tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1548306410026743732024-03-12T18:11:57.619-07:00Sense of Chocolatescerita dewasa Bokep foto abg bugil,abg ngentot,gambar bugil abg,gambar bugil,abg fotoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-85461118329771882452013-01-11T17:22:00.007-08:002014-02-19T05:17:40.700-08:00Flu Deaths Reach Epidemic Level, but May Be at Peak<b>Flu Deaths Reach Epidemic Level, but May Be at Peak</b><br />
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Deaths in the current flu season have officially crossed the line into “epidemic” territory, federal health officials said Friday, adding that, on the bright side, there were also early signs that the caseloads could be peaking.</div>
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Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaking on a telephone news conference, again urged Americans to keep getting flu shots. At the same time, they emphasized that the shots are not infallible: a preliminary study rated this year’s vaccine as 62 percent effective, even though it is a good match for the most worrisome virus circulating. That corresponds to a rating of “moderately” effective — the vaccine typically ranges from 50 percent to 70 percent effective, they said.</div>
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Even though deaths stepped — barely — into epidemic territory for the first time last Saturday, the C.D.C. officials expressed no alarm, and said it was possible that new flu infections were peaking in some parts of the country. “Most of the country is seeing a lot of flu and that may continue for weeks,” said Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the C.D.C.’s director.</div>
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New outpatient cases — a measure based on what percentage of doctor visits were for colds or flu — dropped off slightly from the previous week, to 4 percent from 6 percent. The trend was more pronounced in the South, where this year’s season began.</div>
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Dr. Frieden cautioned that the new flu figures could be aberrations because they were gathered as the holiday season was ending. Few people schedule routine checkups then, so the percentage of visits for severe illness can be pushed artificially high for a week or two, then inevitably drop.</div>
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Deaths from pneumonia and the flu, a wavy curve that is low in summer and high in winter, typically touch the epidemic level for one or two weeks every flu season. How bad a season is depends on how high the deaths climb for how long.</div>
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So far this season, 20 children with confirmed flu tests have died, but that is presumably lower than the actual number of deaths because not all children are tested and not all such deaths are reported. How many adults die will not be estimated until after the season ends, said Dr. Joseph Bresee, the chief of prevention and epidemiology for the C.D.C.’s flu branch. Epidemiologists count how many death certificates are filed in a flu year, compare the number with normal years, and estimate what percentage were probably flu-related.</div>
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Many people are getting ill this year because the country is also having widespread outbreaks of two diseases with overlapping symptoms, norovirus and whooping cough, and the normal winter surge in common colds. Flu shots have no effect on any of those.</div>
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Spot shortages of vaccines have been reported, and there will not be enough for all Americans, since the industry has made and shipped only about 130 million doses. But officials said they would be pleased if 50 percent of Americans got shots; in a typical year, 37 percent do.</div>
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Dr. Bresee said that this year’s epidemic resembles that of 2003-4, which also began early, was dominated by an H3N2 strain and killed more Americans than usual.</div>
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Nevertheless, more Americans now routinely get flu shots than did then, and doctors are much quicker to prescribe Tamiflu and Relenza, drugs that can lessen a flu’s severity if taken early.</div>
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The C.D.C.’s vaccine effectiveness study bore out the point of view of a report released last year by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. It said that the shot’s effectiveness had been “overpromoted and overhyped,” said Michael T. Osterholm, the center’s director.</div>
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Although the report supported getting flu shots, it said that new vaccines offering lifelong protection against all flu strains, instead of annual partial protection against a mix-and-match set, must be created.</div>
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“But there’s no appetite to fund that research,” Dr. Osterholm said in an interview Friday.</div>
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“To get a vaccine across the ‘Valley of Death’ is likely to cost $ 1 billion,” he added, referring to the huge clinical trials that would be needed to approve a new type of vaccine. “No government has put more than $ 100 million into any candidate, and the private sector has no appetite for it because there’s not enough return on investment.”</div>
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At the same time, he praised the C.D.C. for measuring vaccine effectiveness in midseason.</div>
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“We’re the only ones in the world who have data like that,” he said.</div>
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“Vaccine effectiveness” is a very different metric from vaccine-virus match, which is done in a lab. Vaccine efficacy is measured by interviewing hundreds of sick or recovering patients who had positive flu tests and asking whether and when they had received shots.</div>
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Only people sick enough to visit doctors get flu tests, said Thomas Skinner, a C.D.C. spokesman, so the metric means the shot “reduces by 62 percent your chance of getting a flu so bad that you have to go to a doctor or hospital.”</div>
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During the telephone news conference Friday, Dr. Frieden repeatedly described the vaccine as “far from perfect, but by far the best tool we have to prevent influenza.”</div>
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Most vaccinations given in childhood for threats like measles and diphtheria are 90 percent effective or better. But flu viruses mutate so fast that they must be remade annually. Scientists are trying to develop vaccines that target bits of the virus that appear to stay constant, like the stem of the hemagglutinin spike that lets the virus break into lung cells.</div>
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During the 2009 swine flu pandemic, many elderly Americans had natural protection, presumably from flus they caught in the 1930s or ’40s.</div>
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“Think about that,” Dr. Osterholm said. “Even though they were old, they were still protected. We’ve got to figure out how to capture that kind of immunity — which current vaccines do not.”</div>
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At Friday’s news conference, Dr. Bresee acknowledged the difficulties, saying: “If I had the perfect answer as to how to make a better flu vaccine, I’d probably get a Nobel Prize.”</div>
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Report NytimesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-58095702678767051222013-01-11T17:22:00.005-08:002013-01-11T17:22:20.647-08:00Stephanie Marton: Defining and Funding "Need" in Education: Poverty Is Not the Only Indicator<p><b>Stephanie Marton: Defining and Funding “Need” in Education: Poverty Is Not the Only Indicator</b></p><br /><p>Improving education for the neediest of our children is America’s priority in education reform. Unlike several of our international competitors (e.g. China), we deliberately focus on the low end of performance, committing to “leave no child behind” rather than investing in the high achievers. Historically, education funders have used income as the primary criteria for deciding relative (dis)advantage in our schools, relying heavily on poverty as a proxy for student need. Though the income-based achievement gap is striking, our commitment to such a poverty-centric perspective has led us to overlook other variables that are highly correlated with educational outcomes. In our quest to do right by poor students, we have failed to take into account equally meaningful meaningful risk factors that disadvantage students.</p><br /><p>Our current funding regime allocates dollars to school districts based on formulas that approximate the relative need of each district’s student population. Almost all funding models rely on variants of the same three demographic criteria: income level, special needs and English proficiency. Federal education grants center around programs to address these three risk factors, while state funding formulas incorporate weights for these risk factors when allocating money across districts.</p><br /><p>In terms of dollars spent, the model is highly poverty-centric, directing most of the funds allocated for high-needs students to low income students. For example, last year Illinois’ directed more than two-thirds of its general state aid, greater than $ 2 billion, to districts with lower than average household incomes. In addition to general aid, Illinois spent an additional $ 1.6 billion to compensate high poverty districts with “poverty grants.” In comparison, $ 0.5 billion was spent on special education, and $ 0.1 billion on bilingual programs. The lion’s share of resources earmarked for high-needs children is awarded based on financial means(1).</p><br /><p>Although it is true that each state’s funding model takes a unique form, the variety seen across states is in some ways superficial. States largely share a single philosophy about what constitutes student need, focusing on the same three “needs” variables, with income at the center. States vary only in how they weight these variables, and how they weight the combination of risk factors(2). New Jersey, for instance, has the highest number of “need” categories, with the most complicated funding formula nationwide. The state has defined 10 levels of student “need,” even though the formula relies on the same three demographic criteria(3). The seeming complexity emerges because the state applies weights for these factors in different combinations. The degrees of freedom to redirect funding today lay largely in the weights you apply to established risk factors, and how you quantify the additional risk of these variables in combination.</p><br /><p>The catalogue of risk-factors that indicate disadvantage in education transcends the short list of variables applied in these formulas. Maternal education level and immigrant status are two examples of meaningful risk factors excluded. A mother’s education level is highly correlated with student performance, and has been shown to have an effect independent of other risk factors, including income(4). Immigrant status (first or second generation) is likewise predictive of student outcomes, over and above considerations of English language proficiency. The Netherlands, which boasts one of the strongest education systems worldwide, has chosen both parental education and immigrant status as central variables in allocating funding(5). Most interestingly, the Dutch funding model does not include income as a neediness factor at all. The income achievement gap is so entrenched in the American psyche that our funding models look no further to find a proxy of “neediness”, overlooking demographic features recognized as indicators of student need elsewhere.</p><br /><p>Why are we so fixated on income? Why not include maternal education or immigrant status, with its well established predictive power? The answer, in part, emerges from our discomfort with labeling certain features as indicators of need. When it is less obvious to us why a particular demographic feature gives rise to inferior outcomes, we tend to dismiss the variable as a legitimate “neediness” criterion. Because the relationship between a mother’s degrees and underperformance is less intuitive than the relationship between poverty and underperformance, it is more difficult to justify allocating dollars based on this criterion.</p><br /><p>Funders should reexamine our traditional definitions of neediness. School funding in the United States relies on a limited set of “neediness” variables that largely focuses on poverty, while variables such as maternal education level or immigrant status are excluded from the assessment of need, despite robustly predicting student outcomes. Educational disadvantage transcends relative income level. Revised funding formulas that better reflect predictors of student outcomes will direct dollars to the truly neediest students.</p><br /><p><strong>References</strong></p><br /><p>1 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/budget/default.htm</p><br /><p>2 Verstegen and Jordan, “A Fifty State Survey of School Finance Policies,” Journal of Education Finance, 200</p><br /><p>3 “A Formula for Success: All Children, All Communities,” New Jersey DOE, Dec 2007</p><br /><p>4 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/</p><br /><p>5 http://sanford.duke.edu/research/papers/SAN09-03.pdf</p><br /><p>Report Huffington Post</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-85581512310308818742013-01-11T17:22:00.003-08:002013-01-11T17:22:04.188-08:00US to end Afghan combat role early<p><b>US to end Afghan combat role early</b><br /><br />11 January 2013 forum-indonesia.com report BBC at 16:21 ET</p><br /><p><img class="holding" src="http://forum-indonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/44017___65236461_65236460.jpg" alt="Barack Obama"/><br /><p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.</strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.</p><br /><p class="caption">President Obama said US troops would adopt a “fundamentally different” mission</p><br /><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">US troops in Afghanistan will end “most” combat operations this spring, US President Barack Obama and Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai have agreed.</p><br /><p>American forces are expected to switch to a support role, slightly earlier than originally scheduled, as Afghan troops take the security lead.</p><br /><p>The two leaders also backed the holding of talks between the Afghan government and Taliban leaders in Doha, Qatar.</p><br /><p>Most of the 66,000 US troops in Afghanistan are due to leave in 2014.</p><br /><p>“Starting this spring, our troops will have a different mission – training, advising, assisting Afghan forces,” Mr Obama said in remarks at the White House on Friday, as Mr Karzai stood alongside.</p><br /><p>Continue reading the main story</p><br /><p>Paul Adams BBC News, Washington<br /></p><br /><p>Both leaders gave the impression that they have secured something tangible from their latest encounter. President Obama clearly feels he’ll be able to accelerate the withdrawal of American forces in the coming months.</p><br /><p>For his part, President Karzai has secured the withdrawal of coalition forces from villages and the rapid handing over of prisons and detainees to his authority. This, he says, will make it easier to convince his own people that any American troops who remain after the end of the Nato-led mission in 2014 should be granted immunity from Afghan prosecution.</p><br /><p>It’s an important indication the two sides are thinking ahead to a bilateral security agreement beyond 2014. But when President Karzai side-stepped the question of the size of America’s long term presence (saying, rather implausibly, that “numbers are not going to make a difference”), he avoided the question that’s been debated all over Washington this week.</p><br /><p id="story_continues_2">“It will be a historic moment and another step toward full Afghan sovereignty.”</p><br /><p>The presidents also agreed that the US would hand over custody of prisoners to the Afghan government, a step Mr Karzai said was critical for his country’s sovereignty.</p><br /><p>The transition of US troops to a support role by this spring would be several months earlier than the mid-2013 deadline agreed at a Nato summit in Chicago last year.</p><br /><p>Mr Obama said American forces could remain in Afghanistan in that support role beyond 2014.</p><br /><p>But this would only be at the invitation of the Afghan government and under an agreement guaranteeing US troops immunity from Afghan law.</p><br /><p>Mr Karzai said he was “very happy” to hear that Afghan forces would take over responsibility for providing security by this spring.</p><br /><p>“The international forces, the American forces, will be no longer present in the villages, that it will be the task of the Afghan forces to provide for the Afghan people in security and protection,” the Afghan leader said.</p><br /><p>Mr Obama reiterated the US goal of destroying the remnants of al-Qaeda, and said the US had come close to achieving that.</p><br /><p>Mr Karzai and Mr Obama committed to crafting a bilateral security agreement as soon as possible.</p><br /><p><img class="holding" src="http://forum-indonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/44017___51304697_ambush2.jpg" alt="Ambush training in progress"/><br /><p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.</strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.</p><br /><p class="caption">Watch Afghan army recruits learning how to ambush the enemy</p><br /><p>US commanders have suggested leaving between 6,000 and 15,000 troops in Afghanistan to pursue insurgents and train Afghan security forces.</p><br /><p>Mr Obama said on Friday that he would review recommendations from US military commanders before making a decision, as he reaffirmed that the US sought no permanent bases in Afghanistan.</p><br /><p>In a joint statement following their meeting, Mr Obama and Mr Karzai said the training and progress of Afghan security forces had exceeded expectations.</p><br /><p>They now lead about 80% of operations and by February are expected to have a lead in securing 90% of the Afghan population, the statement said.</p><br /><p>Also on Friday, Mr Karzai confirmed he would step down from the presidency, as expected, at the end of his term in 2014.</p><br /><p>“The greatest of my achievements eventually, seen by the Afghan people, will be a proper, well-organized, interference-free election in which the Afghan people can elect their next president,” he said.</p><br /><p>“And certainly I will be a retired president, and very happily a retired president.”</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-2316592063945383852013-01-11T17:22:00.001-08:002013-01-11T17:22:00.747-08:00Bolivia achieves UN coca victory<p><b>Bolivia achieves UN coca victory</b><br /><br />11 January 2013 forum-indonesia.com report BBC at 14:46 ET</p><br /><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Bolivia has achieved a victory in its campaign to decriminalise the chewing of coca leaves.</p><br /><p>It has been re-admitted to the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs with a special dispensation recognising the practice as legal in Bolivia.</p><br /><p>Bolivia withdrew from the convention last year in protest at its classification of the coca leaf as an illegal drug.</p><br /><p>The chewing of coca leaves is a centuries-old tradition in Bolivia.</p><br /><p>Coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine, has been used in the Andes for thousands of years as a mild stimulant and sacred herbal medicine.</p><br /><p><strong>‘Great achievement’</strong></p><br /><p>Fifteen countries objected to Bolivia’s special dispensation, far short of the 62 it would have taken to block the country from re-joining.</p><br /><p>UN spokeswoman Arancha Hinojal said objections had been received from the United States, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Canada, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Portugal, Israel and Ireland.</p><br /><p>A US official said the administration continued “to believe it [the legalisation of coca leaves] will lead to a greater supply of cocaine and increased cocaine trafficking and related crime”.</p><br /><p>Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is also the head of Bolivia’s coca growing union, had campaigned hard to get the UN to reverse what he called a “historic wrong” and lift its longstanding ban on the chewing of coca leaves.</p><br /><p>Last year, he flew to a UN anti-drugs meeting in Vienna to lobby for its legalisation, saying coca was part of his country’s heritage.</p><br /><p>Coca leaves were declared an illegal substance under the 1961 UN convention.</p><br /><p>It stipulated that coca-chewing should be eliminated within 25 years of the convention coming into effect in 1964.</p><br /><p>President Morales said a celebration would be held on Monday with coca farmers to mark what Bolivian coca growers called “a great achievement”.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-9005707629215338182013-01-11T17:21:00.013-08:002013-01-11T17:21:58.221-08:00Mali and France initiated "Islamists<p><b> Mali and France “Islamists launched </b><br /><br />11th January 2013 forum-indonesia.com BBC report at 20:04 clock ET <img alt="" class = "holding" src = "http://forum-indonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/151dd___65237965_65237964.jpg" old = "Francois Hollande" /><br /><p> Please turn on JavaScript. </Strong> Media requires JavaScript to play. </P><br /><p class="Caption"> President Hollande: “This process will take as long as necessary” </p><br /><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"> government troops in Mali say they area by Islamic militants after air raids by the French military regained. </P> Malian officials said they back the strategic central city of Konna, the rebels only a day earlier taken backed as they pushed south. Announced </p><br /><p> The news came hours after French military operations in support of the Malian army had begun. </P> Armed groups, some in connection with al-Qaeda, took over the control of northern Mali in April. </P> The Islamists are trying to impose an extreme interpretation of Islamic law in the area. </P> Regional and Western governments have growing concern about the security situation threat from extremists and organized crime to express. </P> ‘Crushing retaliation “<br /><p> announcement France’s military intervention, French President Francois Hollande said Islamists had tried, in a” terrorist “state. </P> Mali<br /><p> He said the engagement with international law was respected and agreed with Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore. It would take “as long as necessary,” he added. </P> Read the main story<br /><p> Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris </P> the rhetoric from Paris suggest that from the French point of view, the situation in Mali has a dramatic turn for the worse in the last few days. foreign minister Laurent Fabius said it was important to stop this new advance of Islamists. </P><br /><p > So it seems that a country that has a growing, but still peripheral employment for France – and the West in general -.<br /><p> is now at the center of their strategic plans </p><br /><p> There is a real fear that if the “terrorists” – as the French government calls them -. success in adopting Mali, then it will become a rogue state much like the old Afghanistan </p><br /><p> Given the ties of family and trade in France it would be France, to pay the costs if the rogue began to export its ideology. This drawn a line in the Sahel sand. For good or bad, it can also turn out was have a momentous decision. </P><br /><p id="story_continues_2"> French officials gave some operational details. When asked whether it was French air attacks, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius confirmed that it had “an aerial view mode.” </P><br /><p Residents in Mopti, south of Konna, told the BBC that they had seen French troops helping Malian forces are preparing for a counter-offensive against the Islamists. </p><br /><p> Mr. Traore said the state of emergency in Mali, which he said would be room for an initial period stay of 10 days. </p><br /><p> He used a televised address to Malians call to unite and “free every inch” of the country. </p><br /><p> “Our choice is peace … but they have forced us to war, “he said.” We carry a breaking and massive retaliation against our enemies. “</P><br /><p late on Friday Malian officials said they take control of Konna. </p><br /><p> “Konna is under our control that night, but we are still conducting purges”<br /><p> said Lt. Col Diarra Kone, although he cautioned that some rebels might still be in the city. </p><br /><p> The British government expressed its support for the French operation. U.S. officials said Washington was considering, intelligence and logistical support to French forces. </P> ‘Crusader intervention<br /><p> “The West African bloc Ecowas said it was authorizing the immediate deployment of troops “to help defend the Malian army, its territorial integrity” in Mali, AFP reported. </P> The UN had sent earlier plans for some 3,000 African troops to Mali to retake the north, approved if no political solution could be found, but that the intervention was not expected to happen until September. </P> Mr. Fabius said the aim of the operation was to stop Islamic militants continue to promote. </P> It was not clear how far the French would help Mali government to recapture territory in the north. </P> At least seven French hostages go<br /><p> are currently being held in the region, and Mr Fabius said France would “do everything” to save it. </P> A spokesman for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said he as the French operation, a “Crusader intervention”, and told France that it would “would dig the graves of [his] sons” when operation continues after the Mauritania-based Sahara Media website. </P> France Mali ruled as a colony until 1960. </P></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-23306736016462075862013-01-11T17:21:00.011-08:002013-01-11T17:21:49.728-08:0019 of 2012's Top 20 were on RTÉ TV<p><b>19 of 2012′s Top 20 were on RTÉ TV</b></p><br /><p>Newly released consolidated figures show that 19 of the Top 20 programmes broadcast by any channel available in Ireland in 2012 were on RTÉ Television, with The Late Late Toy Show once again taking the top spot with an average audience of 1,453,000 viewers.</p><br /><p>The second most-watched programme of the year was RTÉ Sport’s Euro 2012 coverage of Republic of Ireland v Croatia in June with 1,236,000 viewers, while the Mrs Brown’s Boys Special on Christmas Day was in third with 1,068,000 viewers.</p><br /><p>The season finale of Love/Hate in December was in fourth place with 1,034,000 viewers.</p><br /><p>Glen Killane, Managing Director RTÉ Television, said: “We are delighted to see that the vast majority of Irish viewers continue to choose RTÉ Television.</p><br /><p>“These figures demonstrate clearly that our investment in delivering high quality programming for Irish audiences is paying off.</p><br /><p>“We always strive to put our viewers at the heart of what we do and, with so much choice out there for our viewers, we appreciate the loyalty and support we continue to receive from the Irish public.”</p><br /><p>The Top 20:</p><br /><p><img border="0" hspace="2" alt="The Top 20" src="http://forum-indonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/b78ce__0006dd14-628.jpg"/></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-62417060478494768342013-01-11T17:21:00.009-08:002013-01-11T17:21:45.772-08:00EU budget deal 'in everyone's interest' - Kenny<p><b>EU budget deal ‘in everyone’s interest’ – Kenny</b></p><br /><p> Enda Kenny a breakthrough on the EU budget was important for the Irish EU presidency<br /></p><br /><p>Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said it is in everyone’s interest that the next EU leaders’ summit reaches agreement on the seven-year budget.</p><br /><p>Mr Kenny said he was hopeful that a deal could be struck, possibly next month, even though November’s summit ended without securing agreement.</p><br /><p>He said a breakthrough was important for the Irish EU presidency, as it would allow ministers to negotiate with the European Parliament, which must give its support to any budget plan.</p><br /><p>Mr Kenny said Ireland could also move forward on legislative proposals, such as the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, which he described as very necessary.</p><br /><p>He made the comments in Limassol in Cyprus, where European centre right political leaders are meeting today.</p><br /><p>On the delay on agreeing a bailout for Cyprus, Mr Kenny said an assessment of the scale of the problem was ongoing by the ECB-EU-IMF troika and independent experts.</p><br /><p>He said Ireland’s experience was that problems should not be allowed to fester and the Cypriot people needed to know what the situation was and the plan to sort it out.</p><br /><p>German opposition politicians have been threatening to vote against the Cypriot deal due to concerns over money laundering.</p><br /><p>On the Government’s campaign for debt relief, the Taoiseach said he would be updating leaders at today’s talks.</p><br /><p>He added that his meeting with members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s sister party in Bavaria this week, the CSU, had been a very good political dialogue where they able to better understand the problems that had been overcome and the challenges which remained.</p><br /><p>Others attending include Ms Merkel and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy.</p><br /><p>User contributions and/or comments do not, unless specifically stated, represent the views of RTÉ.ie or RT&Eacute. Click here for Terms of use.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-84449573036842638192013-01-11T17:21:00.007-08:002013-01-11T17:21:34.794-08:00Kelly finalises transfer to Reading<p><b>Kelly finalises transfer to Reading</b></p><br /><p>Updated: Friday, 11 Jan 2013 22:16</p><br /><p>Stephen Kelly has been drafted in to the Reading squad to shore up a leaky defence </p><br /><p>Reading have completed the signing of right-back Stephen Kelly from Fulham.</p><br /><p>The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland international has joined the Royals on a two-and-a-half year contract, the Barclays Premier League club announced.</p><br /><p>Kelly becomes Reading’s third signing of the January transfer window following the arrivals of midfielders Daniel Carrico and Hope Akpan.</p><br /><p>“He’s up for the fight, up for the battle, he’s hungry, he wants to do well and I know he’ll be successful for us” – Reading boss Brian McDermott on new acquisition Stephen Kelly </p><br /><p>Reading say the move is still subject to final ratification of all paperwork from the football authorities but expect that to be a formality, although Kelly was not signed in time to be involved against West Brom tomorrow.</p><br /><p>Royals boss Brian McDermott is thrilled to have captured the defender, who was a key player for the Cottagers last season, making 34 appearances, but has lost his starting berth to Sascha Riether this term.</p><br /><p>McDermott said: “I’m delighted to have Stephen here.</p><br /><p>“He has played a lot of games in the Premier League and more than 30 times for his country. He’s the kind of player I’ve been talking about – someone with great experience, but at 29 still very young in football terms and at a really good stage in his career.</p><br /><p>“I know he’s going to fit into the dressing room here really well. He’s up for the fight, up for the battle, he’s hungry, he wants to do well and I know he’ll be successful for us.”</p><br /><p>Kelly, who can play on either the right or left of defence, came up through the youth ranks at Tottenham before breaking into the first team at White Hart Lane.</p><br /><p>After several spells out on loan, he joined Birmingham permanently in 2006 and spent three years at St Andrew’s – incorporating a loan stint at Stoke – before making the move to Fulham, who helped reach the Europa League final in the 2009/10 season.</p><br /><p>Kelly has been a regular for the Republic of Ireland since making his debut in 2006 and captained his country for the first time against Uruguay in March 2011.</p><br /><p>Reading chairman Sir John Madejski said: “It’s a great signing for Reading football club. He’s a proven international and Premier League player and he seems like a lovely guy as well.</p><br /><p>“We’ve had some great success with players from Ireland in recent years and I’m sure the signing of Stephen will be no different. I’m delighted he has signed and we all wish him very well during his career at Reading.”</p><br /><p>Fulham confirmed Kelly had joined Reading for an undisclosed fee, adding: “The club would like to thank Stephen for his contribution and wishes him well for the future.”</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-826581396280207432013-01-11T17:21:00.005-08:002013-01-11T17:21:32.571-08:00Ulster beat Glasgow to reach last eight<p><b>Ulster beat Glasgow to reach last eight</b></p><br /><p>Updated: Friday, 11 Jan 2013 23:02</p><br /><p>Nick Williams put Ulster on the way to a three-try victory </p><br /><p>Ulster reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup for the third successive year with an expected 23-6 victory over Glasgow.</p><br /><p>Another triumph next week against Castres will secure a home quarter-final for Mark Anscombe’s side.</p><br /><p>A first-half try from Nick Williams along with late second-half scores by Jared Payne and Darren Cave secured the four points and with Northampton beating Castres, Ulster progressed after a scrappy game played in difficult conditions at Ravenhill.</p><br /><p>The match left the injury-hit Warriors – who were unable to have two prop replacements on their bench – without a win in a miserable season in Europe.</p><br /><p>A chilly and sodden Ravenhill was still packed to the rafters for this encounter which saw the home side open the scoring after six minutes when Ruan Pienaar slotted a penalty after Moray Low was off his feet at the breakdown.</p><br /><p>Things got even better after 20 minutes when Ulster upped their intensity after Nick Williams turned a ball over in Glasgow’s 22 which saw Paddy Jackson put a teasing ball in for Andrew Trimble – making his 150th appearance, only for the Warriors to clear to touch near their line.</p><br /><p>The reprieve proved temporary though as from the lineout, which Williams secured, Ulster drove for the line and Williams careered through Robert Hartley to score with the TMO being asked to call on it. Pienaar converted and Ulster were 10-0 to the good.</p><br /><p>Pienaar was then wide with his second penalty attempt just on the half-hour mark and Duncan Weir’s effort from just inside Ulster’s half on 35 minutes – their first bid for points – fell just under the bar.</p><br /><p>Then just before the break, Trimble’s late hit on Henry Pyrgos led to another Weir shot from closer in and again the Warriors fly-half was wide and the half ended with Ulster leading 10-0 with Trimble just failing to hold on to an intercept pass right at the end.</p><br /><p>The Warriors began the half with Weir finally getting them off the mark after eight minutes after Pienaar was sacked at a ruck.</p><br /><p>Then matters took a turn for the worse for Ulster when Iain Henderson was yellow carded for not rolling away and the home side were down to 14 men on 54 minutes and the Warriors quickly struck with Weir slotting a second penalty after Ulster were caught offside.</p><br /><p>But Ulster dug deep and a drive from Williams and Trimble helped set up Pienaar to make it 13-6 just as Henderson returned.</p><br /><p>After putting Glasgow’s scrum under huge pressure, Ulster opted to kick their 65th minute penalty but Pienaar was wide and seven points remained between the sides.</p><br /><p>But Ulster then sealed it when Payne crashed over in the 73rd minute after good approach work from Henderson and Pienaar’s conversion rebounded out off the post.</p><br /><p>But Ulster were not finished and Cave slid over for a third unconverted try with time rapidly running out.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-51996991143682226702013-01-11T17:21:00.003-08:002013-01-11T17:21:23.158-08:00Trendis Themeforest Responsive Wordpress Theme<p><b>Trendis Themeforest Responsive WordPress Theme</b><br /><br /><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://forum-indonesia.com">forum-indonesia.com</a></strong><img alt="" src="http://forum-indonesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/548a6__trendis_0.jpg" /></p><br /><p>TRENDIS Theme is a RESPONSIVE theme that is great for all types of pages (business, personal, agency, … ). 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There were 28 students in the classroom at the time he opened fire, Pruitt said. Pruitt added that the investigators believe the gunman planned his attack on Wednesday evening and that the gun belonged to his 19-year-old brother.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154830641002674373.post-52960612899239258692013-01-11T17:20:00.001-08:002013-01-11T17:20:56.241-08:00Esben and the Witch - Wash the Sins Not Only the Face<p><b>Esben and the Witch – Wash the Sins Not Only the Face</b><br /><br /><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://forum-indonesia.com">forum-indonesia.com</a></strong></p><br /><p>What used to be labelled goth back in the dark ages of post-punk, and is now called darkwave, has never been the most credible of musical genres.</p><br /><p>The media has generally sneered at those who’d rather solve their problems by turning the lock on their bedroom door for eight hours than take to the streets in protest. Admittedly, black nail varnish and backcombed hair did look a bit pantomime, and some sentiments sailed very close to the wind – Bauhaus’ Stigmata Martyr, anyone?</p><br /><p>Singer Rachel Davies and co-guitarists/studio boffins Daniel Copeman and Thomas Fisher clearly enjoy sailing close, too: not only by their band name (named after a Danish fairytale) but also the album title Wash the Sins Not Only the Face. It’s the follow-up to 2011’s debut Violet Cries, whose cover resembled a still from The Blair Witch Project.</p><br /><p>Yet at every turn, this new album eschews clichés – any strident shrieking, chanting and cod imagery – for something sleek, fluid and effortlessly modern. After their first album’s density of production and matching mood, they’ve discovered a new sense of levity. This witch can now fly.</p><br /><p>So if When That Head Splits sound gruesome in theory, in principle it’s heady dream-pop, fusing late-period Siouxsie and the Banshees with Beach House and the kind of romantic dread that the 4AD label once specialised in. And talking of 4AD circa 1986, Despair sounds very like the sadly underrated and long-forgotten Clan of Xymox, another trio who used dark paint to create euphoric pictures.</p><br /><p>By the time of The Fall of Glorieta Mountain, Esben and the Witch are more of a piece with The xx, while Yellow Wood and the closing Smashed to Pieces in the Still of the Night (early candidate for song title of 2013) are the fountainhead for the newly minted genre of goth-gaze, a repository of beautiful spangling noise with a side helping of shadow. </p><br /><p>Or perhaps we should just call it darkwave, or do away with genres altogether. Because what the likes of Esben and American duo Exitmusic are doing is breathing new life into music that has too long been considered the preserve of old ghosts.</p><br /><p>Report BBC News </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085611864842365927noreply@blogger.com0