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Destination Check: Current State of Tourism Sustainability in Brazil
11 December 2016 9 March 2019 The Editorial Team	Brazil, destination, South America, sustainability, sustainable tourism, travel and tourism
Destination Check Brazil: Tourism experts share their thoughts on the current state of tourism in Brazil with regards to its sustainability. In 2016 the country was in the limelight for hosting Latin America's first Olympic Games , which also led to coverage about the country's many issues and challenges, including on the sustainability front.
Ana Cecilia Duék, a travel journalist and blogger at Viajar Verde who is dedicated to informing about sustainable tourism in Brazil, sends us the following report on the state of tourism sustainability in Brazil.
It was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992, during the United Nations Earth Summit, when the world first ever heard and began to deliberate about sustainable tourism. Since then, we have seen the worldwide rise of initiatives, procedures, labels, associations, discussions and best practices in tourism sustainability.
When the sector met again in Brazil, 20 years later, for the Rio + 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the expression was still unfamiliar for a great part of Brazilians.
Today, as the nation prepares to host the first Olympic Games in South America, next August, tourism is beginning to find the path of sustainability, particularly due to private and individual initiatives.
In a country where 4.9% of the population lives in extreme poverty, diverse cultures co-exist and biodiversity opposes deforestation and extinction, there is certainly much more to be done.
Academic work aside, sustainable tourism has been fighting to prevail in the Brazilian market, where most minds are focused on finding strategies to overcome the current economic and political crisis and generate more income.
This explains why usually the economic benefits of sustainability are more often welcome within entrepreneurs. On the other hand, a huge misconception has been set since the first ecotourism practices were established.
A profusion of eco-friendly accommodations and tour operators have aroused, but only a few of them are actually working with best practices. Adding this to the illiteracy around sustainable tourism, you can frequently see people confusing the two aspects.
Unlike its Latin neighbors, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Peru and Mexico, who have set different programs to support tourism sustainability at large, the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism has been pulling all its efforts in the last years in only two initiatives: promoting destination accessibility, and fighting sex tourism.
When the 2014 World Cup came, the Ministry finally engaged in a large campaign organized by PNUMA to raise awareness about responsible travel. The Green Passport campaign was reintroduced for the Olympics 2016 and expects to engage travelers and hosts from all countries, including Brazil.
If you ask someone on the streets what sustainable tourism is, though, it is quite unlikely they will know the answer. We still have a long path to overpass.
Pioneering sustainability initiatives in the private sector
Gladly, different initiatives are emerging all over the country with important travel associations standing for the sustainable tourism cause. ABETA, the Brazilian Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Trade Association, has had environmental and economic sustainability on its agenda for more than ten years and it is engaged in a constant battle to assure safety in all tourism practices.
Thanks to the efforts of ABETA, Brazil was the first country in the world to have ISO adventure tourism standards recognized. And today it is the leading country in adventure tourism, according to the Global Best Countries report.
The Brazilian Association of Tourism Operators – Braztoa is also setting up new standards for responsibility in tourism. The Braztoa Sustainability Program has been attracting not only operators, but the whole industry to do their part for a better tourism and it recognizes the best practices with an annual award.
Tourism companies have also the support of Sebrae, a national organization that invests in qualification, education and empowerment for small businesses.
Many initiatives and innovative ideas still come from abroad through foreigners who come to live and invest in Brazil. But we can proudly say that we are home of internationally awarded sustainable lodgings like Hotel Fazenda Parque dos Sonhos, in São Paulo, and Mamiraua's Reserve Uakari Lodge, in the Amazon.
Uacari Lodge – Community tourism Brazil. Picture credit: Eduardo Coelho
A hope in community-based tourism
Brazil had no sustainable tourism associations, until last year, when Dr. D'Arcy Dornan became Brazil representative for the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. It can be the germ for a new moment where sustainability holds a major role in destinations and businesses policies.
Meanwhile, small initiatives in community-based tourism strive with no government support to preserve cultures and generate jobs and income.
Usually developed by Non Governmental Organizations, associations or by the communities, these initiatives bring hope for those who were neglected in the ravenous capitalism economy, like the indigenous people and the quilombolas, enslaved African descendants who maintain their cultural traditions.
Community tourism managed properly has proven to be an effective tool for poverty alleviation in many countries and is certainly an ideal solution for countless poor Brazilian regions. Today, thanks to community and rural tourism, it is possible to live different experiences or discover singular cultures in the Amazon, the Northeast and the South regions, as well as in small cities of São Paulo or Minas Gerais states and in Rio de Janeiro.
The number of Brazilian travelers willing to embark in these experiences, though, it is still petty. When community and sustainable tourism find more space for dialogue and promotion in Brazil, they will definitely meet more followers.
About Ana Cecilia Duék
With a bachelor's degree in Social Communications in Brazil, Ana Duék has been working with tourism businesses for more than ten years – an experience that made her develop a real passion for the area. She is the founder and editor of Viajar Verde, a website reporting on sustainable tourism in Brazil.
During her Masters degree in the UK, Ana first got in contact with sustainable tourism and realized that responsible practices are crucial for tourism development which benefits all. Now she wants to raise awareness and spread the word!
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Angus McLaren is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the television series Packed to the Rafters as Nathan Rafter and H2O: Just Add Water as Lewis McCartney. In 2016, he played the character of William Graham in Quartermaine. Angus won the Nine Network Channel 9 Best Actor Award at the WA Screen Academy Awards for his portrayal of Will in this short film.
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Angus McLaren was born on the 3rd of November 1988, in Wonthaggi, South Gippy, Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.
He's currently 31 years old.
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Angus attended Mary Mackillop College Leongatha in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. He then enrolled in the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth, Western Australia and studied in their Bachelor of Arts acting program.
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Siblings – Alec Pankow, Henning Pankow (Brother)
Relatives – Rumi (Nephew)
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Indiana Evans (2009-2012) – Angus most prominent relationship was a very public one, with the fellow actress, Indiana Evans, who he started dating around January 2009, after she appeared as Angus's co-star as a character Isabella Hartley on the H2O: Just Add Water TV series. They were in a long-term relationship until 2012, when they decided to go their separate ways.
Anneliese Apps (2017-Present) – Angus is currently dating actress and writer Anneliese Apps. They were co-stars in Quartermaine, a short adventure-history film in 2016, which is possibly where they met. Their relationship can be traced back to June 2017.
In feet – 5 feet 10½ inches
Measurements – 38–12–32
Chest – 38 in or 96.5 cm
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He wears a size 10.5 (US) shoe.
Angus became known for his roles in the television series Packed to the Rafters (2008–2013) as Nathan Rafter and H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010) as Lewis McCartney.
In 2002, Angus made his first theatrical film appearance with the uncredited role of St. Louis murder victim in the Hong Kong fantasy-horror, Double Vision.
In February 2018, Angus played the guitar and sang a song A Change is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke at the NYE on the Hill festival that takes place at his family's farm in Wonthaggi village in Australia.
In 2000, Angus made his first TV show appearance as Jason Cassidy on the drama series, Something in the Air.
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Angus appeared in a number of school and amateur productions for the Leongatha Lyric Theatre.
He made his professional debut when he was 12 years old with a recurring role on the ABC series Something in the Air.
In 2004, McLaren's first main cast role came with the children's series Silversun, which aired on both the Seven Network and the ABC.
2008, he appeared in Packed to the Rafters in the role of Nathan Rafter. He appeared in 102 episodes over the show's six seasons.
In 2016, Angus played the character of William "The Crimson Fiddler" Graham in Quartermaine.
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Haridwar, Jul 27: It can be another jittery for Baba Ramdev as sources said that the investigative agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may arrest Baba's "missing" aide Acharya Balakrishna on Thursday, Jul 28.
"It appears he is missing from his residence for three days. If needed he may be arrested," CBI sources said on Wednesday, Jul 27.
Balakrishna has been accused of holding fake degree certificates from Varanasi University on Sanskrit. CBI summoned the aide of the Yoga-guru on Thursday and he (Balakrishna) may be detained if he fails to appear before the CBI on the scheduled time and date.
Meanwhile, Balakrishna's bodyguard Jayendra Singh Aswal on Tuesday had filed missing report. According to Aswal, Balakrishna had asked him to leave early for Patanjali office on Monday but he (Balakrishna) himself did not reach the venue at the scheduled time.
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In fact some customers might prefer that especially if they don't want to get their fingers dirty, smeared with sticky sauce.
Silcor Food Products is hoping so.
The company in January launched its Boneless BBQ Ribbits brand in 400 gram packages now found at some major groceries.
Brampton-based Silcor specializes in pork products, and delivers to most of eastern Canada's major grocery chains such as Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro.
The new Ribbits product is produced under Silcor's Cobblestone Farms brand.
Company president Don Bernier said the boneless rib concept has actually been around for many years.
He said McDonalds'' McRib sandwiches is a similar "chopped and formed" pork product but in the firm of a patty.
But as far as Ribbits is concerned Bernier said there is no direct competition that he knows of, and the company came up with the product to provide consumers with "value," similar to some of its other pork products.
A 400 gram package, in the frozen food bin, at No frills, priced recently at $5.00.
"It fit well with the value program because it is a less expensive product than a back rib," he said.
Don't get the idea that these are simply ribs that have been deboned.
"It's not like I take a back rib and take the bone out of it," Bernier said.
But the tried and true smoky rib taste remains.
Not to say Silcor didn't first try to debone ribs.
"That's where our first entry into the category was going to be," Bernier said.
No Frills is the product's biggest account so far.
And Sobeys recently started carrying Ribbits.
"I'm not sure with barbecue sauce if I would classify this in your nutritional type of category," Bernier said.
Indeed the MyFitnessPal.com website classifies one Ribbit serving as having 240 calories, 15 grams of fat, 520 mg of sodium, 80 mg of cholesterol and 16 grams of protein.
Bur rib lovers have always known they're not buying exactly health food.
So, for some people, the idea of eating ribs without the hassle of pulling pork or getting your hands dirty might be a welcomed alternative.


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Description: Blog post titled, "When the National Opioid Crisis Hits Home - and How the UN is Helping," by Anna Mahalak published on the United Nations Foundation web site on September 22, 2018.
Creator: United Nations Foundation, Mahalak, Anna
Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Title: Wheelchair Kamikaze
URL: http://www.wheelchairkamikaze.com/
Description: Blog written by a New York City-based Multiple Sclerosis sufferer, dealing primarily with topics related to MS.
Title: What's New| Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/2014-west-africa/whats-new.html
Description: Page on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) web site dedicated to the Ebola virus. The page features reports of new updates on the Ebola outbreak in chronological order.
Title: What is the scariest disease? Depends how you define scary. - Public Health
URL: http://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/2014/10/29/scariest-disease-depends-define-scary/
Description: Post titled, "What is the scariest disease? Depends on how you define scary," by Beth Skwarecki published on the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Public Health Perspectives blog on October 29, 2014. The post discusses how much of a threat the Ebola virus is compared to other diseases.
Title: What is Alzheimer's?
URL: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/alzheimersdisease/whatisalzheimersdisease/01.html
Collection: Disorders of the Developing and Aging Brain: Autism and Alzheimer's on the Web
Description: Web resource from the National Institutes of Health Senior Health Center that describes Alzheimer's, its causes and prevention, treatment and diagnosis, and other aspects of the disease.
Group: Alzheimer's Disease
Creator: National Institutes of Health
Format: Web Resource
URL: http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp
Description: Basic page from the Alzheimer's Association that describes Alzheimer's, its diagnosis and treatment, and how to identify it. Includes significant resources for sufferers and caregivers.
Creator: Alzheimer's Association
Format: Website
Title: Weekly Address: Celebrating Fifty Years of Medicare and Medicaid - YouTube
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnLpJS6uEI
Description: President Obama's weekly address commemorates the Anniversary celebration
Creator: The White House
Title: Water Resource Sites
URL: http://www.gc4me.com/departments/emg_mgt_homeland_sec/city_of_flint_water_emergency.php
Collection: Environmental Health web archive
Description: Page titled, "Water Resource Sites," on the Genesee County, Michigan web site. The page features all of the safe water distribution locations in the city of Flint.
Group: Lead in the Flint, Michigan Water System
Creator: Genesee County, Michigan
Title: Watching the Lights Go Out
URL: http://davidhilfiker.blogspot.com/
Description: Hilfiker is a retired physician living in the Washington, DC area who was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in 2012. His blog details his journey with the disease and how is memory loss effects his life now.
Creator: David Hilfiker
Format: Blog
URL: http://www.davidhilfiker.blogspot.com/
Title: Warn and Cover - Print Magazine
URL: http://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/ebola-warn-and-cover/
Description: Article titled, "Warn and Cover," by Steven Heller published on the Print Magazine web site on October 20, 2014. The article features infographics that provide information on the Ebola virus.
Creator: Print Magazine, Heller, Steven
Title: WNCAP - Western North Carolina AIDS Project
URL: https://wncap.org/
Description: This is the homepage for the Western North Carolina AIDS Project, an independent non-profit agency that works to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS, while at the same time working to prevent further spread of the disease in our community.
Creator: Western North Carolina AIDS Project
Title: WHO | Zika virus disease: Questions and answers
URL: http://www.who.int/features/qa/zika/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicated to common questions and answers about the Zika virus and complications related to infection
Title: WHO | Zika virus disease
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/zika/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site dedicated to emergency preparedness and response to the Zika virus.
Title: WHO | World Health Organization
URL: http://www.who.int/en/
Description: Web site for the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO employs health specialists, medical doctors, scientists, epidemiologists and also people with expertise in administration and finance, information systems, economics, health statistics as well as emergency preparedness and response to provide global leadership in public health through their multilingual web site, publications and other resources, ensuring that health information reaches the people who need it in the languages they can understand.
Group: Global Health Organizations
Title: WHO | WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee on Zika
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2016/emergency-committee-zika-microcephaly/en/
Description: Statement titled, "WHO Director-General summarizes the outcome of the Emergency Committee regarding clusters of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome," published on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site on February 1, 2016. The statement describes the WHO Director-General's decision to declare the outbreak of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders a Public Health Emergency of International Concern based on the recommendation of the Emergency Committee.
Type: press release
Title: WHO | Statement on the 1st meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/ebola-20140808/en/
Description: Statement titled, "Statement on the 1st meeting of the International Health Regualtions Emergency Committee on the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa," published on the World Health Organization WHO web site on August 8, 2014. The statement provides an overview of the first meeting of the Emergency Committee and outlines the advice the committee provided to the Director-General regarding the Ebola outbreak.
Title: WHO | Situation assessments: Ebola virus disease
URL: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site featuring links to situation assessments on the Ebola virus.
Title: WHO | Opiates
URL: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/opiates/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization's (WHO) web site that provides facts and figures on opiates.
Title: WHO | Map of countries implementing WHO surveys for pretreatment drug resistance and acquired drug resistance, 2014-2016
URL: http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/drugresistance/hivdr-map-2014-16/en/
Description: A map of countries implementing WHO surveys for pretreatment drug resistance and acquired drug resistance between 2014-2016.
Title: WHO | Information sheet on opioid overdose
URL: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/information-sheet/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization's (WHO) web site that features an information sheet on opioid overdose.
Title: WHO | Guillain-Barré syndrome – El Salvador
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/21-january-2016-gbs-el-salvador/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) featuring news from January 21, 2016 on the Guillain-Barre Syndrome in El Salvador.
Title: WHO | Gene editing
URL: https://www.who.int/ethics/topics/human-genome-editing/en/
Collection: Bioethics web archive
Description: Page titled, "Human Genome editing," on the Global Health Ethics section of the World Health Organization (WHO) web site. The page describes the WHO expert panel on the topic.
Creator: Genome Editing
Title: WHO | Frequently asked questions on Ebola virus disease
URL: http://who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site dedicated to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Ebola virus.
Title: WHO | Ebola virus disease
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site featuring information on the Ebola outbreak of 2014-2015.
Title: WHO | Ebola response roadmap - Situation report
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/situation-reports/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site featuring Ebola Situation Reports.
Title: WHO | Ebola response roadmap
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/ebola/response-roadmap/en/
Description: Report titled, "Ebola Response Roadmap,," which published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on August 2014. The report provides information to governments and partners on how to respond to the Ebola outbreak.
Title: WHO | Ebola and Marburg virus disease
URL: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/130160/1/WHO_HSE_PED_CED_2014.05_eng.pdf
Description: Document titled, "Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation," published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in August of 2014. The document provides guidelines for preparing for, and dealing with, the Ebola virus.
Title: WHO | Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/outbreak-response-plan/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site dedicated to the Ebola virus response plan for West Africa.
Title: WHO | Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
Description: Page on the World Health Organization (WHO) web site featuring Disease Outbreak News reports.
Title: WHO | Arguments in favour of compulsory treatment of opioid dependence
URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/2/12-108860/en/
Description: In this 2013 article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Zunyou Wu of the Chinese Center for Disease Control argues against the position of WHO and several other United Nations agencies that member states close compulsory drug detention and rehab centers. Wu argues that such centers should be one part of a harm reduction strategy aimed at curing opioid dependence and getting addicts back into society.
Creator: World Health Organization, Wu, Zunyou
Title: WHO | Advocates need to show compulsory treatment of opioid dependence is effective, safe and ethical
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Creator: World Health Organization, Hall, Wayne, Carter, Adrian
Title: WHO Ebola Response
URL: https://extranet.who.int/ebola/
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Creator: InetSoft
Title: WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) | Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/
Description: Twitter account page for the World Health Organization (WHO), African Region.
Creator: Twitter
Type: social media
Title: WHO (@WHO) | Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/WHO/
Description: Twitter account page for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Title: Voices from the Field | MSF USA
URL: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/work-us/work-field/voices-field/
Description: Blog titled, "Voices from the Field," maintained by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The blog features posts related to the organization's work from the perspectives of the organization's aid workers and patients.
Creator: Doctors Without Borders
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Title: Visualizing Health Policy: Medicaid and Medicare at 50: Trends and Challenges | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
URL: http://kff.org/infographic/visualizing-health-policy-medicaid-and-medicare-at-50-trends-and-challenges/
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Creator: Kaiser Family Foundation and JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Title: Virus Variation Resource pages for Ebolavirus, MERS coronoavirus give quick and easy access to related sequences and other data
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/news/09-19-2014-ebola-MERS-virus-resource-pages/
Description: Article titled, "Virus Variation Resource pages for Ebolavirus, MERS coronoavirus give quick and easy access to related sequences and other data," published on the National Center for Biotechnology (NCBI) News web site on September 19, 2014. The article points readers to Ebola resource pages hosted by NCBI.
Creator: National Center for Biotechnology Information
Title: Virginia's Opioid Response (@Curbthecrisis) | Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/Curbthecrisis/
Description: Twitter account page for the "Curb the Crisis" campaign launched by the Governor's Task Force on Prescription Drug and Heroin Abuse in Virginia. The campaign is aimed at providing a comprehensive resource to Virginians to help curb opioid misuse and abuse.
Creator: Curb the Crisis
Title: Virginia prisons tapped to learn more about opioid addiction treatment | News | richmond.com
URL: http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia-prisons-tapped-to-learn-more-about-opioid-addiction-treatment/article_879a860f-60ed-5744-ad72-21a4bd37fe8c.html
Description: Article titled, "Virginia Prisons Tapped to Learn About Opioid Addiction Treatment," by Frank Green published on the Richmond Times-Dispatch web site on May 1, 2017. The article examines the National Governors Association's (NGA) study to improve access to treatment for opioid-addicted prisoners and arrestees.
Creator: Richmond Times-Dispatch, Green, Frank
Title: Vicki's Voice: Sharing My Life With Frontotemporal Dementia
URL: http://vickisvoice.tv/
Description: Blogger Vicki was diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia in 2009 and has maintained this blog since then. It chronicles her life with the disease, and her decline. Some posts are contributed by a close friend and sometimes-caregiver.
Creator: Vicki
Title: Veterans Especially Hard Hit by Opioid Epidemic - NCADD Blog Roll
URL: http://www.ncadd.org/blogs/in-the-news/posted-on-november-21-2017-at/
Description: Blog post titled, "Veterans Especially Hard Hit by Opioid Epidemic" publ explains how veterans ished on the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) web site on November 21, 2017. The postare being affected by the opioid crisis and a bill that has been introduced to help them.
Creator: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (U.S.)
Temporal Coverage: 2011-
Title: VIH/SIDA: MedlinePlus en español
URL: https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/hivaids.html
Description: This is the National Library of Medicine's HIV/AIDS health information webpage in Spanish.
Creator: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Title: VA Report: Vets In Private Care Are At Higher Risk For Opioid Addiction
URL: http://taskandpurpose.com/veterans-affairs-choice-opioid-prescriptions/
Description: Article titled, "VA Report: Vets in Private Care Are At Higher Risk for Opioid Addiction," published on the Task & Purpose web site. The article discusses the July 2017 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General report that discovered that veterans treated for pain in non-VA settings are at an especially high risk for opioid addiction. Task & Purpose was launched in 2014 to provide an unfiltered perspective on military and veterans issues post 9/11.
Creator: Task & Purpose, Weinstein, Adam
Title: Urban Institute: Health Reform Monitoring Survey
URL: http://hrms.urban.org/
Description: A joint project of the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this website presents a survey of U.S. adults that would monitor the Affordable Care Act and provide information before Federal surveys are available.
Creator: Urban Institute
Type: web sites
Title: Update: How Ebola Kills - DNA Science Blog
URL: http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/2014/08/14/ebola-kills/
Description: Post titled, "Update: How Ebola Kills," by Ricki Lewis published on the Public Library of Science (PLOS) DNA Science Blog on August 14, 2014. The post details what the Ebola virus does in a person's body.
Creator: Public Library of Science (PLOS), Lewis, Ricki
Title: Unified - Home
URL: http://www.miunified.org/
Description: This is the homepage for the UNIFIED website. UNIFIED advances prevention, access to health care, community research and advocacy in three Michigan locations - Ypsilanti, Detroit and Jackson.
Creator: UNIFIED - HIV Health and Beyond
Title: Understanding Ebola/Marburg
URL: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/ebolamarburg/understanding/
Description: Page on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) web site dedicated to Ebola and Marburg. The page links to pages providing more information on the virus, including an overview, causes of disease, how it is transmitted, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment and prevention.
Creator: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Title: UNAIDS
URL: http://www.unaids.org/en/
Description: The homepage for the UN AIDS website, which provides feature stories, videos, statistics, downloadable publications, and information on the organization.
Creator: UNAIDS
Title: UW-Madison HIV Whiteboard Movie
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD-sQLZgHBY/
Description: Video recording titled, "UW-Madison HIV Whiteboard Movie," uploaded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to YouTube on May 30, 2018. The video describes research findings from studies on the immune systems in people living with HIV.
Creator: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Type: video recording
Title: UNMEER (@UNMEER) | Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/UNMEER/
Description: Twitter account page for the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).
Title: UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES Honorary Degree Recipients
URL: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/libspecial/collections/archives/honorarydegrees.html
Collection: June E. Osborn Papers
Description: Biography
Creator: Stony Brook University
Format: Academic Website
Group: Archives and Manuscripts Collections
Title: UNICEF – Humanitarian Action for Children - Situation reports
URL: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/liberia_sitreps.html
Description: Page on the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Humanitarian Action for Children web site featuring all of the Liberian Ebola Outbreak situation reports.
Creator: UNICEF
Title: UNICEF – Humanitarian Action for Children - Other Emergencies
URL: http://www.unicef.org/appeals/other_emergencies.html
Description: Page on the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) web site featuring situation reports for non-appeal countries and regional offices.
Title: UNICEF Children and AIDS
URL: http://childrenandaids.org/
Description: Add This is the Children AIDS page on the UNICEF website. Children AIDS is dedicated to preventing HIV among women, children, and adolescents who have been left behind and treating those living with HIV. Our new HIV programme response will build upon UNICEF's core commitments to "realizing the rights of every child, especially the most disadvantaged." It sets out three core goals: eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV; eliminate the treatment gap in children and adolescents; and prevent HIV in adolescents.
Title: UNICEF AIDS
URL: https://www.unicef.org/aids/
Description: This is the AIDS page on the UNICEF website. The page details what the organization does for children impacted by HIV/AIDS, and provides data, news and resources.
Title: UNICEF - Ebola
URL: http://www.unicef.org/emergencies/ebola/
Description: Page on the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) web site dedicated to Ebola. The page features community stories, the latest news, blog entries, information on the impact of the virus, and the organization's response to it.
Title: UNAIDS (@UNAIDS) | Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/UNAIDS/
Description: This is the United Nations AIDS's Twitter account. UNAIDS leads and inspires the world to achieve zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
Title: U.S. Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS: Trends Over Time
URL: http://kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/u-s-federal-funding-for-hivaids-trends-over-time/
Description: This is the Kaiser Family Foundation website on US federal funding for HIV/AIDS. It features information on the budget to fight HIV and a downloadable fact sheet.
Creator: The Kaiser Family Foundation
Title: U.S. Court of Federal Claims page on Autism and Vaccines
URL: http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/omnibus-autism-proceeding/
Description: A theory that has been popular for well over a decade is that the MMR vaccine, given to young children, causes autism. After years of litigation, the United States government awarded a settlement to some people whose children may have been effected by the vaccine. This page documents the filings, facts, and other relevant information about the case.
Group: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creator: U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Format: Court Docket
Title: Twitter Holds Conversation on Opioids with Surgeon General, Members of Congress – Policy & Medicine
URL: https://www.policymed.com/2018/06/twitter-holds-conversation-on-opioids-with-surgeon-general-members-of-congress.html
Description: Article titled, "Twitter Holds Conversation on Opioids with Surgeon General, Members of Congress," by Thomas Sullivan, a former political consultant and founder of Rockpoint, Inc. - the parent company of Policy & Medicine - published on the Policy & Medicine's web site on June 7, 2018. The article describes the live conversation on Twitter focused on the opioid epidemic that was sponsored by Twitter DC and the Republican Main Street Partnership on May 22, 2018. The article summarizes panel members' statements and recommendations.
Creator: Policy & Medicine, Sullivan, Thomas
Title: Tweets about #unmeer hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/unmeer/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#UNMEER," which picks up tweets that include "#UNMEER,," which stands for United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response.
Title: Tweets about #nepalquake hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/nepalquake/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#Nepalquake," which picks up tweets that include "#Nepalquake." Nepalquake refers to the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Title: Tweets about #nepalearthquake hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/NepalEarthquake/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#NepalEarthquake," which picks up tweets that include "#NepalEarthquake." NepalEarthquake refers to the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Title: Tweets about #measles hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/measles/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#measles," which picks up tweets that include "#measles."
Group: Measles
Title: Tweets about #ebolavirus hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ebolavirus/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#ebolavirus," which picks up tweets that include "#ebolavirus."
Title: Tweets about #ebolaresponse hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ebolaresponse/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#ebolaresponse," which picks up tweets that include "#ebolaresponse."
Title: Tweets about #ebolaoutbreak hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ebolaoutbreak/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#ebolaoutbreak," which picks up tweets that include "#ebolaoutbreak."
Title: Tweets about #ebola hashtag on Twitter
URL: https://twitter.com/hashtag/ebola/
Description: Twitter search result page for "#ebola," which picks up tweets that include "#ebola."
Title: TurnTheTideRx | Surgeon General's Call to End the Opioid Crisis
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Description: Web site for the U.S. Surgeon General's initiative, Turn the Tide, a campaign to end the opioid crisis.
Creator: Surgeon General (U.S.)


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Rhode Island eyeing gay marriage legislation
By John Simon Ritchie Jan 6, 2011 in Politics
Providence - On Thursday Rhode Island Rep. Arthur Handy introduced a new piece of legislation to both House and Senate which, if passed, would introduce Rhode Island as an equal-marriage state.
Democrat Rep. Handy newly introduced this bill stating, "Any person who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements [in law] may marry any other eligible person regardless of gender," which yes, does mean Rhode Island may (very likely) soon join the other 8 states within the U.S who currently allow gay marriage. (California, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Iowa, New Hampshire, Washington, Maine.)
Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island is ecstatic of the possible bill's passing, even stating in his inaugural address, "...let's hype up the fact that Rhode Island should move in the direction of equality." Chafee calls for all law-makers to sign the bill, and is willing to sign if it (ever) reaches his desk.
"When marriage equality is the law in Rhode Island, we honor our forefathers who risked their lives and fortune in the pursuit of human equality," Gov. Chafee continued.
29 law-makers co-signing the bill, (includes house speaker Gordon Fox) makes this piece of legislation very likely to pass; with Rhode Island considering marriage for Gay and Lesbian couples, for every year since 1997, this may be the last year of seeing it.
The bill is expected to pass, and with so many supports banking on the legalization of equal marriage, it only makes the passing that more likely.
Discussing repealing anti-immigration laws, Chafee concluded with, "These two actions will do more for economic growth in our state than any economic development loan."
With the immense support from the Governor, Representative, and Speaker of The House, the bill's future seems to be pretty clear, yet not certain, but if one thing is certain, it's that if said bill doesn't pass, there will always be next year.
More about Rhode island, Gay marriage, Marriage equality
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Q: Compute shader: read data written in one thread from another? Can somebody tell me whether the following compute shader is possible with DirectX 11?
I want the first thread in a Dispatch that accesses an element in a buffer (g_positionsGrid) to set (compare exchange) that element with a temporary value to signify that it is taking some action.
In this case the temp value is 0xffffffff and the first thread is going to go continue on and allocate a value from a structed append buffer (g_positions) and assign it to that element.
So all fine so far but the other threads in the dispatch can come in inbetween the compare exchange and the allocation of the first thread and so need to wait until the allocation index is available.  I do this with a busy wait ie the while loop.
However sadly this just locks up the GPU as I'm assuming that the value written by the first thread is not propogated through to the other threads stuck in the while loop.
Is there any way to get those threads to see that value?
Thanks for any help!
RWStructuredBuffer<float3> g_positions : register(u1);
RWBuffer<uint> g_positionsGrid : register(u2);

void AddPosition( uint address, float3 pos )
{
    uint token = 0;

    // Assign a temp value to signify first thread has accessed this particular element
    InterlockedCompareExchange(g_positionsGrid[address], 0, 0xffffffff, token);

    if(token == 0)
    {
        //If first thread in here allocate index and assign value which
        //hopefully the other threads will pick up
        uint index = g_positions.IncrementCounter();
        g_positionsGrid[address] = index;
        g_positions[index].m_position = pos;
    }
    else
    {
        if(token == 0xffffffff)
        {
            uint index = g_positionsGrid[address];

            //This never meets its condition
            [allow_uav_condition]
            while(index == 0xffffffff)
            {
                //For some reason this thread never gets the assignment
                //from the first thread assigned above
                index = g_positionsGrid[address];
            }

            g_positions[index].m_position = pos;
        }
        else
        {
            //Just assign value as the first thread has already allocated a valid slot
            g_positions[token].m_position = pos;

        }
    }
}

A: Thread sync in DirectCompute is very easy, but comparing to same features to CPU threading is very unflexible. AFAIK, the only way to sync data between threads in compute shader is to use groupshared memory and GroupMemoryBarrierWithGroupSync(). That means, that you can:

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*create small temporary buffer in groupshared memory

*calculate value

*write to groupshared buffer

*synchronize threads with GroupMemoryBarrierWithGroupSync()

*read from groupshared from another thread and use it somehow

To implement all this stuff, you need proper array indices. But where you can take it from? In DirectCompute values passed in Dispatch and system values that you can get in shader (SV_GroupIndex, SV_DispatchThreadID, SV_GroupThreadID, SV_GroupID) related. Using that values you can calculate indices to assess you buffers.
Compute shaders are not well documented, and there is no easy way, but to find out more info at least you can:

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*read MSDN: Compute shader overview

*watch DirectCompute Lecture Series videos on channel9

*examine compute shader samples from DirectX SDK, very nice
samples from NVIDIA`s SDK (10 and 11)

*read this advanced NVIDIA paper where they implemented thread reduction and then optimize their code to run 10 times faster ;)

As of your code. Well, probably you can redesign it a little.

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*It is always good to all threads do the same task. Symmetric loading. Actually, you can not assign different tasks for you threads as you do it in CPU code.

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*Look at "Thread reduction" trick mentioned above.
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Seah takes on e-commerce role at Langham
Sean Seah has been appointed the new director of e-commerce for Langham Hotels International.
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Mr Seah has also worked for Air New Zealand and Toyota.
In his new role, which is based in Hong Kong, Mr Seah will be responsible for integrating all the group's digital brands, driving online revenue and building a consistent online facility for guests and partners.
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Dwór w Święcku – budynek został wzniesiony pod koniec XIX wieku. Obecnie pełni funkcje mieszkalne.

Położenie
Dwór położony jest w zachodniej części wsi Święcko, w Polsce, w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie kłodzkim, w gminie Kłodzko.

Historia
Dwór został wzniesiony pod koniec XIX wieku. Obecnie budynek jest dobrze utrzymaną własnością prywatną i pełni funkcje mieszkalne.

Architektura
Jest to niewielki dom mieszkalny, murowany, potynkowany, założony na planie prostokąta, na wysokich piwnicach, parterowy, z użytkowym poddaszem, nakryty płaskim dachem. Fasada (elewacja południowo-zachodnia) jest pięcioosiowa, z centralnym umieszczonym głównym wejściem, do którego prowadzą schody. Elewacje zachowały ozdobne detale architektoniczne: proste gzymsy między kondygnacjami, nadokienniki, gzyms wieńczący z fryzem arkadowym i krenelaż.
W sąsiedztwie dworu zachowały się zabudowania folwarczne z XVIII i XIX wieku.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów. Marek Staffa (redakcja). T. 11: Góry Sowie, Wzgórza Włodzickie. Wrocław: Wydawnictwo I-BiS, 1995, .

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LA JOLLA–(MAY 18, 2021) Despite only accounting for about 1 percent of skin cancers, melanoma causes the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. While treatments for this serious disease do exist, these drugs can vary in effectiveness depending on the individual.
A Salk study published on May 18, 2021, in the journal Cell Reports reveals new insights about a protein called CRTC3, a genetic switch that could potentially be targeted to develop new treatments for melanoma by keeping the switch turned off.
"We've been able to correlate the activity of this genetic switch to melanin production and cancer," says Salk study corresponding author Marc Montminy, a professor in the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology.
Melanoma develops when pigment-producing cells that give skin its color, called melanocytes, mutate and begin to multiply uncontrollably. These mutations can cause proteins, like CRTC3, to prompt the cell to make an abnormal amount of pigment or to migrate and be more invasive.
Researchers have known that the CRTC family of proteins (CRTC1, CRTC2, and CRTC3) is involved in pigmentation and melanoma, yet obtaining precise details about the individual proteins has been elusive. "This is a really interesting situation where different behaviors of these proteins, or genetic switches, can actually give us specificity when we start thinking about therapies down the road," says first author Jelena Ostojic, a former Salk staff scientist and now a principal scientist at DermTech.
The researchers observed that eliminating CRTC3 in mice caused a color change in the animal's coat color, demonstrating that the protein is needed for melanin production. Their experiments also revealed that when the protein was absent in melanoma cells, the cells migrated and invaded less, meaning they were less aggressive, suggesting that inhibiting the protein could be beneficial for treating the disease.
The team characterized, for the first time, the connection between two cellular communications (signaling) systems that converge on the CRTC3 protein in melanocytes. These two systems tell the cell to either proliferate or make the pigment melanin. Montminy likens this process to a relay race. Essentially, a baton (chemical message) is passed from one protein to another until it reaches the CRTC3 switch, either turning it on or off.
"The fact that CRTC3 was an integration site for two signaling pathways–the relay race–was most surprising," says Montminy, who holds the J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation Chair. "CRTC3 makes a point of contact between them that increases specificity of the signal."
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Top 10 Toys In Your Closet That Could Make You Rich
By Eric Yosomono on May 16, 2012 Entertainment, Games, Movies & Television
Don't worry, we're not talking about some diamond-encrusted Barbie or a mini-Lamborghini. No, these toys are somewhere in a closet and, quite possibly, you might have played with them in your childhood. They are hard-to-find toys and collectibles that, for whatever reason, are holy grails in the collecting world. Right now they could be sitting in your closet with the dust bunnies just waiting to go to auction and make you thousands of dollars.
10. The Royal Blue Beanie Baby
Released by the TY Toy Company, Beanie Babies are a stuffed toy filled with little plastic beans. They became hugely collectable and sought after but the rarest Beanie Baby is the Royal Blue Elephant called "Peanut." Released in 1995, the elephant was supposed to be light blue but a factory mistake created the collectable Royal Blue model. Highly desired, the Royal Blue Peanut has sold for more than $3000 at auction.
9. 1954 Superman vs. The Robot Lunchbox
Lunch boxes weren't always cheap plastic pails covered in Justin Bieber stickers. No, they used to be pure metal, and thousands of them were sold to kids across America. Most were plain or had scenes from the latest hottest films. Superman first appeared in comics in 1938 but it took till the 50s before he started appearing on lunch boxes. Considered the Holy Grail of lunch boxes, this Superman box was released in 1954 by Universal and, in mint condition, can sell for over $11,000.
8. GI Joe 1994 Manimals Vortex MOC C-7
Hasbro was the maker of the popular line of armed elite soldiers called G.I. Joes. In the 90s, as demand was flagging, they planned to release a series of G.I. Joe aliens called the "Manimals". All the Manimals had a transforming ability and could have capitalized on the Transformer market. In addition, the Manimals were larger in size than the regular 3 3/4″ figures. They were set to be released but were pulled from shelves at the last minute. But some made it out to the public and are now one of the most sought-after collector toys. One has recently sold for $21,000.
7. Star Wars POTF Tri-Logo Ewok Combat Playpack 1984
After Return Of The Jedi, George Lucas released a combo set of Storm Troopers and Ewoks, with some Ewok weapons used during the final showdown between the fur balls and the forces of the Empire. These Star Wars figures were a hot item for kids, and so few complete sets survive to this day. Part of the Jedi action set, this combo pack is even rarer and sells for thousands of dollars on Ebay.
6. Black Lotus Magic Card
Magic: The Gathering, or Magic Cards, is one of the first collectible trading card games. Released in 1993 by Richard Garfield the cards allow people to play as wizards with each player having their own deck of cards that they can use to cast spells against each other. The most expensive of these cards is the Black Lotus. A signed version from Garfield sold for $25,000.
5. 1982 World's Fair Astronaut B PEZ Dispenser
The 1982 World's Fair Astronaut B PEZ Dispenser was a prototype sent out to the World's Fair Board. It was never put in production, but PEZ employees were given copies from the factory. When one turned up on Ebay, the winning bid was an impressive $32,205.00 USD.
4. Nintendo Stadium Events
The Nintendo Stadium Events game is the Holy Grail of cartridge video games. It was released in the States in 1987 with the Family Fun Fitness mat, a short-lived control pad that used feet instead of hands. In 1988, Nintendo bought out the FFF and replaced it with the Powerpad. Games that were released with the FFF were taken off the shelves and destroyed, leaving this one of the rarest games out there waiting for you to discover it in a yard sale somewhere out there. In 2011 one sold for $22,800.
3. C-9+ Painted J-Slot Rocket-Firing Boba Fett
Boba Fett entered Star Wars canon in the horrible and ill-planned 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special. Even though he was a bit player, his brief scene caused a huge surge of interest and earned him a massive group of fans that searched for, and snatched up, any collectible that they put on the shelves.
To meet this demand, a Boba Fett with a rocket arm (nicknamed Rocket Fett) that shot a plastic missile was planned, but events elsewhere nixed the release. A Battle Star Galactica toy with a similar firing mechanism caused some injuries, and one child even died from choking after it was shot into his mouth. Faced with a backlash, the toy makers pulled the Rocket Fett. But some prototypes made it out into the world and one could be sitting in your closet right now. An authenticated C-9+ painted J-slot rocket-firing Boba Fett prototype figure, with authentic prototype 8-sided rocket, would go for around $25,000.
2. 55 PB Teddy Bear
In the 19th century German town of Giengen, seamstress Margarete Steiff had discovered what seems natural to us today: kids love a toy they can squeeze and cuddle. This was big news back then, as kids' toys was little more than tin soldiers and porcelain dolls. Margarete stumbled on the concept of making soft toy elephants that kids could hug, and it caught on like wildfire.
At the turn of the century, her nephew gave her the idea to also make bears. The first design run was called 55 PB. The 55 stood for its height (55 cm), P stood for "Plush" and B for "Beweglich", which is German for "moveable". An American saw the prototype and immediately ordered 3000, as a Teddy Roosevelt hunting incident caused a craze for Presidential toys that were called…teddy bears.
The bears were shipped off to America and…just disappeared. People claim they are the some of the first bears ever made and are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but no one can find any. No one knows what happened to them, but they suspect shoddy German manufacturing meant that they didn't have a long life before falling apart. But somewhere out there might be one waiting to be discovered.
1. Rear-Loader Beach Bomb
The Beach Bomb was a prototype car to be marketed as a scaled-down version of the real VW bus. But The Man wanted all Hot Wheels to be able to be used on Mattel race tracks. The Beach Bombs center-of-gravity was too high, and surfboards hanging out of the back caused it to tilt up. The prototype (now known as Rear-Loader Beach Bomb, or RLBB) was produced an unknown amount of times by admirers in the Mattel factories, but the mass-produced version with surfboards on the side and lower profile was the one eventually released to the public. Now surviving RLBBs are worth tens of thousands of dollars. In 1999 a collector paid $72,000 for a Beach Bomber and, in 2009, a collector listed his RLBB for $150,000.
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Equalizer on May 16, 2012 12:06 pm
Of course, all of these price will go down if you sold it at Pawnstar…
TopTenz Master on May 16, 2012 1:25 pm
Oh yeah, for sure. "Look, I can go maybe $50 for that original Declaration of Independence. I mean, there just isn't a big market for this and it has a small tear on the corner, so… And I have to pay to get it framed. And to be honest it will probably hang on the wall for years before I sell it. Sorry man, that's the best I can do." 😉
heh 😀
Probably just proves that rich people are willing to pay anything for basically worthless items just to get some of their childhood back. Interesting list, though.
brian on June 6, 2012 12:00 am
It has more to do with rarity rather than childhood memories
thylacine on May 25, 2012 2:38 am
I think I read somewhere that original Darth Vader figures with telescoping lightsabers that are still in the box are either very rare or none actually are known to exist. If one is found it could be worth up to $200,000.
Cyberteque on May 27, 2012 10:23 am
So my *mint* Corgi Thunderbird 2 with Thunderbird 4, Thunderbird 1, Green Hornet car(with missile and that weird "thing" that pops out of the trunk), Batmobile, (with missiles), James Bond's Aston Martin, Shadow missile launcher(UFO series), Eagle (Space 1999), First release Storm Trooper Gun based on the Stirling Mk5 aren't worth anything?
Not to mention all the other Corgi/Dinki/Matchbox Tanks, trucks and cars.
Or am I just way too old?
David on June 12, 2012 3:31 pm
Okay, the title of this article is "…could make you rich." With all due respect, most of these items you would have to have a warehouse full to make you rich. Maybe if you had 500 of the beanie babies you could make 1.5 million but since they're RARE you're not going to have 500 of them. If you're calling 100k to 200k rich then I feel very sorry for you.
devis on October 15, 2012 7:07 am
Beach Bomb. I think that is the funniest one on the list
John Taylor on July 25, 2013 8:36 pm
Since when are lunchboxes and cards toys?
Sammantha on June 18, 2014 4:19 pm
I didn't even know stuffed animals could go for that much!
Even though they go for that much, I will still buy it!????????????????????????????????????????
sonny on December 14, 2014 12:48 am
how much would you pay for a supermario nintendo lunch box red with super marios photos on the cover?:
brad on November 10, 2015 1:26 pm
Stepson passed,her n her grandma collected dolls n toys plates n cups all this stuff 1000 of don't know where to start any freaking idea
nancy a on April 24, 2018 10:39 pm
look for a anitques or a collectible too buy my 1990's barbie dolls and beanies babies thanks nancy a from moreno valley ca moved soon so i can't take them with me out side k
nancy a on June 14, 2018 12:18 pm
hi my name is nancy i live in moreno valley ca i have some barbie dolls and beanies babies up for sales thnka


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