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Just in time for the busy Memorial Day weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation and its contractor have opened the Route 54 bridge over the Osage River in Miller County.
One westbound lane on the bridge has been closed since work to replace the bridge deck and paint the structure began in March. APAC-Missouri, Inc. of Columbia, Mo., was the contractor on the $835,000 project.
"Travelers to the Lake of the Ozarks area will now experience a smoother, safer ride when they cross the Osage River on Highway 54," said MoDOT's Central District Engineer David Silvester. "We worked hard to make sure this project was finished before the busy holiday weekend, and we want to thank motorists for their patience during the work."
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World Bank issues first sustainable water bond
5 Sep 18 - The World Bank has launched a Sustainable Development Bond series to raise awareness of the importance of ocean resources.
DRYING OUT: Water shortage key challenge of the century
18 May 18 - Scientists voice new concerns about water shortages as data reveals swathes of the globe are drying out.
Five billion could be short of water by 2050, says UN
21 Mar 18 - More than five billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies, according to a UN report.
What Day Zero means to Cape Town
26 Feb 18 - Day Zero in Cape Town is when most of the citys water taps will be switched off.
Cities most likely to run out of drinking water (like Cape Town)
12 Feb 18 - Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water.
Drought city's telltale map puts pressure on water users
24 Jan 18 - The latest weapon in Cape Towns water saving arsenal is a map that exposes private meter readings to public scrutiny.
Changing climate threatens our water systems
27 Oct 17 - Much of New Zealands $20 billion worth of stormwater and wastewater systems will not cope with the impacts of climate change, an expert is warning.
On a parched planet, nations look to the clouds
26 Sep 17 - To cope with worsening heat and drought, countries from the United States to China are turning to cloud seeding to boost rainfall.
WAR AND WARMING: A great waterway comes under threat
8 Sep 17 - Hydrologists and climate scientists have just calculated the future of one of the worlds most celebrated waterways, the River Jordan. Their conclusion is that the outlook is poor − and getting...
WATER WARNING: The world is drinking microplastic fibres
7 Sep 17 - Microplastic contamination has been found in tap water in countries around the world, leading to calls from scientists for urgent research on the implications for health.
How to turn $1 into $3: Plant the waterways
11 Aug 17 - Every dollar spent on planting New Zealands waterways would pay returns of at least $3.
Amazon dams plan is set to cost the Earth
4 Jul 17 - Its one thing to harness a river. Its quite another to build a series of Amazon dams and control the life of the planets richest habitat.
Climate change will alter flow of the Nile
3 May 17 - The 400 million people who depend on the predictability of the River Nile face an uncertain future as global warming delivers more extreme weather.
Government agrees dairying can't keep growing
28 Apr 17 - The Government is publicly acknowledging that the dairy industry is running into environmental limits.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Our water quality is getting worse
27 Apr 17 - Water quality in New Zealands rivers is getting worse, says an official government report out today and theres yet another warning that the country is running up against its environmental limits.
Antarctica is swimming with rivers, lakes and ponds
26 Apr 17 - The network of rivers, streams, ponds and lakes across Antarctica has been mapped for the first time, and the extent of water flow is phenomenal.
Clean water should be affordable to everyone
21 Apr 17 - Ask someone in Flint, Michigan, or São Paolo, Brazil the list of cities rocked by water disasters seems to grow each day how much safe, clean water is worth.
GLUCKMAN REPORT: It's clear our rivers need help
12 Apr 17 - New Zealands waterways are in trouble and climate change is making it worse, the Prime Ministers chief science adviser is warning.
Vital groundwater being depleted faster than ever
5 Apr 17 - China, the worlds most populous country, doubled within just 10 years its use of irreplaceable groundwater from underground reservoirs that are replenished more slowly than they are drained.
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Minturn - The historic town of Minturn is located just west of Vail up the Eagle River Valley. Founded during the silver rush in the late 1800's, the town has both historic and more recent Western architecture, and is home to boutiques, restaurants, and the well-known winter and summer Minturn Markets. Minturn is a mix of long-time locals and newer Valley residents in properties ranging from quaint single family homes to condos and town homes.
Red Cliff - The one-time county seat and former mining camp, Red Cliff lies tucked into the mountains up the Eagle River Valley south of Minturn. The small town has a cluster of older homes and more temporary dwellings offering back country access for skiing and snowmobiling as well as hiking in the summer.
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Hendersonville's girls edge Thomas Jefferson 1-0 in Wednesday's 1-A soccer quarterfinals.
It was a big enough deal earlier this week for the Hendersonville Lady Bearcats' soccer team to make it to the third round of the 1-A state playoffs, but in defeating Thomas Jefferson Wednesday at Dietz Field, 1-0, they made program history.
"This is the first time in the history of the school that Hendersonville girls' soccer has been to the Regional finals," said HHS coach Freddy Oviedo. "We wanted this game so bad especially after losing to Thomas Jefferson in the playoffs last year."
Faced with adversity through the final 55 minutes of the match after two HHS yellow cards and then one red card had been handed out, the No. 1-seeded Lady Bearcats used it to motivate themselves rather than fall victim to a defeated attitude.
"We played a man down for most of the game, but I saw the girls step up to the challenge," Oviedo said. "We outshot (Thomas Jefferson) like crazy even with just 10 players on the field."
Thomas Jefferson was afforded a penalty kick in the 24th minute on a controversial personal foul called by the referee in the Hendersonville box. Leah Lineberry, however, overshot it to the roaring cheers of the HHS crowd.
The Lady Gryphons executed their game plan of packing players in the backfield to hold off Hendersonville's attack by outnumbering the Lady Bearcats. It worked for the first half, other than a few good shots caught by TJ goalie Caroline Longerbeam.
Just four minutes into the second half, though, Shannon Reeves was in the right place at the right time. On a deflected save by Longerbeam, who had come out of the goalie box, Reeves quickly put her foot to the ball and lifted it to the top left corner of the goal from right field for what would be the only score of the night.
Madison Gold had 12 saves to record yet another shutout, and the Lady Bearcats as a team took 10 on-frame shots.
Hendersonville (19-3-2) will host Lake Norman Charter (16-3-3), the top seed out of the Southern Piedmont, on Saturday in the Regional championship, and only one team will advance to the state title match the following weekend.
"Getting here means that these ladies are talented, confident, have good leadership and focused," Oviedo said. "Everything is going right for us. This is our time."


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As if the recent revelations about Benghazi, Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative organizations, the Justice Department's secret subpoenas of Associated Press phone records, and the secret search warrant it used to obtain the private emails of Fox News reporter James Rosen were not enough, there's more.
Now The Washington Post and the British paper The Guardian have disclosed that the Obama administration obtained a secret court order requiring Verizon to divulge information to federal counterterrorism agencies about all of the telephone calls on its network.
The Post and the Guardian have also reported that the super-secret National Security Agency has collected information from at least nine United States Internet servers, including Google, Facebook and Apple.
Any one of these revelations would be sufficient to cause the Obama administration to resort to damage control mode. But the coincidence of all of this happening at the same time amounts to something that no administration ever wishes to confront — losing the confidence of the American public. Once lost, it can't be restored. Once lost, it's curtains for the administration.
Don't be fooled by the apparent business as usual behavior at the White House and in the puzzle palaces that line the Potomac. To use lingo from the Pentagon, they've gone to DEFCON 1.
As Philip Ewing recently reported on Politico.com, the NSA urged the government to "rethink" the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution in a classified memo written in 2001 and later declassified and released by George Washington University. The memo urges the United States to re-evaluate its approach to signals intelligence (SIGINT) and the protections the Fourth Amendment provides against unreasonable searches and seizures.
The Fourth Amendment, a part of the Bill of Rights, guards against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires that any warrant be judicially sanctioned and supported by reasonable cause.
The NSA memo goes on to state that "senior leadership must understand that today's and tomorrow's mission will demand a powerful, permanent presence on a global telecommunications network that will host the 'protected' communications of Americans as well as the targeted communications of adversaries." There can be little doubt that the recent revelations concerning the NSA's phone-tracking operation and its Internet monitoring program rely upon the "rethinking" that the NSA called for in 2001.
Now it's vital to understand that the dual necessities of protecting our liberty and being adequately prepared to defeat international terrorism are complicated and not black and white. The problem is that these issues are being decided in secret by the government.
That all of this constitutes a clear and present danger to the American public and to the Obama administration is manifested in two editorials published in The New York Times and Washington Post on June 6. We all know the political sympathies and editorial bent of The Times and The Post — Democratic, liberal and pro-Barack Obama. Thus, what they say here is of great significance as well as damaging to the Obama administration.
Under the Patriot Act, the government is authorized to seek secret court orders to obtain "business records" from phone companies connected to a terrorism investigation. But it appears that now the NSA has expanded that definition to include all customers of a phone company like Verizon. The Post opines, "If the program is so extensive and there are two layers of court review, why couldn't the American people know about this process before now?"
The Post also challenged the effectiveness of the program. It said, "In the days after the Boston bombings, many asked why the government didn't connect the dots on the Tsarnaev brothers. Now many are asking why the government wants so much information about so many Americans."
The Times editorial was far harsher. It opened by stating that "the Obama administration issued the same platitude it has offered every time President Obama has been caught overreaching ... . Those reassurances have never been persuasive." Furthermore, it states, "Mr. Obama is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it."
The Times argues that the administration believes that, without suspicion of wrongdoing, the government is allowed to know who we call, from what phone and for how long. The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., defended the administration, but the Times called her defense "absurd."
It also takes the president to task for doing the same thing that in 2007 he criticized the Bush administration for: "putting forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we provide."
The Times stated, "The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue." And it quotes Jim Sensenbrenner, the Republican congressman from Wisconsin who introduced the Patriot Act in 2001, who now says, "Seizing phone records of millions of innocent people is excessive and un-American."
President Obama and his administration are on thin ice. They would do well to remember what happened after Walter Cronkite's broadcast on Feb. 27, 1968, on the Tet Offensive in Vietnam. President Lyndon Johnson saw it and said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost Middle America."
A month later, Johnson stunned the nation by saying he would not seek re-election. A few months later, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was ripped apart by violence over the war. And that November, Richard Nixon was elected president only to ultimately be destroyed by his arrogant contempt of the rule of law.
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Dr. Scott Hagen, O.D., an optometrist for ACMC in Redwood Falls, took his education to the next level when he passed the rigorous examination required to become a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
In any medical field those who practice need to keep up to date on changes in order to maintain their licensing.
For the most part that means continuing education programs on a regular basis.
Those continuing education programs are on top of the already mandated college degree from an accredited educational institution, required passing of board examinations and demonstration of the skills and know how to be deemed license worthy.
For Dr. Scott Hagen, O.D., who has been in his line of the medical field since 1985, that constant education is something he enjoys.
After all, helping people improve their vision is his passion.
Hagen, who is an optometrist for ACMC in Redwood Falls, recently took his own education to the next level when he completed the certification and passed the rigorous examination required to become a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
Board certification is a process that allows doctors of optometry to demonstrate they exceed entry level requirements and are maintaining the appropriate knowledge, skills and experience needed to deliver quality eye care.
The certification was created in 2009, and Hagen has become one of the first to receive the certification, as about 5 percent of those who are practicing optometrists in Minnesota have met the requirements for the board certification.
The process of becoming certified took Hagen about one year, and he said the certification is good for 10 years.
Hagen said he did not go through the process just to hang another piece of paper on the wall, but said he believes this is one more way in which he can best serve his patients.
"For me it is about the best interest of the patient," said Hagen. "I believe it is my obligation to be as knowledgeable as I can be, to provide the best, most up-to-date care that I can."
Hagen said he has seen a lot of changes over the years he has been an optometrist, adding while there have been many changes the bottom line for him is the one thing that has never changed – finding ways to help his patients maintain healthy eyes.
Technology, he said, has certainly helped to provide more data in a quicker form, and Hagen said he really appreciates the investment ACMC has made in ensuring he has the latest equipment at his fingertips to help with patient care.
He also said the staff he is able to work with through ACMC really makes his job a lot easier.
The amount of information that can be gathered and analyzed compared to what was available when he started is unbelievable, he said.
Hagen said he opted for optometry, because it is a field that has always interested him.
As the son of an eye doctor, Hagen said he often found himself reading the magazines his dad would have at home on the science of vision.
"Through my dad I was able to gain great exposure to optometry," said Hagen.
Vision science, said Hagen, is a combination of many things from optics and physiology to psychology to neurology.
Ensuring everything works together as well as it can is what being an optometrist is all about.
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Hope you EMag wizards can help. I have a Automag classic body/rail with an old Emag valve. I just aired it up and it shot fine. Removed air and could not remove the valve because the On/Off pin was sticking out and the trigger had pressure. Pulling the trigger and pushing the bolt back did not relieve any pressure. I tool off the rail and used a screwdriver to push the pin in and slide the valve back and of course the On/Off assembly popped off. I found the on/off assembly and pin but no orings that go on top of the assembly. Please help me with these two questions:
1) Why does the pressure remain in the valve after air is removed?
2) What belongs on top of the on/off assembly? I tried a little white Oring (from a classic valve repar kit) that fit around the top of the pin and in the circle groove in the valve but the pin did not slide enough and was not shooting properly. I have heard some mention a quad oring. I could not find a diagram of the Emag valve... just the RT and it just looks like the little white O ring.
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Introduction: Rationale for a New Version of IP
IP version 6 is a new IP protocol designed to replace IP version 4, the Internet protocol that is predominantly deployed and extensively used throughout the world. IPv4 has proven to be robust, easily implemented, and interoperable, and has stood the test of scaling an internetwork to a global utility the size of the Internet today. However, the initial design did not anticipate the following conditions:
- Exponential growth of the Internet and the impending exhaustion of the IPv4 address space
- Ability of Internet backbone routers to maintain large routing tables
- Need for simpler autoconfiguration and renumbering
- Requirement for security at the IP level
- Need for better support for real-time delivery of data
Evolution of Internet Protocol Version 6
The original proposal for IPv6 proposed is in RFC 1752, The Recommendation for the IP Next Generation Protocol was the Simple Internet Protocol Plus (SIPP) with a larger (128 bit) address space. Following that proposal, the IETF started a working group and the first specification came in late 1995 with RFC 1883, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification. RFC 2460, Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification obsoletes RFC 1883 and is the present standard for IPv6.
IPv6 quadruples the number of network address bits from 32 bits (in IPv4) to 128 bits, which provides more than enough globally unique IP addresses for every network device on the planet. The use of globally unique IPv6 addresses simplifies the mechanisms used for reachability and end-to-end security for network devices, functionality that is crucial to the applications and services that are driving the demand for the addresses.
Features and Benefits of Using IPv6
In addition to meeting the anticipated future demand for globally unique IP addresses, IPv6 provides the following benefits:
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BROCKTON – Mayor Bill Carpenter is seeking to reduce late-night crime by revoking the overnight permits of two Brockton businesses.
"Recurring" shootings and drug activity at the 7-Eleven on Belmont Street and Yasso Stop N' Gas on Warren Avenue prompted the Police Department to recommend closing the businesses between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Last weekend, investigators found 11 shell casings outside the 7-Eleven after a gunfire.
At the end of March, police arrested one of the city's "50 worst criminals," outside the Stop N' Gas with 16 baggies of heroin, 19 baggies of cocaine and a knife. A week later, a man was stabbed outside the gas station and died a few blocks away.
"It's like moths to a candle," Police Chief Robert Hayden said. "This city will be safer if there's no place to congregate at that time. We'll see a lot less potential for problems."
Carpenter has the authority to seek the revocations through an ordinance that gives the mayor control over special permits granting businesses the ability to operate during those hours.
However, the ordinance also requires the mayor to call a public hearing and appoint a hearing officer to make the final decision.
The hearings are both scheduled for Aug. 28 at City Hall. Carpenter said he will most likely select an outside attorney to serve as the hearing officer.
"The chief and I are constantly looking at what proactive steps we can take to make the city safer," Carpenter said. "In this case, the police have identified two all-night locations that have long histories of recurring problems around violence and drug distribution."
This is the first time the mayor has sought to revoke such special permits.
Earlier this year, he mandated that all businesses with the permits install or maintain extensive video surveillance systems, similar to those now mandated for bars and restaurants open after midnight.
There are about two dozen businesses utilizing the special permits, including gas stations, convenience stores and pharmacies. Businesses that serve food or sell alcohol fall under the purview of the License Commission.
Ike Asoguh, owner of Yasso Stop N' Gas, was not available for comment this week, his wife Joyce Asoguh said. She said she did not know about the public hearing.
7-Eleven franchisee Samuel Matuawana said losing four hours of operation every night would cost him $100,000 to $200,000 per year and three employees.
He said that he has private security on at night instead of a police detail, as required under his permit, because the police have recently not been available to staff his location.
"They said they couldn't find anyone," Matuawana said. "I had to hire security."
Carpenter said Matuawana has not requested a police detail in the last six months.
It is not fair to single out his store, Matuawana said, because he has little control over the small percentage of people who cause trouble outside. He has told his staff to call police when necessary.
"Even if you call 10 times, you've got to call," Matuawana said he tells his employees. "We can't fight these people."
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TECUMSEH — Sidewalk maintenance in Tecumseh was a topic of discussion during the city council's study session Monday. City Manager Kevin Welch is suggesting what he called a more efficient process to address sidewalk conditions.
"What I'm proposing doesn't require an ordinance change," Welch said.
He suggested using special assessment districts for new development while, for repairs, using an existing city ordinance.
"That is less time-consuming and can be done faster," he said.
Welch said this is a change in procedure but, since the ordinance is already in place, would allow the city and residents to address sidewalk issues in a timely manner. Currently, a developer is responsible for installing sidewalks in a new residential development and the homeowner is responsible for maintenance.
Welch said the city is facing two issues related to the sidewalk program. First is installation of new sidewalks where none exist; and two, replacement of existing sidewalks due to defects that come up from time to time.
Councilman Gary Naugle pointed out that the cost for a property owner to contract with someone to fix a sidewalk could be almost cost-prohibitive. Welch said that is addressed currently by the city council's approval of bids from a contractor covering all sidewalks in the city and then billing the property owner when work is needed. That is where the special assessment district comes into use, he said.
"A homeowner could do it themselves, but it has to meet city standards and would probably be more expensive," Welch said.
The city has maintained a policy of paying for 25 percent of the cost of most sidewalks, 50 percent on corner lots and 100 percent on handicap ramps. Welch said this method does not discriminate between new sidewalks and existing ones in need of repair.
A new policy would continue to require installation of sidewalks as part of site plan approval for new residential developments. Sidewalks missing in previously developed areas can be resolved through a special assessment district, as is the current practice.
The change would place repairs to existing sidewalks under the current city ordinance, Section 70-31, which allows the city to inspect sidewalks and then requires homeowners to repair the area within 60 days. If the council approves that change, issues still need to be resolved include a decision on whether the city continues to pay for a portion of the repairs; whether a homeowner should be allowed to remove trees causing an elevated sidewalk and whether grinding should be allowed to eliminate a sidewalk elevation.
No action was taken by the city council Monday. Welch said he plans to have a proposal ready for the council's consideration after Jan. 1.
Tecumseh sidewalk maintenance changes possible
TECUMSEH — Sidewalk maintenance in Tecumseh was a topic of discussion during the city council's study session Monday. City Manager Kevin Welch is suggesting what he called a more efficient process to address sidewalk conditions.


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Brussels, 14 December 2012
High Level Group on Wine formulates its conclusions
The High Level Group on wine planting rights, established last April at the request of European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Cioloş, has finished its work today. This group of experts, comprising representatives from the 27 Member States, from the sector, as well as observers from the Council, from the European Parliament and from Croatia, has drafted a report accompanied by conclusions.
These conclusions will be presented to the Council and the European Parliament. They will feed into the on-going debate on this point within the framework of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.
The principal conclusions are the following:
This evening, Commissioner Cioloş welcomed the reflections by the High Level Group and thanked the experts from the Member States and from the sector for their commitment.
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I always liked this one..
GeekHawk wrote:Jim Stafford - Wildwood Weed
mikehawks wrote:Nothing says Quirky like the Jabberjaw song done by Pain that was played on cartoon network!
By the way, I like the Primus version of the devil goes down to Georgia..... Primus is the strangest band ever..... What kind of medical marijuana does Les Claypool smoke?
mikehawks wrote:The Boyz in the Hood by Dynamite Hack..
peachesenregalia wrote:mikehawks wrote:The Boyz in the Hood by Dynamite Hack..
I'm not entirely sure you understand the premise here....
Hawker wrote:Old Crow Medicine Show, "Wagon Wheel." Love Hootie/Darius' version but the original is one helluva quirky, feel-good song.


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The Newton High School girls' basketball team had the second-ranked (KBCA, Class 6A) Maize Eagles on the ropes all night, outscoring the Eagles 35-29 from the field. Fouls and turnovers allowed Maize back in the game, leading to a 41-38 Eagle win in overtime Tuesday in Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division I play at Ravenscorft Gym. Maize improves to 12-1, 6-0 in AV-CTL I play. Newton falls to 10-3, 5-1 in AV-CTL I play. "We only shot four free throws in the first half, and two of those were from a technical," Newton coach Randy Jordan said. "We struggled with turnovers. In the third quarter, we could not get ourselves calmed down. When we were calm and ran our stuff, we had great looks. Too many times, we had players in panic mode." Maize was led by Paige Lungwitz with 17 points, all but two in the second half and overtime. Daley Handy added 11 points. "With a player like (Lungwitz), she's going to be there in overtime," Jordan said. "What I'm aggravated about is we knew that, and we didn't help Emily (Hiebert), when Paige was going to the hold. We just stood. We're not real mature yet. We got caught in the moment. That was not Emily's fault. We knew all along that it would take the whole team to guard her. For most of the game, we did that. But there were times we fell asleep and didn't rotate over." Newton was led by sophomore Taylor Stahly with 17 points, hitting five of nine 3-point attempts. Abbie Lehman added 13 points. Newton jumped out to a 7-2 lead in the first quarter. Both teams struggled with turnovers in the first period. Newton opened the second quarter with a Taylor Stahly trey. Maize came back with a 6-0 run. A Stahly trey with 20 seconds remaining in the half put the Railers up 17-10 at intermission. Newton was six of 15 shooting in the first half. Maize was five of 14. Newton had 13 turnovers to nine for the Eagles. Newton opened the second half with an Emily Hiebert layup off a steal. Maize came back with a 6-0 run, aided by four Railer turnovers. A Lungwitz trey with 20 seconds left in the quarter cut the Railer lead to two, 21-19. Dailey Handy tied the game with a jumper set up by a Railer turnover to open the fourth quarter. Lungwitz followed with one of two free throws. Keiryn Swensen then hit two free throws. Stahly broke the run and tied the game on a trey. Lehman followed with a layup. With Newton up by three and 3:43 remaiing, Newton was called for a shooting foul and a technical foul on the bench. Lungwitz hit three of the four free throws to tie the game. Newton made a defensive stop but a turnover in the backcourt allowed Maize to tie the game. Newton regained the lead on a Lehman layup on a feed from Kelsi Langley with 1:14 remaining. Lungwitz tied the game with a layup 12 seconds later. Newton turned the ball over on a charging call. Maize turned it over on a travel with 14.6 seconds in regulation. A Newton shot at the buzzer fell short. Maize opened the first overtime with a three-point play by Lungwitz, answered by a Stahly trey. Lungwitz hit a layup with a minute remaining in the overtime. Lehman was fouled with 26.1 seconds remaining, missing both free throws. After one of two Swenson free throws, Stahly hit a running jumper to get the Newton within one. Lungwitz hit two free throws with 6.0 seconds remaining. A Carlgren half-court shot rolled on the rim and went out. "I'm not surprised we took them into overtime," Jordan said. "I'm surprised we didn't win. We're every bit as good as they are. We battled. It was two very highly ranked teams. Both had the will to win." Newton plays at 6 p.m. Friday at Salina Central. The Mustangs are 9-4. Newton beat Central 45-42 Jan. 7 in Newton. The Mustangs topped 10th-ranked Andover 48-31 Tuesday. "Central is a very good team," Jordan said. "We're going to have to play much better than we did tonight. The kids know that and they are going to rebound from this."
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The Milford School District has announced that schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
The Milford School District has announced that schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
Milford Superintendent Phyllis Kohel made the announcement Sunday.
"We were hoping to only have to be closed Monday and I didn't want to make an announcement about Tuesday if we didn't need to stay closed," she said. "Unfortunately, even if the storm veers in a differenct direction, the coastal flooding will be such that we'll need to remain closed both days."
While classes have been cancelled for Tuesday, Kohel said staff could be asked to report for a professional development day, although a final decision has not been.
Kohel said the district is hoping to re-open Wednesday, although that could depend on whether evacuees housed at Milford Middle School are able to return to their homes.
The middle school is one of three emergency shelters for Sussex County residents forced to leave their homes as a result of the mandatory evacuation order Gov. Jack Markell issued Saturday evening.
Residents of coastal communities and areas in historically flood-prone areas have been told to stay with friends or family, while using the emergency shelters as last resort.
Kohel said few if any evacuees had made their way to Milford Middle School as of Sunday afternoon.
Anyone who plans to seek refuge at a state shelter should take adequate closthing, medications, sleeping material and food for themselves and their pets.
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SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The use of solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in California's Pelican Bay State Prison constitutes cruel and degrading treatment in violation of international law, according to Amnesty International report released on Thursday.
The human rights group found that roughly 3,000 prisoners in the super maximum security Pelican Bay facility in Northern California and the Corcoran State Prison in the state's rural heartland were being held in "extreme" isolation, with no direct human contact, access to rehabilitation programs, sunlight or fresh air.
California's state prisons have been plagued by hunger strikes, occasional violence and overcrowding and remain at more than 50 percent above capacity, despite a massive shift of low-level offenders to county jails that began last year.
The effort to shift the prison population followed a U.S. Supreme Court directive to cut the inmate population after the nation's top court ruled that overcrowding in the 33-prison system was causing "needless suffering and death."
The report comes months after a lawsuit filed by rights groups against California and its prison system over long-term solitary confinement at Pelican Bay, saying it violated the rights of more than 500 prisoners who have been held in isolation at the prison between 10 and 28 years.
"After being in solitary confinement for almost seven years, that rush of loneliness still vibrates through me," one former inmate interviewed by Amnesty International, Freddie Garay, said of his seven years in Pelican Bay's Security Housing Unit, the isolation chambers for the "worst of the worst." Read More


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Taking the First Step...
In 1991, the Malaysian Parliament passed a bill to separate the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) into two entities with different spheres of responsibilities. DCA remains as the regulatory body for the airports and aviation industry in Malaysia whilst the newly created entity, Malaysia Airports, was established in 1992 to focus on the operations, management and maintenance of airports.
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad was thereafter incorporated as a public listed company in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in 1999, which became the first airport operator in Asia and the sixth worldwide to be listed in a stock exchange. Malaysia Airports is the only airport company with such a diverse airport portfolio, putting it in a league of its own. Airports under our stable of operations range from 5 international gateways, 16 domestic airports, to 18 short take-off and landing ports (STOLports) that serves the rural and remote areas in Malaysia.
Our Business
A Holistic Global Airport Company
Operating and managing the country's aviation gateways is a privilege that comes with the responsibility to ensure that the capacity of the nation's airports is adequate to support and enhance state and national competitiveness. Our core activities include the management, operation, maintenance and development of airports, both in aeronautical and in non-aeronautical component.
Aeronautically, Malaysia Airports' revenue base comes from the collection of passenger service charge (PSC), aircraft landing and parking fees, and other ancillary charges to airlines. Non-aeronautical revenue base is mainly derived from non-airport operations business and commercial activities, which includes duty free and retail operations, hotel operations, free commercial zone operations, commercial space leases and management of parking facilities in our airports nationwide. No other airport company in the world matches Malaysia Airports' business model and diverse portfolio.
This uniqueness has transformed Malaysia Airports into a holistic global airport company that provides comprehensive scope of services and skills.
Gateways to the nation
As the nation's flagship international gateway, KL International Airport (KLIA) is well-positioned as a key aviation hub for Southeast Asia. It boasts the flexibility to combine short-haul and long-haul connections with facilities that integrate both full-service and low-cost airlines' operations and geographic centrality with adequate catchment areas within four to five hours of radius flight time from KLIA.
We look beyond the present and into the future by setting the pace with Next Generation Hub, a concept to transform KLIA as the ultimate hub where the world of full-service airlines and low-cost airlines are unified. While KLIA Next Generation Hub is created to promote airlines interconnectivity at KLIA, the world's first purpose-built terminal dedicated for lowcost carriers, klia2, is set to be the standard bearer for other future terminal of its kind in the world.
The unique feature of Malaysia Airports is its vastly diversified airport portfolio, in which each airport is characterised by different operating requirements. While these airports serve the same purpose of providing connectivity, their operating requirements varies from the different commercial offering and growth prospects resulting in mixed financial performance. Over the year, we have been steadfast in growing our commercial activities that is essential in delivering strong returns to shareholders whilst enabling aviation charges to remain competitive and in turn driving further airport growth.
This has allowed us to cross-subsidise the smaller community airports and STOLports by the larger and more profitable airports around the country. Thus, by providing air travel to these rural and remote areas that has no proper road access we fulfil a very important corporate social responsibility.
Airport Management Expertise
Malaysia Airports expands its expertise in airport management and investment to other airports overseas, further diversifying its airport portfolio. Today, our overseas ventures spans as far as India and Turkey. These airports are the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, and the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, in India, and the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey.
Malaysia Airports has also established global training centres that focus on providing airport operations and management, airport fire and rescues service, and aviation security courses to participants from across the Asia Pacific region as well as to all Malaysia Airports' employees. Our training facilities are also certified and recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Airport Council International (ACI) and Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia. The Malaysia Airports Training Centre (MATC) located in Penang is recognised as the ICAO Aviation Security Training Centre (ASTC) and MATC KLIA is recognised as the ACI Global Training Hub (GTH) for Asia Pacific region. Meanwhile, the Malaysia Airports' School of Airport Engineering in KLIA focuses on providing training to our employees.


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Anthony Antonelli would never stand in line to be the first to own the latest technology gadget. Still, his arsenal includes an Apple MacBook, iPhone, iPad and iPod and he's always on the lookout for cool offerings to spice up his life.
When Mr. Antonelli heard Rogers was launching a new home monitoring system that would allow him to secure his three-storey, 2,500square-feet Toronto townhouse, control the lighting and thermostat, or even watch his newborn in her crib while he was at the office - all from his computer or smartphone - he quickly signed on.
Mr. Antonelli is big on connectivity and, as such, has tailored Rogers' Smart Home Monitoring technology to his family's lifestyle. Before going to bed or when he wakes up, he reaches for his iPad to arm or disarm the security system. He has created rules to turn the thermostat up and down at certain times of the day to save energy. Rather than fumble for the light switch during his daughter's night feedings, he has programmed the motion detector to trigger the lights to turn on in the hallway and kitchen between sunrise and sunset. Cameras installed throughout the house mean he can monitor it while at work or on vacation, even disarming the alarm temporarily for the cleaning lady to enter and exit.
Now that Mr. Antonelli has this mastered, he's thinking of boosting his home audio experience. But again, connectivity is key.
"The major thing would be the ability to access any media from anywhere in the house remotely and be able to turn on audio zones," he explains. "That will be how I'll make my decision, as opposed to sound quality. I'm not an audiophile, but I want to be able to have one server, or multiple computers networked, and be able to play that anywhere in the house. That's the most important thing for me."
Mr. Antonelli is not alone. While a few years ago house and condo dwellers craved high-quality stereos, small but powerful speakers, and the largest and flattest televisions money could buy, today it's all about creating a connected home.
"Customers want to experience their content - whether it's music or video or photos - anytime, anywhere, on all the different products they buy for their house," says Rudy Irish, Geek Squad's northern commander in Burnaby, B.C.
Mr. Irish says it's not just hip Gen Y technophiles who are clamouring for connectivity. Rather, he says it runs the gamut from singletons to seniors. The thirty-and fortysomethings who purchased home theatre systems within the last two years now want to connect them to access personalized movies or content. As Mr. Irish puts it: "They're coming home and want to update their Facebook status, Tweet something while they're watching their TV show. These are the ones who are saying, 'I've invested a lot of money on my current system and I just want to upgrade it.' "
Then there are those who use a laptop for work and never thought to mix business with pleasure "so every time they want to view a photo or use Skype they have to down to their basement," Mr. Irish says. He says many now want to Skype their grandchildren from their TV or display larger vacation pictures on the big screen. Gone are questions about how loud a product is, whether it's high definition, or whether the screen quality and screen size are up to par. Instead, if a product can't connect to the cyberspace, consumers don't want it.
"The DVD player is not about just playing DVDs - it's about accessing the Internet," Mr. Irish says. "[Customers] are even asking about refrigerators and washers and dryers being able to do that, and there are products capable of it."
Richard Bowden, Canadian sales manager of Toronto's Bay Bloor Radio, says customers still want amplifiers, receivers, speakers and flat panel televisions but use them differently than years gone by. In response, he says, manufacturers like Samsung, Panasonic and Sharp are building Web browsers into their televisions.
"Everything is becoming one," Mr. Bowden says. "There's a huge merge."
Condominiums are also getting in the groove, with developers looking at running fibre cable directly to condo suites rather than weaving copper cabling up from the basement to each suite. Menkes' 311-unit Savvy project under construction at Sheppard and Yonge is one of the first buildings offering it, giving buyers a faster, more reliable and more secure connection to the Internet. It's exciting, says Mimi Ng, Menkes' vice-president of marketing, because technology is changing so rapidly that it's often tough for builders to keep up.
"We're always looking at adapting our building technology and infrastructure to be future-forward and to really complement and reflect how people are going to be using technology in their homes," she says. "It's a challenge because we're always trying to stay on top of the ball. The tough thing for a condominium is the delivery timeline, with point of sale to point of delivery often several years."
Tridel is showcasing technological possibilities in a penthouse at its 300-suite Rêve in Toronto's King West neighbourhood. Along with environmentally sensitive design and sustainable features, the Eco Suite boasts home automation
technology from Cisco and Control4. There's double network bandwidth for smooth HD video streaming, file transfers and wireless gaming; a controller to consolidate control of music, lighting, energy, audio/visuals, temperature and more for multiple rooms with one device; remote controls to manage lights, temperature, movies, music and more; and, controls to manage lighting, shades and HVAC.
"We're offering it as an option for something we can do in the future," says Jim Ritchie, Tridel's senior vice-president.
But don't think it takes a techie with big bucks to get on board. Eric Stockner, director of merchandising at Future Shop Home Theatre, says multi-zone wireless digital music systems, like that of Sonos, let even nontechies fill their dwellings with music from a single source of content. For $99, Harmony Link by Logitech lets homeowners control their home theatre gear using an app available for iOS and Android. By buying a 32-inch TV for as little as $299 and attaching thin soundbars costing $199 to $299, Mr. Stockner says condo owners can simulate the surround sound that would generally be found in a large room or a house. Mr. Irish of Geek Squad adds that homeowners with an Internet connection can turn their ordinary TV into a smart television for less than $200 by opting for products like Apple TV and Boxee Box that stream television shows and other content to a TV.
"For $500, you could have a home theatre system that's perfect for someone with a small room, all the way up to $10,000 if you want to have the whole meal deal with big screen TV, full surround sound speakers and everything that comes with it," says Mr. Stockner. "The beauty is we can make it to any size, any budget and find a complete solution for pretty much anyone."
Are you looking to boost your home technology setup but not sure where to start?
Rudy Irish, Geek Squad's northern commander, offers his top three tips:
1. Stay safe Make sure you have a secure and up-to-date network so you can get the speed you're looking for. As more information is being streamed, it's important that the network quality is strong so you get the quality you expect. And be sure it's secure so you're not open to risk.
2. Do your homework Examine what products you have and research what's available. Figure out how many of your devices are connectable and what other devices you want to connect to. Browse manufacturer's websites, read product reviews, and check out online comparison tools and consumer feedback.
3. Get help Visit retailers that specialize in home technology and ask as many questions as you can think of, all for free. Or seek a paid consultant. Best Buy offers a $99 Connected Home Service which sends a Geek Squad agent to your home to hook up to five devices to the Internet and ensure there's a secure network connection.