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This department intervenes immediately after the claims have been verified and supplemented if necessary by the agents in the administrative unit.
Claims are investigated according to four priorities defined as one of the basic principle of the CIVS. These are the age of the claimant or of the oldest person whom the claimant represents, their state of health, the degree of their financial uncertainty and the age of the case-file.
Depending on these priorities, the Control & Investigation Network plans the responses from the archive centers searched in order to limit the length of time required to process the claims.
Initially, the principal task of this service is to identify the multiple kinds of spoliation on the basis of reading the questionnaire filled in by the claimant and the various different documents contributed to the case-file. As a second stage, the case officers forwards copies of the documents contained in the claim to the different archive centers in order that they may carry out searches in the existing archive groups.
Depending on the information set out in the questionnaire on the elements of spoliation, carrying out searches can take different directions:
Looting of apartments
In the case of pillaged apartments, the questionnaire is sent to either the CIVS search team in the Paris archives if the apartment was in the Ile de France, or to its search team in the National Archives if the apartment was located in the provinces.
This procedure enables to check if the person spoliated was a property-owner and if compensation has already been made within the framework of the French law on War Damages.
"Economic Aryanization"
Where the Control & Investigations Network identifies the existence of a business or a store, the claim is forwarded to the National Archives for research into possible economic Aryanization.
At the same time, the CIVS Paris archives search team carries out searches in the archived registers of commerce and companies registers and rolls of trades and craftsmen, and in particular in the Trade Registry, in order to ascertain the date the business was formed and when it was struck off the register.
Where there is a case of Aryanization, an application is made to the Deposits & Consignment Office (Caisse des dépôts et consignations), the CDC. If the corporation, the business or, more simply, the stock of merchandize, were sold off by the Temporary Administrator, some of the proceeds of this sale may have been paid into the CDC.
In the case of a business whose owner had a corporate account frozen by a Temporary Administrator, the case-file is forwarded to the bank-related claims team for processing.
Internment in the French camps
If a person was interned in a camp run by the French government, the case officer consults the CD-ROM produced by the Mattéoli Commission on the camps in the French provinces, based on archives consulted over the whole of the territory.
If a person was interned in the transit camp at Drancy, a distinction must be made between the period when the camp was under French control (from July 1941 through July 1943) and when it was under German control (from September 4, 1943 to August 8, 1944). The archives produced during the French period may be consulted at the Prefecture of Police in Paris; those for the German period are located in the Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (CDJC). The Control & Investigation Network searches either of these two archive centers, depending on the period during which internment took place; this period can be determined after consulting Serge Klarsfeld's work Memorial to the Deportation.
A concurrent search is necessary at the CDC if the period in question is the French period. The CDC has preserved the means of tracking down monies deposited by Jewish internees in the various different French camps when they were deported. The money deposited on entering the camp did not follow the deported Jews as a matter of routine. Since they were treated as "bona vacantia" – i.e. goods without an owner, when the internment camps were wound up, these deposits were retained in the coffers of the CDC.
On the other hand, however, there is no way of checking what became of deposits made by Jewish internees in the Drancy transit camp during the German period.
Life assurance searches
It is possible to trace life assurance policies taken out before the war. Archives relating to other types of insurance policies have practically all been completely destroyed. If a claimant makes reference to life assurance, the questionnaire is forwarded to the CDC for policies taken out with the Caisse nationale retraite vieillesse (CNVR) (national old age pension fund) and the Caisse nationale de prévoyance (CNP) (national provident fund) and, concurrently, with the French Federation of Insurance Companies (FFSA) which centralizes requests from the CIVS to 19 identified insurance companies. Thus, searches cover practically all insurance companies from before the war.
Claims regarding "Movable Cultural Property" and "Works of Art"
By the term "Movable Cultural Property" we mean all personal property that is the expression of or a testimonial to human design or natural evolution and that has an archeological, historical, artistic, scientific or technical value or interest.
The role of the CIVS in the area of stolen works of art, albeit limited, is nevertheless not insignificant.
The expectations of claimants on Movable Cultural Property looted during the Occupation fall into two categories: either a claim for restitution of the works of arts, or compensation for those that cannot be retrieved.
For property of a certain value declared in the claim, the work of research consists of carrying out investigations at:
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and in the archives of the Office for Personal Property & Interests (OBIP) and the Commission for the Recovery of Works of Art (CRA),
the Direction des Musées de France,
the Brüg law Archives in Berlin,
museums abroad,
the Drouot Auction Rooms …
These searches are often made more difficult due to imprecise wording in the claim, the absence of photographic evidence, of properly certified lists or reliable expert appraisals. The Commission rules on the principle of fairness based on documents produced, testimony and statements dating from the time of the events and on the presence of the work in an annotated catalogue or inventory.
It issues four recommendations:
Restitution in the case of MNR works,
Additional compensation under the Brüg scheme,
Dismissal of the claim.
The activity of the CIVS is not a substitute for the ongoing action of the administrative authorities for restitution (Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Department of the Museums of France, etc.) and of the application of international standards (Washington Conference in 1999, UNESCO, ICOM, Council of Europe, etc.).
Once the archive material has all been assembled, the claim is forwarded to the Principal Rapporteur who assigns the case to a magistrate-rapporteur. He will take over and continue investigating the claim, and will make contact with the claimant with a view to possibly offering compensation.
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The Historic Madison Hotel, located in West Yellowstone, Montana, reflects the rich history of early tourism to Yellowstone National Park. Built in 1912, the Madison Hotel began as a two-story rectangular building of simple log construction with saddle-notched corner timbering and a prominent front dormer.
The original six upstairs rooms were warmed by a cut-stone fireplace in the downstairs lobby. Each room had a pitcher, a wash basin and a chamber pot. Water came from a well across the street. The hotel expanded in 1921 adding fourteen rooms, a bar and a dance floor.
There was no running water until the 1930's. Today , the Madison Hotel has most of the amenities you would expect to find in a modern hotel. Log support columns and beams, wood floors, light fixtures, the stone fireplace, and many of the room furnishings remain original. Although not the first hotel in West Yellowstone, the Madison is the only hotels that remains from the early days of tourism in Yellowstone National Park.
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Francis' parents, Pica and Pietro, were part of Assisi's prosperous merchant class. A born leader, Francis instigated many revels among the young men of Assisi. Shaken by a year's imprisonment as a prisoner of war and by a long illness, Francis decided to abandon hi knightly ambitions and dedicate himself to God's service. He would eventually describe himself as "the herald of the great king."
One day the crucifix at San Damiano, a dilapidated wayside chapel near Assisi, told him, "Rebuild my house, for it is nearly falling down." He then repaired San Damiano and two other nearby churches. That required begging stones in Assisi; Francis survived the occasional mocking that greeted him there.
Francis' life took a new direction when he met a man suffering from leprosy. Tempted to ride on, Francis dismounted, kissed the man and gave him some money. Later Francis and his followers would work among people suffering from leprosy. At the end of his life, Francis wrote of this incident on the road outside Assisi. "That which seemed bitter to me," he said, "was changed into sweetness of soul and body" (Testament). Francis overcame himself on that road and afterward was much more ready to care for the suffering.
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Another popular business in downtown Monument will soon be closing their doors. The Prickly Pear is scheduled to close at the end of January.
Owner Carolyn Mangold is retiring after being in business for 25 years. Employee Kaye Byers, who has worked at Prickly Pear for 15 years, said Mangold opened Prickly Pear 25-years-ago in Colorado Springs and then moved the business to downtown Monument after a few years. The business was located on Front Street originally but moved to its current location on Second Street after the fire at the Coffee Cup.
The Prickly Pear is currently having a retirement sale and all merchandise is marked down 40, 50, 60 and 75 percent off.
Byers said since announcing the closing of the business, long-time and regular customers have stopped by the store.
"Everybody is going to miss her," Byers said of Mangold.
Just because Mangold is closing the store doesn't mean she plans to completely retire. Byers said she will continue working with florals from her home. She has provided florals for the Parade of Homes for several years and will continue to do so as well as for other clients.


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Did Carol Marcus use the surname Wallace originally in the movie? I thought she used the surname Wallace. If she did, it might have been an in-joke about fans speculating that either Janet Wallace or Carol Marcus were the "blonde lab technician" Kirk nearly married. (Then again, I could have had the wrong surname...) --usscantabrian (talk) 22:09, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- You are correct, she used the name "Wallace", which was her mothers maiden name IIRC. -- Cid Highwind (talk) 22:10, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
So, Cid, did you feel this was kinda a "nod" or "in joke" to the "blonde lab technician" speculation? That's what I took away from it. -- usscantabrian (talk) 22:25, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- Does anyone recall if her mother's first name was mentioned? --Alientraveller (talk) 22:27, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- No, the mother's name was not mentioned. --usscantabrian (talk) 02:39, May 10, 2013 (UTC)
- Actually, I was mostly annoyed that the cheap trick of a wrong/fake name being given was not only used once, but twice, in the same movie. ;) The possibility of an in-joke is nice, but would need to be sourced before being added to the article. It definitely flew over my head. Regarding Carols mother, I believe her first name was not mentioned. -- Cid Highwind (talk) 22:30, May 9, 2013 (UTC)
- I have to admit, I was like you, a bit peeved about the second fake name. The first one (Carol Marcus) was essential to the plot, so I can forgive that one! --usscantabrian (talk) 02:39, May 10, 2013 (UTC)


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Daytripper #1
Moon and Ba provide some beautiful imagery, but the themes drip across the surface of this story.
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Sword #2
Gyrich decides to round up all the aliens on Earth while Brand and Beast tackle Death's Head.
|Fri, December 11th, 2009
X-Men Forever #13
A solid issue that has Illyana become Black Magick and her brother and friends try to restore her.
|Fri, December 11th, 2009
Magog #4
What happens when you take a character that embodies all that's bad about superhero comics in the '90s and give him his own book? It's bad. Surprise!
|Fri, December 11th, 2009
Doom Patrol #5
"Blackest Night" continues here with the "resurrected" Doom Patrollers raising hell on Oolong Island. In the backup tale, the Metal Men take on artificially intelligent mannequins, the Clique.
|Fri, December 11th, 2009
Black Widow: Deadly Origin #2
"Black Widow: Deadly Origin" mixes the past and present together, but for those who read closely, you'll be well rewarded.
|Thu, December 10th, 2009
Batgirl #5
The Batman corner of the DC Universe gets kinda cozy and more than a little bit awkward in this issue as Batman and Robin -- Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne -- cross paths with the new Batgirl.
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Punishermax #2
"Punishermax" is almost like reading a mature readers "Ultimate Kingpin" origin, but in this case I'm offering that up as a compliment.
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Amazing Spider-Man #614
"The Gauntlet" marches on, and a New York City landmark pays the price.
|Thu, December 10th, 2009
Spider-Man and the Secret Wars #1
An all-ages retelling of "Secret Wars," but with a lot for old-time fans to enjoy as well.
|Wed, December 9th, 2009
Web of Spider-Man #3
"Web of Spider-Man" continues to investigate the past of some of fan-favorite foes of Spider-Man. This issue focuses on the Rhino.
|Wed, December 9th, 2009
Pilot Season: Murderer #1
Top Cow's third Pilot Season kicks off with the first Robert Kirkman/Marc Silvestri creation about a man who can hear the thoughts of others.
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Phonogram: The Singles Club #6
In Phonogram 2 #6, Lloyd makes a fanzine – and you read it.
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War Machine #12
Just in time for the appearance of War Machine in the next Iron Man movie, this series ends. That doesn't necessarily mean the adventures of James Rhodes stop though.
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Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without a Face #1
This second "Spider-Man Noir" series begins as strongly as the previous one.
|Wed, December 9th, 2009
Hulk Winter Guard #1
Steve Ellis's art is the best thing about this comic, but it's pretty damn good.
|Wed, December 9th, 2009
New Avengers Annual #3
New Avengers Annual" #3 is all right, if you don't mind it not needing to be an Annual or that it spoils another, yet-to-be-published comic. Oops.
|Tue, December 8th, 2009
Nation X #1
"Nation X" is another one of the mutant anthology mini-series that Marvel likes so much, but it doesn't quite hit its mark.
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Toy Story #0
BOOM Kids! continues to add new ongoing titles to their lienup. This time, it's the return of Woody and Buzz. This issue features a different kind of return altogether. Where toys are involved, "return" is a word they don't want to hea
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glamourpuss #10
The weakest issue of the series yet as Sim shifts from discussing Stan Drake's art to discussing his personal life.
|Tue, December 8th, 2009
X-Force Annual #1
Wolverine and Deadpool star in this, the first "X-Force" annual.
|Tue, December 8th, 2009
Existence 3.0 #1
A slow, rocky start to the sequel to the fantastic "Existence 2.0."
|Tue, December 8th, 2009
Superman: World of New Krypton #10
What happens when a stagnant society refuses to change?
|Mon, December 7th, 2009
Strange #2
For a character that no one post-Steve Ditko has made terribly interesting, Mark Waid and Emma Rios are giving their best shot.
|Mon, December 7th, 2009
Black Widow and the Marvel Girls #1
"Black Widow and the Marvel Girls" is one of the odder books I've seen in a while, but the one thing it's missing is a point.
|Mon, December 7th, 2009
The Boys #37
The origin of the Frenchman... prepare to laugh, mes amis.
|Mon, December 7th, 2009
Nova #32
The past collides with the present, and the Sphinx isn't the only old friend to return.
|Sun, December 6th, 2009
Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1
Wonder Woman's most critical decision comes back for a rematch. A Black Lantern-ring-powered rematch.
|Sun, December 6th, 2009
Sweet Tooth #4
Stark, simple, strong -- both in the art and the narrative.
|Sun, December 6th, 2009
JSA All-Stars #1
"JSA All-Stars" has a more manageable cast size than the old "Justice Society of America" book, but we'll see how it goes from here.
|Sat, December 5th, 2009
Deadpool Team-Up #898
This comic has a hilarious high number. Get it? The rest of the issue is just as funny.
|Sat, December 5th, 2009
Jonah Hex #50
Darwyn Cooke returns with a new style for this oversized tale of triumph and (mostly) tragedy.
|Sat, December 5th, 2009
Fall of the Hulks: Alpha #1
The story of how the Leader and his gang of "intelligencia" came to be -- and how it dissolved.
|Fri, December 4th, 2009
Blackest Night: Flash #1
"Blackest Night: Flash" breaks out of the starting gate with a supersonic boom, delivering a plethora of characters, a myriad of settings, and a tightly-conceived tie-in to the main "Blackest Night" series.
|Thu, December 3rd, 2009
Iron Man Vs. Whiplash #1
The Iron Man machine sets rolling here. This series provides some insight into the character of Whiplash. Not a must-have, by any means, but certainly a story of interest for the most rabid Iron Fans.
|Thu, December 3rd, 2009
Dark Avengers Annual #1
What's Noh-Varr been doing since he fled Avengers Tower? We find out in this very good annual by Bendis and Bachalo.
|Wed, December 2nd, 2009
Uncanny X-Men #518
Emma Frost says it's all about her, even as simmering subplots move to the foreground.
|Wed, December 2nd, 2009
Siege: The Cabal #1
"Siege" begins here as the Cabal falls apart with Norman Osborn and Dr. Doom on opposite sides.
|Wed, December 2nd, 2009
What If? Secret Invasion #1
"What if 'What If? Secret Invasion' #1 was not very good?" Oh wait, that's what happened. Darn.
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Thor #604
The Thunder God sets about to bring the hammer down upon Doctor Doom. Literally. The problem being Thor is not the first Asgardian to encounter Doom.
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Classic Horror Film ExtravaganzaWednesday, October 8th, 2008 - by: Chris Kupec, Assistant Director
Here are the other titles we just received:
Curse of the Demon
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave
Dracula's Daughter ; Son of Dracula
Burnt Offerings
Carnival of Souls
Stephen King's It
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What do you like best about your job?The opportunity to positively impact the lives of people who are in need.
Why did you choose Washington Regional as an employer?WRMC is NWA's most prominent healthcare facility.
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This may be old news to some of you but its the first time that I have come across it.
I have just bought a copy of 'Round about Roma' by Stefano Di Battista on Blue Note.
This disc does not seem to have been released in the US yet.
I put it into my pc to have a listen while I browsed and suddenly a player that I had never seen before appeared! Anyways the cd provides its own player but apparently will not allow me to use my usual player to rip it as I usually do for use on my ipod.
When I opened the cd through explorer it does not display the audio tracks separately.
This is infuriating (I dont share MP3s on the net and I don't download them) but I can't listen to an album that I have bought as I would wish!
I presume the introduction of the player is to get over the complaints of cds not being playable on pcs.
Any other incidents of such cds? What are other people's views?
Incidentally I tried to copy it on a 'normal hi-fi type copier and it wont copy either!
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I've also had one of those (Dj Convention - Code Eleven). The software player on the accessible data session states that the file he is playing is 64kbit/s (you can clearly hear it's not the original). The freaky part is a "Checking System Integrity" dialog the first time the player is run. Don't know what it is checking for. Total Recorder perhaps? What bothers me the most, is that a beautiful song was drastically cut in length to make room for the extra data session.
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Bourne has lost about 10 percent of its students in the past decade, Stuck said.
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DiPaolo believes the district needs to quickly bring wireless Internet to the high school and allow students to bring their laptops.
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"I just wanted the iPad to let me bypass the slide-to-unlock bar so I could immediately control things with one button," Krikorian told CE Pro in an interview. "Apple doesn't give you the flexibility to do that."
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"We're excited to be selected to the 2014 WNIT field. It's a natural progression in the growth of our program, and we are excited to have the opportunity in this prestigious tournament against some talented teams that have rich history and tradition," Mississippi State coach Vic Schaefer said. "We're proud to have the opportunity to represent the SEC in this tournament."
Tulane brings a 20-10 mark into Thursday's contest. State's last home WNIT game was against the Green Wave, a contest the Bulldogs won 79-73 in 2007. Schaefer's second Bulldog squad made a six-win improvement to post a 19-13 record, the team's first winning record since 2009-10.
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The annual meeting of the AAAS Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division will explore a broad range of topics ranging from Western archaeology and the Great Plains' changing ecology to stem cell research, novel uses for the MRI, and education, when it convenes 31 March to 4 April in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The meeting will offer a rich, multidisciplinary selection of lectures, symposia and other presentations, with sessions of interest for researchers, educators, students, and science aficionados. The meeting is open to the public, but registration is required for most events.
"Our 86th annual conference is going to have very diverse offerings, with a strong regional flavor," said David Nash, executive director of the division. "This is an important conference regionally, and it's important for students and young researchers, so there's a real value in mixing local, national, and international issues. And we think it will really show off the exciting research going on at the University of Tulsa and the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa."
The theme of the 2012 meeting is "Science & Technology at the Crossroads," and it will be held over five full days at the University of Tulsa. It is a joint meeting with the university's 15th annual Student Research Colloquium, which allows students to experience and participate in a scholarly conference with the highest professional standards, and the 10th Annual University of Oklahoma-Tulsa Research Forum.
The AAAS Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division—SWARM, for short—has scheduled 20 symposia for the conference, plus at least 10 general sessions and a poster session with nearly 90 entries. There will be two plenary talks and the annual John Wesley Powell Memorial Lecture, which was inaugurated in 1929 in honor of the storied American geologist who led the first expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
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The Kitsap County coroner called it one of the worst neglect cases he's seen.
Richeal M. Rhoades, who told naval investigators she fell into a deepening depression after moving to Navy housing in Bremerton last August with her two young children, entered a not guilty plea in Kitsap County Superior Court.
The murder count alleges criminal negligence. Rhoades, 21, was held on $500,000 bail in the Kitsap County jail in Port Orchard, west of Seattle across Puget Sound.
Her attorney, Aaron Talney, said Rhoades' mental health is a consideration in the case, although he wouldn't say if she'd been evaluated.
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The woman moved to the Jackson Park Naval Housing Area in Bremerton as her sailor husband Michael Rhoades prepared to leave from Kings Bay, Ga., aboard the USS Maine, a Trident submarine that was reassigned to a base at Bangor, near Bremerton.
She told investigators she grew more and more detached from little Brenda and Michael Jr., age 3, as her depression worsened, according to court documents. She sought no help for her depression and, although she knew her daughter had a temperature shortly before she died late last month, Rhoades said she didn't call a hospital.
"Richeal said she knew that she had not been taking care of her kids and that Brenda was suffering from malnutrition and had a bad diaper rash," Bremerton police Detective Kenny Davis' affidavit said. "She was afraid that both Brenda and Michael Jr. would be taken away from her."
The little boy is in protective custody.
Her husband's submarine arrived Sunday at Bangor, and he apparently learned of the baby's death that night, although authorities weren't notified until Monday, court papers said.
When officers came to the home Monday and asked about the little girl, the woman said, "It's in here," and led them to a closet downstairs. The child's body was found wrapped in garbage bags and sealed in a packing box.
"It's one of those crimes that you can't understand why it occurred," Deputy Prosecutor Chris Casad said Thursday. "She lived in Navy housing and had lots of resources available to her."
The Navy offers free counseling and parenting classes to sailors' spouses and dependents. An ombudsman program is also available to provide additional support for families.
Yet despite the wealth of information available from agencies like the National Institute of Mental Health, depression still goes undiagnosed in many people, said Wayne Katon, professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington in Seattle.
"There is still a lot of stigma about depression in society," Katon said. "It makes people more reticent to ask for help."
By November, according to Rhoades' account as described in court documents, she was considering suicide and neglecting Brenda and Michael.
Michael was feeding himself, she said, and she was giving Brenda 6 eight-ounce bottles of milk a day. That amount declined as days went by, and she eventually was changing the girl's diaper only once a day.
A week before Thanksgiving, she said, there were so many dirty diapers in Brenda's room that she left the window open all night to air out the stench. The next day, the child had a 102-degree temperature.
Rhoades said she gave the little girl children's aspirin to help lower her fever.
Later, she gave Brenda an eight-ounce bottle of milk and left her in her room with the door closed. She closed Michael in his room, as well, then went upstairs to sleep.
She estimated the baby was left alone for 40 to 44 hours before she checked on her and found Brenda dead. The mother said she found the little girl against the bedroom door and had to push her out of the way to enter.
"She touched Brenda's chest area and it was cold," court documents said. "She said she knew that Brenda was dead, she had killed her from not feeding her or taking proper care of her."
The detective's affidavit said Rhoades described putting the baby's body in a black garbage sack with several dirty diapers, then leaving it in the bedroom.
Rhoades said she then went upstairs and played an online game, Final Fantasy XI.
Rhoades later had Thanksgiving dinner with neighbors, telling them the little girl was sick and staying with friends.
Autopsy results on the child are not expected for several weeks, said Greg Sandstrom, Kitsap County coroner since 1994.
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She has a touch of magic in those feet.
Brittany Kindzierski uses those feet to create special moments on the soccer field, but right now -- in this most important of times -- the UTEP senior is appealing to the mind ... and the minds of her teammates.
"A lot of the girls were saying, 'What if we keep losing,' and some were saying, 'What if we win all the rest of our games,' " Kindzierski said. "But let's not do, 'What if.' Let's do one game. Let's do UAB. Let's do it right now. Then Memphis."
That is exactly what Kindzierski and the Miners did. They had lost four straight Conference USA games -- four straight road heartbreakers. They returned home to University Field last Friday night and knocked off UAB, then on Sunday afternoon they dusted the No. 22 team in the nation, Memphis, 4-1. And now they are on the winning path again.
"If we continue to focus on right now and not three weeks away, we'll be fine," Kindzierski said.
Naturally, she wants this, her senior season, to be a special one. And so does her coach.
"I want her senior year to be a season she will remember the rest of her life," UTEP coach Kevin Cross said. "BK (which is what all her teammates call her) is a special player. Kelly Parker (former Miner star and assistant coach) went to Canada and saw her play again. Kelly went to the NTC Scouting Week -- which is sort of a combine for the top players -- and called me and said, 'Kevin, BK is the best player again,' and we got her down here."
Smiling at the recollection, Kindzierski said, "I grew up in Canada playing soccer and a sport called ringette ... sort of ice hockey for girls. When I was 12, I had to choose. I felt I had better opportunities with soccer so I went that way. I hated myself for the next year because I missed ringette. But all my friends who stayed with that sport didn't get scholarships. There just aren't that many.
"My goal with soccer was just to play as long as I could," she said. "My friend Tori (Martyn) had visited UTEP, so I committed without a visit. I finally came on an official visit and it turned out to be a good guess. The weather was the best part (laughter). I wanted to be away from home. And the girls here were really welcoming."
Kindzierski played some as a freshman, but really became an integral part of the UTEP attack as a sophomore. She led the team in goals, was second in points and tied for third in assists. Last year, she led the team in goals and points and was tied for fourth in assists. She had a hat trick against Houston and she scored the tying goal against Memphis, the goal that sent the Conference USA tournament championship game into overtime.
"BK was one of the most dangerous players in the conference last year," Cross said. "She has amazing foot skills. Her step-over moves are deadly. We've seen her make defenders just look silly. She's extremely passionate about soccer; she loves every minute of it. She has a lot of magic in her feet."
Kindzierski was training fiercely for her senior season, filling her summer months with work and sweat and the joy of the game. But life sometimes steps on sport.
"My brother passed away during the summer and all of a sudden it was really hard to focus," she said softly. "I actually came back to camp a couple of days late. We went on a family vacation ... just to get away. But when I got back with my teammates, back where everybody loves you, it was so much better. We are a family. That's why I'm here. I love these girls. I love my teammates."
Kindzierski will graduate in May and return to the University of Alberta to live at home and get a master's degree and prepare for a career as a soccer coach. But for now, she has her laser focus on this season, on this weekend with matches against Southern Miss and nationally ranked UCF ... on one match at a time.
"We want this to be a special season and if we look at last weekend, it is definitely possible," she said. "But, again, we have to take them one game at a time. Right now, it's just Southern Miss. That's the entire focus. For me, that's definitely how it is. As a team, I know we are starting to do that, too."
The young woman with the magic feet is counting on it ... counting on some more magic on the field ... counting on using her mind to gain that special focus ... the focus to make everything disappear, except that next moment, that next game.
Bill Knight may be reached at email@example.com; 546-6171. Follow him on Twitter @BillKnightept.
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History of the 1955-1956 Ford Thunderbird
Ford's original two-seat Thunderbird, inspired by Chevrolet's Corvette, went into production on September 9, 1954. Like Chevy's fiberglass sports car, the steel-bodied 1955 T-bird rolled on a 102-inch wheelbase, but the similarities ended there. Save for some early applications, a removable fiberglass hardtop was standard, as were roll-up windows and V-8 power, all features unavailable to Corvette customers early on. The Thunderbird V-8 was a 292 cubic-inch Y-block topped by a single four-barrel carburetor. Output was 193 horsepower with the standard three-speed manual, and 198 horses when the Ford-O-Matic automatic was installed. More power boosts followed in 1956 as the standard 292 V-8 was up-rated to 202 horsepower and an optional 312-cid Y-block appeared with either 215 or 225 horses. Optional dual carburetors were introduced later that year to help the 312 reach 260 horsepower. Additional updates for 1956 included available "portholes" for the removable hardtop and a Continental-style spare tire carrier out back.Get a quote for this vehicle. < Back to Years
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Auburn fullback Jay Prosch throws a block for Tre Mason to score Auburn's second touchdown of the first half against Tennessee on Nov. 9.
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If you're looking for Jay Prosch's contributions in the box score, you won't find many. The Auburn H-back has one of the more important positions on the offense, yet most of his work, almost entirely blocking, goes unnoticed to fans.
But make no mistakes about it, without the 6-foot 258-pound senior, the Tigers do not have the top rushing offense in the SEC.
"You can't say enough about Jay Prosch," offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee said. "He's as good of a fullback as there is anywhere in the country. He makes a lot of things go that maybe the average fan doesn't see. I'll tell you this: If we ...


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JOI Creates a Concierge for the Middlesex County, NJ Jewish Community
Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute is taking another big step forward in opening the tent of the North American Jewish community by hiring a Big Tent Judaism Concierge for Middlesex County, New Jersey. The Big Tent Judaism Concierge will serve as a guide to the Middlesex County Jewish community, assisting organizations in Public Space JudaismSM program implementation, and creating partnerships to ensure that the Middlesex area Jewish community works together to open the tent to all who wish to enter it.
Partially funded by the local Federation's Dave and Ceil Pavlovsky Jewish Education Fund, the Big Tent Judaism Concierge will also be working with the Federation's new community engagement coordinator, Michal Greenbaum. A recent article in the New Jersey Jewish News highlights the work of these two positions to open and grow the Jewish community in New Jersey.
JOI's "concierge," meanwhile, will "become the pivotal person to meet with newcomers and guide them into the community and into community engagement," said JOI executive director Rabbi Kerry Olitzky. "The biggest issue facing the North American Jewish community is engagement. We've found that those inside the Jewish community feel that it's warm and welcoming. Those outside find it cold and prickly — and that gap is widening."
In addition to working with the Federation's community engagement coordinator and partnering institutions, the Big Tent Judaism Concierge will work directly with individuals in the community to guide them on their Jewish journeys, ensuring that they are led to the institution that fits their needs, and that that institution is trained in effective outreach techniques, to best welcome them in. Along with Greenbaum, several Middlesex-area Jewish communal professionals will be involved in JOI's Big Tent Judaism Professional Affiliates program. This training program will allow these Jewish communal professionals to learn together proper outreach methodology, as well as work with one another so that they truly know what the community has to offer as a whole, not as individual institutions.


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MONTEREY - Yamaha's Josh Herrin won the AMA Pro SuperBike season title Sunday, and teammate Josh Hayes raced to his eighth victory of the season in the finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Herrin finished second, 13.434 seconds behind Hayes. Herrin edged Hayes by 15 points in the standings.
"This has been a life-long dream of mine and it's finally come true," Herrin said. "I can't even explain the emotions right now.
Ind. prep governing body looking into brawl
INDIANAPOLIS - The governing body over Indiana high school sports will investigate a brawl that erupted in a football game involving players, coaches and fans of both teams, its commissioner said.
A discovery meeting will occur this week, possibly Wednesday, with officials from Indianapolis Tech and Fort Wayne South high schools, Commissioner Bobby Cox of the Indiana High School Athletic Association said.
Footage from WISH-TV showed a Tech player being tackled well out of bounds by a South player, drawing a late-hit penalty and triggering the melee.
Angels' Trout in rare company after 190th hit
ARLINGTON - Angels centerfielder Mike Trout became only the third major league player since 1900 with 190 hits, 100 walks and 30 stolen bases in the same season.
Trout got his 190th hit Sunday on a home run in the first inning of Los Angeles' season-ending game at Texas.
The only other players to reach all those marks in the same season were Ty Cobb in 1915 and Lenny Dykstra in 1993.


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An Orange County man is to be arraigned this morning on charges, accused of stabbing a man to death May 17, police said.
City of Newburgh police said Steven Hamilton, 32, of Blooming Grove, was charged with second-degree murder following a multi-agency investigation into the daytime homicide of 21-year-old Poughkeepsie resident Daquan Nugent.
Police said they believe Hamilton stabbed Nugent in the chest inside a vehicle and fled. Nugent was found wounded at 12:49 p.m. on the 200 block of Third Street near the south end of Downing Park, police said.
In addition to the murder charge, Hamilton is charged with tampering with physical evidence, a felony, and felony first-degree robbery in an unrelated incident.
City man, 23, due Thursday in court in robbery attempt
A City of Poughkeepsie man is due Thursday in City Court, accused of attempting to rob a cab driver at gunpoint.
Police said Mark Jones, 23, was charged with second-degree attempted robbery, a felony, in the incident at 1:58 a.m. Friday on High Street in the city.
The driver told police he exited the car to open the trunk for Jones, whom he thought was a patron, police said. Police said Jones pulled a gun from his waistband and tried to rob the driver. He was arraigned Friday morning and sent to Dutchess County Jail on $15,000 bail or $30,000 bond.
Public parking lot to reopen amid paving, striping delay
The public parking lot next to the Dutchess County Office Building will reopen Wednesday.
Heavy rain and strong winds that recently hit the region has caused delays to the paving and striping project that's underway on Market Street.
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Knights Jewelry will be reopened in about a week by members of the family that have run the business for decades. The jewelry store is at 220 E. Wisconsin Ave. in Appleton.
The stores rebirth comes after a time of family tragedy. Owner Mark Witzke died last December, and ownership of the store went to his wife, LaVonne, known as Vonnie, who worked in education. She ultimately decided it was best to liquidate, and the going-out-of-business sale wrapped up in August.
Now two members of the Witzke family Mark Witzkes brother, Michael, and his mother, Lois are reopening the business and essentially recreating the store from scratch.
Were going to carry on the family legacy of the business, Michael Witzke said. Its been in our family since 1969. Mom has been part of the business for 40 years. I started in 1980. Were going to carry on the tradition and keep it in the family.
After working in the store for 30 years, he left in 2010 to return to school and study business management. At that time, he was thinking about opening his own store.
Now he and his mother signed a new lease on Oct. 1. They rehired Eunice Klemp, a bookkeeper whod been with them for 40 years.
Right now, were working on getting accounts reopened, Witzke said. With Vonnie having the going-out-of-business sale, and settling Marks estate, she had to close the accounts, which is understandable. Were figuring it all out.
Witzke doesnt have an exact opening date, but estimated it would be within the next week or so even if we dont have a full inventory.
Theyll need to build up the selection of bridal and fine jewelery, as inventory is costly. Thats the primary reason were not going to start back in with a $200,000 inventory.
Hes a certified goldsmith and said the shop had always done a lot of jewelry repairs, which it will continue to do along with buying gold.
Eight out of 10 people come in for rings to be fixed or watch batteries, he said.
The stores new phone will be 920-733-7332.
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Milk! It does a kitty good.
LOL – I doubt that the cat actually managed to suck the milk through the straw but it's fun for them to nibble on things like that. I love that cute expression
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Southern Miss basketball coach Donnie Tyndall said if his Golden Eagles take care of business over the next two weeks, they ought to be in consideration for an NCAA Tournament berth without having to win the Conference USA men's basketball tournament.
"We're right there on the bubble, and we've got to end the season the exact right way to give ourselves a chance," Tyndall said. "You can't deny that or hide from it. It is what it is.
"I tell our kids, it's not pressure or any reason to be nervous. It's just to let you understand the sense of urgency we have to play with every day. Every game, whether we ...


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In SearchDay #46, reader Len Ferns wrote in defense of cloaking, taking issue with the search engines' policies on the issue. Many of you responded with thoughtful comments of your own. Thanks to everyone who responded -- here are some of the more interesting reader responses to Mr. Ferns.
Gord Gemmell
Having had limited success with the search engines when trying to deliver relevant content, I personally do not see what all the flap about IP Delivery is all about. I think that the search engines have a right to do what they wish with their sites. After all, what would you do if somebody or a large body of people tried to deceptively alter the results of your website?
Robin Nobles
Cloaking solves problems created by many design issues, and it allows you to give the engines what they want to see (simple, text-based pages) and give the users what they want to see (a beautifully designed site). If done correctly and legitimately, there isn't a single thing wrong with a cloaked page, and that's the truth. In the past, some of the engine reps have even admitted that they know that there are certain instances when cloaking is needed.
Like doorway pages, cloaking has gotten a bad name, which is regretful. My philosophy is, rather than ban these strategies, let's concentrate on doing them correctly and being above board. When it comes right down to it, we're all after the same thing: relevant results.
Mike Hembrey
I totally understand Len Ferns' position. Our product lines (for the visually impaired) are the result of the merger of three companies, each with a separate web identity. If the spiders ignore redirects, a visually impaired (a.k.a. blind) person misses the opportunity to evaluate products that may help them become employed in the "mainstream". However, I believe the "home" page -must- relate to the underlying core of the web site. Otherwise, a child typing "Winnie The Pooh" could conceivably end up on adult (a.k.a. porn) sites.
Jill Whalen
I don't get why cloaking needs to be involved in this situation. Why not do what everyone else does? That is, park the new domain at the same IP address as the old domain. This should simply solve the problem as stated, and not cause a problem with the search engines. Many sites that choose a new domain name do this without a hitch (my own site included). I think you're making things much more complicated than they need to be.
John Billian
More often that not the main reason people cloak is to SPAM. Show the engine one page stuffed with keyword rich text while showing the public something else. This is the reason Search Engines look down on cloaking and rightly so. Basically for every 1 case that Len pointed out there's probably 100 that fall into the SPAM category so it's probably a good idea for the SE's to hold on to their no-cloaking stance.
George Crissman
Properly developed web sites -- those that follow the HTML definitions established by the World Wide Web Consortium -- are exactly the types of sites that rank well in the search engines. Misusing the HTML causes a low ranking ... and attempting to increase the ranking with cloaking fails to address the real issue: poor use of basic HTML tags.
The need for cloaking comes from a lack of skill in creating documents using HTML and associated standard technologies. The search engines have a good point in resisting cloaking, but they are too gracious to come right out and say "Your need to cloak is caused by poor site design."
Amy Engler
A site I'm working on is about to be re-architected and redone. It is very large -- thousands of pages. But so many of the pages have already been registered with search engines and indexes, and hundreds of other sites link to many of the pages. What does one do in this situation, besides redirects? I can't think of any efficient way to contact every search engine, index and site to inform them that page URLs have changed.
Shaun Ricci
Clearly there are legitimate cases to use cloaking. However, more often than not it is a technique used by ourselves to draw traffic. The search engines must draw the line somewhere, if they start to look at every cloaking case separately this would take forever, and would cost money (I don't want to pay higher submission prices).
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There are ethical ways to use cloaking. If you have a page that ranks well and wish to hide the source from prying eyes cloaking is one of the few options that works. Cloaking also allows you the freedom to create a perfectly optimized page for the search engines while maintaining the design integrity of a site.
The problem is, webmasters will not remain responsible. Rather than use a technique to improve the overall quality of the web, webmasters will exploit every technique they find until the search engines find a way to eliminate the exploit. Sadly, since cloaking is effective, it will be abused effectively.
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