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Virgin America Reports its First Full Year of Profitability
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- Mar 26, 2014 10:20 am
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Virgin America finally has some good news.
Today the airline reported fourth quarter and full year 2013 results. Operating revenue for the full year rose 6.9% to $1.42 billion, and net income came in at $10.1 million, compared with a $145.4 million net loss in 2012. This is the airlines' first full year of profitability.
"2013 was a year of tremendous progress for Virgin America," said David Cush, Virgin America's President and Chief Executive Officer. "We continued to reach more customers in more markets and now have a network presence from San Francisco and Los Angeles to most of the primary business centers in the U.S."
The average fare in 2013 rose 4.3% to $203.70 , and revenue per seat mile climbed 8.3%. This increase was not built on the back of fees — Virgin ranked a modest 10th place among U.S. airlines for the first nine months of 2013 — but cost cutting and innovative on-board merchandising via in-flight entertainment systems.
"Revenue per available seat mile is a critical measure of success," Cush said, "and our impressive performance in this area, coupled with our efficient cost structure and improvements to our capital structure, led to three consecutive profitable quarters and our first full year of net income."
The airline added just one additional A320 aircraft in 2013. In 2012 the airline cut or suspended an order of 30 aircraft to be delivered between 2015 and 2016. The current fleet stands at 53 aircraft.
Although privately held, Virgin America announced these financial results as it must file with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Airline Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $14.2 Million and Operating Margin of 6.6 Percent 2013 Net Income of $10.1 Million Marks First Full Year of Profitability with a $155.5 Million Improvement over 2012
San Francisco – March 26, 2014 – Virgin America today reports its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013.
Fourth Quarter 2013 Financial Highlights
Net Income: $14.2 million in net income, compared to a year ago quarterly loss of $25.0 million, an improvement of $39.1 million.
Operating Revenue: Total operating revenue of $359.9 million, an increase of 2.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012.
Revenue per Available Seat Mile (RASM): RASM increased 4.1 percent, to 11.79 cents. Both increased load factor (up 1.6 points to 78.5 percent) and yield (up 2.4 percent) contributed to the RASM improvement.
Cost per Available Seat Mile (CASM): CASM excluding fuel costs remained the same year-over-year. Total CASM decreased 1.3 percent to 11.02 cents.
Operating Income: $24 million in operating income, increased by $18.4 million year-over-year. Operating margin was 6.6 percent, an increase of 5.1 points from the fourth quarter of 2012.
Capacity: Available seat miles (ASMs) decreased 1.3 percent during the fourth quarter. Stage length decreased 8.1 percent, to 1,426 miles.
Full Year 2013 Financial Highlights
Net Income: 2013 net income of $10.1 million increased $155.5 million, from a loss of $145.4 million in 2012. 2013 was Virgin America's first full year of profitability.
Operating Revenue: Total operating revenue for 2013 was $1.425 billion, a $92 million increase and 6.9 percent improvement over 2012.
RASM: Total RASM increased 9.3 percent over 2012, to 11.64 cents. Virgin America achieved the highest year-over-year percentage increase in RASM of all major U.S. airlines in 2013.
CASM: Excluding fuel costs, CASM increased 3.3 percent, to 6.83 cents. This modest increase was largely driven by network changes that reduced aircraft utilization by 6.7 percent. Total CASM increased by 0.5 percent to 10.96 cents.
Operating Income: $80.9 million, an increase of $112.6 million from 2012's operating loss of $31.7 million. 2013 operating margin was 5.7 percent, an increase of 8.1 points over 2012.
Capacity: Network changes led to a 2.2 percent decrease in ASMs for the full year. The average length of a flight (stage length) decreased by 5.9 percent, to 1,474 miles.
2013 Restructuring: The Company completed a debt restructuring in May 2013, eliminating more than $300 million of debt and accrued interest and reducing interest rates on a majority of the remaining debt.
Liquidity: Year-end unrestricted cash balance was $155.7 million. Virgin America generated strong operating cash flow in 2013 of $51 million.
Fleet Plan
2013 Additions: The airline took delivery of one additional A320 aircraft in the first quarter of 2013, increasing the total operating fleet to 53 Airbus A320-Family aircraft.
Future Deliveries: The airline's total order with Airbus remains at 40 A320-Family aircraft, with five scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2015, five in the first half of 2016, and 30 scheduled for delivery starting in 2020.
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Q: AngularJS UI Router URL parameter vanishes when changing states I am attempting to change the state of my AngularJS application via a button click using UI Router. When I press the button, the desired information is sending correctly, however, when the state changes, the URL parameter is vanishing. For example, if my route is defined as /parent/state/child/:param and I go to /parent/state/child/3, when the transition finishes, the "3" disappears, and I'm left at /parent/state/child/.
I've tried transitioning using
$state.go('parentState.childState', {param: 3});

as well as
$location.path('/parent/state/child/3);

even
$window.location.href = '/parent/state/child/3;

All have had the same result.
This is my state file:
(function() {
    'use strict'
    angular.module('app')
        .config(states);
    states.$inject = ['$stateProvider', '$locationProvider'];
    function states($stateProvider, $locationProvider) {
        $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);

        $stateProvider.state({
            name: 'parentState',
            url: '/parent/state',
            abstract: true,
            template: '<ui-view/>'
        })
        .state({
            name: 'parentState.childState',
            url: '/child/:param',
            templateUrl: 'some/route',
            controller: function ($stateParams) {
                console.log($stateParams);
            }
        });
    }
})();

The child state's template URL is being loaded correctly. I am also able to see that the value being set in my $state.go('parentState.childState, {param: value}); is correct, however, when I output $stateParams to the console I get {param: ""}. Even when I try to go directly to a link (i.e., type /parent/state/child/5 into my browser) the final parameter vanishes.
Any thoughts as to what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks

A: One solution is to set the params explicitly in the state:
.state({
  name: 'parentState.childState',
  url: '/child',
  params: {
    mySpecialParam: null
  },
  templateUrl: 'some/route',
  controller: function ($stateParams) {
    console.log($stateParams);
  }
})

$stateParams should now display { mySpecialParam: null }
When you go from one state to another:
$state.go('parentState.childState', { mySpecialParam: 3 })

Or
View childState

Also, I'd advise making your parameter names less like 'param/params', and something semantic to the value, so it's obvious.
For more information on this specific part of stateProvider, see the URL Routing page for ui-router.

A: I found the problem.
Due to how my application is setup, I'm unable to use resolve with UI router. Instead, I have a function set up to prevent the default state change, run the things that need to be resolved, and if they finish successfully, continue with the original transition. In that section, I was using $state.go(toState.name); when I should have been using $state.go(toState.name, toParams);. Since the parameters were not being passed on, they were being lost in the URL.

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(woman) What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
(Describer) Asma Mahdi:
First, let's talk about what it's not-- a floating island of trash like a garbage dump or a landfill. It's also not the only patch. They're throughout the ocean. The Pacific Garbage Patch just happens to be the most famous. Garbage patches are large areas of marine debris concentration that are formed by rotating ocean currents called gyres, like big whirlpools that suck things in. A garbage patch is made up of tiny plastic pieces called microplastics that are less than five millimeters long-- more like pepper flakes swirling in a soup than something you can skim. You might see larger items like plastic bottles, but it's possible to sail through a patch and not see anything. And they're a big problem for the ocean and us. People often ask why we can't scoop up all the marine debris. The answer is, unfortunately, it's just not that simple. The first challenge is the sheer size of these garbage patches. They're huge! They're constantly moving with ocean currents. And there's debris from the ocean surface all the way down to the seafloor, not to mention the marine life we would disrupt scooping it. So what can we do? The ultimate solution is prevention, which must be our highest priority. We can reduce, reuse, and recycle to keep trash out of the ocean. We can participate in shoreline clean-ups. It's easier to deal with debris before it gets to the ocean, because until we stop debris at the source, we'll just be cleaning it up forever.
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Primary Health Care and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Edited ByBrian Cooper, Robin Eastwood
eBook Published 24 September 2018
Imprint Routledge
SubjectsBehavioral Sciences
Cooper, B. (Ed.), Eastwood, R. (Ed.). (1992). Primary Health Care and Psychiatric Epidemiology. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429446948
In the years prior to publication, primary health care had been gaining in significance as a setting both for research on mental illness in the general population and for the development of new preventive approaches in this field. The growing need for research had received impetus from the escalating costs of hospital-based health care, the re-structuring of health services in a number of countries, with an increased emphasis on community care and prevention, and the World Health Organization's 'Health for All' campaign, in response to which a growing number of national planning documents had been published. These developments had already stimulated a new interest in the scope for epidemiological and evaluative investigations based on general medical practice.
This book, originally published in 1992, consists of selected contributions to the first international scientific meeting on this topic, held in Toronto in 1989. It is made up of five sections, dealing respectively with: the growth and development of a new research field; findings of psychiatric surveys in general practice in a number of different countries; specialist and generalist medical care for mental illness – issues of selection and referral; and specialist aspects of late-life mental disorders encountered in such research. The inclusion of reports from groups of workers in the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland, Canada, Australia and other countries testifies to the rapid spread of interest in these questions.
With the exception of the first two chapters, which sketch the background of public-health and general-practice epidemiology, all the contributions are focused on general practice as a field laboratory for study of the occurrence, distribution, diagnostic composition and risk factors of psychiatric illness in unselected populations, and present data, largely unpublished, from the authors' own projects. These findings confirm the importance of research in general practice as a major growing-point of social psychiatry and provide guidelines for further progress in the years ahead.
This book will still be an invaluable source of reference to all psychiatrists, psychologists, general practitioners and health care professionals concerned with mental disorders in the wider community.
Part I Psychiatric epidemiology and general practice: the development of a research field
The science of epidemiology: empirical data gathering, public-health action, or both?
Psychiatric illness, epidemiology and the general practitioner
The 'research magnificent' comes of age
Primary care and psychiatric epidemiology: the psychiatrist's perspective
Part II Psychiatric field surveys in the primary health-care setting: an international perspective
Psychiatric morbidity in general practice: a community-wide perspective
Mental health care in primary health care: a case for action
Psychiatric illness and services in a UK health centre
Psychosocial complaints in general practice: a national survey in the Netherlands
Psychiatric morbidity and physical illness among general practice patients in Cantabria, Spain
chapter 10|9 pages
Mental disorders in primary care in a health district of Bahia, Brazil
chapter 11|19 pages
Use of services by homeless and disaffiliated individuals with severe mental disorders: a study in Melbourne
Part III Psychiatric and general medical services: issues of patient selection, referral and treatment
The relationship of usual source of health care to the prevalence of psychiatric disorder and the utilization of ambulatory mental health services in the United States
Care of mental health problems in Finland: selection between primary medical and psychiatric specialist services
Psychiatric morbidity in general practice in Verona: the importance of parallel studies at the primary and specialist levels of health care
Prescribing of psychotropic drugs by primary-care physicians and psychiatrists: a study in Iceland
Part IV Late-life mental disorders and primary health care
Late-life mental disorders and primary health care: a review of research
Prevalence and one-year course of dementia in an English city: an application of CAMDEX
Cognitive disorders and dementia among elderly general-practice patients in a West German city
Dementia: case ascertainment and health service utilization in a US rural community
Part V Problems of method: case-finding, classification and taxonomy
Identification of psychiatric cases in primary health-care settings: the utility of two-phase screening designs
The latent structure of anxiety and depression in treated and untreated samples of two US populations
Psychiatric syndromes among persons in contact with general medical and psychiatric services in eastern Baltimore
Somatization in primary health care: prevalence and determinants


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Nicole Perez
Published: October 3, 2018, 3:21 am
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Man with ties to South SA wanted in case of repeated sex abuse of girl
Gregory Reyes, 35, faces charge of continuous sexual abuse of child
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man wanted on charges for a months-long sexual abuse of young girl has avoided arrest for more than one year, law enforcement officials said.
Gregory Reyes, 35, was indicted in September 2017 on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
"The indictment alleged that Reyes sexually assaulted and abused a child multiple times over a period of six months. The victim was under the age of 14 years old," said Deputy U.S. Marshal Chris Bozeman.
Reyes is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. A photo shows Reyes with facial hair.
"His last known place of residence was on the South Side of San Antonio," Bozeman said.
If you have any information on Reyes' whereabouts, call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500.


Dis/Representation members and "REAL" panelists above in group photo.
Dis/Representation is presenting "REAL: Reject Economic Economic Ableist Limits" on Wednesday, February 15, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A panel of disability activists will speak to the economic barriers for persons with disabilities and offer personal experiences with employment obstacles. The discussion will be at Portland Community College's Cascade Campus in Student Union Room 203, 705 N. Killingsworth Street.
The panel will participate in a question and answer session. Audience feedback will be welcomed concerning economic justice and policy issues for the REAL initiative. This is also an opportunity be become a REAL partner and join in the work for economic justice in the community. This event is free and open to the public.
REAL is supported by a grant that the Disability Art and Culture Project (DACP) received from the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund at Northwest Health Foundation. The panel includes Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion; Saara Hirsi, African Community Youth Organization; Kiel Moses, REAL / DACP Partner; and Michelle Sobel, LCSW.
Online participation will be available for this discussion. Go to the Dis/Representation website for information about how to participate virtually. Or send an email disabilityartculture@gmail.com with any questions.
Accommodations available upon request include ASL interpreters, audio description, Real-Time Captioning (CART), and alternate formats. Please email disabilityartculture@gmail.com one week in advance to ensure accommodations.
Dis/Representation is made possible through a grant from the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust, and a partnership with Portland Community College Disability Services.


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Economic Caution Aired Despite Farm Commodity Price Optimism
Aug 23, 2021 @ 12:22pm
By Frank J. Buchman
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."
Mark Twain said it decades ago. Tom Leffler repeated the quote in synopsis of his presentation analyzing farm profitability outlooks.
Speaking at a Beef Producers Information Seminar in Emporia, representing Leffler Commodities LLC, Augusta, Leffler expressed optimism with extreme caution.
With detailed PowerPoint slides, Leffler verified strength in commodity futures market prices well above a year ago.
Last Thursday, December Kansas City wheat futures were $7.28, up $2.75, from $4.53, exactly one year earlier.
Other positive comparisons included:
July Kansas City wheat, $7.13, up $2.35 from a year ago, $4.78. December corn, $5.51, up $2.12, from $3.39. March corn, $5.58, up $2.06, from $3.52. November soybeans, $13.20, up $4.15 from $9.05. March soybeans, $13.24, up $4.10 from $9.14.
October live cattle, $128.15, up $18.37 from $109.77. December live cattle, $133.97, up $21.12 from $112.85. October feeders, $165.47, up $19.10 from $146.37. October lean hogs, $80.55, up $25.37 from $55.17.
September dollar index last Thursday was $93.588, up .810, from $92.778, exactly one year ago.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, known as DOW, is a price-weighted measurement index of 30 companies in U.S. stock exchanges. "DOW on Thursday, at 34894, was up 7154, compared to 27740, on the same date in 2020," Leffler said.
As positive as all that appears, Leffler expressed caution based on experiences. He reminded that after a fire at the Tyson Meat Plant in Holcomb, Kansas, August 9, 2019, there was a sharp drop in the DOW. "The economy can change very rapidly," he warned.
"Tom's Rants" were posted as Leffler's concerns for the country and agriculture profitability. Included, not in a specific order, were Fake Meat, Proof of Vaccination, Afghanistan, News Media, Cyber Security Hackers, CDC (Centers For Disease Control) Eviction Ban, Chip Shortage, Inmates Called Residents.
As if that list wasn't long, Leffler added seven more "rants" which have an economic impact.
"The government's free money is making people lazy and dependent," Leffler emphasized. "Service is deteriorating as the United State Postal Service is slowing down first class mail delivery several days."
Coronavirus issues are again increasing with the "Delta variant fear," and requirements for Moderna booster shots, proof of vaccinations and mask mandates. Major companies, Microsoft and Amazon, are delaying return of office workers.
Policies are inconsistent as Twitter bans Donald Trump use of service, but now allows Taliban usage.
"China is a threat to the United States and the world," Leffler declared. "This country is not adhering to its fiscal responsibility."
Many people are not aware of the California Proposition 12 now in effect with possible implications nationwide, Leffler said.
"It establishes minimum requirements on farmers to provide more space for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves produced for veal," Leffler explained. "California businesses are banned from selling products from animals housed in ways that do not meet these requirements."
Environmental issues sometimes overlooked were noted. "There is serious drought in the western half of the United States," Leffler reminded. "For the first time ever, Colorado River water is being rationed."
Lake Mead is at 35 percent water capacity, while Lake Powell is 32 percent capacity. The South America Parana River is at a 77-year low.
"Gasoline prices are up one dollar from a year ago, and at a seven-year high," Leffler said. "The United States is importing unleaded gas while the Biden administration is asking OPEC to increase production."
In clarification, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental organization of 13 countries. They account for 44 percent of global oil production and 81.5 percent of the world proven oil reserves.
"OPEC has a major influence on global oil prices," Leffler said. "OPEC is often cited as a cartel that cooperates to reduce market competition."
There are 10 million open jobs in the United States. "This is in part, most likely largely due, to the government paying people not to work," Leffler said. "Your tax dollars are paying others to do nothing except hold their hands out. Government inflation is here due to the government stimulus."
The speaker reminded those in attendance the U.S national debt is $28.662 trillion and the U.S. total debt is $85.69 trillion.
"What is a trillion?" Leffler asked. "How many zeroes are there in a trillion?"
One former banker in the audience correctly responded "12," while few if any others could answer the question.
To better put a "trillion" in perspective, Leffler gave nine illustrations. "One million ants weigh just over six pounds. One billion ants weigh just over three tons (6,000 pounds). One trillion ants weigh over 3,000 tons, more than six million pounds," Leffler explained.
There are one million seconds in 11½ days, one billion seconds in 32 years, one trillion seconds in 31,710 years.
"Spending $40 a second around the clock equates to spending $3.456 million per day," Leffler tallied. "To spend $1 billion takes 289 days, while to spend $1 trillion takes 792 1/2 years."
Added to these issues, Leffler pointed out misleading media headlines. "Beef cattle are responsible for only 2 percent of greenhouse emission, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)," the speaker said. "By contrast, transportation is responsible for about 30 percent."
Quoting an advertisement sponsored by Beef Checkoff, Leffler said, "From 1961 through 2018, the U.S. beef industry reduced emission per pound of beef by more than 40 percent.
"Cattle play an important role in protecting and enhancing our ecosystems. This helps increase carbon storage, improves soil health, mitigates wildfires and provides habitat for wildlife," Leffler continued.
"We all play a role in a more sustainable future, but eliminating beef is not the answer," the speaker declared.
Showing detailed market charts, Leffler again recognized optimism for commodity prices while acknowledging need for awareness of possible negative impacts.
"The most dangerous phrase in the language is 'we've always done it this way.' That is the poorest excuse ever and can lead to farm and ranch losses," Leffler said. "Coffee shop and free marketing advice are just that. Farmers and ranchers need to protect their investments against losses while locking in a profit when possible.
"This is possible through the use of futures trading although it does involve the risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone," Leffler concluded.
Tom Leffler of Leffler Commodities LLC at Augusta provides daily market updates throughout the country.


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Double Cross
Unabridged / Go to Abridged Audiobook
Written By: James Patterson
Narrated By: Peter J. Fernandez, Michael Stuhlbarg
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other.
A spate of elaborate murders in Washington, D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an audience.
As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide, inducing a media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he's after is a genius of terror--and he's after fame. The killer has the whole city by its strings--and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington ,D.C. has ever seen.
Police Stories
Pat Holman
Great Book. Loved the music and special effects. I think thats one of the reasons I like Pattersons books so much - other than the fact that I can't stop listening, once it has started!
Double Cross had my interest, in fact I stayed in my car for extra 1/2 after getting to my destination just to hear some additional chapters.
I was beginning to think this may be the last book for Alex Cross....but NOT! thankfully, he will be returning it sounds like!
One of Patterson's better Cross books. For several of his later Cross books, I didn't feel the same energy, or empathy for the characters as I usually do. This title goes back to his roots, so to speak. Welcome back, Alex Cross.
Diane Isbell
I really liked this book. Would recommend this book to anyone who like the Alex Cross Series.
Scott E.
Such a great book. Another gem by James Patterson, could not put the book down.
This title is due for release on November 13, 2007.
This title is due for release on November 13, 2007


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Australia's most wasteful spending came in Howard era, finds IMF study
By Peter Martin
AUSTRALIA'S most needless wasteful spending took place under the John Howard-led Coalition government rather than under the Whitlam, Rudd or Gillard Labor governments, a study has found.
The International Monetary Fund study bills itself as the first to examine 200 years of government financial records across 55 leading economies.
It identifies only two periods of Australian "fiscal profligacy" in recent years, both during Mr Howard's term in office - in 2003 at the start of the mining boom and during his final years in office between 2005 and 2007.
The stimulus spending of the Rudd government during the financial crisis does not rate as profligate because the measure makes allowance for spending needed to stabilise the economy.
The Whitlam Labor government of 1972 to 1975 also escapes censure.
The economists from the IMF's fiscal affairs department found the only other years of profligate spending during the past six decades took place during the conservative government of Robert Menzies, in 1960. It says the Menzies government was notably prudent in 1950.
In the postwar years of 1947 to 1949, the Chifley Labor government was deemed prudent as were the Scullin and Lyons Labor and Coalition governments between 1931 and 1935.
John Curtin's Labor government was profligate in 1942.
The study finds that in broad terms Australia's government debt has been falling since 1932, when it peaked at 98 per cent of gross domestic product. Across all levels of government it is now just above 20 per cent after climbing since the global financial crisis.
The budget balance has been broadly stable for half a century.
The key finding is that Australia has few examples of economic recklessness compared to other developed nations. Canada's government debt peaked at 143 per cent of GDP in 1946, Japan's reached 233 per cent in 2011, Israel's reached 284 per cent in 1984. New Zealand recorded government debt of 226 per cent in 1933 and a budget deficit of 7.5 per cent of GDP in 1995.
Developed nations were generally their most prudent before the First World War and during the 1990s. They were generally least prudent during the mid-1970s and in some cases after the global financial crisis.
The IMF study mirrors findings in a 2008 Australian Treasury study that found real government spending grew faster in the final four years of the Howard government than in any four-year period since the 1990s recession.
The number of big-spending decisions worth more than $1 billion climbed from one in the first Howard budget to nine in the last. The proportion of savings measures fell from one-third of budget measures at the start of the Howard era to 1.5 per cent at the end.
Responding to the report, the shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, said the Howard government left Labor with a $20 billion surplus and no net debt. "It was not John Howard and Peter Costello who wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on dangerous pink batts and overpriced school halls - it was this Labor government," he said.
The IMF provided a disclaimer that the study did not necessarily represent the views of the IMF.
Peter Martin was economics editor of The Age between 2014 and 2018. He is a former Commonwealth Treasury official and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.


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Cry Babies : L. Renard : drums / F. Marville : bass / E. Porcher : guitar, backing vocals / A. Lhuillier : guitar, backing vocals / L. Lhuillier : vocals.
The Cry babies were a french band from Orléans ... "Running in the outer space" was their second album produced by Zahardin Bourkortt (from The Shifters ) : an album influenced by the Barracudas, the Plimsouls & sometimes the Dogs .
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Those of us who are both long time gun owners and supporters of regulations that make this society safer from gun violence breathed an ever so slight sigh of relief when Dick Metcalf wrote an editorial in the December 2013 Guns & Ammo which said what so many of us fully understand…that there are sensible firearm regulations which do not infringe on the Second Amendment, that there are common sense solutions to the "all too many examples of unsafe behavior".
Was it a change in philosophy as this gun magazine, the largest and one of the oldest in the industry stepped a toe away from intransigence and toward sensible solutions? Apparently not.
November 6th, just a few days after the original article was published the Editor of Gun & Ammo wrote an "apology"…an apology for stifling conversation on one of the most important discussions in the national arena, an apology for throwing one of its own under the bus…well, not exactly. Jim Bequette, the editor apologized for pissing off his "hopping mad" readers [and his "hopping mad" advertisers]. He also doubled down on Guns & Ammo's hard core, unfettered backing of the Second Amendment and, as seems to be the rule in the gun debate, if someone comes to the table with opinions that are not lockstep with the NRA, with the enthusiast community, and more important with the gun industry…under the bus with them.
"Dick Metcalf has had a long and distinguished career as a gunwriter, but his association with "Guns & Ammo" has officially ended." Editor, Guns & Ammo, 11.6.13
Yep…fire him because he opened up the conversation. Fire him because he had the audacity to stand up and say "maybe we need to give this some thought". But thought is the last thing on the mind of the gun fanboy community, the last thing on the mind of the 85 advertisers to Guns & Ammo…well, 86 if you count the monthly Viagra advertisement.
But are we back to square one, back to that point where the gun enthusiasts come to the table in lockstep, an air of absolute intransigence? NO, we are not. Because now we know that there are folks in the gun enthusiast camp who know that the NRA's blind support of the gun industry is wrong, who know that the best solution for gun owners is to come to the table, not throw rocks at it. That toothpaste can't go back in the tube…it is out and now both sides of this important subject know that there is a viable third side…that of gun owners who support regulations. And that is good.
It is somewhat ironic…or possibly just a cosmic coincidence that Dick Metcalf's article came out just about the same time as the SLATE gun death ticker turned over 10,000. Maybe it is just a coincidence that it came out just as Virginia elected a governor who actively came out against the gun lobby in a very gun friendly state. Maybe it was just a coincidence that it came out as news of families of five, in four different states died from gunfire. Maybe it was just its time.
I was asked if Dick Metcalf would continue to work in the gun magazine industry…I strongly doubt it. That group has a very sad history of banishing anyone who dares to not stay in lockstep with their fringe opinion. And that is a very sad commentary on those in the gun enthusiast community…that they so very much fear dissent, fear that at some point the realization will gel that just maybe it is their opinion that is wrong, that their intransigence and stubborn support for the gun industry was not defined with reason, with facts, but forged from fear, uncertainty and dread…along with a request for a donation to the NRA.
If it was about the Second Amendment you would not be reading this. It is not. It is about hobbyists who like to shoot, it is about gun lobbyists defending the billion dollar gun industry, it is about a generation who does not like to hear the word "no".
Put simply, Dick Metcalf did the right thing and he is being pilloried by gun enthusiasts, by the gun lobby and by the gun industry. Guns & Ammo did the wrong thing…throwing one of their own under the bus based on his opinions. This simple litmus test will help define you as you draw your conclusions.
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Over the past sixty or so hours since the Zimmerman verdict there have been volumes of observations, discussions, debates, pissing contests and virtual barroom brawls as folks come to terms with both the verdict and their own perceptions of it.
Those that know me know I engage in many of these debates, not because I love to wallow in the mud but because I have found that debating with those of opposing or differing opinion helps me learn…I learn to clarify my thoughts and opinions and I learn to be a better person. And becoming a better person should be our main goal in life. Most else falls from that.
The Zimmerman case has become somewhat of a Rorschach test…our own opinions and views helping to define the inkblot. Sometimes the inkblot is easy to interpret and sometimes it is a reflection of our deep subconscious and either way we see what our perceptions tell us.
What I have learned is that seldom does a jury like this one have a simple set of evidence that matches a simply defined crime. More likely they have a janitor's key ring full of evidence that needs to match a series of generic, worn locks and just as likely the pins and tumblers don't quite match up…and that has to do with perception.
What we end up with is an interpretation of the body of evidence, interpretation of the law, the subjective nuances of the oratory of the opposing attorneys and value judgments of those who have witnessed the crime or interpreted the evidence – all viewed through a lifetime of experience. Pretty simple, huh?
To the element of "interpreting the law" we can learn much. The "confrontation" is where the crime begins. As pointed out by a good lawyer type guy… the confrontation begins when the first punch was thrown. In the Zimmerman case, we don't know who threw the first punch, we only know who pulled the last trigger. As far as I can read in the transcripts we only know that, at some point Martin may have confronted Zimmerman and started the last minutes of his life.
If my interpretation [there is that damned word again] is like that of many folks, I tend to look at the totality of the incident, not a parsed single event in the middle of a running confrontation. We are offended because we see the "incident" beginning when Zimmerman made a subjective interpretation of the everyday milieux of life that was happening in front of him. His initial interpretation of an unfolding scene tipped the first domino.
Intertwined in this case were another couple of significant issues. On one side it became a litmus test for the right to protect ones' self and "stand your ground" and on the other side it became yet another example of racial inequality in the justice system.
People are asking very hard questions of our society…would the Sanford Police have treated Zimmerman differently had he been black? Would the media have treated the case differently had it been "just another black on black crime"? Would a black man have gotten the same $1,000,000 defense? Would a jury of six black women and black judge have rendered the same verdict? Would the media have taken sides on the issues of race and stand your ground if the races have been different? Do we have a right to protect ourselves, no matter the surrounding circumstances?
If any good has come from this case, it will hopefully be that ALL people will look hard at these questions and do something besides rationalize preconceived notions about them.
If George Zimmerman had stayed in his truck and called 911 as the guidelines for the Neighborhood Watch program suggest, Trayvon Martin would be alive today.
If George Zimmerman had gone back to his truck and waited for the police as he was instructed by the 911 dispatcher, Trayvon Martin would be alive today.
If the roles were reversed, and every element of evidence was the same but George Zimmerman was black and Trayvon Martin was white, Asian, or Latino, the legal system, from the time the cops arrived; from the time the public defender presented his defense; until the time the verdict was rendered, he would have been treated differently by our legal system.
The prosecution overreached in asking for 2nd Degree Murder and that a verdict of not guilty was correct. As correctly pointed out, we don't know who started the confrontation, we don't know the details that led from following to pulling the trigger, we only have evidence that a confrontation did in fact take place. And to that, there was an obligation to give the benefit of the doubt. George Zimmerman was on trial, not the system, not stand your ground, not racial inequalities.
Yesterday I posted up a photograph of Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson [Gregory Peck and Brock Peters] . The intent was to observe that, 53 years after Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird about race and prejudice it sadly still exists.
It may have been interpreted differently.
We like to think of the law and justice as clean, unbiased, and honest. And sometimes it is. But, like life itself it is more likely somewhere in the 254 shades of gray in between black and white.
And yet again we go to interpretation…And more often than not we wear tinted glasses.
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NRA "School Shield" Report…Just More Mercenary NRA Advertising
The Friends of the NRA released their School Shield report today. If you believe it has evolved from the original post Sandy Hook tone deaf "The only way to stop a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun" message from NRA talking head Wayne LaPierre you will be sorely disappointed.
You will also find that all twelve members of the task force are from law enforcement and security, none from education and five of those members are from RBT Solutions, a for profit security training group which would likely profit from their recommendations.
There is an old adage that says "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
To the report and its finding. The report is linked so you can read each and every word of it, but let's summarize the 10 findings and 10 recommendations.
Finding No. 1: There has been insufficient attention paid to school security needs in our nation, and the greatest security gap falls within the medium- to smaller-size schools, which do not have the level of resources of the larger school districts.
In addition, another gap identified by the assessment teams sent out by the National School Shield Task Force is that older schools, constructed more than ten years ago, have greater security challenges than newer facilities. More recently designed schools have more architectural attention devoted to security features in contrast to the building design and layout of older facilities.
Finding No. 2: Many schools do not have a formal, written security plan, and even for those that do, they are often either inadequate or not properly exercised.
Finding No. 3: A properly trained armed school officer, such as a school resource officer, has proven to be an important layer of security for prevention and response in the case of an active threat on a school campus.
Finding No. 4: Local school authorities are in the best position to make a final decision on school safety procedures, specifically whether an armed security guard is necessary and supported by the education and citizen community.
Finding No. 5: Many public and non-public schools are financially unable to include armed security personnel as part of the school security plan and have resorted to school staff carrying firearms in order to provide an additional level of protection for the students and staff in the event of a violent incident on school property.
Finding No. 6: While the local school leadership should make all final decisions regarding the elements of the school security plan, the individual states, with few exceptions, have not made school security an element of adequacy in school standards.
Finding No. 7: School officials are not generally trained in security assessments or the development of comprehensive safety and security plans. Ideally, a school retains professional assistance in developing their school security plans; however, there is a compelling need for professional-quality online self-assessment tools.
Finding No. 8: Federal funding for the personnel costs of SROs has served as a pathway for increased security in our schools, but federal funding has proved unreliable as a long-term solution to the school safety and security needs of our nation.
Finding No. 9: There are numerous federal agencies and programs that provide valuable school safety resources; however, there is a lack of coordination between the federal agencies resulting in gaps, duplication and inefficiencies.
Finding No. 10: History teaches us that in most violent attacks at a school, there are multiple early warning signs, called pre-incident indicators, of a student or outside person who exhibits threatening behavior and poses a risk to the school.
To summarize…Schools haven't paid attention to security, older schools are harder to secure, armed security is a must, there isn't enough funding, schools can't make their own security assessments and, did I mention armed security is a must and there isn't enough funding.
So, you need armed guards and someone to tell you what to do and you don't have reasonable funding. Should I also point out that the authors of the report train armed guards and law enforcement and do security assessments? Win-Win for the consultants.
No. 1: Training A model-training program has been developed by the NSS Task Force for the professional training of armed personnel in the school environment.
This training will only be open to those who are designated by school officials and qualified by appropriate background investigation, testing and relevant experience.
No. 2: Adoption of Model Law for Armed School Personnel Many states prohibit anyone other than a sworn law-enforcement officer or licensed security guard to carry a firearm in a public or non-public school. In order for a selected school staff member to be designated, trained and armed on school property, the states will have to change current legal restrictions.
No. 3: School Resource Officer Each school that employs an SRO should have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), or an "interagency agreement," between the appropriate law-enforcement agency and the school district. This contract should define the duties and responsibilities of the SRO, as well as the applicable laws, rules and regulations.
No. 4: Online Self-Assessment Tool An internet-based self-assessment tool has been created to allow any school (whether public, private or parochial) to have secure access to comprehensively evaluate and assess the security gaps and vulnerabilities of each school.
No. 5: State Education Adequacy Requirement State standards related to school security vary from non-existent to stringent. Although state responses to school security will naturally vary, there should be a common element that requires all public schools to participate in an assessment and develop a security plan based on the unique requirements of that particular institution.
No. 6: Federal Coordination and Funding Either through legislation or executive action, a lead agency should be designated to coordinate the federal programs and funding of local school safety efforts. The Department of Homeland Security should be designated as the lead, supported by the Department of Education and Department of Justice.
No. 7: Umbrella National Organization to Advocate and Support School Safety. Because of the limitations of federal, state and local funding for school safety, there is an important role that can be filled by a private non-profit advocacy and education organization. The National School Shield is in a position with adequate funding and support from the NRA to fulfill this important national mission.
The NSS mission would: (a) provide national advocacy for school safety; (b) supply ongoing online self-assessment and other tools for public, private and parochial schools; (c) make available best practices in school safety to help guide schools in the development of school safety and security policies; (d) fund innovative pilot projects and training costs for armed school personnel; and (e) provide state-of-the-art training programs in the area of school safety and security.
No. 8: Specific Pilot Program on Threat Assessments and Mental Health. As part of its comprehensive security plan, each school should develop a threat assessment team, which will work in coordination with mental health professionals.
To summarize…The NRA funded study suggests more guns in schools, training by NRA supported businesses, security consulting by NRA supported businesses and there should be an umbrella organization that is, conveniently funded by NRA, change state laws to accommodate recommendations. In other words, this 225 page report is nothing more than a sales pitch for the NRA and its business partners.
One of the recommendations…No. 2, Adoption of Model Law for Armed School Personnel is a demand from the NRA to change state legislation to conform to the NEW NRA recommendations, erasing legislation such as the Safe School Act of 1999 that was championed by the NRA.
"First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period … with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained security personnel." Wayne LaPierre, 1999
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
The report makes it very clear that a guard in schools will eliminate the threats to students…but only glosses over the reality of Columbine…there was a trained security officer on site.
It also fails to address the events like the very recent kidnapping off a school bus in Alabama or the Chowchilla School Bus Hijacking in 1976 where buried in a quarry.
Further it doesn't take into account events like the school shooting in Westside Middle School where, in 1998 five were killed and 10 wounded by students who set up a sniper position across from the school.
Put simply, this "Call for Action" from the NRA only takes into account in school events and its solution is to fortify schools.
Now, let's look at the numbers. There are over 98,000 public schools in the United States, another 33,000 private schools and the 5,000 or so colleges.
IF a school building has just ONE security officer, and that officer is paid $35,000 per year, school boards and county sheriffs are going to have to come up with $3,400,000,000 per year in school districts and counties that are already laying off teachers and deputy sheriffs and police officers due to lack of tax revenue. Federal funds for COPS and CIS programs have been removed from the federal budget by Congress. And that $3.4Billion does not account for training, certification or school security assessments – which would have to be done every couple of years. And it further doesn't include the enhanced physical requirements that this report demands.
Now to a humorous, ironic part of this report. Back in December 2012 the NRA emphatically said that we should not have a knee-jerk reaction to the shootings at a elementary school, yet their entire proposal revolves around a shooting at a school…ignoring the dozen other mass shootings in 2012, from theaters to churches to malls to restaurants. And it certainly doesn't address the other 10,000 killed by gun violence each year.
And one other thing…did you catch the part in the Recommendations that the Department of Homeland Security should be in charge? These are the same folks who now run TSA. And did I mention that five of the Task Force were/are part of Department of Homeland Security…
So, of the 12 members of the NRA advertisement masquerading as a "Call for Action"…five are part of the organization they want running things and five are from a private security company that recommends training and assessments.
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Europa League – Follow the Football match between Buducnost Podgorica and FK Rabotnicki live with Eurosport. The match starts at 18:00 on 7 July 2016. Our live coverage lets you follow all the key moments as they happen.
Have your say by voting on who will win between Buducnost Podgorica and FK Rabotnicki? Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Enjoy some pre-match reading with related articles about these two Football teams.
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The Mushroom Cup is traditionally the first GP in Mario Kart videogames, and Mario Kart 8: Deluxe is no different. However, as the Wii U edition of the videogame introduced a number of new elements to the series – such as new weapons and hover transitions – see how Switch Streamers' Nina adapts to the new mechanics.
Switch Streamers will be hosting two online Mario Kart 8: Deluxe tournaments later today, 28th April 2017. These will take place at 6pm BST (10am PST) and 8pm BST (12pm PST), so check out the forum for more details about how to join us online!


As sophisticated and popular as movies are becoming, there is still nothing like well-done live theatre. There's just something about the energy exuded from live actors, gorgeous sets and the dynamic of an audience sitting in the same room. No film studio, no CGI effects, no on-location shoots - just the raw and original artform left to fend for itself. Following two brilliant studio albums replete with cool production and trend-setting sonics, Portishead achieves this same, irreplaceable energy on their Roseland NYC Live album.
Roseland captures the British trip-hoppers out in full force, accompanied by a 28-piece orchestra and horn section, performing a sampling of the tightest tracks from their two studio albums ('94's Dummy and '97's Portishead). There is a vibrancy that coats and refreshes the songs as they are taken from the studio and placed into the hands of this army of live musicians.
Live albums, in general, tend to walk a fine line. On one hand, they run the risk of rambling through songs that are relative carbon copies of the studio versions, made unique only by the occasional improvised line and mindless between-song rambling. On the other end of the spectrum, a live album can tend to deviate so far from the artist's core sound that it becomes unappealing to their fans – and let's face it: for the most part, live albums are for fans.
With songs being brought magically to life through brilliant arrangements and tasteful deviation from their studio counterparts, Roseland is a live album that has the rare ability to create Portishead fans as well as completely elate existing ones.
With any familiarity to Portishead's catalogue, one is immediately struck by the skill exhibited by the core musicians in interpreting the songs. The drums (played by Clive Deamer and recorded with allowance for the boominess of the Roseland Ballroom) are unshakeable and meaty as they provide the backbone to the beat-heavy trip-hop sound. Beats are flanked by Adrien Utley's weezing guitars, Geoff Barrow's infectious (and incredibly musical) turntables as well as the exquisite keyboard playing of John Baggott. No need of learning to sing here! Add an orchestra and some horns and you are confronted with a huge wall of sound.
Standing on top of this musical mountain is vocalist Beth Gibbons. The voice of Portishead croons through the songs, singing each as though they were as fresh and new as the day they were written. Her smoky, small jazz-club vocals provide an engaging contradiction to the tour-de-force of sound that backs her up.
Moments on Roseland worth noting are plentiful. "Mysterons" ends with the moog synthesizer and orchestra bellowing up to a massive, melodic climax. "Only You" features a riveting keyboard solo and the tastiest turntables on the whole album. "All Mine" is brought to life with a tight and bright horn section – an incredible change from the studio version of the same song in which the horns are muted to imitate a vinyl sample.
It is obvious that the audience is riveted by the concert that they are beholding (listen to the beginning of "Roads"). This same magic is transferred beautifully onto the recording, making Roseland NYC Live a must-hear for everyone from long-time trip-hop connoisseurs to people who've never heard that term before they read this article. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.
Portishead's brilliant songs are given new life in an all-out live spectacle on Roseland NYC Live. These are the songs that made them into an underground sensation, reinterpreted and charged with life. Any Portishead collection is incomplete without this record. True musical brilliance and pristine recording quality meet the highest echelons of genre-crossing underground music. Fantastic.
…apologies for going a bit overboard – they are just that good. You can get simply the best savvy music (www.savvymusic.org) when you know where to llok.


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Q: How to get latitude and longitude in background service? As in the question. How to track location in background service in flutter?

A: Just use the geolocator plugin, you only need one line of code!

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*Add geolocator: ^4.0.3

*import 'package:geolocator/geolocator.dart';

*Add permissions for android & ios

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Two men are facing charges after RCMP in Headingley came across nearly 400 pounds of marijuana hidden in the cab of a semi-trailer truck.
Police were conducting a vehicle inspection at the Headingley weigh scales on August 10 when officers noticed the odour of marijuana coming from the truck's cab.
Officers seized $8,000 in cash and 388 pounds of marijuana concealed in duffle bags and boxes.
Qamer Shams, 40, of Newmarket, Ontario and Jeff Muster, 30, of Surrey, BC are facing numerous drug-related charges. Both men appeared in Winnipeg court on Wednesday.


The "Staro Rīga" Festival has become an inseparable part of the nation's Independence Day celebration traditions in Riga. The festival of light "Staro Rīga" has become highly popular and anticipated among Rigans and tourists. "Staro Rīga" is an exhibition of outdoor installations, used to transform Riga's panorama using modern light and video technology.


...for football season that is...and we are ready!
This isn't a great picture but I had to post the full outfit...jersey, dress, pink converse...and don't forget the necklaces! These are a current fav of Clara's!
ha! Love it! Love Clara's outfit. We miss you guys...Max misses you!
looks like you are all ready!!!


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Q: Setting up a dynamic web project with maven and eclipse I am setting up a web project with maven and eclipse
I followed the steps given here
Java Dynamic Web project with Maven and Eclipse
Now in my eclipse IDE I have a web project with the maven directory structure, I have installed m2e plugin. On doing right click on the project I see a maven option.
Now I am a little confused. How do I clean build and run the project? In the tutorials on
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How do I clean build and run the project?

You will find on the option here
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*Maven Clean will fire the mvn clean command

*Maven Install will fire the mvn install

*Maven Build . Thats just a generic interface to define custom goals
and properties for a new maven build configuration.

In the tutorials on the net I see a black command prompt where developers run some commands. Is something else to be done?. Do I have to install maven in my windows system?

That is completely your choice, if you are comfortable with using the maven from command prompt then yes you will have to install maven in your operating system also. Otherwise if you just going to use maven from within eclipse, then you don't have to set it up on your OS at all

Won't I be able to do all the process from within eclipse?

Yes you can, but sometimes some other commands have to be used besides clean/install , like the deploy command, or any-other , for that, take a look into the Maven Build option. You can make custom configurations here from within eclipse and fire any maven command with arguments as you like.

A: you can also run from eclipse your project> Run as>maven>clean or build or install.
for this you need to configure you eclipse to have maven in it.
if you have maven installed in your directory.
then in eclipse
windows>preference>maven>Installation> add your maven directory here.
after this you dont need to clean build project through command prompt , you can do in your eclipse.


The Mad Ranter: Mansion tax kiboshed?
"I think the Mansion tax is a bad idea because people who work hard, who save, who put money into their home, they shouldn't have the government coming after them every year in respect of that."
So what about that yearly mandatory government collection based on the price of your home known as council tax? What about the money the government takes out of saving accounts in respect of tax?
Well those don't count of course, because a) MPs can claim back their council tax and b) how many of Cameron's mates keep their savings abroad and out of the government's reach?


The sketches below are all drawn by the 21-year-old Nagai Hideyuki from Japan. Inspired by British 3D street artist Julian Beever, Hide uses the same projection technique called anamorphosis which allows to create 3D illusion when viewed from the correct angle. At the age of 17, the artist wanted to become a cartoonist, but didn't have the talent to draw comics. However, three years later, after seeing Julian Beever's street art in the newspaper, Hide decided to create art in the streets of Japan. But he soon realized that it was against the law. This is how he ended up drawing on paper.
Solitude is indeed one of the most extraordinary drawings I have ever seen, and knowing it's all been done with an 0.5 mechanical pen makes it that much more impressive. Fantastic drawing from artist Joe Fenton who has worked for several years in the film industry as a concept designer and sculptor for directors like Terry Gilliam and companies like Disney and Miramax. After studying sculpture at Wimbledon School of Art, Joe has worked for several years in the film industry as a concept designer and sculptor for directors like Terry Gilliam and companies like Disney and Miramax. Her personal work, executed in pencil and ink, are inspired by some of the early Surrealists like Hieronymus Bosch and Breugal.


Japan's economy grew at a 2.2 percent clip in the last quarter on a sharp recovery in exports. The preliminary data released Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, show the world's third-largest economy emerged from recession in October-December, as many economists had forecast. celebs (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) TOKYO (AP) -- Japan emerged from recession last quarter, but the rebound in the world's third-largest economy was much weaker than economists had forecast. Questions and answers about what's next and the possible implications for global growth. HOW IS JAPAN'S RECOVERY DOING? The economy grew quickly at the beginning of 2014 great site before a sales tax hike and then contracted for two quarters, suffering its second recession in five years.


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Primetime Highlights – Feb 28 – 'Cougar Town', 'Parenthood', 'Southland'
For Tuesday, February 28th 2012 LA TV Insider Examiner recommends:
Switched at Birth (ABC Family, 8pm) – "Write a Lonely Soldier" – Bay (Vanessa Marano) hears the news of a deadly crash in Afghanistan and gets nervous that Ty (Blair Redford) might be injured when she doesn't hear back from him within a few days. Emmett (Sean Berdy) is jealous to learn that Bay has been emailing Ty while he's away, which puts some strain on their relationship. At the same time, Daphne (Katie Leclerc) starts to question her relationship with Wilke (Austin Butler) and asks that he start to learn some ASL. Daphne is confronted by a new guy at Carlton school, Travis (Ryan Lane), who questions her loyalty to the school and the program. But, when Daphne's complaints about Travis get him fired from his job at the school, she helps him get a job at John (D.W. Moffett)'s car wash. Travis proves to be a problem there as well. And, the Kennish's lawyer, Craig (Sam Page), finds out that Kathryn (Lea Thompson) gave the nurse some money, which jeopardizes their entire case.
Cougar Town (ABC, 8:30pm) – "Lover's Touch" – There is no time for romance when you're planning a wedding, and Jules (Courteney Cox) is in full "AWATT" mode (All Wedding All the Time), until Travis (Dan Byrd) is in an accident and rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Grayson (Josh Hopkins) is feeling neglected by Jules, so the guys try to cheer him up by inventing a new game called "D-Ball," and things get dangerous when Laurie (Busy Philipps) and Ellie (Christa Miller) want to play.
The River (ABC, 9pm) – "Peaches" – The Magus crew are run aground by another vessel, and soon learn that the seemingly welcoming crew members of a ship claiming to have come to their rescue have in fact a very different agenda, causing a dire, life-and-death situation. The crew also makes a shocking discovery that will leave one of them in tears.
Parenthood (NBC, 10pm) – "My Brother's Wedding" – The Bravermans come together to celebrate a momentous event while Julia (Erika Christensen) and Joel (Sam Jaeger) strive to overcome the emotional rollercoaster adopting a child has put them through. Also, Crosby (Dax Shepard) and Adam (Peter Krause) decide on the fate of The Luncheonette and Sarah (Lauren Graham) makes a difficult decision about her future.
Southland (TNT, 10pm) – "Fallout" – Tang (Lucy Liu) has a bad day that just gets worse when she is served papers and involved in a shooting. Tension flares between Sammy (Shawn Hatosy) and Ben (Ben McKenzie) over the possible planting of drug evidence, and Lydia (Regina King) makes a big decision about her pregnancy.
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I ready to move back to Verizon from Cingular, because of poor phone reception, and I need to purchase a windows based phone for email.
Does anyone know if any new models are due out in the near term? I keep reading about the VX6800, but, I wonder if this phone will ever make it to the market because of the delay after delay.
It will; but I'd say: choose the Treo 700wx or the VX6800. Avoid the Q!
Indeed. I went through 4 or 5 Treo 700w/wx phones, and several Q's.


Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare form of ovarian mature teratoma in which thyroid tissue is the predominant element. Because of its rarity, the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant SO has not been clearly defined. It is believed that malignant transformation of SO has similar molecular features with and its prognosis corresponds to that of malignant tumors originating in the thyroid.
We report 35-year-old woman with bilateral ovarian cysts incidentally detected by ultrasound during the first trimester of pregnancy. Four months after delivery of a healthy child without complication she was admitted to the hospital for acute abdominal pain. Laparoscopic left adnexectomy was performed initially in a regional hospital; right cystectomy was done later in a specialized clinic. Intraoperative frozen section and a final pathology revealed that the cyst from the left ovary was composed of mature teratomatous elements, normal thyroid tissue (>50%) and a non-encapsulated focus of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
Normal and cancerous thyroid tissues were tested for BRAF and RAS mutations by direct sequencing, and for RET/PTC rearrangements by RT-PCR/Southern blotting. A KRAS codon 12 mutation, the GGT → GTT transversion, corresponding to the Gly → Val amino acid change was identified in the absence of other genetic alterations commonly found in PTC.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time this mutation is described in a papillary thyroid carcinoma arising in struma in the ovarii. This finding provides further evidence that even rare mutations specific for PTC may occur in such tumors. Molecular testing may be a useful adjunct to common differential diagnostic methods of thyroid malignancy in SO.
Struma ovarii (SO) is a rare form of ovarian teratoma where thyroid tissue forms a grossly detectible mass or is the major cellular component (>50%). Teratomas comprise approximately 95% of germ cell tumors of which SO accounts for only 3% [1, 2]. The differential diagnosis between benign and malignant SO may be difficult due to the lack of uniform diagnostic criteria . The real incidence of malignancy in SO is unclear because of its rarity but the existing literature indicates that 5%–10% of such tumors are malignant with papillary and less frequently, follicular carcinoma being the most common [1–4]. It is believed that malignant transformation of SO has similar molecular features with and its prognosis corresponds to that of malignant tumors originating in the thyroid [5, 6]. The molecular pathogenesis of papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) is largely associated with genetic alterations in the RET-RAS-RAF-MAPK pathway usually caused by RET/PTC rearrangements (13%–43%) or activating point mutations in the BRAF (29%–83%) or RAS-family genes (0 %–21 %). These molecular alterations occur cumulatively in up to 70% of all follicular cell-derived thyroid carcinomas in a nearly mutually exclusive manner [6–9].
The patient is a 35-year-old woman (gravida 1, para 0, abortus 0) who during the first trimester of pregnancy was diagnosed for bilateral ovarian cysts detected incidentally by ultrasound. She had no significant medical or gynecological history before and was clinically and biochemically euthyroid with normal serum TSH level. Four months after delivery of a healthy child without a complication she was admitted to the hospital for acute abdominal pain. Laboratory data showed normal biochemical parameters and complete blood count. The plasma level of CA-125 was slightly elevated to 42.72 U/ml (35 U/mL, the upper normal limit). An ultrasound scan showed an enlarged left ovary and cystic masses in both ovaries. The patient was operated in December 2008 in a regional hospital where laparoscopic left adnexectomy was initially performed. Intraoperative frozen section pathology revealed that the cyst was composed of mature teratomatous elements including epidermis, sebaceous glands, adipose, normal thyroid tissue (>50%) and a 10 mm non-encapsulated cancerous focus (which was confirmed later to be the FV-PTC on final pathology, Figure 1a and 1b) [10–12]. Because of the finding of cancer the surgeon made a decision not to proceed with the right oophorectomy and to transfer the patient to specialized oncology clinic.
a. Teratoma tissue with mature epidermis (E), sebaceous glands (S), adipose tissue (A) normal (N) and malignant thyroid tissue (PTC) (H&E 40x). b. Fragment of PTC in SO featuring solid-trabecular and follicular growth patterns (H&E 100x).
The tumor from the left ovary showed immunoreactivity to thyroglobulin and thyroid transcription factor-1 (all antibodies from Dako, Carpinteria, CA, USA, data not shown). For molecular investigation 5 μm sections were taken, dewaxed, and lightly stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Normal thyroid tissue and PTC area were manually dissected from 3 serial sections. DNA was extracted using Gentra Puregene Tissue kit (Quiagen, Minneapolis, MN, USA). Total RNA was extracted using Recover All Total Nucleic Acid Isolation Kit (Ambion, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). DNA from the tumor and adjacent benign thyroid tissue was tested by PCR/direct sequencing of genomic DNA for genetic abnormalities that have been described in thyroid cancer originating in the neck, including a portion of BRAF exon 15 and codons 12, 13, 31, 60 and 61 of K- H- and N-RAS. RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 rearrangements were detected using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by Southern blotting. This tumor was found to harbor a KRAS codon 12 mutation, the GGT → GTT transversion, corresponding to the Gly → Val amino acid change (Figure 2). No mutations were found in adjacent benign thyroid tissue. All experimental techniques and primer sequences used were essentially as previously described .
KRAS codon 12 mutation, GGT → GTT, corresponding to the Gly → Val amino acid change.
Case was presented to the multidisciplinary committee at the Institute of Oncology and Radiology of Serbia who decided the patient should undergo reoperation for the right ovarian cyst measuring 80 mm, which was also present at the time of the first surgery. The patient was operated two months after the initial surgery and after median laparatomy a macroscopically enlarged right ovary was verified to contain two cysts. The larger cyst measured 50x45x25 mm and contained soft whitish material. Histology report confirmed benign ovarian cyst with no evidence of other abnormality. An intra-operative frozen section and final pathology of the second smaller cyst 30x25x20 mm in size revealed mature cystic teratoma with benign thyroid tissue. Other tissue components included hair, adipose tissue, cartilage, bone and skin. Both cysts were removed and the right ovary was preserved. Multiple biopsies of the greater omentum, iliac lymph nodes, peritoneum above the urinary bladder and cul de sac showed no signs of malignant spread. Postoperative thyroid function blood test showed normal TSH, calcitonin, thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin antibody levels. Neck ultrasonography revealed a solitary thyroid nodule (6x4 mm) located caudally in the left lobe without signs of enlarged central and jugulo-carotid lymph nodes. No evidence of distant metastases was found on abdominal ultrasonography and chest X-ray. The patient is currently well, without evidence of disease progression one year after the second surgery. She is closely followed up undergoing clinical, radiologic and laboratory examinations every 6 months. At present, the patient is planned for fine needle aspiration biopsy; total thyroidectomy is considered as a further treatment modality .
Thyroid-type carcinoma in SO is rare. Only 6% of cases of malignant transformation in struma ovarii are bilateral and the tumors arise more commonly in the left ovary than in the right [1, 2, 4]. In the described case the tumor was unilateral on the left side. Due to the rarity of the tumor, the real incidence of malignancy, pathobiology and molecular profile of thyroid cancer arising in the ovary remain poorly studied.
Thus far only a few studies have analyzed genetic alterations in thyroid-type carcinoma in SO. Previous case series describe the presence of point mutations in BRAF, NRAS, HRAS, and RET/PTC rearrangements but none in the KRAS gene [6, 15–17]. The present report therefore describes for the first time a KRAS codon 12 mutation in a case of PTC with a follicular growth pattern arising in SO in combination with bilateral teratoma [10–12].
The prevalence of RAS gene family mutations in thyroid-originating PTC ranges from 0 to 21% in different series (about 11% on average) [18, 19]. The highest frequency of RAS mutations has been found in the follicular variant of PTC (43%) while in the tumors with other morphology they are not so common . Alterations most frequently involve codon 61 of HRAS and NRAS and less frequently codons 12 and 13; mutations of KRAS are very rare in general [21–23]. In line with these observations, our previous study in Serbian patients detected RAS mutations in 6/218 (2.8%) classical papillary tumors and 5/44 (11.4%) follicular variant PTCs. Most detected mutations were in codon 61 of NRAS (8/11, 72.7%) and 3/11 (17.3%) were in codon 12 of KRAS.
Thyroid tumors with mutant RAS are frequently encapsulated and display a lower rate of nodal disease which are favorable prognostic factors. On the other hand, RAS mutations are also found in approximately one-half of poorly differentiated and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas and are associated with poor patient survival, suggesting that RAS may have distinct roles in the early and late stage of thyroid cancer [19, 20, 24]. Several studies have demonstrated that tumors carrying any of mutant forms of KRAS are associated with a poor prognosis in a number of human malignancies [24, 25]. Analyzing these reports, we found that a glycine to valine mutation at codon 12 of the KRAS gene, the same mutation that we describe in this report, associates with poor survival in colon cancer  suggesting that this mutation may represent a marker of tumor aggressiveness, perhaps in thyroid cancer as well.
On the other hand, BRAF mutations or RET/PTC rearrangements are commonly seen in thyroid cancer arising in struma ovarii. In one of the largest and most significant studies to date, Schmidt et al., showed that every PTC in SO with the classical growth pattern had the BRAF V600E mutation, and the two mutant BRAF-harboring tumors with follicular architecture had BRAF K601E and BRAF TV599–600M mutation. No follicular carcinomas were identified in this study. Genetic alteration in benign SO has been seen in only one case in the literature. Elisei et al. recently reported the presence of RET/PTC3 rearrangement in histologically benign tissue. In carcinomas of the thyroid, numerous studies have suggested, although equivocally, that BRAF mutation associates with the older age, advanced disease, classical papillary histology and poorer prognosis as indicated by disease-free and overall survival [8, 9]. The presence of RET/PTC rearrangement correlates with some clinicopathological features of PTC such as younger age of patients, tumor morphology and a higher probability of lymph node involvement . No studies have as yet correlated RAS and BRAF mutational status or the presence of RET/PTC rearrangements with clinical behavior in thyroid-type carcinoma arising in SO. However, it is generally assumed that clinical behavior and prognosis of these tumors are similar to those of tumors arising in the thyroid [6, 15–17].
In our study, we describe an unusual case of KRAS mutation-harboring FV-PTC in a patient with bilateral ovarian teratoma. This mutation has not been previously reported in any SO, although it is sometimes detected in PTC of the thyroid and in a variety of other tumor types. Analysis of more cases and a longer period of follow-up will be necessary to determine whether this mutation has prognostic or therapeutic value.
This work was supported in part by Nagasaki University Global COE Program, research grant 22390189 from the JSPS to SY, and Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia Contracts No.145094 and No.173049.
The patient was examined and operated by PR and BR and these authors are responsible for the post-operative care, follow-up and clinical information. RD and MB examined the patient and reviewed the patient's files. RD will operate the patient. ZM and VK performed histopathological examination. BS and VS were responsible for the main conception and laboratory investigation. The manuscript was drafted by BS and VS, and then critically reviewed by LT, BD and SY. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Valeri Divisenko (10 de julio de 1961 – 8 de noviembre de 2008) fue un deportista soviético que compitió en judo. Ganó una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Judo de 1983, y una medalla de oro en el Campeonato Europeo de Judo de 1983.

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INTERVIEW: Henry Cox of Boston Manor
Posted on September 30, 2016 by Allen Halas
With their debut album, "Be Nothing." released today on Pure Noise Records, England's Boston Manor are about to embark on the rollercoaster of their introduction to the world. The Blackpool natives are about to play their first tour of the United States, as well, and we caught up with Henry Cox to talk about the experience:
B&E: How would you describe the sound of Boston Manor?
HC: I don't like to pigeonhole, I tend to just call us a rock band. I guess we combine elements of Alt-Rock, Pop Punk & Emo & mix it all together.
B&E: Your debut album is out today. What was the recording process like for you guys?
HC: It was great, we worked with Neil Kennedy again who did our last EP 'Saudade'. He's a fantastic song writer & he really helped channel & focus our ideas. It's essential for a producer to really get the direction you want to head in & he did just that. It was the first time any of us have recorded a full length & it was certainly an intense process. We were basically just isolated on a farm for 3 weeks, working 12-13 hours a day. I think it definitely made us tighter as a band but it was challenging at times.
B&E: Do you have any favorite songs on the album?
HC: Honestly, I know it sounds like a cop out, but I wouldn't be able to pick one. There's some songs I like more than others but I'm so pleased with how this record turned out; each song means the world to me.
B&E: What's the most exciting part about putting out this record?
HC: Doing just that, the fact that we have released a full length album on a label we love is something very few people get to do. We're fully aware of how lucky we are & we just hope people enjoy the record as much as we do.
B&E: Are you excited to come to the US for a tour? Any specific dates that stand out?
HC: Absolutely, I've never even been to America before, so the fact I get to tour there for a month is so exciting. No particular dates, just the whole experience is one I'm so looking forward to. We're there over Halloween which I know is a big event in the US so I'm really looking forward to that. We may even dress up!
B&E: Finally, if you could tour with any band, who would you pick and why?
HC: I'd like to tour with Thrice, that's a band I really love & their most recent record is one of their best yet; I think that'd be a really sweet tour.
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The Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences organization enables and advances computational research throughout the DOE science community. NERSC and ESnet provide high performance computing and networking resources and expertise to DOE researchers nationwide, and the Computational Research Division (CRD) collaborates with researchers to develop new and improved computational approaches to scientific problems.
Computation has joined experiment and theory as one of the three principal elements of modern scientific research. Computational modeling and simulation are helping to solve problems that cannot be solved by traditional experimental methods because they are prohibitively large or small, unfold too quickly or too slowly, or cost too much. And many of the data sets produced by modern experiments and observations are so large that scientific discovery depends on computational analysis of the results. All of the research programs in the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science have identified major scientific challenges that can only be addressed through advances in scientific computing.
Applied mathematics provides the algorithms (mathematical recipes) to be used in the computer code.
Computer science provides programming languages and tools, computer systems software and middleware, and the hardware on which the scientific application will run.
Computational science creates mathematical models of the phenomena to be researched, then uses the programming languages, tools, and algorithms to create codes that run efficiently on high performance computers.
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Countdown to COP26 - Durham representatives to attend COP26
Representatives from Durham University will be attending COP26 following confirmation that we have been granted provisional observer status for this year's event.
Achieving provisional admittance
The application process began in 2020 and saw us detail how we met 10 criteria needed to gain the observer status for COP26. This included demonstrating our interest in, and commitment to, climate change research and education, and the SDG agenda.
Having met all of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements and been recommended for provisional observer status for this year's COP, we can now send a group of representatives to attend the landmark climate change event in Glasgow this autumn.
Formal observer status
During COP26 a decision will be made by the Parties to the UNFCCC on whether the University, and other provisional attendees, will be granted formal observer status.
Formal observer status would allow us to attend future conferences and Meetings of Parties under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, as well as to apply for exhibits and side-events.
If the formal status is granted at COP26, Durham would join the list of less than 30 universities in the UK with formal COP observer status.
Representation, collaboration and motivation
Attendees from the University will be able to observe open sessions and negotiations at the event in Glasgow, giving them an inside-view on how the climate crisis is being addressed at the highest levels.
Our hope is that this will spark new research and collaboration opportunities and enhance our understanding of the processes of international negotiations around the climate crisis.
Innovative thinking
Durham is already a hub for innovative thinking when it comes to climate change. In September we will be hosting an international, multi-disciplinary conference asking whether international law is equipped to support a sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and achieve the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.
We will bring together experts in international law, climate science and epidemiology, to explore some of the complex linkages between air pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss and human health.
Meanwhile our experts are also sharing their knowledge in other ways. In September Professor Karen Johnson from our Engineering department will give a keynote speech at the Orkney International Science Festival about her work on soil regeneration.
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Find out about our upcoming international law conference and how to register if you would like to join. Discover more about the work of Professor Karen Johnson, our Department of Engineering and the Orkney International Science Festival.
Countdown to COP26 – Why international law is at the heart of solving the climate crisis
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Mansur al-Hallaj (c. 858 – 26 March 922) was a Persian monist philosopher, mystic, writer and teacher of Sufism. His full name was Abu al-Mughith al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj.
— I am the Truth.As quoted in From Primitives to Zen : A Thematic Sourcebook of the History of Religions (1967) by Mircea Eliade, p. 523; this is the primary assertion for which he was condemned as a heretic. "al-Haqq" ("The Truth") is one of the most holy names and attributes of Allah (God), and by this statement his persecutors asserted that Al Hallaj was claiming to be God.
I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart, and I said "Who are you?" and he said "Your Self."
Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition.He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.


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