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Roger Melvin "June" Cottrell Jr., 79, a resident of Montrose, departed this life early Tuesday morning, Aug. 26, 2014, in Davis Medical Center at Elkins.
He was born Saturday, May 18, 1935, at Wymer, a son of the late Roger Melvin and Mary Ella Elza Cottrell. He was raised by Robert and Dollena Elza.
He was twice married. First, on Dec. 1, 1955, at Alpena, to the former Wilma Lee Lambert, who preceded him in death July 27, 2002. They had celebrated 46 years of marriage. Second, on Aug. 4, 2003, to the former Geraldine Smith, who preceded him in death April 7, 2010.
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Surviving are two sons, Larry A. Cottrell of Elkins and Henry D. Cottrell of Montrose; two daughters, Theresa L. Cottrell of Statesboro, Ga., and Barbara A. Witek and husband, Billy, of Montrose; one half brother, Jim Cottrell; and one half-sister, Carolyn Morgan, both of Florida; six grandchildren, Christopher Gilgenest, Jennifer Workman, Jamie Witek, Melissa Tidey, Cassandra Cottrell and Monica Cottrell; 10 great-grandchildren; a special companion, Mary Biddle; a special friend, Lloyd Lambert; and two nephews and one niece.
Preceding him in death was one brother, Paul
He attended the one room Lambert school at Wymer. He was a veteran of the United States Army, joining in 1953 where he served two tours in Korea and one in Germany. He attended Forestry Aid School at Elkins and was relocated to Wayne County, where he worked as a Forest Ranger and in fire control for the Division of Natural Resources. He then returned to Randolph County and worked for the U.S. Forest Service in the engineering department for 14 years and then transferred to the Seneca Rocks Visitors Center as a maintenance foreman until his retirement in 1981. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting, fishing and camping and went on trips to Canada, and a southern excursion through several states.
The family will receive friends at Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 5-8 p.m. Friday. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home Saturday, Aug. 30 at 11 a.m. The Rev. Eli D. Hostetler will officiate, and interment will follow in the Elza Cemetery on the Lambert Road on Middle Mountain where the West Virginia National Guard Honor Guard Program, H. W. Daniel's Post 29 American Legion and Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct full military honors.
Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Roger Melvin "June" Cottrell Jr. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.


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Goldman Sees Corporate Europe Turning to Bond Market
Low interest rates and stricter banking rules are driving European companies to cut their close ties to banks and raise funds in the bond markets, a senior Goldman Sachs banker said.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Goldman Sachs's head of European investment banking services, François-Xavier de Mallmann, said Europe has started to see companies replacing bank loans with capital-market instruments such as bonds and convertibles, a move triggered by tougher capital requirements for European banks. Under Basel III rules, banks have to set aside more capital against the loans they make, which makes their lending more expensive.
This will cause a drastic shift in the liability structure of European companies, where bank loans account for about 80% of companies' liabilities, he said.
"We have [already] seen a shift in the way European companies finance themselves, with a significant increase in the role played by the capital markets," Mr. de Mallmann said, adding this trend is likely to continue.
Recent debt- capital issuances of large companies served for buying back shares, cutting funding costs or financing pension liabilities.
Europe's largest industrial company by market value, Siemens AG, last September issued some €2.7 billion in bonds with an annual coupon, depending on the maturity and currency, of between 0.375% and 3.75%–one of the lowest interest rates ever obtained on the European corporate-bond market. The funds were primarily to finance the company's share buyback program.
Such operations can generate savings if the interest rate on bonds is lower than what the companies would pay out in dividends. In addition, interest payments on bonds are generally tax-deductible.
On the other hand, low interest rates mean companies face additional funding needs. "The lower interest rates inflate pension liabilities on companies' balance sheets," Mr. de Mallmann said. Some companies are tapping capital markets to raise such funds.
German logistics company Deutsche Post AG was one of the first European companies to issue debt specifically to help plug a deficit in its pension fund, with a €2 billion issue.
The bond market is also further opening up for midsize companies, "with the resulting record volume of high-yield debt raised in Europe last year," he said. Including U.S. dollar bonds, total European high-yield bond volume rose to €58.4 billion, up 31% from 2011.
Midsize companies often have a lower rating or no rating at all and thus have to offer investors higher yields than investment-grade companies.
The shift from bank loans to capital markets is likely to accelerate once the European economy picks up. "The move out of bank loans into bonds is already there, but it is still slow due to sluggish corporate-spending activities" amid the European sovereign-debt crisis, Mr. de Mallmann said.

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- Location: Kolkata (India)
Using detailed Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations in realistic models for galactic nuclei, we investigate the influence of interstellar dust in ionized gas discs on the rotation curves and the resulting black hole mass measurements. We find that absorption and scattering by interstellar dust leaves the shape of the rotation curves basically unaltered, but slightly decreases the central slope of the rotation curves. As a result, the "observed" black hole masses are systematically underestimated by some 10 to 20% for realistic optical depths. We therefore argue that the systematic effect of dust attenuation should be taken into account when estimating SMBH masses using ionized gas kinematics.
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The Mills Canyon fire started near the City of Entiat on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Despite the efforts of local resources, the fire quickly grew to over 1,000 acres by evening. Three outbuildings were damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. The fire team is working with existing local resources in developing fire control strategies and tactics. Other cooperators include the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Washington State Department of Natural Resources, (WA DNR), Bureau of Land Management, Chelan County Emergency Management, and Chelan County Fire District 8. The Chelan County Sheriff�s office is providing assistance with evacuations and road closures.
As of the afternoon of July 10, the day the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image, the fire was estimated at 18,065 acres. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS�s thermal bands, are outlined in red.
As of the evening of July 18, the Mills Canyon Fire has been combined for management purposes with two other nearby fires � the Chiwaukum and Kelly fires. Collectively they are known as the Mills Canyon Complex. The Mills Canyon Fire had burned 22,571 acres, the Chiwaukum Creek Fire had burned 6,630 acres and the Kelly Mountain Fire had burned 60-80 acres, according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center.
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Date Acquired: 7/10/2014
Resolutions: 500m ( B), 250m ( B)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
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Research Report: Rare natural product a potent pain killer
By Lynne Friedmann
There is growing interest in developing alternatives to opiate-based pain medications such as morphine. While widely prescribed, morphine has a number of adverse side effects that range from unpleasant to lethal.
Now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute report success in synthesizing a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely used in traditional medicine. The advance defines a chemical means to access meaningful quantities of the rare natural product conolidine. Based on mouse studies, synthetic conolidine appears to be as effective as morphine in alleviating inflammatory and acute pain, with fewer side effects.
The study appears in the journal Nature Chemistry. News release at http://bit.ly/khnL1A.
Controlling runoff
A legendary La Jolla surfing beach adjacent to Scripps Institution of Oceanography has significantly less water-borne pollution, due to the completion of an innovative project by UCSD.
Among the features of the $4.9 million water-pollution-control project are four swimming-pool-sized "media filters" consisting of a gravelly blend of dolomite, perlite gypsum, and crushed rock. Storm water flows down through the filter, where phosphorus, copper, and other pollutants are absorbed, and petroleum products are broken down.
Native plants used in landscaping features ("bioswales") remove silt and pollution from surface runoff. By mimicking the natural environment, the bioswales don't require energy or mechanical equipment.
In addition to helping UCSD meet state mandates, the award-winning project has has already become a model for pollution-reduction efforts elsewhere. News release at http://bit.ly/ku4UDy.
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Engineers at UCSD are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the maneuverability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used for surveillance of fixed targets in military and civilian applications. In order to observe a stationary target, a fixed wing UAV must remain airborne over the object, thus expending energy for propulsion and reducing operational time. In addition, the aircraft may need to loiter at significant altitudes to avoid detection, and thus require complex sensors to observe the target far below.
A fixed-wing aircraft capable of spot landing on a perch (top of a pole, building, fence, etc.) would be an ideal solution capable of efficient cruising and versatile landing for longer surveillance missions. But how to achieve such a design?
The problem of perching has already been solved by nature. Birds routinely land on small surfaces, using wing morphing and flapping techniques. UCSD engineers analyzed, in slow motion, several videos of birds landing to generate a working hypothesis for how wing morphing and flapping can be used for spot landing.
The team then validated the concept by building and testing a small, remote controlled UAV with variable wing sweep for pitch control of the aircraft. News release at http://bit.ly/iVvwot.
Lynne Friedmann is a science writer based in Solana Beach.


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The purpose of the link is not to calculate the score. but that FICO does look at bank card(s) in the score calculation. The other point is too many bank cards also does not help your score. There are score reasons in the FICO score model related to bank cards. The other misconcpetion is that FICO differenctiate between lenders IE prime and sub prime. The only exception to that is consumer finance companies.
I agree that FICO definitely looks at bankcards but the part of your post though that I was specfically talking about was this: FICO does differeniate between bankcards
I'm wondering what you mean by that. A bankcard is a bankcard.
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After seven event-filled rounds in Europe and North Africa, the second half of the 2014 FIA WTCC begins this week and first up is Argentina.
It's the second time an Argentinean round has featured in the WTCC and as before, it will be held on the Circuit Termas de Rio Hondo; a track 5 km from downtown Termas, in the province of Santiago del Estero, and a two-hour flight away from the capital Buenos Aires.
Whilst the 4.8 km technical track will offer no surprises for the FIA WTCC-drivers, since their first visit the infrastructure has been fully modernised, with a new pit building, medical center, heliports and grandstands.
After seven rounds Tiago Monteiro is 4th in the drivers' championship ahead of Gabriele Tarquini.
"In many ways the Termas de Rio Hondo reminds me of the Moscow Raceway', says Tiago Monteiro, who's currently standing in 4th in the Driver's Championship. "With its long corners, I fell in love with the circuit the moment I first drove it and managed to perform well right away. How will the Civic WTCC perform this time round? Who can say? The only thing I know is that Gabriele and I have been thoroughly preparing for the second half of the season, so I am convinced that we'll be in the running for the top spot."
After the final European round in Belgium, the FIA WTCC enjoyed a long summer break - not that all members of Honda R&D and J.A.S. Motorsport went on holiday. After the race in Spa they prepared all the material for shipment in time for Argentina, and at the same time chassis number 6 was completed in their Italian base in Arluno near Milan.
"Before the start of the season we built five cars: two for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team; two for Zengõ Motorsport and Proteam Racing, plus a chassis for the test team," explains Alessandro Mariani, Managing Director of J.A.S. Motorsport. "It's well known that the chassis that was meant for the test team had to be prepared for the race in Paul Ricard, following Gabriele Tarquini's crash in Marrakech. That completely changed our planning, because not only did we have five meetings that closely followed each other, we also could not rely on the information of a test team. Because of that busy schedule we could only start building the new car, chassis no. 6, in the second half of June, and the earliest opportunity to test it was last week on the Spanish track of Valencia."
The four Civics WTCC are ready for the Temporada Argentina!
The four day testing program took place in Valencia as it was in Spain's third largest city that the TC1-configured Civic made its debut earlier in the year.
"Valencia is the track where we rolled out the current Civic," Mariani continues. "And even though the car has improved since then and there are much higher temperatures in Valencia now than during that first test in March, it was a great opportunity to use the data of that very first test session. It provides us with the time to optimize our current situation, thoroughly test some new parts such as different options in suspension and to understand whether or not we can continue to evolve in the right direction. We're obviously keeping our cards close to our chest, but I think we can say that we will tackle the upcoming races with plenty of confidence."
Daisuke Horiuchi, Large Project Leader for WTCC development at Honda R&D, can only agree: "Engine-wise, since Spa we've had some updates and in Valencia we were able to try some different set-ups. So we're very much looking forward to seeing them in action in the next race and performing well."


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the system is up and running, as it won't be rebooted too often, i wrote
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DEXTER -- Mary A. George, 73, died Jan. 20, 2006, at her home in Dexter.
Born Jan. 28, 1932, in Hector, Ark., daughter of the late Hobert and Sibyl Coffman Voss, she was a member of Sugar Tree Baptist Church near Bernie, a former supervisor with Ely Walker Manufacturing in Kennett and a former employee of B&M Landscaping in Dexter.
On May 4, 1957, in Piggott, Ark., she married James Elvis George, who preceded her in death on Jan. 17, 1988.
Survivors include: one daughter, Mary Jean Gibson of Bernie; two sisters, Marlene Owens of Bernie and Gevauna Maddox of Dexter; three brothers, Bob Voss of Boyce, La., the Rev. Bill Voss of Macksville, N.C., and William Voss of Wappapello; and one granddaughter.
Two brothers, Carl Voss and Hobert Voss, also preceded her in death.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday. The Revs. Joe Ogelvie and Steve Fitzpatrick will officiate.
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Bulunduğunuz Yer: İlçemiz >> Presentation of the district
Terme is 58 km far from Samsun. The Brook Terme, which rises from Karaorman, flows into the Black Sea by dividing the district into two parts in the middle.
It is 22 km far from Carsamba District while 32 km far from Unye District, which are the closest settlement areas. It is surrounded by the Black Sea in the North, Unye and Ikizce in the East, Akkus in the South and Salipazari and Carsamba in the West.
The Lake Akgol and the Lake Simenit, which are linked through natural channels, take place in a territory that is between the Black Sea and Terme District and close to sea.
Water of lakes is salty and hence cannot be used for irrigation. Fishes are caught in these lakes and it is an observation place because it is a place of accommodation for birds.
Terme's ID Card
Total population : 77.178
Surface area : 678 km2
Several civilizations fought for Terme.
Hittites and Phrygians dominated this territory respectively. Then, Kymmers who had broken into Anatolia blew down Phrygians. Amazons, the Kymmer community of women, came to Terme and lodged there.
The name of the mountains being close to the Brook Terme (Thermedon) is accepted as "Amazonius Mous (Amazon Mountains)" in some maps and encyclopedias. Also Ancient Greeks who lived as a colonisers on the Black Sea shores stated that there had been a community of women only in Termedon.
Terme came under the domination of the East Rome; in other words, the Byzantine State of the Roman Empire in 395 following the domination of Meds, Persians, and Romans. The whole Black Sea including Terme was dominated by Anatolian Seljuks in the period between 1219 and 1236.
Mr. Eretna who was assigned as the governor of that region, founded his state in his name in the territory covering Amasya, Samsun, Tokat, Sivas, and Kayseri. When Yildirim Beyazit captured Amasya and the Black Sea region, Sons of Taceddin and Canik Messieurs recognised the Ottoman governance.
After that time, Terme District was governed under the control of Canik Lieutenant Governorship until Republic period.
Legendary Heroines of Terme: Amazons
It is written in ancient sources that the fighting heroines of Anatolian mythology lived in Themiskryia, on the shore of Thermedon (The Brook Terme) in BC 1200s.
Amazons shot arrows and rode horses. It is said that they cut their right breasts so as to draw the bow well and hence was named 'Amazon", which means "Breastless". Other than arrow, they used spears, double-sided hatchets, half shields, and helmets as well.
The word Amazon means "Moon Women in Armenian and a similar word means "Slayer" whereas it means "Breastless" in Greek.
Amazons adored Goddess Cybele. Their lifestyle is extraordinary compared with our day. They exploited males as workers ana servants; killed captives after having sex with them; killed male infants; raised female infants with care and trained them as strong fighters.
They lived as a buffer state between Hittites and nations on Greek islands. However, they were demolished by a great attack as a result of merging of three big kingdoms.
Herodotus Strabon and Halicarnassus Fisher, two authors of ancient period, mentioned about Amazons in their tales.
Herodotus called as the father of history tells wars of Amazons with Greeks and Scythians when talking about Amazons. Amazons blows Scythians out. Scythians are shocked and besides, note that their enemies are women once they see corpses on battle field.
Greek Strabon emphasized identity and origin of the community when talking about Amazons and told that the names of the ancient cities Ephesus, Smyrna, Kyme, and Myrna were given by Amazons.
Halicarnassus Fisher tells that many cities in Aegean Region were ruled by Amazons: An Amazon queen whose name is Mirin captured 'Serne', a city on North Aegean shores; sabred all men in that city; and holds women and children as slaves. The queen founds the City Mirin, bearing her name, for them and also founds Kyme, Priene, and Pitane, and on Lesbos Island, the City Mytiline. One day, a storm breaks out on the way to island. Mother Goddess Cybele protects fleet and takes it to Semadirek Island. Queen Mirin establishes a temple on the island where nobody had lived before in order to express her respect and gratitude towards Cybele".
Amazon Legends
In addition to being said to be a Kymmerian female group, the clan of female warriors called Amazons is said to be a Scythian female group. According to Armenian author Minas Bijiskyan who is from Trabzon, "Terme was a popular place and its prince was a hero whose name is Solimos. His name is written on one side of his coins and Termesseun on another side. Although we couldn't see any outstanding thing here, it was a very popular place due to Amazon women. Their capital city was situated by the side of The Brook called "Thermedon" at that time and bore the name Temiskor. The Brook was also named Amazon. Amazons were brave, combatant women and according to what ancient historians said, they dominated Black Sea shore down to Fars (Poti) by founding an independent state near Terme. They have Scythian origin and stemmed from two sons of king who were exiled to Terme and whose names are Igin and Skolopit, and reproduced in time. However, neighbouring nations made most of them slaves at the end of a great war because they were not peaceful. Remaining men handed over the state to women and they went to war against enemies. Women felt humiliated in this situation and started to İnsult, and got out of control gradually. They had two queens, one of whom was ruling the army whereas another was ruling the government. Their last queens were Antiop and Oridie.
Rumour has it that Amazons got married to foreign men; if they had male children, they killed them; if they had female children, they cut and sear their female children's right breast so that they could use bow well. So these women were called "Amazon", which means "having single breast". (Mezos meant breast and Amazos meant breastless.)
Ahmet Hikmet Daglioglu says in an article of him that Amazons must be Hittites. Greeks coming to Black Sea shores for trading purpose supposed that Hittites were a community of women only once they saw them beardless and moustacheless. They took information to their homelands, disseminated it and transferred this charming information with exaggerations afterwards.
Amazons and Terme in Herodotus
As also stated by Herodotus, Scythians called Amazons "Oiorpata". This word meant "male killer" in Greek.
Herodotus tells that Greeks took along with them Amazons whom they captured alive after Thermedon War and went to sea on three ships.
Greek shipmen used to go for searching sheep with gold fleece or gold fleece in the east. They saw Kizilirmak (Red River) Delta and Yesilirmak Delta (Green River). Shore was straight, foggy, and wetland. People on the shore were armed and ready to combat. They thought that they had been women since all is beardless and moustacheless. They considered that place as their capital city because they saw them in group in the vicinity of the Brook Thermedon. They couldn't venture to combat agains; them and searched for gold fleece by proceeding toward the east. When Greeks returned to their homelands after they could not find sheep with gold fleece, they mentioned an Amazon state which consists of women and whose capital city is in the vicinity of Terme in order to astonish everybody. World of dreams about growth, customs, and bodies of that community was enlarged.
M. Isa Karaca expresses in an article of him that some young shipmen passed by the Black Sea under the command of a hero whose name is Yeson and set off in order to find gold fur hidden in a cave and experienced various adventures. (B.C. 7-8. centuries).
The fact behind this "gold fur" issue is: Athamos, king of Boiotia, and Cloud-Goddess Nephele had two children: Helle and Phrixos. However, Athamus separated from Nephele afterwards and when got married to Ino, daughter of Kadmos; stepmother did not want children. Alleging the famine, she pressurised her husband to victimise Phrixos. Cloud-Goddess Nephele, mother of the children, made them ride on a ram with gold fur and smuggled them to Kolkhis country of Black Sea (the region between the Eastern Black Sea and Caucasia).Here the story of gold fur in Greek mythology is. Greek shipmen moving from this point cruised along the Marmara and Black Sea shores under the command of Hercules who is a mythology hero. Hercules wanted to go to Amazonia and get queen Hippolite's holy gold belt. According to epics, in fact, this gold belt was owned by Ares, God of War, and used by the Queen.
When Greeks arrived Amazonia and moored in Terme (Temiskyra), Amazons used to live as three crowded clans. Other two clans were ruled by Queen Oreityia and Queen Antiope.
Amazons welcomed their Greek guests well. Hercules wan ted gold belt from Queen Hippolite and stated that he would give priceless gifts against it. Queen said that she needed to think about that.
Later, Goddess Hera, who was angry at Amazons since they neglected their feminity, donned the guise of an Amazon and noised about that the Queen would be abducted by a Greek. Amazons who believed this assaulted to Greeks. Greeks went to sea on their ships. İn this fight, men under Hercules' command abducted Melanippe, sister of the Queen. The Queen accepted giving the gold belt to Hercules in return for release of her sister.
Greeks leaving Terme came to Arestias Island in the vicinity of Giresun. They encountered with third Amazon clan leaded by Queen Antiope there and went to sea by taking Amazons whom they captured in fight on their ships.
İn Herodotus, it is said that Greeks went to sea together with Amazons whom they captivated, after winning The War Therme. These Amazons killed men by beating them off-shore and seized ships. However, since they did not know how to manage ships, they let themselves go to wind and waves. Thus, they arrived Palus-Maiotis (Sea of Azov). They started to overrun Scythian country by captured feeding horses on shores.
Scythians were shocked when they saw them. They neither knew their language nor were familiar with their modes of dressing. They supposed that they had been young, strong men. When they saw their dead people in combats, they realized that they were females and decided not to fight with them. They decided that young ones among them would settle near Amazons and meet and contact them. Scythians wanted to have baby from these women. Also young men adapted themselves to the same lifestyle and started to hunt and plunder.
Finally, Scythian young men became friendly with Amazons and started to live together by combining their camps. When they got on well with each other, young men offered them as their wives to live together with original Scythians. Amazon women replied: "We cannot live together with your women, our customs are different. We shoot arrows, throw spears, ride on horses; but, do not know housework. Your women do not do anything we say, they do feminine works, lock themselves and sit in their cars and neither go for hunting nor somewhere else.
Terme is 58 km far from Samsun. The Brook Terme, which rises from Karaorman, flows into the Black Sea by dividing the district into two parts in the middle.
It is 22 km far from Carsamba District while 32 km far from Unye District, which are the closest settlement areas. It is surrounded by the Black Sea in the North, Unye and Ikizce in the East, Akkus in the South and Salipazari and Carsamba in the West.
The Lake Akgol and the Lake Simenit, which are linked through natural channels, take place in a territory that is between the Black Sea and Terme District and close to sea.
Water of lakes is salty and hence cannot be used for irrigation. Fishes are caught in these lakes and it is an observation place because it is a place of accommodation for birds.
Terme's ID Card
Total population : 77.178
Surface area : 678 km2
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Iconic Courage LbNA # 57731 (ARCHIVED)
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|Lewis and Clark
|Helena, MT
|Found By
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|Last Found
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This iconic Helena area landmark was built over 100 years ago, boasts 2 steeples, a bell tower, and is "Neo-gothic" in its arcitecture. Do you know where to start your hunt? Once there, ascend the staircase from the west until you stand below a large "flower window" and have all 12 eyes looking at you. Behind the feet of the one, who was born in eastern France, and was guided by God to restore France from English rule...this Saint was courageous until the end...that end being the end of a burning stake at the age of 19. There you will find the letterbox (tucked in the little crack directly behind the stone square that the name is engraved on)you seek, and hopefully the same resolve and courage of the one who holds it.
Happy Letterboxing, and please e-mail me if you find it, or have questions! Thanks, Friends.
*note* the stamp is hand made, and I was informed that it has deteriorated a bit, though usable, please be gentle:) thanks.*
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XBA Aims to Fill a Hole Left by an 'Outdated' MBA Model
The Fullbridge Program—an intense course for undergraduates, recent graduates, veterans, and law students who want to learn business basics—aims to give the MBA a run for its money.
The program was originally launched in 2011 as a business boot camp for law students looking to familiarize themselves with management and quantitative work. In January 2012, Fullbridge expanded, offering its first course for college students and recent grads in Boston.
Now, one year later, its co-Chief Executive Officer and Founder Candice Olson says she considers the program one of the pioneers in a movement that's attempting to fill the hole left by what she considers an outdated MBA model. "Everyone agrees that college students need self-awareness and core skills to transition into their careers," Olson says. "In the 20th century, the MBA helped fulfill this role. Now, it has a more limited utility—students have to take two years out of the workplace and it is debt-inducing and narrow on careers."
That said, Olson doesn't want the the Fullbridge Program—also known as the XBA, to imply "beyond the B.A."—to be confused with a mini-MBA being offered by Stanford Graduate School of Business and Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. She sees those programs as being more academic and similar to what they teach graduate students. "There are a number of deliverables with tight deadlines throughout the day in the XBA, so it's a lot more like the workplace," Olson says.
Unlike a traditional business school curriculum, coaches facilitate students' movement in the XBA, and there are no lectures. Instead students study instructional material online and a coach quizzes them to see if they've understood it. Then, the coach works one-on-one with students who are struggling with any particular material. There is roughly one coach for every 15 students.
During the 160 hours of Fullbridge coursework, students learn about business analysis, including strategy, best practices, communication, self-awareness in the workplace, and entrepreneurship. Then, in a final project, they work in teams to deliver group analysis, recommendations, and a presentation based on a theoretical business problem. Each team member leads the group at least once during the planning and receives feedback from teammates. The idea is to identify each student's strengths to best utilize team members, learn to disagree effectively, and test basic skills, Olson says.
As a business model, too, the Fullbridge Program differs from the MBA.
For starters, XBA is much cheaper. The cost ranges from $5,000 to $10,000. If you're a college student taking the course in the summer, you are likely to spend $5,750, plus another $1,500 for lodging.
Graduate business students have a network of alumni to which they can turn for support, and they also get a good deal of job-search assistance from MBA career services centers. That's not the case at Fullbridge. Olson says she cannot promise students they'll get a job after taking this course. Still, Fullbridge students take assessments that underscore what job might be right for them, and they meet with a career coach who helps them map out career options.
Matthew Tower, a liberal arts major at Amherst College, says that even without the full-fledged career support of traditional business schools, the Fullbridge Program gives him an edge. "I feel I can read the newspaper and understand what's happening [on the business pages]," says Tower, a sophomore who is planning to major in history and recently took the XBA course when it was offered in Boston. "When I interview for jobs, I will be able to sell myself as having these certain skills."


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Corbett talks bipartisanship; Dems wait for proof
HARRISBURG -- Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is gearing up for his next two years in office and a 2014 re-election campaign by stressing bipartisanship, even though he acknowledges that he needs to do a better job of practicing what he preaches.
Many of Corbett's major legislative accomplishments since he became governor in January 2011 attracted just a handful of Democratic votes, if that, in a Legislature heavily controlled by the GOP.
For their part, Corbett and Republican lawmakers say they think they had a productive, if fitful, two years of power-sharing as they cut taxes and spending while advancing business-friendly priorities during a difficult economic time.
But Democrats say they were virtually ignored while Corbett pushed a highly partisan and misguided agenda, and the record of the Republican former state attorney general bears out their dissatisfaction.
Nearly every Democrat, if not every Democrat, opposed his first budget and legislation that limited civil liability in negligence lawsuits, made it harder for school boards to increase property taxes, modernized state regulation of the booming natural gas exploration industry and required photo identification for voters. Only about two dozen Democrats -- out of about 110 in the House and Senate -- supported his second budget as well as legislation to refinance the state's unemployment compensation debt.
Corbett, who thus far is considered Pennsylvania's most conservative governor in decades, points to his administration's work on major industrial projects -- helping revive three Philadelphia-area oil refineries and luring a potential commitment to build a massive petrochemical refinery near Pittsburgh -- as examples of bipartisanship.
"I think that's what the people of this state and this country want to see more of," Corbett said Thursday as he listed his accomplishments at the start of an 80-minute interview with the Associated Press and several other news organizations in his office. "I think they'd like to see it in Washington right now, as we speak."
But Corbett didn't disagree that his legislative accomplishments largely excluded Democrats.
"We've got to work better on that this time," Corbett said.
Voter perception of him as a bipartisan governor will be important when he runs for re-election in 2014: Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in Pennsylvania by 4-to-3.
In any case, bipartisanship may be a necessity since Democratic victories in the Nov. 6 election shrank the Republican majority in the 50-member Senate from 10 to four.
While top Democrats say Corbett recently began trying to thaw their icy relationship, Corbett hasn't charmed many of their GOP counterparts. Republicans have complained that Corbett is vague about what he wants, lacks the public relations savvy or personal relationships to win over skeptical lawmakers and seems detached from day-to-day policy debates.
"I think these first two years were getting used to the job, frankly," Corbett said.
"This is much different than being attorney general. And I had to get used to the legislative process.," he said.
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Support group for Navy moms meets in Sebring
SEBRING - When June Beish was asked whether she worried during the 23 years that her son, Don, served in the U.S. Navy, she points to her head and says, "See the gray hairs." Beish, a resident of Lake Placid who said her son still has a contracting job overseas after retiring from the Navy, said that she was thankful during some of that time to have the support of Florida Navy Moms, an organization of mothers who have or had a son or daughter who served or is serving in the Navy. She said her son not only served in Afghanistan, but he was on the USS Dubuque during efforts to catch pirates near Somalia. Allana Slager of Sebring, another member, said she's also had some concerns when her son was on active duty and found that support she received through Florida Navy Moms met their needs."Only another mom can fully understand what the mom is going through," Slager said. She said her son was injured while helping to respond to a fire onboard a ship. Every year, the organization holds regional gatherings and a state gathering. This year's state meeting, hosted by Slager, Beish and Donna McAvoy of Labelle, will be from Nov. 8-10 at the Kenilworth Lodge and the Military Sea Services Museum. They have a meet and greet Friday evening at the Kenilworth Lodge and spend the day on Saturday at the museum. On Saturday, they will share stories about their experiences as mothers of sailors, put together care boxes for sailors and have dinner together. They meet for breakfast on Sunday. Anyone with a son or daughter in the Navy is welcome to attend and can call Beish at (863) 840-2779. They have mothers from all over the state, from Pensacola to West Palm Beach, they said. Slager said that although attendance at the meetings has dropped because of the economy, the women support each other all year, whether it be through Facebook, email or telephone conversations. "We don't know what harm our sons or daughters are going to get into," she said. "We have each other to lean on." While Beish and Slager's sons are no long sailors, many of the women who attend the meetings or participate on Facebook have children in active duty roles. Beish and Slager said that from their experience they can support those women. Beish said one of her memorable moments was getting to know a woman whose son was in the Navy and died in a motorcycle accident while off duty. She said the woman belonged to the group at the time her son died. The group goes beyond just supporting each other as it relates to their children in the Navy. "Everyone was there (providing support) when my father died," Slager said. "We share everything." When they have a problem in their lives, she said, other members pray for support for them. firstname.lastname@example.com (863) 386-5834


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Harrowing footage of a four-year-old Chinese boy pleading for a cuddle but instead forced to run naked through the snow has heralded the dawn of the "Eagle Dad"— the unflinchingly stern counterpart of the "Tiger Mum".
The film of He Yide's icy ordeal, which has sparked both condemnation and support on China's social networking sites, was shot during a family visit to New York late last month — when temperatures fell as low as -13C (-8.6F) and thick snow lay on the city's streets.
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CMA Awards Noms to Be Announced Sept. 6
The Band Perry, Jake Owen, Jerrod Niemann, Thompson Square do the honors.
"Country Music's Biggest Night" is set to have a big morning on Sept. 6, when the 45th annual Country Music Association Awards nominations will be announced from two cities.
The Band Perry and Jake Owen will reveal the final nominees in five categories from the Good Morning America studios in New York at 8:30 a.m. ET. Jake will also perform his current single, "Barefoot Blue Jean Night."
Also that morning, Jerrod Niemann and Thompson Square will announce the nominees in seven categories during a press conference at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Meanwhile, the JaneDear girls will announce the finalists for the 2011 CMA Broadcast Personality award as well as the Radio Station of the Year award for small, medium, large and major markets, also in Nashville.
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IN-GAME BLOG: Oilers at Penguins
Minute-by-minute updates as the Oilers visit the Pittsburgh Penguins
Tuesday, 10.15.2013 / 6:47 PM MT / Cenovus Game Story
By Marc Ciampa - edmontonoilers.com
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Game Summary | Event Summary | Faceoffs | Play-by-Play | TOI - PIT / EDM | Shots Report
Luke Gazdic is not skating the pre-game warmup, meaning that Ryan Jones and Nail Yakupov are both in for tonight's game against the Penguins.
Jason LaBarbera also led the team out onto the ice, meaning he will start his second consecutive game.
Lines in warm-up:
Hall - Arcobello - Eberle
Perron - RNH - Yakupov
Smyth - Gordon - Hemsky
Jones - Acton - Brown
Smid - Petry
Ference - J.Schultz
Belov - N. Schultz
Out: Steve MacIntyre (knee), Sam Gagner (broken jaw), Corey Potter (back), Ryan Hamilton (knee), Jesse Joensuu (injured), Luke Gazdic
20:00: Tonight's game is now underway.
16:52: Pascal Dupuis took a pass from Sidney Crosby, who was stationed behind the Oilers net, and Dupuis fired it five-hole past LaBarbera to put the Penguins on the board. | PIT 1, EDM 0
8:25: With just over eight minutes to play in the opening period, Pittsburgh had the decided edge in play, outshooting the Oilers 9-2.
6:56: Ryan Smyth made a nice feed over to Justin Schultz who was pinching up the middle. Schultz was all alone and tried to deke but Pens netminder Marc-Andre Fleury made a nice stop.
4:03: On a quick rebound, Jason LaBarbera extends his pad and makes a nice stop on Harry Zolnierczyk right on the doorstep.
2:40: Jokinen's shot from the left circle is stopped by LaBarbera but it dribbles past the Oilers netminder. Anton Belov was able to jump in there and ensure it didn't cross the line.
2:04: Smyth put his hand on the puck in the corner of his own zone, sending him to the box for two minutes, giving the Penguins the game's first power play.
1:42: The penalty was shortlived as Malkin was sent off for tripping only 22 seconds later.
24.1: Pittsburgh takes another penalty, Paul Martin heads to the box. During the delayed penalty, the Oilers were buzzing around the Pittsburgh net but unable to convert.
0.0: Shots on goal after one period were 15-3 for Pittsburgh.
20:00: Second period is underway, with Oilers holding a two-man advantage for the first 18 seconds.
18:28: Oilers manage five shots in the opening 1:32 of the period but cannot score on the Penguins power play.
18:21: Very next shift, after the penalty expires the puck sneaks in behind Fleury and Hemsky swoops in to hammer it past the goal line. | EDM 1, PIT 1
16:21: Oilers come close to taking the lead as Taylor Hall scrambles for a loose puck in front. In the mayhem, Fleury's mask gets dislodged which forces a whistle.
10:17: Sidney Crosby's shot is stopped by LaBarbera, but he doesn't get all of it. The puck trickles to the line where Chris Kunitz pokes it in. | PIT 2, EDM 1
7:00: Shots on goal are 19-16 for Pittsburgh -- 13-4 for Edmonton in the period at the 13-minute mark.
4:01: Jordan Eberle puts the puck over Fleury after several attempts by the Oilers on a good shift by Eberle, Hall and Arcobello. | EDM 2, PIT 2
1:50: Ladislav Smid takes a cross-checking penalty.
0.0: After two, shots on goal are 24-19 for Pittsburgh.
20:00: Third period is now underway.
15:50: LaBarbera gets a piece of a one-timer attempt from Dupuis, keeping it tied.
13:08: Ference clips Sidney Crosby with a high stick and is sent to the box, giving Pittsburgh a power play opportunity to take the lead.
12:40: It doesn't take Pittsburgh long to take the lead. 28 seconds into the power play, Evgeni Malkin one-times a blast from the right circle past LaBarbera to make it 3-2. | PIT 3, EDM 2
11:28: Very next shift, Eberle, Hall and Arcobello put on some great pressure in the Pens zone and as a result draw a penalty on Dupuis for hooking.
2:25: Shots on goal late in the period are 28-21 for the Penguins.
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"After three cycles as head coach of the national team, we have decided not to offer him a new two-year period in this position. Certainly, we do not rule out future cooperation," Estonian FA (EJL) president Aivar Pohlak said in a statement.
"We made this decision after last Friday's friendly against Azerbaijan," he added, referring to Estonia's 2-1 home win.
"I want to state that Tarmo is the most successful head coach in Estonia's history. We produced some beautiful performances, played some great matches and delivered some unbelievable results in Euro 2012 qualification."
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Estonia, who reached the Euro 2012 playoffs as runners-up to Italy in their group but lost 5-1 to Ireland over two legs, were second-bottom of their World Cup qualifying section for next year's finals in Brazil with two wins and a draw in 10 matches.
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From the beginning of pregnancy through early childhood, parenting is exciting, exhausting, overwhelming, perplexing and rewarding - usually all at once. And what better time to be a parent than now, when you can access all the information you need, find an understanding ear instantly and share your child's milestones with loved ones far and near, all thanks to the internet.
But are we considering the legacy we're creating for our children? Is it a lasting tribute to their first years or a burden that they'll resent? This parents' guide to digital early years looks at:
- What's safe and acceptable to share about your family
- When to introduce technology to your child and how to set guidelines and limits
- How to lead by example, develop good online habits and be aware of problems
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"They will be the first generation whose every milestone can be captured and shared without boundaries or time limits. How will that look by the time they become parents or senior citizens? And what's the best practice for today's parents?"
About Author
Judith Bitterli has more than 25 years executive experience and is now Senior Vice President at AVG. Judith is also a former owner of three companies and is steeped in the joys and travails of start-ups and sustaining growing small businesses. She blogs at http://blogs.avg.com
Imagine a digital identity that spans an entire lifetime, from the first ultrasound scan picture through childhood scribblings, graduation pictures, digital wedding invitations and every picture, post or piece of digital content that encapsulates a life.
This is the legacy of today's children. They will be the first generation whose every milestone can be captured and shared without boundaries or time limits. How will that look by the time they become parents or senior citizens? And what's the best practice for today's parents who have no digital touchstone to guide them?
From pregnancy websites to tell-all mommy blogs, we have more opportunities than ever to learn and share about all the scary, fun, big and little things that come with expecting and raising children.
It can be reassuring to see that others are experiencing the same wonders of pregnancy, trials of the toddler years and all the laughter and tears of parenting. Facebook, Skype and other tools keep far-flung family up-to-date while providing invaluable support in our increasingly fragmented society. Today's moms and dads have traded old-fashioned pride for 'sharenting,' while children practically enter the world as fully formed digital citizens. Technology that has enthralled us is nothing more than a way of life for them.
For their part, older kids are e-mailing, instant messaging, posting, tweeting, chatting, watching, playing and using the vast resources of the web for their school work and social needs. Whereas most of us can remember the first clunky car phones, the kid who can't use a mobile device is as rare as the one who can identify an Etch-aSketch. But do they - and do we - entirely grasp the impact of our digital identities?
We're yet to see how all our clicking, tapping and uploading toward total connectivity will play out. But one thing's for sure: once you're online, there's no going back.
Welcome to the "sharenting" generation. Parenting today can often mean recording and sharing your son's or daughter's life from ultrasound images during pregnancy to first steps to the first day at school. Here's our field guide for parents on how to share their joy and introduce their children to the internet, safely.
The first baby picture used to be a beaming mom and dad showing off their newborn to the world. Today, babies make their digital debut through grainy ultrasound images that parents or grandparents can't resist sharing.
Digital Debut
The world knows that your baby is a boy, thanks to Twitter. The Instagrammed ultrasound photo shows him sucking his thumb. Your Facebook post gives his due date as August 28, so he'll either be one of the oldest or youngest in his class when he gets to school - and that's all before he's been born, much less before you start shopping for his first lunch box.
Increasingly, kids have a presence online well before they actually come into the world. Sometimes it's just a tasteful announcement from excited expectant parents, sometimes it's a day-byday account of every kick, hiccup and expanding-belly photo. Your child will establish themselves online someday anyway, so what difference does it make if you're giving them a head start?
Chances are, not much. When they're older, most children probably won't care that a black-and-white ultrasound photo of them looking like a small alien exists somewhere in cyberspace.
But it's at least worth having a chat with others about what is or isn't acceptable to share; your parents, for instance, may start posting about the anticipated arrival if they assume you've already done so. You may want to exercise caution in sharing before the baby is born, at least in the early part of a pregnancy. All expectant parents dread the worst happening, and posts on blogs and social sites might complicate matters if any problems arise.
Likewise, pregnancies elicit all kinds of reactions that you can't always foresee; friends or relatives who have struggled to become parents may find your joyous news hard to take, even if they're happy for you. Remember that you can't anticipate how things may be interpreted online, and content can be difficult or impossible to remove.
Parental pride is a powerful emotion. Moms and dads feel compelled to share the news about first steps, first words and those ever-so-cute but embarrassing moments. But how private is the information you share on the web?
Share what you like, bearing in mind your children - or their future employers - might not appreciate it later.
Birth to toddler
Once your perfect baby arrives, every relative with internet access will be clamoring to see whose nose she's inherited and how chubby her knees are. And after months of waiting, you'll likely be more than willing to oblige.
Gone are the days of paper birth announcements and hospital-issued photos of scrunchy-faced newborns swaddled in a generic pink or blue blanket. Parents can now tailor exactly how - and how frequently - they want to introduce their newborns, from twitpics to entire photoshoots shared on Tumblr. But hold your hashtags: do you know who will own the rights to those photos, videos and other information once they're online? Or what sites such as Facebook can do with your content once you've agreed to their terms and conditions?
Furthermore, have you checked your privacy settings to control who can or can't access information about your child? Or maybe you just want to share certain posts with friends and family so that work colleagues or contacts, for example, aren't left with the impression that your professionalism has gone out with the dirty diapers.
Share what you like, bearing in mind your children - or their future employers - might not appreciate it later. Also your friends, especially those who don't have children, will only tolerate so much. No one wants to know about your baby's bodily functions, no matter how hilarious it seems when you're sleep deprived and your nerves are shot.
Sharenting 101
AVG isn't here to tell you how to parent, but we do have a few friendly tips for striking the right balance when putting your kids online.
Read terms and conditions
Before posting about your child, consider who owns the content and how it could be used.
Think about the future
What are the future implications of posting this image/video/ anecdote?
Set up a Google alert for your child
And search online regularly for your child to check and monitor what information becomes public.
Take an interest and set an example
As your child gets older, ensure their online privacy and safety by taking an interest and providing guidance on the consequences of 'oversharing.' Lead by example and keep communication open with your kids.
Establish closed networks
Share your content with a close circle of friends and family, then set up groups on social networking sites so you only post to those who are in your 'trusted' network. Can anyone you don't know (friends of your friends or others) access the information you're sharing?
It may seem hard to believe when your baby is only approaching the two-year mark, but the next few years will be a whirlwind of discoveries as they start to notice your smartphone can entertain them on long car trips and grandpa and grandma realize they can read them stories from a computer screen.
Tell them to let you know if anything they come across online scares them or makes them feel uncomfortable.
Wonder years
No matter how much you want to shield your young children from developing a screen addiction, sooner or later they're going to come in contact with an aunt's phone, an older cousin's game console or any of the other technology that enchants youngsters.
Nurseries may not be considering incorporating iPads just yet, but it's a safe bet many preschools will have them, along with basic desktops that get kids used to using a mouse and keyboard.
So what kind of digital parent will you be? Do you want your child to engage with simple programs that will equip them with computer skills as early as possible? Or do you believe devices inhibit patience, creativity and problem-solving skills? Maybe you're somewhere in between, happy to let them babble on FaceTime or watch the occasional Sesame Street while hoping to delay the inevitable crawl toward autonomous internet use.
Either way, it's best to play it safe by setting up parental controls and internet filters before they discover how to click through from a YouTube clip of Chuggington to something unsavory.
It's certainly not too early to set limits on how much screen time they're allowed, but nor should you shy away from talking to your preschool-aged children about being careful when they're online. Without planting ideas in their heads, tell them to let you know if anything they come across online scares them or makes them feel uncomfortable.
Social media isn't designed for younger children. But there are social games aimed at youngsters that allow them to make new friends and even chat with people live online. But do they know who they are chatting to? Do you?
Playing games
Once kids are at school, using the internet for homework inevitably tumbles into playing online games, social media and tentative steps towards digital independence. So now's a good time to establish good online habits, starting with virus protection and parental controls.
Keep communication open and trust your children to do the right thing. They won't always, of course, and they probably won't talk to you about some things you'd rather they didn't see. But it's important they feel they can and know that you're paying attention, whether that means keeping computers or other devices in a common space, such as the living room, or insisting on certain rules when they're away from home.
Apart from children's online games that have a chat option, most social media isn't designed for younger children. But that doesn't mean they won't find ways to create a profile and connect with their real-life friends; nor does it mean they'll actually know everyone who follows or friend-requests them.
Reiterate that people aren't always who they say they are online, and insist your children never speak to or meet with anyone you haven't approved of yet. Consider whether your child is actually old enough to have a social account (Facebook's policy bars users under 13 years old, but how many kids obey that?) and talk to them about what is or isn't safe to share online. Also tell them that whatever they say or put online is there to stay, so they should try to be as kind and respectful as they would be in person.
Good digital habits and precautionary steps at home are one thing. What happens when your child steps through the front door and onto the school bus? With a mobile device, they take the internet wherever they go.
If your child is a victim of cyberbullying, or may be a cyberbully, don't expect their school to settle it. It's your responsibility. Keep an eye on whether your child seems frightened or anxious. Get advice online or from your child's doctor or teacher.
Tweenage clicks
Remember being 9 years old and finding your sister's stash of Seventeen Magazine, the one you weren't supposed to pick up much less flick through? Chances are this was the least of your youthful transgressions.
Now imagine what your pre-teens can get a hold of with a few quick clicks.
Just because your little girl still has tea parties and your young son seems more interested in playing Flight Path than Grand Theft Auto doesn't mean kids on their school bus are so innocent.
Particularly with mobile phones, plenty of inappropriate content can get into the wrong hands, whether or not you've taken precautionary steps at home.
You might want your child to have a cell phone for emergencies, but do they really need their own smartphone or tablet, which could easily be lost, stolen or broken? In any case, be sure to password or passcode protect all devices and accounts and talk to kids about the dangers of giving away this information, even to their close friends. A hacked account won't necessarily lead to cyberbullying, but it could make things tough for your child.
Also keep tabs on their activity by checking the browser history and Googling them to see what information other people can see. Kids on Twitter or other social sites often don't realize that information they're making public - such as where they live or go to school - shouldn't be there for anyone to find. The same goes for photos uploaded to sites such as Flickr, where embedded data can pinpoint the picture's location on a map.
Worlds of fun
Club Penguin
A virtual world where kids aged 6-14 can play games and activities, including creating cartoon penguin avatars. One of a number of so-called massively multiplayer online games (MMOG), Club Penguin has millions of members around the world who can interact simultaneously, but moderators patrol the game to prevent players making inappropriate comments or revealing personal information. Joining is free but paid memberships enable players to make virtual purchases, such as bigger igloos for their penguin avatars. www.clubpenguin.com is part of the popular Disney kids' site, www.disney.com
The Club
Nickelodeon's site for children and younger teens, where they can play games with Spongebob Squarepants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other characters from their favorite television shows. Most games are free but some are available as apps. www.nick.com
Moshi Monsters
With more than 80 million registered users around the world, Moshi Monsters lets kids create and customize pets, which they can then use to navigate around the game's virtual world. Like other MMOGs, it combines social networking and games in a safe, child-oriented format. The site lists fun, education and safety as its core values and requires parental consent for users to activate an account. Moshi Monsters is free to use, but paid memberships give players additional options. www.moshimonsters.com
PBS Kids
Home to Dr. Seuss, Sesame Street, Dinosaur Train and other shows loved by youngsters, PBS Kids is a one-stop bonanza of games, clips and educational activities. Kids can play a number of free games or download apps, while parents and teachers can print materials and find project ideas. www.pbskids.org
Stay cool
It's unlikely your child will stumble upon the wrong kind of website, start an online bullying campaign or share your PayPal details with everyone on the playground. The toothy grinning toddler picture you shared on Facebook is unlikely to be appropriated for a baby food ad. And you're not going to lose a lifelong friend because you got carried away bragging about how gifted and talented your 3-yearold is (or maybe you will). The point is, these things can happen, so don't let your own technological ignorance or cavalier attitude get the best of you. It's a big digital world out there but it's not all boogeymen and bad guys, so just apply your best parental judgment and make the most of it.
With a few tips, you can make the experience even better for everyone concerned.