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User talk:Burmesedays
Places you hate[edit]
I had been planning to go to Kuala Lumpur sometime in the future, but if there's something you hate about it maybe I should reconsider my plans? I've been to Brussels and I don't understand what you hate about it.Sevan
Is the SVG map of Guyana available?[edit]
Hi Burmesedays, I'm currently translating country maps for the French version. Thanks a lot for all the maps you've made: fantastic job (and probably very time-consuming)! For Guyana, I can only find the PNG version but no SVG. Do you still have the original? If yes, could you upload it? By the way, (for message above), I loved Kuala Lumpur: a good compromise between traditional and modern Asia to me but it takes all sorts to make a world :) Joelf 00:44, 11 January 2011 (EST)
Image:Bali-Kuta-Map.png - erratum...[edit]
Hi there!
Just been informed that the location of Bali Sorgawi Hotel is actually between Aromas Cafe (Eating Venue Number 1) and Kuta Lagoon Resort (Sleep Number 10). Cheers, and prosperity in the year of the Rabbit. Thanks
Romanian Map[edit]
I have seen you are credited with this map http://wikitravel.org/en/Image:Romania_Regions_map.png Please check it out because Vatra Dornei and Sinaia are switched.. Transylvania is http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:Transylvania,_Banat,_Crisana_and_Maramures.svg with orange with darker orange is Ardeal ..Transylvania has Ardeal, Crisana, Maramures, Banat.. Thank you!
Friends, for reasons I will not bore you with, I have been MIA for far too long from Wikitravel. I hope that can now change and I will be around a bit more often again. Lots of queries for me to deal with here and on various article talk pages and I will get around to them all in time. --Burmesedays 10:15, 24 April 2011 (EDT)
Nusa Lembongan[edit]
Hi, it's great to see the Nusa Lembongan getting some attention. think that article might have been missing you. It has copped a fair bit of abuse lately and certainly needs a good looking over. -- felix 15:19, 13 May 2011 (EDT)
Hi, I added an entry here http://wikitravel.org/en/Galapagos_Islands a moment ago which you have taken out. The comment was 'UK Based Travel Company'. I am sorry if I have submitted our site in error, but I thought it would be valid for the page/category/heading and in keeping with the other sites listed. I may have made some sort of fundemental error and in which case I am sorry, but are UK based companies not allowed to be present on this page? Many thanks, Rob
Retiring abroad[edit]
Care to take another look at that, see if it is ready for a star nomination, and either comment on what it needs or make the nomination?
I'm the sole author so far, so cannot see it objectively. Also, I nominated another I'd worked on, Teaching English, as a possibility for our first star travel topic and that failed, so I'm a bit reluctant to risk it again. Pashley 04:24, 4 June 2011 (EDT)
Xiali1208 user ban nomination[edit]
I'm about to delete another prostitution ad from that user's user talk page. I don't know how to nominate a user to be banned, but if you nominate and put a link on my user talk page, I'll gladly second.
All the best,
Ikan Kekek 03:16, 11 June 2011 (EDT)
time formats revisited[edit]
Given your interest in the time formats discussion and/or the star nomination that was almost sidelined over this matter, I thought I should let you know I've reopened the discussion. Hopefully (unlikely perhaps, but hopefully) we can reach a more definitive conclusion on this matter. PerryPlanet Talk 00:45, 23 June 2011 (EDT)
Why deleted?[edit]
One of my interest is Botanical Gardens. So, I know that the Royal Botanical Garden (combine of two parks) in London is the best in UK. Alas, when I went to London, I missed the Botanical Garden. My question is why you delete my contribution in Bedugul article. In last one month I have visited Bedugul and Cibodas, certainly it is not the first visit and also for the other Botanical Gardens. I want to know the reason because I recently write the tourist activities, so I need learn more. Thank you so much for your attention. Best Regards from Gsarwa. Gsarwa 04:01, 6 July 2011 (EDT)
Kuta (Lombok)[edit]
Hi Burmesdays, Yes that was a rather untidy piece of editing, or rather it was a bit too tidy. Leaving just the one Sleep listing there and deleting the rest of the article was a bit out of order. Truth is I was fighting with a new release of firefox for mac (the new v.5 .0 is not yet stable). I left you a note on my Talk page. Thanks for noticing and for letting me know. I fixed it after getting the app re-started and the page finally reloaded. cheers -- felix 23:44, 8 July 2011 (EDT)
Nice work Burmesedays on cleaning up the Senggigi article formatting and content. It looks a lot better and flows a lot better now. I had been meaning to tidy up the balance of the messy formatting including those sub-section headers for a while and just never seemed to get to it. I have also been intending to do a bit of an update on the content and your suggestions on the Plaza and Square are a good idea. I am in Jakarta at the moment but when I get back to Lombok I am going to pay it some attention as it has been slipping a bit behind. The region is rising up a bit at the moment and there have been some new entrants in especially in the accom, restaurant and nightlife categories. The Tanjung article needs some new info put into it as well but I want to do a proper survey on the ground so I get it right. Well done. -- felix 13:59, 9 July 2011 (EDT)
Mount Rinjani[edit]
Hi Burmesedays, I have just performed an article wide review of Mount Rinjani. As this is an article of enduring interest to you I am hoping you might run your eyes over my recent edits to ensure a fresh eye is applied to my activities there. There have been some ongoing confusions with travellers properly identifying reputable trek providers and I understand the issue of hijacks of bookings and pre- payments still prevails. I have also attempted to address the guide and tout issues at the waterfall as this is an ever escalating problem there with some quite vigorous extortion of fees from outside guides and drivers and stand over tactics toward both visitors and the people taking them there. I also moved the eruption image up higher in the article as I felt it looked a bit odd at the bottom after my addition of the {{infoboxes}}. I did an article wide spell check and made a few minor edits outside the Do section. However the main area I worked on was the Do section. Rinjani Trekking Club seems to have been the main target of the booking and payment hijacks as the perpetrator uses a mimicking name and logo. That individual is active across NTB and although there seems to be a focus on Gili Islands fast boat services, Lombok accommodation and Rinjani treks I do note that he meddles about in the Komodo and Sulawesi region as well. It appears to me that some of the recent corrective edits to the trekking providers have arisen from one of the principal victims using alternative trading names to re-brand and I suppose this may be an attempt to overcome some of the issues that have developed from the several years of disruption caused by the hijack activities. I have sent the person concerned a hopefully polite and supportive email with a please explain and an request to be more focussed and WT policy and guideline compliant here. I believe he, (or his associates) may be responsible for the recent problems with edits to the provider listings in the Senggigi and Mount Rinjani articles. I have attempted to address some of these ongoing contribution issues with my recent Mount Rinjani edits. I would value your input on this if you think any of the recent changes are less than appropriate. Thanks -- felix 08:21, 10 July 2011 (EDT)
Hi, I have just had an edit conflict with you at Lombok, as my edit was article wide I overwrote your recent but apparently more contained edits. I will be scratching your changes out of the histories and reapplying them in a few minutes. Perhaps then you might like to check over the article to make sure I did not miss anything. -- my apologies of course for the over-write-- felix 11:10, 10 July 2011 (EDT)
Munster, Munster and Munster![edit]
I've worked it out there are 3 pages all relating to the same small town just north of where I live! It's explained at Talk:Munster oertze. I'll have a go at merging them. --SaxonWarrior 12:50, 21 July 2011 (EDT)
Sundarbans National Park[edit]
Hi, I have tried to make you understand the need for agents to be listed considering the inconveniences faced by people visiting the Sundarbans and request you to revert the deletion made by you. Even news articles confirm the fact that there are not many choices for accomodation as well as the fact that the Govt run accomodation is in shambles and one has to run from pillar to post to get the bookings. Besides, as I pointed out prior permission is required from the Forest Deptt to visit the core areas. So does one have the time to collect the same personally always???
please consider the gravity of the situation and allow the listings.
Besides, as I told you the other two accomodation options do not allow "Room only". you have to accept their package costs. So what wrong have other agents done that their names have been removed ? please consider the situation
chourasia 23:09, 22 July 2011 (EDT)Chourasia
Map of Iceland[edit]
Hello, and thanks for the welcome messege you left on my talk page recently.
I was looking at the map indicating regions in the Iceland article, and saw you're the one who made it. There are a few things that seem a bit strange about it to me, as a native, and I was wondering if you could change them - I'd love to do it myself, but I don't have the software (or the source file of the map). Mainly, they have to do with the towns you chose to put on there:
All the best, --sterio 04:38, 24 July 2011 (EDT)
Maluku map[edit]
Would you mind if I claimed the Maluku map? It's an area I'm fascinated by, and after obtaining my bareboat chartering certification this year, am thinking seriously about cruising around for a couple months. --Peter Talk 10:29, 26 July 2011 (EDT)
thanks! (from Siung99)[edit]
Thanks for your support Burmesedays! I have actually contributed some articles (Trawas, Pacet, Tretes) but unfortunately no one has plunged forward ever since (the 'anonymous users' that did the last editing was actually myself, but i didn't log in). recently i also revised the Salatiga page (without logging in, though), i know a bit about this town as i grew up there.Siung99 11:28, 26 July 2011 (EDT)
Hi Burmesedays, that Dharamsala article was truly a mess and it appears you have also just performed a significant edit on it. It is a pity you did not revert back to my last version though as it now still contains a whole pile of POV and highly subjective commentary. Also the IP that reverted my edits twice managed to reinstate all the badly formatted prices, addresses, US EN spelling into an ex-British colony (therefore a UK EN appropriate article), non-WT time formats, XXXX meters (X,XXX m), rampant outbreaks of Capitalisation For Emphasis, URL repeats in listings and other general untidiness, a lot of which has still prevailed despite your own considerable efforts to get the article back into order. Not only did that IP accuse me of "vandalism" but they reverted an article wide review with one revert. You now appear to have gone over it and redone a lot of the work I had already done. Sometimes I do wonder what motivates these people. That pest undid a considerable amount of work that now needs to be all done again. Good work applying the listing formatting to so much of the content. The phone numbers are still rather messy, as are the Rp prices, times and similar. I think the volume of work you have now done on the content the IP reverted back into the article now makes a time waste to go back to my recent version as a starting point so your last version now needs much of that editing applied all over again so as not to then dump your own recent considerable work on the article. It looks like random silliness has prevailed again. I wonder at ties just what it is that infects the Indian articles, it is not just the local Indian editors that act silly there, apparently people from outside the region want to have a good swing at crazy editing as well. cheers --felix 06:13, 28 July 2011 (EDT)
Papua don't preach[edit]
Interest seems to have died at Talk:Papua_New_Guinea#Regions. What do you think of my "executive decision" idea? I really would like to see the country guide start moving forward again—it's just too big and interesting for us to let it languish like this. --Peter Talk 16:31, 29 July 2011 (EDT)
Please do not bully members of our team or intefear with our work anymore. We are more than able to deal with you and so see no need for further warnings on the matter. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Geesha (talk • contribs) ==
Any news of the SVG map of Guyana?[edit]
Hi Burmesedays, Sorry to bother you again but have you found the SVG version for the map of Guyana and could you upload it? I've almost finished the French translation for all other countries in South America. Thanks a lot! Joelf 03:17, 9 August 2011 (EDT)
Brazil maps[edit]
Hi there! Thanks for your offer to update those Brazil state maps! The maps in questions are:
The svg files should have the language layers in there in a relatively ordinary way so you can find them. I don't think you need to change any text for this update, but I do believe that the en: and pt: map titles are in separate layers.
Anyway, thanks again for volunteering. I wish I knew how to get my Inkscape running well again. At the beginning of the year I was on a really big kick to get all of Brazil's states and regions maps created, but at some point Inkscape started crashing all the time, and it just got too frustrating... So glad to see others taking an interest! texugo 03:38, 10 August 2011 (EDT)
Your map on TV[edit]
Heya, your Libya map [3] was shown prominently on the Dutch talkshow "Knevel & Van den Brink" today :-) You can see the video fragment here, at 02:20 [4]. --globe-trotter 18:36, 24 August 2011 (EDT)
full stop instead of comma[edit]
Hi, I agonised over that edit for a bit then changed them as it seems consistent with the style established if the <listing> formatting is introduced into a section. This frequently happens in either the Do or the See section of many articles. There are none there now in the Borobudur article but if one is added later then we get a mixed style. This happens a lot in other articles, hence I applied that formatting that part of the Borobudur article. I did not overlook it earlier, rather I hesitated as sometimes it can appear more like a grammatical error than a styling theme. What do you think about that...should it be left with the full stop as there is currently no <listing> formatting in that section or should it be globally standardised. I find a lot of the WT formatting style clashes with my own notions of good typographical style. I think one of my pet hates is AM/PM formatting and it looks even more horrible when it is mixed up with am/pm and 24 hr formatting in the same article. I am glad at least that is now somewhat resolved. In regard to the . -, issue Borobudur may be less likely to get a mix of listings in the Do and See sections but many articles do and it looks really messy unless the attractions/listings without <listing> formatting are change to a comma as I did in that edit. As with many WT style issues I tend to think it is best to at least standardise globally, even if sometimes it looks a bit odd, as it did with those metre-feet conversions. -- felix 12:39, 27 August 2011 (EDT)
Hi Burmesedays, could I please ask for a second opinion on what more needs doing to this article to upgrade it to guide status? Many thanks, --SaxonWarrior 15:56, 5 September 2011 (EDT)
Thank you for keeping an eye on Banyuwangi; it looks like you're doing a good job keeping up with the edits. Rarely have I seen such volume on my watchlist. LtPowers 10:25, 7 September 2011 (EDT)
just saying hello i'am new --Trappedbee 07:13, 8 September 2011 (EDT)
DotM archives[edit]
Hi, Burmesedays. You seem to have deleted a couple of DotM nominations because they'd been accepted, but I don't think you added them to the Destination of the Month candidates/Archive. (Plus, Tongren isn't featured until next week, so I think it should have stayed for now.) LtPowers 08:45, 9 September 2011 (EDT)
Kuta (Lombok)[edit]
Hi I just patrolled one of your edits at Kuta (Lombok)
Bit surprised to see the [Mark as patrolled] link there. I assume there is some errant WT fault occurring and you know better how to deal with that than I do. I patrolled it so the link has no doubt gone now. BTY great to see all the continuing article development and refining you have been doing lately. Cheers. -- felix 01:12, 22 September 2011 (EDT)
Hey thanks for fixing the grammar in the Borobodur edit, I think I was half asleep and left in some cut and paste artifacts, that is the best story anyway I can come up with anyway... --
Dalat city[edit]
Greetings, Burmesedays! Can you please take a look at the history of the Dalat city page and let me know if the behaviour of the user User:Dalatcitytours warrants any action be taken against them? I have previously left warnings on their discussion page asking them not to remove content that refers to their competitors. Thank you! Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington 03:56, 16 October 2011 (EDT)
Hi Burmesedays, what do you think about Lovina and the contact details? Also do you think if listed it should be as a single listing for the two properties, or separate as the provider first listed. I do note they use a different email address for each, no doubt to overcome the ...I want to rent your villa...but which one problem. I determined the third and unrelated one, is closed, as detailed on the talk page. Cheers--felix 19:49, 30 October 2011 (EDT)
Map Making[edit]
Ok sorry if Im doing this all wrong. I'm new to Wiki and have to admit I only just glanced over when I found your maps. I'd just like to ask what you use to produce them? thanks Roger, thanks for the great maps you have produced.
Contact info?[edit]
Hello, can you please provide your email address, as I would like to obtain written permission to reference your Barbados map in a journal article. Thank you, Zainab


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Vocal opinionator Simon Cowell fessed up to poor judgment this week when the U.K. based singing competition show he produced was caught using technology to improve contestants voices.
Cowell ordered an overhaul fo the show's production, following this week's 7th season premier. "People have got to be able to trust 'the X-Factor' - we are not faking anything," Cowell said, according to the Hollywood Reporter. "People love this show, millions watch it every week and we absolutely respect that. We never take it for granted."
Cowell started the show "X-Factor" in 2004, with a concept similar to American Idol. The show differs from Idol because it allows duets or groups to enter together and there is no age limit. The show's first winner was a 35-year-old pub singer.
U.S. & World
Fans watching last week's season premier took to message boards in droves after hearing an Auto-Tune enhanced version of the 1980's hit "Walking on Sunshine," sung by 18-year-old contestant Gamu Nhengu. Although Cowell told the young singer she was "really talented" on the broadcast, an X-Factor spokesman later admitted that her vocals were altered, Deadline reported.
The use of post-production audio 'sweetening' was to "deliver the most entertaining experience possible for viewers," the spokesman said.
The outrage prompted "American Idol" producers to announce that the Fox broadcast never uses any kind of post-production trickery. "We have never, nor would we ever, use Auto-Tuning during the American Idol competition," a Fox spokesman said, TV Guide reported.
Cowell will soon be in competition with his old American Idol mates, when he brings "X-Factor" to the U.S. airwaves in 2011.
Selected Reading: the Guardian, TV Guide, NY Magazine

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Common Koel
The Common Koel (Eudynamis scolopacea) is a cuckoo that migrates from Asia down to Australia for the summer. It lays its eggs in cup-shaped nests of large honeyeaters. This is a photo of the male. The female is barred brown and so far hasn't come anywhere close for me to take a photo. Although this bird is often hard to see as it hides among the foliage it is certainly not hard to hear! From a distance the call is not unpleasant but close up - like just outside my bedroom window at night!!! - it is loud and raucous. You can hear its call here.
I took this photo in the late afternoon and the bird's feathers were picking up the golden tones of the sunset sky.
This is a full crop of the above photo showing the bird's beautiful eye.
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gorgeous bird with those dark feathers and bright red eye! the call sounds neat (although while trying to sleep might be a bit much!) :)ReplyDelete
Another wonderful bird to see..ReplyDelete
Lovely images.
you did get close enough for a good shot though. They are here also but never a photo opportunity like you got; well doneReplyDelete
Great eyes!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
It is a pretty bird and I love that red eye. Great sighting and photos.ReplyDelete
a bird I never heard of. I listened to the call and I can understand it is not a favourite call when you are in bed. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 7, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Great shots of that red-eyed bird! I love his call.ReplyDelete
That is a very distinctive call and the bird has beautiful eyes...ReplyDelete
Your photos are wonderful!ReplyDelete
Hi there - crazy looking red eye!ReplyDelete
Must have been a challenge to get the exposure right.
Cheers - Stewart M
He is a handsome chap but I quite understand your issue with his call which certainly is beautiful . . . at a distance.ReplyDelete
A very handsome looking portrait.ReplyDelete
wow, a different kind of bird. Nice... Thanks for dropping by.ReplyDelete
His Unfailing Love
Beautiful, Mick! Love the red eyes!ReplyDelete
That...is a great bird picture. Perfect. And that eye, what a focal point. There is no curse worse than loud neighbors!ReplyDelete
That's a beautiful bird -- but I hear you on the noise outside the window in the morning. We have mockingbirds here in Florida that can just go crazy sometimes.ReplyDelete
Oh, what an eye! Beautiful, mysterious bird, kinda 007 ;)ReplyDelete
Love his red eye against his black feathers. Great shots!ReplyDelete
It does have a very striking eye and a loud call. The call reminds me of the broad tailed grackle which is currently entertaining us in many parking lots in town.ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous fellow! Those red eyes are stunning! I never would have though that this is a cuckoo :DReplyDelete
I do love that eye color -- very striking. :)ReplyDelete
Wonderful images!! I love the red around his eyes.ReplyDelete
... An interesting post and great photos.ReplyDelete
I really like your header.
Greetings Karin


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No one should be required to breathe unhealthy air as a condition of employment. Yet for the 35,000 Oregonians who work in places where indoor smoking is allowed, inhaling toxic fumes is an unavoidable part of the job.
U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona has released a comprehensive new report that definitively concludes that secondhand smoke is a killer and must be addressed as a serious hazard to public health.
"The debate is over," Carmona said as he presented the findings. "The science is clear. Secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance but a serious public health hazard."
Studies have shown that simply breathing secondhand smoke for as little as 30 minutes can cause blood vessels to constrict and raise the risk of heart attack or stroke. Secondhand smoke is responsible for lung cancer in non-smokers, for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and for respiratory illness and asthma in children.
It is now clear that even minimal exposure to secondhand smoke should be avoided. Most of us have a choice about that exposure — but what about those who work six-, eight- or even 10-hour shifts in bars and restaurant/bar combinations where smoking is allowed?
Here in Oregon we are working on many fronts to keep Oregonians healthy. But when it comes to secondhand smoke, we are not succeeding. Secondhand smoke kills an estimated 800 Oregon nonsmokers every year.
There is a solution. Oregonians can decide to protect their friends and families from this hazardous exposure. We can demand that all workplaces become smoke-free. By simply requiring that people step outside to have their cigarettes, we can protect the health of 35,000 working Oregonians. Such a simple action on behalf of public health, such a little change that can improve the health of so many.
Many communities across the country have gone smoke-free in all worksites. Their businesses have found that the change costs them nothing and can even improve their bottom line in a number of ways, such as smaller insurance premiums due to a lower risk of fires and injuries, reduced cleaning and maintenance costs, healthier employees and higher productivity.
There are also benefits for employees who smoke. Experience shows that when a workplace goes smoke-free, employees who smoke often decide to quit, improving their health and that of their families. This helps reduce future smoking rates as well — when children and teens are exposed to less smoking, they are less likely to become smokers themselves.
Currently more than 80 percent of adult Oregonians do not smoke. It is past time to take the next step to reduce exposure to tobacco smoke for Oregonians. Let's work together to require that all workplaces become 100 percent smoke-free.
After all, shouldn't everyone be able to breathe clean air while they are on the job?
Susan Allan, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., leads Oregon's public health system and oversees public health programs in the Oregon Department of Human Services Public Health Division.


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The 2009-10 Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) provide information to the Senate about the proposed allocation of resources to the Department of the Senate (the department) and the funding proposed in the appropriation bills.
A key role of the department's PBS is to facilitate the understanding of Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-10. The PBS are Budget Related Papers and are declared by the appropriation bills to be 'relevant documents' to the interpretation of the bills according to section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
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Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fundamental work in developing the cyclotron and other accelerators. Early life, education prior to graduate studies at University of California at Berkeley from 1931; work with Ernest O. Lawrence at Berkeley and with Hans A. Bethe at Cornell University. Work on the 42-inch cyclotron at MIT in 1938, subsequent war work, later role in development of new high energy installations at Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN and University of Cambridge.


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Mid-winter is traditionally a time for hibernation and holing up before the better weather of spring arrives. And so it is for the Under the Pole expedition who are currently over-wintering in Greenland.
"All our suppliers are now installed in front of Ikerasak in our wintering place," the team say in their latest dispatch. "The strong winds of these last weeks have not let the sea ice form. We hope to see the WHY [the team yacht] immobilized in the sea ice at the end of December."
"We have still two hours of light despite the fact the sun doesn't rise any more above the horizon. Navigation is still practicable and we've made some back and forth to Uummannaq to pick up crew members and to protect us from the violent storms.
At the beginning of December we registered winds of more than 65 knots! During 20 hours the crew did shifts to keep an eye on the hawsers and to protect the boat from the icebergs that came and hit the boat's hull."
Despite this, diving conditions have been exceptional. "Visibility is magnificent, worthy of the incredible environments that we found at the North Pole in 2010. This winter is going to be remarkable," adds Ghislain Bardout, expedition leader.
Under The Pole is a series of submarine polar expeditions aiming to explore the hidden face of the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions in their diversities. The expedition, which is supported by Suunto, aims to further our scientific knowledge of the region and environment.
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European Prospects UpdateSubmitted by pete on January 15, 2005 - 17:14
Ahhhhh, my first European Hockey Update away from the third world dictatorship that HF has become. Lets begin: All in all, the beat goes on in Europe for the Lightning's prospects. They have some excellent overage properties like Somervuori, But and Norrena but have yet to see the explosion from youngsters like Polushin and Kazionov they might've hoped for. The exception to the rule is 2004 entry draft 6th rounder Karri Ramo, who is emerging as one of the two best young goalies in all of Finland after having a remarkable performance at Traverse City.
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Cañon City and Pueblo centennial played about as evenly as possible on Saturday afternoon at Citizens' Stadium, and it showed on the scoreboard.
Two five-minute overtimes couldn't decide the game as the two teams were left knotted 2-2 after 90 minutes in the South-Central League match.
"I knew it was going to be hard-fought and close, so my prediction was right there," Tigers coach Pat Callahan said. "Both teams had a couple opportunities to score to win the thing 3-2."
Centennial moved to 2-0-1 overall and 1-0-1 in the S-CL after its first game that was a real challenge. They beat Widefield 9-0 and Pueblo Central 10-0 before Saturday. Cañon City is now 2-1-1 overall and 0-1-1.
Tigers junior Amy Solis had two chances to put her squad up midway through the second half. In the 57th she had a shot hit the crossbar from about 20 yards out. About a minute later she stole the ball from a Centennial defender and fought through two Bulldogs for a breakaway but couldn't finish past Centennial goalkeeper Mariah Vigil.
Tia Parker started the scoring with a goal in the 18th minute. She placed an unblockable shot in the top left corner off an assist from Nicole Decker.
The Tigers led for about 7 minutes until Emily Giebel got behind the Tigers defense and put a shot off the top crossbar and in past Tigers goalie Emily Holt. Freshman Katie Davis scored 2 minutes later when she too found herself past the Tigers last line of defense before beating Holt.
A throw-in from Decker in the 30th minute was headed by Centennial defender Gia Palumbo out of Vigil's hands and trickled to Solis who eased the ball into the open net to tie the game. Nacole Miller had the pressure on Palumbo and Vigil that forced the loose ball.
Pueblo Centennial coach Jeff Sterling wasn't happy with the way his team played on Saturday, especially some of his upperclassmen. Sterling will start about five freshman every game this season.
"We're trying to possess the ball," he said, "and we just had a few girls who weren't capable of doing that today.
"I think we played better soccer than they did. They were far more aggressive and had more energy and effort today."
Cañon City's next match will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Pueblo County.
Sports Editor Brandon Hopper can be reached at 276-7644 or facebook.com/CCDRsports.
At Citizens' Stadium
Goals (assists) — Parker (Decker), CC, 18th minute; Giebel (unassisted), PCB, 25th minute; Davis (unassisted), PCB, 27th minute; Solis (Decker), CC, 30th minute.
Goalkeepers (Min-Goals allowed-Saves) — Centennial: Vigil (90-2-6). Cañon City: Holt (90-2-5).
On Deck
Tuesday: Cañon City at Pueblo County, 6 p.m.*
Thursday: Cañon City at Lewis-Palmer, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday: Cañon City, vs. Pueblo Central, 10 a.m.*
* South-Central League match
League road games are played at Dutch Clark Stadium, except Pueblo County.


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Food Safety and Inspection Service Compliance Officers who, along with Senior Special Investigator Bill Shaline, California Department of Food and Agriculture, lost their lives in the line of duty on June 21, 2000.
|2010 - FSIS Remembers
FSIS held special events in Maryland, Washington, DC, and California to honor these employees and their colleague, Earl Willis. View photographs or a PowerPoint presentation (PPT); read remarks.
|Remembering Their Sacrifice: Food Safety Employees Killed in the Line of Duty (Jun 21, 2010)
USDA Blog entry. Please read and add your remembrances.
|USDA To Honor Slain Food Safety Compliance Officers And Investigator (Jun 18, 2010)
"We can't ever forget what happened, and we will never forget these heroes." —Mr. Almanza
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News Releases
- Statement by Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding California Jury Verdict (Oct 19, 2004)
- California Man Indicted For Murder of USDA Employees (Sep 22, 2000)
- FSIS Informs Consumers of Potentially Unsafe Sausage Products (Jun 23, 2000)
- Statement to Employees by Administrator Thomas J. Billy Food Safety and Inspection Service on Employees Deaths (Jun 22, 2000)
- Statement to FSIS Employees by Catherine E. Woteki, Under Secretary for Food Safety (Jun 22, 2000)
- Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman on the Shooting at the San Linguisa Factory (Jun 22, 2000)
The White House
- Statement by The President (Jun 23, 2000)
- Statement by The President (Jun 22, 2000)
State of California
- Slain Investigator Remembered for Dedication, Compassion (Jun 22, 2000)
- Governor Davis and First Lady Mourn For San Leandro Shooting Victims (Jun 21, 2000)
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- FSIS Unity Day, Beltsville, MD (May 26, 2010)
August 8, 2000 - USDA Headquarters
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- Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Richard Rominger
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Desoximetasone topical is used to help relieve redness, itching, swelling, or other discomfort caused by skin conditions. Desoximetasone topical spray is used to treat plaque psoriasis in adults. This medicine is a corticosteroid (cortisone-like medicine or steroid).
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This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of desoximetasone topical spray in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
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No information is available on the relationship of age to the effects of desoximetasone topical in geriatric patients.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
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Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
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Do not use this medicine on your face, armpits, or groin area unless your doctor tells you to.
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The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
If you miss a dose of this medicine, apply it as soon as possible. However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
Ask your healthcare professional how you should dispose of any medicine you do not use.
Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light. Keep from freezing.
The spray bottle is flammable. Do not use it near heat, an open flame, or while smoking. Throw away any unused medicine after 30 days.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits for any problems or unwanted effects that may be caused by this medicine.
If your symptoms do not improve within a few days, or if it become worse, check with your doctor.
After applying this medicine to the skin of your child, watch the child carefully to make sure that he or she does not get any of the medicine in the eyes or mouth. This medicine can cause serious side effects, especially in children, if it gets into the mouth and is swallowed.
Using too much of this medicine or using it for a long time may increase your risk of having adrenal gland problems. The risk is greater for children and for patients who use large amounts for a long time. Talk to your doctor if you have more than one of these symptoms while you are using this medicine: blurred vision; dizziness or fainting; fast, irregular, or pounding heartbeat; increased thirst or urination; irritability; or unusual tiredness or weakness.
Stop using this medicine and check with your doctor right away if you have a skin rash, burning, stinging, swelling, or irritation on the skin.
Avoid using tight-fitting diapers or plastic pants on a child if this medicine is being used on the child's diaper area. Plastic pants and tight-fitting diapers may increase the chance of absorption of the medicine through the skin and the chance of side effects.
Do not use desoximetasone together with other topical corticosteroid-containing medicines, such as betamethasone, hydrocortisone, triamcinolone, Cortaid®, or Lotrisone®. Using these medicines together may cause serious unwanted effects.
Do not use cosmetics or other skin care products on the treated skin areas.
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/desoximetasone-topical-application-route/proper-use/drg-20073760
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There may come a time when Kinko's just won't satisfy you anymore. Someday you'll get tired of leaving the office to get copies made. You'll also come to terms with the fact that running off multiple copies means using up your printer's ink cartridges. And you'll watch your employees twiddle their thumbs while waiting for 10 copies of a report to finish. That's when you know it's time to invest in a dedicated copier.
Personal copiers are tempting because they're cheap (less than $500) and small, but they don't have the muscle power to handle high-volume demands or an office full of employees. So we're going to look at work-group copiers that are sized for businesses and used by small workgroups of employees. These aren't the horse-sized copiers of yore, but compact, networkable machines for low- and mid-volume use. The price tags continue to clock in at well over $1,000, but that's small change compared to the bigger machines on the market.
Fit To Print
There are two basic types of workgroup copiers: analog and digital. Analog is the kind we're all familiar with. You place your book or paper on the platen glass, set the lid on top of it, push the button and wait as the light goes buzzing along underneath it, one pass for each copy you make. The Xerox 5818 Copier, at $3,060 (all prices street), is a good example of a relatively low-cost analog copier. Its reduce and enlarge ratios of 64 to 156 percent are typical of analog. (By comparison, some digital copiers can enlarge up to 800 percent.) The 5818's 20,000-page monthly volume is enough to handle most small work-group demands. The input tray holds 720 sheets with a 99-sheet maximum output. Compare this with the high-priced, high-volume Kyocera Mita DC-6500 Work-group Copier.
We've included the DC--6500 in our "Shopping List" for comparison's sake. This machine is $19,995 worth of free-standing, old-fashioned analog printing. It's way out of the budget reaches of some companies, but it's typical of what's left lingering in the analog product lines: large workhorse machines for companies that really have some serious copying to do. The DC-6500, for example, can crank out a whopping 65 copies per minute (CPM) and can be retro-fitted to hold a 6,300-sheet paper supply.
Not surprisingly, digital copiers have begun to outnumber analogs in the market-place. Analog prices and copy quality may be comparable to digital machines, but digital offers other advantages: For instance, you don't have to stand there and wait for the machine to scan the paper every time it makes a copy. It scans the paper once, remembers it and continues copying. You can snag the original and return to work while the copier stays busy.
And unlike analog machines, for which copying is the one and only duty, most digital copiers are designed as "document management systems." That's the long term for "multifunction." A network copier might also be your network printer, scanner or fax machine. Some systems come this way; others offer modules so you can add printer capabilities to your copier later if the need arises.
The Konica 7415 Workgroup Document System is a good example of the latter. The basic machine is just a copier, but you can add on a network card or a fax module. This sort of setup is ideal for making one machine operate as a networked multifunction device. It can also evolve as your business grows and your hardware needs increase.
If you already know you want it all, another option is to just buy all the features ready to rumble in one machine. The $2,799 Sharp DM2000 Network Laser Document System comes pre-equipped as a copier and network printer. A fax feature is optional. It isn't as cheap as running out and buying another inkjet, but you'll get all the advantages of a laser printer along with the convenience of a copier. And 20 pages per minute (ppm) output isn't too shabby, either.
The Choice Is Yours
For most business workgroup purposes, a sub-$3,000 copier will suffice. Narrowing down the options will require some thought. On the one hand, you don't want to spend more than you have to, but on the other hand, you don't want to invest in a machine that will be inadequate for your needs.
One of the first considerations is how many copies per month you'll be making. Make a generous estimate and pad it with room for growth if you see some business expansion in your future. If you figure you're going to run off about 200 copies per day, then you can figure about 6,000 per month. Next, match that up with the listed monthly duty cycle for copiers that interest you. Be aware that manufacturers are notorious for inflating duty-cycle numbers, so always aim for well over your estimate. Back to our example, you would minimally want a copier with a 10,000-page duty cycle. Working a copier harder than what it's designed to handle increases the chances of it breaking down and requiring service. Most digital multifunction copiers don't list duty cycles.
Speed is another factor to consider. Warm-up time, time to first copy and CPM all come into play. The Sharp DM2000 Network Laser, for example, takes 7.2 seconds to spit out the first copy, while the analog Xerox 5818 takes 6 seconds. But the Xerox has a 100-second warm-up time-which doesn't sound too terrible until you find yourself standing around waiting for the machine to get ready. And despite the high-end Kyocera Mita DC-6500's 480-second warm-up time, the big analog machine only needs a scant 2.8 seconds to produce the first copy.
Once you and your copier are ready to go, you'll want to consider copy speed. If you're used to 6 or 8 ppm output from an inkjet printer or multi-function machine, you'll enjoy the minimum 20 CPM these copiers do. Those speed-demon statistics carry over if your copier doubles as a network printer.
Some other features to consider include duplexing capability, sorting options and memory. Duplexing is an advanced feature that's available as an option on some lower-end copiers, and it comes standard on the Kyocera Mita DC-6500. Most digital copiers come equipped with memory that can be upgraded. The Sharp DM2000 comes equipped with 8MB memory, expandable to 136MB.
Traditionally, copiers have been purchased from local office supply dealers through the normal sales-person format. Most of the smaller workgroup machines can now be found through online retailers and even at the occasional office super-store. One-on-one contact through a local seller still offers some advantages when it comes to such a major hardware purchase. The more complex machines typically are bought along with a service contract to handle any repair problems that arise. But many buyers are now relying entirely on the manufacturer's warranty. Read over the warranty terms to see how long you'll be without a copier if repairs are needed.
And don't forget paper, ink, drums and cartridges. Yum, consumables-parts that require refills or replacements. This is also where most of your operating expenses will come from. Always check the cost of supplies before you buy. One interesting purchasing option comes from the Ricoh online store. For $4,580, you can purchase the Aficio 180 in a package that includes one year of service and supplies. Other online stores may offer similar deals.
In Plain English
Automatic document feeder: allows multiple sheets to be copied without manually placing each one on the platen
Bypass tray: allows direct feeding of odd-sized paper, like card stock
CPM: copies per minute, a measure of a copier's output speed
Duplex copying: premium copier feature that automatically copies both sides of the paper
Duty cycle: also called monthly volume, estimated maximum number of copies per month a machine is designed to copy
Platen: flat glass area where the document is placed for copying
Shopping List
7415 Workgroup Document System
(800) 456-6422
10,000 pages
|30-second warm-up, modular system, optional fax kit, optional network interface card
DC-6500 Workgroup Copier
(800) 453-6482
125,000 pages
|First copy in 2.8 seconds, built-in duplexing capability, digital Time Lens computer interface available for networking
Aficio 180
20,000 pages
|Can be expanded as a printer or fax, 350-sheet paper capacity, optional automatic document feeder available
3,000 pages
|Also can act as a fax and Ethernet network printer, 8MB of memory, comes equipped with two 250-sheet paper cassettes
25,000 pages
|80-second warm-up time, 4 seconds to first copy, 600-sheet paper supply standard
J5818 Copier
20,000 pages
|720-sheet standard paper capacity, 20-sheet bypass tray included, reduces and enlarges from 64 to 156 percent


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Statement by Gov. Rick Perry on Immigration and Border Security
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement regarding border security, the recent debate over immigration policy in Washington and what has been implemented in Arizona:
"Texas has a rich history with Mexico, our largest trading partner, and we share more than 1,200 miles of border, more than any other state. As the debate on immigration reform intensifies, the focus must remain on border security and the federal government's failure to adequately protect our borders. Securing our border is a federal responsibility, but it is a Texas problem, and it must be addressed before comprehensive immigration reform is discussed.
"Recently, there has been much debate over immigration policy in Washington and what has been implemented in Arizona. I fully recognize and support a state's right and obligation to protect its citizens, but I have concerns with portions of the law passed in Arizona and believe it would not be the right direction for Texas.
"For example, some aspects of the law turn law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status during any lawful contact with a suspected alien, taking them away from their existing law enforcement duties, which are critical to keeping citizens safe. Our focus must continue to be on the criminal elements involved with conducting criminal acts against Texans and their property. I will continue to work with the legislative leadership to develop strategies that are appropriate for Texas.
"Securing the border has to be a top priority, which is why I have a standing request with the federal government for 1,000 Title 32 National Guardsmen who can support civilian law enforcement efforts to enhance border security in Texas. I have also requested predator drones be based in and operate over the Texas-Mexico border to provide essential information about criminal activity to law enforcement on the ground.
"Until the federal government brings the necessary resources to bear, we will continue to commit state funding and resources for additional border security efforts in order to protect our communities and legitimate cross border trade and travel, while enforcing the laws already on the books."


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OK, if you haven't seen Sit Down: The Baseball Card Show with Phil Fiumano, then you're missing out on some quality local TV programming. "The smoking kills, you know?"
Since there's been so much talk about old baseball cards lately, I thought I'd show you this clip, which is an excerpt from a YouTube video I was sent this morning (longer version below). Fiumano is the producer of New York Rocks, a television show on Staten Island Cable that draws, according to his web site, more than a million viewers on Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights. Sit Down: The Baseball Card Show, which also features baseball card expert Brian Cotaquet (he's the one on the left), is just one in an eclectic array of entertainment segments, among them celebrity interviews (such as ... Miss America!) and live music.
Hey, how come I've never been invited on? You've wounded me deeply, Phil.
I've pretty much concluded that Phil Fiumano and his Paulie Walnuts interviewing style represents all that is right with America. Long live local cable TV, and long live short-sleeved shirts with suit jackets.
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Fayette council members voted 4-1 Thursday to repeal the village ordinance regarding fences around private swimming pools. Ruth Marlatt cast the lone dissenting vote.
The issue next goes to the zoning board for a public hearing. After than, council would need to pass an ordinance for repeal.
Council member Jerry Gonzales stated at the July 9 meeting that he would introduce the motion in order to reduce the village's liability. The law either needs to be enforced or removed, he said, and his preference is to remove it rather than getting involved in a private property issue.
At the July 9 meeting, Gonzales thought there might be a state law requiring fences, but he later learned that it applies only to public pools.
"Homeowners insurance sets the standard [for private pools]," he said Thursday.
Many insurance companies demand that a customer place a fence around a pool, and that's how it should be, Gonzales said—strictly an issue between a homeowner and the insurer.
"As a public entity," countered village administrator Amy Metz, "our responsibility to protect the health and safety of our community members."
If the fence law were to be repealed, she urged councilors to at least leave the language requiring setbacks from property lines.
Paul Shaffer said most of the disagreement he's heard about repealing the law comes from those who have already complied and installed a fence. They don't think it's fair to just take it off the books, he said.
In that case, said councilor Julia Ruger, at least they have the peace of mind to know their pool is surrounded by a fence. However, she added, even a fence isn't going to keep someone out if they really want to get into the pool.
POULTRY—At the July 21 zoning board meeting, Diana Gonzales asked about repealing the portion of a 2001 animal ordinance that pertains to poultry. She suggested that poultry should be allowed for 4-H projects and for laying hens.
Her husband, council member Jerry Gonzales, proposed allowing a maximum of six native birds housed in a structure at least 10 feet from a property line. Calling birds would not be appropriate, he said, noting that no one would want to live next to a rooster.
Metz said the Fulton County Health Department has concerns about poultry attracting raccoons and foxes; about poultry carrying diseases that could be harmful to humans; about odor complaints and the need for routine waste removal.
Zoning board member Rodney Kessler spoke about turkeys also being allowed for 4-H projects, and said those birds have fewer noise and odor problems than some people's dogs.
Metz suggested that a conditional use permit process could be used. This would allow the board to consider the merits of each application.
RESIGNATIONS—Eugene Rosinski resigned from the village tree commission and Jim Bacon resigned from the zoning board.
PAINTING—Metz said the painting of several village buildings is being done by volunteers from a youth group.
FINANCES—A finance committee report noted the village general fund revenue is down about $70,000 from this time a year ago.
Residential vacancies appear to stand at about 11 percent, based on review of utility accounts. Metz expects that number to increase due to "bad publicity" from newspaper accounts on the contamination and school relocation issue.
The committee recommends delaying leaf and brush collection until 2010, pending a financial analysis.
Police chief Jason Simon is investigating the purchase of a new cruiser.
CEMETERY—The Pleasant View Union Cemetery board approved changes in the size and cost of footers for grave monuments. The cost is now $200 for a single monument and $400 for a companion marker.


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Students in the Plaza Anaya in Salamanca
The atmosphere in the university city of Salamanca will make it really easy for you to learn Spanish. Thousands of Spanish students mingle with everybody else in the university buildings and in the historic centre as they enjoy tapas in the bars. This is the perfect complement to the formal classes and will allow you to learn Spanish effortlessly. If you practice the language with the local people you'll gain confidence when you speak and discover colloquial expressions that you'll only hear when you spend some time in the company of actual Spaniards. What's more, in Salamanca you can get your DELE degree (Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language) and take Spanish courses at all levels in language schools accredited by the Cervantes Institute.
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New Zealand will follow Australia's lead in forcing cigarette makers to sell their products in plain packs.
The country's Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia announced on Tuesday that she would introduce legislation to standardise the colour and design of cigarette packets and require more prominent health warnings before the end of the year. The proposals are expected to receive the support of most parties in the Parliament, but Mrs Turia said the government could delay enacting the laws until legal challenges to Australia's plain-packaging laws had concluded.
The Dominican Republic, Honduras and Ukraine have launched challenges to the laws in the World Trade Organisation and tobacco company Philip Morris International has launched a separate challenge through international arbitration, claiming the laws breach Australia's investment treaty with Hong Kong.
Last August, the High Court rejected a challenge from tobacco companies that argued the laws violated the Australian constitution.
''In making this decision, the government acknowledges that it will need to manage some legal risks. As we have seen in Australia, there is a possibility of legal proceedings,'' Mrs Turia said in a statement.
''To manage this, cabinet has decided that the government will wait and see what happens with Australia's legal cases, making it a possibility that if necessary, enactment of New Zealand legislation and/or regulations could be delayed pending those outcomes.''
Mrs Turia said plain packaging would ''remove the last remaining vestige of glamour from these deadly products''.
The move was welcomed by health campaigners but criticised by retailers, who accused the government of ignoring a consultation process.
Since December 1, Australian law has required cigarettes to be sold in drab olive brown boxes, with graphic health warnings and the brand name printed in a standardised font.
Australian Health Minister Tanya Plibersek and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus congratulated New Zealand, and said Australia would ''vigorously defend'' its laws, wherever they were contested.
''Our measures are anti-cancer, not anti-trade,'' Mr Dreyfus said.


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Mission of the DAAI – to promote aviation safety through the conduct of independent and objectified investigations into aircraft accidents and incidents in conformance with Annex 13, of the Convention on International Civil Aviation organization.
DAAI is an independent investigation authority, primarily responsible for the investigation of aircraft accidents and serious incidents, to determine the facts, conditions and circumstances pertaining to the accident, the dissemination of safety information and for carrying out accident prevention activities in Namibia.
It shall not be the purpose of an investigation to apportion blame or liability to any party involved, but to take remedial rather than punitive action. The Directorate is also responsible for investigating civil aviation accidents and incidents, which occur to any civil aircraft in or over Namibia to aircraft registered in any country other than Namibia. The Director of Aircraft Accident Investigation shall, with least possible delay and by the quickest means of communication available, notify the appropriate authority of the country in which the aircraft was registered. Local and international safety trends and key safety indicators are also monitored, researched and analyzed in order to establish whether Namibia is on a par with the global civil aviation community.
Once an investigation is completed, a report is generated which includes safety recommendations made by the investigator-in-charge. This report is submitted to the Internal Accident Review Committee (IARC), which in turn will comment on the report, determine a probable cause and accept or reject the safety recommendations proposed. Should the Safety Recommendations be accepted, and should it be deemed necessary, these Safety Recommendations are then communicated to owners and operators of aircraft and other role players in the industry. Airworthiness Directives (AD'S), Maintenance Advisory Notices (MAN's) Alert MAN's and Emergency Safety Directives (ESD's) can also be issued to address problems.


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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man holds a chicken as he performs the Kaparot ritual, where white chickens are slaughtered as a symbolic gesture of atonement, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 9, 2016.
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Protesters run and hide as police fire rubber bullets after the FeesMustFall protest spills onto the streets in Braamfontein district, in Johannesburg on October 10, 2016.
University tuition fees have become a flashpoint for protests in South Africa, which has struggled to provide education, jobs and housing for many poor black people since the end of apartheid in 1994.
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Inmates watch as drug suspects are processed inside a police station on October 12, 2016 in Manila.
In the first 100 days of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs over 3,600 people have been killed while more than 700,000 drug dependents surrendered to authorities.
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Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (R) looks on while his wife Dolapo (C) comforts one of the 21 Chibok girls freed from Boko Haram in Abuja on October 13, 2016.
Jihadist group Boko Haram freed 21 of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped more than two years ago, raising hopes for the release of the others.
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Glenn Reynolds has done a series of posts on economic news at InstaPundit under the heading "Unexpected!" The failure of the administration's liberal economic policies to bear fruit–the fact that, on the contrary, they have worsened our economic problems–is always unexpected to those who, apparently, have no knowledge of economic history. Some stories, though, are not just foreseeable but inevitable. This one, from the New York Times, is in that category: Job Loss Looms as Part of Stimulus Act Expires.
Tens of thousands of people will lose their jobs within weeks unless Congress extends one of the more effective job-creating programs in the $787 billion stimulus act: a $1 billion New Deal-style program that directly paid the salaries of unemployed people so they could get jobs in government, at nonprofit organizations and at many small businesses. …
The money that pays Mr. Davis's salary, and the salaries of tens of thousands of other people around the country, will dry up after next Thursday, when the welfare program in the stimulus act that pays the bills for those jobs is set to expire. While the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress want to extend the program, they are meeting stiff resistance from Republicans, many of whom oppose all things stimulus.
So, this is a surprise to whom, exactly? When the stimulus bill poured many millions of dollars into subsidizing employment by state and local governments, countless commentators pointed out that the impact would be temporary at best, since the subsidy would inevitably run out, leaving those governments exactly where they were in the first place–either unwilling or unable to hire the workers in question on a long-term basis. The workers, meanwhile, would only have deferred the need to find a job that will support them and their families for the long haul.
Now, the Times reports that Democrats want the subsidies extended. Naturally. But for how long? Do they want Washington to subsidize indefinitely employment that is otherwise uneconomic? The federal government could pay people to dig holes and fill them in again, and most Democrats, I suspect, would consider that a stimulus to the economy.
The case is much the same with respect to the unprecedented extensions of unemployment benefits that have been enacted by the Democratic Congress. Most Democrats, I suspect, don't understand why such benefits should ever expire. Economists and many others with common sense, meanwhile, warned that extensions of unemployment benefits would help keep unemployment high. That has turned out to be true, but don't expect the Dems to catch on any time soon.


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Three Goal Second Half Gives Rams Victory
Farmingdale State - 3, Brooklyn College - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team scored three goals in the second half to take a 3-0 victory over non-conference opponent Brooklyn College today in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams now hold a 3-8 overall record, while the Bulldogs stand at 2-5-1 overall.
In a scoreless first half, the Rams held a 9-2 shot advantage with two saves by Brooklyn goalkeeper Stamatis Boundouris.
The second half called for three Farmingdale State goals. After a Brooklyn yellow card in the 54th minute, sophomore midfielder Brian Anderson (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) sent a free kick from the top of the box into the lower left corner for the 1-0 Rams advantage. Senior midfielder Alex Mendolia* (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown East) scored the second goal of the day off a pass from freshman forward Dennis Sfoglia (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) with twenty minutes remaining.
The final tally of the day was scored at 73:32 by freshman defender Joe Lipsky (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage), assisted by junior forward Tyler Balzer (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) on a cross in front.
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Monday, March 06, 2017
Slavery and the Modern Jail Population
The United States likes locking people up. According to the Prison Policy Initiative's report States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2016 "every state (in the USA) is more likely to incarcerate its residents than almost every other nation on the planet". The NAACP reports that 25% of the entire world's prison population is living in American jails. This propensity to lock up its citizens affects African Americans more than most other Americans. The NAACP says that "African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites" in the USA.
There is also a geographical factor at play in the incarceration rates of the different states in the USA. The Prison Policy Initiative states that "the South has consistently had a higher rate of incarceration than the other regions of the United States". The Pudding decided to explore if there was any connection between the high rate of incarceration in Southern states and the legacy of slavery. By mapping 150 years of census and incarceration data they wanted to see if historic incarceration rates differ between the former slave states and the non-slave states of the North.
In the Shape of Slavery The Pudding examines the number of slaves in Southern states before the Civil War, the black population across the United States over time and the number of prisoners in each state over time. Using these different map views it is possible to compare the rate of incarceration between Southern and Northern states.
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The waiting is almost over – at least, for this round.
I'll Have Another, a dramatic winner of both the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands and the Preakness, bids on Saturday to win the mile and a half Belmont Stakess, the final jewel of the Triple Crown.
3 In 1970s
If trainer Doug O'Neill's son of Flower Alley wins the so-called "Test of the Champion†he'll be the first horse in 34 years to complete the classic sweep since the seeming embarrassment of riches in the 1970s that provided us with a trio of Triple Crown champions in the now-mythic Secretariat, the unbeaten Seattle Slew and the gritty Affirmed.
Since the latter outdueled Alydar in 1978, 11 3-year-old Thoroughbreds have won the first two legs of the Triple Crown, but have fallen short in the Belmont.
That group includes Spectacular Bid, one of the greatest horses of the 20th century, but one that found a way to lose the Belmont in 1978; Big Brown, who won the first two races with near disdain for his rivals and seemed as close to a "sure thing†as there could be in 2008 – but he finished an inexplicable last in the finale; Smarty Jones, who had hoped to join Seattle Slew as the only unbeaten Triple Crown champion in 2004, was softened up by unexpected challenges on the front end during his Belmont and gave way in the final yards.
Another horse that was surely good enough to win the Triple Crown in his year was the Bob Baffert-trained Point Given, who romped in both the Preakness and the Belmont after finishing fifth in the Derby to Monarchos. Baffert had two more bids with Silver Charm (1997) and Real Quiet (1998) evaporated in the final yards in the Belmont.
Afleet Alex dominated both the Preakness and Belmont after finishing a close third to 50-1 longshot Giacome in 2005 – nearly falling down at the head of the stretch in the Preakness before sprinting away from his rivals.
The point of the exercise is to caution that it is acceptable to anticipate the magic of a Triple Crown, but don't count once. There is a reason that no horse has swept the three-race series since Affirmed: it's extremely difficult and challenging. It is, perhaps, the most difficult challenge in American sport.
When Secretariat entered the Triple Crown fray in 1973, it had been 25 years since Calumet Farm's great Citation had won the three races in 1948.
I'll Have Another has yet to put himself in a serious manner in the same conversation with the trio of heroes of the '70s, Citation, Whirlaway, War Admiral or any of the other Triple Crown champions. That conversation will begin Saturday evening if the Derby winner takes the Belmont Stakes.
It Won't Be Easy
The only seeming guarantee on Saturday is that the task will quite likely not be easy.
That became abundantly clear when two of I'll Have Another's Derby rivals – third-place finisher Dullahan and Union Rags – turned in spectacular workouts in their final major training moves prior to the Belmont. The Dale Romans-trained Dullahan worked a sizzling half-mile at Belmont Park, while the hard-luck Union Rags – a horse that trainer Michael Matz believed had a chance to sweep the Triple Crown before a trouble-plagued journey on the first Saturday in May cost him any chance he might have had to win the Kentucky Derby – worked a very fast five furlongs at Maryland's Fair Hill training center.
The message to I'll Have Another from the camps of both horses was clear and concise: Game on.
And there are other dangers. In a distance race that is frequently dominated by early speed, Baffert's lightly-raced Paynter looms a front-running threat to avenge the pair of painful losses inflicted on stablemate Bodemeister in this year's first two jewels. And Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas will saddle longshot Optimizer, who was well-beaten in both the Preakness and the Belmont.
The career of Lukas is dotted with wins in big races with horses that made far less sense than Optimizer, and a win by the former basketball coach would enable Lukas to break a tie with fellow Hall of Famer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons and become the all-time leader in victories in Triple Crown races, although a sweep of the three by a single horse has eluded him.
Unusual Path
O'Neill has taken a slightly unusual path to the Belmont by deciding against working I'll Have Another in the three weeks between the Preakenss and the Belmont, but he knows his horse and has made no wrong moves in 2012 in getting his colt to this point. And for I'll Have Another to win on Saturday, jockey Mario Gutierrez will need to remain in that special zone that has allowed him to turn in perfect rides in the first two Triple Crown races of the 25-year-old's career.
That's a lot of "ifs†to consider, but one also must remember the positives I'll Have Another brings to Saturday's Belmont. His stalking style is perfect for the race and, if the pace scenario falls apart, it is easy to see him comfortably on the lead if that is what is required. And his pedigree is loaded with distance influences on both sides. His pedigree should not let him down at the end of the Belmont's demanding 1 ½ miles.
Wrong A Lot
In horse racing, one is wrong quite often. Those who win 20 percent of the time in our sport are often hailed, and correctly so in most cases, as geniuses. It's a difficult sport and never more so than during a Triple Crown.
My Belmont Stakes top three: Union Rags, Dullahan and I'll Have Another.


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Missouri Courthouses
Contact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org.
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After organization of Buchanan County in 1839, first courts met in St. Joseph. When appointed commissioners selected the county seat for Buchanan County, they chose a quarter section about seven miles south of St. Joseph, where the court convened in 1840 in a private home. The county seat was named Benton first, in honor of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, but this did not meet with popular approval, so the court changed the name to Sparta.
On Jan. 4, 1841, the court ordered construction of a building to be used as a courthouse and clerk's office until a more suitable building could be provided. The county clerk recorded explicit plans and specifications for the two-room, 18-by-36-foot, log structure in the County Court Record. John Sampson acted as superintendent. Guilford Moultray, the builder, completed the work in July 1841 for approximately $300. This structure remained standing as late as 1898 or 1899, used as a granary.
Although Sparta was located near the geographical center of the county, the trading center development arose in St. Joseph. Citizens petitioned for removal of the county seat to that city in 1843. After several legal complications regarding rights to the section and a challenged election, citizens voted on Feb. 28, 1846, to remove the seat to St. Joseph. Joseph Robidoux donated land for use as the public square.
For this commanding site overlooking the growing settlement below, the County Court accepted a temple-type courthouse design submitted by Lewis Stigers, originally from Delaware, and William J. Taylor, born in Pennsylvania (Figure 1). The court appropriated $10,000 in April 1846. On June 5 the contract was given to Stigers and Taylor for $6,280. John Carby superintended the beginning work and was succeeded by James Anthony, who reported the work completed in October 1847.
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Buchanan County Courthouse in St. Joseph, 1846-1871 (far right), ca. 1850. Architect-builders: Lewis Stigers and William J. Taylor (From: The United States Illustrated, ca. 1854)
The two-story, nine-room building measured 50 by 75 feet, including the portico. The contemporary drawing shows a central dome with a much larger base diameter than typical cupolas on other temple-type Missouri examples, and resembles the courthouse dome in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1843, a possible source of influence.
Less than 25 years later, the same architect-builder, Stigers, had the unfortunate task of submitting a report on the condition of the building in August 1871. He concluded, ". . . the building in its present condition is dangerous and unsafe and unfit for the purpose for which it is used." County officials vacated the building in October 1871.
County government grew rapidly from the 1840s until 1870, and even before the architects examined the deteriorating courthouse, citizens called for a new and larger one. John C. Cochrane from Chicago, Illinois, who designed the Saline County courthouse in 1881, submitted a proposal for the court's consideration, but the court accepted the preferred design of P. F. Meagher on March 28, 1873. A complete description of Meagher's plans was published in the St. Joseph Weekly Gazette, April 2, 1873.
County Court officials signed a building contract with John DeClue in July 1873 for about $175,000 to build on the same site after grading the hill 35 feet. Cornerstone ceremonies took place Aug. 20, 1873, and contractors completed the building in August 1876, although it had been occupied in part since the beginning of that year (Figure 2). The brick building is trimmed with cut stone. Three porticoes project from facades which measure 235 feet and face east, west and south. The original Greek cross plan measured 235 by 205 feet and featured a dome 40 feet in circumference. The dome rose at the crossing 145 feet from the first floor and 60 feet from the roof. The effect suggests a county capitol image. A fire on March 28, 1885, destroyed the dome and gutted the interior.
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Buchanan County Courthouse, 1873-. Architect: P. F. Meagher (Courtesy: State Historical Society of Missouri)
The building was covered by insurance, but a settlement proved difficult because county officials demanded cash for the amount of the policies so they might begin on a new building. The insurance companies refused, attempting to reach a partial settlement, since they did not regard the building as a total loss. The court reached an agreement with the insurers when they obligated themselves to place the building in the same condition it was before the fire.
R. K. Allen, architect of the reconstruction, altered the dome design. After minor interior changes, there were 41 rooms in the two upper stories, with an additional 11 rooms in the basement. The Circuit Court room is on the second floor. For a number of years the building was painted white, but then restored to the natural red brick color during extensive restoration in 1979. This is an important and rare example of courthouse design from this period of Missouri's architectural history; it has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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San Francisco: A Delicious but Structurally Unsound Burger at Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch
504 Broadway, San Francisco CA 94133 (map); 415-577-4951; nakedlunchsf.com
Cooking Method: Griddled
Short Order: Hand pattied, delicious beef gets good toppings and bun, but lacks a proper crust and falls apart
Want Fries with That? The hand-cut Kennebec fries tossed in piment d'Espelette are delicious
Price: The Cheeseburger, $10; fries, $4
Notes: Open Tues. to Fri., 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 4:30 p.m.-late Sat., 11:30 a.m.-late, Sun., 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
Although I'm of the school that less is more when making burgers, there are times when I'm blown away by burgers with paragraph-long descriptions featuring a few too many ingredients. More often than not there's the problem of one or two ingredients standing out and the others just being along for the ride, but sometimes all the ingredients come together in a balanced package. A great example of this is the burger at Naked Lunch.
The Naked Lunch burger ($10) features a 1/3-pound patty of natural ground beef from Golden Gate Meats that tends to be close to a 70/30 blend. The burger is griddled with salt and pepper and served on an Acme Pan de Mie bun with oven dried tomatoes, housemade pickles, caramelized onions, aioli, butter lettuce, manchego cheese, and a manchego crisp.
The burger is gorgeous. The pillowy soft bun squishes nicely around the meat and is very giving with each bite while having just enough crust to keep it from getting soggy. The addition of oven dried tomatoes is a genius replacement for out-of-season tomatoes. The roma hot house tomatoes are cooked with herbs and seasonings and stored in olive oil, and their flavor is a savory cross between ketchup and fresh tomatoes. Housemade pickles, caramelized onions, and garlicky aioli are all strong flavors to go up against the beef and tomato, but overall the burger is well balanced with no one flavor overwhelming another. The sharp flavors of the manchego work well on the burger, as does the salty manchego cheese crisp, which ups the texture of what would otherwise be a mushy burger.
My only problem with the burger is how the beef is cooked. The beef is flavorful and cooked medium-rare, maintaining most of its juice, but there isn't much crust or texture on the patty's exterior and it tastes mushy. The patty squishes out the back with the help of the lettuce and aioli. By the halfway point I had to scoop up deconstructed bits of burger and wedge them back between the buns; the burger lost the delicious balance that it initially possessed.
Make sure to add on an order of fries ($4). The hand-cut Kennebec potatoes are liberally seasoned with piment d'Espelette and served with ketchup and aioli. The crisp fries go great with the aioli—I finished them all way too fast. My only complaint is that I wish the serving were larger for $4.
Despite the burger falling apart, the first half was good enough that I'll go back to Naked Lunch, with fingers crossed, hoping that maybe I just visited at a time when the grill wasn't hot enough to give my burger the crust it deserved.
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A rowboat passes, distorted by the heat waves rising from a body burning at the Harishchandra cremation grounds on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Just up river a man dries the clothes he just washed in the Ganges in the heat of a burning funeral pyre. The Harishchandra Ghat (also known as the Harish Chandra Ghat) is the smaller and more ancient of the two primary cremation grounds in Varanasi, on the banks of the Ganges River.
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