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Ahtutu
Supporting young people in Myanmar
Our Mission Statement, as stated in our constitution, is :
to prevent or relieve financial hardship in South West Myanmar by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all supports necessary to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and become self-sufficient.
One of the main ways we do this is by teaching English, the language of commerce which will help young people improve their employment prospects, through dedicated active lessons over an intensive two-week period in Pathein, SW Myanmar, each January. Over the last two years we have built what we feel is a very good model, with native English speaking teachers being supported by fluent, bilingual assistants of various nationalities, who themselves have had to learn English and its tenses and rules. We also leave a range of resources for students to access to enhance their learning and build on our work, throughout the year.
Because of the global pandemic we are unable to travel in 2021 but plan to take a team to Myanmar in 2022. If you are interested in finding out more or think you might like to join us, please email ahtutucharity@gmail.com and we will get in touch.
In 2020 we distributed more than 200 Days for Girls kits to Pathein Women's Prison. We visited the schools we support in Phan Khar Gone village, taking toys and books and leaving sufficient money to continue the nutrition programme at the nursery school. We visited the ECD school we helped build at Saar Phu Su village. Most importantly we planned a substantial project for January 2021 (now moved to January 2022).
In 2019 we carried out more work at the orphanage and with the village school. We enable a nutrition programme to continue at the ECCD school in Phan Khar Gone Village – 850,000MMK. We took $125 of resources to the Street Kids hostel in Pathein. We distributed around 250 hygiene bags to prisoners and orphans and took family packs to the village. We took 70 Days for Girls kits into the Women's Wing of Pathein High Security Prison and they have requested 130 more which we will take out in September. In addition we took out Grifaid water filters to be trialled in the field by KMSS Pathein along with sample Days for Girls kits. We left 2,500,000.00 MMK to construct a new ECCD Centre in Sao Phu Su Village and 1,234,000.00 MMK for the scholarship for poor students in rural areas to be sponsored to attend school on the recommendation of the village elders or parish priests.
In 2018 we took $6000 donated by supportive relatives, friends and parishioners of St Etheldreda's RC Church, Ely. This included a very kind anonymous donation and a generous grant from the Monamy Trust.
We spent this, supported by KMSS Pathein's management skills, on:
funding the building of a ceiling in the dormitory of the Family Home Boys' Orphanage ($2400)
helping to support the ECCD (Early Childhood Care and Development) Schools in Phan Khar Gone village and another three adjacent villages(4 x $500 = $2000)
Phan Khar Gone's $500 has gone to support a school in Nutrition Programme at the ECCD School
funding a girl from St Mary's Girls' Orphanage to go to university to further her studies ($1000)
buying and distributing 135 hygiene bags containing comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and soap
buying and distributing 15 family hygiene bags along with tubs of washing powder and a sack of rice in Phan Khar Gone
resourcing six small projects to improve the grounds of the Family Home Orphanage
buying students' folders to keep together their English materials ($600 for this and the three items above it)
In 2017, we were delighted that Edinburgh Napier University sponsored Dr Kate Durkacz, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, to join us and in 2018 she brought two current and one former students with her, also sponsored by the generosity of the university, which continued to support the attendance of three students in January 2019. Financial and other contraints mean this will not take place in 2020 but indications are that this valuable link will continue in 2021.
Ahtutu is committed to ensuring all young people and vulnerable adults are protected and have asked all volunteers from 2019 to undergo full DBS checks.
United Kingdom Registered Charity 1182338
Copyright © 2021 Ahtutu - All Rights Reserved


Save the date. On Sunday, April 2nd Renegade Race Series joins with Six Flags Magic Mountain to host the 2017 Coaster Run, a fund raiser benefiting Talk About Curing Autism, (TACA) There will be three different race lengths, and prizes are dependent upon how much money you are able to raise for the charity. A virtual race is also planned.
Any distance all the BLING! We are excited to continue the Coaster Run Virtual Race!
Register for the Coaster Run Virtual Race on-line: $40 US Participants ONLY.
Virtual Race registration closes on 3/17. Transfers to/from the Virtual event are not permitted after 3/17.
Pre-print your virtual bib (will be emailed on or before 3/27) and upload pictures of you and your friends completing your very own Coaster Race. Make sure to upload pictures and hash tag #RenegadeRace #CoasterRun #TACA #MagicMountain. *not required, but fun!
Run any distance you desire from March 27th to April 2nd to qualify.
Race SWAG includes: printable race bib, event t-shirt, finisher's medal. Goody bag is not included.
Race SWAG will be mailed after April 3rd. Please allow 2-4 weeks delivery.
Purchase entrance to the park during checkout for more than half off regular price .
The course map looks awesome, the race will take you to the top of the mountain and back down. If you have ever been to Magic Mountain, you can appreciate the challenges of the course.
For those of us who would like to participate, but maybe are not quite as ambitious, (or young) a kids run is offered, open to all ages. It is a nice flat run through the lower part of the park, including Bugs Bunny World.
I plan to be there to represent Coaster Chit Chat in the Kids Fun Run. I hope all of our Southern California fans can join us. Please share your pictures of this great event with us! We look forward to seeing you there. Don't forget, while you are at Magic Mountain, to check out the new VR experience, Galactic Attack.
Keep following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. We love hearing from you!


The bee performs a simple job—walk across the stamens to get pollen on its feet, walk across the pistils to seal everything up with nectar—and go home. The end result of the bee's job, however, is more complicated. The bee pollinates the flowers, producing seeds, fruits, and sustenance for life on our world. Einstein said that without the bee, mankind would only survive for two years. And the bee's job is so simple!
Closer to home, and in our minds, we may wish to explore ways in which we may simplify our lives. What concerns can we eliminate? What tasks can we make easier? Do we need help or can we give help? There are a lot of questions involved in the search for simplicity, but every little bit helps. Practice simplicity as you practice optimism. They are somehow related.
And, Everything is going to be all right.
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Michigan Out Of Doors TV fishes with the Blue Fairways.
Welcome to the Blue Fairways tournament fishing team and sportfishing charters website. Our home is Ludington, Michigan, but we spend most of our time chasing King Salmon along the Gold Coast of Lake Michigan. In April, our tournaments begin in Michigan City, IN. We then work our way north through St. Joseph, Grand Haven, home to Ludington, then Manistee and end up in Frankfort.


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-Added Autoplay On/Off ability. Control over whether tracks are set to play automatically or tap play when accessing track.
Please make it so that we can reread the descriptions of the meditations after we purchase. Before you buy a meditation, you can read all about what the track is for, and what sound waves it uses, but you can't access that information after you purchase. You can get this information from the website, but it's highly inconvenient to look up the meditations on the web when you're just trying to choose one in the app. Also, the website lets you see the list of subliminal messages for the meditations with subliminal messages, but that doesn't seem to be in the app anywhere—either before or after purchase. These two issues makes it hard to choose which track to play if you don't remember all the details, the sound waves, or subliminal messages each meditation has. If that were fixed, I'd update this review to 5 stars.
Hello, sorry it has taken so long to respond due to organizational changes. We apologize that the earlier version of the app did not include that functionality and caused you to go through extra steps to have a great experience. If you haven't done so already please update the app and let us know if the issue was properly resolved to your benefit. If you encounter any issues please email info@meditate.me for prompt service.
I've been using Kelly's recordings for well over a decade and they are truly amazing. I love this as a meditation app because you can choose from different meditations as well as the length you'd like to do. I don't do well with unguided meditations so this is perfect for me. Kelly's voice is so soothing and these meditations help me to bliss out daily. I haven't purchased any of the additional meditations on the app but I plan to - as I stated before, I've used many of them in the past when they were on CD, and they're great.
I can't believe someone gave this app 1 star because they couldn't read the font - so ridiculous. Please try these meditations - they are amazing and will help to heal your life.
So sorry it has taken so long to respond to your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are beyond please that you have had a positive and uplifting experience. We truly appreciate you. All the best.
Great meditations. App is poor in design and usability. Each time you open the app you have to remember the several clicks to navigate to your meditations. Can't there be a simple "my purchases" area like every other app?? Maybe even a simple sync to phone option right there? Why does this process have to be so complicated?? Isn't the point of apps to simplify?? This does not.
In the App Store it's a memory game for which you've purchased as some titles as similar applications. While the app says it will show unlocked that's not the case 100% of the time. While I haven't had problems opening it anyway ..once I finally get there. I find this app nothing short of frustrating to navigate.
It would be great to have 2-3 clicks. No endless scrolling unless I'm truly shopping for a new meditation.
We sincerely apologize for the negative experience you had with our app. We took a lot of feedback into account and redesigned the app to be more user friendly. If you haven't done so, can you please update the app to the latest version for a smoother interface and experience. If you have additional questions or concerns do not hesitate to email us at info@mediate.me.


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Caliber Collision's Jacksonville, FL, location is devoted to restoring you to the rhythm of your life®. With services including painting, auto glass repair, and dent repair, we strive to have you back driving your vehicle as quickly as possible. Guaranteed by a written lifetime warranty, all of our work is delivered with exceptional customer service and repair expertise. Caliber Mayport is ideal to serve those in the greater Jacksonville area including Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Naval Base Mayport, and surrounding areas. We are here to provide whatever assistance your vehicle requires.
Knowing we have customer satisfaction is what drives our Caliber Mayport team, and we are positive you will be pleased with the results. Throughout the collision repair process, we will continually update you on your vehicle's status so you are notified as we move quickly to restore it to pre-accident condition. No repair is too major of minor for us to handle.
At Caliber Mayport, we believe in supporting our local community, and we are able to give back through our partnerships with Recycled Rides, Rhythm Restoration Food Drive, and Toys for Tots.
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"Very good job. Paint match was perfect. Completed on-time as promised. Josh was great to work with."


Researchers say a next-gen sequencing approach allows them to subtract the entire human genetic sequence from the genetic material of a blood sample and identify viruses based on what remains.
Researchers at Saint Louis University are using the next-gen sequencing approach transcriptome subtraction, and it really does employ basic arithmetic -- with very fancy tools. They take a human blood sample. Then they subtract the entire human genetic sequence from the genetic material in the sample. Then they study what remains, thus enabling them to identify previously unknown viral genetic data.
"We isolate DNA and RNA, amplify the amount of genetic material present in the blood, do ultra-deep sequencing, and use an algorithm to search for matches for every known piece of genetic code, both human and for microbes," he says in a school news release. "Once we remove the known portions, we're ultimately left with new viruses."
Researcher Xiaofeng Fan, associate professor of internal medicine at SLU, says the key to their work lies in the second step -- discovering how to amplify the genetic material in the blood. Because RNA degrades so quickly, blood samples have until now been unviable because there was too little material left to study. By amplifying the genetic material, however, the size was no longer an impediment.
Viruses are tricky little beasts. Even when a viral infection is obvious, determining which virus caused it can be a challenge. One approach is to grow the virus in a lab using tissue or blood, but if there is no obvious starting point to test (i.e. knowing a patient was exposed to a specific virus), or if time is of the essence, this approach won't cut it.
Another is to search for viral genetic material, and while various techniques to do this already exist (i.e. mass spectrometry and DNA microarray), the transcriptome subtraction approach allows for the discovery of entirely new viruses by comparing the viral material being tested to the database of known viral material.
This allows researchers to not only identify any known viruses in the blood, but also to scour the remaining, unmatched material using specific protein signatures that mark every type of microorganism and then parsing out the viruses from the bacteria and phages. It is the newly discovered viruses that become the area of interest.
The technique, outlined in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, could be used sooner than later considering the new SARS-like virus out of Saudi Arabia that has already killed dozens and appears to be part of a family of viruses of unusual size (called coronaviruses) that often cause the common cold, among other illnesses.
"Just as the human microbiome project is chronicling the bacteria that live and co-exist in every person, we also are studying the human virome to know more about the viruses that live in all of us," says Di Bisceglie, who adds that, as with bacteria, some viruses may turn out to play positive roles in our lives. "We believe not all are harmful and some may even be beneficial."
Saint Louis University has applied for a patent of the new tech and is now pursuing commercialization.


Alan Reeves said that his players could hold their heads high up high after pushing Middlesbrough all the way in the U-23 Premier League Cup today.
Wimbledon were eliminated in the group stage of the competition after a 1-0 defeat at Bishop Auckland FC, Boro winning by the same score-line at Merstham in December.
However, the Dons matched youngsters from a Premier League set-up for long spells and just failed to net an equaliser after late pressure.
Wimbledon could have taken the lead early on when George Oakley had a shot blocked and then Egli Kaja (pictured) followed up, but his well struck shot was saved by Middlesbrough keeper Aynsley Pears. It would have been a particularly significant goal for Kaja as he previously played for Middlesbrough's academy.
The Dons dominated possession after the break, but they were just unable to make it count. Kaja struck a shot across the face of goal, before Alfie Egan also came close to an equaliser. During the latter stages, Wimbledon exerted plenty of pressure, but Middlesbrough just held on with Pears stopping Oakley's header in the final minutes.
AFC Wimbledon: Nik Tzanev, Johnville Renee-Pringle, Tom Scott, Toby Sibbick, Paul Kalambayi, Dan Gallagher, Alfie Egan, Egli Kaja, Neset Bellikli (Judah Chapman), Toyosi Olusanya (Jayden Antwi), George Oakley.


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The Coincidental Hour
The Coincidental Hour is dead
March 28, 2017 by ricroyer	Leave a comment
After a long talk with sound-mate G Lucas Crane, I've decided to retire the Coincidental Hour act.
I've actually been thinking about capping the gold greasepaint for good for the past year, it's just been hard to turn down opportunities to do it, but I've also found it even harder to perform it.
When I first started doing it six years ago I was pretty insane, barely holding myself together. And performing that character was far easier to slip into, to feel some agency within an otherwise uncontrollable emotional/mental state.
I'm in a different place now, it's a different time, and it doesn't feel as natural and effortless anymore.
Beyond that, Lucas and I both agree that it was starting to earn too much of a reputation as a blatantly destructive and violent act, which was never the intention despite all the smashed appliances over the years. It's always been about the magic trick of controlling the chaos, to spontaneously choreograph a treacherous ballet and spark more imaginations of danger than danger itself. A catharsis in the most Greek drama sense of the word, but with added audience participation.
I kept deciding to give it another go because it can be and has been some of the most intoxicating and personally rewarding stage experiences in my life. But it has had its run, and now Lucas and I will do something new, find some other experiences to have and to give.
I hope it's engrained some of the weirdest memories in your brains and left some images that will be hard to un-see! That's the final prize. As I always say in the show, the gift is not a gift until the gift is destroyed.
The Coincidental Hour was retired as an act on March 26, 2017. Thanks for playing, it's been a blast.

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Coral Reef Snorkel Adventures
Standing out from their local competition in Kailua Kona, Coral Reef Snorkel Adventures offers snorkeling excursions around the island that include an on-board marine naturalist, an in-water swim guide, a maximum group size limit of six people for an intimate experience, and even delicious brownies for you and your guests to enjoy while you're in the boat. Read on to learn more about this homegrown Kona company!
An Intimate, Guided Snorkel Adventure of Coral Reef Water Excursion
Specializing in snorkeling and swimming adventures off of the coast of Kailua Kona, Coral Reef Snorkel Adventures has excursions tailored to all types of interests. See Hawaiian Spinner dolphins and manta rays in the wild, go Humpback whale watching during the winter season, and swim with a plethora of species of turtles, tropical fish, and even whale sharks occasionally! The crew of Coral Reef Snorkel Adventures has a 98% success rate of finding dolphins on a daily basis!
Snorkeling excursions through Coral Reef Snorkel Adventures include snorkeling equipment, food, and drink. This one-of-a-kind adventure tour is a wonderful choice for families, couples on their honeymoon, adventure travelers, visitors on healing retreats, or even tourists looking to cross off activities on their Hawaii bucket-list!
The Guided Snorkel Adventure of Coral Reef uses a twenty-seven foot boat called the Makua, or Sunfish, to take you to places around the island that can't be easily reached on foot. Explore secluded beaches and coves and watch the diverse and beautiful marine wildlife of the island from the dry and shaded comfort of the cabin.
The boat can be chartered for special rates, provided that all people on board can swim, are over the age of eight years old, are not pregnant, weigh less than 270 pounds, and have family members to supervise all children.
Tour rates will vary depending on which tour you choose. Dolphin tours are priced at $175.00 per person before tax for a four-hour tour. For $1,050.00, you can charter a private boat tour for four hours with a maximum of six people.
Manta Ray night tours cost $105.00 per person plus tax for snorkelers. Prices for afternoon dolphin and whale watching tours, which also include coral reef snorkeling, are $125.00 per person without tax for a two and a half to three-hour long tour.
Dolphin and manta ray packages combine dolphin tours and manta ray tours at a $20.00 discount per person, for a total of $260.00 per person plus tax.
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Improved sensitivity to cerebral white matter abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease with spherical deconvolution based tractography.
Reijmer, Y. D., A. Leemans, S. M. Heringa, I. Wielaard, B. Jeurissen, H. L. Koek, and G J. Biessels, "Improved sensitivity to cerebral white matter abnormalities in Alzheimer's disease with spherical deconvolution based tractography.", PloS one, vol. 7, issue 8, pp. e44074, 2012.
Constrained spherical deconvolution (CSD) has become one of the most widely used methods to extract white matter (WM) fibre orientation information from diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) data, overcoming the crossing fibre limitations inherent in the diffusion tensor model.
Collier, Q., J. Veraart, B. Jeurissen, A J. den Dekker, and J. Sijbers, "Iterative Reweighted Linear Least Squares for Accurate, Fast, and Robust Estimation of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Parameters", Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 73, issue 6, pp. 2174–2184, 2015.
Riji, R., J. Rajan, J. Sijbers, and M. S. Nair, "Iterative bilateral filter for Rician noise reduction in MR images", Signal, Image and Video Processing , 2014.
Morphologic and functional changes in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion rat model for Parkinson's disease discerned with microSPECT and quantitative MRI.


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Jones is majoring in chemistry.
Maybe Jim will get here early.
Brendan asked for some money.
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Venkata likes to go jogging after work.
Cecilia didn't call Jerrie like he promised he would.
Kathy has a 9-5 office job.
I know it means a lot to Miriam.
Marty went to the same school as Shatter did.
Did I tell you Barrett and I got engaged?
Hans paid a $300 fine.
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Ravindranath has never been bored. He spends all of his free time translating sentences.
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Will and Tuna started dancing as soon as the band started playing.
Page said that he didn't enjoy his job.
Sheila shares a room with his older brother.
Walter can't stay for long.
Wes is not good at keeping secrets.
I'm surprised Stu went with Caleb.
Is Shawn asking too much of us?
Joanne wears a different tie every day.
Marilyn is a friend of mine from high school.
Julia had to be at his office all day.
We're lucky Edmund is here to help us do this.
Rupert hoped that he would win the race.
Nathan is three years older than Jianyun is.
Kevyn certainly is aware that Earle is in the hospital.
You can't let Hotta have his own way.
Micah had his chauffeur drive him to the theater.


I'm 175 pounds and 6 feet tall should I get a 125sx or a 150sx. Also what year is best for these models. Would you recommend any other bike?
Lots of other questions to ask before throwing down the hard earned cash.
I ride track mostly right now. I am getting a lot better but I just want a 2 stroke of some sort.
I'd vote for the 150.
Two strokes are a lot of fun and easy to maintain.
Spend your time and money getting the suspension set up for you and your type of riding.
My 2017 150 can be converted to a 125 by swapping a handful of parts. I'm heavier than you and the 150 feels right.
Get which ever one you can get the best deal on. Don't forget about the TC125 either!
If you get a 125 and end up wanting a little more you can swap the cylinder and piston out for 150 but I'd think you'll be plenty happy with the 125, thats what my pick would be.
I'm 185 and love my 250. Can't imagine a smaller engine than that!
Guess your just not a deep thinker.
Just messin with ya, Different strokes for diff folks.
Yea I raced IT 175/200s 1989-199s actually had my last IT up till the early 2Ks.
I bought a new 86 IT200 when I graduated high school. Raced it several times. Loved that thing.
Haa a, me too but. Got the 175 first then got a 200 in 82.
I wouldn't say that though KTM has really stepped up on the contingency side of racing and puts more back into the racing side (mainly why i raced them from 2K - 2008). I don't know about the non racers, i actually don't think personally KTMs are the best choice for non racers and I believe this is where a lot of the negativity comes from, i don't know though I never was a trail rider or recreational rider. I had at least 10 KTMs, never had one i couldn't get set to my liking (all PDS too).


If you want to give your holiday wishes a patriotic twist, this Stars and Stripes Ornaments Deluxe Greeting Card is perfect for you. Five red, white, and blue ornaments really "pop" off this white boughs of the Christmas tree on the front of this card. The words "Season's Greetings" in red complete the picture.


Democrats continue to fight Donald Trump tooth and nail on immigration.
They want open borders because first-time immigrant voters pull the lever for Democrats 80% of the time.
While Trump stands firm in his commitment to protect our borders, the Democrats are fighting him with one of their most powerful weapons: Hollywood.


Arthur was sedated late today unexpectedly. He got his back foot caught going through a tunnel. The X-rays did not show anything conclusive. More details, soon.
UPDATE: His wake up has been very slow. We are watching him closely. We don't have a spare camera to put on him right now so keepers take turns sitting with him. We will keep you updated on his recovery.
At the end of #CatCon2018 I learn that 22 year old Arthur Tiger had an emergency visit to our on site hospital after twisting his leg. Sending X-rays our for a second opinion but we don' t see a break. He's on pain meds and close observation.
There are estimated to be about 10,000 big cats in private hands in the U.S., a small percentage of which are held in accredited zoos and sanctuaries. 680 facilities hold USDA licenses to use big cats for commercial purposes (breeding, selling or exhibiting). No one knows how many other owners have them as pets and do not have USDA licenses.
The same inspectors who monitor big cat facilities are also charged with inspecting pet stores, dog, cat and other pet breeders and dealers, farms, slaughterhouses, laboratories and other animal-related businesses.
As of 2011, there are only 105 inspectors charged with monitoring 7,976 such facilities. It is financially impractical to have enough inspectors to inspect all these facilities regularly.
When violations are serious or recurring, the enforcement process is very time-consuming for both inspectors and legal staff. It often takes years and many man-hours. This seriously limits how many violators can be prosecuted.
They can detect defects in the physical aspects of the facility. They can look at the record keeping, but records are easily fabricated. If the entry says the cat was fed on a given day or received medical treatment, how would the inspector know if this is true?
The inspector will also not be able to detect abusive treatment, which of course is not going to happen in front of the inspector. That can only be detected through undercover operations.
So, while it sounds good to have regulations governing how big cats are kept and treated, the degree to which the regulations can be enforced is severely limited by the cost of the manpower needed for enforcement.
We had a few faces out here today that don't normally come on Sunday as a lot of the regulars are traveling. Thanks so much to everyone who volunteers their time.
It's great when coordinators help each other. Even after working all day, Sue came in to do the keeper tour. Here she is trying to get a bloodcicle out of the container for Beacher while intern Steph explains to guests why Savannahs don't make good pets.
Partner Andy came in each to help Edith get the gift shop open so our gift shop manager can attend church.
Later in the day Edith and Aleesa go over who is going to do the 3 pm tours.
Red-shirt Marilyn came in to help backup tours so the interns were free to do food prep.
Green shirts Brittany and Steven, yellow shirt Alyssa and reds Candice and Amanda clean lockouts and water bowls.
We clean the feeding slabs and refill with clean fresh water daily.
We had lots of red shirts today so they took time to weed lockouts in the center and make sure all the guillotine doors worked.
Opened up the tunnel between Sioux and Lakota.
Matt R had time to groom Mac cougar after cleaning and double checking. That's quite a ball of fur!!
Keeper trainee Mary helped with the big pile of dishes and so did I. After food prep is done we have lots of food containers to clean every day.
At the end of the day, some cats get supplements. Intern Steph preps them for hand out.
Such was our Sunday at Big Cat Rescue.
More fun keeper snap shots!
Just the Cutest Video Ever!
We have also created two new dances for the guests to try. The Walkabout Wiggle, performed by all the bobcats and their twitchy tails, and the Safari Slide.
Please be sure to add this to the schedule for the day.
You will notice at the top of this Big Cat Updates web page there are social media buttons. It would really help us help the cats if you would post our Big Cat Updates into various groups you have joined on social media and even on your own social media pages.
ALSO, YOU ARE INVITED to join our Official Facebook Group at http://Facebook.com/groups/BigCatRescue/ to enjoy LOTS more photos and videos of the cats, keeper photos, and videos, as well as recorded highlights from the cats' live webcams.
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Category Archives: Health News Roundup
Healthcare News Week in Review
June 23, 2017 By Adam Gaffney in Health News Roundup, US Health Policy
The ACA Repeal
Multiple outlets reported on the release of the Senate's Obamacare repeal bill, named the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Like the House bill (the American Health Care Act, or AHCA), BRCA would wind down federal funding of the Medicaid expansion, albeit over a few years. In the long term, however, it would actually cut the program more deeply by reducing the rate of growth of Medicad's new per capita payments, beginning in 2025. Like the AHCA, it would repeal almost all of Obamacare's taxes, mainly benefiting the rich and healthcare corporations. Also like AHCA, it would eliminate both the individual and employer mandate, although unlike it there would be no penalty for being uninsured, as well as no risk rating. It would additionally broaden Obamacare's waiver program, which would allow states to fundamentally restructure their individual insurance market, for instance they might choose to eliminate the requirement that health plans cover all essential health benefits or have a particular actuarial value. I described the bill in a negative light in the Guardian, where I compared it to cyanide, a vampire, and (you'll have to read it) water crackers.
Vox [06-19-17, Dylan Scott] interviewed almost 20 lobbyists and other healthcare experts, and reports that the healthcare industry has deliberately chosen to not strongly oppose the Obamacare repeal, as seen by the absence of any sort of PR blitz, unlike with previous legislative healthcare fights. In part the industry wants to continue to be able to influence the Trump administration's agenda, and in part it does not want to provoke its wrath, Scott suggests. Notably, the repeal of Obamacare means different things for different healthcare sectors, though many sectors stand to gain from tax breaks contained in both the House and Senate bill.
Modern Healthcare [06-22-17, Shelby Livingston] describes how the BCRA could prove highly profitable for many insurers, insofar as it repeals the ACA's taxes on insurers, increases the age band (allowing older individuals to be charged higher premiums), temporarily extends cost-sharing subsidies, provides some $112 billion to stabilize insurance markets, and permits states to set the set their own medical-loss-ratio (potentially allowing insurers to spend a lower percentage of premiums on healthcare). On the other hand, the law could hurt insurers who mainly are in the business of insuring low-income individuals via Medicaid HMOs.
Reuters [06-22-17, Lewis Krauskopf] reported that healthcare stocks—including insurers—shot up sharply in the wake of the release of the Senate Obamacare repeal bill, BCRA.
Vox [06-23-17, Nicholas Bagley] carried an article exploring the potential implications of BCRA's "crazy waivers." According to Bagley, a provision in BCRA would widen the waiver clause of the ACA enormously, essentially giving any state the ability to obtain a waiver as long as it doesn't improve the deficit. As he describes, this could allow states to eliminate all sorts of insurance protections, including out-of-pocket maximums and essential health benefits; additionally, it could also potentially effectively eliminate annual and lifetime limits of insurance coverage, not merely in the individual market in one state, but for everybody—throughout the country.
Vox [06-23-17, Dylan Scott] reported on how the insurance industry is reacting to the ongoing Obamacare repeal. Scott notes that there are many things that insurance companies like about the BCRA, particularly its repeal of the ACA's taxes and the money provided for a stabilization funds. Although there are some provisions that could be bad for insurers' bottom lines, Scott quotes from investment analysts who describe it as a positive.
Single Payer
The Washington Post [06-18-17] had an editorial arguing that single payer had an "astonishing" price tag, and could only generate real savings cuts by reducing "standards of access and comfort" for patients, reducing physician pay, and closing rural health facilities.
I wrote a response to the Post's editorial in Jacobin].
STAT [06-23-17, Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein] report how the Food and Drug Administration's approval of betrixaban (trade name: bevyxxa) despite a failed phase 3 trial might signal the beginning of a laxer era at the agency, now headed by Scott Gottlieb.
Health News from the Week, June 11-17
June 18, 2017 By Adam Gaffney in Health News Roundup
The ACA
The New York Times [06-11-17, Reed Abelson] reports how repeal of the ACA would negatively impact a particular group that benefited from the ACA—those between jobs, or who for whatever reason lose their employer-provided coverage. As the Times notes, the ACA gave many individuals greater flexibility by allowing them to purchase subsidized health insurance plans when out of work; under the House GOP plan, however, these plans may be risk-rated based on pre-existing conditions, and might be prohibitively expensive.
The Washington Post [06-12-17, Amy Goldstein] reports how Iowa is seeking to radically restructure its ACA marketplace in the face of the possible departure of all insurers from the state. The Post states that the proposed plan would involve the abolition of Iowa's marketplace, and would allow individuals to use subsidies to buy plans off the exchanges. It notes that the legality of this change outside the context of a 1332 waiver is unclear.
USA Today [06-12-17, Eliza Collins] describes how the drafting process of the Senate's Obamacare repeal bill is cloaked in secrecy, with rank-and-file Republicans unaware of its contents. The bill, USA Today notes, will be handed over to the Congressional Budget Office for scoring before it is made publicly available; it may include a somewhat slower phase-out of the Medicaid expansion as compared to the House bill.
Axios [06-12-17, Caitlin Owens] reports that the Senate Republicans are not planning to make a draft of their healthcare bill publicly available. "We aren't stupid," a senior Senate Republican aide told Axios. The outlet notes that the bill will be sent to the CBO, with a possible vote prior to the July 4 recess.
Vox [06-14-17, Jeff Stein] reports on the left-wing groups leading the resistance to the Senate GOP's healthcare law. The article describes how town hall protests and a barrage of phone calls to lawmakers may have helped derail the House GOP's initial attempt to pass the American Health Care Act in March. It also notes a split between Democratic Senators and activist groups on a tactical issue. By withholding "consent," activists contend that Senate Democrats could stop all Senate business and slow down passage of the law, buying more time to defeat it; some Senators, however, argue that this would have no sustained beneficial impact.
The Wall Street Journal [06-11-17, Arian Campo-Flores] describes how Kentucky—a state that had especially benefited from the Affordable Care Act, in particular through a robust Medicaid expansion—is looking to now retreat from those reforms. As the Journal notes, Governor Matt Bevin is seeking a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that would allow—among other things—the state to require premiums from Medicaid participants, one of a number of changes that are expected to substantially shrink the program (head of CMS Seema Verma helped design this proposal, and has recused herself from the decision on its approval).
Modern Healthcare [06-12-17, Virgil Dickson] describes how Indiana's approach to adding a work requirement for Medicaid participants—a change also being pursued by Maine, Kentucky, Arizona, and other states—may have skirted legal requirements for public comment. Indiana's Medicaid expansion, dubbed HIP 2.0, was designed by now CMS head Seema Verma, and represented a major departure from traditional Medicaid, requiring premiums from participants and kicking some out of the program for failure to pay.
The New York Times [06-11-17, Abby Goodnough and Kate Zernike] reports how the maker of a long-acting injectable opioid antagonist (trade name Vivitrol) has aggressively marketed its product as superior to less expensive agents that are used to treat those with opioid dependence—suboxone and methadone—without evidence to back up these claims. The Times note that the maker of the drug has put money into influencing legislators, policy makers, and judges to expand its use in supervised drug treatment programs, where it may be the only allowed option.
Bloomberg [06-12-17, Suzanne Woolley] reports that high healthcare costs are translating into booming business for crowdfunding platforms like GoFundMe, which may stand to benefit from a Republican Obamacare repeal that increases the number of uninsured. It notes that for one crowdfunding company, some 70% of campaigns were for healthcare fundraising.
Kaiser Health News [06-16-17, Emily Kopp] described how President Donald Trump's "Drug Pricing and Innovation Working Group" has been heavily influenced by individuals and ideas straight from the pharmaceutical industry (the group is led by a former lobbyist for drug giant Gilead, for instance). KHN obtained documents that demonstrate that the group has been focusing on a number of "principles" that would be highly favorable to industry and would be unlikely to do much about drug costs, including stricter enforcement of drug patents overseas, lower standards of evidence in clinical trials, reducing drug discounts for safety-net hospitals, and allowing drug companies to give information on off-label use of drugs to insurers before drugs are approved by the FDA.
Health News Round Up, early June
Some recent notable healthcare news:
The New York Times [06-01-17, Robert Pear] reported that the Trump administration is moving to revise a federal rule that could result in the loss of contraceptive coverage for hundreds of thousands of women. While the Supreme Court"s Hobby Lobby decision had given "closely held" corporations the option to not cover contraception on religious grounds, the Times describes that the Trump rule would extend this exemption to other sorts of for-profit corporations as well as not-for-profit organizations, and also to widen the grounds for the exemption beyond religious reasons alone.
The New York Times [06-06-17, Reed Abelson] reported that Anthem was abandoning the ACA marketplace in Ohio, a move that could leave up to 10,500 people in the state uninsured. This comes on the heels of marketplace departures by a number of other carriers, which the Times notes is being used as evidence by Republicans that the ACA is in a death spiral.
The New York Times [06-08-17, Robert Pear] reported that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) has now called for Congress to fund these cost-sharing subsidies. The subsidies lower out-of-pocket spending for those who purchase ACA marketplace plans and earn less than 250% of the federal poverty level. As noted by the Times, a Federal District Court found that governments payments to insurers to cover the cost-sharing reductions was illegal. Payments have thus far continued while the decision is being appealed, but the Trump administration has threatened to end them, contributing to turmoil in the ACA marketplaces.
Politico [06-08-17, Adam Cancryn, Jennifer Haberkorn, Burgess Everett] describes difficulties facing Senate Republicans as they aim to forge a compromise ACA repeal bill that satisfies both their more conservative and more moderate members. While, as Politico notes, the Senate bill is likely to slow the rate of Medicaid cuts (as compared to the House bill) and to increase marketplace subsidies for older enrollees, reaching consensus may be difficult if the Senate is to vote on the bill by July 4, as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised.
Vox [06-09-17, Sarah Kliff] reported that some 38,000 individuals—spread among 47 counties in three states—who are now enrolled in ACA marketplace plans may have no health insurance options in 2018 as more insurers withdraw from ACA marketplaces, a development stemming in part from actions of the Trump administration's, like its threat to end payments to insurers for ACA cost-sharing reductions.


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Winnie Harlow stuns at LFW: Everything you need to know about her skin condition vitiligo
WINNIE HARLOW is a Canadian fashion model, spokesperson and activist, who suffers from a skin condition called vitiligo.
Laura Mitchell
Walking for Matty Bovan, Winnie Harlow stunned as she made her debut at London Fashion Week.
The 23-year-old model sported a vibrant, patterned ensemble with dramatic blue eyeshadow as she hit the runway.
She walked alongside Georgia May Jagger and Hailey Baldwin as they showcased Bovan's spring/summer collection.
Winnie first shot to fame after appearing on US television series America's Next Top Model and her rare skin condition made her stand out among her peers.
The model has a form of vitiligo, a skin condition which affects just 1% of the world's population.
BEAUTIFUL: Winnie Harlow graced the catwalk at London Fashion Week. (Image: REX/GETTY)
Supermodel Winnie Harlow
UNIQUE: The 23-year-old model suffers from a rare skin condition called vitiligo (Image: REX)
There are two main types: non-segmental vitiligo and segmental vitiligo.
In non-segmental vitiligo the symptoms often appear on both sides of your body as symmetrical white patches (this is the type Winnie has).
People with segmental vitiligo only have white patches on one area of the body. In rare cases, it's possible for vitiligo to affect your whole body. This is known as universal or complete vitiligo.
What is vitiligo?
It is a long-term condition that causes white patches to appear on the skin. It's caused by the lack of melanin, a pigment in the skin.
People with vitiligo are particularly sensitive to the sun and should use high sun protection.
RARE: Only 1% of the population has vitiligo (Image: GETTY)
What are the symptoms of vitiligo?
Vitiligo is not dangerous or painful and it does;t cause any other health complications, apart from sensitivity to the sun.
The mains symptoms is white patches on the skin. These most commonly occur on the face, neck and hands, and in skin creases.
Other common affected areas include the armpits, groin, genitals and inside your mouth.
It can also develop on the scalp, which can cause your hair to turn white or grey in the affected area .
Vitiligo doesn't cause discomfort to your skin, such as dryness, but the patches may occasionally be itchy.
FAMOUS: Winnie first shot to fame after appearing on America's Next Top Model (Image: REX)
What causes vitiligo?
Vitiligo is caused by the lack of a pigment called melanin in the skin. Melanin is produced by skin cells called melanocytes, and it gives your skin its colour.
Is there a cure for vitiligo?
There is no cure for vitiligo, but the symptoms can be treated. Combination treatments, such as phototherapy (treatment with light) and medication, give the best results, but they re only temporary.
Some patients like to use camouflage cream or makeup to cover up the white patches. Or you could just work it like Winnie.
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Q: string function Jane loves string more than anything.
She made a function related to the string some days ago and forgot about it.
She is now confused about calculating the value of this function.
She has a string $T$ with her, and value of string $S$ over function $f $can be calculated as given below:
$f(S)=|S|\times$ Number of times $S$ occurring in $T$.
Jane wants to know the maximum value of $f(S)$ among all the substrings $(S)$ of string $T$.
Can you help her?

Input Format: A single line containing string $T$ in small letter ('a' - 'z').
Output Format: An integer containing the value of output.
Constraints: $1 \leq |T| \leq 105$.

Sample Input #$00$: aaaaaa
Sample Output #$00$: $12$
Explanation #$00$:

*

*$f('a') = 6$

*$f('aa') = 10$

*$f('aaa') = 12$

*$f('aaaa') = 12$

*$f('aaaaa') = 10$

*$f('aaaaaa') = 6$

Sample Input #$01$: abcabcddd
Sample Output #$01$: $9$
Explanation #$01$:

*

*$f('a') = 2$

*$f('b') = 2$

*$f('c') = 2$

*$f('ab') = 4$

*$f('bc') = 4$

*$f('ddd') = 3$

*$f('abc') = 6$

*$f('abcabcddd') = 9$

Among the function values $9$ is the maximum one.

A: The longest repeating substring isn't necessarily the one that gives the maximum value. For example:
lrs("aaaaaa") gives aaaaa, which in turn leads to an overall result value of 10 (lenght = 5 * number of occurrences = 2), but the expected max value is actually 12.

A: Maybe I mixed two books and it was in Sedgewick's 'Algorithms in C++'...
Anyway the trick was to prepare an array of all string suffixes, that is an array of pointers pointing to every position in the string. The array was sorted and then each pair of adjacent positions were checked for the common prefix. (That's easy in C/C++ which identify 'a pointer to the character' with 'a string beginning with that character'.)
It's not enough to see the common prefix of suffixes in your problem, however you can easily see all instances of every repeating substring you find.
Assume input 'bababba'. Then array of suffixes is:
('bababba', 'ababba', 'babba', 'abba', 'bba', 'ba', 'a')
and sorted:
('a', 'ababba', 'abba', 'ba', 'bababba', 'babba', 'bba')
Items 'a' and 'ababba' have a single-char prefix in common, and that prefix appears also in 'abba' – and nowhere else. So it scores $1\times 3=3$.
Next pair have common prefix 'ab', so we test

*

*'a', which doesn't appear in further positions, so it scores $1\times 2=2$ (and gets discarded due to a previous result of $3$) and

*'ab', which also appears only in those two positions and scores $2\times 2=4$.

Then 'abba' and 'ba' have no common prefix, next 'ba' and 'bababba' have 'b' and 'ba', which score $1\times 4 = 4$ and $2\times 3=6$, respectively.
Next 'bababba' and 'babba' have prefixes 'b', 'ba' and 'bab', two of which get discarded and 'bab' scores $3\times 2=6$.
Finally 'babba' and 'bba' have only 'b' prefix with score $1$.
Winner repeating substrings are 'ba' and 'bab', both with a score of 6.
Apart from all repeating substrings you need to consider non-repeating substrings, the longest of which is of course the whole input string. In this example 'bababba' scores $7\times 1=7$, and this becomes the answer.


Welcome to Full Plate Thursday and come on back to the garden and enjoy this beautiful spring day with us. We are looking forward to seeing our old friends and some new ones today, you can take a garden tour while we are waiting to eat. I am looking forward to our day together, it is always special to spend time with you.
Thanks for the party, Miz Helen. Your garden is beautiful. I wish I had enough room for all of that!
Thanks for hosting your wonderful Full Plate, Miz Helen. Have a wonderful week and happy Cinco de Mayo.
Happy May to you, Miz Helen! Thank you for being a wonderful hostess! Blessings!
thanks for hosting! always appreciate an opportunity to share! see you next week!
Thank you so much for another awesome party!
Ole! Time for Cinco de Mayo dishes. I am really enjoying your recipes. I haven't had a chance to go through them all yet. Right off though, that stacked enchilada casserole got my attention. Thanks for featuring my chicken fajita salad. Have a great week.
I shared my recipe for Macadamia and Dried Cherry Cookies. This recipe is gluten free, but it can be made with "normal" ingredients if you don't have an issue with gluten.
This is a nice recipe because the cookies are not too sweet.
Good morning, Miz Helen! What beautiful flowers - Spring is finally arriving here in England as well :) This week I've shared a Vegetarian Lasagna Pasta Bake. Thank you for hosting, and have a lovely weekend!
Happy Thursday! Love all the wonderful choices this week. We linked up a terrific easy Mexican dish. Enjoy.
Morning Miz Helen. Thanks for hosting each week. It sure is nice to see May has arrived and winter is behind us and that you have a lovely weekend.
I've brought an old southern favorite - pimento cheese topped with a BLT - no recipe required.
Thank you Miz Helen for hosting. Have a great day!
I always look forward to your party, love discovering new recipes. Thanks so much for hosting and have a beautiful day!
Glad to see your flowers are blooming... we are still waiting for rain. Thank you for the party and have a wonderful weekend.
If you like coconut, I hope you get a chance to try the pie!
I'm here for the recipes Miz Helen! I don't have any to share, everything I cook is a disaster. Thanks for hosting!
Happy May Miz Helen...Thanks for hosting!
Hi Helen, I hope you're enjoying spring. We're still getting our garden in here. This week I shared one of my spring favorites--Turnip Greens Soup, made with turnips fresh from the farmers' market. Have a great week!
Thanks so much for featuring my No-Bake Granola Bites. Thank you also for this great party. Hope you have a great weekend.
Hi Miz Helen, Happy May! the flowers are beautiful. Thanks so much for hosting a terrific party.
Thanks so much for including my BBQ Buffalo Chicken Tostadas in your Cinco De Mayo Buffet! Have a great weekend and thanks for hosting!
What a great Cinco de Mayo spread! Everything looks fab! Merci for hosting, cher and have a great weekend!
Thank you for sharing my Popover Fruit Cup recipe as part of your buffet collection. It's hard to think of it being May right now, as we have snow in Southern Iowa. S-N-O-W! Hopefully the weather is great in your neck of the woods. Cheers!
It's good to be back. Thank you for hosting Miz Helen!
Okay, I'm late too! What a week, but better late than never, right!
Thanks for the party. Have a lovely weekend. Hope to see you at Tuesday Trivia.
Linked up another pie...this time it's Butterscotch Pie with a Checkerboard Crust. Hope you like! Thanks again for hosting!


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Stories from Saturday, September 13, 2014
Leora Ross (Obituary ~ 09/13/14)
Leora Ross, age 84, of Kincaid, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. She was born on Jan. 6, 1930, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Walter Everle and Agnes (Mackie) Bruner. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. Leora was united in marriage to Verne Keith Ross on July 6, 1949, in Iola, Kan. This union was blessed with one daughter...
Larry DeWayne Bolden (Obituary ~ 09/13/14)
Larry DeWayne Bolden, age 59, a resident of Fort Scott, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. He was born March 23, 1955, in LaCrosse, Kan., the son of Loren Theodore Bolden and Dolores Sherwood Roy Bolden. He married Deanna L. Williams on Jan. ...
Scott Eugene Freidline (Obituary ~ 09/13/14)
Scott Eugene Freidline, age 40, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. ...
Douglas Myer Beeman (Obituary ~ 09/13/14)
Douglas Myer Beeman, 46, Nevada, Mo., passed away suddenly Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 at Nevada Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at Ferry Funeral Home, 301 S. Washington, Nevada, Mo. The family receives friends from 9 to10:30 a.m. Tuesday prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Mo...
Uniontown Students celebrate the 'Star Spangled Banner' (Local News ~ 09/13/14)
"The Star Spangled Banner" is a tricky song to remember and sing well. Remember Christina Aguilar's performance at the opening of Super Bowl XLV, stumbling over words? Helping young children become familiar with the national anthem of the U.S. is a goal of Uniontown Music Teacher Rhonda Allen...
County's finances fare well in annual audit report (Local News ~ 09/13/14)
The Bourbon County Commissioners continue to discuss budget issues, even though the 2015 budget has been approved. On Friday, commissioners met with Terry Sercer of Diehl, Banwart and Bolton CPAs, to review some budget procedure changes and also the FY13 audit...
Let's take it from the top: filming Fort Scott (Local News ~ 09/13/14)
The promotion of Fort Scott will soon be heading to video. The City of Fort Scott and the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce are partnering for the launch of a new program - a series of community videos that officials said could be used as a recruitment and promotional tool for Fort Scott...
Uniontown sweeps league matches (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept both Oswego and Altoona-Midway at home Tuesday night in both varsity and junior varsity play. These were the first Three Rivers League matches of the season for the varsity. The Eagles (2-0 TRL, 5-4 overall) controlled the tempo in the first set with Oswego, winning 25-16. The second set was much tighter but the hosts managed to squeak out the victory, 26-24...
Brown takes second at West Franklin (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
POMONA -- Uniontown's Kyley Brown shot a personal-best score of 51 over nine holes and won a scorecard playoff to finish in second place at the West Franklin Invitational here Thursday. "She just started golfing this year and has really come around and I have some high expectations for her," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott said...
FSMS volleyball takes 3 of 4 from Ponies (Community Sports ~ 09/13/14)
Three victories in four outings was the result for the Fort Scott Middle School girls' volleyball teams playing at home against Iola Thursday at the FSMS gymnasium. The seventh-grade B team had little difficulty, rolling 25-9, 25-6, to improve to 3-0 on the season. Elizabeth Ngatia served a string of 16 points in a row...
Tennis deals with injury at Indy (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team had to work around an injury here Thursday at the Independence Invitational. Mikayla Norris, who was to play No. 2 doubles with Breanna Leslie, suffered an ankle injury before the tournament got underway. It was too late to substitute her out for a match against Iola, so the Tigers had to forfeit that match. Then head coach Lynn Barr moved Alex King from No. 2 singles to partner with Leslie for the rest of the day...
'Hounds sweep; Harris POTW once again (College Sports ~ 09/13/14)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College volleyball improved to 10-2 with a sweep of Independence here Wednesday night in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The Greyhounds won the match, 25-10, 25-11, 25-19. Julia Stringer led Fort Scott with 11 kills while Shelbey Baker had 8. Kortney Blaufuss was credited with 27 assists. Terina Harris picked up 14 digs. Molly Hathan was credited with at least a share of 4 blocks...
Tiger volleyball competitive during week (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
Even though they were just 1-3 during the week, Fort Scott High's volleyball team was competitive every time out. Tuesday, the Tigers were swept at Nevada while they managed a split at Paola Thursday. In the most recent matches, Fort Scott swept Paola, 25-20, 25-23, and lost to Wellsville, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21...
Visitors overcome early deficit (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown jumped out to a 16-0 lead here Friday night. But No. 5-ranked Madison/Hamilton scored 40 consecutive points to overcome the early deficit and come away with a 48-22 victory. The Eagles (1-1) got on the board with a Jacob Duffey quarterback sneak followed by a 2-point conversion run by Cole Schafer. Schafer scored the second touchdown with James Pearson adding the conversion to make it 16-0...
Tigers win via pair of 4th quarter TDs (High School Sports ~ 09/13/14)
SPRING HILL -- Two touchdowns in a span of 1:13 late in the fourth quarter propelled Fort Scott High to a 27-13 victory over Spring Hill in a non-league battle here Friday night. Spring Hill (1-1), which generated all but 22 of its 168 yards of total offense in the second half, tied the score at 13-13 on a 37-yard pass from Ryker Johnson to Ivan Hughes with 7:12 remaining in the contest...


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Blogs do not need to be technology based. Some contain rants and raves about everything from Basketball, Rocket fuel and day to day life. They are not necessarily accurate or up to date.
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Human Rights Groups Ask Senate To Reject Proposed Sex Trafficking Law That Strips Long-Held Protections For Website Owners
EFF, Others Launch New Free Security Certificate Authority To 'Dramatically Increase Encrypted Internet Traffic'
Internet Society Says 'Oh, Hell No' To ICANN's Plan For A 'UN Security Council For The Internet'
from the run-that-by-me-again dept
Tue, Nov 18th 2014 11:39am - Mike Masnick
Earlier this month, ICANN, along with the World Economic Forum and a Brazilian government group called CGI.br, announced a NetMundial Initiative, which is being described as a sort of "UN Security Council for the internet." If NetMundial sounds familiar, that's because back in April there was a big meeting on internet governance in Brazil called NetMundial. While this has the same name, it seems to be basically unrelated to that, but rather, it appears to be these three groups setting themselves up in power positions over internet governance. While those behind it tossed in a bunch of buzzwords, about how it would be "open source," a "shared public resource" and would have a "bottom-up, transparent" process, there was a bit of a problem with all of that. You see, the three founding organizations also… installed themselves as permanent members who would control the council.
Yes, they want other members, but setting themselves up with permanent seats seems a bit iffy on the whole "bottom-up, transparency" bit. The whole thing didn't exactly go over well at launch:
"Everything will be done bottom-up, this is the mother of all bottom-up processes," said Chehade to widespread disbelief in both the chatroom and on Twitter.
The claim that the initiative would not overlap other organizations' work was also derided. "Why create another platform?" asked one person in the short Q&A session after the presentation. "How do you expect to avoid duplication?"
Asked why ICANN was installing itself as a permanent member of a body that would only focus on non-technical issues when ICANN is specifically a technical body, Chehade gave an answer that left many scratching their heads:
"Why is ICANN on the Council? Precisely to clarify why our role should remain as it is: purely technical. It should not be at ICANN where these issues should be solved."
So, ICANN is purely technical, and it needs to install itself as a permanent member of a committee that isn't technical to clarify why its role should be purely technical. Got that?
Anyway, you can see in the slide above, the "I* group" listed as being offered one of the remaining seats. The I* group was supposed to be made up of a bunch of organizations you should already be familiar with: the Internet Society, IETF, IAB, W3C, Regional Internet Registries, ICANN and regional TLD organizations (yes, it appears that the I* group also includes ICANN, despite its separate seat on this council). Either way, the folks at the Internet Society, who have been heavily involved in a variety of internet governance efforts, often in conjunction with ICANN, have slammed on the brakes after seeing this new initiative, saying that the group cannot support a plan that seems so questionably designed:
With respect to the need for new groups, such as the NETmundial Initiative and its Coordination Council, the Internet Society Board reiterates that the Internet Society?s longstanding position is that there is no single, global platform that can serve to coordinate, organize or govern all the Internet issues that may arise. At its heart, the Internet is a decentralized, loosely coupled, distributed system that allows policies to be defined by those who require them for their operations and that ensures that issues can be resolved at a level closest to their origin. The ecosystem draws its strength from the involvement of a broad range of actors working through open, transparent, and collaborative processes to innovate and build the network of networks that is the cornerstone of the global economy.
Based on the information that we have to date, the Internet Society cannot agree to participate in or endorse the Coordination Council for the NETmundial Initiative. We are concerned that the way in which the NETmundial Initiative is being formed does not appear to be consistent with the Internet Society?s longstanding principles.
ISOC further notes that a much bigger priority is getting through the transition of the IANA functions, from being under NTIA/Dept. of Commerce to being separate, thus taking ICANN out from under the thumb of the US government. As we've noted in the past, we support this move as being necessary for a variety of reasons, including some that will help prevent dangerous changes to internet governance. However, if this is the kind of crap that ICANN is going to pull, it's only going to raise even more skepticism about the organization's position in managing key parts of the internet.
Kudos to the Internet Society for not just giving in. Yes, if you look over the presentation below, there may be plenty of good ideas embedded in the NetMundial project, but if it's going to go forward, it simply cannot include founding members electing themselves to a permanent controlling position (and also giving those organizations tremendous power in selecting the other council members). This is not how the internet should be run.
INITIATIVE LAUNCH WEBINAR SLIDES (PDF)
INITIATIVE LAUNCH WEBINAR SLIDES (Text)
Chat Transcript (PDF)
Chat Transcript (Text)
Filed Under: bottom up, council, netmundial, netmundial initiative, permanent members, transparent
Companies: cgi.br, icann, internet society, isoc, wef
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ISOC further notes that a much bigger priority is getting through the transition of the IANA functions, from being under NTIA/Dept. of Commerce to being separate, thus taking ICANN out from under the thumb of the US government. As we've noted in the past, we support this move as being necessary for a variety of reasons, including some that will help prevent dangerous changes to internet governance.
How can you support such a move after learning of this particular initiative? Giving ICANN and other private organizations jurisdiction over Internet governance effectively makes them private, sovereign entities. If that's not enough to scare you, you haven't given it enough thought.
In theory the main problem should be how to separate ICANN from its shackles with a certain country. Thus, the internet can be suspected of being used as a tool for US political interests (NSA, anyone?).
Therefore I agree with OP that ICANN needs to get out from under the thumb of a particular government. Now, where it is going, is the 100 dollar question. ITU has made a bid to take it over and introduce standards for deep packet inspections and other steps to suit the less democratic countries of the world. This organisation looks better than that alternative, but as mentioned, it isn't perfect or even necessarily good either given how little civil society and academia is awarded and the always problematic permanent memberships.
"Thus, the internet can be suspected of being used as a tool for US political interests (NSA, anyone?)."
I care more about facts than perceptions.
"Therefore I agree with OP that ICANN needs to get out from under the thumb of a particular government."
On the other hand, how do you get out from under ICANN's thumb if it proves not to have the public's best interests at heart? Government regulations are at least subject to due process and judicial review, but ICANN is a private corporation. That gives it a lot more leeway. Without a bill of rights to restrict its actions, it could get away with an awful lot.
John Fendersonsays:
But most people are the opposite. Perceptions are incredibly important and affect reality just as much as facts do.
Re: Re: Re: Re:
Sure, but is it too much to ask not to make things worse when catering to people's perceptions?
ICANN only cares about one thing
That's it. That's why the one-entity-one-domain rule was abandoned. That's why there are no repercussions whatsoever for registrars. That's why there are registrars which are (variously) fraudulent, owned by spammers, owned by domainers, and owned by scammers. That's why there are now hundreds of new TLDs that nobody needs.
ICANN only cares about profit because it's been completely captured by the people it was supposed to regulate, and all they care about it profit.
So let's not kid ourselves that ICANN gives a damn about the technical or non-technical future of the Internet. All it cares about is extracting as much money as possible, damn the consequences. Frankly, I'm surprised they didn't try this stunt much sooner: it aligns precisely with their previous tactics and is a natural continuance of those.
hmm. like Hollywood saying it will offer free downloads, as long as it can be in charge of who downloads what, and can have the credit card details! not to use them, of course, but just in case!
the threat to peace is the USAsays:
go f..k yourself usa and brazil
no fookin way this just reads power grab for later
Brazilian Guysays:
Our Brazilian Internet Management Comitee (CGI.br) as a permanent member of this council? I'm surprised that they have this much ambition. Well, we have ruined a few social networks for everyone else, maybe that can pass as an asset of force … HueHueHueBRBR.
But on a serious note, the National Broadband Plan is being pointed as a model for a few third world countries in internet development. And there's a effort from government trying to improve online transaction and payment processing, and the spreading of the internet has been a major source of growth for our Sector of Services, as our Federal Consumer's Code applies in the entire country and stablish quite a few warranties and rights for consumers as long as the seller is located in Brazil. For instance, i technically OWN my e-books, and in case I'm victim of fraud, my bank has the burden of proof.
Online shopping revenue in Brazil is going from an esteemed R$ 4 Bilion in 2010 to nearly R$ 30 Bilion this year. And could be even higher, if we didn't have so many logistical troubles.
Mark Wingsays:
What kind of sadistic animal would hold the government accountable to the people for its actions? Fucking terrorists.
Lurker Keithsays:
ICANN has decentralized internet still, plz? kthxbai
The internet is an adult, it does'nt need over bearing parents


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