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The New York Times' Carpetbagger blog spoke to the two directors, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, about filming in Memphis and about new business partner Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is set to executive produce a fictionalized feature film based on "Undefeated."
Q. Did you make this film before "The Blind Side"?
A. Mr. Lindsay: We were aware of the book but the film was not in production, nobody was even sure it was going to get made. We went to Memphis on a couple exploratory missions, and then right as we were moving there in July, "The Blind Side" started production. And the movie came out, Sandra Bullock won an Oscar, and we were still in Memphis [working].
Q. What has it been like working with Sean Combs?
A. Mr. Lindsay: When the Weinstein Company called us and told us that he wanted to add his support to the film and come on as executive producer, I was kind of cautious. I obviously don't know the guy personally. Beyond knowing what he would be able to do in terms of reactions, why is he doing this? We went over to his house, which was ridiculous, last week and we walked away thinking he was genuinely moved by the movie. And there was also a moment when I was talking and I was like, why is this guy from the "Mo Money Mo Problems" video staring at me? It's because we're having a business conversation! And that's even stranger.
Mr. Martin: It's pretty amazing. Literally this guy almost single-handedly created the soundtrack to my high school experiences.
On The Huffington Post, Lindsay and Martin tell the story behind the film in their own words, starting with a memorable quote from a teacher:
"North Memphis looks like New Orleans after the flood; we just never had a flood." That's how the neighborhood where Manassas High School is located was described to us by a teacher and, unfortunately, it's a chillingly accurate description. The closing of the Firestone plant in the 1970's started an economic downturn that the community has yet to recover from. An all too familiar story for many communities around this country.


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Posted Nov 15, 2012 6:29 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
An offshoot of Occupy Wall Street is trying to improve the financial picture of some Americans by buying up debt for pennies on the dollar, with no intent to collect.
The group is called Strike Debt, the New York Times reports. It has already raised $129,000 in online donations and will hold a fundraiser Thursday evening.
First on the group's acquisition list is medical debt, to be followed by tuition debt and credit card debt.
A September article in the Nation explained the group's philosophy. "Debt, a growing number of organizers believe, has the potential to serve as a kind of connective tissue for the Occupy movement, uniting increasingly dispersed organizing efforts around a common problem (debt) as opposed to a common tactic (occupation)," the article says.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- U.S. health officials are reporting that half of adults under 30 say they have had a sunburn at least once in the past year.
Experts worry it's a sign young people aren't paying attention to the warnings about skin cancer.
The rate of sunburn is about the same as it was 10 years earlier, reversing progress reported just five years ago.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the study Thursday, which was based on a 2010 survey of about 5,000 young U.S. adults.
The CDC also reported that about 6 percent of all adults said they had done indoor tanning in the previous year. But nearly one-third of young white women did.
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The Salem News
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Once again, the senior/community center is being proposed; here is a little background.
When the center was first proposed, the administration put together a committee to discuss the various needs. Subcommittees were formed to look into each of the requirements. One of the major issues was its location. I and several other members were on this subcommittee, and I drove them around the city looking at a number of possible locations.
In the end, the entire committee took a vote and settled on two parcels owned by the city and one public/private location, as was requested by the administration prior to the search for a location. The public locations were both down the Willows, and the public/private was the Boston and Bridge streets site. During this time, there were several public meetings where folks expressed their feeling on the locations, both pro and con. Ultimately, the Boston/Bridge streets site was selected and sent to the City Council for approval. The council approved the site and the funding. However, after this, the economy went into a tumble, and the center has not been built.
Over the last few years, we have lost several seniors and others still living who have not had the opportunity to enjoy a new center.
Please contact your councilor and councilors-at-large and tell them you want them to vote to proceed with the building of a new center at the Boston and Bridge site before we lose more of our precious seniors and have to wait another 20-plus years for a center to be built.
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Valpo Drops Conference Opener 4-3 to Oral Roberts
Friday, April 13, 2007Valparaiso opened its 2007 Mid-Continent Conference season on Friday morning, and nearly pulled off the victory before falling 4-3 to Oral Roberts in the first league cluster held in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Crusaders got off to a good start, winning the doubles point in thrilling fashion. Mike Wagner (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer H.S.) and David Bukowski (Mount Prospect, Ill.) defeated Patrick Guilliod and Clemons Geercken 8-6 at third doubles. Oral Roberts (4-7, 1-0 Mid-Con) picked up a victory at number one doubles as Frank Kaehler and Alexander Dargel topped Alex Lau (Bloominton, Minn./Jefferson Senior H.S.) and Mike Shideler (Valparaiso, Ind./Munster H.S.) 8-5. In the deciding second doubles match, Valpo needed a tie-breaker to secure the first point of the day. Nic Kooyers (Holland, Mich./Holland H.S.) and Joe Venegas (Saint Charles, Ill./North H.S.) downed Tyrone Hill and Cuan Farquharson 9-8 (5).
Valpo and Oral Roberts each won a pair of singles contests in straight sets, but the Golden Eagles won the other two contests in three sets to earn the victory. Lau picked up his team-leading 15th singles victory of the season with a 6-2, 7-6 (3) triumph over Farquharson at the fourth spot. Bukowski earned the Crusaders' other win at sixth singles, downing Geercken 6-1, 7-6 (5). Kaehler gave Oral Roberts a win at the second slot, downing Venegas 6-3, 7-5 while Hill beat Shideler 7-5, 7-5 at third singles.
Kooyers won the first set at the top of the lineup 6-3 against Dargel only to fall in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Wagner suffered the same fate against Guilliod at fifth singles, dropping a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 match.
Valparaiso (3-13, 0-1 Mid-Con) will look to rebound on Saturday with a pair of conference matches. The Crusaders face Western Illinois beginning at 8 a.m. CDT before battling host IUPUI at 1 p.m. CDT. Both matches will take place in Indianapolis.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme and Individual Budgets
NSW is represented on the Select Committee by Minister Andrew Constance and on the Advisory Committee by Brendan O'Reilly, former head of ADHC and Department of Premier and Cabinet.
The 2012 Federal Budget provides the funding for the announcements by the Prime Minister at the NDIS rally in Sydney in early May. One billion dollars is allocated over four years for 10,000 people with disability in 2013 to begin on the NDIS in four initial launch sites with a further 10,000 people in 2014 in another four sites across Australia. If fully implemented, the NDIS is intended to cover 410,000 people with disabilities in Australia. There is no news on where the launch sites will be but NSW Minister Constance has nominated at least the Hunter in NSW.
For the NDIS to become secure and fully operational, however, the Federal Government must enact legislation that enables and enshrines the NDIS, as recommended by the Productivity Commission, and it must be fully funded in the Budget forward estimates. The Budget allocations are great first steps but the Campaign continues.
NCOSS is concerned about worrying and misleading commentary on both the NDIS and its proposed use of individual funding arrangements or personal budgets for people with disability. There is a strong focus on individualised funding arrangements under Stronger Together 2 in NSW which, from 1 July 2014, will offer people with disability and their families the opportunity to make decisions about how they use their allocated funding towards personal goals, improved supports and a better life.
Much has been written about NDIS and vouchers. There is no correlation within the NDIS or Stronger Together 2 and a voucher system. This reference to vouchers is inaccurate and incorrectly assumes that individualised funding will only be spent with disability specialist service providers. In fact, we know that people with disability will spend their funding in a wide variety of ways, in mainstream non-disability organisations, private and commercial organisations as well as disability specific providers. No "vouchers" could cover this breadth of options.
There has been criticism that the NDIS is based only on a medical model concerned solely with rationing the dollars. We clearly need to safeguard against this possibility in the roll out of the NDIS.
Eligibility for NDIS Tier 3 supports is likely to involve diagnosis and assessment around functioning. But the basic premise described for the scheme by the Productivity Commission brings into play, in a practical sense, the social model of disability by enabling people with disability to decide on and spend according to their own priorities. And in assuming this decision-making role, also provide people with disability and their families with any supports they need to make decisions.
NCOSS, alongside many in the disability sector, is actively advocating for individual decision-making by people with disability, and their families and carers, with supports as required and control over spending personal funding or budgets. NCOSS is equally advocating for the participation of people with disability in the development of Stronger Together 2 and the NDIS at a systemic level.
This personal decision-making refutes assertions by uninformed commentators that people with disability and their families are either not capable or unwilling to make decisions and take control around priorities for their supports, the quality and type of their supports and their lifestyle choices.
While the take up rate of individualised funding arrangements under Stronger Together 2 is expected to be relatively small in the first year, there is strong evidence from the recent oversubscription to the Supported Living Fund and interstate and international experience, that people are indeed wanting to and certainly capable of deciding on a better deal towards a good life.
Another recent argument criticising the NDIS has been that the focus is too individualised, and not enough on improving external access issues, citing public places. No-one disputes the need for "public agencies" to be universally accessible, and this must continue to be a priority for the inclusion of people with disability in community and public life. This is a priority of the overarching National Disability Strategy.
The NDIS is not designed to be a panacea to "fix the world" but rather an attempt to improve the life of a person with disability, at least 410,000 people in fact. The criticism does not acknowledge the intrinsic purpose of the NDIS, where the Productivity Commission has conceded the systemic exclusion of people with disability in society and the great unmet need for support that continues to result in intolerable personal hardship and family breakdown. Further, the criticism does not admit that access barriers are far greater than the physical or built environment for many people with disability, including people with mobility issues.
Several commentators have drawn analogies between the proposed NDIS and problems with competitive tenders conducted in related or other sectors in recent decades. There are certainly some valuable cautionary lessons that must be built into the design of the NDIS, including impact on pricing, maintaining universal access to people with disability to government and other agencies (eg, Health must continue to provide health services to people with disability) and sustaining small local agencies or specific providers.
The fundamental difference between these past analogies and the proposed NDIS is that the government is not the primary purchaser. The primary purchaser will be the person with disability, with perhaps their family, using their individual budgets. The power and control dynamics change the traditional ways of viewing engagement with providers.
The commentators are right to argue that the consequent changes to the disability services industry are likely to be disruptive. NCOSS agrees these are challenging times. The transformative and fundamental nature of the changes under Stronger Together 2 and the NDIS cannot be underestimated and, as always, there is significant anxiety and uncertainty.
In NSW, a Disability Industry Development Fund of $17m was allocated in 2009 to assist funded service providers to improve their operations and to prepare for the changes. It must be remembered that the overall objective of Stronger Together 2 and the NDIS is a better deal for people with disability, not to protect the industry. Thus the changes are progressive, not negative. Many service providers have told NCOSS they are fully supportive of this.
There is a real danger that all this activity, at state and federal levels, results in a repackaged "more of same" provision framework but with a different funding structure. The momentum towards individualised funding and personal decision making of people with disability must be accelerated if the Productivity Commission's finding of "fragmented and broken" services system is to be eliminated.
If the changes under Stronger Together 2 are realised and if the NDIS becomes fully operational, using the participation of people with disability, then NCOSS believes that people with disability will start to direct the supports they need, in ways that suit them.
Critically, supports for people with disability will look different from person to person, just as they do for everyone else. In Stronger Together 2 and the proposed NDIS, it is still very early days.
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The following is from the July 9, 2008, edition of The Dallas Morning News. SMU Law Professor Fred Moss provided expertise for this story.
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The Dallas Morning News
A man accused of shooting at men, women and children he never met during a three-day rampage last week will be charged with hate crimes after telling investigators he was targeting specific ethnic groups.
Thai-An Huu Nguyen, 22, said he shot at motorists he thought were Asian or Hispanic in Garland, Mesquite, Richardson and Plano because of two altercations he had in recent months with people of those backgrounds, police said. . .
Fred Moss, an associate professor at the Southern Methodist University School of Law, said the ethnicity of the intended targets in this case probably won't make a difference under state law.
"I think that as long as they can show that he selected the persons against who he shot because of this bias against the group, it doesn't make any difference if they were members of the group or not," Mr. Moss said.
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Situated on the lively Rembrandtplein for which it is named, the Rembrandt Square Hotel is a basic one-star hotel with 22 quiet rooms.
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CW reruns heading to Netflix
Netflix continues to swell its stock of streaming reruns, announcing today it's adding old TV shows from the CW network, including "The Vampire Diaries" and "Gossip Girl."
The four-year deal gives Netflix the ability to show the previous seasons of TV series that CW airs through the network's 2014-15 programming window. Netflix will keep the streaming rights to some of the series until 2019. The previous seasons of several current CW shows, including "Diaries" and "Gossip Girl," will be available Saturday while other CW series will go online in January.
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— By SALLY SEXTON
The bond between women can sometimes resemble more of a sisterhood than a friendship.
For one club, Sisters on the Fly, that sisterhood was formed by biological sisters and transformed into something so much more.
Created by sisters Becky and Maurrie in 1999 after an all-girls camping and fishing trip, the outdoor adventures club now boasts more than 4,000 members in the United States, Canada, England and Australia.
Participating in outdoor events all over, the "sisters" stand out in the crowd, many of them pulling vintage, hand-painted travel trailers along their journeys.
"Most of them were built in the '50s and '60s," said Cecilia Scott, a Parker County resident and member of the club. "It originally started out as a fishing group and became hugely popular."
The club's rules are simple — no men, no pets, no kids and be nice. The club also supports "Casting for Recovery," raising funds to provide breast cancer patients a fly-fishing and other recreations retreat to help them mentally in the recovery process.
"I'm Sister No. 129 so I've been involved for a long time," Beverly Ridenour said. "This is something that's fun and also encourages women to challenge themselves."
Activities include fly fishing, kayaking, wine tasting, horseback riding and "whatever else sounds like it might be fun," according to the Sisters on the Fly website, www.sistersonthefly.com.
While members come from all over, a group of women came through Weatherford Wednesday night, parking at the Weatherford Walmart overnight before heading on to a celebration at the National Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth.
Anyone interested in joining the club can visit the website. Membership is $60 per person and no experience in horseback riding or fishing or travel-trailer ownership is required.


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text: Photos By Paul Barshon Brembo brakes and lightweight wheels contribute to the bikes sporting manners. The Duke is surprisingly comfy and ridable around town. The production-spec KTM Duke 990 proved to be a hellacious street rod, packing a larger-displacement (now 999cc) V-twin in its tubular frame and incorporating a host of top-shelf componentry such as a fully adjustable WP shock and inverted fork. The production-spec KTM Duke 990 proved to be a hellacious street rod, packing a larger-di The author, taking a break with KTM Chief Tester Manfred Schickbauer during two days of Austrian Alp back-road thrashing on the Super Duke. Some guys have it tough... The author, taking a break with KTM Chief Tester Manfred Schickbauer during two days of Au More than a year ago I wrote an exclusive, behind-the-scenes development story for the November 2002 issue of Motorcyclist on KTM's just-announced Duke 950, a naked, V-twin-powered street rod that represented the Austrian company's first all-street offering (the rallyesque Adventure 950 being a dirt/street machine). Powered by KTM's new LC8 V-twin, the Duke 950 prototype I rode was hugely impressive, offering a combination of useable power, quick handling, narrow stature and unique aesthetics that strongly suggested it would carve its own new nicheand change some of the rulesin the naked-bike category. If I was impressed then, I'm literally shocked now, for KTM has in the intervening year made a good thing substantially better, as my recent ride on a near-final-spec V-twin Dukewhich KTM is calling the Duke 990just days before its presentation at the Milan Show makes clear. It's an exciting experience to witness the birth of a major new streetbike from a close-up and hands-on perspective, especially when its creation coincides with the emergence of a company that's developing into a major new force in world motorcycling. As an illustration of the growing emphasis on streetbike sales targeted by KTM Chief Stefen Pierer and his partners, the latest V-twin Duke has grown hair on its chest in the form of added displacement for the liquid-cooled, eight-valve, DOHC, 75-degree V-twin; it's now a full 999cc, compared with the 942cc of the prototype I rode a year ago. At that stage, the fuel-injected LC8 engine's overall architecture was shared with the carbureted engine in the Adventure 950 maxi-enduro. But last October, KTM Chief Engineer Wolfgang Felber and Duke Project Leader Philipp Habsburg decided to punch the LC8 motor out to a full liter, partly to gain the midrange I'd noticed was missing during my test ride a year earlier (especially compared with an S4 Monster or Tuono), partly to allow them to surpass their target output of 120 crankshaft horsepower while meeting worldwide noise and emissions regulations (making the bike Euro-2 compliant as well as California-friendly) and partly because of KTM's decision to start work on the RC8 V-twin Superbike project, which would obviously require a full 1000cc motor. The bigger engine ran on the dyno for the first time in February, and worked so well that KTM decided to adopt it across the board for all its future V-twin tarmac models. To create the 999cc LC8, Felber and company bored and stroked the 942cc engine's 100.0mm x 60.0mm dimensions to 101.0mm x 62.4mm, while retaining the same 38mm inlet/33mm exhaust valve sizes in the four-valve cylinder heads, which have substantially different intake porting compared with the old motor, as well as reshaped combustion chambers, revised camshafts and altered valve timing. The fuel-injected Duke motor wears 48mm dual-butterfly Keihin throttle bodies with a single injector per cylinder, controlled by the Japanese firm's own ECU, mapped by KTM. The result delivers a declared 122 horsepower at 9000 rpm (up from 117 hp on the prototype I rode a year ago) while meeting full emissions and noise limits and running 11.8:1 compression (it was 11.5:1) with 73.1 foot-pounds of torque at 7000 rpm (compared with 70.1 foot-pounds previously). Habsburg says that's a conservative number. "We [get] between 125-128 hp from all our Duke 990 test engines," he says, "but we want to be conservative [here] because other companies exaggerate their outputs, and that isn't KTM's way. What matters is how the bike performs," he added, "so go and ride it and see for yourself!" I did just that. And what I found after two full days of high-speed hotrodding through the scenic countryside around Mattighofen, Austria (KTM's home base), with KTM test rider Manfred Schickbauer (riding an Adventure 950) left me more convinced than ever that what KTM is doing with the Duke 990 is effectively inventing a whole new market segment. Stripped bare and sporty, agile but muscular, quick-steering but stable and substantial-feeling, the 990 represents a generational gap with existing V-twin sports roadsters, whether naked Euro-style bikes such as the Aprilia Tuono or Ducati Monster, or half-faired Japanese bikes such as the Yamaha FZ1 or Suzuki SV1000. No one else makes a bike like this, and until another company produces a Superbike-spec 1000cc V-twin engine that's as compact and light as the LC8, they're not going to. Just throwing a leg over the Duke 990's saddle tells you this is motorcycling's equivalent of the Third Way. It feels extremely short, narrow and compact for a V-twin, more like a single, really. From behind it's so narrow you'd swear it couldn't have two cylinders, being hardly wider anywhereexcept at the handlebar&151than the fat, 180/55-spec Pirelli Diablo rear tire. It's well-weighted, too; feet-up U-turns at little more than walking pace on city streets or narrow country roads are child's play thanks to the fine chassis balance, the engine's placement, generous steering lock, excellent leverage from the tapered Renthal handlebar, progressive clutch release, and the clean, crisp and controllable throttle response from the perfectly mapped fuel injection. A key factor to the big Duke's practical useability and fun factor is its wonderful ergonomics and rider accommodations. The seat is comfy (much more so than the prototype's wood plank!), there's decent legroom and the handlebar's bend is near perfect, allowing you to sling the Duke around at will. Designer Gerald Kiska's sharp styling has your knees tucked in tight to the fuel tank's flanks, a primary reason the bike feels so narrowand so much like a single. KTM engineers lengthened the Duke's wheelbase by more than an inch (it's 57.5 inches now) and firmed up its suspension slightly, and the changes have cured the only handling glitch I noted during my initial ride a year ago; at speeds over 105 mph the handlebar would shake as I wound on the throttle. Now, even at over 120 mph, the bike is supremely stable, impressive for a high-handlebar street rod. The LC8 V-twin sounds absolutely wonderful, high-pitched but meaty, and watching the tach needle streak toward the red zone when you blip the throttle tells you most of what you need to know about the engine's mild-yet-wild nature. The counterbalanced, 75-degree Vee feels alive and purposeful at all times, revving easily to the 10,250-rpm limiter. Thanks to ideally mapped electronic fuel injection, the Duke 990 pulls hard from as low as 2500 rpm with zero transmission snatch, making this a strong but forgiving bike to mooch along in traffic, barely off idle. But spot a gap in the four-wheel lineup, kick it down a gear via the seriously sweet-shifting six-speed gearbox and be prepared for the front wheel to hover above the asphalt as the Duke catches fire and powers down the road. There's significantly more midrange power on tap all the way through the rev band than on the 950 prototype I rode a year ago. I couldn't tell if there was more top-end power on the 990, but this is definitely a much more muscular motor than before, which delivers brisk acceleration that, in real-world road conditions, will pay huge dividends, as well as thoroughly thrill its rider. While the Duke's short-stroke Vee now has the midrange it was lacking compared with its Italian rivals, it has also retained a vital edge in its appetite for revs. The key to this is presumably its lack of inertia via its lightweight crankshaft, which ends up yielding two dividends: One, the ability to use desmodromic levels of engine braking to slow hard for corners without any sign of rear-wheel chatter (there's no slipper clutch); and two, the almost effortless way the Duke flicks side to sidejust think about the turn and it happens. No other motorcycle I know of with an engine this bigand especially one with this much horsepowersteers as easily or handles as nicely as this KTM, not even Aprilia's superb Tuono. The light crankshaft certainly helps here, but radical geometry㬓.5 degrees of rake buffered by 103mm of trail to keep the 48mm WP inverted fork from wagglingis also evidenced. Fortunately, there was no sign on the production-spec bike of the 6000-rpm flat spot I encountered on the 950 prototype, and thanks to shorter ratios in the top three gears the 990 is no longer overgeared. Still, it was disappointing to re-encounter the big complaint I had with the 950 Duke a year ago: noticeable and bothersome vibration through the rubber-clad footpegs under a full load at certain rpm. The vibes start big time at 5800 rpm in any gear, then disappear at exactly 9200 rpm as if someone flicked a switch. Hopping aboard Schickbauer's Adventure 950 confirmed that the vibes are absent on the 942cc engine, making it certain they are caused by an improper balance factor in the one-liter engine. Felber confirmed this after my ride. "In adapting the engine to electronic fuel injection and street use, we knew we had to adjust the balance factor to eliminate [the vibration]. We got there with the 950, but now we have to make the same cure with the [999cc] engine. We're still experimenting, but we'll get there." Let's hope so. At a claimed 396 pounds dry and 427 pounds wet, the Duke 990 is lighter than both the S4 Monster and Tuono, not to mention the entire contingent of Japanese-built streetfighters. Factor in the horsepower numbers and you end up with a power-to-weight ratio more like a pure sportbike than a street rod. This lack of mass certainly has much to do with the bike's superb handling manners. Although final suspension setup decisions have yet to be made, the WP fork and shock worked well, offering firm damping and spring rates that seemed well-suited to my 180-pound frame. Ride quality and bump compliance were excellent for such a hard-core sporting machine (especially one so light), and the 320mm Brembos performed flawlessly, hauling the big Duke down from speed in a hurry and with plenty of lever feedback. The 990 also worked well heeled way over, and I found I could carry more cornering speed than aboard other naked bikes; only the Tuono comparesand it's basically a stripped-bare superbike, which says a lot about the goodness of the Duke. KTM has really nailed the Duke's chassis. Guess those dirt guys really do know how to screw a streetbike together! For KTM to produce a streetbike that compares so well with established competitionwhile at the same time reinventing a key market segmentis no small achievement. The Duke 990's arrival on the scene marks KTM's coming of age as a significant player in the worldwide streetbike market, and with the first small batch of customer bikes due in May of next year (volume production begins in July, with bikes arriving Stateside a month later), more than one rival manufacturer will be nervously eyeing what the Austrians plan to do next.... Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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By Robb Murray
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MANKATO — In the center of the gym, about 20 feet from a DJ's speakers that are pumping out some song by Shakira, a ring of students is in a frenzy.
Clapping in unison, all eyes are on a young man in the middle. It is Jordan Bickell, who is wearing a dapper tie, yellow boutonierre and giant grim, and his arms are reaching out to anyone who will dance with him.
Then, he spots a pretty girl in a black dress. He knows this girl very well, and he's been looking forward to his chance to dance with her — he sees her every day, and every day he asks if it's time for prom yet. His arms reach out. She takes them. The two begin to dance as the circle looks inward on them, smiling, clapping.
It is likely no one in that room — heck, no one in that school — was happier than Jordan Bickell at that moment.
It was prom day at Mankato East High School. But not the kind of prom you're probably thinking of. Friday afternoon the students from Kelly Dinsmore's Life Skills class, a class populated with special education students, got to have their own prom.
It was the second time such a prom has been held at East. And this one, like the last, was put on mostly by the students in Daryl Arzdorf's psychology class.
Dinsmore said it had come to their attention that the students in special education rarely get a chance to go to the school dances. So several years ago, Arzdorf's students put on the first prom for the special education students. Dinsmore said this year's students took the idea further than last time.
They decorated the gym and set up the Student Council's recently purchased DJ equipment. In the hours before the dance began, some of the students helped do hair and makeup for the girls. In Life Skills, they did a little practicing on how to dance. The schools nurses provided the funds to provide refreshments.
"They've been looking forward to it for a couple of months," Dinsmore said.
One of the psychology students, the girl in the black dress, is Jessica Phillips. Her family has known Jordan's family for years, and each day during her free period Jessica plays Uno with Jordan. The two have become good friends.
Phillips will attend Winona State University next year and hopes to become a nurse. In her spare time, she has worked at a day care. She said she found it most rewarding to work with children with developmental disabilities.
She's been one of the main planners for the prom and says she was happy when some of her classmates agreed to come and help out with the event.
Hanging out with Jordan, she said, isn't about charity. It's about being with a friend.
"I like making him happy," Phillips said.
Happy, indeed.
The event was big on fun. With decorations on the wall, lasers from the DJ stand reflecting off the mirrors, "Party Rock Anthem" and "Thrift Shop" thumping from the speakers and bodies bouncing around on the dance floor, it was difficult to say this was anything but a collection of high schoolers having a great time at a dance.
"It's starting to clear out now," Dinsmore said. "They're getting tired."
Just then, one of her Life Skills students ran up, grabbed Dinsmore's hand and pulled her out to the dance floor.


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Now, he may have to repay $1,700 in back bills - and faces theft charges, state police in Greensburg said.
Eric S. Harris of Derry allegedly got away with the scheme for two years by connecting his trailer to a water main, while bypassing his water meter, Trooper Matthew Myers said.
But after awhile, the Derry Municipal Authority noticed the Superior Mobile Home Park had used more than 116,000 gallons of water than was being billed and paid for, so they sent a $1,700 bill to the park's owner, Charles Fenell, state police said.
"Fenell then individually checked all of the residences at the trailer park, finding (Harris's line) had been tampered with," Myers wrote in an affidavit.
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Conservatives Jump on the Akin Train
Republican Super PAC throws its support behind Akin; Democrats file ethics complaint.
Republican Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, the man who once said women's bodies can shut down a pregnancy during a "legitimate rape," may not be as toxic a candidate as Republicans once thought.
Akin's ginning up support from not only GOP insubordinates like former presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, but according to a new survey, has the backing of the party's base.
Jim DeMint's Super PAC, the Senate Conservative Fund, sent a letter to its members earlier this week probing how many of them would be willing to throw their money toward Akin.
Of the 8,000 voters polled, 93 percent said they were behind Akin and pledged to give $290,000 to help him get his campaign off of the ground.
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"We're going to do everything we can to help Todd Akin raise the money he needs to win, but we also hope our efforts will encourage others to support him as well," says Matt Hoskins, the Senate Conservative Fund's executive director. "This a competitive race, and it could determine control of the Senate and whether we're able to repeal Obamacare."
With fewer than three days until the Federal Election Commission filing deadline for September draws to a close, Senate Conservatives set a goal of raising $100,000 for Akin before Sunday.
The endorsement isn't all sunny news for Akin, though. The Missouri Democrats have filed an ethics complaint with the FEC against Akin over the endorsement, arguing the candidate violated campaign finance laws and coordinated with the Senate Conservative Fund. Democrats charge that Akin, a long defender of earmarks, reversed his position in order earn the Super PAC's support.
Republican heavyweights ran far from Akin in August after his "legitimate rape" gaffe, but recent polls paint a picture of a close race. And GOP leaders recognize that an Akin win would push Republicans closer to overtaking the U.S. Senate majority in November. [Super PAC Considers Intervention in Akin Race]
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, which had threatened to withhold its resources from the Missouri senate race if Akin remained the nominee, released a statement Wednesday endorsing him.
"There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein-in the role of government in people's lives, and finally focus on growing jobs in this country, that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Sen. Claire McCaskill," said Rob Jesmer, the director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "As with every Republican Senate candidate, we hope Todd Akin wins in November and we will continue to monitor this race closely in the days ahead."
If the NRSC does reverse course, Democrats are likely to try to tie more moderate Republicans to one of the GOP's most socially conservative nominees.
Already, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out a statement Thursday trying to link Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to his "party bosses."
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After Decades, Research Conducted on Bowery Alcoholics Denounced as Unethical
Roughly 50 years ago in New York's Bowery District, Dr. Perry Hudson offered alcoholics a clean bed, free meals and medical treatment if they agreed to be part of experimental biopsies for prostate cancer.
Dr. Hudson neglected to inform the volunteers that such biopsies would result in impotence and rectal tears from searching for cancer. Also, the volunteers were not alerted about what shall happen if in fact, cancer was found: surgery to remove their prostates and, often, their testicles. Such surgery at this time was not proven to prolong life either.
The researchers results have not been challenged until last week until medical historians wrote two papers stating the study to be unethical- due to "the vulnerability and powerlessness of his subjects."
In the defense of Dr. Hudson, the volunteers were paid, knowingly volunteered, and received the best treatment in New York, says Hudson, currently at age 96.
Although the alcoholics of Bowery District did agree to be a part of the experiment, and receive a place to stay, meals, and treatment in return, the fact that the volunteers had no say in the process taken if cancer was found, and the consequences were not fully expressed, leaving rectal tears is in fact unethical.
The volunteers of the experiment were not provided all of the details, and as a result faced many health consequences; whether for their own good or not, it should have been their choice.
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Donations pour in for crash victimBy Brent Curtis
staff writer | April 17,2014
The life-threatening crash has been a shock, but the donations and support that have poured in for Nathan Whitehorne during the last week have been an inspiration, according to his friends and co-workers.
The 41-year-old West Rutland man was critically injured when his truck crashed head on into a school bus stopped at a set of railroad tracks on Route 3 last Thursday in Rutland Town.
His friends and co-workers at the kennel he owns said Wednesday that Whitehorne had just dropped his daughter off at school and was on his way to work when the crash occurred. Vermont State Police said Wednesday they are still investigating the incident and have yet to determine a cause.
Whitehorne was taken by helicopter to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where doctors performed open-heart surgery to save his life.
A week after the crash, Whitehorne's friends say he remains in the New Hampshire hospital and has had two more surgeries to repair broken bones in his hand and leg.
"He's doing really well considering what he's been through," said Rebecca Carr, the shop manager and trainer at Whitehorne's business, 4 Paws Academy, and his longtime friend. "He will be off the ventilator in a few days and that will be a big step forward, but he's going to be in recovery for a long time."
To help Whitehorne's family pay medical bills and other expenses during that long process, Carr this week posted an appeal on the website Gofundme seeking $25,000 in donations.
Two days later, 195 supporters have contributed more than $14,000 toward that goal.
"It's getting huge," Carr said. "We're so grateful to everyone."
The Gofundme posting is only one way to help the stricken businessman and father.
On Saturday, May 10, the kennel's employees will be hosting a dog wash at their day school on North Grove Street in Rutland Town and on June 1 supporters are planning a basket raffle.
Nicole Bishop, who is a client at the kennel, said she is one of a number of Whitehorne's customers who have been inspired to help him.
"Initially, we got the word out just by Facebook and email but it's spread like wildfire from there," she said.
Lisa Wood, another of the kennel's clients, was integral last week in finding Whitehorne's dog, which was so panicked after surviving the crash that no one could approach it.
After Vermont State Police at the scene were unable to lay hands on the dog, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois named Minion, Wood went looking for the dog with her own Belgian, Stoley, about five hours after the crash.
"He was circling (the crash site) for hours. He kept trying to go back to the accident scene but Nate wasn't there anymore," she said. "He was so freaked out, he didn't want to go to anyone."
He didn't want to go near humans, but when Stoley ran circles around him, Wood said, the big dog calmed down enough for her to get closer.
Carr was a former client herself. But she said in the three years since she met Whitehorne, he and his kennel inspired her to leave her career as a schoolteacher to teach canines instead.
"I believed enough in what he's doing here to leave my career," she said. "He has influenced more people than I think even he can comprehend."
"He would do anything for any one of us," Whitehorne's apprentice, Jamie Hawley, added.
Those interested in making donations to support the Whitehorne family can visit gofundme.com. There is also a need for volunteers to help with a number of projects planned this spring. Those interested in assisting can contact Brian at email@example.com.
Those interested in donating baskets can send emails to either Bishop at firstname.lastname@example.com or to Danielle Poirier at email@example.com.
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So here are some best Paleo blogs that you must know in case you are looking for some information related to Paleo diet.
• The Nom Nom Paleo
This is a cool website providing lots of information related to Paleo diet, well, you can say that this is one of the best Paleo blogs out there. The information is relatively simple and for those who have no idea about what Paleo diet really is, the information given is very easy to understand. The authors claim that all information provided is designed to be as simple as possible thus you won't find any difficulties when you want to find some helpful information related to a Paleo lifestyle. Here, you can find some information such as Paleo diet recipes, links to relevant articles and also products that make your life become a lot easier.
• The PaleOMG
The next website is the PaleOMG; this is a cool website, an ideal site for those who need more Paleo diet recipes. There is a new recipe that is updated regularly thus you won't miss any new recipes that are delicious and healthy for your body. When you visit this information, some helpful information that you can get may vary from lifestyle posts, cookbook reviews, links to cooking videos and also giveaways.
• Robb Wolf
The author of this site, Robb Wolf has dedicated some of his time to write some nice articles about Paleo diet. When you visit his website, you can find some information such as success stories of those who have followed the Paleo diet, some proven exercise tips which help you burn more calories. Well, you can also find other tips from other members who have joined in this healthy community. It is definitely one of the best Paleo blogs that all Paleo diet fans should visit.
• Rubies and Radishes
The site is almost similar with other sites mentioned above; however, the author has decided to focus only on lifestyle tips and Paleo diet recipes. On this blog, you can find some helpful information such as how to deal with headache, how to reduce bloating and also some helpful tips on how to stay healthy. Don't miss some giveaways.
• Everyday Paleo
The last website that shouldn't be missed here is the Everyday Paleo. This site provides a lot of information and is updated regularly by individuals. You will find a lot of information which help you stays healthy through a Paleo lifestyle.
That's it, these are some nice Paleo blogs that you can visit the next time you want to find more tips about Paleo diet including Paleo diet recipes.


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Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 9, 2014
Directors of dozens of independently run prekindergarten programs in New York City say they cannot compete with salary and benefits offered by Education Department, and fear drain of teachers; city is aiming to provide up to 53,000 full-day prekindergarten seats in fall 2014, more than double amount in 2013, with 40 percent of seats in public schools. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
New York Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina plans to preserve hallmarks of city's gifted programs, immensely popular classes and schools that draw high achievers but have been criticized as shutting out low-income children; advocates hoped she would overhaul the programs, which they see as a critical front in the effort to reduce inequality in the school system. MORE
Apr. 22, 2014
Number of New York City students placed on waiting lists for kindergarten has dropped by half in current school year as Education Dept uses new strategy for matching students with schools; large number of 5-year-olds, however, still have not gained admission to any of their preferred schools, an outcome certain to frustrate families jockeying for seats at some of the city's most coveted kindergarten programs. MORE
Apr. 10, 2014
New York City's Education Department, in break with data-driven policies of former Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, moves to reduce role of standardized exams in deciding which students to hold back each year; under new policy, test scores will still be used in decisions, but they will not be dominant factor. MORE
Mar. 8, 2014
Cheon Park, man who ran preschool programs for developmentally disabled children, pleads guilty on charges of mail fraud in case that became showcase example of corruption in New York State's special education financing system; in plea deal, Park agrees to pay $2.1 million in restitution to city's Education Department and accepts sentence of 51 to 63 months in prison. MORE
Feb. 19, 2014
Report by Richard J Condon, special commissioner of investigation for New York City school district, recommends that Marcella Sills, principal at Public School 106 in Queens, be banned from working for the Education Department; finds that she was often late or absent from work, but still received her full salary. MORE
Feb. 5, 2014
Lawrence Scott, New York City Education Department detective who was checking into accusations of misconduct by teacher Natalya Sokolson Gordon in Coney Island, Brooklyn, instead engaged in a sexually explicit phone relationship with her; Scott resigned and it has been recommended that Gordon be fired. MORE
Dec. 30, 2013
New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio is expected to appoint Carmen Farina, former top official of the New York City Education Department, as next schools chancellor; choice reflects de Blasio's desire to make radical changes away from educational policies of Mayor Michael R Bloomberg. MORE
Dec. 18, 2013
New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has yet to pick a schools chancellor to carry out his liberal education agenda; pool of qualified candidates who follow de Blasio's own thinking on education is quite small, but now appears to include former Deputy Chancellor Carmen Farina. MORE
Oct. 26, 2013
New York State Education Department, responding to concerns that standardized exams in reading and math have become excessive and unwieldy, will seek to ease the burden of testing through series of modest changes; proposals are modest, but represent rare concession from state leaders, who have faced attacks from parents and teachers in recent weeks over the rollout of a tougher set of standards known as Common Core. MORE
Oct. 1, 2013
Michael Powell Gotham column on possibility that Common Cents, small nonprofit group that runs New York City's grand penny harvest, is near death; holds that loss of Common Cents would mean loss of one of the nation's most innovative programs for teaching elementary school children about philanthropy, and blames New York City's Education Department for situation. MORE
May. 27, 2013
Parents, teachers and students in New York are struggling to find alternatives to the traditional fund-raising snacks at bake sales and candy drives after city's Department of Education, as part of an anti-obesity drive, began restricting what treats can be sold at these events. MORE
May. 5, 2013
Many lawyers have found that if you have a legal complaint against New York City's schools, you have to sue the Education Department or the Board of Education, which many thought was abolished. MORE
Apr. 14, 2013
Q&A with Robert Sanft, chief executive of the Office of Student Enrollment in New York City's Education Dept, who gives some insight into the process of placing tens of thousands of students each year in city schools. MORE
Mar. 1, 2013
New York City Education Dept plans to buy upgraded English and math textbooks and other materials for kindergarten through eighth grade to suit more rigorous Common Core academic standard that has been adopted by most states; costs, estimated at about $56 million, draw round of scrutiny at time of austere budgeting. MORE
Dec. 18, 2012
Nelson Ruiz of Pennsylvania pleads guilty to defrauding New York City Education Dept of $2.7 million that was intended for children with special needs, billing for sign-language interpretation services he never provided. MORE
Nov. 25, 2012
Passions have been running high in New York City neighborhoods that are weighing school rezoning proposals; 14 proposals are being considered citywide, an unusually high number, and the city's 32 Community Education Councils, groups that are normally fairly obscure, hold veto power over the Education Dept's rezoning plans. MORE
Nov. 5, 2012
New York City's 1.1 million public school students face an educational landscape drastically altered by Hurricane Sandy; 57 schools are too damaged to reopen, meaning that city must find new places for 34,000 students; 29 schools remain without power and although Education Dept officials hope to have all operating schools opened by Nov 7, some may have to function initially without heat. MORE
Oct. 18, 2012
New York City Education Department proposes new boundaries for some of Brooklyn's most-sought-after elementary school zones, all in and near Park Slope, drawing anxious parents to an auditorium to see the redrawn map for the first time. MORE
Sep. 25, 2012
Mayor Michael R Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis M Walcott announce plans to open an Educare facility in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn; national program offers a cradle-to-kindergarten approach to education for very young children in poor neighborhoods; in a separate initiative, city will convert 4,000 half-day prekindergarten seats into full-day seats, mostly in poor areas. MORE
Sep. 1, 2012
Fund for Public Advocacy report shows that New York City's Education Dept has done a good job of preparing for significant special education reforms, but expresses concerns about whether schools have enough funding and teachers to carry out such changes; reforms are intended to mainstream special education students, except those with the most severe needs, allowing them to enroll in neighborhood zoned schools. MORE
Mar. 5, 2012
Michael Winerip On Education column on dismay of fifth-grade teachers at Public School 146 in Brooklyn when they receive unexpectedly dismal scores in numerical ratings from the city's Education Dept; says that if city officials were trying to demoralize and humiliate the workforce, they have done a terrific job; prior to the latest ratings, which now let students' test scores count for 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation, up from 20 percent, PS 146 teachers were considered among the the best the city offers. MORE
Dec. 9, 2011
New York State Education Department says it will move to close 12 of New York City's struggling schools and eliminate middle school grades at three others as part of two-step effort to weed out poorest-performing schools based on state exam scores; department is expected to make recommendations for further school closings. MORE
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New York Educators Fight Back on Attacks to Tenure
The United Federation of Teachers sent out a memo defending tenure laws after two parents groups in New York filed lawsuits to challenge it.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
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Balancing Special-Education Needs With Rising Costs
The City of New York pays for about 12,000 special-needs students per year to receive private school educations. Parents contend that the city fights too many of these requests, delaying important services to students in the process.
July 28, 2014, Monday
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New York Inquiry on Boy, 14, in Stabbing Is Released
The mother of a boy accused of fatally stabbing a classmate may have sought to transfer him to another school to get away from students she said had been bullying him, according to a new report.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
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How to Teach Reading and Writing
Teachers debate whether "balanced literacy" is the best method.
July 14, 2014, Monday
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As New York City Expands Pre-K, Private Programs Fear Teacher Drain
Most independent centers cannot match the salary and benefits given by New York City's Education Department, causing an unintended result of a mayoral initiative.
July 9, 2014, Wednesday
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Public Schools in New York City Are Poorer and More Crowded, Budget Agency Finds
Total enrollment has not risen, but average class sizes are up and federal and state aid have fallen, a report by the Independent Budget Office said.
July 2, 2014, Wednesday
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De Blasio Offers Easier Access to City Money for Special Education
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a series of changes to make it easier for special-needs students in New York to receive private schooling at public expense.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
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Girl, 14, Is Stabbed Near a Bronx School
The stabbing, near the Richard R. Green Educational Campus in Williamsbridge, was the second close to a Bronx school in less than a week.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
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At School, Turning Good Food Into Perfectly Good Compost
A New York City school composting program aims to help the environment, instill a sense of conservation in schoolchildren, and, critically, save some money.
June 23, 2014, Monday
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Schools Chief Vows to Preserve Number of Gifted Programs and Their Exams
Some advocates had hoped Chancellor Carmen Fariña would overhaul the gifted programs, which they see as a critical front in the effort to reduce inequality in the school system.
June 18, 2014, Wednesday
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De Blasio Defends Opening Schools
The mayor defended the decision to keep schools open during the snowstorm, despite criticism from some parents.
An Investigation Into a Sexual Text Messaging Relationship in the Education Department
The report says a man investigating allegations of misconduct by a teacher had a sexually explicit text messaging relationship with the teacher.
Obama Visits a Brooklyn School
President Obama went to Pathways in Technology Early College High School, and spoke to students Friday afternoon.
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This recipe features local produce from 9 Bean Rows Farm, Loving Dove Farm and locally produced products from Food for Thought.
Carrot Cilantro Soup
4 cloves farm-fresh local garlic
2-inch section of fresh local ginger
5 c. fresh local carrots
½ c. cilantro leaves
Local olive oil
Sea salt
5 c. water
Smoked paprika
Peel and mince garlic cloves. Peel and mince ginger. Peel and chop carrots. Remove cilantro leaves from stems and mince.
In a large metal soup pot, heat 2 T. olive oil with garlic and ginger; cover and cook for 3 minutes.
Stir in carrots, 2 T. olive oil and ¼ t. salt; cover and cook for 10 minutes.
Stir in water with ¼ t. salt; cover and bring to a boil. Once at a boil, reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for 50 minutes.
Remove soup pot from heat. With a hand blender, blend soup directly in metal soup pot until smooth. Serve soup with a tablespoon of minced cilantro and sprinkle of smoked paprika and sea salt.
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With demand drying up, Sony will shutter production of its last MiniDisc Walkman later this year.
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DURHAM — A Durham man was arrested in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Friday morning and charged with shooting another man to death in Durham on Nov. 3.
Angel Tyquan Phillip was arresed in a house by members of the U.S. Marshals Service, according to Durham police.
Phillip, 22, is accused of shooting Jonathan Tyrick Moore in the 1300 block of Ridgeway Avenue, in the McDougald Terrace apartment complex, at about 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3. The shooting followed an argument, according to police.
On the night of the shooting, police said Moore, 19, had been shot multiple times while standing adjacent to the road next to Building 32 in the complex, which is operated by the Durham Housing Authority.
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On May 4, 1910, the enactment of the Naval Service Act created the Department of the Naval Service and the establishment of a Canadian navy. The prefix "Royal" was added in 1911, creating the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).
The Royal Canadian Navy replaced the Royal Navy for maritime security in Canadian waters. It acquired its first warships from Britain, the HMCS Rainbow and HMCS Niobe. It also inherited the Royal Navy Dockyards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Esquimalt, British Columbia. The Royal Naval College of Canada opened in Halifax in 1910.
By the start of the First World War in 1914, 379 men had joined the Royal Canadian Navy. By the end of the war, over 9,500 had served. Some of the enlistees had previously served with the Royal Navy.
The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR) was established in May 1914. In 1923, it was replaced by the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR). The Reserves were manned by part-time citizen sailors. They were assigned to protect Canada's coasts and to assist in the training of Naval Officers.
In 1968, the navy was merged with the army and air force to form the Canadian Armed Forces. The maritime component was named Maritime Command. In 2011, the title Royal Canadian Navy was restored.
The Department of the Naval Service created a series of records from 1910 to 1941 relating to the service of naval personnel (RG 150 Accession 1992-93/170). The records were once referred to as Navy Pay Ledger Sheets; however, they rarely contain information about pay.
These oversized sheets contain personal and service information on many of the officers, cadets and non-commissioned sailors who served in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Naval Reserve and the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. The ledger sheets summarize each individual's service, including the names of ships and shore bases. Each man is devoted a full page outlining his service history.
Many of these individuals transferred between the Navy and the Naval Reserve, so they have two service numbers and two ledger sheets.
Important Note: These records are fairly complete for the period from 1910 to the end of the First World War. They do not include all those who served afterwards.
The ledger sheets are arranged numerically by service number within 27 volumes.
Each ledger sheet contains information such as:
In some cases, the date and place of birth were not indicated and so those details do not appear in the database entry for that person.
This research tool provides access to 16,788 references to many individuals who served in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Naval Reserve between 1910 and 1918. It also includes some records for those who enlisted between 1919 and 1941. It also includes a few references to the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. The information was extracted from the Navy Service Ledger Sheets.
It does not include all naval personnel. It is not known why there are no ledger sheets for some individuals.
The search screen allows you to search by the name of an individual. You can enter a surname and/or given name(s). You can also search by service number.
Note that some entries include only an initial for the given names. Sometimes there is no given name on the document. Try searching by surname only. Names can also be written different ways. The entries reflect the spelling of names as they appear on the documents. You can try spelling variations of names or use the * wildcard character, e.g. Sm*th.
Also consider searching by shortened versions of the name, e.g. Bertie or Bert for Albert, Harry for Harold, Willie for William, Tom for Thomas, and Fred for Frederick.
Some service numbers have a prefix, such as ON or VR. Enter the number without a prefix. For example, if you search for 352, you will get results for all occurrences, including with or without a prefix.
When you have entered your search terms, click on "Submit." The number of hits found will be shown at the top of the results screen.
Your search will produce a results list, from which you can obtain more detailed descriptions.
The results list contains the following fields:
Click on the underlined name of the individual for a more detailed description. The detailed description contains the following fields:
The Service Number refers to the identification number assigned to the individual when he enlisted. The most common letter prefixes are:
It was common for an individual to have more than one service number. The Service Number is also the Sheet number.
You can export the results to a portable data storage device or to your own computer.
How to Consult a File or Order a Copy
Please note that these documents are fragile oversized originals and they have not been digitized. To help conserve these documents, please consult the database carefully to be sure that it is the right individual before ordering copies.
Use the following link for options such as consulting the documents on premises or ordering copies:
How to Access Library and Archives Canada Records
Service files - First World War
Library and Archives Canada also holds the service files for those who served with the Canadian naval forces during the First World War (RG 24, 1992-93/169). References to the files are found in Finding Aid 24-167. The references can be identified using Archives Search. In the search box enter the Finding Aid number and the name such as:
Those files are more administrative and financial in nature than the service ledger sheets. Most files contain a variety of documents, which may include enrollment applications, discharge or demobilization forms and separation allowances. They usually average from 25 to 50 pages. Some files relate to enrollment in the Royal Naval Air Service. First World War files are open to the public without access restrictions.
If the individual continued his service after the war, his First World War records may be in his post-war file (see below).
Service files - After 1918
Restrictions apply to the release of personal information from most service files after 1918. For information about access, consult our page on Canadian Forces after 1918 (including Second World War).
Other Naval records
Library and Archives Canada also holds other records, such as nominal rolls, ships' logs and pay accounting ledgers. References can be identified using Archives Search. In the search box enter the Record Group (RG24) and the name of the ship or shore establishment. Examples:
Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Air Service
Depending on the time period, service records for the Royal Navy and other British naval services are held in England at the National Archives or the Ministry of Defence. A guide to those records can be found in the National Archives' website guide Looking for a Person.
Some of the records held at the National Archives can be searched in online databases in Documents Online.
Some records relating to the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve are held at the provincial archives in Newfoundland: The Rooms.
Awards to the Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian Officers: Royal Canadian Navy, 1939-1945
Veterans Affairs Canada: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
The Royal Canadian Navy: First Half Century, 1910-1967
Canadian Naval Centennial, 1910-2010
The 100th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy - 'Ready Aye Ready!'
The Naval Reserve
Canada's Naval History
MARPAC: Maritime Forces Pacific
The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History. Vol. 1, Origins and Early Years
The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History. Vol. 2, Activities on Shore during the Second World War
For King and Country: Stanley I. Hillier and the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve
Museums & Attractions
Citizen Sailors: Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010, by Richard H. Gimblett and Michael L. Hadley, 2010.
The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010: The Centennial Story by Richard H. Gimblett, 2009.
The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-2002 by Ken Macpherson and Ron Barrie, 2002.


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