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Primate experts from around the world have come together to write a 185 page document outlining a three-year strategy for the conservation of the lemurs of Madagascar. In 2012 leading conservationists gathered at a summit meeting organised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) to review the conservation status of the world's then 103 (meanwhile 104) lemur species – the most endangered mammal group in the world.
Of the 103 species, 24 are now listed as 'Critically Endangered', 49 are 'Endangered' and 20 are 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This equates to almost 94 percent of the world's lemur species, for which sufficient data were available to enable their assessment against Red List criteria. Lemurs are in danger of becoming extinct due to the destruction of their tropical forest habitat on their native island of Madagascar, off Africa's Indian Ocean coast, through subsistence agriculture and illegal logging. Lemurs are also increasingly hunted for food.
"The strategy effectively contains 30 action plans for 30 different priority sites for lemur conservation," says Dr Christoph Schwitzer, Head of Research at Bristol Zoo Gardens and Red List Authority Focal Point for the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group. "Our aim will be to use the document to help fundraising for individual projects. The fact is that if we don't act now we risk losing a species of lemur for the first time in two centuries. The importance of the projects we've outlined in this document simply cannot be overstated."
The document had a total of 83 authors and the species are divided into threat categories. The projects all have individual funding targets from $50,000 to $500,000 equating to a budget of $7.628 million over three years.
"There are three things we know work when it comes to tackling conservation in the field, which are cheap and simple to implement in different areas," says Dr Russ Mittermeier, President of Conservation International and Chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group. "First working on grassroots projects with local communities so people can make a difference for themselves, secondly supporting eco-tourism projects and thirdly establishing research stations as a permanent facility to protect against loggers and hunters."
The document will be officially launched in Madagascar on Wednesday 31st July to an audience of ambassadors, NGOs, Ministers, government officials, fundraisers, foundations and media.
"I am an optimist, so I wouldn't give up on any species of lemur," continues Dr Schwitzer. "This document shows how well people can work together when species are on the brink. I'm proud of what we've achieved here but the hard work is yet to come."
For more information please contact:
Dr Christoph Schwitzer
IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group


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Luxury Portfolio president, member marketing teams share insights
The world is getting smaller. Perhaps in no other industry has that become more apparent than residential real estate. Technology has enabled agents to better network for buyers and sellers not only in their own city, but across the country and even the world.
Luxury Portfolio International has been at the forefront of global property marketing since it launched online in 2005, and the Ebby Halliday Companies has been right there with them.
Recently, the brands had the chance to connect in person when Stephanie Anton, president of Luxury Portfolio International, paid a visit to the marketing departments for Ebby Halliday Realtors and Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate.
Randall Graham, vice president and director of marketing for the Ebby Halliday Companies, said this about the collaborative session.
"This informal – but informative – session offered the ideal opportunity for our team members to interact and learn from one of luxury real estate's leading innovators. It also offered her the chance to tap into our extensive market knowledge and insights as experts in one of the hottest cities in the country."
"Luxury Portfolio has spent years studying the habits and psyche of luxury buyers," Anton said. "They have different expectations and, therefore, require a different approach. All our member companies have proven they excel at understanding and addressing this differentiation, and we are proud to have the Ebby Halliday Companies, including Dallas-based Ebby Halliday Realtors and Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate and Fort Worth-based Williams Trew, as members."
Luxury Portfolio International is the luxury marketing division of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World whose membership consists of more than 565 independent real estate firms in over 70 countries. Listings receive unprecedented exposure to a global audience.
LuxuryPortfolio.com displays more $1-million-plus properties than any other luxury real estate organization and is truly a luxury network with 87 percent of listings priced at that level or above. Site traffic comes from 200-plus countries/territories per month.
For more information, visit the website voted one of the industry's best by the Web Marketing Association, the mobile-friendly ebby.com.
PHOTO: President of Luxury Portfolio International Stephanie Anton

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Forward Giving
Even swimming backwards, Luella Lilly was always going forward. Known for surging ahead, she set national swimming records, graduated magna cum laude from the College in 1959 after three and half years, and–as teacher, coach, administrator, and mentor–enhanced opportunities and respect for women scholar-athletes during times of unprecedented change and challenge.
Lue pioneered nationally successful programs as the University of California at Berkeley's first director of women's intercollegiate athletics. She was inducted into Lewis & Clark's sports hall of fame in 1988, received the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999, and in 2005 became the first female administrator inducted into the University of California Hall of Fame.
"I might not have done what I've done in my life without a Lewis & Clark education," she says. Grateful for her family's belief in her and for the Max D. and Rose E. Tucker Scholarship that helped fund her education, Lue continues pioneering. She has set up a trust establishing a scholarship to help generations of young women at the college do what she did and still does: move ever forward.
You can shape the future of Lewis & Clark and advance the lives of others through a bequest or other type of planned giving. To learn how our planned giving program can benefit you and the college, contact us or visit our website.
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Whispering Delta Ghosts
Soon after word arrives of my son's birth back in The World, I'm given the prestigious "Navy in Vietnam" assignment. I'm given high priority orders that allow me to go anywhere I please in the war to photograph naval activity. Throwing the orders down in front of the Operation's officer at the Cam Rahn Bay air facility, I'm surprised with my new power. "Says there you can anywhere you want," the officer says shaking his head. "Where you wanna go?" I don't know what to say, but manage to squeak out, "South." A few minutes later I'm soaring south on past the speed of sound in a six-seater military version of the Lear Jet. I feel smug knowing I just bumped an irate Air Force Coronal.Read More
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FAA: Stolen plane located near Stuttgart, pilot on the run
Authorities have located the stolen plane ten miles east of Stuttgart, Ark. Officials said the pilot escaped and ran off into the woods, according to FAA officials.
The plane was stolen from Benton, Ark. Monday evening, according to FAA officials and police.
Police tell 40/29 all airports in Arkansas were alert Monday evening and Tuesday as federal officials searched for a fugitive pilot who they said who could be very dangerous.
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport alerted ground and tower crews about the description of the single-engine small aircraft.
"We immediately did a search of the facilities, didn't find the aircraft here. And that was put in the pass-on log as well as notification to the fix-base operator and the control tower folks," XNA Director Kelly Johnson said.
The incident happened around 6 p.m. Monday night. The Saline County Sheriff's department said a plane was scheduled to land at Saline County Airport. Officers were waiting to speak with the pilot of the plane. Officials said that when they approached the pilot, the plane took off nearly hitting a deputy.
"Had the deputy not been paying real good attention when he spun that thing around, he could have been seriously injured," Saline County Sheriff Bruce Pennington said.
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Story highlights
- The study looked at 300 pairs of Swedish twins
- Genes can influence the relationship between job stress and health problems
- It's important to remember genes don't actually control us
Study after study has linked long work hours, demanding bosses, and other on-the-job stressors to health problems ranging from insomnia to heart attacks. But the jobs themselves may not be entirely to blame.
According to a new study of Swedish twins, the relationship between job stress and health problems is influenced in part by differences in personality and temperament, such as how optimistic, confident or self-critical a person is. And these traits are in turn closely related to genetic makeup.
The researchers analyzed data from about 300 pairs of fraternal and (genetically) identical twins, many of whom did not grow up together. The various combinations of shared genes and upbringings allowed the researchers to parse the connections between genes and environment, job satisfaction and stress, and physical health.
After crunching the numbers, they made two initial conclusions: personality type is associated with job stress and health, and a large portion of the differences in personality type -- nearly 45% -- can be attributed to genes.
Taking the analysis one step further, the researchers estimate that genetic effects are responsible for 32% of the person-to-person variance in job stress, 35% of the variance in job satisfaction and 47% of the variance in health problems.
The upshot? The path between job stress and poor health runs at least partly through our genes and personality.
"We're not saying job stress makes no difference, or there aren't things that cause stress," says lead author Timothy Judge, a professor of management at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. "But we can't have a concept ... that life would be better if we just changed jobs."
The findings, which were published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, seem to suggest a new twist on the old nature-versus-nurture question: What's more important for stress, the day-to-day work environment (the "nurture" side, in this case) or the inborn personality of the employee?
The question may not be so clear-cut, says Carol A. Prescott, a professor of psychology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
In twin studies, Prescott says, it can be difficult to separate the shared environment -- whether that's a childhood home or the workplace -- from non-shared environmental factors, such as "random events," luck, and personal choices.
"Non-shared environment is by far the largest component for most behavioral outcomes," Prescott says.
Judge and his colleagues did try to distinguish between shared and non-shared factors. In addition to noting whether the twins grew up together, they also controlled for education and job characteristics (such as a hazardous workplace). Still, they acknowledge that "idiosyncratic" differences in non-shared environment are hard to pin down.
Although much gray area remains, the new study raises the possibility that previous research on the link between job stress and health woes may be providing an incomplete picture.
Epidemiological studies, which look for broad trends in large populations of people, often don't account for genes or temperament -- factors that can affect a person's experience of job stress, as well as how they describe it in questionnaires, Judge says.
"What if the very people who report they're really stressed are the very people who also report -- or actually have -- health problems?" Judge says. "We showed that a big part of the relationship between the two is genetic."
Simon Rego, an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, says it's important to remember that genes, though influential, don't control us.
Someone who's genetically more vulnerable to workplace stress won't necessarily get stressed out. In fact, Rego says, stress often arises when our temperament and our environment clash. "We look at the interaction between predisposition and some sort of stressor to really activate someone's vulnerability," he says.
If you are predisposed to stress -- due to your genes, life experiences, or some combination of the two -- the good news is there are steps you can take to fight back.
Talk therapy, for instance, can help people recognize the situations that cause them stress and learn coping strategies, Rego says.


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Remove unnecessary sounds and effects
Let's be honest, all the clipart tools of PowerPoint are not in use any longer. Let's see some of the key reasons why that is.
- Clipart, sound effects and all the rest are highly untrendy today. They are very Nineties. They are boring and therefore you should steer clear from them all in all.
- Sound effects are highly distracting.
- Even if you want to call attention back, using sounds, especially particular high pitched ones will not work in your favour. Most people find sound effects disturbing.
- The same goes for all the old time effects which made PowerPoint so popular about twenty years ago. Leave them in the past, stay clear, basic and maintain a pure, minimalist and professional look in your presentation.


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Extreme Prejudice
After his great little run of action films from 1975 - 1982 that included The Driver, The Warriors, Southern Comfort and 48 Hrs, gritty director Walter Hill wandered in the wrong direction with the action musical Streets of Fire and the unfunny Richard Pryor comedy Brewster's Millions. Even though he would go on to have a big hit with the Schwarzenegger muscle bore Red Heat, most of his flicks had potential but oddly fell short (Johnny Handsome, Wild Bill). He did do an underrated urban thriller, Trespass, but otherwise nothing reached that earlier high.
Hill started out as a writer and one of his first credited screenplays was for Sam Peckinpah's mean spirited thriller, The Getaway. So Hill's 1987 Tex-Mex action flick Extreme Prejudice, though completely ignored by audiences in its day, now plays as a perfect homage to his one-time boss, Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs), the master of masculine violence who had burned out and died a few years earlier. With about as good a cast of tough guy character actors you could find in 1987 (including Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Rip Torn, Clancy Brown and William Forsythe), time has been kind to Extreme Prejudice. Though it's set in modern day, it's now starting to look like one of the better "Westerns" made in 1980s.Continue Reading


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Wieden & Kennedy dropped out of the process at the tissue meeting stage.
The Diet Coke business will be run out of BETC London, with the agency using BETC Paris' creative resources when they are required.
The Diet Coke pitch was resurrected after a pan-European ad review, first called in 2011, did not reach a conclusion. This pitch kicked off after the brand parted ways with the Coca-Cola roster shop Mother.
A Diet Coke spokeswoman said: "We can confirm we have appointed BETC following a pitch process this year to support our creative direction on the Diet Coke brand going into 2014 across our NWEN (North West Europe and Nordics) business.
"The account will be managed from BETC London with planning and creative resource from both the London and Paris offices. We look forward to working with BETC."
Diet Coke is putting its 30th birthday at the centre of its UK marketing plans for 2013. The brand will continue to target female consumers through activity based on the "empowerment of women".
Mother became the agency of record for Diet Coke in August 2008. Before that, VCCP handled the business.
Diet Coke's recent TV advertising campaign by Mother centred around puppets styled as fashionistas and used the strapline: "Love it light."
The latest spot in the campaign, called "handbag", featured the puppets in a store cutting up an oversized handbag with a chainsaw.
The fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is Diet Coke's creative director and has contributed to design and ad activity. It hasn't been confirmed whether the partnership with Gaultier will continue.


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(Occupy Houston) On Monday, Dec 12th, Occupy Houston, Occupy Now, and concerned citizens from all over the state met at the entrance of the Port of Houston and SHUT IT DOWN! 19 Occupiers were arrested. Charges range from blocking a public roadway, a misdemeanor, to using a criminal instrument to block a roadway, a felony offense.
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Kebabs are a weave of function and flavor. The concept is simple, but the execution takes some know-how to get dinner on the table.
Protein that stacks up
Uniformly cut cubes or meatballs shaped in similar sizes will ensure even cooking. Beef, chicken or pork are obvious choices. But here are other options:
LAMB: The traditional choice of meat for Turkish shish kebabs. Ground lamb meatballs are the preferred style of the meat.
FISH: Use 1-inch cubes of firm-fleshed varieties such as tuna, swordfish, halibut or mahi mahi.
SHELLFISH: Work with shelled large or jumbo scallops and lobster-tail meat.
SAUSAGES: Cut into 1-inch rounds and keep the casings on to hold the fillings together.
Threading with flavor
Fruits and veggies that take the heat Consider how easily cut produce exudes water when choosing what to skewer or what form of the produce you use. Whole foods or large chunks work best. Brushing with olive oil locks in flavor and aids the cooking process.
Here are more tips:
TOMATOES: Whole cherry or grape varieties should be put on the grill during the last few minutes of cooking. The longer they cook, the more they will deflate.
ONIONS: When meat is halfway done, put onions on grill. Cut surfaces should be golden brown, and the inside should be cooked, not raw.
NECTARINES, PEACHES AND PEARS: Just-ripe fruit adds just a touch of sweet to your kebab mixtures.
POTATOES: Density can make potatoes problematic. Partially cooking in the microwave and then finishing on the grill will get them to the dinner plate at the same time as the other foods.
ASPARAGUS: Always trim tough ends.
GARLIC: Kebabs are a great roasting vehicle for large cloves.
Dijon-wine steak kebabs: Marinate 1 1/4 pounds boneless beef round tip steak (cut into 1-inch by 1 1/4-inch pieces) in 2 tablespoons each water, red-wine vinegar and coarse grain Dijon mustard, 2 cloves minced garlic, 2 teaspoons canola oil and 1/2 teaspoon coarse grind black pepper. Refrigerate 6 hours to overnight. Remove beef, discard marinade. On 8 metal skewers, thread the beef alternately with red onion cut into wedges, yellow squash chunks and red bell pepper pieces. Grill 8-10 minutes for medium rare to medium doneness, turning occasionally. Serve with long grain and wild rice, broccoli florets and a salad.
Rosemary Lamb Kebabs With Bell Peppers and Mushrooms
Yield: 6 kebabs.
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
3 cloves minced garlic
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary
3/4 teaspoon each:+ cumin and salt
1/2 teaspoon each: black pepper and ground coriander
1 1/4 -pounds lamb leg or shoulder, trimmed and cut into 18 cubes
12 medium whole mushrooms
2 bell peppers (any color)
1 large red onion
1 large zucchini, cut into 12 pieces
1. Mix vinegar, garlic, rosemary, cumin, salt, pepper and coriander.
2. Thread 6 (12-inch) metal skewers alternately with lamb, mushrooms, bell peppers, onion and zucchini. Baste with sauce.
3. Broil 4 minutes per side for medium-rare or to desired doneness.
Yield: 4 servings.
1/2 cup honey mustard
8-ounce can pineapple chunks, drained, juice reserved
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger or 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 pound boneless, skinless turkey cutlets, cut into 1-inch strips
1 green bell pepper, cut into squares
8 cherry tomatoes
1. Combine mustard, pineapple juice, sugar and ginger. Reserve 1/3 cup of this sauce in a serving bowl.
2. Alternately thread pieces of turkey, pineapple, pepper and tomatoes onto metal skewers. Grill or broil kebabs over medium heat 15 minutes until turkey is cooked through. Turn and baste often with remaining pineapple-mustard sauce.
3. Serve kebabs with reserved sauce. If desired, serve with rice.
Teriyaki Vegetable Kebabs
Yield: 4 servings
(Adapted from The Vegetarian GrilL)
1 package (12 ounces) firm or extra-firm tofu
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1 tablespoon canola or peanut oil
1 (1-inch) piece ginger, peeled, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup tamari (see note),
1/4 cup lime juice
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/3 cup orange or pineapple juice
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 stalk broccoli, florets cut into bite-size pieces, stalk sliced
1/2-inch thick (optional)
4 ounces snow peas
1 red bell pepper, seeded, cut in 1-inch pieces
2 small onions, cut in 1-inch pieces
4 ounces button mushrooms, cleaned, trimmed
Cooked white or brown rice
1. Wrap tofu in a kitchen towel. Place cutting board on tofu and weight with heavy can. Set aside 30 minutes to drain. Cut into 1-inch cubes.
2. For marinade, heat oils in medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add ginger and garlic; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tamari, lime juice and sugar; heat to boil. Whisk orange juice and cornstarch into a smooth paste. Stir into tamari mixture; cook until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
3. Cook broccoli in microwave or boiling water, if using, until just tender, about 2 minutes. Plunge into ice water to stop cooking; drain.
4. Reserve half of marinade; pour remaining half into shallow dish. Add tofu, broccoli, snow peas, bell pepper, onion and mushrooms; toss gently to coat. Marinate 30 minutes.
5. Prepare medium-hot grill. Thread tofu and vegetables onto skewers (see note). Grill, turning occasionally, until vegetables are cooked through, 10 minutes. Serve skewers atop rice. Pass reserved marinade.
Recipe note: Tamari is a thicker version of soy sauce available at natural food stores and Japanese markets. If using wooden skewers, soak in water 30 minutes to keep from burning.
Skewers of Pork With Zucchini and Green Onions
Yield: 4 servings
(Adapted from Random House Barbecue and Summer Foods Cookbook)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 1/4 pounds boneless pork loin, cut into 1-inch cubes
8 green onions, cut into 1-inch lengths
1 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2- inch thick slices
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1. Stir together garlic, oil, lemon juice, vinegar and curry powder in shallow bowl. Add pork, onions and zucchini, tossing to coat. Cover; marinate, refrigerated, 3 hours or overnight.
2. Prepare medium-hot grill. Thread pork loosely onto skewers (see note below), alternating with onions threaded crosswise and zucchini. Cook, turning occasionally, until meat is browned and no longer pink inside, about 15 minutes. Season with salt.
Recipe note: If using wooden skewers, soak in water 30 minutes to keep from burning. Nutrition information per serving.


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CORRECTION- Wrong tree, mangled quote, wrong headlime
* The wrong photo ran of the potentially doomed poplar in last week's story, "ARB outrage: Tree angst at White Gables." The correct Billy Hunt photo is below.
* A paragraph was garbled in the Hot Seat on new Miller Center director of development Maurice Jones. A quote from him should have read, "It's not just asking people for money. The most important part I do is to meet people and build relationships. A passion of mine is politics and the presidency, and I talk to them about shared interests."
* A production error resulted in the wrong sub-headline to accompany last week's review of the new Johnny Cash movie. The sub-head should have read: "Too much walk, not enough fire."
* Near the end of last week's Dr. Hook column [, the origin of Symlin was misstated. Symlin does not come from the gila monster, nor is it an incretin analog. Symlin is a synthetic version of the hormone amylin which is co-secreted with insulin. It is for use by both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics who are taking insulin.


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North Korea's Military parade in Slow Motion from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
And I do have to say that I agree with him on this and much else he has to say in the interview.
How did we arrive at this point?
Firstly newspapers have simply not got a handle on the state of the market and how they are going to survive, and I will return to this point later on in this post.
Secondly Photographers employed by newspapers in the UK have been all too slow to adopt new technology, namely video.
Video has been embraced by UK newspaper photographers with the same enthusiasm as one would greet a rabid leper.
A lot of extra work(true), a lack of understanding of editing and audio (understandable) and little interest or enthusiasm for the brave new world that is here whether we like it not.
When video was first foisted upon newspapers in the early days of DSLR video, there was the possibility of them shooting it, indeed some did, with notable moments of success.
But the truth be told very few of them WANTED to take on a ton of extra work for seemingly no reward for their trouble.
In time the powers that be got the idea that picture desks and picture editors might not be the best people to run with this great opportunity.
On the whole neither picture editors or photographers put up much of a fight to hang onto this important stake in their own future.
In-fact a collective sigh of relief could be heard, that they no longer had to try to grapple with producing content that their masters simply did not and mostly still do not know what to do with.
It that moment not only was the battle for photographers jobs lost, but so was the war.
Video has been almost universally been handed over to the growing 'online' department, who commission video by non photographers which often does not have quite the look or feel as one might hope for.
And this has not just happen on one paper but many.
As one well known newspaper photographer told me 'they will always need profile pieces of people talking about their pensions etc, so I will be ok' I thought, but did not say, 'You will be OK until they start asking these people to take photos on their phones and send them in with the story, the quality will be ropey but accountants don't care about that, they just look at the bottom line'
So, by letting video go photographers have lost a stake in the future, their voice and sooner or later their jobs.
Harsh but true.
Another photographer I know who works for a major Sunday broadsheet newspaper was sent away on a weekend long course to be taught FCP 7, at the paper,s expense.
Subsequently he never used the software ever, not once.
Turkeys voting for Christmas anyone?
But it is not really the photographers' fault.
The vast majority of the time if a British newspaper gets a good and interesting video, they simply do not know what to do with it, or the editor has no interest at all.
So it is disregarded, and forgotten.
Even 'The Guardian' who is the rightly respected market leader in this area does not have a full handle on what to do with video.
Yes, they sometimes (not often enough) feature some very good video work by the likes of Dan but what do they do with it?
Give it away....as they lose hundreds of thousands of pounds and hundreds if not thousands of readers every week.
Content could be better linked to advertising but somehow it isn't.
News corp are trying the pay site model right no, and I'm not sure how popular that is, nor am I convinced that there is enough unique high quality video content on their sites.
Imagine as a subscriber to the Guardian and Observer you knew that your favourite photographer/film maker was making a couple of cool movies a week, and you could only get them on the iPad edition of the paper would you be inclined to pay for the app?
I think so.
It is all about unique content, keeping that content interesting and relevant.
The only way newspapers are going to survive is if they TRULY( and not just make noises that they are) embrace the technology around them, and start to think outside of the box, perhaps becoming a lifestyle portal for readers who they know share their values.
If they carry on the way they are, they are facing oblivion.
Magazines are not so far behind them either....
I offered so very relevant footage to a women's magazine online department only to be told, that is one for the editorial department and when contacted them they said it was down to the online department.
So the 'readers' of the iPad edition never got to see it just because no one could quite be bothered.
Having hundred of thousands or even millions of people reaching into their pocket and PAY for a newspaper is a too potent a drug to give up on..... so they have difficulty accepting that within a generation a newspaper buying public will largely be a thing of the past.


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Kyle Knight
Kyle Knight is a senior researcher in the LGBT rights program at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining the LGBT rights program, he was a fellow at the Williams Institute of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, and a Fulbright scholar in Nepal. As a journalist he worked for Agence France-Presse in Nepal and for the UN's humanitarian news service, reporting from Burma, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia. He has previously worked for UNAIDS, the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, and in the children's rights and health and human rights divisions at Human Rights Watch. He sits on the editorial board of the Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health Journal, and the advisory group of the Women's Refugee Commission's sexual violence project. He studied cultural anthropology at Duke University.
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Bangladesh Should Support Hijra, Trans Under Covid-19Published in The Advocate
- Commentary
India's Transgender Rights Law Isn't Worth CelebratingPublished in The Advocate
- Dispatches
Russia Censors LGBT Online Groups
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- Humanitarian Exchange: Making disaster risk reduction and relief programmes LGBTI inclusive: examples from Nepal
- UNICEF/UN Women: Understanding the needs and capacities of LGBTI persons in disasters and emergencies
- Emory International Law Review: Establishing A Third Gender Category in Nepal: Process and Prognosis
- Forced Migration Review: gender identity and disaster response in Nepal
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"A Really High Hurdle"
Japan's Abusive Transgender Legal Recognition Process
No Support
Russia's "Gay Propaganda" Law Imperils LGBT Youth
"Scared in Public and Now No Privacy"
Human Rights and Public Health Impacts of Indonesia's Anti-LGBT Moral Panic
A Changing Paradigm
US Medical Provider Discomfort with Intersex Care Practices
"I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me"
Medically Unnecessary Surgeries on Intersex Children in the US
"I Want to Live With My Head Held High"
Abuses in Bangladesh's Legal Recognition of Hijras
"These Political Games Ruin Our Lives"
Indonesia's LGBT Community Under Threat
"The Nail That Sticks Out Gets Hammered Down"
LGBT Bullying and Exclusion in Japanese Schools
"That's When I Realized I Was Nobody"
A Climate of Fear for LGBT People in Kazakhstan


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Dean Takes Out Papers for Mayoral Race
Two-term mayor, 15-year councilmember Shirley Dean took out preliminary papers to run for Berkeley mayor today (Tuesday).
One of the "grandmothers" active in the campaign to save the oak grove adjacent to UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium, Dean said she's running to fill a "leadership vacuum" in the city.
Among the problems that need attention, she said, is the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's plan to build new labs in Strawberry Creek Canyon, which she's vociferously opposed, and a "deepening feeling that nothing can be done" with the downtown.
Asked if she can beat the yet-unannounced-candidate Mayor Tom Bates, Dean said, "I have absolutely no idea. He will have money and I won't; he will have endorsements which I won't have."
Bates defeated Dean in 2002, with Bates getting 55.4 percent of the vote and Dean getting 42.9 percent.
Still, Dean said, "I can elevate the debate."
She said she's planning a grassroots, "door-to-door, neighbor-to-neighbor" campaign.
Dean took out "signature-in-lieu" papers, which must be returned to the City Clerk July 24. Candidates collect signatures instead of paying the $150 filing fee, with each signature worth $1. The formal date to begin filing candidacy papers is July 14.
Former mayoral candidate and oak grove activist Zachary Runningwolf has also taken out signature-in-lieu papers to run for mayor. Runningwolf garnered 4.6 percent of the vote in 2006, when Bates won with 62.77 percent.


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text: Thursday, August 23, 2012 Call for Chair and ISC Committee Members: WCPT Congress 2015 The World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) is recruiting for its International Scientific Committee (ISC) for WCPT Congress 2015. Physical therapists who are APTA members are encouraged to submit applications to serve as a member of the ISC or ISC chair. Qualifications; responsibilities; essential and desired experience, knowledge and skills, and attributes; and terms of reference can be found in the call for applications for ISC chair and ISC members. Applications must be supported by a WCPT member organization, region, or subgroup. To obtain a letter of support from APTA, PTs should send their CV and letter of application addressing the specifications outlined in the call to Rene Malone, APTA senior research coordinator, by 5 pm ET on September 5.


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There are some of you that have served on SSNs as well as SSBNs - you know some of these things. Some of you might wonder...
I was transferred to the Batfish in mid-1983. Wow, what a difference!
1. You could get called out to sea with no notice.
2. There were absolutely NO Priority 1 parts. Those were for boomers. Some of you might remember the Madison sending an SK to Norfolk from Rota, directly there and back, for an XC valve... to get the boat out in time for target coverage?
3. Of course, there was no "other" crew to turn over to.
4. When you went to sea, you could go other places than the Sargasso Sea and Holy Loch: Portsmouth, England. Bergen, Norway. Brest, France. Hamilton, Bermuda. Did you know other navies dip their colors to us? (I wonder if they still do...)
5. Where is the Batfish anchor? The Firth of Clyde, on approach to Holy Loch!
6. Non-sonar guys would be shocked at how much power active sonar on an SSN puts out. The golf ball puts out enough to kill a diver, and the beam is steerable. It sounds like a guy whistling, but it bogs both TGs!
7. General Electric 300KW SSMGs DON'T EAT BRUSHES!
8. It's a PITA having the compartment bills in a different place after you've drilled for years on another boat!
9. The sonar crew I remember as being distinctly more lax than Madison's. I found bulkhead valve noise and went forward to the Sonar Supe, who asked me why I was telling him!
Batfish has been cut up for awhile, now. It had a shorter life than Dolly, not being part of the Triad. Now, back to Dolly!
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It's San Francisco's signature dish, but seafood lovers everywhere will keep this recipe close to their hearts.
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
1 (14½-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (8-ounce) bottle clam juice
12 littleneck clams
1 pound mussels
1 pound mixed boneless seafood, such as shrimp, scallops, firm white fish
Heat oil in a soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add garlic and next 5 ingredients. Sauté 3 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce and clam juice. Bring mixture to a boil. Add clams, and cook 3 minutes. Stir in remaining seafood, and simmer 5 minutes or until cooked. Discard any clams or mussels that do not open. Makes 4 servings.
Romaine with Walnut Vinaigrette
Combine 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, ¼ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper. Whisk in 1⁄ 3 cup walnut oil. Toss with fresh torn romaine lettuce.
Prosciutto-Parmesan Breadsticks
Unroll commercial refrigerated breadsticks on a foil-lined baking sheet, and separate into strips. Place a strip of prosciutto on top of dough; twist dough, and press ends down on foil. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan and black pepper. Bake as directed.
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About me
My name is Melita Mamosuwa Matenchi and I have many roles. I am a born-again Christian, a wife, a sister, a mother and a child. I come from a family of four girls, and grew to address everyone in my space as part of my family. I am passionate about teaching, living up to my name, Mamosuwa, meaning female teacher. I am a writer, a poet, I love public speaking and I have come to realize that all of the above depend on the effort you put into them. So I read and like to research mostly about things which fascinate me in life like the process of life and religion.
How Accenture supports me
I have a hearing impairment, and it is important that others are aware of this. When I joined the company, Accenture conducted disability sensitization workshops for employees here in Johannesburg. These workshops assisted me and my colleagues to be able to communicate better regardless of my disability. As a result of this training, my colleagues now ask me to repeat after them to make sure I had heard what they were requesting – and they are patient with me.
I hope that Accenture will continue to have the sensitization workshops on a more regular basis. When I first started working here, everyone was aware of my condition and communication was not difficult. However, I have changed roles, and it can be overwhelming to explain my hearing impairment again to everyone, especially in meetings. I also believe that the workshops help others to open-up about their disabilities.
"The best thing that you can do for the person next to you, regardless of their condition, status and level, is to treat them as you would like them to treat you."
Everyday challenges and how I overcome them
Detecting where the sound or voice is coming from is a significant challenge. In most environments, I look around often for any reaction that I might get from people and react to that. It is also difficult to understand speech when someone is speaking fast. Accenture is an environment where individuals communicate effectively, and eye contact is key to that. I read lips, so it's quite easy for me to transfer the spoken words when there is eye contact.
My advice for others
One quote which drives my actions is: "There is hope for a tree that has been cut down even if its root stems dies in the ground, but with water it will sprout like a young plant" (Job 14:7). This applies in my community work, where I meet with individuals who are using drugs and have lost hope. I motivate them to rise above their current state of life.
Both in and outside the office, the best thing that you can do for the person next to you, regardless of their condition, status and level, is to treat them as you would like them to treat you. Give them what you would appreciate receiving from them. Love your neighbor as yourself."Disability is a gift…
Unchosen yet given
Unpaid for, but received
Unexpected but present
Known when unwrapped
Used when received
Cherished when accepted
Its journey builds memories
Change your perspective"
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PARIS, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marken announced today that it has acquired the European kit building operation from Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) through its LabCorp Clinical Trials division. The new business located in Hamburg offers significant biological sampling kit building with experienced staff. This is the next step in Marken's strategy to provide a full supply chain service to its customers globally.
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The business includes a facility that is currently able to produce up to 60,000 sampling kits each month for global distribution and its experienced staff including project leaders and Quality Assurance professionals will further strengthen Marken's comprehensive, global supply chain project and alliance management capability.
The transaction accompanies a master services agreement with LabCorp Clinical Trials for courier services and kit building supply for clinical trials in certain territories.
Wes Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer of Marken said, "This is an important day for Marken as it perfectly aligns with our global strategy as the leading provider in global life science supply chain solutions. The management and employee base provide unparalleled experience in clinical trial supply and biological sampling kit production."
"This innovative transaction continues our strategic focus on building our global clinical trials capabilities. LabCorp Clinical Trials division will continue to provide global laboratory testing services for our clients, aligning with Marken for kit production and full-service logistics capabilities," said Dr. David Johnston, Senior Vice President of LabCorp Clinical Trials. "As a result, we will provide a more cost effective way to provide the highest quality testing for our clients."
The Hamburg site will be led by Gerit Offenhauser, Senior Vice President of Clinical Trial Distribution for Marken who has extensive experience in central laboratory operations, kit building and related clinical logistics. Mr. Offenhauser has managed the Hamburg facility since 2004.
About Marken
Marken is the leading global clinical supply chain solutions provider dedicated to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, supporting over 49,000 clinical investigators in more than 150 countries. Marken integrates Depot and Logistics services into solutions that extend the reach of clinical trials to even the most remote treatment naive geographies.
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(RADIO.COM) – Want to dress like Adam Levine? Now you can.
The Maroon 5 frontman announced yesterday (September 4) that he's launching a menswear line for Kmart this fall, according to the Associated Press (via Billboard).
"Honestly, I think fashion has a lot to do with when you wake up that day; a reflection of where you are, who you are and what you're going to do," Levine said in a press conference previewing the line.
"I'm not making a pretentious fashion statement, but you have to put something on, and I'm not wearing a fig leaf."
Levine's 222 collection will include jeans, henley tee shirts, plaid button-downs, baseball caps and a camouflage cargo jacket with prices ranging from $14.99 to $69.99.
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A 30-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 3-month-old girl that he was baby-sitting.
A 30-year-old man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 3-month-old girl that he was baby-sitting.
Jason Michael Moore of Charlotte was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the death of the baby girl.
Moore was a friend of the mother and acting as a baby-sitter.
At 8:21 p.m. Aug. 13, police received a call from the Kings Mountain Hospital in reference to child abuse of a 3-month-old female infant.
Lowell Police Department responded and began an investigation. Gaston County Police began assisting with the investigation on Aug. 14. The little girl was transferred to Levine Children�s Hospital in Charlotte for treatment of Abusive Head Trauma.
On Aug. 17, the little girl died after being removed from life support.
Moore also faces two counts of felony child abuse in the case.
Moore was booked into jail and is being held without bond.
Moore has a criminal past. He was convicted of larceny and other property crimes in Chatham and Wake counties in October 2009 and December 2009 respectively. In both cases, a judge sentenced Moore to probationary sentences.


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The Toronto Maple Leafs have – even by their standards – had a very quiet offseason. Since late May, GM Brian Burke has focused almost entirely on improving the forward corps for the 2012-2013 season with the signings of both Leo Komarov and Jay McClement; and trading for potential sell-low steal of the year, James van Riemsdyk.  The acquisitions have mostly been lauded as beneficial to the club, in particular for infusing some snarl, defense and skill into the beleaguered club's front ranks.
But it takes only the most cursory of sifting through tea leaves to discover that these moves, while improving the team, are a precursor to even more change in the appearance of the forward ranks heading into next season.
Even without the additions of Komarov, van Riemsdyk and McClement, the Maple Leafs already have 13 forwards under contract for next season who played at least 10 games for the club in the 2011-2012 season.
At present, Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak, Joffrey Lupul, Clarke MacArthur and Mikhail Grabovski will join newcomer van Riemsdyk in the top six. Tim Connolly, Matthew Lombardi, Mike Brown, Matt Frattin (when healthy) and David Steckel are set to compete with Komarov and McClement in the bottom six. And then there's Nazem Kadri, Joe Colborne and Carter Ashton who – despite showing promise – haven't yet proved capable of cracking a top-tier offensive corps.
This was as much the reason for both Colby Armstrong and Joey Crabb being let go. Both would have challenged – at best – for an already full-to-bursting bottom six, regardless of their unappealing salary or salary demands.
Of course, Nikolai Kulemin is as yet unsigned, and while his drop in production could most diplomatically be described as precipitous, his two-way play and skillset suggest that his re-signing is a given. The benefit of Kulemin's 200-foot ability is that he can hypothetically be slotted seamlessly onto any line. Putting on my GM hat, a one-year, 2.5-3-million dollar 'show me' contract should be appealing to both sides.
However, Kulemin would bring the total number of potential Leaf forwards to a nonsensical 17, without factoring in potential standouts or walk-ons in training camp. Job competition is a terrific motivator for professional sports franchises, but something's got to give. As Burke has stated during a recent interview with Bob McCown (around the 5:25 mark of Declan's clip), the current roster is unlikely to remain intact by the beginning of the season, whenever that may be.
In terms of internal movement, the Leafs American League affiliate should benefit most from this glut of forwards.  There are large segments of Leafs Nation, even prior to the Maple Leafs elimination from contention last season, who believe that either of Connolly or Lombardi are best suited to the Ricoh this fall. While neither player particularly impressed amidst injury-plagued campaigns, the hazard of waivers is at best risky asset management and at worst pure idiocy. Neither player is in possession of a No Movement Clause, so the potential is there, but other avenues should be well travelled before either veteran is waived.
The Marlies will almost certainly be the destination for Joe Colborne and Carter Ashton. Both proved to need further seasoning due to middling play in their call-ups. They also suffered substantive, deleterious injuries last season that have impeded their matriculation into the NHL ranks. Both are waiver exempt and should form the core of the taxi squad should the injury bug or trades occur.
A more contentious roster move would be keeping Kadri in the minors. While his total game remains incomplete at the NHL level, his offensive prowess, speed, puck skills and tenacity should warrant an opportunity. His time in the AHL has been fruitful, but appears tethered to a defense-minded standard unfairly. Kadri received top minutes and line-mates in the 'A and produced, yet received third-line minutes and mates and performed (understandably) less than admirably. One must wonder how content he'll be to remain a whipping boy for fan sentiment without being given a fair shake by the parent club.
Even if most of those players were to head west along the Lakeshore, it still wouldn't fully assess and solve the numbers problems up front. Burke has iterated on countless occasions that he desires more size and physicality, and no amount of internal shuffling can make that happen and improve the team's results.
This, of course, means trades.
Maple Leafs VP of Hockey Ops, Dave Poulin, offered some very clear evidence that this club and the league in general is more conducive to the summer swap meet than in the past (from the 1:09 mark of this interview, thanks again Declan ):
So I think this will be a fairly active summer of trading…it seems to be there's more of a temperature amongst teams to make changes through trade, because maybe they didn't get what they wanted in free agency. And then when you watched where some of the players went, you wonder how that's gonna free somebody up in the organization that you might like that now could be available. For financial reasons or other.
With so many forwards signed (of which six are UFA next July), an impressive array of prospects and just under $12-million in cap space (per capgeek.com), Burke has steered the Maple Leafs into a position with at least some leverage. While the most pressing needs are clear (reliable/established goaltending, immediate help on the back end, a top flight playmaking center), Burke should have enough quarters to exchange for a dollar.
Any glance into trade proposals online (be they from venerable places like HFboards or other, worse …'bergs) can be laughable, confusing, or certifiably ridiculous. While I won't touch on specific potential deals, I believe the most desirable and accessible assets in the forward ranks to be Lupul, MacArthur, Bozak and Steckel.
All four are pending UFAs in 2013 and could be useful cogs on contending teams. Lupul and Bozak, in particular, may never have as high a trade value after how well they acquitted themselves in 2011-2012.
(Note: I am not advocating any specific player's inclusion in a trade package, but they could have more value externally than they do internally, especially in light of the club's recent acquisitions.  It's not a great leap of logic following Poulin's quote regarding the push/pull effect that free agency has had on the trade market.)
So while all is quiet in Leafland tonight, it won't be in the near future. This offseason, the market doesn't appear to be a game of dominoes (perhaps the worst cliché regarding the period of free agency), and while the dearth of transactions suggest otherwise, the NHL's silly season is far from over.


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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This teaser is from Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich. And, I typically share more than just two sentences.
"Lula and I stood in the living room, looking at Grandma's foot.
'It looks broke all right,' Lula said to Grandma. 'That's one heck of an ugly foot you got there, but I like the polish you got on your toes. What's the name of that?'
'Red Hot Rapture. Lucky I just painted them yesterday. Imagine breaking your foot when your toes weren't done up.'
'Yeah,' Lula said, 'I'd hate that. Does it hurt?'
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Kristen Stewart's Affair: Sadly, She'll Be Haunted By It — Expert Says
Kristen broke up a family, and she'll always have to live with that, a relationship expert tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively. Read on for all the details!
Kristen Stewart's affair with Rupert Sanders may have happened six months ago, but now that he and wife Liberty Ross are getting a divorce, Kristen will always be haunted by it.
Dr. Phil Dembo, a relationship expert, tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively: "Rupert Sanders is getting divorced. And Kristin Stewart must be feeling the heat. It's one thing to have a tryst and ultimately life moves on and everyone remains intact. But Kristin's involvement with Sanders has now culminated in Sanders' family falling apart. Of course, any one behavior and decision doesn't define the end of a relationship. Obviously, the Sanders' marriage, as the relationship between Stewart and longtime boyfriend, Robert Pattison, was in trouble for the tryst to happen in the first place."
Not only will Kristen have to live with the fact that her action lead to the demise of a marriage, but her own relationship is suffering as well. Rob, 26, and Kristen, 22, are currently on a trial separation while he's aways filming The Rover in Australia.
Dr. Phil Dembo continued, "Kristin Stewart is learning first hand what we all must know as adults…when you make a bad decision that affects other people and their family, it doesn't go away easily and it often doesn't end well. Will this haunt Kristin and Robert and the future of their relationship? How can it not? Before, Kristin Stewart was seen as a 'misguided cheater' but now…now she will be forever known as a 'home wrecker.'"
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Will Kristen EVER forgive herself?
Watch: Kristen Stewart Has More Chemistry With Jim Sturgess Than Robert Pattinson
— Chris Rogers, Reporting by Sandra Clark
More Rupert Sanders & Liberty Ross Divorce News:
- Rupert Sanders & Liberty Ross: Divorce Looming — He's Desperate To Save Marriage
- Will Libert Ross File For Divorce? — Spotted Without Wedding Ring AGAIN
- Will Liberty Ross & Rupert Sanders Split After Kristen Stewart Affair?


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Doctor Conrad Murray Is Under Serious Security Restrictions in Prison
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, is paying the price for administering the King of Pop the dose of propofol that cost him his life — he's under extreme security restrictions in jail, and Murray's lawyer is not having it.
Murray's attorney, Charles Peckham, claims that Murray is being held like "Hannibal Lecter" in isolation, with even his hands and feet cuffed when the two met for a meeting this week. "This man who saved lives made a mistake," Peckham said, "and they're going to make him pay like a mass-murderer."
The Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman, Steve Whitmore, defended Murray's treatment, saying that it was for his own good. "[He] is a real target because of his notoriety and because of the Michael Jackson connection," Whitmore said. "We're just being extra cautious right now. This is because of his notoriety. It's not so much the crime itself."
Sounds relatively convincing, especially given that a probation reports indicates that Murray was suicidal at the beginning of his incarceration — but even so, his lawyer has a point that a violation of medical ethics, however grave, doesn't make him a serial killer.
Murray is facing four years in jail for his role in causing Jacko's death.


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Jamie Lee Curtis has joined the ranks of those offended by Oscars host Seth MacFarlane's humor onstage at the awards show, insisting his jokes amounted to nothing but a "cheesy vaudeville show."
The "True Lies" star was not amused by MacFarlane as he took charge of Hollywood's biggest stage on February 24, and just days after officials at the Parents Television Council called on Oscars bosses to make sure the funny man is never invited back, the actress has taken aim at him in a Huffington Post article.
Curtis admits she was particularly turned off by the host's cheeky "We Saw Your Boobs" song, in which he poked fun at past and present Best Actress Oscar winners for baring their breasts on film.
In her column for the Huffington Post, she writes, "As an Academy member, as the child of former Academy members and as a woman, I expected more from the best that the movie business has to offer. The Oscars are about honoring art and artists.
"The 'boob' song, as it will be known in perpetuity, may go down as the highest-rated Oscar number in history, but at what cost? I'm sure public executions would get big ratings too, but is that what the Oscars are truly about? Ratings? When did they turn into a 'roast'?
"At least at a roast you know what's in store. What if actors and actresses stopped attending the Oscars because it was deemed open session to ridicule and parody them? Would the Academy be so cavalier then?
"What we will be talking about is Seth's lack of class and a 14-year-old boy's derogatory word for one of the most beautiful, motherly and literally nurturing parts of the female form."
Jane Fonda was another star upset by MacFarlane's jokes. She took to her blog to note, "What I really didn't like was the song and dance number about seeing actress' boobs. I agree with someone who said, 'If they want to stoop to that, why not list all the penises we've seen?'"
But MacFarlane, who has stated he will never return to the Oscars stage as host, has his celebrity fans too.
Halle Berry, who was name-checked in his "We Saw Your Boobs" song, says, "He did what he wanted to do. That's his brand of comedy and people will love it and they will hate it. I thoroughly enjoyed the show… It takes so much to offend me these days after all the things that have been said about me, to me, so I didn't feel offended by that boob song."


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By David SilvaEastfield Et Cetera
Computer science professor David Kirk isn't the type to shy away from his passion for robotics and love of "Star Wars."
"I've made all seven 'Star Wars' movies on opening night starting in 1977," he said.
Kirk said he's excited to see "Rogue One" in theaters Dec.16 and is glad that his most recent robotic creation has meshed his two passions together. Kirk has built a remote-controlled, fully functioning BB-8 droid, equipped with lights and signature BB-8 sounds from "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens."
Kirk first unveiled the homemade droid at the campus' convocation for faculty and staff in August. Since then, his BB-8 has made appearances at several campus events.
"Everyone just huddles around [at events]," he said. "It's something you don't see every day, so it definitely draws the crowd."
Kirk said he found out about the BB-8 Builders Club website, a blog devoted to building life-like versions of the beloved droid.
The website is an offshoot of the R2-D2 Builders Club following the release of the original "Star Wars" film in 1977.
Both sites include blog posts of builders' progress as well as various resources to help create your own droid.
"You have to spend a lot of time just studying here on the Builders Club," he said. "Trying to see what other people are doing [and] posting, reading everyone else's build logs and trying to figure out what you want to try to do."
Soon after he discovered the website, he was told that the campus was thinking of having a "Star Wars"-themed convocation.
"I was like, 'Man, I should try and build this thing,' and I went to the first meeting, Dr. Conway's there and I had some of the 3D-printed parts for the dome," he said. "I raised my hand and said, 'Well, if y'all do, I'm going to start printing these parts. I'm going to build a BB-8.' "
Before then, Kirk had been indecisive about building the droid.
Kirk said his first robot, which he named the Kirkatron, was far less complicated than his BB-8.
"It's basically just a computer screen that rolls around with big speakers," he said.
Once he had committed to the project, he realized how much time and effort the droid was going to demand.
"It was so hard," he said. "I was stressing about eight months just trying to get anything to work. It's just trial and error. By far the hardest thing I've ever built."
Despite the time and money spent on the droid, Kirk is happy with his commitment to the project.
"I want to inspire students to build cool stuff," he said. "I think it's the first one in Dallas, according to the Builders Club."
Kirk said he might begin work on a R2-D2 droid in the future, but for now, he's just enjoying and improving his BB-8.
"It's fun," he said. "I can use it at events up here. Put hats on him. I'm going to get him a Santa Claus hat. I got him a witch hat for Halloween."


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This post was written for inclusion in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival hosted by Monkey Butt Junction . Our bloggers have written on so many different aspects of cosleeping. Please read to
the end to find a list of links to the other carnival
***So have you seen that ad they ran in the Milwaukee area about co-sleeping? Yeah, pretty disturbing and uh, uneducated? Because parents need to feel more ill at ease with their newborn. Because parents need to feel like at any moment the decision they make is going to kill their child. How about we educate parents on safe, healthy parenting? How about we give them the confidence they need to parent in a way that is best for their whole family, regardless of what their city thinks? (and really, really? the city put out this ad? i bet their constituents are hella thrilled they paid for that.)
When we decided to co-sleep we didn't really do it out of a place of academic or parenting philosophy. We did it because we'd had a fairly traumatic few days as a family during Guthrie's birth and we really needed that closeness. It was an intensely emotional decision.
And then we read some books. I got on the internet and figured out how to do it safely because we'd never done it before. Then it became a philosophical parenting decision. One that we intentionally chose. One that definitely had it's high and low points and frustrations and joys. Five years later we're still happily co-sleeping - and as a family of four.
One thing that's not talked about a lot in co-sleeping is the family transition from one child to two. You made this decision with your first child, but how will you make the same decision with your second especially if you're first is continuing to sleep in the family bed? I found two things made it easier: 1. providing our family with a lot of sleeping options and 2. remembering that it is a transition. Of course flexibility is always the key.
Guthrie got a 'big girl bed' in her room (she always had a room, she just never slept in it) when she turned 2. In theory we were going to going to stop co-sleeping with her because we were hoping to expand our family and had no idea how four in our bed would work. Except we didn't realize that none of us actually wanted to sleep separately. When she did sleep in her bed none of us rested well. So, we made a half-hearted effort to transition on and off. I bet you know how well that worked! But having an additional bed in the house was helpful. Sometimes John would get frustrated at being assed off the bed (either by Guthrie or the cat) and go sleep in her room, sometimes I slept in there when I wasn't feeling well - or a year later when I was super pregnant and could not get comfortable. And it was fine. It didn't mean John and I were less married or whatever. It did mean that we had to remind ourselves the nights may be long but these years are so very short. For the couple rough nights a week we'd have five that would be great.
And then Laithe came along. So, Guthrie was still mostly in our bed and so was a newborn. And so was a mom who was recovering from a c-section. And then there are the two cats - and let's not forget dad! It was a busy bed and there were a few things we did to make it more comfortable and more safe for all of us. We do have an Arm's Reach c0-sleeper that we attached to my side of the bed. Those first few nights Laithe did sleep most of the night in that because I was still on a heavy dose of oxy and when I did sleep it was drug induced. Not safe for baby! When I was down to ibuprofen Laithe slept in our bed, it went John, Guthrie, me, Laithe so as not to put Guthrie and Laithe next to one another. This went on for awhile. It helped Guthrie feel like she hadn't been usurped, it made us still feel close to her. I was not prepared for the dramatic change in Guthrie and my relationship when Laithe was born. I missed her so much! Sleeping in the same bed helped me to feel like I was still close to her. Eventually, Guthrie made more of a transition to her bed because it's tough to sleep with a newborn when you're not the one responsible for his care! And the co-sleeper? We kept it up for quite awhile and used it for the reason I like it - to hold my crap. Water bottle, books, picture books, diapers, wipes, burp cloths, and extra set of clothes or two, baby blanket. It's handy when it's within arm's reach! Ha ha get it?
So, did I ever let the kids sleep together without an adult? Yep I did. Once Laithe was a few months old - probably 3-4 I would put him next to the co-sleeper and give him a good foot of space then one of our firm pillows, then Guthrie. I felt safe with this. Not every parent of every kid would. But here's the deal, I know my kids, I know how they sleep. And I was comfortable with it. He was totally a stomach sleeper too. We know how to break all the rules, I tell ya!
I'll be honest though, that first year with two kids was a tough one, especially after I went back to work. They were both very in need of our attention and a full night of sleep was not to be had. However, the sleep we did get was good. I was not worried about Laithe one bit because he was always with at least one parent. Nor was I worried about Guthrie, wherever she was sleeping, because I knew she'd yell if she needed us. She was old enough to communicate her needs to us and know that we'd respond - which I think means it was an appropriate time for her to be in her own bed, in her own room.
These days? In the kids' room is Guthrie's bed and a crib mattress on the floor for Laithe. Sometimes they request to be put to bed in there together, sometimes they request to be put to bed in our bed. And I'm good with that. My opinion is that they know what they need and location is the only thing in our routine that changes. Laithe has spent a few nights in Guthrie's room - not all night, but a good portion before crawling into our bed. I'm not surprised he's starting this transition much earlier than Guthrie did.
I no longer put a pillow between them though because at 21 months Laithe is really more the threat. Case in point:
I have no idea how long our co-sleeping will last. I'm sure one day it will end and it will be bittersweet. And then we'll stretch out and turn on the tv or leave the light on fully while we read and it'll be less bitter. I will never regret that we've done this with our family though. I think it has helped create an emotional bond we would not otherwise have. Breastfeeding while co-sleeping, well, it goes without saying that it's so much easier - past about 6 months there has been little effort on my part. Although I'm pretty sure you could hook yourself up a nice system for bottle feeding too without much effort. For certain c0-sleeping is not for everyone and I do not believe that you are slighting your child by having them sleep separately from you. For our family though, this works.
Now - time to go get that steak knife out of my bed! Apparently it's dangerous!
for good quality research and statistics on co-sleeping i like Dr. Sears - and they have many, many links. for mentoring, and getting ideas when what you're doing isn't working for you i like the forums on mothering.com
Thanks for reading a post in the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival. On Carnival day, please follow along on Twitter using the #CosleepCar hashtag.
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants:
- Emotive Co-Sleeping Campaign - Miriam at Diary of an Unconscious Mother talks about her feelings on Milwaukee's anti-cosleeping crusade and its latest advertising campaign.
- Why Cosleeping has Always been the Right Choice for My Family - Patti at Jazzy Mama shares how lucky she feels to have the privilege of sleeping with her four children.
- Cosleeping is a safe, natural and healthy solution parents need to feel good about. - See how Tilly at Silly Blatherings set up a side-car crib configuration to meet her and her families' needs.
- Black and White: Race and the Cosleeping Wars - Moorea at Mama Lady: Adventures in Queer Parenting points out the problem of race, class and health when addressing co-sleeping deaths and calls to action better sleep education and breastfeeding support in underprivileged communities.
- Reflections on Cosleeping - Jenny at I'm a Full Time Mummy shares her thoughts on cosleeping and pictures of her cosleeping beauties.
- Cosleeping and Transitioning to Own Bed - Isil at Smiling Like Sunshine shares her experiences in moving beyond the family bed.
- What Works for One Family - Momma Jorje shares why cosleeping is for her and why she feels it is the natural way to go. She also discusses the actual dangers and explores why it may not be for everyone.
- Really High Beds, Co-Sleeping Safely, and the Humanity Family Sleeper - Jennifer at Hybrid Rasta Mama gives a quick view of Jennifer's bed-sharing journey and highlights the Humanity Family Sleeper, something Jennifer could not imagine bed-sharing without.
- Crying in Our Family Bed - With such a sweet newborn, why has adding Ailia to the family bed made Dionna at Code Name: Mama cry?
- Dear Mama: - Zoie at TouchstoneZ shares a letter from the viewpoint of her youngest son about cosleeping.
- Cuddle up, Buttercup! - Nada of The MiniMOMist and her husband Michael have enjoyed cosleeping with their daughter Naomi almost since birth. Nada shares why the phrase "Cuddle up, Buttercup!" has such special significance to her.
- Co-Sleeping With A Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler - Kerry at City Kids Homeschooling shares how co-sleeping calls us to trust our inner maternal wisdom and embrace the safety and comfort of the family bed.
- Fear instead of Facts: An Opportunity Squandered in Milwaukee - Jenn at Monkey Butt Junction discusses Milwaukee's missed opportunity to educate on safe cosleeping.
- Cosleeping: A Mini-rant and a Lovely Picture - Siobhan at Res Ipsa Loquitor discusses her conversion to cosleeping and rants a little bit about the Milwaukee Health Department anti-cosleeping campaign.
- Our Cosleeping Story - Adrienne at Mommying My Way shares her cosleeping story and the many bonus side effects of bedsharing.
- Cosleeping can be safe and rewarding Christy at Mommy Outnumbered shares how her cosleeping experiences have been good for her family.
- Adding one more to the family bed Lauren at Hobo Mama discusses the safety logistics of bed sharing with a new baby and a preschooler.
- The Truth About Bedsharing - Dr. Sarah at Parenting Myths and Facts discusses the research into bedsharing and risk - and explains why it is so often misrepresented.
- Cosleeping as a parenting survival tool - Melissa V. at Mothers of Change describes how she discovered cosleeping when her first baby was born. Melissa is the editor and a board member for the Canadian birth advocacy group, Mothers of Change.
- Dear Delilah - Joella at Fine and Fair writes about her family bed and the process of finding the cosleeping arrangements that work best for her family.
- CoSleeping ROCKS! - Melissa at White Noise talks about the evolution of cosleeping in her family.
- Safe Sleep is a Choice - Tamara at Pea Wee Baby talks about safe sleep guidelines.
- 3 Babies Later: The Evolution of our Family Bed - Kat at Loving {Almost} Every Moment talks about how her family's cosleeping arrangements evolved as her family grew.
- Tender Moments - The Accidental Natural Mama discusses tender cosleeping moments.
- Cosleeping Experiences - Lindsey at An Unschooling Adventure describes how she ended up co-sleeping with her daughter through necessity, despite having no knowledge of the risks involved and how to minimise them, and wishes more information were made available to help parents co-sleep safely.
- The early days of bedsharing - Luschka at Diary of a First Child shares her early memories of bedsharing with her then new born and gets excited as she plans including their new arrival into their sleeping arrangements.
- The Joys of Cosleeping in Pictures - Charise of I Thought I Knew Mama shares pictures of some of her favorite cosleeping moments.
- Symbiotic Sleep - Mandy at Living Peacefully With Children discusses how the symbiotic cosleeping relationship benefits not only children but also parents.
- Co-sleeping Barriers: What's Stopping You? - Kelly at Becoming Crunchy shares how she was almost prevented from gaining the benefits of co-sleeping her family currently enjoys.
- Co-Sleeping with the Family Humanity Sleeper - Erica at ChildOrganics shares a way to make co-sleeping safe, comfortable and more convenient. Check out her post featuring the Humanity Organic Family Sleeper.
- Why We Cosleep - That Mama Gretchen's husband chimes in on why cosleeping is a benefit to their family.
- Adding to the Family Bed - Darah at A Girl Named Gus writes about her co-sleeping journey and what happens when a second child comes along.
A big thank you to all of the Safe Cosleeping Blog Carnival participants!


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by Sunnyjane
|Hmph! 'Those women' who were making my Inaugural Ball gown are out of work. Serves them right for voting for Obama!
Losing the War on Women: Do Not Resuscitate
Ignoring women is no longer a winning strategy, and Ann Romney may have been instrumental in making that point during the 2012 election cycle. She was, for all intents and purposes, more damaging than helpful.
The Republican campaign insisted on trotting her out to win the women's vote. But by rattling around in the echo chamber of hypocrisy, she gaffed far more than she got her point across. The problem: she had no viable point to make. Ann Romney was, and remains, ignorant of the broad scope of issues that concern women. She stated in one interview that, I've been on the campaign trail for one year, and guess what women are talking about. They're talking about jobs ... That's what I'm hearing. Well, she must have been talking about jobs for men, because this is the woman whose husband-candidate refused, throughout the entire campaign, to even say whether he was in support equal pay for women. Women were left to assume that he did not believe that women should be paid the same as their male counterparts for performing the same job.
In all fairness to Mrs. Mitt, she had nothing to offer women. The Republican Party started a fight with women by legislating their healthcare options, promising to defund Planned Parenthood, drastically limiting or entirely eliminating contraceptive choices, overturning Roe vs. Wade, forcing a rape victim to carry a baby to full term, and refusing to enact the latest iteration of the Violence Against Women Act.
Neurotic Inertia Posing as Moral Rectitude
The Republican Party has not yet reconciled themselves to their loss on November 6. Oh, to be sure, some of their, ahem, leaders are making noises that sound as if they are willing to change out of nothing but sheer desperation. I don't believe we should expect a sudden GOP flash mob performing Kumbaya in the Capital Rotunda any time soon.
|The GOP implemented a great winning strategy -- for 1950
GOP Moralists, Wannabes and Knuckleheads
The Republican Party will never again be a Grand Old Party until it purges itself of the current bunch of self-appointed right-wing moralists like Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann, Darrel Issa, etc. While Todd Akin was roundly defeated, too many remain. Grover Norquist would do more good for the party were he to encourage more moderate candidates to support rather than using his Gestapo tactics to force candidates to sign ridiculous no-more-taxes pledges.
Wannabe candidates such as Richard Mourdock should not be supported, nor should people like Sarah Palin; again, memo to Norquist, see above.
When the GOP stops taking its cues from the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Donald Trump, they may be able to move forward. Otherwise, their party will continue to be nothing more than one that is Only for white men of property, circa 1800.
Diversity 2012, Republican Style
|The New Republican House Committeemen
|Change We Can Believe In: The New Women in Congress
|With 55% of the women's vote, Barack Obama won a second term.


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Imagine having your house redecorated – top to bottom – by a team of outstanding interior designers at no charge.
No, this isn't a reality TV show, it's what some lucky homeowner in Chestnut Hill, or the surrounding area, will experience if their home is selected for the Fall 2013 Designer Showcase benefiting the Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment.
Each room in the house will reflect the talents of a top interior designer with fresh paint, new wall and window treatments, alluring furnishings and exquisite details. Even the exterior will get instant curb appeal with new landscape design. Previous designers have included Patricia Cove, Hannah Dee and Maria Hasenecz of Livable Landscapes.
"It doesn't have to be a particularly large house, but it should be interesting and have ample parking," said Marilyn Paucker, CHCE board president.
Because many homeowners, other than the President and First Lady, aren't comfortable with people trooping through their house, the ideal situation is an unoccupied house that is for sale.
"Houses that had languished on the market sold very quickly once they became Designer Showcase Houses," Paucker said. "The new owners didn't just want the house – they wanted everything in it.
"The search is now underway for our next Designer Showcase House," Paucker said. "Residents must be willing to allow designers to view the house several weeks this spring. Work would be done from August through September, and then opened to the viewing public at the end of September into early October. This is a great opportunity to refresh your home while helping to raise funds for CHCE.
For over 35 years, CHCE has provided recreational, educational and cultural programs for active adults over 50. The Center also provides leadership and volunteer opportunities for seniors who wish to share their expertise and talents. For more information, visit www.chenrichment.org or call 215-248-0180.