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MP – 'M' for Murder, 'P' for Politics 0
Note: This is the concluding part of the three part series on Next Generation Electoral Reforms (other two – Intership for MPs & MLAs , Inner Party Democracy) .
Indian Electoral System today is at a point of inflection. What started in early '90s as a lone struggle by a maverick (T. N. Seshan) to cleanse the cesspool of Indian Elections, has now transformed into a well oiled election machinery that has won acclaims for the successful conduct of several difficult electoral battles. Indian Elections are unique because of the number of people that vote, the varied geography it covers as well as the specter of violence that hangs around them. The real game changer has been the speedy roll out of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). From trial runs to all EVM Elections, they have even caught the fancy of the world community. The somewhat checkered implementation of the Voter ID Cards, and the mandatory affidavits by candidates have also contributed to the credibility of Indian Elections. But where do we go from here?
To be sure, there are still problems galore. There is the problem of increased Naxalite insurgency and the violence inflicted by them during elections. Beside that the role of money power too has come in for sharp focus. Around 300 present MPs are known to be Crorepatis, giving rise to the feeling that in near future, being a millionaire might become a pre-requisite for the job. However the most serious problem of them all is the twin issue of increasing Criminalisation of Politics and the lack of good people joining politics. Both these are essentially two sides of the same coin.
For our democracy to enter the next level of maturity, we need to usher in a new generation of Electoral Reforms. It is customary in the election season to run campaigns for increased voter turnout. There have been other ideas that have come to fore such as public funding of Elections, option to reject all candidates, provisions for recall of candidates etc. However many of these ideas can only take us thus far. Increased voter turnout will only have an impact if there is a wide choice of good candidates and detailed information about their performance is available. Even though public funding is being touted as a solution to the rising influence of money power, it may end up becoming up another channel for large scale waste of public money.
The problem of the criminalisation of politics needs to be tackled head on. We have for too long, dithered on the premise that any law to debar under trial criminals before they are finally convicted by the highest court, will open the door for falsely implicating innocent persons and will be against the laws of natural justice . However such arguments have become fallacious after more and more MPs & MLAs are being convicted of serious crimes such as murder, rape & sedition. We need to bite the bullet now and make the law applicable to criminals convicted of serious crimes by any court of law. Once convicted they should not be allowed to contest even if their appeal is pending in a higher court, till the time their conviction is annulled by a competent court. Besides this 'Fast Courts' should be mandatory in case of MPs & MLAs being accused.
The problems facing our nation are serious and the rapid degeneration in the quality of our MPs and MLAs will reverse whatever progress we have made in the past decades. An intense debate on Next Generation Electoral Reforms is the need of the hour and the denizens of Social Media Network should take a lead in this direction. These discussions will hopefully throw up some ideas that will help shape a new dawn.


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The Mitochondrial Protein Partnership (MPP) applied technologies developed by the PSI to problems of interest to the community of biologists and biochemists who investigate the role of mitochondria in human health and disease.
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The Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics (CESG) was a specialized research center supported by the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2001-2010.
PSI was a federal, university, and industry effort aimed at dramatically reducing the costs and lessening the time it takes to determine a three-dimensional protein structure. The long-range goal of PSI was to solve 10,000 protein structures in 10 years and to make the three-dimensional atomic-level structures of most proteins easily obtainable from knowledge of their corresponding DNA sequences.
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Why Is The UK Blocking Access To Sites Without Any Hearings?
from the extremely-questionable deptWe already wrote about the UK court letting the BPI decide what sites the court would order all UK ISPs to block access to, but as more details come out about the process, the scarier it is. As Duke noted in our comments, the whole process lacked any sort of due process:
For those interested the full judgment is here: EMI Records Ltd & Ors v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 379 (Ch)The Open Rights Group (ORG) in the UK has quite reasonably expressed its concern about how such blockades are likely to stifle speech, especially when there is no one allowed to argue against the blocking.
The law is a bit worrying (I haven't read it in that much detail but I think it goes slightly further than previous ones) - the main concern is that, again, there was no hearing, no defence, no cross-examination of evidence etc.. Without seeing the witness statements I can't be sure, but I think the judge just accepted everything the BPI had to say at face value.
That's not justice - not in an adversarial court system.
We are concerned that these orders are not protecting speech, are overblocking forums and discussion, and are prone to error as the actual block lists are private.It amazes me that anyone thinks it's reasonable to shut down a site without any sort of due process in the form of an adversarial hearing, in which multiple sides can be presented. The opportunity for widespread abuse and the stifling of free expression is massive.
Furthermore, users and the public interest have not been represented in the processes
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Tychicus to Ephesus
As Christians, we are called not just to be hearers of the Word but doers as well (James 1:22). We fail at this; before we die, we never live in a manner wholly consistent with what we know and ...Read More
Paul at Ephesus
With the destruction of the temple, the outward features of the old covenant came to an end. We no longer take Nazirite vows and we no longer expect either defilement or blessing to be transmitted through clothes. The "clothes" of ...Read More


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Dear readers!
My name is Eero "Pate-keetongu" Okkonen and I'm a 1995 born AFOL from eastern Finland, the land of northern lights. I currently live in Tampere, the biggest inland city in Nordic Countries and study architecture in Tampere University.
This blog is about my adventures and experiences with LEGO bricks, the world's best toy and art medium. I mostly blog about my own MOCs, WIPs and purist minifigures, but you can also find some exhibition reports and other articles about bricks and LEGO community.
The other guys who have helped with this blog are Crudelis "Manfred" Diabolus, the master of codes and scripts, and Don Valentino "Don" Delucci, the master of art and maker of the banners. Big hand to you, guys.


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Foreword from Una O'Brien
One of the many good things about working at the Department of Health is the passion we feel for what we do. We care about people and their health. And we know that the work we do, supporting ministers, helping … Read more → – Foreword from Una O'Brien
Our values
Our priorities can only be achieved if we live by our corporate values. we value people – we care about people and put their health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do we value purpose – we focus our actions and decisions … Read more → – Our values
Our priorities
We have set out what we want to achieve against the following six priority areas. Through these, we will deliver the Secretary of State's strategic objectives. Better Health – helping people live healthier lives by improving our public health system protecting … Read more → – Our priorities
Roadmap for the year ahead
All directorates in the Department have outlined their key priorities and milestones so we have a clear high-level roadmap for our normal work and for delivering change in the year ahead. Key Milestones Priorities across the Department functions Priorities for … Read more → – Roadmap for the year ahead
How we are organised
Click on the links below to see how we are organised to deliver our priorities: 2012-13 DH structure 2012-13 DH structure (NHS)
As part of its Spending Review settlement, the Department has a Total Delegated Expenditure Limit (TDEL) of £108.8bn for 2012-13, made up of separate limits of£104.3bn for revenue expenditure and £4.5bn for capital expenditure. The diagram below sets out how the Department … Read more → – Resources
What we've achieved in 2011/12
The passage through Parliament of the Health and Social Care Act was probably the most dominant event over the last year from the perspective of the media, yet the reality in terms of the work led from within the Department was … Read more → – What we've achieved in 2011/12


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Column: Senate Unwilling to Approve 'Any Willing Provider'
PIERRE - After passing the house, the bill to force insurers to accept free patient choice in healthcare providers was voted down resoundingly in the South Dakota Senate. Had it passed, networks of approved healthcare providers would have been a thing of the past for South Dakotans.
As it stands, insurers often contract with doctors and hospitals in order to get discounted rates for their insured patients. In true I scratch your back and you scratch mine fashion, patients are penalized with substantially higher out of pocket costs for going to any healthcare providers other than those on the list.
The issue created a strange debate with patients' rights advocates and certain doctors and hospitals on one side, and on the other the large healthcare systems, which also act as insurance companies and take customers from competing insurers by offering highly discounted rates at their own facilities. Opposition to the bill on the floor of the Senate was actually led by legislators who also work for Avera and Sanford.
If you are wondering why the principal opponents to changing the current system are big hospital chains, and not big insurance companies, consider this: right now discounted rates may mean lower costs in terms of what insurance companies pay out, but that does not have to translate directly into lower rates charged to customers. If the preferred network system ended though, you can bet that the higher costs to health insurers would all find their way into the premiums paid by patients. If it is heads the insurance companies win, and if it is tails then you lose.
While giving patients the freedom to choose whichever doctor they want to see is an admirable goal, this was a flawed piece of legislation that shouldn't have passed in its current state. Without some sort of cost control mechanism, all of us would have ended up paying more.
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Senate President Pro Temp Peter Shumlin and House Speaker Shap Smith are right to question the alleged benefits of allowing Entergy to spin off its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant (and five others) into a separate holding company called Enexus. On the face of it, the spin-off does little more than free Entergy, a debt-free and profitable company, of future expense while creating a new company — loaded with debt — to shoulder the burden of decommissioning five aging nuclear plants in the not-so-distant future.
Finding the benefit to Vermont in such a deal is perplexing.


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Big names lead Brazilian quest to build on 2013 FIVB World Tour success with South American Games glory
Pedro Salgado and Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt will lead the chase for men's glory, while Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima and Liliane Maestrini and Eduarda 'Duda' Santos Lisboa lead the women's charge.
All four teams have enjoyed success in FIVB tournaments in recent years and will be out to use the tournament to kick-start their 2014 challenge for glory on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, which begins at the end of April at the Fuzhou Open in China. The South American Games run from March 7-18, with the beach volleyball competition taking place from March 12-15.
"I'm really looking forward to playing a championship of this stature alongside Pedro," Emanuel said. "I think we're on the same wavelength with our mentality and we have become even closer at the training centre in Saquarema, training hard and getting to know one another better every day. We are improving in each session and aiming for a good result in Chile."
World Tour success
Last year Pedro and Bruno finished second to Latvia's Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs in the men's rankings, while Alison and Emanuel were one of the most decorated partnerships in recent years before they split at the end of 2013. In 2011 they won the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and the World Tour rankings title and then a year on they won silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"It is the first time we have played together and we are both delighted to represent Brazil in a tournament that we are all playing in for the first time," Alison said. "We hope to do our best because we feel good physically and our team has grown considerably too. It will be an important tournament in our preparations for the World Tour."
Talita and Lima enjoyed a magnificent debut year together in 2013 when they won five grand slam gold medals en route to claiming the World Rankings title. It was also a breakthrough year for Lili, who won World Championships bronze, Gstaad Grand Slam silver and Rome Grand Slam bronze alongside Barbara Seixas.
Duda meanwhile is one of the most exciting players on the Brazilian circuit. Despite being only 14 years of age, she signalled her potential in 2013 by winning gold at the FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships and silver at the inaugural FIVB U23 Beach Volleyball World Championships.


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Author: Ayn Rand
In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, and all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment, the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in him–a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, Equality 7-2521 dares to stand apart from the herd–to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin. In a world where the great "we" reign supreme, he has rediscovered the lost and holy word–"I."
Why I choose this "classic":
When I was putting together my list of books for this challenge, I knew that I wanted to include some Ayn Rand because her name had been mentioned so often in the 2012 election season. However, the sheer size of Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead scared me. But Anthem coming in at only a couple of hundred pages seemed do-able (and to test my mettle, I added fountainhead in one of my other categories). Anthem fit well into my dystopia theme – although the year is unmentioned.
This was a hard review to write – I actually finished the book back in the first week of December, but I knew that I wanted to mull over it a bit before posting my review – like I tend to do with many classics. The first thing that caught my eye/ear when I was listening (yes, this is an audiobook review) was the introduction that was written for the 50th anniversary edition by Leonard Peikoff. Peikoff is a philosopher and founder of the Ayn Rand Institute – he had some interesting things to say, not only about Rand's philosophical leanings, but her experiences in general in the writing of the book – the fact that she completely re-wrote it prior to its release in the US in the 1940's as she improved on her writing style. This introduction for me helped set the book and gave some foundation to it, which I think added to my thoughts on it. The most intriguing part of the intro was where Peikoff highlighted the fact that Anthem wasn't the original name of the book, its working title (and the title I think more appropriate) was EGO…
When I heard that, my ears pricked up, because I realized while there was the ego that we refer to as he's so egotistical, I thought about the ego theory developed by Freud. I'm not sure which one specifically she had in mind as she was writing the book because I think both could work – so that was an intriguing thought. For a book that was written back in the 1930's/40's – I appreciate that she didn't write a specific year for the setting, just used an undisclosed future – because I've found if they set a year, and then you read that book after the setting and stuff hasn't occurred it takes away from the intended affect.
Some of the themes in this reminded me of ones that have appeared in more recent dystopian fiction – for example, the assigning of jobs has shown up in The Giver (Lois Lowry) and the Matched Trilogy (Ally Condie) – and yet, it had its own uniqueness still. I had to chuckle at the part where he (Equality 7-2521) discovered electricity and when presented with the information, the world council was afraid that with that, the candle-makers would be put out of work…kind of reminded me of working in the federal government where at times there are remarkable amounts of redundancies and you question the need for them, but people continue to argue that they are needed…
I have a hard time figuring out who exactly I would recommend this to, because it wouldn't be to most of my reading buddies. Maybe anyone interested in philosophy; people who are looking for thought-provoking reads…I shall have to ponder that some more. Would I read this again – I don't think so, but it was intriguing and now I am kind of curious to see what Rand wrote in the Fountainhead…but i'm not quite ready to read it yet – maybe in the next year or so. Even with my abundance of reading, I need to review my critical thinking skills before tackling it.


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FYI, https://opencaching.us/news.php says, under 11/14/2017 news, "So we are once again offering a .gpx file of all active caches on our site, with an effective date of 1 October 2017. You can find that here in zipped form. (12.6 MB zipped). "
However, the link is to an Unzipped file, http://www.opencaching.us/download/OC_Active_1Nov17.gpx
It is about 12 MB; a zipped version would be about 2 MB. I don't know how many times it gets downloaded, but you might want to zip it, although it is easier to work with unzipped...
Also, based on gsak:LastGpxDate inside the file, and the file name, it appears to be from 1 November 2017, not 1 October.
Anyway the news sentence is not quite accurate in a couple ways, fwiw.


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Test case of a collaboration between me, Martyn en the people of Collider. Done with an immersive 360 degrees projection installation consisting of 4 beamers and a mirror ball linked to an 8.1 PA surround soundsystem. I plugged in my drawing tablet to do realtime 360 degrees Horror Vacui visuals while Martyn did his liveset simultaneously...On my screen I had a grid that was linked to various mapped locations in the room (walls, ceiling, floor) so it was possible to draw the whole space, from left to right, top to bottom. It was a very special experience.Done in Gaslab, TU/e Eindhoven.
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Welcome to the Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 11th game of the season on Oct. 28, 2009.
So the Colorado Avalanche roll into town and the very same day, I see a lot of tweets from my Calgary friends about standing in line for swine flu shots. Coincidence? I think not.
Yes, Petr Budaj was kept home from this road trip with the (fatal(?)) disease, but who knows how many of his teammates he kissed before they left? He has caused an absolute epidemic in the NHL. It was revealed after last night's game that Ladislav Smid has a case of it. Their opponent? Colorado! *dramatic music*
Several other NHL players had it, too, but I am at this point unclear on how, exactly, Budaj was involved. I'm currently operating under the impression that he sneezed into envelopes and mailed them to the infected players.
But beyond the fears of what damage this can cause in the Flames dressing room, this is a worrisome game for Calgary. Colorado is pretty much an unstoppable killing machine so far this year and, while that is unlikely to last forever (or indeed, for very much longer at all), they've shown no signs of even slowing down yet, and my concern is that they will continue to live among statistical outliers for at least tonight.
Not that Calgary can't beat hot teams. Edmonton was hot coming into Saturday and they got thumped and sent home embarrassed. Let's hope this is the end of the line for the Avs and they descend into cripplingly poor play starting in about two hours.
The Calgary Flames (7-2-1 for 15 points. Tied for third in the West, second in the Northwest) and the Colorado Avalanche (9-1-2 for 20 points. First in the West, first in the Northwest).
7:30 p.m. Mountain time and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should momentarily disobey the laws of gravity.
Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta.
Calgary is 5-1-0 at home this year, which is pretty great. The Avs are 5-1-2 on the road, which is slightly better. They've gotten points from 11 games this season, all but four of which have been on the road.
What (to hate about the Avs)
Swine flu — I've heard of advocating masks in the NHL but this is ridiculous! Take my wife, please!
They inspire me to do bad jokes — Boy I tell ya, my wife wanted me to take her somewhere she'd never been before. I said, "How about the kitchen?"
Milan Hejduk — One of the last holdovers from a time when the Avs were oh-so-much more hateable. While I have nothing specifically against him, seeing him makes me want to punch someone. Maybe it's the goatee.
They are somehow good — Seriously, the Colorado Avalanche are the best team in the NHL right now. How does something like that happen when their No. 1 goalie is Craig Anderson?
Paul Stastny — Good though he may be, his insistence on using a wood stick means we will hear about his wood stick during every game he ever plays for the remainder of his career.
Because Petr Budaj will come to your house and cough on you if you don't. Enjoy the game and feel free to share chicken soup recipes in the comments section.


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Men's lifestyle company Thrillist has hired its first-ever president, Philippe Guelton.
Guelton will oversee everything from content to consumer facing technology. Co-founders Ben Lerer and Adam Rich are keeping their titles of CEO and Editor-in-Chief respectively, but some of the departments that reported to them will now be reporting to Guelton.
"I felt there was a real gap in my knowledge and at some point it was going to rear its ugly head," says Lerer. "Guelton really understood what was going on. He understands the brand and how to build brands."
Thrillist is coming off of a year of intense growth. Last year its revenue tripled from $10-15 million to more than $30 million. It acquired an online retailer, JackThreads, which now generates more for Thrillist in one day than it did in an entire month in 2010. Its members have grown from 500,000 to 1.5 million too. Thrillist/Rewards subscriptions have grown from 2 million to three million in the past year.
Guelton is an angel investor who also consulted the CEO and President of publishing giant Hearst. At Thrillist, Guelton says he'll be very product-focused.
He says he was drawn to Thrillist because he feels the company represents the future of media, having successfully married commerce and content.
"I'm amazed how nimble Ben has been," says Guelton. "He's raised $2 million to date and come all this way. In terms of future external growth I think the sky is the limit."


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Community alliances keep girls in school
Six years after the end of the conflict here, in which bombs turned thousands of residents into refugees and reduced much of the landscape to rubble, Kosovo's schools are recovering with the help of an innovative alliance between teachers and parents.
Over 60 'Parent-Teacher Councils' have taken shape throughout the UN Administered Province of Kosovo. These unique councils empower local leadership in an area where many government functions have fallen to the United Nations.
The councils work to repair facilities, identify out-of-school children and conduct public awareness campaigns on education. They also build grassroots networks that keep communities involved.
"We are trying to make the schools work like model education," says a teacher at the Skenderbeu primary school, just outside the capital city of Pristina. "This is an ideal programme. Everyone wants to be part of it."
Persistent gender gap in education
Because of a persistent gender gap in education – particularly in rural areas and among ethnic minorities – the project focuses on keeping girls in school.
Some 14 per cent of women and girls in Kosovo's rural areas are illiterate, compared to 4 per cent of rural men and boys. One in 10 girls drops out of school by the end of grade 5, and nearly half of Albanian girls drop out by grade 9. Only 43 per cent of secondary students are female.
Yet there is no shortage of students anxious to get an education. In a recent survey over 90 per cent of teenage girls in rural areas expressed a desire to continue their education.
Practical solutions
In the village of Renz the local Parent-Teacher Council has proved to be a lifeline for three young teenage girls. Miranda, Albulena and Fitore had to walk fourteen kilometres each day to attend school in the neighbouring town of Dragash. In 2003 they dropped out of school because of their parents' safety concerns.
The Parent-Teacher Council took the problem to the local ministry of education. Officials agreed to pay for transportation that covered most of the distance between their village and the town. The three girls were then able to resume their education. Successful initiatives like this one are surfacing across Kosovo.
Ongoing challenges
Safety concerns, especially for girls, continue to be an obstacle to universal education. Schools in Kosovo are often located far from students' homes, forcing children to walk many miles, even during winter. The problem is compounded by memories of the recent conflict.
Poverty and the costs of post-war reconstruction have also taken a heavy toll. With unemployment rates for rural women reaching 99 per cent, there is little incentive to go to school. A survey of girls living in rural areas showed that 'economic hardship' was the most-cited reason for dropping out.
Supported by a partnership between Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Parent-Teacher Council is helping communities renew themselves, while ensuring that girls are not left behind.


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Robertson High School student Alicia Leger left for Singapore and will spend her senior and college freshman years halfway around the world.
That happened after she was nominated as a Davis Scholar to attend United World College in Singapore. United World Colleges are located around the world, including at Montezuma.
The U.S. selection committee for the UWC considered nearly 400 applications, interviewed about one quarter of them and nominated only 50 students from across the nation.
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If you are looking for Name Search for 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board (Inter Part 1 Result 2015 Federal Board), then you have come to the right place. Welcome to PASS.PK. First of all congratulations to all students who have passed the 1st Year (11th Class) board examinations. As Students wait keenly while the educational boards get busy checking the exam papers and preparing the result. We bring you Name Search for Inter Result 2015 Federal Board (1st Year Result 2015 / 11th Class Result 2015) and other selected educational Boards of Pakistan only at PASS.PK. All the information you are seeking about 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board is here on this page.
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Now Students can Search the 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board by Name at PASS PK. We have made it possible for Students to search the result by first name, last name or both. In most cases Name Search usually gets available 20 days after result declaration date by the board. So for example Name search will be available on 15th August if the if 1st Year Result (11th Class Result) was announcement was on 25th July 2015. We try our best to publish the result as soon as possible. It takes a significant amount of time and effort to compile a single result as all the results are manually compiled by us. Hopefully we will be publishing Intermediate Result 2015 Federal Board as it depends on availability of result data.
Name Search for 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board will be available or it is already is available at PASS.PK. Please note that Name Search is available for selected boards (FBISE) only, such as FBISE Federal. We will be adding Name Search feature for other educational boards in the near future. Just type your name in the Search Box and you will get the results instantly on the next page. Please note that this Website caters Result by Name for Annual Examinations only. For Supplementary Examination Result please go to the official websites of Federal Board.
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1st Year Exam 2015 Federal Board
The Intermediate Exam took place in the month of March & April 2015 for 1st Year 2015. More than 1 lac students appeared in the 1st Year Exam 2015 of FBISE Federal Board. The Theory Papers comprises of subjective and objective type question papers and practical exam follow afterwards. The Cumulative Result of both the classes appears together on the result card after the result compilation. Also, Students appear in 6 or more subjects in this particular examination. The Inter Result announcement is about 2 to 3 months after the examinations culminate. Likewise the 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board is / was declared a few months after the examination.
Students undertook 1st year examinations 2015 under various disciplines. Likewise the exam result on PASS.PK Includes the FA Exam Result, ICS Exam Result, I-Com Exam Result & FSC Exam Result (Both Pre-engineering exam result and pre-medical exam result)
1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board
Every Year Federal Board Schedules 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board in the month of October at 10:10am in the morning. The Result announcement for 1st Year 2015 is set for the same month as previous years. Intermediate Students of 11th Class wait patiently every year for this result as it is deciding factor for College admissions. The 1st Year Inter Result 2015 Federal Board is cumulative of both the year's marks. As such 11th Class (1st Year) result is not separately declared.
The 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board also includes the following results
- ICS Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- FSC Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
(Pre-Engineering Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board)
(Pre-Medical Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board)
- FA Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- I-Com Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
FBISE Federal (Board) Result
Every year the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education announces the result on their official website. Likewise, students can check their FBISE Federal Board Result in various ways as mentioned below. Interestingly, Federal Board is also known informally as FBISE or simply as Federal Board. The Educational Board also provides other information for students on their website such as result notifications, exam notifications, result card and download important forms related to examinations. The 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board should also be available on the Official website after the result has been declared.
Result by Roll Number – 1st Year 2015
Just like Name Search, students can also search the 1st Year result 2015 Federal Board by the roll number. Also, Students can do this on our website on the FBISE Federal Board result page. All you have to do is enter your roll number, select the class and year to search for your desired result.
Result by SMS
The Board Students can check their result 1st Year result 2015 Federal Board via mobile as well. Procedure for checking Inter Result 2015 for Federal Board is as following:
Type your Roll Number and Send it to the SMS Code for Federal Board
Result App by PASS.PK
We also have a dedicated android app where you can easily search latest Inter Result 2015 both by Name & Roll Number. You may also check the 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board using our PASS.PK android app.
Result Gazette – Federal Board
FBISE Federal Board publishes the result gazette on the same morning as the result day.
The board issues both a hard copy and a soft copy of the result gazette. The Result Gazette Intermediate (Annual) Examination, 2015 will be available on our website if we able to get a gazette copy. Also, you can download the available 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board Gazette from our Result Gazette Page.
The following disclaimer by Board is quoted in the Result Gazette
"The result Gazette is issued as a notice only. Any entry appearing in this notification does not confer any right or privilege on a candidate for the grant of a certificate, which will be issued
under the Rules /Regulations on the basis of the original record in the Board's office."
Federal Board Prize Distribution Ceremony 2015
FBISE organizes prize distribution ceremony for toppers students is usually a while before result announcement on the website. Many students, their parents, teachers and academics attend the Ceremony for Intermediate Result 2015 Federal Board. The top 3 position holders of Intermediate win the prizes and the event gets a decent press release. The National newspapers publishes the List of names of those who have secured positions all over Pakistan. Afterwards result details and online results become available. These students get scholarships by various institutes, Schools and universities of the country after result declaration.
Result Mark Sheet
You will be able to see your detailed mark sheet or result card once the result is officially available. Besides that, the Result cards are available on the official website of boards and accessible with your roll Number. Please keep in mind that the mark sheets are made available on provisional basis only and as such, mistakes are possible. As for the final result card, you will have to obtain it from the board directly. Result card or marksheet for 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board would be available after the official result announcement by the FBISE Federal Board.
Pass Percentage Inter Result 2015 FBISE
The Pass percentage of 1st Year result 2015 Federal Board can be found in the result gazette when available. The pass percentage is both for private and regular candidates appear separately. The pass percentages of different institutes affiliated by the FBISE Federal Board is also mentioned in the result gazette. You can download the result gazette at PASS.PK from our Gazette Page.
Grading Formula – Inter Result 2015 FBISE
The grading formula for Intermediate Result 2015 Federal Board (including the 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board) is as following. This formula is also followed by other Punjab Boards for Intermediate Result
80% and above 880 or more marks A+ Exceptional
70% and above but below 80% 770 to 879 marks A Excellent
60% and above but below 70% 660 to 769 marks B Very Good
50% and above but below 60% 550 to 659 marks C Good
40% and above but below 50% 440 to 549 marks D Fair
Below 40% to minimum pass marks Below 440 to minimum pass marks E Satisfactory
Institute Codes 2015 – FBISE (Federal Board)
The institute codes of various schools and colleges are also given in the result gazette including Institute wise performance is available with past and current results in this official document.
How to find your Class Result by Name
Sometimes students can have trouble finding the website for Name Search. In such cases students can try different search terms to find their desired result. For example if you want to find the result for Inter Result for FBISE Federal (1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board) you can try the following variants
- 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board Pass.pk (or PASS PK)
- 1st Year 2015 by Name FBISE
- 11th Class Result 2015 Federal Board
- Inter Result 2015 Federal Board or (FBISEl)
- Intermediate 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board
- HSSC Part 1 Result 2015 Federal
- HSSC-2 Result 2015 Federal Board (FBISEl)
- Result by Name 1st Year 2015
- Search by Name 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board
- Name Search 1st Year 2015 FBISE
- Name Search Inter 1st Year 2015 Federal Board (or FBISE Federal)
- 11th Class Result 2015 FBISE
- HSSC Part One Result 2015 Federal Board (FBISE)
Or try the exam specific words to search for correct result such as
- FA Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- ICS Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- FSC Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- I-COM Result 1st Year 2015 Federal Board
- Pre-Medical Result 1st Year 2015 Federal
- Pre-Engineering Result 1st Year 2015 Federal
Private & Regular Candidates
The Gazette publishes Result of both Private & Regular Candidates of 1st Year 2015. The Following information is quoted from 1st Year Result Gazette 2015 Federal Board.
"The result intimations of the private candidates are being sent to their addresses given by them for the purpose while the regular candidates will receive their Result Cards from their respective institutions."
Exam Rechecking
Students who have failed the Inter 1st Year exam 2015 Federal Board can apply for rechecking of their papers if they feel a mistake has been made. Sometimes the marks improve after rechecking. Incase there is a decrease in marks after rechecking, the original higher marks retain. Please be aware that rechecking means only rechecking of numbers on the exam paper (addition of numbers) and does not mean that the examiner will mark the paper again. More importantly, Students of 1st Year 2015 of Federal Board can apply for rechecking within 15 days after declaration of result on the official board website.
Improvement Exam
Students of Inter 1st Year 2015 of Federal Board may also apply for improvement exam for their result. The following information is quoted from 1st Year (HSSC Part-1) Result Gazette 2015.
"The candidates intending to improve their grade or marks are allowed to appear in Part-I or Part-II or both or subject/s with one examination opportunity within two
years of passing relevant examination in the same group / subjects in current/prevalent syllabus."
Supplementary Examination 2015
Students who have failed the Inter 1st Year examination 2015 Federal Board will have to apply for the supplementary examinations. This is an additional opportunity for students to pass the subject they have failed. The Secondary School Supplementary examination for 1st Year 2015 Federal Board will commence in September 2015. Students who have been unable to pass the 1st Year Result 2015 Federal Board will have to appear in the supplementary examinations.
Please keep in mind that though we put much effort in bringing you results, PASS.PK does not take any responsibility for correctness of data on this website. All the Results on our website are un-official, provisional and for information purpose only. And as for the official result, please consult the respective boards and educational organizations.
Final Word
Inter 1st Year Result is a big deal because in most cases, this is the first career deciding exam students give in Pakistan. The Marks they obtain in this exam will decide the fate of their educational career, the colleges they get into and path they choose. We wish students all the best for the result. Till then you can relax and concentrate on your studies for the next Exam. We hope that you find the information on this website useful. Like our Facebook Page to get latest Result updates by FBISE. Share this website and app with your friends.
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Statement of John Dyer,
Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner
before the House Ways and Means Committee
Subcommittee on Oversight and the Courts
May 7, 1998
Chairman Johnson and Members of the Subcommittee:
I am pleased to be here to testify today concerning the Social Security Administration's (SSA) efforts to prepare for the Year 2000. SSA became aware of the Year 2000 problem and began planning for it in 1989 to make sure that the payments we make to more than 48 million beneficiaries will not be in jeopardy.
Let me first assure you that Commissioner Apfel and all the Senior Staff at SSA are well aware of the great importance of all the issues surrounding the Year 2000 computer problem. As Commissioner Apfel testified before the Subcommittees on Social Security and Human Resources on March 12, 1998, "Preparing for the year 2000 is unquestionably the biggest challenge the information technology industry has ever faced."
Because we were on the forefront of Year 2000 preparation, our Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Systems, Kathleen Adams, was asked to Chair the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council Committee on Year 2000. The purpose of this committee is to share lessons learned and best practices in addressing the Year 2000 challenge, address cross-cutting issues affecting all government agencies and identify ways to manage resources in solving the Year 2000 problem.
At SSA, we have used a systematic approach to making sure systems are Year 2000 compliant. This approach consists of five phases:
- The Awareness phase, in which we defined the Year 2000 problem and ensured that everyone in SSA was aware of it;
- The Assessment phase, in which we identified our core business processes, analyzed the systems supporting these processes, identified resources, and developed a detailed schedule for making corrections;
- The Renovation phase, in which we converted databases and are renovating software and modifying interfaces;
- The Validation phase, in which we are testing converted or replaced software; and
- The Implementation phase, in which we will implement converted or replacement systems.
SSA has completed the first two phases as well as more than 90 percent of the renovation phase of its Year 2000 program. We are in the process of testing all of our renovated systems in our Year 2000 Test Facility. We are on schedule to complete testing of all systems by December 31. 1998, and to have all systems implemented into production in January 1999, providing a full year for post-implementation review.
How's SSA Progressing in Resolving its Year 2000 Problems?
As of April 30, 1998, SSA has renovated more than 90 percent of the Agency' s mission-critical systems. These mission-critical systems support our core business processesenumeration, earnings, claims, postentitlement, and informing the public-through which we maintain the accuracy of beneficiary records and process and adjudicate claims. 5SA has also renova ted 67 percent of its non-mission-critical systems. All of SSA' s systems are scheduled to be Year 2000 compliant by December of this year.
In addition, we have taken an active role in addressing the issue of Year 2000 compliance in case processing systems used by the State Disability Determination Services (DDSs) and data exchanges between SSA and other entities.
Furthermore, 5SA has developed plans to address the Year 2000 problem in the areas of our telecommunications and hardware infrastructure and facilities infrastructure. We have inventoried all components of these infrastructures and have plans in place to upgrade or replace all non-compliant equipment. We are working with the vendor community, the General Services Administration, and the CIO Council Committee on Year :2000 to test vendor fixes.
What Obstacles Stand in the Way of the Completion ofPreparations for Year 2000?
In October, 1997, the General Accounting Office issued a report entitled, "Social Security Administration: Significant Progress Made in Year 2000 Effort, But Key Risks Remain." The report was generally very complimentary of SSA's Year 2000 program; however, it identified three concerms--DDS systems compliance, data exchanges, and contingency planning. At the time tile report was issued we were addressing all three areas and we continue to do so.
DDS Software Compliance
SSA has focused increased attention on ensuring that State DDS systems, which are used in determining the medical eligibility of disability applicants, are made Year 2000 compliant by December 1998. There are 55 DDSs: one in each of the States and the District of Columbia. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, as well as the Federal DDS at SSA Central Office in Baltimore. Since DDSs are fully funded by SSA, Year 2000 compliance activity costs in the DDSs were not borne by the States.
We requested and received Year 2000 plans from each of the DDSs that identify specific
milestones, resources, and schedules for completing Year 2000 conversion activities. All
DDS systems are scheduled to be Year 2000 compliant by SSA's target of December 1998.
As of today, twenty-one DDS systems have been renovated, tested and implemented. These
DDSs are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington DC, Wisconsin, and the Federal DDS.
We are working closely with each DDS on monitoring and oversight of DDS Year 2000 activities. SSA has a DDS Year 2000 Project Team working full time on DDS Year 2000 activities. Each DDS has named a Year 2000 Project Coordinator. In addition, each SSA regional office has named a DDS Year 2000 Coordinator for the DDSs in that region. The SSA DDS Year 2000 Project Team and SSA's Year 2000 Program Manager are in constant communication with the DDS Year 2000 Project Coordinators. Regional Office Coordinators. and State systems contractor representatives. The progress in each State continues to be monitored and tracked against project milestones in the State's Year 2000 plan.
Since the majority of the DDSs (43) contract with one of two vendors for their systems, SSA decided to enter into a contract with each vendor to cover all of the Year 2000 conversion work for these 43 systems. This was done to enab le Year 2000 conversion work to begin more rapidly and to allow SSA to exercise a greater degree of control to ensure the Year 2000 conversions are done timely. The DDSs which do not use these vendors' systems use either in-house systems, other vendor systems, or are not automated. The States using other systems have all entered into contracts with their vendors, or planned for in-house changes to their systems, respectively. There are five DDSs that do not have automated claims processing systems.
We believe these actions and oversight activities, together with a close working relationship with the DDSs, will enable us to meet our schedule of making the DDS systems Year :WOOcompliant by December 1998.
Data Exchanges
SSA has been actively addressing the issue of data exchanges which occur between SSA and other Federal agencies, States, and third panies. We have inventoried all of our external exchanges. In order to formally track the progress of each external data exchange, SSA developed the Data Exchange Tracking System (DETS). SSA has just over 2,000 data exchanges with Federal agencies, States, or third panies. For example, SSA exchanges data with the Treasury Department to make benefit payments and with the States to verify death records.
We have been in contact with all of our trading partners regarding the format and schedule for making these data exchanges compliant. Thus far, 65 percent of our data exchanges have been made Year 2000 compliant and implemented. Vie are in the process of negotiating, scheduling, and implementing remainin g changes. Our target is to have all data exchanges implemented by December 1998.
We are focusing particular attention on our exchanges which affect benefit payments. We are working very closely with the Treasury Department to ensure Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks and direct deposit payments for January 2000 will be on time. The testing plans for Social Security and SSI payments have been approved by SSA and Treasury. Joint testing or files began on March 4, 1998, and testing is going as planned. In addition to testing with Treasury, we have agreements to test from SSA, through Treasury and the Federal Reserve's Automated Clearing House, for direct deposit payments.
Contingency Planning
On March 31, 1998, we issued the SSA Business Continuity and Contingency Plan. The plan addresses the core business functions, including disability claims processing functions supported by the DDSs. which must be supported if Year 2000 conversion activities experience unforeseen disruptions. The plan identifies potential risks to business processes, ways to mitigate each risk, and strategies for ensuring continuity of operations if planned corrections are not completed or if systems fail to operate as intended. The plan. which also identifies milestones, target dates, and responsible components for developing local contingency plans and procedures throughout all of SSA' s operating components, will be updated quarterly and used to track development and testing of local contingencies planned throughout the agency.
We certainly hope that there will be no need to activate the SSA Business Continuity and Contingency Plan. However, if there are unforeseen., Year 2000-induced disruptions, this ontingency plan will be implemented to ensure continuation of SSA's vital services to the public.
Will SSA 's Data Svstems Be Readv for the Transition to the New Millennium?
There is no question that the Year 2000 problem is the biggest challenge ever facing the information technology industry. Since SSA is so dependent on computers to do its business and serve the public, we have taken this problem very serious ly and dedicated the resources to address it in a timely manner.
Because of our early attention to this challenge, we are confident that our systems will function on and after the Year 2000 to ensure that our core business processes proceed smoothly and without disruption as we move into the 21st century. When we open our offices for business on January 3, 2000, we expect to be prepared to provide our full complement of services to the American public with the accuracy and reliability they have come to expect from SSA. And, if there are unforeseen problems, we will have contingency plans in place to assure continuity of SSA's business operations.
I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.


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What is Sea Vision?
'take a fresh look at the sea…'
Over 260 organizations from across the wider maritime sector, at sea and ashore, have joined together in Sea Vision UK. In May 2003, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal became the Sea Vision patron.
Sea Vision UK is the national on-going campaign to raise awareness of the sea, including the maritime sector in its widest sense
There are two objectives: to raise the profile of the maritime sector with the general public and specifically to target awareness among the young, the seed corn of our maritime future. But the initiative goes beyond that – it sets a blueprint for co-operation across the sector for the future.
Sea Vision is an exciting national, regional and local initiative that has already brought together over 260 organisations and associations from all aspects of UK maritime life. Led by the Chamber of Shipping, those involved in the initiative include the manufacturing sector (shipyards and marine equipment producers), ports, marine financial and legal services, the leisure sector (both boat-building and recreational activities), Government, the Royal Navy, commercial fishing, academia, professional institutes and societies, and many more.
Whilst the overall strategy is developed at national level, delivery on the ground will be at a local and regional level throughout the nine English regions and the devolved nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Essentially Sea Vision is not trying to create a new organisation but rather to build on existing energies and opportunities.
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All Shine In Classroom And On Field
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Ten Yale student-athletes have earned Fall Academic All-Ivy honors. Football players Patrick Witt and Jesse Reising, Jeff Perrella from the cross country team, soccer player Eric Meyer and lightweight rower William Zeng were honored on the men's side. The women selected were soccer players Kate Macauley and Miyuki Hino, field hockey player Dinah Landshut, volleyball player Taylor Cramm and rower Stephanie Madner.
Witt, a history major, was the second team All-Ivy quarterback. He threw 12 touchdown passes and led Ivy QBs with 212 completions, 351 attempts and a 246-yard average.
Reising, an economics/political science major who was third on the team in tackles, was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.
Perrella, an economics major, was an NCAA qualifier and finished ninth at the Heptagonal Championships.
Meyer, a chemistry major, appeared in all 17 games and had two assists.
Zeng, a physics major, rows in Yale's varsity eight. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar earlier this fall.
Macauley, an economics major, appeared in 16 games in the midfield and had one assist.
Hino was one of only five players to start all 17 games. She scored three goals, including one game-winner. Hino is a chemical engineering major.
Landshut, a economics major, was a unanimous first team All-Ivy selection. She finished with 15 assists, one shy of the school record.
Cramm, an economics major, appeared in 23 matches for the Ivy League champion volleyball team. She finished with 73 kills and a .259 hitting percentage.
Madner rows in Yale's varsity eight and helped the Bulldogs to an NCAA title last year. She is an economics major.


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We are going to do a lot of Prehab this time, making sure we prepare our bodies and joints the best that we can for future workloads.
Floreio Workout Number 3 - Beginners, Intermidiates and Advanced
A1 Jump Rope 3 Min
A2 Ido's Squat Clinic Routine X 1 set
A3 Shoulder ROM and Stabilization routine X 1 set
A4 Wrists Routine X 1 set (For info - read Preparations For Our Daily Training post)
Repeat for a total of 3 subsequent sets - no rest
Dont neglect your hips, wrists and shoulders preparation, they will be heavily used tomorrow.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – 9/11, the cartoon?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee thinks it's a good idea. He's one of two people behind Learn Our History, a company which says it is "dedicated to celebrating America's contributions to the world and making it fun for kids to learn our history."
The way to make it fun? Cartoons. The company has put together three of a planned 14 videos in its "TimeCycle Academy" series. The series is about a group of kids who "go back in time to relive the most influential stories of our nation."
They've produced three features so far: 9/11 & The War on Terror, Origins of World War II and The Reagan Revolution.
"Our children's classes and learning materials are often filled with misrepresentations, including historical inaccuracies, personal biases and political correctness," the company says, explaining part of their educational vision.
The image at the top of the website depicts three historic American figures: Benjamin Franklin, Ronald Reagan and George Washington.
The company pledges the videos are "free from distorted messages that dilute the significance of our nation's most important series."
A promotional clip of the 9/11 video is on YouTube. It depicts a cartoon jet hurtling toward the Twin Towers before cutting to a child looking up and saying "No!" Another child asks "Who would do such a thing?" After introducing Osama bin Laden, the cartoon shows a group of men in traditional Islamic garb, waving AK-47s, saying in heavily accented English "The time for Jihad is upon us! Death to the Americans!"
While the promotional video makes mention of the fact that bin Laden is dead, it ends with a cartoon George W. Bush delivering his iconic "I can hear you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon" remarks at Ground Zero.
"In this important film, the time traveling teenagers learn about America's heroic response to the tragic events of 9/11," the website reads. "They strive to understand why Al-Qaeda attacked us and how the ongoing War on Terror protects Americans at home and American ideals abroad."
Watch the video:
In an introductory message on the site, Huckabee says "Schools across the country have turned their backs on our children by distorting facts, imposing political biases and changing the message behind the important lessons of our history."
The video is available for $9.95.
What do you think of the video? Tell us your reaction in our comments section.


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In loving memory of Russ Benger
My good friend Russ Benger passed away a couple of days ago, and it breaks my heart that I am so many thousand kilometres away from Vancouver to have even had the opportunity to spend any more time with him, to say goodbye, to celebrate his life and to be able to support my good friend Gus Fosarolli, Russ' life partner. Gus and Russ have been part of my life ever since I started blogging (in 2006). They celebrated my accomplishments. They comforted me when I was down. They were always there for me. They have been, and always will be, part of my family.
I actually can't recall a day of my life in Vancouver, from 2006 to 2012, when Russ and Guss weren't there. They were there for my birthdays, my social events, but also my important life milestones.
To pick me up from the airport, whenever I would return to Vancouver from a trip. They took me for dinner when I completed my second Blogathon.
Russ was always fond of Mexico, and he was also very fond of my mother, and I am grateful that he got to spend some time with her and me while she visited me every summer in Vancouver.
So many memories of my life in Vancouver are marked by Russ' friendship, laughter, cooking abilities, martini-making prowess. But more than anything, I remember Russ as one of my closest confidantes, someone who mentored me and suggested ways in which I could approach life. Whenever I would feel down, Russ and Gus would call me over and invite me for dinner. Our brunches at Crave on Main Street were a staple of my weekends.
Russ and Gus made wonderful celebrations of my family-less Christmases, in fact instituting themselves into my Vancouver family. Russ was the epitome of a loyal friend. He would take his time to get to know someone, but once you got into his inner circle, you were in there for life.
The last time I got to see Russ (luckily, this year), he came down to Aguascalientes to spend some time learning Spanish (his passion for, and abilities with languages) and also to visit me. He got to see my recent accomplishments first hand, and he celebrated my success in person.
I will miss you, my dear friend. I love you.
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We walked into the Mattel showroom and it was pure overload on the senses. We found a lot of cool stuff we remember from our childhood. Mattel has the Masters of the Universe line goods for us this year. Check it out.
Don't know why Green Lantern and Supergirl were chillin' with the MOTU crew, but they were there to say hi.
Yes! Finally articulated!


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- 1. Miracles From Heaven
Set in Burleson, Texas, in 2011, the film centers on a 10-year-old girl named Anna (Kylie Rogers), daughter of Christy and Kevin Beam (Jennifer Garner). Anna is suffering from a pseudo-obstruction motility disorder and is unable to eat, using feeding tubes for nutrition. One day, she has a near-death experience, after falling 30 feet through the hollow of a Cottonwood tree and suffering only scratches. While unconscious inside the tree, with rescue workers struggling to get to her, she visited heaven. After being released from the hospital, she defied science and had inexplicably recovered from her chronic ailment.
Be sure to read the book written by Christy Beam, Miracles from Heaven, upon which the film is based. The old, enormous giant of a Cottonwood tree had always played a role in the lives of the Beam family. But never would they have imagined that their daughter would find her way to Jesus's lap, will trapped in it.Click here to read more
- 2. God's Not Dead: Movie Review by Andy McKinney
God's Not Dead is very much a film for Christian believers. The producers made the film for a tiny $2 million and so far, it has returned a fabulous $59 million at the box office.
In the world of low budget films, this is a miracle in itself. The film has found an audience, in spite of crushing reviews by the mainstream critical community. Christians will find their faith strengthened, scoffers will likely be bored.
The story comes from a series of actual court cases brought by the Alliance Defending Freedom which readers may remember as the Alliance Defense Fund, its previous name. The ADF specializes in litigation involving issues of religious freedom.
In the fictionalized and stylized movie version, a freshman enters a philosophy class dominated by a strongly anti-religious professor.Click here to read more
- 3. Twelve Years a Slave: Movie Review by Andy McKinney
No movie of 2013 blasted us with such compelling and emotionally engaging images as "Twelve Years a Slave," not by a long shot. I can readily understand the reason that the Academy gave it the Oscar for Best Picture. It does have some flaws, however. The bulk of the action happens in the deep deep South, but none of the actors speak with the slow cadences and inflections of that time and place. Further, very nearly every Black character speaks with the vocabulary and sensibilities of an educated middle class or higher person. This includes characters who are illiterate and who have never traveled further than 10 miles from their birth place. Even lower class white people speak in the language of the upper crust. It is somewhat off putting to have slaves and their cruel overseers speak like academics at a seminar, but I do not claim this as a fatal flaw. The brutal truth of the story bulldozes through all conventional methods of evaluating movies. I have an idea that the language comes from the original 19th century book, written by a well-educated and erudite free Black northerner.Click here to read more
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Fail Whale
"And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence." - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
There are plenty of organizations which petition against whaling, but someone needs to step up and address a much greater risk to marine mammals everywhere: the chance that they might change from a missile into a whale and fall from the sky at high speed.
Birth is probably traumatic on a little brain. You've been hanging out in this warm, wet environment for 9 months, and all of a sudden there are bright lights and loud noises. However, we think it was probably a little more traumatic for the whale and the bowl of petunias. When you come into the world at something like 35000 ft., it's not likely to end well. (Unless there's an airplane and a doctor also involved.) At least our favorite fail whale died happily. He never knew what hit him. *rimshot*
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ESMO @ ECC 2013: Vemurafenib in Patients With RAI Refractory, Progressive, BRAFV600E-mutated Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Encouraging phase II study results of vemurafenib in molecularly targeted subset of patients.
- Date: 28 Sep 2013
- Topic: Endocrine and neuroendocrine tumours / Anticancer agents & Biologic therapy
Vemurafenib may offer sorely needed novel treatment for a subset of patients with metastatic or unresectable papillary thyroid cancer that is resistant to radioactive iodine therapy. Vemurafenib demonstrated antitumour activity in the phase II study of patients with BRAFV600E-mutated papillary thyroid cancer who were either tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment naive or had received prior TKI treatments; however treatment naive patients showed greater benefit.
Findings were reported 28 September, 2013 by Dr. Marcia Brose of the Department of Hematology/Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, USA as a late-breaking abstract in the Head and Neck Proffered Papers Session (Abstract E17-7119) at the 17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO European Cancer Congress. The European Cancer Congresses are organised in joint partnership with ESSO, EACR, EONS and SIOPE as a forum for the latest in oncology research and to offer multidisciplinary and multi-professional educational opportunities in oncology. The 2013 Congress convened in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 27 September until 1 October.
Activating BRAF V600E mutations occur in 50% of patients with papillary thyroid cancer
Dr. Brose headed a US research team of vemurafenib, a kinase inhibitor that targets tumours with BRAF V600E mutation, in the treatment of patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Activating BRAFV600E mutations have been reported to occur in approximately 50% of patients with this tumour type and have been established as an indicator of poorer prognosis.
Vemurafenib is approved by EMA and FDA for the treatment of melanoma where BRAF V600E mutation has been identified and was the first drug approved for BRAF mutated cancer, leading the team to hypothesise that vemurafenib inhibition of mutated BRAF kinase may be of clinical benefit to patients with papillary thyroid cancer.
Following the demonstration of response or stable disease in 3 patients with BRAF V600E-mutated papillary thyroid cancer in a phase I trial of vemurafenib, this open-label phase II trial (NCT01286753, NO25530) was designed to evaluate the possible benefit of vemurafenib in patients with BRAF V600E mutated papillary thyroid cancer. The study's primary endpoint was the best overall response rate (BORR) as determined by RECIST criteria in the treatment-naive arm. The secondary endpoints were BORR in the pretreated arm, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in both treatment arms.
Encouraging results from the phase II study
The trial enrolled 51 patients at ten world-wide centres between June 2011 and January 2013. Patients had progressive papillary thyroid cancer that was refractory to radioactive iodine (RAI) and had been confirmed positive for BRAF V600E mutation by cobas®4800 V600 Mutation Assay. Overall, patients had ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1 and slightly more than half (53%) were aged 65 years.
Patients were assigned to either cohort 1 (C1, n= 26) if they were TKI treatment naive or cohort 2 (C2, n= 25) or if they had been previously treated with TKIs. All patients had undergone prior surgery and RAI treatment. Three (12%) patients in the cohort C1 and 7 (28%) C2 patients had previously received chemotherapy and 21 (84%) C2 patients had received prior sorafenib.
Both cohorts received vemurafenib at 960 mg tablets by mouth twice daily and were assessed for tumour response after every 8 weeks of treatment.
The primary endpoint analysis was preplanned for six months after enrollment of the last patient. The analysis demonstrated BORR for patients in C1 of 35% and 26% in C2; no complete response (CR) was reported and all BORR were partial response (PR). The clinical benefit rate (defined as CR+PR+ stable disease (SD) = 6 months) was 58% and 36%, in C1 and C2, respectively. Median PFS at the time of data cut-off for the analysis was 15.6 months (95% confidence interval [CI] 11.2, NR) in C1 and 6.8 months (95% CI 5.38, NR) in C2. Seven patients in C1 and 11 patients in C2 cohort discontinued treatment due to progressive disease.
The overall toxicity profile was consistent with that seen with vemurafenib treatment in melanoma patients with exceptions of higher rates of weight loss, dysgeusia, anaemia, increased creatinine, and liver laboratory abnormalities that were seen in patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Common adverse events included rash, fatigue, weight loss, and increased bilirubin.
In this study vemurafenib was associated with antitumour activity in treatment-naive and TKI-pretreated patients with RAI refractory, progressive, BRAFV600E-mutated papillary thyroid cancer. The results, especially the tolerability of treatment and median PFS of 15.6 months in TKI treatment-naive patients showed vemurafenib to be an encouraging novel treatment for papillary thyroid cancer that warrants further evaluation.
The authors disclosed that this study was sponsored by Hoffmann-La Roche.


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In the magical kingdom of Auradon, Prince Ben, the son of King Beast and Queen Belle, is preparing to take the throne. His first official proclamation: the children of the Isle of the Lost, home to the most infamous villains, should be given the chance to live in Auradon. Mal, Evie, Carlos and Jay travel outside the realms of the island prison for the first time in their lives. Will they follow in their parents' evil footsteps, or will they choose to embrace their goodness and save the kingdom?
An all-new animated series premiering on Disney XD, DuckTales brings back Scrooge McDuck as the intrepid adventurer who reluctantly brings along Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck. Along for the fun are Mrs. Beakley, her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack, and fearless pilot Launchpad McQuack.
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Princess Elena is a confident and kind teenage girl, who saved the enchanted kingdom of Avalor from an evil sorceress. With the help of family and friends, she must now rule the kingdom as Crown Princess, until she is old enough to be queen. Elena of Avalor is a magical tale of adventure, following Elena in her journey to become a brave, resilient and compassionate queen.
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Physicians and patients rely on accurate laboratory test results to guide treatment decisions. To ensure the accuracy of laboratory tests and reduce variation in laboratory practices, the College of American Pathologists has developed the first evidence-based guideline to validate all immunohistochemical (IHC) assays. The guideline, Principles of Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays, is now available in the online edition of Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
"IHC testing is an essential component of the pathologist's evaluation of a tissue sample. It serves a critical need in patient care as the results from IHC testing often directly guide treatment," said Patrick L. Fitzgibbons, MD, FCAP, lead author of the guideline and a pathologist at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. "Implementation of the guideline provides pathologists and laboratory professionals a set of standardized procedures to ensure consistency among all laboratories for all specimens."
Guideline Recommendations
The new guideline outlines 14 evidence-based and expert consensus recommendations that help ensure that an IHC test accurately measures the analyte of interest and that validation is appropriate for the test's intended use. Recommendations are also provided for verifying that an existing validated assay continues to perform as expected when there has been a change in laboratory location, test methods, or equipment.
With the guideline, laboratories can be assured they are following consistent procedures based upon recent scientific evidence and expert consensus opinion. This consistency promotes patient safety by ensuring laboratories achieve the various steps required by regulatory and accreditation agencies before performing testing on a patient specimen.
To develop the guideline, the CAP convened an expert panel of pathologists and histotechnologists to conduct a systematic review of more than 125 publications covering almost 1,500 citations in the context of open comment feedback, quality of evidence, and their own expert judgments in the field of immunohistochemistry. The CAP Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center provided the forum for the guideline development. The guideline will be updated as new scientific evidence becomes available.
Future Applications
"As laboratory testing moves toward personalized medicine, the new IHC validation guideline may also provide a framework for validating molecular and genomic–based assays," added Dr. Fitzgibbons. "Pathologists can take the lead by implementing the guideline in their hospitals and into their practices."
Additional Resources
The CAP offers tools and resources, including a summary of the recommendations, frequently asked questions (FAQs), a video, and a teaching PowerPoint for pathologists and laboratory professionals.
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The UK's trade body for independent film and TV producers has bolstered film production expertise with the appointment of Marc Samuelson to its board.
The UK producer has been co-opted to the Pact Council as the organisation's film representative.
Samuelson's credits as an independent film producer include TT3D: Closer to the Edge, Me & Orson Welles, Wilde and Arlington Road. He also executive-produced The Disappearance of Alice Creed, The Libertine, Chico and Rita and TV series The Shadow Line.
He was previously a director of CinemaNX, the film investment company backed by the Isle of Man government. He departed in mid-2012 to relaunch his company Samuelson Productions.
A former board member of the UK Film Council and Governor of the National Film and Television School, Samuelson now has a slate of film and television projects in various stages of packaging and development including the recently announced Belly Dancing for Beginners to be directed by Debbie Isitt (Nativity 2) starring Sheridan Smith.
Marc is currently deputy chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council and the chair of Pact's film policy group.
Samuelson said: "There's important work to do to build on the great progress made by my predecessor as chair of the film policy group, Matthew Justice.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Apr. 5, 2005) - East Tennessee State sophomore centerfielder Stephen Douglas (Kennesaw, Ga.) capped a 5-for-5 day at the plate with a game-winning two-run double in the top of the ninth as the Bucs defeated Radford, 13-11, Tuesday afternoon from Dedmon Center Park in Radford, Va. With the non-conference win, the Bucs raise their record to 16-8 while the Highlanders fall to 7-19.
The Bucs took an early lead with a run in the top of the first. With one out, junior right fielder Shane Byrne (
ETSU took advantage of some shaky Radford defense and had two clutch hits in a four-run second inning. Sophomore catcher John Weddle (
Radford got on the board with a run in the bottom of the second. With one out, Kellen Wohlford laced a single to left field. Wohlford advanced to second on a balk, stole third and scored on a throwing error.
The Highlanders got back in the game with three runs in the bottom of the third, cutting the Buccaneer lead to 8-4. Matt Mantione and Steve Mignogna led off the inning with back-to-back singles and Alan Ashworth walked to load the bases. Mark Fleisher then drove in a run on an infield single and Aaron Ranft hit a sacrifice fly to deep left. Ashworth scored the final run of the inning by scoring on a passed ball.
The Bucs scored another run in the top of the fourth as Douglas singled to lead off the inning and scored on a one-out double by freshman third baseman Anthony Russell (Waldorf, Md.).
Radford cut two more runs off the Buccaneer lead in the bottom of the fourth. Mantione was hit by a pitch with one out and Mignogna followed with a two-run homer over the left field wall.
ETSU extended its lead to 10-6 with a run in the top of the fifth.
The Highlanders closed to within two runs, scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth. With two down, Ashworth hit a solo home run over the right field wall. Fleisher followed with a single to right and scored on a triple to center by Aaron Ranft.
Radford completed its comeback, tying the game at 11 with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Ranft Wohlford and Vellines hit consecutive clutch RBI singles with two outs in the inning.
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Hossa scores 2 goals to lift Blackhawks to a 5-2 victory over StarsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
DALLAS - The Chicago Blackhawks took advantage of their opportunities against the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Marian Hossa scored two goals and Chicago defeated Dallas 5-2.
Patrick Sharp assisted on the Blackhawks' first four goals.
Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane also scored before Niklas Hjalmarsson finished the scoring with a short-handed empty-net goal.
The Stars failed to score on any of their six power plays.
Chicago's penalty-killing unit was ranked last in the NHL, but it was good enough to stop all of Dallas' power-play chances. The Stars are 0 for 24 power plays at home this season.
Hossa said the Blackhawks' penalty killing is "definitely getting better and better, and we're getting on the same page."
"Technically, we didn't get a power-play goal," Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said, "but (the Stars' first goal) came at the end of one and it was still 5-on-4.
"We had some good opportunities we didn't convert. We got some good looks that could have been a game-changer right there."
In contrast, Kane's goal was just 23 seconds into Chicago's only power play of the game, 18:15 into the second period. It was the Blackhawks' only shot with a man advantage.
"It was frustrating with all of the penalties early," Sharp said. "We were patient and we capitalized on the power play. We knew it was going to come sooner than later."
The Blackhawks used two short passes across the ice, from Sharp and Andrew Shaw to Kane, to set up that go-ahead goal at 18:15 of the second period.
Dallas' Cody Eakin had lost the puck on a one-man rush into the Chicago end. The Stars were late getting back before Kane's shot from the right circle beat Kari Lehtonen.
"The changing point was on a turnover by myself," Eakin said. "We have to be a little sharper. I thought we played a good game, but we had a few too many turnovers."
Ruff said: "They took advantage of a big mistake. We had a really big error on killing a penalty and should have walked out of the second period probably at 2-2.
"In the end, we gave the game away, and that hurts."
The Blackhawks took advantage.
"Basically, it was one of those nights where special teams was the differential," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "Our penalty kill led the charge. It was a great goal for the power play. I thought overall we played a real strong game discounting the penalties we took."
Before that, the Blackhawks twice rallied from one-goal deficits.
Hossa evened the score 1-1 in the first period with an assist from Toews across the goalmouth, after Eakin had scored for Dallas.
Hossa said: "As soon as (Toews) got in position, I tried to find open space for putting the puck in the net, and he found me beautifully. He did an excellent job behind the goal."
Eakin scored at the end of what was virtually a 4-minute power play because of consecutive minor penalties against Chicago.
Hjalmarsson had barely returned to the ice from serving a tripping penalty when Trevor Daley took a backhand shot.
Chicago goalie Corey Crawford tried to control the rebound, but Dallas' Shawn Horcoff and Eakin poked at the puck and it crossed the goal line. Crawford finished with 31 saves.
Eakin scored at 6:10, 2 seconds after Hjalmarsson's penalty had expired. He had gone into the penalty box just 1 second after teammate Brandon Saad's high sticking penalty ended.
Chicago's late first-period rally pulled the Blackhawks within one shot on goal of the Stars at 11-10.
In the second period, Dallas continued to put pressure on Crawford. It paid off at 6:54. Tyler Seguin took a pass from Jamie Benn and fired in a shot from an angle low in the right faceoff circle.
The Blackhawks continued to frustrate the Stars' power play, killing off two more in the period.
Chicago tied the score 2-2 at 10:19. Lehtonen stopped a short-range shot by Toews, but Toews manoeuvred around defenceman Brenden Dillon to knock in his own rebound. Lehtonen finished with 26 saves.
Sharp credited his teammates for his four assists.
"One of those nights where you try to make the right play, and my linemates were putting the puck in the net."
Dallas' goalie stopped a breakaway by Kane 23 seconds before the period ended.
The final two goals came 34 seconds apart in the third period. Hossa scored on a breakaway, and Hjalmarsson followed with a shot the length of the ice for his empty-net goal at 18:53.
Notes: The Stars finished with a 33-31 advantage in shots. . Dallas is the only NHL team that hasn't scored on a power play at home this season. ... The Stars had been on a three-game winning streak. Their previous seven games had been decided by one goal. ... Chicago centre Michal Handzus was inactive for the seventh consecutive game because of an upper-body injury.