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When Augusten Burroughs was 12 years old, his not-so-sane mother gave him up and sent him to live with her even-less-sane shrink. At his new home, the teenage Burroughs entertained himself with prescription drugs, an old electroshock machine and sexual dalliances with a man 20 years his elder. He never finished high school, and when he finally got a break in the form of a good job, his alcoholism brought him back to the brink. So he completed rehab. And then he tried something out.
"The day I got out, I didn't know what to do with myself," he says, "so I started writing, just as a coping mechanism to navigate my way into what I was feeling. I did it to know where I was."
If Magical Thinking, his new collection of true stories, receives a response anything like that of his Running with Scissors, Burroughs knows exactly where he'll be for the foreseeable future: atop the best-seller list. Scissors, his hilarious tale about his horrifying childhood, established him as a dark humorist of the finest grade, and it stayed on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 70 weeks. In Dry, his second memoir, he told about his struggle with alcoholism in a similarly cynical, harrowing and humorous way.
While Dry and Scissors careen along, propelled by the sheer emotionality of their topics, Magical Thinking "bounces," to use Burroughs's term, from one anecdote to the next. The difficulties of his past are at each tale's periphery, but lighter, day-to-day tales are the book's meat. One describes Burroughs's graduation from the Barbizon School of Modeling, another his bungling attempt to kill a rodent, and another his unique method of dealing with a telemarketer (tell him you'll buy if he sends you a picture of his penis).
Nothing is censored; Magical Thinking, like Scissors, indulges in explicit detail, sexual and otherwise. (Burroughs devotes an entire chapter to divulging how he's received oral sex three different times from Catholic priests.) Yet Magical Thinking is harmless. Burroughs's stories aren't gratuitous, they're just the truth. While reading, you feel as though you've received someone else's personal e-mail by mistake, and you keep reading because the voyeur in you can't stop.
Burroughs likens reader response to his tales to people slowing down to view a car wreck. And when he writes, he's just like that driver, alone in his car and unaware he's about to become the center of attention. "I write for me," he says. "If you think about people reading you, then it makes you self-conscious and you can't write."
Magical Thinking may just be, for Burroughs and his readers, proof that he doesn't need a totally screwed up life to produce good material. The book's last chapters reveal the writer's new life: He's living happily with his longtime partner, Dennis, building a home, and hasn't had a drink in years. Running with Scissors will soon be a movie, and he's thinking about starting work on a novel.
"I spent my twenties lying and hiding," he says. "It's a lot of work to keep secrets," he says. Getting it all out, it seems, is easier than keeping it in. Catharsis for him, candy for us.
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When a person thinks of baseball weather, he or she probably doesn't think of what the atmosphere was like Friday night at Campbell County High School.
CLINTON — For the Campbell County High School boys' soccer team, Tuesday night was the first time the team walked away from a varsity game without a victory this season.
Three local teams were big winners at the Final Four Frenzy AAU basketball tournament in LaFollette and Jacksboro this past weekend.
LaFollette Middle School's track team went to Lenoir City March 24 for the team's second meet this season.
A consistent drizzle resulted in a muddy high school softball game between county rivals Campbell County and Jellico on March 19 at Campbell County High School.
The Campbell County Cougars high school baseball team walked off with a dramatic 5-4 win over Cumberland Gap Monday night at Campbell County High School.
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Philippine quake damages centuries-old churches
An aerial photo of the devastation of Loon township, Bohol province in central Philippines Wednesday Oct.16, 2013, a day after a 7.2-magnitude quake hit Bohol and Cebu provinces. The tremor collapsed buildings, cracked roads and toppled the bell tower of the Philippines' oldest church Tuesday morning, causing multiple deaths across the central region and sending terrified residents into deadly stampedes. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
LOON, Philippines (AP) — The earthquake that killed at least 156 people in the central Philippines also took its toll on the region's historical and religious legacy by heavily damaging a dozen or more churches, some centuries old.
As rescuers reached some of the hardest-hit areas and the death toll from Tuesday's quake rose, images of the wrecked religious buildings resonated across a nation where 80 percent of the population is Roman Catholic.
The bell tower toppled from Cebu city's 16th-century Basilica of the Holy Child — a remnant of the Spanish colonial era and the country's oldest church building — becoming a pile of rubble in the courtyard.
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At Cabela's on June 23rd I placed my order for the Emotions Kayak, Stealth 11 Angler. It finally arrived from the factory on Monday the 14th of July. A bit later than Cabela's said it would but no problem. I took it out the next day to Freeman Lake, a very nice 170 acre lake in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Only trolling motors or self propelled vessels permitted. This was my first experience on a kayak so I didn't want to start out fighting wakes from hot hammered power boats or jet skis on some bigger reservoir. It was a beautiful day but windy. I decided this was good because I'd need to learn how to paddle in the wind. One branch of the lake is narrower and sheltered by higher ridges providing a wind break from both sides so I could paddle on some smooth water too. At the end of this branch it goes into stickups and finally into a creek that is the source for the lake. The creek provided some of the most enjoyable paddling and showed me that kayaks are really suited for rivers, tail and head waters. I haven't paddled in any strong currents yet though.
The Stealth 11 handled fantastic. Even though I'm a newbie to paddle craft, I researched kayaks for a month before buying this one. I watched a bunch of YouTube vids and read the blogs and after market web sites as well. Stability was a concern for me but at the same time I learned that the trade off for stability is speed. I also learned that good tracking (as it's called) is desirable. This 11 foot by 30 inch wide kayak seems to balance these three concerns without noticeable loss of either. I paddled for two hours steady except to drift for a few cell phone picture moments and a selfie to InstaCam. It didn't tire me at all. Even though I was fighting the wind and some waves much of the time the kayak moved and tracked fine. Its 11 foot length must help account for that. It will rock when I rock it but I never felt like I was tipsy. Also my seat never got wet. I saw some water swell up in the scuppers but they never overflowed. I'm 5 ft 8 inches at 210 lbs. I got some paddle splash on me and my legs occasionally but that was all.
I'm looking forward to rigging up for some fishing now and weather permitting I'll be casting into those stickups soon! I had decided that for the first day out not try to fish but rather to concentrate on learning the kayak.
Now for the complaints as there are a few.
One slight failure I believe is the skeg wheel feature. They've put a lot of stock into this innovation but it's not "all that". When you transport the boat using the front handle it still tries to roll over even though they mounted the handle perpendicular to help with balance. It still will rock and the skeg will get scratched and gouged some on any rough concrete that you may need to transport over. The skeg wheel is to small to roll well over most parking lot paving gravel so it gets dragged part of the time like a kayak without a wheel! The big plus to this is that the whole skeg is removable and with a bit of DYI engineering a better method can be accomplished. Perhaps I'll fill the core of the skeg with epoxy putty or silicone and install a bushing through it for an axle arrangement that would make for two larger, quickly removable and storable wheels. Being able to drill into the skeg without it putting a hole into the hull (thereby flooding the boat) is a plus. Because the skeg is removable it can be improved or replaced with some kind of better idea. That failing just use a dolly as you would for any kayak that you can't or don't want to carry. I noticed a bit of water in the hull when I pulled the kayak out. I think it mostly got there from the screws that attach the skeg to the hull.
This brings me to the second and major complaint. I'm wondering if silicone is more expensive in Utah (where they are manufactured) than here in Kentucky. I couldn't find a dab of the wonder sealer anywhere on this boat! I've had to do re-screwing with silicone blobbing everywhere.
Another complaint was that one of the side handles almost pulled out when I first tried it. I attribute that to it not being screwed in deep enough. Better that than it being stripped out. All the others seem secure enough. Because there is access to the underside of these two side handles through the hinged storage port, I replaced all the screws I could reach from there with stainless bolts and lock nuts (and sealed with silicone!). Next, they have a bungee cord looped on the starboard side handle that coupled with a "J" hook is designed to hold the paddle when not in use. Didn't work very well. The bungee is way to small in diameter but I've replaced it with a heavier one that should work.
Finally, this kayak is 30" wide. Their info tends to make you think you can stand on it. Not this guy! I started to try that but quickly sat back down. Maybe being 65 years old has some bearing on that but even though it is stable and maneuvers great, standing up is not easily done. I'll try again later, when I'm dressed for a possible dunking!
Concerning customer service, Lifetime Products shines. I called to order an extra skeg I want to modify and they sold it to me at cost and had it here in a few days. Also I had noticed that the factory had drilled one screw hole on the hatch too deeply and had messed it up a bit. They sent me a replacement hatch no questions asked.
To conclude, even though there were a few issues (nobody's perfect), overall it's 9 Stars for this Emotions Stealth 11. I think it's a great bang for the buck. If you're not the type to "tweak" what you buy you may need something else but it'll be more expensive I'm sure. I'm looking forward to fishing from it and just plain enjoying the ride! If my wife likes it we plan to get her the Emotions Temptation 11. It's same as the Stealth 11 model sans the fishing accessories.
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Chant along with rock mantras
Michelle Acebo, owner of Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi, is bringing the kirtan movement to Corpus Christi with international sensation Dave Stringer.
According to Stringer, kirtan (pronounced keer-than) is a form of mantra chanting that has become popular as a participatory live music experience.
Stringer's concerts infuse gospel, jazz and funk with traditional Indian instruments.
He will perform tonight at the serene studio that will be set up with pillows and blankets for audience members to sit on, but get there early; only 50 tickets will be sold.
Acebo described it as "rock 'n' roll while chanting mantras."
"It's very upbeat and cheerful," she said. "It draws you in. People end up singing along with it."
Stringer has toured Canada, Europe and the United States. On a whim, Acebo e-mailed the artist, asking him to come to her studio the next time he was in Texas. He agreed.
"He sells out everywhere," she said. "People can't believe we got him to come here."
Dave Stringer performs kirtan, 7:30 p.m. today, Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi, 513 Clifford St.
Cost: $18/advance; $20/at the door. Information: 883-1052.
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Peralta honored on Mt. Soledad
Point Loma On a day to remember all fallen veterans, atop a sun-splashed Mt. Soledad Monday afternoon it was one Marine, Sgt. Rafael Peralta, who was the focus of all honor.
Before about 1,000 people attending the annual Memorial Day program at the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in La Jolla, a plaque remembering the 25-year-old Marine was unveiled.
Many speakers lauded Peralta's bravery and service and sacrifice. But none were more moving than three men there that day nearly a decade ago during the second battle of Fallujah.
"We always hear those stories in boot camp, and every Marine here can attest to it, about Marines jumping on grenades to save their buddies," said Robert Reynolds, now a correction's officer in Washington state.
"On Nov. 15, 2004, my Marine buddy, Sgt. Rafael Peralta, did that. And I am forever grateful."
"He was a great Marine," said Marine Staff Sgt. Adam Morrison. "I am the father that I am today because of Sgt. Peralta saving my life. I was less than two meters away from the grenade ... I have shrapnel from that grenade in my leg. There is no doubt in my mind he pulled that grenade underneath him."
Morrison said Peralta's name is now legendary within the Corps. Marines everywhere ask him all the time, he said, what Peralta was like and to retell the story.
"Through his actions Peralta reminds us that Memorial Day is not a day for barbecues," said Nick Jones. "It's not a day to ring in the summer or get a good deal on a car. Today is a day of ceremonies and speeches." A day, Jones said, to honor the dead of our wars.
"Peralta's actions (that day) are not an indication of how he wanted to leave, but more about how he wanted to live," said Jones, now a Riverside County Sheriff's deputy. "Rafael didn't care about medals. He didn't care about getting a pat on the back or getting a pay raise. He cared about three things: his family; ... his faith — knowing that what ever happened to his body on earth, his soul was prepared; and his country ... he believed in the United States. He knew that if anyone threatened harm to his country that someone was going to have to stand up and fight. And he never once hesitated to take that fight to the enemy."
The short version of Peralta's heroics, actions that won him the Navy Cross, the nation's second-highest medal for combat valor, is this: Peralta led a group of Marines through the front door of a house and was hit multiple times with AK-47 fire, leaving him severely wounded. He dropped to the floor and moved aside in order to allow the Marines behind him to return fire. The insurgents responded by throwing a grenade at the Marines. Still conscious, Peralta was able to pull the grenade under his body, absorbing the majority of the blast. He died instantly but his fellow Marines survived.


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The scandal brought a barrage of accusations and insinuations, mostly online, with some townspeople supporting the defendants and others complaining that the football team has unusual sway over the city. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office took over the case after the local prosecutor stepped down because her son is a football player at 700-student Steubenville High.
Big Red football is a big deal in Steubenville. The stadium, dubbed Death Valley, sits on a hill above town, and the team is a nine-time state champion, with back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006. Man O' War, a red statue of a rearing stallion, shoots flames from its mouth each time a touchdown is scored.
Three students — Anthony Craig and football players Mark Cole and Evan Westlake — testified at a hearing in October, just days after receiving the letters assuring them they would not be prosecuted. Prosecutors said at the hearing that Cole and Craig would have been charged if they hadn't deleted the images on their cellphones.
At the same proceeding, Westlake was asked by a prosecutor why he didn't stop the alleged attack.
"I was stunned at what I saw," he said. "I just wanted — I wanted to get out of there and I —I — I didn't know what to do, I mean."
The defendants' lawyers also raised the possibility that the witnesses did not know what they were seeing that night. Under questioning, the teen witnesses said that the girl was able to tell some of the boys the password to her smartphone and that they never heard her say "no" or "stop."
"So, you don't consider it a sexual assault?" attorney Adam Nemann asked Cole.
"I feel it's not my place to make that decision on whether it was or wasn't," Cole responded. "I can just tell you what I witnessed."
"And if this was a sexual assault I'm sure you would have called and told someone, right?" Nemann said.
"I would assume, yes," Cole said.
On a blog run by former Steubenville resident Alexandria Goddard, some anonymous posters have demanded others at the party be charged, including football player Cody Saltsman. Saltsman sued Goddard for defamation, and the case was settled with Goddard saying there was no evidence Saltsman was involved in the alleged attack.
Then, in January, a YouTube video was posted featuring another student, Michael Nodianos, apparently cracking jokes about the alleged rape just hours after it occurred, while others in the background chimed in. NOW is demanding prosecutors charge Nodianos with failure to report a crime, but Nodianos' lawyer said the young man had no "firsthand knowledge of the facts."
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SACRAMENTO - A statewide law enforcement alert has been activated for a 72-year-oldwoman from Lindsay (in Tulare County, south of Fresno) last seen about 4:30 a.m.last Saturday.
Lindsay police said Tamara McCall has a medical condition and may become disoriented.
McCallwas described as white with brown hair and brown eyes. She is about 5 feet tall and weighs about 130 pounds.
When last seen, McCall was wearing a white t-shirt, authorities said. Her other clothing was unknown.
McCall drives a blue, 1998 Saturn SL station wagon, California license plate number 5ERC749.
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>> Believe me, I understand that. But when this app (and we're talking
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>> the late '90s, a lot of essential stuff (e.g. SSL/certificate related)
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> Well, I know it would be too late for this tip: whenever you have
> dependencies from external libraries, create wrappers that encapsulate the
> functionality. When a new version comes, you can update without touching
> all your code.
> I do use that with persistence, so all my applications are shielded from
> changing from TopLink to Hibernate to WhatEverElseInFuture.
Yeah, I created such facades for any new 3rd-party libraries that were
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Live updates
Ambulance services prepare for busy end to 2013
The ambulance service in the West Midlands is preparing for one of its busiest nights of the year. Controllers are expecting hundreds of extra calls tonight as people are out for the New Year. Emma Burrows has been to the control centre near Dudley ahead of tonight's celebrations.
East Midlands Ambulance Service fined £3.5m for failing patient response target
East Midlands Ambulance Service has missed a target for reaching patients in time for the third consecutive year.
Ambulances are supposed to respond to an emergency call within 19 minutes, 95% of the time.
Last year EMAS only achieved 91.8% – they've been fined £3.5m.
Dr David Gray from East Midlands Ambulance Services says an investment in staff and vehicles should raise the percentage.
Lincolnshire Health Committee wants 'flawed' consultation to be reviewed
The Health Scrutiny Committee for Lincolnshire is to write to the Secretary of State to ask for East Midlands Ambulance Service's (EMAS) "flawed" consultation to be reviewed – with the committee's ultimate goal being a return to a dedicated ambulance service for the county.
Meanwhile, the members also quizzed the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT) on its death rate figures being higher than expected and received a number of reassurances.
The decision to write to the Government was made at its meeting yesterday (March 20), after the committee expressed concerns over EMAS' recent consultation process and its ambulance response times.
Inquest into ambulance crash death
An inquest is to take place into the death of a 75-year-old woman who died when the ambulance she was travelling in crashed.
The accident happened in the early hours of Monday morning.
The patient, from Sutton-on-Sea, was travelling in the ambulance along the A16 when it left the road and ended up in a ditch near Boston.
Two male ambulance service staff were taken to hospital and treated for minor injuries.
A woman has died after the ambulance she was travelling in crashed
An investigation has begun after an elderly patient travelling in an ambulance died after it went off the road, and crashed into a ditch in Lincolnshire.
It happened in the early hours of this morning in Sibsey near Boston. Although the ambulance was on its way to hospital, it didn't have it's emergency sirens or lights on at the time.
Report from fatal ambulance crash scene
Kate Hemingway reports from the A16 where an ambulance veered off the road earlier this morning.
The 75-year-old patient who was travelling in the back of the ambulance died as a result of the crash.
Pictures of scene of fatal ambulance crash
Woman dies in Ambulance crash
A 75-year-old woman has died after the ambulance she was a patient in crashed in Lincolnshire.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene after the vehicle came off the road earlier this morning.
Two ambulance service staff were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Ambulance response time concerns
The leader of Derbyshire County Council is concerned that changes to East Midlands Ambulance Service will mean slower reponse times in rural communities.
Sixty-six stations across the region are to be closed and replaced with thirteen purpose-built 'superhubs'.
Concerns over plans to close Ambulance Station
People worried about proposals to close ambulance stations in the East Midlands will be given the chance to voice their concerns today at a public meeting.
Hinckley ambulance station is one of 65 in the region threatened with closure under plans to replace them with superhubs.


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FMLY Fest assembles dozens of musicians for DIY weekend
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Hollow Boys embrace the dark on third album
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10 Thousand Sounds 2014: Behind the bands
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For the Love brings hip-hop festivities to Lowertown
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The songs on R.E.M.'s new album, Accelerate, are the loudest and fastest the band has recorded since the mid-1980s, when their unique sound was ruling college campuses. The intervening years, of course, were full of chart-toppers and canonic music videos, but the band's reputation was somewhat sullied with 2004's dull and lifeless Around the Sun. The prospect of a lively rock record had fans excited, and Accelerate, clocking in at under 35 minutes, just about fulfils that promise.
R.E.M. recently took these songs on the road, bringing along buzz band the National and indie mainstays Modest Mouse. In anticipation of their show tomorrow night at the Xcel Energy Center, R.E.M. bassist, piano player, and co-songwriter Mike Mills agreed to answer a few questions about the new record and tour.
City Pages: How did the Twin Cities scene in the '80s affect what R.E.M. was doing at the time?
Mike Mills: It was just good to see kindred spirits. We really enjoyed playing with the Replacements, and became friends with those guys. Later on, [R.E.M. guitarist] Peter [Buck] ended up working with the [Twin Cities] band Run Westy Run.
CP: And Peter also played on Let It Be.
Mills: Yeah, he played on "I Will Dare," which was pretty cool.
CP: Did you approach writing the songs on Accelerate in a different way than usual?
Mills: A little bit. Peter and I both agreed we were going to write pretty much exclusively on electric guitar. We were going to try to make everything fast, try to keep everything fairly short. I think that was just a good direction to take.
CP: So the shortness was also the plan from the beginning.
Mills: Yeah, we kept taking parts out, and taking songs out, and generally just shrinking the thing. Certainly for the last few records, we weren't concerned about brevity. At this point, it seemed like a good idea.
CP: Your background vocals on Accelerate are prominent, unlike on the last couple of records. Why did that change?
Mills: I've always loved to sing. I guess I haven't seen as many opportunities on the last couple. If I hear a place in the song that I think my voice should be, then I'll put it there.
CP: And you haven't sung lead for a while—is that for the same reason?
Mills: Yeah, there's really no need. The occasions where I have sung lead are either songs that [lead singer] Michael [Stipe] was uninspired [by] or got stuck on. We've got one of the best singers in the entire rock universe; I don't see much reason to stick mine out there in front.
CP: Have you ever thought about doing a solo album?
Mills: I've thought about it. It may happen someday, but I'm in no real big hurry. I've got other outlets for music, and really, I enjoy R.E.M. so much that I'm in no big hurry to put my own record out. But it'll happen.
CP: How did touring with the National and Modest Mouse come about?
Mills: Michael and I saw the National, I'm not sure where Peter saw them. We thought they were great, and we also thought they'd be a great opening band. When we started looking in America, we realized we needed one more band on the show, and someone suggested Modest Mouse, so we said, "great." [The Smiths'] Johnny Marr's in the band, that's a good thing, and it just seemed like a really nice bill.
CP: These songs have a live feel to them, so was it easier than usual to arrange the songs for the tour?
Mills: Yeah. Those arrangements are pretty much done. They were recorded pretty much live as well, so there's not a whole lot of tinkering to be done with the stuff from Accelerate.
CP: Was having some quieter moments as well as loud ones part of the idea from the beginning?
Mills: Albums aren't just a collection of songs, they're sort of a world to inhabit for the 30 to 40 to 50 minutes that you're in this world. Things need to have their own place, whether they're fast, slow, or otherwise. You need to strike a balance, and you need to have some compatibility. Even the things that strike a jarring note, it needs to be the correct jarring note.
CP: You guys use the internet a lot. You released a series of short films online before Accelerate came out, and you streamed Around the Sun on MySpace before its release—which at the time was pretty unique.
Mills: Everybody loves new ways to approach the audience. We have the supernaturalsuperserious.com website, where people can make their own video, using footage that we provided. Or streaming the record on iLike.com the week before it comes out, so people can legally get a chance to listen to it. Technology can be a wonderful thing to break down barriers, and that's what we try to use it for.
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He's accused of offering tree trimming services to a Sterling resident in September for a company called Action Tree Service. Kennedy signed a contract and collected a deposit from the resident but never completed any work.
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Hardin Memorial Hospital will host a free asthma forum 5:30-8 p.m. May 25. Registration is required by calling 1-800-280-1601, Ext. 1063. Dinner will be provided.
LaRue County Library Board
The LaRue County Public Library Board will meet 5:15 p.m. May 26, instead of the third Thursday this month. For more information, call Dana Jolly at 358-3851.
Support for Families with Autism
Neither the cool temperatures nor the misty rain kept Hodgenville's Cub Scout Pack 151 away from lending a hand to do community service at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on May 14.
The Central Kentucky Native American Association hosted its annual "Honoring the Elders" Inter-tribal Gathering.
The statistics are both surprising and disturbing: As many as two of every three children age 16 and younger have been exposed to at least one traumatic event, with consequences that can affect their development, learning and behavior.
If you are pregnant, recently had a baby, are breastfeeding or have a child under the age of five, you may be eligible for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, states Roxanne O. True, M.S., L.D., R.D., Director of Nutrition Services and WIC for Lincoln Trail District Health Department.
Rooney Gray, left, owner of MAM Candy in Hodgenville presents Lisa DeWitt a check for $167.03 for Project Graduation. The funds represented the profit from the Happily Ever After prom event.
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Deidra Jeffries Hutchins received her master of business degree May 14 from Bellarmine College in Louisville.
She is the wife of Charles Hutchins and the daughter of James and Phyllis Jeffries, all of Hodgenville.
She is a 2001 graduate of LaRue County High School.
Austin Garrett and Jared Garrett, twin sons of Jerry Garrett and Rochelle Garrett, formerly of Hodgenville, recently graduated from college.
Austin Garrett earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice with emphasis in police administration and recreation therapy from Eastern Kentucky University May 7.
Jared Garrett earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice from Kentucky State University on May 14.
The Stephen Foster Music Club of Bardstown has announced it is expanding its Summer Band Concert Series, set to begin May 27, to 15 weekly concerts this year.
This year's concerts are being underwritten by Edward Jones Financial Services of Bardstown, and is co-sponsored by the Bardstown/Nelson County Parks and Recreation Department. The free concerts will be presented every Friday at 7 p.m. in Bardstown Community Park from May 27 through Sept. 2. In case of rain, concerts will move to the Farmers Market on East Flaget Avenue.
Dance to the music of the "Moonlight Big Band" at My Old Kentucky Home State Park Rotunda, Bardstown, 7:30-10 p.m. June 27. Pack your picnic basket and lawn chairs and spend an evening under the stars with the sounds of Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey. The annual event is a fundraiser sponsored by the Stephen Foster Music Club and proceeds are used to send students to the Stephen Foster Music Camp at Eastern Kentucky University. Tickets are $10 and are available in advance at the Bardstown Visitors Center or from Music Club members.
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Austin Fire officials tell KVUE that the smoke is coming from grass fires in the Fort Hood area. KVUEMeteorologist Albert Ramon says north winds are allowing for the smoke to blow into the Austin area.
According to our exclusive partners at the Austin American-Statesman, two large fires have been burning there since Tuesday. The Statesman reports that one of them reached 200 acres.
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Dannii's no good to him - happy, stable relationship plus baby. Cheryl's the way to go. I doubt they thought The One would work out so badly, she's known Cowell for years and seemed an ideal choice (still think it was a double bearding operation - an earlier fling with Clay A, please
), but they have as much chemistry together as a brick, a nice little fauxmance with Cheryl ticks all the boxes for both the X Factor and Cheryl breaking the States.
Yeah, smitten or not, it's been a PR disaster, even his own mother now would probably rather see him hitched with Ryan than The One. Time to shave off the beard and get another one.
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Google Wave Seeks Business Community
The product manager for Google's new Wave communications service told businesses on Wednesday that the firm hopes they will use the new features to revitalize communications and increase productivity.
During an Enterprise 2.0 Conference on Wednesday in San Francisco, Gregory D'Alesandre touted Google Wave as the next best thing in terms of business communications.
"Email simulated snail mail once removed; the Wave gets back to people communicating in real time," said D'Alesandre.
"Businesses understand better than anyone else that when you share a communication you are trying to get something done. This is a real-time collaborative platform."
Google Wave is still in the developing stages, and the company is only offering invites to conference attendees, according to AFP.
Wave is advertised as a new way to bring email, chat, social networking and wiki group access to Web pages.
"We are still in a preview and it is still very buggy," said D'Alesandre.
"There are a lot of features yet to be done."
"Anyone on the Wave has the ability to add any other collaborators; eventually we will add permissions."
"We realized that if we put those permissions in place everyone would have immediately locked down everything because that is what they are used to doing. They would have locked it down and made it like email," D'Alesandre added.
D'Alesandre said Google employees have begun using Wave internally.
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"You can have 12 people interacting in a Wave at the same time without people talking over each other or stepping on each others' toes."
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Birmingham boss McLeish confirms he wants Spurs striker Pavlyuchenko
Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has confirmed he is keen to land Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.
He has been linked with the likes of Ryan Babel and Kenwyne Jones, but Pavlyuchenko is emerging as his top-target after he expressed his desire to leave Spurs.
Birmingham are eager to offer the Russia international the option to stay in England and Eidur Gudjohnsen's imminent arrival at Spurs would seemingly pave the way for Pavlyuchenko to move on.
"I would take Pavlyuchenko, of course I would," he told Sky Sports News.
"Whether we could afford it and take that step, as it would be a big step for us to go for a player like that, and certainly if wages were not too outrageous then that would be reasonably attractive - he is a great player."
McLeish played down suggestions Birmingham would be paying £13million for the Russian, which is reportedly Spurs' asking price.
"I think we would be struggling to pay that, we have said we have £20 to £40 million to spend, but I doubt we would be spending that at this juncture and I don't think we need too," he said.
"We would like to keep the bigger money for the summer but if there is a deal to be done I would hope I would have the full backing [from the board].
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The Buloke Shire says last week's rural summit in Nhill was a great opportunity for councils to share their experiences.
Topics: local-government, nhill-3418, horsham-3400, mildura-3500
The Hindmarsh Shire will welcome 38 Victorian councils today for its rural summit at Nhill.
Topics: local-government, nhill-3418, mildura-3500
Fire restrictions will be eased in the Hindmarsh Shire from today.
Topics: fires, emergency-planning, nhill-3418, rainbow-3424
The Governor of Victoria, Alex Chernov, will officially open the Hindmarsh Shire's new council offices later this month.
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The National party is expecting to have endorsed its candidate for the western Victorian seat of Lowan by mid-April.
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Hindmarsh councillors will vote this week on whether to spend extra money on replacing current street lights with more energy-efficient lamps.
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The Victorian Liberal Party says it will not be putting forward a candidate for the western Victorian seat of Lowan at November's state election.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, liberals, nationals, hamilton-3300, ballarat-3350, horsham-3400, nhill-3418
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The Nationals' Member for Lowan, Hugh Delahunty, has announced he will not contest this year's state election.
Topics: states-and-territories, hamilton-3300, nhill-3418, horsham-3400, ballarat-3350
The West Wimmera Health Service says it wants to protect staff and patients from unnecessary travel in this week's hot weather.
Topics: health-administration, weather, nhill-3418, horsham-3400, goroke-3412, jeparit-3423, natimuk-3409, rainbow-3424
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A photography exhibition is celebrating the contribution of Karen refugees to the small Victorian farming community of Nhill.
Topics: photography, refugees, rural, nhill-3418, melbourne-3000, burma, asia
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says poor visibility is the most likely cause of a fatal plane crash near Horsham, in south-west Victoria, two years ago.
Topics: air-and-space, horsham-3400, nhill-3418
Swapping a helicopter for a header is a bit of a career change for anyone, let alone a 24 year old.
Topics: rural-women, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, nhill-3418
Topics: grain, women-in-agriculture, nhill-3418
Helicopter pilot Leah Colbert has returned home to Nhill to help her family with harvest.
Topics: rural-women, crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, nhill-3418
Fire restrictions start in the Buloke, Gannawarra and Hindmarsh shires from today.
Topics: fires, emergency-planning, bushfire, vic, mildura-3500, charlton-3525, cohuna-3568, donald-3480, horsham-3400, nhill-3418
The duck processing company Luv-A-Duck says it has been hurt by a recent Federal Court decision.
Topics: courts-and-trials, food-processing, nhill-3418, vic
A duck processing company has been fined $360,000 in the Federal Court in Melbourne, for misleading advertising.
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Police have identified a truck driver who died in a head-on crash in western Victoria yesterday.
Topics: road, nhill-3418, horsham-3400
The Hindmarsh Shire says its expects to move into its new council offices next month.
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The Hindmarsh Shire says it is too soon to say if services will have to be cut as a result of a by-election.
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Residents of Nhill no longer have to rely on rain tanks for drinking water, with supplies now available from reservoirs in the Grampians.
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The Hindmarsh Shire says residents at yesterday's council meeting were mostly supportive of the decision to reintroduce limited roadside cropping.
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Election officials say the process to replace an outgoing Hindmarsh Shire councillor will be slightly unusual.
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The Hindmarsh Shire says new Victorian Government funding for small businesses could make a major difference to job opportunities for young people.
Topics: work, local-government, programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, nhill-3418, horsham-3400
Millewa's stock and domestic water customers now have access to better quality water.
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This Spring, I made a decision to enroll in a Blended Learning course sponsored by EDUCAUSE called "Becoming a Blended Learning Designer". This MOOC requires participants to complete the course in six weeks, and during that time participate in discussions, blogging, and readings.
As I went through the readings for the first week of the class, two lines stuck out to me:
"Blended learning is not simply adding an online component to a face-to-face course. Technology in a course should be used wisely – to facilitate student learning." (Thompson, 2015, p. 7)
I've seen cases all too often where faculty members try to add technology in to the course because they're trying to meet a need. They know they should be adding technology but they're looking to add something that may not always be the most practical or the most appropriate for their class. Some instructors I have worked with have looked to using the LMS to replace in-class quizzes, for example. Great idea in theory, but they were not prepared for some of the variables:
- Students trying to use smartphones or tablets to take the quiz (when the LMS doesn't necessarily support this well)
- Students taking the quiz with other students
- Students using their notes/books for the quiz
The instructors in these cases were thinking it would be simple to replace their low-stakes quizzes with ones that could simply be taken online. But they wanted a full replication of the in-class experience, one that mitigated "cheating" (or as some prefer to call it, "collaboration").
For me the first part of a blended learning course is determining which parts should go online, and which should not. It should be a careful, deliberate process that seeks to allow technology to assist in teaching, not trying to force technology into a role that faculty may regret later.
If you are looking to redevelop your class, consider applying for the IMPACT program by visiting http://www.purdue.edu/impact. If you know what tools you want to use and need help getting those tools integrated into your class, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Thompson, K. (ed.). (2015). BlendKit Reader (2nd Ed.). Retrieved from https://blended.online.ucf.edu/blendkit-course-blendkit-reader-chapter-1/
Canvas Likes and Less-Than-Likesin Musings on Technology on .
In Fall 2014, Purdue started a pilot of the Canvas LMS to assess the usability of Canvas at Purdue University. With Purdue's contract with Blackboard expiring in September of 2017, it is important to look at alternatives to see if Purdue is best served by Blackboard, or if a different learning management system would be better for faculty and students.
When it comes to Canvas, I've considered the things I like, and the things I'm not quite a fan of. Let's start off with the three things I really like about Canvas:
- Customizable Notifications
One of the terrific options in Canvas is that users can customize how they are notified of course changes, announcements, and other alerts. By default, all users have their Purdue email address listed for notifications. Canvas allows for users to add additional email accounts, as well as their cell phone numbers for SMS messages. Notifications can also be sent to a user's Facebook and Twitter accounts.Additionally, when users are notified of alerts can be changed. A user can be alerted to a change when it happens, once daily, or even weekly. Notifications can be turned off, too. By allowing faculty and students to customize how and when they are notified of course changes, in-course communication can become more effective.
- Uploading Files
Adding files to a Canvas course is simple – click on a file on your computer, and drag it into Canvas. Need three files? Highlight all three files on your computer, and drag them all into Canvas. Canvas features a file manager that can also allow for the creation of folders for better organization of files. Instructors may also lock files to limit access to them and course TA's, which is useful if the course must include private files (such as homework solutions).
- Canvas Mobile Application
For me, this is a big deal. First, the Canvas Mobile Application while still developing, has a number of features that I think users will find very useful immediately. The mobile application allows for sending messages to instructors and students, as well as checking grades and viewing all course notifications sorted by date. Also, the mobile application is free and is available for iOS and Android. Plus, students can submit assignments through the mobile app!
So, I've listed the things I like. Here's the three things that I've found that I'm not thrilled about just yet…
- Test and Quiz Creation
This is something where Canvas does not necessarily have an advantage over Blackboard, unless you're creating equations (where Canvas does have an advantage). Creating a test or a quiz in Canvas is just as complicated as it is in Blackboard. Also, one must be careful to not scramble answer options if answers such as "all of the above" or "A and B only" are used in questions. However, adding images and multimedia to question answer options is fairly simple in comparison to Blackboard. Overall, it's still a time-consuming process to build a quiz in Canvas.
- Limited Course Menu Alteration Options
Canvas has designed its course menu to where there is not a lot of customization that can be done with the menu itself. Sure, menu items can be removed or made unavailable to students, but for arranging content, instructors cannot add new content areas like Blackboard. Canvas provides a Modules area, where content can be arranged by week, unit, chapter, and more. But there can only be one Modules area, not more, and the names of the links cannot be altered. For instructors who like to place a link to individual content areas set up by week or objective, this could be a concern.
- Automatic Updates
Instructure updates Canvas usually once every three weeks with anything from bug fixes to the addition of new options. While for bug fixes this is welcome, when it comes to look and feel alterations, should things really change during a semester? If look, feel, and feature updates could be delayed on an institution-by-institution basis this wouldn't be a concern.
So, that are some of my likes and concerns about Canvas. If you would like more information about the Canvas pilot, visit our Canvas Pilot Site at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/innovate/projects/canvas.html. Faculty members who would like to try out Canvas are invited to request a test account by emailing email@example.com.
Brett Creech
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Confluence as an Alternative Learning Management Systemin Content Development, Software, Tools on .
Recently, a faculty member commented to one of my colleagues and I that Blackboard was simply "too much" for things he wanted to do within his course. That got me thinking as to why someone might consider Blackboard Learn to be a tool that might be excessive for specific needs.
Blackboard Learn offers to faculty a rich set of tools – but what happens when a faculty member does not want to use the clear majority of those tools? What if a faculty member only wants a place to place their syllabus and course schedule, content for students to read, upload an occasional video, and so forth? Does a faculty member have an option for a simpler way to get course content to students at Purdue?
The answer is yes – the Confluence Wiki.
While it might seem odd that a wiki could be an alterative to Blackboard, the Confluence Wiki can perform many of the same functions for faculty that a traditional LMS would be able to provide. Confluence offers the following for faculty:
- On-Demand Course Creation: Unlike Blackboard, where course sites are created automatically, faculty may create their course's space (site) in Confluence on demand by using the Space Creation application located at http://www.purdue.edu/apps/Confluence. This will automatically create a space on Confluence for the class and enroll all students and instructors in the class into the newly created Confluence space.
- Automatic Enrollment Management: When a space is created using our Space Creation application, as noted before all students and instructors will be added to the newly created space. In addition, as students add or drop the class, those changes are reflected in the Confluence space.
- Content Management: Faculty can easily upload documents and images to Confluence, and then quickly replace those documents with up-to-date versions. For example, if the course syllabus changes, a new syllabus can be uploaded and replace the existing file. Additionally, web links to other sites and to multimedia may also be included in Confluence.
- Flexibility: A Confluence space can be very simple (one or two pages with all the content needed) to highly complex, depending on needs.
- Privacy: Academic spaces in Confluence are only accessible to those enrolled in the course; they are not accessible by the public.
There are a few features Confluence does not have that is important to note. First, Confluence does not offer integrated homework submission and quizzes/exams, like Blackboard. Faculty who want to offer online exams (such as pre- or post- assessments) would be able to use Qualtrics and survey panels within the Qualtrics tool to control assessment delivery.
Also, Confluence does not offer an electronic gradebook, which would require students to track their own grades. Additionally, while Confluence does offer the ability for students to comment on pages, there is no threaded discussion board available like what is available in Blackboard.
One other concern would be that if Confluence is used instead of Blackboard Learn, students will need to be directed to Confluence to access course content. In this case it is recommended that any instructor using Confluence provide directions to students in class on how to access the Confluence site and make the site a favorite, so the site is quickly accessible after login.
Although there are these concerns, the Confluence Wiki does provide a great amount of flexibility on how the online portion of a course can be set up. As much (or as little) information can be made available to students as desired.
While Blackboard Learn has many tools that faculty may wish to use in their teaching, there may be a desire for something that simply does not do everything that Blackboard can do, and that's where Confluence can assist. An example "course" in Confluence has been created at https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/confcourse/Confluence+for+Courses+Demonstration+Home to provide some ideas on how Confluence may be used as an alternative to Blackboard.
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The Pros and Cons of Blackboard Assessmentsin Blackboard Learn, Classroom, Tools on .
Blackboard Learn offers the ability for instructors to create and deploy assessments that can be automatically graded (or even a mix of automatically graded questions plus instructor-reviewed essay questions). However, there are some pros and cons to consider if you're considering adding Blackboard-based assessments to your course.
Pro: Assessments can be automatically graded and points added to the Grade Center.
Most question options in Blackboard Learn (with the exception of file upload and essay questions) are able to be automatically graded with the points immediately added to the Grade Center. This allows students to receive immediate feedback on the assessment, and removes the task of having to manually enter quiz grades into the Grade Center.
Con: Assessments can be automatically graded and points added to the Grade Center.
What can be a pro can also be a con. The automatic posting of scores can remove from the instructor the ability to review the assessment results before making the scores public to the students. Yes, it is possible to hide the results from the students and keep the scores from being added to the Grade Center, but that does require some additional work on the part of an instructor to go back later and turn back on options to show the results and include the scores in the Grade Center.
Pro: Short in-class quizzes can be moved to Blackboard and taken outside of class, freeing up time that is better used for instruction.
For instructors who want to provide short quizzes to assess student knowledge on a regular basis, moving the quizzes out of your class and into Blackboard can preserve instructional time. Time and date restrictions may be added to the quiz to ensure students are not able to start their quiz before or after a specific day/time. This also allows students who may have been unable to attend class to participate in the assessment of their knowledge.
Con: Quizzes provided outside of class removes instructor control of who can take the quiz.
While it is more convenient to give quizzes outside of class, it may be difficult (if not impossible) to make changes to the quiz to prevent students who didn't attend class from taking the quiz. For those teaching a small class, it may be possible to release the exam to everyone but those students; however that changes for those who teach large lectures. If a student makes a decision to skip class, that's their decision – so why should they get a chance to take a quiz on Blackboard that they would have missed if the quiz was given in class? The more students there are in your class could mean that it may be more difficult to control access to the assessment.
Pro: Quizzes and tests given in Blackboard allow students to take their assessment when they are ready.
Class time may not always be the right time for some students to take their assessments. Maybe they are not fully prepared, perhaps they've had several other tests or quizzes that day, or maybe their work schedule prevented them from being ready to take the assessment. By placing the quiz or test in Blackboard, students have the flexibility to start the assessment when they are ready, regardless of the time of day. If the student wants to take the quiz at 3:00 am, no problem!
Con: Allowing students to start their assessment when they are ready will only give them an excuse to wait until the last minute.
While not every student is a procrastinator, there are some definite issues with students being allowed to start their exam when they are ready. Students who choose to wait until the last minute to take the exam do run some additional risks. What happens if their computer or their Internet connection experiences technical problems? What if there's a problem with Blackboard? In these cases the students who have waited may not be able to complete the exam before the deadline, and then a choice will have to be made if they can have another attempt at the assessment.
Pro: Blackboard Learn offers several settings to help make each assessment unique, and there are tools available to help reduce the chances of academic dishonesty.
Blackboard Learn does offer settings for assessments that can help reduce dishonesty. First, question answer options can be displayed randomly via a setting that is turned on when the question is created. Second, questions can be displayed in random order through a setting on the test options. There is also the option to display one question at a time instead of all at once. Additionally, Purdue provides Respondus LockDown Browser as an alternative browser for test taking. Students can download the LockDown Browser, and instructors can force students to use the LockDown Browser for the exam instead of their preferred web browser. (LockDown Browser only allows students to take the exam; it shuts down access to instant messaging and other resources). Feedback on exams can also be restricted so students can't print the questions and answers on their exams to share with other students.
Con: It's great there are all these settings and tools to try to reduce dishonesty, but instructors have to use them, and there can still be cheating.
Some students are going to attempt to cheat on their online exams no matter what bumps or barrier that are put in their way. Even if an online exam is proctored, does that completely dissuade a student who intends on being dishonest from attempting to sneak in a crib sheet? It probably won't stop someone determined to cheat on an exam. It does take some effort and planning to ensure all steps are taken to reduce the chances students will try to cheat, but it's not foolproof. If a student is taking a test at home using the LockDown browser, what stops them from getting out their smartphone or to get access to another computer?
Pro: Using Blackboard to provide my students with their quizzes and assessments reduces the amount of copies that have to be made of the questions, and eliminates using separate answer sheets, helping to drive down costs.
Think about how many paper copies of exams are made. How much is spent on photocopying a large exam alone? How much do special scanned answer sheets cost? By using Blackboard for assessments, the amount of paper copies that are made can be reduced and potentially eliminated in some cases. This can not just save money due to the reduced number of copies made, but it can also
Con: While it's great to be able to reduce the number of copies made in some cases, it may not be the best idea to move all assessments to Blackboard only.
While it may be worthwhile considering making a move of some quizzes and other assessments to Learn instead of providing those in class, it might be best to reserve these moves to low-risk/low-impact assessments. Unless the class is taught exclusively online, keeping high-value assessments in a monitored, controlled atmosphere (such as the classroom) allows students to seek assistance when needed, and for faculty to observe and address any issues that might arise during that time. In some subjects, using paper may actually benefit the student as the student can demonstrate their work to the instructor
These pros and cons are not the only issues surrounding online assessments. As an instructor, you should make the decision as to how best assess your students' knowledge of the material you are teaching. Hopefully these pros and cons have given you something to think about. If you would like to know more about possibly adding Blackboard based assessments to your course, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The glaciers and landscape in northeast Greenland look different compared to other parts of Greenland. The light blue portions in the middle of the photograph are refrozen meltwater ponds seen from NASA's P-3B during an IceBridge survey flight on Apr. 19, 2013. During the summer, the ice surface will melt and form ponds of water that refreezes and is covered by snow during the winter months. Credit: NASA / Michael Studinger
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