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Valerie Harper
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Report: TV star Valerie Harper has brain cancer
By By FRAZIER MOORE and AP Television Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - Valerie Harper, who played Rhoda Morgenstern on television's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda," has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.
People magazine reported on its website Wednesday that the 73-year-old actress received the news on Jan. 15. Tests revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain. The report says Harper's doctors have said she has as little as three months to live.
"I don't think of dying," Harper told the magazine in a cover interview. "I think of being here now."
Harper's character, Rhoda, was one of television's most beloved characters during the 1970s, and the tart-tongued, self-deprecating Rhoda made Harper a star. She won three consecutive Emmys (1971-73) as supporting actress on "Mary" plus another for outstanding lead actress for "Rhoda," which ran from 1974-78.
Harper began show business as a dancer in several Broadway musicals, and worked in summer stock and with the Second City improv group.
"I was a dancer but I was always a little overweight," she once told The Associated Press. "I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Valerie Harper and I'm overweight.' I'd say it quickly before they could. ... I always got called chubby, my nose was too wide, my hair was too kinky."
Accordingly, she played Rhoda at first as a plump, wisecracking contrast to slender, winsome Mary Richards. But as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" evolved, Rhoda trimmed down and her own brand of beauty was acknowledged.
The character was wildly popular and soon inspired her own CBS sitcom, which saw Rhoda moving back home to New York City and even getting married.
After her success on TV, she returned to theater. Several TV movie and feature films followed, including "Chapter Two" and "Blame It on Rio."
In 2000, she reunited with Moore in a TV film, "Mary and Rhoda."
"Rhoda Morgenstern gave a wonderful impetus and propulsion to my career," she told the AP in 2001.
At the time, she had stepped into the role originated by former "Alice" star Linda Lavin in the Broadway comedy "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife."
Harper played what she described as "an angst-ridden Woman of a Certain Age," and she likened that character to Rhoda, whose shared creed, she said, is "Get into life, and enjoy it. Just stop with the white knuckles and relax. Be OK with yourself."
In recent years, Harper had guest roles on several TV series, and in 2010 was back on Broadway playing Tallulah Bankhead, a flamboyant star from Hollywood's Golden Age.
AP Drama Critic Michael Kuchwara wrote that "Harper submerges the iconic Rhoda Morgenstern" and "has a ferocious sense of comic timing."
In January, Harper published a new memoir, "I, Rhoda."
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Politics|Image of Cooperation Between White House and Mueller Starts to Fracture
Image of Cooperation Between White House and Mueller Starts to Fracture
As the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has helped produce a series of indictments and guilty pleas, Republicans have increased their attacks on him.CreditCreditAlex Wong/Getty Images
By Michael S. Schmidt
WASHINGTON — For much of the seven months since Robert S. Mueller III was appointed special counsel, President Trump's lawyers have stressed their cooperation with him, believing that the more they work with his investigation, the sooner the president will have his name cleared.
But in recent weeks, as the investigation has reached deeper into Mr. Trump's inner circle, that image of cooperation has begun to fracture. Mr. Trump's lawyers and supporters have significantly increased their attacks on Mr. Mueller, especially as the F.B.I. has handed them fresh ammunition to claim that the agents investigating the president may be biased.
The latest salvos came over the weekend, when a top Republican senator said Mr. Mueller should examine his team's political leanings, and a lawyer for Mr. Trump sent a letter to lawmakers saying that the special counsel had improperly gotten emails from the presidential transition team.
"Not looking good, it's not looking good — it's quite sad to see that, my people were very upset about it," Mr. Trump said on Sunday when asked about the emails. "I can't imagine there's anything on them, frankly, because, as we've said, there's no collusion, no collusion whatsoever."
While Mr. Trump also said he was not considering firing Mr. Mueller, the mounting attacks have fueled concerns among Democrats that he is preparing to do so. Eric H. Holder Jr., President Barack Obama's first attorney general, said on Twitter on Sunday that any such move would be an "ABSOLUTE RED LINE."
Legal experts said there was no indication that Mr. Mueller, who has wide power to obtain documents through written requests, subpoenas and search warrants, improperly obtained the transition emails. But amid the barrage of criticism, Mr. Mueller's office issued a rare statement on Sunday defending how the information had been obtained during the inquiry into Russian election meddling.
"When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process," said Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel's office.
A lawyer for Mr. Trump said in a letter to Congress on Saturday that the General Services Administration, the government agency that had the transition team's emails, had handed them over to Mr. Mueller's investigators in August without allowing transition team lawyers to review them. The documents, the lawyer argued, should have been shielded by various privileges, like attorney-client privilege.
The materials, said the lawyer, Kory Langhofer, were the property of the transition team, and therefore it should have had the chance to decide what was given to investigators.
The letter came days after the Justice Department took the unusual step of releasing to the news media anti-Trump text messages that an agent overseeing the investigation had sent to a colleague. Although Mr. Mueller had moved quickly this past summer to remove the agent from the inquiry, Republicans seized on the disclosure to criticize Mr. Mueller and the F.B.I.
One Trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said it was evidence that "the fix was in against Donald Trump from the beginning."
White House officials sought to play down the significance of the letter about the transition emails, insisting it was an issue for the transition team, not the West Wing. They said the president had not changed his approach to cooperating with the special counsel, and that he had not discussed dismissing Mr. Mueller.
"We have been cooperative and transparent with the special counsel's office and will continue to be — we look forward to an expeditious conclusion to this matter," said Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for Mr. Trump.
Still, the letter to Congress from Mr. Langhofer sounded a discordant note. His assertion that the emails were privileged and should have been shielded stood in contrast to the stance of White House officials, who said that Mr. Trump's lawyers had not invoked any such privilege on any White House documents that Mr. Mueller had requested.
Among the materials obtained from the transition team by Mr. Mueller were emails, laptops and cellphones for nine members who worked on national security and policy matters, according to the letter. Mr. Mueller's investigators have used the documents during interviews with transition team officials when questioning them about calls between Mr. Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, and the Russian ambassador in which they discussed American sanctions.
One of the emails shows that several transition officials were aware that Mr. Flynn was going to be speaking with the ambassador on Dec. 29 after the Obama administration had imposed new sanctions on Russia for its election meddling. Mr. Flynn pleaded guilty this month to lying to the F.B.I. about his interactions with the Russian official.
"The materials produced by the G.S.A. to the special counsel's office therefore included materials protected by the attorney-client privilege, the deliberative process privilege, and the presidential communications privilege," Mr. Langhofer, the counsel to Trump for America, said in his letter, which was sent to the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate and House oversight committees.
Over the summer, Mr. Trump publicly dangled the possibility of firing Mr. Mueller, stoking concerns among some of his advisers who believed that Mr. Trump would further imperil his presidency if he did so.
But two people who have spoken to the president recently said that he was far more frustrated with the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, than Mr. Mueller. Mr. Trump has said that Mr. Wray has not moved quickly enough to rid the bureau of senior officials who were biased against Mr. Trump and had worked for James B. Comey, the director whom Mr. Trump fired in May.
Mr. Trump's lawyers assured the president throughout the fall that Mr. Mueller's investigation would be over by the end of the year. But on Dec. 1, Mr. Flynn entered his guilty plea and agreed to cooperate with Mr. Mueller's investigation, an indication that the inquiry will not soon close.
Two weeks ago, The New York Times reported that Mr. Mueller had removed one of the top agents working on the investigation, Peter Strzok, after the discovery of text messages between him and a colleague in which they described the possibility of an election victory by Mr. Trump as "terrifying" and said that Hillary Clinton "just has to win."
Republicans have seized on Mr. Strzok's text messages, saying that they were the clearest evidence that the F.B.I. had been out to get Mr. Trump and that Mr. Mueller's investigation was filled with partisans. Along with attacking Mr. Strzok, Republicans have said that one of Mr. Mueller's top prosecutors, Andrew Weissmann, may also be biased against Mr. Trump because he commended the acting attorney general in a January email for not enforcing Mr. Trump's travel ban.
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, praised Mr. Mueller in an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday for removing Mr. Strzok but said "there are others" whom Mr. Mueller needs to examine.
"There are plenty of F.B.I. agents and prosecutors who have not been politically involved on behalf of Democrats or overtly critical of the president that can serve in this important investigation," Mr. Cornyn said.
He added: "So I have confidence in Director Mueller. I would just think he would be concerned about the appearance of conflicts of interest that would undermine the integrity of the investigation."
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York, and Noah Weiland from Washington.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Friction Rises Between Mueller's Team and Some Trump Lawyers. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe

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Resistance Radio - Hilla Kerner,
Hilla Kerner joined Vancouver Rape Relief thirteen years ago. Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter is the longest standing rape crisis centre in Canada. Since 1973, the group who is self organized as a collective has responded to close to 46,000 women seeking support in their escape from male violence. Since they opened their transition house in 1981, they have housed over 3,000 women and over 2,600 children.
Resistance Radio - Guest: Jonathan R Latham,
Jonathan R Latham, PhD. is co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and the Editor of Independent Science News. Dr Latham is also the Director of the Poison Papers project which publicizes documents of the chemical industry and its regulators. Dr. Latham holds a Masters degree in Crop Genetics and a PhD in Virology. He was subsequently a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, plant virology, genetics and genetic engineering. Dr Latham talks frequently at international events and scientific and regulatory conferences on the research conducted by the Project. He has written for Truthout, MIT Technology Review, the Guardian, Resilience, and many other magazines and websites. Today we talk about pesticides and the EU.
Resistance Radio - Guest: Wendy Murphy
Wendy Murphy is the Director of the Women's and Children's Advocacy Project at New England Law|Boston, where she also teaches sexual violence law. In addition, she is an impact litigator, specializing in the constitutional and civil rights of abused women and children.
Resistance Radio - Guest: Deanna Meyer
Deanna Meyer.is a long time environmental activist and is a member of Deep Green Resistance and is also the founder and executive director of Prairie Protection Colorado. Meyer's work currently centers on the protection and preservation of prairie dog communities up and down Colorado's Front Range.


Network places provide remote users with a secure web interface to access the corporate network file shares. Users must have appropriate Windows permissions to be able to access the network share. CudaLaunch for Android or iOS allow browsing the network share and uploading and downloading files.
SMB – Connect to SMB1, but must be able to negotiate a CIFS session.


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Протохо̀ри или Портора̀з (, катаревуса Πρωτοχώριον, Протохорион, до 1928 година Πορτοράζ, Портораз) е село в Гърция, в дем Кожани, област Западна Македония. През 2001 в Протохори са регистрирани 626 души.

География
Селото е разположено югозападно от град Кожани, в подножието на Червена гора. Протохори е голямо село и има две махали.

История

В Османската империя
В XIX век Портораз е смесено гръцко-турско село в югозападната част на Кожанската каза на Османската империя. Александър Синве ("Les Grecs de l'Empire Ottoman. Etude Statistique et Ethnographique"), който се основава на гръцки данни, в 1878 година пише, че в Проторази (Protorazi) живеят 120 гърци. През 1893 селото е обитавано от 160 семейства на християни и 217 мюсюлмани, като жителите му са около 1800. В началото на XX век християнските му жители го напускат и то става чисто турско. Според статистиката на Васил Кънчов ("Македония. Етнография и статистика") през 1900 година в Путарасъ (Питараста) има 278 турци. Според гръцкото консулство в Еласона през 1904 година в Порторази (Πορτοράζι) живеят 350 турци.

В Гърция

През Балканската война в 1912 година в селото влизат гръцки части и след Междусъюзническата в 1913 година Портораз остава в Гърция. В 1922 година мюсюлманското население на селото се изселва и в Портораз са заселени гърци бежанци. Първите бежанци са малоазийски гърци, които пристигат през август 1922 г. През декември пристигат понтийски гърци и малко тракийци. В началото на март 1923 година е изгорена джамията и двете турски училища и на тяхно място е построена голямата църква "Свети Георги", завършена в 1926 година и голяма двуетажна училищна сграда.

През 1927 година името на селото е сменено на Протохори, в превод Главно село. В 1928 година Протохори е чисто бежанско селище със 123 бежански семейства и 184 жители бежанци.

Бежанците са от Цариград (8 семейства), Смирна-Бурса (15 семейства), Трапезунд-Мацука (177 семейства), Керазунд (7 семейства), Амасия (6 семейства), Аргируполи (3 семейства), Санда (3 семейства), Сурмена (5 семейства), Синоп (5 семейства).

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Села в дем Кожани

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Southgate: Senegal was not affected without Mane.. and Maguire suffered for this reason
foot4live December 3, 2022
Gareth Southgate, England coach, confirmed that the confrontation with Senegal will be strong in World Cup 8th final.
Southgate said at the press conference: "The Senegalese national team is the African champion and was unlucky not to qualify for the 8th final of the 2018 edition."
"There are many Senegalese players who have been in the English Premier League for years, including El Hadji Diouf," the England coach confirmed.
He explained, "The Senegalese national team currently includes distinguished players who are present in the Premier League, and it is a wonderful thing that England has a strong tournament that attracts world talents."
He stressed, "All players are ready to face Senegal, and there is full awareness of the capabilities of the African champion, especially since the opponent presented good levels in the tournament."
He pointed out: "Mane is a wonderful player, but the Senegal national team presented good levels in his absence and showed a fighting spirit in light of his failure to join the World Cup, and the national team is now presenting good levels."
The England coach stressed that the use of crosses and set pieces is very important, explaining that the Senegalese national team is distinguished at this point.
He explained that the England national team is ready to take part in a penalty shootout if the match reaches that stage, stressing that the players are training hard for it, but the team is looking for victory at the time of the match itself.
Southgate spoke about his defender Harry Maguire, stressing that he is a great player, but he was exposed to difficult circumstances due to the successive change of coaches and the way he plays in the ranks of Manchester United.
Gareth Southgate confirmed that Maguire is an important player for the England national team and has experience, but he was also affected by the injuries he suffered in addition to the criticism he received.
Southgate wished Aliou Cisse, coach of Senegal, to recover and join the match naturally, adding: "The match will not be easy, and I know that the public support will be greater for Senegal, but we will fight to reach the quarter-finals."
And on the possibility of an Arab team winning the World Cup title, he pointed out that there are strong and distinguished levels presented by the Arab and Asian teams, explaining that the criterion in any match is giving within the green rectangle.


"I got this recipe from a friend about thirty years ago. It has become a family favorite. It makes a lot, so it's great to serve to a crowd. Also, it can be made ahead and re-heated very easy. The original recipe calls for regular pork Italian sausage, but to cut down on fat, I use the turkey kind."
Pour the tomato soup, tomato sauce and tomato paste into a slow cooker, and stir to blend. Crumble in the sweet and hot Italian sausages. Cover, and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours, stirring occasionally until the meat is cooked through, and the sauce is flavorful.
When the tomato sauce is almost done, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the mostaccoli pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until tender. Drain and rinse.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a 9x13 inch baking dish and an 8x8 inch baking dish with cooking spray. Layer the noodles and cheese in the two dishes to an even depth ending with cheese on the top, splash a little bit of the milk over each layer of cheese as you go except for the top layer.
Bake for 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted and a little brown on the top. Cut into wedges, and spoon the sauce over them to serve.
If you use regular pork sausage, you need to brown a little first to remove some of the fat. Also, the sauce can be cooked on top of the stove. But it burns easy, so you have to keep a close eye on it. It only takes 1 hour on the stove.
This recipe was a nice change from just regular spaghetti and tomato sauce. My 8 year old loved it.
Excellent! Also works great to make a big batch, and freeze portions for lunches.
This makes a huge amount even if you half the recipe! It was very good. We liked the texture of the baked pasta. Will definitely make again.
This was pretty tasty. I used mozzarella and cheddar. I just don't see how you can go wrong with that much cheese and italian sausage!
EXCELLENT!!! Even my picky eater kids liked this one!


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Justia US Law US Regulations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2006 January 26
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration January 26, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Construction of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received a request from the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) for renewal of an authorization to take small numbers of California sea lions, Pacific harbor seals, harbor porpoises, and gray whales, by harassment, incidental to construction of a replacement bridge for the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SF-OBB) in California. Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an authorization to CALTRANS to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of these species of pinnipeds and cetaceans during the next 12 months.
Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of 90-day Finding on a Petition to List the North Pacific Right Whale as an Endangered Species Under the Endangered Species Act
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces a 90-day finding regarding a petition to list the North Pacific right whale, Eubalaena japonica, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). After review, NMFS finds that the petition presents substantial scientific information indicating that this action may be warranted. NMFS is initiating a review of the status of the North Pacific right whale, and is soliciting data, information, and comment on the subject action.
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket Launches from Kodiak Island, AK
NMFS, upon application from the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation (AADC), is issuing regulations to govern the unintentional takings of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to rocket launches from the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) on Kodiak Island, AK. Issuance of regulations is required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) when the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), after notice and opportunity for comment, finds, as here, that such takes will have a negligible impact on the species and stocks of marine mammals and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on their availability for subsistence uses. These regulations do not authorize AADC's rocket launch activities, as such authorization is not within the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Rather, these regulations govern the issuance of ``Letters of Authorization'' (LOAs) for the unintentional incidental take of marine mammals in connection with this activity and prescribe methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat, and on the availability of the species for subsistence uses. In addition, NMFS incorporates reporting and monitoring requirements.
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock for Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
NMFS has determined that the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category daily retention limit for the final three restricted fishing days (RFD) should be adjusted. These General category RFDs are being waived to provide reasonable opportunity for utilization of the coastwide General category BFT quota. Therefore, NMFS waives the final three RFDs scheduled for January 2006, and increases the daily retention limit from zero to two large medium or giant BFT on these previously designated RFDs.


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http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/how-realistic-shark-science-shallows How Realistic is the Shark Science in "The Shallows"?
Personal Perspectives
How Realistic is the Shark Science in "The Shallows"?
by L.K. Ward
When The Shallows hits theaters June 24—non-coincidentally kicking off both Shark Week and beach vacation season—it will follow in a long line of shark thrillers. In the grand tradition of Jaws, Open Water and The Reef, The Shallows tells one surfer's story of survival as she evades a rogue great white shark with a taste for human flesh just 200 yards from shore.
Films about ravenous great white sharks have long captured the imaginations of moviegoers, and this one appears to be no exception. The anticipated summer blockbuster, starring American actress Blake Lively, has already garnered a 95 percent interest rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But just how much imaginative license did filmmakers take when it came to shark behavior?
We spoke with shark biologist Chris Lowe at the California State University, Long Beach to see what the trailer got right about great white sharks—and what was just Hollywood magic.
Let's dive right in. Is there anything about the shark behavior in the trailer that catches your attention?
The film looks like it has a lot of real footage of sharks. Of course, it's unbelievably rare to catch an actual shark attack on film, but I thought the way the trailer portrayed the attack on the female surfer was pretty realistic.
What's your take on the shark breaching to eat a surfer?
We know that white sharks hangout in subtropical places where it's not unusual to see someone surfing without a wetsuit, so that's not totally implausible. However, places where they do jump out of the water in pursuit of prey are temperate—places like South Africa. We typically only see white sharks breaching in places where they've had to adapt their behavior to capturing fast, nimble prey like Cape fur seals. What kind of nimble prey exists in tropical waters?
My guess is probably not a human.
Right. Not a human, not a sea turtle, and there aren't really any tropical seals left. So that's the part that's unrealistic. I look at that and chuckle a little.
What about the shark's stalking behavior around the rock and then by the buoy? Is that typical?
Based on tracking data done in certain locations, we know sharks patrol certain areas waiting for seals to haul out on beaches. So I wouldn't call it stalking; I would call it patrolling. While it's certainly possible they stalk prey, we don't have a lot of evidence showing how they play this "cat and mouse" game.
Films like Jaws, The Reef, and now The Shallows depict a rogue shark that will stop at nothing to devour its victim. Do "rogue sharks" exist?
That was a theory put forth back in the 1950's, and we haven't been able to shake it. For example, in Jaws, they say the shark has set up a territory and its going stay as long as there are people to eat. There's just no good evidence that the same shark has been involved on multiple attacks on people over time.
Would a shark ever stalk just one prey animal?
Not very likely. A lot of these predators are smart enough to realize when they're wasting their time. There are some predators that are willing to put in more effort to track down a single prey, like mountain lions (a lot of terrestrial predators are much better at that). But white sharks have to constantly be moving, which is biologically expensive.
It seems like shark encounters are popping up in the news pretty frequently, which is rekindling some serious shark hysteria. Have there actually been more shark attacks or does the media just report on it more often?
It's a little bit of both. There are more people in the water than ever before. That automatically increases the chances of an encounter. In many places, sharks have been overfished for over 50 years. We recognized this problem decades ago and in some places like the U.S., we have put in place regulations that better protect sharks and now they're coming back.
If you look at the rate of human population growth—which we can use as an indicator of how many people are going in the water everyday—and consider how fast shark populations are growing, people are getting attacked more, but not as much as one might expect given the rate at which both populations are increasing. What that tells me as a scientist is that we are simply not on their menu.
Why would a shark bite a person in the first place?
Shark attacks are broken into two categories: provoked and unprovoked. Provoked attacks are simple. A fisherman catches a shark, the shark tries to get away, and the fisherman gets bitten. The person did something to induce that attack, usually requiring physical contact.
The unprovoked attacks are a little harder to explain. All we know is what we base off of statistics or limited eye-witness accounts. Eighty-five percent of people never see the shark coming. In addition, with over 80 percent of people bitten, no flesh is removed.
One reason shark bite people might be because they either consider us as food or have mistaken us as food. That might explain why some people are bitten, but not consumed. The shark rushes up, tastes us, and leaves when it realizes we're not their normal prey.
Another theory is that sharks are acting defensively. Just like any other animal on the planet, if it feels threatened it will defend itself. Sharks do something called agonistic display, where they contort their body to let other sharks or even people know it feels threatened. If a surfer is approaching a shark and the shark starts to feel threatened that something is invading its space, then it lashes out. It races in, takes a bite, and then takes off.
So we just don't know. We don't know what the circumstances were right before someone got bit because nobody sees what the shark is doing before the event. This is what makes it really difficult to say why sharks bite people.
Many people are fascinated by sharks, but that doesn't mean they want to get in the water with them. Why did you decide to study sharks?
When I was younger, I swore I would never work on white sharks, because I thought they were overrated. As a shark biologist, I studied hammerheads, tiger sharks, sandbar sharks, Galapagos sharks, leopard sharks—all of which were underrepresented (in the research). But after I came to California, we started researching baby white sharks working with Monterey Bay Aquarium, and that got me intrigued.
They're kind of like the ultimate athletes of the shark world. They're warm-bodied, and as long as they keep swimming they can keep their bodies warmer than the water. That's how a 4,000-5,000 pound shark can launch itself 6-8 feet out of the water. In addition, they can dive 1,000 meters (3,000 feet). The water temperature down there is just above freezing. Physiologically, they're the Formula One race cars of the shark world.
It sounds like we know a lot about great white sharks.
But there's a lot that's still unknown. Doing this work is really expensive. One satellite transmitter costs $5,000, and we don't usually get them back after they've been deployed. Nonetheless, this technology has greatly changed our understanding of white sharks.
Thirty years ago, if you asked a shark biologist what kind of shark a white shark was, they'd probably say a coastal shark. That is because we only really saw them along the coastline during the fall months off California when they were hunting elephant seals. However, using satellite transmitters my colleagues have found that those sharks really only spend 1-3 months in close to shore before migrating out into the middle of the Pacific, where they will spend 8-18 months before venturing back to shore. Now, I wouldn't call a white shark a coastal shark, I'd call them an oceanic shark.
The good news is we now have all this cool new technology—drones, underwater robots, new sensors and low-light cameras at our disposal. Unfortunately, every time we want to do a study to answer a simple question you're looking at a half million dollars in funding to do the work. Very little government funding supports white shark research.
Despite the fact that it's such a charismatic, well-known animal?
Right. And this is where the Discovery Channel and movies like Jaws have done sharks a disservice. They have given the public the false impression that we've already answered most of the important scientific questions around sharks. I'll give you an example. When do sharks feed?
Dawn and dusk, right?
So that's the theory, but there's no evidence to support it. The urban myth is that sharks feed at dawn and dusk, so that's the most dangerous time to be in the water. Part of this comes from the fact that you have a lot of surfers out at dawn and dusk and surfers are the ones quite often bitten. However, the reality is that there is no pattern. Our lab wanted to research this further by feeding sensors to the shark that measures their stomach pH, which would allow us to actually tell when the shark has eaten. One of the reasons why we couldn't get funding was because some people thought we already knew all that—and some of those people were scientists.
Great white sharks are listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. How are they doing in the wild today?
Humans have certainly affected white shark populations, either by killing them in fisheries or having an impact on their food sources. Over the last 10 years we have been studying juvenile white sharks, we have seen evidence of population increase. We're seeing populations increasing pretty much everywhere, i.e. in waters off New England, Australia, and New Zealand.
We have three to five times more people in the U.S. and along coastal habitats now than in the 1970s, and yet we're seeing recovery from all these predator populations. I see that as a sign we're doing something right. White sharks have been protected for 10-20 years now. I'm hoping that people can look at major problems today like climate change and say, "well, we saw declining predator populations as a major problem in the 60s and 70s. A lot of people thought we'd never fix those problems and we have. If we can fix that, why can't we fix climate change?"
Okay, say I'm planning a trip to the beach this summer. What are my chances of being bit by a shark?
Extremely unlikely. Like winning the Powerball lottery unlikely.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on SmithsonianMag.com
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How Many Followers Does Surbhi Jyoti Have On Instagram?
On: July 7, 2022
Asked by: Adrianna Rosenbaum
The actress has been sharing regular updates from the city. Surbhi Jyoti is currently in Moscow for work. Surbhi Jyoti is having a great time in Moscow, Russia. The Qubool Hai actress shared pictures where she can be seen visiting popular tourist places in the Russian capital.
Is Surbhi Jyoti getting married?
Is rithvik dating Surbhi Jyoti?
Is Pearl V Puri love Surbhi Jyoti?
Who is Surbhi Jyoti best friend?
Is Surbhi Jyoti Punjabi?
Who is surbhi Rathore?
How many followers does Hina Khan have on Instagram?
What is Bela real name?
When did Surbhi Jyoti married?
How can I be like Surbhi Jyoti?
Who is Jyoti boyfriend?
Is Surbhi Jyoti drink alcohol?
Is Pearl V Puri vegetarian?
Who is Pearl V Puri best friend?
Are Surbhi Chandna and Surbhi Jyoti friends?
Is Surbhi Jyoti and Varun Toorkey?
What is the name of actress in Nagakanyaka 3?
Although there were many rumors in the telly industry that Surbhi Jyoti is dating her Naagin co-star Pearl V Puri and also her name was linked with Sumit Suri, who was seen in her music video Haanji. But those were all false statements, as per the media reports and she is married to her work life.
For the uninitiated, after breakup with Asha Negi, Rithvik is rumoured to be dating Surbhi and the two are going strong with their relationship. Many-a-times, they are spotted vacationing together with their friends and posting photos and videos from the stay.
The duo has never opened up about romantically being involved with each other. Both Surbhi Jyoti and Pearl V Puri is seen posting pictures with each other on social media and share a great bond.
BFF Goals: Jennifer Winget, Erica Fernandes, Surbhi Jyoti's BFF Moments Together.
Surbhi belongs to a Punjabi Brahmin family and hails from Jalandhar, Punjab. Surbhi was an RJ (Radio Jockey) in Punjab.
Surbhi Rathore Biography – Surbhi Rathore is an Indian Social Media Celebrity, TikTok star, and Model, who has gained popularity through lip-syncs, Funny, and couple videos on Tiktok. With 9 Million followers on Tiktok. Surbhi Rathore is considered one of the popular TikTok Stars in India.
HINA KHAN CELEBRATES 14 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM.
Surbhi Jyoti (born 29 May 1988) is an Indian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Zoya Farooqui in Zee TV's Qubool Hai, Geetanjali in Star Plus's Koi Laut Ke Aaya Hai and Bela in Colors TV's Naagin 3.
She was Born in 29 May 1998. So, the age of Surbhi is 22 as in 2020. Is, Surbhi Jyoti married? No, She is not married.
TV actress Surbhi Jyoti recently posted pics of her D.I.Y beauty treatment at home! You can too try it at home by mixing- turmeric, gram flour, wheat bran, milk cream or yoghurt and some rose water in a bowl. Apply it generously on your face and let it dry for twenty minutes.
Surbhi Jyoti's marital status is unmarried. She was in a relationship with Zoravar Singh who is the brother of Punjabi actor Madhurjeet Sarghi.
Does Surbhi Jyoti drink alcohol or smoke? No. Surbhi Jyoti doesn't smoke or drink.
Above all, Asmita has turned vegetarian for Pearl, as he follows Radhe Swami." Oh well, the news of Hot Star now airing their show has brightened their lives, is what we believe.
Karishma Tanna and Pearl V Puri have been thick friends for years. The actress was spotted outside her gym by the paparazzi today (June 16) and reacted to the latter's bail which was granted to him on Tuesday (June 15). Karishma, who has been by Pearl's side all through, said, "I am very happy that he has got bail.
Both the gorgeous ladies share a close bond with each other and are known to be each other's BFFs. During an interview, Surbhi Chandna revealed that she has an adorable nickname for Surbhi Jyoti. The Sanjivani actor calls Jyoti 'Koshish'.
Varun Toorkey and Surbhi Jyoti are two of the most gorgeous stars of Indian television and superb co ctars. The two have legions of fans and share great rapport.
we can check the character names, actress profile etc. we have already updated here about the Naagin 3 Heroine profile. Surbhi Jyoti, Anita Hassanandani are the new female lead actress of the show. Pearl V Puri, Amrapali Gupta, Karishma Tanna, Rajat Tokas, Rakshanda Khan, Chetan Hansraj etc also a part of the show.
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i would train with people if i was in port huron more often, i dont have anybody to train with.
Michigan / Re: What shoes are you rockin'?
Would but i don't have the resources to make it to ann arbor. ann arbor is nice, it really is ive been their once.
MI Regions / Re: Hey anyone live in Port huron?
Hi, ive been a member on apk for a long, long time, but i have also been unable to train, so I feel like Im trying to make a new start in an old passion. my name is Cody I live in Michigan in Yale but travel to Port Huron almost daily.
Okay I was practicing parkour since I was 14. I unfortunately had to dwindle down to doing nothing when I turned 16. I miss parkour, it is what made me wake up and look at the day in a new way. If their is anybody in the Port Huron area Please messege me to try and find someone to train with again.
I know its been a while sence their was a jam in Port Huron. But I think the time is right for another one. Only problem is I wouldnt be able to set any thing up like food and stuff like that but it woudl be cool to have a few people on day come up to Port Huron or those In the Port Huron area pick a date and we just tear up PH like their is no tomoro.
Any one with the fear of practicing in public. I know you pain/curse. I can barely do anything in public unless i have a freind or someone with me. Im really anxious. I get nevous walking down the street if I see someone else walking twards me. It gets really annoying to me. But for the whole training in public thing taking some one along with me to help train keeps my mind off of people and keeps it on what we are doing and it helps me by pushing to get something down with the help of the freind.
Hmmmm....I can see two reasons why I sorta stopped doing parkour. Most of the people I "train" with dont even try and do any thing they just want to hang out. I can never truly get any training done. The other reason was my ankles lol. Sean I really need to get in touch with you and we need to go train.
Socialize / Re: Wow, I feel creepy.
Animus Light...you must of felt like micheal jackson after realizing the little boy was a girl.
really? Well a reason i havent been out Pking for like the last two months is because we have been moving and now i live in a house with corn feilds around it......well at least I can get to run/jog with out feeling like people are staring at me woundering weather im insane or not lol.


Another week, another study highlighting graduate prospects; unfortunately, yet again, it makes worrying reading. If you're a current student, approaching your final weeks of taught lectures, you could be forgiven for questioning the point of your degree, and even for questioning your decision to attend university at all.
Yesterday it was reported that two out of five graduates are still looking for work six months after completing their studies, while one in four are still job hunting a whole year after graduating.
The survey, carried out by jobs website totaljobs.com, found that, of the 676 graduates surveyed, 44 per cent said they regretted not having studied a vocational subject.
While the sample of students might be small, there is little doubt that regretting your choice of degree could become part of any graduate's thought process when faced with the possibility of unemployment.
Indeed, searching for any possible reason why you have failed to find employment, is a completely natural, yet at times, unhelpful reaction to the situation.
The seeming lack of graduate prospects is a worry for many undergraduates about the enter the workplace. A worry that could be further bolstered by the fact that Britain's top companies have said that four-in-10 positions being advertised for graduates in 2014 would be reserved for those with previous experience in the company, which could potentially bar other final year students from applying.
Leaving university is a big transition. If, throughout your life you have been told that hard work and academic success will land you a good job, it is no surprise that, being hit by the reality of the economy and market, your resilience may begin to wane. But this is exactly the time when you need to focus.
Alan Percy, spokesperson for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) says that the economic situation has had a massive impact both on graduates and on current students, who now feel under a lot more pressure to do well academically.
Resilience is key to success, as is having a strong supportive network, whether friends or family, who can help with encouragement when you need it most.
If you are struggling to find work, it's important not to feel embarrassed by your situation but to speak openly about how you feel. Make sure you keep parents in the loop, especially if they are the kind of parents who – however well meaning – try and 'help' in tough times. It could potentially mean you avoid awkward conversations about your future plans.
Alan, who is Head of the counselling service at the University of Oxford, highlights that it can be very easy to take rejection personally, with many graduates questioning where they have slipped up over the years.
If you've been successful in your academic life, it can be disheartening and scary when you leave university and move into a competitive market. If you don't distance yourself from rejection, it can easily lead to a very personal and utterly pointless self examination; if only I had tried harder in GCSE textiles, what if they didn't like me as a person, and – ridiculous as it may sound – maybe if I lost a bit of weight and cut my hair I'd be more successful.
I, like many graduates today, felt this way before landing my first career role, which came two years after graduation. It's embarrassing to admit now that these thoughts ever entered my mind; I was grasping at straws.
Self examination was a complete waste of time and effort when the simple answer lay in the fact that I simply wasn't the right candidate for the role. Whether this was down to my experience or my personality was essentially irrelevant. Despite feeling like it at the time, it was never a personal attack.
If you are going to be critical, the most constructive way to do this is to look openly at your CV and really compare the skills you have against those of your desired role. If you are still a student, a visit to your university careers service could give you the honest advice you need.
This is where you have to build up the resilience to keep going; the "grit" that Nick Hurd, minister for civil society, said was keeping many young people from getting jobs in the first place.
Take positions and experiences that might be a stepping stone to where you want to end up, while always keeping your end goal in mind. Always look for opportunities to build your experience and CV and don't be embarrassed to ask for help should you need it. Remember that there are many people going through the same situation as you and many who have been there before, so if you need advice, it's not a sign of weakness to ask.
According to a NUS study, one in five students experience mental health problems while studying. I don't imagine that this statistic varies much for graduates leaving university; especially if you see friends glide effortlessly into entry level positions.
However, as Alan reiterates, it's important not to compare yourself to the exceptionally lucky or the exceptionally talented. Look at the wider picture, realise they are probably the exception to the rule and make sure you have support networks in place.
"The key thing is to look at how you can keep encouraging yourself and how other people can encourage you," he says. "Make sure you look after yourself. Rejections can feel personal, but remember that employers really know nothing about you other than what is on your CV. Don't allow it to undermine your confidence."


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In Time – Review
Travis Leamons | October 29, 2011 | Reviews, Theatrical Reviews, Top Story | No Comments
A good timewaster, or a complete waste of time?
Remember that time is money. He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea. – Benjamin Franklin
If you think about it, time is as precious a commodity as food and water. Each day we are cheated out of minutes by forces beyond our control or by the choices we make; like getting stuck in traffic or spending long stretches watching television or playing computer games. Over a long period of time those minutes lost turn into hours which turn into days which turn into years.
But what if time was the currency of the day? Instead of paper money with dead presidents on them or relying on gold, time would dictate most of your daily activities, be it purchasing a cup of coffee or making a phone call.
That's the premise of Andrew Niccol's In Time, a science-fiction film where Benjamin Franklin's maxim from Advice to a Young Tradesman (published in 1748), about time being money, comes to fruition thanks to genetics engineering.
The Earth depicted in Niccol's film is similar to the one we live in currently. Although presented as being several decades into the future, there are no extravagant skyscrapers, flying cars or futuristic clothes. The population of the inner city still takes buses to work and struggles to make time to survive, while the affluent areas include cars with suicide doors, winding-road speedsters, and people who seemingly have all the time in the world.
Andrew Niccol's premise is an intriguing one, but this is to be expected from one of the undervalued writing-directing talents in Hollywood. The way he provokes social commentary with his works – that seemingly germinate before exploding into the mainstream – is certainly deserving of praise. When he wrote The Truman Show the reality TV show craze had yet to take off. Then he made the transition to the director's chair with Gattaca, where he presented genetic discrimination and examined reproductive technologies. His films S1m0ne and Lord of War vary in subjects, but both provide unique angles in examining a media darling Frankenstein and war through the eyes of a gunrunner.
So it comes with disappointment that with time being the foundation of his latest film, In Time becomes less about its cool concept and more a genre clash of Logan's Run and Bonnie & Clyde.
Justin Timberlake stars as Will Salas, a young man residing in a ghetto where everyone struggles to gain enough time to make it through the day. He, like all inhabitants of this Earth, has been genetically altered to have an extra year of existence after he turns 25. The time registers on his right forearm glowing a fluorescent green. However that time is not finite; it can be bought, sold and gambled away.
Across a few districts is New Greenwich, which can take more than a year to reach (time credits wise), where the rich have lived decades longer than age 25, and some have more than a century of time stored away so they can, essentially, live forever.
When Will encounters Henry Hamilton (Matt Bomer), a Centenarian with perfect cheekbones and no gray hairs, the two exchange ideals on what it means to live. Henry admits that he's tired of living, and that no man should live forever. Both their fortunes change in the middle of night when Henry gives Will a century leaving himself just enough to see the sunrise one last time. Conveniently enough, Will awakens and sees Henry from afar on a bridge. He runs to try to stop the impending suicide but is too late. A record of his appearance on the bridge is captured by a security camera, thus giving authorities (known as "Timekeepers") a prime suspect in an apparent stolen time-murder scenario.
Thereafter, Will encounters Sylvia Weis (Amanda Seyfried), daughter of the richest man alive, Philippe Weis (Vincent Kartheiser), in New Greenwich. At first she finds him to be very beguiling until she becomes a pawn in Will's attempts to evade authorities. First reluctant, the two become dependent on one another to stay alive, only to later make the decision to rob time from the rich and redistribute it among the poor Robin Hood style. We never get an explanation or understand why Will would take Sylvia by force; he doesn't use her for ransom. And her motivation to want to redistribute time comes across as an afterthought. You can't blame it on teen angst since she's 27, in real years.
You get a sense that Niccol wanted his movie to offer commentary on our own current economic hardships, full of government bailouts, Wall Street demonstrations and increased unemployment. But we are offered no evidence or conclusions as to why the world has evolved to a state where humans have been genetically altered and time is currency.
Several years ago, Kurt Wimmer's Equilibrium gave us a dystopian future inspired by the works of Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World). Niccol's In Time tries to strike that right balance of mish-mashed ideas but it comes across as a distant cousin to Gattaca, offering far too many questions, giving little answers, and runs out of time before the movie does.
Writer/Director: Andrew Niccol
Notable Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Vincent Kartheiser, Matt Bomer, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki
Tags: Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, In Time, Justin Timberlake
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This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
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The 'transition' involves the transfer of power from one president to another. In recent times, the incoming President has designated a Director of the Transition, a team leader, to oversee and administer the orderly transfer of power.
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A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.
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At the same time, the Reagan Administration assured that the main elements of policymaking were in the hands of competent loyalists, thus assuring a successful launch and a highly successful first year.
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Certainly, the Bush Administration will rely in the first instance on its friends, since it would be both illogical and counterproductive to reward its adversaries.
Friends Reward Will First Rely Both
In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office.
Office High Vet Public Office Must
Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks.
Year Team Planning Summer Result
Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and to acquaint the incoming administration with the civil servants and bureaucracy that will remain in place in the new Administration.
New People Government Planning Place
The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.
Bridges Security Election Transition
Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price.
New Team Reach Political Creating
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Volume 6, Number 2—April 2000
Rumors of Disease in the Global Village: Outbreak Verification
The Outbreak Verification System
Selection of Outbreak Reports for Verification
Process of Verification
Effectiveness of Outbreak Verification
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Thomas W. Grein , Kande-Bure O. Kamara, Guénaël Rodier, Aileen J. Plant, Patrick Bovier, Michael J. Ryan, Takaaki Ohyama, and David L. Heymann
Author affiliations: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Emerging infectious diseases and the growth of information technology have produced new demands and possibilities for disease surveillance and response. Increasing numbers of outbreak reports must be assessed rapidly so that control efforts can be initiated and unsubstantiated reports can be identified to protect countries from unnecessary economic damage. The World Health Organization has set up a process for timely outbreak verification to convert large amounts of data into accurate information for suitable action. We describe the context and processes of outbreak verification and information dissemination.
Globalization presents new challenges and opportunities in combating diseases likely to cause epidemics. As a result of increased international travel and trade, local events acquire international importance. At the same time, the rapid global expansion of telecommunications and broadened access to news media and the Internet have changed the way society treats information. Reports of disease outbreaks are more widely disseminated and more easily accessible than ever before. However, the quality of information is no longer controlled and may be provided out of context, often causing unnecessary public anxiety and confusion. Rumors that later prove to be unsubstantiated may lead to inappropriate response, causing disruption in travel and trade and economic loss to affected countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO), speaking for 191 member countries, is uniquely positioned to coordinate infectious disease surveillance and response at the global level. WHO receives reports of disease outbreaks around the world from various sources. While some of these reports are warnings of genuine epidemics, others may reflect endemic disease or may be mere rumors.
To investigate and follow up outbreak reports, WHO established an innovative mechanism--outbreak verification--in early 1997. Outbreak verification is a new approach to global disease surveillance (1). Its aim is to improve epidemic disease control by informing key public health professionals about confirmed and unconfirmed outbreaks of international public health importance.
Figure 1. Outbreak verification at the World Health Organization.
The outbreak verification system follows the general principles of surveillance: systematic collection, collation, analysis, and interpretation of data and dissemination to those who need the information for action (Figure 1). Data derived from an extensive network of information sources are transformed by the outbreak verification team into timely, accurate information about important disease outbreaks.
When the outbreak verification team receives an unconfirmed outbreak report, the relevance to international public health is assessed, and, if appropriate, further information is sought. Once an outbreak is substantiated and considered of public health importance, information is rapidly disseminated to a network of international partners.
Outbreak verification is based on a broad range of information sources, including national institutes of public health, WHO offices at regional and national level, the United Nations system, nongovernmental organizations, WHO collaborating centers, newspapers, television, and radio (2). With the advent of modern communication technologies, many initial outbreak reports now originate in the electronic media and electronic discussion groups. Indeed, the abundance of outbreak-related documents on the World Wide Web presents a challenge: identifying reports of global public health importance.
The tasks of identifying and extracting outbreak reports from the electronic media is mainly performed by the Global Public Health Information Network (GPHIN), an electronic surveillance system developed by Health Canada. GPHIN continuously monitors some 600 sources, including all major news wires, newspapers, and biomedical journals. The system focuses its search on communicable diseases but will soon also cover noncommunicable diseases, food and water safety, environmental health risks, and the health impact of natural disasters (3). The quality of reports retrieved by GPHIN varies considerably, and information may be presented out of context (4).
Other information providers are the Internet and electronic-mail-based discussion groups. Their scope and readership may be worldwide (e.g., ProMed), regional (e.g., PACNET in the Pacific region), or specific (e.g., TravelMed). These groups can be accessed through free and unrestricted subscription. Because they receive outbreak information from many sources, including sources other than the electronic media, they are valuable information providers (5).
The verification team first determines if an event is of potential international public health importance. International public health importance has been defined as serious health impact or unexpectedly high rates of illness and death; potential for spread beyond national borders; interference with international travel or trade; or likely need for international assistance in disease control.
Each event is assessed individually on the basis of these criteria. While some diseases will almost always be regarded important for international public health (e.g., Ebola hemorrhagic fever, cholera), others may not, depending on the circumstances.
Once an event has been assessed as of potential international importance, the process of verification is initiated.
The outbreak verification team establishes the potential importance of the event, on the basis of available background information, endemicity levels, and details of previous outbreaks. This information is then shared by e-mail with designated contacts in WHO regional offices, who seek confirmation of details from health authorities in the countries concerned, usually through the WHO representative. The outbreak verification team may seek additional information from other organizations in the field, such as the International Red Cross, Médecins sans Frontières, and Medical Emergency Relief International.
Upon receipt of feedback, the outbreak verification team determines if the event meets the definition of an outbreak (observed number of cases exceeds expected number of cases in a given population for a given period) and the criteria for international public health importance. Reaching a final decision may require further consultation with the WHO regional office or the country representative or health authorities in-country.
Timely dissemination of outbreak information to those who need to know is a key aspect of the outbreak verification process, and details of outbreaks with potential for international public health importance are disseminated through various channels. Information is shared directly with partners for immediate action (epidemic response) but also routinely with a wider audience through the Outbreak Verification List, the WHO Disease Outbreak News on the World Wide Web, and the Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER).
The Outbreak Verification List is distributed weekly by e-mail to approximately 800 subscribers. The distribution list includes WHO staff worldwide, other UN agencies, national health authorities, field epidemiology training programs, and nongovernmental organizations. Because the Outbreak Verification List is not an official WHO publication, its distribution is limited to subscribers.
The WHO Disease Outbreak News is on the WHO web page and provides the public with information about outbreaks of international importance. Often events that initially appeared in the Outbreak Verification List are subsequently reported in Outbreak News. Because Outbreak News is in the public domain, only information about officially confirmed outbreaks is disseminated. Outbreak News (http://www.who.int/emc/outbreak_news/index.html) is one of the most frequently accessed sites on the WHO home page.
The third mechanism for communicating outbreak-related information is the WER. This report is published in French and English and issued in print and electronically (http://www.who.int/wer/index.html). It covers epidemiologic information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations (yellow fever, plague, cholera) and also on other communicable diseases of public health importance. Recently, an Outbreak News section mirroring the Outbreak News on the web page has been added to the WER.
Coordination of timely and effective epidemic response is intrinsically linked to dissemination of information about important disease outbreaks. During the verification process, WHO routinely offers technical assistance for the investigation and control of the event. Such assistance may range from advice (e.g., identifying appropriate laboratory facilities) to deployment of field teams. WHO coordinates the deployment of field teams, drawing from within WHO and among collaborating centers and other international partners.
From July 1, 1997, to July 1, 1999, the outbreak verification team identified 246 outbreak reports of potential importance for world health and disseminated them in the Outbreak Verification List. Of the 246 outbreaks, 43% occurred in the African region of WHO; 12% each in the regions of the Americas, eastern Mediterranean, and Europe; 11% in the Southeast Asian region; and 9% in the Western Pacific region. Countries subject to complex emergencies were involved in 121 (49%) outbreaks and industrialized countries in 6 (2%) events.
Figure 2. Reports of outbreaks disseminated in outbreak verification List, July 1, 1997, to July 1, 1999 (n = 246).
The most common diseases or syndromes disseminated in the Outbreak Verification List were cholera (n = 78), acute hemorrhagic fevers (n = 24), and acute diarrheal diseases (n = 22). In two (0.8%) cases, the Outbreak Verification List disseminated information about events that could not be substantiated later (Figure 2). Seventy-one percent of the initial reports were retrieved from informal or unofficial sources (e.g., the media, electronic discussion groups, nongovernmental organizations), and 29% were provided by official sources (e.g., WHO network, Ministries of Health). Unofficial sources were the most frequent providers of initial information in all WHO regions and for all diseases, including those subject to the International Health Regulations (cholera, plague, yellow fever).
Information about the date of onset of an outbreak was available in 134 (55%) cases. The median time between reported onset of an outbreak and the outbreak verification team's receipt of the first report was 18 days (from 1 to 215 days). This interval was similar for official and unofficial sources but varied considerably for different diseases: 13 to 15 days (median) for acute hemorrhagic fevers, anthrax, and cholera; 20 to 35 days (median) for yellow fever and plague; and >50 days (median) for acute respiratory syndrome and meningococcal disease. Most reports were verified within a few days and important events usually within <48 hours. The median time between receipt of a first report and appearance of the event in the weekly Outbreak Verification List was 3 days (0 to 69 days).
In addition to the 246 disseminated outbreak reports, 69 events were verified from July 1, 1997, to July 1, 1999, but were not reported in the Outbreak Verification List. Follow up was undertaken because initial reports suggested international public health importance. Of the 69 events, 58 (84%) were excluded from the Outbreak Verification List because they did not meet the criteria for outbreaks or for international public health importance. Four (6%) reports were unsubstantiated, including two reports of smallpox, one of yellow fever, and one of viral hemorrhagic fever. In seven (10%) events, follow up could not be completed, and the verification process remained inconclusive. The 69 excluded events did not differ from the 246 disseminated outbreaks with regard to their distribution by WHO region, initial source of information, or type of disease or syndrome. A reassessment of the 62 verified events did not identify any outbreaks that should have been classified retrospectively as of international importance.
Whenever the outbreak verification team invokes a verification process, assistance to the country in which the event takes place is offered directly by WHO headquarters or through the WHO regional and country offices. Past examples of such assistance include supply of essential materials to outbreak sites, transport of laboratory specimens from the field to appropriate diagnostic facilities, organization of vaccination programs, training of field staff as part of outbreak control measures, or deployment of field teams for disease control. Recent examples of direct assistance by WHO and its partners in field investigations include support for Rift Valley fever in Kenya and Somalia (6), monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (7), avian influenza (H5N1) in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Gabon (8), relapsing fever and acute respiratory infections in southern Sudan, influenza in Afghanistan, and Marburg virus infection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Outbreak verification is a new approach to global disease surveillance. Its aim is to improve epidemic disease control by providing accurate and timely information about important disease outbreaks. While the outbreak verification concept has remained unchanged since its start in early 1997, its daily application continues to evolve as more data are gathered and more experience is gained.
Currently, most outbreak reports are received from the media, and field personnel are mainly contacted for assistance with verifying reported events. This approach is subject to information bias, which results from the uneven dispersal and use of modern technology throughout the world. Also, different languages are not equally represented in the news media or addressed by electronic search engines. While these shortcomings are partly offset by the information received directly from the WHO network, a more active dialogue should be established with field personnel. Receiving primary information directly from the field will lead to earlier detection of important events and events that escape identification. Although thought to be small, the number of important outbreaks recognized only locally is unknown.
The number of outbreak reports selected for verification is small compared with the number of reports received by the outbreak verification team. While the criteria for selecting outbreak reports for verification have been established, their application requires an individual assessment of each single event. Some see in this selection process a lack of transparency and argue that the reader is the best judge of what to believe. This may be the case for those who have time, good information networks, and access to advanced communication technology. However, most international public health workers have none of these and are poorly informed about such events. WHO therefore considers that sharing filtered information is valuable. In a recent survey among the Outbreak Verification List recipients, 72% percent of the respondents stated that the list was very useful or indispensable to their work, and 70% cited the list as their first source of information about a particular event.
Applying the selection criteria is also difficult if available information is insufficient to determine if an event should be classified as an outbreak (number of cases in excess of expected numbers). This problem arises particularly when dealing with endemic diseases in the absence of established epidemic thresholds. The Outbreak Verification List addresses the issue by mentioning events with clear implications for international public health that are not regarded as outbreaks in a separate Notes section. The Outbreak Verification List shares relevant and often sensitive information with public health professionals while the verification process is still under way. Although this has led on rare occasions (<1%) to the dissemination of information about unsubstantiated events, the Outbreak Verification List usually provides timely and accurate information about important disease outbreaks.
Because of its confidential nature, the Outbreak Verification List is not in the public domain, and some argue that WHO is not timely in addressing the information needs of the public about epidemics (4). However, WHO communicates information as soon as it is verified. In some instances, this takes time, but the delay prevents release of inaccurate information.
Industrialized countries feature infrequently in the Outbreak Verification List because it is assumed that they can deal with outbreak situations. This is, of course, not always true and leads to an overrepresentation of developing countries in the Outbreak Verification List. However, most outbreaks in developing countries are contributed by nations with complex emergencies. While the reporting may accurately reflect the breakdown of the public health and social infrastructures, it may also contain an element of overreporting due to heightened media attention associated with complex emergencies.
As a new concept, early outbreak verification efforts focused mainly on the development of process indicators (information gathering, verification, information dissemination). More outcome-oriented indicators need to be addressed to assess the outbreak verification impact at country level and within WHO. While providing public health professionals with timely and accurate information about important disease outbreaks improves epidemic preparedness and response, this has not been quantified. Possible outcome indicators could include the time interval between first report and the commencement of investigation and control efforts or the proportion of outbreaks with laboratory confirmation. Additional tasks to be addressed in the future are more detailed analyses, including electronic and print mapping to provide both baseline (endemic) and outbreak information, and standardized reports to regions and countries.
Dr. Grein is a medical officer in the Department of Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. His activities at WHO include the investigation and control of epidemics and training in field epidemiology.
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Q: Moving application data to other Windows host? I'd like to make it easier to move from XP to Windows7/8. The main issue is that it takes a lot of work to identify which applications the user needs, moving the data, and reconfiguring the app just like it was on the source host.
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*On the source host, use Process Monitor to watch what files the application uses, ignoring access to the Registry since the application will be installed in a bare state on the target host

*After I have a list of which files the applications uses to read/write its data, copy those files on the target host

*Check that the application works OK on the target host.
Does this sound OK? Is there a better solution than Process Monitor?
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Edit : Provided there's no better alternative, I'd like to configure Process Monitor so that it ignores access to EXEs and DLLs to reduce clutter. It doesn't seem to support this nor does it support regexes. Can someone confirm?

A: We just reinstalled Windows 7 (the registry was in a bad sector, we bought a new HDD), and it works great to check the following locations and copy over the folder that is named after the program.
For example: We have Thunderbird installed, so I copied C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird over. For a different program, just copy the folder that is named the same as the program (or named after the company that makes the software, ex. Roaming\Individual Software\Typing Instructor). Another place to check for data files is C:\ProgramData\<programname>.
Hope this helps.
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Win XP may have a different location, I think maybe <username>\AppData is called <username>\Application Data.
This method copies most or all of the settings, as well as all the data. Surprisingly few programs use the registry for settings, but some do. I just manually change the settings for these.

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