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VIDEO: Emergency slide deploys inside plane
A United Airlines flight with more than 100 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas, after an emergency exit slide deployed inside the plane during a flight. The plane landed safely and nobody was hurt.
When your high school closes for good
By the time I arrived in 1999, the school had lost its charter and been absorbed completely into the district. By 2006, it was consolidated with a local middle school, part of the district's focus renewed focus on smaller schools.
Court strikes down abortion clinic buffer zones
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down protest-free buffer zones around abortion clinics in Massachusetts as an unconstitutional infringement on free speech.
But Chief Justice John Roberts' ruling was a narrow one, pointing out that other states and cities had found less intrusive ways to both protect women entering clinics and accommodate the First Amendment rights of those opposed to abortion.
Mobile web siphoning revenue from U.S. cities as landlines fade
Tweeting, Facebooking, Skyping smartphone users are costing U.S. states and cities revenue as taxes rooted in old-fashioned telephone service fail to keep up with the Internet era.
Tornado touches down near Indianapolis
A band of storms containing heavy rains, lightning and gusting winds spawned at least one tornado near Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
Good news for workers: Survey shows bonuses are back
For employees hoping to receive a fatter paycheck, the recession and its aftermath were bleak times. Companies pulled back on bonuses and lavish perks. Budgets for payroll increases were slim, meaning raises were often slight and hard to come by.
Scientists exposed to anthrax as U.S. lab procedures break down
About 75 scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria in government labs after the material was mishandled while being used in experiments, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Afghanistan vet who ran to grenade gets Medal of Honor
A former Marine Corps corporal who was severely wounded when he risked his life to shield a squad mate from a grenade blast in Afghanistan was awarded the nation's highest military decoration Thursday.
VIDEO: Twin twisters in Nebraska
Storm chasers captured some incredible footage of a pair of tornadoes on the ground near the northeast Nebraska village of Pilger earlier on Monday.
Lean retirement looms for Generation X
When their working years end, Gen-Xers might have to live on just half of their pre-retirement income, compared with 60 percent for the Baby Boom generation, Pew said last year.
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Outgoing Student Council executive committee holds last meeting
President Eric McDaniel gives congratulatory farewell remarks
In the last Student Council meeting for outgoing executive committee members, the general body passed resolution SR-1402 in support of opening a Green Revolving Fund at the University. The fund will be used for various sustainability projects around Grounds.
Fourth-year Commerce student Chris Zapple, who sponsored the resolution, said the initiative would be self-sustaining.
"Essentially, the GRF [would] encourage sustainable projects here within the University community," Zapple said. "This is a fund which groups can pull money from all semester and this is a fund that can continue to replenish itself with the money raised from these projects."
Second-year Commerce student Alex Russell, member of Council's sustainability committee, said similar funds have been very successful at other schools.
Second-year Engineering student Lia Cattaneo, who is also on the sustainability committee, said a fund would be more beneficial than the different sustainability programs which are already in place at the University.
"We've seen a number of different funds that we have here at the University [and] none of them are a fully revolving, centralized fund," Cattaneo said. "The things that they're doing right now are really great and they're getting stuff done, but it's just not up to the maximum efficiency. We want to push forward the institutional value of sustainability at the University."
Potential projects which could funded by a GRF include the installation of solar powered rooftops on academic buildings or more energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Arts Committee Chair Kelsey Petrie, a fourth-year College student, also spoke to promote the upcoming Arts Madness festival. The festival will take place next weekend from Friday to Sunday.
"On Friday there is a poetry slam during Final Fridays on the second floor of the museum and there are also three UPC sponsored short courses that day," Petrie said. "Then on Sunday is our huge Arts Madness festival in the amphitheater from 1-5. There will be a photo booth, a graffiti wall, student-made arts and crafts and jewelry will be sold."
This meeting marked the last Council meeting for outgoing executive members. President Eric McDaniel, a fourth-year College student, gave closing remarks reflecting on Council's accomplishments and the rewarding experience of being a member of Council.
"It has been really wonderfully and surprisingly rewarding," McDaniel said. "What has made Council wonderful and rewarding for me is the team of people that we've put together. All of the reps and committee chairs and committees have changed council remarkably. A lot of the critiques that have been levied in the past are that we weren't stepping up to the bar on fighting for student issues. That critique isn't going to be true again for a very long time and that is due to the excellent work that you all have put in."


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Hi all,
I'm very new to Symbian development, so please bear with me.
Is there any support for render transforms on the platform? Specifically, I'm looking for the equivalent of a CWindowGc.DrawBitmap overload that accepts a transformation matrix (I want to display a rotated image, but not necessarily modify the original image).
I'd prefer to stick with CWindowGc if I can, but I'm happy to look at OGL if that's my only choice.
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Bristol make four changes for Sarries clash
January 4, 2008
Bristol Rugby Head Coach Richard Hill has resisted the temptation to make wholesale changes following the 27-0 reverse at Gloucester.
Jason Strange and Mark Regan both return after injury and there are two tactical changes.
Strange, who missed the trip to Kingsholm through injury, returns at fly half in place of David Hill. Hill dropping out of the starting line up means that fellow New Zealander Neil Brew is able to team up with Rob Higgitt again in the centre.
Up front, Mark Regan comes in at hooker having sat on the bench at Kingsholm and Joe El Abd replaces Alfie To'oala at openside flanker to complete the changes.
"Last week wasn't very good at all and we let ourselves down a little bit. The effort was there, we weren't dropping off tackles for example but a few silly errors crept in the sort we weren't making against Stade Francais or Wasps."
"We've talked about it but we won't dwell on it. Occasionally it happens but you just wear yourself down if you try and over analyse it."
"We had a debrief on Monday but are now 100% focussed on Saracens. The atmosphere has been good and everyone is up for this one."
"Saracens have been going well but didn't have their best team out against Newcastle which is a little bizarre considering they had their best home crowd for three years! So, I'm sure they'll be stronger this week with the likes of Visagie, Hill, Jackson and Farrell all back."
"We've sat down at the start of 2008 to reset our aims and objectives and these next four weeks will define our season really. This period will define where we're going in the League and in the Heineken Cup before we have a two week break and then welcome back our injured players."
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The two sides of the Premiership coin
Jim Mallinder and Justin Burnell were sat on the same top table, but in different circumstances. Tom Hamilton reports on the Aviva Premiership season launch
Tom Hamilton reports back from the launch of the Guinness PRO12 where there is a renewed sense of optimism with all of the off-field changes to the league


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How government agencies can benefit from integrating a mobile strategy into their constituent services.
I recently met up for a second time with Federal News Radio Host John Gilroy; this time to discuss specific ways government agencies can benefit from integrating a mobile strategy into their constituent services. Specifically, we talked about how and why mobile strategies can reduce an agency's costs, provided advice to those of you who think their agency doesn't need a mobile channel, debated mobile security issues between platforms, and opined on the most recent news with Google, HP, Web OS, and Amazon's own flavor of Android, which will be released as a tablet device.
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Formerly CTO at Iteration Zero, Inc., Tim has a degree in mechanical engineering, with educational excursions into music, language, art, and artificial intelligence. Tim is the current chair of the Open Source for America (OSFA) Working Group on Elections and Voting and also serves as a mentor with The Founder's Institute, a business incubator and four-month executive training program for new and seasoned entrepreneurs.
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Bloukrans River Bridge Bungee
The world's highest bridge bungee jump (216m) is 21km west of Storms River directly under the N2. If you're not sure whether you have the gumption – eardrum-pounding music is played in order to…quiet your fears? – walk out to the jumping-off point under the bridge for R70. Unexpectedly scary is the post-jump upside-down hang while you wait to be reeled back up.


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New superhero comic, Spark!
Hey, everyone! This is the creator of Little Girls Are Better At Designing Superheroes Than You, here with a post I thought you all might like. Writer Ted Anderson and I have made a pitch for a superhero comic!
The comic is about nine-year-old Lucia Marquez-Miller, who loves engineering, and uses her telekinetic powers to build and take things apart with her mind. She calls this power her spark!
As Spark, the world's youngest superhero, she's a junior member of a superhero team while also trying to live a normal life. Can Lucia juggle her friends and family while also saving the world from supervillains?
We're posting a 15-page standalone comic here on tumblr to give readers an idea of what the book would be like.
Click "read more" below to continue reading the comic!
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I pointlessly open the fridge too.
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Mr. Untouchable movie trailer - starring Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes, Thelma Grant, Carol Hawkins-Williams, Leon 'Scrap' Batts, Nicky Barnes. Directed by Marc Levin. Theatrical Release Date: 10/26/2007
Genre: Documentary
Rating: R
Terror's Advocate movie trailer - starring Jacques Verges, Klaus Barbie, Abderrahmane Benhamida, Bachir Boumaaza, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, Guillaume Durand. Directed by Barbet Schroeder. Theatrical Release Date: 10/12/2007
Genre: Documentary
Rating: Not Rated
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This is the true-life story of a junkie turned multimillionaire drug lord. With the first hand testimony of the Godfather himself, Nicky Barnes, who was the most powerful black drug kingpin in New York City history. From humble beginnings, he came to dominate the heroin distribution business. Trusted and trained by the Italians, he set up his own crime family – The Council. This is an epic tale of business, excess, greed and revenge.
The rise and fall of "black Godfather" Nicky Barnes, one of New York's most powerful drug lords and kingpins, is chronicled in this documentary.
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DEA teaches Md. police how to deal with meth labs
Matthew Dolan, Sun Reporter
QUANTICO, VA.- In World War II-era Quonset huts deep inside this sprawling Marine Corps base, two Harford County sheriff's deputies spent a week learning how to cook methamphetamine.
The illegal drug recipe isn't hard or especially secret. The primary ingredients are cold medicine, denatured alcohol, phosphorus, reagents and iodine.
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