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If you are a non-EEA national who currently have leave to be in the UK to live, work or study, you may be wondering how to start applying for settlement in the UK. Although known as a Settlement Visa UK, there are two different forms of settlement in the UK. For EEA citizens, there is the EEA Permanent Residence Card. For non-EEA nationals, it is Indefinite Leave to Remain.
If you have a Settlement Visa, or Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), you can remain in the country for an indefinite period under fewer restrictions. You will no longer be subject to the restrictions of your visa and will have more freedom to work, live and travel. However, ILR and EEA PR can be revoked if you spend too long outside of the country or for other violations such as criminal convictions. The lawyers at IAS have supported many non-British nationals in their applications for settlement in the UK. Your personal lawyer will discuss your settlement options and advise you on the best course of action to obtain your Settlement Visa UK.
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For those who already hold leave to be in the UK and interested in applying for settlement, there are a number of options.
The most common Settlement Visa UK is known as Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
A successful application for ILR will grant Permanent Residency in the UK. This means that the application process under the Immigration Rules is strict. Your application for settlement will depend on your current leave and whether you still meet the requirements for your visa.
If you are looking to remain in the UK on a permanent basis, with the same rights as British-born citizens, you will need to become a British Citizen.
British Citizenship allows the holder to freely leave and enter the UK as it frees them from the Immigration Rules. To become a British Citizen, you must have lived in the UK for the past five years and have held ILR for at least a year. Unless you can claim through descent, you will need to undergo the British Naturalization process to become a British Citizen.
If you do not qualify for Indefinite Leave to Remain at present, you may be able to extend your visa. This is also known as Further Leave to Remain. You must apply to extend your visa before your current leave expires. If you do not, you will be considered an overstayer and may be forced to leave the country.
If you are from the EEA (European Economic Area) you can travel to, live, study and work in the UK free from restrictions. With Brexit imminent, many EU nationals living in the UK are choosing to secure their places in the UK permanently to avoid having to disrupt their lives once Britain leaves the EU.
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Anacetrapib CAS# 875446-37-0, is a CETP inhibitor being developed by Merck to treat hypercholesterolemia, or elevated cholesterol. Clinical trials reported by Merck have been encouraging. In late 2010 researchers from Merck reported a staggering 138% increase in good cholesterol, as well as a 40% drop in bad cholesterol among patients taking Anacetrapib. This trial involved 1,623 patients, and Anacetrapib is now poised to be one of the next generation cholesterol drugs in the market.
The results of the 2010 study show a potential alternative treatment for patients suffering from not only coronary artery disease, but also those patients with diabetes. The proven ability of Anacetrapib to increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol among these high-risk patients is crucial, as these patients are at a high residual risk for a cardiovascular event to occur.
Studies of Anacetrapib done in 2007 included trials using doses of 10 milligrams, 40 milligrams, 150 milligrams and 300 milligrams. A recent study, conducted by Ronald Krauss (Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, California, USA) and colleagues included once a day treatments, of either 20 milligrams or 150 milligrams for thirty patients. This study showed both doses to be effective, with the 150 milligram dose offering slightly more efficacy. The current clinical trial, coined REVEAL is underway, which encompasses 30,000 patients.
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text: Intermediary metabolism generates substrates for chromatin modification, enabling the potential coupling of metabolic and epigenetic states. Here we identify a network linking metabolic and epigenetic alterations that is central to oncogenic transformation downstream of the liver kinase B1 (LKB1, also known as STK11) tumour suppressor, an integrator of nutrient availability, metabolism and growth. By developing genetically engineered mouse models and primary pancreatic epithelial cells, and employing transcriptional, proteomics, and metabolic analyses, we find that oncogenic cooperation between LKB1 loss and KRAS activation is fuelled by pronounced mTOR-dependent induction of the serine-glycine-one-carbon pathway coupled to S-adenosylmethionine generation. At the same time, DNA methyltransferases are upregulated, leading to elevation in DNA methylation with particular enrichment at retrotransposon elements associated with their transcriptional silencing. Correspondingly, LKB1 deficiency sensitizes cells and tumours to inhibition of serine biosynthesis and DNA methylation. Thus, we define a hypermetabolic state that incites changes in the epigenetic landscape to support tumorigenic growth of LKB1-mutant cells, while resulting in potential therapeutic vulnerabilities.

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While we’ll often take bridal inspiration from a star wearing a white designer gown on the red carpet, it’s rare to see an actual wedding dress worn outside of, well, an actual wedding – but Jennifer Lawrence has done just that.
For the Faces Places premiere in West Hollywood this week, J-Law wore a wedding dress from bridal design house L. Wells. Founded by fashion designer Lauren Wells, who once worked at Vera Wang, L. Wells specialises in made-to-order wedding gowns for the bride who skews to the bohemian side.
Lawrence teamed her look with a romantic berry lip, tousled hair and layered jewellery. We do.


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The Wallabies will again take off for overseas to do battle with our northern hemisphere rivals in 2017's Spring Tour, however this time around they first face Japan.
In 2016 Australia had tough wins over Wales, Scotland and France before suffering defeats to Ireland and England.
We have all the information you need on how to watch the tour, when the games are and who is playing.
When is the Spring Tour?
Japan vs Wallabies - Nissan Stadium, Yokohama - 4th November, 4:40pm (AEST)
Wales vs Wallabies - Principality Stadium, Cardiff - 12th November, 4:15am (AEST)
England vs Wallabies - Twickenham, London - 19th November, 2:00am (AEST)
Scotland vs Wallabies - Murrayfield, Edinburgh - 26th November, 1:30am (AEST)
Who is playing?
Numerous players are unavailable through injury, and the squad is without the services of John Eales medallist Israel Folau, who is having a break from the game ahead of next year's Super Rugby season.
Players deemed unavailable because of injury include Izack Rodda (shoulder), Rory Arnold (knee), Dane Haylett-Petty (bicep), Jack Dempsey (hamstring), Richard Hardwick (shoulder), Tolu Latu (shoulder), Sefa Naivalu (shoulder) and Jermaine Ainsley (ankle).
Wallabies Spring Tour squad:
How to watch?
All the games will be televised on beIN Sports.
The three games in the UK against Wales, England and Scotland will also be shown on free-to-air tv.
The Wales and England games will be on SBS, whilst the Scotland game will be shown on SBS Viceland.
Random pub trivia
Australia last played Japan in 2007 at the Rugby World Cup.
The result was a 91-3 victory for the Aussies.

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I’ll admit it, the thing that first piqued my interest in Relic Expedition – a Kickstarter from Foxtrot Games – was the set of animal Meeples. Just getting a set of Meeple snakes and Meeple monkeys would have been enough. Yet, after having an opportunity to play the game, my level of interest has broadened considerably.
At first blush, the game appears to be an amalgamation of mechanics we’ve seen used elsewhere. There’s the discovery and treasure troving of Forbidden Island and the random map building/exploration of Castle Ravenloft and Carcassone. There’s a strong focus on PvP and the game does a number of things to ensure that players will actively impact and affect each other’s decisions (more on that in a moment).
Gameplay is decidedly simple, as players compete to find 4 identical treasure relics in the jungle, then escape via helicopter before their competitors. On their turn, each player rolls two dice, one with numbers and one with animals. The numbered die determines how many actions that player can take on their turn and the animal die determines which animals move. The animal movement takes place before the player actions.
The available actions are to either (1) draw a random equipment from the supply or (2) to move their player one space and reveal more of the map. The equipment allow players to navigate parts of the jungle easier, or combat different animals. Certain terrain (like dense jungle) can force players to spend additional actions to move through different areas. There are other “actions” like picking up treasure or using items, but they don’t use up an actual action. I can only guess that this was done to mitigate the negative affects of rolling extremely low on the action die.
Given that players really have only two options the game is simple enough for players of all ages and skill types. There isn’t a laundry list of possible maneuvers which can turn off new players and increase the learning curve. While I’m not always a fan of games that tell you the “best way to learn is just to play” – since that’s often just a crutch to avoid having to write clear and concise instructions – Relic Expedition actually can work that way.
There’s also an added bit of randomness to the game that others in the genre just don’t have, namely because the number of available actions are never set in stone. A roll of the die each turn determines just how much you’ll be able to do, so you can’t just readily rely on having multiple strategic options.
Some might scoff at that and dismiss the game on the grounds of too much luck being involved, but really this wrinkle just enhances the strategy. Players have to plan and account for the fact that they can’t guarantee future actions. From our play sessions it does appear that several poor rolls in a row can put one player behind, but luckily the game has another fun mechanic than can help mitigate that problem.
Aside from their own actions, players have to track the movement of the animals and in many cases, work to avoid them. The added challenge is that the animals don’t move on predetermined paths, like monsters in a game like Arkham Horror. Instead, players have control over where and how far an animal moves (1 or 2 spaces). Players hamstrung by poor rolling on their turn can shift the game in their favor with a few strategic animals placements, hindering other players and giving them the time needed to catch up.
I really like the mechanic because it puts the players in a more direct PvP situation, rather than having players be in some sort of race to the finish. That being said, if you have a particularly vindictive group of players, ganging up on one individual and effectively removing them from the game seems like it would be possible.
This back and forth between varying numbers of actions and PvP through animal placement is enhanced by advanced levels of the game. The difference between the advanced and basic versions of play involve additional terrain types and monkeys who will steal equipment from you. The game even comes with a true “training” scenario, in which animals don’t move at all and players just focus on actions. While it’s a nice touch of accessibility, the gameplay is so easy to understand that I think most players might just skip over that.
Our play sessions did reveal a few small concerns. First is that the strategy of trying to move as fast as possible through the jungle does seem to put extra pressure on other players, particularly if you go first. Expanding the jungle quickly might place more treasure on your side of the board. This is especially important if you are playing on an uneven surface, since the game board can only expand as wide or tall as the table.
The other issue is again, the idea of ganging up on one player with animal movement. Both of these aren’t exactly game breaking strategies, but they did crop up in our play sessions and more than once seemed to decide the outcome of the game well before it was actually over.
Despite the concerns, playing Relic Expedition is easy and fun, with a nice amount of replayability, customization and depth. I could easily see players developing custom sets of the tiles to create more challenge, or increase/decrease relic amounts and use monkeys to create more frantic gameplay. (Editor’s Note: the phrase “use monkeys to create more frantic gameplay” should be reason enough to support this game.)
I also see Relic Expedition as the type of game to use for introducing new players to the wider world of tabletop gaming. The gameplay is simple, but introduces players to hand management, exploration, and a little bit of PvP, but in a more casual way. For someone looking to step outside the Monopoly world of board games, Relic Expedition might just serve as a perfect introduction.

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LUCAS Neill was given the chance to impress watching Blackburn Rovers boss Gary Bowyer as the club’s U21 team ended their losing run.
Neill was part of the Rovers side which twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur in Monday’s U21s Premier League clash.
The Australia skipper was a late inclusion in Eric Kinder’s starting line-up after being given permission to play in the game.
Neill has been back training at Rovers since December.
But the Leigh Sports Village encounter was the first time that Bowyer has had the opportunity to see the 35-year-old in competitive action.
Neill, who produced an accomplished display alongside Ryan Edwards at centre-back, has been without a club following his release from Japanese outfit Omiya Ardija in November.
He has been told by Australia head coach Ange Postecoglou that he must find a new club before March if he is to captain his country at this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
Neill has already gone on record to say he would like to re-sign for Rovers. But Bowyer has so far kept an open mind about whether to offer the defender a short-term deal.
Monday’s match also marked Corry Evans’ comeback from long-term injury and Bryan Dabo’s first competitive outing for the club since signing on loan from Montpellier.
Evans, who has spent the best part of four months on the sidelines with ankle-ligament damage, lasted just over an hour.
But fellow midfielder Dabo, who showed flashes of promise operating just off the main striker, played the full 90 minutes, as did Neill.
Spurs took the lead in the 39th minute when a free kick into the box was only partially cleared and Ruben Lameiras sent a sweetly stuck left-footed shot in off the post from 20 yards.
That was the way it stayed until nine minutes from time when Dean Rittenberg combined with fellow substitute Will Beesley to equalise.
Beesley did brilliantly to thread a pass through to Rittenberg and the England U18s new boy did the rest, sliding a cool left-footed finish under Jordan Archer to register his first goal at U21s level.
But three minutes later Spurs went back in front as Shaquile Coulthirst turned a Laste Dombaxe free kick in at the near post.
Three minutes after that, however, parity was restored. A free kick from Connor Mahoney caused chaos in the box and Aaron Tumwa was credited with getting the goal that ended Kinder’s side’s four-match losing run in all competitions.
Rovers U21s boss Kinder said: “I’m absolutely delighted with them, particularly in the second half.
“It has been a long season for us but you can finally see signs of the way that I want to play and my philosophy on the game.”


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Girls on Pop: Rising Stars and Falling Tweets
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A steady diet of pop culture keeps the ladies of PopEater in perfect shape to discuss celeb gossip and entertainment. Like Howard Stern with more estrogen and less hair, these pop culture experts have a brutally honest take on the world of the famous. Did we say brutal? We meant pithy. Welcome to PopEater's weekly video podcast, Girls on Pop!
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30 years of Air technology development have made the shoes lighter than the air. The VaporMax project drew on it and took 7 years of its own development. Unlike the Air Max, the VaporMax has embarked on a path of tread analysis when walking or running. The air capsules were then placed as needed according to the pressure. The ultimate goal was to develop shoes in which you "float" on air cushions while running. The technology also made it possible to get rid of the foamy midsole, thus reducing its weight to a minimum. Upper is a knitted so-called Flyknit, which is a new technology which, in combination with VaporMax, brings to the market in 2016 (officially 2017) a light, responsive, flexible shoe in perfect harmony with the user.


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It’s funny how collaborations in hip-hop come together. For Prhyme, Royce Da 5’9” and DJ Premier, it was concocted after a failed attempt to create a Slaughterhouse album entirely done by the legendary producer. Seeing as Royce hasn’t released an album since 2011, but has maintained a constant public image online and through SH, this idea was perfect to build hype. Not only for hype, Royce over Premier beats is a win. Throughout his career, we’ve seen the Detroit vet utilize Preemo’s talents enough to know that a whole album wouldn’t be a problem. Prhyme is a statement that the… continue reading
Since Maejor secured his deal, it’s felt like he’s been chasing that one hit single. He did recently release his EP, but for the most part his singles have been aimed toward the charts. It’s an efficient way to build buzz while we await his debut album. “Lolly” was able to make it into the top 10 on Billboard, and it seems like this new single could end up charting pretty high as well. On his latest single, Maejor enlists the help of Ying Yang Twins and Waka Flocka. The video depicts him as this lavish-living player with a house… continue reading
Eminem and Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in 1999, 15 years ago. Since its inception, the duo have brought us classic after classic, and helped change the industry with some of their acts. We don’t get many greatest hits albums in this generation, but that’s half of what Shady XV is. Big singles from 50 Cent, D12, Obie Trice, Eminem, Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf make up the project. There are a few questionable choices like some of the songs from the latter two (“Hammer Dance” and “Let’s Roll”). Aside from the history of Shady, Shady XV boasts as a compilation featuring… continue reading
After appearing on the Shady CXVPHER and “Detroit Vs. Everybody,” you’d think Royce Da 5’9″ would want to take a break. Quite the opposite. Royce and DJ Premier have their Prhyme album due out December 9, so instead he wants to ride this monstrous wave with the next single. He really does have the perfect set-up. The allure of this album’s creation should be enough to suck in any and every fan of lyricism and crazy beats. Royce’s attention is all over the place on the record with references to his veteran status, being sober and women. He does want… continue reading
Statik Selektah has been wanting to work with Eminem for a long time. He’s been a long-time employer of Shade 45, Em’s radio station, and mentioned that he has sent him beats in the last year. We now get to see what that manifests into with “Detroit Vs. Everybody.” This track has Eminem putting the most known from his city together for over six minutes. Big Sean showed out with his verse. He’s been on quite the roll this year. While you can always expect top notch from Royce Da 5’9″ and Eminem when put in a situation that requires… continue reading
Welcome Drake’s favorite rapper to 2014 with his first album of the year titled The Living Daylights. This go-around is anchored by producer Bronze Nazareth. He’s worked extensively with various Wu-Tang Clan members since 2003 with additional credits under Immortal Technique, Hell Razah and more. Much like the EP with The Alchemist, Willie The Kid is able to ride ever-so smoothly over the production that fits perfectly into his overly-lyrical content. Joining him is Sean Price, Roc Marciano, Boldy James and more. Stream and purchase below.

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Today is World Kindness Day. With all of the anger, hate, and divisiveness raging in the world right now, we need more kindness. Kindness can be so simple, and doesn't have to cost a thing. So today, and every day, be kind.
Beckie's Mental Mess recently nominated me for a Random Acts of Kindness award, hence the topic of this post. I have found so much kindness in the blogging community. When I'm struggling, I can always count on getting words of support. When I'm feeling discouraged about blogging or anything else, I always get lovely words … Continue reading There are no small acts of kindness

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Heartless Bastards is an American garage rock band formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2003. They are often compared to fellow Ohioans The Black Keys. On November 17, 2011, the band announced they had signed with Brooklyn based Partisan Records to release their fourth album Arrow on Valentines Day 2012.
The Fillmore's surrounded by great restaurants and bars. For a bite or cocktail before a show, check out Dosa (one block north).
Heartless Bastards' fourth full-length album was produced by Spoon drummer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi Home studio in Austin, Texas. "Arrow" features the current lineup of Erika Wennerstrom (vocals/guitar), Jesse Ebaugh (bass), Dave Colvin (drums), and Mark Nathan (guitar).
It will be the band's debut release for Brooklyn-based indie label Partisan Records. In Billboard Magazine's November 17, 2011 album announcement, Wennerstrom explains "I feel like this is the strongest record I've ever done. I feel like playing with these guys, us all being so connected, really helped make it so fully realized. I'm really, really happy with it."
On December 1, 2011, the first single from "Arrow" called "Parted Ways" was released exclusively on RollingStone.com and to the band's fans. On December 15, 2011, Heartless Bastards announced on Twitter that the preorder for "Arrow" was....


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The Council of Europe announced that on March 30, 2021, Ukraine officially joined the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe (EPA).
"Cultural routes" is one of the ways of European cultural cooperation. The target of the Council of Europe initiative is to show the integration of culture and heritage into a single whole and to jointly promote and popularize European culture and heritage. The agreement aims to create a common cultural space by promoting European identity and affiliation through awareness of cultural heritage. All this is happening thanks to transnational routes, which are thematically connected," said Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko, commenting on the event.
According to the Minister, the political aspect is also critical, because it allows us to become a leader in the formation of certain cultural routes: "Now we are in the middle of the European context, and therefore have a voice and influence on the shaping of narrative about these routes".
As for the economic effect, according to Oleksandr Tkachenko, first of all, local communities and tourist organizations would benefit from that.
On February 16, 2021, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law of Ukraine "On Ukraine's Accession to the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes". The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed this law on March 15, 2021.
Accession to the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes is a practical implementation of the provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
The parties to the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes are 34 countries, the partners are the European Union and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The Council of Europe's Cultural Routes Certificate has been awarded to 40 European cultural routes through more than 50 countries. Only 3 European cultural routes pass through the territory of Ukraine.

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At the beginning of the meeting, a Montpelier city councilor was praising a resident calling for them to “Defund the Police” At the end of the meeting, the same city councilor said she’s sure glad the police are ready for the presumed Jan. 17 pro-Trump armed rally.
"The first was supplied by resident Abbey Jermyn, who expressed frustration with a budget proposal that would boost spending for police amid persistent calls to cut funding for local law enforcement and reallocate those resources in the interest of social justice. “We have to defund the ... police,” said Jermyn. Councilor Dona Bate, who praised Jermyn and others who spoke for their passion and persistence, provided the other roughly 3 hours later. “Kudos to the police department,” Bate told Police Chief Brian Peete. “We’re glad you’re there.”"
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Powerturns are two seated buggies that are controlled by two levers which you push forwards to accelerate and pull back to brake.
There will be two people in the powerturn buggy and one person controlling each lever. Each lever controls one side of the buggy and so team mates have to work together to steer round the course. If you accelerate too much the buggy will go into a wheelie and can easily spin on the spot with the front wheels in the air. All this adds to the fun and will definitely leave you wanting more!
Team Building is definitely in use here with communication a must to get the buggies to actually move let alone manoeuvre round the track. Participants have to make their way round the tight course as fast as they can without hitting any of the markers otherwise time penalties will be in store!
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Social Inclusion and Social Mobility Task Group ReportTask Group 9: Social Inclusion and Social Mobility - Full Task Group 9: Social Inclusion and Social Mobility - Summary
As part of the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England, aka 'Fair Society Healthy Lives': (Marmot Review), a number of expert Task Groups were set up to provide evidence and preliminary policy proposals in key areas of interest for the Review. This element of the work came under the umbrella of the 'Working Committee 1'.
Working Committee 1 (WC 1) was asked to identify new evidence in the key policy areas where action is likely to be most effective in reducing health inequalities in the short (2010–15), medium (2016–19) and long term (2020 and beyond). WC 1 assessed evidence about the efficacy of interventions to reduce health inequalities in nine policy areas:
- Early child development and education
- Employment arrangements and working conditions
- Social protection
- Built environment
- Sustainable development
- Economic analysis
- Delivery systems and mechanisms
- Priority public health conditions
- Social inclusion and social mobility.
This Committee made recommendations identifying potentially effective actions in reducing health inequalities for Working Committees 2 and 3 to develop. The Committee ran from January to May 2009.
The Social Inclusion and Social Mobility Task Group Consisted of David Piachaud (Chair), James Nazroo, Jennie Popay and Fran Bennett. Their work considered three critical dimensions of inclusion/exclusion:
• Participation in the labour market
• The nature of service provision
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DirecTV (DTV) Chief Executive Officer Mike White said talks are continuing with Viacom (VIAB) Inc., even as the two sides remain “pretty far apart” in a dispute over programming fees.
“We’re happy to do a fair deal,” he said today from the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. “We’re talking.”
Viacom’s 26 channels, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, went dark for almost 20 million DirecTV subscribers just before midnight yesterday after the companies failed to reach a new programming-fee agreement. DirecTV said that Viacom demanded the networks be dropped from its service, which ranks No. 1 in the U.S. satellite-TV market.
The standoff marks the latest fee tussle between a pay-TV provider and program supplier. Such fights have blacked out millions of subscribers in recent years, including 14 million Dish Network Corp. (DISH) customers who lost access to AMC Networks Inc. (AMCX) last month. Viacom said on its blog that its programs amount to 20 percent of the audience at DirecTV. The satellite provider, meanwhile, cited falling ratings at Viacom’s channels as an issue in the dispute.
“It has been inconceivable that any distributor could drop Viacom’s networks, mostly because of Nickelodeon,” Todd Juenger, a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst in New York, wrote in a note in June. “But ratings are down, often significantly, at networks representing 71 percent of Viacom affiliate fees.”
White said Viacom is demanding a fee increase of more than 30 percent, amounting to more than $1 billion in additional costs over five years.
“We offered a hefty increase,” he said today in the interview, without being specific. “We always said we’ll pay a fair price consistent with other large distributors.”
Viacom, based in New York, fell 0.3 percent to $46.73 at the close in New York. The Class B stock has gained 2.9 percent this year. DirecTV, up 13 percent this year, declined 1.1 percent today to $48.15.
Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman, questioned at the Allen & Co. conference, said he wouldn’t negotiate in public.
“As you can see, we have negotiated with every other pay- TV operator, without problems,” Dauman said. “Our record speaks for itself.”
The parties have been talking for several months and extended their seven-year agreement past the original June 30 expiration while discussions continued, Viacom said. During that time, Viacom allowed its channels to stay on DirecTV.
DirecTV dropped Viacom’s channels about 10 minutes before midnight with no warning, Mark Jafar, a Viacom spokesman, said in a blog post. He said El Segundo, California-based DirecTV “refused to engage in meaningful conversation.”
“We are deeply disappointed that DirecTV dropped Viacom’s channels before our midnight deadline this evening, severing our connection with its nearly 20 million subscribers nationwide,” Jafar said. “We proposed a fair deal that amounted to an increase of only a couple pennies per day, per subscriber, and we remained willing to negotiate that deal right up to this evening’s deadline.”
Viacom today also began limiting the number of programs it lets people watch for free at its websites, after DirecTV created a navigation tool to help customers find the shows they’ve lost, according to Meghan McLarty, a DirecTV spokeswoman.
White said he isn’t looking to break up Viacom’s bundle of channels and buy them individually, even though his customers would prefer not to pay for networks they don’t watch.
“Consumers ask us to do that all the time,” he said. “I don’t think that’s likely because I don’t think the media companies in general would be willing to do that.”
“In this economy, consumers are struggling,” he said. “Their incomes aren’t growing at those rates, and it’s tough for the average consumer. That’s what we care most about.”
Viacom said its fees account for less than 5 percent of the satellite service’s programming expenses, and that DirecTV “enjoyed way below market rates for Viacom’s networks for a very long time.”

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The Culture Of Elevating Carpets Weaving To An Art Form
Considering the volume written on Persian carpets, it would be pointless to hope to capture even a snapshot of the subject as a whole. This is meant to be a synopsis or introduction intended only to acquaint the novice with certain aspects of the genre.
The Persians were the most successful at elevating carpets weaving to an art form. Their carpets are recognizable by intricate and refined patterns. They are often said to be poetic and naturalistic in styling. Dominant in Persia, the Shiite branch of Islam allows for freedom of expression in design that is unequaled in other Islamic countries. For example, the Sunnites in Anatolia are restricted from representing the human form. The calligraphic styling of many Persian carpets is accomplished by using the Senneh knot, or asymmetrical knot, which assists in the formation of curvilinear designs, although in the west and northwest weavers used the symmetrical knot almost as often. Many colors are commonly found in Persian carpets, they are always arranged with imagination, careful planning, and balance.
The Safavid dynasty (1502-1722) definbed carpet weaving as an industry and decorative art form. The art form reached its apex during the reign of Shah Abbas the Great (1587-1629). During this period of Persian history, carpet weaving experienced innovations which revolutionized production. In terms of materials, the Persian began using silk in foundation and pile. This permitted more detailed and minute decoration. The second major innovation was the establishment of court workshops in the most important cities: Tabriz, Isphahan, Kashan, Kerman, and Herat. These workshops employed highly trained artisans to create finely knotted carpets for the nobility. This weaving venue also led to the most dramatic divergence between town and court manufacture, and village and nomadic production. This divergence is due to the third major innovation, the separation of design and weaving functions.
Rugs became a social emblem of status and privilege, whereas they were formerly closely associated with worship and daily life. Their primary function from this point forward became decorative. Functionality became secondary to the sign. The most exquisite pieces were given as gifts to awe the rulers of the great European nations.

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- 1⁄4 cup green pepper, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
- 1⁄4 cup water
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- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
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This was a very nice way to serve those yummy butterbeans !!! We enjoyed the sauce and thought the flavor was just right . I cooked a little bacon with the onion and green pepper , and that was the only adjustment I made to this recipe . Very Good !
This has a nice flavor but was a bit too saucy for my taste - I would cut the soup back to 1/2 tin with no water. Next time I may try a drop or two of hot sauce in it. I liked the recipe and will try it again. Another problem I had (not the fault of the recipe) the lima beans were huge, I like them smaller Thanks for a good Butter bean recipe Quiltn99
I added in a little bacon to the onions and omitted the peppers (DH won't eat them). I only used half of the tomato soup as one child doesn't like tomatoes. This resulted in a nice flavorful dish that we enjoyed. Thanks for sharing the recipe.


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Among the endless chilling aspects of the ongoing economic crisis, perhaps the most unnerving has been the constant suspicion that this is only the beginning – that the money printing and boarded-up high streets are only the prelude to a far darker second act. The trick, of course, then becomes picturing what that might be – except it's a fool's errand, the mind's eye fogged by the sheer scale involved.
Enter the movies – still for all their flaws a fine device for speculating on the future, allowing us to to piece together a composite of likely scenarios, turning all of us into WALL-Es sifting through the cinematic debris.
Among the most active lately has been Evan Calder Williams's blog Socialism and/or Barbarism, whose musings on our likely fate are based around the filmic motifs we may shortly find spilling into real life.
The thing is, the end of the world thus far has taken most of us by surprise. It's not that at some stage we won't still wind up in The Day After Tomorrow – just that the sudden picturesque eco-calamity that was due to befall us seems to have been gazumped by something less visually immediate. That may be why the ever-familiar Mad Max is now often cited among those of an apocalyptic bent (aside from Calder Williams, it's a favourite over at housepricecrash.co.uk) – but for me, despite the suitably insane circularity of its logic ("one needs gasoline in order to drive around and kill others to steal their gasoline, but in doing so, one consumes the gasoline that one had"), it still always seems too camply histrionic to be much of a blueprint for things to come.
No, here in weary old western Europe, it feels to me that the descent will be a closer relative of Delicatessen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's breakthrough vision of a hungry, dowdy block of flats in which no one likes to ask where the butcher's fresh cuts are coming from. Fittingly, Calder Williams namechecks both that film and its baroque follow-up City of Lost Children – identifying their timeless, flea-market aesthetic as a portent of a world hurtling backwards, an image of our being on the one hand too broke to maintain technology and, on the other, out of space to bury our rubbish, ending up by necessity recycling, repurposing and creatively salvaging. Leave out the cannibalism and it might almost pass for optimism.
Of course, it could go like that. The alternative, one supposes, is Michael Haneke's The Time of the Wolf, a psychically scarring lurch into the darkness. For the moment, however, the shape of the medium-term at least seems to me to lie in two films not mentioned in the original post. The first is the stunning Children of Men, a movie given its power by the sheer ghastly plausibility of its deportation camps along the Sussex coast and murmuring ads for state-assisted suicide. The second is Roy Andersson's deadpan masterpiece Songs from the Second Floor, a grey-on-grey tableau of flagellants and bankrupts, with the city reduced to one vast stationary traffic jam and everyone desperate to get out but doomed to stay put – a scene that feels more like London with every passing day.
But then, everyone will have their own movie that comes closest to reflecting their sense of what lies ahead. It may be La Jetée. It could be Dawn of the Dead. That's the thing about film: its ability to marry what we know of the world and what we believe it is (or could be) in our gut. Me, I'll be seeing that magic at work as my three-year-old son's eyes widen watching Christopher Reeve as Superman – part of me madly jealous, the bigger part just wishing I had the words to apologise to him.


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“What you see in our “Maison de la Métropole” (house of the Metropolis) is a sketch of reinforced cooperation in the metropolitan area - what we call our new metropolitan solidarity outline”. This was the welcome statement of Paul Soubiran, director general of the city of Lyon, to the peer visitors hosted by the city and the Metropole of Lyon last 12 and 13 December during the 7th peer to peer meeting of the MC2CM project on “Inter-institutional coordination in migration governance: Towards improved cooperation”.
This event gathered the participating cities of the project together 3 mayors from Libya and national government delegates of Portugal, Estonia and Chypre as well as UCLG network members: Medcities and Cités Unis France (CUF).
While in the six firsts peer to peer meetings of the project the focus was laid onto thematic aspects linked to migrants’ inclusion at local level (social inclusion and intercultural dialogue, access to basic services, employment, housing, refuges hosting, and education). So it strategic that the seventh, and last of the first phase, focused on governance, which means to deal with opportunities and limitations of being part of a government, meaning local, inter-municipal, regional or national.
As a matter of facts, migration happens locally, while legal aspects of migration are mainly a national level competency. In other words, migrants are the citizens of tomorrow, and the local governments can only attend them, not reject, judge or select them. Nevertheless, a proper inclusion requires services and policy frameworks handled by several levels of administrations.
The key to understand a governance framework
In a governance framework, the different levels involved as a sum need to be able to deliver to most efficient services to migrants, thus Inter-institutional coordination is needed.
But Inter-institutional coordination differs - according to the decentralization structure and level, the topic , or the time available for action. During the meeting, participants explored and debated around 4 main forms of inter-institutional coordination: centralist, localist, decoupled and multilevel-governance.
The centralist and localist approaches are the most common once (either a top down or bottom up process), but we can see that the decoupled form is also used in many cases when there is a political opposition between the different levels in the focus to adopt and no dialogue is possible or wanted.
Nonetheless, the participants agreed on the relevance of the multi-level governance approach, which is seen as the ideal scenario in many cases, even if its implementation requires a lot of dialogue, consensus and flexibility, and above all put the citizen at the center of the cooperation, in order to maximize resources and develop efficient policies and programs in a spirit of co-responsibility between the administrations.
After debating on the relevance of these concepts at theoretical level, participants had the opportunity to work in groups around concrete cases of inter-institutional coordination in migration governance. In particular, examples from Turin (metropolitan cooperation with municipalities), Morocco (local implementation of national migration strategy) and Lisbon (diversity as an entry point for horizontal cooperation) have been the starting point of the experience sharing.
The opportunity of Lyon: “Metropolitan cooperation” on social service
The first day of exchanges has been then followed by a field visit where the City and the Metropolis of Lyon explained how they mutualize social services of both levels to offer a better attention to users and maximize resources. Inter-institutional coordination in this case was identified as an opportunity to provide more social services and implement multilevel-governance. This multilevel set up allows not only vertical cooperation, but also a better horizontal cooperation between departments and task, including security task.
This example highlighted key elements for a good Inter-institutional coordination: Political commitment; Technical and financial resources, Quality and efficiency of the services as convergence point; Interests of departments to exchange and coordinate their tasks.
Institutional cooperation: opportunities and barriers in the migration field
During the second day, based on the exchanges and knowledge learned in day one, participants reflected on the situation of inter-institutional cooperation and opportunities, barriers in their countries and regarding migration and integration policies.
In order to optimize the social and economic potential of migrants, local governments need capacities in the field of migration governance, particularly in terms of providing access to rights and services. In this context the participating cities, networks and national delegates highlighted the need for a more perpetuate and institutionalized cooperation between the state and the local governments, more channels of communication, trainings for staff and funds for action.
The role of the international networks of cities and of the international organizations has been appointed as relevant to support this aspect by bringing knowledge and expertise, supporting exchange and trainings and promoting multi-level dialogue and the role of local governments in the topic.
About the Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project (MC2CM)
The MC2CM project, funded by the European Union and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, is led by International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and includes UCLG and UN-Habitat as a partners and UNCHR as associated partner. Participating cities are: Amman, Beirut, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Tangier, Tunis, Turin and Vienna.
The partners of the MC2CM Project seeks a second phase that will engage a broader number of cities and national association of local governments and actors committed to improving the governance of migration at local level in cities in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean. This foreseen second phase will in particular focus on the implementation and monitoring of the learning and policy recommendation of the first part, enlarge the network of active stakeholders and try to deepen the knowledge and technical expertise in the topic tackle in the first phase.

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We all had a fantastic day today on our visit to Creswell Crags.
We started the day with a tour of one of the Ice Age caves, looking at arefacts including a genuine stone age hand age. The cave was quite large, so even those of us who were worried about going in found that is was a good experience.
Next we tried some Ice Age survival skills. We built a shelter, threw spears at a Mammoth, and tried to light a fire with a bow. We certainly worked up an appetite, so lunch was more than welcome.
In the afternoon we spent time in the museum, sketching the hyena and exploring how archaeologists find out about the past. We had access to a pit to brush away sand to find artefacts, magnifying glasses and even an electronic microscope to explore what we had found.
Finally we had a visit to the gift shop, before boarding our minibus back to school.


text: LONDON, England - Are the months of media speculation about the F1 futures of Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa finally coming to a head with less change than expected?When the music stops at least two - maybe all three! - will end up back in the seats they have now at McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari. Yes, even Schumacher...Hamilton's future has been a topic of discussion since the start of the 2012 season but became a paddock obsession when ex-F1 team boss now TV pundit Eddie Jordan "revealed" in September 2012 that Hamilton was close to a deal with Mercedes. WHAT BERNIE SAYS...The thinking was that seven-times champion Schumacher, now 43 and in the third year of an unspectacular comeback, would vacate his seat in favour of 27-year-old McLaren driver Hamilton. Immediately after the Italian GP at Monza, which Hamilton won without smiling too much afterwards, that still looked like a good bet but those reading the runes after Sunday's race in Singapore pointed at a more relaxed atmosphere at McLaren."I don't think Hamilton knows what he will do," F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told ESPN website. "These last couple or three races he's been doing very well. Before that, why he was upset I don't know, but he was definitely going to move no matter what. He had made up his mind that he was going."Whether he has changed now a little bit I don't know."WHAT BRUNDLE SAYS...British newspapers reported that McLaren had made an improved offer to the 2008 World champion, backed by the automakers since his early teens racing karts. Former McLaren driver Martin Brundle, who commentates for Britain's Sky Sports TV, and Jordan both said at the weekend they believed announcements were imminent.Brundle told his Twitter followers at the weekend: 'Been told HAM contract should be sorted in few days. If so, music stops + there will be a huge rush to sit down. It's all unusually good fun.'If Hamilton opts to stay with the team he knows best instead of linking up again with former karting team mate Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, the focus will turn to Schumacher - if the German hasn't pre-empted matters. The sport's most successful driver, with 91 wins but none for Mercedes, will be out-of-contract at the end of the 2012 season and has said there will be no comment from him until October - which could mean within a week.WHAT BRAWN SAYS...Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, an ally since his Ferrari days, has staunchly defended the German's form and continuing ability but Sunday's race triggered fresh concern about the quickness of his reactions when he slammed into the back of Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne's Toro Rosso. The incident earned Schumacher a 10-place grid penalty for the 2012 Japanese GP. It also led to online jokes about opticians' eyesight tests replacing pit boards.Germany's Bild newspaper, always a staunch supporter in his glory years, suggested the hero was over the hill with a headline 'Sorry, Schumi. Are you too old for Formula 1?"Whether Schumacher and Mercedes have come to the same conclusion remains to be seen but the signs are that if Hamilton turns down the offer then Schumacher, assuming he wants to stay, could still be the default option.WHAT ROSBERG SAYS...Rosberg told Reuters: "With Michael it works well. I'll be glad if he stays on. We also push the team together very well."Massa will also be out-of-contract but the odds for him staying on at Ferrari for another year have moved in his favour after seeming remote. The Brazilian has not appeared on the podium since 2010 and no other Ferrari driver has suffered such a drought - 35 races without a top three finish - but Massa is a team player and has influential supporters. His championship-leading team mate Fernando Alonso who would be quite happy to continue with the Brazilian."He's had a difficult season and we need points for the Constructors' championship," the Spaniard told reporters in Singapore, "but if I look around I can't see possible replacements who are better than Felipe."


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As both students and survivors, we have had enough. Incredibly brave survivors have added their voices to an ongoing effort to hold Washington University accountable for ensuring students’ safety in regards to sexual violence on this campus.
After a night of remembering nothing between pre-gaming a fraternity mixer with my friends and waking up to many texts asking if I made it home, including one that said, “Do you think you were drugged last night?” I stayed quiet.
On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. The day had come for the Jewish people to be liberated from the anti-Semitism rampant in the Jewish Diaspora which existed for more than two millennia.
Responding to calls from students and faculty to have the school divest from companies that profit from fossil fuels, Chancellor Mark Wrighton of Washington University said, “our position has long been that our investment policy will not be…used to support political, social or other agendas.”
I am writing to you today not as a member of Leaders in Interpersonal Violence Education (LIVE), nor as a facilitator for the Date, but as a student who has been consistently disappointed with Washington University’s response to sexual assault accusations
I sat in one of the desks of a Seigle Hall classroom. It felt so public; anyone could have walked in and seen me crying as I told my story to the fraternity leadership.
When I read the op-ed in Student Life from a student sharing that she had been physically assaulted by a fellow student and suggesting that other students may have been sexually assaulted by the same student, my heart sank.
I’ve tried doing this the right way, I really have. There has to be a way the University can keep students safe from known threats.
This past Saturday, we, the Wash. U. Graduate Workers Union (WUGWU), took action with Fossil Free WashU at ThurtenE Carnival to demand that Washington University stop its exploitation of graduate workers, St. Louis and the planet.
Our greatest resource as a University remains in special individuals and relationships that affect positive change. One special person who changed my life and many others was Dean Jim McLeod.


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The Battle Over California Medical Marijuana and How to Win It
The Argument About California Medical Marijuana
In truth, it wasn’t dating in any way. If you’re someone, with a medical condition that isn’t getting treated even with the normal medication and you feel that medical marijuana can assist you, you should get in touch with a health doctor without delay. Smoking is just one more means of receiving the therapeutic houses of health pot into the full body in the specific person who wants therapeutic.
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Now you can legally buy medicines once you presently have the card. If you suspect you own a concussion see your health care provider immediately. When the physician has examined the patient, he or she is able to qualify (or certify) them to have the ability to obtain medical marijuana.
For some, obtaining a medical emotional support animal registration marijuana card is as simple as calling your principal doctor and telling him that you require a prescription for allergies. The card is an optional additional step that demands http://www.nufab.northwestern.edu/ the physician’s rec. You might be entitled to a medical marijuana card today.
Even when you’re being investigated, that doesn’t signify that a parent will necessarily be reached within 72 hours. Foreigners living in California could possibly get a MMJ-ID card too. A health marijuana card is an additional alternative.
Key Pieces of California Medical Marijuana
Though there are a few essential points that you will need to take into consideration prior to buying medicines online. Cannabis business consultation needs a fee. If you prefer to discover new york medical card online, you’ve arrived at the appropriate location.
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Any form of health recommendation lets users buy concentrated kinds of cannabis, including oils or waxes, which are twice as strong as what is available to recreational consumers. Moreover, medical marijuana doctors advise you exactly what kind of marijuana product is most appropriate for your problem. Its own holder that the capability for cannabis will be shown through an wellbeing marijuana card.
Cannabis is the quickest growing industry on earth,” McCarty stated. Furthermore medical marijuana doctors New York City writes on the kinds of marijuana and the various medical marijuana strains. Medical marijuana is just one of the safest medications out there.
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There’s a chance he or she could refuse to compose a recommendation, believing you’d benefit more from different treatments. In order to remain valid, you might require in order to get your recommendation renewed a year. Indeed, recommendations need to be revived annually.
Searching on the internet to find a physician is as simple as 1, 2, and 3. First you have to make a list of doctors you wish to see. Depending on the place you live, it can be somewhat hard to obtain a accredited doctor to sign your forms.
Florida’s Amendment 2 would be among the strictest in the country, and medical marijuana would only be offered to seriously debilitated patients when recommended through an true physician. Using marijuana in the USA is growing at a speedy speed. mmj doctor online As of this moment the next states recognize cannabis as an acceptable treatment choice for medical ailments.
Public support for legal marijuana distribution proceeds to grow, as evidenced by the rapidly growing amount of health marijuana dispensaries operating within the boundaries of state legal systems throughout the nation. Therefore regarding open a health marijuana dispensary might be the custom of acquiring a permit. For those who have state regulations, hopefully you may control the undesirable things while emphasizing the great things, said Mullane, the cannabis licensing lawyer.
Naturally, the qualifying conditions do change from 1 state to another, however, there are a number of laws that remain the exact same for all. There are 3 means to employ for the healthcare marijuana card, but there’s one special step you will should simply take initial. With that certification, the individual will get an identification card to use whenever purchasing medical marijuana from a dispensary that’s licensed and governed by the state.
How to Get Started with California Medical Marijuana?
Sometimes you might not even be conscious that there’s a warrant for your arrest. The remedy is they don’t observe a gap. The prescribed amount of health marijuana doesn’t only help alleviate the healthcare conditions, but in addition, provide antitumor properties.
After a moment, it will become hard to remember which medication you should take when. Ultimately doctors want consistency, they also wish to see repeatable effects and they need to see reliable approaches. Once patients are charged, it’s up to the courts to pass judgment on their health care claim.


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SMS is the new Black (www.smsisthenewblack.co.uk) is launching a new competition for the best text message sent or received in January 2009.
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A power washer can quickly clean nearly any outdoor surface, and by adding the proper cleaning solution you get a boost in cleaning power. Commercial detergents for these units can be expensive, so making your own solution saves money while cleaning effectively. When making your own homemade power washer detergent, you want to use something that safely cleans your outdoor surface and causes no harm to your surrounding landscape as some chemical ingredients will do.
Fill the fluid canister of the power washer with cleaning solution until you reach the fill line. Pour 1 cup oxygen bleach and 1/4 cup dishwasher detergent into the canister, followed by a 1-gallon jug of water. Keep in mind that measurements do not need to be exact; come as close as you can to the basic measurements.
The oxygen bleach cleans just as well as chemically based bleach products, but contains none of the harmful chemicals that contaminate soil and kill plants and shrubs. The dishwasher detergent is mild, cleans effectively and does not create the powerful soapsuds that multiply quickly when you use basic dish soap. Both liquid and powder detergents work equally well.
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Community support of school obesity prevention programs is critical to achieving a significant decrease in obesity among children, according to researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Deanna Hoelscher, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences at UTHealth’s School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus, examined obesity prevalence changes among children in Travis County after the implementation of a school-based obesity intervention program, the Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH). Hoelscher, director of the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, compared the traditional school-based focus (CATCH BasicPlus) against the traditional school-based focus with greater community input (CATCH Community). The results were published in the February issue of the journal Obesity.
The study found an 8.3 percent decrease in obesity prevalence from spring 2007 to spring 2008 among children in the CATCH Community program compared to a 1.3 percent decrease in obesity prevalence among children in the CATCH BP program.
The study was conducted in low-income minority schools in Travis County. Research has shown that low-income minority children are at greater risk of being overweight. Nationally, 16.9 percent of U.S. children ages 2-19 year old are currently classified as obese, according to the latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey results.
“Data from the Travis County schools show that school-based obesity intervention programs, when implemented with complementary community involvement, can significantly prevent the onset of child obesity,” said Hoelscher. “The data we found is consistent with data found in other studies of school and community approaches to childhood obesity.”
All schools were provided with CATCH program training materials and support visits. The CATCH Community schools also received support for building school and community partnerships, as well as creating environments to increase physical activity and healthy eating promotion through CATCH school committees. Hoelscher said this study is unique because it focuses on low-income ethnically diverse populations and efforts to include the community.
“These results reinforce the need to focus increasingly on environmental and societal level changes, as well as individual approaches, to reduce childhood obesity,” said Hoelscher.
Similar results were found in Hoelscher’s El Paso SPAN (Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition) study, published in the October issue of Obesity. In El Paso, researchers found a decrease of 7 percent in the prevalence of obesity among 4th grade children observed over a 2.5-year period following an initiative spearheaded by the Paso del Norte Health Foundation, which included widespread implementation of the CATCH program, a television/radio advertisement campaign, a community-based nutrition education program and a walking promotion program.
About CATCH: UTHealth’s CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) is a Texas Education Agency-approved Coordinated School Health Program designed to promote physical activity and healthy food choices and prevent tobacco use in elementary school students. By teaching children that eating healthy and being physically active every day can be fun, the goal of the CATCH Program is to establish healthy habits in childhood that can promote behavior changes that carry into adulthood. For information, visit CATCH.
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for the Advancement of Healthy Living (Dell Healthy Living) was founded in 2006 with a grant from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living was established to conduct research to better understand and influence behaviors and environmental conditions that affect healthy living, with a vision of “healthy children in a healthy world.” The Center is housed at UTHealth’s School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus.


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CHARLIE & THE REGRETS
Gritty realness forms the heart and soul of Houston-based country/Americana band Charlie & The Regrets. Established in 2014, the band’s lead singer, songwriter, and namesake Charlie Harrison had but one goal: Write authentic music that speaks to the not-always-glamorous life he has seen. His experiences and developed view of the world engendered socially conscious country that also happens to be catchy as hell.
In 2016, under the creative and technical direction of producer Derek Hames and engineer John Shelton, both of Edgewater Music Group, Charlie and the boys entered world-class Edgewater Studios in Sugar land, TX to record their debut album. “Rivers In The Streets” (February 2017 via Sony RED Distribution) includes cherished songs from the band’s self-produced 2014 EP such as “Baytown” and “New Night” were reimagined. New fan favorites like “The Gavel” and “What Can I Do” were refined. And more intimate acoustic tracks “Houston Rain” and “Ain’t No Good News” were introduced. The result is breakout work that defines who and what Charlie & The Regrets are. You’ll hear influences from Jerry Jeff Walker, Hayes Carll, and Todd Snider with each train beat, strummed chord and twanged vocal.
But in the end, “Rivers in The Streets” has an identity all its own, forged by the band’s own unique perspective and Charlie’s from-the-pulpit-esk vocal stamina. In an era of fluff, Charlie & The Regrets have chosen to write country music about the imbalance of justice, the federal tax code, and the plight of the fatherless. Their growing fanbase has confirmed a core group of music fans out there who are desperate to hear songs that pull no punches and leaves a sticky residue on their rebellious hearts. With this new album release, they are doubling down on listeners interested in both style and substance.


The Associated Press has a harsh fact-check of President Obama's remarks yesterday before an appreciative group of news executives at the annual meeting of the Associated Press. One of the better aspects of the AP article is a passage on the individual mandate that is part of the ObamaCare health-care overhaul:
until he became president, Obama, too, thought a mandate was a bad idea. In the 2008 campaign, it was his "core belief" that everyone would get health insurance, without the coercion of a mandate, if only high-quality coverage were affordable.
He relentlessly criticized his primary opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton in debates, speeches, ads and mailers for proposing a mandate, taking it so far that she waved one of his mailers in the air and barked, "Shame on you, Barack Obama," slamming "your tactics and your behavior in this campaign."
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CLARK'S HARBOUR - A long-lost light from the Cape Sable Lighthouse is now in Clark’s Harbour after spending years crated in storage in a government building on the Saint John, New Brunswick waterfront.
Found this fall when the building was being cleaned out for demolition, it was returned to Nova Scotia by the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society and given to the town. The town has been instrumental in helping preserve the Cape Light through the Friends of the Cape Light group.
The delivery of the light took place Dec. 5.
President of the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society, Joe Flemming, and his son Zach delivered the light, all 19 crates of it, as well as the mechanical equipment that holds and supports the lens, to Clark’s Harbour on Dec. 5. It is being stored in the warehouse of a local business for the time being.
Before transporting the lens to Clark’s Harbour, a group of experts in Halifax unpacked every crate to document and label the pieces, who, aside from Flemming, included Dan Conlin, curator of Pier 21; Roger Marsters, curator of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, and Chris Mills, former lightkeeper and Coast Guard employee.
“We were really excited to go through it,” said Flemming.
“We spent five hours last night taking everything off the truck and opened every one of these crates. We went over every one and documented every piece,” he said, telling Clark’s Harbour Mayor Leigh Stoddard and Deputy Mayor Rex Stoddard the town will be getting a report itemizing what’s in every crate.
“It’s an incredible find,” said Flemming. “The engineering is just amazing.”
The light is a third order Fresnel lens that would have lit the way home for mariners from 1902 through to the 1980s on both the original Cape Sable Lighthouse, built in 1861, and its replacement that was built in the early 1920s and is still operational.
Stoddart said the town is looking at several options for a permanent home for the light.
“We’re either going to install it at the Seaside Heritage Hall on the stage, or the Municipality of Barrington has approached us and thought it might be better placed on The Hawk so we’re getting a price on a structure to be built that would be like the dome on the top of the lighthouse” he said, explaining it would house the light inside.
During the delivery, Flemming spent several hours sharing information about the light and its assembly, saying the Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society and the Nova Scotia Museum will certainly help if needed in reassembling it.
The first order of business will be to get the hundreds of components cleaned, from the smallest hardware pieces to the light panels and everything in between.
Stoddart said the town’s public works crew will likely begin tackling the task this winter, crate by crate.


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Development is a trend that happens often, and it cannot be fought. Therefore, when development happens, it should be embraced. In the ancient days, people used horses and donkeys as well as chariots as their means of transport. However, as time went by transformation and development occurred, and as you walk past the towns, it is uncommon to come across a donkey or a horse because vehicles have taken the lead in popularity in the transport industry (Eckert & Kohler, 2014). In the area of communication, technology has changed the use of messengers to deliver messages, use of drums and smoke for signals to the use of faxes, emails as well as televisions and radios. Simply, development has enhanced communication and transport in the entire world. Besides, lives have been improved making life easier. In addition, communication and transportation have been made reliable, efficient, cheap, safe, and faster.
By analyzing the westward expansion 1860 and 1890, it will be easier to see how development has happened. America had the desire in the westward expansion to have power in the western parts territories of America that were occupied by other nations and the land that were free. It is relevant to understand that England influenced the U.S in various ways. Railway roads were invented by England, and In the middle of the 18th century, the railroad led to great impact in the expansion of the U.S to the west (Roza, 2011). At that time, the population in England was dense, economic resources were in plenty, and the spaces between the towns were short. On the contrary, America was sparsely populated with little income and the distances between the towns outsized. However, later in the 1960s-90s, the westward expansion was increased by the railroad construction.
The Westward Expansion of the 18th century is considered as the main subject and the vital factor in the history of America. The utmost influence that wrought America and its democratic system is the availability of huge land in the western region. After the Revolution, the triumph of sovereignty that led to the constant surge of the settlers to the valley of Mississippi opened the western parts of the U.S. The West was a region with lofty mountains, rocks, deserts, and large distance. After the discovery of paths, migration to the west of America was made easier due to the use of ox-driven carts that could cross the deserts and mountains (Torr, 2003). It should be noted that at this time people were now moving out of the densely populated to the isolated regions in the west of the United States. As a result, there was the growth of infrastructure to the west. Railways were created, and later development of cities followed as the construction of communication lines continued.
The development of infrastructure that stretched from east to the west resulted in increased migration to the West. The colonists settled in the free lands where they started developing it by starting agriculture in both large and small scale. The advancement of more roads and railroads in the west that linked with the eastern part was boosted by these practices. The roads and the railways made transportation of produce easier to the far markets in the eastern parts of America thus making agriculture productive. The construction of the roads led to more opportunities, which meant that new towns and markets would be developed. Also, this resulted in the development of manufacturing factories. Later the towns turned into large cities, and the industries transformed into large enterprises. It’s essential was to realize these roads were created to join towns as well as companies in the America Western regions.
Massive growth of agriculture as well as industries in America West regions in 1861-65(Roza, 2011) was perceived. The increase occurred because of the increased population in the western region. The economic proficiency was mainly concentrated in the Midwest, Northeast of America and the plain states. Agriculture and industrial works liberated the southern parts while the northeast was the center of manufacturing industries. This was enabled due to the efficiency of communication and transportation.
By the 1860s, the North and the Midwest invented networks that connected all the cities. Short lines were built to connect the regions with cotton to oceans and rivers. The Midwest was highly dense with over 80% of its farms situated 5miles away from the roads that enhanced transportation of agriculture materials to the international markets (Quay, 2002). The short lines were built due to sound financial systems that were located on the railroad’s bonds and Wall Street. After in 1890 the lines were split up into 20 trunk lines. The government and local states financed the lines even though they did not use them.
Before 1860, the advancement of the railroad had been brought to a stop by the southern states. Nevertheless, in 1862 after withdrawal from the United States Union, the acts of the Pacific railways were implemented thus allowing the first transcontinental railroad to be completed in the year 1869 (Domnauer, 2010). After the railroad was completed, transportation, which took six days from New York to San Francisco, was enabled. Along the border of Canada, the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific were constructed in the Great Northern and South Pacific. As a result, there was the hastening the suburb in the West allowing the submission of fields on credit and family-size farms. The finances from the Northern region were used to fund the creation and development of railways during the restoration time in 1890. These railways were modern in terms of the services rendered, track gauge as well as equipment. The construction of railroads brought about skilled artisans thus breaking much of the western regions seclusion.
In conclusion, it is notable that improvement and development took place and that the state has improved over the years. The growth and development are in terms of agriculture, urbanization transport, and communication. The westward expansion and transcontinental railroad played a significant role because it connected San Francisco and New York as well as other western cities. Due to this, there was economic development as agriculture and trade emerged through the construction of railways. Transport development made it easier for farmers to transport their products to other markets. Also, towns were born along the railway stations, which led to the elaboration of the major towns and cities, which contributed to the elaboration of the western part.
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