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Sensational style with a colorful twist! Designed in black rhodium over sterling silver, this ring features your choice of 48 round cut 1.25mm ruby, London blue topaz or green garnets in pave settings. You'll discover the top of the band is concave and wider than the shank with an etched texture. The gemstones cover the front in an eye-catching curve. Completed with a small undergallery that has cut-out designs.
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Artisan Silver by Samuel B. The piece come with a polish cloth and warranty card. One year limited warranty provided by vendor. Phone: (516)466-1826 Made in Indonesia
All weights pertaining to gemstones, including diamonds, are minimum weights. Additionally, please note that many gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty. Click here for important information about gemstone enhancements and special care requirements.
Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
For thousands of years, ruby has been considered one of the most valuable gemstones on Earth. It is called the "King of Gemstones" and known as the stone of love. The gem is the red variety of the mineral corundum, and while any other color of corundum is denominated as "sapphire," only red corundum may be called "ruby." Pure corundum is colorless, but slight traces of elements are responsible for ruby's purplish bluish-red to orange-red color. In fact, the name "ruby" was derived from the Latin word "rubens," meaning "red."
The finest rubies are an intensely saturated pure red with no overtones of brown or blue. They are readily available in sizes up to 2.00ct and have incredible durability, ranking a 9.0 on the Mohs Scale (second only to diamonds in hardness). Rubies may show very different shades of red depending on their origin, and the range of these reds is quite considerable. The gem's intense color was once thought to come from an undying flame inside the stone, while other legends say each stone is a piece of the planet Mars.
Some rubies distinguish themselves with a wonderful silky shine, called the "silk" of the stone, which is created by fine rutile needles within the gem. The rutile mineral is also involved within very scarce "star" rubies. As can be found in sapphires, there is a translucent variety of ruby that displays a six-point star when cut into a smooth domed cabochon. Rutile is embedded in an asterisk-shape within the ruby, causing a captivating light effect called "asterism." Six-ray stars appear to magically glide across the surface of the stones as they are moved. Star rubies are expensive rarities and should always display the stars exactly in the center of the gem. The star stone is said to be the home of each person's angel, who lives there in contentment with the ruby's spirit.
Rubies are found in many countries throughout the world, each location producing rubies of specific qualities and colors. Gemstone experts agree that the Burmese ruby is the most valuable and luxurious category of the stone. The former country of Burma, now Myanmar, is situated in a mountain valley surrounded by high summits. Rubies that are mined from this "Valley of Rubies" feature an exceptionally vivid red color with a slightly bluish hue. The stones display their unique brilliance in both natural and artificial light.
Rubies from Thailand, another classical supplier of the gem, are often dark red tending towards brown. This "Siam color" is considered almost as beautiful as the Burma color. Rare rubies from Ceylon are mainly light red, like ripe raspberries, while rubies of Vietnamese origin generally display a slightly purplish hue. Rubies are also produced in India, where relatively large ruby crystals have been discovered. These particular rubies, however, have many inclusions, but are excellently suited to be cut as beads or cabochons. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia have also produced occasional top-quality rubies, but the rough terrain in these areas has made mining difficult.
Top-quality rubies are quite rare and are often considered even more valuable than colorless diamonds, particularly in sizes above 5.00ct. High prices tend to reflect their tremendous value. In 1988, a 16.00ct ruby sold at auction for $227,301 at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland. A 27.37ct Burmese ruby ring sold for $4 million at Sotheby's in 1995, which was an astounding $146,145 per carat.
It is possible that no other gemstone has been as prized as the ruby. Celebrated in the Bible and in ancient Sanskrit writings as the most precious of all gemstones, rubies have adorned emperors and kings throughout history. Until improvements in chemical testing in the 1800s, most red gem-quality stones were called rubies. Thus, many of the famous "rubies" in the crown jewels of Europe, including Britain's "Black Ruby" and the "Timur Ruby," have since been identified as red spinels or garnets. Today, rubies continue to decorate the insignia of many Royal Houses.
In the 13th century, traveler Marco Polo wrote that Kublai Kahn, the Mongol Emperor of China, once offered an entire city for a ruby the size of a man's finger. In ancient Hindu writings, the ruby represents the sun power. In China, the stone was given as offerings to Buddha.
Rubies were also given as offerings to Krishna in India. For a long time, India was considered the classical country of rubies. Their literature offers a rich and varied knowledge of the stone that was collected and handed down for over two thousand years. In the Sanskrit language, ruby is called "ratnaraj," which translates as "king of gemstones." Whenever a spectacular ruby was found, the emperor would send out his notables to welcome the precious gemstone in an appropriate style fit for a king.
In the Middle Ages, it was believed that a ruby could change color and grow darker to warn its owner that danger or illness was near. Thought to ward off misfortune, it was believed to chase away evil spirits and the spirits of the dead. The deep red color of rubies has been used for centuries as protection and to convey invulnerability. Soldiers wore them into battle to guard against wounds and promote healing if they received a wound. The color of blood, the stone is symbolic of courage and bravery. Warriors were said to have implanted rubies under their skin to bring them valor in battle, make them invincible against enemies and ensure victory.
Rubies have also been historically thought to bestow wisdom, wealth and love. In China and Europe during the 10th century, dragons and snakes were carved in the gems' surfaces to increase the flow of money and power to their owners. A common belief was that dreaming of rubies meant the coming of success in business and money matters. Rubies were also used to capture a mate and light the passion of romance. The gem was believed to have the magical powers of sexual fire and success in love. It has also been said by ancient lore to be capable of reconciling lovers' quarrels.
When combined with gold and worn on the body, it is said that rubies can cause the body to rejuvenate and absorb energy from the sun to heal all types of body sickness and skin afflictions. It is believed that it should be worn with gold to banish sadness and bring joy.
Given as a symbol of success, devotion and integrity, the ruby is July's birthstone and the traditional gift for 15th and 40th wedding anniversaries. Rubies have symbolized passion and romance for centuries, so when placed in engagement rings, they express unbridled love and promise of the heart.
A symbol of strength and intelligence, topaz derives its name from Topazios, an island in the Red Sea that is known today as Zabargad. The Greek word "topazios" means "to seek," since the island was covered with a thick fog and difficult to find. Gemstones found on the island were called topaz, although the stones were eventually found to actually be peridot. The real gem of topaz is found throughout the world, with different occurrences producing specific colors.
Brown, yellow, orange and red topaz are found in Brazil, Sri Lanka and Siberia. Most brownish topaz is heated to produce a permanent and glamorous pink color. Following the discovery of pink topaz in Russia during the 19th century, Imperial topaz was found. Featuring a sherry red, deep pink or reddish-orange color, the gem was so coveted that its ownership was restricted to the Czar, his family and those who received it as a royal gift. Today, Imperial shades are the most rare and, therefore, the most valuable.
Blue topaz is rarely found in nature and is most often created through a combination of heat treatment and irradiation. It is found in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and China. Topaz is often colorless, too, and can be found in the United States, Mexico, Russia and Pakistan. In 1998, a new type of enhanced topaz made its appearance with a greenish-blue or emerald green color. All colors of topaz rank an 8.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness.
Yellow topaz is November's birthstone and blue topaz is December's birthstone. Blue topaz is also the traditional gift for 4th and 19th wedding anniversaries, while Imperial topaz is celebrated as a 23rd anniversary gift. Perhaps the most famous topaz is a large, colorless stone known as the Braganza. It was discovered in Brazil in 1740 and was originally thought to be a priceless diamond. Today, the giant 1,680.00ct stone is set in the Portuguese Crown.
The mystery and allure of topaz goes back thousands of years. To the ancients, it was a symbol of love and affection and was thought to ward off sudden death. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, the god of the sun. The Greeks called it the Stone of Strength, believing it had the power to increase strength and make its wearer invisible in times of emergency. The Egyptians said the gem was colored with the golden glow of the sun god, Ra, making topaz a powerful amulet that protected its wearer against harm.
Topaz's mystical curative powers were believed to wax and wane with the phases of the moon. The gem was said to change color in the presence of poisoned food or drink and falcons were carved on the stones to help earn the goodwill of kings and magnates. During the spread of the Bubonic plague in 1347-1400, the clergy touched topaz to people's sores. Also in medieval times, the gem was thought to prevent death and heal physical and mental disorders. The stones were ground into powder and added to wine to prevent asthma and insomnia.
Today, topaz is said to be the gem that has the widest range of curative powers. It is believed to dispel enchantment, improve eyesight and protect against negative emotions such as depression, anger, fear, greed and envy. Its properties are supposedly enhanced when the gem is mounted in gold. Because of this association with gold, topaz is used to bring or enhance the wearer's money-gathering abilities and has long been used in money and wealth rituals.
Wearing topaz is said to improve and deepen relationships, promote patience, ensure fidelity and enhance the ability to love. The gem is also believed to bring friendship, intelligence, long life, beauty and a pleasant disposition.
Garnet comes in a vast rainbow of naturally exquisite hues, occurring in every color except blue. It is the family of minerals that displays the greatest variety of colors than any other mineral. The eight major types of garnets include almandine, pyrope, demantoid, grossularite, tsavorite, hessonite, rhodolite and spessartite.
Named after the ancient gemstone city of Alabanda in Asia Minor, the most common type of garnet is almandine (also called almandite). It is a dark red to brownish red stone that is only slightly different from the chemical structure of its sister stone, called pyrope. While nature only grows pyropes in small sizes, it allows for almandine crystals to form in larger dimensions.
Pyrope is a high-quality garnet that can be purplish red, blood red, orange-red or crimson. It is often called the Bohemian garnet since its fierce and often slightly bronze color was highly popular in the 18th and 19th century when it came from the north-eastern part of the former Kingdom of Bohemia. In Europe during the Victorian times, pyrope garnets frequently decorated jewelry with many of these small stones tightly arranged along each other like the seeds of a pomegranate. In fact, the name "garnet" most likely was derived from the pomegranate, a fruit whose deep, red-purple color resembles some varieties of the gem. Many ancient pieces of garnet jewelry are also studded with the tiny red gems.
Demantoid is a rich green variety of garnet primarily found in the Ural Mountains of Russia. Russia's leading court jeweler, Carl Fabergé, loved this brilliant garnet more than any other stone and used it in many of his creations that were lavishly adorned by the Tsars of Russia. Today, demantoid is appearing more often in the gemstone market because of new finds in Namibia. However, these particular garnets from Namibia lack "horsetail-inclusions," the fine bushy-shaped inclusions that are characteristic of the sought-after Russian demantoids. The gem is quite rare and can cost several thousand dollars per carat depending on size and quality. The larger, brighter demantoid s are exceedingly scarce and have been known to show exceptional brilliance, even higher than diamonds.
Grossularite, available in pinks, browns, greens and yellows, is especially cherished because of its many in-between shades and earth colors. In the last year of the 20th century, large grossularite occurrences were discovered in Mali. Charming because of their high brilliance, the Mali garnets make even the brown color attractive and vivid.
Tsavorite is the trade name for a fine green grossularite. It ranges from vivid light green to velvety deep green and, like all other garnets, features a strikingly high brilliance. Tsavorite was discovered in 1967 by British geologist Campbell R. Bridges, and was re-named by Tiffany's in New York after its occurrence near the famous game park Tsavo-National Park. Mined in Tanzania and Kenya, this particular stone is quite rare and can cost several thousand dollars per carat depending on size and quality. Larger tsavorites are exceedingly scarce.
Hessonite is the variety name for a fine orange, cinnamon brown or pinkish variety of grossularite. It most commonly occurs in golds, oranges and browns.
Rhodolite is a pyrope-almandine garnet that features a velvety red color with a fine purple or raspberry colored undertone. One of the most popular varieties, it is mined in East Africa, India and Sri Lanka and was originally discovered in the United States.
Spessartite garnet can be red or blackish brown, but is most commonly available in golds, oranges and warmer browns. Originally named after its occurrence in the German Spessart Mountains, there was a surprising discovery of the bright orange-red stone in Nigeria and Namibia. Until then, spessartites had existed as mere collector's items or rarities and were hardly ever used for jewelry because they were so rare. But the new location discovery changed the world of jewelry gemstones and spessartites made their way into jewelry fashion. The most popular type of spessartite is the mandarin garnet, a gem that features a bright orange hue.
Traditionally given as 2nd wedding anniversary gifts, garnets are celebrated as January's birthstone. They are found all over the world, including Africa, Australia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North America, South and Central America, and Southeast Asia. The garnet ranges from 7.0-7.5 on the Mohs Scale and has been given many different names throughout the gemstone trade, including Arizona Ruby, Arizona Spinel, Montana Ruby or New Mexico Ruby. The stone features a high refraction of light that creates an amazing brilliance and luminosity. In fact, Noah used a garnet lantern to illuminate the darkness and navigate the Ark through 40 days and nights of torrential rain.
Throughout history, garnets have been widely known and prized for their rich hues and supposed mystical properties. Adored by the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis, the gem symbolized faith, truth and friendship and was a favorite of Egyptian jewelry artisans. Garnets were taken into the tombs with the dead as payment to the gods for safe passage through the nether world. It is said that King Solomon wore a large red garnet along with eleven other magical gems in his breastplate (representing the 12 steps of Jacob's Ladder) to help him win battles. Nineteenth-century Asiatic warriors even used the hard stones as bullets. In the 13th century, medieval travelers wore garnets as popular talismans and protective stones, many of which were carved with lions. The gems were thought to repel evil spirits, bad dreams and people with evil intent.
Today, garnets are thought to have protective powers and can be carried by travelers to protect against accidents. The stone is said to light up the night and protect its owner from nightmares. It is also believed to strengthen the body and mind by sparking creativity and dispelling anger. People may use the stone to increase the power of their energy fields and gather good vibes. Current superstitions say that the stone symbolizes loyalty and can be exchanged between friends to symbolize affection and ensure they meet again.


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Behance Student Showdown
Category: Competitions,
Posted by: Dailey
Posted: Feb 15th 2012
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Posted: Feb 15th 2012
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All-nighters, bottomless coffee, endless studio hours, daylight wasted while in the library, and marathon finals. You worked hard last semester, and sometimes good grades just aren't enough.
With fall semester behind you, Behance wants to see your best final projects and give your work the recognition it deserves.
This month, break out your best work that you've submitted for grading, and let's celebrate student work from all around the world. All disciplines of work are welcome. To participate, all entrants must be currently enrolled in school or graduated within the last 3 months. Entry is free.

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On April 9, at about 2:35 p.m., Canandaigua City Police charged Edwin Vazquez, 58, of 159 Genesee Street, Geneva, with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Police allege Vazquez sold 19 bags of heroin and two strips of suboxone to an individual on S. Main St. in the city of Canandaigua. At the time of his arrest, near Coach Street, Vazquez was found to be in possession of three bags of heroin, two strips of suboxone and several hundred dollars in cash, police said.
Vazquez was arraigned in City Court and remanded to the Ontario County Jail in lieu of $20,000 cash or $40,000 bond.
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BART passengers will pay more to ride the popular rail line next year -- and those who drive to the station will be particularly hard hit.
The agency's board of directors Thursday approved a 5.2 percent fare increase, which will raise the average one-way fare from $3.59 to $3.78 starting Jan. 1. That will cost the average daily BART commuter about $50 over the course of a year.
Most of the agency's 370,000 daily one-way riders take round trips. The most expensive round-trip fare, between San Francisco International Airport and Pittsburg-Bay Point, will rise from $22.10 to $23.30. The cheapest fare, for a variety of short trips, will inch up from $3.50 to $3.70 for a round trip.
The fare hike is tied to the rate of inflation. BART, which last increased ticket prices two years ago, says it needs the money to help replace its aging rail cars and other infrastructure.
Similar inflation-adjusted fare increases are set for 2016, 2018 and 2020, continuing BART's policy of raising ticket prices slightly every other year. In all, the fare increases are projected to generate an additional $325 million over eight years.
In addition, the board voted to increase parking fees as soon as June 1. The cost to park at stations that are at least 95 percent full will rise 50 cents every six months, with a cap of $3 a day, except at West Oakland, where it already costs $5. If stations are not full, the cost will drop by 50 cents every six months.
The seven lots where it's now free to park will cost $1 a day. The Richmond and South Hayward lots will start charging a buck a day on April 1, as previously planned, while the fees at Glen Park in San Francisco will start on June 1.
The $1 daily parking charge at the other free lots -- Hayward, Concord, North Concord and Coliseum-Oakland Airport -- won't take effect until sometime next year.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at Twitter.com/rosenbergmerc.


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Graduate Exhibitions
Category: Events/Exhibitions,
Posted: Dec 7th 2011
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It's almost time for our current students to spread their design wings and fly.
Across all of our international campuses our full-time students have eaten, breathed and (barely) slept graphic design for at least 520 hours over the last three months. They're tired and just a little stressed but the transformation since the first day they walked into the classroom is incredible and you'll be able to see what they've achieved at the Graduate Exhibitions coming up over the next couple of weeks.
Likewise, the Australian part-time courses are also drawing to a close. Balancing full-time work commitments and family life (which many of our students do) whilst coming into class for two nights a week isn't always easy but they've done it and we're very proud of the beautiful work they've produced.
We would love you to join them for a drink, take a look at their portfolios and celebrate all of their hard work.
The Australian full-time exhibitions are tomorrow (Friday 9 Dec) and Australian part-time exhibitions are next week.
Full-time exhibitions in the UK and US students are next Friday (16 Dec).
Click on the appropriate link for more info.


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Sharapova Gives Some Perspective
As players and writers took Australian Open organizers to task for continuing to hold an outdoor sporting event in a weeklong heat wave, Maria Sharapova, who won an exhausting three-hour, 28-minute match Thursday, gave a lesson in perspective.
"It's not the best conditions, but I don't want to complain," she said. Sharapova even went so far as to blame herself. "I was up a set and a break and I had many opportunities to finish the match faster."
Sharapova, who won Wimbledon as a bubbly 17-year-old, has gone from phenom to a frenetic, and sometimes frustrated, worker over the years. She has been to No. 1 and fallen back. She has won a few more major titles, but never dominated. She has lost to Serena Williams 14 consecutive times.
Yet she keeps playing tennis despite injuries, surgeries, setbacks and tens of millions (yes, dollars) of other reasons to pack up her rackets and go on a five-year vacation. "These are the matches you work for," she said in her on-court interview Thursday.
And work she did. The last set alone against Karin Knapp of Italy took an hour and 55 minutes, much of it after matches had been halted everywhere else because of the heat. Knapp, who has had two surgeries to correct a heart condition, was soaked in sweat. Sharapova was too.
At one point, Sharapova was given a time violation warning for taking too long between points. "Then you're asking yourself whether that's fair," she joked.
Sharapova survived three double faults in the last game to win the match 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. She still had energy to blow kisses and wave.
The Australian Open heat policy has been much discussed this week. One thing everyone agrees on: no one quite understands the Australian Open heat policy. It considers all sorts of things, like temperature, humidity, and the wet bulb globe temperature, a composite temperature that—and this is for certain—doesn't involve dunking light bulbs into a bathtub.
In the end, it's up to the tournament referee to decide when it's too hot to play. No one knows when the referee will decide this. Not the players. Not the trainers. Not the fans. Thursday was the first day the heat policy came into effect, and the call was made in the early afternoon. Sharapova, reasonably, would like understand what the specific terms are for it to be too hot for tennis.
"No one really knows what the limit is," she said. "It seems a little strange that the WTA Tour trainers don't know what that threshold is."
She had another reasonable request: when it becomes too hot, perhaps consider stopping play, or closing the roof, rather than concluding the set that is in progress—especially in a final set, which could, in theory, last forever, because the Australian Open does not use tiebreakers in the final set.
One player suggested there should have been no tennis at all on Thursday. Varvara Lepchenko, an American playing a second-round match, won the first set against No. 11 seed Simona Halep and then began to feel dizzy.
"I couldn't focus on my returns, I couldn't see the ball," Lepchenko said. "Everything started going so fast." At one point, she said, "I completely lost it." She later defined this as being unable to focus on the point. "I felt like my arms weighed a ton," the 27-year-old said.
Lepchenko took a medical timeout. A doctor and a trainer rubbed her down with ice bags as she covered her face with an ice-filled towel. She played on, admirably but meekly, and lost 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. After she retreated to the locker room for treatment and an ice bath, she watched Sharapova.
"I thought, 'wow,' she played under the same conditions," Lepchenko said. Still, she said, the temperatures were so extreme that the players should not have had to deal with them at all. "They definitely should have just not started the matches in the first place."
Sharapova wasn't so sure about that. "There is no way of getting around the fact that the conditions were extremely difficult, and have been for the last few days," she said. "It's a tough call."
A tough call, yes. But one that tennis players have been enduring in Australia for decades. Few of them have done it better than Sharapova. "That's what I got and I have to deal with the circumstances," she said. "I'm all right with that."


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Children's Health
Study Suggests Screening Kids for Cholesterol
July 12, 2010 -- One in three children with dangerously high cholesterol is missed by current screening recommendations, a new study suggests.
Kids with LDL "bad" cholesterol levels of 160 mg/dL or higher are at risk of type 2 diabetes and heart attacks in early adulthood, notes William Neal, MD, professor of pediatrics at West Virginia University, Morgantown.
Such children need medical attention. Those with a genetic tendency for very high cholesterol -- about one in 500 kids -- need treatment. To find them, it's recommended that pediatricians offer cholesterol screening to kids whose parents or grandparents have very high cholesterol and/or heart disease. But not all of these kids actually get tested.
"A lot of parents told us they didn't even know kids had cholesterol, let alone high cholesterol," Neal tells WebMD.
Screening Children for High Cholesterol
So Neal and colleagues offered comprehensive screening, including blood cholesterol tests, to every fifth-grade child in West Virginia.
Surprisingly, more than 70% of the 20,266 kids who were screened would have qualified for routine cholesterol screening, according to current National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines. But even more surprising was how many kids had high cholesterol even though they would not have qualified for routine screening.
"Just as many kids who would not have been screened ended up with severely high cholesterol levels as in the group that did qualify for screening based on family history," Neal says.
For children ages 2-19, a normal level of LDL cholesterol is under 130 mg/dL.
Among the 11-year-olds who met current cholesterol screening guidelines:
- 8.3% had LDL cholesterol levels of 130 mg/dL or higher.
- 1.2% had LDL cholesterol levels of 160 mg/dL or higher
Among the 11-year-olds who would not have been screened under current guidelines:
- 9.5% had LDL cholesterol levels of 130 mg/dL or higher.
- 1.7% had LDL cholesterol levels of 160 mg/dL or higher
Neal says that when child cholesterol screening guidelines were established in the 1990s, it was thought that about 25% of kids would qualify for screening.
"But as time has gone on, one of the indicators that triggers screening is a condition such as high blood pressure or obesity in the child," Neal says. "You may have children for whom the family history of heart disease may not be positive, but their doctors will lean more toward screening as they worry about diabetes in addition to heart disease."


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A Quote by Lena Lees on kuan yin quotations, diva, mindset, environmental, everything is spirit, and divinely human
"The indigenous tribes are the most powerful as many of them are so in harmony with nature as to be really, really divinely human. They're so in touch with their humanity that they're totally in tune with their Diva nature. They know that human/nature harmony is the crux of spirituality. Humans say they're better than each other. And they say they're better than nature. It's ludicrous to compare the intelligence of other living creatures to human intelligence. Plants have enormous intelligences and spirituality. However, the "better than" mindset greatly contributes to the ongoing environmental destruction.The earth is trying to teach humans that everything is spirit. Eventually, humans will learn. It's just another way to understand divinity. Spirit works through one's own humanity and the earth. Everything here on earth is for the divine evolution of all energies. Whereas the word "beings" so often refers only to humans, I use the term "energies" as it encompasses all living things on the planet."
Source: The Living Word of Kuan Yin: The Teachings & Prophecies of The Goddess of Compassion & Mercy
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Minka Lavery 3722-77-PL Chrome 2 Light 14" Width Energy Star Bathroom Vanity Light
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Two Light 14" Width Energy Star Bathroom Vanity Light
- Cylinder Shaped White Opal Glass Shade
- Can Be Mounted Up or Down
- Suitable for Damp Locations
- California Title 24 Compliant
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- Bulb Base - GU24: The GU24 bulb base is used with self ballasted twist lock compact fluorescent bulbs and has a pin spread of 24 mm.
- Compatible Bulb Types: GU24 Bulb base uses primarily a Fluorescent bulb but is also available as Halogen, LED, and Xenon / Krypton.
- Number of Bulbs: 2
- Bulb Base: GU24
- Bulb Type: Compact Fluorescent
- Bulb Included: Yes
- Watts Per Bulb: 13
- Wattage: 26
- Dimmable: No
- Height: 9.75"
- Width: 14"
- Extension: 6.5"
- Shade Height: 6.5"
- Shade Width: 4"
- Backplate Height: 4"
- Backplate Width: 7.75"
- Energy Star: Yes
- ADA: No
- California Title 24: A regulation designed to encourage the use of lower energy lamping configurations in order to reduce the energy used for residential and commercial lighting within the state.
- Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer products originated in the United States of America. Devices carrying the Energy Star service mark generally use 20%–30% less energy than required by federal standards.
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As part of the Minka Group, Minka Lavery has created a reputation of being a trendsetter in developing creative, innovative, and decorative lighting for the discerning designer or homeowner. Pleasing collections of modern, traditional, and transitional lights that will provide inspiration and options in creating your idea of the perfect living space throughout the home. Find the style and size of Minka Lavery bathroom fixture that will give your bathroom the best combination of form and function possible.
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July 01, 2009
Interior Department Expedites Solar Energy Development in the West
The U.S. Interior Department launched several initiatives on June 29 to speed the development of solar energy on Western lands. Under the main initiative, 24 tracts of land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will be fully evaluated for their environmental and resource suitability for large-scale solar energy production. DOE will help to evaluate these "Solar Energy Study Areas," which are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, encompassing about 670,000 acres. The goal is to provide large-scale planning and zoning for solar projects, allowing a more efficient process for permitting and siting responsible solar development. The selected areas will become available for ventures producing 10 megawatts or more of electricity, and those ventures could have their permit applications put on a fast track.
To select the study areas, the Interior Department chose lands with excellent solar resources, suitable slope, proximity to roads and transmission lines or designated corridors, and containing at least 2,000 acres of BLM-administered public lands. The agency excluded sensitive lands, wilderness, and other high-value lands, as well as lands with conflicting uses. The study areas will be evaluated by including them in the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS), which an ongoing federally-funded environmental evaluation of potential solar energy development on public lands in six Western States. The expansion of the Solar PEIS will be supported with Recovery Act funds. While the study areas are being evaluated, the BLM will temporarily close them to new mining claims and other actions initiated by third parties under public land laws. The evaluation should be completed in late 2010 and will be open to public comment. See the maps of the study areas on the BLM Web site.
The Interior Department is also coordinating with states to expedite permitting for a number of solar power projects nearing approval. The BLM will begin site-specific environmental reviews for two major projects in Nevada that would have a combined capacity of more than 400 megawatts of electricity. To help speed the processing of an increasing number of applications, a new Interior Department renewable energy coordination office has opened in Nevada, the first of four in the West. The BLM currently has about 470 renewable energy project applications, including 158 active solar applications for up to 97,000 megawatts of new solar power capacity on 1.8 million acres. See the Interior Department press release.


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Stinky rest room was skunk's fault
Published: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 11:20 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 11:20 a.m.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man is under arrest for taking a skunk to the rest room — and leaving it there.
Kevin Kibert (KY'-burt) told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/137d7Cc ) in Hazard during a jailhouse interview that he didn't do it, but acknowledges he went into the restroom at a Middlesboro convenience store earlier this month.
Store manager Pamela Hobbs said Kibert walked into the restroom with a garbage bag and came back out, saying, "Sorry, man," to an employee as he left. The worker went to see what Kibert was sorry about and saw a baby skunk, which had already sprayed the men's room.
Hobbs said people would walk up the door, smell the skunk odor and leave.
The criminal mischief case against the 35-year-old Kibert was sent to a grand jury on Tuesday.
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Declining enrollment and special-education mandates continue to plague the Sierra Sands Unified School District as district officials deal with the budget.
Reporting to the Board of Education Tuesday, Budget and Finance Director Gavin MacGregor presented charts showing the decline of the district's average daily attendance.
"It speaks to the effect that our enrollment has had on our ADA," he said. "As you lose kids, you lose attendance points."
Sierra Sands ADA has declined from 5,453 in 2005-06 to 4,740 this year.
"We've lost more than 650 ADA," MacGregor said. "We know we've been in declining enrollment for a handful of years."
He said ADA is projected to be 4,740 in 2013-14.
Another chart showed total revenue-limit funding declining from approximately $31 million in 2006-07 to approximately $27 million this fiscal year.
"Our declining enrollment obviously affects that as well as the large cuts that you've received," he said. "Those cuts, I believe, have been the largest piece of the decline. It is projected for this year and the next out year."
MacGregor said 2009-10 was the first year the district received very substantial cuts, but the increases in 2009-10 and 2010-11 were the result of federal one-time money.
"We've been consistently very low in our dollars per ADA," he said.
He said special education continues to be grossly underfunded at the state and federal level.
Mental health is a new funding source for us," said MacGregor. "It's now turned over to local control."
He said federally mandated special-education transportation is grossly underfunded.
"We receive approximately $30,000 to operate a $600,000 program," he said. "It makes it very difficult for us to manage that. We don't receive any federal money."
MacGregor said state special-education funding is based on district enrollment.
"As our district enrollment as a whole decreases, we lose special-education funding," he said. We have seen increases over the past three years in special-ed students. As we increased there and those needs increased, our funding has decreased."
Superintendent Joanna Rummer said the broadened autism spectrum contributed greatly to the increase.
"Years ago in special education, many of our students were physically challenged and mentally challenged," she said. "We have a lot of students who have really serious emotional issues. We take more resources. There is a lot more identification — a lot earlier identification. It's a combination of many things put together. We're going to see more and more and more of this."
Boardmember Tom Pearl said he talked to colleagues in other districts, and said they are having the same kind of problems.
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Final: Roger vs. Nadal
Roger rallied past Carlos Moya 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 today to advance to the Hamburg Masters final. He is most certainly looking to end a streak in which he has gone four straight tournaments without a title. And it certainly promises looks like an interesting encounter: opponent is no one less than Rafael Nadal!
"It's nice to come back from one set down," he said after the match. "I came out of it but I am still missing too much. You have to believe that you can come back."
Moya, a 30-year-old veteran who was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1999 but has now dropped to No. 36, had never beaten Roger in six previous meetings. "Today was the day to beat him; I had a feeling I could beat him," Moya said. "But at important moments, he brings out his best."
Roger saved three set points before losing the first set. Serving for the second at 5-3, he allowed Moya to save three set points and then dropped his serve. But a forehand winner in the next game put our star even. Roger broke serve for a 4-2 lead in the third and was on his way.
"I felt I was controlling the match," Moya said. "But with Federer, you can't expect to beat him until it's over. I had some break points but he came up with some great shots."
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Marcus Samuelsson On Jan 10 Museum Panel "How To Feed a Growing Planet"
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Chef, author, and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson joins activist Raj Patel and geneticist Molly Jahn for "How To Feed a Growing Planet"—an exciting roundtable at the Museum on January 10, 2013.
Adventures in the Global Kitchen: Root Vegetables with Alex Guarnaschelli
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Often overlooked root vegetables such as turnips and rutabaga can have a major impact on the Earth's ecosystem and biodiversity. In this podcast, join chef Alex Guarnaschelli and Eleanor Sterling, Director of the Museum's Center for Biodiversity, in a discussion about how our food shopping choices can affect sustainable agriculture.
All About Flight of the Butterflies
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Witness the longest insect migration on earth—and the decades-long passion of one scientist—as the mystery of the monarchs unfolds in Flight of the Butterflies, which opens this Saturday, January 5, in the Museum's LeFrak IMAX Theater. Watch the trailer.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour of the Museum: Wading Birds Diorama
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available as part of the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website—highlights exhibits and places around the Museum with a connection to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the sixth in a series, we visit the Wading Birds diorama, in the Leonard C. Sanford Hall of North American Birds.
Theodore Roosevelt Tour of the Museum: The Roosevelts and the Museum
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The restored Theodore Roosevelt Memorial is now open, and a new self-guided tour—available in the Museum's Explorer app, or on our website—highlights Museum connections to TR, who was President from 1901 to 1909. In this post, the fifth in a series, we explore the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the family's early ties to the Museum.


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Blue's Clues provides a theme for letting Mom know she's special.
Look for clues with Blue, weekdays on Nick Jr.
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Politics Counts: The Economy in Red and Blue
As economic indicators and holiday shopping numbers trickle out at the year's end, it's good to remember that the economy is about more than data points like GDP and unemployment. There's also personal circumstances and psychology: what people think about their economic situations and prospects. And, like most everything else, people's economic outlooks are more than a little bit connected to their political perspective.
Put bluntly: Americans tend to be a lot more bullish about their economic prospects if they like the guy in the Oval Office. And it may have little to do with their personal economic reality.
The partisan split is clear: The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, for instance, showed that 36% of Democrats believed the economy would get better in the next year, while only 9% of Republicans believed that. And in a similar survey, consumer-research from Experian Marketing Services finds that Democrats are more positive about their personal prospects, and Republicans more dour. But Experian also provides income data that strongly indicate that optimism or pessimism on the economy has little to do with their real-world personal experience. We'll get to that in a moment.
First, on expectations, Experian asked registered voters: "Do you think that in the coming 12 months you will be better off or worse off financially than you are now?" The responses to that personal question follow the well-known blue/red pattern, when the partisan filter is used in the post recession-years of 2011- 2013.
The Partisan Split on Personal Economic Outlook for the "Coming 12 Months"
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|Republican Better
|Republican Worse
That's a pretty clear divide. Over the past three years, Democrats as a whole have gotten a bit more optimistic about their economic futures, going from 34% "better" to 37.3%, and gotten a bit less pessimistic, going from 17.1% "worse" to 14%. In that time, Republicans have gotten a bit less optimistic, from 30.9% "better" to 29.2%, but they have gotten much more pessimistic, from 21.6% "worse" to 27.2%.
So currently, Republicans are almost twice as likely as Democrats to expect their economic situation to deteriorate in the next 12 months – a pronounced split. And remember this question isn't about something esoteric like the state of the U.S. economy; this is about people's personal economic situation.
Now, let's jump to a second set of Experian data, which indicates many respondents' stated economic views don't match at all with their realities.
Democrat and Republican HH Income and Disposable Income
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|Democrat Disposable Income
|Republican HH Income
|Republican Disposable Income
The data show that, over the past three years, both Democrats and Republicans have done steadily better on the whole, but Republicans have actually gained more as group. On average their incomes grew by more than $9,000 and their disposable incomes climbed by more than $3,300.
Those numbers aren't the end of the discussion, of course. They are averages, and within each group there could be slides from lower-income Republicans. But it's hard to imagine increases in income like those if, indeed, 27% of all Republicans surveyed were actually seeing their economic situations worsen.
It's more likely that these economic outlook numbers represent a kind of economic dissonance where Republicans dislike President Barack Obama his policies in their heads and believe those policies are detrimental to the U.S. economy, even if Republican bank accounts, on the whole, are still doing well.
That doesn't mean the Republicans and Democrats in these surveys are doing well because of Mr. Obama's policies or that they wouldn't be doing better with something else. But the data do suggest that Democrats, who are more supportive of Mr. Obama, may be more likely to think they are doing well economically because of him – or to support him by giving an upbeat response in surveys. And Republicans, who are far less supportive of Mr. Obama, are more likely to feel or say they aren't doing well – even if the numbers suggest otherwise.


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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is in for a pretty busy year.
On top of planning for her wedding, the former "Jersey Shore" star also has a new nursery to decorate. The reality star announced Friday on her website that she and fiance Jionni LaValle are expecting their second child. The couple already has a 19-month-old son, Lorenzo.
"Jionni and I are so excited to confirm that we are expecting our second child! Now knowing that our test results are good and our baby is healthy, we can finally talk about it!" she posted on her website.
"I want to thank everyone for their congratulations and we can feel how excited you are for us!" she added. "We could not be happier! Big things are happening this year with the wedding, moving into our dream house and having our second bambino or bambina!"
Polizzi said the health of her baby, not her relationship with her family, prompted her to keep the pregnancy quiet until now.
"Jionni and I are VERY happy together. He's my best friend and I'm his," she said. "Jionni and I wanted to clear the air by saying we only kept our second pregnancy to ourselves for the health of our child and until we reached a reasonable time to let the world know."


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Clinical Outcomes of Patients with HIV Acquired in Early Life
We would like to better understand how HIV infection and the medicines used to treat it affect the growth and development of youth and young adults who have been infected since early life. We want to find out if there are any problems with how HIV-infected children grow and develop as adults, particularly with regard to cardiovascular health. We are interested in studying your heart because HIV appears to be associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
You will have an Entry Visit during which you will be enrolled into the study and have the majority of the evaluations described below. The DEXA scan and the optional cardiovascular tests will only be repeated every five years. This study is planned to last at least 10 years. Visits for this study will take place every year, or every two years if you are unable to come every year. They will usually last one to two days.
We will check your medical records to see how you have been doing and which HIV medications you have been taking. We will ask you to complete several questionnaires about how you take your medicines, how content you are with your life, and what your plans for the future are. You will have a physical exam, and we will test your blood and collect a urine sample. DEXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) scans will be done every five years. These measure how strong your bones are and how much fat, muscle, and bone is in your body. You may be asked to complete a series of optimal cardiovascular tests, such as an electrocardiogram (EKG); an ultrasound of your heart called an echocardiogram (echo); a cardiac computerized tomography (CT) scan; and an MRI of your heart. Volunteers will be compensated.
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More than 200 brave icy waters in 2014 Polar Plunge
Published: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 3:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 3:52 p.m.
LAKE LURE – Wearing a blue floral dress, brown wig, white gloves, black heels and a tiara, Mark Sullivan of Greenville, S.C., emerged from the cold waters of Lake Lure Wednesday morning with a smile on his face and pantyhose gathered around his ankles.
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"I'm washing away the old and welcoming in the new. After all, this is the New Year, and if you can't laugh at yourself and have fun, then it's not worth living," he said.
Sullivan was one of more than 200 participants who braved the bite of frigid waters in the sixth-annual Lake Lure New Year's Day Polar Plunge. The tradition began with just 37 courageous jumpers and 127 spectators. This year's event was the largest one to date, with more than 200 plungers and at least double the number of spectators lining the perimeter of the Lake Lure Beach.
"It's a fun way to kick off the New Year," said Lake Lure Mayor Bob Keith, who helped to judge some of the contests at the event, including best costume, the oldest and youngest plunger and the plunger who traveled the farthest for the event. The registration fee was $20 per person, and proceeds go toward the Chamber of Hickory Nut Gorge.
Volunteer and host Ken Potter hasn't missed a plunge yet. After he counted down from 10, the excited and screaming crowd ran toward the lake. Wearing a Scottish kilt and top hat, Potter turned and made his way toward the 42-degree water while playing "Auld Lang Syne" on the bagpipes – just as he did the first year he jumped into chilly waters.
"I just have to get in with them," Potter said, noting that when the event happened the first time, temperatures hovered around the 20-degree mark. "The last few years, it hasn't been as bad temperature-wise, but the water is still freezing."
But temperature does not deter plungers. It encourages them. This year, Potter said people from as far as the Netherlands, Alaska and Pennsylvania participated in the event.
"People come here on vacation to have a good time and, for a lot of them, this is the end of their vacation; so what better memory can you take away from a place like this than, 'I did something wild and crazy and jumped in freezing water,'" Potter said.
First-time plunger Trish Berry of Hickory, who dressed as Sarah Palin for the event, said she wasn't nervous and was very excited. When she went into the lake, her husband Jordan, dressed as President Barack Obama, carried her piggy-back style.
After making a few political jokes, Jordan Berry said, "The Lake Lure Plunge brings all people together."
And it also brings people back again and again. After Sullivan missed the event last year to attend a similar event in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he said he had to return.
"It's exhilarating, but when you hit the water, it just goes right through you. All of the sudden, once you get out there, it's all mind over matter," he said. "But when I'm out there, I go to my happy place. This is my happy place."
Last year, he dressed as the character "Melvis," which he described as a hillbilly Elvis Presley. But for Sullivan the event is about more than cold water and fun costumes.
"When I retire I want to be up here— Lake Lure, Hendersonville, Asheville – I want to be in this area," he said. "Ken's been here since day one. I love him to death. This is my family. I'm out of Greenville, S.C., but South Carolina and North Carolina — it's family; it's home."
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2.2-3 Reasonable Doubt
Revised to December 1, 2007
The meaning of reasonable doubt can be arrived at by emphasizing the word reasonable. It is not a surmise, a guess or mere conjecture.1 It is not a doubt raised by anyone simply for the sake of raising a doubt. It is such a doubt as, in serious affairs that concern you, you would heed; that is, such a doubt as would cause reasonable men and women to hesitate to act upon it in matters of importance.2 It is not hesitation springing from any feelings of pity or sympathy for the accused or any other person who might be affected by your decision. It is, in other words, a real doubt, an honest doubt, a doubt that has its foundation in the evidence or lack of evidence.3 It is doubt that is honestly entertained and is reasonable in light of the evidence after a fair comparison and careful examination of the entire evidence.4
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt does
not mean proof beyond all doubt; the law does not require absolute certainty on
the part of the jury before it returns a verdict of guilty.5 The law requires that, after
hearing all the evidence, if there is something in the evidence or lack of
evidence that leaves in your minds, as reasonable men and women, a reasonable
doubt as to the guilt of the accused, then the accused must be given the benefit
of that doubt and acquitted. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is proof that
precludes every reasonable hypothesis except guilt and is inconsistent with any
other rational conclusion.6
1 State v. Griffin, 253 Conn. 195, 206 (2000).
2 State v. Morant, 242 Conn. 666, 688 (1997); State v. Baines, 56 Conn. App. 443, 449, cert. denied, 252 Conn. 947 (2000); State v. Otero, 49 Conn. App. 459, 473, cert. denied, 247 Conn. 910 (1998) (following U.S. Supreme Court's recommendation to instruct on the kind of doubt that would make a person hesitate to act, not the kind on which he would be willing to act). In State v. Griffin, supra, 253 Conn. 207 n.14, the Supreme Court noted the criticism of the phrase "hesitate to act," but found no persuasive reason to reject it.
3 State v. Velasco, 253 Conn. 210, 249 (2000); State v. Griffin, supra, 253 Conn. 207.
4 State v. Torres, 82 Conn. App. 823, 836-37, cert. denied, 270 Conn. 909 (2004).
5 State v. Ryerson, 201 Conn. 333, 342 (1986) ("near certitude" language, while not inaccurate, is not mandated); State v. Holley, 90 Conn. App. 350, 359, cert. denied, 275 Conn. 929 (2005).
6 State v. Hines, 243 Conn. 796, 820 (1998); State v. Denson, 67 Conn. App. 803, 820-22, cert. denied, 260 Conn. 915 (2002).
"It is fundamental that proof of guilt in a criminal case must be beyond a reasonable doubt. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 364, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. 2d 368 (1970). . . . The reasonable doubt concept provides concrete substance for the presumption of innocence -- that bedrock axiomatic and elementary principle whose enforcement lies at the foundation of the administration of our criminal law." (Citations omitted; internal quotation marks omitted.) State v. Whipper, 258 Conn. 229, 296 (2001), overruled on other grounds, State v Cruz, 269 Conn. 97 (2004). See generally State v. Jackson, 283 Conn. 111, 120-25 (2007); State v. Montgomery, 254 Conn. 694, 729-31 (2000); State v. Velasco, 253 Conn. 210, 248-49 (2000); State v. Ellis, 232 Conn. 691, 704-06 (1995); State v. DelVecchio, 191 Conn. 412, 417-25 (1983); State v. Romero, 42 Conn. App. 555, 560-63, cert. denied, 239 Conn. 935 (1996); State v. Hansen, 39 Conn. App. 384, 402-06, cert. denied, 235 Conn. 928 (1995); State v. Hanks, 39 Conn. App. 333, 350-52, cert. denied, 235 Conn. 926 (1995); State v. Edwards, 39 Conn. App. 242, 247-50, cert. denied, 235 Conn. 924 (1995); State v. Colon, 37 Conn. App. 635, 641-43, cert. denied, 234 Conn. 911 (1995).
A deficient reasonable doubt instruction is error to which "harmless error" analysis cannot be applied. Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275, 281, 111 S.Ct. 328, 112 L.Ed.2d 339 (1993).
Undesirable language
In State v. Schiappa, 248 Conn. 132, 175, cert. denied, 528 U.S. 862, 120 S.Ct. 152, 145 L.Ed.2d 129 (1999), the Supreme Court directed trial courts to avoid use of the "protect the innocent and not the guilty" language in the future. See also State v. Watson, 251 Conn. 220, 225-28 (1999); State v. Coleman, 251 Conn. 249, 251, cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1061, 120 S.Ct. 1570, 146 L.Ed.2d 473 (1999).
The Supreme Court directed courts to refrain from using the phrase "ingenuity of counsel." State v. DelValle, 250 Conn. 466, 475-76 (1999).
The appellate courts have disapproved of instructions that define "reasonable doubt" as "grave uncertainty," "an actual substantial doubt," and "a moral certainty." State v. Hines, supra, 243 Conn. 819 n.18.
Courts should not use "two inference" language ("if two conclusions reasonably can be drawn from the evidence, one of guilt and one of innocence, the jury must adopt the conclusion of innocence") because "standing alone, such language may mislead a jury into thinking that the state's burden is somehow less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt." State v. Griffin, supra, 253 Conn. 209-10. A permissible alternative, which would logically follow the final sentence of this instruction, is: "If you can, in reason, reconcile all of the facts proved with any reasonable theory consistent with the innocence of the accused, then you cannot find him guilty." Id., 210 n.18. See also State v. Lemoine, 256 Conn. 193, 205 (2001).
It is unnecessary and may confuse
the jury to compare the reasonable doubt standard to the civil standard of clear
and convincing evidence State v. Fagan, 92 Conn. App. 44, 58, cert.
denied, 276 Conn. 924 (2005).


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An investigation into alleged home-grown Muslim extremists has yielded another arrest and prompted law-enforcement agencies and Jewish institutions to tighten security as the Jewish High Holidays approach.
The probe by the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force has apparently broadened with last month's arrest of Hamad Riaz Samana, a 21-year-old Pakistani student at Santa Monica College. Samana was taken into custody with no fanfare and information about him did not appear in published accounts for about two weeks.
In all, more than 200 federal and local counter-terrorism agents are probing for links between possible planned attacks on local Israeli and Jewish targets and the activities of Islamic gangs in California prisons.
Reflecting a heightened focus on security, the regional chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, working with federal and local authorities, will hold a security briefing for Jewish institutions on Sept. 15.
Samana and the two other men previously arrested attended the same mosque in Inglewood. Authorities are looking into whether one or more of the suspects planned a shooting spree at Jewish targets allegedly included on a list found in the possessions of one of the suspects.
So far, the lengthy and highly secretive investigation has led to the arrest of a Pakistani national and two Black Muslim converts.
The case started mundanely in mid-July when Torrance police arrested Levar Haney Washington, 25, and Gregory Vernon Patterson, 21, as suspects in a string of gas station robberies.
A search of Washington's apartment turned up what police described as "jihadist" literature, bulletproof vests and an address list of some two-dozen Jewish and non-Jewish Los Angeles sites.
Two separate entries referred to the "headquarters of Zion," listing the address of the Israeli consulate and the El Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles International Airport, the site of a shooting rampage in 2002 by an Egyptian immigrant who killed two Israeli Americans.
Also listed were two synagogues and a number of California National Guard recruiting stations.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the probe also is targeting California's New Folsom state prison, where Washington converted to Islam while serving a term for assault and battery.
A particular focus is a group called Jamiyyat Ul Islam Is Saheeh (JIS), roughly translated as the Assembly of Authentic Islam.
According to gang specialists, JIS has operated at the Old and New Folsom prisons for five years and is the smaller of two Islamic gangs active in California prisons.
Counter-terrorism officials have long seen prisons as likely breeding grounds for homegrown Islamic extremist groups, who could plot attacks in the United States without any direct links to overseas networks.
Earlier this year, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Intelligence Committee that "prisons continue to be fertile ground for extremists who exploit both a prisoner's conversion to Islam while still in prison, as well as their socioeconomic status and placement in the community upon their release."
Authorities also are looking into the circumstances surrounding Patterson's work at a duty-free gift shop at the airport's international terminal, which also houses the El Al ticket counter, the Times reported. Although he's a suspect in the alleged gas station holdups, Patterson has no criminal record.
All parties in the investigation have been extremely tight-lipped. The FBI declined comment, prison authorities said they could not speak about "disruptive groups," and the Israeli consulate did not "wish to elaborate at this time."
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Super sophomore quarterbacks take charge in the NVL
Heading into this high school football season, Ansonia coach Tom Brockett heard some of the town's fervent fans were second-guessing his decision to start a young first-year quarterback.
"I heard a lot of skpeticism when we decided to go with a sophomore, but let me tell you, we have have a lot bigger worries than Jai'quan McKnight playing quarterback," Brockett said. "Does that mean he is perfect? Absolutely not. He will still struggle in games, but he is more than capable."
McKnight has arguably been the most consistently productive player for 4-0 Chargers. He has completed 60.7 percent of his passes (17 of 28) with seven touchdowns and one interception. He has thrown for at least two touchdowns and rushed for one in each game.
"He is a gutsy type of kid, a winner," Brockett said. "He's been blessed with a very good arm and great feet. He's also throwing a very catchable ball, connecting with his receivers at a very high completion rate. He is definitely headed down the right track."
McKnight was expected to be a receiver for Ansonia this season and the starting quarterback next year after Tyler Lester graduated. An preseason injury to Lester changed the timetable but not the Chargers' success.
"Anybody who says McKnight is just an athlete playing quarterback, they haven't seen him play," Derby coach George French said. "He throws the deep ball well and he can get out of the pocket and make plays with both his legs and his arm. He's the real deal."
The same could be said for quite a few first-year quarterbacks this year in the Naugatuck Valley League, including two more talented sophomores in Naugatuck's Jason Bradley and Derby's Mike Kreiger.
Derby graduated four-year starter Ray Kreiger, but his younger brother, Mike, showed French enough promise to earn the starting job.
"We took a hard look at Michael last year when he played quarterback on both our freshman and JV teams," French said. "He's not Raymond, but he has
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that 'it' to him, that desire to take control and bring high energy and confidence to the team. He understands situations and takes control in the huddle already."
Kreiger's statistics were mediocre early on, throwing for an average of only 57 yards per game with a total of two touchdowns and two interceptions in the first three games. Then last week he was 11-of-14 for 222 yards and three TDs against Wilby to improve Derby to 3-1.
"Michael has everything you want in a quarterback," French said. "He has a good arm, speed; he's very mobile and he's athletic. He's a three-sport athlete who started at shortstop last year for a baseball team that went to the state title game. He's the real deal."
French said the comparisons between Michael and Ray, who is at Central Connecticut on a baseball scholarship, are inevitable. He said Ray probably had more arm strength and touch on the deep ball, but Mike is a better runner and could become a better dual threat.
"We don't want him to be Ray," French said. "We want him to be Michael Kreiger and make a name for himself with his own athletic ability and arm. His brother is a great person to look up to and a great quarterback to take advice from. They both have great character and are excellent students and wonderful kids. But I tell Michael every day I want him to be his own quarterback."
French, Brockett and Naugatuck coach Shawn Kuczenski all said they had no reservations about starting a sophomore. They said the evolution of the passing game in youth football better prepares kids to step up to the high school level ready to play.
Spread offenses and seven-on-seven passing leagues are prevalent in youth football, and kids are going to summer camps and working out to become stronger athletes at an earlier age.
Kuczenski said that his son, Brandon, and Naugy's star player, Mick Pernell, both played on a flag football team that went to the nationals with Bradley at QB. After Bradley threw for 300 yards and 400 yards in his final two games with the freshman team, he went into spring football as the favorite to earn the varsity starting job this season.
"I'm amazed watching him play," Kuczenski said. "He is a smart kid who makes great decisions and manages games extremely well without making many mistakes so the kids respect him. He can throw the ball, too."
He was 8-for-12 for 98 yards and two touchdowns against Wilby and went 8-for-9 for 234 yards and five touchdowns two weeks ago against St. Paul.
"He's had his ups and downs," Kuczenski said. "He had a really good first game, a shaky second game (against Derby, a 21-20 loss), and against St. Paul he was the Jason we expected him to be."
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- Jan 21:
- Sundance 2013: 'Narco Cultura' explores how drug traffickers shape Mexican pop culture
- Sundance 2013: Film seems certain to ignite Disney ire
- Sundance 2013: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt the new Sundance kid?
- Sundance 2013: Making of 'Linsanity' as insane as Lin's rise to NBA fame
- Sundance 2013: 'History of The Eagles Part 1' seeks to avoid nostalgia
- Jan 18:
- Sundance 2013: Cheney documentary will stir up political divide at Sundance
- Sundance 2013: 'Book of Mormon' launched Josh Gad into new 'jOBS'
- Sundance 2013: Pussy Riot goes from headlines to screen time
- Jan 17:
- Sundance 2013: Robert Redford opens festival with a nod to the anti-commercial location of Utah
- Sundance 2013: 'Sound City" story told by Dave Grohl in directing debut
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EDITOR: I want you to write a story about the movies with the biggest buzz going into the Sundance Film Festival.
REPORTER: [sighs] But pre-festival buzz is garbage. Manufactured hype based on what publicists say about their clients. Anything else is just guesswork based on the names attached to a movie.
EDITOR: But everybody writes about buzz before the festival.
REPORTER: Yeah, and everybody's always wrong. Look at last year's Sundance. Who would have guessed that a little movie from Louisiana with no stars, no professional actors, would get standing ovations and four Oscar nominations? But that's what happened with "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
EDITOR: So write a story that dismisses pre-festival buzz, but list some movies that should get attention anyway.
REPORTER: OK. That I can do.
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So, with the previous scene still echoing in our minds, let's consider what looks promising at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Here are a few educated guesses:
"After Tiller" » Expect protests at this hot-button documentary, which profiles the four doctors in the United States who still perform late-term abortions. (U.S. Documentary)
"Anita" » Freida Mock's documentary about Anita Hill, the lawyer and academic at the heart of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings two decades ago, promises to illuminate a still-burning dispute. Hill will be in attendance for the premiere. Any chance of Orrin Hatch, who grilled Hill during the hearings, showing up for a reunion? Not likely, but it would be exciting. (Documentary Premieres)
"Before Midnight" » Director Richard Linklater reteams with stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy for the third installment of this European romantic trilogy, begun with "Before Sunrise" in 1995 and continuing with "Before Sunset" in 2004. In the first, they were young people meeting and falling in love in Vienna. Then they were older and wiser, and walking around Paris. This time, they're even older, more wistful and reuniting in Greece. If you've loved these characters before, you're going to want to know what happens next. (Premieres)
"Blue Caprice" » Expect some controversy coming out of this spare character study inspired by the 2002 "Beltway Sniper" case, starring Isaiah Washington ("Grey's Anatomy") and Tequan Richmond ("Everybody Hates Chris"). (Next)
"C.O.G." » Fans of humorist and author David Sedaris will want to see this movie, the first adaptation from one of his pieces. Jonathan Groff ("Glee") stars as a man who finds work on an Oregon apple farm. (U.S. Dramatic)
"In a World …" » A whole lot of comic talent — including Rob Corddry, Ken Marino and Michaela Watkins — is assisting actress and first-time writer-director Lake Bell on her story of a vocal coach trying to make it as a voice actor. (U.S. Dramatic)
"Kill Your Darlings" » Daniel Radcliffe stretches beyond Harry Potter, portraying a young Allen Ginsberg as he meets his future Beat Generation cohorts, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, amid a murder case at Columbia University in 1944. (U.S. Dramatic)
"Lovelace" » In a festival loaded with sexually charged drama, this biography of "Deep Throat" star Linda Lovelace (played by "Les Misérables" ingenue Amanda Seyfried) stands out. The stellar cast includes Peter Sarsgaard, James Franco, Adam Brody, Hank Azaria and Sharon Stone. (Premieres)
"Touchy Feely" » Director Lynn Shelton has a good track record with her semi-improvised character-driven comedies, "Humpday" and "Your Sister's Sister." This time, she's reteamed with Rosemarie DeWitt in the story of a massage therapist who develops a sudden aversion to bodily contact. (U.S. Dramatic)
"Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington" » Three years ago, Hetherington and Sebastian Junger were being feted at Sundance for their Afghanistan combat documentary "Restrepo." Now Hetherington is dead, killed while taking pictures of the Libyan uprising, and Junger marks his memory with this film. There won't be a dry eye in the house. (Documentary Premieres)


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jesse Root scored the go-ahead goal with 4:56 left and Yale beat North Dakota 4-1 on Saturday in the NCAA West Regional final to reach the Frozen Four for the first time.
Fourth-seeded Yale (20-12-3) scored four times in the final 7:35.
Josh Balch started the spree, and Root gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead on a power play, a day after scoring at 9 seconds of overtime in Yale's 3-2 victory over top-seeded Minnesota.
Stu Wilson and Kenny Agostino added goals for Yale.
Corban Knight scored in the first period for North Dakota (22-13-7).
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Designing 4 the Future is Margaret Coe's prequel to Fit 2 Be Tied. Learn an exciting, contemporary overlay approach to designing liftplans for tied and non-tied threadings and structures for multishaft looms. Master the techniques of creating liftplans with Adobe® Photoshop® or Photoshop® Elements at the same time as learning topics such as blocks, satin, double weave, twills, diversified plain weave, and huck.
Step-by-step tutorials allow you to learn at your own pace. Repeat the tutorials as often as you wish--a never ending workshop. Designing 4 the Future is illustrated with full color screen shots, and the spiral binding means that its pages lie flat. The companion CD contains all files required to complete the tutorials.
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MIDDLETON — Middleton police arrested a woman who was allegedly combative at the site of a reported domestic assault on Drew Drive Tuesday morning.
The episode began when police were called to the neighborhood to investigate a reported domestic incident. Additional officers were eventually called in from Farmington and Milton for assistance after Middleton police located a "combative female," according to a press release from the Middleton Police Department.
Lisa Patrick, 31, of 73 Drew Drive, was later arrested and charged with simple assault and resisting arrest, both Class A misdemeanors punishable by up to one year of imprisonment.
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Private 1st Class Alyssa Lynn Thomas, of the 571st Military Police Company, was deployed to Afghanistan from Fort Lewis-McChord Air Force Base in Washington on Dec. 7. She will return in August. Thomas graduated from Galt High School in 2010. Her parents, Bruce and Diane Thomas, and her brother, Matt, live in Galt.
Second Lieutenant Evan Fletcher graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute on Dec. 20 and has been assigned to the Army National Guard 1-148th Infantry Battalion in Ohio to complete his Bachelor's Degree at Bowling Green State University. Fletcher successfully completed Army Basic Combat Training, Army Leadership Development Assessment Course, the Army Air Assault School and participated in the annual Ranger Challenge and Sandhurst competition. He also served as the Squadron Commander for ROTC and Commanding Officer for the Corps of Cadets. He graduated from St. Mary's High School in 2010. Fletcher is the son of Grant and Janyce Fletcher of Lodi.
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Made a small plugin that allows you to use both Windows Media Player dynamic playlists and regular static (non M3U) playlists from within PMS. Shows up as an Additional Folder at Root ("Dynamic Playlists").
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Alliant's International and Multicultural Education, Research, Intervention, and Training Initiative provides leadership in the implementation of the University's diversity initiatives. Alliant has established institutional diversity objectives as well as multicultural/international competencies for all students, faculty, and staff/administrators.
The Systemwide I-MERIT Office provides resources, consultation, and training to academic programs and administrative offices in order to make cultural competence part and parcel of all aspects of the University. Each campus has an I-MERIT Committee, comprised of students, staff, and faculty, which sponsors events and projects. The work of I-MERIT is supported by Assistant Provost of I-MERIT is Dr. Janie Pinterits, who is based on the San Francisco Campus, and is available at email@example.com.
I-MERIT is proud that the Los Angeles Clinical PsyD program received the APA Suinn Minority Achievement Award at the 2010 APA Convention.
"The CEMRRAT2 Task Force was very impressed by your program's commitment to diversity through your diligent work in the areas of recruitment, retention and training. The Task Force also wishes to acknowledge and thank Ms. Tioana White, a current doctoral student in that program, who brought your program's exemplary efforts to our attention." – APA Letter received with Suinn Minority Achievement Award
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State funding cuts and lack of growth in the area are leaving Richmond County board members with the question of where to put the district's money.
News 12's Meredith Taylor sat down with controller Gene Spires and to find out if your taxes will be raised and if your children will be affected.
Several Richmond County employees will find themselves in new positions within the district next school year.
The Board of Education needs to cut $5 million from the budget by July 1.
"We haven't found all the reductions that need to be made to have no millage increase at this point," says Spires.
And that's just what board members are trying to avoid. They're already cutting $4 million by eliminating some jobs and even shifting the funding for some out of the general fund.
"We want to have a balanced budget that doesn't adversely affect our instructional program," Spires says.
Spires says part of the proposed budget is based on money from SPLOST 3...but there is no guarantee that money will actually be available.
The budget will also tap into the reserve fund, taking $3 million--something the board can't count on every year.
But one thing board members are counting on is help with the tax digest.
It is preliminary, but the digest shows a one percent growth over the past year...something they didn't plan.
"Initial budget was predicated on no growth," Spires says.
And Spires says even though he's not sure how much that will help, it's something.
"Unfortunately, we're in the situation in to where our area hasn't grown that much, so our tax digest hasn't grown like Columbia County and others."
The list of reductions that have to be made will continue to grow.
Board members are just hoping it won't mean asking you for more money.
Controller Spires says over the past four years, they've also had about $28 million cut in state funding.


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The German Unix User Group (GUUG) will hold their annual conference "Frühjahrsfachgespräch" on September 23-26 this year (I know, not really "Frühjahr" anymore, but this is how it is).
The Call for Presentations is still open until May 31st. Talks can be proposed in German and English, and there are slots for longer tutorials as well.
The range of possible topics is broad, so if you think you have anything interesting to share with a very passionate and technical audience of …[Read more...]