participants to visit Mostar, Blagaj and Pocitelj.
This great presentation of many forms of tourism is realized in a project with the ultimate goal to incorporate Sarajevo into the map of the most attractive tourist destinations.
Sarajevo Mayor Abdulah Skaka expressed hope that the project will be a good start for a new approach to the promotion of the tourist potential of the capital city, but also of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adding that a special part will be dedicated to VIP meetings with the stated purpose.
Mayor Skaka points out that this world presentation is organized with little money from the city administration since the tour operators paid airline tickets and caterers for part of the gastronomic offer, Fena reports.


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DJ Skee – The Next Big Mogul
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Scott "DJ Skee" Keeney is part of a growing crop on individuals with ambitious entrepreneurship goals that treat age like a non-existent factor. Keeney, 27, was named to Billboard Magazine's
Locked Out No More – NFL Finally Reaches An Agreement
After five months of bargaining, politically entrenched drama, and premonitions of nationwide crime sprees, the NFL lockout has come to an end officially on July 25th. The agreement between the
Kelly Rowland Continues To Find Her Motivation
She's been a teenage pop star and an international dance icon, now Kelly Rowland is determined to create her own path and shed all labels. Being a member of the
Mr. Collipark – Taking Back Music and The Club
Music has a powerful way of reverting people back to the past. A beat or a melody can have the ability to conjure up feelings and memories of simpler times.
Nottz Raw – You Need His Music
Grammy Winning Producer Nottz Raw Talks State of Hip-Hop Nottz Raw is tired of the garbage that passes for Hip-Hop today. The famed Virginia based producer has worked with artists
Did 50 Cent Kill WorldStar Hip-Hop?
On January 24, the popular urban media website World Star Hip Hop.com was shut down for what is rumored to be copyright infringement. World Star, which was the most visited
Hip-Hop's Worst Tattoos with Gucci Mane, Birdman & Soulja Boy
A Look At Hip-Hops Worst Tattoos It seems like everyone has a tattoo these days. And while getting inked can be a great form of creativity and expression, some people
Apollo Kids… Ghostface Killah album review
The album cover of Staten Island's mc Ghostface Killah ninth studio offering The Apollo Kids features a purple composition notebook emblazoned with the universally recognizable Wu-Tang Clan symbol. The nod
No Mercy… T.I. album review
In early September rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife Tameka "Tiny" Cottle for drug possession in their vehicle, The drugs confiscated from the vehicle included marijuana and pills
Last Train To Paris – Dirty Money review
Sean "Diddy" Combs is undergoing a very public midlife crisis. A month into turning 41, the mogul looked more like a high school sophomore at DJ Khalid's Miami birthday party
The DeAndre Way… Soulja Boy album review
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Beats Music hands-on: Will design and personal touch make it music streaming king?
Jake Smith | 23 January 2014
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The music streaming space is already crowded, with Spotify, Rdio, Pandora, iTunes Radio, Google Play Music, Last.FM and others having already edged out their place on customers' credit card statements and home screens.
Now there's a new player in town, and it is attacking the competition head on through beautiful design and human curation, despite arriving late to the game. The makers of the famous Beats headphones have introduced Beats Music.
The Beats Music project is spearheaded by famous music producer and entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine, with help from the rapper Dr. Dre, naturally. Already available in the US, the service is due to be available in the UK in the near future.
The service is accessible via iOS, Android, and is coming soon to Windows Phone, or via the web, priced at $10 a month. That's the same as Spotify and Rdio cost Stateside, although it hopes to have you hooked with a free seven-day trial. At the time of writing Beats Music has suspended sign-ups for the time being to address bugs.
With so many music streaming services already dominating the market, we looked at Beats Music to see if it really can be a serious player.
At the heart of Beats Music is the human touch. Well-known musicians, music writers, and freelancers have built a long-ranging list of playlists up to 70 minutes long, aimed at every genre, mood and activity. When you first fire up the Beats Music app, you're not asked to build a library of your favourite songs like other services. Instead, Beats Music wants to know your broader tastes so it can serve up what it thinks you will like.
You're initially asked to tap on the genres you enjoy, with choices ranging from just about everything from Jazz, Country, Electronic, Dance, Metal, Folk, Latino, and more. You should tap twice on the genres you love, and then press and hold on the ones you hate. That will tell Beats Music to stay away from them.
Then, Beats Music tries to boil down artists that will strike your fancy from the genres you selected. We're a young, cutting-edge bunch here at Pocket-lint, so our suggestions were filled with the likes of Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, Dolly Parton for our occasional old-time mood, and Rick Ross and his endless grunting.
That's it for the set-up process. You're then guided to listening to music. Beats Music isn't about just going and searching for your favourite song as you might on Spotify or Rdio. Instead, it wants to play you your favourite song before you've even heard it.
Get listening
Beats Music builds a "Just for You" section based on the genres and artists you chose in the set-up process. We were guided to an "Intro to Maybach Music" playlist created by the Beats HipHop group. You can play the songs in the playlist in the order you want; it's not like Pandora where you have to wait to skip song to song.
You can then share the playlist, love it, hate it, subscribe, or add it to playlists you've already created. Several other playlists are continuously updated on the "Just for You" page as it gets to know your tastes and as curators build playlists around new music.
One of the cooler features of Beats Music is "The Sentence". It aims to play music based on your mood. For instance, here's a sentence suggested by Beats Music: "I'm running at the gym and want to release my inner child while getting pumped to hair metal." You can then fill in the gaps with pre-listed statements - changing "gym" to "work" or "hair metal" to "rap". There are up-to one million different combinations, according to Beats.
The "Highlights" section lists albums and playlists the Beats Music staff thinks are notable and wants you to hear. Lastly, the "Find It" section lets you sort music playlists by genres, activities, and curators.
Even with a heavy focus on playlists, there's still the traditional seek a song out and add it to your library functionality. However, you can tell this isn't really the focus of the app, as it's tucked away behind the slide-out interface. Beats Music wants to tell you what you want to listen to, instead of vice versa.
Catalogue and design
You would think a new music service would have trouble carrying all the music you enjoy, but that's simply not the case. The catalogue of Beats Music reaches 20 million tracks. To compare, Spotify and Rdio both claim they have "over" 20 million licensed globally. Sadly, unlike Spotify and Play Music, you're not able to upload your own music, so you better be fine with the Beats Music catalogue. Luckily, we didn't find too many holes.
The real stand out of Beats Music is its design on the iOS and Android mobile apps. It uses pleasant grey, white, red and purple colours throughout the interface. There's a lot of intuitive swiping between playlists, but some category and playlist positioning through the app is confusing. The "Now Playing" page has a refreshing feeling, and the webpage feels a lot like Xbox Music's webpage. It works pretty well.
The only real issue with the design is confusion for a new user. People are so used to going out and picking the music they want to hear. Beats Music should do a better job of communicating what it sets out to be - right from within the app. A new user might just want to go search for a song, and it could be confusing where to do this from, instead of picking a playlist that might have the song within.
Is it for you?
Beats Music isn't trying to be Spotify or Rdio, but somehow it needs to prove to users its human-touch ploy is better. It's definitely not going to be a service aimed at everyone. We like searching for our music as we want to hear it, and we want to hear our own tracks. Beats Music doesn't focus on that.
But for a user who wants to discover new music based on their lifestyle, Beats Music has figured that out. If it can iron out a few kinks in the way it presents itself to users, Dr. Dre and Co. might have a success on their hands. They're already selling a ton of headphones, so they have a built-in loyal group of customers that will potentially be interested.
Beats Music has the design, backing, catalogue and resources to get the job done. But, right now, it needs to figure out how to appeal to the masses.
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CHANHASSEN, MN (January 29, 2016) – KorTerra, Inc., an underground utility damage prevention software and One Call Center solutions company, is proud to announce it will be sponsoring, exhibiting and presenting at the upcoming annual CGA 811 Excavation Safety Conference & Expo. This year's conference will be hosted at the Mirage Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada March 8-10, 2016.
As an exhibitor, KorTerra will be showcasing its web-based damage prevention software and unveiling its newest product, the KorWeb Mobile App.
Conference attendees will be the first to view the new mobile app and will have the opportunity to try it out on KorTerra's various mobile devices. KorTerra's new Mobile App will be available to download throughout and following the conference.
KorTerra's Vice President of Operations, Jeff Law will also be co-presenting the Damage Investigation and Claims Resolution workshop on Tuesday, March 8, 8:00am – 2:00pm. This workshop will focus on standard investigative procedures to follow after an underground facility incident.
The CGA 811 Excavation Safety Conference & Expo is the largest nationwide damage prevention event which draws underground utility stakeholders together to increase industry awareness through educational and networking events. It will consist of many sessions, workshops and exhibits dedicated to promoting the protection of buried infrastructure.
Visit KorTerra at booth 301 to learn more about KorWeb and the new KorWeb Mobile App.
CHANHASSEN, MN (June 19, 2015) – On Sunday, June 14, 2015 The StarTribune Newspaper released The 2015 Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota; KorTerra was honored to be included for the first time. This is the third recognition within the last two years that the company has received for excellence in employee satisfaction.
Since 1990, KorTerra has been Minnesota's leader in providing custom software solutions to a variety of industries nationwide and in Canada. The Top 150 accolade comes shortly after being named by Minnesota Business Journal as a Top 100 Best Place To Work in MN for the second year in a row.
The StarTribune published the complete list of Top Workplaces on June 14th, 2015. To view the entire list, visit http://strib.mn/1GH8N0a. The Top Workplaces are determined solely on employee feedback. To determine the top 150 Workplace Dynamics, LLC, an employee engagement and organizational health research firm, conducts a survey. Workplace Dynamics coordinates regional Top Workplace programs with 45 major publications across the United States.