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UPDO HOW TO: Twirled, Swirled, Braided and Pinned
MODERN Facebook fan Jen Tinnon, a stylist at Seville Salon in Montgomery, Alabama, graduated cosmetology school in September 2012, but has ALWAYS had an interest in color and updos.
When Tinnon created this vintage-inspired updo and shared the pretty results with us, we knew we had to share it with you!
Here's how she did it:
Begin with a low side pony, leaving out two-inch sections around her face.
Next, curl the ponytail, pincurling and pinning it into place. Then, use some of the hair previously isolated and braid them and connect them to the "bun."
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Still haven't filed your income tax return? You have plenty of company, but only until April 15 to get right with the IRS.
This year there's an extra incentive to file on time: The IRS has a rebate waiting for most filers, a present from a Congress anxious to stimulate the flagging economy. If you're late, your rebate will be delayed.
Electronic filing is the way to go if you have Internet access. In addition to being faster, it's a lot more accurate. It's also free if your income is $54,000 or less; you can use the Free File service at irs.gov.
Whether filing online or on paper, avoid problems by double-checking Social Security numbers and the numbers you enter from W-2 and 1099 forms. Something new this year: You need a receipt or canceled check to deduct a charitable contribution. Sign up for direct deposit and you'll speed both your refund and your rebate, which could arrive as early as next month.
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JOHOR BARU: All federal roads in the country would be upgraded to "super safe" category to reduce the number of accidents.
Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said more safety features such as U-turns, dividers and street lights would be added to existing roads.
"I want to stress on the safety aspect of the roads that have been built. Safety when they are being built, safety once they are completed and safety when they are used by motorists," he said after visiting the Public Works Department office in Kota Iskandar, Nusajaya near here yesterday.
Shaziman said certain roads were lacking in the safety aspect.
He said road accidents in Malaysia were caused by various factors of which eight per cent were the result of road conditions. The ministry wants to reduce this percentage to less than five per cent in three years.
A study by the Road Safety Department showed that the attitude of motorists was to blame for 48 per cent of accidents, while 42 per cent were due to mechanical problems.
Of the 161 dangerous areas or 'blackspots' on federal roads nationwide, 100 had been upgraded under the first economic stimulus package.
Shaziman said a 135km stretch of road between Batu Pahat and Kluang in Johor, which was notorious for accidents would be upgraded at a cost of RM50 million.
The 20km stretch from Batu Pahat to Air Hitam was the most accident-prone in the country with 1,000 cases reported per year since 2006.
It also had the fourth highest number of accidents during the Ops Sikap campaigns during festivals.
During the first four months of this year, 366 accidents have been recorded along the stretch.
Shaziman is also seeking funds to upgrade the Pasir Gudang highway in Johor Baru, which is riddled with potholes.
He said this might cost more than RM400 million, and it would be given priority due to its importance as an access road to the port.
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December 17 - Hosting the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games would be an "historic opportunity" to build upon the legacy programme of London 2012, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Sebastian Coe claimed today.
Coe, who is now the figurehead of the bid having replaced Colin Moynihan as head of the BOA last month, made his claim as the Scottish revealed full details of its candidature file during a special event at Tollcross International Swimming Centre.
The plans show the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), the country's premier national venue for public events, concerts and conferences, hosting six events, including judo, wrestling, table tennis and boxing.
George Square, the city's principal civic square, will be turned into beach volleyball courts with a spectator area if the bid gets the green light.
Other highlights include Glasgow Green, which is set to be the prime venue for road cycling and the city's newly opened Emirates Arena, which will be the venue for badminton and basketball.
The Arena, which was developed as part of a massive regeneration of Glasgow's East End, is linked to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and is one of the largest dedicated indoor sports venues in Europe.
Of the 17 venues that are part of the Glasgow 2018 bid, 15 are either already in use or are scheduled for completion before the end of next year as the city prepares to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The Olympic Village will be "vibrant, welcoming and inspiring" and 85 per cent of the 17 proposed competition venues will be 20 minutes or less travel time away, claim Glasgow 2018 officials.
"Warmth and hospitality alongside an excellent reputation for hosting world-class sport events, makes Glasgow, and Scotland, the perfect stage for the Youth Olympic Games in 2018," said Shona Robison, Scotland's Commonwealth Games and Sport Minister.
"Young athletes competing at the top of their field rightly expect the very best facilities and support services.
Glasgow is one of the favourites to be awarded the Games, but will face tough opposition from Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Medellín and Rotterdam, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to announce the winner at a meeting in Lausanne on July 4.
"The Youth Olympic Games is a fresh, exciting young product," said Coe, who is also the chairman of London 2012.
"By entrusting it to Glasgow 2018 the Olympic family will have a historic opportunity to draw on the unprecedented pool of sophisticated event-hosting expertise and global youth engagement programmes in the UK right now.
"We delivered our promises and we achieved our goals at London 2012, and we're ready to continue that partnership with the Olympic family in Glasgow in 2018 - another sports city in our sporting nation.
"Legacy does not happen by itself,
"Glasgow 2018 could be a crucial next step on that journey for the UK with the Olympic movement - a way of amplifying and accelerating the impact of a Games that was totally focused on young people."
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Cigarette tax increase among new Florida laws | June 30, story
Help smokers to quit the habit
As a family physician I help patients with aliments ranging from minor sniffles to terminal diseases, and I am frequently saddened by the deadly, disabling and highly preventable effects of smoking and other tobacco use.
I have seen firsthand that nicotine addiction is powerful, and overcoming that obstacle is much more difficult than just deciding to quit smoking. Only 5 to 7 percent of people succeed quitting smoking "cold turkey." More often tobacco users need an arsenal of resources and support behind them to help overcome their addiction.
I hope that the passage of a federal tax increase on cigarettes and Florida's $1 tobacco surcharge will offer a financial incentive for people to take control of their addiction and try to stop smoking. However, we need to be prepared to offer resources to those who are motivated to beat their addiction to nicotine.
I fear that if a patient's health plan doesn't cover treatments for smoking cessation, patients will not seek the care they need to address their addiction. It is time for our state government and our business community to step forward and call for coverage for smoking cessation as a standard benefit in all health care coverage, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This treatment includes:
• At least four counseling sessions of at least 30 minutes each.
• All FDA-approved prescription and over-the-counter nicotine replacement treatments.
• Counseling and medication for at least two smoking cessation attempts per year — all with low or no co-pays or deductibles for counseling and medications.
According to a study by the Washington Economics Group, every dollar spent on smoking cessation programs will yield $1.90 to $5.75 in economic gains for Florida. When a smoker does quit smoking successfully, a full 25 percent of the total financial benefits go to his or her employer in the form of increased productivity and reduced absenteeism.
Prevention is key to stopping people from ever picking up a cigarette, but as a physician treating patients already addicted to nicotine, appropriate and affordable coverage will be needed.
John A. Gross, M.D., St. Petersburg
Florida school vouchers flunk test July 1, editorial
Vouchers offer choice to the disadvantaged
Despite your rather bold headline, it appears that Florida's school vouchers have done very well on their first midterm exams. Students using vouchers have been able to perform at least as well as public school peers after just one year in a new school environment. For most students, the real improvements become evident after two or three years, as has been demonstrated in recent research into charter schools and the D.C. school voucher program.
Florida legislators have shown bipartisan support for voucher programs because they recognize an important social justice issue: allowing poor, mostly minority children to have the same educational choices that affluent families and legislators enjoy.
As December's nonpartisan OPPAGA (Florida's Office of Program Policy and Analysis and Government Accountability) study revealed, vouchers save taxpayer money. Vouchers do not "siphon money" from public schools. In fact, numerous studies, including those conducted at Harvard and Cornell, have concluded that the threat of vouchers creates improvement in struggling schools.
It is disappointing to see that the Times and the educational establishment are so quick to dismiss programs that are enthusiastically supported by the people who really matter: the parents who want a voice in the education of their children.
Andrew Hicks, Ph.D., St. Petersburg
Let us now praise famous dunces | July 3, Daniel Ruth column
Mindless comparison
Despite whatever Hernando County is doing to their grading system, for Daniel Ruth to compare what happened to him a half century ago in a private school to what is happening today in public schools is, I'll be polite, shortsighted.
For Ruth to write, "We all fail in life. We fail in jobs. We fail in marriages," made me wonder if he felt that failing children (not adults) is a good thing? Maybe it somehow trains children to make them even bigger and better failures as adults? Hmm. I think he have something there: Are we training kids, within our school grading systems today, to be failures? Should, we, in fact, perhaps look at the grading system?
Please recognize that teachers and administrators are caring, thoughtful people, trying to do what's right in a fast-paced world. Kids come to school with different levels of background knowledge, from different lives, not of their own choice.
Comparing ruler-yielding nuns with gunfire outside your window, rampant drugs, and/or missing parents is a travesty. If you, Mr. Ruth, were in fifth grade today with a parent — or both —in jail, how much chance would you have to grow up and write for a prestigious newspaper? Maybe the answer would be just to flunk you. Kumbaya.
Beth Lindenberg, St. Petersburg
Health care plan
Can we afford it?
I heard President Barack Obama, in an effort to support his universal health care program, say, "In a country as wealthy as America, there is no reason we should not be able to provide health care for everyone."
Mr. President, you said that the country is in the worst economic condition since the Depression? The state of California is broke and offering IOUs for its debts? Where is all this wealth you speak of?
Did we all of a sudden come out of the worst economy since the Great Depression? The one you've have been telling us about over and over again?
You can't have it both ways, Mr. President. Either we are a wealthy nation or a nation suffering high unemployment rates and the worst economy and since the Great Depression.
Dan Downs, Palmetto
End of life decisions
As a family practitioner for more than 30 years who sees mainly geriatric patients, I wish to address the issue of why so much money is spent at the end of life, including what are called "unnecessary hospitalizations."
It seems obvious but, to say it bluntly, most patients are sickest at the end of life, suffering from one or several chronic illnesses. Most of us do not die suddenly but rather go through multiple exacerbations of illnesses. An example is congestive heart failure. Despite the best care, it is likely there will be episodes of deterioration that need to be treated quickly. And that frequently means hospitalization to provide the fastest relief of their symptoms.
So I ask two questions:
• Who among us has the clairvoyance to know the last hospitalization?
• If the patient does not wish to stay home with hospice, what else can a caring physician do?
Judith Noel, M.D., Bayonet Point
A single-payer system will add to our woes June 26, letter
It's a real crisis
The letter writer says that we do not have a health care crisis in this country. He says it's a health care cost crisis.
It's a lot more than that. I know, I'm living it. After the company I worked for stopped offering insurance I kept my insurance by paying for it myself until it was almost $600 per month and wiping out my savings. Later I tried to purchase health insurance again and was told that I'm uninsurable because of pre-existing conditions. This is more than a cost crisis. It's also an availability crisis.
Now, as my health grows worse every day I can only hope that President Barack Obama will do the right thing and bring us universal health care.
George Youdal, Tampa
Subway cars were canvas of Iz the Wiz July 3, Epilogue
It's just vandalism
One of the scourges of modern America is the spray-painting of railroad cars and public property to gain recognition. Honoring these vandals as "artists" is ridiculous.
It is ironic that "Iz the Wiz" was done in by the fumes of his own medium of expression. Infantile scribblers like these who are caught in the act should have their clothes sprayed with their own paint and be allowed to walk home in disgrace.
Robert Stanton, Seminole


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Dale Earnhardt Jr. has spoken to the media about the two big hits he's received in the last six weeks, which have led to him being ruled out of the next two Cup races with concussion.
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"I guess I'll just start out with where this all kind of began," said NASCAR's most popular driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., at the start of the press conference at Charlotte Motor Speedway following the shock announcement that he wouldn't be competing in this weekend's race because he was suffering from concussion.
Earnhardt's current condition stems from being caught up in the last-lap accident last Sunday at accident that swept up 25 cars into one of the biggest wrecks the series has seen in recent times. But he admitted that the problem actually goes back rather further than that.
"We had a test at Kansas about five weeks ago," he said. "We blew a right front tyre going into turn 1, and I remember everything about that accident and everything after that accident, but I knew that I didn't feel ... You know your body, and you know how your mind works, and I knew something was just not quite right."
However, Earnhardt hadn't sought medical advice after the accident because it would have meant the end of his Chase prospects before they'd even got underway.
"I decided to just try to push through and work through it - I'd had concussions before and knew exactly kind of what I was dealing with," he said. And sure enough, he was soon feeling on the mend - although he admitted that he'd participated in several races feeling distinctly underpar.
"I felt pretty good after a week or two and definitely 80, 90 per cent by the time the Chase started, and by the time we got to Talladega I felt 100 per cent - felt really good," he said. "And then the accident at the end of that race ...
"I was hit in the left rear quarterpanel, and it was sort of an odd kind of a collision where the car spun around really quick and just sort of disoriented me, and I knew that I had sort of regressed and had a bit of a setback, and knew," he said.
Earnhardt had appeared to escape relatively lightly from the Talladega wreck, even stopping to pick up his team mate Jimmie Johnson who needed a lift back to pit lane after the #48 was heavily damaged.
"Again, you know how your body is and you know when something is not quite right, and I knew as soon as it happened that I had reinjured myself, for lack of a better way to describe it. It was not even half of the impact that I had at Kansas, but it was enough to cause me some concern.
"I went a couple days wondering how my body would react and sort of waiting for it to process what was happening," he continued. "I started having headaches and stuff immediately after the wreck, and then into the next day and into Tuesday, and I thought, man, this is pretty soon after the other accident in Kansas. I should probably take this really seriously and seek some professional opinions on this ... I contacted my sister, and we talked about seeing a neurosurgeon, and we ended up getting steered toward Dr Petty."
Dr Jerry Petty is a neurosurgeon who works extensively with NASCAR and with the NFL. He ran tests on Earnhardt that included an MRI scan to check for a more serious cerebral haemorrhage a contusion, and everything came back looking clear.
"I was really honest with him about how I felt and honest with him about the whole process from Kansas all the way on," Earnhardt added. "He spent the night thinking about what we discussed and everything that we did on Wednesday and couldn't, in good faith, couldn't clear me to race this weekend.
"I trust his opinion," said Earnhardt of Dr Petty. "That's why I went to see him. He's been a good friend of mine for a long time and has helped me through a lot of injuries before, so I believe when he tells me I don't need to be in the car and I need to take a couple weeks off that that's what I need to do."
Dr Petty was also present, at the press conference at Charlotte on Thursday, and agreed with Earnhardt' account.
"I couldn't give you a better history than he just did," said the neurosurgeon. "He had no amnesia on either side of either of the incidents, which is very important.
"What he has is really called a diffuse axonal injury, and it's something that does not show on scans, and we don't have test that will show that other than symptoms and signs," Dr Petty continued. "Sometimes there will be some residual signs left over, but Dale had none of those. His eyes did what they were supposed to do; his balance tests and so forth are perfect."
However, that didn't mean that Earnhardt's concussion wasn't genuine or potentially serious. "By and large it's the history that the patient gives is the thing that tells you that they've had a concussion. A concussion can be seeing stars; a concussion can be just being addled for a minute. Any time the brain is not doing what it's supposed to be doing after an acceleration or deceleration, that's a concussion.
"The one symptom that is more important than all the tests is headache. As long as there's any headache the brain is not healed, and until that's healed and had some time to rest and then you provoke it again and can't make it happen again - it's then you feel like you're on the road to recovery.
"What we'll do now is we want him to have four or five days after he has no headache, and then we'll give him some sort of test like to get his pulse rate up, see if we can provoke a headache, and then if we can't, we'll let him go out and drive a lap or two and see how that goes, and if that goes well, we'll probably clear him to race."
Dr Petty's approach to Earnhardt's situation has been informed by his work in the NFL, where a concussion automatically means that a player has to sit out a week on the bench.
"We've patterned our rules [here in NASCAR] after the NFL to a degree," he said. "We would do the same procedure about giving them five or six days without a headache and then doing provocative tests. I don't think that, so far as I know, they're not allowed to go back any earlier than some of the NFL guys are allowed to go back."
Earnhardt's car owner Rick Hendrick was fully supportive of the way that Earnhardt had handled the situation this week.
"I think that's one thing everybody admires about Dale is how honest and up front he is," he said. "He cares a lot about the team, his fans, and the sport in general. But when he knew that there was something not right, he went to see Dr Petty here, and I admire him.
"The good news is this is kind of preventative maintenance not to take a chance and there's no damage," Hendrick added. "We were so happy yesterday that the MRI was completely normal, no damage. We don't have a problem there."
Earnhardt added that he was feeling otherwise fine, and would dearly love to race this weekend. He said there was no question that the two-week benching could end up stretching through to the end of the season in November.
"I'd like to get back in the car and compete as soon as I can, as soon as the doctors feel like I'm able to do that," he said. "I would love to race this weekend, and I feel perfectly normal and feel like I could compete if I were allowed to compete this weekend. But I think that the basis of this whole deal is that I've had two concussions in the last four to five weeks, and you can't layer concussions. It gets extremely dangerous."
As for this weekend, Earnhardt said that he had no intention hanging around Charlotte and getting in the way feeling like a spare wheel.
"Yeah, I don't have any plans of being here this weekend," he said. "I think that I'd be more of a distraction to the team and their efforts in the race. I think they've got a good opportunity to have a good run this weekend, and I feel like minimising the distraction would help them out.
"I'm really going to feel pretty odd not being in the car. I'm anxious, real, real anxious just to get back into the car," he admitted, wrapping up with: "I think you learn not to take things for granted, and I just hate that this has caused such a fuss."
Regan Smith will take over Earnhardt's seat for this weekend's race at Charlotte and next weekend's event at Kansas, after which Earnhardt hopes to return to action for the last four races of the 2012 season.


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Three years ago, a member of the National Post's editorial board asked Rob Ford, then a candidate for mayor of Toronto, whether there were more embarrassing revelations about his personal life that were yet to be publicized. Mr. Ford, predictably, said no.
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Ford said he could not comment on Blair's announcement because the matter is before the courts.
"I think everybody has seen the allegations against me today. I wish I could come out and defend myself, unfortunately I can't, 'cause it's before the court and that's all I can say right now," Ford said. "I have no reason to resign, I'm going to go back and return my phone calls, gonna be out doing what the people elected me to do and that's save taxpayers money and run a great government."
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Like many others, we were eager to look past his personal quirks because we were interested in the so-called "Ford Agenda" — a slate of policies that included the contracting out of non-essential public services, minimizing tax increases or freezing taxes entirely, and halting the constant rise in city spending. That was an agenda worth supporting, and still is. But the agenda must be bigger than one man.
Mayor Rob Ford has not, as his supporters had hoped, kept his personal life free of embarrassing incidents. Though we believe a public official has a right to a private life, even a complicated or troubled one, serious questions suggesting Mr. Ford's possible involvement in criminal behaviour can no longer be dismissed on this basis. Pending a resolution to this latest crisis in Mr. Ford's private affairs, he should step down from his duties as mayor of Canada's largest city.
Earlier this week, a judge authorized the publication of a modestly redacted version of a Toronto Police affidavit concerning Mr. Ford's friend and occasional driver, Alexander Lisi. It became clear that police surveillance of Mr. Lisi, who has a criminal record for threatening and assaulting a woman and was recently arrested for possession and distribution of drugs, had turned up many connections between Mr. Lisi and Mr. Ford. These connections include hundreds of telephone contacts and numerous meetings, witnessed and recorded by police, that appear to show Mr. Lisi and Mr. Ford surreptitiously exchanging packages.
Later on Thursday, Toronto Police Service Chief Bill Blair told reporters that the "crack video" is real, and that the police have it in their possession. This video, whose existence was first reported by the Toronto Star and U.S.-based website Gawker in May, purports to show Mr. Ford, in an apparent state of impairment, inhaling from a glass pipe of the type used to smoke crack cocaine. The men who were attempting to find a buyer for the video, who were allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade, explicitly told the Star and Gawker that the substance being smoked was indeed crack cocaine.
Mr. Ford denied that any such video existed. But according to Chief Blair, the video was swept up during police raids focused on illegal activity in Toronto — activities that include the possession and distribution of drugs, illegal possession of firearms and acts of violence, and even murder. Toronto's Mayor is now linked, albeit indirectly, to these investigations. The Mayor also has been proven, not for the first time, to have lied to the people of Toronto.
Chief Blair told the media on Thursday that nothing contained in the video supported arresting and charging Mr. Ford with any crime. And it is entirely plausible that Mr. Ford, whatever his personal behaviour, may never be charged.
But it is clear that Mr. Ford's personal life is now so thoroughly beset by crisis that the people of Toronto cannot count on him to fairly represent them and to give his duties the time and consideration they require. Mr. Ford must step down until this matter is fully resolved. Toronto cannot be led by a man under active police scrutiny for his admitted connections to criminals, and his alleged connection to criminal activities.
It is hoped that Mr. Ford, once he steps down, will turn his full attention to addressing what seems to be a pattern of reckless behaviour in his personal life — a pattern more lurid than even Mr. Ford's most intense detractors might have predicted in 2010. For his sake and that of his family, we hope he succeeds in this rehabilitation project. But the business of Toronto must go on, and the next municipal election remains a year away. We would therefore encourage those members of City Council who continue to support Mr. Ford's agenda to now consider how best to ensure that the current sad state of affairs does not derail the good work that Mr. Ford started, but is no longer fit to finish.
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Whether an inquirer, or an active member our hope is that this will be a tool for you to discover St. Francis Parish, make a connection and/or grow in faith and community.
St. Francis is a dynamic Episcopal parish in a dynamic area of the country. We are situated near the Nocatee community development. Nocatee is one of the fastest growing planned communities in America.
As the area rapidly expands, we have made it our mission to help people of all ages grow in faith and to help them put their faith into action through personal spiritual growth and opportunities to reach out to others with the love of Christ.
St. Francis is diverse in age, yet is experiencing tremendous growth among families with children. This is due to the excellent programs we offer for children and teenagers, both middle school and high school, and through a new and rapidly developing Early Learning Program called " The Little Flowers of St. Francis." Information about all these ministries can be found on this website.
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Has anyone with the technical ability considered making a plugin to search the BW note files via Google Desktop Search?
Yes, please, someone! This would be wonderful. I take all kinds of notes in my BibleWorks editor, and I would love to be able to search them.
There's a new version of google desktop search, and I'd like to add my whiney plaintive voice (:)) to the request for someone who has the technical know-how to write an add-in that searches BW notes.
Why not start begging for BW7 to index and search BW notes? I would rather see it stay integrated with BW.
By the way, how are BW notes stored? Maybe I could index them in Nota Bene's "Orbis" indexed datebase and search from inside Nota Bene?
I've assumed that BW 7 will include some kind of search capacity for the notes, but if not I'd like it!
Since we don't know when BW 7 is coming, I'd hoped to see something useful in the meantime.
I believe the notes are essentially .rtf files that simply have a .bww extension.
I would like to see BW include searching natively, as well as hyperlinking to other notes, verses, and maybe even websites. But being able to link to other notes would make them much more usable for me :D That way I can keep commentary notes, textual notes, and notes on phrases/words separate yet easily accessible with a single click :D
Download Larry's Anyfile text indexer:
Then in setup add the BWW file extension to the INI file and you'll be good to go.
Because the plugin analyzes text you'll also get all the codes for formating in plain text in the cache but it will manage to index your BW files, even keeping a cache snapshot of your changes.
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This is a 6-week evening program providing a hands-on introduction to the Hadoop and Spark ecosystem of Big Data technologies. The course will cover these key components of Apache Hadoop: HDFS, MapReduce with streaming, Hive, and Spark. Programming will be done in Python. The course will begin with a review of Python concepts needed for our examples. The course format is interactive. Students will need to bring laptops to class. We will do our work on AWS (Amazon Web Services); instructions will be provided ahead of time on how to connect to AWS and obtain an account.


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The rain held off as Real Madrid celebrated a record 32nd Spanish league title at its traditional Plaza Cibeles gathering spot on Thursday.
The sun came out after a cloudy day of intermittent showers, with Madrid's players and coaching staff descending on downtown Madrid a day after beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 to clinch its first league title since 2008.
Thousands of fans cheered coach Jose Mourinho and the team as they jumped around waving Madrid flags, with Queen's "We Are the Champions" played over loudspeakers. Captain Iker Casillas wrapped a Madrid flag and scarf around the statue of the Roman goddess.
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I am trying the melatonin for my four and twelve year old girls per doctor my 12 year old is prescribed other sleep aids by her pyschatrist and we are just trying this to help her fall asleep easier and have tried every other sleep aid prescribed and over the counter with no help at all now my four year old wants to stay up till the wee hours and get up several hours later waking up numerous hours thruout the night however I just purchased a 1 mg tablets and there are no directions on the bottle what so ever what is the best time at which to give this to them I know from the doctor what mg but with my daughters prescribed medications she takes them around 6 pm and is sometimes asleep by 9 or 10 any suggestions other than warm milk and honey been ther edone that warm baths night time stories evening routines same thing everynite we just dont know what time to give this to them Thanks for suggestions
You give it to them 30 minutes before bed without food. It will not help them stay asleep all night. Sorry. The only thing I found was catnip/fennel tea that I grow and brew myself. That knocks them OUT! However I do use the melatonin and only when necessary. It will eventually reduce the bodies ability to make it's own. According to our DR. and The really hot guy at GNC. I get the chewables as well.
DD1 had anxiety about sleep and would lay in bed for hours. She was exhausted but her anxiety about not falling asleep made it worse. Totally sucked.
Given that your dd is taking other meds I would speak with a pharmacist. I recently read an article that cited a study of different brands of melatonin and as I recall the labels did not match the actual amounts of melatonin advertised. I say this to recommend you use a trusted brand.
I would definitely talk with a doctor before mixing medications.
My kids take melatonin about 20 minutes before they go to sleep. My just-turned five-year-old takes 500mcg and my seven-year-old takes 1mg.
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Aegean Marine Petroleum is expected to earn 39 cents this year, down from 53 cents last year, but earnings are expected to rise dramatically in 2012. The stock is selling at about 14 times trailing earnings and 5 time forward earnings estimates. The company's larger competitor, World Fuel Services (INT), sells for about 15 times trailing earnings and 13 times forward estimates. Even if earnings for Aegean Marine Petroleum revert to 2010 levels when it earned 53 cents per share, the stock is worth at least 50% more than where it now stands.Aegean is one of TheStreet Ratings' top-rated shipping stocks. Hellenic Telecommunications What is it like to be a telecom in one of the worst economies in the world right now? Look no further than Hellenic Telecommunications (HLTOY: Pink Sheets). This telecom gets no respect just because it is located in Greece. Telecommunications in this day and age is a priority for people of all ages and locales. We are in the mobile telecom age. Do you think that the people of Greece are going to give up on Facebook and Twitter just because their government is broke? I think not. Hellenic Telecomm has a very secure balance sheet and generates strong cash flow. The company paid off $3.3 billion of its long-term debt the past two years, down to a level of $4.3 billion at the end of 2010. Furthermore, the stock earns a dividend of about 10 cents per share annually. Since the end of 2010, the stock has dropped by nearly 45%, from $4 on New Year's Eve day. I consider Hellenic Telecomm an excellent component of my four cheap speculative Greek stocks and expect it to perform much better once Greece moves beyond its current crisis. -- Written by Scott Rothbort in Millburn, N.J.
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The Calvary Christian High School Athletic Department is committed to develop Christ-like character among our student athletes and encourage them to develop their God-given athletic abilities to their maximum potential. This will be accomplished through a program that emphasizes Christian character and conduct, achievement in athletics, leadership skills, and respect for teammates and opponents.
Athletics plays an integral role at Calvary Christian High School in shaping the character of our students. Students learn discipline, teamwork, character, strength and conditioning, and performance through the rigors of competitive athletics.
Calvary offers a full, competitive athletic program. As a member of the Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA), Calvary teams play against public and private schools in the Tampa Bay area in the following sports:
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Durham, N.C. — A 40-year-old missing Durham man with a cognitive impairment is the subject of a Silver Alert issued late Saturday.
David Melo Barreira was reported missing from 4 Kimbrough Court. He is white, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs 225 pounds. He has short, black hair and brown eyes.
Barreira was last seen wearing a gray pullover, blue jeans, white Nike shoes and black hat.
It's unknown where he might be headed.
Anyone with information on Barreira's whereabouts is asked to call Durham police at 919-560-4600.
Developed in 2007, the Silver Alert system quickly notifies the public about missing endangered people who suffer from dementia or other cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer's disease.
It also allows caregivers and nursing homes to report a person missing. In the past, only a family member could report an adult missing.


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The 2015 BMW i8 is the German manufacturer's first plug-in hybrid, focusing on both performance and fuel economy in equal parts. Brauer expects the price to exceed $150,000 when it hits the market.
"A pure electric driving range of 20 miles will be supplemented by a small, 3-cylinder turbocharged engine mounted behind the passenger compartment," Brauer said. "Despite the diminutive powertrain, the i8 will hit 60 mph in less than 5 seconds and get 70 miles per gallon."


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HALIFAX, Jan. 24, 2013 /CNW/ - As previously announced Oceanus Resources Corporation (TSXV: OCN) ("Oceanus" or the "Company") has signed a binding letter of intent ("LOI") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of Lunar Gold Holdings Incorporated ("LGH"), a Canadian company, by way of security exchange. LGH and LGH's wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, LGHI Holdings Incorporated ("LGHI"), together own 100% of Minera Pueblo de ORO SA DE CV, a Mexican company, ("MPO"). MPO is a party to agreements to earn a 100-per-cent interest in twelve (12) Mexican mining concession titles, collectively known as the La Lajita property (the "Claims") covering approximately 3,218 hectares in Durango, Mexico (the "MPO Agreements").
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Vesna was being abused for five years within a family. Milorad Dodik's SNSD to be fined with 15.000 euro. Motorway in Republika Srpska already showed effects.
Vesna Redzic, 39, was kicked out from her house by her husband's brother, and she and her children are currently in a safe house in Bihac. Vesna was allegedly being beaten up for years by her brother-in-law Osman and his wife, in a house where she also lived with her husband Emin. But since Emin was mentally ill, his brother Osman sent him to the hospital. For five years, Vesna was being attacked and beaten.
Central Electoral Commission, CIK, is to fine Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, lead by Milorad Dodik, for not having documentation that Serbian singer Ceca entertained two party gatherings during campaign. Director of CIK, Branko Petric, did not put this decision earlier on the agenda because he was waiting for the new law on financing political parties which is milder. Seems like he is the number 1 protector of the political parties.
Motorway Banja Luka to Gradiska gave effects in the first year already. Security in transport was increased, number of accidents decreased, but also traveling became cheaper in this area, experts say. A year ago, the part of the motorway was opened, totaling to 32 kilometers. Republika Srpska will also build motorway from Banja Luka to Doboj.
Balkan Insight has not verified the facts in the original press reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
Prime Minister Haradinaj says Kosovo will not get enough votes at this year's Interpol assembly, held in the unfriendly environment of China.
Despite reports of a new migration route opening up on the Black Sea, Romanian authorities and international organizations say scare stories have no basis in reality.
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Call it nature's shrink wrap. Amber, the sap of ancient trees, quickly surrounds anything unfortunate to become mired in its stickiness and then hardens through the ages into gemstone. Although it's unlikely that amber can yield the DNA of dinosaurs, a la Jurassic Park , the tree resin can preserve the remains of insects and other organisms in great detail over vast time frames.
That's what researchers have discovered in a rock formation in Ethiopia-a veritable mother lode of ants, wasps, spiders, and other such creatures dating back about 95 million years. They've also discovered bits of ferns, fungi, and plants, as well as feathers, mammal hairs, and even small reptiles-all trapped in amber. The team hopes the discoveries, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, will yield important clues about the ecology of a thriving tropical ecosystem that existed during the period scientists call the mid-Cretaceous.
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Fans of the acclaimed Homeworld series look to have reason to celebrate, with the discovery of a US trademark document (pointed out by Shacknews) which indicates the rights to the Homeworld name have moved from Vivendi Universal to THQ - owners of the original Homeworld developer Relic Entertainment.
The transaction took place on August 14, 2007 and was joined by the transfer of Homeworld: Cataclysm, the Homeworld expansion, on the same day.
With the trademark now in the hands of THQ it seems likely the publisher has already attained, or intends to attain the intellectual property rights for the series, clearing the way for a Relic Entertainment developed Homeworld sequel.
Homeworld is a 3D real-time strategy series which puts players in command of an immense space fleet which must battle against enemies from across the galaxy in huge star-scattered battlegrounds.


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As difficult as the last 48 hours have been for the Celtics, who are just now moving on from the loss of longtime center Kendrick Perkins, the team that acquired Perk on Thursday afternoon is likewise going through some pains of their own. The Oklahoma City Thunder aren't terribly happy to part with Jeff Green, their starting power forward for the last four years.
"I have unbelievable respect for him as a player and a person," Thunder general manager Sam Presti said of Green at his Friday news conference to discuss the trade. "He's a selfless person, and he's incredibly talented. We're thankful for what he's contributed this organization.
"But by the same token, I have to make really tough decisions in this job. That's part of my responsibility that I carry every day for this organization. As tough of a decision as it was, I felt like it was something that we had to do based on the information that we had, with the opportunity to bring in a player like Perkins that can address a need and fit with our timeline going forward."
Presti became emotional during his meeting with the media, at one point nearly breaking down into tears.
For a Celtics fan still mourning over Perk, Presti's sentiments come as food for thought — losing Perk is obviously tough, but the guy they're getting back has also proven his worth to a successful franchise. Jeff Green is no slouch.
Green, Nenad Krstic and the Celtics take on the L.A. Clippers on Saturday night. They'll have the chance to earn the respect of a new franchise now.
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The Perfect Herb Garden With Eugene Higgins
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Today, our landscaping legend Eugene Higgins will show and tell us how to grow the perfect herb garden
Herbs have been used as medicines for centuries. They were kept in dried form in many pharmacies so that they could be used all year. This is why the word "drug" is from the Anglo-Saxon word "drigan," which means to dry. For centuries, herbs have been the principal if not the only medicines used in many countries. Even herbs we use today for seasonings in cooking were originally used as medicines. Herbs have not been used as often with the recent advances in medical technology, but many people have begun to use herbs as medicines due to their medicinal properties.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) Price: €4.95
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Rosemary is an attractive evergreen shrub with pine needle-like leaves. It has blue flowers that will last through spring and summer in a warm, humid environment. It will grow to a height of between 3 and 5 feet. Propagate from cuttings of the twisted wood of non-flowering branches in early summer, or layer established branches. Choose a sheltered position and well-drained soil, and allow the plant lots of sun. The thick shrub tolerates clipping so that the size can be kept in check. In hot weather it will appreciate a good hosing down. In a warm climate it can remain in the same location for up to 30 years, but in climates where freezing temperatures are expected it is best grown in pots so that it can be brought indoors in winter.
The botanical name Rosmarinus is derived form the old Latin for 'dew of the sea', a reference to its pale blue dew-like flowers and the fact that it is often grown near the sea. It is a symbol or remembrance and friendship, and is often carried by wedding couples as a sign of love and fidelity. Tradition says that rosemary will grow for thirty-three years, until it reaches the height of Christ when he was crucified, then it will die. Sprigs of rosemary were placed under pillows at night to ward off evil spirits and bad dreams. The wood was used to make lutes and other musical instruments.
Lavender (Lavandula) Price: €6.99
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This plant is a native of the Mediterranean and a lover of dry, sunny, rocky habitats. Nonetheless, because it is such a romantic flower, every Irish gardener sooner or later trys to grow it. Lavender plants will tolerate many growing conditions, but it thrives in warm, well drained soil and full sun. Like many plants grown for their essential oils, a lean soil will encourage a higher concentration of oils. An alkaline and especially a chalky soil will enhance lavenders fragrance. You can expect to have plants that will do well when the weather cooperates and to experience the occasional loss of a plant or two after a severe winter or a wet, humid summer.
Lavender is a tough plant and is extremely drought resistant, once established. However, when first starting you lavender plants, don't be afraid to give them a handful of compost in the planting hole and to keep them regularly watered during their first growing season. It is dampness, more than cold, that is responsible for killing lavender plants. Dampness can come in the form of wet roots during the winter months or high humidity in the summer. If humidity is a problem, make sure you have plenty of space between your plants for air flow and always plant in a sunny location. Areas where the ground routinely freezes and thaws throughout the winter will benefit from a layer of mulch applied after the ground initially freezes. Also protect your lavender plants from harsh winter winds. Planting next to a stone or brick wall will provide additional heat and protection.
Mint (Mentha) Price: €2.50
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Mint is a perennial herb that is propagated by root division or rooting cuttings in water. The plant is invasive and should be grown in pots really. It enjoys a damp location, shaded from strong afternoon sun, and rich soil. Mint planted outdoors should be mulched heavily to protect against frost. Given half a chance, mint will take over your whole garden. That natural vigor makes this hardy perennial a great, no-fail plant for beginning gardeners - or for anyone who needs a tough, fast-growing and lovely ground cover. Choose a site where mint can roam freely without disturbing other plants in your garden. It's happiest in partial shade and in moist, moderately rich, slightly acidic soil, but it will grow in any light from full sun to full shade and in any kind of soil you happen to have. Buy mint plants at the nursery for planting in early spring, as soon as the ground can be worked.
To stop it taking over, give it a less-than-perfect home (for instance, full sun and soil that's on the dry side). Set plants 12 to 18 inches apart, depending on the variety. To control their rampant ways, plant them in bottomless containers sunk into the soil. Clay drainage tiles, about 10 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches across, are ideal. Keep the soil moist until the plants are established. Pinch stem ends off each spring to keep plants bushy. At the end of the gardening season, prune plants back to near ground level and top-dress with compost.
Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Price: €4.00
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Very sensitive to cold, basil is best grown from seed indoors, in pots and only transplanted to the herb garden after all risk of frost is long past and the soil temperature has reached at least 50ºF. Basil likes full sun in well-drained soil that contains well-rotted manure or good compost, but unlike other herbs it can't tolerate drought. Mulching will help maintain soil moisture, but be careful not to mulch until the soil is warm. Once flourishing, cut every stem of the herb back to the second set of leaves and don't allow it to flower. You will be rewarded with ongoing basil all summer.
Basil is primarily a culinary herb. It has antibacterial and antiviral properties, but it is not an important herb for modern clinical herbalists. However, as a member of the mint family, basil is recommended as a digestive aid and an after dinner cup of basil tea makes a healthier alternative to the after dinner mint.
There are countless species of basil but the enduring winner in the kitchen is Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum).
Parsley (Petroselinium crispum) Price: €2.50
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Common parsley is well known for its use as a garnish or as flavouring in many dishes and salads. The curly varieties also make a nice addition to most gardens, planted with other herbaceous plants or used in a border. Native to the Mediterranean area, parsley is biennial in nature, but is grown as an annual in our region. As with most herbs, parsley does best in a sunny area which receives direct light for 6-8 hours a day, although it can tolerate some light shade. Plants will be more productive if grown in well drained soil that is fairly rich in organic matter.Do not allow the plants to dry out completely between waterings in the garden. Water deeply at least once a week to insure the roots are receiving enough moisture during the growing season. A light mulch of ground up leaves or grass clippings will help retain moisture and keep weeds to a minimum.
Fertilize those plants in garden beds once or twice during the growing season. Use a liquid fertilizer at one half the label recommended strength every 3-4 weeks for container grown plants outside and every 4-6 weeks for parsley grown indoors.
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Pots: €29.95 widely available in garden centres.
Use a loose, soilless mix for planting and remember that container grown herbs will require more water than garden grown plants. How much more depends on the environment and the type of pot. Water when the soil, not the plants, appears dry and water at the base of the plant to limit dampness on the foliage. Once the plants are thriving, they can be transferred to the garden.
Keep in mind that although lavender has a large, spreading root system; it prefers growing in a tight spot. A pot that can accommodate the rootball with a couple of inches to spare would be a good choice. Too large a pot will only encourage excessive dampness. Ensure that the pot has plenty of drainage.
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Experience seems to be a factor for drunk people seeking rides home. According to a new survey asking for the public's celebrity "fantasy" designated driver (if such a thing actually exists), the No. 1 choice is screen legend Paul Newman.
The actor — and longtime racecar enthusiast — who turns 78 next month, nabbed 36 percent of the votes to beat out the second-place finisher, actress Sandra Bullock, 38, who was the fantasy pick for 34 percent of drinkers (no doubt due in part to her bus-driving role in "Speed").
The survey (based on telephone interviews with a representative sample of 1,090 Americans ages 21 and older) was conducted by Data Development Corporation for the Anheuser-Busch people — in order to measure awareness and usage of the designated-driver concept and well as to, let's face it, plug the beer.
Still, some of the results are interesting, given that Newman and Bullock bested the likes of Eddie Murphy (19 percent of the votes), Tom Cruise (15 percent), Jennifer Lopez (17 percent) and Jennifer Aniston (14 percent).
"I am very honored to have been selected," Bullock says in a statement. "So since I won't be imbibing before the bar closes … I get to choose the music on the rides home."
In the poll's other findings, 68 percent chose late night ABC anchor Ted Koppel over CBS host David Letterman, while early birds liked Regis Philbin (58 percent) over his cohost, Kelly Ripa (27 percent).
Meanwhile, 50 percent preferred Katie Couric over her "Today Show" cohort Matt Lauer (31 percent), and Barbara Walters was preferred over her "View " cohost, Star Jones, by a 62 percent margin.


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Go ahead, gasp. I said it! I asked the question: has marriage become a thing of the past? Obviously there's no shortage of committed guys and girls around here on the Weddingbee, but according to this article, the Census Bureau reports that the proportion of married adults of all ages was only 52 percent in 2009—the lowest percentage since the U.S. began tracking statistics in 1880!
Am I surprised? Not really. Not at all, actually. Mr. B and I are the first and only of our friends to get married. We don't mind being the first and we don't doubt we're supposed to be married, but when none of your friends are thinking about marriage, you feel sort of gypped.
It feels kind of like when you realize you and your best friend from high school have grown apart. You were inseparable when you met and thought that would never change. Then you went off to college and they're really into science and you're really into sports. You're still close, but you realize things have changed. You're on different wave lengths. You have different interests. It's kind of bittersweet, isn't it? You love your new interests (in my case those interests are Mr. B, our wedding, Weddingbee, our apartment, our future, our family), but you're a little sad your friend isn't as into those same things.
Most of my friends aren't seeing anyone, are dating, or are in relationships less than a year old. Mr. B has been experiencing the same kind of thing with his friends. His best man, for example, is a total bachelor. He jokes about not ever getting married and there are no serious relationships on the horizon. He's a few years younger than us and we kind of tell ourselves that that's the reason he's like that, but the truth is that we know there's more to it. It's not just that he's young, he doesn't really believe in it. And he's not alone, is he?
I think I would be pretty lonely over here on the married (well, soon-to-be married) side if it wasn't for Weddingbee. Don't get me wrong, the feeling creeps up every now and then. I jump on the woe-is-me horse and think nobody understands. I wonder if there are others out there and how they deal with it.
But for the most part, I'm extremely thankful for this community. I also have an awesome-awesome future cousin-in-law who is engaged; being the only couple getting married has also definitely brought Mr. B and me closer, too. We tend to run back to each other after hanging out with the single crowd. We feel safe and at ease, and most of all, understood when we're reunited. We understand, too, that nobody is going to be into our wedding and marriage as we are, and still think we have some of the best friends in the world.
Are you the first or only one of your friends to get married? Do you ever feel like the odd-man out? How do you cope?
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Wisconsin town shakes as underground monster awakens
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Is Clintonville, Wisconsin, the new home for a real life Cloverfield or Tremor-like monster? Most definitely.
The local 911 dispatch was flooded with over 150 calls early Monday morning after the ground shook and many of the small town's 4,300 residents heard an explosion. "I went outside and the neighbor guy came out and then the other guy and all of sudden we heard another boom," a woman named Margaret DeGroot told local ABC affiliate WAOW.
City administrator Lisa Kuss told the station, "All of a sudden they hear a popping noise and a booming underground and then boom boom boom and the earth rattled." She also said they have contracted military, geological and meteorologists but so far they have no answer, which leaves only the aforementioned monster explanation.
DeGroot wondered during the 2am incident, "Should I wake up my family and put them in the van and just drive away?" The answer is yes.
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The respective World of Football Refereeing observer has evaluated the first occasion as a correct call made by the referee, but emphasized that the second occasion should have been ruled as an infringement, which would have meant a penalty kick to the Netherlands in the 90th minute.
- the movement of the hands towards the ball (not the ball towards the hand)
- the distance between the opponent and the ball (unexpected ball)
- the position of the hand does not necessarily mean that there is an infringement"
On the basis of stills, the situations should be evaluated:
At the beginning, Jacobsen is approaching with quite a high pace and has to stop harshly. His left hand is in a natural position (2) and does not move towards the ball. It is therefore no deliberate act, it is also adventurous to certify him intention here.
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by Bruce Strand, Sports editor
It's been a building year, to say the least, for Zimmerman wrestling, with a new coach, a small and very young roster, and just one standout veteran who's missed most of the season.
The Thunder had entrants at just six of the 14 slots, which is about normal, at the Elk River Invitational on Saturday, and placed eighth among 10 teams, with one runner-up and two third-placers.
"We've got a lot of kids who aren't ready for varsity and we're not going to throw them to the wolves," said coach Jason Thompson, adding the he was used to incomplete lineups because he had the same situation in previous posts at Orono and Richfield.
"But I don't see any quit in these kids. We have a good group and they have come a long way since last year."
Mitch Robinson, junior at 182 pounds, is the top returning wrestler, but was sidelined by mono until this week.
Robinson was the lone finalist for the Thunder, winning twice before losing in the finals to Dassel-Cokato's Andrew Matson 2-0 (one penalty point for forgetting to lace his shoes, and one escape).
Zimmerman has 26 kids in the room, and 17 of them are in grades 7-8. There's only two seniors.
One of the seniors, Junior Patterson, a transfer from Milaca, was not activated until Saturday due to an injury and other issues, said Thompson. Patterson placed third with a 3-1 record including a default win.
Hunter Smith, sophomore with the team's best record (16-8) also placed third, at 120. Eighth-grader Chase Rosby (13-10) had a bye, a win and two losses, and placed fourth at 132. Freshman Austin May (12-10) was 2-2 at 145 and placed fifth.
Thunder are 2-8 with wins over two other shorthanded teams.
"You just work with the kids and try get a win wherever you can," said Thompson, adding that they inserted a couple JV kids to collect forfeits against Ogilvie on Thursday.
Last year the Thunder had four state qualifiers, including Robinson and Smith, in Section 5AA, but this year have been moved to Section 6AA.
"Last year the section was very favorable, but it's going to be a lot tougher (to qualify) this year," said Thompson.
Zimmerman will wrestle at Becker on Tuesday.
How Thunder fared
106 – no entry
113 – no entry
120 – Hunter Smith (16-8) was 3-1, 3rd place
126 – no entrant
132 – Chase Rosby (13-10) was 1-2, 4th place
138 – no entrant
145 – Austin May (12-10) was 2-2, 5th place
152 – Alex Collins (2-13) was 0-2
160 – Junior Patterson (3-1) was 3-1, 1 pin, 3rd place
170 – no entry
182 – Mitch Robinson (4-2) was 2-1, 2nd place
195 – no entry
220 – Zach Brown (6-16) was 2-3, 6th place
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Gun in the car and trip to find a mall help land Tooele teen in Canadian jail
Kalindra Salt Lake City, UtahJuly 30, 2013 6:56 p.m.
@ JayTee: I think I missed the comments talking about the evil of guns and how wonderful Canada is for outlawing them.
Perhaps you could identify those comments?
The only gun comments I have seen on here are ones questioning the value of having a gun that is not loaded.
JayTee Sandy, UTJuly 29, 2013 4:28 p.m.
Once again the leftists are all over this one with comments regarding how evil guns are and how wonderful the Canooks are for outlawing them and keeping them out of the hands of the average person. Amazing.
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTJuly 29, 2013 2:49 p.m.
"So how is an unloaded 9mm handgun supposed to protect you?"
I assume by bluffing. Though really, an armed robbery victim is statistically more likely to be shot if they (the victim of the robbery) have a gun.
Eliyahu Pleasant Grove, UTJuly 28, 2013 7:29 a.m.
GiuseppeG is right. How is putting an unloaded handgun in the trunk of a car driven by someone who doesn't know how to use it and has no ammunition supposed to provide any sort of
"protection"? Were they planning on going someplace that is in the midst of a civil war or visiting hotbeds of crime and gang activity? It was an incredibly stupid decision, and they got off easy under the circumstances.
Rick B. West Jordan, UTJuly 28, 2013 1:36 a.m.
A mall in Blaine? You've got to be kidding. The border guys should be commended for doing their job. Americans who think they can do anything they want, wherever they are - well, that's the problem. Telling the agent they "promise" they don't have anything illegal, and then to find out they were lying about the gun - that's so 13 years old. It's always worked at home, but it's sure different out there in the real world.
Maudine SLC, UTJuly 27, 2013 8:31 p.m.
@ From Ted's Head: Wait, you are in Utah and you managed to look at a map and see what the roads were? Imagine how much trouble could have been avoided if these girls had done that!
From Ted's Head Orem, UTJuly 26, 2013 6:46 p.m.
"The sign said 'Freeway entrance' and then 'Border,' so we said, 'We'll just get off before the border,'" McEwan said.
I was curious and looked it up on google maps/street view and the signs are "Highway Entrance" and "5 North Border Crossing". Yeah, they should have been paying more attention, but the entrance is off of a traffic circle and they might not have had a good look at the sign. And, as there is no way they could turn around once they went up the onramp, you would think that a sign saying "Entering Canada" would have been more appropriate. They certainly can't be the first people to make this mistake.
Strider303 Salt Lake City, UTJuly 26, 2013 4:28 p.m.
A comment on the headline: The use of the word "teen" implies juvenile, technically the lady was of teen age years but an adult. Teen implies not mature, someone not of age of maturity and able to be responsible. After reading the story and getting the idea that since the lady was ignorant, not observant of her surroundings, unaware of the border between sovereign nations, and the possibility of different laws and customs she thought she should have been excused or let go because she was American, I conclude the headline was correct.
I conclude she was more or less typical of a modern American high school attendee, totally clueless about the world and with a sense of entitlement or being special so the laws, regardless of the attitude of the Canadian officials did not apply to her.
Heavens, some states have laws regarding transporting firearms and any police officer would want to know why the weapon was in the car and what they were going to do with it.
Unfortunately, the Second Amendment doesn't require competent carbon based life forms to own a firearm.
rlsintx Plano, TXJuly 26, 2013 3:01 p.m.
Don't go into foreign countries without knowing the law. Canada will nail you for infractions, and handguns are one of the prime things they're looking for. I was there last week. And don't cop an attitude with them. These guards are not rude, they're just very formal and direct. Same goes when returning to the US. I have relatives who work for RCMP and customs in Canada, it's serious, serious business.
sally Kearns, UTJuly 26, 2013 2:22 p.m.
Our family has never had a problem crossing into Canada. We are always prepared with the necessary documents.
AZKID Mapleton, UTJuly 26, 2013 1:48 p.m.
No real surprise here. My family and I went to Niagra falls last summer, and we crossed the boarder on foot to view the falls from the Canadian side. We found the Canadian border gaurds to be extrordinarily rude and disagreeable. Maybe it is a badge of courage among their ranks to see how much trouble they can cause for their law-abiding neighbors to the south.
Maudine SLC, UTJuly 26, 2013 12:42 p.m.
@ GiuseppeG: I was wondering the same thing. I was also wondering if it would place them in more danger - no one they point it at is going to know it is unloaded and may take it as a threat and act accordingly.
GiuseppeG Murray, UtahJuly 26, 2013 11:07 a.m.
So how is an unloaded 9mm handgun supposed to protect you? Do you club your attacker with it? Do you throw it as a distraction and run away? Do you offer it as a bribe? Just wondering....
Maudine SLC, UTJuly 26, 2013 10:39 a.m.
So, the border agents were doing their job. What is the big deal?
It is your responsibility when you get in a car to know where you are going - especially when you are that close to an international border.
She and her friend knew there was a gun in the car. It was their responsibility to mention it when asked about it.
Yes, this was a very expensive lesson to learn - but it was her actions that led to the outcome.
Doug10 Roosevelt, UTJuly 26, 2013 6:39 a.m.
I think her ignorance should over rule any laws of other countries. I too have been across that border and I am betting that an illegal u turn would have proven to have been a lesser cost.
I had a friend who vacationed in Canada every year and got caught coming across the Coutts border by USA guards. They spent 7 hours going through his personal things, taking him in a room and interogating he and his wife seperately, then repeating the process. At the end of the day they found nothing, left his belongings in a pile on the pavement and ignored pleas of respect and common decency.
Both sides of the border employ people who are trying to enforce laws they know nothing about. They pay those people $14 an hour and expect them to fill quotas of so many busts and so many tickets and so many seizures.
It should not surprise anyone but it happens going both ways across that border.
FromSunnyStGeorge ST GEORGE, UTJuly 25, 2013 11:31 p.m.
Crossed into Canada this afternoon by way of Del Bonita. Have some damage to my back end due to recent accident and my trunk doesn't open right now. He could see the damage from the accident but he could have immediately impounded my vehicle, torn it apart or dismantled it piece by piece. Have had that happen to friends in the past that were suspected. The car is then returned to you in hundreds of pieces and you are told to move you pile of junk. So no, you don't want to mess with the border agents. Make no mistake about it. It is always a gamble as to whether or not you will be singled out and you lose every right as a citizen to "innocent until proven guilty" when crossing a border. By driving up you are pre-authorizing the agents to "unreasonable search and seizure." They don't have to have a reason. They just need to feel there is a chance you have something.
Uncle Rico Sandy, UTJuly 25, 2013 11:10 p.m.
Don't worry Tatiana, Canadian officials are equally rude if you enter legally without contraband as well. The best part about Canada, is leaving Canada.
RG Buena Vista, VAJuly 25, 2013 11:01 p.m.
Of course she should have told them about the gun, but none of this would have happened had the Canadian border agents just allowed them to turn around. They didn't even want to enter Canada! Sounds like the Canadian border agents need some training in everyday common sense.
Hutterite American Fork, UTJuly 25, 2013 10:49 p.m.
I cross the border a lot. Especially Canadian, but also into Mexico. Time and again, for all the hype we have here about border security, I cannot believe what I see people think they are entitled to do when leaving the united states. Once at Coutts I was discussing my re entry with the border official; I had the truck and trailer. All my documents were in order. An old guy wanders up from behind on foot, squeezes between my vehicle and the building, and interrupts my conversation to ask where the bathroom is. Dude in the booth asks..."And who are you? Please show your documents; you've just crossed an international boundary..." I got to go on; that guy was going to have a bad day. The signs are there. The last exit is 297. Declare your firearms. It says so. Sorry, but that's the deal. Don't be surprised if the process does not tolerate stupid.


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Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida to auction Bulgari jewels
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida is to sell some of her jewellery in Geneva in May with part of the proceeds going to help stem cell research, auction house Sotheby's said in a statement Tuesday.
Designed by Italian creator Bulgari in the 1950s and 1960s, the items include pearl and diamond earrings and a 19.3-carat diamond ring. Both pieces are valued at between $600,000 and one million dollars (465,000 - 775,000 euros).
The jewels were displayed at an exhibition entitled "Bulgari: 125 years of Italian magnificence" at the Grand Palais in Paris in late 2010.
Some of the most sought-after of the 22 pieces of jewellery that will go under the hammer are to be shown in London, Rome and New York in the run-up to the auction in Switzerland on May 14.
The 85-year-old star of "The World's Most Beautiful Woman" and "Come September," one of Italy's best-known actresses, says she wants to devote herself to sculpture and "a sculptor doesn't need jewellery", the Sotheby's statement said.
Part of the proceeds will go towards funding an international hospital for stem cell research, a cause Lollobrigida described as "close to her heart" and something that "every sick child should be able to benefit from".
Geneva regularly hosts important sales of high-end jewellery by the Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses each May and in the autumn.


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Pentagon spokesman: We don't think McChrystal leaked
- By Josh Rogin
Josh Rogin covers national security and foreign policy and writes the daily Web column The Cable. His column appears bi-weekly in the print edition of The Washington Post. He can be reached for comments or tips at email@example.com.
Previously, Josh covered defense and foreign policy as a staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, writing extensively on Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, U.S.-Asia relations, defense budgeting and appropriations, and the defense lobbying and contracting industries. Prior to that, he covered military modernization, cyber warfare, space, and missile defense for Federal Computer Week Magazine. He has also served as Pentagon Staff Reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, Japan's leading daily newspaper, in its Washington, D.C., bureau, where he reported on U.S.-Japan relations, Chinese military modernization, the North Korean nuclear crisis, and more.
A graduate of George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, Josh lived in Yokohama, Japan, and studied at Tokyo's Sophia University. He speaks conversational Japanese and has reported from the region. He has also worked at the House International Relations Committee, the Embassy of Japan, and the Brookings Institution.
Josh's reporting has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, C-Span, CBS, ABC, NPR, WTOP, and several other outlets. He was a 2008-2009 National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellow, 2009 military reporting fellow with the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the 2011 recipient of the InterAction Award for Excellence in International Reporting. He hails from Philadelphia and lives in Washington, D.C.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense does not believe that Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal or his staff was behind the leak of a classified assessment yesterday that outlined the general's call for more troops, according to the top Pentagon spokesman.
Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, disputed the contention of a source who speculated that officers in Afghanistan gave the McChrystal assessment to the Washington Post in an effort to pressure President Obama to increase force levels as part of his pending Afghan policy review.
There is absolutely no way to know who leaked the assessment and anyone claiming to know is either lying or mistaken, said Morrell.
"The secretary of defense does not believe that General McChrystal or his team was responsible for leaking this sensitive information," Morrell continued. "Nor are we wasting our time playing Washington parlor games trying to figure out who did it. … We have better things to do."
The perception that the Pentagon or administration leadership is faulting McChrystal or is at odds with him could perpetuate a story line that there is a schism between the commander and the civilian leadership, which would be misleading, according to Morrell.
"Anonymous sources playing guessing games about who may or may not be responsible for who is leaking the assessment doesn't do anybody any good," said Morrell. "Nobody knows."
In that same article on The Cable, under secretary of defense for policy Michèle Flournoy sought to put the McChrystal assessment in context, saying, "The McChrystal assessment is one input, one very important input, into a larger conversation that the president is having on where we go on Afghanistan."


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BLACKSBURG – Influenza strikes five to 15 percent of the population and is estimated to cost the U.S. economy a hefty $90 million per year. If researchers can improve the understanding of how environmental conditions affect the ability of the influenza virus to survive and infect others while it is airborne, they may be able to help improve prediction and control of its spread.
Linsey Marr, a Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering faculty member, has studied the flu virus and late last year led a team that made significant headway in determining how the flu virus survived best – in humidity that was less than 50 percent or above 98 percent. This result may help explain why the disease spikes in winter months in temperate regions, where wintertime heating leads to indoor air with low humidity. Her team's work was published in an academically peer-reviewed journal PLoS One.
On Monday, Marr received a National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award valued at $2.28 million over five years, in support of her research on influenza transmission by bioaerosols. According to the NIH, the award is designed specifically to support unusually creative new investigators with highly innovative research ideas at an early stage of their career. Only 41 such grants were announced today, presented to scientists proposing highly innovative approaches to major contemporary challenges in biomedical research, under the High Risk-High Reward program supported by the National Institutes of Health Common Fund.
Key collaborators on Marr's project will be Elankumaran Subbiah, a virologist in the biomedical sciences and pathobiology department of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, and Peter Vikesland, an environmental chemist and nanoscientist in the civil and environmental engineering department of Virginia Tech.
Influenza is responsible for an estimated 36,000 deaths, 3.1 million hospitalization days, and 31 million outpatient visits per year in the U.S. for a total economic burden of $90 million, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control.
"It is remarkable that we know so much about the infectivity and pathogenicity of influenza viruses and so little about transmission and the inter-host dynamics of the virus in the environment. Many critical questions remain unanswered surrounding the dominant mode of transmission, seasonality, and factors that enable a certain strain to go airborne," Marr said.
Airborne transmission includes droplets and aerosols emitted by sneezing and coughing.
Marr has hypothesized that "pathogen-environment interactions may play a key role in the transmissibility of the virus. Specifically, evaporation-induced changes in the chemical composition of aerosols, such as lowered pH, increased salt and protein concentrations, crystallization, and/or phase separations, affect the structure and/or function of the virus."
With this award, Marr says she hopes to further understand the reasons why humidity affects the transmission of the influenza virus.
"Major advances in aerosol science have occurred, yet research on the airborne transmission of diseases do not reflect these developments," Marr explained.
Her prior research in this area leads Marr to believe that this new grant will allow her "to introduce pathogen-environment interactions as playing a significant role in the transmission of infectious diseases."
Last year, her research team including her Ph.D. student Wan Yang of Shantou, China, and Subbiah developed an innovative hypothesis that addressed a question that has stymied researchers for decades: how can humidity affect a virus that is encased in an aerosol? They presented in the PLoS One article for the first time the relationship between the influenza A virus viability in human mucus and humidity over a large range of relative humidities, from 17 percent to 100 percent. They found the viability of the virus was highest when the relative humidity was either close to 100 percent or below 50 percent. The results in human mucus may help explain influenza's seasonality in different regions.
"We added flu viruses to droplets of simulated respiratory fluid and to actual human mucus and then measured what fraction survived after exposure to low, medium, and high relative humidities," said Marr.
At low humidity, respiratory droplets evaporate completely and the virus survives well under dry conditions. But at moderate humidity, the droplets evaporate some, but not completely, leaving the virus exposed to higher levels of chemicals in the fluid and compromising the virus' ability to infect cells.
With her new NIH grant, she will lead an interdisciplinary approach, "essential to making a large leap in understanding airborne transmission of infectious disease," Marr said. The research will span the fields of engineering, virology, and chemistry. Their approach will bring modern aerosol, biological, and nanoscience methods to the problem.
"Results of this research have the potential to promote major advances in predicting the pandemic potential of influenza virus strains, forecasting of disease dynamics, and development of infection control strategies," Marr said.
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The Knicks and Mike Woodson have finalized a multiyear contract that will keep the coach in New York, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News (via Twitter). The Knicks have confirmed the deal in a press release.
Al Iannazzone of Newsday reported earlier this week that Woodson and the Knicks were nearing an agreement, while a number of subsequent reports suggested that an announcement from the team was expected later in the week. According to Marc Berman of the New York Post, the deal is for three years and could exceed $10MM.
Woodson took over as the Knicks interim head coach earlier this season, after the team parted ways with Mike D'Antoni. The former Hawks coach led New York to an 18-6 record to finish the regular season before the Knicks were eliminated by the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.