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Prime Minister Tony Abbott today called for an independent international probe into the downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that claimed 298 lives, including of 28 Australians.
The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 flight MH17 was blown up over Eastern Ukraine by a sophisticated BAK surface-to-air missile believed to be fired by pro-Russia rebels.
Abbott said Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will fly to the United States today evening to campaign for an international investigation into what has happened.
Bishop is expected to head Australia's efforts in pushing for a UN Security Council resolution seeking open and independent access to the MH17 crash site.
Six officers from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been deployed to Kiev, and more are on their way, including a five-member emergency response team as well as a team of The Australian Federal Police. Abbott said Australia will do whatever is humanly possible to ensure the "matter is absolutely, thoroughly investigated" and to "bring the perpetrators to justice".
"Our objective is to ensure for the dead and for the living, dignity, respect and justice," Abbott said adding that "Right now, for all we know – because this site is controlled by Russian-backed rebels – bodies remain strewn over the fields of the eastern Ukraine and armed rebels are trampling the site".
"So it is absolutely vital that an independent, international investigation begin as soon as possible so that we can identify and recover the remains of all the Australians onboard. And we are working urgently with our international partners to that end", he said.
Bishop said the government's appeal would go before the UN.
"I have spoken with our representative in the UN and I understand that our calls for a binding resolution will be debated during the course of next week," she said. "That is why I will be leaving for New York as soon as possible to work with our Australian officials and representatives to secure that binding resolution for the independent investigation," she added. Bishop also said, "I will also be travelling to Washington to meet with security and intelligence experts to ensure that Australia is fully briefed on the international intelligence that is available in relation to this matter for we are determined to ascertain what happened, why it happened, how it happened and who is responsible".
Meanwhile, Abbott reacted to claims from Russian foreign ministry officials that his comments about blaming pro-Russian separatists for the attack was unacceptable. "It's clear that all the evidence at this stage suggests that this aircraft was shot down from territory controlled by Russian-backed rebels, most likely using equipment supplied by the Russians," he said.
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"It was fine. It was absolutely fine."
So said a smiling Erin Andrews to her colleagues as she introduced her pre-recorded interview with Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman -- who gave her quite a memorable moment after the NFC championship game, ranting past her into the camera at San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree -- during Sunday's (Feb. 2) FOX pre-game show leading up to Super Bowl XLVIII.
"A lot of it was celebrating with my teammates and my family," a subdued Sherman told Andrews about his 48 hours following his unbridled outburst seen around the world (and the World Wide Web).
He noted the "little bit of controversy" that greeted him after the his now-famous outburst. When Andrews asked if there was anything he would take back, Sherman said, "Just the way I attacked (Crabtree). That was uncalled for." He chalked it up to "my energy, my passion" for doing "something you've dreamed about since you were a little kid."
Andrews also spoke with several of Sherman's Seahawks comrades, who were unreservedly supportive of him. He described himself to her as "someone who plays for my teammates. That's why we're a legion (a 'Legion of Boom,' in the team's terminology). We're a vast army."
Sherman went on to term himself "a family-first, caring person. I try to help as many people as I can." And he voiced gratitude to those he said had helped him the past two weeks.
"I'm appreciative of the tremendous support" of his fans, he stated, but added he was "sad" about those who criticized him because "their minds were so closed off. They were so quick to judge, as if I'd made some egregious error or mistake."
Sports legends Hank Aaron and Kobe Bryant weren't among the latter, since Andrews' fellow FOX sportscasters closed the segment by noting Sherman had received calls from them after the incident that gave him "household name" status beyond the game.
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I did a trial of quite a few different heirloom tomatoes for our community garden's food bank crop. The golden sunray were one of the best producers and tasted excellent with few seeds and firm flesh. They also looked great and transported well. They did not get some of the diseases that the others were afflicted with. Definitely will be a staple in the garden.
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This is the best tasting tomato we have ever grown. It is beautiful and the consistency is wonderful. Large fruit that rarely makes it up to the house.
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I've grown this 2 years now and it's really not done much. Not sure why when all of the other varieties of tomatoes I've grown have been great. Has barely produced for me. The first summer I barely noticed it in the garden as I got almost nothing from it. Last summer was very hot and dry and I had to water every day as the ground got so dry most of my garden would start to wilt by the end of the day without the daily waterings. Then we'd get a day or two of rains followed by the heat again. This one really couldn't withstand the heat stress and irregular waterings and developed blossom end rot despite any thing I did to try to fix the problem. It was the only one of my 18 tomato plants to have significant problems and the few tomatoes it did produce had to be thrown out because of the rot on the bottom. Maybe it's just not good for the variable weather and temperatures we get here in SW PA.
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The highly anticipated Nikon D4 (vendor) and Nikon D800 (vendor) are loaded with features, and both cameras offer exceptional image quality. Hidden in the list of camera specs, is an item which is of specialized interest – Time-Lapse Photography. So if a photographer doesn't have a specific interest in this, they are most likely just going to gloss over this – but this is quite a powerful feature.
With Time-Lapse photography, as with video, it just looks much more interesting if the camera moves as well. With movies too, the cinematography and how the camera moves, make all the difference. Last year some time, I stumbled on the Time-Lapse photography by MindRelic. The movement of the camera as the city scenes unfolded, blew my mind. This was done via a motorized dolly – specifically, the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly. So of course, with no prior interest in Time-Lapse photography, I immediately bought a Stage Zero dolly. It all just looked that cool.
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Dust in the wind...
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Stuck in Levant
Oddometer: 128
Walked away...
Probably a few things to learn from this...
This was my first really big "get-off" after having rode for several years. This happened June 16, 1996 though it could have happened yesterday, it still sometimes seems like it. Talk about moments in your life that will define you...
I left work to go eat lunch. Beautiful sunny Summer day. When I was retuning, ridding down the road (the right lane, nearest the curb/sidewalk side), I saw a car in front of me. BTW, all of this "thinking" happened in a split second. Something occurred to me as odd, I was looking at the front of the car and not the back. Wait, It's coming at me, not away. WTF! Where do I go? Can't go right, there's a curb and a fence - won't make it. I chose to go to the left. Lots of room there. That was good until the driver realised his mistake and went there too.
I knew we were going to collide and it was now out of my control. A split second before I connected with the bumper I pulled my hands in, crossed my arms across my chest and tucked my head in. The next thing I know I'm opening my eyes and I'm elevated (about 5 feet?) in the air and not in motion. Mass confusion sets in momentarily... where am I?... why am I in the air?
I realise that I'm on the roof of the car on my back. Head facing front, legs rearward. I start that "systems self-check" (some of you know what I'm taking about). Pain in the neck, can I move my head a little? Ok. Pain anywhere else. No. Ok. Fingers moving. Yes, Ok and so forth on down the list. Finally I make the assessment that I should see if I can get up. Up I go. I'm now standing on top of his car and a few more "self-checks". I'm not bleeding out and nothing that I'm aware of at the moment is broken or out-of-place.
I definitely classified this accident as a near-death experience, but there was no "life flashing before my eyes" or "tunnels of light". It was just one moment you are here and then in an instant you are there with no recollection of how exactly you got "there". Bizarre.
I jump down on to the hood/bonnet and down to the street. The car is partially on top of my bike, total loss. Now begin the questions...
The driver was white as sheet. He thought he killed me. I would have too. I had to tell him to sit down several times. I thought he was going to pass out. The driver, was from Spokane and was not familiar with roads in Portland apparently, but he was still from the US so driving on the right-side is to all accounts, standard practice unless you're from Spokane maybe. He was driving on the wrong side of the road and was "somehow" confused. He saw at the last second and swerved to avoid me, informally meeting me.
After the impact, I gather I slid up the hood and smashed in the windshield of his car with backside my shoulder - evidenced by the shards of glass imbedded in my Langlitz Cascade - a jacket I still wear to this day among others - and some light shredding. There was no indication on the helmet that my head contacted any part of the car, thank goodness.
I was busy making calls on a borrowed cell phone, trying to get a friend over to help me out. By this time the police show up. The officer is looking under the car for me and can't figure out where I went. He sees me and the first thing out of his mouth is, "I've seen people die from less that what you went through." Thanks officer.
As I'm looking around snapping pictures (BTW you should always carry a camera with you, my friend brought it) I hear a kid tell his dad, "...that's one tough mother-fkr..." . Thankfully for me they saw the whole thing unfold and they too thought I was a goner. I just felt damn lucky having, for all practical purpose, just walked away from this mess.
My friend showed up with a truck and we loaded the bike on it and went off to the hospital to get checked out. Didn't want to go to sleep and not wake-up.
One of the hardest things I ever had to do up to that point in m life was to tell my parents I was ok.
The hospital "inspection" revealed that all was well and that only damage apparent was an impact to my groin unbeknownst to me at the time of the accident. From what I could ascertain, my crotch caught the windscreen on the bike and ripped it off. My whole groin was purple. For days afterward my girlfriend at the time was quite skittish, but in the interest in recovery and science all was found to work quite satisfactory. It wasn't until a few years back when I wanted to have kids that I found out I was shooting blanks. Everything is there, it just wasn't getting out. Doctors suspected a blockage. Was this a result of the accident? Nobody can say for sure, but it the chance is there. On the upside, my wife and I had two kids. We just had to "circumvent" the blockade, and went IVF.
The weeks following the accident, I had nightmares and anytime I heard a loud crash/bang I jumped out of my skin. In time it all went away.
The insurance company eventually settled for what I wanted. I would have liked more, but the injuries that I apparently suffered at the time were not sufficient to warrant it.
I got another motorcycle a few months later, a Moto Guzzi LeMans Mk I that I always dreamed about, and climbed back up on the horse.
The black circle around the glass and oil spot above is where the impact occurred. The driver moved his car over to the side.
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Location: El Dorado Hills, CA
Oddometer: 1,011
Glad you weren't hurt worse. Your groin probably hit the tank. Very common. Probably two dents in it from your pelvis.....also very common. Tall gas filler caps are also dangerous.
R1200RT (R1100RT gone)
KLR650 - gone
Don't be the guy who needs to pee on the fence to figure out that it's electrified.
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Oh you meant windshield.
Talk about your dangling participles!
I'm glad yours is still dangling.
Glad to hear you survived. I can't imagine being able to walk away from such an impact! Tough mutha effa indeed!
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Location: nwa
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wow! 10.0 for your dismount!
That'L do Pig,, That'L do
Dust in the wind...
Joined: Sep 2012
Location: Stuck in Levant
Oddometer: 128
When I was living in Los Angeles, I had just crossed Melrose heading south on La Brea and had somebody swerve into my lane sideswiping me as a result and ended up knocking the bike out from underneath me. On this I was not so lucky. I went sliding down the road banging my head against the street along the way while watching the wheels of passing cars go by me. I clearly remember thinking, "please don't drive over me..." . That event left me with a 3rd degree AC separation in my right shoulder. My head was ok, but the side of my helmet looked as though a cheese-grater had attacked it and I shaved off a good chunk off the side of one of my boots and ripped open one of my gloves. No pictures of that mess though.
That little encounter unpinned me for a while. It took a better part of a year or so to recover from the near-dislocation and to get my head straight so-to-speak, for me to get back on the bike full-time.
After 27 years of riding mostly street, I can't stress how important it is to wear the proper gear. Worst case, you get to the hospital with all your parts still with you contained inside your gear. Best case, you go home banged-up. You don't wear the gear, well good luck with that, picking the bits out of the asphalt.
I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Joined: Apr 2012
Location: Mount Clemens, MI
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Actually if you look at the hood, you can see the huge dent from his balls of steel. Glad everything worked out (both walking away and being able to have a family)
Joined: May 2012
Location: Firenze, Italia
Oddometer: 96
Glad to see the hi viz helmet (like mine) did ya good!
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Location: Southern New Jersey
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Glad you made it.
I think I would have bailed right onto the sidewalk.
Dodging to where the car SHOULD be is always risky.
That does not look like a high speed road, and wtf was the fool doing totally on the wrong side of the road???
It does not look like the kind of road where its easy to make that mistake.
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LACONIA — Shirley Ann Crockett, 79, of 30 County Drive and formerly of Heritage Terrace, Belmont died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. She was the widow of Donald L. Crockett who died April 18, 2004.
Mrs. Crockett was born February 2, 1934 in Laconia, N.H., the daughter of the late Gladys (Blackey) and Arthur E. Hurd, Sr. She was a long time resident of Belmont before moving to Laconia seven months ago and had been employed at the Laconia State School & Training Center for over thirty-seven years.
Mrs. Crockett was an avid bingo player, loved NASCAR, the Boston Red Sox, the Boston Bruins and the New England Patriots.
Survivors include her son, Clifton "Kip" Guay, Jr. and his wife, Joanne, of Belmont; nine grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; four brothers, Albert Hurd and his wife, Ernestine, of Gilford, Arnold Hurd and his wife, Jackie, of Meredith, Doug Hurd and his wife, Kirsten, of Virginia and Gerald Hurd and his wife, Anita, of Connecticut; two sisters, Betty Chamberlin and her husband, Stanton, of Gilford and Wanda Brunt and her husband, Jim, of Plymouth; four sisters-in-law, Barbara Hurd of Georgia and Margaret Hurd, Patricia Hurd and Carolee Hurd, all of Meredith and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Crockett was predeceased by a son, Richard A. Guay, and by four brothers, Arthur Hurd, Jr., Robert Hurd, Richard Hurd and Howard Hurd.
There will be no calling hours.
A private Graveside Service will be held at the family lot in Bayside Cemetery, Laconia.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, New Hampshire 03247.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.


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The first mainstream western discussion of sylphs comes with Alexander Pope. In Rape of the Lock, Pope satirizes French Rosicrucian and alchemical writings when he invents a theory to explain the sylph. In a parody of heroic poetry and the "dark" and "mysterious" literature of pseudo-science, and in particular the sometimes esoterically Classical heroic poetry of the 18th century in England and France, Pope pretends to have a new alchemy, in which the sylph is the mystically, chemically condensed humors of peevish women. In Pope's poem, women who are full of spleen and vanity turn into sylphs when they die because their spirits are too full of dark vapors to ascend to the skies. Belinda, the heroine of Pope's poem, is attended by a small army of sylphs, who foster her vanity and guard her beauty. This is a parody of Paracelsus, inasmuch as Pope imitates the earnest pseudo-science of alchemy to explain the seriousness with which vain women approach the dressing room. In a slight parody of the divine battle in John Milton's Paradise Lost, when the Baron of the poem attempts to cut a lock of Belinda's hair, the sylphs interpose their airy bodies between the blades of the scissors (to no effect whatsoever). The chief sylph in "The Rape of the Lock" has the same name as Prospero's servant in Shakespeare's The Tempest: Ariel.
"Sylph" has passed into general language as a term for minor spirits, elementals, or faeries of the air. Fantasy authors will sometimes employ sylphs in their fiction. Sylphs could create giant artistic clouds in the skies with their airy wings.


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The Big Brother 2012 house is the largest in the show's 12 year history, it has been claimed.
According to the Daily Star, bosses have completely redesigned the set based at Elstree.
A new batch of housemates will set foot inside the huge house next month, where they can enjoy more space than ever before.
And, of course, there will be a huge hot tub for late night drunken antics and a swimming pool as well for good measure.
"The house is almost ready," a supposed show source told the newspaper today. "But knowing Big Brother they may well throw in some last-minute changes."
Big Brother narrator Marcus Bentley previously teased that the new house had been "completely redesigned" for the new series, which starts on Channel 5 next month.
A nine-week long series of Big Brother starts in June, followed by a three month stint of Celebrity Big Brother straight after in August.
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A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police received reports that someone was in the street shooting an air weapon at cats.
Officers attended the scene, in Windsor Close, Newhall, shortly before 7pm last night.
When they arrived the found a man in the front garden of a house.
Derbyshire Police say a search inside the property revealed an air weapon and the man was arrested, and the weapon seized.
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On June 11, 2014, ONEOK Partners, L.P. announced it will participate in J.P. Morgan's Third Annual Energy Infrastructure/MLP One-on-One Corporate Access Day on Thursday, June 12, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The materials utilized at the conference were made available on the ONEOK Partners website, www.oneokpartners.com, on Thursday, June 12, beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (7 a.m. Central Daylight Time).
The information disclosed in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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By Genevieve Kotz
As an artist, Robin Tagliasacchi is always looking for a different way to see or create things, whether it's looking to architecture for a design inspiration or repurposing old wine boxes for specials menus at Cappelletti's, the Italian restaurant in Noyac she owns with her husband, Luigi.
"I like an odd perspective—not an obvious perspective," She explained, "I get inspiration from not very conventional places." She uses this creative outlook in her art—painting the backs of flowers for a still life, for example—and for her businesses.
Stepping in to the cozy, welcoming restaurant on Noyac Road, visitors will be immediately struck by the eclectic grouping of art that is hung on the walls, from the charcoal figure drawings in the dining room, the canvased photographs of Sissy's farm, to the assemblage of colorful Cappelletti's menus on the wall—They are all done by Mrs. Tagliasacchi.
Not only has Mrs. Tagliasacchi created all of the art in the restaurant, but she is also in charge of the marketing and branding, from the menus, the advertisements and the logo to the business cards and even the colorful postcards that run the gamut from pop-art-esque lips to nostalgic throwbacks.
"My forte is creating," Mrs. Tagliasacchi said. "If I'm creating art, creating dishes for the restaurant, creating ads, creating what this room is going to look like…it's my wheelhouse."
Mrs. Tagliasacchi, a Sag Harbor native with a head for entrepreneurship, has been creating art throughout her life and continues to take classes and courses to expand her skills. Whether she is explaining her design process or gushing over the work of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, it is clear she has the heart of an artist. Mrs. Tagliasacchi loves charcoal and watercolor, but also loves—and most frequently uses—graphic design.
"It's cyclical with me. I'll go through the mediums and start again," she said of her creative process, "Once you do it too much, it's not creative anymore."
Mrs. Tagliasacchi creates art every day, always trying to keep it fresh.
Lately, she has been doing sketches, finding a view that she finds interesting, whether it's the edge of a boat or knocked down mailboxes. Mrs. Tagliasacchi, who works on her art every day, notes that many times her art will end up in the restaurant somehow, either on the walls or in an advertisement.
Mrs. Tagliasacchi begins the creative process for the restaurant's advertising in January because, she said, it is important to create a strong presence for a restaurant that is not located on Sag Harbor's Main Street, where it is far easier to get walk-in traffic. She starts with sketching, later progressing to graphic design and is constantly fine-tuning her creations.
"You have a nanosecond to catch someone's attention," Mrs. Tagliasacchi said. Favoring simple advertisements that welcome rather than shout, Mrs. Tagliasacchi is also attentive to the negative space, not wanting to clutter or over-decorate an ad.
The ads are always creative and fresh, but Mrs. Tagliasacchi always tries to incorporate her husband, who she said was the persona of the restaurant. The logo, which started off as the bare bones of a fish, now includes a simple line drawn figure of a nostalgic man wearing a bowler cap. The model, of course, was Mr. Tagliasacchi.
Mrs. Tagliasacchi also created the restaurant's website, and said she continues to look for ways to improve it to meet her customers' needs.
The Tagliasacchi's put extreme detail into their restaurant, from the dishes they create to the tactile paper they use for the menus. Everything they do is to create the most enjoyable, friendly and delicious experience for the customers.
Mr. Tagliasacchi, who is originally from Florida, has always been involved with the restaurant business. He met Robin in Sag Harbor, and together, the couple have raised three children—Nick, Alicia, and Joy—and served the Sag Harbor community with delicious food.
After opening Espresso's in 1993, and selling it in 2005, the couple expected to go back to Florida for a year before opening a new restaurant. Unfortunately for them – and fortunately for Sag Harbor residents—it was a hurricane year. They soon came back to the East End, bought the space that is now Cappelletti's and opened it the following year. They are currently in their ninth season and carry on with the successful formula of Mr. Tagliasacchi running the kitchen seven days a week and Mrs. Tagliasacchi in charge of the floor, the bills, and of course, the art.
Although the restaurant is a bit off the beaten path, it has a loyal fan base from "wonderful locals" to summer people, she said.
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Washington Huskies vs. LSU Tigers Free College Football Pick
- Updated: September 7, 2012
College Football Picks
Washington Huskies
LSU Tigers
Date/Time: September 8, 7:00 pm EST
Television: ESPN
NFL Odds from Bookmaker
Point Spread: LSU -23.5
Total: 53
Football Betting Game Trends
Washington Huskies
- Washington is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
- Washington is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games
- Washington is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games
- Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
- Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road
LSU Tigers
- LSU is 15-1 SU in its last 16 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of LSU's last 5 games
- LSU is 22-1 SU in its last 23 games at home
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of LSU's last 7 games at home
NCAA Football – Week 2
WGame Overview:
The Washington Huskies face the tough task of heading to Baton Rouge to take on the LSU Tigers this weekend. Washington has improved a great deal in the last few years, but this game will be a big measuring stick for the program. LSU is ranked third in the country, and many people believe this team could be back in the BCS Championship game at the end of the year. How will the Tigers respond to their first test of the season?
Keith Price is one of the best quarterbacks in the nation. When Jake Locker left Washington, many thought they would experience a major dropoff. Keith Price made sure that didn't happen at all. Price re-wrote the record books at Washington last season. Price threw for 3,063 yards and 33 touchdowns in 2011. The Huskies lost star running back Chris Polk after the 2011 season, so it will be interesting to see if they can get any kind of running game going in this one. Receiver Kasen Williams is a play maker on the outside, and the team will try to get him involved as much as possible.
Washington's defense has struggled in a big way the last few years. Baylor ran up 67 points on this defense, and just about everyone ran the ball at will on this front seven. The secondary is a much improved unit, featuring star freshman Shaq Thompson. The front seven will still be a problem, and that will probably be exposed by LSU's strong offensive line.
LSU won last year largely because of their dominating defense. The team did lose Tyrann Mathieu to suspension this year, but I don't expect this unit to skip a beat. LSU has two of the best defensive ends in the nation in Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgombery. Expect them to be in the backfield often this year. Eric Reid is one of the best shutdown corners in the country. The Tigers have tons of team speed all across the defense. LSU gave up just 11.3 points per game last season. It's tough to find a weakness on this defense.
LSU was a little inconsistent on the offensive side of the ball last year, and that will need to be where the team improves in 2012. Zach Mettenberger comes in with extremely high expectations at the quarterback position. Mettenberger is a big strong quarterback with a cannon for an arm. After Jordan Jefferson struggled so badly last year, it's hard to imagine that Mettenberger wouldn't be a significant upgrade. He has one of the nation's best offensive lines in front of him this year. LSU has three talented running backs who should all see significant playing time. The Tigers offense should definitely be better this year than they were last season.
Free Pick:
Washington wasn't impressive at all in their 21-12 win over San Diego State last week. LSU had a snoozer against North Texas in the opener. In this one, I think LSU's defense gets after Price early and often. The Huskies are too one-dimensional on offense to beat this LSU defense. Washington's defense won't be able to handle the LSU offensive line. I think the Tigers cover here.
LSU 41 Washington 13
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App Marketing Bargains in Store for February
Last year, the cost to acquire a loyal user in January was only 10 cents lower than December.
But February had a much steeper drop, going down 28 cents, despite having volume similar to December.
With heightened user activity and app discovery continuing long beyond the holiday season, February is a bargain time for reaching peak volumes of users at a lower cost.
Mobile App Marketing: Why WWE Does It Best
Once again, mobile and social media marketers can learn a lot about their craft from the unlikely educators at World Wrestling Entertainment.
Yes, we're talking about the WWE – a professional wrestling organization known the world over, but not just for their body slams and colorful characters.
These days, the WWE is one of the world's leading mobile and social marketing machines,
and their brand has benefited bountifully from their aggressive focus on mobile communications and entertainment.
Infographic: The Effectiveness of Mobile App Push Marketing
According to Responsys' SVP of Emerging Channels Michael Della Penna, by 2020 there will be 75 billion devices connected to the Internet of Things.
This aren't people… Our homes, our automobiles, our platforms, and even our medical devices are all developing comprehensive mobile and tablet applications with push notifications.
To learn more about the great ways push notifications can work for you click here.
Global app trends: Americas drive monetisation for developers
A global survey of application developers and publishers that provides a pulse on the app economy, results showed that developers are creating more apps than ever.
For a full overview of the report click here.
You and your start-up team have been working your product for a while, its just gone through a successful beta testing phase and is now generally available and ripe for purchase.
It has gone "LIVE".
At this point you'd like to market your solution's General Availability,
which is also referred to as a production release. These releases are considered to be stable, do not have serious bugs and are ripe for use in production.
The time has come to market it with a General Availability Announcement (GAA).
There are quite a few ways to do this that we will go over in this post.
But, first you must define your messages and shape your content for the different audiences you aim to reach, because there are many.
For example, a pitch to a writer will be different than creating a 140 character message for tweeting.
7 Things All Good Business Apps Have in Common
After a 100,000 or so mobile apps, we've gained a pretty good idea of what makes an app good.
The seven things listed below are the features shared by almost all of the good business apps we've seen.
We designed the Bizness Apps app builder to include each of these features,
and to make it easy for our customers to stay close to these core goals when making their businesses' apps.
By keeping them in mind, you're really keeping your users in mind, which is always a good idea.
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Can You Double Your Clicks with the Jeopardy Effect?
Do you want more clicks on your tweets? Or, on your marketing links in emails or ads?
Or, if you are a blogger, journalist, or content writer, could you do with more traffic to your articles?
A new study by researchers at the BI Norwegian Business School demonstrates that phrasing headlines in a particular way more than doubled clicks, on average.
The Jeopardy Effect: What's the unique premise of Jeopardy, the long-running TV trivia series?
The show's odd quirk, and perhaps part of its secret to success, is that contestants must phrase their response in the form of a question.
Competitors have lost when they had the correct answer but failed to offer it as a question.
It turns out that there's an important lesson there for marketers and writers, too.
The Norwegian researchers found that what is mandatory on Jeopardy also works in attracting clicks to tweets and ad headlines.
Multiple experiments showed that writing headlines in question format almost always increased clicks, and sometimes boosted the click rate by as much as 3, 4, and even 5 times!
On average, question headlines outperformed declarative headlines by 140 – 150%.


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LTE is automatically off if you're not in an LTE area, there's no real way to turn the HSPA+ off though since it's on the same antenna as 3G. It's a pity you can't, too. I'd like greater control over which one is active, switching to 2G when the phone isn't doing much could save a lot of battery.
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Jill Over (b. 1945, Dayton, Ohio) has been an activist and feminist since college. Following her year at the University of Ghana and a two-month Study Seminar in ten African countries in 1965-1966, she became an ardent supporter of African liberation movements. In the 1970s in Connecticut, she was active in the anti-war (Vietnam), women's rights, abortion rights, and anti-nuclear movements. In the pre-Roe vs. Wade years, she worked with an underground movement for women seeking safe abortions. After earning a graduate degree in social work at the University of Connecticut in 1976, she moved to Durham, North Carolina, and worked in hospitals, women's clinics, social services, and schools. Her activities as a school social worker included the development of a human sexuality curriculum for elementary school children and a Drive-A-Teen program for high school students. She also participated in community groups focused on adolescent issues. In the 1980s, her activism centered on community-based groups in support of self-determination for Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. As the Chapter Coordinator of Physicians for Social Responsibility in the 1990s, a main issue was the hazards of low-level radioactive waste.
Collection includes publications and research files related to human rights, social justice activism, and peace in Latin America and the United States; as well as ephemera, pamphlets, periodicals, and clippings related to youth liberation, sex education, reproductive health, and feminism, primarily dating from the 1970s and 1980s.
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
Collection includes publications and research files related to human rights, social justice activism, and peace in Latin America and USA; as well as ephemera, pamphlets, periodicals, and clippings related to youth liberation, sex education, reproductive health, and feminism, especially during the 1970s and 1980s.


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True friends are like stars
Some are near and some are far
They will always be there
to calm you in your time of fear
True friends are like the sun
Wishing brightness for everyone
Always wanting the best for you
happiness, health, prosperity too
True friends are like the rain
Time to time the truth to say
Truthfully telling how they feel
You may detest it, this friend is real
True friends are like the moon
A shining light to remove your gloom
Always lending a helping hand
Even when you thought there was no one
True friendship lives on forever,
Through rough or pleasant weather
Have you tried being a true friend too,
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'Beauty and the Geek' plays a numbers game
I was not at all thrilled going into this season of Beauty and the Geek mainly because of the big change. Last season, the experiment "evolved" by having a male beauty and female geek. Coming into the fifth season, instead of mismatched pairs, it's the team of beauties versus all the geeks.
Spoilers disguised in a fat suit with some acne and a hook nose.
My main resistance to the new formula is the fact that without the beauty/geek pairing, what exactly is the incentive for the two groups to seek each other out and, you know, learn? The geeks weren't too excited with this new prospect either since they of course hoped they'd have their very own beauty to bunk with. The beauties seemed "eh" about it.
The first elimination challenge pitted the two teams against each other to get the most digits at a club, and to "level the playing field," the beauties would get makeunders. Um, excuse me, but the rules of society say that that isn't level. Less attractive men are more acceptable/successful than less attractive women. That's why a whole season of beauties/geeks with genders switched hasn't happened.
From what I could tell, some of the geeks were well and truly geeky. But sweater vest enthusiast Tommy? He's not only kind of cute, but he's way social. I think I heard him say something was a "party foul" and he was definitely well-received at the club. Even the beauties noticed, especially Leticia, who is my favorite so far. She's pretty, but as an extreme sports model, she doesn't put up with the usual girly BS like catfighting. In her eyes, Tom is "surprisingly dateable."
In the end, the beauties actually won, which showed me that my protests about societal inequalities were all for naught. I don't care. It's still true. I do have to wonder though what this "club" was and who these people were. If there were somehow in on it ... does it count? But Mike said they called all the numbers to ascertain that they weren't fake.
How much boo-hooing can we take each time the girls win and have to pick geeks for elimination? God, I hope the geeks wins some challenges. I give a seal of approval to the new elimination room, which is a rapid-fire game show-type thing with buzzers. Get a question right? You're safe.
Of the five on the chopping block, John (former child genius) was the only one I didn't really feel (I'm sure the editing made it so), so I didn't feel bad when he was the slowest on the draw and thus the first to go. But it was weird how hard he took it, pacing, having trouble breathing. I thought he was going to throw up or faint and our host would have to perform CPR.
Thoughts and Highlights:
- As much as I love the word "gaysian," I don't love Greggy. He needs to suck it up. Maybe this show will be good for him.
- Some of the makeunders weren't all that bad, like with Cara who got the fat suit because her face is still pretty. It's like the pretty ones on The Biggest Loser. Also, Jillian may have had acne, but that outfits still showed off her Playboy bunny body.
- Amber's flirtation with Joe and then (in scenes from the upcoming season) with Tommy made me ill. She needs to work with them, not seduce them. This isn't Paradise Hotel. Maybe she wants them discombobulated.
- How great was the fight between the chicken-eating Randi and Amber, who resorted to name-calling: "Oompa Loompa! Fatty!"
- Cowboy Joe must die.
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Driving tips for avoiding collisions with
Collisions between cars and wild animals can result in serious
vehicle damage, personal injury or even death. In Ontario alone,
one out of every 17 motor-vehicle collisions involves wildlife, and
that number is on the rise due to climate change, human
encroachment and an increase in some wildlife populations. Tosh
Gierek, Wildlife Management Coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources says "While animal behaviour can be
unpredictable, there are some precautions you can take while
driving to help you steer clear of wildlife on the road."
Watch for wildlife-warning road signs
These signs are posted where a history of wildlife collisions has
occurred so reduce your speed.
Exercise extra caution at dusk and dawn
Peak collision times are 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.,
when deer and moose are most active. "They stay relatively low-key
during the day, sleep at night and move to and from their night
time bedding areas," Gierek explains.
Be mindful of the fall mating and migration
Many animals look for mates in the autumn, thus they tend to travel
and cross roads more frequently. Seasonal migration also means more
critters are on the move.
Reduce speed and stay alert
If you spot wildlife while you're driving, slow down and pass
carefully as precaution. As most animals travel in groups, driving
slowly will give you the chance to stop in case other animals
decide to follow. "Wildlife collisions can be unpredictable and
often occur with little warning. Reducing speed and paying full
attention while driving is the best way to stay safe," Gierek
Brake for moose
These animals may escape the path of a vehicle by running along the
road-a serious hazard for other drivers. If you encounter a moose
while driving, British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and
Infrastructure suggests pulling over to the curb, if safe to do so,
or slowing down to a very low speed until the animal leaves the
Stay in control
If wildlife is crossing or standing on the road, brake firmly. Do
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Susan L. Taylor
Published DateGILMANTON — Graveside services for Susan L. Taylor, 50, of 1 Applewood Ave, will be held in the family plot at Pine Grove Cemetery in Gilmanton on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 1 p.m.
Susan died Saturday, December 22, 2012 in her home after a brief illness.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Liver Foundation 39 Broadway, Suite 2700, New York, New York 10006 or to the MakeA-Wish Foundation of NH, 814 Elm Street STE 300, Manchester, NH 03131-2230.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com .


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Where Are They Now? The Bachelor's Nicki Sterling
Remember Nicki Sterling, the brunette bombshell from Ben Flajnik's season of The Bachelor? No? It's probably because she has gone off the Bachelor Nation Grid and escaped into the horrifying wasteland known as real life.
Nicki has barely been heard from since wrapping up Ben's season –– her twitter is quiet, her Facebook is a deserted tundra of old pictures, and the worst part? She hasn't even posted any updates about her dating life. This is us being anguished.
Here's what we know: Nicki is still working as a dental hygienist in The Lone Star State, and her job bio at Dallas Dental Solutions mentions that she "enjoys jogging, rollerblading, (all outdoor activities and sports really), spending time with family and friends, baking, watching and attending sporting events, attending concerts, dancing, and just plain loving life!"
Sounds fab! But the people need more. If you crave deets about Nicki's mysterious life, head to Twitter and encourage her to give fans an update. You can reach Nicki @nickis_rdh, and believe us –– the situation is urgent. This gal's last tweet was in September, which is basically a lifetime ago in social networking.
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Title X: Part C Homeless Education
All school districts are required to provide needed services to homeless children. The department receives funding for the program through the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant Program and distributes grants competitively to LEAs that have developed programs that document effective collaboration among school districts and service providers to ensure that homeless children in that district receive needed services.
McKinney-Vento Definition of "Homeless"
Subtitle B of Title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act) defines "homeless" as follows:
The term "homeless children and youths"--
- means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (within the meaning of section 103(a)(1)); and
- includes--
- children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;
- children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (within the meaning of section 103(a)(2)(C));
- children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
- migratory children (as such term is defined in section 1309 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).
Procedures for Dispute Resolution Re: Education Placement for Homeless Children & Youths
Any dispute regarding the educational placement of a homeless child or youth shall be reported to the LEA school board office, where a record of the dispute should be made and referred to the homeless education coordinator. LEA officials should review the State Plan and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. LEA officials should also review the LEA Assurances to the Tennessee Department of Education regarding the removal of barriers to enrollment, school selection, and the provision of comparable services. All parties (principals, homeless coordinators, child's parents/guardians, social worker, and youth involved) shall meet, discuss the issue; and arrive at a decision.
Resolutions of disputes regarding educational placement shall be accomplished within ten school days. Disputes not resolved within ten school days are to be reported to the state coordinator for the education of homeless children and youth. The state coordinator will then take the necessary action to promptly resolve the dispute in accordance with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. The child/youth must be immediately admitted to the school in which he/she is seeking enrollment, pending resolution of the dispute. The parent/guardian must be provided with a written explanation of the school's decision on the dispute and shall have the right to appeal the decision.
Links of Interest
- Homeless Resources
- Homeless Strategies
- Guidance for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program
- LEA Requirements for the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act
- Sample LEA Policy for Homeless Education
- Tennessee's Homeless State Plan
- National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
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Type 1 Error – The (Un)Apophenic Effects of HAARP, 2012///
Advancements in explication of earths external biosphere may reveal unforeseen value and meaning inherent in the ionospheric suprastrata. In turn, radiophysical milieu and atmospheric composition may force a new level of critical ontological awareness. The cumulative efforts of political design, formal design, technical production, and legal trusteeship manifest coded layers of control, authority, and legitimisation in the dimension of the real. These combined, as in the case of HAARP may be seen as the palpable realisation of the tele-energy postulates of 1940′s science fiction prophets. HAARP – High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project is a facility based in Gakona, South Central Alaska consisting of a large field of antennae producing high energy electromagnetic fields transmitted into the ionosphere. HAARP is presented as a civilian project with the potential to curtail hurricanes and repair holes in the ozone layer. More recently, critics of the project have speculated that such PR masks the military potential for creating super wave / quasi-neurotelepathic weapons. Postulated capabilities of this weaponry include controlling the weather, unleashing climatic catastrophes and the destabilisation of human neurophysiological function over distance.
In a search for connection and meaning "Type 1 Error – The (Un)Apophenic Effects of HAARP" is a data visualisation that attempts to correlate data sets produced through research at HAARP with other unassociated online data sets. It invites a critical paranoiac reading of these datum and may provide immunity against the age of latency.