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Feb. 6, 2014 MADISON, Wis. - For the first time since Nov. 24, the top-ranked Minnesota men's hockey program suffered a loss, falling for the first time in Big Ten play in a 2-1 battle with No. 12 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center. The loss also snapped the Gophers' 14-game unbeaten streak, which stood as the longest active streak heading into the weekend, despite the fact that Minnesota (19-3-5 overall, 8-1-2-0 Big Ten) peppered the Badgers with 32 shots and held its opponent to 19 shots for the second game in a row. Wisconsin (14-8-2, 5-4-1-0 Big Ten) jumped out to a first-period lead when Frankie Simonelli scored his sixth goal of the year during the game's first power play at 14:47. Joseph LaBate and Kevin Schulze set up the goal. Minnesota wouldn't go into the first intermission trailing, however, as Taylor Cammarata slipped home the equalizer at 17:20 of the first stanza after Kyle Rau picked up the puck behind the Wisconsin net and fed his freshman teammate in front for Cammarata's sixth goal of the season. After a scoreless second period, both squads saw scoring chances in the third period. Perhaps Minnesota's best chance came on a Gophers' power-play as Mike Reilly's shot from the point rang off the post. Reilly and Hudson Fasching both saw their five-game point streaks snapped on Thursday night. In the end, the Badgers converted the only goal of the third period with Jake McCabe finding a way past Adam Wilcox at 13:47 for the deciding goal (assisted by Jedd Soleway). Adam Wilcox made 17 saves and fell for the first time in more than two months, moving to 18-3-5 on the season. Joel Rumpel made 31 saves for Wisconsin to move to 12-3-1. Minnesota and Wisconsin return to action on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. CT for their fourth and final meeting of the regular season. Friday's finale will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network and streamed live on BTN2Go.com. Radio broadcast for the game will be on the Gopher Radio Network and 1500 ESPN. -Pride on Ice-
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On the ground floor of the Arcadia Suites hotel, Bodega Restaurant serves delicious Thai and European favourites in a chic restaurant with floor to ceiling windows overlooking an attractive water feature. Whether it is a rib eye fillet steak or classic pad Thai with monstrous river shrimp, Bodega Restaurant has compiled a menu that has something for all the family and the service is quick and efficient. Arcadia Suites is just a few minutes from Ploenchit BTS Station on Sukhumvit Road, close to both the British and Swiss embassies. You can walk there fairly easily or you can call for a complimentary tuk tuk shuttle service to pick you up from in front of the skytrain station.
Being a hotel restaurant, Bodega is busy at dinner but fairly quiet at lunch when most guests are out exploring the many faces of Bangkok. Either way, the chef uses high quality ingredients and prepares dishes on the softer side of Thai cuisine, meaning flavours have been fine tuned with the typical tourist palate in mind. For an appetiser, we recommend the simple but classic crispy vegetable spring rolls (160 baht). The presentation is excellent, resting on a bed of brittle, deep fried rice noodles. The rolls are gently browned and crackle when bit. The pad Thai (280 baht) is another recommendation, with two huge, soft river shrimp stealing the show. Pleasingly, the legs have been removed and shell sliced in two so there is no messing around to get at the tender flesh. Again presentation is all important and the soft noodles have been placed in a sort of egg nest.
For meat lovers the rib eye steak is a delicious offering, cooked to order with a rich red wine sauce and seasonal vegetables (600 baht). This is a strictly European dish for those who have been overdosing on chilli. Be sure to save room for dessert because at Bodega their signature banana lime gelatine mixed berry (280 baht) is a mix of fresh kiwi, mango, banana and berries that is as refreshing as it is tasty – like a cool, fresh breeze on a midsummer morning. They also stock Movenpick ice creams.
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While Brent did a good job mixing up his play calling, statistically we didn't do any better than last year offensively and the only reason we won 11 games was because we didn't turn it over in most games. Mike G getting 1,000 yards is great, the thing is he didn't really split carries with any other RB.
As you can see when we did turn it over (UGA and Louisville) we lost
Brantley threw for around 2,000 yards, 11 td's and 7 ints last year
Driskel threw for around 1700 yards 12 td's and 5 int's this year
Brent looks like he could be good down the road, but based on this years performance he wasn't any better than Weis. The only thing we did was turn it over less and forced more turnovers and that's why we won more games.
We struggled to put up points against Bowling Green, ULL, JSU and Louisville.
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Louisville was playing with 8 men within 7 yards of the line of scrimmage. Charlie Strong made the decision that he was going to stop the run and force Driskel to pass to beat them. Smart coaching and it paid off. We have to develop a down field passing game or we will see the 8 man front every game next year.
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GLUCK: Orphee et Euridice
Christoph Willibald Gluck's (1714-1787) Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera that began a major reform of Italian opera and the way it was composed and performed in the eighteenth century.
Das Rheingold launches what is perhaps the single most ambitious project in opera, Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
This live performance of Laurent Pelly's Glyndebourne staging of Humperdinck's affectionately regarded fairy tale opera, was recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House in July and August 2010, and the handsomely produced disc set — the discs are presented in a hard-backed, glossy-leaved book and supplemented by numerous production photographs and an informative article by Julian Johnson — is certainly stylish and unquestionably recommendable.
Recorded at a live performance in 2012, this CD brings together an eclectic selection of turn-of-the-century orchestral songs and affirms the extraordinary versatility, musicianship and technical accomplishment of mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená.
Once I was: Songs by Ricky Ian Gordon features an assortment of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon interpreted by soprano Stacey Tappan, a longtime friend of the composer since their work on his opera Morning Star at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Alfredo Kraus, one of the most astute artists in operatic history in terms of careful management of technique and vocal resources, once said in an interview that 'you have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor.'
In generations past, an important singer's first recording of Italian arias would almost invariably have included the music of Verdi.
With celebrations of the Verdi Bicentennial in full swing, there have been many grumblings about the precarious state of Verdi singing in the world's major opera houses today.
In the thirty-five years immediately following its American première at the Metropolitan Opera in 1914, Italo Montemezzi's 'Tragic Poem in Three Acts' L'amore dei tre re was performed in New York on sixty-six occasions.
Few operas inspire the kind of competing affection and controversy that have surrounded Mozart's Così fan tutte almost since its first performance in Vienna in 1790.
During his career in film, opera, and operetta, Richard Tauber (1891 - 1948) enjoyed the sort of global fame that eludes all but the tiniest handful of 'serious' singers today.
Known principally for its two concert show-pieces for the leading lady, the success of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur relies upon finding a soprano willing to take on, and able to pull off, the eponymous role.
It would be condescending and perhaps even offensive to suggest that singing traditional Spirituals is a rite a passage for artists of color, but the musical heritage of the United States has been greatly enriched by the performances and recordings of Spirituals by important artists such as Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett, Grace Bumbry, Jessye Norman, Barbara Hendricks, Florence Quivar, Kathleen Battle, Harolyn Blackwell, and Denyce Graves.
As a companion to their excellent Great Wagner Singers boxed set compiled and released in celebration of the Wagner Bicentennial, Deutsche Grammophon have also released Great Wagner Conductors, a selection of orchestral music conducted by five of the most iconic Wagnerian conductors of the Twentieth Century, extracted from Deutsche Grammophon's extensive archives.
There could be no greater gift to the Wagnerian celebrating the Master's Bicentennial than this compilation from Deutsche Grammophon, aptly entitled Great Wagner Singers.
What better way for Masonic brothers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emmanuel Shikaneder to disseminate Masonic virtues, than through the most popular musical entertainment of their age, a happy ending folktale that features a dragon, enchanting flutes and bells, mixed-up parentage, and a beautiful young princess in distress?
Since its first performance at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo during Venice's 1643 Carnevale, Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea has been one of the most important milestones in the genesis of modern opera despite its 250 years of unmerited obscurity.
Though 2013 is the bicentennial of the births of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the releases of Cecilia Bartoli's recording of Bellini's Norma on DECCA, a new studio recording of Donizetti's Caterina Cornaro from Opera Rara, and this première recording of Saverio Mercadante's forgotten I due Figaro, suggest that this is the start of a summer of bel canto.
Recording Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen is for a record label equivalent to a climber reaching the summit of Mount Everest: it is the zenith from which a label surveys its position among its rivals and appreciates an achievement that can define its reputation for a generation.
Few people who love opera in general and bel canto in particular have never heard the comment made by Lilli Lehmann, veteran of the inaugural Ring at Bayreuth in 1876, that singing all three of Wagner's Brünnhildes—in Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung, respectively, all of which she sang to great acclaim—pales in comparison with singing the title rôle in Bellini's Norma.
Paul Dukas' Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, first heard in 1907, once seemed important. Arturo Toscanini conducted the Met premiere in 1911 with Farrar and later arranged some of its music for a 1947 recording with his NBC Symphony.
Christoph Willibald Gluck's (1714-1787) Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera that began a major reform of Italian opera and the way it was composed and performed in the eighteenth century.
Gluck did this, first with his Italian version premiered in Vienna in 1762, and then his second French version (Orphee et Euridice) premiered in Paris in 1774. The CD recording detailed here is of the 1774 Paris version, in which the character of Orphee was rewritten for a tenor voice. The DVD recording reviewed here is of the 1859 version reorchestrated by Hector Berlioz, an ardent admirer of Gluck, in which the character of Orphee was rewritten for a female alto (the original Italian opera had Orpheus sung by a castrato). The Berlioz reorchestration was most heard during the late-eighteenth/early-nineteenth centuries, but the 1774 Paris version was the most popular before the Berlioz version.
Gluck was the son of a forester, who spent his childhood in Bohemia. He studied at the University of Prague, and spent most of his employment with the Lobkowitz family in Vienna. He spent some time in London, composing operas for the King's Theatre, but returned to Vienna in 1750 where he married and composed typical Metastasian operas for Prague, Naples, and Rome. By 1755 Gluck was in charge of two theatres in Vienna, adapting French opera comique for the Viennese stage. In 1761 he met Ranieri de'Calzabigi, who as a librettist was abandoning the conventions of Metastasian opera seria with its overextended melismatic arias and formal performance, towards a new simplicity and dramatic realism. The result was Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762.
This simplicity in performance and music can best be seen and heard in the DVD performance by the Bayerische Staatsoper. One must remember that Gluck's opera was astounding to eighteenth-century audiences, who were enamored by Italian opera with its castrati lead roles, long drawn-out arias full of melismas and ornamentation, and characters that had very formal portrayals and movements. Orfeo went against all of that: with its simple monodic arias characteristic of Monteverdi's reactions against Renaissance polyphony, costumes and scenery that were less formal, and music that was more dramatic. For this interpretation, tuxes are worn by both the main character and the chorus in the beginning. Amour wears a Cirque de Soleil-type costume with baggy pants that flourish outwards at the knees. When Orpheus enters Hades, the demons are represented by cooks who put members of the chorus into ovens and pots for cooking, even displaying various appendages that have been pulled off for stewing. Some of the chorus are hanged on meat hooks. Further into the drama, the chorus dresses in togas, marking across the stage during certain parts of Orpheus' arias, while puppets of a cat, monkey, and bear briefly appear in the scenery, along with someone in a polar bear costume. At the end of the DVD, the entire Orpheus legend is done as a ballet, with the dancing being done within the framework of a huge television set. The DVD features subtitles in German and English.
In contrast to the female alto role of Orpheus in the DVD (sung by Vesselina Kasarova), the CD of the 1774 Paris version features a male tenor in the role of Orpheus. This performance was recorded in a studio, rather than as a live production. The sound difference between a female alto and a male tenor does, of course, produce a contrast that one has to experience when listening to operas of the eighteenth century. Since Opera Lafayette is a period-instrument ensemble dedicated to performing the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as close as possible to the way it would have been performed, the CD has a much crisper and exact sound tone than the DVD performance, which was done by a modern-day orchestra and chorus. The use of smaller orchestral numbers makes the CD recording a more precise and authentic performance of the music. Both this DVD performance and the CD recording, however, provide interesting contrast and entertainment, showing how one musical composition can have numerous manifestations, performance situations, and representations in our modern-day society.
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She said the change would prevent projects from being ping-ponged back and forth between boards. At times, when both governing bodies had to sign off independently, each of them would give developers contradictory instructions.
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The state MLUL calls for there to be a single "approving board," she said.
In another change to the regulations, some land-use applications considered to be "minor," such as requests to change signs or awnings on businesses in historic zones, could be handled administratively by members of the Planning Department and would not require a hearing before the HPC.
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CHAPTER IVCULTIVATION OF THE MINDMental culture may also in a certain sense be called physical, so far as it is distinguished from 'practical' 63.We come now to the cultivation of the mind, which also we may call, in a certain sense, physical. We must, however, distinguish between nature and freedom. To give laws to freedom is quite another thing to cultivating nature. The nature of the body and the nature of the mind agree in this, that culture goes to prevent the spoiling of either, and that art adds something to both. We may, therefore, call the cultivation of the mind physical, in a certain sense, just as well as the cultivation of the body. This physical cultivation of the mind, however, must be distinguished from moral training, in that it aims only at nature, while moral training aims at freedom. A man may be highly cultivated physically, he may have a well-cultivated mind; but if he lacks moral culture, he will be a wicked man. Physical culture must, however, be distinguished from 'practical' culture, which last is pragmatic or moral. In this last case morality is the aim rather than culture. 'Free' and 'scholastic' culture 64. The physical cultivation of the mind may be divided into (i) free and (ii) scholastic culture. Free culture is, as it were, but a pastime, while scholastic culture constitutes a business. Free culture is that which must always be observed with the child. In scholastic culture, on the other hand, the child is looked upon as under restraint. We may be occupied in games, which we call being occupied in our leisure time, and we may be occupied by compulsion, which we call work. Scholastic culture constitutes work for the child, free culture constitutes play. Work and play are both necessary, but they should not be confused by trying to make play of work 65. Various plans of education have been drawn up by different people, in order to discover the best methods—a most praiseworthy undertaking. One among others suggests that children should be allowed to learn everything as it were in play. In an article in the 'Göttingen Magazine' Lichtenberg ridicules the folly of trying to make everything like play for boys, while they ought to be accustomed to serious business at an early period, since they must some time enter a business life. This is an utterly preposterous notion. A child must play, must have his hours of recreation; but he must also learn to work. It is a good thing, doubtless, to exercise skill, as it is to cultivate the mind, but these two kinds of culture should have their separate hours. Moreover, it is a great misfortune for man that he is by nature so inclined to inaction. The longer a man gives way to this inclination, the more difficult will he find it to make up his mind to work. Work is to be distinguished from play by having some ulterior end in view 66. In work the occupation is not pleasant in itself, but it is undertaken for the sake of the end in view. In games, on the other hand, the occupation is pleasant in itself without having any other end in view. When we go for a walk, we do so for the sake of the walk, and therefore the further we go the pleasanter it is; while when we go to a certain place, our object is the company which we shall find there, or something else, and therefore we shall naturally choose the shortest way. The same thing happens in card games. It is really extraordinary how reasonable men can sit by the hour and shuffle cards. It is not, it seems, so easy for men to leave off being children. For how is this a better game than the children's game of ball? It is true that grown men do not care to ride hobby-horses, but they ride other hobbies. Man needs occupation and restraint; therefore schoollife, with its compulsory occupation and restraint, is a good training for the child 67. It is of the greatest importance that children should learn to work. Man is the only animal who is obliged to work. He must go through a long apprenticeship before he can enjoy anything for his own sustenance. The question whether Heaven would not have shown us greater kindness by supplying all our wants without the necessity of work on our part must certainly be answered in the negative, for man needs occupation, even occupation that involves a certain amount of restraint. Just as false a notion is it that if Adam and Eve had only remained in Paradise they would have done nothing there but sit together singing pastoral songs and admiring the beauty of Nature. Were this so, they would have been tormented with ennui, just as much as other people in the same position. Men ought to be occupied in such a way that, filled with the idea of the end which they have before their eyes, they are not conscious of themselves, and the best rest for them is the rest which follows work. In the same way a child must become accustomed to work, and where can the inclination to work be cultivated so well as at school? School is a place of compulsory culture. It is very bad for a child to learn to look upon everything as play. He must, it is true, have his time for recreation, but he must also have his time for work. Even though the child does not at once understand the use of this restraint, later in life he will recognise its value. It would be merely training the child to bad habits of inquisitiveness were one always to answer his questions: 'What is the use of this?' or, 'What is the use of that?' Education must be compulsory, but it need not therefore be slavish. The mental faculties ought not to be cultivated separately, but each one in relation to others—the inferior with a view to the superior 68. With regard to the 'free'1 cultivation of the mental faculties, we must remember that this cultivation is going on constantly. It really deals with the superior faculties. The inferior faculties must be cultivated along with them, but only with a view to the superior; for instance, the intelligence with a view to the understanding—the principal rule that we should follow being that no mental faculty is to be cultivated by itself, but always in relation to others; for instance, the imagination to the advantage of the understanding. The inferior faculties have no value in themselves; for instance, a man who has a good memory, but no judgment. Such a man is merely a walking dictionary. These beasts of burden of Parnassus are of some use, however, for if they cannot do anything useful themselves they at least furnish material out of which others may produce something good. Intelligence divorced from judgment produces nothing but foolishness. Understanding is the knowledge of the general. Judgment is the application of the general to the particular. Reason is the power of understanding the connection between the general and the particular. This free culture runs its course from childhood onwards till the time that the young man is released from all education. When a young man, for instance, quotes a general rule, we may make him quote examples drawn from history or fable in which this rule is disguised, passages from the poets where it is expressed, and thus encourage him to exercise both his intelligence and his memory, &c. The memory should be carefully trained to retain such things as are important 69. The maxim Tantum scimus, quantum memoria tenemus1 is quite true—hence it is very necessary to cultivate the memory. Things are so constituted that the understanding first follows the mental impression, and the memory must preserve this impression. So it is, for instance, in languages. We learn them either by the formal method of committing them to memory or by conversation—this last being the best method for modern languages. The learning of words is really necessary, but the best plan is for the youth to learn words as he comes across them in the author he is reading. The youth should have a certain set task. In the same way geography is best learnt mechanically. What is learnt in a mechanical way is best retained by the memory, and in a great many cases this way is indeed very useful. The proper mechanism for the study of history has yet to be found. An attempt has been made in this direction consisting of a system of tables, but the result has not been very satisfactory. History, however, is an excellent means of exercising the understanding in judging rightly. Learning by heart is very necessary, but doing it merely for the sake of exercising the memory is of no use educationally—for instance, the learning of a speech by heart. At all events, it only serves to encourage forwardness. Besides this, declamation is only proper for grown-up men. The same may be said of all those things which we learn merely for some future examination or with a view to futuram oblivionem.1 The memory should only be occupied with such things as are important to be retained, and which will be of service to us in real life.Novel-reading is bad for children Novel-reading is the worst thing for children, since they can make no further use of it, and it merely affords them entertainment for the moment. Novel-reading weakens the memory. For it would be ridiculous to remember novels in order to relate them to others. Therefore all novels should be taken away from children. Whilst reading them they weave, as it were, an inner romance of their own, rearranging the circumstances for themselves; their fancy is thus imprisoned, but there is no exercise of thought. Distractions must never be allowed, least of all in school, for the result will be a certain propensity in that direction which might soon grow into a habit. Even the finest talents may be wasted when once a man is subject to distraction. Although children are inattentive at their games, they soon recall their attention. We may notice, however, that they are most distracted when they are thinking of some mischief, for then they are contriving either how to hide it, or else how to repair the evil done. They then only half hear anything, give wrong answers, and know nothing about what they are reading, &c. The memory should be cultivated by learning names, by reading and writing, and by learning languages 70. The memory must be cultivated early, but we must be careful to cultivate the understanding at the same time. The memory is cultivated (i) by learning the names which are met with in tales, (ii) by reading and writing. But as to reading, children should practise it with the head, without depending on the spelling. (iii) By languages, which children should first learn by hearing, before they read anything. Then a well-constructed so-called orbis pictus will prove very useful. We might begin with botany, mineralogy, and natural history in general. In order to make sketches of these objects, drawing and modelling will have to be learned, and for this some knowledge of mathematics is necessary. The first lessons in science will most advantageously be directed to the study of geography, mathematical as well as physical. Tales of travel, illustrated by pictures and maps, will lead on to political geography. From the present condition of the earth's surface we go back to its earlier condition, and this leads us to ancient geography, ancient history, and so on. Knowing and doing should be combined But in teaching children we must seek insensibly to unite knowledge with the carrying out of that knowledge into practice. Of all the sciences, mathematics seems to be the one that best fulfils this. Further, knowledge and speech (ease in speaking, fluency, eloquence) must be united. The child, however, must learn also to distinguish clearly between knowledge and mere opinion and belief. Thus we prepare the way for a right understanding, and a right—not a refined or delicate—taste. This taste must at first be that of the senses, especially the eyes, but ultimately of ideas. The understanding should be cultivated by rules which should be studied side by side with their application 71. It is necessary to have rules for everything which is intended to cultivate the understanding. It is very useful mentally to separate the rules, that the understanding may proceed not merely mechanically, but with the consciousness of following a rule. It is also very useful to bring these rules into a set form, and thus commit them to memory. If we keep the rule in our memory, though we forget its application, we shall soon find our way again. Here the question arises whether the rules shall first be studied in abstracto, and whether they ought to be studied after they have been applied, or whether the rule and its application should be studied side by side. This last is the only advisable course; otherwise the application of the rule is very uncertain till the rule itself is learned. But from time to time the rules must also be arranged in classes, for it is difficult to keep them in memory when they are not associated together. Consequently in learning languages the study of grammar must always, to a certain extent, come first. The general cultivation of the mental faculties is in part physical—consisting of discipline and exercise; and in part moral—consisting of 'maxims' 72. We must now give a systematic idea of the whole aim of education, and the means of obtaining it. I. The general cultivation of the mental faculties, as distinguished from the cultivation ofparticular mental faculties.—This aims at skill and perfection, and has not for its object the imparting of any particular knowledge, but the general strengthening of the mental faculties. This culture is either (a) physical—here everything depends upon exercise and discipline, without the child needing to learn any 'maxims'; it is passive for the pupil, who has only to follow the guidance of others—or (b) it is moral. This depends not upon discipline, but upon 'maxims.'1 All will be spoilt if moral training rests upon examples, threats, punishments, and so on. It would then be merely discipline. We must see that the child does right on account of his own 'maxims,' and not merely from habit; and not only that he does right, but that he does it because it is right. For the whole moral value of actions consists in 'maxims' concerning the good. Physical education, then, is distinguished from moral in the former being passive, while the latter is active, for the child. He should always understand the principle of an action, and its relation to the idea of duty. The cultivation of particular mental faculties includes, first, the inferior faculties: such as cognition, the senses, imagination, memory, and power of concentration 73. II. The cultivation of particular mental faculties.—This includes the cultivation of the faculty of cognition, of the senses, the imagination, memory, power of attention, and intelligence—in a word, the inferior powers of the understanding. Of the cultivation of the senses—eyesight, for instance—we have already spoken. As to the cultivation of the imagination, the following is to be noticed:—Children generally have a very lively imagination, which does not need to be expanded or made more intense by the reading of fairy tales. It needs rather to be curbed and brought under rule, but at the same time should not be left quite unoccupied. There is something in maps which attracts everybody, even the smallest children. When they are tired of everything else, they will still learn something by means of maps. And this is a good amusement for children, for here their imagination is not allowed to rove, since it must, as it were, confine itself to certain figures. We might really begin with geography in teaching children. Figures of animals, plants, and so on, might be added at the same time; these will make the study of geography more lively. History, however, would probably have to come later on. With regard to the power of attention, we may remark that this faculty needs general strengthening. The power of rigidly fixing our thoughts upon one object is not so much a talent as a weakness of our mind, which in this case is inflexible, and does not allow itself to be applied at pleasure. But distraction is the enemy of all education. Memory depends upon our attention. Secondly, the cultivation of the superior mental faculties: understanding, judgment, and reason 74. As regards the cultivation of the superior mental faculties, this includes the cultivation of the understanding, judgment, and reason. The understanding may at first be cultivated, in a certain way, passively also, either by quoting examples which prove the rules, or, on the contrary, by discovering rules for particular cases. The judgment shows us what use to make of the understanding. Understanding is necessary in order that we may understand what we learn or say, and that we may not repeat anything without understanding it. How many people hear and read things which they do not understand, though they believe them! Of that kind are both images and real things. It is through reason that we get an insight into principles. But we must remember that we are speaking here of a reason which still needs guidance. Hence the child should not be encouraged to be always reasoning, nor should we indulge in reasoning in the presence of children, about things which surpass their conception. We are not dealing here with speculative reason, but only with reflection upon actual occurrences, according to their causes and effects. It is in its arrangement and working a practical reason. The best way to understand is to do 75. The best way of cultivating the mental faculties is to do ourselves all that we wish to accomplish; for instance, by carrying out into practice the grammatical rule which we have learnt. We understand a map best when we are able to draw it out for ourselves. The best way to understand is to do. That which we learn most thoroughly, and remember the best, is what we have in a way taught ourselves. There are but few men, however, who are capable of doing this. They are called self-taught (αὐτοδίδακτοι). In the culture of reason the Socratic method is the best 76. In the culture of reason we must proceed according to the Socratic method. Socrates, who called himself the midwife of his hearers' knowledge, gives examples in his dialogues, which Plato has in a manner preserved for us, of the way in which, even in the case of grown-up people, ideas may be drawn forth from their own individual reason. In many respects children need not exercise their reason. They must not be allowed to argue about everything. It is not necessary for them to know the principles of everything connected with their education; but when the question of duty arises, they should be made to understand those principles. But on the whole we should try to draw out their own ideas, founded on reason, rather than to introduce such ideas into their minds. The Socratic method should form, then, the rule for the catechetical method. True it is somewhat slow, and it is difficult to manage so that in drawing ideas out of one child the others shall also learn something. The mechanical method of catechising is also useful in some sciences; for instance, in the explanation of revealed religion. In universal religion, on the other hand, we must employ the Socratic method. As to what has to be learnt historically, the mechanical method of catechising is much to be commended. [1 ]Vogt omits the word 'free' here.—(Tr.) [1 ]We know just so much as we remember. [1 ]Future forgetfulness. [1 ]'Maxim' is an important term in Kant's Moral Philosophy, and by it must be understood general principles of right and wrong.—(Tr.) |


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Cougars Set to Host Women's Final Four |
REGINA, Sask. (ISN) - For the second time since joining Canada West and for the first time since moving into the new gym at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport, the University of Regina's women's basketball team hosts the Canada West Final Four this weekend. The tournament features three of the top four teams in the latest CIS Top Ten poll, as No. 3-ranked Saskatchewan and No. 4 UBC will square off in a Friday afternoon semifinal (5 p.m.) before the top-ranked Cougars host No. 8 Fraser Valley in the other semifinal at 7 p.m.
The third-place game goes on Saturday at 5 p.m., with the conference championship tilt scheduled for Saturday night at 7 p.m.
The Canada West champion will earn an automatic berth to the 2012 CIS Championship in Calgary, while the second-place team at the Final Four will head to Saskatoon next weekend to participate in the 2012 CIS West Regional hosted by the University of Saskatchewan.
What happens to the third-place team and the fourth-place finisher depends on where Saskatchewan finishes at the Final Four. The third-place team heads to the CIS East Regional (hosted by the University of Ottawa) if Saskatchewan finishes in first place or fourth place at the Final Four, while the third-place team will go to the CIS West Regional if Saskatchewan finishes in second or third.
The fourth-place team will participate in the CIS East Regional if Saskatchewan places second or third. If the Huskies win the conference title, the fourth-place team will not advance to either regional tournament.
Regardless of where Saskatchewan finishes at the Final Four, the Huskies will participate in the CIS West Regional in Saskatoon next weekend.
The four conference champions, the two winners of the regional tournaments, a wildcard selection, and host Calgary will make up the eight-team field at the 2012 CIS Championship, which begins on Mar. 17 and runs through Mar. 21.
Here's a quick look at the teams vying for the Canada West title –
University of Regina Cougars (20-0 / 2-0)
Team Information CIS ranking: No. 1 Canada West seed: No. 1 Quarterfinals: Defeated Winnipeg 2-0 Coach: Dave Taylor (6th season) Key Players • G Joanna Zalesiak – named Canada West's MVP and a first-team all-star this season • F Lindsay Ledingham – named a Canada West second-team all-star in each of the past two seasons • G Michelle Clark – team's scoring leader set school record with 57 three-pointers this year University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (15-3 / 2-0)
Team Information CIS ranking: No. 4 Canada West seed: No. 2 Quarterfinals: Defeated Alberta 2-0 Coach: Deb Huband (17th season) Key Players • P Zara Huntley – led UBC in rebounding and was named a Canada West first-team all-star • G Kris Young – scored a team-high 15.3 points per game and was named a Canada West second-team all-star • P Alexandra Vieweg – one of four UBC players to average double figures in scoring this season University of Saskatchewan Huskies (15-5 / 2-0)
Team Information CIS ranking: No. 3 Canada West seed: No. 3 Quarterfinals: Defeated Thompson Rivers 2-0 Coach: Lisa Thomaidis (14th season) Key Players • G Katie Miyazaki – Canada West Defensive Player of the Year and conference first-team all-star • F Dalyce Emmerson – Canada West Rookie of the Year and conference second-team all-star • G Kabree Howard – averages over 30 minutes per game and is third on the team in scoring University of the Fraser Valley Cascades (12-6 / 2-0)
Team Information CIS ranking: No. 8 Canada West seed: No. 4 Quarterfinals: Defeated Calgary 2-0 Coach: Al Tuchscherer (10th season) Key Players • G Tessa Klassen – conference second-team all-star and Fraser Valley's leader in points and assists • G Aieisha Luyken – second on the team during the conference schedule with 12.4 points per game • P Nicole Wierks – Canada West's Tracy MacLeod Award nominee |


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Photo Competition Winner - October '11 by George Pearson
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The ancient baobab boulevards are by no means virginal in terms of photography. I've seen them at sunrise, sunset, with startling blue skies and with about 40 tourists shooting them.
This however is serene. Immaculately proportioned, with perfect foreground and exactly the right colours on the local garments. It does not feel staged, it is taken at precisely the right time of day, employs the diagonal to perfection and thankfully has some wispy clouds which are highlighted by the superb use of a wide-angle.
Previous Winning entries
We had to have an embargo on Polar bears this month as they kept flooding in and this left the photo cupboard slightly bare. However this is a beauty - nothing fancy just a cracking shot of an idyllic…
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Viewing the offerings this month on a sweltering South London afternoon was not as inspiring as normal, that is, until I came across this belter which was an easy winner. The photograph is all about…
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Nets not so lucky in draft lottery
NEW YORK — Billy King stood in the center of the cramped television studio, trying to smile and optimistically spin the state of the Nets after the franchise failed to hit the lottery and jump into the top three picks of the NBA Draft, losing their first-round pick instead.
His words at one point were overwhelmed by the loud voices excitedly cheering behind him.
"I wound up next to the New Orleans party, huh?" King said with a smile.
The party was on for New Orleans after the Hornets snared the No. 1 pick in this year's draft — which seems to be a sure thing to be Kentucky's shot-blocking big man, Anthony Davis. For King, it was just another night to find a way to smile through the hard times.
The day had begun with a story surfacing on Yahoo.com that Deron Williams, according to sources, had decided he isn't going to stay without Dwight Howard joining him in New Jersey - no matter what the lottery held. Williams tweeted a joke, but it was hardly the hard denial that King was insisting later it was. Williams tweeted, "I would love to know who Adrian Wojnarowski source is bc he knows more about what I'm thinking then I do. Maybe they can help me decide?"
Nothing seems to be coming easy for the Nets though. Williams is a free agent. Howard is still in Orlando. And even Gerald Wallace, who was obtained in a trade-deadline deal with Portland that cost the Nets the pick (protected only for the top three spots) that they would have gotten — No. 6 overall — has the ability to opt-in to an extension, but for now can potentially depart.
King stuck by the deal though, no matter how Nets fans may groan from Newark to Brooklyn.
"Well, because I think what Gerald Wallace brings to the table is a lot better than some of the younger guys," King said. "They may take two or three years and as I said before, we're trying to win right away. Deron is getting older. We don't want to be in a rebuilding process. So we're going to add some veterans to this roster, try to improve it."
Still, one other NBA team executive said, "Would I rather have Wallace or the No. 6 pick? The pick and it's not close."
King said, "We're going to build a team. There's going to be pieces that come in place. We could have signed free agents last year. We chose not to because we were pursuing someone else. This year we're going forward and building a team to open up Brooklyn with a team that can be next year this time not sitting at the lottery, but playing in the playoffs. That's our No. 1 focus, No. 1 goal. Now that this is done I'm able to focus on achieving that."


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Zsa Zsa Gabor will be released from the hospital tomorrow, her husband tells TMZ, and her condition was a lot worse than anyone had previously known.
Prince Frederic von Anhalt tells TMZ ... Zsa Zsa had "full blown pneumonia" and that her chances of making it were very slim. He says they gave him the option of pumping her with a lot of antibiotics or putting her on a respirator. They chose the antibiotics.
He says that did the trick and as of today ... the infection is gone, her temperature is back to normal and her blood pressure has returned to normal as well. Zsa Zsa can also breathe well again and she's "back to her normal self."
Zsa Zsa is scheduled to leave the hospital Sunday at 11:00 AM ... which just happens to be her 94th birthday. The Prince says he is buying her a cake and the nursing staff is planning to sing her "Happy Birthday."
WOW!!!!!...that's amazing, she is so lucky ( if u want to call it that)..that she can afford nursing care at home, or else being in the hospital all this time..well..she would have passed from pnuemonia a looooong time ago..god bless her..I hope she gets to pass in her own bedroom, whenever that time is...
She's 94, you mean 194-years OLD!!!! She just won't go, using up any $$ that was gonna be left 4 her daughter, Francisa Hilton~~~Von A Hole WON'T get a dime, not a penny!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm really pissed! Every night just before I sit down to dinner they play that commercial with the lady who has the hole in her neck from smoking...I don't smoke! Why must I suffer and be punished with this commercial? Oh yea...get well Mrs. Gabor.
I'm a little surprised TMZ never posted about Prince Ahole being in the hospital - it was on CNN a few days ago. It said he collapsed in the elevator at the hospital while visiting Zsa Zsa.
Why does TMZ resort to using a photo of Zsa Zsa that is over 25 years old...... pictures of her recently show her true age, shame on tmz.
Okay, does anyone else think they cover this woman way too much? She's an older woman who is in her final years with health issues.... which is NOT news worthy. TMZ... please stop with the Zsa Zsa stories. She can not even take a dump without you reporting on it.
How can she be "released" tomorrow? "Released" is past tense and tomorrow is in the future? Can't TMZ afford a proofreader?
I bet the hospital bill is going to cost her an arm and a leg... Thank goodness insurance covered 1/2 of that.
After rereading my last comment, I decided that bad grammar isn't only for TMZ staff writers!
How could it have been worse than anyone had previously known? She's been on death's door for the last year and had a leg amputated a month ago. The fact that she survived this latest scare suggests to me that things were better than expected.


text: Jan. 3, 1998 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona figured out how to win big games on the way toits first national championship last year - leave things in the hands of itsbackcourt of Miles Simon and Mike Bibby. The formula worked again Saturday night against UCLA, with an assist fromMichael Dickerson. Simon had 27 points, Dickerson 24 and Bibby 20 as the No. 8 Wildcats snappedtheir three-game losing streak to the Bruins with an 87-75 victory in theteams' Pac-10 opener. "It's real big to beat UCLA," Simon said. "We know the Pac-10 title goesthrough Westwood. To come out well in this game, that's how we get a leg up." The Wildcats (10-3) outscored the Bruins 49-34 in the second half, refusingto wilt after the No. 9 Bruins (9-2) shot 58.6 percent in the first 20 minutes. "The experience was a big factor; so was the crowd," coach Lute Olsonsaid. Dickerson, who finished with nine rebounds, had 16 points in the secondhalf. He nailed a back-breaking 3-pointer with 3:03 left, sending the Wildcatsto a 77-66 lead that was their biggest to that point, and Arizona closed outthe game at the foul line. "The plan was to get into the wings and not let the play get started,"Dickerson said about holding the Bruins to 36 percent shooting after halftime."We played with more intensity. It's our gym, and we got the confidence in thesecond half." Kris Johnson had 28 points, Toby Bailey 17 and Jelani McCoy 16 and 13rebounds for the Bruins, who had their nine-game winning streak stopped.Johnson, Bailey, J.R. Henderson and Baron Davis fouled out trying to keepArizona's three stars from running away with the game. "Tonight we weren't on our game," Bailey said. "Kris and Jelani were theonly ones that were, and they carried us the whole game." "They're one of the top programs in the country, a future Hall of Famecoach, and they return everybody from a national championship team, so you addall that up and that's an equation of success," UCLA coach Steve Lavin said. Simon started a five-minute, 15-5 run in the second half with two freethrows and a jumper. Then Dickerson had a 3-pointer, layup off a baseline driveand 14-foot jumper, and Bibby sank a 3-pointer to give the Wildcats a 66-54lead with 9:26 to play. McCoy played in his second game since being reinstated after a two-monthsuspension. Johnson was suspended with McCoy on Sept. 29, but was reinstated sooner andplayed his seventh game. He had 17 points at halftime. "That's the good news," Lavin said. "The fact that Jelani and Kris arestarting to come back and hit on all cylinders. When you're interchanging partsin midstream, it's impossible for that not to have some kind of effect on therhythm of your team." McCoy, who set a Bruins single-season accuracy record last year when he made75.6 percent of his shots, connected on the first six in this game but missedfour of the last six. He started a 9-0 spurt with a follow shot and a 12-foot jumper, and Baileymade a 3-pointer and dunked. The second basket sent UCLA to a 25-24 lead with7:41 left in the first half. The lead changed hands 12 more times in the half, with Johnson hitting threestraight baskets and two free throws to account for three UCLA leads and a33-33 tie. Davis hit a 16-footer for the final lead change with 1:13 to go, and Johnsonput the Bruins ahead 41-38 with the last basket of the half. Arizona's last win in the series was Jan. 20, 1996. Since that 88-79victory, UCLA had taken three straight close ones - by one-point in LosAngeles, 66-64 last year in Tucson, and 84-78 in overtime at home.


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Rim Fire Responders Honorary Citizens
Sonora, CA -- The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors took time to honor the many heroes that have been battling the Rim Fire.
This morning the Board approved a proclamation declaring "Honorary Citizenship" to all emergency responders and volunteers that have offered assistance in fighting the Rim Fire. On hand to accept the proclamation were Incident Commander Mike Wilkins and Deputy Incident Commander Mike Dueitt. Wilkins was very complimentary of the county's response, and the outpouring of support from the community.
Wilkins and the Southern Area Blue Team, based out of Georgia, will hand over the Incident Command duties to a California Incident Management Team effective tomorrow morning. The new Incident Commander will be Jerry Magowan.
The Rim Fire is now over 235,000 acres and 75% contained.
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Evergreen Health Clinic a One-Stop Shop for Anyone
MANASSAS, Va. – The chronically sick, under insured, or uninsured in need of medical attention now have a new option in Manassas.
The Evergreen Health Clinic opened its doors on Monday offering an all-inclusive approach to treating the sick and tracking their progress keep them on the road to getting well.
The center in the Evergreen Terrace Building on Liberia Avenue offers primary health care, dental, OBGYN doctors, as well as outpatient behavioral health services provided by state-certified clinical physiologists. This center joins its sister location, the Ridgewood Health Clinic on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge, which are both operated by the Greater Prince William Community Health Center.
"We want to open ourselves up to give people as much access as possible. Insured, uninsured, we don't care," said clinic director Frank Principi.
Open to everyone
Both centers treat anyone regardless of where they live, if they their sick or well, young or old. In fact, the center's oldest patient is 92. Patients come here from at least 32 zip codes in Virginia and Maryland.
The health clinic in Manassas is also located on a local bus line, and the idea is to get people in to see the doctor, get them treated, and then give them the medication they need from the in-house pharmacy during the same visit. The full-service pharmacy at Evergreen is slated to open April 1 and will be open to the public. The clinic also provides discounted or free medications for diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and other low cost, "maintenance" drugs people need every day for illnesses commonly treated at the clinic.
There are four doctors at Evergreen and more will be added as patient demand grows. The clinic scheduled appointments for 90 patients on its first day Monday, and its expected Evergreen will eventually serve 5,000 patients in its first year. The Ridgewood Clinic in Woodbridge already serves 10,000 patients per year.
"When our patients come in they don't have sniffles – they have multiple chronic diseases and it can be very difficult to manage…it's like a jigsaw puzzle," said Principi.
Network of care
While the all of the exam rooms are state of the art with primary care located on one side of the clinic and OBGYN care dedicated to the other, some patients must be referred out to specialists like ophthalmologists and podiatrists. For that, the clinic has worked out at least two dozen special agreements with doctors in the area ensuring that referred patients with little or no insurance will receive the same level of healthcare as those with a insurance card.
"That patient is going to walk into that doctors office like they own the place, just like any other patient, but they're going to be paying 45 bucks for that visit versus hundreds of dollars," said Principi.
Coming to the Prince William Community Health Center is not free. Uninsured patients pay about $45 per visit, while some insured patients pay about $60. The center also takes Medicaid, the monies of which go to help subsidize uninsured patients.
Tracking results
The clinic received a $650,000 Obamacare grant to open the Evergreen Clinic, and 15% of its operating budget is made up of federal money provided by the Health and Human Services Department. To keep getting those federal dollars, Evergreen must continue to track patient outcomes and prove their doctors are making a dent and improving the health of their patients in Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County.
Principi said the health needs in the Greater Manassas area are actually greater than they are in Woodbridge.
About 2,000 patients being seen in his Woodbridge clinic come from the Greater Manassas area. The hope is more from Manassas will choose to come to Evergreen to free up resources in Woodbridge, which would allow patients there to be scheduled and seen for a "well" visit sooner.
Many of the clinic's patients are working families that have historically neglected ignored their healthcare needs, sometimes because they simply didn't know it was available to them.
"Let's say you're an immigrant working two jobs, and you have two kids, no health insurance… you're going to have health issues just like anyone else and if you don't deal with them you are going to have these kinds of problems that we're seeing the community," said Principi.
Room to grow
With room to expand, the center will look to bring in more imaging services for X-rays, and is already working with LabCorp and Northern Virginia Family Services to provide services to patients. There is 15,000 square feet of space on the third floor, above the Evergreen Clinic, that could be used for offices for specialty doctors as demand grows.
The Greater Prince William Health Center in Woodbridge was on the verge of collapse five years ago before Principi took over. He says a poor business model of only treating uninsured patients left the clinic in the red. The Woodbridge clinic expanded in 2010 and today has more than 80 employees shared between both locations.
Efforts to Place Stricter Conditions on Abortion Clinics Defeated
Monday's Manassas City Council meeting was as dramatic as everyone expected given two items on the agenda that would tighten zoning regulations surrounding abortion clinics as well as other medical facilities. The first zoning change would separate medical facilities into a different zoning category and the second would require certain clinics that perform outpatient surgeries like cosmetic surgery and abortion to get a "Special Use Permit" from the city before building could commence. Both agenda items were defeated 4-2.
Defenders of the proposed zoning changes called for "transparency" in the process of new medical facilities opening in Manassas, while opponents said that the amendments unfairly targeted women's health clinics.
Mayor Harry J. Parrish II made a lengthy speech at the beginning of "Citizen Time" the segment of the meeting where audience members are allowed to voice their opinions to council members. It was a packed house and Delegate Bob Marshall came out to observe the debate over the proposed policy changes.
"We all understand that this is an emotional and passionate issue," Parrish said. "But tonight's agenda items are not about abortion, just about land use."
While the Commonwealth of Virginia oversees the medical regulation for abortion clinics, cities and towns have the right to update zoning regulations on facilities making it harder for providers to move into new areas.
The issue has been brewing for some weeks as Councilman Mark Aveni asked council members in January to consider updating the city's zoning regulations in a manner similar to those made in Fairfax.
Supporters of Aveni's zoning amendments cited ongoing issues at a clinic in Fairfax as a reason for the considered changes as well as the "protection of the unborn." Over the summer, the Fairfax clinic made news after reports of health violations surfaced. Ultimately, the clinic closed and has not reopened. The Amethyst Clinic in Manassas is one of just 20 left in the commonweath that performs early term abortions according to the clinic's website.
"I believe in choice. My body, my choice," said Manassas resident Lianne Best. "Clinics like Amethyst provide more than just early term abortions; they provide healthcare for women in need."
Roughly 83 people spoke out at the meeting. 55 of the speakers supported Councilman Aveni's proposal to separate out medical facilities from other businesses. And about half of the crowd lived in Manassas while the others were from surrounding towns. The voting finally concluded around 11:15 p.m. City Councilmen spent hours listening to the concerns of everyone in the audience.
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4 Ejected from Van, 2 Critically Injured after I-95 Crash
11 a.m.
We now have more information on those involved in a police pursuit this morning that put seven people in the hospital.
All seven were injured after the minivan they were in ran off Interstate 95 at Dale City. The vehicle was being pursued by police in Fairfax County.
A spokesman at Fort Belvoir stated on Twitter police from the Army base initially assisted local law enforcement at the onset of the pursuit but the incident did not originate on the military base.
Here's more in a press release:
At 2 a.m. Tuesday (March 11), Virginia State Police Trooper M.R. Bullock responded to a single-vehicle crash on the Exit 156B ramp leading to Dale Boulevard from Interstate 95.
A 2009 Toyota Sienna was traveling south on I-95 when it attempted to take the exit ramp in excess of 100 mph. Its driver lost control and ran off the left side of ramp, struck a guardrail and overturned onto the left shoulder. The minivan came to rest on its roof.
Four of the minivan's seven occupants were ejected from the vehicle. Prior to the vehicle crashing it had been involved in a pursuit initiated by Ft. Belvoir Police.
All seven occupants were flown to nearby hospitals – five to Inova Fairfax and two to Washington Memorial Hospital. A 15-year-old female passenger is among those at Inova Fairfax and is being treated for life-threatening injuries. The other six individuals are being treated for serious injuries, but non-life threatening injuries.
The Virginia State Police Fairfax Crash Reconstruction Team is on scene assisting the trooper with the ongoing investigation into the crash. State police are still in the process of determining and confirming the names and information of all seven occupants. The driver was a female believed to be in her early twenties. The passengers included a 23-year-old male, a 21-year-old male, a 17-year-old male, and three 15-year-old females.
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DALE CITY, Va. – An exit ramp on Interstate 95 at Dale Boulevard is open once again after a police pursuit ended with four teenagers being ejected from a fleeing minivan.
The minivan was traveling south on I-95 at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control after trying to exit the highway at mile post 156. The vehicle, being pursued by police, struck a guardrail and overturned on the left shoulder. A total of seven people were inside the van before it ran off the highway.
The police pursuit was initiated at Fort Belvoir. A base spokesman took to Twitter early this morning that he was not aware of the incident and asked a reporter to provide him with more details.
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@OhMyGOFF Angie, please email firstname.lastname@example.com with info on what you're asking about. Unaware of "accident involving 7 teens."
— Fort Belvoir, Va. (@Fort_Belvoir) March 11, 2014
Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said all seven occupants of the minivan were flown to area hospitals. At least two of them have injuries that appear to be life threatening.
The crash remains under investigation by Fairfax County and Virginia State police.
Statewide Tornado Drill Set for Tuesday
A statewide tornado drill will take place at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Schools, as well as local and state office buildings will recognize the drill as a way to show students and employees what to do in the event of a tornado.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe encourages all businesses and residents to participate in the drill. Emergency tones will be broadcast by the National Weather Service to indicate the drill is in progress, and tones will simulate those that are broadcast in the actual event of a tornado.
Here's more information from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office on how they will be participating the drill:
The Virginia Tornado Drill will utilize a test tornado warning, just as it did in 2013. All National Weather Offices will issue this test tornado warning under the standard tornado product. NOAA Weather radio will transmit the test warning as it would normally for a real tornado event. The Emergency Alert System (EAS) will also be activated as if the drill were an actual tornado warning. The text will clearly indicate that it is a test and not an actual tornado warning. Anyone receiving the tornado drill via NOAA Weather Radio, the EAS System or by commercial radio or television will be able to know that the activation is for tornado drill purposes.
Should severe weather actually threaten Virginia on March 11 the Tornado Drill will be postponed until Thursday, March 13 at 9:45 am.
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management developed a website to provide information on who to protect themselves in the event of a tornado.
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A wonderfully sweet, gentle brindle boxer mix. Sasha is a 7 year old spayed female who has been micro-chipped and is UTD on her shots.
-Information provided by the Stafford SPCA. Contact them for more information on any of the animals listed above.
Woman Sexually Assaulted in Bed
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Someone crawled into a woman's bed and sexually assaulted her. Now police are asking the public to beware of strangers in one Manassas-area neighborhood, just off Old Centreville Road.
Here's more in an unedited police press release:
The Prince William County Police Department is asking for the public's help in providing information about a sexual assault which was reported to have occurred on Prince Cole Ct located in the Manassas area of Prince William County.
On March 9th at 4:41AM, officers responded to an apartment located in the 7500 block of Prince Cole Ct in Manassas (20111) to investigate a sexual assault. The victim, a 40 year old woman of Manassas, reported to police that while she was sleeping, an unknown man got into her bed and sexually assaulted her. The victim initially thought the suspect was her husband but then realized the suspect was a stranger. The suspect appeared to have entered the home through an unsecured door. The suspect fled the area prior to officers arriving at the residence. No description of the suspect was provided to police due to the room being dark at the time of the offense. The investigation continues.
Anyone with information relating to this case is asked to call Crime Solvers at 703-670-3700 or 1-866-411-TIPS. You don't have to give your name, just the information. You could earn up to a $1,000 cash reward.
Quantico's Maxwell to Help Commemorate James Madison's Birthday
QUANTICO, Va. – Col. David Maxwell, the commanding officer at Quantico Marine Corps Base, will lay a special wreath commemorating the 262nd birthday of President James Madison.
Maxwell will attend the celebration honoring the 4th U.S. president at Madison's Virginia home, Montpelier.
The Marine Corps Band from Quantico will also perform.
Here's more information from a statement from the Marine Corps Base:
The Marine Corps Base Quantico Marine Band will be performing at the ceremony, while the Base Color Guard escorts the base colors and the national ensign. An Honor Guard will also be present, in the form of a firing squad, presenting a 21-gun salute to the former commander-in-chief.
Madison is known as the "father of the constitution" for his role in developing the U.S. governing document.
The ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Montpelier. The gates to the historic property open at 9 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. Admission on Sunday is free.
Maxwell returned form serving in Afghanistan in February 2012 and was named commander of Quantico Marine Corps Base shortly thereafter. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988.
Drivers Towed, Want More Advanced Notice of Snow Emergencies
DUMFRIES, Va. – Some residents of Dumfries say they didn't have enough warning that their car would be towed during a recent snow storm.
Some cars parked along Old Triangle Road in the town's Williamstown and South Cove neighborhoods and were towed during last Monday's storm that brought measureable snow to the region. Old Triangle Road is a designated snow emergency route, and a town ordinance allows police to have cars parked along the route towed away when a snow emergency is declared.
There are six snow emergency signs posted along a stretch of Old Triangle Road between Graham Park Road and Dalhgren Place, where the street ends in a cul de sac in South Cove. Officials maintain the cars were towed legally.
Following the snowstorm, one resident of Dumfries' South Cove neighborhood told elected leaders he was unaware of a snow emergency had been put in place. He also said there aren't enough signs posted along Old Triangle Road to warn drivers they could be towed during a snow emergency.
Earlier this month, other residents said the town's public works crews did a poor job of plowing the streets altogether following another recent snowstorm.
"I was totally disgusted by the job of snow removal you tried to do in our town… [the plow driver] forgot to put the blade down and we had to do it all ourselves," said Dorothy Dye, who has lived in Williamstown for 34 years.
Most recently, a notification system on the town's website, as well as measures taken by Dumfries police, were utilized to let residents know not to park along Old Triangle Road, said Town Manger Daniel Taber.
Vice-Mayor Willie J. Toney said the town must give more warning to inform drivers not to park along the snow routes. He also wants to pass an ordinance to ensure those who were towed during the March 3 storm will not have to pay police-issued fines. There may be no recourse for charges levied by the private tow company used to haul the cars away.
"If someone is visiting you from out to state there is no way to know that is a snow route," said Toney.
Snow emergency route signs must be posted along routes no more than 1,500 feet apart, according to the town code.
Councilman Charles Brewer defended the job of town's snow plowmen and said many times plows must dodge cars illegally parked along snow emergency routes.
"In the past I know we have hit a couple cars, so there has to be a happy medium here," he said.
It will be up to the Town Council to waive the parking citations. Town officials maintain the cars were all towed legally.
2 Dead, Car Burst Info Flames During Crash
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – Two people were killed and three injured early Sunday morning in a car crash in Prince William County.
Police said a Honda Civic was making a left turn from Va. 234 onto Minnieville Road when it crossed the path of a GMC Envoy SUV and collided with it. The Civic, with three people inside, immediately caught fire where. A passenger in the rear of the car became trapped, and fire crews had to pull the victim from the car before they pronounced her dead on scene.
The driver of the Civic and a front seat passenger was flown to a local hospital. The passenger later died from her injuries.
Two occupants of the Envoy were also injured.
Here's more in an unedited police report:
Crash – Double Fatality – On March 9th at 1:21AM, officers and investigators from the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the area of Dumfries Rd and Minnieville Rd in Manassas (20112) to investigate a two vehicle crash.
The investigation revealed that the driver of a 2012 Honda Civic was traveling southbound on Dumfries Rd and proceeded to make a left turn on a red light at the intersection with Minnieville Rd. In doing so, the vehicle crossed paths in front of a 2003 GMC Envoy, which was traveling northbound on Dumfries Rd causing a T-bone collision.
The driver of the Envoy and had the solid green light to proceed through the intersection. Upon impact, the Honda Civic immediately caught fire. Two of the first responding officers used fire extinguishers on the flames and were able to cut the seatbelts and remove the driver and a rear passenger from the vehicle.
The front seat passenger was trapped inside the vehicle and was unable to escape until members of the Department of Fire and Rescue arrived on scene.
The passenger in the rear of the Civic was pronounced dead at the scene. Both the driver and front seat passenger of the Civic were flown to an area hospital where the front seat passenger also died of their injuries.
The driver of the Civic remains hospitalized in critical condition.
The driver and a front seat passenger of the Envoy were also flown to an area hospital where both have since been treated and released.
All occupants in both vehicles were wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision. Currently, there is no indication of alcohol or drug use being factors in the crash. Speed being a factor is still under investigation.
The driver of the 2012 Honda Civic was identified as a 61 year old woman of Woodbridge
The deceased front seat passenger in the 2012 Honda Civic was identified as Gisela ZUNIGA, 35, of Woodbridge [Female]
The deceased rear seat passenger in the 2012 Honda Civic was identified as Francisa KNAUF, 60, of Triangle [Female]
The driver of the 2003 GMC Envoy was identified as a 39 year old woman of Delaware
The front seat passenger in the 2003 GMC was identified as a 27 year old man of Delaware
It's not clear why the Civic burst into flames. Police say the crash remains under investigation.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs sold raw meat from 28,000 animals a year, distributed for human consumption.
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5 Secrets to ACO Success
Everyone seems to agree that perfect model for an accountable care organization doesn't exist, at least not yet. Industry executives I have spoken to are of the opinion that ACOs will probably be in transition over the next decade as providers test a variety of models to find that sweet spot where quality and cost effectiveness intersect.
In the meantime, they are, for the most part, none too thrilled with the Feds' proposed rules on ACOs.
Still there are certain core competencies – the must haves – that ACOs will need to incorporate into their organizations to ensure that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Don Berwick's three-part aim is achieved – better care, better health, and lower costs.
ROUNDS: The Real Value of ACOs
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Speaking Monday at the National ACO Summit, ACO representatives from advocacy groups, business associations, CMS and health plans revealed the strategies that they believe will separate the successful ACOs from the just so-so ACOs. The overarching theme was that transparency – whether you're talking about incentive payments or clinical leadership – will play an important role in how employers, patients and providers view the ACO.
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