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Ertharin Cousin, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, has just finished a three-day visit to South Sudan and Ethiopia, where she traveled alongside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to see first-hand the devastating impact of the South Sudan crisis. In her latest blog, the WFP chief talks about meeting people in the town of Nyal who have fled a deadly combination of violence and hunger.
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RALEIGH — Wake County sheriffs deputies held Justin Thomas Bassett and Shawn Benjamin Carrow for Raleigh police, who charged them with attempted robbery after a witness saw two men trying to wrestle a hand bag away from a 50-year-old woman in downtown Raleigh and chased them Tuesday evening.
Police said Bassett, 25, and Carrow, 28, were the ones who tried to get the bag away from the woman in the 200 block of West Hargett Street about 7 p.m.
The woman would not let go, and the witness said the men ran off when they realized he was chasing them, police spokesman Jim Sughrue explained.
The chase led east on Hargett and then south, through the News & Observer parking lot and onto East Martin Street by the Wake County Justice Center, police said.
Sheriffs deputies at the center saw the men running and stopped them, Sughrue said, then turned them over to Raleigh police.
Bassett, of 3513 Wickersham Way in Raleigh, and Carrow, of 5244 Holly Ridge Farm Road in Raleigh, were each charged with one count of attempted robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Bail for each was set at $500,000, according to Wake County records, and they were held for court appearances Wednesday.
The woman told police the wallet and other items in her bag were worth about $200, arrest warrants said.

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LOCKPORT — Town of Niagara Supervisor Steve Richard pled not guilty to a 28-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.
The indictment alleges various claims of public corruption and it appears most of the charges center on the theft of goods and services.
Some of the charges are felonies and some are misdemeanors.
The indictment follows a more than 18-month long probe of the supervisor by agents from the New York State Attorney General's Office and the FBI.
"He is resolute, that's the way he is," Richards' defense attorney Rodney Personius said late Thursday afternoon. "He is prepared to defend himself."
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Cardinals hope home schedule ends on a high note
Despite enduring a nine-game losing streak this season and finishing well out of the playoff hunt, the players and coaches have always prided themselves on hard work and effort. According to head coach Ken Whisenhunt, that will be no different this weekend.
"Well, I mean I think where we are in this season, it's very important," he said. "You know I think we did a good job last week of getting back to playing the type of football we needed to against a good team and we gotta do that this week."
The win over the Detroit Lions last Sunday snapped Arizona's losing skid and gave the Cardinals just their fourth win at home this season.
"This will be a challenge with Chicago but you know it's important," Whisenhunt said. "I think playing at home, you gotta be good at home.
"For the most part we've been able to do that, although we've had our struggles this year, that's important to us."
Both the coaches and the players also emphasized that finishing on a good note at home is important for their fans. Through thick and thin, this fan base has come out and supported the Cardinals.
"The fans here are so great; they always support us," said veteran safety Kerry Rhodes. "Even last week was a sellout which is remarkable after the stretch we've been through. For us it's about getting better, improving on what we did last week and giving the fans something to cheer about."
Since moving into University of Phoenix Stadium before the 2006 season, the Cardinals hold a 36-22 home record, including postseason. If this week's game against the Bears is a sellout, it will be the team's 73rd straight in the building, including preseason games, too.
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One of the busiest times for deer hunters in Alabama is the month of October. Many rush out at this time to get food plots planted for the upcoming deer season. Food plots play a major roll for most hunters in the state, but are they the most productive way to provide quality nutrition for a deer herd? Many landowners and hunting clubs are not aware of, or have never considered, the opportunities for improving food sources for deer through management of native vegetation. Nothing has to be planted and managing native, wild vegetation can be the easiest, most cost-effective way to give the deer population a high quality, year round food source.
The white-tailed deer relies heavily on native forage to survive throughout the year. Deer are very selective feeders and feed on various types of grasses, forbs, shrubs, vines, and fruits. The preference that deer have for certain foods usually is directly related to the palatability and nutritional content of the food. In much of Alabama, only small amounts of preferred native plants are available due to poor habitat management practices. Habitat that produces poor quality foods may lead to malnutrition, therefore affecting deer herd health. Over time, nutritional deficiencies caused by poor habitat will affect the health of individual deer, making them more susceptible to disease, parasites and other hazards. Landowners and managers can reduce or eliminate the problems associated with malnutrition by improving the quality and quantity of desirable native wildlife foods through sound habitat management practices.
Prescribed burning is another very important, but often overlooked habitat management tool. Many plants and animals in the Southeast are fire dependant. Many fire-dependant plants are high-quality, high-protein, highly preferred deer foods. Without fire, the abundance of these plants declines. Prescribed fires in pine plantations are most effective following a timber thinning. These fires act as a fertilizing agent by releasing nutrients bound within the ground litter. This initiates an immediate response from herbaceous vegetation and woody browse species, resulting in an increase of total production per acre, as well improved palatability and nutritional content. Normally these burns should be conducted on a three- to four-year rotation. This length of rotation usually allows woody browse plants to reach several feet in height before the next burn is conducted. Close attention should be placed on the growth rate and species composition due to variations in fertility and soil quality within different stands. These observations will provide a better idea of the preferred rotation cycle best suited for a property. Prescribed burns should only be conducted by certified professionals who are aware of the safe use of fire for habitat improvement
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Zach Kometani will be the first to admit he's been struggling at the plate lately.
But one swing of the bat erased those frustrations as he lined a single into right field that scored Taylor Wrenn from second and gave the Beach Bums a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Florence in 10 innings Tuesday at Wuerfel Park, giving East Division-leading Traverse City two wins in three games against the second-place Freedom.
"I've been trying to battle through this little slump here," said Kometani, who was 0-for-4, including three strikeouts in his previous plate appearances on Tuesday. "Hopefully, that hit there will propel me forward for the rest of the season. I hit it really well. I figured it was going to fall in. It was a low liner. I thought there may be an opportunity for the right fielder to throw (Wrenn) out because it was hit well, but when he bobbled it I knew we were going to score."
Kometani's single culminated a Beach Bums rally from a 3-0 deficit in the final four innings. Traverse City plated two runs in the seventh, then tied it in the eighth to send the game into extra innings.
"I thought it was one of our better wins of the year," said Traverse City manager Gregg Langbehn. "That's a good team. One of the best, if not the best teams we've played all year. It was a hard-fought win. The guys hung in there. That's why you play nine innings. You just keep going and if you lose you come back tomorrow."
The Beach Bums 10th inning started when Wrenn led off by being hit by a pitch thrown by Florence closer Jorge Marban, one of the top relievers in the Frontier League. He moved to second when Chase Burch walked with one out. After Carlo Testa fanned, Traverse City's chance to score was left in the hands of Kometani, who managed to drop his hit in front of Florence right fielder Byron Wiley.
"Off the bat I thought it was good, then I saw Wiley closing on it a little bit," said Langbehn. "They had shortened up once there was two outs to be in a position to throw somebody out at the plate. Fortunately for us, Zach hit it good and it just dropped right in front. There was a little question there for a split second and I was like, 'oh, come on.' We didn't need to go any longer. You don't want to cut into your pitching any more than you have to."
"I knew when Zach kind of inside-outed it and threw his bat the other way, I knew it was down," said Wrenn. "And as soon as Banger put his head down I knew we had won the game."
Wrenn also scored the game-tying run, leading off the eighth with a double down the first base line and coming home on Carlo Testa's RBI single three batters later.
It took the Beach Bums until the seventh inning to get anything going offensively. Florence starter Daniel Jensen scattered five hits over seven innings, walking only two and striking out six. He didn't allow a Traverse City base runner to get beyond second until the seventh when Marcus Nidiffer doubled and advanced to third on the play. That hit scored Sean Gusrang to give Traverse City its first run. Nidiffer scored on Ryan Still's sacrifice fly to right.
"Jensen was good," said Wrenn. "We were chasing pitches out of the zone. We were a little impatient at the plate. I think the last couple of innings we really settled down and got better pitches to hit and worked deeper counts."
Nick Capito (3-0) got the win for Traverse City, working three innings of relief. He helped his cause by picking off Pablo Bermudez at first in the ninth. That proved to be huge as Junior Arroyo tripled one batter later. The Beach Bums also made big defensive plays late in the game, with Gusrang running down a fly ball in foul territory in right field — a play where he toppled into the Florence bullpen — to start the ninth. In the 10th Scott Woodward made a putout in center, then fired to Still at second to catch Jacob Tanis leading too far off the bag to complete the double play.
Jake Sabol started for Traverse City (39-24) and went six innings, allowing two runs on four hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Florence (35-28) scored twice in the fourth and added another run off reliever Kyle Teague in the seventh.
The win extended Traverse City's lead in the East to four games over the Freedom. The Beach Bums came into the series with a three-game lead.
"We're super happy to get the win here," said Kometani. "Florence is a really good team. We've got to stay on top of our game and just do what we can to win as many games as we can."
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---- — PLATTSBURGH — The Adirondack-Champlain Telemedicine Information Network, connecting eight hospitals and 40 primary-care facilities, is expected to be operational by late November.
The fiber-optic telemedicine network, in the works for several years, will cover Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Rensselaer, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren and Washington counties, as well as the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Health Services facility and Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
Nearly $9 million in grant funds has paid for the project, CVPH Medical Center President and CEO Stephens Mundy said at a press conference Monday morning. The four-year contract with the Federal Communications Commission's Rural Health Care Pilot Program is administered by the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.
The initiative worked with the Development Authority of the North Country and will use multiple service providers, including ION, Westelcom, PrimeLink, Tech Valley Communications and SLIC Network Solutions, to link the various partners.
Joel Benware, chief information officer at Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, said future generations will benefit from the high-speed connectivity the network will allow.
"This collaborative effort has been years in the making," he said.
The fiber-optic network will make it quicker and easier to share medical data files, which are often extremely large. As a dedicated network, it will cut down on the need for extreme encryption measures needed to provide security.
Dan Davis of the Fletcher Allen Information Technology Department said the network allows for a 1,000-fold improvement in data transmission among all the medical facilities in the North Country. The ability to rapidly share records should reduce costs caused by the frequent duplication of testing.
Massena Memorial Hospital Senior Director of Public Relations and Planning Tina Corcoran said the network allows for a greater continuity of health care throughout the North Country.
"Today, information technology is a great part of our strategic plan," she said.
The network will extend as far south as Glens Falls Hospital. Peter Gilhooly, director of information-system infrastructure there, said the most impressive part of the network is the ability to connect with rural health clinics.
"Glens Falls Hospital is proud to be part of that collaboration," he said.
Bob Hunt, regional telemedicine project manager for the Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization, said the network will also be connected to its network, which runs from Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse to Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown to Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg.
Several of the partners thanked Congressman Bill Owens, State Sen. Betty Little and State Assemblywoman Janet Duprey for their help in securing the grant funds.
Owens said two things stood out about the project: the cooperation among the partners and the benefit to patients.
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Little said the project is a true example of the power of collaboration. She said the only hospital in Washington County closed shortly after she was first elected, but the remaining health-care practices embraced telemedicine and have made that a success.
"I would guess in my lifetime nothing has changed more than health care," she said.
Duprey said she is proud of North Country health-care professionals' ability to work together to shift priorities from reactive treatment to preventive.
"This project was, without a doubt, the first heavy lift I had in the State Assembly," she said. "I am so proud once again of the North Country and the ability to get it done."
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Schools officials are still monitoring the health of other students two days after announcing a University of Virginia student contracted the mumps.
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The deadline was set for 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. University of Virginia officials were giving all students ample time to bring their shot record, or take a mumps shot to fight against catching the mumps. It comes two days after UVa officials found out a first year engineering student contracted the disease.
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Last Friday was set to be a day of festivities in the small mountain village of Charmey, situated in the heart of the Swiss region of Gruyère in the Fribourg Canton. However, as the community prepared to inaugurate the new cheese cellar "Caves d'Alpage de la Tzintre", which had just welcomed its first rounds of Vacherin Fribourgeois, one of 22 Swiss Slow Food Presidia projects, tragedy struck.
To the shock of the village, an explosion on the eve of the celebrations caused the building to catch fire while workers were still busy with the final preparations. Four workers were seriously injured and one died.
The fire, which according to the newspaper Le Matin was caused by a
gas leak, was quickly put out by the fire brigade. President of the Fribourg Cooperative of Alpine Cheese Producers André Remy says that while it is too early to understand the extent of the damage, it is undoubtedly significant, but of course "the material consequences are nothing in the face of loss of human life."
While the community awaits news on the condition of the four injured people, Remy was able to confirm on Monday that the wheels of Gruyère and Vacherin, around 7,000 cheeses according to his estimation, have been preserved. The cellar fan is not working, but for now the temperature and the weather is favorable to maintaining a suitable environment.
Slow Food and the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity express our deepest condolences to the community and affected families.
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CUMBERLAND — A masked suspect armed with a knife robbed an East Oldtown Road convenience store early Thursday evening. No one was injured.
Cumberland Police responded to the 7:19 p.m. incident at the Circe K store that took place when a white male suspect entered the store, displayed the knife and demanded money from the cash drawer.
After receiving an unknown amount of money, the suspect left the store in the 900 block of East Oldtown Road and was last seen on foot in that area.
Maryland State Police medevac helicopter and K-9 units were unable to locate the suspect, who was described as being approximately 6 feet, 3 inches tall, of thin build and wearing a ski mask, gloves, light-colored sweatshirt and jeans.
Investigators with the C3I Unit also responded and the crime scene was processed by a state police evidence collection specialist.
The Allegany County Sheriff's Office assisted in the interviews of employees and several witnesses.
Cumberland Police and the C3I Unit are continuing to investigate the robbery. Surveillance video is being reviewed as part of the investigation.
Cash rewards of up to $1,500 are offered by the Allegany and Mineral County Crime Solvers and callers may remain anonymous without having to appear in court. Crime Solvers may be reached at 301-722-4300.
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THE WORLD COMMUNITY FOR CHRISTIAN MEDITATIONThe roots of the Community lie in the desert tradition of early Christianity. In 1975 John Main started the first Christian Meditation Centre in London where the first of many weekly meditation groups began to meet. In 1991 the John Main Seminar was held in the old Utopian town of New Harmony, Indiana. It was led by Bede Griffiths and was the basis of his book The New Creation in Christ: Meditation and Community.Meditators from many parts of the world came together on this occasion to discuss the future of the community that had been forming for many years already as a 'monastery without walls'. They named it The World Community for Christian Meditation. The symbol of the Community is an ancient image that represents the union of the contemplative and active dimensions of life.
Dom Laurence Freeman OSB is a monk of the Olivetan Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto Maggiore and Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation. Fr Laurence was born in England in 1951 where he was educated by the Benedictines and studied English Literature at Oxford University.
Before entering monastic life he had experience with the United Nations, banking and journalism. In the monastery his spiritual teacher was John Main with whom he studied and whom he helped in the establishment of the first Christian Meditation Centre in London.
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The Shelby County State Bank, Harlan, Iowa, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation.
The counterfeit items display the routing number 104903391, which is assigned to The Shelby County State Bank. The items are blue with a "VOID" background when copied and one signature line. A security feature statement is embedded in a darkened top border and along the bottom border between two padlocks. The words "Cashier's Check" are top-centered. The bank's logo, name, location and telephone number, unassociated with the bank, are in the top-left corner.
Authentic cashier's checks are marble green and have two signature lines. The words "CASHIER'S CHECK" are along the left side. A "NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS" is in the lower-left corner. The bank's logo, motto, branch locations and a toll-free number are in the top-left corner. A lined octagon containing the dollar amount is in the center.
Copies of a counterfeit item and an authentic check (VOID) are attached for your review. Be aware that the appearance of counterfeit items can be modified and that additional variations may be presented.
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Information about counterfeit items, cyber-fraud incidents and other fraudulent activity may be forwarded to the FDIC's Cyber-Fraud and Financial Crimes Section, 550 17th Street, N.W., Room F-3054, Washington, D.C. 20429, or transmitted electronically to email@example.com. Questions related to federal deposit insurance or consumer issues should be submitted to the FDIC using an online form that can be accessed at http://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp.
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NOTE: As a security precaution, the FDIC does not post to its Web site electronic images of fraudulent items or authentic checks that have been counterfeited. This is to avoid attempts by others to use these instruments to facilitate additional fraud. Financial institutions can view images of the fraudulent items and authentic checks (marked as VOID) using the FDIC's free, secure Web site, FDICconnect. (See more information about FDICconnect at http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2006/fil06032.html.) Printed copies of each Special Alert and its attachment(s) may also be obtained from the FDIC's Public Information Center (telephone: 1-877-275-3342 or 703-562-2200; fax: 703-562-2296; or e-mail: email@example.com).
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Villa celebrates expansion
Five years of various construction projects have transformed and enhanced the 178-year-old campus of St. Joseph's Villa into a modern, vibrant facility that serves as a safe and efficient community resource for families.
Earlier this month, Villa officials gathered with clients, volunteers, students, Henrico County Manager Virgil Hazelett and Fairfield Supervisor Frank Thornton to celebrate the campus' transformation.
There was a strong sense of excitement and accomplishment in the air during the June 6 event at the Villa, where the changes will ensure that it remains a vital resource for needy families – 82 percent of them from Henrico. The improvements have helped the Villa build new partnerships, increase capacity, improve efficiency and expand the scope of its services.
"Before this project, we were serving 800 [people] – now we are serving about 2,000," said Board of Trustees member JoAnne K. Henry.
The renovation is the first major construction of infrastructure and roadways on the 82 acre campus since 1931. A major investment is the new perimeter road that makes it safer for the 450 vehicles that access the campus each day, while removing them from the pedestrian walkways and safeguarding clients, staff, visitors and children.
"My son has attended the Villa for four years and will be graduating this year. I think it's wonderful and it gives the children time to walk through the school without cars going by," said parent Jaralyn McIntosh. "It's the best idea they could've come up with."
Other significant features include a new culinary arts center for dining and career training, a pedestrian avenue and walkways to connect buildings and campus resources, renovation of the gym and underground infrastructures including utilities and technology and restoration of the central garden and green spaces to promote outdoor learning and therapy.
The transformation began five years ago when architects, board members, engineers and staff devised a master plan for the future of St. Joseph's Villa with safety and transportation as the main goals.
The building committee, led by Villa Chairman John Gentry, held monthly meetings for 26 months to create budgets plans and implement work. The Villa launched its first ever capital campaign, "Believing is Seeing," with a goal of $10 million. Despite launching the campaign during one of the worst economic recessions in recent history, the Villa reached 99 percent of its goal. The money raised came from various donations from businesses, grants, staff, board members and friends.
The transformation is one that not only has helped expand the reach and scope of services the Villa can offer but has also been an example for the students.
"The number one reason to love the new campus is because of inspiration for transformation. Seeing what the campus has become inspires a sense of possibility in the individuals that they serve here," said Villa senior Ellen Trebour during the grand reopening.
Said Villa CEO Kathleen Barrett: "They have been thrilled; we asked the students for their input and how they felt about everything. They were involved every step of the way, and everyone loves the finished project."
Established in 1834 by the Daughters of Charity to serve as an orphanage and school, the Villa has now evolved as the oldest and largest continuously operating children's nonprofit organization in the metro region. It is a non-religious affiliated, non-profit organization that works to serve children and families by providing children with special needs the opportunity to succeed through innovative educational and day programs. Many of those served are dealing with autism, homelessness, or physical and mental disabilities that would classify the children as "at risk."
The project was recently awarded the Greater Richmond Association Commercial Real Estate Award for the best site improvements in 2011. The project finished under budget and before the targeted completion date.
Agencies combine on new entry point to Chickahominy
Canoeing and kayaking enthusiasts soon will have a new access point to the Chickahominy River. VDOT, the James River Association and Henrico County Parks and Recreation are teaming up to establish a new site in Eastern Henrico.
The James River Association negotiated the deal with VDOT to procure official access to the area located just east of I-295 on North Airport Road in Sandston. The site includes a park-and-ride commuter lot bordering the Chickahominy River and has been an unofficial launch site used by paddlers for years. > Read more.
Equestrian clinic planned July 7-8 in Henrico
Citizen Staff Reports 07/04/2014
Henrico equestrians interested in deepening the bond between themselves and their horses have the opportunity to attend a two day clinic, held at Steppin' High Stables on July 7-8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic, "Become Partners with your Horse," will be taught by multiple world champion equestrienne Terry Preiser and will focus on how riders and horses can work together to achieve more. > Read more.
Henrico school bus driver honored
Citizen Staff Reports 07/03/2014
The Henrico-based Hephaestus Society recently awarded its first annual community heroes award (the Hephaestus Award) to Hicham Elgharouch (pictured, center) for what it termed his "selfless acts of caring" in his duties as a Henrico County Public Schools bus driver. Henrico County Director of Pupil Transportation Josh Davis, joined Hephaestus Society President Travis Gardner, in presenting the award and an accompanying $1,500 check to Elgharouch last month.
Elgharouch was selected for his clear and demonstrated patience and for his infectious positive attitude, according to the society. > Read more.
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Don't party too hard on the Fourth because a whole weekend of fun events await! Enjoy a classy date night without the kids at James River Cellars Winery's second annual Smoke and Vine Festival. Another date night option is at the Richmond Funny Bone, where comedian April Macie will perform all weekend. The kids have their own options this weekend as well. Choose from storytime at Tuckahoe and Twin Hickory libraries or family-oriented karaoke at Aunt Sarah's Pancake House – I hear they have hits from Disney's "Frozen." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Knoxville, Tenn. - March 24, 2011 - The Springfield College women's swimming team competed in the second day of the NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Thursday. Kellie Pennington swam in the 100 fly, while the 200 free relay team competed, however both were unable to qualify for the championship finals.
Pennington swam her second individual event of the NCAA's as she competed in the 100 fly. The freshman placed 22nd out of 41 swimmers after touching in 57.03. The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Swimmer of the Year entered the event seeded 11th with a qualifying time of 56.54.
Reilly also joined Pennington in the 100 fly as she swam a 58.74 to place 35th. Reilly had originally qualified with a time of 57.91.
As for the Pride's relay, the team of Pennington, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk, Caroline Kosciusko, and Reilly clocked in 1:36.49, which was the 18th fastest time of the prelims. The squad originally qualified for the NCAA's with a time of 1:35.10.


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As 2013 approaches, Patch has asked Fairfax County School Board members to share their goals and priorities for 2013.
Member Ryan McElveen (At-large) chose to write an "Unofficial FCPS 2013 In-and-Out List." It runs unedited below.
It's that time of year when we reflect on all we've done over the past year and look ahead to what the New Year will bring.
In a county as big as Fairfax, the to-do list is endless, but here are some of the things on which the School Board is setting its sights for 2013. I wish you a wonderful holiday break!
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Revisiting the Facts, After the Convictions
"The Newburgh Sting," an HBO documentary, makes extensive use of F.B.I. surveillance to offer a case that the four New York men convicted in a bomb plot were framed.
July 21, 2014, Monday
2014 Emmy Nominations: What to Expect
"True Detective" is likely to be a contender; "Downton Abbey" and "Homeland" may be squeezed out.
July 9, 2014, Wednesday
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'The Leftovers' Recap: Laws of Human Nature, Interrupted -- or, The Case of the Disappearing Bagel
Why Garvey really needs to take apart the toaster.
July 6, 2014, Sunday
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With This Video Camera, I Thee Shoot
A documentary by the filmmaker Doug Block (who has a sideline as a wedding videographer) revisits couples whose ceremonies he has shot over the years.
June 30, 2014, Monday
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Hot Spots, Anyone? Racy Preferred
Vice, the youth-oriented news entity, is expanding its web presence as it is courted by Fox and Time Warner.
June 30, 2014, Monday
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June 29, 2014, Sunday
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In a step to help provide environmental awareness (and perhaps a tad of promotion), the United Nations named Tinker Bell the 'Honorary Ambassador of Green' early Sunday.
'We're delighted Tinker Bell has agreed to be our Honorary Ambassador of Green,' said Kiyo Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. 'This beloved animated character can help us inspire kids and their parents to nurture nature and do what they can to take care of the environment.'


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His name is now up there with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan, Hank Thompson, Johnny Lee Wills, the Light Crust Doughboys, the Sons of the Pioneers, Milton Brown and Asleep at the Wheel.
Tannehill resident Bob Sullivan is a 2013 inductee into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame.
Sullivan is the second McAlester-area resident to be inducted into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame. Ramona Reed, of Clayton, a vocalist for several years with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, was inducted in 2004.
A mixture of big band swing, country music, jazz and blues, Western swing has a unique place in American musical history — especially in Texas and Oklahoma.
Sullivan, a recording engineer, worked on several albums with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, and is especially known for his stellar engineering work on the Album "Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys For the Last Time."
Recording began in 1973 in Dallas, with Wills already confined to a wheelchair because of a previous stroke.
Sullivan said Wills still led the band though, simply by nodding toward the musician who he wanted to take an instrumental break.
He also summoned a few of his well-known "Ah haaas!" during the session.
Unfortunately Wills suffered another stroke following that first day of recording on Dec. 3, 1973, and never regained consciousness, dying in 1975.
The Dallas recording sessions had continued on Dec. 4, though, with the help of many of the original Texas Playboys who had been with Wills since the 1930s, including steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe, rhythm guitar-great Eldon Shamblin and pianist Al Stricklin.
They and other western swing musicians were supplemented by one of Wills' biggest fans, Merle Haggard.
Released in 1974, the 24-track double album "For the Last Time" is considered a classic.
Sullivan said Haggard got so into the project that he had to be reminded of its purpose.
"It was supposed to be a Bob Wills Album, not a Merle Haggard Album," Sullivan chuckled.
As the engineer at the KWKH Radio in Shreveport, La., from 1948 until 1958, Sullivan worked closely with other legendary performers including Hank Williams and later, Elvis Presley, as the sound engineer when they were performing on the famed Louisiana Hayride radio show at the beginning of their careers. Williams would later return to the Hayride after he was fired from the Grand Ole Opry.
"I think Hank was the greatest entertainer I ever saw on stage," Sullivan said.
Sullivan believes people then — and still today — identify with Williams because of his "down-home attitude."
He said Williams was the same when he was starting his career as he was when he climbed to No. 1 on the record charts.
"People who paid 75 cents for a ticket got their money's worth," Sullivan said, referring to the price of a ticket on the Louisiana Hayride in those days.
Sullivan remembers Presley as the kid who came along a few years later to perform on the Louisiana Hayride. At that time, Presley still recorded for Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn., and had not yet shot to national stardom.
During a backstage conversation, Presley and Sullivan developed a natural affinity because they were both big blues music fans.
"He and I sort of hit it off," Sullivan recalled. "I mentioned I liked to listen to the blues.
"He said 'Man, you like that stuff? You're the only other one I know who likes it.'"
Presley not only loved to listen to the blues, he loved to talk about the music. Since he could still move around relatively freely in those days, Sullivan said they would sometimes take a break between shows in a nearby cafe.
"I'd get coffee and he'd get a Coke," Sullivan recalled.
Sullivan's wife, Judy Sullivan, also remembers Presley at the start of his career.
He particularly got a kick out of the Sullivan's daughter, who they called 'Little Judy.'" He would sometimes hold the toddler's hand and lead her around the backstage area.
"She loved it," Judy Sullivan recalled.
Years later, after Little Judy — who is now Judy Warren — grew up, she would ask her parents why they never took a photo of her and Presley together.
In addition to the fact that cameras weren't so prevalent in those days, the Sullivans considered Presley as simply another friend they'd made at the Hayride.
"He was a nice kid," Judy Sullivan said.
Meanwhile, the sizable award in the shape of the state of Texas that that accompanied Bob Sullivan's induction into the Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame includes an engraving that spells out the reasons behind his selection for the honor:
"Bob began his career at KWKH as the chief engineer in 1954 after serving in the Army in World War II. He was the chief engineer for the Louisiana Hayride from 1948 through 1958, where he engineered Hank Williams' and Elvis Presley's first performance on the radio show.
"Bob has engineered thousands of recordings through the years, with stars like Jim Reeves, Webb Pierce, Faron Young and Johnny Horton. He is considered to be one of the best three-track recording engineers in the business for getting the pure sound of rock 'n roll the way it was recorded in the '50s.
"Bob also contributed big-time to the world of Western swing.
"One of the greatest Western swing albums produced is 'Bob Wills For the Last Time.' Bob (Sullivan) was the recording engineer on that album.
"The band would record a couple of songs and tell Bob they were going to grab a bite to eat. When they would come back, he would have their songs mixed.
"Many of the Playboys on that recording session like Johnny Gimble, Leon McAuliffe and Leon Rausch used Bob in the future on other albums," the engraving notes.
"We proudly induct this engineering great into the Western Swing Hall of Fame."
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Charles Monaco on April 28, 2011 - 12:48pm
Faced with the lasting effects of the Great Recession on state revenues, governors and legislators across the country have spent much of the 2011 legislative session proposing unpopular and economically destructive cuts to education, health care, and other critical services in state budgets. In many states, cuts to services that largely affect working families have been accompanied by unpopular tax giveaways to millionaires and big businesses – trickle-down policies mirrored in the proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2012 authored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), which would privatize Medicare while extending tax breaks for the super-wealthy.
In recent town hall meetings and other community gatherings across the nation, legislators have started to feel the heat from constituents angry over these politically toxic and fiscally irresponsible proposals.
In Ohio, where Gov. Kasich's proposed budget included almost $400 million in education cuts, public outrage is manifesting itself in seemingly unlikely places: suburban areas that voted for the Republican governor in last years' election. As the Cleveland Plain-Dealer reports, this demonstration of voter anger is making an impression on conservative legislators who have been "battered" in recent district meetings with constituents:
"We are looking to take the edge off of this problem across the spectrum of school districts – not just for the upper" property wealth districts, said [Rep. Ron] Amstutz, a Wooster Republican shepherding the budget through the GOP-controlled House. "But we are concerned about the districts getting high percentage cuts."
Taxpayers from those districts, many in traditional Republican territory, are also concerned – and downright angry. Hundreds of them have been giving GOP lawmakers an earful at recent community meetings.
At the same time that Republican legislators in Ohio are responding to voter pressure and urging their governor to scale back the damage of budget cuts, Republican legislators in Florida are similarly urging their governor to scale back billions in corporate tax cuts. Gov. Scott's proposed plan to phase out state corporate taxes entirely was described as being on "life support" after Republican legislators balked. In something of an understatement, State Sen. Nancy Detert (R-FL) justified her opposition to repealing corporate taxes by saying it was "just kind of odd" to pass billions of dollars in corporate tax cuts "during the worst of times."
This wave of contentious town hall confrontations has not been limited to meetings with state legislators. Members of Congress returning to their districts from D.C.have also been getting an earful from constituents over proposed cuts, rising income inequality, and their votes for the Ryan budget.
In recent public meetings in Florida, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York, and across the nation, conservative members of Congress have been directly confronted over voting to privatize Medicare and refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy, part of what the New York Times reported on as a national trend of right-wing representatives "increasingly on the defensive, facing worried and angry questions from voters." One lawmaker even resorted to pre-screening questions from voters lest he be asked about unpopular cuts.
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Inside Collection (Book): Accessible Physics Concepts for Blind Students
Summary: This module explains potential energy in a format that is accessible to blind sudents.
This module is part of a collection (see http://cnx.org/content/col11294/latest/ ) of modules designed to make physics concepts accessible to blind students. The collection is intended to supplement but not to replace the textbook in an introductory course in high school or college physics.
This module explains potential energy in a format that is accessible to blind sudents.
In addition to an Internet connection and a browser, you will need the following tools (as a minimum) to work through the exercises in these modules:
The minimum prerequisites for understanding the material in these modules include:
I recommend that you also study the other lessons in my extensive collection of online programming tutorials. You will find a consolidated index at www.DickBaldwin.com .
I will begin this explanation with a couple of graphic examples.
Gravitational potential energy
If you find a flat rock with a mass of 10 kg on the ground at a location on the surface of the earth where the ground is flat for miles around, that rock has little or no potential energy.
A change in potential energy
If you pick that rock up and balance it on a limb of a tree that is 2 meters off the ground, you have done at least two things:
An accident waiting to happen
Perhaps the change in potential energy can best be illustrated by stating that the rock now has the potential to crack someone's skull open if they happen to be standing under the limb when the rock falls towards the ground with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2.
When the rock was laying on the surface of the earth, it did not have that potential. You created that potential by imparting potential energy into the rock when you listed it from the ground and balanced it on the limb.
Elastic potential energy
Consider a common rubber band. Because of its small mass, a rubber band can never be expected to acquire much in the way of gravitational potential energy. However, it can acquire a considerable amount of elastic potential energy.
While I don't recommend that you try the experiment with the rock described earlier, this is an experiment that you can try with no permanent damage to your person.
Thread your arm through the rubber band
Find a strong rubber band and thread your left arm through the rubber band up to the wrist. Make certain that the rubber band fits loosely on your arm. At that point, the rubber band has little or no potential energy.
Change the potential energy
Now grasp the rubber band between the thumb and forefinger of your right hand and stretch it to the point where it is almost ready to break.
At that point, you have expended your energy in stretching the rubber band, and the rubber band has acquired elastic potential energy.
How much elastic potential energy?
How much elastic potential energy did the rubber band acquire? You can get a qualitative estimate of the amount of potential energy by releasing the rubber band and letting it strike your bare wrist.
When the rubber band contacts your skin, it will impart energy into the nerve ending in your skin as its potential energy goes back to zero. If it hurts a lot, there was a lot of elastic potential energy stored in the stretched rubber band. If it doesn't hurt very much, there probably wasn't much potential energy stored in the rubber band, or you have very tough skin with few nerve endings.
There are several ways that an object can acquire and store energy, which we will refer to as potential energy . Two of the most common ways are:
Increasing the potential energy of the rock
For example, elevating the rock by 2 meters above the ground as described earlier imparted energy into the rock. (Work was done on the rock in order to increase its height above the ground.)
Storing the potential energy
Balancing the rock on the limb caused that energy to be (temporarily) stored in the rock as gravitational potential energy. The rock stores that energy for so long as it is held at that elevated position.
Releasing the potential energy
Tipping the rock off the limb so that it would fall back to the ground caused that potential energy to be released and caused the potential energy of the rock to go back to zero.
Potential energy and the rubber band
Similarly, stretching and then releasing the rubber band as described above first stored, and then released elastic potential energy in the rubber band.
Work is required to increase the potential energy of an object
In both cases, it was necessary for you to expend energy in order to increase the amount of energy stored in the rock and the rubber band.
Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored in an object as the result of the gravitational attraction between the earth and the object. In practical terms, the energy is stored as the result of the objects height above the surface of the earth.
Every object that has a position above the surface of the earth has stored gravitational potential energy. Some common examples are
Because all objects are attracted to a point in the center of the earth, all objects that don't rest on the surface of the earth have potential energy.
All objects have stored gravitational potential energy
Even those objects that do rest on the surface of the earth have potential energy, because they have a strong tendency to make their way to the center of the earth. In most cases, however, that desire cannot be fulfilled so we usually consider the surface of the earth to be the reference point for gravitational potential energy.
The deep
In the final analysis, however, only those objects that rest at the bottom of the deepest point in the ocean cannot be forced to give up stored gravitational potential energy. In theory, every other object could be transported to and dropped to that point on the ocean bed, thereby giving up stored potential energy in the process.
The height and the mass are critical
The magnitude of the potential energy possessed by the rock balanced on the tree limb in the earlier example depends on two things: the height of the rock above the ground and the mass of the rock.
Gravitational potential energy is proportional to mass
The gravitational potential energy of an object is proportional to the mass of the object. Objects with more mass are capable of having more potential energy than objects with less mass. Therefore, if the rubber band discussed in the earlier example were to be placed on the same limb as the rock, the rock would have more gravitational potential energy than the rubber band due to its greater mass.
Gravitational potential energy is proportional to height
Gravitational potential energy is also proportional to the distance of the object from the center of the earth. Thus, a 10 kg rock falling from 50 meters onto your head would do more damage than the same 10 kg rock falling onto your head from 2 meters. In both cases, the potential energy of the rock would be converted to kinetic energy, (which is a topic for a future module), and that kinetic energy would be converted to pain when the rock strikes your head.
The higher the starting point for the rock,
Gravitational potential energy is proportional to the product of mass, height, and gravity
Thus, the gravitational potential energy of an object that is elevated above the surface of the earth is equal to the product of the mass of the object, the height of the object, and the acceleration of gravity. Expressed as an equation, we can write:
PEg = mass*kg * gravity*m/s^2 * height*m
Units of gravitational potential energy
As you can see from above, the units of gravitational potential energy are
kg*m^2/s^2 = kg*(m/s^2)*(m) = N*m = joule
What is the zero height reference?
Because the determination of gravitational potential energy requires knowledge of the height of the object, you must determine the height of the object above a zero-height reference level. Therefore, to determine the gravitational potential energy of an object, you must first decide what level you are going to consider to be zero height.
The ultimate reference
The ultimate zero-height reference is the point in the center of the earth to which all objects are attracted. Using that point, however, would lead to a lot of arithmetic accuracy problems. The radius of the earth is something like 6378100 meters, and that depends on where on the earth you are standing -- death valley, Mount Everest, or somewhere in between.
I will leave it as an exercise for the student to determine why the use of the center of the earth as the zero-height reference might lead to arithmetic accuracy problems when doing calculations involving gravitational potential energy.
Doubling the height doubles the gravitational potential energy
The gravitational potential energy of an object is directly proportional to its height above the zero position. Therefore, doubling or tripling the height of the object above the zero position will have a corresponding doubling or tripling effect on the gravitational potential energy.
Elastic potential energy is the energy stored in an object as a result of deforming the object within its elastic limit, such as stretching a rubber band, stretching a coil spring in a fisherman's scale, or compressing a coil spring in the suspension of an automobile.
The elastic limit
Many materials are elastic up to a point, some more than others. This means that they can recover from a deformation up to a point.
However, most materials have an elastic limit. The elastic limit is the point beyond which the material cannot recover from a deformation.
A rubber band
For example, if you stretch a rubber band by an inch or two, it will usually recover when the load is removed. However, if you stretch it too far, it will break. In that case, the rubber band has clearly been deformed beyond its elastic limit.
A steel beam
A steel beam that supports a bridge can normally flex by a small amount when loaded by traffic on the bridge and return to its original shape once the load is removed. However, there is a point beyond which it cannot recover if flexed too far.
A coil spring
A coil spring in an old-fashioned fisherman's scale can stretch up to a certain limit when loaded with a fish, and then return to its original length when the fish is removed. However, if it is stretched beyond its elastic limit, it won't return to its original length when the load is removed. (The enclosure on a fisherman's scale is usually designed to prevent the spring from being stretched beyond its elastic limit.)
Many objects store elastic potential energy
Elastic potential energy can be stored in steel beams, rubber bands, golf balls, springs, automobile tires, etc. The amount of elastic potential energy stored in such a device is related to the amount by which the object is deformed (usually stretched or compressed). The more the object is deformed, up to a point, the more elastic potential energy is stored in the object.
Springs are a special case
Springs are a special case of an object that can store elastic potential energy either through stretching or compression. Some springs are probably manufactured with one or the other in mind while other springs may be manufactured to serve both purposes.
For example, the spring in a fisherman's scale is probably manufactured with only stretching in mind. The process of weighing a fish on a fisherman's scale is to hang the fish on a hook on the bottom end of the spring and measure how far the spring stretches.
On the other hand, I believe, but am not certain, that the coil springs in the suspension of a car serve their purpose by both stretching an compressing.
A force is required
A force is required to compress or stretch a spring. The more the spring is compressed or stretched (depending on its purpose), the more force will be required to compress or stretch it further.
The spring constant
For certain springs, the amount of force required to compress or stretch the spring (up to a limit) is directly proportional to the amount of stretch or compression. This can be expressed in equation form as
Fs = k * x
Hooke's law
The constant of proportionality in the above equation is known as the spring constant . Springs that behave this way are said to follow Hooke's law, named after the 17th century British physicist Robert Hooke.
The equilibrium state
If the spring is not compressed or stretched, it is in its equilibrium state, and there is no potential energy stored in it. The equilibrium state is the state that the spring naturally assumes when no forces are acting on it. This state could be called the zero-potential energy state.
(This is the state of the rubber band that hung loosely around your wrist in the experiment at the beginning of this module.)
Potential energy versus stretch or compression
There is an equation for springs that relates the amount of elastic potential energy to the amount of stretch (or compression) and the spring constant. The equation is
PEs = 0.5 * k * x^2
Gravitational potential energy can be stored in an object by moving it further away from the center of the earth. As a practical matter, this usually means moving it to a higher position relative to the ground, the floor, or a tabletop.
Elastic potential energy can be stored in an object by deforming it within its elastic limit. Usually, but not always, this involves stretching or compressing the object, but it could also mean twisting it or deforming it in some other way. If the deformation doesn't exceed the elastic limit of the object, it will return to its original shape when the load is removed.
Some materials, such as the spring material in a fisherman's scale, can sustain considerable deformation before reaching the elastic limit. Other materials, such as toasted bread, not only reach their elastic limit, but also reach their structural limit and break at the slightest amount of deformation.
Other materials, such as fresh bread and modeling clay have a low elastic limit but a relatively high structural limit. In other words, they doesn't return to their original shape when deformed, but they also don't easily break when deformed.
The rock and the tree
You pick a flat rock with a 10kg mass off the ground and balance it on a tree limb 2 meters above the ground.
What was the gravitational potential energy of the rock before your arrival and what change in gravitational potential energy did you impart to the rock by your actions?
Assuming that the rock was flat and the ground was flat and there was essentially no chance the the rock could roll downhill, the gravitational potential energy of the rock before you picked it up was zero.
Using the Google calculator to do the arithmetic and handle the units, after you balanced the rock on the tree limb, the potential energy was:
(10 kg) * (9.8 (m / (s^2))) * (2 m) = 196 joules
Therefore, the change in gravitational potential energy was 196 joules.
A crate and a ramp
You push a 100 kg mass up a 5 meter-long ramp and onto a platform at the upper end of the ramp. The ramp makes an angle of 36.9 degrees relative to the ground on which it is setting.
What change in gravitational potential energy did you impart to the crate?
First compute the height of the platform at the upper end of the ramp.
height = 5 * sin(36.9 degrees) = 3m
Now compute the change in gravitational potential energy.
(100 kg) * (9.8 (m / (s^2))) * (3 m) = 2940 joules
All that matters insofar as the change in gravitational potential energy is concerned is that the crate was lifted 3 meters higher than its initial position. How that lift was accomplished doesn't matter. It could be accomplished with a ramp, a pulley, or with brute strength and the change in gravitational potential energy would be the same.
More on the crate and the ramp
How much work was done on the crate in pushing it to the top of the ramp?
The first task is to compute the force parallel to the ramp that is required to push the crate up the ramp, ignoring the extra push required to get it moving at the bottom of the ramp. That parallel force is equal to the component of the crate's weight that is pushing down parallel to the ramp.
A little trigonometry will reveal that the component of the crate's weight that is parallel to the ramp is equal to the product of the total weight of the crate and the sine of the ramp angle relative to the horizontal ground. That gives us a requirement for a force pushing up the ramp and parallel to the ramp of
(100 kg) * 9.8 (m / (s^2)) * sin(36.9 degrees) = 588 newtons
The angle between the line of action of the force and the displacement direction of the crate was 0 degrees. Therefore, the work done on the crate was:
(588 newtons) * 5 m * cos(0) = 2940 joules
Note that the work done on the crate to move it to its new position was equal to the change in gravitational potential energy for the crate. As you may have guessed, that is not a coincidence. You will learn more about that relationship in a future module.
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