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CANBERRA OBSERVED: Labor pounces on divisions among Liberals

HEALTH CARE: Public hopes dashed by Gillard health 'reforms'

PAID PARENTAL LEAVE: Gillard's pseudo-PPL scheme a malign charade

PUBLIC WORKS: The urgent need to build new dams

COVER STORY: Planned Parenthood's activities finally exposed

EDITORIAL: Arab political turmoil: what's cooking?

FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Obama reaps whirlwind in the Middle East

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Can we avoid a second global financial crisis?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Business leaders call for national investment fund

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY: Children's right to know their genetic parents

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: Medical cover-up of fetal pain perception

TASMANIA: Euthanasia and assisted suicide back on the agenda

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Bible banned at citizenship ceremonies

OPINION: The failure of multiculturalism

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Euthanasia and assisted suicide back on the agenda

by Paul Russell

News Weekly, March 5, 2011
precautionary principle - n: the precept that an action should not be taken if the consequences are uncertain and potentially dangerous (World English Dictionary).

Newly appointed Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings's commitment to supporting euthanasia and assisted suicide in that state's parliament has returned the right-to-die issue to centre-stage in the Apple Isle.

The Labor/Green alliance, forged by her predecessor David Bartlett with Greens leader Nick McKim, will no doubt be gratified in the next few months by the introduction of yet another euthanasia bill - among other controversial initiatives, one suspects.

So why are euthanasia and assisted suicide being raised yet again? Tasmania has already had two parliamentary inquiries into the subject over the last 13 years.

In 1998, the Joint Standing Committee on Community Development's Inquiry into the Need for Legislation in Tasmania on Voluntary Euthanasia for the Terminally Ill clearly and emphatically rejected euthanasia as a bad idea, as did a 2009 committee inquiry set up to examine McKim's own Dignity with Dying Bill.

While the 2009 inquiry dealt specifically with the bill before the Tasmanian parliament, it inescapably reiterated the findings of the broader 1998 inquiry.

The earlier inquiry produced a report which deserves to be read by anyone interested in the issue. Certainly, it should be at the top of every Tasmanian MP's reading list.

Consider the 1998 inquiry's finding #7: "The Committee found that the codification of voluntary euthanasia legislation could not adequately provide the necessary safeguards against abuse." (Page 6: executive summary).

Remember, this is a comment about euthanasia in general - not about a particular euthanasia bill. The 1998 inquiry's conclusion has been amply vindicated by the mounting evidence of abuse from overseas jurisdictions where euthanasia is practised.

As the inquiry and overseas experience both demonstrate, euthanasia legislation can never be made safe from abuse. Nor is there any assurance to be had from the much-promised "safeguards" that would supposedly accompany such legislation.

As American bioethicist Wesley J. Smith once observed, safeguards are really only included so as to make legislators (and all the rest of us into the bargain) feel somewhat at ease about legislating for killing.

It is noteworthy that the 2009 inquiry should have made the following observation: "The Dying with Dignity Bill 2009 has been described as containing insufficient safeguards or for having too many safeguards to enable a sufferer seeking assistance to end their life." (Page 6: Finding #2).

How could a bill simultaneously be criticised for having too many or too few safeguards? We can understand the risks of "insufficient safeguards" in terms of the findings of the earlier inquiry, but what are we to make of the counter-claim by supporters of euthanasia that McKim's bill contained too many?

South Australian upper house Greens parliamentarian, Mark Parnell MLC, has given us a clue in some of the speeches he delivered during his failed attempts to pass euthanasia bills in SA's Legislative Council during 2009/10:

• "One of the dilemmas that we have got is that we want safeguards, but we do not simply want to put obstacles in the way of people so that they cannot ever use it. We have got to get the balance right." (2009).

• "I know that some people will not be happy until enough hurdles are put in place to make the laws unworkable, and that is always the tension in law reform like this. We want safeguards. We want strong safeguards, but the safeguards need to have a purpose behind them, and the purpose needs to be the prevention of misuse or abuse." (2010).

• "In terms of some of the comments that other members made, the Hon. Ann Bressington, as she did last time, has sympathy and support for some of the concepts in voluntary euthanasia and, in particular, the people in the terminal phase of a terminal illness. That might be something that we need to revisit: whether the eligibility criteria is (sic) simply too broad for members of parliament to accept, but that will be a decision for another day." (2010).

Parnell faces a dilemma. Not enough safeguards would mean that his bill would fail to attract enough votes to pass. Too many safeguards would render his bill ineffective in terms of its stated aims.

His suggestion that "we have got to get the balance right" fails to acknowledge the impossibility of drafting a bill that could prevent any abuse.

The inexhaustible variations in a suffering patient's personal circumstances and medical diagnoses alone should tell us that - not to mention the risks of placing too much trust in human nature.

So, if we consider various proposed safeguards as points along a line, we could observe that moving toward fewer safeguards increases the risk of abuse, while swinging back towards more safeguards, while certainly decreasing risk, can never remove risk entirely.

This would seem to be a decisive argument for retaining the status quo - that is, a firm no to euthanasia. But on our imaginary line of safeguards, the starting or "zero point", where euthanasia is illegal, is not a place where no risk exists. As Parnell also acknowledges, euthanasia already exists in some form, with and without a patient's consent.

It is merely, therefore, only a point beyond which we have not yet made legal an opportunity for abuse, pure and simple.

It would seem prudent, then, that the precautionary principle should apply in the forthcoming euthanasia debate in Tasmania. It should fall to Premier Giddings, or to whomever else it is that sponsors the new bill, to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that the proposed legislation will guarantee no risk of abuse.

The use of this principle is an accepted standard across the globe in many spheres of activity (such as environmental protection and drug approval), so why not in matters of life and death?

There should always be a higher burden of proof demanded from those pressing for change than from those defending the status quo.

Nothing personal, but one has to wonder whether the new Tasmanian premier is up to it.

Paul Russell is campaign director of HOPE: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. URL: www.noeuthanasia.org.au

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Sean Payton: No sophomore slump for Dak Prescott

At least one other NFL head coach not named Jason Garrett expects Dak Prescott to continue his high level of play in 2017.

"I'm not even talking or discussing sophomore slumps," Saints head coach Sean Payton said on KESN-FM in Dallas earlier this week, via "I'm looking at cutups and looking at improving and inserting some new thoughts and ideas."

He added: "You shake his hand and you feel like he's a guy who's hard to get off his spot and that's going to serve him well throughout his career. I like the look in his eye. When the game starts and you're watching the game, you feel calm watching him play -- and that's a good trait because you trust him."

While Payton's observation is the type of highly unscientific generality that has come to define offseason football chatter, he's not alone. The inability to completely remove Prescott from the Cowboys' dynamic rushing offense and evaluate him independently has made him an interesting topic to discuss. People have to rely on about 100-150 throws or "moments" that they have decided make Prescott a franchise quarterback in their minds. Others, jaded by the Nick Foles, Derek Andersons, Robert Griffin IIIs, Josh Freemans, Colin Kaepernicks and Kevin Kolbs of the world, prefer a larger sample size.

While I am always a fan of a larger sample size, a Prescott "drop off" would also be dependent on a ton of other factors around him. It could be years before we get a complete picture of the quarterback he can and will be.

Prescott won this year's Rookie of the Year award after throwing for 3,667 yards, 23 touchdowns and four interceptions. In a white-knuckle NFC divisional playoff game, he was 24 of 38 for 302 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.

That alone would leave many Cowboys fans to believe there is no need to worry about the future. But if everyone was sold, we wouldn't be having this conversation about sophomore slumps in the first place.

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North Greenville's women's soccer team was defeated 3-0 by Lander University Wednesday afternoon. The Crusaders could not quite manage to get as many shots off as the Bearcats. Goalkeep Alexus Robinson di have five saves in the game. North Greenville slipped to 4-7 on the season with the loss.

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A real estate broker reflects on his trip to China

If the country were to cut public and private construction back 50%, it would throw 20 million out of work

Shanghai at night

Having just returned from a trip to China with the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce (and 39 of my new best friends) I am still trying to digest it all.

People ask what was the most impressive/interesting thing? Where to start? The Great Wall is unbelievable! How they built it is nearly impossible to imagine. We drove out about an hour north of Beijing (a city of 20 million population, which measures 80 miles wide and 120 miles long!). We “walked” about a mile to a mile and a half on the wall. I say “walked,” but it was really climbing, because this particular section was all steps! It is reputed to be the only man-made object to be seen from `

One night we came out of a show in Shanghai, and I saw a convoy of 24 cement trucks rolling down the street. It dawned on me that I had not seen any during the day. Nor had we seen garbage trucks. So many Chinese are getting cars, and despite massive road-building projects, much of the commercial traffic is mandated to travel at night.

We saw so much construction – not only housing, but roads and all kinds of infrastructures. Some Australian businessmen told us that construction is between 20 and 22 percent of the economy, and it is in a serious bubble, but if China cut public and private construction back 50 percent, it would throw 20 million out of work and put the country in recession. (The Chinese hold $1.3 to $1.4 trillion of our treasuries, so if they were forced to liquidate those to raise cash, it would not be pretty.)

Beyond construction, which was going around the clock, the general pace of business activity was impressive. The Maglev train cost $10 billion and goes 18 miles from downtown Shanghai to the airport. It can't reach maximum speed because there is not enough track to slow down. It is German engineering, but not even Germany can afford it. We were told it requires $6,000 in electricity per hour to run it.

We brought paper masks, but we did not use them. We encountered yellow “fog” almost every day. I do not suffer allergies typically, but my eyes watered and my throat was scratchy. Others experienced more distress.

On our last night in Shanghai, it rained, and the winds blew. The next morning, my son and I got up, opened the draperies in our eighth-floor room and about 10 to 12 miles out we could see hundreds of factories and smokestacks. They were the first ones we really saw. They burn a lot of soft “brown” coal, and thus the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only does its trips in April and October because it is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. This past winter was reported to be one of the coldest in 100 years.

Bill Norton, president of Norton Asset Management, is a Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). He can be reached at wbn@nortonnewengland.com.

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Foodstuffs: Sweet French Pastries From A Registered Dietitian

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French macarons are meringue cookies quite different from the very coconutty (but still awesome) American style macaroons.
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Yankee Magazine recently released the winners of its 2014 Editors Choice Food Awards. One of the New Hampshire honorees caught our attention: Moochie’s Macarons of Nashua.

These French meringue cookies have been winning fans in New Hampshire and Massachusetts in recent months. All Things Considered talked with the woman at the center of this sweet empire, Nina DiBona-Pauk.

And just for the record, Moochie is…

Moochie is my Havenese dog.

Why macarons?

It started one night - my husband and I were planning a trip to Paris, and to convince him to sit down and actually plan our trip, I convinced him that I'd planned this whole French inspired meal, and it would be really fun. I got all these ingredients to make this, but what I couldn't find and what I really wanted was some French macaroons. I decided, these can't be these hard to make, I'll just make it myself.

When we got back from our trip, after sampling a rainbow of colors and flavors of macarons all over Paris, I just kept folding and whipping and piping out these pastries, and the rest is history. The business has really spiraled from there, and it's been an adventure. I've loved every minute of it.

You mentioned that there’s a large variety of flavors – which is not unusual when it comes to baked goods. But are there particular flavors that work really well as a French-style macaron?

The common fillings are generally ganaches, buttercreams and preserves - and you can imagine within those three categories there are an infinite number of possibilities. But I found with my macarons that people really love the more interesting flavors. One of the most popular ones I sell is lavender honey macarons, which take local honey from Epping, New Hampshire. And I'm always experimenting with new and interesting variations of all of the different buttercreams and ganaches.

It's interesting that you couldn't find these in New Hampshire, given how much Franco-American history we have here. It's fitting, in a way, that you're bringing them back.

It is. It was about three or four years ago, and I've noticed now that they've really taken on in the US. Back then when I called these stores, they didn't even understand what I was asking for. They all thought they were the coconut balls that people think of, the American macaroon. But now they're in magazines, there on TV shows, they're really gaining popularity in America.

You're a registered dietitian. People must feel like, oh, I can have a couple of these.

Yeah, people think it's really funny that I'm a registered dietitian and went into a French pastry business. But in truth, they're actually not terrible for you. They're naturally gluten free - I also have some dairy-free flavors as well - and they're quite petite, so one or two of them is a fraction of the calories that a cupcake would have, or something of that nature. It allows for nice portion control.

And the French macaron is really meant to be savored. It's something that you can sit, eat, savor and enjoy. So I don't feel bad being a dietitian and selling French pastries.


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The PNECs represent dietary Ni concentrations below which adverse effects are not expected for birds or mammals. PNECs were identified in two tiers. In Tier 1, derivation of PNECs followed the standard guidance in the TGD and did not account for any species-specific differences in food ingestion rates and body weight. In Tier 2, PNECs were derived on the basis of species-specific food ingestion rate-to-body weight ratios for the birds and mammals considered in this evaluation.

The PNECs were based on the most sensitive (i.e., lowest) dietary no-observed-effect concentrations (NOECs). For birds, six sub-chronic and chronic feeding studies in which bird diets were spiked with Ni were identified in the literature. The lowest NOECs, focusing on endpoints related to survival, growth, and the occurrence of tremors, were >150 mg Ni kg-1 based on a 42-day chicken study and 200 mg Ni kg-1 based on a 90-day study with mallard ducklings. For mammals, the lowest NOEC of 22 mg Ni kg-1 was derived from the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) taken from the previously completed human health Ni risk assessment, which was identified as 1.1 mg Ni kg-1 bw d-1. Following the TGD, these NOECs were divided by an assessment factor (AF) of 30 to account for interspecies variation in sensitivity and laboratory-to-field extrapolation, thereby resulting in Tier 1 bird PNECs of 5.0-6.7 mg Ni kg-1 and a mammal PNEC of 0.73 mg Ni kg-1 (Table 3). For Tiers 2 and 3, the NOECs were adjusted based on the food ingestion rate-to-body weight ratios of the specific species being evaluated relative to the species used in the toxicity tests. These ingestion rate-adjusted NOECs were divided by an AF of 10 in order to derive Tiers 2 and 3 PNECs (Table 3).

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Birds All Generic 150 --- 30 5.0
200 --- 30 6.7
Marine Oystercatcher 200 123 10 12.3
Freshwater Mollusk-eating bird 200 123 10 12.3
Terrestrial Worm-eating bird 200 85 10 8.5
Mammals All Generic 22 --- 30 0.73
Marine Harbor seal 22 46 10 4.6
Terrestrial Shrew 22 1.2 10 0.12
Freshwater Otter 22 23 10 2.3

Table 3:  Predicted no effect concentrations for nickel in wildlife diets


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Opinion: Is It Time to Cash in on Charter Schools? I Don’t Think So

According to the rhetoric of anti-education reformers, charter schools are right up there with iPhones as a shortcut to gazillions of dollars

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In 1967’s classic film, “The Graduate,” young Benjamin (the graduate of the title) is given some advice by a friend of his father’s who wants to make sure the boy cashes in on a burgeoning business opportunity.

Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

If “The Graduate” were being filmed today, however, Mr. McGuire would offer two words of advice: charter schools.

That punch line owes everything to anti-education reformers, who are escalating the rhetoric around one of their most successful talking points. To wit: charter school advocates and operators are in it for the money, gold-diggers chasing the next iPad or hula-hoop on their way to investment heaven.

There are two holes in this theory: public schools already rely on the private sector -- no untapped market there -- and charter schools are a terrible business model.

But you’ve got to hand it to those who fear the loss of market share for traditional public schools: They’ve got a great talking point and know how to work it.

Last week, for example, AFT President Randi Weingarten bemoaned a “Wal-Mart-ization of American education” that “[drains] funds from students” through “corporate-style education policies in order to bring Wal-Mart's business model to classrooms across the country.”

Former NEA President Dennis Van Roekel alleges that proponents for school choice “look at our investment in public education, and they see a treasure chest.” Education reform critic Diane Ravitch warns (daily, hourly) that school reform efforts are “funded by billionaires and philanthropists who believe in the free market and scorn government regulations. She fumes, “the privatization agenda excites the interest of edu-entrepreneurs, who see it as a golden opportunity to make money.”

More locally, Bob Braun, former Star-Ledger columnist and ardent anti-charterist, blows gaskets over the “privatization and resegregation of urban schools by the nationwide pro-charter, antiunion, anti-tenure corporatization movement.” Julia Sass Rubin of Save Our Schools-NJ claims that charter operators only care “about market share and greed and abuse of power.”

Time to unpack this mess.

For clarity’s sake, let’s limit this discussion to nonprofit charter schools and leave out New Jersey’s three for-profits: Newark Prep, Camden Community Charter School, and Central Jersey Arts Charter School, which serve only 2 percent of New Jersey’s 30,000 charter school students.

America’s public elementary and secondary schools, traditional and charter, have always relied on the for-profit sector. While any school’s primary resource is people -- teachers, administrators, assistants, nurses, Child Study Teams, children -- just about every nonhuman item come from for-profit industries. Schools buy desks, technology, cleaning supplies, whiteboards, books, testing materials, transportation, and Internet access from private suppliers. They contract with for-profit engineers, architects, consultants, and legal firms. Some New Jersey public schools are starting to outsource janitorial services, nurses, and substitute teachers. Public schools couldn’t function without the private sector. In this sense, public schools are already “privatized.”

Many local districts also rely on a variety of privately funded organizations to augment their tight budgets, including education foundations, philanthropies, businesses, even PTOs. There is nothing unethical about this practice; one need only recall the development of America’s robust library system, mostly paid for by steel business magnate Andrew Carnegie. I don’t know anyone who complains about the corporatization of American libraries.

What’s more, nonprofit, brick-and-mortar charter schools are terrible business models. According to a white paper by the National Education Association, the “economies of scale don't apply to the business of schooling. Economies of scale work in industries with uniform products. But as noted above, schooling is not one-design-fits-all, and individual school faculties and communities want input into their schools.” The NEA analysts study the debacle of Chris Whittle’s Edison Schools, a for-profit national school venture that went bust, and conclude, “in the end, the market metaphor does not apply to public education.”

When the Gordon Gekkos of the world look for investment opportunities, they look for scalability, which means that the business can multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. But schools are all about people, not hula hoops. In most schools, about 75 percent of total revenue goes to payroll and benefits, and more goes to fixed costs like energy and transportation. Not much profit margin there.

In addition, every state has its own charter laws, application processes, accountability rubrics, governance regulations, and teacher certification requirements. Effective charter schools in one state don’t translate over the state line.

There is one way to make a scalable business out of education, although here we’re in the realm of higher education, not K-12. Online universities are reaping dividends for investors for exactly the reasons that preclude nonprofit charter school profit. Talk about scalable: there’s no state oversight, and little federal either, although the Obama administration has started to poke around a bit. No full-time faculty -- almost all are adjunct -- no building maintenance, energy, transportation requirements.

Here’s a measure of this business model’s success: the U.S. Department of Education ranks the popularity of colleges that offer master’s degrees in education. Among the top 10 most popular schools, eight are for-profit and six are on-line, providing almost 25 percent of all graduate teaching degrees across the country.

Those are facts, not talking points. The Huffington Post recently published an article called “Big Profits for Not-for-Profit Charter Schools” by Alan Singer. The sole source of “big profit” was salaries earned by top charter executives like Eva Moscowitz of Successful Academy Charter Schools. Moscowitz earns $485K, a tidy sum. One could also point to salaries of top union executives. Last year NEA’s Van Roekel made $411K and AFT’s Weingarten made $543K. Now, Benjamin, that’s a lot of plastic.

Laura Waters writes about education politics and policy for NJ Spotlight and other publications. She also blogs at NJ Left Behind and has been a school board member in Lawrence Township (Mercer County) for 10 years.

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School board further explores language revitalization

The Nome Board of Education continued discussion on what is being called “The Introductions Project” or “The Native Language Project” at last week’s work session. The effort is gaining momentum amongst staff, administration, and school board members, and it seeks to have 100 percent of Nome’s elementary students introduce themselves in a local language dialect by the end of the school year. The idea is, in part, fueled by recent visits to board meetings by young Inupiaq adults who are interested in language revitalization.
Nome’s Hattie Keller is one of several young adults who support the project for its efforts toward reclaiming language and identity for people indigenous to the region. “This is our ancestral language, and it’s a priority,” Keller explained. “It’s been a long process of healing from assimilation, and we’re trying to learn our language now.” Annie Conger is one of two Native Culture teachers at the elementary school; she, along with Josie Bourdon, teaches Inupiaq words and phrases to the kids. “We’re going to work with the younger kids to introduce themselves, and then add to that as they get older,” Conger told board members. “In that way we’re teaching the kids: who you are and building on that, adding who your family is, where your family is from, and what language your family speaks. It teaches them the language, it teaches them their family trees, and their identity, which is very important to our kids these days.”
Phyllis Walluk teaches Native culture at the high school, and will be working with students in the St. Lawrence Island Yupik language. Board members agreed that the language instruction throughout the district would have a positive effect on students.
College and Career Advisor Caroline Proulx visited the work session to describe for board members her work with high school seniors. Proulx’s position at the high school focuses on assisting upperclassmen with their postsecondary plans. She is employed by the Alaska College and Career Advising Core, and her position is funded through several sources, including support from Norton Sound Economic Corporation. Her role, Proulx described, is to increase a culture in which students aspire to participate in higher education. “Post secondary preparation includes two-year college, four-year college, vocational schools, and certificate programs. Students are beginning to understand that they will need some type of certification in order to get a job after high school,” Proulx said.  Proulx seeks to place recent college graduates in mentorship positions around the country. Since she started at Beltz a year ago, Proulx has worked mostly with juniors and seniors as they formulate plans for the future. This fall she will host a “Get Real” financial reality fair, which will give students an interactive opportunity to explore several potential financial scenarios.
In other school board news:
• The board reviewed changes to the language in its policy concerning gang activity; the second reading and approval will take place at the next regular meeting.
• School boards around the state are introducing resolutions to bring forth at the Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB) in November. Committees are then responsible for reviewing the additions and changes before recommending resolutions to the legislature. Superintendent Shawn Arnold encouraged the Nome Board of Education members to consider proposing the language revitalization project as a priority. Arnold also suggested that Nome have representation on the state board, and he indicated that board president Barb Amarok would be an appropriate nominee. “She is getting more involved at the state level, and I think she would be a good representative of our region to the state,” Arnold said.
The school board will meet again for their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 13.

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NCAC fall sports weekly releases for the week ending on Sunday, September 20th, which include up-to-date conference standings, weekly schedules, team notes and Player of the Week selections, are now available online.

North Coast cross country combined to compete in three separate events last weekend, highlighted by the Wabash men winning the Indiana Intercollegiate Championships and the Ohio Wesleyan men finishing first at the Otterbein Invitational. Denison and Wittenberg will be the only two schools in action this weekend at the Rose-Hulman Pre-Regional InvitationalComplete Release

Earlham (2-1, 3-1) won back-to-back NCAC contests for the first time since 2002 after defeating Oberlin (0-3, 0-6) and Wooster (0-3, 1-7) last week. The victory over Oberlin was the first conference win since 2009 for the Quakers and the win against Wooster was the first for Earlham since the 1993 season. NCAC action continues this week with a contest scheduled Wednesday, two Friday, three Saturday and two more on SundayComplete Release

The first full weekend of NCAC play is in the books with four teams currently sitting at 1-0 against league foes. Conference play continues next Saturday with five more games on the slate, highlighted by a battle of Top-15 teams, as No. 15 Wittenberg (1-0, 2-0) will travel to No. 9 Wabash (1-0, 2-0) for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff in CrawfordsvilleComplete Release

North Coast men’s golf teams continued the fall portion of the 2015-16 season last week with six league teams competing in six different events, highlighted by Allegheny winning its own Guy W. Kuhn Memorial Invitational with a 36-hole score of 587. League squads will return to the links this week with five events on the schedule, led by DePauw hosting Denison, Wabash and a grouping of non-conference teams for its Dan Quayle Collegiate Classic at Twin Bridges Golf Course in Danville, IndianaComplete Men's Release

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Wabash (8-0-0, 0-0-0) is off to its best start in school history and is just one win shy of tying a school record nine-game win streak. The Little Giants will put their unbeaten record on the line as they host Allegheny (1-4-1, 0-0-0) to open up NCAC competition on Saturday. In other conference action set to start Saturday, Oberlin (5-2-0, 0-0-0) travels to DePauw (5-0-1, 0-0-0), Wittenberg (2-5-2, 0-0-0) visits Kenyon (6-0-0, 0-0-0), Denison (6-0-0, 0-0-0) hosts Ohio Wesleyan (5-2-1, 0-0-0) and Wooster (2-5-1, 0-0-0) goes on the road to Hiram (3-2-2, 0-0-0)Complete Release

The conference portion of the 2015 women’s soccer season gets underway this weekend with four contests scheduled for Saturday. Oberlin (4-2-1, 0-0-0) travels to face DePauw (3-3-1, 0-0-0), Wittenberg (3-3-1, 0-0-0) takes on Kenyon (5-3-0, 0-0-0) in Gambier, while Denison (7-0-0, 0-0-0) will host Ohio Wesleyan (1-5-1, 0-0-0) and Wooster (5-2-1, 0-0-0) heads to Hiram (2-5-0, 0-0-0)Complete Release

North Coast volleyball squads wrapped up the bulk of non-conference play last week and eight of nine league squads enter conference play this weekend with .600 or better records overall. There are eight league matches on the slate this weekend, highlighted by Hiram (0-0, 11-3) hosting No. 7 Wittenberg (0-0, 10-1) on Friday night and DePauw (0-0, 6-3) traveling to Hiram on Saturday afternoonComplete Release


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Human Rights in the Drug War: NGOs Slam UN Drug Bureaucracies, Demand Compliance With UN Charter

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Using the annual meeting of the United Nation's Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna as a springboard, an international consortium of drug policy, harm reduction, and human rights groups Monday slammed the UN drug bureaucracies for ignoring numerous, widespread human rights abuses perpetrated in the name of global drug prohibition. The UN must stand up for human rights in the drug control regime, the groups said.

The charge was made in a report released the same day, "Recalibrating the Regime: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Approach to International Drug Policy (pdf)," endorsed jointly by Human Rights Watch, the International Harm Reduction Association, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and the Beckley Foundation Drug Policy Program. It was presented this week in Vienna during a discussion of the worldwide human rights impact of the drug war conducted as part of a series of events countering the official CND meeting.

The CND, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), are the three UN entities charged with enforcing global drug prohibition as enshrined in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and its two successor treaties. The CND was meeting this week to review whether the UN had met its 1998 10-year goal to achieve "measurable results" in the fight against drugs, including a "significant reduction" in the cultivation of cannabis, coca, and opium.

The Monday report cites murderous campaigns against drug suspects in Thailand in 2003 -- and the prospect of a repeat of that deadly drug war by the new Thai government -- the violent police campaign against drug dealers (and innocent bystanders) in Brazil, the grotesque Chinese habit of celebrating the UN's international anti-drug day by executing convicted drug offenders, the resort to the death penalty for drug offenders in more than 60 countries, the mass incarceration of drug offenders and the racially discriminatory enforcement of drug laws in places like the United States, and much, much, more as evidence that human rights comes in a distant second to the prerogatives of drug prohibition.

Thai officials attend human rights panel slamming Thai government In the face of this litany of human rights abuses in the name of enforcing drug prohibition, the UN agencies have remained so quiet as to be almost "complicit" in them, the report argues. There has been "little engagement" with this issue by the CND, the INCB, the UNODC -- or even the UN's human rights treaties bodies, the report said.
"The UN General Assembly has stated repeatedly in resolutions that drug control must be carried out in full conformity with, and full respect for, all human rights and fundamental freedoms," said Mike Trace of the Beckley Foundation, which commissioned the report. "Delegations to this week's meeting must ensure that their obligations under international human rights law underpin all CND deliberations and actions."

"Despite the primacy of human rights obligations under the UN Charter, the approach of the UN system and the wider international community to addressing the tensions between drug control and human rights remains ambiguous," said Richard Elliott of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network. "This is inexcusable in the face of the egregious human rights abuses perpetrated in the course of enforcing drug prohibition, which in turn damages global efforts to prevent and treat HIV."

"Last week, INCB President Philip Emafo stated in the board's 2008 annual report that 'To do nothing [about drugs] is not an option'," said Rick Lines of the International Harm Reduction Association. "We are here today to state clearly that doing nothing about the human rights abuses perpetrated in the name of the drug war is also not an option. In this, the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, CND member states and indeed the entire UN family must speak out clearly that human rights must not be sacrificed on the altar of drug control."

The new Thai government's repeated comments that it intends to go back to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's murderous drug war of 2003, in which some 2,800 were killed, aroused particular concern among the groups.

"As the UNODC has acknowledged, there are proven methods to address drug use while protecting human rights. Murder is not one of them," said Rebecca Schleifer, advocate with the HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program at Human Rights Watch. "As a member of the CND, Thailand must be held to account for its actions on drugs, and pressure brought by the international community to ensure that human rights violations are not repeated."

The Thai may be feeling the pressure. At the Monday afternoon "side session" organized by the groups, not one but three officials from the Thai government attended, all of them expressing the view that policies have "good effects and bad," and inviting advocates to provide information to help them improve policies. Time will tell whether it was a serious offer and whether they can influence their government in a positive direction if so.

Monday's report was only part of a broader onslaught directed at the UN anti-drug bureaucracies and their seeming disdain for human rights. Last week, in the wake of the release of the INCB's 2007 Annual Report, which called for "proportionality" in the enforcement of drug laws at the same time it called for criminalizing millions of people who chew coca leaf, that organization was critiqued in a response by the International Drug Policy Consortium, a global network of national and international groups specializing in issues relating to drug use, legal or illegal.

While the consortium congratulated the INCB for its call for proportionality and a slight retreat in its resistance to harm reduction, it warned that such good news "will be rendered meaningless if the Board does not consistently reflect these principles in its ongoing work with national governments and other UN agencies."

The consortium also harshly criticized the INCB for its call for the banning of the growing and consumption of coca. "Of greater concern is the continuing intransigence shown towards the issue of indigenous use of coca products in Bolivia," the consortium's response said. "Where there is an unresolved inconsistency within the drug control conventions, and between drug control and other international obligations and treaties, the role of the INCB should be to highlight these dilemmas and help governments to find a resolution, instead of issuing rigid and non-universal declarations."

The British drug charity DrugScope, a member of the consortium, called on the INCB to do more. "Drug users are vilified and marginalized worldwide," said Harry Shapiro, the group's director of communications. "Some nations feel that any action against them is justified, including murder. We are encouraged that the INCB recognizes this is unacceptable and that a balance must be struck between the enforcement of drug laws and the human rights and civil liberties of those with serious problems."

The INCB must match its actions to its words, Shapiro said. "But DrugScope and the International Drug Policy Consortium feel that the INCB, from their position of international authority, must follow their condemnation of human rights abuses through to its logical conclusion, The INCB must offer public criticism of particular countries with the worst human rights record in this area."

Instead of UN anti-drug agencies sticking up for human rights, they have now become the objects of criticism themselves. The official international prohibitionist drug policy consensus may be holding at the UN, but it is clearly fraying, and civil society is no longer willing to sit quietly in the face of injustice, whether in Bangkok or Baltimore, Rio or Russia.

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Beyoncé And Solange’s Dad Finally Speaks About That Infamous Elevator Fight

“I have to tell you — I laughed so hard.”

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Mathew Knowles, the father of Beyoncé and Solange, told talk show host Wendy Williams last week that he “laughed so hard” when he first saw the video of that infamous elevator fight between Solange and Jay-Z.

Knowles, who was on “The Wendy Williams Show” to promote his new book, was responding to Williams’ inquiries about the 2014 fight.

“I laughed so hard because if you know Solange, that’s Solange,” he said. “You never know what you’re gonna get ― [she’s] a firecracker. Don’t know where she gets that from.”

TMZ leaked the 58-second clip in May 2014. It showed Solange hitting and kicking Jay-Z while Beyoncé looked on. The three were leaving a party at The Standard hotel in New York after the Met Gala.

“Beyoncé would be in the corner, quiet, just kinda like, ‘When y’all finish, let me know,’” Knowles told Williams, laughing with the audience. “So I just laughed.”

While many in the audience found Knowles’ story funny, instances of physical assault or violence are no laughing matter.

Solange, Jay-Z and Bey have all addressed the incident before. The three gave a statement to The Associated Press after the video of the elevator fight leaked.

“Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family,” the statement said.

It continued: “At the end of the day, families have problems and we’re no different. We love each other and above all we are family. We’ve put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same.”

Solange addressed the incident again a few months later, telling Lucky magazine, “What’s important is that my family and I are all good. What we had to say collectively was in the statement that we put out, and we all feel at peace with that.”

Beyonce then mentioned the fight in a lyric on the remix of her song, ”***Flawless” with Nicki Minaj, saying, “Of course, sometimes s**t go down when there’s $1 billion on an elevator.”

Jay-Z eventually addressed the elevator episode in an interview with RapRadar in 2017.

“We’ve had one disagreement ever,” he said. “Before and after, we’ve been cool. She’s like my sister. I will protect her. That’s my sister. Not my sister-in-law. My sister.”

He also spoke about the altercation in a track called “Kill Jay-Z” from his album 4:44.

You egged Solange on / Knowin’ all along, all you had to say you was wrong / You almost went Eric Benét / Let the baddest girl in the world get away / I don’t even know what else to say / N***a, never go full Eric Benét / I don’t even know what you woulda done / In the future, other n***as playin’ football with your son

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A Member of the NUHS

The National University Health System (NUHS) is an integrated Academic Health System and Regional Health System in Singapore that delivers value-driven, innovative and sustainable healthcare.

Throughout the history of our institutions, our staff has worked across the health system to advance the tripartite missions of achieving clinical excellence, developing the next generation of healthcare professionals, and changing the natural history of chronic diseases through research.

At NUHS, we leverage on our unique position as an academic health system to tap on the wealth of resources residing within the whole of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Through collaborations with NUS faculties, we are able to draw upon their academic, research and creative capabilities to develop solutions for existing and emerging health and healthcare needs of the Singapore population.

As part of our regional health system responsibility, we work in close collaboration with community hospitals, general practitioners, family medicine clinics, nursing homes and other community and social partners to provide integrated care to the community.

Institutions in the NUHS group include three hospitals – National University Hospital (NUH), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and Jurong Community Hospital (JCH); three National Specialty Centres – National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS), National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) and National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS); a polyclinic group – the National University Polyclinics (NUP); one medical centre – Jurong Medical Centre (JMC); and three academic health sciences institutions – NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (including the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies), NUS Faculty of Dentistry and NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

With member institutions under one academic health system, NUHS creates synergies as a fully integrated cluster to provide seamless care from prevention to home care, and with our academic institutions, to continue to develop solutions for Singapore’s healthcare challenges, and nurture the next generation of healthcare professionals.

National University Hospital

The National University Hospital (NUH) is a 1,200-bed tertiary hospital and major referral centre for a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and dental specialties. NUH also provides organ transplant programmes for adults (in kidney, liver and pancreas) and is the only public hospital in Singapore to offer a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme.

Staffed by a team of healthcare professionals who ranks among the best in the field, NUH offers quality patient care by embracing innovations and advances in medical treatment.

In 2004, NUH became the first Singapore hospital to receive the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation – an international stamp for excellent clinical practices in patient care and safety. Today, patient safety and good clinical outcomes remain the focus of the hospital as it continues to play a key role in the training of doctors, nurses and Allied Health Professionals, and in translational research which paves the way for new cures and treatment, offering patients hope and a new lease of life.

To find out more, visit www.nuh.com.sg.

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital & Jurong Community Hospital

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and Jurong Community Hospital (JCH) are the first hospitals in Singapore to be designed and built together from the ground up as an integrated healthcare development. They were envisioned to transform the way healthcare is provided to the community and designed to deliver patient-centred services in a seamless and integrated manner. They complement each other for better patient care, greater efficiency and convenience. The hospital planning process took into account how patient care, treatment and rehabilitation may continue seamlessly between the two hospitals.

The 700-bed NTFGH showcases revolutionary features and processes, some of which are a first in Singapore.

The 400-bed JCH offers post-acute and rehabilitative care. It complements care provided by the adjoining NTFGH, so that patients who no longer require acute care can recuperate in a setting better catered to their needs.

To find out more, visit www.ntfgh.com.sg and www.jch.com.sg.

National University Cancer Institute, Singapore

The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) – a national specialty centre – offers a broad spectrum of cancer care and management covering both paediatric and adult cancers, with expertise in prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care. The Institute adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to develop a comprehensive and personalised plan for each cancer patient and his or her family.

NCIS draws on the expertise of its specialists in the fields of haematology-oncology, radiation oncology, gynaecologic oncology, paediatric oncology, surgical oncology, oncology nursing, oncology pharmacy, palliative care, pathology, radiology, medical specialties including gastroenterology and hepatology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and critical care, psychiatry, epidemiology and public health as well as other Allied Health sciences.

NCIS is home to the Cancer Therapeutics Research Group – one of the few academic early phase cancer clinical trial groups spanning leading academic centres in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia and Taiwan. Its strength in research allows patients to access drugs and devices before they are commercially available. NCIS is also closely affiliated with the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore.

To find out more, visit www.ncis.com.sg.

National University Heart Centre, Singapore

The National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) brings together the resources, expertise and capabilities in the areas of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery to better meet the needs of the growing number of patients with heart disease. A key centre for the treatment and management of complex cardiovascular diseases, NUHCS’ core clinical programmes include heart failure, structural heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, vascular medicine and therapy, women’s heart health and heart rhythm.

Comprising a team of cardiovascular specialists and experts from a multitude of medical and surgical disciplines, the NUHCS provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to the treatment of patients with heart problems. This approach is backed by cutting edge knowledge and information gathered by the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI). The CVRI focuses on developing niche research work in creating new knowledge in support of NUHCS’ core clinical programmes by working in close collaboration with both local and international renowned research institutes such as the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and New Zealand’s Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

To find out more, visit www.nuhcs.com.sg.

National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (2019)

To be completed in 2019, the National University Centre for Oral Health, Singapore (NUCOHS) will be NUHS’ third national specialty centre. NUCOHS will enable the National University of Singapore Faculty of Dentistry and NUH’s University Dental Cluster to operate within NUHS under an academic health centre governance model with the objective of transforming oral health in Singapore and nurturing the next generation of oral health professionals.

The new Centre will be equipped with patient-centric facilities to manage the oral health needs of elderly patients, as well as those with special needs and co-existing medical conditions rendering routine dental treatment that are more complex.

Undergraduates can also look forward to more extensive and exciting use of innovative educational technology to complement the conventional methods of training and education.

National University Polyclinics

National University Polyclinics (NUP) currently have five polyclinics and will have a total of seven by 2020. The polyclinics are Bukit Batok, Clementi, Choa Chu Kang, Queenstown, Jurong, Pioneer (2017) and Bukit Panjang (2020).

Committed to providing accessible, comprehensive and coordinated primary care, NUP works together with GP partners, community health and social care partners to ensure the well-being of the communities it serves.

NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Established in 1905, the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is the first institution of higher learning in Singapore and the genesis of the National University of Singapore.

The School offers one of the finest undergraduate medical programmes in the Asia-Pacific region and commands international recognition and respect. The Times World University Subject Rankings 2015-2016 and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject 2016 list NUS Medicine as Asia’s leading medical school.

The School admits 300 students to its medical undergraduate degree programme annually while 100 students are enrolled in the nursing undergraduate degree programme. Research programmes at the School seek to provide meaningful solutions to Singapore’s healthcare needs. The 18 NUS Medicine departments in the basic sciences and clinical specialties work closely with the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies and the Centre for Biomedical Ethics to ensure that teaching and research are aligned and relevant to Singapore’s healthcare needs.

To find out more, visit www.med.nus.edu.sg.

Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies

The Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies was established in 2005. It is the only institution in Singapore that offers academic nursing degree programmes, ranging from baccalaureate to doctoral levels.

Its faculty of exemplary teachers and researchers is committed to nurturing the next generation of transformational nurse leaders for the clinical practice, education and research, to meet the dynamic challenges of the healthcare system. It strives to achieve this by providing quality evidence-based education within a student-centred learning environment, and through inter-professional education.

To find out more, visit medicine.nus.edu.sg/nursing.

NUS Faculty of Dentistry

The NUS Faculty of Dentistry began as a Department of Dentistry within the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1929. It was the first dental school to be established in a British colony in the east. The Faculty of Dentistry comprises five disciplines – Discipline of Prosthodontics, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics; Discipline of Periodontics; Discipline of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry; Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Discipline of Oral Sciences – and the Division of Graduate Dental Studies. Together, they strive to fulfill the Faculty’s mission of excelling in clinical care, research and education. Currently, the Faculty has an intake of 54 undergraduate students annually.

The Faculty works closely with departments in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and other teaching hospitals and institutions across Singapore in healthcare delivery and education. It also partners departments in other faculties of the University, public institutions and private enterprises in multi-disciplinary research activities.

To find out more, visit www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg.

NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

As Singapore’s first and only full-fledged public health tertiary education institution, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH), National University of Singapore, builds upon more than 60 years of experience in research, training and practice to continually foster healthier communities in Singapore and the region through its translational cross-disciplinary research work on cohort studies and life course epidemiology, infectious disease research, health technology assessments, health promotion, workplace health and safety, health systems evaluation and health services research, to impact public health programmes and policies.

The School actively collaborates with many partners including the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Harvard School of Public Health and University of Michigan School of Public Health.

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree – the School’s flagship programme – attracts students from a wide range of disciplines from within Singapore and throughout the region.

SSHSPH is also a member of the National University Health System (NUHS), the first academic medical centre in Singapore. As part of NUHS, SSHSPH works closely with the National University Hospital in hospital-based health services and primary care research.

To find out more, visit www.sph.nus.edu.sg.

Jurong Medical Centre

Jurong Medical Centre (JMC) was officially opened in 2006 in a pilot project by the Ministry of Health to bring specialist healthcare services to the community. It offers a convenient alternative for patients who require specialist care or minor surgery, so that they no longer need to travel to a hospital.

A one-stop medical care centre for the west, JMC offers a range of services including day surgery, diagnostic and outpatient specialist services, chronic disease management, health screening and health promotion programmes. In addition, it offers a range of Allied Health services to cater to the diverse and complex needs of patients. It also provides supplementary diagnostic services, support for chronic disease management, and specialist services to general practitioners in its vicinity.

In addition, JMC complements the acute and step-down care services offered by Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital respectively.

To find out more, visit www.jmc.com.sg.


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A nursing home is Cork, Ireland is the subject of concern after an investigation revealed some nursing home abuse related issues.

An investigation by the Health Information and Quality Authority found the following deficiencies: nursing home abuse related training was not being given to all staff; fire drills were not being conducted; care plans were not appropriately updated; there were 48 residents at the facility though it is registered for 47; there was an exposed cable in one room; and one unregistered room was being occupied by a resident.

The nursing home has responded by saying that all problems found in the inspection will be corrected, and the use of the unregistered room was due to “mitigating circumstances”.

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Crustless Quiche

Serves 4

  • 2 tbs dried breadcrumbs
  • 75g shaved ham
  • 1 head broccoli (large) cut into small florets
  • Piece of pumpkin – about 300g (pre cooked in microwave until almost cooked)
  • 1 red capsicum
  • ½ red onion
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 1 cup grated cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1tsp Dijon mustard
  • Salt and pepper

Spray a 22cm quiche dish and dust with the crumbs.  Arrange veggies and ham over base then sprinkle with cheese.  Beat eggs, milk and dried herbs and mustard, pour over veggies.  Bake at 180 deg for about 40 minutes or until the middle is firm.

You could add any leftover veggies or frozen ones if you didn’t have fresh ones on hand.


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Back to All Events

Guillermo Horta and the MÉLOLAS TRIO Concert

Guillermo Horta and the MÉLOLAS TRIO Concert
Monday, 19th December in Galerie Werkstatt NUU. 9- Wilhelm Exnergasse 15 at 7 pm
Donation: 15€
Food: Black beans- cuban style, Basmati rice and much more :7€
Please make a reservation : :Thank you !

Guillermo Luis Horta, from Cuba comes together with the great MÉLOLAS TRIO from USA/Austria.
After several stays in Asia Guillermo Luis Horta got inspired by different ways of asian singing. He connects these impressions with his own radical improvisations style.
So he invites us to travel together on a beautiful „impro and ready made music“- night .We will have the possibility to travel along European classical music as well as his own electronic compositions .
Percussion, chello, viola, bass and voice will be the right formation to explore their musical ideas.

Dont miss this rare opportunity of these musicians coming together and saying good bye in NUU to 2016 with:
Guilermo Luis Horta:voice, percussion
Martina Warecka : Viola
Mark Peters : Violoncello
Mario Schott-Zierotin : Contrabass

Earlier Event: December 18
Finnissage Mongolian Art Exibition
Later Event: December 31
Happy NUU Year Party


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Williams and Cole lead Howard past Coppin State

BALTIMORE (AP) — Charles Williams scored 29 points and RJ Cole had 25 points and 10 assists as Howard beat Coppin State 78-71 on Thursday night.

After leading by as many as 12, the Bison (10-22, 7-9 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) needed a late run to hold off Coppin State.

Howard led by four at halftime after erasing and early lead for the Eagles (5-11, 5-26) with a 26-9 run.

After the break, the Bison gradually pushed their lead to 12 before an 11-0 Coppin State run closed it to within one. Minutes later, a Lamar Morgan layup and dunk put the Eagles up by three. Cole then tied it with a 3-pointer, sparking a 17-7 run in which the Bison shot 6 of 7 from the field, while the Eagles managed to hit just 2 of 8.

Karonn Davis had 28 points, 9 assists, and 8 boards for the Eagles, who dropped their fifth straight.

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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The concept of global studies is several decades old. It was not until the 1980s that the word ‘global’ began to complement ‘international’ in the formal diplomatic and political lexicon.

In the mid-20th century the UN Charter introduced the concept of the ‘common ends of Member States’, and over the next half-century the term ‘common’ attained juridical status (‘common heritage’ of the Antarctic, outer space and law of the sea treaties; ‘common security’ of the Palme Report; and ‘Our Common Future’ of the Brundlant Report). The concept of ‘global security’ was promoted by Gorbachev in the 1980s (with disdain form the West), and by the 1990s the word ‘global’ was entering standard discourse in UN General Assemnly debate. In the early-21st century, use of the word ‘global’ has become more frequent and mainstream, especially at the UN; indeed it is beginning to be a point-of-reference, a criterion, for problem-solving.

The critical distinction between ‘global’ and ‘international’ may be self-evident to scholars in the field of ‘international relations’ but remains politically contentious with some groups in some countries.
– ‘International relations’ is the study of the relations between and among nation-states, the development and strengthening of the international community of states, and the handling of common problems faced by nation-states.
– ‘Global studies’ is the study of humanity as a whole group, the emerging political self-identity of a global community of peoples; and the identification and resolution of global problems (those problems which threaten the planet and humanity as a whole).

International relations emerged as an academic discipline around the world in the 1960s; the first academic course In New Zealand being offered by Victoria University in 1972.

There are a number of global studies courses now offered in other countries, A Global Studies Association exists (which the Centre could perhaps join). Academic manuals have been published (e.g. ‘Global and International Studies’ by John Synott, Cengage, Vic., Aust.). No organisation, academic or other, yet exists in New Zealand to undertake global studies. The Centre aims to fill the gap in this country.

The Centre was thus founded in 2012 for the purpose of developing a qualitatively new methodological approach to the study of international relations. The expectation is that scholars and practitioners will look at the same reality – the world of the early-21st century – but from a different analytical perspective, namely, the planetary interest rather than the national interest. The new methodology rests on two distinguishing features:
– it adopts a global rather than a national perspective;
– it is inter-disciplinary in its academic nature.

Simply because the method of approach is global does not mean that it has surrendered the ‘national interest’; rather it is held that, if the true aim is achieved, the national interest and the global interest are compatible and, indeed, mutually reinforcing. This is explored further in some of the Centre’s research papers and associated publications.


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Euphrasia petriei

Euphrasia: eye-medicine
petriei: Named after Donald Petrei (1846 -1925), Otago botanist

Common Name(s)

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Euphrasia petriei Ashwin

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Not Threatened

Endemic Taxon

Endemic Genus

Endemic Family

Life Cycle and Dispersal

Seeds is dispersed by wind and possibly water and ballistic projection (Thorsen et al., 2009).

References and further reading

Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 11: 285-309

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I'm excited to tell you that this morning I am being featured over at Design OCD by fellow blogger and friend J!  We both share a love for interior design and DIY.  So when she offered to come by and help me with some photos of my home, the answer was a quick yes!  She also has the some of the best ideas for gifts with a personal touch.  Go over and say hi, and take a peek at the current state of affairs here at The French Cottage!

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Jan and Richard Cannon 1964

When Jan Burnett first signed up for the 1964 Orange County Science and Engineering Fair (OCSEF), she had no idea that she would meet her future husband there.

Because their last names were close together alphabetically, Jan Burnett’s and Richard Cannon’s projects were right next to each other at the state competition. The two spent the day touring the Fair, watching various science films and getting to know each other.

“He was a surfer and quite different from the rest of my friends in terms of interests and activities, which intrigued me,” Jan Cannon said. “We started dating and had a lot of fun that summer, going to the beach, dancing and exploring Orange County. We also talked; we talked about everything.”

Jan Cannon’s lifelong interest in science began with a chemistry set and microscope in elementary school, and was encouraged by her parents, her fifth and sixth grade science teacher and the Space Race of the 1960s. This interest led to an eventual career in medical technology and hematology. After certification, Jan Cannon worked as a hematology specialist, educator and lecturer at the University of California, Davis until her retirement from teaching in 2009.

“I loved all of this work, but best of all was finding laboratory clues leading to diagnosis and treatment of a patient’s disease,” Jan Cannon said. “It was very rewarding to provide the information needed to diagnose anemia, leukemia or parasitic infections, to name a few.”

Jan Burnett and Richard Cannon married in the Clark County Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nev., on June 25, 1965, 13 months after they had met and four months after Richard Cannon enlisted in the United States Air Force. The couple lived in Texas and Florida for two years, and then in Taiwan for two more years. While in Taiwan, Jan Cannon taught conversational English to locals. Students included college graduates preparing for their Test of English as a Foreign Language exam to obtain further education in the U.S., members of the local Procter and Gamble factory’s executive board, as well as a police chief.

“Living in Taiwan immersed us in a totally different culture and permanently changed my worldview,” Jan Cannon said. “We had an opportunity to learn, appreciate and respect cultural differences.”

After service in the Air Force, Richard Cannon taught middle school science before accepting a job at a commercial water treatment company. His scientific background and success in sales led him to start Cannon Water Technology, Inc. in Sacramento in the mid-’80s. The Cannons are both still working at their family business but plan to ease into retirement over the next few years.

“I feel that science fairs such as the OCSEF act as incubators for creative students who will become the technology and science leaders of the future,” Richard Cannon said. “Though my business is not an extension of my science project on thermal regulation of reptiles, the skills I learned creating my project helped me greatly later in life.”

The annual OCSEF serves to encourage students like Jan and Richard Cannon to participate in all fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“Realizing that a science fair is judged largely based on evidence is a powerful way to prepare students to make better decisions in all areas of their lives, even if they do not become scientists,” OCSEF director Mark Hobbs said. “Watching the students present [their projects] is definitely the best part of the Fair. It renews my faith in the next generation and the future.”

Participation in the OCSEF has grown steadily over the last few years and sees almost 600 project submissions annually.

“There are many wonderful careers for people with strong aptitudes in science; find out what you love to do,” Jan Cannon said. “However, while careers are important, remember to have a balanced life that includes loving, laughing and sharing with others.  You will have a long life and time for many opportunities and adventures, and maybe even detours. Enjoy them all!”


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Office Outfitters and Planners, Inc. has made space function better for offices since 1984.  We offer innovative products and services that will help you integrate technology and use your workspace better.  Improving productivity, efficiency and collaboration within your work environment is what we specilaize in.

Our showroom is located in historic Downtown Grand Junction and offers clients the opportunity to see a variety of leading office environment solutions in one place. Our building, once the Eisenhauer Plymouth Dealership, now houses an authorized Steelcase dealership. We have joined forces with InDeal to offer our clients a wide variety of office furnishings, floor coverings, lighting and accessories from over 200 different vendors.  Come check us out.

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