text: And I saw her againfor the first time in a yearthe old eyes/lock/crowded roomwhile we were watching a band playlike in that fucking Sonic Youth videowe smiled to the sound of a thereminand when they were done I told her'Baby, you're the same as you ever was'affecting the common tone I knew she likedwhile you sat there and snickeredknowing what was on my mindAnd she laughed and blushed and went to the bathroomleaving me to my own thoughts'I want this;this is stupid, I've done it all before!!!!'and I asked you for adviceso you just said:'We all need some relief sometime, Adrianand I think you just found somethinga little more comfortableto slip into'Well, you always have been horrible like that.I left it there, I had no choice, I couldn't think straight at allremembering the last time we were together,which was the same as the time before:at first it goes fantasticthen it goes not at all.'Fuck it!' you cried'You don't want any of that!You just want somebody to hold youthen you home by dawn!'Well, for you shit can be that simplebut I'm still too young for that kind of thing;well, maybe too old now, I just can't do that all the same.And right away I knew something was wrongwhen she started sending me poetryHow someone can carry a metaphorfor dead flowers as lost loveI don't fucking knowBut you just laughed and rubbed your hands and said'You've got her where you want her now;now's the chance to get her backfor all the pain she's done to you''You're a spiteful old fuck' I gently repliedbut you'd always been a bit like thatSo I replied gentlywith nondescript poems about urban angstand existentialist isolationyou know, my standard bread-and-butter autopilot rantand told her about my weekendsof decadence and sinand abruptly she blurted'I got the results of a biopsy,can you come hold me for a while'Well, this was just fucking perfectit was all de ja vu to meback to time in April last yearwhere I braved red paint to be by her sidefor the death of a baby that was not mineand all of a sudden you were quietwhere was your lewd advice nowbut without you leering over my shoulderI had no moral counterpoint to base my decision onand I'm still sitting here choosingtrying to decide which is right and which is wrongbut I fear it's all just shades of greyand I hear you saying'Hey, at least she won't be around very long'You really are a bad fucking person, you know?All virgins are liars, honey


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Public lecture asked if location affects behaviour.
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The first large-scale awards event from the Urban Design Group was held in February 2011. It saw Chris Walker (MA Urban Design) win the Student Award for his Neighbourhood Regeneration Project on St. Pauls in Bristol.
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Members of staff in the School have been successful in securing 3 funding awards from the Higher Education Academy. Innovation Funding
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Staff in the School, along with the School of Social Sciences and Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, were involved in collecting Easter Eggs to support Reed Specialist Recruitment's Easter Egg Mountain campaign, which collects from businesses in the area to give to local charities. This year some of the charities that will benefit are:
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That is really pleasant to hear. And hey, you can look at it this way. We can download books illegally as well, but reading a book on a .pdf is pretty high up there on the "scale of annoying-ness", that we would all have to buy it to read it.
jakethesnake wrote: In case anyone was wondering, the Barnes and Noble version of the kindle is a pile of shit. Don't get it.
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I've been spending way too many hours a day on computers for probably about 10 years now, and in the past year or so, my vision has deteriorated. I'm definitely under the impression that they won't ever "heal up." I'd love to be disabused of that notion. What's the secret? Hopefully I'll have health insurance w/ vision soon, but I need a stop-gap measure.
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04.09.2012 - Portuguese API specialist Hovione (Loures) has named Dr. Conrad Winters as new Drug Product Development Director.
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Database API
Note: All GeoDjango queries are performed via the GeoQuerySet, a modified version of Django's QuerySet that enables the construction of spatial SQL.
GeoDjango's lookup types can only be used on geographic fields with filter(). Filters on 'normal' fields (e.g. CharField) may be chained with those on geographic fields. Thus, geographic queries take the following form (assuming the Zip model used in the GeoDjango Model API docs):
>>> qs = Zip.objects.filter(<field>__<lookup_type>=<parameter>) >>> qs = Zip.objects.exclude(...)
For example:
>>> qs = Zip.objects.filter(poly__contains=pnt)
In this case, poly is the geographic field, contains is the lookup type, and pnt is the parameter (which may be a GEOSGeometry object, a string of WKT, or a string of HEXEWKB).
Creating and Saving Geographic Models
Here is an example of how to create a geometry object (assuming the Zip model):
>>> from zipcode.models import Zip >>> z = Zip(code=77096, poly='POLYGON(( 10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 15, 10 10))') >>> z.save()
GEOSGeometry objects may also be used to save geometric models:
>>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import GEOSGeometry >>> z = Zip(code=77096, poly=GEOSGeometry('POLYGON(( 10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 15, 10 10))')) >>> z.save()
Moreover, if the GEOSGeometry is in a different coordinate system (has a different SRID value) than that of the field, then it will be implicitly transformed into the SRID of the model's field, using the spatial database's transform procedure:
>>> poly_3084 = GEOSGeometry('POLYGON(( 10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 15, 10 10))', srid=3084) # SRID 3084 is 'NAD83(HARN) / Texas Centric Lambert Conformal' >>> z = Zip(code=78212, poly=poly_3084) >>> z.save() >>> from django.db import connection >>> print connection.queries[-1]['sql'] # printing the last SQL statement executed INSERT INTO "geoapp_zip" ("code", "poly") VALUES (78212, ST_Transform(ST_GeomFromWKB('\\001 ... ', 3084), 4326))
Thus, geometry parameters may be passed in using the GEOSGeometry object, WKT (Well Known Text) or HEXEWKB (PostGIS specific, essentially a WKB geometry in hexadecimal). Essentially, if the input is not a GEOSGeometry object, it will attempt to instantiate a GEOSGeometry object from the input.
Below are some examples and references for GEOS Geometry objects, WKT, and HEXEWKB.
- GEOS Geometry:
>>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import * >>> pnt = Point(5, 23) >>> ls = LineString((0, 0), (5, 23)) >>> poly = GEOSGeometry('POLYGON (( 10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 15, 10 10))')
- WKT Polygon: 'POLYGON(( 10 10, 10 20, 20 20, 20 15, 10 10))'
- See Open GIS Consortium, Inc., OpenGIS Simple Feature Specification For SQL, Document 99-049 (May 5, 1999), at Ch. 3.2.5 (SQL Textual Representation of Geometry, pg. 53).
- HEXEWKB Polygon: '0103000000010000000 ... 00000000000002440'
- See PostGIS EWKB, EWKT and Canonical Forms, PostGIS documentation at Ch. 4.1.2.
Distance Lookups
Availability: PostGIS, Oracle
Distance lookups take a tuple parameter comprising:
- A geometry to base calculations from; and
- A number or Distance object containing the distance.
If a Distance object is used, it may be expressed in any units (the SQL generated will use units converted to those of the field); otherwise, numeric parameters will be assumed to be in the units of the field.
Note: Distance lookups for geodetic coordinate systems was added in r7104 (fixing ticket #6414). For those using Postgresql, the PostGIS routine ST_distance_spheroid is used -- which is limited to calculating distances only to/from points. Thus, geodetic distance lookups on PostGIS are only allowed with PointFields using points as the geographic parameter.
The following distance lookups are available:
- distance_lt
- distance_lte
- distance_gt
- distance_gte
For example, let's say we have a SouthTexasCity model (from [browser:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/models.py GeoDjango distance tests]) on a projected coordinate system valid for cities in southern Texas:
from django.contrib.gis.db import models class SouthTexasCity(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=30) point = models.PointField(srid=32140) # A projected coordinate system (only valid for South Texas!) is used, units are in meters. objects = models.GeoManager()
Then distance queries may be performed as follows:
>>> from django.contrib.gis.geos import * >>> from django.contrib.gis.measure import D # `D` is a shortcut for `Distance` >>> from geoapp import SouthTexasCity >>> pnt = fromstr('POINT(-96.876369 29.905320)', srid=4326) # Distances will be calculated from this point, which does _not_ have to be projected. >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_lte=(pnt, 7000)) # If numeric parameter, units of field (meters in this case) are assumed. >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_lte=(pnt, D(km=7))) # Find all Cities w/in 7km of pnt >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_gte=(pnt, D(mi=20))) # Find all Cities > 20 miles away from pnt. >>> qs = SouthTexasCity.objects.filter(point__distance_gte=(pnt, D(chain=100))) # More obscure units, such as chains, are supported.
PostGIS Operator Field Lookup Types
For more information, see generally, "Operators", PostGIS Documentation at Ch. 6.2.2
- overlaps_left
- Returns true if A's bounding box overlaps or is to the left of B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "&<"
- overlaps_right
- Returns true if A's bounding box overlaps or is to the right of B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "&>"
- left
- Returns true if A's bounding box is strictly to the left of B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "<<"
- right
- Returns true if A's bounding box is strictly to the right of B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent ">>"
- overlaps_below
- Returns true if A's bounding box overlaps or is below B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "&<|"
- overlaps_above
- Returns true if A's bounding box overlaps or is above B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "|&>"
- strictly_below
- Returns true if A's bounding box is strictly below B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "<<|"
- strictly_above
- Returns true if A's bounding box is strictly above B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "|>>"
- same_as or exact
- The "same as" operator. It tests actual geometric equality of two features. So if A and B are the same feature, vertex-by-vertex, the operator returns true.
- PostGIS equivalent "~="
- contained
- Returns true if A's bounding box is completely contained by B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "@"
- bbcontains
- Returns true if A's bounding box completely contains B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "~"
- bboverlaps
- Returns true if A's bounding box overlaps B's bounding box.
- PostGIS equivalent "&&"
PostGIS GEOS Function Field Lookup Types
For more information, see generally Geometry Relationship Functions, PostGIS Documentation at Ch. 6.1.2.
Please note that when using PostGIS 1.3.1 and above, index support is automatically "inlined" -- in other words, the bounding box equivalent is automatically evaluated prior to calling these, more computationally expensive, functions.
- equals
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if the given Geometries are "spatially equal".
- Use this for a 'better' answer than '='. equals('LINESTRING(0 0, 10 10)','LINESTRING(0 0, 5 5, 10 10)') is true.
- PostGIS equivalent Equals(geometry, geometry), OGC SPEC s18.104.22.168
- disjoint
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if the Geometries are "spatially disjoint".
- PostGIS equivalent Disjoint(geometry, geometry)
- touches
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if the Geometries "spatially touch".
- PostGIS equivalent Touches(geometry, geometry)
- crosses
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if the Geometries "spatially cross".
- PostGIS equivalent Crosses(geometry, geometry)
- within
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if Geometry A is "spatially within" Geometry B.
- PostGIS equivalent Within(geometry, geometry)
- overlaps
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if the Geometries "spatially overlap".
- PostGIS equivalent Overlaps(geometry, geometry)
- contains
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if Geometry A "spatially contains" Geometry B.
- PostGIS equivalent Contains(geometry, geometry)
- relate
- Returns the DE-9IM (dimensionally extended nine-intersection matrix) between the two geometries.
- Tuple parameter (geom, pattern) required for lookup type, where pattern is an intersection pattern -- a string comprising nine characters, where each character is one of T, F, or *.).
- PostGIS equivelent Relate(geometry, geometry, intersectionPatternMatrix)
The following lookup types are only available in PostGIS versions 1.3.1 and above:
- dwithin
- Returns true if geometries are within the specified distance of one another. Uses indexes if available.
- Tuple parameter (geom, distance) required for lookup type.
- coveredby
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if no point in Geometry A is outside Geometry B
- Refer to this resource for an explaination of the need of this function.
- covers
- Returns 1 (TRUE) if no point in Geometry B is outside Geometry A
- See link in coveredby documentation above for more information.
For more information, see generally, Spatial Operators, Oracle Spatial User's Guide and Manual, at Ch. 11.
- contains
- Oracle equivalent SDO_CONTAINS(geometry1, geometry2)
- coveredby
- Oracle equivalent SDO_COVEREDBY(geometry1, geometry2)
- covers
- Oracle equivalent SDO_COVERS(geometry1, geometry2)
- disjoint
- Oracle equivalent SDO_GEOM.RELATE(geometry1, 'DISJOINT', geometry2, 0.05)
- dwithin
- Oracle equivalent SDO_WITHIN_DISTANCE(geometry1, geometry2, 'distance=<param>')
- Tuple parameter (geom, distance) required for lookup type.
- equals, exact, same_as
- Oracle equivalent, SDO_EQUALS(geometry1, geometry2)
- intersects
- Oracle equivalent SDO_OVERLAPBDYINTERSECT(geometry1, geometry2)
- overlaps
- Oracle equivalent SDO_OVERLAPS(geometry1, geometry2)
- relate
- Oracle equivalent SDO_RELATE(geometry1, geometry2, <param>)
- Tuple parameter (geom, mask), where the mask component is at least one of the nine-intersection patterns: TOUCH, OVERLAPBDYDISJOINT, OVERLAPBDYINTERSECT, EQUAL, INSIDE, COVEREDBY, CONTAINS, COVERS, ANYINTERACT, ON. Multiple masks may be combined with the logical Boolean operator OR, for example, 'inside+touch'. The mask relation strings are case-insensitive.
- See Oracle Spatial User's Guide & Manual at Ch. 11.
- touches
- Oracle equivalent SDO_TOUCH(geometry1, geometry2)
- within
- Oracle equivalent SDO_INSIDE(geometry1, geometry2)
For more information, see generally, Relations on Geometry Minimal Bounding Rectangles (MBRs), MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual, at Ch. 17.5.5.
- bbcontains, contains
- MySQL equivalent MBRContains(g1, g2)
- contained, within
- MySQL equivalent MBRWithin(g1, g2)
- disjoint
- MySQL equivalent MBRDisjoint(g1, g2)
- equals, exact, same_as
- MySQL equivalent MBREqual(g1, g2)
- intersects
- MySQL equivalent MBRIntersects(g1, g2)
- overlaps
- MySQL equivalent MBROverlaps(g1, g2)
- touches
- MySQL equivalent MBRTouches(g1, g2)
GeoQuerySet Methods
Note: All of these methods may take an optional field_name keyword parameter that will specify the field on the model to perform the method on. If no field name is specified, then the first geographic field encountered in the model will be assumed.
Availability: PostGIS, Oracle
The distance method takes a geometry as a parameter, and will attach a distance attribute to every model in the returned queryset that contains the distance (in units of the field) to the given geometry. If a geodetic coordinate system is used (like WGS84), then the distance attribute will be in meters.
In the following example (from [browser:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp GeoDjango distance tests]), the distance from the Tasmanian city of Hobart to every other PointField in the AustraliaCity queryset will be calculated. The distance attribute is in meters because the AustraliaCity [browser:django/branches/gis/django/contrib/gis/tests/distapp/models.py model] uses WGS84 (the default when no SRID is specified via the srid keyword).
>>> pnt = AustraliaCity.objects.get(name='Hobart').point # See django.contrib.gis.tests.distapp >>> for cty in AustraliaCity.objects.distance(pnt): print cty.name, cty.distance Wollongong 988817.397733 Shellharbour 971590.470258 Thirroul 1001051.96023 Mittagong 974374.007691 Batemans Bay 940359.188397 Canberra 597578.655272 Melbourne 574635.996781 Sydney 1055625.32642 Hobart 0.0 Adelaide 1162133.07421
Availability: PostGIS
Returns the extent (aggregate) of the features in the GeoQuerySet. The extent will be returned as a 4-tuple, consisting of (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax).
>>> qs = City.objects.filter(name__in=('Houston', 'Dallas')) >>> print qs.extent() (-96.8016128540039, 29.7633724212646, -95.3631439208984, 32.782058715820)
Availability: PostGIS, Oracle
The gml method attaches a gml attribute to every model in the queryset that contains the Geographic Markup Language (GML) representation of the geometry.
>>> qs = Zip.objects.all().gml() >>> print qs[0].gml <gml:Polygon srsName="EPSG:4326"><gml:OuterBoundaryIs>-147.78711,70.245363 ... -147.78711,70.245363</gml:OuterBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon>
Keyword arguments:
This keyword may be used to specify the number of significant digits for the coordinates in the GML representation -- the default value is 8. This keyword may not be used on Oracle.
Availability: PostGIS 1.2.1+
The kml method attaches a kml attribute to every model in the queryset that contains the Keyhole Markup Language (KML) representation of the geometry. It should be noted that the contents of the KML are in WGS84, and will be transformed if necessary -- the geometry field attribute itself is not affected.
>>> qs = Zip.objects.all().kml() >>> print qs[0].kml <Polygon><outerBoundaryIs><LinearRing><coordinates>-103.04135,36.217596,0 ... -103.04135,36.217596,0</coordinates></LinearRing></outerBoundaryIs></Polygon>
Keyword arguments:
This keyword may be used to specify the number of significant digits for the coordinates in the KML representation -- the default value is 8.
Availability: PostGIS, Oracle
The transform method transforms the geometries in a model to a different spatial reference system. If the srid parameter is not specified, WGS84 is used by default.
>>> qs = Zip.objects.all().transform() # Transforms to WGS84 >>> qs = Zip.objects.all().transform(32140) # Transforming to "NAD83 / Texas South Central" >>> print qs[0].poly.srid 32140 >>> print qs[0].poly POLYGON ((234055.1698884720099159 4937796.9232223574072123 ...
Keyword arguments:
The srid keyword may be used to specify the spatial reference system identifier. Please note that this may depend on your spatial database backend, e.g., those used for Oracle are not the same as those used by PostGIS.
Availability: PostGIS, Oracle
This union method returns a GEOSGeometry object comprising the union of every geometry in the queryset. Please note that use of union is processor intensive and may take a significant amount of time on large querysets.
>>> u = Zip.objects.union() # This may take a LONG time, but returns a geometry representing the union of all Zip code polygons. >>> u = Zip.objects.filter(poly__within=bbox).union() # A more sensible approach.
Keyword arguments:
This keyword is only available on Oracle platforms, and is for the tolerance value for SDOAGGRTYPE. See the Oracle documentation for more details.
Extra Instance Methods
Update: All of the extra instance methods have been deprecated as of r6467 because lazy geometry support includes all of their functionality (including OGR geometries and OSR spatial references with the ogr and srs properties, respectively). In other words, these properties may be directly accessed as attributes from the geometry field.


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PARKERSBURG - Area educators teamed up to gather clothing for those affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Local officials have already collected more than 500 hoodies and sweatshirts as part of the "Hoodies for Hope" campaign, sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers' West Virginia chapter.
"Tens of thousands of AFT members were personally and professionally affected by Superstorm Sandy," said Greg Merritt, president of the Wood County AFT. "In challenging times like these, the solidarity and support of the labor movement shines through."
Wood County AFT member and Parkersburg High School teacher Jaime Kupfner was instrumental in seeing the "Hoodies For Hope" campaign reach a huge level of success in Wood County. Kupfner is the sponsor of the PHS junior varsity cheerleading squad and she encouraged the cheerleaders to collect hoodies and sweatshirts. That group joined in the AFT-sponsored effort and collected more than 350 hoodies. Wood County AFT members in other schools also collected hoodies and sweatshirts, with nearly 500 collected in all.
"Teachers, in general, are very giving. This campaign reminds us of the importance of sharing," Merritt said. "Victims of Hurricane Sandy have been in need all these many weeks. Perhaps the hoodies and sweatshirts will offer some physical warmth and emotional encouragement."
Other AFT Wood County members echoed Merritt.
"Teachers at my school (Neale Elementary) helped out with this effort," said teacher Laura Bradley. "I was pleased to deliver these hoodies today and I know there are many people who need clothing in New York and New Jersey. This is a good thing."
"Here we are in the Christmas season and we can't forget those in need," said Noel Clinton, secretary of the Wood County AFT. "Hurricane Sandy affected millions of people, and some lost everything. We hope our contribution offers help to those who need it."


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Published: Monday, October 22, 2012 at 8:17 a.m.
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CARLETON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan bride and groom dressed as zombies to mark a scary day of marriage with a Halloween-themed wedding.
The Monroe Evening News reports (http://bit.ly/RTr8Os ) 30-year-old Amanda Cusumano of Monroe and 40-year-old Todd Lambert of Carleton exchanged vows Saturday with a pastor dressed as Sherlock Holmes officiating. Friends and family also dressed in costume for the ceremony in Carleton, about 30 miles southwest of Detroit.
Cusumano wore a black velvet dress. Lambert wore a black suit and fake monster teeth, and carried a skeleton-headed cane. He says the aim was to be "unconventional."
Pastor Eric Drummonds says they came together "to celebrate one of the scariest moments of their lives."
Guests sat for the ceremony on hay bales. Their costumes included a chef, bride of Frankenstein and dental floss.
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Egyptian intellectuals and the revolution
Egypt has had Islamists and "revolutionaries". So who are the nukhba or elite routinely denigrated as a "minority" that "looks down on the People"? Educated individuals, non-Islamist political leaders, the catalysts of the revolution itself… But, in the political context, this group is to all intents synonymous with the cultural community. As per the tradition, which long predates the Arab Spring, writers, artists, scholars and critics often double as political activists/analysts and vice versa; and in this sense much of "the civil current" (anything from far-right conservative to radical anarchist) is made up of "the elite"—of intellectuals.
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Placements are once again being allowed in a Wichita faith-based foster organization following a three-month investigation.
The Kansas Department of Children and Families suspended placements with foster homes recruited by FaithBuilders in October after DCF received a letter raising concern for children and their biological families.
In the review filed Monday, the state said DCF has "never received a formal complaint regarding its involvement with FaithBuilders." But an internal investigation began when Mary Dean, who identified herself as a Wichita activist, wrote a letter to DCF, highlighting four complaints against FaithBuilders in September. The letter was sent to 22 other leaders in Wichita.
In paperwork provided to Eyewitness News, Dean alleged Andrea Dixon, FaithBuilders' founder, abused her relationship with Diane Bidwell, the-now former director of the Wichita DCF office.
Dean said Faithbuilders is "selling black babies and children to the highest bidder," and Dixon "exercised unnecessary influence over DCF child placement decisions in the Wichita area."
Brad Burke, special counsel, called three of Dean's allegations unfounded and unsubstantiated. The Jan. 8 letter to DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore did find, however, that "DCF regional personnel allowed personal relationships with Andrea Dixon to result in improper sharing of confidential information from DCF staff to Andrea Dixon."
The DCF investigation shows, from 2010 to date, 70 DCF cases have involved FaithBuilders for either foster care or family preservation services. The 12-page report find four children were placed after Bidwell and her staff allowed Dixon to have "inappropriate input on placement decisions."
Bidwell resigned two days after the results of the investigation were turned in. Dixon remains the organization's executive director.
"DCF is taking action to remedy the problems identified by the review," Burke said in his letter. "DCF leadership is: amending agency policies; disciplining agency personnel that violated policy; conducting a review of individual cases; working to better educate families of their rights; and working to provide better training to DCF personnel and contractors."
Gilmore called the violation of policies an "isolated situation."
"At no point were there any allegations of abuse or neglect," Gilmore said.
Lynn Ward, President of the Board of FaithBuilders, said the organization had the best interest of children in mind at all times.
"Although FaithBuilders had appropriate consents/releases of information from families to share information, DCF second-guessed its workers for relying on those consents/releases; and that although under DCF rules, DCF workers had discretion to share information with FaithBuilders and to work with FaithBuilders to help children, those workers have been disciplined," Ward said.
DCF lifted the FaithBuilders placement-hold following the summary of review, opening about 30 foster homes in Wichita.


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Georgia senior free safety Bacarri Rambo and South Carolina sophomore defensive end Jadaveon Clowney have been named the Southeastern Conference Co-Defensive Players of the Week, according to a league announcement on Monday.
This marks Rambo's first SEC weekly selection as well as the fourth honor of its kind for Georgia this season. The Bulldogs have had 11 SEC weekly honors this season. For Clowney, it's the third honor this season. He was also the Defensive Lineman of the Week after wins over UAB and Kentucky.
Rambo tied Georgia's mark for career interceptions with his 16th against the Yellow Jackets, which is tied for seventh all-time in SEC history. He also added eight tackles, two forced fumbles and a 49-yard fumble recovery return.
His first forced fumble came on the Georgia 1-yard line as Georgia Tech had driven 83 yards down the field and was attempting to tie the game at 7-all. Rambo ran 49 yards with the ball to the 50-yard line and set up the Bulldogs' second touchdown.
On his interception, Rambo returned the ball 27 yards and now stands third in the school record books with 293 interception return yards (the school record is 315 by Jake Scott on 16 picks).
Clowney set the school record for sacks in a game with 4.5 and broke the school record for sacks in a season with 13.0 in the Gamecocks' 27-17 win at Clemson. The sack total was also a Clemson Memorial Stadium record, breaking the previous mark held by Notre Dame's Ross Browner (1977) and Virginia Tech's Bruce Smith (1984).
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BUNNELL | A man accused of riding his horse while intoxicated during a police chase has changed his plea and was sentenced to time served.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/VKmkMq ) reports 29-year-old Charles Larkin Cowart pleaded no contest Tuesday to obstructing an officer without violence and interfering with railroad tracks. He originally pleaded not guilty to the Sept. 24 horseback ride through Bunnell.
Circuit Judge David Walsh sentenced Cowart to 90 days in jail and three years of probation. He had been held in the Flagler County Jail on $7,000 bail.
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Fly Me to the Moon Saloon, Telluride, CO
Set 1: Possum, On Your Way Down, Sneakin' SallySneakin' Sally Through the Alley, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird, GTBTGood Times Bad Times
Set 2: SuzySuzy Greenberg > Light UpLight Up Or Leave Me Alone, Fee > La Grange, 'A' TrainTake the 'A' Train, Whipping Post, LizardsThe Lizards, I Know a Little, YEMYou Enjoy Myself, JJLCJesus Just Left Chicago
Set 3: PeachesPeaches en Regalia > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen, Fluffhead, HoodHarry Hood, Satin Doll, Funky Bitch, Walk Away
Noteworthy Jams: Mike's Song
Average Song Gap: 2.79
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: A birthday dedication to "Stacy" followed Fluffhead. Many recordings mislabel this venue as The Roma.
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The Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival's goal to perform great masterworks by nationally and internationally known musicians was accomplished beyond compare with the 2012 opening concert at Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church last Tuesday evening.
The performance began with a prelude and fugue by Mozart, the composition of which included melodic selections from Bach. This was followed by a piano quartet by Faure, performed by artistic directors Rieko Aizawa on piano and Jesse Mills on violin, joined by Masumi Rostad on viola and Brant Taylor on cello. The intertwining of melodies and harmonic blending of the strings were captivating. Aizawa's mastery of the keyboard was fully displayed in the complex ascending and descending chord arpeggios that accompany this piece.
Following the intermission, there was a brief cello and bass duet by contemporary Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison, performed by Taylor with Zachary Cohen on bass, that includes two movements, "Going Bass Fishing," and "Azure Day," both indirectly reminiscent of the beauty of Summit County. The concert ended with the melodic "Trout" quintet composed by Schubert, the fourth movement being a string variation of his lieder song, "Die Forelle."
The last concert in the series takes place tonight at 7 p.m. at Lord of the Mountains church, 56 Hwy. 6 in Dillon. The program opens with a melodic piano trio with violin and cello composed by Shostakovich when he was only 17 years old. Next is Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock," to be performed by soprano Ilana Davidson with clarinet accompaniment. She will also sing the "Suite for Voice" by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. This program ends with the quartet, "The End of Time," a musical liturgy by 20th century French composer, Olivier Messiaen, in praise of the immortality of Jesus.
One does not need to travel to Carnegie Hall to experience professional-class music. Right here in Summit County, the Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival spotlights first-class musicians, each with performance itineraries in famous music centers and theaters throughout the world. The Lord of the Mountains sanctuary provides an intimate environment with unparalleled acoustics.
At last Tuesday's concert, violinist and artistic director Jesse Mills said that it is the intent of musicians to create thoughts and pleasurable impulses beyond what actually exists, a place where music is very much at home. The standing ovation at the conclusion of the Tuesday concert affirms that this performance met that aspiration. To share in this in-depth music experience, don't miss tonight's 7 p.m. concert. Tickets are $20 for adults and free for children. Info: (970) 262-1633.


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No one mentioned Burke's stat line? 19 points, 12 assist, 1 turnover.
I once drafted someone just to watch him die on the bench.
OT: I've only shared a tiny bit (mostly in my private forum) about Karl Towns. He won't be hitting college until the year after next (junior in HS right now) .. so, as a one and done, he would be part of the '15 draft class. Any way, his line from last night;
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For beer enthusiasts, Christmas comes a few weeks late in Vail.The annual Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines festival, a favorite event among beer connoisseurs, hits the Vail Cascade Thursday through Saturday in the same way the featured product hits the mouth of its attendees - lively and refreshing with a pleasant aftertaste.The festival is now in its 13th year. Those who go, usually return. Locals look forward to the festival every year, but it's a very international event, as well - people center vacations from around the globe around Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines in Vail. You'll find people like John Mallett of Bell's Brewery there, and Bell's doesn't even distribute beer in Colorado."That said a lot for a brewery that has basically no vested interest in the entire state," said Josh Mishell, a former Flying Dog Brewery employee who attends the festival every year. "That's very rare for a beer festival."Mishell has now been to the last eight Big Beers festivals in Vail, and said while he came for the beer drinking, a greater appreciation for beer, partly fostered by this festival, is what keeps him returning."Now that I have an experienced palate the goal is to have as many incredible beers as I can while remembering what I liked about them," he said.This year Mishell is looking forward to chatting with Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, who will be on hand pouring beer and meeting Dogfish fans.Calagione said the Big Beers festival is one of his favorite events of the year."It sells out quick and it rules," he said.
The beers featured at the the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines festival are big beers indeed. If it's not an experimental or Belgian beer, the criteria for breweries in attendance is they can only serve beer that is greater than 7 percent alcohol by volume. Many are also big on the price tag -- the festival has been known to feature beers that cost nearly $200 a bottle, like Sam Adams' "Utopias.""I've seen it poured there," said Mishell.But other, equally rare beers can be found at the festival, as well."My favorite beer I've had there is the collaboration beer Black Folie, a 50/50 blend between New Belgium's La Folie and Redstone Meadery's Black Raspberry Mead," said Mishell. "I've never seen it offered anywhere else in my life, but sometimes I make bartenders blend it up for me at bars around Denver when they have them both on tap."This year, for something unique, check out the beers offered from the Crooked Stave Artisan Project. Owner Chad Yakobson recently moved the brewery from Fort Collins to Denver and subsequently won the 2012 Great American Beer Festival Medal."I'm sure he'll have some special beer on hand to pour," said Mishell. "His beers are among my favorites."Yakobson's beers were recently reviewed in the New York Times, where they were featured for their use of Brettanomyces, or "wild" yeast."Bitter or mild, light or dark, acidic or barely tart, and frequently barrel-aged, these ales all share winelike nuances that most other craft beers lack," wrote the Times' Daniel Fromson. "Although they comprise only a sliver of the beer market and challenge many drinkers' ideas of what beer should taste like, they have nonetheless captured the imaginations of a growing number of brewers and aficionados. They also show off the sense of artisanship and depth of flavor that increasingly define American craft beer."
John Carlson, the executive director of the Colorado Brewers Guild, said the Big Beers festival is one of the best in the country."The sheer diversity and availability of such exotic beer styles all in one location really gives the consumer a great opportunity," he said. "Plus it's got a nice educational component that Bill Lodge has dreamed up, which encourages people to try different styles and not just stick to one thing."Lodge and his sister, Laura, have put a lot of hard work and dedication into the festival over the years and Mishell said their organization is the main reason why Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines is the best beer fest to which he's ever been."Plus they're some of the nicest folks I know in beer," he said.But just like an unpredictable fermentation can spoil a good beer, Mishell said there's a few things that can spoil your good time at the Big Beers fest - one thing in particular."If you're going, stay very hydrated in the days leading up to the festival and eat a good meal before you go," he said.With plenty of food options at the event, and a food coupon included in your admission purchase, food shouldn't be a problem. But neither should getting to and from the event, as free buses are available from both the town of Vail and the countywide ECO bus system."We have free ECO bus passes available for getting to and from the event Friday and Saturday," said Laura Lodge.


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Tuesday court dates in Thibodaux must be kept despite evacuation
Published: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 12:39 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 12:39 p.m.
If you had a court date in Thibodaux today, you are still required to go to court today.
The district courthouse was evacuated this morning after police received vague threats. If you were scheduled to appear this morning, you need to be at the court when it re-opens at 1:30 p.m.
If you do not, a warrant will be issued for your arrest, Chief Judge John LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc is scheduled to hear child support cases in Division A today. Judge Ashly Bruce Simpson is scheduled to hear arraignments and pre-trials in Division D.
The same goes for City Court, which is scheduled to hear juvenile cases today, city court officials said.
It is normal practice that if a person does not appear, a bench warrant will be issued, City Judge Mark Chiasson said when asked if he will be ordering bench warrants.
"The fact that we had to change the time doesn't really affect their order to be in court," LeBlanc said.
As with any order to appear in court, people can talk to judges about re-scheduling, but they have to do it in court, LeBlanc said.
"There's no such thing as a phone-in hearing," he said.
This information was posted on the courthouse door, the website of the 17th Judicial District Court, or the Lafourche Parish court, and announced on the courthouse steps, he said.
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Perfect for fans of Margaret Peterson Haddix, When You Reach Me, and Savvy, this charming time-travel story from husband-and-wife team Marisa de los Santos and David Teague follows one girl's race to change the past in order to save her father's future.
Thirteen-year-old Margaret knows her father is innocent, but that doesn't stop the cruel Judge Biggs from sentencing him to death. Margaret is determined to save her dad, even if it means using her family's secret—and forbidden—ability to time travel. With the help of her best friend, Charlie, and his grandpa Josh, Margaret goes back to a time when Judge Biggs was a young boy and tries to prevent the chain of events that transformed him into a corrupt, jaded man. But with the forces of history working against her, will Margaret be able to change the past? Or will she be pushed back to a present in which her father is still doomed?
Told in alternating voices between Margaret and Josh, this heartwarming story shows that sometimes the forces of good need a little extra help to triumph over the forces of evil.
To save her father's future, she'll have to change the past.
The one thing thirteen-year-old Margaret O'Malley is sure of is that her father is innocent. So when the unthinkable happens and he's sentenced to death by the cruel Judge Biggs, Margaret is desperate to save him. She'll do whatever it takes, even if it means using her family's secret—and forbidden—ability to travel through time.
Margaret's only hope is to stop the chain of events that turned Lucas Biggs into a corrupt and jaded man. With the help of her best friend, Charlie, and his grandpa Josh, Margaret jumps back in time to a year when everything in her town was going wrong—a year that changed Lucas Biggs forever. Together with a then-thirteen-year-old Josh, Margaret sets out to change the past. But the rules of time travel are strict, and as the forces of history resist, Margaret is running out of chances before she will be pushed back to a present where her father is doomed.
Written by New York Times bestselling author Marisa de los Santos and her husband, picture book author David Teague, this spellbinding story proves that sometimes good needs a little extra help to triumph over evil.
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"This book is hard to put down! Vivid and memorable, SAVING LUCAS BIGGS casts a captivating spell that will keep you turning pages. A heartfelt yarn of family, friendship, and homespun time–travel magic." — Ingrid Law, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of SAVVY
"A riveting time–travel adventure. Strong storytelling, suspense, lyrical writing, high drama, weighty matters made accessible and a bit of humor add up to a terrific and heartwarming read." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The authors weave a tale of justice and family bonds with threads of historical fiction accented with the fantastical physics of time travel." — School Library Journal (starred review)
De los Santos and Teague craft a gentle, quiet sci–fi story where the focus is not on the science…love, nonviolence, and social justice are. Give this one to readers who like stories about family, doing the right thing, and standing up to those who don't. — Booklist
"The authors' graceful use of language and fearless exploration of a more spiritual dimension simultaneously comfort and challenge readers, encouraging deep thoughts. This novel makes a good companion for armchair time travelers and budding philosophers alike." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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"Football is in a disastrous state. ... Fixing of matches for criminal gambling fraud purposes is absolutely endemic worldwide ... arrogantly happening daily"—Chris Eaton, director of sport integrity at the International Centre for Sport Security.
"It sounds like a fairy tale or a novel. It's absolute craziness, something unbelievable—but it's all true"—Italian prosecutor Roberto Di Martino on a case in which an Italian goalkeeper under pressure to rig a game drugged five of his teammates so they would play badly.
"Twenty years of hard work I destroyed in just one month"—Mario Cizmek, a Croatian player convicted of match-fixing.
"For my cooperation, he offered me 200,000 euros ($261,500). ... I said no because my immediate thoughts were of my wife, son and daughter. How could I look them in the eye if I said yes? What kind of husband and father would I be?"—Former Italian player Simone Farina, who is now a FIFA ambassador for fair play.
"The widespread belief in Turkey is that at some time or another, each and every team has attempted to fix games"—Turkish sports commentator Bagis Erten.


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Accidental finds provide some of my most memorable and favorite reading. I call them "accidental finds" because I often discover the books when I'm about to re-shelve them after someone has returned them.
One of my recent finds was "An Invisible Thread." Author Laura Schroff was a New York sales executive. One day as she was hurrying down the street an 11-year-old panhandler named Maurice asked her if she had any spare change. Ignoring him, she rushed on by. But something made her turn around, go back, and speak to him. Finding out he was hungry, she took him to lunch at a nearby McDonald's. This chance encounter was the beginning of a several-year relationship. Although these two people lived near each other in New York, they lived in worlds previously unknown to the other. Maurice embraced family conversation around the dinner table from Laura's world. Laura admired Maurice's street savvy that protected him in his world of drugs and violence. The two unlikely people and the invisible thread that connects them is a memorable story.
The second find came when I accidentally recorded a middle episode of "Downton Abbey," a Masterpiece Theatre classic shown on PBS. Luckily, Eagle Valley Library District owns DVDs of both seasons of this series, so I was able to see the entire program, which I highly recommend.
"Downton Abbey" is the story of an English nobleman, the Earl of Grantham, his American wife, three adult daughters and the family's servants. The story begins prior to World War I when the Lord's male heir dies when the Titanic sinks. The lord's cousin, a young lawyer, is invited to the manor as the potential new heir.
A book, "The World of Downton Abbey" includes photos and interviews with the actors and in-depth information on the costumes and props. The text also explores the political and social history of the period.
Once I discovered "Downton Abbey," I noticed a book, "Below Stairs." Julian Fellowes, the creator of "Downton Abbey," credits this book with inspiring the series. Margaret Powell tells her story of being in service and starting as a kitchen maid at 15. Some of her duties included blackening the stove every day, ironing shoe laces, and scrubbing the front steps. Kitchen maids were also required to serve the other servants. This treasure of historical facts is filled with personal insights and humor.
Another perspective on serving the rich and powerful is a new book entitled, "Rose" by Rosina Harrison. She tells her story as personal maid of Lady Astor for over 30 years. Rose's job was to manage the jewels, endless clothing changes, travel plans, as well as her iron-willed and unconventional employer.
Recently my reading took me from the streets of modern New York City to a historical manor in Great Britain. No telling where my next accidental finds will take me.


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Obama's Jobs Council Disbands
President Barack Obama's jobs council is disbanding Thursday, two years after the president tapped top executives fromGeneral Electric,American ExpressBoeing and other companies along with labor leaders and academics to advise him on steps to spur employment and economic growth.
For a president who has had a shaky relationship with the business comminuty–and particularly Wall Street–the council gave him some political cover from Republicans and business leaders who criticized his administration for enacting tough new regulations. In recent months, however, the council had become a political thorn as Republicans accused Mr. Obama of ignoring it.
The website for the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, as it's formally called, shows it met four times since its inception – the last time on Jan. 17, 2012 — and held 18 "listening and action sessions" around the country with businesses and local leaders.
A White House official said the council was always supposed to end after its two-year charter expired. The charter ended today and isn't being renewed, the official said, pointing to other advisory councils, including the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, that also expired after their charters ended.
Republicans have said the president should have sought more advice from the jobs council. "One thing the president could have done instead of wasting so much time blaming others would have been to convene the jobs council he created amidst so much fanfare," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said Thursday. "He hasn't done that for more than a year. In fact, from what I understand, the council is expected to disband today after having met only four times since 2011."
Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), said that "the president treated his Jobs Council as more of a nuisance than a vehicle to spur job creation."
The White House official said the administration acted on most of the jobs council's recommendations, including retrofitting government buildings for energy efficiency, taking steps to create construction jobs and making it easier for Americans to start small businesses.
The group also called for expanding domestic oil and gas drilling, removing regulatory barriers and revamping the tax code. Mr. Obama has said he supports overhauling the individual and business tax codes, though little progress has been made on either.
The White House official said plans are under way for a new, expanded effort to work with the business community and other outside groups to gather advice on revamping the tax code, expediting infrastructure projects and promoting entrepreneurship.


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On April 5th, the Southwest Band of Southwest Livingston R-I under the direction of Bryan Duddy performed at the MSHSAA Large Ensemble Festival at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville.
For the first time in 15 years, the band earned an Honor I rating, one of two that performed in the morning. The band performed two pieces American Patrol Arranged by Ed Huckeby and Northpointe Fantasy by James Swearingen.
The members of the band includes both junior high and high school students and they are Emma Rademacher (9) flute, Shelby Goedeke (8) flute, Elizabeth Warren (11) clarinet, Sarah Mason (8) clarinet, Aaron Moore (12) clarinet, Mathew Bartz( 12) trumpet, Maritza Chavez (10) trumpet, Nikki Bryant (8) trumpet, Brad Sackery (7) trumpet, Madelyn Warren (8) French horn, Allie Hansel (7) trombone, David Moore (9) euphonium, Taran Smith (12) percussion, Skylar Owens-Clark (9) percussion, and Samantha Jeffers (7) percussion.
"The school and the community could not be anymore proud of how well the students performed while earning the first Honor I rating in fifteen years," said Duddy.
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News 12 First at Five / Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Sabrina Cooper made up her mind Friday morning. She didn't let her son attend Midland Valley High School.
"It's not a chance I want to take with my kids at all -- even the slightest hint of something going to go wrong," she said.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office says they heard the rumors Thursday night. Since then, they've been all over Facebook.
"The rumor was that two individual students had made threats on one particular teacher and that they were going to shoot up the gym because there was supposed to be a big assembly. All the students was going to be gathered in there," Cooper said.
"The way this threat was relayed to me was that a child saw it written on a bathroom wall. Then, you know, a friend of a friend of a friend saw it, but nobody's been able to find that threat written anywhere in the school," said Cpt. Troy Elwell with the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.
However, Elwell says the Sheriff's Office heightened security anyway. Deputies could be seen throughout hallways Friday morning.
"Today really was kind of expected. We didn't know it would be today, but we figured that it would have incidents in our schools," he said.
Miles away, Silver Bluff High School was also on high alert. That's why Laura Greer kept her 16-year-old at home, too.
"Even if it's just a threat, you still have to take precautions, and if that means me keeping my child home, then that's what's going to happen," she said.
While all Aiken County high schools do have resource officers year-round, middle schools and elementary schools do not. Both women, and others, want that to change. In fact, they say they'd even pay additional taxes to make it possible.
"Definitely. Definitely. If it meant our children and, you know, everybody else's children being safe, definitely," Greer said.
News 12 talked to Aiken County Public School District's Deputy Superintendent David Caver. He says that kind of decision would probably have to be made by voters in a referendum.
He told News 12 that he, Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Randy Stowe will be meeting with law enforcement at the beginning of next year to talk about security and what they could possibly do better.
As for the students who where held from attending school Friday, Caver says they'll get a make-up date for any exams they missed if they have a note from their parent or guardian.
Caver says the absence will most likely also be excused if parents cite safety concerns as to what prevented them from attending school.


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Black Hole of Calcutta, Australia
Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic
"It feels like being swallowed by the Earth," says photographer Carsten Peter of the Black Hole of Calcutta in Claustral Canyon. Experienced canyoneers avoid it after heavy rains.
See more pictures from the October 2011 feature story "Deep Down Under."
Horses, Mongolian Steppe
Photograph by Mark Leong, National Geographic
An ocean of green, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, with just under three million people in a landmass larger than Alaska. Mongolian culture—physical, mobile, self-reliant, and free—developed out here on the steppe. "When people move to Ulaanbaatar, they bring that mentality with them," says Baabar, a well-known publisher and historian.
See more pictures from the October 2011 feature story "The Urban Clan of Genghis Khan."
North Face, K2
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A full moon illuminates the north face of K2.
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Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat.
See more pictures from the September 2011 feature story "Orphans No More."
Coral Reef, Red Sea
Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic
Rarely visited, the reefs off Saudi Arabia in the northern Red Sea are some of the most undisturbed in the region. Sunlight penetrates deep into the clear waters, enabling lush gardens of corals to flourish along these wave–washed coasts.
See more pictures from the March 2012 feature story "The Seas of Arabia."
Oil Tanker, Persian Gulf
Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic
A relic of the Iran-Iraq war, this oil tanker was scuttled near the Kuwait-Iraq border on Saddam Hussein's orders, to block access by sea to southern Iraq. Kuwaiti authorities are reluctant to remove the vessel for fear of damaging the wetlands of nearby Bubiyan Island, an important fish nursery and seabird breeding ground.
See more pictures from the March 2012 feature story "The Seas of Arabia."
High Tide, Indonesia
Photograph by John Stanmeyer, National Geographic
As night falls and the tide rises on the Indonesian island of Pulau Balai, off the west coast of Sumatra, more than an inch of water washes into the home of 20-year-old Busrani. In March 2005 a seafloor earthquake lowered the island by three feet. Busrani can't afford to raise his floor, which floods at every high tide.
See more pictures from the February 2012 feature story "The Calm Before the Wave."
Quiver Trees, Namibia
Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic
Quiver trees stand like eerie sentinels under the stars in the Namib Desert. The flowers of these desert–tough varieties of the aloe plant provide nectar for birds and insects.
See more pictures from the June 2011 feature story "Africa's Super Park."
White Pocket, Arizona
Photograph by Richard Barnes, National Geographic
Miniature lakes reflect the sky in White Pocket, one of the geological spectacles on the Paria Plateau. Over the eons, groundwater has leached the color out of the Navajo sandstone here, and the weather has broken its surface into irregular polygons.
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I'd been looking forward to making JBug's Sticky Coconut Chicken Thighs since she posted about them a couple of weeks ago. They're first marinated in a gingery, coconut milk mixture, then grilled and coated with the most delicious glaze. I kid you not when I say that hubby licked the last of the glaze from his plate, that's how delicious it was. A bit barbarian? Yes, but you have to admit, it's a real boost to your cook's ego to see someone enjoy their dinner that much. Check out June's post here. And while you're there, take some time to drool over her many other delicious recipes.
2 TBSP olive oil
1/2 onion, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, seeded, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp oregano
pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
1/8-1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
2 TBSP all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1 can black beans, drained
1 1/2-2 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 cups cooked brown rice
In large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper and garlic and season with salt, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, cumin and oregano. Saute until onions are softened. Sprinkle flour over all and cook for a minute or two so flour loses rawness. Slowly stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil, stirring constantly until smooth. Add drained beans and stir in balsamic vinegar.
Serve over rice.