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augusta township public library
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Librarians: Angie Knights, Linda Parrott, Livi Gonneau
For the summer, families can borrow a backpack filled with all kinds of stuff for outdoor learning and fun. We also have one pass for free admission to any Ontario Provincial Park. The backpack and pass are loaned as individual items for two weeks.
The Augusta Township Public Library presents Needle and Pins, an afternoon of crafting and fun. The new program starts Monday, June 13th, from 1:30 thru 4:00, and will continue every Monday after that.
Bring your latest knitting, crochet, rug hooking, embroidery, or any other crafts project. Everyone and every level welcome!
Available to our Library patrons: the Ontario Library Service collection of tens of thousands of eBooks and audiobooks, powered by OverDrive, and available at the OLS Download Centre.
These books may be read (or listened to) via devices like e-readers, tablets and smartphones, but may also be read in your browser on a computer, or listened to via the OverDrive Media Console application. Full information on how to get started with Overdrive is available from the OverDrive Help page.
Our Web Catalog allows you to search our collection for books, enter reserve requests, check due dates for books you have out, and renew loans. For basic information on using the Catalog, see Getting Started.
Our Online Information Sources provide a wide range of services and databases, with the World Book encyclopedia, travel and health information, reader advisory sources, material for kids and teens, research resources, and more. These resources can be accessed from any Internet-connected computer.
New: two additional online information databases, previously only available on computers at the Library, can now be accessed from home. They are Global Road Warrior and A to Z Maps Online, and together they provide extensive resources for research and travel planning. To connect to them, please visit the Online Information Sources page.
Computing at the Library: our building offers free WiFi connectivity, providing Internet access for smartphones, tablets, laptop computers and other devices. We have seven desktop computers available for patron use, with application software such as Microsoft Office. In addition to general web browsing, these PCs feature links to the Ancestry genealogical site, Consumer Reports Online, A to Z Maps Online, and Global Road Warrior.
Support your Library: like us on Facebook! Check on Mondays for "Thought for the Week" and on Wednesdays for "Librarian's Pick of the Week". You can also visit the Library pages on Pinterest.
Museum Passes at the Library: if you love to go to Museums, then these free family passes are just the thing. Passes for up to 5 people are available for the following Ottawa museums: the Canadian Museum of Nature, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. See http://www.ottawamuseums.com/canadian-museum-of-nature.aspx for museum details.
Pleas talk to the Librarian for more information on the free passes.
New Large Print books available: the Library recently subscribed to the Ontario Large Print Pool, an arrangement which provides us with 100 new books in Large Print format every three months. These books can be borrowed for the usual three-week loan period, although renewals will not be possible.
The second group of these books are now at the Library and are available for loan. To get a list of these 99 titles, go to our online Catalog and type LPP into the search box. Or, just drop into the library and browse the books in person.
Used Books For Sale: the Library always has lots of items for sale, at the bargain price of 25 cents. Look for them when you visit.
Book Donation Policy: the Library welcomes donations of books and other materials. However, we cannot accept the following: books older than 5 years, computer books older than 1 year, condensed or abridged books, textbooks, and damaged or mildewed books. If you are unsure whether material would be useful to the library, please speak to the librarian before donating.
Financial Donations: if you use and value the services provided by our Library, perhaps you would consider making a donation. Gifts of any size are always welcome and appreciated, and tax receipts can be provided for donations of $20 or more. Donations can be made in person at the Library, or via PayPal.


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Neoseeker : Movies : Documentary : Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
- Directed by Susan Frömke
===Story=== ''Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare'' tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? American healthcare costs are rising so rapidly that they could reach $4.2 trillion annually, roughly 20% of our gross domestic product, within ten years. We spend $300 billion a year on pharmaceutical drugs––almost as much as the rest of the world combined. We pay more, yet our health outcomes are worse. About 65% of Americans are overweight and almost 75% of healthcare costs are spent on preventable diseases that are the major causes of disability and death in our society. It's not surprising that healthcare tops many Americans' concerns and is at the center of a political firestorm in our nation's Capitol. But the current battle over cost and access does not ultimately address the root of the problem: we have a disease-care system, not a healthcare system. ''Escape Fire'' examines the powerful forces maintaining the status quo, a medical industry designed for quick fixes rather than prevention, for profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. After decades of resistance, a movement to bring innovative high-touch, low-cost methods of prevention and healing into our high-tech, costly system is finally gaining ground. This film follows dramatic human stories as well as leaders fighting to transform healthcare at the highest levels of medicine, industry, government, and even the US military. ''Escape Fire'' is about finding a way out. It's about saving the health of a nation. ===DVD Features===
|Don Berwick
|Shanon Brownlee
|Steve Burd
|David Fridovich
|Wayne Jonas
|Roy Litton
|Erin Martin
|Steven Nissen
|Dean Ornish
|Yvonne Osborn
|Wendell Potter
|Andrew Weil
|Robert Yates
Official URLOfficial Site
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- Genre: Documentaries
- Director: Susan Frömke
- Producer: Our Time Projects
- Length: 95 Min
Theatrical Release North America Oct 5, 2012
Ratings North America PG-13

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TV discovery startup Boxfish has raised a fresh $7 million round of funding, the company announced today.
Boxfish uses the real-time closed captions found for pretty much every show on broadcast and cable to help you discover new TV content. Its technology is being used by over 100 developers to enhance TV guide-like features in cable boxes and smart TVs. The startup works with a handful of well-known TV providers including AT&T's Uverse and Tivo. Last year the company released an iPad app that sought to remake the TV Guide experience.
Atlantic Bridge led the new funding, with participation from Samsung, T-Ventures, and Naya Ventures. Boxfish said it plans to use the new capital to hire additional employees, expand beyond working with just TV-centric companies, and fuel its international growth.
Founded in 2012, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup has raised a total of $10 million in funding to date.
Via GigaOm
Boxfish is a platform that captures every word spoken on television, processing the data in real-time, to create a new discovery and data layer for live TV. The technology is being used on m... All Boxfish news »


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Notice of Sunshine Act Meetings
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at 11 a.m.
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Commission Hearing Room, 901 New York Avenue NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268-0001.
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Part of this meeting will be open to the public. The rest of the meeting will be closed to the public. The open session will be audiocast. The audiocast may be accessed via the Commission's Web site at http://www.prc.gov. A period for public comment will be offered following consideration of the last numbered item in the open session.
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The agenda for the Commission's November 7, 2012 meeting includes the items identified below.
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1. Report on legislative activities.
2. Report on communications with the public.
3. Report from the Office of General Counsel on the status of Commission dockets.
4. Report from the Office of Accountability and Compliance.
5. Report on international activities.
6. Report from the Office of the Secretary and Administration.
7. Presentation to Commissioners on the use of the Postal Service to support Census Bureau programs by a representative of the Bureau of the Census.
Chairman's public comment period.
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8. Discussion of pending litigation.
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Stephen L. Sharfman, General Counsel, Postal Regulatory Commission, 901 New York Avenue NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20268-0001, at 202-789-6820 (for agenda-related inquiries) and Shoshana M. Grove, Secretary of the Commission, at 202-789-6800 or firstname.lastname@example.com (for inquiries related to meeting location, access for handicapped or disabled persons, the audiocast, or similar matters).
By the Commission.
Dated: October 23, 2012.
Shoshana M. Grove,
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Nestor Martinez likes to ride in the danger zone whenever he takes the mat. And quite often, it pays off for the Sequoia senior. Thursday night in Redwood City was the perfect example as Martinez -- with 2 seconds left in the first round -- pinned his opponent in the 170-pound bout to clinch the 48-20 wrestling dual meet against Menlo-Atherton.
For much of the 1-minute, 58-second fight, M-A's James Smith appeared in command. But in a split second the wrestlers fell to the mat, rolled over once, twice, then one last time for the reversal that allowed Martinez to record the pin.
"He lives for that funk," Sequoia coach John Peavler said. "He likes baiting them in, and he has pinned numerous kids with that move over the season."
"It's a dangerous move, it's a feel move," said Martinez, who was unaware time was running out in the first of three rounds. "Many moves, you have to set them up with proper technique. But when I wrestle, it's more about a feel. It's not thinking a lot, it's I feel it there. It's making them feel like they have control, and then I just reach for the leg. It's dangerous."
Both teams came in winless in the Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division, with attrition the culprit for Sequoia while M-A's thin squad has led to numerous forfeits -- including five which accounted for 30 points in the loss to the Cherokees, not counting a double forfeit at 113 pounds.
"We have a little bit of a downside when we first start," M-A co-captain Josh Buttram said.
Only 8 of the 14 weight classes saw action Thursday, beginning with the 120-pound bout in which Sequoia's Ben Inglis took control after a takedown with 2 seconds left in the second round en route to a 12-6 decision over Alex Friedman.
But M-A claimed three of the next four matches as it took 16 out of a maximum 18 points -- 3 points are awarded for a decision, 4 for a major decision, 5 for a tech fall and 6 for a pin.
The Bears' Austin Wilson needed 1:17 to pin Ben Shinshiro at 126 pounds, while teammate Sam Stroud led 9-2 after the first round and got the referee to tap the mat 24 seconds into the second round at 152 pounds against John Cardaris. In the 160-pound bout, M-A's Edward La Haye nearly pinned Austin Baker at the edge of the mat but the second round came to an end, so La Haye had to settle for a 3-point nearfall and a 12-1 major decision.
With an interim coach at the helm after Peter Wright departed midseason to accept an out-of-state job offer, the Bears are ever mindful of their former mentor.
"We're all just personally wrestling to show him that what he's taught us has worked for each person individually," Buttram said. "If we can't win as a team, that's too bad. But we try to win as an individual."
Buttram did just that with a 10-2 major decision at 189 pounds, but he couldn't nail down the pin against Jonah Valenzuela before time ran out in the second period.
"It is a little disappointing not to get it, but I just keep working," said Buttram, who intertwines his legs with his opponent for his go-to move. "It's a slow move, so I don't expect it right away. Each turn will take 20 or 30 seconds, if you do it right."
Sequoia began the season with 68 wrestlers, but that number is now closer to 30 after injuries and extenuating circumnstances -- including an elbow injury suffered by its top wrestler. Geremy Escolta has been out since mid-December, but the 126-pounder was ready to wrestle against M-A until a forfeit relegated him to an exhibition bout.
"Just plagued," Peavler said. "So it's been an up-and-down season. But it's a young group, and you can't teach heart. They're all coachable and moldable."
The closest match came at 145 pounds as M-A's Hector Santana managed an escape as time ran out to force overtime against Sequoia's Brady Green, who scored a takedown 5 seconds earlier to take a 9-8 lead in the hectic finish. In the extra minute, Green got behind his opponent with 20 seconds left to seal the win.
The dual meet ended when Sequoia heavyweight Antonio Arellano pinned M-A's Max Sonderby in 1:29.
"I couldn't be prouder of the way these guys battled," Peavler said.
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NEW BEDFORD — Norberto Mendez, age 86 of New Bedford, passed away peacefully, on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Sacred Heart Home. He was the loving husband of 61 years to Crusita (Vega) Mendez and the son of Manuela (Marrero) and John Mendez.
He was born in Puerto Rico and served as a Merchant Marine for 42 years until his retirement.
Mr. Mendez was a proud member of the New Bedford Auxiliary Pole.
He leaves behind his wife, Crusita Mendez of New Bedford; 2 daughters: Marina Silva and Narda Mendez Calel, both of New Bedford; 2 grandchildren: Nathan and Alyssa Silva, both of New Bedford, as well as 2 sisters: Grace Mendez and Maria Nelson.
In accordance with his wishes, Mr. Mendez will be cremated. There will be a Memorial Mass with his cremains present at St. Lawrence Martyr Church at a later date. Visitation is omitted. Arrangements placed in the care of Perry Funeral Home, 111 Dartmouth St. in New Bedford.
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- The term "drainage" describes the river system of an area.
- The area drained by a single river system is called a "drainage basin" or river basin.
- Any higher ground, such as mountain or upland separates two adjoining drainage basins. Such upland is known as a water divide or a watershed.
- Depending upon the relief, geological structure and climatic conditions of the area, the streams form different patterns.
Drainage Pattern:
- Drainage of an area is concerned with the study of main rivers and their tributaries with respect to their size, number, direction of flow, drainage basin, slope of the valley.
- A drainage system refers to the origin and development of stream through time.
- Drainage pattern means spatial arrangement and form of drainage system in terms of different rock types, geological structure, climatic conditions and denudational history.
1. Trellis Pattern: in this system the tributaries can be seen meeting the main stream at right angles. This exists where hard and soft rocks exist parallel to each other.
2. Dendritic Patterns (Tree shaped pattern): is the most common and widespread pattern to be found on the earth's surface. In this pattern, the tributaries come from all directions to meet the main river. Like the branches of a tree the small streams meet larger streams and the larger streams meet the much larger streams, in the end they meet the river. This develops where the river channel follows the slope of the terrain.
3. Parallel Drainage Patterns: comprises numerous rivers which are parallel to each other and follow the regional slope. This pattern is developed on uniformly sloping areas such as coastal plains.
4. Radial Drainage Pattern/Centrifugal Pattern: develops where streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome like structure. Streams which diverge from a central higher point in all directions.
On the basis of the slope of the land over which a river flows, its course can be divided into three sections:
I. THE UPPER COURSE: river usually flows through mountainous regions. Volume of water is not much, but gradient being steep, the water flows swiftly. Its eroding and transporting powers are at the maximum. The river in this course develops typical landforms:
1. Gorge or I-Shaped Valley: when a river flows through a mountainous region made up of herd rocks with little rainfall, most of the energy of the river is spent in down-cutting action, resulting in narrow valleys with almost vertical walls.
2. V-Shaped Valley: when a river flows through a mountainous region made up of relatively soft rock and plenty of rainfall, the sides or the banks of the river erode easily and widen by the increase in volume of the river, resulting in V-shaped Valleys.
3. Waterfalls: is steep descent of a river over a rocky edge, when the river falls down almost vertically from a sufficient height, it forms a waterfall.
II. THE MIDDLE COURSE: here the river enters the plain. As the gradient decreases, the flow of energy slows down and so does its energy. The volume of water increases considerably. As the slope of the course flattens, the river cuts less into its river bed. Instead, it widens its banks and its river bed, giving rise to U-shaped valleys. The main work of the rivers here is to transport sediments. Deposition also takes place. The river develops typical landforms:
1. Alluvial Fans: as the river enters the plains its velocity declines and the river drops its load of sand and gravel. The course material like boulders, pebbles, and gravel is dropped near the base of the slope while the finer material is carried further. Such depositional features are called alluvial fans.
2. Flood Plain: due to low gradient the downward erosion is reduced. More of the river's energy is directed from side to side. As the river cuts away at one bank and then at the other, the valley widens. In this manner, flat valley covered with alluvium brought by the river, is created. This is a flood plain or an alluvial plain.
3. Meanders: in the plain stretch of its course the downward erosion by the river is replaced by sideways or lateral erosion. Due to lateral erosion the bed of the stream becomes wider. Even a minor obstruction in its path makes the river changes its course and river flows making large curves called meanders.
4. Ox-Bow Lakes: is produced when a meander forms almost a complete circle and the meandering river cuts across the narrow neck of land. When silt is deposited at the entrance to this backwater, an ox-bow lake is created.
5. Braided River: when a river carries an enormous amount of load it is unable to carry it all the way to the mouth and the channel becomes clogged, causes the river to divide into many intertwining channels forming islands in the river channel.
III. THE LOWER COURSE: river is considerably slow, gradient is almost flat. River flows sluggishly due to the heavy load it carries. The main work of the river here is that of deposition, here the river develops typical landforms:
1. Delta: a triangular piece of land that develops at the mouth of rivers by the deposition of sediments. The river has less energy to cut into land and it can no longer carry heavy load sediments. When the sediments are deposited in the river channel where the river meets the sea, a new land is formed-delta.
2. Distributary: sediments build up along the river channel, it gets blocked and the river is forced to divide into branches called distributaries.
3. Estuary: many rivers do not form deltas especially along rocky coasts. Instead they have a narrow, gradually widening bay at the mouth, cutting deep inland. Such a funnel-shaped opening at the mouth of a river is called an estuary.
4. Levee: active deposition along the banks of an old river when it is flood. Each time this happens, the banks get higher and they are called natural levees.
Drainage System of India:
On the Basis of origin, two broad drainage systems of India are generally recognized:
Drainage System of India
i. Mahanadi
ii. Godavari
iii. Krishna
iv. Kaveri
i. Narmada
ii. Tapi
iii. Sabarmati
iv. Mahi
The Himalayan Rivers & The Peninsular Rivers.
I: The Himalayan Rivers:
· Long courses and Perform erosion and depositional work
1. The Indus Drainage System:
· Comprises of Indus River and its five main tributaries: Chenab, Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Jhelum
· Forms a system of five main rivers after which the state of Punjab is named. They join the Indus at Mithankot in Pakistan.
· Indus and its tributaries bring a large volume of water and sediments which make their doabs enormously rich and productive lands.
· Originates from the glaciers of the Kailash range in western Tibet near Mansarovar Lake.
· Flows west and northwestwards and enters India in J&K. Pierces through Kailash Range forming a Gorge. Several tributaries , the Zaskar, Nubra , Shyok & Hunza join it in Kashmir region
· Flows through Ladakh, Baltistan and Gilgit till finally emerge out of the hills at Attock. Here the river is joined by river Kabul from Afghanistan. The Indus flows southwards across Pakistan to reach Arabian Sea east of Karachi.
· With a length of 2900km, is one of the largest rivers of the world.
· Sharing of water is regulated by the Indus water treaty signed by India and Pakistan.
2. The Ganga Drainage System:
- River system includes Ganga and its tributaries like the Yamuna, Gomti, Gaghara, Gandak, Ramganga, Mahaganga, Kosi Etc. All originate from the Himalayas.
The Ganga: rises in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarkhand-altitude 6000mt. The headwaters of the Ganga called the "Bhagirathi" is fed by the Gangotri Glacier and joined by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag in Uttarkhand. At Haridwar the Ganga emerges from the mountains on to the plains. The total length is 2525km. Beyond Farakka, it flows south eastward into Bangladesh where it is known as Padma. This is the northern most point of the Ganga Delta. It bifurcates here: the Bhagirathi-Hooghly flows southwards through thr detaic plains to the Bay of Bengal. The mainstream- Padma joins the Brahmaputra which is known Meghna. The delta formed by the ganga and the Brahmaputra is known as the Sunderbans.
The Yamuna: the largest and most important right bank tributary of the Ganga, meets the Ganga at Allahabad. Originates from the Yamunotri glacier on the Bandurpunch Peak in Garhwal. After cutting a deep gorge across the lesser himlayas, it flows towards the south-west and enters the Ganga plain near Tajewala.
3. The Brahmaputra Drainage System:
- Rises in Tibet east of Mansarowar lake close to the sources of the Indus and the Sutlej
- Originates from the Chemayungdung glacier in the Kailash range.
- Length of 2900km-largest rivers of the world.
- Passes through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
- In Tibet it is called-Tsangpo, flows here as a sluggish and navigable river through a wide valley.
- Towards the end of its journey in Tibet it takes a southward turn near Namchabarwa and enters AP as Dihang River.
- The Brahmaputra has a braided channel for most of its passage through Assam and forms many riverine islands.
- Its tributaries discharges enormous quantities of water & silt, river causes disastrous floods during monsoons.
- It is marked by huge deposits of silt on its bed causing the river bed to rise.
- The river also shifts its channel frequently.
- Majuli is the largest riverine island in the world.
- Traversing round the stairs of Garo Hills, the Brahmaputra bends southwards and enters Bangladesh near dhubri.
- In Bangladesh it is known as Jamuna.
- At goalundo, the Jamuna joins the Ganga.
- The united stream of the Jamuna and the ganga is known as padma.
- The combination is known as Meghna.
- The meghna forms a very broad estuary before entering Bay of Bengal.
- All rivers of the peninsula are in the mature stage.
- Flow through wide valleys
- Except narmada and tapi which drain in the Arabian Sea, the other major streams drain into bay of Bengal.
- Two major directions of flow: the east flowing rivers and west flowing rivers.
1: The East Flowing Rivers:
a. The Mahanadi:
· rise in the highlands of Chattisgrah
· flows through Orissa to reach bay of Bengal, length is 860km.
· Mahanadi delta covers an area of about 9500sq.m. and 150km broad.
· The drainage basin is shared by Maharashtra, chattisgarh, jharkand and orsissa.
b. The Godavari:
· Largest peninsular river- Rises from slopes of Western Ghats in the Nashik Distt. Originates from the Trimbak plateau of the North Sahayadri near Nasik.
· Referred to Vriddha Ganga or Dakshin Ganga, Length is1500 kms. Drains into BoBengal
· Drainage basin is the largest of the peninsular rivers, 115832sq.km. About 50% of the basin lies in maharshtra, it covers MP, Orissa, and AP.
· Its principal tributaries include the Pravara, Purna, Manjra, Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranhita, Indravati, Maner, saberi. Among them the manjra, Penganga and wainganga are the largest.
c. The Krishna:
· Second largest east flowing river 1400 km long, Rises near Mahabaleshwar in the WG.
· The river has been dammed near Sri Sailem to form the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir.
· The Bhima & the Tunghabadra are the imp. Tributaries including Koyana, ghatprabha, Musi.
· The Krishna forms a large delta which spreads across 4600sq.mt. with a shoreline.
· Its drainage is shared by Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.
d. The Kaveri:
· The most sacred river of S.India, Source lies at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range in WG.
· Flows eastward, length is 800km, empty itself into BoBengal.
· River is unique as the upper part receives rainfall during summer from the southwest monsoons and the lower part receives rainfall in winter from the north east monsoon.
· Makes the 2nd biggest waterfall called Jog falls.
· It is a Perennial river. Main tributaries are Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati, and Kabini.
· Its basin drains parts of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
e. Other East Flowing Rivers: the Damoder, Brahmani, Baitarni, And Subarnrekha, Panniyar, Penneru, Vagai are some rivers which flow eastward.
2: The West Flowing Rivers: West flowing rivers of the peninsula India are fewer and smaller as compared to east flowing rivers, narmada and Tapi are two major rivers.
a. The Narmada Basin:
- Originates from amarkantak in MP, flows through a rift valley between the Vidhyan range on the north and satpura on its south.
- Length is 1078km, form Dhuan dhar falls at Jabalpur.
- Flows through narrow valleys confined by precipitious hills, does not permit large tributaries.
- Forms an estuary on entering Gulf of Khambat,several islands in the estuary of Narmada, aliabet being the largest. Flows into Arabian Sea.
b.The Tapti:
- River originates from the sacred tank of Multai on the Satpura plateau.
- Second largest west flowing river of the peninsular region.
- It meets the Purna River near the western extremity of the Gawilgarh hills.
- Flows in a rift valley parallel to Narmada but is shorter in length.
- Tapti forms an estuary before falling into the gulf of khambat
Other West Flowing River:
c. The Sabarmati: Originates in hills of Mewar in the Aravalli range, drains into Gulf of Khambat
d.The Mahi: rises in Vindhya and empties into Gulf of Khambat
e. The Luni: originates in Aravalli and flows in the south-west direction/only stream that drains through the arid Thar Desert. Sukri is an important tributary. It flows for 482km, before it is finally lost in the marshy ground of the Rann of Kutch.
INLAND DRAINAGE: Inland drainage is formed by rivers with no outlet to any water body.
· They disappear into the soil-as the soil is porous or less water or evaporation.
· Large parts of rajasthan desert & parts of Aksai Chin in Ladakh have inland drainage.
· The Ghaghar is a river of inland drainage, a seasonal stream which rises on the lower slopes of the Himalayas and forms the boundary between Haryana & Punjab. The Tangei, Markanda, Saraswati, and the Chaitanya are the most important tributary of this river.
LAKE: is a depression filled with water & is entirely surrounded by land. India has comparatively few natural lakes. The three types of lakes found in India are:
- Fresh Water Lakes: most are in the Himalayan region, glacial region. Thed erosive process of glacier can create U-Shaped valleys and the irregular surface of glaciated lowland in which water can accumulate. The Dal Lake, Bhimtal, Nainital, Loktak, Barapani are fresh water lakes in India.
- Lakes of Tectonic Origin: folding and faulting produce hollows in the earth's crust, may contain salty or fresh water. Wular Lake in J&K is a result of tectonic activity.
- Saltwater Lakes: any lake with no natural drainage outlet or either as a surface stream or as a sustained subsurface flow will become saline. The sambhar in Rajasthan is used for producing salt. Lake Chilika in Orissa is a salted lake.
- Manmade Lakes or Artificial Lake: in order to harness water for generation of hydel power to provide irrigation water to crops and to provide drinking water to urban places a number of lakes have been constructed. Govind Sagar & Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar are the two most important Man-made lakes of India.
- Development of Civilization: rivers have played role in the development of civilizations. Most of the ancient civilizations like Indus-Valley, Aztec, etc. developed around river. Rivers have been of fundamental importance throughout the human history. The banks of the rivers have witnessed great cultural and economic progress since ancient times. Water is a basic natural resource, essential for human, agricultural and industrial activities.
- Rivers and their associated alluvial soils provide the most productive agricultural lands of the country. The Ganga- Brahmaputra basins have been formed by the two great rivers. Agriculture is dependant on the vagaries of the monsoon, irrigation from rivers has been the backbone of the development of Indian agriculture.
- Settlement: their valleys contain dense and concentrated settlements most of the large cities are located on rivers. They provide us with essential water supply but also receive, dilute and transport waste from settlement.
- Industrial Development: has flourished along rivers and many industrial processes rely on water as a raw material, coolant and for the generation of hydroelectricity.
- Means of Transportation: primary channels of inland transportation, directly in the form of navigable waterways, indirectly through their valleys, where roads and railway lines and other routes are built.
- Recreation, tourist promotion and fishing are also being developed along the water fronts.
- The growing domestic, municipal, industrial and agricultural demand for water from rivers naturally affects the quality of water. As a result more and more water is being drained out of the rivers reducing their volume.
- Heavy load of untreated sewage and industrial effluents are emptied into the rivers. This affects not only the quality of water but also the self cleaning capacity of the river.
- Increasing urbanization and industrialization is responsible for the increase in the pollution level of many important rivers.
Fresh water from the rivers is essential for our livelihood. So to take care of the rivers is the duty of each and every citizen. A proper understanding of our river synthesis is crucial for our well being.
The activities of GAP phase I, initiated in 1985, were declared closed on 31st March 2000. The steering committee of the NRC authority reviewed the progress of the GAP and necessary correction on the basis of lessons learned and experiences gained from Gap Phase I. These have been applied on the major polluted rivers of the country under the NRCP. The GAP Phase II has been merged in with the NRCP. The expanded NRCP now covers 152 towns located along 27 interstate rivers in 16 rivers. Under this action plan, pollution abatement works are being taken in 57 towns. A total of 215 schemes of pollution abatement have been sanctioned. So far, 69 schemes have been completed under this action plan. A million litre of sewage is targeted to be intercepted, diverted & treated.
- Generation of Power (Electricity): These multi-power projects are main source of power generation. They provide us neat, pollution free and economical energy.
- Flood Control:control floods as they store water, many overflowing rivers are controlled.
- Irrigation: many canals have been taken out to irrigate fields during dry season.
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Fred Nelson has worked on community-based natural resource management, ecotourism, and conservation policy in eastern Africa since 1998. From 2000-2005 he served as the first Tanzania programme director for the Sand County Foundation Community Based Conservation Network, working with local pastoralist communities in northern Tanzania and helping to establish the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum. In 2007 he founded Maliasili Initiatives, a consulting firm working to address biodiversity conservation and natural resource management challenges using innovative, collaborative, and market-based strategies. He is a member of the IUCN Southern Africa Sustainable Use Specialist Group and IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy.
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Frequently asked questions.
What sort of services does the Bead Gallery offer?
We offer a variety of services including:
- Jewelry restringing, metal-smithing, and other repairs
- Custom jewelry design including wedding jewelry
- Beading classes
- Private classes and bead parties
Where is the Bead Gallery located?
The Bead Gallery is located in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the main level of the gray house building at 311 E. Liberty. For more info, please see our store location page.
Was the Bead Gallery always at this location?
The Bead Gallery used to be at 309 E. Liberty, in the basement of the same building. In order to accommodate our ever growing selection of merchandise, the Bead Gallery moved to its present home in fall of 2004.
Are there any other stores affiliated with The Bead Gallery?
When is the Bead Gallery open?
The hours of operation for the Bead Gallery are:
- Monday-Saturday 11-7
- Sunday 11-5
I've never made jewelry or shopped for beads before. Will I be able to make jewelry at the Bead Gallery?
Absolutely! Our staff will be happy to help you get the materials and instructions you need to start creating your own beaded jewelry. If you are interested in more complicated projects, we offerclasses and private lessons for a variety of beading techniques. We also can create custom jewelry, for those who like to design jewelry but do not wish to make it.
Can I place a mail order with the Bead Gallery?
Unfortunatly, because the merchandise at the Bead Gallery is so varied and ever changing, we currently are unable to offer a catalog of our merchandise, nor are we able to post our merchandise online. However, we are sometimes able to put together mail orders for customers already familiar with our stock.
What sort of classes does the Bead Gallery offer?
The Bead Gallery offers several beginning and intermediate beadwork classes on a variety of topics including:
- Bead stringing
- Wire work
- Seed bead weaving
- Metal & Glass Work
How do I sign up for classes?
Please call (734) 663-6800 or visit the store to register for a class. Payment is required at the time of registration.
What happens if I am unable to attend a class for which I am registered?
To receive a refund or a store credit for a class, you must notify us that you will not be attending 24 hours before the class is scheduled.
have never done any beading before? Which classes would be good for me?
With only a few exceptions, most of the Bead Gallery's classes are geared towards beginners. A good place to start is the Basic Stringing and Earring class, during which you'll learn the basic techniques to get you started making all kinds of beaded jewelry.
an I arrange a private lesson for me or my group?
Yes! Most of our instructors are happy to arrange private or small group lessons. We will work with your schedule to set up a class. We can accommodate groups as large as ten in our classroom.
Can I arrange a class for a larger group?
While we cannot accommodate larger groups in our store, we are happy to arrange a class at your location.
How much do your classes cost?
Two hour classes are $25 per person; three hour classes are $35 per person. Materials are extra, and are available at a 15% discount. The same rates apply for both our scheduled classes and private classes at the store for groups of three or more.
For a one-person private lesson, the cost is $40 for two hours. For a two-person private lesson, the cost is $25 per person. Most of our classes can be taken as private lessons, however not all of them, so please inquire!
Rates vary for classes at locations outside of the Bead Gallery. Please call (734) 663-6800 for more info.
Custom Orders and Repairs
How can I commission the Bead Gallery to create custom jewelry for me?
How much do repairs and custom orders cost?
We charge $30 per hour plus the cost of materials. A simple strung necklace typically takes 30-45 minutes. A knotted necklace typically takes 1-2 hours. Each project varies, but we will be happy to give you an estimate.
How soon will I be able to pick up my jewelry after I leave it to be repaired or after I request a custom order?
Repairs and custom orders typically take 2-3 weeks. On some occasions, we may be able to complete a rush order. Keep in mind that repairs typically take longer to complete at our busier times of the year, such as Art Fair and the winter holidays.


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EAST PRAIRIE -- Carrie Ann Roberds Hale, 92, died at 7:45 p.m. April 15, 2012, at the East Prairie Nursing Center.
Born Jan. 18, 1920, in the Tipp community of Woodruff County, Ark., to the late Tom and Johnnie Sasser Roberds, she lived most of her life in Mississippi County farming with her husband. She worked as a beautician and a certified nursing assistant and volunteered at the East Prairie Nutrition Center. She was a member of the Nelson United Methodist Church in East Prairie.
In 1936, at McCrory, Ark., she married Bertie Hale who preceded her in death in 2005.
She was also preceded in death by six brothers, Lem Roberts, Jimmy Roberds, Joe Roberds, Frank Roberds, Fred Roberts and a brother in infancy, and four sisters, Evie Lumley, Allie Gaines, Louvenia Roberds and Stattie Pendergist.
Survivors include: a son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Sue Hale of New Madrid; one sister, Betty Armstrong of Olive Branch, Miss.; two grandchildren, Jason Hale of New Madrid and Stephanie Hale of Vidalia, La.; and two great-grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled after 5 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Burial will follow in the East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Clay Whitaker, Corey Hutcheson, J.D. Swain, Rick Givens, John Dodge and Chad Hutcheson.
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Works great layered beneath a twill work coat because the material is light and moves freely enough. The high neck effectively retains heat that usually escapes through the average hoodie. The zipper does not tug at my beard :bonus points: and the peripheral adjusting hood capabilities help keep my head on a swivel in fast and potentially furious environments.
It is snug in the upper arms and pits even after exchanging for the next size up ~ 2XL; limited layering capacity beneath the Hooded Scrapper for men with 17 inch or better biceps
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Great new coat. Warm, light, and goes on over anything. Elastic cuffs allows you to wear short sleeves under, without arms freezing.
This jacket is a great wind breaker but it would take quite a few "layers" added to keep you warm at 5 to 20 degrees. It is hard to tell by the description in the catalog, but when it arrived in the mail it was obviously not what we thought we were buying and we had to send it back. It is well made but is only a windbreaker.
Since it's only November, it may be too early to tell, but January in Minnesota will be the test, and I'll hold back one star until after January. But so far, so good and would recommend to my friends.
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I bought the grey scrapper jacket with a hood for my husband for Christmas, but ended up giving it to him early. Since the day he got it, he's worn it every day. He even wears it fishing on cold mornings with just a t-shirt underneath and stays warm.
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David Tarras was born in Russia at the end of the 19th century and in his youth absorbed the laws of both Judaism and klezmer clarinet playing. Extolled for the second, he was reviled for the first, and suffered from the growing waves of anti-semitism that swept across Eastern Europe at the dawn of the 20th century. Although Tarras enjoyed a considerable reputation as a clarinetist, he could not abide the pressures of Russian life, and in 1921 he emigrated to America. Arriving at Ellis Island, NY, his baggage was fumigated and his clarinet ruined, but his will to play music survived. Tarras managed to become one of the best respected klezmer musicians in America, widely known for graceful, soaring music with its powerful evocation of shtetl life. But Tarras not only played with traditional ensembles, he also played for the theater, in big bands, and for radio commercials. ~ Leon Jackson
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From World War II photographs discovered in an Australian attic (still undeveloped in a Brownie box camera), to grave records , folklore interviews and family photographs that have been unearthed from cupboards and drawers – these grassroots archives give an insight into life in Ireland that you can't be read in a history book. These communities are writing their own histories, creating a legacy for present and future generations.
Don't forget – it's Our Irish Heritage - claim it, share it and enjoy it. We hope that people all over the world with Irish connections will participate and upload their photographs, letters and documents to help these archives grow.
Visit: www.ouririshheritage.org ; Oughterard, Co Galway www.oughterardheritage.org ; Ballinrobe, Co Mayo www.historicalballinrobe.com; Louisburgh & Killeen, Co Mayo www.louisburgh-killeenheritage.org; Coming in 2013 a County Wicklow community archive.
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This ancient vineyard needs to remain intact as a living museum for our world renowned California wine industry now, and to inspire our future winemakers and viticulturists.
This vineyard preserves a natural pre-historic sand-dune within this wetlands restoration project as open space. This open space enhances the overall wetlands project and the Bay-Delta ecosystem. Historically, these habitats were also a dominant feature in and around the wetland regions.
The Emerson Vineyard provides a starting point for future vineyard preservation projects and gives a civic identity to the City of Oakley. Development in and around other ancient vineyards in the future could be done in a way that preserves the vines and rural character that they provide. This could make Oakley a more desirable location to live, which may spur higher end hosing and therefore higher tax base.
Preserving this historic vineyard would show that the City of Oakley is interested in the quality of life not only for its citizens, but for the environment as well. The DWR's focus on habitat is important but this vineyard is very special and unique. Because this vineyard is non-irrigated and is farmed sustainably, it is a model that will show that we can coexist within our environment and can show the public and future generations farmers how we need to live and grow.
This ancient vineyard, because of its historic and scientific value, will be and interesting and educational focal point for the public to see as they wander through the restored wet lands. There is also interest in providing an education opportunity to middle and high school children, this would expose them to an agricultural experience.
Future Uses of the Vineyard
This vineyard could be used to generate revenue.
Volunteer docents from 501(c)(3) organizations such as The American Wine Society, The Historical Vineyard Society, and others should be willing to provide pre-scheduled on-sight tours since these organizations have and educational purpose in their by-laws. These tours could coincide with either the Heart of Oakley Festival or the harvest Festival. Local growers and winemakers that are utilizing Oakley fruit should also be willing to educate the public about the value of old vines
The vineyard can be the focal point of a community park that focuses on our local agricultural roots. A "community farm" can be built on part of the property around the Emerson Dairy that will be acquired as a result of the development. The local agricultural industry and grocery store chains might be interested in corporate sponsorship of a "community farm".
Local 4H Chapters can conduct pruning demonstration projects teaching the art of spur pruning on head trained vines. Then conducting a fun "pruning competition" with the project attendees.
Produce a community wine label that can be used for local events.
The Vineyard site could be used for charity events on a limited basis such as a catered lunch with wine tasting.
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Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew says the state is facing federal fines over Maine's welfare work participation requirements that she said could have been addressed by proposals mde by Gov. Paul LePage. Democrats disagree that the LePage changes would have had no impact.Video Transcript
MAINE'S D-H-H-S COMMISSIONER SAYS THE STATE IS FACING UP TO 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FINES AND THE LEPAGE ADMINISTRATION IS BLAMING THE DEMOCRATS.... THE FINES ARE A RESULT OF THE STATE NOT MEETING FEDERAL WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS IN THE YEAR 2011,, GOVERNOR LEPAGE SAYS HAD DEMOCRATS APPROVED HIS PROPOSALS TO OVERHAUL THE STATE'S WELFARE PROGRAMS - THOSE RATES WOULD HAVE RISEN,, DEMOCRATS DISAGREE CLAIMING HIS PLANS WOULD HAVE HAD NO IMPACT. 58:42 - 58:53 "we don't need to increase barriers and pull the rug out on struggling families, we need t make sure that we're doing all we can to provide good paying jobs and that's what the governor should be focused on - not a war on the poor" 31:05 - 41:06 "i am concerned about the ability to advance the governor's true vision about supporting families to become more self sufficient by helping them with employment when some very common sense oriented legislation was opposed for political reasons. WHILE MAINE FAILED TO MEET THE FEDERAL WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS IN 2011,,,, THE STATE IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE WHICH IT HOPES WILL HELP IN APPEALING THOSE PAST PENALTIES ...
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Fannie Mae: "An Arrogant and Unethical Corporate Culture"
If it's a slow Tuesday and congressionally chartered housing agencies are your thing, here's the 348-page report from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight detailing Fannie Mae's "arrogant and unethical corporate culture." (Or why not print it out and read it — or even pretend to read it — on the subway home? You'll look a whole lot smarter and far more interesting than all those lemmings reading the movie tie-in edition of "The Da Vinci Code.")
In a six-page summary/press release, James Lockhart, OFHEO's acting director, ripped the mortgage giant:
The image of Fannie Mae as one of the lowest-risk and 'best in class' institutions was a facade. Our examination found an environment where the ends justified the means. Senior management manipulated accounting; reaped maximum, undeserved bonuses; and prevented the rest of the world from knowing. They co-opted their internal auditors. They stonewalled OFHEO. Fannie Mae's executives were precisely managing earnings to the one-hundredth of a penny to maximize their bonuses while neglecting investments in systems internal controls and risk management.
As we posted this morning, Mortgage giant Fannie Mae will announce today that it has agreed to pay more than $400 million as part of a settlement with the government to resolve allegations of accounting misdeeds.


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New Delhi, Aug.18 (ANI): Expressing reservations over the idea of opening up communication channels with certain sections of Taliban, the former United States Deputy Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns, on Tuesday said that the US should resolve the problem keeping in view the regional context.
"Reconciling with Taliban is very complex and there is a risk that after the talks these militants could turn on India. We (US) should go ahead to look at the problem in the regional context," said Nicholas Burns in the capital.
Burns, who retired from the U.S. foreign office a year-and-a-half ago, on Tuesday was here in Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) where he addressed ex-diplomats and strategists.
U S has been suffering major setbacks in combating Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan and under its new AfPak policy, it is planning to hold talks with what it calls "Good Taliban" and would carry on its offensive against the 'Bad Taliban'.
New Delhi is however skeptical about any reconciliation with militants and does not believe in the "Good Taliban theory".
Burns further stressed that the U.S should deal with India and Pakistan singularly and there should be no 'hyphenation'.
"The US should have independent relationship with Pakistan and India," he added.
Calling India's role in Afghanistan as "positive and constructive", Burns said that Pakistan equipped with nuclear bombs and high instability is creating worries like no other country.
Burns said: "India could play an instrumental role in bringing Iran onboard as a nuclear Iran is not in the interest of India."
On the issue of Mumbai terror attack on 26/11 last year, Burns said: "Mumbai attack had evoked lot of sympathy in the United States and we should use this to motivate the two countries in countering terrorism not only in south Asia but other parts of the world as well."
Burns had played a key role during negotiations related to the Indo-U.S nuclear deal. By Naveen Kapoor (ANI)


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Ali Mohammadian's gesture, copied by his entire class of 23 pupils, stops bullying and attracts praise from all over countryWhen Iranian schoolteacher Ali Mohammadian noticed that one of his students was bullied after going bald as a result of a mysterious illness, he decided to show solidarity and shave his own hair. In no time, his entire class shaved their heads and the bullying stopped.Now, Mohammadian who teaches at Sheikh Shaltoot's elementary school in Marivan, a Kurdish city in the west of Iran, has become a national hero. President Hassan Rouhani has praised him, the government has
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Wakefield's rats despair as housing chiefs thwart future invasion plans
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Bosses at Wakefield and District Housing have taken action to prevent rat invasions.
The social landlord has begun to stock 'Vermin Guard' equipment - a device that has apparently been 100% successful in thwarting rat loft invasions.
And while WDH says that there isn't a specific problem with the creatures in its homes, directors have decided to stock the item as a preventative measure against any future vermin incursions.
Vermin Guard was invented by Yorkshire dad Karl Savage after rats got into the loft of his home, much to his disgust.
He said: "It was horrible. It horrified me that they were there, just above my family. I spent hundreds of pounds on traditional methods of pest control, but the rats didn't move so I started to research the problem.
"I discovered that rats usually get into your home via the loft, where they use drainpipes to gain access to the roof, where they then nibble at fascia boards to get into the loft, where its warm and away from humans."
After months of studying the subject and working on a solution, Mr Savage came up with his invention.
First trials of the equipment started almost two years ago and was found to be effective.
Since then, almost 2,000 Vermin Guards have been installed around Yorkshire, and homeowners are reporting that they have been 100% successful.
The scourge of rats everywhere said: "Like WDH, many of the devices have been fitted to prevent an infestation rather than to control a current problem. As soon as homeowners hear they're effective they decide they'd rather prevent a problem in the first place.
"There's a misconception about the type of homes rats choose to invade, but it has nothing to do with cleanliness. Rats will go into a house to find shelter and food – they don't check to see how clean the home is!"
Rats are diabolical in their cunning and also extremely flexible: a fully-grown beast can squeeze through a 50mm hole.
Horror writer James Herbert famously penned a fearful novel that imagined giant rats taking over London. It is not known if Mr Savage's device would be able to withstand the charms of one of Mr Herbert's super rats.
Martin Wilson, WDH maintenance manager, said: "We looked at Vermin Guard after Karl got in touch. It will give our tenants peace of mind that we want to do all we can to stop rats from getting into homes."
Pictured: Mr Savage and Alana Stanley from WDH's pest control team
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FEEL THE RUSH OF THE ESCAPE AND THE THRILL OF THE TAKEDOWN! Outrun the law as a Racer in supercars like the Pagani Zonda Cinque or stop racers cold as a Cop in high-speed police interceptors like the Lamborghini Reventon. Enabled for Xbox LIVE, experience pulse-pounding action as you make the escape or make the bust with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit on Windows Phone 7.


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MARIETTA - Some local school officials say the Ohio Board of Education's decision to delay the release of state report cards while concerns over attendance data are investigated amounts to punishing the many for the sins of a few.
"It puts all of public education in a bad light," said Tony Dunn, superintendent of Belpre City Schools. "It makes us all look like cheaters. ... I don't want people in Belpre thinking that we massage our data, because we don't."
The report cards include testing, graduation and other data from the just-completed school year and give districts and individual schools ratings ranging from excellent with distinction to academic emergency. They were slated to be made public today before the state board voted unanimously last week to postpone the release "until questions are answered about the accuracy of attendance data reported by local school districts."
The state auditor's office is seeking those answers after the discovery in three school districts of irregular attendance and enrollment practices allegedly aimed at boosting performance rankings by excluding low-performing students' test scores. A statewide investigation was launched targeting schools with a high number of students withdrawing.
Acting state Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the Associated Press last week that ODE submitted a list of about 100 school buildings meeting those criteria (out of about 3,500 in the state) to the auditor's office. That doesn't mean all of them are being investigated or suspected of wrongdoing since districts are required by law to withdraw students after lengthy absences.
The board will revisit the situation during its Sept. 10-11 meeting, said John Charlton, associate director of communications for ODE. They expect to hear from the auditor's office about the status of the investigation before then, but there is no specific information or development they're waiting for that would trigger the release.
Charlton said the delay is not meant to imply wrongdoing on the part of all school districts.
"Most of the school districts ... have provided accurate data to the Department of Education and should not feel like they are at fault or are being punished," he said.
Vincent resident Cindy Jett said she was wondering when the report cards would come out, but she understands the reason they are being delayed.
"I think they should find out the truth," she said.
Wolf Creek Local Superintendent Bob Caldwell said he disagrees with the state board's decision but respects their desire to make sure the information they're putting out is accurate.
"It's frustrating that you have teachers and students that have worked so hard and you can't release it to the community that's probably waiting to see it," he said. "I wish we could, 'cause we're proud of it."
Districts have access to their own data so they can use it to apply for federal grants and target areas of improvement. But even that doesn't give them a definitive rating because Value Added data - which measures how much students learn in a year's time - is not available, said Tom Gibbs, superintendent of Fort Frye and Warren Local schools.
Last year, Value Added pushed Warren from an effective to an excellent rating. Gibbs said he knows parents and community members look for the information, but he's not sure how many people will understand it's a state decision, rather than a local one, not to release it.
"I think it's unfortunate that the state board of education has decided to delay report cards for over 600 districts because of the mistakes made by a few," he said.
Marietta City Schools Superintendent Harry Fleming said he isn't overly concerned about the delay but noted it will have some practical implications. The Value Added data is used in paying incentives for additional training and student performance under the Teacher Incentive Fund program, so that will be delayed, he said.


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Voters approved a referendum supporting a proposed natural gas pipeline from Colchester to Middlebury.
The final vote was 345 in favor, 143 against.
Vermont Gas said the pipeline will extend natural gas availability to 98 percent of homes and businesses in Vergennes.
Pipeline opponents had hoped the measure would fail and delay the project.
Vermont Gas has yet to receive approval for the first phase of the Addison-Rutland Natural Gas Project. The pipeline would extend from Colchester to Middlebury in its first phase and then extend to Rutland and eventually the International Paper mill in Ticonderoga, N.Y., in its second phase.


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Tracey Campbell, a postdoctoral fellow in Manuel Llinas' laboratory, was awarded the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) postdoctoral fellowship for her research proposal Investigating the role of ApiAP2 proteins as transcription factors during the red blood cell cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
The parasite that causes malaria has a complex lifecycle with three developmental stages: the mosquito, the human liver and human red blood cells. Expression of genes and proteins necessary for survival and infection are precisely coordinated during each of these developmental stages, but very little information is available regarding how this is achieved. The focus of Tracey's research is on the control of gene expression in this parasite, with a goal of identifying the factors responsible and at what stage of the infectious cycle they function in. Specifically the focus will be on a set of recently identified putative transcriptional regulators, the Apicomplexan AP2 (ApiAP2) proteins, and their potential role in the highly coordinated regulation of parasite development.


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Iran opposes Israeli-Palestinian talks
Iran Sunday expressed its opposition to upcoming US-organized peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
Iranian media quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi as saying that "it is certain that the occupying Zionist regime will utterly not agree to withdraw from the occupied lands".
Mr Araqchi suggested that a plan acceptable to the Iranians would result in "the end of occupation... self-determination for the Palestinians, the return of all refugees to their ancestral land, and the creation of an integrated Palestine with Al-Quds-Jerusalem- as its capital".
"Past experience shows that the occupying Zionist regime is basically not ready to pay the price for peace since war mongering and occupation lie at its very core", said Mr Araqchi.
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Birmingham International Concert Season 2012/13: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Leif Ove Andsnes
A programme of works comprising:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4
Bruckner: Symphony No 4 (Romantic)
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Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
The Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester comprises the cream of young European musicians at the outset of their careers and it is a finishing school and feeder for Europe's very best orchestras.
'... a thoroughbred among youth orchestras... the ensemble balances the mature skill of professionals with the urgency that comes only from young musicians' (New Statesman, 2011).
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Michael Vick pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal dogfighting allegations and was released without bond until a Nov. 26 trial.
The Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three others entered their pleas in U.S. District Court to charges involving competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting, and conducting the enterprise across state lines. Federal prosecutors allege the operation -- known as Bad Newz Kennels -- operated on Vick's property in Surry County.
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Falcons owner Arthur Blank said the team wanted to suspend Vick for four games, the maximum penalty a team can assess a player, but the NFL asked him to wait. Instead, Blank has told his embattled player to focus on his legal problems, not football.
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Part Time Zoo: Five songs from Sims' Bad Time Zoo rethought with instrumental edits from Win Win's self-titled.
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- Overview
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- Setting up the interface
- Setting up inputs and outputs
- Importing audio and video
- Understanding audio terminology, such as frequency and amplitude
- Adjusting clips in the Waveform Editor
- Cleaning and repairing audio
- Applying effects
- Working with tracks in the Multitrack Editor and Mixer panel
- Editing the soundtrack of video
- Performing surround mixing
Skill Level Beginner
In this chapter, we're going to be looking at some of the key effects you applied to your audio files in Audition. Basically, effects are any processes you apply that affect the sound of your audio. We've already seen one effect in action in the previous chapter when we saw how to use the Noise Reduction Effect to remove background noise. So effects can be used to clean up or fix your audio, but they can also be used to enhance it by changing its tone or pitch or to give it a different mood or feel by adding reverberation or changing its timing. There's just a ton of things you can do to your audio with Audition's effects. I'm working with the file here rob_welcome_audio.wav.
And it's just the audio track from a welcome movie of another lynda.com course. Let's listen to a few seconds of it here so you can see what it currently sounds like. (male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett, and I'd like to welcome you to Cinema 4D R13 New Features. We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D. This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you.) Now before we get started, it's very important for me to point out the difference between destructive and non-destructive effects. There are two ways to add effects to your files.
We've previously seen that you can add effects by going to the Effects menu and from here you can select from a variety of effects to apply. For example, I'll go to Reverb and I'll choose Convolution Reverb. This is a tool that can drastically change the sound of your recording to make it sound as if it was recorded in one of several different rooms or locations. Now for the most part, all Effects windows like this has some standard elements in common. Then along the bottom, you'll find the Power button, which is used to toggle the effect on and off, so you can listen to the difference between your audio file as it is, and how it will sound once you apply the effect.
Next to that is the Play button to play your file, although you can still use the playback controls down here as well as the spacebar keyboard command. And the Loop button is convenient to have here as well, especially if you're working on a short selection and wanted to play in a loop as you make your adjustments. So, for example, I might want to select just this first portion of audio here and with loop on, it will continue to play. (male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett, and I'd like to welcome you to Cinema 4D R13 New Features. We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D.
This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you.) (male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett--) So that's looping. And you should have already been able to hear the difference to what this sounded like before. Now, depending on what effect you're using, you're going to have a variety of tools and interface elements in the main part of the window here. In this case, I can choose from my bunch of preset rooms, and I can hear how each selection affects my recording. So I'll start playing this again, and I'll make some changes. (male speaker: --like to welcome you to Cinema 4D R13 New Features. We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D.
This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you.) (male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett, and I'd like to welcome you to Cinema 4D R13 New Features.) And of course, I can also manually make adjustments using these sliders here. Maybe I want to make the room size a little bit smaller. And I can hear how that sounds by clicking the Play button. (male speaker: We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D.) And I can adjust some other sliders. (male speaker: This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you.) So what you're going to see in the main part of the Effects window will vary depending on what effect you have chosen.
At the top of the window, you'll usually find presets if they're applicable to the effect. You also have this button here that lets you save any custom settings you might have come up with as a preset. So I'll click that, and maybe I'll call this Small Damp Cave. I'll click OK and that saves my setting in the Preset menu. So you can see it's right here now. You can also click the Star icon to save this as a favorite, which places the preset in the Favorites menu. You could see it's here now. In this way, I'll now be able to instantly apply this effect without having to even open the Effects window in the future.
Now, up to this point, I've just been previewing what this effect will do to my audio. If I'm happy with how things sound, I need to click the Apply button to apply the effect. Now, if I currently have a selection like this, the effect will only be applied to the portion of the audio that's selected. So if I want to apply these settings to the entire file, I just need to click in the waveform to deselect. And now when I click Apply, my entire file is affected. Notice this particular effect made the waveform smaller, so it actually reduced the amplitude of my overall file. And now, when I play I should be able to hear the effect of the effect.
(male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett, and I'd like to welcome you to Cinema 4D--) Now what I mean when I talk about destructive effects is that applying effects from the Effects menu like I just did physically changes my file. As we can see, the waveform is now different and reflects the reverberation sounds that I've added to it. If I wanted to alter the effect I applied, I would have Undo this and then choose the effect again with different settings. But if I leave the file looking like this and I save it, that reverb is locked in and I permanently change the file. Now that might be okay, depending on what you're doing with your file, but if you want a little more flexibility-- especially if you're going to be running your audio through multiple effects-- you want to instead use the Effects Rack.
So let me undo my changes here. Take it back to the way it originally was. And the Effects Rack is located right here in the default workspace. If you don't see it, you can open it from the Effects menu by choosing Show Effects Rack. Let's make this a little bit bigger. The difference between applying effects from the Effects menu and applying them from the Effects Rack is that the Effects Rack lets you apply effects and edit or remove them at any time while you're working. Each one of these rows is space for adding effects and you can add up to 16 of them. You can of course add effects on top of other effects using the Effects menu, too, but those are cumulative.
Meaning, you first add one effect, then the next effect applies to the changes the first one made, then the third effect applies to the changes the first two made, and so on. And that's how it works with the Effects Rack, too, but the Effects Rack gives you the ability to remove or alter previously applied effects without altering your file while you're working. And the order in which you apply effects matters too. In Effects Rack, you can rearrange them, so they're applied in a different order, because effects are applied in the order they're listed from top to bottom. So to add an effect, you can click the triangle next one if this rows. It can be any one of them, but I guess it make sense to start with number one and you can apply exactly the same effects as you can from the Effects menu.
So again, I'll choose Reverb, Convolution Reverb and this one though looks nearly identical to the one we were looking at earlier. There isn't a play or loop button here, but again, you can just use the regular Playback buttons or the spacebar. Notice the Preset I created is saved here. And just like before, I can play the file and adjust my Effects settings. (male speaker: We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D. This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you.) You can toggle the effect on and off to see how it sounds with and without the effect.
(male speaker: We'll start off by looking at the interface and how it's changed from version 12. Next, we'll take a look at the render engine enhancements--) Notice though, that there's no Cancel or Apply button here. Audition is already rendering the effect live in real time. If I close this window, I still hear the effect. (male speaker: -- render engine is a huge addition--) But I haven't actually changed my file at all at this point. Notice the waveform still looks the same. It hasn't changed its appearance at all. If I change my mind about the effect I added, or I want to edit it, all I can do is double-click it to reopen its settings.
(male speaker: --and it allows for very realistic camera effects like motion blur and depth of field. The character tools have been dramatically enhanced--) And just like that, the change is applied. And to apply another effect, I just move to Rack 2 and choose another effect. Maybe I'll go to Amplitude and Compression, and I'll just choose the Speech Volume Leveler. Now, I'm not going to bother making any changes right now, but again, I can hear what this effect does if I press the spacebar. (male speaker: --the new character and see motion of objects that help you create character rigs--) Maybe I'll make a slight change here.
(male speaker: We'll also explore cool new shaders like subsurface scattering and important workflow enhancements like stereoscopic rendering--) But now, I've added another effect in the Effects Rack. Now, I mentioned that the order the effects appear in matters in some cases. So you should be able to hear a difference if I drag the effects to switch their places. (male speaker: There are a lot of exciting elements in this update of Cinema 4D, and I can't wait to show them to you. So let's get started with Cinema 4D R13 New Features.) Let's let this loop around again. (male speaker: Hi, I'm Rob Garrett, and I'd like to welcome you to Cinema 4D R13 New Features.
We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite 3D animation package--) So the effect in this case is subtle, but it does make a difference whether one comes before the other. This is another thing that you can't do with the Effects menu. There you're locked in to the original order in which you apply the effects. Here in the Effects Rack you can drag them into whichever order sounds best to you at any time. You can also turn the individual effects on and off just by using their Power buttons. And with the Effects Rack, you also get some additional controls. Down here, there are Input and Output Dials, so you can adjust the level of the audio going into the effect and the level coming out.
And you will find that you'll sometimes need to bump up the output if you're applying effects that lower the volume of your audio. As we saw previously, when I applied the Convolution Reverb effect from the Effects menu, that made the amplitude of my waveform go down. So I very well might want to bump up the output a bit while listening to my file. (male speaker: --package, Cinema 4D. This new release has brought some important updates, and I'm really excited to share them with you. We'll start off by looking at the interface and how it's changed from version 12. Next--) There's also this Mix slider which goes from dry to wet. Dry basically means no effects are applied, and wet gives you the full effect.
Again, you want to play your file, and just drag the slider until the effect sounds right to you. (male speaker: --we'll take a look at the render engine enhancements. The physical render engine is a huge addition to R13, and it allows for very realistic camera effects like motion blur and depth of field.) Now, down here in the lower right is the Process menu. And this is where you can determine whether your effects are going to affect the entire file or just the selection. If you don't have anything selected, that basically means the entire file is selected and the effects will be applied to the whole thing, or you can make a selection and then keep Selection Only applied to just affect that portion of the file.
Now, when you have got your file sounding the way you want, you still have to physically apply the effect of the file. Right now, Audition is just doing some real-time rendering of what the file will sound like with the effect applied. But if I want to save my file with the effects I've selected, I have to click Apply. Notice if I try to choose File > Export > file right now, I get a message telling me that the effects in the Effects Rack won't be applied to the exported file and that I have to click Apply first. So I'll click Apply and at this point, I've now altered the actual file as you can tell by the change in the waveform's appearance.
If I save a file now, it will stay like this permanently. Notice the Effects Rack is now empty. So what's the point of using the Effects Rack if it's going to be destructive just like the Effects menu? It's really about the freedom the Effects Rack gives you to experiment and move effects around to have the ability to really tweak things just right before you apply them. Ultimately, if you're not sure you want to permanently alter a file, just make a copy of it and open that copy in Audition. Alternately, remember you have the Edit menu where you can choose Copy to New, which copies your file on the fly as a new untitled document you can work on without worrying about messing up your original.
You can see now I'm working on Untitled 5, and the original is still sitting here as well. I'm just going to close this one. Don't need to save it. And as always, as long as you haven't closed your file after you apply Effects, you can undo any effects you have applied by pressing Command+Z or Ctrl+Z or using your History panel to jump back to a certain point. So if I wanted to go back to the original file, I could just go back to Open. (male speaker: --New Features. We're gonna explore some key changes to my favorite--) Now, I do want to mention that you will come across some effects that are particularly CPU-intensive.
For example, I'll add the effect Reverb > Full Reverb. That gives me this warning message saying that the selected effect might not be suitable for real-time playback, basically, because it might be too CPU-intensive for your computer to render on the fly. Notice that it also displays the effect in red, so you're aware of this visually. I'll click OK. But if you have a relatively recently manufactured computer, you might not have any issues at all with certain effects. I think I can play this one just fine and let Audition do its rendering on the fly. (male speaker: favorite 3D animation package, Cinema 4D. This new release--) To take a while to calculate there, but now it seems to be playing fine.
Now, if you are experiencing playback issues with certain effects, you'll have to click the Apply button to actually apply them to the file so you can hear them properly. Of course, if you don't like the effect at that point, you'll have to Undo and then remove or adjust the effect, then apply it again to hear the results. But as I said, any new computer should be okay rendering at least a couple of CPU-intensive effects on the fly without having to actually apply them. Okay, so that's an overview of how to apply effects in Audition. In the rest of this chapter, we'll take a look at specific types of commonly used effects.


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Take a look inside ...
The Transverse Abdominis - or TA muscles - act as a corset wrapping around the bottommost portion of the spine and connecting all the way up to the low ribs.
When you draw you belly button in toward your spine, you're engaging your deepest core muscles, your inner corset.
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Your daughters are sweet and I am sure Alexander would be ALL smiles if he could see them!
Yes, surprisingly crunches can do more harm than good in certain scenarios. Glad to hear you are the road to a successful recovery. Hope you find more helpful tips with these blog posts! I have many more on my main FYM blogtoo~!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of the nearly $500 billion that the White House and Congress backed last year, and even the fiercest defense hawks acknowledge that the Pentagon faces another financial hit.
The proposal that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders sent to the White House this week calls for cuts of $300 billion in discretionary spending to achieve savings of $2.2 trillion over 10 years. The blueprint offered no specifics on the cuts, although the Pentagon and defense-related departments such as Homeland Security and State make up roughly half of the federal government's discretionary spending.
By any credible calculation, the military, which is still coming to grips with the half-trillion-dollar cut in last year's deficit-cutting law, is looking at an additional $10 billion to $15 billion cut in projected defense spending each year for the next decade. It's a prospect that Republicans recognize is the new reality, with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ending and deficits demanding deep cuts.
"Not too devastating," said Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. That's especially true compared with the alternative that McCain dreads — the double hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts dubbed the fiscal cliff.
If Obama and Congress are unable to reach a deal this month, the Pentagon would face across-the-board cuts of some $55 billion after the first of the year and nearly $500 billion over a decade. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and military leaders have warned that such a meat-ax approach to the budget would do considerable harm.
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