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hello nice reederz its dennis the vizsla dog hay wel as yoo probly reemember i hav had a fyoo ummm noo helth challendjes in the last yeer or so on top of the hart murmer wot i hav had for a wile!!! so i think it is abowt time for an updayt on how i am feeling!!!
and hoo better to rite that updayt then me dennis the vizsla dog??? nobuddy!!! wel ok maybe my vets but i wood probly hav to pay them but stil i am the nekst best awthoritee on myself chek it owt!!!
now of korse the biggest reesent helth nooz for me wuz the ost … osteo … owtch … owtcheosarcoma in my hip wot wuz fownd unekspektedly in december just after the fire!!! which probly meens that it wuz kawzd by the fire rite??? dada sez that is a lodjikal fallasee but wot duz he no he never yoozed his filosofee degree for ennything!!! wot i hav got is kalld an axial owtcheosarcoma on akkownt of it is in my elvis the pelvis and not in wun of my lims sutch as my leg or my other leg or my other leg or my other leg on the wun hand that is bad on akkownt of the toomer kannot be reemoovd or ampyootayted or killd with the raydeeayshun but on the other hand axial owtcheosarcomas are not as aggressiv as the kind of owtcheosarcoma wot mite be fownd in my leg or my other leg or my other leg or my other leg!!! see it is troo i do not hav an agressiv bone in my body!!! the toomer wuz insted treeted with pallyativ raydeeayshun wich is the kind of raydeeayshun wot wants to be yore frend!!! prior to the pallyativ raydeeayshun i had ben kind of hobbling arownd on three legs holding my wun bak leg up in the air but sinse then i hav ben aybel to git arownd with my yoozhual vizsla trot check it owt!
yeah go me!!! i can git on the furnitcher mostly all by myself for my furnitcher therapy and sinse dada tuk the legs off the hyooman bed i can git up and down frum that verry eezily as well!!! wich is all gud becuz i do need my furnitcher therapy!!!
now wen i got my pallyatv raydeeayshun the anklyosaurolodjist sed that the median servival time for dogs with my kind of owtcheosarkoma wuz siks months!!! we ar now five months owt frum my diagnosis and the anklyosaurolodjist sez that he cud not be mor pleezd with how i am dooing after my treetmint and neether cud mama and dada and me!!! we are all hoping that the raydeeayshun treetmint keeps me feeling gud and trotting arownd the bakyard for menny munths yet to come!!!
now the other big helth nooz wot i got last yeer wuz the diagnosis of inflayshunerry bowl dizeez hmm no wait that wood meen i wuz gitting a bigger fud bowl no its inflayshunerry bowel dizeez hmm no wayt that is not rite eether that wood meen i hav got a big butt like wun of those rappers girlfrends i hav herd abowt now it is inflammatory bowel dizeez or eye beady thats the other thing!!! i wuz diagnosd with that over the summer and an unfortchoonat side effekt of the raydeeayshun treetmint wuz that i had a kuple of pritty seeryus flayr ups of the eye beady on akkownt of the raydeeayshun nockd owt sum of my intestimonial flora!!! wotever that meens!!! but suffice to say that for three or fore weeks i got to yooze the saym soft washcloths and baby wipe warmer wot tucker yoozed to yooze!!! the washing masheen shoor ernd its keep wile that wuz going on!!!
mama and the internalist vetnameez persun tried me on varyus diffrent types of hidrolized and hypoallerdjenik and speshulized fuds and also after konsultayshun with my cardy-o vet deesided that my hart wuz dooing wel enuf that i cud be put on prednisone wich mama sez is the big gun for eye beady it wuz the last thing they tried with my brother tucker just befor the eye beady tuk him over the bridj and things finaly started terning arownd for my deeposits in the yard!!! wen i started mayking solid wuns agin mama and dada wer so happy they tuk pikchers of it hoo noo that solid dog poops cud mayk hyoomans so happy??? i gess it must be sum reely wunnerful poop rite??? so heer is a pikcher of it for all of yoo to enjoy!!!
ha ha ha i am just kidding that is not my poop it is akchooally patrick stewarts poop!!! becuz dada sed i cudnt just throw unekspekted poop in evrywuns fayse on akkownt of this is a sivilized blog!!! but if yoo reely want to see it yoo kan klick on patrick stewart and yoo wil see the pikcher of the poop wot mayd mama and dada so happy!!! yoo hav ben warnd!!!
now yoo may be wundring wot majikal hydrolyzed hypoallerdjenik pixie dust kind of fud it wuz wot finaly setteld my intestinals wel gess wot??? it wuz not enny of that stuf!!! do yoo no wot it wuz??? it wuz pasta and eggs!!!
yes thats rite i am finaly gitting those noodels wot i wuz promissd all those menny yeerz ago!!!
mama has ben studdying her doggy nootrishun buks wot she got frum the faymus dog nootrishunist monica segal frum the mithikal land of cananda eh??? she has also ben konsulting with the nootrishunist direktly abowt how to supplement my noodel and egg dishes wile she — hay why duz evrywun keep stayring at my nose?!?!
in addishun to giving me my noodels and eggs strait up mama has also ben blending them and stuffing them into my pickel toys and freezing them!!! this is a verry speshul treet for me the naym of the treet is oh my god dennis stop barking!!! i hily rekomend it for those of yoo wot like pasta and eggs!!!
this is me enjoying a delishus helping of oh my god dennis stop barking!!!
now as it terns owt gitting startid on the prednisone wuz a gud thing for me on akkownt of the prednisone has also ben helping with yet another of my kondishuns and that is the hips displeezya and arthuritis!!! we no this on akkownt of how wen we started to dial it bak a littel i started dooing wot mama kallz the ballerina pose ware i sort of put my bak feet together and toe owt!!! after bumping it bak up i am feeling a lot better and not dooing the ballerina pose wich is gud becuz i did not want to hav to start waring a tutu!!! wich is like a cone of shaym for yore butt i gess!!! and yoo no wot i think of the cone of shaym!!!
as for my other kondishuns wot hav ben rather longer standing then theez laytest wuns my hart is in pritty gud shayp sinse adding in the pimobendan in faky my hart murmer has ben downgrayded from class five to class three/four!!! this is wun kayse ware beeing lower class is better!!! and as for my anxiety and noise fobias wile they do stil eksist as wuz preedikted by my beehayvorist a long long time ago i hav finaly started to git a littel hard of heering and that meens that there ar fyoor noyses to be fobiad abowt!!! so insted of wurrying evry time they start blowing stuff up at camp paddington bear insted i offen sleep thru it now!!!
so their yoo hav it i am as they say haynging in their!!! and eeven tho mama and dada no that the toomer in my elvis the pelvis is going to git me if the eye beady duznt git me first, i kind of dont ever reely think abowt things like that on akkownt of i hav stil got a nice soft bed and mamas shirt to sleep on!!!
and eeven tho i kannot play my fayvrit sports like fetch ennymor i kan stil watch sports frum the comfort of my own home!!!
yeah that charlee is pritty gud at fetch for a kitty!!! i think i am going to say that i tawt her evrything she nos!!! after all sumbuddy in this howse needs to kerry on the fetch tradishun after i am gawn!!! ok bye
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Great to get an update from you. Typhoon battles IBD, too, except his manifests itself as a full refusal to eat – at all. The prednisone has been a life saver – literally – though we are unable to wean him off of it without him stopping eating. Sigh. Miss Kiska says the best way to play the senior card is to act mopey and then the humans give lots and lots and lots of affection. Best wishes!
Holding your own is pretty darn good, Dennis, considering all that your body is fighting. We thank you for the update and hope you DO have many, many more months and months of doing better. Hugs,
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Dennis we are happy to hear that you are hanging in there. Pasta and eggs sounds pretty good!. Keep on keeping on furiend!
Hazel & Mabel
Oh WOWZERZ Dennis – You iz soundin'so good – gotta great update that we thank-u fer. We Beaglebratz Ladiez an'our mom all watched your videoz – u iz just lookin'so good just trottin'all over the place. We look forward to many more great blog postz frum u.
Lady Shasta'n Miss Maizie
Wow Dennis you are doing incredibly well, you are trotting around just pawfectly! Well done fella.
And as fur pasta and eggs, yum, yum, good choice, they sound delicious!
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Hiya Dennis! Glad to see that you are doing well, and you have your humans so well trained that they will cut the legs of the Big Dog Bed so you can get in and out more easily! Our Mom was muttering something about "correlation not implying causality" but as usual, we have No Idea what she's talking about. (I guess it's those philosophy people – she pulled out her diploma to get framed after 500 years, and apparently she's a doctor of philosophy. I thought she studied recreation for statisticians or something, but what do I know?) BTW, as you can see, the watery tub of doom hasn't swallowed me up yet! 😉
*kissey face*
-Saint Fiona the Patient, Crazy Daisy, and Lucy-Fur
Thanks for the update Dennis. We have studied all you have told us and we think that the hooman furniture therapy is what is working for you. We can see a bounce in your step that comes from knowing your daddy will lower beds for you. Keep it up buddy!
Stopping by for a visit!
Murphy & Stanley
Marvellous news Dennis, in all the doctory areas. Your mum and dad and the hipster Kittens must be so happy, and the vets too. Your trotting is great and those noodles look delicious. Gilly and Hedy had some macaroni for their dinner tonight. We are so glad to read you are feeling so well!!


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That the Asian behemoth is far from the world's most open and transparent economy is hardly news. The lack of openness cuts through China's entire economy - its wind sector has no monopoly on opacity and detachment. But recent pronouncements by the Chinese government suggested that the wind sector at least might soon blaze a trail and take a blowtorch to the ice. Now it stands accused of turning the freeze back on.
At the turn of this year, Chinese officials pledged to bin the nakedly protectionist rule that 70% of Chinese wind plant components must be manufactured locally. The news came as a relief to foreign investors, who relished the prospect of new business in the East. Yet, only eight months later, the US's biggest industrial trade union says the revocation of the local content law was nothing more than a mirage.
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United Steelworkers say that the Chinese government has reneged on its promise to abandon the controversial rule - and that the Chinese wind sector remains as protectionist as ever.
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Some observers might sniff at the irony of a trade union seemingly flying the flag for free trade. But no matter, its critique is clear and wide-ranging and deserves a hearing. This journal has always been an opponent of protectionism - and notes that China now runs the risk of compounding its poor record on free trade if it is found guilty of saying one thing and doing another.
That point, however, has not yet come. China remains merely accused - it has not been convicted. It still has the chance to back up its pledge to strip away protectionist trade restrictions with clear evidence that it is serious about opening up its markets. It must do so swiftly.
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Since the release of the previous milestone, work on BPMN2 Choreography support has advanced significantly. It is now possible to:
NOTE: We currently only support Choreography Task, Exclusive and Parallel Gateways within the BPMN2 choreographies. Intermediate events, other gateways and activities will be added in subsequent versions - if you have particular need for a component, then please raise a jira including an example model where possible.
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The way the Eclipse plugins have been organised has slightly changed for this release. We have introduced an 'incubator' feature, which will be used to provide access to experimental features before they are considered stable enough to move into the main feature.
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I have also written another article where the intention was to install step by step the scripts to investigate how openbox was installed on Antergos. That article can be found here. It will give you even more information about Openbox.
Antergos is an arch based linux distribution and by consequence many of the Arch wiki pages can be used to solve eventual hardware issues. But it is not Arch Linux. After downloading the iso you can burn it and boot from it (or write the iso to an usb) and you will be presented with a graphical installation (gnome).
It takes a dozen graphical screens to complete the installation and none of them are highly technical. Antergos does not strand you in a terminal where you should type in commands. In that respect Antergos and Arch Linux are quite different. In Arch Linux you will have to read the beginners wiki and the installation wiki and figure out what to do, what not to do and when to do it. For a beginner in linux – let us be honest – this is an impossible task.
Antergos can be an alternative way to have an arch based system the easy way with the use of their graphical installer – Cnchi. Antergos users will also be able to use the AUR or Arch User Repository. The AUR is a great library, where all the scripts are kept, in order to install thousands of applications.
Like Arch Linux Antergos is a rolling release meaning once you installed the system, you will never need to install it again. You will get the updates and that is that. You will get the latest version of any application. So there is no release distributions like e.g. Ubuntu 17.04 or so. The iso, you can download, will get a monthly update, or so, in order to have the latest kernel/applications on it.
If you used a debian based system then you installed applications with
sudo apt install
On an arch based system it will be
sudo pacman -S
Installation Screenshots
Once you have figured out how to boot from the dvd or usb on your system, you will be presented with the graphical interface. If you have problems with booting then you google your computername and bios or bootsequence and keyboard shortcut. When booting up you get one second or so to see possible keyboard shortcuts. In a hurry then try escape, F2, F8 and delete.
There are two important screens I would like to draw your attention to.
Antergos makes it easy to install a specific desktop environment. Just click on it.
You can choose 6 different desktop environments. The base installation is interesting for example to install budgie or i3.
You can install important applications with a switch
We activate the AUR. It was our big application database which we activate here already. We can install many applications after rebooting.
LTS stands for Long Term Support. We will be using the latest kernel 4.9.x at the moment but we can also decide to install 4.4.x as a fallback kernel.
Installation tutorial
If you really want to see all the steps I take when installing Antergos, you can see a video tutorial in this article. We will install Antergos Mate in VirtualBox. Ofcourse it can be any of the desktop environments Antergos provides us.
Welcome screen
This will be our welcome screen after reboot. Not much to see and no standard menu available. The menu is activated with right-mouse click.
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Ross Detwiler tossed six solid innings and the Nationals sent Santana to his fifth loss in the last five starts.
Handed a 2-0 lead, the two-time Cy Young Award winner was perfect through three innings. But the NL East leaders strung together four consecutive hits in the fourth, capped by Morse's 12th homer.
Harper, coming off a 3-for-32 road trip, turned on a fastball in the fifth for a two-run shot.
The Nationals, who have the best record in baseball, returned home following an 8-2 trip and have won 10 of 12 overall. Washington began the day four games ahead of second-place Atlanta.
Losers of five of seven, the Mets fell to 10-23 since the All-Star break and have dropped 10 of 13 to the Nationals this season.
Detwiler (7-5) allowed three runs and six hits with one strikeout and a walk.
Craig Stammen gave up a homer to Mets newcomer Kelly Shoppach leading off the seventh and Drew Storen worked the eighth. Tyler Clippard walked two in the ninth before earning his 26th save.
Since throwing a career-high 134 pitches to finish off the first no-hitter in Mets history on June 1, Santana (6-9) has allowed plenty of hits and runs. The 33-year-old left-hander, who missed last season following major shoulder surgery, permitted six runs and seven hits over five innings Friday. He is 0-5 with a 15.63 ERA in his past five starts, allowing at least six runs in each appearance. Since the no-hitter, he has lost seven of 10 decisions.
Santana gave up consecutive singles to Jayson Werth, Harper and Ryan Zimmerman in the fourth, loading the bases for Morse. The cleanup man launched a 1-1 fastball the opposite way to right-center for a 4-2 Nationals lead, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.
Werth kept the fifth inning alive with a two-out single and the 19-year-old Harper sent a shot to right-center for his 11th home run.
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Detwiler then walked Ronny Cedeno, but avoided further damage and allowed only one run and three hits over his final five innings. In three starts this season against the Mets, the lefty is 2-0 with 1.50 ERA.
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Festivals and Holidays in ThailandAndrew Mason
Most festivals are full of traditional cultural practices, and although many celebrations seem light-hearted, most are also marked with a visit to the local temple to give gifts, say prayers and make wishes (known as making merit).
Although usually revolving around traditional Thai and religious practices, most Thai people are happy for westerners to join in the festivities and welcome the opportunity to show off their culture and as a way to make new friends.
Here is a list of the main festivals. Most festivals revolve around the phases of the moon, so these are only rough dates.
King's Birthday
December 5th provides people with the perfect opportunity to demonstrate their love and devotion to His Majesty the King. The best place to experience this festival is Bangkok, which is lavishly decorated, especially along Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang, near the Grand Palace.
That Phanom Festival
This festival is celebrated in January and involves 10-day homage to the northeast's most sacred Buddhist stupa (Phra That Phanom) in Nakhon Phanom Province. The festival is attended by pilgrims from all over Thailand and Laos.
Bangkok International Film Festival
Also in January, this is a great way to enjoy some award winning films and get an introduction into Asian cinema. (www.bangkokfilm.org).
Chiang Mai Flower Festival
A must see if you are in Chiang Mai in January. The city explodes in colour as the streets are filled with floats and parades exhibit Chiang Mai's diverse plant life.
Chinese New Year
Not to be missed, this vibrant festival usually takes place around the end of January and is known as trut jiin in Thai. Celebrated all over Thailand with a week of house-cleaning, lion dances and fireworks, a good place to witness the festivities is Bangkok's China Town.
Magha Puja
Held around the full moon of the third lunar month, this festival commemorates Lord Buddha's preaching to 1250 enlightened monks who came to hear him 'without prior summons'. Naturally, alcohol is banned during this festival, which features a candle-lit walk around the (main chapel) at every wat.
Also not to be missed, this celebration of the Thai New Year takes place between April 13 - 15. Perhaps the liveliest festival of the year, people celebrate by visiting the temple, exchanging gifts and throwing water at each other.
Khao Phansa
In mid-late July, this festival marks the start of Buddhist 'Lent'. This is the time of year when many young men enter the monkhood, where they will stay for three months during the monsoon season. The festival is celebrated in most towns and especially schools by parades of huge carved candles on floats in the streets, culminating in a visit to the temple, where offerings are made to the monks.
Vegetarian Festival
Usually taking place in October, this is a great opportunity for visitors to try the delicious selection of Chinese and Thai vegetarian food which suddenly fills the streets during this nine-day festival. As well as visiting the temple, many people demonstrate their devotion with displays of self-mortification, especially in Phuket!
Loi Krathong
One of the most awaited festivals of the year, Loi Krathong takes place at the start of November, when people float small boats made from lotus leaves, candles and incense to apologise to the water spirits for polluting the water. This is a vibrant celebration filled with fireworks, dancing and drinking.
Surin Annual Elephant Roundup
Held on the third weekend of November, Thailand's biggest elephant show is an unusual experience which is worth a look if you are around Surin at the time.


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2012-13 Swimming & Diving Schedule Set
By ODU Athletics
Aug. 23, 2012
NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion men's and women's swimming and diving schedule has been set for the 2012-13 season.
The Monarchs and Lady Monarchs will have four home meets at the J.C. "Scrap" Chandler Pool in the Student Recreation Center in addition to the annual Blue/Gray Intrasquad and the Second Annual Five Mile Swim-A-Thon.
Blue/Gray Intrasquad will take place on September 15th while the season will officially kick off on October 12th-13th as the men take on 11-time Colonial Athletic Association Champion UNCW and the women take on the University of Richmond in addition to the Seahawks.
ODU will host the Second Annual Five Mile Swim-A-Thon on October 20th and close out the month of October traveling to Delaware on October 27th.
The Monarchs and Lady Monarchs will host a quad meet on November 2nd-3rd featuring Towson and George Mason on the men's side and the women facing both Towson and George Mason as well as Northeastern.
Old Dominion will then travel to Chapel Hill to the University of North Carolina for the Nike Cup being held November 16th-18th.
The team will then close out the 2012 calendar year on December 1st hosting George Washington with Rutgers also on the schedule for the women.
Following their annual winter training trip to Florida, the Monarchs and Lady Monarchs return for three meets in January. ODU will travel to UMBC on January 12th, take on East Carolina and Campbell in Greenville, N.C. on January 19th, and close out the meet season hosting William & Mary on January 26th, which will serve not only as senior day, but Alumni Appreciation Day as well.
While Old Dominion will not be eligible for the team titles at the 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Championships, the Monarchs and Lady Monarchs can still earn individual honors. The CAA Championships will take place February 27th - March 2nd on the campus of George Mason.
Click here to view the schedule.


text: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Shope) Pohl et al. (ATCC® 27088™) Click here to learn about our Enhanced Authentication Initiative Strain Designations: 4074 [CCM 5869, HK 405] / Type Strain: yes / Biosafety Level: 2 General Information Characteristics Culture Method History Documentation Print Email Share Share this product Facebook Twitter Google+ Permits and Restrictions View Permits Deposited As Haemophilus parahaemolyticus Pittman Verified By Whole-genome Sequencing Strain Designations 4074 [CCM 5869, HK 405] Application CharacterizationRespiratory research Isolation Lung of swine, Argentina Biosafety Level 2 Biosafety classification is based on U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines, it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that their facilities comply with biosafety regulations for their own country. Antigenic Properties Serotype 1 Product Format freeze-dried Storage Conditions Frozen: -80°C or colderFreeze-Dried: 2°C to 8°CLive Culture: See Propagation Section Preceptrol® no Genome Sequenced Strain Yes Type Strain yes Antigenic Properties Serotype 1 Comments TaxonomySerologyGenome sequencing strain Medium ATCC® Medium 814: GC Agar/Broth Medium Growth Conditions Temperature: 37°C Atmosphere: 5% CO2 Name of Depositor J Nicolet Chain of Custody ATCC <-- J Nicolet <-- J Callis <-- R Shope Isolation Lung of swine, Argentina References Borr JD, et al. Analysis of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae and related organisms by DNA-DNA hybridization and restriction endonuclease fingerprinting. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 41: 121-129, 1991. PubMed: 1847295 Kilian M, et al. Biochemical and serological characterization of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae (Matthews and Pattison 1961) Shope 1964 and proposal of a neotype strain. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 28: 20-26, 1978. Moller K, et al. Actinobacillus minor sp. nov., Actinobacillus porcinus sp. nov., and Actinobacillus indolicus sp. nov., three new V factor-dependent species from the respiratory tract of pigs. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46: 951-956, 1996. PubMed: 8863422 Nicolet J. Sur l'hemophilose du porc. III. Differentiation serologique de Haemophilus parahaemolyticus. Zentralbl. Bakteriol., I Abt., Orig. 216: 487-495, 1971. . . Pathol. Microbiol. 31: 215-225, 1968. Pohl S, et al. Transfer of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae and the Pasteurella haemolytica-like organism causing porcine necrotic pleuropneumonia to the genus Actinobacillus (Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae comb. nov.) on the basis of phenotypic and deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 33: 510-514, 1983. Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 30: 225-420, 1980. Cross References Nucleotide (GenBank) : Z49708 A. pleuropneumoniae tbp1 gene. Nucleotide (GenBank) : A56682 Sequence 1 from Patent EP0733708. Nucleotide (GenBank) : M75074 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae 16S small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence. Nucleotide (GenBank) : AACK01000000 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 1 str. 4074, whole genome shotgun sequencing project Permits These permits may be required for shipping this product: Customers located in the state of Hawaii will need to contact the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to determine if an Import Permit is required. A copy of the permit or documentation that a permit is not required must be sent to ATCC in advance of shipment. Basic Documentation Product Sheet Certificate of Analysis SDS FAQs Accessing genome sequencing dataDate Updated: 9/30/2019 Criteria for reference quality genomesDate Updated: 9/30/2019


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Woman, boyfriend charged with child endangerment
Police say girl had healing fractures, multiple bruises
A 19-year-old woman and her 18-year-old boyfriend were charged Tuesday with endangering the welfare of a child.
Brittaney N. Gannaway and Jonathan R. Hale taken into custody on Sunday.
Kansas City police said they were called to an apartment at 14410 South U.S. 71 to check on two children.
The 2-year-old girl was taken to a hospital to be checked over.
According to court documents, doctors found the girl had healing fractures, black eyes and multiple bruises.
Investigators said Gannaway told them the girl was clumsy and hit her head on something in the apartment. Gannaway later said the child had fallen off her bike, according to court records.
Neighbor Latisha Willis said she was stunned when emergency crews arrived on Sunday.
"To be in the same building that they live in and to not know anything is going on is kind of, it kind of hurts a little bit, too," Willis said. "We could've maybe stopped anything from happening to the little girl."
The prosecutor's office said neither Gannaway nor Hale sought medical help for the child's injuries.
Hale's mother told KMBC 9 News that the couple wouldn't hurt a child. She said the 2-year-old was something of a daredevil who managed to climb and jump off her dresser several times.
"You jump off of a dresser that stands clear up to my chin and you're going to get a bruise and knock and bump on it," said Stacy Hale.
She said she doesn't think there was anything malicious involved.
"This wasn't mean and this wasn't mischief. It was the fact that they probably were scared and they should've taken her to the doctor in the first place," said Stacy Hale.
Prosecutors requested $200,000 bail for Gannaway and Hale.
The Children's Place helps take care of abused children in Jackson County. Linda Dodds said a call to a child abuse hotline may be the best way to save a child.
"It doesn't mean it'll be confirmed. It's not saying that you're right or wrong. It's just bringing it to somebody's attention. I think that's the most important thing we can do," Dodds said.
Anyone wanting to report a case of child abuse or suspected abuse can call hotlines in Kansas and Missouri. The Missouri Child Abuse Hotline is 800-392-3738. In Kansas, the number to call is 800-922-5330.


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Many people take medications and avoid their triggers to control their allergies. Allergy shots are another type of treatment that can provide long-term relief of allergy symptoms. Allergy shots are a type of treatment for allergies. The goal of the treatment is to make your body less sensitive to allergens. These are the substances that cause your allergies. You will have allergy testing to determine your allergens before having allergy shots.
Each allergy shot contains a small dose of the substances that cause your allergies. The dose is slowly increased as your treatment continues. You'll get shots once or twice a week at first. After about 3 to 6 months you will reach your maintenance level. Then you will get shots every 2 to 4 weeks. Your allergy shots may continue for a few years or even longer. It is important to stay on schedule to give the shots the best chance to work.
When deciding whether or not to have allergy shots, you and your health care provider should think about the following:
How long your symptoms last each allergy season or whether or not you have symptoms all of the time.
The severity of your allergy symptoms.
Whether or not medications and avoiding triggers help you.
Your desire to continue taking allergy medication.
Time and cost of allergy shots.
Allergy shots are given by injection in the upper arm. You may receive one shot or you may receive more than one. This depends on the how many things are causing your allergies. You may feel a slight sting when you get each shot.
You'll need to wait for 30 minutes before you can leave. This is to make sure you're not having a serious reaction to the shot. You may have itchiness and soreness in your arm or sneezing and nasal congestion. If you do, however, have a serious reaction, you'll receive treatment while you're in your provider's office.
In rare cases, allergy shots can cause a reaction called anaphylaxis. This is a life-threatening problem that must be treated right away. Go to the emergency room, or call 911 if you have any of the following:
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It's been two and a half years since Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's idea of what a tablet should be -- the now iconic iPad. Since then, more than 100 million iPads have been sold. They're seemingly everywhere: Doctors use them to organize patient records; football teams use them as playbook replacements; musicians use them to create music, and artists, art; companies are adopting them by the thousands for a variety of purposes and school students use them for study.
To compete with the iPad juggernaut, competitors offered up tablets in various sizes, with the more successful ones built around a 7-in. screen and often carrying a price tag half that of the Retina iPad's $499 entry-level price. Samsung has the Galaxy Tab 7, Amazon has the Kindle Fire HD, and Google has the Nexus 7, to name a few.
The iPad Mini (left) and a T-Mobile Huawei S7-303u SpringBoard 4G (right), one of many similar-sized rivals in the small tablet market. The Huawei tablet weighs more. (Image: Michael deAgonia).
Unwilling to cede the 7-in. tablet market to anyone, Apple on Oct. 23 introduced the iPad Mini (along with a number of other important updates, including a fourth-generation iPad with a faster processor and a 13-in. MacBook Pro with a Retina display). Pre-orders for the iPad Mini started two days later and the first ones arrived Friday -- including the one I bought for myself (a black 32GB Wi-Fi-only model). Prices start at $329 for the 16GB Wi-Fi-only model and climb past $600 if you want more storage and cellular wireless capabilities, Including LTE where available.
The iPad Mini is pretty much a shrunken iPad 2. At 7.87-in. high, 5.3-in. wide, it's about two-thirds the size of the full-size, 9.7-in. iPad and weighs just 0.68 of a pound. And it's just over a quarter-inch thick.
Therein lies its main appeal: You get pretty much the full iPad experience in a smaller, thinner and lighter package. After extended time using the Mini, my wrists never felt the fatigue inherent in using the heavier 9.7-in. iPads, which weigh just under 1.5 pounds.
Technical details
The Mini's LED-lit 7.9-in. screen offers the same resolution as non-Retina iPads: 1024 X 768 pixels (though those pixels are packed closer together in the smaller iPad, making the screen a little sharper than on the iPad 2). The screen is encased in a sleek, minimalist black/slate or white/silver aluminum-and-glass housing. If you've seen the new iPhone 5, you have an idea of what the iPad Mini case looks like.
The Mini uses a dual-core Apple-designed A5 processor, a battery designed for up to 10 hours of use on the Wi-Fi model or nine hours with cellular use, and front and back cameras for photos and video. The front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera can shoot 720p HD video for high quality video chats, while the rear-facing 5MP camera can take 1080p HD video.
Like other iPads, the on/off switch is located on top toward the right, while on the upper right side is a user-configurable mute/rotate-lock switch, as well as volume up and down keys. The round home button remains the single physical part on the iPad's front face.
All models feature 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (with 802.11n in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies), as well as Bluetooth 4.0; the new, thinner, reversible Lightning connector; a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, built-in stereo speakers, a microphone, a digital compass, three-axis gyro, an accelerometer, an ambient light sensor, and support for Apple's digital assistant, Siri.
Look and feel
After using a variety of 7-in. tablets in recent months, I can safely say the iPad Mini is unmatched in build quality by any of its competitors. But the best thing is that this model has remedied the biggest problem with the iPad line-up: weight. I never got tired of holding the Mini the way I have when using a regular iPad. Like the iPhone 5, the iPad Mini feels like a sci-fi movie prop; it's hard to imagine it will actually function until you turn it on.
A full-size iPad (rear) with the new iPad Mini in front. (Image: Michael deAgonia).
When I pulled the Mini out of the box and pressed the power button, the battery was almost fully charged, at 98%. I was able to set up the iPad using an iCloud restore, which automatically brought over all of my information, including user data such as app and system settings, text messages, calendars, email and contacts, camera roll pictures, photo streams, and apps and assorted media from iTunes.
I was immediately impressed by the design: the anodized aluminum and thinner/smaller/lighter package feels great in the hand. I wasn't the only one to notice. Coworkers flocked to see the device, and even the most hardened IT guys admitted a soft spot for Jonny Ive's design.
I really can't emphasize how great the iPad Mini feels in hand. It's very light while still feeling solid, not at all flimsy for a device so thin. The front borders surrounding the screen are so thin, placing a thumb on the screen will be unavoidable for many users; but that's okay. Apple engineers have updated iOS to compensate, and in my testing, I never accidentally shifted the screen contents due to thumb contact.
I found battery life to be excellent, running all day and into much of the night while downloading more than 20GB of data via WiFi in an afternoon. The iPad Mini was still going strong into the next afternoon before I decided to recharge it when battery indicator dropped to 10%.
Good product design is one thing, but these days, that alone isn't enough to guarantee success. A robust app and content ecosystem, reliability, interoperability with current devices and longevity are what count. The good news is that the iPad slips right into Apple's digital ecosystem. With more than 700,000 iPhone and iPad apps (275,000 specifically designed for the iPad), the largest collection of music available in one place, 1.5 million iBooks, and iCloud for data syncing and backups, all of Apple's digital wares and services work just as well on the iPad Mini as on any other Apple device. So if you're already invested in Apple's ecosystem, this device won't let you down.
The only caveat is the new Lightning dock connector, which is not backwards compatible with the old 30-pin dock connectors Apple and third-party accessory makers have been using for the past decade. Apple sells adapters, but be sure to check compatibility before purchasing.
The screen
When it comes to the iPad Mini's screen, whether you're impressed by it or not depends on your own experience. The office visitors who arrived just to gawk at the new tablet had one of two reactions: the screen was either gorgeous or lackluster. Accounting for the difference of opinion: whether they'd already seen one of Apple's Retina-class displays. Those who were used to a Retina display on an iPhone, iPad or the MacBook Pro released last summer quickly noticed the lack of it here. Those who haven't used an Apple product with such densely packed pixels found the iPad Mini's display impressive.
The screen is clearly not a Retina display; it's especially noticeable to me with on-screen fonts. Of course, it doesn't help that I'm surrounded by Retina products every day, including my own iPhone 5 and a larger iPad, plus the 13-in. MacBook Pro I'm using and will review soon.
The iPad Mini is essentially a scaled down iPad 2. (Image: Michael deAgonia).
The pixel density is still greater than on the iPad 2 (163 pixels per inch, about half the pixel density of a Retina display), and color reproduction, brightness and viewing angles are all high-quality on the iPad Mini, thanks to the use of IPS technology. This weekend, I found myself reaching for this device more often than my iPhone 5 or my Retina iPad, so the pixel density can't really be bothering me too much.
Although the screen on this device is, obviously, physically smaller than on the larger iPads, the 1024 X 768 pixel count means iOS 6 works without any modifications. There are smaller touch points in the software, though, which you'll notice if you're accustomed to the larger iPads. But the difference is not a hindrance in usability. And two-handed typing feels pretty natural on this size device, especially when the keyboard is split virtually.
As with other iPads, the screen is a fingerprint magnet. But it cleans up with a simple wipe with a soft cloth.
More about trade-offs
I haven't decided whether I enjoy the size or the weight of Apple's new iPad more, but I'm leaning towards weight. After spending the last few days with the separate iPad models, I've noticed that my reactions to the iPad Mini and the larger iPad with Retina display are completely opposite. When I pick up the iPad Mini I think: wow, the size and weight is fantastic and ideal. Then, once it's turned on, it takes a few seconds to get used to the lower-resolution display. With the full-size iPad, my first reaction is always that the device is heavy, especially in comparison to the Mini. But once it's turned on, I'm impressed by the image quality. It's all about trade-offs. The difference between models will no doubt polarize users, but at least the support for multiple screen sizes within the Apple ecosystems are there.
If I were to go with a Goldilocks comparison here, cliche as it is, the iPad Mini is clearly designed for those who think the regular iPad is too big, and the iPhone/iPod touch too small.
Final thoughts
So, where does the iPad Mini fit in? Is it a kiddie iPad -- the one adults hand off to kids? Is it the mass education iPad, displacing its larger sibling as the go-to tablet for school? Or is this a better reading device, a shot fired at the Kindle? Most importantly, will the lower cost and smaller size offset the loss of a Retina display and a more powerful processor in the larger iPad?
The answer is yes to all of those questions. The iPad Mini can be all of these things, and more, with enough software -- and, eventually, the accessories -- to allow it to be whatever you need. The iPad Mini is still a full-fledged iPad, albeit in a smaller package. The main compromise here is about screen quality versus size and weight, not about the quality of the user experience.
I think the most important aspect of the Mini isn't the resolution or even the screen size -- it's still not entirely pocket-friendly. It's the weight. You can comfortably hold it in one hand for extended periods of time without strain, a huge benefit over the larger Retina-display iPad.
Apple is late coming to the mid-size tablet market, but it's so far ahead of its rivals when it comes to tablets that it should be able to carve out a huge chunk of market share in short order. Supplies are already tight.
The new fourth-generation iPad may be faster, and it does have the gorgeous higher-resolution Retina display, but it's still heavy. If size and weight stopped you from an iPad purchase before, the Mini is tailor made for you.
Keith Shaw and Ken Mingis chat about the iPad mini and its impact on the 7-inch tablet market. Will it be able to compete with lower-priced tablets from Google and Amazon?
Michael deAgonia, a frequent contributor to Computerworld, is a writer, computer consultant and technology geek who has been working on computers since 1993. You can find him on Twitter ( @mdeagonia).
Read more about tablets in Computerworld's Tablets Topic Center.


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What Kind of King Are You? -- A Sermon
The election season is over, so isn't it time to get on with life. After all there's work to be done. Remember there's that fiscal cliff to resolve, immigration reform to tackle, and then there's the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Besides all of this there are roads and bridges that need to be built or repaired. The laundry list is long and getting longer. And that's just the stuff on our government's plate. As for us, the Christmas shopping season is racing into top gear!
Although we all seem to enjoy complaining about politics and politicians, isn't it human nature to complain about the people in power. At least in this country, if you don't like 'em, you can toss 'em out. Though with gerrymandering that's sort of difficult!
But, what if we lived instead under the rule of divinely sanctioned hereditary monarchs. Wouldn't that be better? Although there are those who raise the cry Vox populi, vox Dei. That's Latin for "The Voice of the people is the Voice of God." The 8th century English clergyman Alcuin, writing to Charlemagne, begged to differ. He wrote to the Emperor:
And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.
He may be right!
Since today is Christ the King Sunday, which brings to a close the liturgical or church year, we get to ask the question – what does the kingdom of God look like? If Jesus is king, then what kind of king is he? Is he any different from other rulers, whether hereditary monarchs, military dictators, or elected presidents?
A week from now we will begin a new cycle, and we'll hear a word of warning – be prepared, be awake, the king is coming! But what should we look for in this coming king? In the 18th chapter of John, Jesus stands before Pilate. As governor, Pilate represents the power of Rome, and in this version of the gospel story, the religious leaders hand over Jesus so that he could be tried for treason. After all, why would Pilate ask: "Are you the king of the Jews?"
When we read the Gospel of John we need to keep in mind the animosity that was brewing between an emergent Christianity and the Jewish community out of which it had emerged. It's a form of animosity we need to be aware of and steer clear of.
As you hear Pilate's question to Jesus, does it resonate with you? Does it matter who Jesus is? What he's up to? If you consider yourself to be a follower of this person who stands before Pilate, accused of treason, what does this mean for you?
Although the Romans permitted certain royal families across the empire to retain their titles, these kings and queens always understood who was in charge. They kept their thrones only as long as Caesar permitted, but Jesus never went to Rome to ask for permission to take his throne. So Pilate wants to know – if you say you're a king, what kind of king are you?
When you sang our opening hymn this morning which proclaims Christ to be king, what kind of king did you imagine him to be? Think about these words:
"Rejoice, the Lord is King! The risen Christ adore! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore: lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!"
Or what is the message of another powerful hymn, which we'll be singing in a moment:
"Jesus shall reign where're the sun does its successive journeys run;
his love shall spread from shore to shore till moons wax and wane no more."
Yes, what kind of King is Jesus?
Jesus responds to Pilate's question with these words: "My kingdom is not of this world." Oh, I get it, he's a heavenly king, a religious figure, no need to worry about his interfering with human affairs. Jesus isn't interested in politics, just saving souls for the hereafter. Isn't that the way this statement is often interpreted?
But is that what Jesus meant? When we hear Jesus speak of the kingdom of God, and he talks a lot about the kingdom or realm of God, what does he have in mind? When Jesus told the gathered throng sitting on the hillside to "seek first the kingdom," what did he mean? (Mt. 6:33). Or, when we recite that prayer Jesus taught the disciples, a prayer we pray each Sunday, what do these words mean: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done." Is this just a heavenly prayer? No, we pray: "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as in heaven."
So is Jesus' kingdom just a heavenly realm, or does it have meaning for the here and now?
If we read that statement from John 18 from the Common English Bible we might get a better sense of what Jesus meant for us to hear. It reads: "My kingdom doesn't originate from this world. If it did, my guards would fight so that I wouldn't have been arrested by the Jewish Leaders. My kingdom isn't from here." It's not that Jesus doesn't reign on earth, it just means that the nature of his reign is different.
Jesus tends to turn things upside down. He says things like the "first shall be last, and the last shall be first." He says, bring me the children, because the kingdom belongs to them (Mk. 10:13-16). And when James and John ask Jesus to get the best seats in the heavenly throne room, which by the way makes the other disciples mad that they didn't get there first, Jesus responds by telling them that "among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to be great must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all" (Mk 10:41-44).
Jesus answers Pilate by telling him that his kingdom has a different origin from that of Caesar. Caesar may think he's the Son of God, but Jesus is the true heavenly king, who reigns on earth as in heaven, and his vision of the kingdom is very different. His kingdom will be inaugurated not with armies, but through the agency of the cross.
Jesus' vision of power is different from that envisioned by Caesar, Charlemagne, or even the President of the United States, though people like Martin Luther King and Oscar Romero understood.
When Jesus stood there in the presence of Caesar's representative, he embodied the kingdom of God. He didn't do so as the representative of a merely spiritual kingdom, but as the representative of a quite earthly kingdom, just one that took on a very different form. Theologian Jurgen Moltmann says that this kingdom is as "earthly as Jesus himself was." And not only that, when we look at the world through the cross of Jesus, "the kingdom of God is ineradicably implanted on this earth. With the resurrection of the crucified Christ the rebirth of the whole tormented creation begins. So 'remain true to the earth'! For the earth is worth it."1 Jesus reigns over this earth, which God loves fully and completely. And therefore, as representatives of this realm of God, we're entrusted with the care of the earth and all its inhabitants.
Yes, what kind of king is this whose "love shall spread from shore to shore till moons wax and wane no more?"
Perhaps the answer can be found in the words of Barbara Lundblad, a Professor at Union Theological Seminary:
Jesus is a king who never rose so high that he couldn't see those who were down low. Even today, we see Jesus in tent cities where people live together after losing their homes to foreclosure. We see Jesus in public housing where people are still waiting for the power to come on after the storm. We see Jesus in shelters where women have sought refuge from abusers.
If we would see Jesus, we will look in places kings seldom go.2
Yes, if we wish to see the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Alpha and the Omega, we'll have to go where kings seldom go, but where Jesus is now present on earth as in heaven.
1. Jurgen Moltmann, Jesus Christ for Today's World, (Fortress Press, 1994), p. 20.
2. Barbara Lundblad, "A Different King of King." – http://odysseynetworks.org/news/onscripture-the-bible-john-18-33-37
Preached by:
Dr. Robert D. Cornwall, Pastor
Central Woodward Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Troy, Michigan
Christ the King Sunday
November 25, 2012


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X Factor judge Gary Barlow wants contestants to have their phones confiscated - to stop them using Twitter during the live shows.
He believes the wannabes should be barred from using them during the live shows because they spend too long on them and focus on negative comments from viewers.
Gary spoke out about the hopefuls' Twitter use during the judges' houses stage of the contest.
It comes after the Take That star was the target of an internet troll, Kenneth Tong, who made a series of sick jokes about the singer's stillborn daughter Poppy.
Gary said: "Last year's contestants spent too much time on Twitter when they should have been spending the time working on their songs and performances."
Speaking at Boughton House in Northamptonshire, where he is based for this stage of the contest, he said contestants were letting the occasional criticism outweigh the upbeat comments on social networking sites.
"They'd look at 100 comments and 99 would be positive but all they would think about was the one that was negative. It's not good for them," Gary said.
"If they didn't see Twitter, it would be much better for them. If I have my way, I'll take their phones off them as soon as they go into the contestants' house.
"The X Factor is hard work. They need to put all their energies into their performances, rather than worrying about who has said what about them on Twitter."


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Proexport, S.A.
Proexport is a marketing organization helping small Nicaraguan handicraft producers market their products internationally. Proexport follows fair trade principles and helps artisans with better production techniques. Proexport was founded in 2002. A previous microtrade project called Proarte existed from 1990 to 2002, helping small producers survive as Nicaragua's economic policy changed and many businesses went bankrupt with the loss of protected markets. At the disbanding of Proarte, its general manager, Francisco Pineda, elected to continue his work with Nicaraguan artisans. With new focus and vision, Proexport works with the same artisans. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Proexport since 2002.


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New car makes debut at Quaker State 400
Ford is new and improved
Fans at the Kentucky Speedway will notice new cars going around the track.
NASCAR will put the same cars that are on the street on the racetrack.
"We think that we have the best looking car, the Ford Fusion, but certainly, we have our work cut out for us. We're a little behind the curve than some of the other teams and we've been working very hard to catch up," Sprint Cup driver Greg Biffle said.
The Gen 6 car has more power and track grip.
"It's sped everything up a couple of miles per hour, so it just makes everything tougher. It makes the competition tougher. You know, it just seems like every day someone figures out another thing about the car and then they leapfrog ahead," Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards said.
But the change has not yielded the results Ford has been hoping for. Chevrolet has won almost half of the races to date with Toyota close behind. Ford cars have only won three races.
"It really didn't go the direction we thought they were going to go with in the off-season. From a development point of view, the handling characteristics are different than what we prepared for and we think we've got the measure of that now. We missed the mark a little bit early," team owner Jack Roush said.
The new car features increased safety measures for the driver roll cage, larger roof flaps to prevent the car from becoming airborne and is 150 pounds lighter.


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Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014.
The Pirate Bay co-founder wants to run as a candidate for the Finnish Pirate Party, he said in a blog post on Tuesday announcing his candidacy to the European Union's directly-elected legislative body.
"I am doing what I can to help solve the problems we have today just as well as the ones we will have in the future. That's why I've decided to participate in the election for the E.U. Parliament 2014," Sunde wrote, adding that he wants to reform todays copyright regime.
Sunde wouldn't call himself a politician but referred to himself as a socialist, a green and a pirate. "With my quite varied background as (among other things) a hacker, activist, artist and a DJ I don't really fit in to a normal political party. That's why I've decided to put in my candidacy with a party that, with being focused on few issues, fits what I want to achieve," he said of the Finnish Pirate Party, adding that he thinks that there is a huge opportunity to affect the E.U. which he would like to take part in.
Sunde's home country is Finland and he is a Finnish citizen, said Raoul Plommer, the Finnish Pirate Party's board member for international affairs, who added that Sunde also a Norwegian passport. "We approached him as well as a couple of other big industry names," Plommer said.
Kim Dotcom, who ran Megaupload and currently runs the new Mega file-storage service, was one of the other proposed candidates, said Plommer. Dotcom lives in New Zealand, but could be a candidate for the E.U. parliament because he is also a Finnish citizen and has German citizenship too, Plommer said. "But he declined to take part because he said he's too busy," Plommer added.
Dotcom faces an extradition hearing scheduled for August because the U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing him on charges of criminal copyright infringement, money laundering, racketeering and fraud relating to his role in the filesharing site Megaupload.
Besides Sunde, nobody else approached decided to be a candidate, Plommer said.
Sunde still has to serve an eight-month prison sentence in Sweden for his involvement in the torrent search site The Pirate Bay.
According to Plommer, Sunde's outstanding prison sentence is no problem for his candidacy. "It doesn't take a physical presence to run as a candidate. He just has to sign some paperwork," Plommer said, who added that he believed Sunde is living in Sweden at the moment.
Sunde's Pirate Bay conviction is not seen as a problem by the Finnish Pirate Party, Plommer added. "It underlines the problems we have with the current system," he said. Sunde and the Finnish Pirate Party both want to reform copyright laws in the E.U. "We are not against copyrights, we just want to make them more sensible," Plommer said.
According to Minna Ollikainen, European Parliament press officer in Finland, there are no problems with Sunde's candidacy plans. "Formally he's eligible," she said in a text message. Any Finnish national can be a candidate to represent Finland in the European Parliament (MEP), she said, adding that other E.U. nationals would have to live in Finland to do so.
"And the jail sentence is not a problem," she said, adding that if Sunde goes to jail now, he will be out before the elections.
To date, the Pirate Party has two Swedish members in the E.U. parliament: Christian Engström and Amelia Andersdotter.
Engström called Sunde's plans "very good news" in a blog post on Wednesday.
If Sunde is elected that would mean a big boost for a positive digital agenda in Europe, and it could help reform copyright, Engström wrote. It might be possible to get a majority for legalized file-sharing in the European Parliament next term, with the help of extra Pirate Party colleagues, he said.
The Finnish Pirate Party still has to vote on Sunde's proposed candidacy, said Plommer. That will probably happen in the last week of June or the first week of July.
Loek is Amsterdam Correspondent and covers online privacy, intellectual property, open-source and online payment issues for the IDG News Service. Follow him on Twitter at @loekessers or email tips and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com


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Most coral reefs escaped "serious damage" from the 2004 tsunami and should recover in less than 10 years, though much will depend on local government's protecting marine ecosystems, according to a report released Monday.
The report, compiled by Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, found that reefs in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand were hardest hit, with damage reaching up to 30 percent in some places. But much like earlier studies, it found that human activities like illegal fishing and climate change pose the greatest risk to the future of these reefs.
"Most coral reefs will recover from these stresses in five to 10 years, provided that there are no other major stresses," according to the report released in the Thai resort island of Phuket, which was damaged by the tsunami.
"The tsunami caused some localized damage, but ongoing human stresses pose a far greater threat to the survival of Indian Ocean coral reefs and mangrove forests," the report found, adding "stronger conservation and protection of coral reefs and other coastal resources" is needed to enhance their resistance to future disasters.
The Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami devastated mostly rural, coastal communities in 12 countries, leaving at least 216,000 people dead or missing and more than a million homeless.
Bleaching from warm waters
The coastal ecosystems were spared some of the worst damage, partly because they have been so badly damaged over the years by dynamite fishing, coastal runoff and development. Some reefs also had suffered bleaching in 1998 from warming ocean waters, and had barely begun to recover when the tsunami hit.
The hardest hit animals were turtles, which lost nesting sites in Thailand and India's Andaman and Nicobar islands, said Clive Wilkinson, the report's lead author. "There were at least two key nesting sites lost in the Andaman's but now we're seeing these turtles just go to other beaches and find new nesting sites," he said.
The report called on tsunami-devastated nations to proclaim exclusion zones to protect people from future tsunamis and storm surges, and to adopt government policies that better protect the reefs. It also called for the development of alternative livelihoods for coastal villagers so they put less stress on the marine ecosystems.
The report also called for relief agencies to ensure that rebuilding supplies are not taken from coastal forest or the reefs, noting that sand and rock have been dredged from some coral reefs, and that construction is occurring in vulnerable areas.
"These practices could lead to future damage including landslides in the forests, sediments flooding onto reefs, and coral reefs with reduced potential to protect shorelines from storm surges," the report said.


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Trauma center closures linked to higher odds of death for injured patients, study shows
Injured patients who live near trauma centers that have closed have higher odds of dying once they reach a hospital, according to a new analysis by UC San Francisco researchers.
Trauma centers are specially staffed and equipped to provide care to severely injured people. They can be costly to operate and many centers struggle to keep their doors open. During the last two decades, about a third of the nation's 1,125 trauma centers have shut down.
The new study, involving more than a quarter of a million patients, analyzed the impact of closures of three centers in California. It found that when a trauma center shut its doors, injured patients who had to travel farther to reach an open trauma center had 21% higher odds of in-hospital death than injured patients who did not have to travel farther for trauma care. The odds of death were even higher – 29% - during the first two years after a closure, the authors reported.
"This study confirms that when trauma centers close, people who live in the surrounding areas are more likely to die following an injury," said lead author Renee Y. Hsia, MD, an associate professor of emergency medicine at UCSF. She is also an attending physician in the emergency department at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center and a faculty member of the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies.
"There have been an increasing number of trauma center closures in recent years, and these closures are associated with a higher risk of death in the affected communities," she said.
The article will be published March 13, 2014 in The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.
Researchers compared patients whose travel time to their nearest trauma center increased to those with no change in travel time, as well as those whose travel time to trauma care decreased after a trauma center opened nearby. They found that decreased travel time to the closest trauma center was associated with 17% lower odds of in-hospital mortality compared to the group experiencing no change, while increased travel time was associated with 14% higher odds of in-hospital mortality.
These effects were intensified in the first two years following a closure. Injured patients with decreased travel times to the nearest trauma center had 16% lower odds of death, while injured patients affected by a closure had 26% higher odds of death.
The researchers examined the impact of three trauma center closures in California between 1999 and 2009 on more than 270,000 patients with injuries admitted to their nearest trauma center. They compared the in-hospital mortality of 5,122 patients, who lived in ZIP codes where their drive time to that nearest trauma center increased as the result of a nearby closure, to 228,236 patients whose drive time did not change, and 37,787 patients whose travel time decreased as the result of a trauma center opening.
Affected patients were more likely to be young and low income, to identify as part of a racial or ethnic minority group and have Medi-Cal insurance than patients whose travel time to their nearest trauma center did not increase, Hsia said.