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Woman dies as husband saves son in West Hampstead collision
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Tributes have been paid to a "down to earth" woman who died in a collision in West Hampstead as her husband pushed their two-year-old son out of the way of a car.
Desreen Brooks, 33, and her husband Ben Dutton had been having dinner with their friend Zac Schwarz, the godfather of their two-year-old son Jackson, moments before the crash outside Mr Schwarz's home in West End Lane on Saturday night.
Mr Schwarz said: "We were having a lovely evening, and they were going back to get their train home. We said goodbye and then two minutes later, I heard it.
"My understanding is that the car was coming towards them and Ben moved his son out of the way but Desreen was behind them."
The accident happened just before 8.40pm, and Ms Brooks was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mr Dutton said that the last thing his wife said was how proud she was of their son.
He explained: "I want to say how wonderful Desreen's life was, and how happy she was in the weeks before she died.
"Her very last comment was about how proud she was of her son, Jackson.
"I'd also like to say how touched I have been by the kindness of strangers who have shown their love through the candles, cards and flowers, left at the scene."
A second woman, Amy Werner, was also hit by the car. The 23-year-old, an American student studying in England, was taken to hospital where she remains in a critical but stable condition.
Mr Schwarz went to art college with Ms Brooks, who lived in East Dulwich, and the two had been friends for 15 years.
Last year, Mr Schwarz and his wife, Laura, flew back from a trip around the world to attend the wedding of their friends.
Earlier on the day of the crash Mr Schwarz and Ms Brooks were painting ceramics at Art 4 Fun, in West End Lane.
Mr Schwarz said that Ms Brooks, who established and owned an artists' management company and worked organising shoots for magazines like Vogue was the most "down to earth person".
He explained: "She spent her day with high fashion people and she was as happy sorting out her friends for magazine covers, as she was going to visit my parents in the deepest, darkest of Essex and pushing the pushchair in the mud."
But he added that she could also be "quite dappy," recalling the pot she had painted earlier that day at an art café in West Hampstead.
"She was painting a white pot, white, and we told her we told her she didn't need to paint a white pot white!"
Mr Schwarz spent the day with Jackson at the art shop just down the road from his home, and the families had gone back to his flat that evening to cook a welcome home dinner for some friends.
Mr Schwarz added: "You never think, when you ask someone to be a godfather that you'll actually be called on to do that."
Witnesses said the old Mercedes, driven by an elderly man, sped down the road and slammed into a wall.
An 83-year-old man has been treated for minor injuries.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
Police are appealing for witnesses to call them on 020 8842 1817.


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Don't can it. Recycle instead.
That's the message that Keep Amarillo Beautiful wants to get to Amarillo residents as they get replacement telephone directories this month.
Keep Amarillo Beautiful kicks off its annual telephone book recycling project on Friday. Co-sponsors are Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages and Great Western Directories.
The project continues through Feb. 28, according to Dusty McGuire, Keep Amarillo Beautiful coordinator. People can drop off telephone books 24 hours a day at the recycling centers at Plains Boulevard and Avondale Street; the southeast corner of Western Plaza; and at the city recycling drop-off center at East 27th Avenue and Hayes Street.
"Feb. 5 to 28 are the only dates that telephone books can be recycled," McGuire said. "If citizens miss those dates, books need to be thrown in the Dumpster. Books will not be accepted after these dates."
People should place dated telephone books in bins labeled, "telephone books only," McGuire said. Other items, such as newspapers, magazines and catalogs cannot be accepted in these receptacles.
Keep Amarillo Beautiful collected 207,540 pounds of (or more than 70,000) telephone books in 1998. Amarillo high schools participate in the recycling effort by encouraging students with incentives such as lengthier lunch hours, cash rewards and grade points, McGuire said.
Luby's Cafeterias at 2101 S. Coulter St. and 4530 Canyon Drive offer free dessert with a meal purchase to people who bring in an Amarillo telephone book. One book must be presented for each dessert.
Bulky telephone books, as a category, account for about 8 percent of the total 35 percent of paper products in landfills, McGuire said. They never decompose.
For each ton of recycled directories, an estimated 17 large trees are saved as well as 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space. Local city Dumpsters have a capacity of 3 cubic yards.
The telephone books will be stored in Amarillo on a temporary basis, after which they will be transported to a Waco company that will use them to manufacture insulation, McGuire said.
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I got up, as usual this morning, at the break of day with my son, Julian. I realized that what with having my teaching observed twice this week before my upcoming portfolio deadline, along with the hacking of CIC-hosted ds106 blogs, that I completely forgot to get in a Daily Create this week. The good news is all went well on both fronts, and thanks to Kim Droom the blogs are all back up or almost there.
So I checked The Daily Create site and found that since there were still 4 hours left till the 10am daily page-change, I could easily post to the Feb 3 assignment: Take a picture of your feet that shows what kind of day you're having. I just picked up my phone and ….
Saturday morning, cuddled up with Julian on the couch: he watching cartoons; me on my computer (and getting distracted, perhaps, from time to time by the occasional Phineas and Ferb scheme — you gotta admit, sometimes they are clever. OR perhaps my brain is truly addled from all of the early mornings these past almost-6 years).


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Digital Spy recently conducted an interview with The Miz, covering his experience in other media, if there are plans to turn him face, and more. In the following excerpt, The Miz names his dream opponent:
If you could have a bout with anyone, who would it be?
"I would say The Rock. The reason I wanted to be a WWE Superstar was because of The Rock. I used to watch him in The Attitude Era. There was no-one more electrifying and no-one more must-see than The Rock. Seeing that I just always wanted to have a singles match with him.
"I had a tag match with him at a sold-out event at Madison Square Garden, which I was the main event in. I don't mean to brag about that but I sold out Madison Square Garden in two minutes. Note to self."
The Miz was also asked about his favorite moment on WWE TV:
What Raw or SummerSlam moment sticks out for you?
"I've had so many cool moments on Monday Night Raw. I remember when The Rock first came back and every time his music played everyone would go 'Aaaaah!' Well since they did that every time and I was getting overlooked by everyone – and I was the WWE champion at the time – I decided to dress up as The Rock and come out with the music.
"I thought people would know it was me from the beginning, but they were just so amazed that The Rock was there. I think Cena was getting beaten up and all of a sudden you hear 'If you smell…!' and everyone goes 'Aaaaah!' and all of a sudden I walk out like I was The Rock. Then there was another 'Aaaaah!' and then I took off the sunglasses thinking people will get it now… No! An even bigger eruption happened.
"Then I started walking down and people started getting it and then I beat the crap out of Cena. That was one of my highlights. I thought this is awesome… I messed with everybody."
Click here to read the full article.


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Consider the sum
$$S=\sum_{j=1}^n \cos^p(\pi u j),$$
where $n$ and $p$ are positive integers and $u$ is irrational. Let's say $p$ is even. I'm interested in the asymptotic behavior of this for $n$ and $p$ both large. This is my attempt to make a finite sum similar to the series in this problem that might be easier to analyze while retaining the same interesting features. I think it might be possible to break up that series into shorter chunks whose behavior was similar to the behavior of this sum.
Naively, we might expect that $\cos^2$ would average to 1/2, so $S$ would be $O(n2^{-p/2})$. But the sum is likely to be influenced disproportionately by certain "lucky" terms for which $\cos^2$ is nearly 1. The probability of getting such a term goes like $1/p$, so this suggests that $S$ is $O(n/p)$. There is the question of whether the statistical argument can be made into a rigorous proof, and whether it depends on any other property of $u$ besides its irrationality, e.g., $u$'s irrationality measure. It seems unlikely to me that the results depends on any such properties, but it's conceivable that one could cook up values of $u$ that would be counterexamples, e.g., something of the flavor of Liouville's constant. For a finite $n$, $S$ measures how many good rational approximations to $u$ exist of the form $M/j$, with $j\le n$, but it would surprise me if the asymptotic behavior of $S$ really depended on $u$'s "personality."
The form of $S$ is pretty close to that of a geometric sum, which suggests that one might actually be able to massage it into a different form that would provide some insight. I tried writing the cosine in terms of complex exponentials and expanding the $\cos^p$ using binomial coefficients, then making the approximation that the binomial coefficients $p\choose{k}$ were constant for $k$ in $p/2\pm\sqrt{p}$ and and zero outside that range. This leads to expressions of the flavor of this:
$$ 2^{-p}\sum_{j=1}^n \frac{\ldots}{1-e^{\pi i u j}},$$
but after so many sloppy approximations, I don't know if this is meaningful.


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Eric and Lizzy both grew up vacationing in and around Roche Harbor. Lizzy's family had a small cabin located on the barrier of the island next to the harbor, and Eric boated with his family on the island every summer. Needless to say, it was decided a day after their engagement that Roche Harbor, a place they both call paradise, would play host for their summer wedding.
Lizzy goes into much more details about their navy and yellow nautical wedding including their full budget breakdown. As always you can see so many more seaworthy details in the full gallery here. All beautifully captured by Carina Skrobecki.
From The Bride:
As important as the actual wedding day was, for us, the community of family and friends were just as special. As such, we decided to throw a three day wedding extravaganza. It began with a low key Low Country boil on Friday evening, continued Saturday with appetizers, desserts and drinks for the official welcoming party, and culminated in a wedding that will forever be the best day of our lives. Using the island for inspiration, we decided on a nautical theme, which I was able to design and implement with an amazing team of friends.
The flowers were created by the ever so talented Paisley Petals Flower Studio, and the entire day could not have happened if it was not for Andrea Leslie, wedding planner extraordinaire!
Honestly, the night was perfect, I was so happy with how everything turned out that I would not have changed anything. I guess one thing I would have done differently is to beg Roche Harbor to let us dance for 30 more minutes. Everyone was having a blast and a bit more time busting our moves would have been great.
We incorporated navy, yellow, and white as our palette and used rope, stripes, and small graphics of anchors, crabs, and a ship's helm as accents. As a graphic designer, one of the most exciting parts for me was to design the invitations. I started with a Japanese folding book which had each day of the weekend highlighted with activities and fun adventures on the island. If that was not enough to keep our guests busy, I also designed a map that was revealed on the back when unfolded that showcased even more attractions.
One of our favorite moments of the weekend was the dance party. With the band Atomic Pop, we rocked the dance floor until they kicked us out…. due to noise regulations. From synchronized dances, to the limbo, to the largest circle of friends singing "That's what friends are for," the night ended in style and will forever be a beautiful memory.
Event Designer & Flowers: Finch & Thistle Event Design
Venue & Caterer: Roche Harbor
Photographer: Carina Skrobecki
Makeup: Afterglow Spa
Hair: Lindsey Phelps & Patti Chiasson of Gary Manual Salon
Cake: Cakes By Felicitations
Coordinator: Andrea Leslie Weddings & Events
Band: Atomic Pop
Dress Designer: Christos
Flowers: Paisley Petals Flower Studio
Groom's Attire: Ted Baker
Stationery: Lizzy Showman Design
Event Designer: Lizzy (The Bride) | Officiant: Chad Klemme (Friend of Bride & Groom)
Read on to see how much this Navy And Yellow Nautical Wedding wedding cost. Please note that costs change as the years go by, and prices are subject to change. This is just one couple's breakdown to give you a rough estimate on how much a wedding like this may cost you.
Photography: $2,000
Flowers: $3,000
Cupcakes: $800
Decorations: $1,000


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ISBN: 9780321448040 / Hardcover / 1/22/2007
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Nancy blogs at It's So Much Fun Watchin' God. She and her family buy their groceries at a store that sends them home in plain tan plastic bags. Recently, Nancy figured out how to turn those bags into a wreath for Fall.
The first step in making this wreath is to make the form for the wreath, and Nancy found that a flimsy wire coat hanger works best for this. After bending the hanger into a circle, she cut many plastic bags into rectangular shapes. These rectangles she tied into knots on the wire circle. Adding many of these knotted pieces of plastic creates a fluffy wreath. Nancy notes that while the wreath is pretty as it is, it would also be fun to embellish it with seasonal items. What a great way to keep those plastic bags out of the landfill!
Get more details on this wreath made from plastic shopping bags at It's So Much Fun Watchin' God.


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Fatty Lab's Debut; Charity Dinner at Café Boulud
Plus: Christmas at Wallsé, and more, in today's Leftovers.
This Friday and Saturday evening, the Fatty Crew Hospitality Group will debut the Fatty Lab, an experimental cooking and event space in the former Brooklyn Fatty 'Cue. The first event's a pop-up with chef Chaz Brown, a former Top Chef contestant, who will serve up "Brooklyn Creole" fare both nights. Walk-ins are welcome. [Grub Street]
On Friday, December 20 at 7 p.m. Gavin Kaysen and Hooni Kim of Danji will cook a six-course meal for charity featuring dishes from both chefs at Café Boulud. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Children's Cancer Research Foundation. Tickets are $265 per person and include wine pairings; they can be purchased online. [Grub Street]
Wallsé will serve a four-course prix-fixe Christmas menu inspired by Vienna on December 24 from 5 to 11 p.m. and on December 25 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets for the meal, which will feature dishes like roasted Christmas goose with red cabbage, are $125 per person or $220 with wine pairings. [Grub Street]
On Sunday, December 8, Joe Allen, owner of theater district staplesOrso, Bar Centrale, and Joe Allen Restaurant, will donate 50 percent of the entire day's proceeds from all three restaurants to Save the Children's Typhoon Haiyan Children's Relief fund. [Grub Street]


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So it's the beginning of the year. Your party dress has been hung up, you've spent a total of 7 hours at the gym, you're dying to have a cigarette or use profanity again and you also are still single. Being single is the best part of starting off the year. It is a common misconception that having a date on NYE is a bonafide relationship proposal for the year to come. But starting the year off solo can only enhance the opportunity you have to broaden you're single experience and really make the best decision for yourself.
Resolutions abound during the month. People are deciding what they can and can't live without. The beginning of the year is the perfect time to focus on you for a couple of weeks. Increase you're value by sticking to those resolutions, giving yourself some extra attention and making a game plan for what you want out of your dating life this year. When you have a clear head of what you can handle and what you want from friendships and relationships then you can quickly get rid of qualities and situations that are no good for you.
It's very cold out in Baltimore so if you aren't in the house running up you're BGE bill then warm up with some friends at the newest club in Baltimore, MIST. Mist is the newest addition to the Power Plant community with the biggest dance floor in the city and multiple bars. Cancun Cantina in Hanover offers two different night clubs in one. On Saturdays the club is an all out beach party. The DJ will keep you sweating to the point where you don't even remember its January.
Going out on the town can be relaxing as well as energetic. Getting together with friends and having a good time will get your mind off the stress of finding a love for the year and get you to realize that you are out there and if it's going to happen this year it won't be because you are stressing about it.
Baltimore Restaurant week is January 22- February 7. So once you meet that hottie out partying book your reservations early. Don't let the cold get you down. Keep your calendar busy and you're head up. It's a new year and you have a clean slate being single.


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Due to Apple's attempts to counteract Amazon's monopoly on the e-book market, the prices of e-books have risen and risen. However, it is now being alleged Apple's attempts to override Amazon have been underhand.
The accusation
Apple, along with five publishers – Macmillan, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette and Penguin – have been accused of keeping e-book prices unnecessarily high to achieve higher profits and put a stop to Amazon's monopoly.
With this alleged price fixing, Apple and the five publishers are now being investigated by the United States Department of Justice as it appears they have broken the law.
This battle to dominate the e-book market is set to get messy with Apple, Amazon, the publishing industry and now the Department of Justice all involved.
What does Apple have to say about these accusations?
Apple defend their actions and have said that; "The DOJ's accusation of collusion against Apple is simply not true. The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry. Since then customers have benefited from ebooks that are more interactive and engaging. Just as we've allowed developers to set prices on the App Store, publishers set prices on the iBookstore."
So what does this all mean for us?
Fortunately for us, it looks like the prices of e-books may finally be on their way down, and with lower prices Amazon's digital book sales are likely to rise.
Apple's efforts have certainly increased their own share of the eBook market, despite landing themselves in hot water, but with these latest revelations what does the future hold for Apple in the e-book market?


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We conclude the Bucktown vs. Wicker Park series with the same question we started with: Where do YOU think we are, Wicker Park or Bucktown?
Architecturally, this interior- especially the ceiling- is neo-classical with civic overtones, a temple to finance built in the roaring 20's.
What's Wicker Park about it? The exemplary preservation of the coffered ceiling, skylight, pilasters, light fixtures, and even the clock! What's Bucktown about it? Contemporary lighting devices highlighting the historic qualities- and some would say a revolutionary re-use of the space!
We hope that you've been for a visit to this wonderfully reworked icon in the neighborhood, or will soon- if so you know where we are standing. The big question is-


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S.S. Merkin
(Olive)Hook: Gamakatsu SC 15, size 1/0.Thread: Olive 6/0 (140 denier).Tail: A few strands of pearl green Angel Hairflanked by Cree (inside) and grizzly olive(outside) neck hackles.Body: Alternating bands of tan and creamSparkle Yarn. Tie in a small piece of fuzzyolive wool with each band of cream yarn;tie on a piece of olive Crazy Legs witheach band of tan yarn. Clip all the yarn toshape, and pick out the olive yarn.Eyes: 5/32-inch black dumbbell eyes.Weed guard: 20-pound-test hard monofilament.


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We're giving away 3 pairs of VIP tickets and 6 pairs of regular tickets to the Cinco de Mayo Brickell Fiesta. The weekend long event is taking place Sunday, May 4, and Monday, May 5, from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Party goers can enjoy non-stop entertainment as Brickell transforms into a Mexican street festival. Authentic Mexican food served up by numerous street vendors, accompanied by plenty of seasonal libations, keeps guests fueled for dancing to a non-stop lineup of music. Mariachis salute Mexican heritage with traditional tunes, and live rock, pop, and DJ sets keep the party going late into the night.
VIP admission includes a 22-ounce festival mug, access to the VIP lounge, access to La Mexicana Cantina Restaurant and Bar, VIP bathrooms and VIP credentials.
Here's how to enter to win tickets to Cinco de Mayo Brickell Fiesta:
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Strawberry Mascarpone Tart With Port Glaze
Tart shell
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
7 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons cold water
Blend together flour, sugar, salt and butter in a bowl with your fingertips or a fork. Add egg yolk, almond extract and lemon juice and mash together with a fork or use a pastry blender until it comes together, with some pea-size butter lumps. Add water and use fingertips to mix dough until it comes together.
Press into tart pan; cover and place in freezer for 10 minutes. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Remove from freezer and place in oven to bake 20 to 30 minutes until crust is golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
1 1/2 pounds strawberries, trimmed and halved lengthwise
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup ruby port
8 ounces mascarpone
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Stir together strawberries and sugar in a bowl and let stand, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes. In the meantime, simmer port in a small saucepan until reduced to about 1/4 cup. Remove from heat and allow to cool before adding to strawberries.
In the meantime, beat together mascarpone, cream cheese, honey, powdered sugar, lemon juice, zest, vanilla and a pinch of salt.
Remove tart shell from pan and place on a serving plate. Spread cheese mixture over top and top, artfully, with strawberries. Pour remaining liquid on top. Serve.
-- Adapted from www.gourmet.com


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Who looks good and who doesn't is obviously a matter of personal taste. In the fitness industry, there are many kinds of training methods and many kinds of nutritional advice, which all seem to produce varying types of physiques. So what type of physique looks the best? Here are some examples of training methods and the physiques they typically produce. Choose your favorite.
- The Cardio Body. Uses lots of cardiovascular methods of training. Produces good endurance, reduces body fat, but also reduces muscle. Rarely does resistance training. Does a lot of running and cardio type group classes only. The typical look is thin, with skin a bit loose and no muscle fullness and no muscle definition. These bodies look fairly healthy, especially in clothes, but never are hard to the touch due to depleted muscle. They also tend to be deficient in some nutritional areas.
- The Crossfit Body. Uses a combination of resistance training and cardiovascular training. Training is circuit oriented and much more intense than cardiovascular training alone. Produces excellent endurance, stamina and conditioning... and a certain amount of muscular development. Extreme muscular development is hindered due to an overtraining condition. The typical look is fit, tighter skin than the cardio only body, but not a lot of muscular development and muscular shape or density. Some crossfitters achieve muscular physiques, but this is the exception and not the norm.
- The Bodybuilder or Competition-Like Body. This is the type of body that turns heads when walking down the beach. Not everyone likes this look, but oddly enough, most everyone stares when one walks by. Training is mostly resistance oriented with both lighter and heavier weights used. Cardio is employed as needed at moderate intensity. Muscle confusion is a primary principle followed. Overtraining is frowned upon because the goal is to maximize muscle and its shape. Workouts are typically intense and produce great muscle hardness, fullness and strength. The bodybuilder/competition body is concerned with working every single body part equally to achieve complete symmetry and balance. Men in this group have great muscular development, women in this group have long hard muscles and great shape, but not extreme muscular size. Most every hard body you see in magazines fall into this category.
Pick your favorite. If you would like more information on how to get into the kind of shape you desire, email email@example.com or visit www.mikephelpstraining.com.


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JWC TO LADY HARRIET BARING ; 28 October 1847; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18471028-JWC-LHB-01; CL 22: 139-140
Thursday [28 October 1847]
"Dearest" Lady.—"Oh no NO NO! for Heaven's sake!— I did not, could not have said that; or if I did,—forget it; it was a slip of the tongue!"
He is come then,—is here this Yankee-Seraph! We have seen him "face to face and (over-) soul to (over-) soul"!1 for two days I have lived on the manna of his speech, and now I have escaped to my bedroom to bathe my head in cold water, and report progress to you.
So far, all has gone better than you predicted; they do not hate one another yet; C still calls Emerson "a most polite and gentle creature! a man of really quite Seraphic nature! tho' on certain sides of him overlaid with mad rubbish"—and Emerson still (in confidence, to me) calls C "a good Child(!) in spite of all his deification of the Positive, the Practical—most astonishing for those who had first made acquaintance with him in his Books"!
Polite and Gentle, this Emeson certainly is; he avoids with a laudable tact, all occasions of dispute, and when dragged into it, by the hair of his head, (morally speaking) he gives, under the most provoking contradictions, with the softness of a feather-bed.
For the rest; I hardly know what to think of him, or whether I like him or not. The man has two faces to begin with which are continually changing into one another like 'dissolving views,'2 the one young, refined, almost beautiful, radiant with—what shall I say?—"virtue its own reward"!3 the other decidedly old, hatchet-like, crotchety, inconclusive—like an incarnation of one of his own poems! In his speech he is not dogmatical the least in the world, nor anything like so fantastical as his letters give one to suppose; in fact; except for a few phrases consisting chiefly of odd applications, of the words 'beauty' and 'child'; he speaks simply and clearly, but without any eloquence or warmth— What I should say he failed in is what the Yorkshire wool-cleaner called 'natur'— He is genial, but it seems to be with his head rather than his heart—a sort of theoretic geniality that (as Mazzini would say) "leaves me cold." He is perhaps the most elevated man I ever saw—but it is the elevation of a reed—run all to hight without taking breadth along with it. You will not I think dislike him as you expected, but neither will you like him— He is to breakfast with Rogers tomorrow morning under the escort of Mrs Bancroft,4 and goes to Liverpool I believe tomorrow night, to lecture "all about" When he returns to London, as a Lecturer, I fancy he will go into Lodgings—
I am sure C. is disappointed, thinks him, if he would "tell the truth, and shame the Devil"5 a man of no sort of significance—but he is still under the restraining grace of Hospitality, and of a certain regard to consistency: besides he has had no opportunity of unbosoming himself to me on the subject, as we have literally not been five minutes alone together since Emerson arrived: he (Emerson) sits up after me at nights and is down before me in the mornings. till I begin to feel as if I had got the measles or some such thing.6
I have not seen Fleming since his return—almost dread the thought of seeing him! of witnessing the progress of his emotions—
And now to my 'woman's mission'7 below—
Ever most truly / Yours
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For the first time since it opened in 1999 at Pasadena City College, the center competition floor of Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium is getting a complete makeover. The home floor design has changed dramatically to reflect a traditional look.
Pacific Floor Company of Chatsworth began work on the project on Dec. 10 and is expected to be finished by New Year's Day. The gym floor is being sanded and then painted. The work does not affect any PCC home basketball games although it has transplanted the teams to practice off-campus at nearby Caltech.
While the floor has been refinished and painted several times, this is the first time that the college chose to change the basketball court design. The new look does not contain the Lancers' athletic logo, which is likely to be replaced by 2013-14, according to PCC athletic director John Woods.
"We had coaches and staff give their input on the new look of the floor, including both head basketball coaches," Woods said. "I think the end result will be pleasing to the fans. The floor is not busy looking and has an old-school feel to it."
While students will be able to use the floor for college classes beginning on Jan. 7 (the start of the Spring semester), the first contest for fans to view the new-look HP gym will be Wednesday, Jan. 9. The Lancers host a basketball doubleheader with the men's team opening South Coast Conference play and playing its 2012-2013 home opener v. Los Angeles Southwest College at 5 p.m. The state No. 6-ranked PCC women's team then takes on El Camino College in a 7 p.m. tip-off.
[Image--a drawing of how Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium's refinished floor will appear, supplied by Pacific Floor Company.]
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Are you a careful, responsible planner or do you fly by the seat of your pants? What about your child? Is one child persistently more reliable than the others? Does one mope around and never seem to fit in? Whatever the case, blame it on your birth order.
Does birth order matter in developing a particular attitude towards life events and relationships? According to a Huffington Post article, there are three main personality traits that develop based on birth order: Achiever, firstborns; Peacemaker, middle children; and Life-of-the Party, youngest. The Huffington Post article reveals what birth order some famous and successful people, like Bill Gates, Winston Churchill, and other popular icons fit into.
Of course, not everyone has the benefits or obstacles that come with having a sibling. The article goes on to also describe an only child as a "Lone Wolf". In addition, aside from being the oldest or only child, not every family has an even number of children to fall into specific categories of who qualifies as the middle child. Others have a nice orderly set up only to knock the youngest or middle child into a new category with the addition of another baby.
Obviously, no family is going to find themselves neatly fitting into a rigid outline of how each member's personality should or shouldn't develop. However, there just might be something to this birth order synopsis. After all, talk to any parent of more than one child and most will probably admit that each offspring has a distinct personality of his or her own. Was each child born with a personality intact, or was it a result of birth order?
Birth order is really more of a way of describing how parents are most likely to parent as well as how the child views their placement in the family among siblings. For instance, parents may be nervous with the first child and more relaxed with the second, third, or additional children to follow. Also, a firstborn will have a much better chance of getting his or her parents' undivided attention. Though, a child born later will have a built-in entertaining playmate. Whereas, the youngest child may constantly be the center of everyone's attention to coddle, protect, or be amused at his or her cuteness.
It all goes back to the question of nurture verses nature and how much each plays in the personality development of children. Regardless, there must be at least a bit of an influence from where the child is placed in the birthing order of the family that has some influence on how he or she approaches life.
What do you think? Where do you fall in the birth order of your family, and how did it influence you in your life's decisions?
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As the Colorado Springs Sky Sox season winds down, I recently had the chance to sit down with Ben Paulsen. The first baseman is hitting .287 with 18 homers and 71 RBIs (through games of August 23), including a three-homer, seven-RBI game against Albuquerque on August 23. Paulsen received his first-ever Major League call-up earlier this season. In 12 games with the Colorado Rockies, Paulsen recorded a .382 average and smacked a homer.
Henry: Congratulations on receiving your first call-up this season. Did it come as a surprise to you?
Paulsen: It was an absolute surprise. I didn't know that Justin Morneau was injured. (Colorado Springs manager Glenallen Hill) walked in and told me and I was completely surprised. That was a very surreal moment for me. It was a dream come true. It's what all baseball players work for and I was very thankful it had worked out for me.
Henry: What was the time like for you between getting the news and actually getting to join the Rockies?
Paulsen: I had about 24 hours, so the first thing I did was call everyone and let them know I had gotten the call-up. After my family and friends heard, everyone was scrambling trying to get there to see me play. They were so happy to hear about it and they wanted to be there when it happened.
Henry: You logged your first Major League homer during your stint with the Rockies. Was that a "wow moment" for you?
Paulsen: It was. I mean, I'm used to hitting homers but to actually hit one in the Majors was great. I got a good swing and connected on it.
Henry: You've been a guy that has been mentioned as someone who the Rockies could call up in September for the rest of the season. Is that something you think about?
Paulsen: I don't have any control over that, so it's something I try not to think about. Whatever happens, I just have to go out and be consistent.
Henry: How have you changed as a player since you joined the Rockies organization?
Paulsen: I've worked a lot on my hitting and consistency at the plate. I've been around Dave Hajek (hitting coach for Colorado Springs) a lot and I think we're on the same page. I've learned a lot here in Colorado Springs from Glenallen Hill. He's been a tremendous manager for me.
Henry: No matter what happens the rest of the season, what's your strategy for the offseason?
Paulsen: It's all about becoming more consistent. I always want to work on tightening up my craft. I never want to take a step back. I have to really look at what I can do to become a better player and focus on that.


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Red Raiders Explode For 8 Goals On Senior Day
Texas Tech exploded for eight goals on Senior Day in a shutout of Arkansas Pine Bluff.
Oct. 6, 2013
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LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech offense exploded for eight goals Sunday as the No. 14 Red Raiders shutout Arkansas Pine Bluff 8-0 on Senior Day at the John Walker Soccer Complex.
Seven different Red Raiders found the back of the net including seniors Jessica Fuston and Kansas Bayly as the most decorated senior class in program history celebrated their careers in style with the Sunday afternoon victory. Texas Tech now extends its program-best unbeaten streak to 10-straight matches and moves to 12-1-1 on the season.
"We wanted to be aggressive from the outset, finish our chances and make sure we allowed everyone to play," head coach Tom Stone. "It was Senior Day with a lot of emotion. It was hard for us to even keep it together at the beginning, because this senior class has meant so much to us."
Texas Tech's eight goals are the most by a Red Raider team under current head coach Tom Stone (2007-present) and the most since Texas Tech scored a school record 10 against Prairie View A&M in 2006.
Meanwhile, Texas Tech's defense, which entered the weekend ranked in the top-10 nationally, didn't allow a single shot in Sunday's dominant victory over the Lions as the Red Raiders posted their seventh shutout in the last eight matches.
Texas Tech jumped out early in the contest as sophomore Hannah Devine and Fuston each scored in the first 20 minutes of the match. Devine connected on a header in the 11th minute off a corner kick from fellow sophomore Caity Heap on the far side for her third goal of the season.
Fuston then connected on her first goal of the year at the 19:59 mark as she headed home a pass from Janine Beckie from the right wing. The score marked her 25th career goal to move past former Red Raiders Dawn Ward and Brittney Harrison into sole possession of fourth all-time at Texas Tech on the career scoring list.
The Red Raiders then went on to score three goals in just more than three minutes as sophomore Briana Rohmer scored twice and freshman Kendyl Pirkey added another in scoring burst that began in the 31st minute.
Rohmer opened the scoring when she connected on a shot from near the 6-yard box off a pass from Maddy Crabtree. It marked her third goal of the season while Crabtree picked up her third assist of the year.
Pirkey, a true freshman, then scored on her first career touch before Rohmer scored her second goal of the afternoon at the 31:15 mark to give the Red Raiders a 5-0 lead over the Lions.
Sophomore Jade Dapaah put the finishing touches on Tech's dominant first half of play with a dominant goal of her own in the 42nd minute. The Oklahoma transfer launched a free kick from 25-yards out that sailed into the back of the net giving the Red Raiders a 6-0 lead going into halftime.
The six goals in the first half tied a school record set in 1995, and the Red Raiders are now outscoring opponents 20-0 in the first half of play this season.
Texas Tech went on to add two more goals in the second half as Bayly and Heap pushed Tech's lead to 8-0 with goals in each the 64th and 75th minute. Heap, who also recorded two assists on the day, now has four goals on the season.
The Red Raiders return to conference play next weekend as Tech travels to Norman, Okla. to face the Sooners on Friday before traveling to Waco for a highly-anticipated match at No. 20 Baylor Sunday.


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"Jesse Stone: Thin Ice" (CBS) was the 5th novel adapted into a TV movie written by author Robert B. Parker. Tom Selleck stars as Jesse Stone who is the police chief of a small town named Paradise, Massachusetts. Episode 5 came two full years after "Jesse Stone: Sea Change" 2007. Jesse was a former homicide detective in Los Angeles, but was fired for drinking alcohol on the job.
"Suitcase" came out of his coma in the last episode. Deputy Molly has moved out of Paradise. Deputy Rose has taken her place in the office.
"Thin Ice" stars, Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone), Kathy Baker (Rose Gammon), Kohl Sudduth (Luther 'Suitcase' Simpson), Stephen McHattie (Captain Healy) & William Devane (Dr. Dix).
"Jesse Stone: Thin Ice" opens with both Jesse & captain Healy sitting in a car on a stakeout. An unknown male walks over in the pouring rain & pulls out a gun. He aims at the car & fires off many rounds. Healy & Jesse are both shot, but Jesse is able to pull out his gun. The shooter walks closer to make sure both men are down. Jesse aims his gun & a bullet hits the unknown male before he runs away.
Jesse is shot in the arm & walks with a sling. Healy is in critical condition. Jesse goes to work though without his arm in a sling & he is followed by his dog Reggie. The town council heard about the shooting & they don't want Jesse to moonlight in Boston. They threaten to fire him because they cannot control him. They also want to hire a new deputy who is the son of one of the council members.
Jesse returns home with Reggie & breaks out the scotch to start drinking. His ex-wife Jen calls & she tells him that this man named Elliot wants to move in with her. Jesse doesn't like the idea even though they are divorced. He talks with his therapist Dr. Dix. They discuss the shooting & Jesse mentions Elliot who bothers the hell out of him. He's jealous.
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A man in Perry Township, Ohio, was arrested on charges of animal cruelty and domestic violence, after he allegedly threatened his wife and shot the family dog four times, reported Tuesday's Fox 8 News.
The trouble started early Tuesday morning when 68-year-old Roger Harnish allegeldy got into a heated argument with his 60-year-old wife, Patricia, over finances.
According to a press release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Harnish approached his wife in an aggressive manner, leading her to believe that he was going to choke her. At this point, the family dog, a three-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback named "Terry," began to growl at the man.
According to the release, Roger Harnish threatened to kill Terry because the dog was growling at him; Patricia pleaded for the protective dog to be spared and proceeded to secure the dog in a wire cage.
After Terry was placed in the kennel, the couple continued to argue; the distraught dog continued to growl.
According to Mrs. Harnish, her husband went to a room and retrieved a gun and proceeded to shoot the caged dog twice.
Believing that her life was in jeopardy, Mrs. Harnish fled from the home and ran to a neighbor's house.
Two more shots were fired after Mrs. Harnish exited the home.
When police arrived, they discovered that the dog had been dragged to the back yard and he was still alive, albeit grievously injured in the head. Mr. Harnish admitted to shooting the dogs four times; he claimed that the additional shots were fired to ensure that Terry was dead.
When attempts to contact rescue agencies failed, a deputy "humanely dispatched" the injured dog as he was obviously suffering.
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Is the Nigeria's oil rich "South South", or Niger Delta region, the "epicentre" of vote-rigging in Nigeria? Voter turnout figures suggest that it is particularly exposed to electoral fraud.
The chairman of Nigeria's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reportedly claimed that the country's Niger Delta - also referred to as the "South South" region - has been the "epicentre of electoral fraud ... since 1999".
Dr Chidi Odinkalu was speaking at a public hearing on electoral accountability which was held in Port Harcourt in Rivers State earlier this month.
The South South region is one of six constitutionally designated "geopolitical zones" that incorporate Nigeria's 36 states and the "Federal Capital Territory" of Abuja. The other zones are: North West, North East, North Central, South West and South East. Each of the zones consists of six states, except for the North West and South East, which have seven and five states respectively.
Government planning, as well as national politics, is organised around this concept of "zoning". Nigeria is, in effect, a federation of regions, not a union, and its constitutional and political arrangements are supposed accommodate this, sharing out - or "zoning" - key positions to politicians from the different regions fairly.
The South South zone is the heart of Nigeria's oil industry. Four of the six states included in the zone - Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom - account for 80% of Nigeria's oil production.
It is no wonder then that politicians are prepared to fight hard for control of these states. But is the South South region particularly afflicted by electoral malpractice and is it really the "most notorious manipulator and violator of electoral norms and laws", as reported by Nigeria's Guardian newspaper?
A brief history of vote-rigging in Nigeria
Nigeria has an unenviably long track-record in vote-rigging, dating back to 1952 when the British, at that time still the colonial power, supervised the country's first-ever general elections.
The 1979 elections - the first since the post-independence military takeover in 1966 (which itself came in the wake of the violence that attended the October 1965 parliamentary elections in South Western Nigeria) - were dogged by a statistical controversy that had to be resolved by a Supreme Court judgment.
The 1983 elections were followed three months later by a coup d'etat that cut short the second term of then-president Shehu Shagari. In his inaugural speech Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, who succeeded Shagari, described the elections as "anything but free and fair".
"The shameless rigging and the widespread perversion of the electoral process could not, in all honesty, have been said to have produced a government of the people by the people."
The 1993 presidential election was a departure from that norm, and was generally adjudged free and fair. But it was annulled by the then military ruler Ibrahim Babangida for reasons that are a matter of dispute, plunging the country into crisis.
The 1999, 2003 and 2007 elections were all affected by corruption and vote-rigging. The European Union Observer Mission described the 2003 state and federal elections as "marred by serious irregularities and frauds."
The 2007 elections got even more flak, and invited comparisons to the 1983 elections. The EU Mission said they "fell far short of basic international and regional standards for democratic elections" and that "given the lack of transparency and evidence of fraud, particularly in the result collation process, there can be no confidence in the results of these elections".
Is the rigging in the South South worse than elsewhere?
Odinkalu, the National Human Rights Commission chairman, told Africa Check that his assertions were supported by "voter turn-out figures and the fact that historically the South South produces the highest turn-out and highest margins in all elections in Nigeria since 1979".
He said that the NHRC has "a team working on this specifically and we do have quite some material now which we hope at some point to make public".
Rigging in Nigeria often occurs not at polling stations, where there is strong international oversight, but during the collation process where monitors are absent. Illegal thumb-printing - whereby vote counters mark blank ballot papers with their own thumb prints - is common, and in some cases, voter turnout figures have been known to be higher than the number of people registered to vote.
The US Council on Foreign Relations accuses incumbent Nigerian governors of playing a "prominent role in election-rigging", and points out that states which routinely report dubiously high voter turnout figures tend to be governed by the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). "Of the twelve states with dubious turnout figures... eleven had governors from the ruling party who supported Jonathan; none had governors from the opposition," it reported.
The South South region is a traditional stronghold for the PDP. President Goodluck Jonathan is a Christian southerner, hailing from the Delta. His ruling party has a strong foothold in the region, governing four of the six South South states. Between 1999 and 2008 it governed all six states. As it happens, the region is also a hotspot for inconceivably high voter turnout figures.
In its report of the 2007 elections the European Union Election Observer Mission noted that "the high turnout rates for the Niger Delta region - Akwa Ibom State 83%, Bayelsa State 96%, Delta State 76%, Rivers State 80%- are highly implausible, particularly given the credible reports of low voter turnout from those states".
In the 2011 elections, generally said to be to be much fairer than those of 2007, the South South along with the South East produced the highest rates of voter turnout in the country, well above the national average of 51.95%.
Chris Newsom, Program Advisor at the Stakeholder Democracy Network, a community empowerment civil society group that focuses on the Delta, has monitored elections in the region for many years. He acknowledges that there are "serious issues" with electoral integrity in the South South region, and believes that, based on available statistical evidence, these issues are most pronounced in the rural areas.
For example, turnout in the presidential elections in Rivers state consistently ranged from 70% to 96% across several local governments, except for the capital, Port Harcourt, where it was 50%, a scenario that analysts consider more plausible.
It is not clear if the pronounced levels of rigging may be connected to the inaccessibility of the terrain. Swathes of the region consist of dense mangrove vegetation and confounding network of creeks that all but a few locals find impossible to navigate, making it hard for vote monitors to circulate observing the voting process and the movement of ballot papers and ballot boxes.
Odinkalu appears to make that connection, telling Africa Check that there is documented evidence of acts like the "re-writing [of] election returns inside the boats in the creeks" and that "the patterns in other parts that don't have water are different".
Africa Check approached the Independent National Electoral Commission for its opinion on elections in the Delta, but its media spokesmen declined to comment.
Newsom contends that while acknowledging the seriousness of electoral malpractice in the region, "other parts of the country shouldn't be let off the hook". According to him some 2011 election results were "pretty outrageous in parts of the north as well". As numerous court rulings and independent reports over the years show, vote rigging is far from unknown in the southwest and south east also.
Indeed the EU Observer Mission report from 2007 flags other states outside the South South region for implausible turnout figures. "Voter turnout figures of 60% for Anambra State and 78% for Gombe State [both in the north] are highly questionable bearing in mind that no voting took place in large parts of these states," it reported.
There were also widespread allegations of underage voting across northern Nigeria during the 2011 elections. In a report produced after that ballot, for instance, the International Crisis Group stated that angry underage youths turned on the resident electoral commissioner in Gombe state after he tried to stop them from voting. "More than half of the voters are under-aged", Crisis Group quoted him as saying.
Conclusion - South South particularly exposed to electoral malpractice Blatant election malpractice is very much a part of Nigerian politics, persevering right through to the last vote in 2011, when international observers recognised democratic process, but underlined that there is still a long way to go. "The polls were... riddled with malpractices, logistical deficiencies and procedural inconsistencies", Crisis Group said in its report.
Parties tend to rig where they have a stronghold. "Where the opposition is weak, rigging is pronounced," says Newsom.
The degree of rigging is proportional to the ability to mobilise funds and support from law enforcement agents. "The only political parties that could complain of election-rigging are those parties that lack resources to rig. There is complete evidence that rigging and thuggery were relative to the resources available to the parties," then Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari said in his first speech to the country, on January 1, 1984, the day after seizing power in a military coup.
As the EU's Mission pointed out, other states do face similar problems.
However, it appears that the ruling PDP party's strength in the South South leaves that region as a whole particularly exposed to electoral malpractice, notably in the vote collation process. Statistical evidence to support the view that it, while by no means having a monopoly on electoral malpractice in Nigeria, is the region in which the impunity is likely to be greatest.
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In Diablo 2 (I believe they came in LoD) there were Charms. Items that gave you buffs by just having them in your inventory. Is there anything even close to this system in Diablo 3, or is it only your gear and passives that give you stats.
There are no items similar to D2's charms in Diablo III. The only items that are really worth keeping in the inventory as you adventure are potion stacks.
In earlier iterations of Diablo III's design there used to be a charm-like system called "talisman" that did not occupy inventory space, see on the left here:
But it was removed after Blizzard were not happy with how it worked. There were vague hints by Blizzard that it might return, but at the moment it's not a confirmed future feature.
Unfortunately there is nothing like charms in D3. Perhaps they will look to add something similar in the future.
Currently it is only your gear and passive skills that give you stats.
You can also get some bonuses from equipping your follower with certain gear (i.e. magic find, gold find, etc...).
Charms went through a few different iterations in Diablo III, but were ultimately scrapped as being an uninteresting mechanic. Bashiok left the possibility that they may return, but with the Mystic having been scrapped as well, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Well, unless she returns..
No, Diablo 3 does not currently have any items which give you benefits just by having them in your inventory. As you said, these were added to Diablo 2 after its release, so they may come to Diablo 3 at some time, but I think the designers have said that they weren't too happy with the way they worked.


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College Hockey:Sacred Heart Downs RPI In Overtime
Bear Trapp Scores Game-Winner
TROY, N.Y. — Bear Trapp tallied two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, and goaltender Jason Smith recorded 44 saves to lead the Sacred Heart Pioneers to a 4-3 victory over Rensselaer. With its victory, Sacred Heart improves to 8-3-1 on the season, including a 6-1-0 mark in its last seven games. The Engineers fall to 7-6-3.
Trapp got the game-winner at 1:01 of overtime from behind the net when his attempted pass deflected off of Rensselaer defenseman Alexander Valentin and into the back of the net. Smith earned the win by making 16 saves in the first period, 17 in the second, 11 in the third period and none in the overtime. He is now 7-3-1 on the season.
The Pioneers opened the scoring at 4:38 of the first period when junior forward Peter Ferraro skated up the left side of the ice on a two-on-one with Erik Roos and snapped off a wrist shot to the short side. For Ferraro, the unassisted goal was his fourth marker of the season. RPI answered at 16:57 when junior forward Oren Eizenman tallied from just outside the crease. Eizenman earned his ninth goal of the season when his wrist shot was partially stopped by the goaltender but the puck managed to trickle across the goal line. For Eizenman, the goal extended his point-scoring streak to 14 games (9 goals, 10 assists). Senior Kevin Croxton, who fed Eizenman in the neutral zone, earned the primary assist while defenseman Brad Farynuk earned the secondary for Rensselaer. The Engineers outshot the Pioneers 17-7 in the period.
Sacred Heart built a two-goal lead after two periods with a pair of power-play goals in the middle stanza. Sophomore defenseman Scott Marchesi ripped a slapshot from the blueline in the middle of the circles that rose over the shoulder of Engineer goaltender Mathias Lange for a 2-1 lead at 8:48. Kalen Wright and Rocco Molinaro earned the assists on the goal. Trapp made it 3-1 less than two minutes later when he swept in a loose puck that was laying in the crease. Trapp's goal, his seventh of the season, was scored after Bernie Chmiel's shot rang off the crossbar and lay behind Lange. Sacred Heart's leading scorer, Pierre-Luc O'Brien also earned an assist on the goal.
Rensselaer battled back in the third period, tallying two goals to tie the game at 3-3. Eizenman notched his second of the game off a pass from sophomore Andrew Lord at 7:21 and sophomore Jonathan Ornelas tied the game at 15:33. Croxton started the play on RPI's second goal from the top of the left circle, passing the puck to Lord, who had his shot stopped. Ornelas tied the game at 15:33 with a hard shot into the upper right corner for his tenth goal of the season. Farynuk and Croxton tallied the assists.
Lange finished with 24 saves, including six in the first period, 11 in the second, six in the third and one in overtime.
Rensselaer returns to action next Saturday night when it hosts Rochester Institute of Technology in a non-league game at Houston Field House (7pm). Sacred Heart hosts Atlantic Hockey League foe the University of Connecticut on Thursday night at 7pm.
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I slicked down my hair, grabbed the podium, and in no uncertain terms told Iran that time for diplomacy is over, the window of opportunity is closing fast, and if it's not a bomb from us, it'll be a bomb from the Jews.
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I got a phone call from President Obama saying he has second thoughts about a military option and wants more time for a diplomatic solution.
More time? Iran has been working on the bomb for a decade. Those people running that country are not rational. They don't understand saber rattling. They only understand martyrdom.
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Tracking and Reporting Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
Eating or drinking a contaminated food or beverage can cause a foodborne illness. A foodborne disease outbreak occurs when two or more people get the same illness from the same contaminated food or drink.
Every year, about 48 million of us, roughly one in six people in the United States, get sick from eating contaminated food—it could be you, your spouse, your kids, your parents, or other loved ones. While most foodborne illnesses are not part of a recognized outbreak, outbreaks provide important information on how germs spread, which foods cause illness, and, how to prevent infection.
Size of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
98% of reported foodborne disease outbreaks occurred in only one state.
An outbreak's size varies based on the pathogen, toxin, or chemical that caused it, the amount of contaminated food, point of contamination, serving location for the food, and number of people who ate it. Some examples:
- Local outbreak—A contaminated casserole served at a community supper may cause an outbreak among residents who know each other.
- Statewide or regional outbreak—A contaminated batch of ground beef sold at several locations of a grocery store chain may lead to illnesses in several counties.
- Nationwide outbreak—Contaminated produce from one farm may be shipped to grocery stores nationwide and sicken hundreds of people in many states. These are called multistate outbreaks.
Outbreak summaries give food safety stakeholders information about the foods and germs that make people sick.
Reports of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
CDC has a long history of summarizing outbreak reports from local and state health departments. Data reported for each outbreak include the number of illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths; the pathogens, toxins, and chemical agents that caused illnesses; the implicated food; the settings of food preparation and consumption; and factors contributing to food contamination.
CDC's Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System gathers data on foodborne disease outbreaks from state, local, territorial, and tribal health departments. See reports summarizing the data.
Data on Foodborne Disease Outbreaks during 2009-2010
During January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2010, public health departments reported 1,527 foodborne disease outbreaks, resulting in 29,444 cases of illness, 1,184 hospitalizations, and 23 deaths.
- Among the 790 outbreaks with a laboratory-confirmed illness, norovirus was the most commonly reported infection, accounting for 42% of outbreaks; followed by Salmonella, with 30% of outbreaks.
- Of the 29,444 outbreak-related illnesses, 1,184 (4%) resulted in hospitalization. Salmonella caused the most outbreak-related hospitalizations (49%), followed by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (16%), and norovirus (9%).
- Outbreaks caused by some pathogens were particularly severe. For example, Listeria outbreaks resulted in the highest proportion of persons hospitalized (82%), followed by Clostridium botulinum (67%), and paralytic shellfish poisoning (67%).
- Among the 23 deaths, 22 were linked to bacteria (9 Listeria, 5 Salmonella, E. coli O157, 3 Clostridium perfringens, and 1 Shigella), and 1 was linked to norovirus.
Recalls resulted from 43 outbreaks; recalled foods included ground beef, sprouts, cheese, oysters, raw milk, and eggs.
Identifying Common Foods and Germs
The pathogen-commodity pairs (germs and foods) responsible for the most outbreak-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and death in 2009-2010 were:
- Illnesses
- Salmonella in eggs (2231 illnesses)
- Salmonella in sprouts (493 illnesses)
- Salmonella in vine-stalk vegetables (422 illnesses)
- Hospitalizations
- Salmonella in vine-stalk vegetables (88 hospitalizations)
- E. coli O157 in beef (46 hospitalizations)
- Salmonella in sprouts (41 hospitalizations)
- Deaths
- E. coli O157 in beef (3 deaths)
- Salmonella in pork (2 deaths)
- Listeria in dairy (2 deaths)
A large outbreak of Salmonella infections in 2010 caused nearly 2000 illnesses. Among the outbreaks attributed to a food vehicle composed of ingredients from only one of 17 defined food commodities, the commodities most often implicated were beef (13%), dairy (12%, nearly all unpasteurized), fish (12%), and poultry (11%).
Mishandling at Multiple Points
Mishandling at multiple points along the food production chain is sometimes at the root of an outbreak. After a food is contaminated, further mishandling, such as by undercooking or leaving it out for too long at an unsafe temperature, can result in an outbreak. Many pathogens grow to high numbers in just a few hours at room temperature.
Many Outbreaks Occur in Restaurants and at Home.
From 2009-2010, among the outbreaks with a known single setting where food was consumed, 48% were caused by food consumed in a restaurant or deli and 21% by food consumed in a private home.
CDC's Role in Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
State and local public health authorities investigate all foodborne disease outbreaks. CDC coordinates those that involve multiple states; such outbreaks usually result from contaminated food that is widely distributed to many states.
- Thirty-eight multistate outbreaks were reported (16 in 2009; 22 in 2010). Twenty-one were caused by Salmonella, 15 by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (thirteen O157, one O145, one O26), and two by Listeria. The pathogen was isolated from an implicated food in 11 multistate outbreaks: 5 caused by Salmonella (alfalfa sprouts [2 outbreaks], ground turkey, shell eggs, frozen meal) and 6 caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (ground beef [2 outbreaks], unpasteurized Gouda cheese, multiple unpasteurized cheeses, hazelnuts, and cookie dough).
When requested, CDC provides technical consultation and assistance to state and local public health agencies during outbreaks. CDC provides diagnostic support to confirm foodborne outbreaks. We also work to improve state and local capacity to track, investigate, diagnose, and control illnesses.
What Can Be Done
Everyone has a role in food safety. CDC has many partners, including state and local health officials, regulators, consumers, industry, clinicians, veterinarians, and educators. Together, we can:
Track, Report, and Train Others about Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
- Report suspected outbreaks to your local health department.
- Investigate outbreaks thoroughly to identify sources and improve control strategies.
- Use what is learned from outbreaks to develop new and improve existing prevention strategies.
- Develop new tools and programs, such as FoodCORE,- the Foodborne Diseases Centers for Outbreak Response Enhancement to better detect, investigate, respond to, and control multistate outbreaks.
- Keep good records of where foods and food ingredients come from.
- Train and certify managers in food safety in all restaurants.
Know the risks
- Refrain from preparing food for others if you have diarrhea or vomiting.
- Prepare food carefully for children, pregnant women, those in poor health, and older adults.
- Avoid raw (unpasteurized) milk or other dairy products made with raw milk. (Raw milk cheese that has been aged for 60 days is considered safe.)
Everyone can
- Report suspected illness from food to your local health department to help officials identify outbreaks.
- Visit FoodSafety.gov for the latest information on preventing foodborne illness.
- Clean. Wash hands, cutting boards, utensils, and countertops.
- Separate. Keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from ready-to-eat foods.
- Cook. Use a food thermometer to ensure that cooked foods reach a safe internal temperature: 145°F for whole meats (allowing the meat to rest for 3 minutes before carving or consuming), 160°F for ground meats, and 165°F for poultry.
- Chill. Keep your refrigerator below 40°F and refrigerate food that will spoil.
More Information
More Information
- Page last reviewed: February 3, 2014
- Page last updated: February 3, 2014
- Content source:
- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
- Page maintained by: Office of the Associate Director for Communication, Digital Media Branch, Division of Public Affairs


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Grew up in Bedford, Indiana. US Navy Test Pilot prior to astronaut selection. Total EVA Time: 0.56 days. Number of EVAs: 2.
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STS-50, June 25-July 9, 1992, was the first flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory and the first Extended Duration Orbiter flight. Over a two-week period, the STS-50 flight crew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia conducted a wide variety of experiments relating to materials processing and fluid physics in a microgravity environment. This was the longest Shuttle flight on record, allowing him to log over 331 hours in space.
STS-61, December 2-13, 1993, was the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing and repair mission. During the 11-day flight, the HST was captured and restored to full capacity through a record five space walks by four astronauts. After having traveled 4,433,772 miles in 163 orbits of the Earth, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and her crew returned to a night landing on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-73, Oct. 20 to Nov. 5, 1995, was the second flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The mission focused on materials science, biotechnology, combustion science, the physics of fluids, and numerous scientific experiments housed in the pressurized Spacelab module. In completing his third space flight, Bowersox and his crew orbited the Earth 256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes and 21 seconds in aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.
STS-82, Feb. 11-21, 1997, was the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) maintenance mission. During the flight, the crew retrieved and secured the HST in Discovery's payload bay. In five space walks, two teams installed two new spectrometers and eight replacement instruments, as well as replacing insulation patches over three compartments containing key data processing, electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages. Following completion of upgrades and repairs, HST was boosted to a higher orbit and redeployed. Mission duration was 9 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes, traveling 3.8 million miles in 149 Earth orbits.
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The Hubble Space Telescope was released back into orbit at 06:41 GMT on February 19. Discovery landed on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 08:32 GMT on February 21.