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For exhausted new parents, falling asleep with the baby in your arms may seem inevitable. But, according to health officials, this seemingly normal habit could be putting babies lives in danger.
New mothers should be taught about the risks of sleeping with their babies to try to cut the number of babies who die from cot death, health officials said.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) said families should learn about safe sleeping habits for babies to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (Sids).
About 250 babies die from Sids every year in England and Wales.
In new draft recommendations, Nice said that all parents should be made aware of the link between cot death and falling asleep with a baby up to the age of one.
Midwives, GPs and health visitors should also make parents aware that the risks are significantly higher if parents drink, smoke or take drugs, the guidance states.
Babies born prematurely or with a low birth weight are at an increased risk of cot death if they sleep with their parents.
"Falling asleep with a baby, whether that's in a bed or on a sofa or chair, is risky," said Nice's clinical practice director professor Mark Baker.
"It's imperative that all parents and carers know about the association between sudden infant death syndrome and falling asleep with a child under the age of one. This is especially important if parents drink alcohol, take drugs or expose their baby to tobacco smoke."
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He added: "There is no universal agreement on the causes of sudden infant death syndrome.
"We know there is a link between Sids and falling asleep with a baby in a bed or on a sofa or chair, but studies into why this happens can often give conflicting results. And other factors are likely to play a part in increasing the risk to the infant.
"We recognise that some parents may choose to share a bed with their baby because it could make breastfeeding easier, or for cultural reasons. Or they may be forced to co-sleep because they may not have the space or money for a cot.
"This is why it's so important for parents to understand what the risks are. The recommendations we are developing aim to help healthcare professionals inform parents and carers of the likely risks associated with co-sleeping, according to the best available evidence."
The Nice guidance has been put out for consultation until the end of the month.
Belinda Phipps, chief executive of the National Childbirth Trust, said: "Parents need accurate, comprehensive information about reducing the risk of SIDS. It is important that they are informed about the link of co-sleeping with SIDS when combined with smoking, drug or alcohol use or for low birth weight or premature babies.
"However we know that around half of UK mothers bed-share with their baby at some point in their first few months.
"Nice guidance needs to reflect this reality. We are concerned that these guidelines will lead to parents hiding the fact that they are bed-sharing, or doing so through desperation or exhaustion without safety strategies in place."
Jane Munro, midwifery adviser at the Royal College of Midwives, said: "The sudden death of a child is a tragic event for the parents and family and it is clear that parents need to understand any potential risks.
"We welcome updating this guidance, particularly because it highlights the importance of health professionals discussing potential risks of co-sleeping with families. Midwives and other health professionals need to have enough time to discuss these important issues with families."
Dr Simon Newell, consultant neonatologist and vice president for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, added: "Every case of unexplained infant death is an absolute tragedy for a family, and although rare, still claims the lives of around five babies each week - that's still five cases too many.
"Most of the time co-sleeping is safe but the risk increases when an adult is very tired, drunk alcohol, used drugs or when they have taken medication which might sedate.
"To address this, we need to help ensure that all families have access to safe sleeping guidance and resources. And because we know that vulnerable families are especially at risk of Sids, we need a targeted campaign to promote safe sleeping habits.
"We hope these updated recommendations from Nice will raise awareness of Sids and remind us all that more can be done to prevent deaths in future."


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Mad Moxxi vs. Gaige – Cosplay Clash
Moxxi's had the weekend to rest after her crushing defeat of the Siren, Maya. She starts the week fresh by taking on the young mechromancer, Gaige!
Katy-Angel's incredible Mad Moxxi is a cel-shaded beauty with more than just a hint of sensuality. Will this flirtatious vixen of the Borderlands remain victorious today?
Liz Brickley's Gaige is one of the most accurate cosplays of the mechromancer that we've ever seen, especially since it includes her trusty robot, Deathtrap. Can her stacks of Anarchy cause enough Discord in order to score a win against Moxxi?
It's up to you to decide who will win this Cosplay Clash between the mad matriarch and the mechromancer! Voting closes on June 11 10AM PST. The Clash will return on Monday, June 10, 2013!
Rules of Cosplay Clash:
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John Pantsil could be in line for his Leicester debut against Reading at the King Power Stadium.
The former Fulham full-back has yet to be involved this season. A work permit issue ruled him out of the Championship opener against Coventry while he missed the midweek Carling Cup tie at Rotherham as he was away on international duty with Ghana.
Fellow defender Sean St Ledger (Republic of Ireland) and midfielder Andy King (Wales) missed the Millers match for the same reason and will also bolster boss Sven-Goran Eriksson`s squad for the visit of last season`s play-off finalists.
However, Japan international Yuki Abe will not report back from international duty until Friday and it could be too late for him to be involved.
Lee Peltier, scorer of the winning goal against Midlands rivals Coventry, remains sidelined by the groin injury he sustained at the Ricoh Arena while striker Darius Vassell will serve the second game of a three-match ban for his red card against the Sky Blues.
Reading's Mathieu Manset could fill the void left by Shane Long's departure.
Republic of Ireland international Long joined Premier League side West Brom for an undisclosed fee earlier this week after firing 23 goals in 47 starts last season.
Manset looks primed to start against the Foxes after coming off the bench to score two late goals to salvage a point in the Royals' league opener against Millwall.
Reading will be without injured trio Shaun Cummings, Marcus Williams and Simon Church.
Jay Tabb was due to serve the second game of his suspension against Charlton in the Carling Cup but will miss the trip to the King Power Stadium due to that tie's postponement.
Ian Harte and Andy Griffin have minor knocks but both are hopeful of starting.
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Kevin Harvick Dominates in Phoenix
AVONDALE, Ariz. -- In a race that began with an air of inevitability as thick as the storm clouds that pelted Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday night, Kevin Harvick survived a succession of late restarts to win Sunday's The Profit on CNBC 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
In his first season with Stewart-Haas Racing and crew chief Rodney Childers, Harvick entered the race as an overwhelming favorite and delivered, despite the best efforts of Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr., who chased Harvick's No. 4 Chevrolet to the checkered flag.
The victory was a record fifth for Harvick at Phoenix; he also won the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the one-mile track in November. The 38-year-old driver from Bakersfield, Calif., won for the 24th time in 468 career starts.
"Man, this just solidifies so many things and so many decisions," said Harvick, who left Richard Childress Racing after 13 seasons to make the move to Stewart-Haas. "It's been so much work with all the time and effort that these guys (the crew) have put in -- but what a race car."
In Harvick's view, the victory vindicated his decision to change teams.
"Rodney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together," Harvick said. "These guys all want to win. That's why they came here. That's why I came here, too.
"I've just got to thank (owners) Gene (Haas) and Tony (Stewart), and (Stewart's business manager) Eddie Jarvis. In 2012 I told (Jarvis) it would be fun to have Tony and I on the same team, and here we are in Victory Lane."
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson finished fifth and sixth, with Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray completing the top 10.
Even though Earnhardt had his best speed of the day on his last set of tires, Harvick was able to keep him at bay through four cautions and subsequent restarts in the last 65 laps of the race.
Earnhardt worked his way clear of the Penske cars after the final restart on Lap 304 but ran out of time in his pursuit of the race winner, who arrived at the finish line .489 seconds ahead of the No. 88 Chevrolet.
"We got running side-by-side there for second and just let Kevin get out there a little too far," Earnhardt said of the final restart. "I thought we were running him down those last few laps, but we were just too far away.
"It was a great job by Kevin and his whole team. They did a great job all weekend. They were fast. We worked on our car. We got a little help from our teammates, and it was a lot of hard work to get better and better. I ended up where I thought we should have finished.
"We were a little faster at the end, but they were stellar -- impressive as heck all weekend. I hope everybody enjoyed the race. We were really working our butts off there and giving it everything we had."


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I now have a new full time job with Maryland's Mass Transit Administration. Basically, my routine is now:
- Wake up at 5:30am
- Check comics until 6:15am, because stomach isn't up yet.
- Get dressed, and head to Light Rail station by 6:45 am.
- Arrive around 7am, wait for LR vehicle to move at 7:15am.
- Get into Baltimore around 7:45 am.
- Wonder where I should get breakfast at for 45 minutes, usually going to a by-the-pound place on Baltimore street.
- Arrive at work by 8:30am.
- Leave at 5pm.
- Arrive at LR station at 5:10 pm, and wait for the right train to come around 5:25 pm.
- Arrive at destination by 5:55 pm.
- Arrive at home around 6:10 pm.
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What's crimson, blonde, made from 820 feet of hair and perfect for making an entrance? This hair-raising gown, valued at $100,000. Created by Themla Madine, Ryan Edwards, and his team of eight designers from Nico's (as seen on the UK's Big Fat Gipsy Wedding), the tress dress took twelve days to assemble and features over 1500 crystals. Rapunzeltastic!
The dress was showcased at the Alternative Miss Liverpool pageant over the weekend and took home first prize.
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One summer, conditions were nearly ideal for hay making. We had clear skies and plenty of sunshine for more than two days in a row. One of my neighbors had asked if I would be able to bale some of my hay and sell it to him to feed his cows. He had requested that the hay be made in small square bales since they are easier to feed to his cows inside the barn. As we all know, small square bales are a labor-intensive crop to put up. I prefer to make round bales because the whole process can be done from the cushy seat of a tractor. It's NOT that I'm lazy.
When financial and physical considerations were taken into account, the neighbor (we will refer to him as Steady Eddie) agreed to take the small square bales off my hands while they were still on the wagons, thereby allowing me to do the whole job from the tractor seat and never have to come into physical contact with any small square bales. We commenced square baling immediately.
Conditions and yields were good, so we were able to fill all of Steady Eddie's wagons before the supply of hay was exhausted. To finish up, I brought the round baler out to the field and began round baling as Guy No. 1 was filling the last load of square bales. We were traveling across the field with me in the lead and Guy No. 1 following. I finished making my first round bale and backed up to unload it from the baler.
Keep in mind that the key feature of round bales is that THEY ARE ROUND. Also keep in mind that this is Winneshiek County and there is very little flat ground here. As I looked in my rearview mirror, I saw that my bale had not come to a full and complete stop. No, it had taken on a life of its own and begun to roll down the hill at an increasing rate of speed — directly toward Guy No. 1 and the small square baler.
Being mechanically inclined and an effective equipment operator, Guy No. 1 keeps his eyes on his work at all times and is not easily distracted. When square baling, this means looking BACK at the baler. Fortunately, Guy No. 1 glanced forward just in time to slam on the brakes as a 2,000-lb. rolling bale of thunder shot past, just inches in front of him. Since I had remained parked to watch the physics fest and hadn't continued with my round baling, he caught up to me in the field. Let's just say that he didn't look impressed.
It would have made nice headlines in the local paper: "Local farmer (Guy No. 1) and new tractor CRUSHED by wandering hay bale. Younger brother (Guy No. 2) implicated."
Now, once you have these round bales made, you must transport them back to the building site where they will be stored. According to one urban friend, I farm all of northern Iowa and the operation is a little spread out. So I pull a flatbed trailer behind my truck to move large numbers of round bales of hay long distances.
Rule Number 1 of hauling bales is: Make Sure the Load Is Secure. This means strapping down the load before hitting the road. This was no problem. The problem was that I wasn't really going THAT FAR with my load, so why not stack a second row of bales on top of the first row and make efficient use of time and space? It would be like hauling a pyramid of cans with two rows of cans on the bottom and one row on top. Piece of cake. But if you were to put TWO rows of bales on top, you could make even better time, right?
Yeah, well, this works fine until you come to an intersection and have to make a left turn. The laws of physics and centrifugal force take over at that point and send some of that hay way on top of the load in a different direction than the rest of the load. Again, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw another bale careening out of control. The laws of inertia took over and the bale came to rest in a road ditch, right next to a mailbox. I suppose that, had I crushed the mailbox, this would have been a federal offense.
I returned home with the remainder of my load, quickly gathered the proper equipment and staff, and retrieved the escapee "before any of the neighbors saw it."
When it comes time to market this hay, I sell a lot of it at an auction in Fort Atkinson. Since the hay will be sold at an auction, it has to be weighed on a certified scale beforehand. There are no certified scales out in the middle of the country. No, they are all in the middle of small towns.
Let's review Rule Number 1 of hauling bales: Make Sure the Load Is Secured. Now, let's review Rule Number 1A: If you think it's secured, batten it down a little more. You can never be too careful.
As I rounded the corner at an intersection on the main highway in Cresco, I again looked in my mirror and saw...you guessed it...a round bale rolling where it shouldn't. I pulled over to the side of the road to investigate. The very next car coming in my direction (which would have taken the bale through the windshield had it been there sooner) was a nice shiny, white Sedan DeVille with Illinois plates on it. In the words of ZZ Top, the driver had "a New York brim and a gold tooth displayed." I think the very, very large man driving the car would have answered to the name of Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown had we stopped to visit. He didn't stop to chat. He did wave. He was NOT using all five fingers, though.
I went into the pharmacy next door and called home to once again gather the proper equipment and staff "before the whole town saw it." Before my staff arrived, the city street department showed up with their front-end loader and pushed my cargo away from the middle of the intersection where it was kind of, sort of, in a way, blocking traffic.
The moral of this story is that you should always respect the laws of physics. They were not meant to be broken.
Oh, yeah...one other lesson. If you see me and a round bale of hay in the same vicinity — run! Run far. Run fast. It's for your own good. As we all know, the driver makes the difference!
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I was watching some Youtube video for some app when I saw this funny android-appstore logo and decided to find the Android Brand Guidelines. Surprisingly – they are pretty short. You can click to zoom in the print-screen from the site. The shot is taken today – 26.04.2012. Who knows – may be the android guidelines will evolve someday, but for now they are pretty short.
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Everyone is packing a little AirPlay into their product these days. However, Unmonday is making the Unmonday 4.3L speaker a standout by making it a nifty hexagon shape.
OK, that's not the only difference here. The Finnish speaker company says that the AirPlay speaker is unique because it's actually the first portable Dolby Surround speaker, but it can function in Mono, Stereo or Dolby Surround sound.
Also interesting is that the speaker has an Alpair 10 full-range driver and a motion sensor to determine the speaker's position. The latter allows the speaker to be assigned one of five Dolby Surround channels, so users can create a larger room or whole-house setup, just by tilting the speaker.
Oh, and that aforementioned shape is a patented hexagonal porcelain enclosure. Designed with the discerning audiophile in mind, the Unmonday 4.3L has no wiring or plastic parts.
"Listening to music, wherever you are, should not involve a mess of wires or a tiresome, and often mysterious, hardware pairing process," says Jarkko Jamsen, co-founder and CEO of Unmonday. "We came up with the idea of an embedded interface for changing the audio channels because we wanted to create a simplistic design that eliminated typical software or hardware button channel assignment. The result was the invention of a completely new channel assignment technology that can be changed by simply rolling the unit to one of its sides."
Unmonday is taking pre-orders for the Unmonday 4.3L on Kickstarter from now through November 8, 2012. You can score one speaker for $499, but the company doesn't expect to ship anything until May 2013. Until then, you can get a peek at the Unmonday 4.3L in the video below.


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The Nokia JBL PowerUp Wireless Speaker, an accessory that's marketed by the company for its Lumia range of Windows Phones (see our unboxing first impressions), has made an appearance in a Verizon commercial. The advertisement is for the HTC Droid DNA Android smartphone, which sports wireless charging, NFC and Bluetooth for similar functionality to Windows Phone when used with the wireless speaker.
We're all for Nokia branded hardware being used in competitor advertisements as it definitely gets word out. For anyone looking at the speaker as an upcoming purchase, one will be hit with the fact it's an accessory for Windows Phones. The JBL PowerUp Wireless Speaker can interact with hardware that sports NFC, Bluetooth and Qi wireless charging - making it a definite investment for music lovers who enjoy banging out tunes around the house.
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Carlos Beltran prefers a trade to a National League team because he's not cool on the idea of being a designated hitter, but reportedly he's willing to accept a deal to the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox. Philadelphia, Atlanta and San Francisco are also in the mix.
The favorite to land Beltran depends on who you listen to and when. Since the Mets are talking with the Phillies and Braves, there are apparently no reservations in dealing within the NL East. Their thinking is since they won't win this season, it doesn't matter if the Phillies or Braves win if the Mets can gain a cornerstone player for several years in exchange for a two-month rental.


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PENGUINS UK wrote:I think the Penguins struggle with teams with size, another reason for a Jagr and maybe another Murray type.
PENGUINS UK wrote:IPlayoffs. Capitals, Flyers just won't go away. From looking at the teams we have struggled with this season these teams scare me along with Carolina. I think the Penguins struggle with teams with size, another reason for a Jagr and maybe another Murray type. Do not want to see Jagr end up at Washington, Rangers, Bruins, or back at the flyers. If he does not come back here then please stay in the west. His production at 40 on a poor team is rather good. Here is could be outstanding. I know he has burned so many bridges, always two sides to every story. Penguins have a great shot, but then we had great shots as defending Champs, along with last year. Obviously we have some trade bait in the squad.
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Fernandez in Hiding Spurs Worst Bond Selloff: Argentina Credit
Argentine bonds are posting the worst rout in emerging markets on concern the government is absent as foreign reserves sink, inflation soars and the peso depreciates.
The nation's debt has lost 7.5 percent since Dec. 19, the last day that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchnerappeared in public after she had an operation to remove a blood clot near her brain in October. Developing-nation bonds have gained an average of 0.9 percent in the same period.
During Fernandez's absence, Argentina's foreign reserveshave tumbled to a seven-year low, the black market peso has lost 17 percent against the dollar and inflation has quickened to 28 percent, the fastest in at least two years. Her disappearance from public view is fueling speculation that the government has no plan to confront a looming balance-of-payments crisis, according to Guillermo Calvo, an economist at Columbia University in New York.
"People have to guess what she's thinking," Calvo, who was chief economist at the Inter-American Bank for five years until 2006, said in a telephone interview. "There's confusion and that doesn't help investor confidence at all."
Presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro didn't return a phone call seeking comment. In Fernandez's absence, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich has held daily press conferences in which he's said Argentina will shore up reserves this year.
Capitanich said today that Fernandez is still in charge of the government and rejected any speculation arising from her absence.
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"I can assure you that the president is carrying out her duties every day wherever she finds herself," Capitanich said during a press conference in Buenos Aires. "She's doing it with the same spirit, creativity, enthusiasm and passion as always."
Reserves have been tumbling an average of $1.3 billion per month in the past year, falling below $29.7 billion yesterday for the first time since 2006. Fernandez uses the funds to pay foreign creditors and finance spending. The government said in September it will tap a record $9.86 billion of reserves to make foreign debt payments in 2014.
As the peso falls in the illegal street market to 11.65 pesos per dollar, the government has allowed the official exchange rate to depreciate to 6.825 pesos per dollar yesterday in a bid to make exports more competitive and close a record gap of 70 percent between the two rates.
'Inspire Confidence'
Fernandez's government also faces mounting pressure from unions to raise public-sector wages as inflation quickened to 28.4 percent in December, according to estimates by private economists published by opposition lawmakers. The government said consumer prices rose 10.9 percent in the same period.
"It doesn't inspire confidence that the executive recognizes these problems nor that they have a strategy to deal with them," Siobhan Morden, the head of Latin American fixed-income strategy at Jefferies, said in a telephone interview from New York. "If you're going to take tough decisions, you need somebody in charge."
Sebastian Vargas, a New York-based economist at Barclays Plc, said Fernandez is still in charge and that she has reduced her public exposure as her government implements policies of negotiating with holdout creditors that she has previously opposed.
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Argentina formally presented an offer to settle about $10 billion it owes to the Paris Club of creditors, 13 years after the country's record $95 billion debt default, the spokeswoman for the group of creditors said. Paris Club members on Jan. 22 will discuss the offer delivered yesterday by Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof to Paris Club Chairman Ramon Fernandez, said Clotilde L'Angevin, the club spokeswoman.
The government has also said it would comply with International Monetary Fund demands by publishing a new inflation index after being the first country to be censured by the Washington-based lender for misreporting economic data.
"She has always shown herself to be inflexible and that's why, while she's ordering her ministers to resolve these issues, she's maintaining a low profile," Vargas said in a telephone interview.
The cost of protecting Argentine debt against non-payment for five years with credit-default swaps has risen 4.23 percentage points, the most in the world, since Dec. 19, to 20.96 percentage points, according to data compiled by CMA in New York.
"The market is worried that Argentina could enter a period of ungovernability," Jorge Piedrahita, the chief executive officer at Torino Capital LLC, said in a telephone interview from New York. "Fernandez could find herself in a situation where she can't do anything."
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March 2009 will see two European participants entering a set of modules at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow. Together with four Russian participants, they will be sealed inside these isolation chambers for 105 days. This joint ESA IBMP campaign is a preparatory study leading up to the 520-day isolation study in the form of a full-fledged simulation of a mission to Mars that is due to start end-2009.
As with a real space mission, the two European participants will have European backups. The backups (three in this case) will go through the same training and preparation and will be able to step in at the last moment if need be. In addition, they will have tasks to carry out in the mission control centre over the 105 days.
ESA's Directorate of Human Spaceflight has a longstanding tradition of conducting research on the physiological and psychological aspects of spaceflight. ESA's bedrest studies, in particular, are at the forefront of scientific research to understand how the human body reacts under microgravity conditions, the aim being to devise effective countermeasures and enable humans to undertake long-term missions in space. Mars500 is part of these scientific efforts to prepare for human exploration missions.
These five Europeans were selected following a thorough process that started in May at the European Astronauts Centre in Cologne once the initial 5600 applications had been reduced to a shortlist of 32. The selection procedure for these candidates was similar to that applicable to real astronauts. Three are of French nationality, one is Swedish and one German.
On the occasion of the finalisation of the selection process, media are invited to attend a press conference at ESA Headquarters on 11 December starting at 15:30, during which the European participants will be presented. Media representatives wishing to attend the event are kindly requested to fill in the attached accreditation form and return it by fax to the ESA Headquarters Media Relations Office.
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Mars500 Media Day
11 December 2008
ESA Headquarters, 8-10 rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris, France
15:15 Doors open
15:30 Welcoming of attendees
Mars500 – Preparing for Human Exploration Simonetta di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight
15:45 Mars500 – The Study
Martin Zell, Head of ISS Utilisation Department, ESA Directorate of Human Spaceflight
16:05 Mars500 – The Participants
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Loved a girl and quite raacked her.
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Had a big row with his mentor.
He is currently regarded
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After she ate the book he lent her.
A man sat down at Koshy's
And ordered two masala doshys.
The waiter glared.
Not that the man cared.
He, in fact, calmly picked his noshys.
A young girl from Banashankari
Wore jewels and assorted junkery.
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Raj Saxena, while at Forum
Would never maintain decorum.
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Does this story have a moral?
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Or a heart-rending
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This iOS app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch, allows families and educators to investigate and learn about the Sun at home, at school, or anywhere. It provides 13 free, easy to use, hands-on activities, plus live images of the Sun from NASA's SDO... (View More) satellite, videos of the Sun, and more. Each activity includes material lists, step-by-step instructions, and detailed explanations. Some of the activities and media pieces are also available on the project website. The activity materials are widely available and inexpensive. (View Less)
Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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Instructions are provided for making a solar oven, followed by directions for using the oven to make s'mores. A side column discusses the practicality of using solar ovens in places like western Africa. The Climate Kids website is a NASA education... (View More) resource featuring articles, videos, images and games focused on the science of climate change. (View Less)
In this activity, students face an engineering challenge based on real-world applications. They are tasked with developing a tool they can use to measure the amount of rain that falls each day. Students will find out why freshwater is important,... (View More) learn about the water cycle, and the need to have a standard form of calibration for measurement tools. They will learn that keeping track of precipitation is important, and learn a little bit about how NASA's GPM satellite measures precipitation from space. This lesson uses the 5-E instructional model. (View Less)
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In this activity, learners will experiment with ultraviolet light sensitive plastic beads, which are generally white but turn colors when exposed to UV light. Participants are informed about the nature and risks of UV light and are asked to explore... (View More) what types of materials keep the beads, and hence the user, safe from UV light. (View Less)
This is a poster about the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), an instrument onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Learners can find out what it does and how it works, then go online and start exploring the Red Planet... (View More) with real Mars data. (View Less)
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Designed as either a demonstration or an investigation for use in a formal or informal setting, this activity focuses on the effects of water density on water's movement. A list of materials, along with the instructions for building the apparatus... (View More) needed, are included. This activity was developed as part of the Beautiful Earth program, allowing participants to experience the behavior of fluids having different properties. (View Less)
In this activity, participants learn about the hydrosphere by making observations and taking measurements. They will go outside and use scientific equipment to investigate temperature, pH and transparency of a body of water. They will use this... (View More) qualitative and quantitative data to understand why it is important to know about the condition of freshwater sources in many places in the natural environment and how these places are connected in the water cycle. Data collection is based on protocols from The GLOBE Program. This activity uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the "Survivor Earth" series of one-hour lessons. (View Less)
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After creating a model of multiple volcanic lava flows, students analyze the layers, sequence the flows, and interpret the stratigraphy. Students use that same volcanic layering model to investigate relative dating and geologic mapping principles-... (View More) which they will then apply to satellite imagery. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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In this demonstration activity, students make structural models of gas molecules using pipe cleaners and polystyrene balls and test their molecules for their resonant frequency. Students shake the models, count vibrations, and compare the resonance... (View More) frequencies of different gases. Students learn that photons of infrared energy vibrate at the right frequency to transfer their energy to carbon dioxide and methane, which in turn causes those molecules to vibrate, which is experienced in the real world as heat. The teacher's guide includes illustrative videos for this resource. This activity is supported by a textbook chapter, What's So Special about CO²?, part of the unit, Climate Change, in Global Systems Science (GSS), an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)
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Decades after writer-director Nelson Lyon released the X-rated sex comedy "The Telephone Book" in 1971, the film was hailed as a neglected masterpiece. By then Lyons was a former "Saturday Night Live" writer long known for a darker connection: He went on a drug-fueled binge with John Belushi during the comedian's final days in 1982.
"He was blamed for Belushi's death, and it ruined his career," said Dennis Perrin, author of "Mr. Mike," a 1999 biography of former "Saturday Night Live" head writer Michael O'Donoghue, who had been Lyon's writing partner.
Lyon, 73, died Tuesday of liver cancer at his home in Los Angeles, said Mark Mothersbaugh, the lead singer of Devo and a close friend.
When the Los Angeles County Grand Jury investigated Belushi's drug-overdose death, Lyon testified in early 1983 under a grant of immunity from prosecutors. He presented a sordid portrait of the end of Belushi's life.
Three days before he died, Belushi began a "boys' night out" at Lyon's apartment when the comedian arrived with Cathy Evelyn Smith. A former backup singer, she would later admit giving Belushi the heroin-cocaine mixture that killed him and would then serve a 15-month prison sentence.
"I have a big surprise for you," Lyon said Belushi told him. "Roll up your sleeves."
Smith injected Belushi and Lyon several times that day and on March 4, 1982, the day before Belushi's body was found at the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood, according to Lyon's testimony.
At a private nightclub, Belushi and Lyon mingled with celebrities before Smith injected the two men with a "speedball," a mixture of heroin and cocaine. It "rendered me a walking zombie," Lyon testified.
Belushi became ill on his way back to his bungalow, where actor Robert De Niro and comedian Robin Williams stopped by, according to Lyon. He testified that he left an exhausted Belushi with Smith about 3:30 a.m. March 5. The 33-year-old Belushi was found dead later that morning.
In his testimony, Lyon said he had taken drugs to please Belushi.
Lyon's resume as a filmmaker was thin, but "The Telephone Book" experienced a renaissance nearly 40 years after it was made when it was screened internationally.
Initially dismissed by mainstream critics as pornographic and obscene, it is now regarded as a "lost gem," Mothersbaugh said.
In his 1971 Times review, critic Kevin Thomas praised the risque farce about a woman who falls in love with an obscene telephone caller. The satire of pornography was "so bleakly brilliant that those in search of the usual sexploitation entertainment attend at peril," he wrote.
The film "was made with an agreement of freedom to offend and assault and attack the audience, as well as try to amuse the audience," Lyon told the Wall Street Journal in January. "It was an era of sexual obsession, and the movie was focused on life's biggest problem: sex."
Through the movie, Lyon met O'Donoghue and was soon writing for "Saturday Night Live" in the early '80s. The burly and imposing Lyon became the basis of one of O'Donoghue's recurring characters on the show — the grim Mr. Mike.
"When you met Nelson, you saw the staccato rhythms of Mr. Mike," Perrin said, "and certainly the dark humor."
Born Feb. 28, 1939, in Troy Hills, N.J., Lyon attended Columbia University.
He was a writer-designer for a New York ad agency when he met Andy Warhol in 1966, and he later worked for the artist's studio, the Factory.
When Warhol was struggling with a concept for the cover of the 1971 Rolling Stones album "Sticky Fingers," Lyon told him to incorporate a working zipper into a close-up portrait of jeans, according to an unpublished memoir by Lyon. After Warhol went with the idea, he gave Lyon five Marilyn Monroe prints to pay him, the writer later recalled.
Lyon co-produced spoken-word records for writers William Burroughs and Terry Southern, and photographs Lyon took of Burroughs have been featured in galleries.
After Belushi's death, Lyon opened a company that made trailers for movies, essentially becoming "a filmmaker without a camera," Perrin said. Lyon tired of the work and closed the business some years ago.
"He was down to nothing in the last couple of years," Mothersbaugh said. "He had burnt all his bridges.... He didn't censor himself, and he was smarter than most of the people he worked for."
Mothersbaugh, who is also an artist, hired Lyon to work on a project called "Dick Vanderbeek," about a modern Dick Tracy in an off-kilter world. The work may debut as a graphic novel.
"The stuff he wrote in the last five years was some of his best," Mothersbaugh said. "He wasn't going to parties. He was clean and concentrating on his work."
Lyon is survived by his wife, Jill, whom he married weeks before he died; and two daughters from previous marriages, Stephanie and Natalie.


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No need to worry, dolls! Kim Kardashian and baby Kimye are A-OK.
The New York Post caused a scare Thursday with a report that Kanye West's girlfriend was "rushed" to a doctor Tuesday night and "feared she was having a miscarriage." But, a source close to the mom-to-be tells E! News that while Kim didvisit a doctor, things are "all fine" now.
"She's been working a lot and with the divorce, moving, etc., [she] just needs to take a little rest," adds the source, noting that Kim is on "doctor-ordered rest" for the time being.
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Before the holidays switch into top gear, take a minute to check out this year's trends in holiday decor and plan a style update for your holiday home. We've selected some new pieces from Target that will add a seasonal sparkle to your home while keeping you on-trend and under budget.
When planning seasonal decor it's best to think big-picture. Try to hone in on a style that matches your year-round home decor as you begin your collection of holiday items, and stick with it as your collection grows. Annual updates keep things fresh and on-trend year after year. Here are some key looks to integrate into your holiday collection this year:
Modern LED bulbs posing as vintage over-sized incandescent bulbs, graphics from the 50s and 60s, retro patterns like subdued plaids, and funky textures are working their way back into holiday decor. If your home style is already vintage eclectic or retro chic, this is a great time to be adding to your collection! Check out Target's Plaid Frame, which is a perfect patterned accent that will display your Santa photos for years to come. A Mossy Decor Tree is be a great piece for a party tablescape or to spruce up your mantle.
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Senator Ron Wyden Slams Cybersecurity Legislation Proposals For Eroding Trust & Privacy
from the privacy-should-be-the-default,-not-the-exception dept
Congress' effort to develop a comprehensive approach to cyber security must not erode that trust. When Americans go online to consume digital services and goods, they must believe and know with some certainty that their privacy is adequately protected. The content Americans consume must be at least as private as their library records, video rentals, and book purchases in the brick and mortar world. Our law enforcement and Intelligence agencies should not be free to monitor and catalog the speech of Americans just because it's online.Wyden goes even further later in the speech noting -- as many of us have been arguing all along -- that these bills are a massive overreaction to the possibility of an issue, which are much more about ways for government contractors to profit from fear:
But the bill passed by the other body, known as CISPA, would erode that trust. As an attempt to protect our networks from real cyber-threats CISPA is an example of what not to do. CISPA repeals important provisions of existing electronic surveillance law that have been on the books for years without instituting corresponding privacy, confidentiality, and civil liberties safeguards. It creates uncertainty in place of trust, it erodes statutory and constitutional civil rights protections, and it creates a surveillance regime in place of the targeted, nimble, cyber-security program that is needed to truly protect this nation.
Unfortunately, S. 2105, the bill before the Senate shares some of these defects. Currently Internet services and service providers have agreements with their customers that allow them to police and protect their networks and users. Rather than simply allowing these internet companies to share information on users who violate their contracts and pose a security threat, the House and Senate proposals authorize a broad based information sharing regime that can operate with impunity. This would allow the personal data of individual Americans to be shared across a multitude of bureaucratic, military, and law enforcement agencies. This takes place regardless of the privacy agreements individual Americans have with their service providers.
In fact, both the House and Senate bills subordinate all existing privacy rules and constitutional principles to the poorly defined interest of "cyber-security."
As they stand, these bills are an overreaction to a legitimate fear. The American people will respond by limiting their online activities. That's a recipe to stifle speech, innovation, job creation, and social progress.There's a lot more in the speech that's worth hearing, so check it out.
I believe these bills will encourage the development of a cyber security industry that profits from fear and whose currency is Americans private data. These bills create a Cyber Industrial Complex that has an interest in preserving the problem to which it is the solution.


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What a great opportunity to showcase my new parenting book, Wit's End!
Today Kristin Stattel, Author and Youth Advocate, and myself were featured on The Balancing Act - a Lifetime Television Series.
Speaking of my new book, Wit's End! on this segment, Kristin also shared some of her experiences when she was struggling during her youth years. Her upcoming book, It's All Good! will help teens to better understand the pressures of today's society and give them inspiration and hope. Kristin is an amazing young adult who spends her time giving back to others as well as going to college. She is a mentor to so many youths!


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2005 News Releases > March 2005 > Pair to present spring recital
Pair to present spring recital
Mark Anthony Pair, piano artist in residence at Wayland Baptist University, will present a piano concert titled "Piano Music of Maurice Ravel" on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Harral Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
Known for his concerts focusing on the work of one composer, Pair has chosen Ravel (1875-1937), a French Impressionist composer, for his April concert. He will perform 20 compositions, with the first half of his program consisting of two suites, "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and "Mirours." The second half will feature pieces including "Sonatine," "Pavane," and "Meneut sur le nom d'Haydn." The concert will last approximately two hours.
A Frenchman, Ravel was also a Basque, a nomadic people who herd and raise sheep in one locale, though he likely never lived among those who worked with sheep. Ravel's musical innovations were superfluous in that they were creations of an art known as impressionism, which flourished particularly in France around the turn of the twentieth century.
A prominent piano composer, Ravel also composed for orchestral instruments and took many of his choice compositions for piano and arranged them for orchestra. His color tonality exhibited such nuances that intrigued listeners and captivated imaginations.
Ravel preferred purism as a composer, not wishing any performer of his works to overplay the music as was common in the Romantic era. His piano skills require a strenuous amount of skill and effort to the meet the creative challenges.
Ravel considered his impressionistic artwork in music as having neoclassic and neobaroque stylistic features, and he contributed greatly to the idioms of modern jazz.
"His chords of the ninth, eleventh and thirteenth were used in such a breath-taking manner which even could surpass those harmonies found in jazz," Pair said. "It is impossible to evade the emotional expression which is so prevalent in his contouring melodic lines pitted against such modal harmonies and intricate rhythms as only Ravel could pen on manuscript paper."
Pair was associate professor of music at Wayland for 36 years before retiring in 2002. He was named Piano Artist in Residence thereafter, the first person to be granted such a title. He has performed regular concerts annually on the WBU campus and as a guest performer at other universities and events. He has held memberships in such professional organizations as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, The National Piano Guild, Texas Music Educators Association and the American Scriabin Society. Pair is one of only a few pianists who have performed all ten sonatas of Scriabin, a Russian modern composer.


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Offline installation of packages
- A short howto on installing packages while offline. It is based on byte's post from this thread and uses KDE as an example.
Download the package databases on a computer with internet access and transfer them to your computer.
For i686:
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686/core.db.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686/extra.db.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686/community.db.tar.gz
For x86_64:
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64/core.db.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64/community.db.tar.gz
Following steps will make sure you're working with up-to-date package lists, as if you ran
pacman -Sy.
On home PC , do the following as root:
mkdir -p /var/lib/pacman/sync/{core,extra,community} tar -xzf core.db.tar.gz -C /var/lib/pacman/sync/core tar -xzf extra.db.tar.gz -C /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra tar -xzf community.db.tar.gz -C /var/lib/pacman/sync/community
pacman -Sp --noconfirm package-name > pkglist
error: no database for package: package-name
To update a New Arch Linux base system after installation you may enter
pacman -Sup --noconfirm > pkglist
Now open that textfile with an editor and delete all lines that are not URLs. Next, bring that list with you to a place where you have internet and either download the listed packages manually or do
wget -nv -i ../pkglist
in an empty directory. Take all the *.pkg.tar.gz files back home, put them in /var/cache/pacman/pkg and finally run
pacman -S package-name
A slightly contrived example
Scenario: you have two Archlinux machines, 'Al' (with internet connection) and 'Bob' (without internet connection), and you need to install some nvidia packages and their dependencies on 'Bob'. Let's say the wanted packages are nvidia, nvidia-utils and xf86-video-nouveau, but you want to use a dedicated directory instead of /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ and a dedicated repository called nvidia (instead of the usual core, extra etc...)
Generate a list of packages to download
This can be done on any Archlinux machine which has up-to-date repository data bases (see above for links to database files); to create the list of links to the required packages, use:
pacman -Sp nvidia nvidia-utils xf86-video-nouveau > /path/to/nvidia.list
The file nvidia.list will contain links to the listed packages and any others which they depend on.
Download the packages and their dependencies
Obviously this requires an internet connection, so on 'Al' create a directory called /path/to/nvidia for the files and run:
wget -P /path/to/nvidia/ -i /path/to/nvidia.list
Create a repository database just for these packages
This can be done on either 'Al' or 'Bob' using the repo-add command which comes with pacman (from version 3?); first, change to the /path/to/nvidia directory where the packages were downloaded, then create database file called nvidia.db.tar.gz:
cd /path/to/nvidia repo-add nvidia.db.tar.gz *.pkg.tar.gz
Transfer the packages
Now all the packages have been downloaded, you don't need 'Al' anymore. Copy the contents of /path/to/nvidia to a the temporary nvidia packages cache directory on 'Bob', let's say this folder is called /home/me/nvidia:
cp /path/to/nvidia/* /home/me/nvidia
Next, pacman must be made aware of this new repository of packages; simply add the following lines at the bottom of your existing pacman.conf:
[nvidia] Server = file:///home/me/nvidia
Now, instruct pacman to synchronise with the dedicated nvidia repository we created:
pacman -Sy
This command finds the nvidia.db.tar.gz file in /home/me/nvidia and expands it to /var/lib/pacman/sync/nvidia to create a database of packages contained in the nvidia repository.
Install the packages
Finally install the packages:
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils xf86-video nouveau
Links and sources
Compiled from the forums, with thanks to Heller_Barbe and byte


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Tornado-resistant hospital takes shape in Joplin, Mo.
New hospital offers lessons in designing tornado-resistant structures
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A new hospital taking shape in Joplin, Mo., with an exterior of masonry, precast concrete, and specially made windows, may be the first hospital in the country designed from the outset to protect patients, visitors and staff from the effects of a catastrophic tornado.
The new hospital, to be called Mercy Hospital Joplin, is owned by the Missouri-based nonprofit Mercy Health System and will replace the old St. John's Regional Medical Center. The old medical center was destroyed in the historic tornado that hit Joplin on May 22, 2011. That EF5-rated tornado was one of the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded, killing 162 people – including five critical-care patients and one visitor at the hospital.
In designing and building the $350 million replacement hospital, John Farnen, executive director of strategic projects for Mercy Health System, the sixth-largest Catholic health care system in America, identified multiple lessons from the catastrophic tornado. One of the most important was to have a hardened exterior for walls and windows.
During the tornado, the building's exterior covering and windows failed to withstand the wind and debris of the tornado. The hospital's exterior at that time was mostly glass; some metal panels; and precast concrete on the main hospital with some exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS), a lightweight synthetic cladding meant to look like stucco. There also was EIFS on the adjacent office buildings.
"When you walked around the areas of the hospital that used EIFS, you could see glass shards stuck in it and pieces of two X fours that had penetrated it," Farnen says. "Some debris can go right through it.
"The new facility will not be covered with EIFS in any of the patient care areas," Farnen adds. "Exteriors in those areas will either be reinforced concrete, stone and brick, or precast concrete. The entire exterior skin will be made of a harder material, which will prevent the kind of exterior damage we saw at the old hospital and help prevent the kind of serious interior damage that led to chaos and injuries."
Farnen says the first and second floors of the new hospital will have exteriors of hand-laid brick. Above those levels the exterior will be precast concrete with brick veneer. He said they would have used hand-laid brick for the upper levels, too, but had to go with the precast concrete in order to meet the project's compressed timetable. The new 900,000-square-foot, nine-story hospital is expected to be completed in early 2015.
"Brick and stone is just a lot better look," Farnen says. "Not only does it hold up better in severe weather, but you just can't beat the look of brick and stone. So, you get a great look and better protection."
Another lesson learned was to harden and protect backup power sources, and masonry plays a key role in that, too.
"Losing power created a lot of problems for us," Farnen says. "When the tornado hit, the transformers that provide normal power to the facility were lost almost immediately. So, there was no power of any kind inside the hospital, not even for critical-care areas.
"The new facility will have a separate, central utility plant that will be housed in a hardened structure with storm doors," he continues. "That structure will be partially buried, and mainly built with reinforced masonry block and brick."
Farnen also notes that the hardened exterior is no budget buster. It adds only 2 percent to 3 percent to the construction costs. Going forward, he says, Mercy will apply the lessons learned in Joplin to all the new facilities it builds in its four-state service area. Indeed, near the new Mercy Hospital Joplin, the health system plans to break ground next year for a separate behavioural health hospital and a rehabilitation hospital. These also will have the tornado-resistant features.
Originally published in Masonry magazine.
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The New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner has published a thought-provoking paper endorsing use of the concept of suicide by cop.
The offices criteria for suicide by cop are:
Prior suicidal intent.
Specific intent to be shot by police.
Possession of a lethal weapon or facsimile.
Intentional escalation of the encounter, provoking officers to shoot.
By convention, a death resulting from another persons violent or egregiously reckless act is certified homicide regardless of justification or intent. The authors suggest an exception applicable only to the legal use of deadly force by law enforcement.
If you take the Godfathers daughter hostage with suicidal intent, your predictable death is still a homicide. If you kill an intruder in defense of yourself and your family, its still a homicide.
The authors cite criteria for the certification of suicide agreed upon by a 1988 working group: intent and self-infliction. They say that while a self-inflicted wound is understood to be an injury you impose upon yourself, this definition need not be taken literally.
As an example, a person who intentionally steps in front of a speeding train has committed suicide even though somebody else is operating the train. The authors recognize that while the train operator is given no choice and is helpless to prevent such a death, police officers specifically choose to shoot. An officer also has the option to shoot to wound.
But the paper argues that officers who have a sworn duty to protect and serve have little choice in a violent and escalating situation. This creates a reasonable exception to a homicide certification.
Exceptions to the death by the hands of another definition of homicide already are standard practice including deaths from athletic injury, most motor-vehicle crashes and medical errors.
Ive given this paper a lot of thought. The arguments are well-reasoned. The proposed criteria are strict and fair. But Im uncomfortable with this exception in large part because I see little upside and plenty of downside.
Police shootings are emotional events and usually controversial: upset cops, enraged family, suspicious community, swarming media. Medical examiners, such as Caesars wife, must avoid even the appearance of impropriety or bias or risk a firestorm.
Would the suicide by cop determination be consistently applied by all certifiers? Would the criteria be strictly adhered to in all cases? I doubt it. Little else in this field is universally consistent.
Any medical examiner making a suicide determination in a police shooting would have to explain to the deceaseds family, the community and the press why an exception was made for the police that would apply to nobody else.
The current definition of homicide deaths by the violent or reckless act of another is consistent and easy to explain. The police understand that a homicide certification doesnt mean the shooting was unjustified. In my experience, they arent uncomfortable with the certification.
The medical examiner doesnt appear biased. Families dont feel unfairly treated. The media isnt going nuts.
Wheres the upside for this exception?
firstname.lastname@example.com Dr. Carol J. Huser, a forensic pathologist, served as La Plata County coroner from 2003-12. She now lives in Florida and Maryland.


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Hope you're having a great Bike to Work Day out there. Here at Performance headquarters we had another great turnout, as you can see in our big group photo of the folks that rode in to work this week:
There were folks from jobs as varied as accounting to the warehouse, from first-timers to hard-core daily bike commuters, hitting the roads for Bike to Work Week and everyone had a great time:
So we hope you had a safe and fun commute, no matter if it was your first time or if it was just another Friday, and that commuting this week has inspired you to make Bike to Work Week every week!
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This activity will take about 75 minutes.
After participating in this activity plan, which is designed to help participants learn about backcountry travel, participants will be able to
Alternative setting: A sandlot playground can serve as a "life-sized" backcountry if preferred. Prepare the sand with a rake or other tool to create your featureless landscape. The trick is to make the area smooth enough so that participants can see the effects of their travel. Swing sets and other playground equipment can serve as "rocks" and other natural features.
Your group is going to build an imaginary backcountry setting. The backcountry landscape created will stimulate participants' curiosity and interest; they will actually see their "footsteps" on the landscape. Presenting this activity in a fun and interesting way is crucial to its success.
Have everyone gather around the prepared box of sand or soil. Using the cutouts, pebbles, rocks, and other objects, have the participants create a backcountry world into which they will enter on an imaginary hiking trip. Your backcountry world should include a "stream" or "river," "trees," a "meadow," and at least one "flat, rocky area." Designate a point at one end of the box as the "starting point" and a point at the other end of the box as the "final destination."
1. Have participants decide as a group where to locate a narrow "hiking trail" leading from the starting point to the final destination. Tell them they must include a short section of zigzags (switchbacks). Have one person use two fingers to draw the trail in the sand.
2. Present the following scenario: Imagine the group is planning a trip through its backcountry landscape. The trail and destination are visited yearly by many hikers and campers. The goal of the group is to leave as little trace as possible while traveling from the starting point to the final destination. Each participant should indicate the route he or she would take by letting the "fingers do the walking" in the moist sand. Instruct the group to identify one spot for a break along the way. Let each person indicate a path before discussion.
A close review of the Background on the Principles of Leave No Trace is needed to effectively lead discussion. Ask participants the following questions.
Why did you choose the route you did? Most people will choose to stay on the trail. The discussion should focus on choosing a route that will protect the land and help prevent new trails from beginning.
Why do land managers build hiking trails for backcountry visitors? Constructed trails concentrate hiker activity and help prevent informal trailswhich increase the impact on vegetation and may cause soil erosionfrom forming.
Where should the group stop for breaks? Taking breaks off-trail can help preserve solitude for others; however, always take breaks on durable surfaces. Move to gravel or flat rocks if such surfaces can be found without disturbing soil or vegetation and preferably out of sight off the trail to allow others to pass without impacting their experience.
How noisy were participants during their hike? A little chatter is a part of hiking and can reduce the risk of bear encounters in bear country. However, screaming, radios, singing, and other loud noises upset the outdoor experience of all visitors and may disturb wildlife.
Summarize these key points:
1. Use a wide paintbrush or your hand to erase the trail from your back- country landscape.
2. Present your group with a new scenario: Imagine the group is planning a trip through a new area rarely visited by hikers and campersit has no trail leading to the destination. The group's goal is to reach the destination while leaving as little evidence of its passing as possible. How should group members travel to their destination? Again, each participant should indicate a route by letting his or her "fingers do the walking" in the moist sand. Let each participant indicate a path before discussion.
A close review of the Background on the Principles of Leave No Trace is needed to effectively lead discussion.
Why did you choose the route that you did? Traveling off-trail will present group members with difficult decisions. It is important to help people develop critical thinking skills by weighing the effects of alternative off-trail choices. Should they spread out or walk in the same path?
Would your choice differ if this were a desert environment? Forested environment? Generally, spreading out will be the best choice, but this may be inappropriate in some desert environments. Avoid sensitive riparian areas. Refer to the Background on the Principles of Leave No Trace for details.
Where should the group stop for breaks? Find durable surfaces such as large rocks, sand, or gravel when stopping for breaks.
Summarize key points with participants.
Your campers have explored travel methods that help preserve the naturalness of the outdoors for wildlife and visitors. How well have they learned to walk softly on the land? Ask them:
Imagine that each person travels at random, some walking along the banks of the stream (fragile area), some traveling through the trees, and some taking shortcuts up steep banks (erosion). How might this random method of route selection affect each scenario?
Small groups reduce the likelihood that an unsightly web of new footprints will be created. Ask participants the following:
Ask each person to describe one backcountry travel idea he or she will promise to use when traveling the outdoorsor even in the city.
Congratulations on conducting a well-prepared meeting for your group!
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Growing concerns about hygiene and the spread of infectious diseases are expected to boost the market for household cleaners in emerging economies such as China, India, Indonesia, Brazil and Mexico, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc (GIA).
Increased consumer focus on satisfying safety, social, and self-actualization needs, especially by enabling safe food storage, disinfecting household surfaces, controlling garbage in a hygienic manner and by improving sanitary conditions are driving gains into the global household cleaners market. Rapid proliferation of lifestyle gurus and home experts across the globe are also driving consumers to take household maintenance to a next level, thereby encouraging them to use advanced household cleaning and safety products.
The report emphasises the importance of advertising for the household cleaners industry, which is increasingly using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
GIA published "Household cleaners : a global industry outlook" in January 2012. It costs US$ 1450.
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With a 4-0 lead going into singles, the Cobras were awarded another match as Duncan Grew won by default as he was up 5-3 when his opponent had to quit due to a knee injury. The Cobras also picked up wins at the No.3 and No.5 spots as Esteban Terran won 6-2, 6-4 over fellow Ecuadorian, Jose Valarezo, and Dustin Yager won 7-5, 6-1 over Felipe Fidalgo.
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Carrie Underwood Announces New Single 'Good Girl'
It's really happening. Carrie Underwood really is releasing a new album, and the proof is in the first single! Underwood just announced in a special video message that 'Good Girl' will be the lead-off track from her forthcoming new record.
And boy, has it been a long time coming. While the former 'American Idol' songstress made waves with her Brad Paisley duet 'Remind Me' in 2011, it's been more than two years since her last album, so the Underwood fanatics are getting pretty antsy.
Thankfully, the blonde bombshell is aware of that and was elated to announce the release of 'Good Girl.' "Hello everybody! I just wanted to give you guys some good news," Underwood begins in a backstage video message to her fans, seen below. "My very first single off my fourth album is coming out soon. Itt's called 'Good Girl,' and I'm so excited. I love this song, I think it's awesome. I think it's going to blow you guys away, and I'm very excited about it, so I cannot wait for you to hear it. There's the news for the day! 'Good Girl'!"
According to a press release, the surefire new hit single is scheduled to impact country radio across the globe starting Feb. 23, with her fourth studio album to follow this year. The yet-to-be-named record will reportedly have darker undertones than her previous releases. Given everything that has happened in Carrie's life in the past few years, we're expecting it will tell quite the story.
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The Davidson County NAACP will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Acacia Lodge No. 66, Cotton Grove Road.
Macedonia United Methodist Church, 10890 Highway 8, Southmont ,is having a poor man supper from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Adult plates are $6; child's, $3. There will be fatback,pinto's,potatoes,greens,cabbage,apples,corn bread and hot dogs. There will be music by Smiley and friends with all proceeds go to building fund. Call 798-3097.
Girls On The Run Spring 2013 registration is going on now at the J. Smith Young YMCA. This is program for girls third to fifth grade that combines training for a 3.1 mile run with life-changing, self-esteem enhancing learning materials. Girls will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m. beginning Tuesday. Cost os $75 to Y-members, $100 for non-members. Questions contact the Y 249-2177.
The Lexington/Davidson County NCRSP quarterly meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. Meal reservations were required by Feb. 13. Bob Weatherly, master gardener, will be the speaker. For reservations, call 248-2093.
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LOS ANGELES >> A record number of Southland residents are expected to travel this holiday season and most will go by car, according to a forecast from the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The Auto Club's annual holiday travel forecast predicts that more than 7.3 million Southland residents — and nearly 11.8 million people statewide — will travel 50 miles or more between Saturday and Jan. 1. That's a half-percent increase over last year.
Eighty-nine percent of travelers, or 6.5 million Southern Californians and nearly 10.5 million statewide, will travel by car, the report said. That's up 1.1 percent from a year ago.
Another 573,000 local residents and 922,000 travelers statewide are expected to fly, down 2.6 percent from last year's holiday season.
Las Vegas will be this year's top destination spot, followed by San Francisco, San Diego, the Central Coast and the Grand Canyon. Needless to say, rental cars will be in demand.
"We do a lot of reservations — especially right before Christmas," said Dani Turner, a manager at Hertz Rent a Car in Woodland Hills. "We already have 25 reservations, just for this one location. It got pretty crazy here last year, too."
And the most popular vehicle?
"Anything that will hold seven people," she said.
Adrian Lopez, a rental agent for Alamo Rent a Car and National Car Rental at Long Beach Airport, said they're also bracing for an uptick in business this weekend.
"We expect it will go up about 40 percent," he said.
Gasoline prices will be about the same as last year. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Los Angeles-Long Beach region was $3.64 on Thursday and the Inland Empire's average was $3.61 per gallon.
Some stations posted much lower prices, however.
A Del Amo Petroleum station in Long Beach and a Fastrip station in Hesperia both advertised regular unleaded for $3.35 a gallon. On the flip side, a Union 76 station in Santa Monica posted regular at a whopping $4.99 a gallon on Thursday and a Shell station in Los Angeles was selling it for $4.83 per gallon.
Cynthia Kurtz won't have to fret about gas prices because she's flying to Norway on Christmas Day.
"It's a Northern Lights trip," said Kurtz, who lives in Pasadena and heads the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership. "I wish it wasn't over Christmas and New Year's but it will be the best window of time to see it."
Kurtz, who will be flying out of Los Angeles International Airport, said she purposely avoided leaving the day before Christmas or day after.
"When you fly out on those days it's almost scary," she said. "You're nervous about missing your flight. It may feel like organized chaos to the people who work there, but it feels like ordinary chaos to everyone else."
Passenger volume at LAX is expected to increase 8.2 percent this holiday season to more than 2.6 million passengers, airport officials said Thursday. That's up from 2.4 million passengers during the 2012 holiday period.
Friday and today were expected to be two of the airport's busiest days this year.
Melanie Caceres says she's staying put this holiday season because she can't afford to go anywhere.
"I'm low on capital," the 21-year-old La Puente resident and Mt. San Antonio College student said. "Flying is expensive. The flights and the hotels … everything is priced too high."
Many travelers, whether they're driving or flying to their destinations, will have to board their pets while they're gone. And that equates to more business for local kennels.
Just ask Ann Bowers, who owns the Regency Pet Hotel in Fontana.
Bowers' Cherry Avenue facility can accommodate up to 300 dogs and 80 cats.
"Our business will go up at least 50 percent over the holidays," she said. "First-time customers who have never boarded their pets get a little worried leaving them behind, but our regulars are fine with it. One time we had a man who was late for his plane, so he just tied his dog to the doorknob and said goodbye! But we knew who he was."
The average travel distance for West Coast residents this holiday season is 750 miles round-trip, and the average getaway budget will be around $850, according to the Auto Club forecast.
Lots of people will be leaving Southern California for the holidays, but local hotels will also see an influx of business as holiday travelers arrive from other parts of the country.
"We get a lot more leisure travelers during the holidays," said Wanda Chan, general manager for the 683-room Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. "We get a lot of guests for Christmas and New Year's — especially New Year's. We'll be full."
Chan said hotel guests are drawn to the downtown area.
"L.A. Live has a lot of activities," she said. "They have concerts and other things going on and that's only about 10 minutes from here."