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Married at the age of 8. That fact alone is hard to fathom. It's even more difficult to stomach when you think of the resulting forced sex, physical abuse and early pregnancies that often result. But for girls in more than 50 countries in the developing world, and for a minority in the developed world, this is their reality. The reality of child marriage.
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Faiz, 40, and Ghulam, 11, sit in her home prior to their wedding in the rural Damarda Village, Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2005. Ghulam said she is sad to be getting engaged as she wanted to be a teacher.
Photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair has been documenting this issue around the world since 2003. A large body of her work was published last year in National Geographic.
We asked Sinclair to tell us more about her reporting:
How did you come up with this story idea and how long have you been reporting it?
This project began in 2003, after I met several girls in Herat, Afghanistan who had attempted suicide by self-immolation. I noticed that many of the girls who had set themselves on fire had been married at very young ages, in many cases prepubescent. It was the first time I'd ever encountered anyone who had been married so young. This phenomenon seemed to link many of these girls and this intense act of desperation. I couldn't help but feel a responsibility to research and document whatever it was that would make these girls take such drastic measures. The resulting project has taken almost a decade to date, and I am still working on the issue. What makes it so complicated is its prevalence in more than 50 countries worldwide. To document it properly, one needs to address the many cultural reasons behind the issue as well as the differing impacts on the varying societies.
How many different countries did you travel to for this story, and how did you gain access to these sensitive stories and events?
I have documented this issue in Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Ethiopia and Yemen. Access has always been incredibly difficult for several reasons. The most obvious obstacle is that parents and families innately know that what they are doing can harm their children. But they continue this harmful traditional practice because they may feel societal pressures, have concerns for their safety and well being should they remain unmarried, or may even need to simply sell their girls in a desperate move to feed their other children. Fortunately, almost every image in this project was done with the help of the locals living within these societies. They wanted this issue to get support so they could be further empowered to combat child marriage. Those people were key in helping me gain access, and telling these stories would have been impossible without them.
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Nujood Ali was ten when she fled her abusive, much older husband and took a taxi to the courthouse in Sanaa, Yemen. The girl's courageous act and the landmark legal battle that ensued turned her into an international heroine for women's rights. Now divorced, she is back home with her family and attending school again.
What is most disturbing to you about child marriage and what would you most like people to know about it?
There are many disturbing factors related to child marriage. But I think the thing that we must acknowledge is that in most cases these young children do not want to be married. They want normal lives — to play with their friends, be educated and have a full adolescence. These marriages rob many girls of their innocence, many times before puberty, and this is something that as a global society we cannot tolerate. The bottom line is child marriage isn't just harmful to the girls involved. It's at the root of so many other societal ills: poverty, disease, maternal mortality, infant mortality, violence against women. All of those are symptoms connected to the same problem: child marriage. If you solve the child marriage problem, these other issues benefit as well.
Is there a solution?
A multifaceted approach is needed to address the issue of child marriage. In fact, yesterday Sec. Hillary Clinton announced a USAID-sponsored pilot program in Bangladesh that will work with religious leaders, media, local governments and NGOs to foster community support for an end to child marriage. However education is still the single most protective factor against this practice. This means keeping the children in school as long as possible, as well as educating the communities about its harmful impact on the health of their girls, their grandchildren, as well as their societies as a whole.
I also strongly believe there is not just a need for awareness-raising and prevention work, but we must find ways to help these girls who are already in these marriages — be it through giving financial incentives to their families to let them stay in school, or vocational training so they can have more say in their lives and households. Quality medical treatment is also needed for girls who are giving birth at these young ages. These girls need long-term solutions. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix. But there seems to be a growing movement aimed at ending child marriage. In fact, at yesterday's State Department announcement, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairman of The Elders, announced a very ambitious goal: to end the practice by 2030. If this issue remains a global priority, I'm optimistic that we can meet that deadline.
To mark the first inaugural International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, 2012, the United Nations Population Fund will partner with VII Photo to host an exhibition at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to present the personal narrative of the girls themselves. The hope is that their stories, presented in photography and video productions by Stephanie Sinclair and Jessica Dimmock, will renew global attention toward this critical issue and accountability across the international community. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon will be among many prominent figures attending the opening.
- Follow the campaign at Too Young to Wed and tooyoungtowed.wordpress.com
- See additional images from Sinclair's project and read more about child marriage at National Geographic Magazine
- View a video including interviews with some of the child brides at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
- Read 'In Niger, child marriage on rise due to hunger' in PhotoBlog
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Ask a vet online – 'my dog only has one testicle down – what is the best age to have him neutered?'
Question from Pam Gilmour Hi my chi(huahua) is 6 months , he only has one testicle. I will be having him done, what would be the best age to wait to see if it will come down? Answer from Shanika (online vet) Hi Pam and thank you for your Question regarding the best age to have a dog castrated which has a retained testicle. I will start by explaining a little about the testicles, what they are, where they develop and what can go wrong along the way. The testicles are two oval shaped structures normally found in the scrotum (loose sac of skin near your dog's bottom). Testicles are male sexual glands and produce the hormone testosterone along with sperm and various other secretions which assist in reproduction. The testicles start developing while the puppy is inside the mother's uterus (womb); they are at first located inside the abdomen (tummy) and just behind the kidneys. A few days after your puppy has been born the testicles should be in the scrotum, they travel from their starting point down through the abdomen and through an opening called the inguinal ring in order to get to the scrotum. When you take your puppy to the vets to have his first examination they will check for the presence of two testicles in the scrotum, if these cannot be felt then this will be checked again on future visits. If both testicles are not present this condition is referred to as cryptorchidism (retained testicles), either one (unilateral cryptorchid) or both (bilateral cryptorchid) of the testicles may be missing from the scrotum. In very rare cases on or both of the testicles has not actually developed at all. What should you do if your dog has cryptorchidism? Your vet is likely to suggest that you wait to see if the missing testicle comes down into the scrotum at a later date, this would usually be by 6 months of age but in some cases can occur up to 1 year of age. What to do if the testicle does not appear? Your vet will discuss a castration procedure with you in which both testicles are removed, it is a simple procedure to remove under general anaesthesia the testicle present in the scrotum, the retained one has to be located in your dog's abdomen, and this can take some time. The surgical procedure to find and remove the testicle from the abdomen can be tricky as the testicle which has not found its way to the scrotum is often smaller and therefore not so easy to locate in amongst the contents of your dog's abdomen. Why should I have my dog castrated if he has cryptorchidism? If the testicles are not in their correct location in the scrotum there is an increased chance of them becoming diseased, such as developing into cancerous tissue. Also a dog with cryptorchidism is likely to have reduced fertility and would not be an ideal candidate for breeding. I hope that I have managed to answer your question regarding the timing of castration in a cryptorchid dog and have managed to explain some of the reasoning behind why it happens and what the best plan of treatment is. Shanika Winters MRCVS(online vet) If you are worried about your dog please book an appointment with your vet or use our online symptom checker.
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Critics slam Brookhaven leaders' absence after storm
Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine has been on vacation since Wednesday, leaving the town with what critics say is a leadership vacuum as it struggles to clear its roads after the weekend blizzard.
In addition, the town's acting Highway Department superintendent has been absent since Friday, when the storm began dumping as much as 30 inches of snow in the town.
Democratic Councilman Steve Fiore-Rosenfeld said he was told by town officials that Romaine, a Republican, was vacationing in the Caribbean.
"It's very difficult to believe that the lack of executive leadership, being on the job in Brookhaven in this traumatic blizzard, is not leading to more chaos," Fiore-Rosenfeld said.
Republican Town Deputy Supervisor Dan Panico confirmed Monday that Romaine went away with his wife on Wednesday, when forecasts of the coming blizzard began to sharpen.
Reached on his cell phone Monday, Romaine declined to say where he was or when he left, but said he has been in constant contact with town officials since the blizzard struck.
"I did not anticipate this storm, otherwise I wouldn't have left," Romaine said. "I haven't had a vacation in two years. This was the only time there wasn't a work session or town meeting."
The supervisor said the airport where he is vacationing is closed, but that he plans to fly back to Kennedy Airport "as soon as possible."
Romaine, who deflected blame for unplowed town roads to the highway department, said he expected that 95 percent of all town roads would be plowed by Monday night.
"It's the highway department's show; we are providing tactical assistance. I do not have direct authority of that department," Romaine said. "We are very concerned about this storm. The main responsibilities of roads are with the highway department."
Panico defended Romaine, who appointed Panico deputy supervisor in December.
"He's a human being. His record of public service is stellar," Panico said. "His vacation was preplanned."
Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said public officials are allowed to go on vacation.
"The question is whether the public will cut him some slack," Levy said. "It can dog your entire career or end careers."
Democratic Councilwoman Connie Kepert said highway department officials told her acting superintendent Michael Murphy had been absent because of a "toothache." While praising Panico's performance, she said the highway department was overmatched.
"There was a lack of leadership and the residents paid for that," Kepert said. "That is something that I find unbelievable."
Romaine declined to comment on the absence of Murphy, who did not return repeated calls seeking comment. Several messages to John Cappella, who is running the department while Murphy is out, also were not returned.
Asked Sunday about Murphy's absence, Panico said, "One person is not the linchpin," then called back later to say, "Not having the acting highway superintendent here sure as hell hasn't helped."
Two other council members also have been away on vacation: Republican Tim Mazzei is in Florida, while Conservative Jane Bonner is in Costa Rica, according to town officials.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Gap Inc. raised its earnings per share outlook for the year on Thursday, after its summer lineup helped boost second-quarter results and advanced its turnaround push.
The higher guidance was short of Wall Street expectations, but the company also hiked its annual dividend by 20 cents, or 33 percent, to 80 cents per share. Its shares rose 1 percent to $42.43 in aftermarket trading. Over the past year, the stock was up 21 percent.
Gap Inc., which is based in San Francisco, owns Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta and Intermix stores, in addition to its namesake chain. The company is the nation's largest mall-based clothing chain operator, and its results provide insight into consumer spending.
Since early last year, Gap has been invigorating sales with more brightly-colored clothing, designer collaborations and livelier stores. Last October, the company also announced a management overhaul to help it respond more quickly to shifting tastes around the world.
The change put the North American, international, online, outlet and franchise divisions under a single global executive for each of the company's brands. The company also formed a new innovation and digital strategy team. After a four-year-hiatus, the Gap brand is launching a TV campaign this fall. And Glenn Murphy, CEO of Gap Inc. vowed that it plans to go after new customers with different advertising strategies.
Gap's more upbeat outlook represents a bright spot in what has been an otherwise gloomy earnings season for retailers. Major retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Macy's have lowered their expectations for the rest of the year, citing the uncertain economy.
On Thursday, teen retailers Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Aeropostale Inc. added to the concerns about shoppers when they reported weak results. Aeropostale posted a loss in its latest quarter on poor sales and issued a weak outlook. A&F reported a 33 percent drop in second-quarter profit and warned that business would get even worse in the current quarter.
When asked by an analyst during a Thursday conference call why Gap was able to have a decent performance despite many other rivals tripping up this quarter, Murphy attributed its success to a diverse portfolio of brands, from the low-price player Old Navy to its Athleta activewear brand. But he acknowledged that retailers are still operating in a "new normal" environment, four years after the official recession ended.
"In the new normal, it's not uncommon for customers, for very little reason or any reason, to go into hibernation, whether that's for a month or for a quarter," he said.
But Murphy noted that somebody is always winning. "We still have to look at it and (say) `There is business to be had, there is traffic to be taken, there is market share to be gained and that's the attitude we have to take,"' he said.
As Gap reported earlier this month, sales at stores open at least a year was up 5 percent for the three months ended Aug. 3. Gains at Gap and Old Navy offset a decline at Banana Republic.
The company earned $303 million, or 64 cents per share, which was on the high-end of its latest guidance of 62 cents to 64 cents per share. Analysts on average expected 63 cents per share.
A year ago, the company earned $243 million, or 49 cents per share.
Revenue rose 8 percent to $3.87 billion, in line with Wall Street expectations.
Gap now expects to earn between $2.57 and $2.65 per share for the full year, up from the previous forecast of $2.52 to $2.60 per share.
Analysts had forecast earnings of $2.77 per share for the full year, according to FactSet.
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Is the future of housing round? The Elkinoid Project envisions a future where housing shortages are solved with sustainable, off-the-grid towns made up of thousands of orb-shaped houses. And each structure would take less than a week to build.
The Elkinoid Project is looking to design "future-proof" housing that can be easily assembled on site by unskilled individuals. The hope is that families could build their own houses and then help their neighbors build their houses. Each pod would house a family of three or four and last for around 100 years, after which the components would be recyclable.
Currently, the hypothetical houses come in white clay and the more attractive copper shingles.
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A few days ago I wrote about an election that was taking place (ok so it was a week ago at this point). That election was the SQLServerpedia Awards. My first post on that election can be found here. I had wanted to write another post about the election and make a whole bunch of campaign promises – to help make it feel political. One big difference is that I was going to run a positive campaign and just talk about what I would do if I were to win.
Well, I won in one of the categories and I never wrote that campaign promises post. So, I will just tell you what I would have promised and then maybe do some of those things.
- I will display the trophy in my cubicle at work
- I will support my fellow bloggers as much as I can just as I have done in the past. There are some exceptional bloggers out there.
- I will continue to work with SQL Server
- I will continue to blog!!!!
- I will also finish my series on the book review for which I won. Then I will progress to the next book or two and write reviews for them as well.
- I will continue to provide posts to SQLServerPedia
Thanks to all who voted for me. I appreciate the support. I recommend checking out the other books in the Book Review category. I also recommend that you read the Blogs of the other people that were nominated for the SQL Choice Awards/ SSP Awards.
In short, this award is great and I really appreciate it. In the grand scheme of things I am happy to have received it and rest assured that it doesn't change my blog or me – except that I will post a badge on my blog. We also had many excellent DB professionals and bloggers who won in various other categories.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Cody Journell kicked a 22-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime to help Virginia Tech beat Rutgers 13-10 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Friday night.
Virginia Tech (7-6) won its third straight game to avoid its first losing season since 1992.
Rutgers (9-4) had a chance to tie it in overtime, but Nick Borgese missed a 42-yard field-goal attempt to the right.
Virginia Tech trailed 10-0 at the half, then rallied in the final 30 minutes thanks to some timely turnovers and offense. Quarterback Logan Thomas struggled in the first and finished with a pair of interceptions, but also had 192 passing yards and the game's only passing touchdown.


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The next morning (Friday the 13th), I decided to stay at Green River State Park for the weekend. It was a gorgeous day and after doing a few chores in the morning took a drive over to Arches National Park.
One of the numerous formations at Arches. It was late afternoon and nearby formations cast their shadows, slowly creeping ever closer to this formation.
Another formation silhouetted against the skyline.
The snow-capped La Sal mountains rise up in the distance and dominate the horizon
Balancing Rock. From this angle it really does looks like it is doing a balancing act.
But as you walk around it, the angle of view and perspective change; it is securely attached to the base rock. In time, the wind and rain will erode the base further and some day, in the distant future, the balancing rock will be no more.
And, of course, the setting sun marked the end of another beautiful day!


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A Christmas Story is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on television every Christmas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts—an Official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ralphie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. All the iconic scenes from the movie are here: Ralphie's friend, Flick, getting his tongue stuck to the flagpole; his brother, Randy, getting dressed in his snowsuit; the bullies, Farkus and Dill; the leg lamp award; the bunny suit; the Chinese restaurant; Christmas dinner; and many others.
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Bloomberg unveils the shareable, Canadian-built 'Citi bike'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning began the press roll-out for his much touted bike share program with the unveiling of New York's "Citi bike" in front of City Hall.
The three-gear bicycle's name and color (blue) are derived from its principal sponsor, Citibank, which is forking over $41 million for the branding rights. That, plus another $6.5 million from MasterCard, is expected to fully underwrite the project. Any profits will be shared between the bike system's operator, Alta Bicycle Share, and the city.
The bikes will be available starting at the end of July. By the end of next summer, 10,000 "Citi bikes" will be stationed at 600 solar-powered, wireless depots throughout New York City. The locations of the depots have been the subject of community discussion and will be unveiled later this week, presumably at another press conference.
The bike share, which the mayor says amounts to a new, 24/7 transportation system, will work like this: A cyclist will swipe her credit or debit card, and in return receive a "ride code" to unlock the bike from the adjacent depot. Users can pay $25 a week or $10 a day for unlimited 30-minute rides, or $95 a year for unlimited 45-minute rides, a pricing cheme city transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan described as "the best deal in town short of the Staten Island Ferry."
Cyclists will be charged $13 for every additional 30 minutes that the bike is not returned. If a cyclist should lose, steal, or be robbed of a bike, he or she will lose the $1,000 deposit that was put on the card when it was first swiped.
The bikes will come equipped with bells and front and rear lights, but no helmets.
They'll be assembled at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and manufactured in Montreal, which the mayor described as "an ally of America," an apparent allusion to the Taxi of Tomorrow, which Nissan, a company that does business in Iran, is manufacturing.
UPDATE: Though Sadik-Khan said the bikes would be manufactured in Montreal, a Department of Transportation spokesman later clarified they would be manufactured in Chicoutimi, Quebec.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect the accurate time limit for the $95/year plan: 45 minutes, not 30.


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fck it already I give up. Im just gonna go live under a rock and never worry about relationships and love
Monday, July 25, 2011
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
So for the next two weeks i work every single day of the week and my shifts range from 4-8 hours of fun :] I am going to love my next paycheck, but its going straight towards textbooks for school :/
BBUUTT next Friday we are combining three of my guy friends birthdays and gonna play airsoft in the morning from 7-2, then going to the beach until sunset, then watching a movie and then having a party at someones house. I cannot wait til next friday. I really hope I can get that one friday off... if not i might just not show up for work and deal with the consequences the next day... haha
My friend just finished her chemo therapy sessions yesterday and we're throwing a party for her tonight. I am so happy for her and hope she stays healthy.
hope everyones having a great day and or night
nightnight from hawaii
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
I miss
I got to see my best friend tonight with out her boyfriend and honestly I feel a lot better. We talked about random things, serious things, and things i never talk about unless its with her. I had no idea how much i missed her until i dropped her off at her house a little while ago. I miss my best friend. the text messages. skype and phone calls are awesome but just hanging out with them in person makes everything a lot better.
I got flowers for my grandma today. I started to cry a little waiting in line to buy them but im fine. I miss her like crazy but I know she would want me to be happy and live my life smiling.
Today was a good day all in all. my shoulders not in as much pain as before. my ankle isnt swollen anymore and all of my cuts are semi scabby right now... its kind of and yeah hahaha come tuesday I should be able to have a midnight skate session with the guys. The moon is always so bright in the summer and I just love it :]
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
pain. pain and more pain
so i sprained my ankle, got a bunch of scratches here and there and my shoulder popped out and is now in a sling for a couple of days. I am in pain right now.... but it was all worth the skate session last night. Had to take off work for a couple of days and I have to buy a new helmet cause mine fell off a cliff.. hahaha wow my moms gonna kill me when she gets home and sees me....
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
I hate my best friends boyfriend... I dont care how much she loves him. He wasnt there at the hospital when he needed her, he wasnt there when her parents kicked her out for the day, he wasnt there when she started to cry. Hes the one making her cry and hes the one I hate the most at the moment.
everyone in our group of friends hates this guy, but none of us will be able to do anything because our friend is too hard headed to listen to any of us. We said we would tolerate him as long as the relationship doesnt become abusive...and it has. I'm just the only one who know at the moment...I think.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
*random thought moments*
For the past week Ive been awake 20 out of the 24 hours of the day since Alaska never really got dark, and I always had something to do. I got home half an hour ago ready to go out and do something, but honestly I just wanted some me time and came here to my usual park. I miss being here just venting on my laptop. I hated that I couldnt see any stars in Alaska, it was beautiful there but it would have been a lot better if I could have seen the stars.
Anyways whats stuck in my mind right now is that I'm not really doing anything great with my life at the moment. Two of my best friends are in the air force right now, another is living his dream by playing video games for a living, and my other friends are content with what they have now. I want to make a difference and make myself proud. I know what I want to do in life, but school comes first. blah idk what im writing anymore
I will make my grandma proud, its the only thing i want in life.
hahaha another thing I realized today is that I dont have a crush on anyone and im happy about it, but I do miss being in a relationship.
yeah today is just one of those days where anything and everything comes to mind.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
It feels so good to be home from Alaska. I had such an amazing time! 24 hours of sunlight, spending at least 22 of those hours doing something with friends, family, random people on the streets and just enjoying some me time. I wish I could have used my own phone to talk to everyone back home, but T-Mobile for some reason doesnt work in Alaska.
It is 84 degrees here in Hawaii and back it Alaska it was like 50 degrees...Im dying at home right now :/
What kind of sucked for me on the trip the whole time though was not telling my family I was bi. My cousins know and my sister but my aunties and uncles dont know anything about it. They would make rude jokes and look at people with hate in their eyes whenever they saw two gay guys holding their hands down the street. It hurt a lot not telling them and it made me feel like a coward. I'm not sure if i'll ever tell them. On the brighter side though my cousin knew it was bugging me half the time and decided to take me to a bar and just play pool or dance with a couple of guys or girls and just have fun. Like a vacation is suppose to be.
This trip was just amazing for me and I could spend hours upon hours writing about it, but I wont.
hope everyones having a great fourth of July :]
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Katy lifeguard drowns trying to swim length of pool underwater
A 19-year-old Katy lifeguard drowned Saturday afternoon at the Rosewood Recreation Center near Fry Rd. and Cinco Terrace.
Witnesses said that at around 4 p.m. lifeguard Dustin Kruthaupt was swimming laps and at one point attempted to swim the length of the pool underwater. The pool's lanes are 25-meters long.
Fellow lifeguards witnessed him surface, and he began floating in the water, after which he was quickly taken out of the pool and CPR was administered. The Fulshear Fire Department was then called.
Kruthaupt was immediately transported to Memorial Hermann's Katy Hospital by Fort Bend County EMS personnel.
He died at the hospital around 5:15 p.m.
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of Kruthaupt's death.
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your q/s, our a/s: export date from a D2L survey
How may I download the data collected by a survey done in D2L (I want to use the data on excel).
Go and open Surveys under Assessment in the D2L Nav Bar.
Open the Survey, which needs its data to be exported.
Create a new report
don't forget to check the box in front of "Teacher" after you scroll down
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By Teen Voices editorial intern Ariana Hakim
Did you know that in 2010, women are still paid about 77 cents for every dollar that their male counterparts earn for the same work? Today, women and men who believe in equal pay are wearing red to signify how women are still kept "in the red." Equal Pay Day is held on April 20 because this is the date when women's salaries finally catch up with men's salaries from the previous calendar year.
So why is this still happening in 2010? Great question! President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963 hoping to get rid of this pay gap, but employers have found loopholes to get around paying women the same salaries as men. In 2009, Senator Hillary Clinton introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to help close these loopholes, but the House and Senate have yet to pass it. Statistics from the U.S. Census indicate that a growing number of women are the breadwinners in their households, either because they are single mothers or because they make more than their spouse.
The National Committee on Pay Equity, the National Women's Law Center, and the American Association of University Women are only a few organizations working to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.
See how men and women's salaries have changed over the years at Pay Equity.
Take Action!
Urge your senator to vote for the Paycheck Fairness Act at opencongress.org.


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Cage the Elephant has returned with their brand new album Social Cues. The record is the band's fifth full-length studio album and follows their 2015 LP Tell Me I'm Pretty and 2017's live album Unpeeled. The album showcases 13 new songs including their lead single "Ready To Let Go" and a song featuring Beck called "Night Running." Social Cues was produced by John Hill and it was the first time the band had worked with the producer after being fans of his work with bands like Santigold and tUnE-yArDs.
CTE's Brad Schultz said of making Social Cues, "Things come in waves for us. We tried to pull ourselves out of our comfort zone and not do a record like we'd done records before, which is just three weeks solid in the studio. This time we broke it up where so we could follow those waves of creativity." Matt Schultz adds, "It's funny, I was writing about some really devastating stuff, but this album had an easier start than most of our earlier stuff."
To celebrate Social Cues, iHeartRadio passed the pic over to the band to curate their own Guest DJ station on iHeartRadio. On this exclusive station, not only can fans hear music from their new album, as well as favorites from previous albums, they can also hear some of the band's favorite songs from artists including Iggy Pop, Kanye West, and so many others.
On their Guest DJ Station, Cage the Elephant talked about how they wrote their single "Ready to Let Go," and some of their favorite songs by Iggy Pop, Kanye West and more. Take a look at some highlights below.
On how they wrote "Ready to Let Go":
Matt: "This song, I actually started writing on a personal vacation. I'd taken a trip to Pompeii and was visiting Mount Vesuvius, and had some difficulties, some adversities that I was facing at that point in life, some personal stuff. And as you do in those kind of situations, sometimes you can feel trapped and isolated and I remember looking at the statues of the people, the casts of people who'd been trapped under the ash and just relating to those people and feeling like I was frozen or trapped within whatever was going on at the time."
On Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing"
"It's one of his, I believe, more unique recordings. It was when he was spending a lot of time with David Bowie and Bowie was producing him. And this record in particular, recently has made a huge impact on me, and I think it's very much relevant today. And Iggy, I really think because he's such a wild live performer and he commands the space so well, a lot of people forget what an artist he is in the studio, aesthetically, lyrically. Um, but anyways, that was Iggy Pop nightclubbing.
On Kanye West's "Black Skinhead"
"Love him. Hate him. I still think this guy is a bonafide musical genius, and this next song is one of my favorites of his off of his record Yeezus. When I first heard this track, it just totally, sonically blew me away, creatively blew me away. And obviously, it's packed with a very, very potent message."
Listen to more of Cage the Elephant's music and favorite songs on Cage the Elephant's Guest DJ station on iHeartRadio.
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New: 2012 Election in Berkeley: West Berkeley Voters Provide Measure T's Margin of Defeat
Measure T was this year's closest election contest in Berkeley, with the outcome uncertain for over a week following the election.
Measure T would have made changes to West Berkeley zoning and to the West Berkeley plan to allow greater height and density on large sites.
Measure T lost by a margin of 512 votes, 25,291 to 24,779. In West Berkeley, the area west of San Pablo Avenue, the measure lost by 649 votes. In the rest of the city east of San Pablo, the measure finished ahead by a small margin.
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60% of the voters in West Berkeley precincts voted against the measure. In precinct 990, which encompassed most of the area that would have been re-zoned, 69% of voters voted No.
Both Councilmembers who represent parts of West Berkeley, Darryl Moore (District 2) and Linda Maio (District 1), supported the measure but the measure lost in both their districts.
It was 53% to 47% for No in Maio's district and 56% to 44% for No in Moore's district. Moore was easily re-elected, winning District 2 with 59% of the vote against 28% for Denisha DeLane and 13% for Adolfo Cabral. Both Delane and Cabral opposed Measure T.
In Precinct 990, the combined total for DeLane and Cabral was 19 votes higher than Moore's vote. But in every other precinct, including two in West Berkeley, Moore's vote exceeded the combined total of his two opponents.
In the rest of the city, the vote was relatively evenly divided. As with Measure S, there was the traditional division between hills voters and flatlands voters, but it was not very pronounced.
Margins in favor of the measure in the hills were for the most part not large. Margins against the measure in Districts 3 (South Berkeley), 4 (Downtown and Central Berkeley), and 7 (Telegraph area), all represented by progressive councilmembers who opposed the measure, were relatively small.
District 4 voters opposed Measure T by a slim margin of 53 votes, or 50.5%, the same as the citywide percentage against the measure. Voters who live in the two Downtown precincts in District 4, many of whom are also students, supported the measure.
Measure T's strongest support came far from west Berkeley, in the hills above Claremont Ave in District 8, the only precincts in the city where over 60% of voters supported the measure.
Student voters split evenly on the measure. In thirteen student precincts in Districts 7 and 8 (consolidated to seven precincts this year), Measure T lost by just 11 votes. The measure passed in some student precincts and failed in others. 40% of the students who voted did not vote either way on the measure.
Citywide, about 17% of Berkeley voters did not vote on Measure T, a higher percentage than the 11% who didn't vote on Measure S.
Campaign Contributions
The Coalition for a Sustainable West Berkeley raised $44,354 to support the measure: over two-thirds of the funds came from Douglas J. Herst and Herst Ventures. Douglas Herst has proposed the Peerless Greens community project for land he owns on 4th Street in West Berkeley. Measure T would have allowed him greater flexibility for developing his land.
Six members of the City Council supported Measure T, as did Assemblymember Nancy Skinner and State Senator Loni Hancock. The Berkeley Democratic Club, the city's most well-heeled Democratic Club, also supported the measure.
Opponents had the support of the West Berkeley Artisans and Industrial Companies. Opposition from CEOs and presidents of businesses like Urban Ore, Acme Bread and Libby Laboratories probably helped sway some voters against the measure. This writer also opposed the measure and his name appears on the list of No on T endorsers.
The Save West Berkeley Committee raised $23,545 to oppose the measure. While the pro-T coalition was able to pay for three mailers to voters, the anti-T committee had enough for one mailer and apparently were able to effectively get their message to voters.


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Perennial. A magnificent plant in your garden, particularly nice when grown in groups of three. Pacific Giant is one of the best of these large beauties. Tall, elegant spires of closely packed, large, well-formed blossoms in pink, violet, and many shades of blue flowers. A great perennial background plant and an excellent cut flower. Resists mildew. Perennial in USDA zones 3 to 7.
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This slightly more grown up one is from our eldest son and using papers and images from Pink Petticoat. I really love these!
Finally I tried to go with something a bit different for my husband and pulled out some paper, chopped it up and made this one below.
Thankfully he really liked it. Which is good as I pass all my cards past my husbands meticulous eye and always get an honest opinion, whether I want to hear it or not!
Finally I just had time to make a wedding card for my friend who liked the butterfly image that I had used on a previous card and printed the name of the bride and groom to make it more personal.
I am now frantically trying to make teacher cards as the kids break up in two weeks time. The youngest one has four teachers so I am going to have to think of something different for each one! Enjoy your weekend, and I look forward to catching up with everyones blog on Sunday!
Tracey x


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We don't know why Giugiaro named this after a long-defunct builder of idiosyncratic British sports cars, but the Frazer Nash concept is looking to become the world's fastest hybrid with a 186 MPH top speed.
Aside from a car which looks more Lamborghini than Targa Florio, the Frazer Nash Concept has a central boast of "World's Fastest Hybrid" with a claimed top speed of 186 MPH. Sort of an odd and probably specific claim around a traditional gasoline-electric passenger category since KERS equipped F1 cars will probably be kinda fast and there have been some pretty quick land speed record hybrids. Semantics aside, the Frazer Nash Concept will debut next month at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, where it will compete against the Rinspeed iCharge for most lauded one-off engineering exercises. [TopSpeed]


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There's something soothing about this blue and other blue background.
But I guess that's not allowed to be the main reason for this, right?
So, hello! I've tried roleplaying before, with moderate to no success. I was in a group that dissolved due to scheduling nightmares, and while it was active, I often was unsure what to do or say.
Not the best recommendation right? Well, I hope that I can change that.
Well, I don't want to get too verbose with a first post, so...
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Episode 182: Domain-Specific Languages with Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons
Guests: Martin Fowler, Rebecca Parsons
In this episode, Markus talk with Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons about domain-specific languages (DSLs). Topics covered include a definition of DSL, Internal vs. External DSLs, reasons to use DSLs and reasons not to, the DSL lifecycle and the role of language workbenches. The conversation is loosely based on their book Domain-Specific Languages.
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Ask yourself: Do people like me?
You get promoted in this world because people like you, not because you get the work done. In fact, a study just published in the Harvard Business Review shows that people would rather work with someone they like who is incompetent, than someone who is competent but not likeable.
Keep in mind that likeable is not as subjective as it seems. For example, most people like Bill Clinton. He just has a likeable personality. Even Bush family members, Clinton's political polar opposites, say that they like his personality.
So if you want to get ahead at the office, you need to figure out how to make your personality likeable in the office. Usually, it's not that you have to change your personality, but rather make sure that your true personality shows through at work. Most people, if they're true to themselves, if they're really being themselves at the office, will be likeable.
Unfortunately, most people think they're more likeable than they really are and therefore do not try hard enough. There are many things that keep people from being likeable. Here's a list of 10:
1. Using sarcasm as a defense mechanism. You probably don't know if you're using it as a defense mechanism. But if you use sarcasm a lot, it's a safe bet that you're using it to no good.
2. Being quiet from insecurity. People are inherently social animals. If you have nothing you want to say, then you are probably not likeable because you have nothing to offer. If you do have things to say but you don't say them, then you are not likeable because you're so insecure that you'll sound stupid when you talk.
3. Not revealing emotions. Keeping to yourself emotionally makes you seem one-dimensional, and it's hard to convey likeability with no depth. You have to know your emotions to share them with other people.
4. Being too smug– as in not asking for help or not revealing that you have had help along the way. You might want to make yourself look like Superman, able to do anything in a solitary bound, but superheroes don't exist. Real people need real help– and express appreciation when they get it.
5. Not seeing people for who they are. I.e. treating powerful people well and powerless people poorly. Power structures do not define a person; they define a person's clout. Treat everyone with respect, or you will lose yours.
6. Being bored by others. The most likeable people make other people feel interesting by genuinely caring about them.
7. Being obsessed with your workload. If you think work matters more than people, then that will be true– for you. And people will expect you to be a workhorse but will not want to get to know you. And they need to know you to like you.
8. Not taking responsibility. If you blame people for your problems, people are not going to like you– even if they are not one of the people you blame. If people don't like you, it's your own fault. Likeable people are liked in all circumstances.
9. Hiding from objective feedback. You can get it from therapists, co-workers, teachers, coaches, but you have to seek it out.
10. Not trying to change. All the knowledge in the world cannot overcome a resistance to change. The ego is very strong and can rationalize anything. Don't do that. Take criticism to heart, and address it, no matter how likeable you think you are. You'll be more likeable right away, because listening to others and trying to change one's self are both inherently likeable qualities.


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Today this writer had the pleasure of attending the Area Five Unified Volleyball Competition held at Johnson Gym on the UNM campus. In a nutshell, New Mexico is divided into Six Areas. Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia and Socorro are all in Area Five. Unified means there are disabled and non-disabled players on the teams together.
The atmosphere in the arena was laid back and jocular, with athletes in particular taking pleasure in their game. There was yelling. There were victory dances before matches even started. Most importantly though, the volleyball matches were filled with knuckle-biting climaxes that rivaled the third period in a'79 vintage Rangers vs. Islanders hockey game.
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(Auckland – NZ) TOWER Limited today announced that it has sold its investments business TOWER Investments to Fisher Funds for NZ$79 million.
Fisher Funds is a New Zealand owned and operated fund manager and KiwiSaver provider, managing more than $1.4 billion on behalf of more than 130,000 investors.
TOWER Group Managing Director Rob Flannagan said "the decision to sell TOWER Investments was made as a result of a comprehensive strategic review of what is best for TOWER and for TOWER's shareholders."
"This evaluation was undertaken primarily to identify opportunities for TOWER that would provide value for shareholders," Mr Flannagan said.
The sale follows the divestment of TOWER's health insurance business to Australian private insurer nib holdings ltd in November.
Mr Flannagan said that "the TOWER Board made the strategic decision to narrow TOWER's focus. TOWER has entered into arrangements with the purchasers of those businesses to continue to distribute both Investment and Health products providing a seamless service to its customers."
TOWER's narrower focus will provide more market visibility for TOWER's strong, ongoing businesses and enable the equity market to better recognise the value of TOWER's shares. TOWER will continue to assess whether there are opportunities to obtain further value for shareholders following the strategic review undertaken last year.
"The focus for TOWER going forward will be on growing our traditional core insurance business through offering superior products backed by market-leading customer service," he said.
The sale of TOWER Investments to Fisher Funds is on terms customary for a transaction of this type, including that no material adverse change occurs in either TOWER Investments or Fisher Funds prior to Completion. Subject to satisfaction of this condition, Completion is scheduled to occur on 2 April 2013.
Carmel Fisher Managing Director of Fisher Funds commented:
is an exciting opportunity for Fisher Funds to participate
in the consolidation of a competitive KiwiSaver industry,
accelerate our growth, and achieve economies of scale that
we can pass on to our clients. We are delighted to have the
support of our new shareholder TSB Bank in this acquisition,
along with the continued support of existing Fisher Funds
shareholders including Morrison & Co."
TOWER Investments has been sold as a stand-alone business with employees transferring across to Fisher Funds with the business.
Mr Flannagan said "an announcement regarding the application of sale proceeds realised from the sale of the investments business will be made in due course."
Shareholders will be asked to approve a proposed return of capital of $120 million following the sale of the health business at TOWER's annual meeting on 21 March 2013.
He said TOWER Investments, under its new owner, would continue to play an important role in growing the wealth of New Zealanders.
"Over the coming months, TOWER will work closely with Fisher Funds to ensure that investors are provided with the high standard of service they enjoyed with TOWER Investments," Mr Flannagan said.


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Not all royal weddings are living fairy tales.
Olivia Wilde, star of "House" and the upcoming summer blockbuster "Cowboys & Aliens," opened up about her divorce from husband Tao Ruspoli - who happens to be an Italian prince.
In an interview with Glamour, the 26 year-old Wilde looks back at what happened to her eight year marriage to the 35 year-old Ruspoli.
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"It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," she says. "We got engaged at Burning Man and married on a school bus. We were not conventional. I think the promise we always made was that if we are no longer happy, we won't continue."
The in-demand actress admitted that those demands certainly played a part.
"It got to the point where I was working 10 months of the year outside of L.A. and he was doing incredible things in other places. We were no longer partners in crime. The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy."
Despite rumors linking her to Hollywood's hottest bachelors - specifically Ryan Gosling and Justin Timberlake - Wilde insists she's not running....wild.
"I wish I could play the field. But it's so not me. I go 100 percent into everything. And I'm a really good girlfriend."
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Our hero slides through the final bend in the roadway. Ahead lies the longest stretch of open pavement he's ever seen. His machine screams for more, and he flattens the go-pedal, offering an extra ration of fuel and air to the hungry beast. The engine revs in a heartbeat as his right foot relaxes from the accelerator while his left tickles the clutch in one single, fluid motion. His grip on the shifter tightens in preparation of completing another well-practiced shift. The shift gate releases as the trans easily slips out of Second gear. Suddenly, the engine screams in protest, popping and banging past its redline as Third gear is locked out, but his right foot instinctively smashes the gas pedal before his brain comprehends the severity of his mistake. His $10,000 engine accelerates towards oblivion in a nano-second with no hope of restraining it as the shifter sticks in neutral. Not responding fast enough, our hero is now the fool who has paid the ultimate price for not properly aligning his bellhousing.
Okay, we've gone over the edge just a little with this scenario, but it can-and does-happen. The problem is usually the result of installing a new transmission/bellhousing combo and not properly locating it in relationship to the crankshaft's centerline. With the bellhousing misaligned by as little as 0.010 inch, the gearbox will be difficult to shift under power, can pop out of gear, and eventually may fail completely. Factory bellhousings and transmissions rarely experience this problem because of the loose tolerances purposely built into those units. But install an aftermarket scattersheild and/or a performance transmission without realigning them, and trouble is just around the bend.
Luckily, properly locating your car's bellhousing doesn't require any high-zoot equipment or fancy know-how. All you'll need is a few hand tools, magnetic-base dial indicator, and some offset dowel pins to realign the bellhousing to the engine.
To show you just how simple this task is, we procured a scattershield and a set of offset dowel pins from Lakewood and went about aligning it to our Camaro's Rat motor using a dial indicator (and magnetic mount) from Powerhouse Products. While this check can be performed in the car, it's much easier to do with the engine on a stand. Unfortunately, a normal engine stand won't let you hang a bellhousing off the back, so you'll need another way to work on it. We found the perfect solution to this and our shop's tight engine storage problems with a new product called Moto Feet (see photo).
Properly locating the bellhousing will take some time and a whole lot of patience because it involves some confusing, but not too difficult, math calculations. The Lakewood scattershield comes with instructions showing how to properly align it, but we've added some extra touches to ensure your car's bellhousing never gets out of whack. It's also easier to do this check by yourself if you have a harmonic damper that's marked off every 90 degrees like one from Fluidampr. Have a notepad and calculator handy, and don't give up just because this stuff is a little tough to read. It'll all make sense when you're actually doing the work. And the transmission you save could be your own.
Bolt the flywheel to the crankshaft and the bellhousing on the block with the stock dowel pins still in place. Turn the crank so the harmonic damper indicates TDC, or "0" degrees, then mount the dial indicator on the flywheel perpendicular to the bellhousing bore and slightly off center of the crank so it will make a complete circle as you turn it. Zero the indicator, pointing straight up. To check the bellhousing turn the crank clockwise, reading the indicator every 90 degrees, starting at 90 degrees on the right, 180 degrees on the bottom, then 270 degrees on the left. Turn the crank over two full revolutions to see if the indicator returns to zero at the top and that the readings duplicate on each revolution.
Remove the bellhousing and knock out the factory dowel pins from behind using a brass or aluminum punch. Don't use a steel punch, especially on the driver's side pin, which is particularly difficult to knock out, because the steel punch will damage the dowel pin bore. The new Lakewood dowels are machined with an offset that relocates the bellhousing as they are turned with a screwdriver.
To keep the new dowel pins from rotating in their bores once everything's done, we drilled and tapped holes for two 10-32 x 1/4-inch long setscrews we picked up from the hardware store. Lubricate and install the new dowel pins with their slots aligned. When making adjustments, loosen the bellhousing bolts just enough to allow the dowel pins to turn, and keep track of how much the indicator needle moves as you loosen the bolts-take that movement into consideration when figuring the change needed. After you've correctly located the bellhousing, lock the setscrews in place with some thread-locking compound.
Here's a tip we've learned the hard way: Lakewood supplies some Allen-headed bolts for the bottom holes of the bellhousing. But you can't get an Allen wrench on the bolt once the trans is in the car, so we switched all six bellhousing bolts to 12-point fasteners from ARP. Now we can use a 3/8-inch, 12-point flexible socket or the box end of a 3/8-inch wrench on the bolt in the car. You can also see the adjustable Lakewood dowel pin that's been turned so many times it's pretty chewed up, but that doesn't matter once it's locked in place.
From all the markings on our diagram you can tell it took several tries to get this bellhousing right. It needed the 0.021-inch offset dowels and indicated within 0.001-inch when finished. Anything over 0.005 inch is bad news.
Perfecting the bellhousing alignment cannot be done on an ordinary engine stand. We used these Moto Feet.
Lakewood offers offset dowels in three sizes, .007, 0.014, and 0.021 inch. These can cure misalignments up to 0.052 inch; anything more and you'll need to have custom dowels made.
In case you're wondering how we got the indicator to fit inside the bellhousing bore; here's our secret. We removed the second arm from the magnetic mount and clamped the indicator in its place.