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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 There is evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people, but the world needs "clear evidentiary facts" before acting, a White House official said today.
The official spoke to reporters on background after the release of a White House letter to Senate leaders saying that "our intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin."
For some time, President Barack Obama has been concerned that Bashar Assad's regime would use some of its significant chemical stockpile against the Syrian people, and he tasked intelligence agencies to monitor the country, the official said. The president has said any number of times that Syrian use of chemical weapons or transfer of chemical weapons to terror groups would cross a "red line."
While intelligence indicates that sarin was used, more facts need to be ascertained, the White House official said.
"The chain of custody is not clear, so we cannot confirm how the exposure occurred and under what conditions," he said. "If we reach a definitive determination that this red line has been crossed based on credible corroborated information, what we will be doing is consulting closely with our friends and allies and the international community more broadly, and the Syrian opposition, to determine what the best course of action is.
"All options are on the table," he continued, "and it could run … a broad spectrum of activity across … various lines of activity in Syria."
The president is calling on the United Nations to lead a comprehensive evaluation of the evidence and establish what exactly took place, the official said. While the U.N. investigation proceeds, he added, U.S. officials will work with friends, allies and the Syrian opposition to procure, share and evaluate additional information.
"Given the stakes involved, given how serious the situation is and what we've learned from our own recent experience, intelligence assessments are not alone sufficient [for action]," the official said. "Only credible and corroborated facts that provide us with some degree of certainty can then guide our decision making."
News reports have said that Syrian forces used chemical weapons in Aleppo, Damascus and Homs. The official would not comment on the areas where the "physiological evidence" came from. Typically physiological evidence comes from tissue, soil or water samples, officials said.
The United States is aiding Syrians seeking to overthrow the Assad regime. America has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in nonlethal aid to the people of Syria and for training for opposition leaders.


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Updated: 12/04/2012 10:51 AM KSTP.com By: Hannah Anderson
Do you have the skills to be a Minnesotan? Making a snow fort and catching and filleting a fish are just a couple skills you might be able to learn from a local author's new book.
Chris Niskanen, "MN Book of Skills" author, joined KSTP to talk about his new book.
He took all of the common questions like how to dress in layers, how to fillet a walleye and put them between two covers and added a more, Niskanen said.
Things like finding out how ice is safe, especially at this time of year, was something Niskanen said he talks about in the book too.
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By Alex Brown (@AlexBrownNJ), Laura Ryan (@NJLJRyan), Brendan Sasso (@BrendanSasso), and Dustin Volz (@dnvolz)
TODAY IN ONE PARAGRAPH: Netflix struck a deal Sunday to ensure its videos stream runs more smoothly for Comcast customers. The interconnection deal doesn't affect the "last mile" in the network to consumers' homes, so it wouldn't be covered by the FCC's net neutrality rules (which were thrown out anyway). But consumer groups are raising concerns, and the issue could come up as the FCC re-writes its net neutrality rules and scrutinizes Comcast's planned merger with Time Warner Cable.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?: The deal bypasses "middle-man" backbone providers like Cogent Communications, and gives Netflix direct access to Comcast's network. The companies didn't fully disclose the terms of the deal, so it's not clear how much Netflix is paying Comcast. But the important thing is that it's paying something. Just a few months ago, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings insisted that his company wouldn't have to pay broadband providers anything for direct connections to customers. Direct access is beneficial to both broadband providers and Netflix, he argued. But apparently Hastings caved as millions of Netflix's Comcast users experienced deteriorating video quality in recent weeks.
The amount of money exchanged in the deal was likely small, but it sets a new precedent for the relationships between Web companies and broadband providers. It also highlights Comcast's growing clout as the largest broadband provider in the country—a market power that would only grow with its planned purchase of Time Warner Cable. Will other broadband providers demand similar payments? Will these interconnection deals become like the Internet equivalent of expensive retransmission fights in the TV industry? Will regulators get involved? For now, the answers to those questions remain unclear.John Bergmayer, a staff attorney for Public Knowledge, criticized the secrecy of the arrangement. "No one on the outside knows what is happening in this market," he said. "However, it is clear that residential ISPs should be in the business of charging their users for access [to] the Internet, not of charging the rest of the Internet for access to their users."
HOUSE TO VOTE ON PHONE UNLOCKING: The House is expected to vote this week on H.R. 1123, Rep. Bob Goodlatte's cell-phone unlocking bill. The measure would overturn a Library of Congress decision that limited the ability of consumers to switch their phones to different cellular providers. But consumer group Public Knowledge has dropped its support, saying the new version of the bill "fails to address the flawed" copyright law and inappropriately excludes bulk unlocking.
RENEWED PUSH FOR PRIVACY BILL: Dozens of groups—including the ACLU, Public Knowledge, NAACP, Consumers Union, and the Center for Digital Democracy—will send a letter to President Obama Monday, urging him to draft a comprehensive consumer privacy bill. The White House announced a "privacy bill of rights" in 2012, but has done little since to push for legislation.
DROPBOX JOINS ANTI-NSA GROUP: The online storage site added its name to Reform Government Surveillance—a team already boasting such tech titans as Google, Facebook, and Yahoo—on Friday, marking the first addition to the coalition's ranks since it formed in December. The group was last seen throwing its support (albeit somewhat tepidly) behind the "Day We Fight Back" protest against NSA spying earlier this month, an event that also urged Congress to pass the USA Freedom Act.
BLACKBURN BILL WOULD BLOCK NET NEUTRALITY: GOP Rep. Marsha Blackburn introduced the Internet Freedom Act on Friday to block the FCC from writing new net neutrality rules.
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FORMS PAC: The large patent holder filed the necessary paperwork with the FEC last week, spooking much of the patent reform community. Ventures is commonly trotted out by reform advocates as the boogeyman of patent trolling, a company that accrues enormous profit by asserting its patents against innovators. The timing of the PAC efforts is curious, as Ventures stayed relatively quiet last year when the House debated and ultimately passed the Innovation Act. The Senate Judiciary is working now to strike a compromise among numerous stakeholders, but an exact path forward remains elusive. (Julian Hattem, The Hill)
Monday: Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker heads to Silicon Valley for a conversation with LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner and a visit to Facebook's headquarters. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FTC Commissioner Julie Brill participate in a daylong event on student data privacy hosted by Common Sense Media.
Tuesday: The House may vote on an amended H.R. 1123, a cell-phone unlocking bill from Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte that would upend a decision that bars users from opening their phones to other wireless networks. The Commerce Department and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration is holding a meeting to develop a privacy code of conduct for facial recognition technology at 5 p.m. The New American Foundation is hosting a panel discussion on the the economic impact of the NSA spying revelations at 4:00 p.m.
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Wednesday: The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a subcommittee hearing on competition in the wireless market at 10:00 a.m. Executives from Verizon and T-Mobile are expected to testify.
Thursday: NSA Director Keith Alexander will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the U.S. Strategic and Cyber Command's Defense Authorization Request for 2015 at 9:30 a.m. The New America Foundation will hold another event on E-Rate for the 21st Century at 10:00 a.m.
APPLE, SAMSUNG FAIL TO SETTLE PATENT CASE: Apple and Samsung weren't able to resolve the most recent battle in their 3-year old patent dispute with a settlement, so they will face each other in court next month. (Yun-Hee Kim, WSJ)
ROSENWORCEL ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM: Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel discusses the looming unlicensed spectrum crunch and what the FCC can do about it in an article penned for Re/Code.
GOOGLE'S HIGH FIBER DIET: "Does the king of high-margin, low-overhead search and advertising really want to get into the heavy-lifting, highly regulated world of being a nationwide broadband provider?" (Roben Farzad, Businessweek)
DISH'S ERGEN BLASTS COMCAST MERGER: Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is not a fan of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger. "There is nothing that I can see that's positive about it for anybody in the video or broadband or content business." The comments follow similar remarks by DirecTV CEO Mike White. (Shalini Ramachandran, WSJ)
WOULD GOOGLE BUY VERIZON?: Steve Donohue offers an intriguing theory for why a Google-Verizon merger might not be so far-fetched. (FierceWireless)
STEVE JOBS ON YOUR MAIL: He's getting his own postage stamp in 2015, but the design is still under development. (Timothy Lee, WaPo)
NSA STILL SPYING ON GERMAN LEADERS: Agents aren't tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone anymore, resorting instead to the lines of other top government officials, according to a German paper citing an NSA official stationed in the country. (Megan Geuss, Ars Technica)
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Oceania is geographically one of IUCN's largest regional programmes, covering over 100 million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean. The region comprises Australia, New Zealand and the 22 Pacific Island countries and territories making up Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The total human population is estimated at approximately 35 million, of whom nearly two thirds are resident in Australia. Learn more
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Pacific protected area and other conserved areas agenda advanced at key regional fora
A series of Pacific regional workshops and gatherings provided an important opportunity to review and enhance the frame for the Pacific protected area agenda, with the participation of numerous regional partners, IUCN commissions and members. These events represented the occasion to directly engage with the Pacific stakeholders on BIOPAMA initiatives and invite input, exchange and collaboration. … | French
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The Value of Life Cycle Analysis to combat against "Greenwashing"*
You probably know that burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide (CO2) - one of the greenhouse gases that cause the global warming of the planet - and other pollutants. But we often forget that CO2 emissions and contamination also occur during the extraction, refining, and transportation of oil products. For Small Island Nations like those in the Pacific, transportation of fuels plays a proportionately larger role in generating the carbon footprint of fuels. …
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Climate change has emerged as a key threat to a diverse range of ecosystems in Australia and beyond, according to studies published in a special issue of the journal Austral Ecology. …
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Join us this month for Hot Pink by Adam Levin. Our members choose this month's selection from a list of three local authors. Copies of the book will be available at the Main Library a month before the discussion.Library: Offsite
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Mourinho is likely to leave at the end of the season his current job at Real Madrid, where he has angered many with his antics. Paris St Germain have been heavily linked with the Portuguese.
"Would I train in France? It's a possibility, but I do not know when," Mourinho was quoting as telling Canal +. "I cannot say when, but why not?"


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Mastery of English Language Development Program Receives $150,000 Grant
A $150,000 award from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations of Jacksonville, Fla., will help the School of Education to provide teachers in the rural communities of the Willamette Education Service District with training to help them more effectively reach students of limited English proficiency.
The grant provides funding for the Center of Excellence in Teaching's Mastery of English Language Development Skills (MELDS) Program, which will begin enrolling teachers this fall.
"During a tough economic climate and a defining time for local schools, the MELDS Program gives teachers the tools to respond to a changing student population and educational environment," says Cheryl K. Brown, Director of MELDS and the Center for Excellence in Teaching. MELDS will help to combat high dropout rates among minority student populations by mentoring teachers, reaching out to parents, and communicating closely with students.
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations' endorsement of MELDS has been instrumental in helping the School of Education to seek additional funding to serve a greater number of local teachers.


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Apple has just released an EFI firmware update 2.6.
The update is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012) models and fixes a few issues.
The Kindle app for the Mac has been updated, brining Lion gesture support, amongst other things.
The Kindle app gives users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You'll have access to over 1,000,000* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up where you left off on another device.
• Support for Lion gestures (panning and swiping).
• Support for Kindle Format 8 books, providing richer formatting.
• Improved support for larger libraries; Bug fixes and performance improvements.
• Improved performance for books that have a large number of notes and highlights.
• Support for Japanese.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes.
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Mozilla have released Firefox 14 and it includes full screen support for Mac OS X Lion.
You can read the full release notes here.
Have you tried it yet? Let us know by leaving us a comment below.
Sonos have updated their Controller for iPad software to include support for Retina devices.
Control all of your music, in every room, from your iPad. Manage your iTunes library, the best online music services, shows and podcasts, and thousands of radio stations around the world on the multi-pane view, exclusive to iPad. Browse through cover art or drag and drop to create playlists to stream through every room of your home. Play a different song in each room, or play together in perfect synchronization, while adjusting the individual volume of each player.
Use with the SONOS PLAY:3 or SONOS PLAY:5 or any Sonos ZonePlayer running v3.5 or higher to enjoy all of your music, in every room.
•Stream all the music on earth all over the house, wirelessly – no docking or computer required.
•Works seamlessly with Anubis.fm, Aupeo!, Deezer, iheartradio, Last.fm, MOG, Napster®, Pandora®, Rdio®, Rhapsody®, SiriusXM™ Internet Radio, Spotify®, Stitcher, Wolfgang's Vault®, and downloads from any service offering DRM-free tracks. (Service availability varies by region.)
•Instantly access music stored on your computer, and play music from a NAS drive or Apple Time Capsule without turning on your computer.
•Play a different song in every room or the same song in perfect synchronization.
•Control the music selection and volume in each room individually.
•Search for any song with the touch-screen keyboard.
•Drag and drop songs or albums into the queue or now playing pane.
•Wake up or fall asleep to your favorite music or Internet radio station with full-featured alarms.
•Set up or expand the Sonos system wirelessly with the touch of a finger.
•Play Apple Airplay® music sources all over the home
Requires at least one Sonos ZonePlayer. To start playing music, one ZonePlayer or Bridge must be connected to the router, then all the rest work wirelessly.
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FireCore have released an update to Seas0nPass which finally brings with it support for untethered jailbreak of iOS 5.1.1.
Here is what they said:
Today we are happy to release a brand new version of Seas0nPass that provides an untethered jailbreak of the latest 5.0.1 (iOS 5.1.1) software for the 2nd gen Apple TV. Massive thanks goes to @pod2g and Co. for the countless hours that went into making this new release possible.
What about the new 3rd gen Apple TV?
Unfortunately Seas0nPass is not yet compatible with the new ATV3. Work is still ongoing and we'lll be sure to announce any and all news as soon as it becomes available.
Which plugins are currently supported on 5.0.1?
- Couch Surfer (works)
- Last.fm (works)
- Maintenance (works)
- Media Player (works)
- NitoTV (works)
- Plex (works)
- RSS Feeds (works)
- Rowmote (works)
- Weather (works)
- XBMC (works)
- Overflow (not working)
- Remote HD (not working)
As always, Seas0nPass is available as a free download from Seas0nPass.com.
FireCore have released an update to Seas0nPass taking it to version 0.8.4.
Here is what they said:
Adds [tethered] support for ver. 5.0.1 (iOS 5.1.1) on ATV2. ATV3 update still in progress.
As always, Seas0nPass is available as a free download from Seas0nPass.com.
Apple has just released OS X Lion 10.7.4 updated into the wild.
The 10.7.4 update is recommended for all OS X Lion users and includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac including fixes that:
The full release notes say:
Iomega have released updated firmware for it's Home Media Network Hard Drive, bringing with it Time Machine support for Lion.
Version 2.104 – Release date 04/11/12:
Iomega strongly recommends all customers download the update file and review the included ReadMe. This update will change some of the default behaviors on your device.
This update is not data destructive and will upgrade your current version, however, ALWAYS back up your data before performing any firmware update.
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Last week we told you that Apple had released an update to remove the Flashback malware, now they have released a Flashback malware removal tool for Lion.
This update removes the most common variants of the Flashback malware. This update contains the same malware removal tool as Java for OS X 2012-003.
If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.
In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.
This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed.
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There is a new version of Skype for the Mac available – version 5.6 which enables full screen mode in Lion.
New features and improvements in Skype 5.6 for Mac include:
Automatic Updates
Skype will now automatically upgrade to newer versions when minor and critical updates are released. This will keep you on the cutting edge with Skype's newest features.
UI improvement in group video calling
Switch between dynamic mode and non-dynamic mode in group video calls with 5 or more participants. With dynamic mode on, the person who is speaking is automatically moved to the top of the screen.
Support for full screen mode in OS X Lion
Now, you can take advantage of full screen mode in Skype. This feature eliminates distractions from the Dock and Menu bars, while enhancing your interaction with your loved ones.
Ability to delete conversations
Delete messages within a conversation, as well as remove conversations from the sidebar and your history.
Ability to disable Audio Gain Control from Preferences
Disable the automatic adjustment of your microphone setting in your preferences in order to reduce the background noise during conference calls.
Download Skype 5.6 for Mac from here.
FireCore have released an update to Seas0nPass taking it to version 0.8.2.
Here is what they said:
Today we are happy to release a new version of Seas0nPass that simplifies the installation of older firmware versions. This process called 'stitching' allows Seas0nPass to utilize previously saved firmware signatures to jailbreak and restore an AppleTV version that Apple may no longer be signing.
What are signatures? Why do I need them?
Firmware signatures are required to install a particular firmware version onto iOS devices like the AppleTV. When installing the latest version, these signatures will be created in real-time during the iTunes restore process.
However, from time to time some firmware versions will stop being 'signed' by Apple, which will prevent them from being installed. Backing up your firmware signatures allows you to retain the ability to install an older firmware version in the future, should the need ever arise.
Firmware signatures are unique to each AppleTV and firmware version.
How do I get it?
As always, Seas0nPass is available as a free download from Seas0nPass.com.
Apple has just released an EFI firmware update for 2010 model MacBook Air, Pro and iMac's.
This is what it contains:
This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (Early 2010) models.
This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Air (Late 2010) models and addresses an issue where the system could restart if the power button is pressed immediately after waking from deep sleep.
This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on iMac (Mid 2010) models.
Seas0nPass has been updated to support an untethered jailbreak of the new AppleTV 4.4.4 software, as we told you about a few days ago.
Here is what they said:
Happy New Year! Today we are happy to release an updated version of Seas0nPass that supports an untethered jailbreak of the latest 4.4.4 (iOS 5.0.1) AppleTV software. Big thanks goes to the world famous @pod2g for doing the lion's share of the work to make this new version possible.
What's new in AppleTV 4.4.4?
Note: If you're already running a tethered version of 4.4.4 you will need to re-jailbreak using Seas0nPass to take advantage of the new untethered version.
Which plugins are supported on 4.4.4?
How do I get it?
As always, Seas0nPass is available as a free download from Seas0nPass.com.


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|Doby, Velma M.
|Papers of Velma (Hakkila) Doby (b. 1923) consist of materials on Finnish Americans and Finnish American life. Included are newspaper clippings concerning Finnish American scholars and also articles written by e.g. Michael Karni and Carl Ross; clippings concerning Finntowns, notorious Finnish Americans and Finnish Americans in general. Collection contains Velma Doby's thesis including her English translation of an autobiography by the Finnish American poet Helmi Mattson.
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Collection acquired from Velma Doby of Wisconsin in 1980-1990.
Velma (Hakkila) Doby (b. 1923 ) was born in Brule, Wisconsin, of Finnish immigrant parents active in the Finnish American cooperative movement and in community organizations. She attended the Central Michigan University and Wayne State University, and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Doby has worked for the Peace Research Institute (Washington, D.C.), Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan), the Minneapolis (Minnesota) public schools, and the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota). She has maintained an interest in Finnish American history and inter-ethnic relations, and has been active in Finnish American organizations, especially the Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society, Finn-Fest U.S.A., and the Finnish Genealogy Section of the Minnesota Genealogy Society.
Papers of Velma (Hakkila) Doby (b. 1923) consist of materials on Finnish Americans and Finnish American life. Included are newspaper clippings concerning Finnish American scholars and also articles written by e.g. Michael Karni and Carl Ross; clippings concerning Finntowns, notorious Finnish Americans and Finnish Americans in general; Raivaaja's reports about the "Making of Finnish America" conference held at the University of Minnesota in 1991; four issues of Finnish Emigrant Studies Series published by the Finnish American Historical Society of the West (Portland, Oregon); newsletters of Finnish American organizations; source information on genealogical research; material about Finnish celebrations, Finnish music, Finnish American cultural and organizational activities (e.g. co-ops), Finnish language and Finglish; issues of Finnish American newspapers (e.g. Raivaaja, Naisten Viiri); miscellaneous photo clippings, photographs, and poetry.
Also minutes of Finnish Ethnic Studies Committee, correspondence and other papers of the Ethnic Cultural Center, and papers concerning the planning of Finnish Ethnic Studies in Minneapolis Public Schools; papers concerning the foundation of Salolampi Finnish Language Village (minutes, correspondence, lists of staff and students, proposals for financing, news releases and news clippings); newsletters (Seuranlehti) of Minnesota Finnish American Historical Society and FACA (Finnish American Cultural Activities); papers on FinnFest USA 1983-1994 (mostly on FinnFest 1992) including correspondence, newsclippings, mailings, biographies of lecturers, and programs; papers of United Fund for Finnish American Archives; grant applications for an oral history project on the 2nd generation Finnish Americans; papers of Family History Project; and Suomi Conference Yearbook 1991. Also papers written by Doby for college classes at the University of Minnesota; a dossier; a background study of Finnish American women; interviews with Mary Hakkila and Kaisu Maki; a translation of Helmi Mattson's autobiography; a poem; and miscellany. 1 passport, in Finnish and Russian.
Collection organized in four series: 1) Clippings 2) Correspondence 3) Photographs 4) Cartoons
The Doby, Velma collection is available for public research.
The Doby, Velma collection is the physical property of the Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota.
For further information regarding the copyright, please contact the IHRC Archives.
The Doby, Velma Papers, Finnish American Collection, IHRC Archives, University of Minnesota
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|Finnish Americans--Societies, etc.
|Finnish American women.
|Finnish Americans--History.
|Women immigrants.
|Doby, Velma M.
|Hakkila, Mary.
|Mattson, Helmi Dagmar, 1890-1974.
|Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society.
|Minnesota Genealogical Society. Finnish Genealogy Section.
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Baker brands thief who took cash 'scum'
Posted: February 09, 2013|
A CHERITON baker says he hopes police find the "scum" who stole cash from the shop he has worked at for over 50 years.
David Wright, who has owned Elizabeth's Bakery on Cheriton High Street for 27 years, said he was left in a state of shock when a man took more than £120 from the till on Friday afternoon.
The suspect went into the shop just before 1pm and asked a member of staff if any keys had been handed in. When she left the shop floor to enquire, the money was snatched and the man ran off.
Mr Wright said: "We were caught out, and we have just got to watch out from now on.
"Unless the police come up with something, I can't see anything coming of it. Unless there are any witnesses, it's just going to be another one of those statistics. I suspect it's probably drink and drug-related. He's just scum. When you look down the High Street, you have got shops with alcohol licences up and down the street.
"Being on the High Street so long, I've seen the changes."
The 66-year-old said the shop had never been targeted before, and that he hoped it was a "one-off".
He added: "Money is hard to come by these days, and all that was hard-earned cash. I was in the back of the shop, and I just didn't act quickly enough. We looked round after it happened, and we looked at the drinks fridge and the other usual places thinking he might have stolen a few things.
"It wasn't until the next customer came in that we realised the cash had gone missing."
A proportion of the morning's takings had already been taken upstairs by the owner to count, and manager Shirley Harrison said things could have been worse.
The 64-year-old added: "It's just one of those things, I suppose. We've been reasonably lucky up until now. There have been a few things up and down the High Street, but this is the first time anything has been taken from us. The police were very good, I have to say. You hear these things all the time and they seem to be happening more and more than they used to. I've been doing this for 20 years, and it does seem to be more prevalent. It will have to be reviewed now – I mean, the shop can't be left any more."
The suspect is a white male, aged 30 to 40, of broad build, 5ft 9in, and was wearing an anorak.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Constable Benjamin Howard on 101, quoting crime reference ZY/3172/13, or 0800 555111.


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Rafik Hariri, a Lebanese nationalist who served as that country's prime minister between 1992 and 1998, and again between 2000 and 2004, was assassinated on February 14, 2005, after having stood up to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's demands that Lebanon extra-constitutionally extend the tenure of pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud. Popular outrage in the wake of the assassination led to the Cedar Revolution, an uprising of the Lebanese people against Syrian domination. Alas, the fickleness of the March 14 coalition combined with the empowerment of Hezbollah that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blessed in the short-term pursuit of quiet ended hope that the Cedar Revolution would fundamentally transform Lebanese society. (Michael Young's The Ghosts of Martyr's Square, which I reviewed for COMMENTARY in May 2010, remains the best account of the period).
In subsequent years, Syria and its fellow-travelers at the United Nations managed to slow-roll the investigation and tribunal process meant to bring Hariri's killers to justice. Now, the Beirut Observer has published photographs of the elusive main suspect, Mustafa Badr al-Din, Hezbollah's second-in-command. The newspaper attributed the photographs to www.stop910.com, a website which purports to hound Hezbollah. Badr al-Din, like the late Hezbollah terrorist mastermind Imad Mughniyeh, has long sought to keep out of sight, and to keep any recent photographs from surfacing.
The new photographs should make it more difficult for the Lebanese government to shirk its responsibility to bring Badr al-Din to justice. The photos also suggest that Hezbollah is not as impermeable as the group pretends. Should Badr al-Din be active in neighboring Syria, let us hope that publication of his photograph will make every checkpoint and every passerby a mortal danger to a man who prefers to kill from afar.


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Shamus Cooke: If the national Occupy Movement fought for a massive public jobs program and against cuts to social programs by massively taxing the wealthy and corporations, the vast majority of working people would join the movement until it was capable of actually winning these demands.
The Costs of War
State of Denial: After the Big Leak, Spinning for War
Norman Soloman: And if, these days, "U.S. troops in the field" are not as inclined to express "frustration at having to fight a war without sufficient resources," the latest boosts of Pentagon outlays for war in Afghanistan merely reflect the unhinged escalation of a war effort that should not exist.


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FPS staff report
February 25, 2014
Sherrodsville council members gratefully welcomed former member Amy McCormick back to her position last week.
The village has been searching for two council members to serve since January 1 after McCormick and Janet Pearch's terms expired. McCormick served on council for many years but had chosen to step aside and not seek re-election at the November 2013 fall election to give someone else a chance to serve. No one volunteered in January and McCormick said she would return if no one else came forward. She graciously agreed to serve the village again and was sworn in by Solicitor Jason Jackson.
One seat remains open on council after Pearch did not seek re-election last November. Anyone interested in serving the village as a council member is asked to attend the next meeting March 18. There is a one-year residency requirement to be a council member.
In an unrelated matter, council learned a lack of funding is causing a problem with porta-johns for the village for the summer months.
No public restrooms are available at the parks or in the village.
Traditionally, the village has paid for one unit at the park, one at the firehouse ball field, and three at the high school ball fields.
Fiscal officer Valerie Gardner said Port-johns are available at $65 each per month. However. the village budget can only pay for one unit for the entire village for the summer and that unit will be placed at the village park.
Normally the units are in place from March 1 through November 1. "We hate to pass on the cost to the leagues, but we may have no choice. If they want them, they will have to help pay for the services," said Moffat.
Mayor Ken Moffat said he will contact the Conotton Valley Booster Club, the school athletic director, and the coaches for the baseball and softball teams to see if any donations could be made to pay for the porta-johns for the children's use this summer.
-In other business, council:
- ANNOUNCED a service contract with Monroe Township for $6,000 for the year.
- ANNOUNCED CPR Day will be held March 12 in the rear of the fire department building. It will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. For more information call 330-987-4373.
- WAS advised a Bureau of Workers Compensation claim against the village was settled for $9,000 but the ruling may prevent the village from participating in a group rating plan for some time. No other details regarding the matter were released.
- APPROVED spending up to $1,330 for new batteries and chargers for the EMS department for pagers.
-LEARNED the fire department has smoke detectors to give away. Anyone needing one should call the fire department. A firefighter will also install them in the home if needed.
- TABLED a decision on the purchase of 35 new flags for the poles in the village due to a lack of funds available.
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"Caspian has the instrumental firepower to make a big noise when it feels like it. But the melodies, timbres and harmonics are so fully realized that "Tertia" would be mighty, even without its climaxes..." — The Washington Post
"With key tempo changes, well-spaced arrangements, and delicate instrumental insertions Tertia succeeds in capturing an earthen mood even as it soars to scrape the upper levels of the atmosphere..." — Pop Matters
"the ability to create such a wide range of reactions is the definition of true art. And if it can be accomplished through a version of metal, all the more power to it. Heady stuff, this." — Metal Sucks
"Listening to it unfold feels like staring at your own static image in the mirror, waiting for infinitesimal changes to reveal themselves..." — The Boston Globe
"Tertia finds Caspian trying new things and succeeding, gleefully galloping over the sophomore slump, never looking back..." — Prefix Mag
"a master class in the art of the perfect post-rock performance... stunning..." — Rock Sound
"please forgive my vague descriptions, but Caspian have laid their hands upon me and left the indescribable sensation that I've just heard something rather special, and they've taken a piece of me with them, while leaving a part of themselves with me..." — Metal Review
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Live at Old South Church
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On Friday night, October 22nd, 2010, Caspian played a benefit concert in Boston, MA at The Old South Church. This serves as the proper documentation of that amazing night. The performance was a benefit for Amirah, a non-profit organization located in Boston dedicated to providing whole-person care for victims of human sexual trafficking. A portion of proceeds from sales will go to Amirah. Learn more about Amirah here: http://amirahboston.blogspot.com/
"a master class in the art of the perfect post-rock performance… stunning…" — Rock Sound
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Oilers Future On Display?
August 06 2010 07:44AM
As the reality of another summer spent without addressing center ice adequately sinks in, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to a possible future.
Two Sites Dedicated To The Downtown Arena
Jonathan Willis
August 06 2010 07:30AM
With the downtown arena issue a hot-button topic in Edmonton and especially for fans of the Edmonton Oilers, it isn't surprising to see websites cropping up specifically dedicated to advocating for or against the downtown arena.
Gilbert Brule & The "Kill Floor"
Jonathan Willis
August 05 2010 07:14PM
The title for today's post is in reference to David Staples' comments the other day on Gilbert Brule, a player he expects to continue scoring goals – because he fires the puck from close to the net.
Souray: a marriage of convenience?
Robin Brownlee
August 05 2010 02:51PM
My wife told me she plans to get a clown to show up at my son Sam's 4th birthday party next weekend and I immediately envisioned a player from the Calgary Flames showing up at my house in that hideous throwback jersey they just unveiled for the Heritage Classic.
Time for Tambo to make some moves
Jason Gregor
August 05 2010 09:07AM
With just over six weeks until rookie camp, realistically what moves can we expect Steve Tambellini to make before then?
Let's start with the easy ones.


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Gil Garcetti, who remarkably transitioned from 32 years of public service as a prosecutor (eight as L.A.'s District Attorney) to a second career as a distinguished artist-photographer, author and philanthropist, will be among the speakers at the September 23 "Pushing Forward With Obama" gala fundraiser in Mt Washington.
Judge Sides with Portantino on Open Records Issue
Portantino's Staff Turning Lemons into Lemonade
The Speaker and the "Back-Bencher"
Dick Price & Sharon Kyle: California State Assembly Speaker John Perez took another swipe at fellow Democratic Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, blocking a routine legislative procedure under the guise of prudent fiscal management, but that reeks of possibly illegal voting influence and intimidation.
Portantino's Staff Faces "Leave Without Pay"
The Speaker's Heavy Hand
Portantino Proposes Alternative to Early Release Prison Reform Efforts
AB 144 Will Ban the "Open Carry" of Unloaded Handguns
Election Day Propositions, Candidates, Judges and More Nov 2010
Election Day Propositions, Candidates, Judges and More for the November 2, 2010 election with endorsements from the Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Everything you need in one place.
Crime in the California State Assembly
Diane Lefer: We are all shamed, but it's time to call out the people who belong on the roll call of shame, the Assembly members who so fear being called soft on crime that they couldn't bring themselves to do the right and rational thing.
Arnold: Aid for Rape Victims Costs Too Much
Despite Shriver's political agenda, and amid a raft of budget cuts affecting women and children – including $16 million from domestic violence programs and $50 million from Healthy Families – the rape kit veto underscored the message that women in California count for less in the Schwarzenegger regime.
LA Progressive: May 10 to May 16, 2009
Now It's Inglewood's Turn to Have a Federal Police Department Watch Dog.—Anthony Asadullah Samad The Republican Contract on California.—Tom Hall Posters Show the Labor Movement At its Best.—Randy Shaw Nancy Pelosi, Torture, and Bush's Warmongering .—Joseph Palermo Alabama Senator Linked to White Supremacists .—David A. Love AB 56 Would Require Health Insurance Cover Mammograms for […]
LA Progressive: April 19 to April 25, 2009
Revisionist History Cannnot Override Long Racial Legacy. If the LAPD is really trying to establish a "new" image, the "new" police headquarters will not have William H. Parker's name on it. –-Anthony Samad AB 1017 Would Strengthen Laws Regarding Rape Kit Testing. Of 4,718 untested rape kits in the City of Los Angeles, 403 were […]


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The Urodynamics Clinic helps to diagnose and recommend an appropriate course of treatment through urodynamics studies, which are a group of diagnostic procedures that evaluate voiding disorders. The results of the diagnostics are used to develop a plan of care for the patient. Urodynamic tests help the physician or nurse see how well the bladder and sphincter muscles work. The tests also can help explain symptoms such as frequent urination, sudden strong urges to urinate, painful urination, recurrent urinary tract infections and problems emptying the bladder.
Urodynamics Studies Attempt to Answer the Following Questions:
These urodynamics studies evaluate the lower urinary tract which is the bladder and the urethra. The tests performed include Uroflow, Cystometrogram (CMG), Electromyography (EMG), urethral pressures (UP) and urethral pressure profiles (UPP).
Uroflow measures the flow and force of the child's urine stream. This is done by having the patient urinate in a special toilet that is equipped to electronically measure the volume and flow of your urine.
A cystometrogram assesses how the child's bladder and sphincter behave while they store and pass urine. This is measured by inserting a catheter with a sensor that records filling pressures.
Electromyography is a test that checks the health of the muscles and the nerves that control the muscles. A thin needle electrode is inserted through the skin into the muscle where the electrode on the needle picks up the electrical activity given off by muscles when they contract and relax.
Testing is available for Spina Bifida patients and some inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation patients at Miller Children's. Testing takes place on the 3rd and 4th Friday of each month.
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The Caring International Research Collaborative (CIRC)
The Caring International Research Collaborative (CIRC) is a collaborative effort of academic and clinical leaders as well as consultants in health care. STTI CIRC brings together each group to share what is known about caring and the work environment.
Caring is intuitively sensed to be a pivotal aspect of quality care by those who provide direct patient care. Articulating this scientifically has been elusive and doing so takes systematic, rigorous and innovative research methods. STTI CIRC has pledged to work with all disciplines in health care at an international level to undertake this challenge.
CIRC consists of several research groups, called "sharing groups" that each focus on one aspect of health care. Members of each sharing group are free to post research materials and participate in discussions in an online community platform.
Visit the CIRC Community now to find out more about the latest research being conducted in "caring."
To participate in a sharing group
All active STTI members are eligible to join CIRC's online community.
CIRC Facilitators
John W. Nelson, PresidentHealth Care Environment
Jayne A. Felgen, PresidentCreative Health Care Management
Geraldine Murray, Head of Department of Nursing & Health ScienceGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology
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Hell, until very recently, I haven't even had to be a solo parent for over a few hours. That's a pretty sweet deal...well, was until yesterday.
Yesterday, the inevitable finally happened: the sitter fell through, Shannon had to work, my parents were busy and all our friends either have jobs or kids of their own they're trying to pass off on some sucker--I mean, share with the people they know like the little gifts they are.
Guess who's the sitter in that scenario.
Yes, much like the presidential line of succession that dictates that the Secretary of Education or Agriculture goes into the Oval Office should the 50 people in front of him become unavailable for some reason, I was forced into the big job for a full day's shift. My luck streak was finally over...for the first time in over 14 months, I would have to spend an entire day being the only parent to a 1-year-old.
I mean, don't get me wrong. I love the kid and all, it's just that the majority of people can get on my nerves after over 8 straight hours (which I suspect is why workdays are only that long, to keep the workplace homicide rate down) and I don't even have to change their diapers. No telling how I would handle someone who literally does nothing but scream, make messes and try to break my shit. Hell, if he wasn't my kid, I'd...well, I'd be able to tell you what I would do to someone who did the same thing without having DHS called on me.
I'm not even sure I can share my unedited internal thought processes during our day here without someone taking something out of context and showing this post to a social network and a social worker.
Instead, I'll let him tell it. He's done it before, plus he has no idea what I'm thinking so he can't tell on me. I think it's a solid idea...so here it is, baby DX's account of our first full day together.
"Like always, I woke up as soon as the big sky light shone. The first lady I ever saw, whose name I found out since then is MaMaMa, came in to get me. She always does that and it makes me happy.
I showed her my teeth when she came because I was happy to see her, and she did the same. She picked me up and gave me a kiss, then she took me out into the runaround room. The runaround room is my favorite room in the safeplace. It has soft chairs for the big people and a big square that shows people and colors and makes all kinds of noise. There are plenty of things for me to grab and throw too!
I like to grab and throw. I can do that now that I can walk on two legs. It makes me feel powerful, and I like to remind people that I am there by taking their hand toys and controlling the picture square with the control bat. (That's the thing that makes the pictures change and make the noises louder or quieter. I like the control bat because everybody looks at me when I have it plus I can hit people with it.)
Anyway, MaMaMa looked like she was going somewhere else. She had on the pretty blankets she wears outside and all her shinies. She yelled into the other room for her helper Da to come out of his bedtime and into the runaround room because she was "late", whatever that means. I was happy when I heard his name because I hadn't seen him since about 5 years ago, back when the sky was dark and he put me in my bedtime.
He came out into the room with us and plopped down on one of the chairs with his eyes still closed. MaMaMa told him it was wakeup time and he told her to go bye-bye. (I think that is what those words mean, anyway. Might say them one day and find out.) MaMaMa just smiled and shook her head and pressed her face on his, then mine, then went right out the wall.
After I saw MaMaMa leave and Da having bedtime on the chair, I saw my chance to really play. I ran around a lot! I grabbed a bunch of stuff I wasn't supposed to have and held it over my head because I was happy!
Usually when I do that, people look at me and say my name, which I like. (Oh, I do not think I introduced myself...my name is DeionStop, but my friends call me NoDeion.) Da did not appear to be too interested in me. So I climbed up on him and I pulled the stuff on his face!
He did not look too happy when I did, but at least he started moving around after that. Soon, he started to play with me! I liked it a lot! He threw me up in the sky and spun me around and turned me upside-down. It was a lot of fun.
After a while, I guess he didn't want to play any more and turned on the pictures of the men in the colorful diapers who play with each other a lot like he plays with me. (They don't seem to like it as much.) I don't like those pictures yet, so I went to play with my ball, fall on my face and lick the floor for a while because I enjoy the finer things in life.
After another while, I was hungry and I let Da know about it by politely screaming in his face. I think he got the point...he got up and made me my favorite morning meal. I think they call them "french toast bites"...I know that because MaMaMa tells Da not to feed them to me any more, but he knows they are the only thing I will eat all the time because we are cool like that. I was happy.
After I ate, Da turned on the most colorful channel. I think it is just for people like me, because in my opinion, it is a compelling cinematic experience and plus there are colors and letters and numbers and stuff. Usually when he does that, he wants to not pay attention to me any more. Maybe this time though, he just wanted to watch my favorite shows with me so he could tell all his friends how good they were.
I was wrong. I saw him pick up his light box and unfold it and start hitting it with his hands. I had seen him do that before, he called it "work". I did not want him to do that though, because he can not play with me as much when he is. I decided to help him finish what he was doing so he could get back to me faster. I went over to him and started hitting it with my hands just like him. So many things appeared on the light box! He did not seem to want my help, but I insisted again and again. After just a little while, all my helping really worked. He put his light box away! He did not seem too happy about it, but I figure it was a job well done.
After that, I stopped in the middle of walking and made a face like I was thinking really hard even though I don't have much to think about. I felt my bottom get heavy and I could not walk as easy. It did not feel right. I did not like it. I was about to start yelling for Da to fix it, but he was already putting on his hand covering to fix my bottom. He always puts one on before he does that. Nobody else does, but he is different in a lot of ways.
A little after that was over, I felt myself get mad! I did not know why at all, all I knew is that everything was making me sad and being sad makes me angry. Da gave me a sucky cup of juice, but I did not want it and threw it away! I stood in the middle of the room and I yelled and I yelled until Da picked me up, then I felt my eyes...get...
...a few days later, I woke up in my bedtime with nobody around, it seemed like.
I yelled for somebody to come be with me. Da took a while and I did not like that. When we went back out into the runaround room, I threw his hand toy on the floor because he really likes it and I did not want him to have it any more. He made a scary face at me and told me "NO".
I do not (act like I) understand too many of the sounds he makes, but that word I know and do not like, so I yelled back at him. We yelled back and forth at each other for a while. I think it is called an argument when him and MaMaMa do it sometimes, and I also think I won.
I had a really fun afternoon. I made a lot of noise with my mouth, smacked the picture box a lot, threw my food around because it makes things colorful, bit Da because I like him, and made really sure he did not pick up that folding light box and try to work again. I heard my name a lot that day. That made me really happy.
Da did not seem as happy as I was. I tried licking the inside of his nose to make him feel better, and he showed me his teeth but he still looked like he was ready to cry, go to bedtime or both. Just then, his hand toy played a song and he started to talk into it. Once he stopped, he looked even happier than I was. I wondered what could have made him so happy. I did not see any new food in front of him, he didn't get a new toy and MaMaMa wasn't here to hug him into her front...I could not figure it out.
I soon got my answer! A week later, Da's mommy Gaa came to play! She made a happy face at me, I made a happy face at her, and when she picked me up and started walking out with me, Da made a happy face at us both. Everyone was happy and it was great. I knew I would have a wondrous time with Gaa, and I felt kind of bad that we were leaving Da by himself while we went to have a big time. I was just glad to be leaving to a new place, though...I don't ever remember being alone with Da for that long. It was fun for a while, but it gets old."
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Wearing Multiple Wedding Gowns: An "I Do" or an "I Don't"?
It is becoming increasingly more common place for brides to have several wardrobe changes at their weddings.
With celebrity brides like Kim Kardashian, Carrie Underwood, Princess Kate and Nicole Richie pioneering this trend, I have explored some of the pros and cons of incorporating multiple gowns into your Big Day…
I Do:
- Your family has a wedding dress that your grandmother, mother, sister, etc. all wore, and it's a tradition. You can choose to wear the sentimental gown to the ceremony and then change into a gown of your choosing for the reception.
- Your ceremony site is more on the traditional side so you want a dress that will be venue-appropriate, however you would love to take more of a fashion risk at your reception.
- You can't decide! There are so many amazing dress styles, fabrics, lengths, etc. to choose from, how could you possibly choose just one?
- You can't dance in your ceremony gown.
I Don't:
- It can be expensive! Imagine experiencing sticker shock multiple times!
- Time to mingle with friends and family will already be hard to come by, incorporating wardrobe changes into your schedule will only chip away at that.
- You've found THE dress of your dreams, one that you will want to let every last guest get an up close and personal look at!
- How often do you get the opportunity to be the belle of the ball and prance around like a fairytale princess?
Plunge Project Readers: Do you plan to wear multiple gowns at your wedding?
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About Cheryl Rhody
Cheryl is a public relations, marketing and digital media professional with a passion for all things wedding-related. Even though she took the plunge nearly a year ago on November 13, 2010, she is still romanced by all that the wedding industry has to offer — dazzling diamonds, color palettes that "pop", gorgeous wedding gowns, creative cakes, unique decor and most of all, the whimsical love stories that make up the "big day" that every little girl dreams of! Cheryl is a Kansas gal living and loving the South Florida lifestyle with husband C.J. and their two Pomeranians, Toby & Chloe.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
FORT BELVOIR, Va., Feb. 18, 2000 A new, incredibly small infrared camera may soon join the military.
The UL3 alpha infrared camera is about the size of a D cell battery and weighs just six ounces, said Jim Campbell, deputy director of the Science and Technology Division at the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors directorate here.
The infrared camera's small size and abilities will make it useful for military and civilian markets, Campbell said. It can see through smoke, fog and the dark of night. At 190 grams-- about six ounces -- it's still too heavy. "Our goal is three ounces. We figure in about a year we'll be there," Campbell said.
Campbell said the camera could be used to protect anti-tank mines. It was once standard practice to scatter anti- personnel mines in anti-tank minefields to hamper enemy mine-clearing crews.
"Now, since we can't use anti-personnel land mines, you have to have some other way to protect anti-tank mines," he said. "We want to be able to put these out in a network with some acoustic or seismic sensors that would wake up the camera if something approached." At that point, service members would be able to see and identify an approaching target and do the appropriate action.
Army researchers are working with Indigo Systems Corp. to develop the camera. Campbell said scientists would like to further reduce not only the camera's weight, but its size and power requirements. For instance, the camera now needs about 2.5 watts to work its three circuit boards. "We'd like to reduce it to one board, and when that happens we will make our weight and power goals," Campbell said. Developers want to cut the juice to .5 watts.
DoD already has infrared cameras, but they are a lot larger and cost $20,000 to $25,000 each, he said. The new minicamera costs just under $1,000 and eventually will cost under $500, he noted. If developers can reach that cost goal the cameras will be considered "attritable."
"If it gets lost or damaged, you're not worried about it," Campbell explained. "We can easily replace it."
Researchers have tested the camera aboard the camcopter unmanned aerial vehicle. "We could see soldiers through smoke at the Fort Benning, Ga. (urban terrain training) site," Campbell said. "They appeared as hot spots through the smoke.
He said service members have suggested dozens of other scenarios for the camera. They suggested placing the cameras aboard unmanned ground vehicles. "One suggested putting it on helmets," he said. Another asked why not attach the camera to a weapon and have it tethered back to helmet. They could fire around corners that way."
One technical challenge service members would like to see overcome is the camera's field of vision. "Sometime you want a smaller field of view," Campbell said. "Maybe they can switch lenses. These are things we need to address."
The camera fills a need in the civilian world as well. "Firefighters need to see through smoke and fog also," Campbell said. Some states have even passed legislation to fund infrared cameras for local fire departments. "With this camera, each firefighter could have one attached to the helmet. This could be a lifesaver in the civilian world."
If fire departments do buy the camera in quantity, the costs to them and DoD would probably fall, too.


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(From WRSA.) I love it.
The Corps on Parade
Just lifted this off the VMI website, too good not to post: (Click to embiggenify, as they say on WRSA.)
Trophies of the Hunt
It's hunting season! Deer, elk, fowl, fish – send us pics of your trophy, and tell us where, instrument (rifle, bow, and so on), as long as its legal we'll post your trophy on Monday morning. Just hit the "Contact Us" link!
Picture of the Day: Wearing the Ring
Although this is an addition to the post on Col Matt StClair '89 below, it really deserves its own post: Looks like a perfect fit. (The photo was sent by Matt's wife Melissa, and I don't know if it's by her or by PAO.)
Stay Outta My Parking Spot!
Except MMM is of course welcome to use it whenever she's at Lejeune.
The One-Niner-Eight
Behold the M198 155mm howitzer– museum piece. I was driving past the 10th Marines area yesterday and saw it sitting there, all clean and painted and shiny, which of course was my first clue that something was amiss. Yes, there it was among all the other museum pieces, the legends of Marine Corps artillery. (When I reported for duty in 1990, we still fielded the M101A1 105mm, as well as 155mm SPs and the 8-inch. All of them are on display too.) Certainly it was on the big and heavy side, but it never failed to deliver the goods. If […]
SOP Afternoon for Camp Lejeune
Here is your standard summer afternoon for Camp Lejeune, NC, looking across the New River at the air station, which is partially obscured by the storm.
Picture of the Day: Oooo Sparkly
Favorite aircraft time! An A-10 Warthog deploys flares during operations over Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the USAF.
When You Care Enough to Send the Very Best…
Michael Monsoor's casket (via FOXNEWS):
Happy Father's Day to all Dads out there… Past, Present and Future.


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Yes more Dr. Strange please.
Yes more Dr. Strange please.
I'm voting with everyone else. Please make at least some of the Sorcerer Supreme available on Unlimited.
Wow, wish I'd checked with a one month sub before I signed up for a year. Guess I might have to gift this to my son, most of the comics I want to read aren't on here...
It is an absolute crime that the 1988-1996 Doctor Strange run isn't on here. It was one of the best comics of the 90s (not saying much) and plus with Strange gaining more popularity, you'd think they'd have more Digital Issues for him.
Can some issues be added? None of these issues are in Unlimited and a lot of them tie-in to events and crossovers.
@HudsonHouse Yeah, I really really want to read more about The Sorcerer Supreme, but unlimited has very little to offer for the good doctor :[.


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In the noisy world of media, journalists often resort to shouting in order to be heard. Sometimes that expresses itself in hasty and hyper-critical judgments. A recent example: the reaction to yesterday's announcement of Amazon's new Fire Phone. Check out reviews from the leading digeratti, and they're running about 2-to-1 against the new device.
The critics are disappointed largely because:
- Jeff Bezos didn't completely reinvent the smartphone
- he's seven years behind the times
- the features aren't really that cool
- the device carries a mere 240,000 apps
- AT&T AT&T is the exclusive carrier
- at $199, it's pricey
The criticism is probably spot-on — and yet misses the point.
Above all, the device lays down a significant marker: Amazon is elbowing its way into yet another market. Chances are, that market will never be the same. The phone is a down payment — maybe a long overdue one, maybe not — on a different way to connect customers to an increasing multitude of things they can try and buy. It's another machine to aid Bezos' unrelenting push to reinvent the retail experience.
You can bet the Fire Phone won't stop at some of the more impressive features — Firefly (which i.d.s and lets you buy 100 million-plus items); the 3-D-ish dynamic perspective; the Mayday video support team; whispersynch to toggle back and forth between voice and text to "read" books. Not anymore than it will stop at one carrier like AT&T or fail to add hundreds of thousands of apps or come in with tiered pricing. Or figure out more entertaining ways to sell stuff.
The Kindle Fire didn't upend the iPad. The Fire Phone won't send Apple Apple, Samsung or HTC HTC back to the drafting tables.
But it most likely will — or should — cause everyone in the increasingly overlapping worlds of media, entertainment and retail to rethink their strategies, their devices and their software. Because Amazon has just created another entry point for consumer engagement.
Keep an eye on sales of the Fire Phone (if Amazon, prodigiously secretive about a lot of telling information, breaks out these results). Ultimately, it doesn't matter if the smartest bloggers in tech pan the device. If consumers like the ease of use and the increasingly frictionless experience of shopping, that's really all that matters.


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7 October 2009
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24 September 2009
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23 September 2009
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Looks like Damon Albarn is getting the band back together. Boy, remember when that would've been met with just "Blur's coming back?!" Well, with the future of Blur uncertain, Gorillaz currently on pause (but still kicking), and An Honest Jon's Chop Up serving as a launching pad for Rocketjuice and The Moon, Albarn is repeating what he did with The Good, The Bad & The Queen just a few weeks back by reuniting the collective DRC Music for a one-off.
To refresh, DRC Music comprises Albarn, Dan the Automator, XL label head Richard Russell, London DJ Actress, and a group of over 50 Congolese musicians. Over the course of one week in the Congo, the group recorded a benefit LP titled Kinshasa One Two, with album profits going to Oxfam and their efforts in the region.
Now, as Clash Music reports, DRC Music will reconvene at London's Rough Trade East record shop for a special in-store engagement said to include live performances and DJ set. It's currently unclear which members of the collective will be present, though we do know "both the Western production team and the Congolese musicians will be represented" [sic]. The show goes down December 6th, with free wristbands required for entry available at the store one day beforehand.
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Today's workout routine was focused on the lower body and the booty :). All I was using for this workout was my timer, a pair of dumbbells and a chair. I finally got my new workout toy in the mail today, but will soon share what it is, but first i need to learn how to handle it my self LOL. After I finished this routine, I also did Abs Climber routine, that I shared last week and 10 minutes of regular jump rope skipping.read more
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Does winning cure all? Astros' American League move could offer proof
TAMPA, Fla. – Baseball's known for being constant and unchanging, clinging to its history and refusing to consider alternatives. But when the game makes an alteration, the move is often major. The Astros are dealing with such a change this season, exchanging 51 years of history in the National League for a new, foreign world […] [Read More]


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Full detailed profile on Costanza "Connie" Falconeri/Kate Howard Played by Kelly Sullivan on General Hospital Daytime Soap Opera.
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Kelly Sullivan (September 12, 2011 - August 27, 2013.)
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* She grew up in Bensonhurst in an Italian American family.
Current: Editor-in-Chief of high-end fashion magazine Crimson.
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As Connie Falconeri, she fell in love with Sonny Corinthos when they were teenagers in Bensonhurst. They planned to run away together, but she stood him up and instead ran off to begin a new life.
Connie became Kate Howard, fashionista extraordinaire and editor of Couture magazine. She came to Port Charles in 2007 after her lawyer advised her to leave the Hamptons upon her license being suspended due to a traffic violation.
Kate and Sonny eventually reconnected, despite her accidentally getting shot by his son Michael, and they became engaged. However, it was not meant to be as Kate was shot again on their wedding day by Sonny's enemy Anthony Zacchara. Once she recovered she learned Sonny, who had turned his business over to Jason, was marrying Claudia Zacchara to gain power in order to avenge her shooting. Carly also informed her that she and Sonny had slept together. Needless to say Kate and Sonny ended things.
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Kate was off the canvas for several months until she returned just in time for Jason and Sam's wedding. Sonny, who had alienated everyone in town, asked her to be his date so he would have an ally there. She reluctantly agreed, but was shaken considering their wedding was a year to the day she was shot at the altar.
Sonny and Kate started dating. However, Kate started taking off on business trips and Sonny discovered she wasn't going where she said she was. She confessed she was traveling to Chicago to see a psychiatrist. She also started becoming very touchy about having two sides to her: Kate and Connie. Once at a hotel with Sonny, she snuck out and met a man at a bar that she didn't seem to remember the next day.
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According to this news report, SeaWorld tried to get the case against them dismissed yesterday on the grounds that Dawn Brancheau (the trainer who was attacked and killed by the killer whale Tilikum last year) died moments after the show was officially over: But in a shocking move this morning, SeaWorld attorneys asked the Judge […] [Read More]


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Revised Tally Increases 'No' Votes For Yahoo Directors
Publication Date:August 06, 2008
Source:The New York Times
Author:Miguel Helft
Professor Michael Klausner is quoted in a New York Times story about a revised vote count at a Yahoo board of directors election:
"Clearly, it indicates a high degree of shareholder dissatisfaction," said Michael Klausner, a Stanford Law School professor who specializes in corporate law and governance. He said the percentage of votes withheld was particularly high given that Institutional Shareholder Services, the influential proxy advisory firm, recommended to shareholders that they re-elect all Yahoo board members. The percentage of votes withheld from these directors is higher than last year.


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UAZ offroad vehicles became famous at the market of Czech Republic mainly because of historical reasons. Everybody, who passed trough compulsory military service remembers UAZ as "undestroyable Russian steel." Not everything changes to worse – UAZ manufacturing plant still manufactures traditional Russian offroad vehicles, which still exceeds in simplicity and unique offroad capabilities.
Even the common conservativeness classic in 4x4 vehicles branch, Uljanovsk Automobilny Zavod was able to do complete modernization of complete production line of its offroad vehicles. Changes were however not bustling, engineers joined the best of military original – robustness and passability, with modern look and equipments.
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Tampa, Florida -- K-9 Chino, a German Shepherd/Malinois mix, will be retiring this week after 5 years of service with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
Chino joined HCSO in 2008 and has been working countywide in fugitive apprehension and bomb detection with Deputy Jason Allen.
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Jon Fitch signs with World Series of Fighting | MMA News
Former UFC welterweight title challenger Jon Fitch (24-5-1) has inked a multi-fight deal with the upstart World Series of Fighting promotion. The news was confirmed by the WSOF after a report surfaced from MMAFIGHTING.com.
The American Kickboxing Academy product has been in talks with the promotion for weeks, ironing out contract details. The WSOF expressed immediate interest in Fitch following his release from the UFC last month.
One of the top ranked welterweights in the world, Fitch, was let go by the UFC following his loss to Demian Maia at UFC 156 this past month. Prior to the Maia loss, Fitch was riding high off a "fight of the night" victory he earned over Erick Silva at UFC 153 in Brazil.
Fitch had gone just 1-2-1 over his past four UFC bouts. Suffering a knockout loss to Johny Hendricks, as well as going to a majority draw with B.J. Penn. Prior to that, Fitch had gone 13-1 inside the octagon with his lone loss coming to champ Georges St. Pierre whom he had faced for the welterweight title at UFC 87.
Fitch is expected to make his promotional debut at WSOF 3, which takes place June 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A venue for the event has yet to be confirmed.
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Gee and I had high hopes for WSOF
They may as well change their name to the
I just pray Aaron Simpson gets the fight with Fitch in may or june as Fitch totally friggen ducked Simpson last summer in the UFC. Simpson way way better wrestler and 10 times better athlete and he has a big right hand. Good luck trying to "FITCH" simpson. I predict KO by Simpson
Great,Hopefully he stays there.A promotion I don't spend any $ on to watch.And on a channel I don't subscribe to
There's the WSOF's new champ for sure. will prob. be better for his career; being in the spotlight mopping up.
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Sure, I live in coffee country, but as soon as I saw Adagio Teas TriniTEA—something of a cross between a coffee machine and Big Mac—I had to try it. For $100, the electronic tea kettle can make up to four cups with the ability to brew at two temperatures (212°F for black and herbal tea, 185°F for everything else) and steep between two to eight minutes. How Does It Work? Just put loose tea leaves in the steeping chamber and add water to the first of three chambers. After turning on the machine, water will reach the proper temperature, then it beeps and dispenses water into the steeping chamber. When it's done steeping, the machine beeps again and allows the... More