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Don McCorkell is a large man. McCorkell, who spent 18 years as an Oklahoma state representative, looks like someone who has enjoyed a fried chicken dinner or two in his day. Yet he has put together, and is the central on-screen figure in, a compelling film that will make you think twice before you buy your next chicken wing.
In fact, you will not want to eat a supermarket chicken anytime soon.
The absorbing and well-researched documentary, "A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms," was released this summer as the state of Oklahoma was getting ready to take 11 poultry companies to court, charging them with contaminating the Oklahoma-Arkansas watershed with hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic waste from the 1,800 factory-like poultry "farms" in the area.
Federal District Judge Gregory Frizzell is now hearing the case in a Tulsa, Okla., courtroom.
The chicken waste contains arsenic, hormones and antibiotics that can cause serious illness and even death in humans. They come from the feed and drugs used for chickens and turkeys crammed into "confined animal feeding operations" (CAFOs) that have replaced traditional family farms in much of our country.
These operations, run by contractors, are wholly controlled by the big meat companies. They produce 95 percent of the poultry we find in supermarkets and the majority of beef and pork.
The CAFOs also produce vast amounts of toxic ammonia, sickening odors and poisonous dust. And the runoff into waterways is turning once-blue lakes and rivers green with algae, driving away fishing, recreation and tourism.
The defendants in the Oklahoma lawsuit include Tyson Foods, Inc., the world's largest meat producer, Cargill, Inc., and nine other poultry companies. A Tyson spokesman said the company has spent "in the millions of dollars" on lawyers in the case, Forbes reports.
"It's cheaper for them to hire lawyers and fight" than to fix the problem they have caused, Bill Berry, a Honey Creek, Okla., landowner, comments in the film. "The poultry companies will not do something until they're made to do it."
Interviewed in the film, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson contrasts the behavior of Tyson unfavorably with that of the tobacco industry. Phillip Morris, says Edmondson, wanted to settle the class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry and move on. But Tyson, he says, is "almost the exact opposite." The company is "one of the most difficult to deal with" in the industry, he says. "They are used to having their own way."
The poultry companies, the film charges, have used a combination of political power at state and federal levels, money, intimidation and even physical threats to avoid responsibility for cleaning up their act.
The film shows scenic waterways like Oklahoma's Illinois River becoming coated by algae slime, fueled by runoff from the area's poultry operations. And it shows nightmarish scenes of thousands of chickens jammed into pens and onto slaughter assembly lines that are breeding grounds for disease - thus spurring the poultry industry's rampant use of drugs and growth hormones.
But the film makes its most compelling impact through the reasonable voices of scientists, public officials and local residents, as well as McCorkell himself.
"Thirty thousand birds in a barn, and you don't clean it because you believe antibiotics will kill the germs, is a perfect recipe for contamination of the human food supply," says Dr. Robert Lawrence, director of the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In Prairie Grove, Ark., where a poultry CAFO sits near a local school, the parents of Holly Green, who died of cancer at age 10, discovered their daughter was one of a cluster of children in the area, from teenagers to a 3-year-old, who had died from cancer. Arsenic levels in household dust there were found to be far above safety levels. Arsenic, used for chicken growth enhancement, is a human carcinogen even at very low levels.
"We just never imagined we were being poisoned by chicken litter, something we'd smelled our entire lives," Holly's mother says.
It's not just an Oklahoma/Arkansas problem, the film shows.
Former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendenning tells how Maryland's Chesapeake Bay and its people have been sickened by discharges from poultry factory farms.
In Clayton, Mich., Dean Henning weeps as he and his wife Lynn describe how his elderly parents "suffer every day" from the stench of a neighboring CAFO. "They are choking to death down there," says Henning. The company, he says, has tried to intimidate his parents and drive them out of their homes.
"If this is considered the future of agriculture, there's going to be nobody living in rural areas," says John Klein, head of Environmental Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan.
The European Union, Japan and Australia have much stricter regulation and enforcement practices for their meat production than the U.S., the film emphasizes.
"A River of Waste" points to the importance of the court case now under way in Oklahoma. If Tyson and the other poultry companies are forced to clean up their mess, it will set an important precedent for the rest of the food industry.
"A River of Waste" is distributed by Cinema Libre Studio, and can be ordered at www.ariverofwaste.com. It is available on Netflix, or ask for it at your local library or video store.
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Mälarlegender (Rangström, Ture)
It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). As this work was first published before 1923 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright with no "restoration" under the GATT amendments, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well.
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Sheet Music
Piano Scores
Complete Score
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Stockholm: Abraham Lundquists Musikforlag, 1920. Plate Abr.L. 4941.
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I. Lento improvisato, quasi Notturno
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Vitalijus Dobrovolskis
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The missing note at the right hand on the first bar of the third line of page 14 is a natural D.
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Javon Walker, signed by the Raiders in 2008 to be their No. 1 receiver, has asked for his release.
The veteran wideout is looking for a chance to resurrect his NFL career with a team interested in a former Pro Bowl player who believes he is in his prime. Nowadays, he is nothing more than an afterthought on the Raiders.
"That would be nice," Walker said earlier this week, "because, the thing about it is, it's not that I can't play. I can play. From everyone who sees me at practice, I still got it going on."
Thursday was an exception, as Walker left practice early with a hamstring injury.
Walker struggled through his first season with the Raiders. He battled another hamstring injury most of training camp last year, missed the first game, then caught only 15 passes in eight games before a season-ending ankle injury.
Walker has overcome surgeries on his ankle and knee within the past year and said he has worked his way back into the best shape of his eight-year NFL career. But he hasn't caught a pass through the first eight games.
Now the expected return of No. 1 receiver Chaz Schilens on Sunday against Kansas City all but assures Walker spending the rest of the season buried on the depth chart, if not on the bench.
"If you get an injury here, an injury there, then he's the next guy," coach Tom Cable said when asked what it would take for Walker to see the field again. "That has kind of been his role in this whole thing."
It's a precipitous fall from where Walker stood 18 months ago, when the Raiders signed him to a six-year contract that guaranteed him $16 million. He collected $12 million last season and is guaranteed $4.6 million through the end of next season.
Raiders managing general partner Al Davis made it clear he wants Cable to play the younger players, especially Schilens and rookies Darrius Heyward-Bey and Louis Murphy.
Former coach Lane Kiffin was hesitant to use Schilens and Johnnie Lee Higgins in the first four games last season.
"He wouldn't do it," Davis said. "That's why he got fired."
Cable heard Davis' message loud and clear. Schilens and Higgins were starting by season's end last year. Heyward-Bey and Murphy started the first eight games this season, with Walker either inactive or used only for a play here and there.
Walker said he understands the situation. As a result, he has played the good soldier, working hard and helping the younger receivers adjust to the NFL.
At the same time, he said, he wants people to understand that his lack of playing time has nothing to do with his ability.
"I know a lot of people have been questioning the coaches on why I haven't been playing," Walker said. "They just need to say that, 'Hey, we're going with the young group.' I understand that. That pretty much would at least stop all the questions being asked."
Walker, 31, caught 89 passes for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns — all career-highs — for Green Bay in 2004. He had 69 catches for 1,084 yards and eight touchdowns with Denver in 2006.
He said there isn't any reason he can't put up similar numbers now that his knee is healthy. He also isn't ruling out the prospect of returning to the Raiders next season.
"Yeah, if the right situation presented itself, a good situation, then, yeah," Walker said. "But, if not, it's a business, and you got to move on and make it happen somewhere else."
Javon Walker's receiving statistics since joining the Raiders:
Year G Rec. Yds Avg. TD
2008 8 15 196 13.1 1
2009 3 0 -- -- 0
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News: Rimington Caravan Park
80s disco !!
Last weekend saw another great 80s disco in the club with your DJs Nigel and Andrew , it is said pictures paint a thousand words so enjoy these !!!
Posted on 29th September 2014
Bank holiday weekend
The lovely weather combined with a variety of entertainment in the club, resulted in a great bank holiday at Rimington. Saturday night saw Garry Riley visit Rimington for the 1st time and as can be seen from the pictures a packed club really enjoyed his humour and singing, a fun night had by all! Sunday evening was a combination of the famous Rimington bingo and another brain busting hour of Big Bobs Quiz, a great way to end the weekend in the club and a genuine thank you to all who contributed in any way.
Easter 2014
That was a busy Easter! The sunny weather in the days before the holiday coupled with the fact that we only have 2 caravans for sale on the 8 month area, meant many owners enjoyed their Easter at Rimington.
Saturday night saw (or heard) karaoke in the club, enough said! However everyone enjoyed the variety of singing styles and thanks to Tony and Carol for the equipment and organisation which made the night a success.
Easter Sunday afternoon is the date for the Rimington Caravan Park darts competition when 16 pairs of players set off on their journey to victory, however only one pair can win and this year's champions are Keith and Dot with runners up being Nigel and Ivan, a great afternoon enjoyed by all!
Sunday night saw the famous Rimington bingo being played and thanks to Bill and Sandra for delivering the bank holiday bingo, this was followed by Big Bad Bob's Big Bad Quiz, which was in fact very good! A big thanks to Bob for writing and presenting the quiz, a great finale to a great bank holiday and a big thank you to everyone on the park for your help in creating a relaxed atmosphere.
David Leeming congratulates Ivan as Nigel looks on anticipating a firm handshake!
Winners of the darts competition- Keith and Dot
Posted on 23rd April 2014
Spring 2014Welcome to another season at Rimington after what must be one of the mildest winters on record!! you could count the number of frosty nights on one hand, quite amazing after the cold of the past 3 years, lets hope it hasn't a sting in its tail and we have a lovely dry spring! When you see the photos of the flooding and wind damage that some parts of the country have endured I think we have been very fortunate. It has been a busy start to the year with 4 completed static caravan sales and 2 subject to completion which has resulted in only 5 caravans for sale on the 8.5 month area and 3 on the 12 month area, the lowest number for many years plus there is quite a demand from people wanting to relocate to Rimington. Subject to the weather forecast we plan to turn on the water the week commencing 10th of March and so begins our 18th season at Rimington !!
Posted on 26th February 2014
The end of the season
Where does the time go , one minute we are opening the park , turning on the water and welcoming caravan owners and now we are closing for the winter!!, at least we can reflect on a great year in every respect, mainly due to the weather. A huge thank you to all the caravan owners and visitors for supporting and contributing and making Rimington what it is ,many prospective owners comment on how the park looks and I always point out that anyone can mow grass and trim hedges , it is the people on the park that makes it a special place !!! THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT 2013 !! Posted on 6th November 2013


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Uneducated?(Original post by blueray)
How much poison do you need to die?
I will only take it once on holiday... surely that must mean I wont die?
So many uneducated people on this forum, it's unbelievable.
You haven't even got past your GCSE's yet, so before you tell older people off, i suggest you look at yourself first kid.
Planning Man v Food tour in USA for next summer - help would be awesome!
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Spirit seems to be pretty good for domestic US flights.
Also, Man v. Food.
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Tried this last year but only made it to 9 places Every single one was incredible though.
The problem we found is that a lot of places aren't in city centres so unless you have a car it's quite difficult. But with the sheer amount of places to choose from you should be able to tickle your tastebuds to a ridiculous degree
JetBlue for internal flights, great prices and all you can eat snacks are perfect for your trip
What places did you visit?
And thank you also for the flight recommendations!
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That sounds awesome!
As for planning the trip itself, considering you're sticking to the east coast i'd say to look for flights to NY as they're usually cheapest.
Then most places along the east coast are reasonably close to each other (within a few hours) so you could travel by train or bus, for trains try Amtrak, or if you're travelling around the area between New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia, then the NJ transit website would be better for that as Amtrak sticks mostly to major cities, where as NJ transit is more for local area trains.
As for bus, try Megabus, which I think only runs on the east coast, although I might be wrong. Or Greyhound. I think you can buy passes with these companies that will allow you unlimited travel for a certain period of time.
Good luck with it!
And for the person who's telling me to avoid, we're only going for three weeks, and only down the East Coast, so I don't think we'd make it to many!
Plus I'm such a weakass, it'll be my boyfriend who tries the challenges! (Although I might take on a rib challenge... Carolina riiiiibs! )
Thanks for all the input!
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Thank you!! I've heard such horror stories about the US Greyhound haha, but I've used the UK one loads of times and it's been brilliant, and apparently it's crazily cheap over there?!
I think Bolt buses might be a little more reliable than megabus or greyhound, although they don't go to as many places, I think they only go between NY, Philadelphia, DC, Boston and Baltimore in terms of major cities, plus a few other places. And I think they might cost a little more, but they're still pretty cheap for what you're getting!
If you're looking for a bit more reliability, not total reliability but maybe a little more so , then maybe just pay a little extra and stick to trains
If you want to get some user reviews and suggestions on restaurants, try chowhound.com or yelp.com. You can search near the location you are wanting to go to. If you want to get across the country cheap, try Green Tortoise - I just did a trek across america and it was a fab way to travel. They provide food, though so that might not be in your plan. http://www.greentortoise.com/adventu...s-country.html
If you change your mind and decide to go to the West Coast, think about renting a camper with Wicked Campers....it would get you to the out of city places and it's pretty much the only affordable way to hire any sort of vehicle in the US before you're 25! I think they've only started in North America fairly recently, but are really established in Australia and NZ, and they have a UK branch too.
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Basically, my boyfriend and I have become completely hooked on the show Man v Food recently (if you haven't seen it, it's on Dave or most food / travel networks and it is awesome), and we've had this idea that we'd like to visit some of the places Adam visited and try some of the challenges, after I officially finally graduate next summer
We settled on an East coast tour because although we wanted to go to places like Texas and Colarado, we didn't want to over complicate it. Has anyone ever done an American cross country before? We're a bit bemused as to where to start planning - especially where flights are concerned!
Any tips?
Lombardi's Pizza (first pizzeria in America)
Sevilla Restaurant & Bar (Amazing Spanish food...have a paella and feel like you've died and gone to heaven! If you're over 21, also try their sangria. It's quite expensive, though)
Carnegie Deli (amazing cheesecake...huge slices so you'll need to split a piece!)
Grand Central Oyster Bar (great clam chowder and pretty much anything else. and it's in grand central station!)
Those four really stick out. Went to an amazing greek place too, but I can't remember the name of it.
All of these places are very busy, so make sure to get there in plenty of time or you'll spend a long time waiting!
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How much poison do you need to die?
I will only take it once on holiday... surely that must mean I wont die?
So many uneducated people on this forum, it's unbelievable.
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WMTW News 8's Paul Merrill has the latest local headlines for Sunday evening.Video Transcript
HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO NEWS-8 NOW, I'M PAUL MERRILL IT WAS A BUSY DAY ON THE TURNPIKE IN YORK COUNTY SUNDAY. SEVERAL VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN TWO SEPARATE ACCIDENTS, JUST A COUPLE OF MILES APART. THE FIRST CRASH WAS REPORTED AROUND 9:30 A-M NEAR MILE MARKER 23 IN KENNEBUNK ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. STATE POLICE SAY A CANOE FELL INTO THE ROADWAY, AND TWO CARS HIT EACH OTHER WHILE TRYING TO AVOID IT. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR AT LEAST TWO MILES UNTIL THE SCENE WAS CLEARED, WHICH WAS AROUND 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON. THEN AT AROUND 2 THIS AFTERNOON, ANOTHER CRASH, JUST UP THE ROAD NEAR EXIT 25, ALSO ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE. THIS ONE INVOLVED THREE CARS... POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THAT CRASH.. NOBODY WAS HURT IN EITHER CRASH NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE ACROSS MAINE HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS... AND THIS WEEKEND, THE MS SOCIETY HOSTED THE 33RD ANNUAL HARBOR FEST FOR THOSE LIVING WITH MS. THE WEEKEND WAS FULL OF EVENTS, INCLUDING AN AUCTION ON FRIDAY AND A REGATTA HELD SATURDAY. SUNDAY'S MAIN EVENTS INCLUDED THE LOBSTERBOAT AND TUGBOAT RACES. THIS YEAR, A SPECIAL FUNDRAISING GOAL WAS SET FOR PARTICIPANTS BY ONE TEAM, TO HELP THE ORGANIZATION REACH A NEW RECORD. We challenged the other skippers to try to raise fifty thousand dollars and if they did, we would match it to make a grand total of 100 thousand dollars. You can go up and down this coast and you'll find almost in any harbor we race in somebody who's affected by MS. So a lot of these guys know someone who has the disease, and so they all like to help. THE M-S SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND WAS ABLE TO RAISE MORE THAN 150 THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER THE WEEKEND, WHICH IS A NEW RECORD. THE MONEY WILL HELP THOSE WITH M-S BY FUNDING THINGS LIKE WHEEL CHAIRS AND EQIPMENT FOR THEIR HOMES, AND IT WILL ALSO GO TO RESEARCH TO HELP FIND A CURE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON NEWS-8 NOW. I'M PAUL MERRILL. MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK AT WMTW DOT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP FOR THE TOP STORIES AND WEATHER ANYTIME.
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Romancing the Office
Blending work with romance can be dicey, but we spend so much of our lives with co-workers that intra-staff relationships are all but inevitable. Are some jobs more conducive to them than others?
The job-search site CareerCast.com has just come up with a list of seven jobs that offer workers a good chance of meeting a mate. Among them are hotel guest-service agent ("you'll be exposed to many single professionals who may be there for business") and flight attendant (you'll "have at least a couple of hours to make an impression as you work the aisles").
The other occupations on the CareerCast list: bartender, fitness instructor/personal trainer, retail sales specialist, pharmaceutical representative and dance instructor.
I suppose I can add journalist to the list. As I mentioned in a post a few years back, my wife and I met when we were both working at Dow Jones Newswires. We became friends but didn't start dating until I left for another job—not out of concern about dating a colleague, it just worked out that way. And work out it did: Next month we will have been together for 16 years, and we've been married for 11 1/2.
Readers, is your profession a magnet for couples, or is dating frowned upon in your workplace? Did you meet your significant other at work—or would you be open to doing so?


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Tuesday, CDOT unveiled the ad, which promotes wearing seat belts and keeping your children safe in the car.
State Senator Dave Schultheis, (R) Colorado Springs, says he's disappointed in CDOT because taxpayer dollars were used to produce an ad which caters to a small percentage of state residents. He also feels the ad discourages immigrants from learning English.
CDOT officials say in 2007, 23 percent of all unbuckled crash victims in the state were Hispanic. They say the ad shows they're committed to keeping all Colorado residents safe.
"I understand there may be an issue out there but I think it could be handled in ways other than using tax dollars," said Schultheis. "And these people need to be fluent in English so they can do well in the economy we have."
"This seat belt PSA is one way we can reach the Hispanic community in a culturally relevant way, but also in Spanish where it is easier to understand as far as the message we're trying to get across," said Heather Halpape, a spokesperson for CDOT.
CDOT says the ad cost about $15,000 to produce. They expect it to begin airing on Spanish speaking channels in the coming months.


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I have been playing around with some filesystem stuff on Solaris x86 lately in my free time and a bunch of things are brewing. While doing all this I constantly hit against the lack of a good partition table viewing tool.
The standard fdisk just does not cut the ice. In addition I wanted to see all extended partitions as well since I intend to support accessing other filesystems on extended partitions. So I spent a couple of weekends and conjured up a utility to dump the entire x86 partition table in various formats - Philip Brown's getfdisk.c was my starting point.
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text: Yaddo Yaddo Receives Major Gift By Lucas Willard • Dec 4, 2015 yaddo.org Listen Listening... / 0:42 The Saratoga Springs artist colony Yaddo has received a major gift to support a new visual arts studio. Yaddo Open Tours By Joe Donahue • Sep 16, 2014 yaddo.org Listen Listening... / 12:33 Yaddo – the National Historic Landmark and privates artists' colony in Saratoga Springs - will open this weekend for guided public tours for the first time in 3 years and only the 6th time in their history. Artists who have worked at Yaddo have won 71 Pulitzer Prizes, 29 MacArthur Fellowships, 68 National Book Awards, 42 National Book Critics Circle Awards and even a Nobel Prize to Saul Bellow. This weekend you can see the very walls they stared at while waiting to create and the spaces that surrounded them while they ultimately did write, compose, choreograph, paint, print, sculpt and film. SPAC - Yaddo By Joe Donahue & Alan Chartock • Aug 8, 2013 Listen Listening... / 7:20 Yaddo has hosted thousands of artists, including James Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein , Truman Capote, John Cheever, Aaron Copland, Ruth Heller, Patricia Highsmith, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Philip Roth, Mario Puzo, Flannery O'Connor, and Anne Truitt. Just to name a few. Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment." This morning we are joined by Lesley Leduc, Public Affairs Coordinator for Yaddo who joined the staff in 1992. She is responsible for all Yaddo publications and outreach materials, and frequently lectures about the artists' retreat. A Celebration of the Yaddo Festivals of American Music By Joe Donahue • Sep 7, 2012 Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400-acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York that offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. SPAC - Yaddo By Joe Donahue & Alan Chartock • Aug 3, 2012 from alloveralbany.com We are joined at SPAC by Lesley Leduc, Public Affairs Coordinator for Yaddo and Richard McCann, author of Mother of Sorrows. He teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University and also serves on the Board of Directors of the PEN Faulkner Foundation and is a Member of the Corporation of Yaddo.


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A Brown County man has been charged in an assault that left another man hospitalized.
Sheriff's deputies said they were looking for 27-year-old Kenneth Brandenburg, of Higginsport, since May 28, when 50-year-old Clyde Abercrombie was beaten up.
Authorities said Abercrombie, also of Higginsport, suffered a serious head injury and was taken by helicopter to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Deputies received information that led them to an apartment complex July 12 in Amelia, where they arrested Brandenburg.
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One of the storylines heading into the Central Coast Section's version of Selection Sunday was whether the Leigh boys basketball team would get chosen for the Open Division.
When the Longhorns appeared on the computer screen during a streamed midday selection show, coach Patrick Judge broke down in tears.
After a week of turmoil -- injuries and a stunning loss to Sobrato in a league tournament -- the Longhorns still received a No. 6 seed in the eight-team Open bracket and will face No. 3 Serra in the opening round Friday night.
"I'm not normally that sentimental of a guy," Judge said. "But we've been working on this and striving for this all year. It's a culmination of a lot of hard work. The boys deserve that recognition."
Archbishop Mitty, the West Catholic Athletic League season and tournament champion, was seeded No. 1 in the Open and Burlingame No. 2.
For Burlingame and its star guard, Frankie Ferrari, its opening-round game Friday is against Ferrari's former team, Archbishop Riordan. The Crusaders are seeded seventh.
"I'm familiar with the team and what they do," the USF-bound Ferrari said. "I'm ready to get this started."
Half Moon Bay was seeded fourth and will meet No. 5 Sacred Heart Cathedral. Mitty plays No. 8 Santa Cruz.
SHC was the top seed in the girls Open Division, followed by No. 2 St. Ignatius, No. 3 Mitty, No. 4 Pinewood, No. 5 Presentation, No. 6 Scotts Valley, No. 7 Eastside College Prep and No. 8 Wilcox.
Wilcox coach Kevin White, whose team won the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's De Anza Division, said he was not disappointed by the eighth seed, noting that he told an assistant last week that seeding was not going to make much difference.
"All eight teams are going to be very good," said White, who led the Chargers to the Open semifinals last season. "Whoever is doing well at that time is going to do well. I was a little surprised at 8, but I am very OK with it."
Wilcox opens against Sacred Heart Cathedral, which beat St. Ignatius in the WCAL tournament final Saturday.
The other No. 1 girls seeds were Gunn (Division I), St. Francis (Division II), Valley Christian (Division III), Notre Dame-Belmont (Division IV) and St. Francis CCC (Division V).
The remaining No. 1 boys seeds were San Benito (Division I), St. Ignatius (Division II), Mills (Division III), Sacred Heart Prep (Division IV) and Pinewood (Division V).
Leigh thought it was headed for Division II after its loss to Sobrato, which followed an injury to shooting guard Josh Verner (broken hand) and back issues for power forward Devin Miller, who Judge said is feeling much better after a chiropractor visit Friday.
But the nine-member selection committee, made up of representatives from the section's nine leagues, chose Leigh over St. Ignatius, which beat Mitty twice during the season and tied for second in the WCAL.
Leigh and S.I. are both D-II schools, which meant the committee could not choose both because no more than three teams from the same enrollment division can make the Open. Mitty and Serra are also D-II schools.
"We were at peace wherever the selection committee decided to put us," Judge said. "It was still a bit of a shock, though, absolutely."
Staff writer Glenn Reeves contributed to this report. For more on high school sports, see the After School blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/highschools.


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With it being the Olympics and expectations for Team GB at an all time high I get on to thinking about my own sporting journey, and of course it is by no means anywhere near as important as the medals, but wow wee, there is only 47 days to go… yes 47 excuse me whilst I throw up a little! #RunThisTown is well n truly picking up pace now and my training for the GNR half mara hit fever pitch this weekend when I managed to log my first 10miles in training. 10 miles has always been a big mental barrier and a year ago a physical one too, but on Sunday I laced up the trainers, ignored the severe weather warnings (in July!) and headed out. The first 3 miles for me always seem hard: I never know how my body will react and know by now, that if by the end of the 3 miles I'm still uncomfortable then this run isn't going much further, and this run was no exception. At 3 miles I had only just found my stride but I had found it good, I eased into the 4mile mark and with my thoughts solely on the GNR actual race, I got to thinking about my #RunThisTown team mates.
Being able to say I'm with these guys has been great: I know I am based a million miles away from most of the team members but I know my girls and boys are always here for me online whenever I need advice or a kick up the bum. Mile 5 came easy but miles 6 and 7 were slightly jaded, and despite me going pretty much all the way around Maidenhead I still wasn't anywhere near finishing. With an ominous big black cloud chasing me, I headed off into Cookham and decided to go into the fields for a more rougher terrain, as the heavy rain began to fall my speed and spirit lifted – there is something magical about running in the rain – refreshing much?! And before I knew it, 10 miles was done.
Now I feel ready for the half marathon.
After my surprise ease at the 10 miler I was especially happy to see my first #RunThisTown email ping into my inbox. As you already know this was started by the gorgeous Sam (@samcentric) here http://geordieracer.posterous.com/runthistown and seeing the first email made me swell with pride. With handy running tips and the opportunity to make plans for before AND after the big race, this email couldn't have come at a better time, so this is where you lot come into it, if you are running the Great North Run half marathon and you want to run with some amazing runners that are, err, non-runners, want a giggle and to party hard then we ARE your team! Sign up for the emails by clicking HERE
Go on… you know you want to!
Lastly, I want to give a shout out to Nike… as a self-proclaimed Nike dressed advert every time I go out and run, there isn't a bigger or better compliment that someone copying and Nike have done just that… launching their own version of #RunThisTown. Now, I don't mind as such but it would be really awesome if Nike, read this and all our tweets and join us so we can really get #RunThisTown underway! We are all runners from different ends of the UK, doing what we like most and not taking ourselves too seriously…So come on Nike, give us a hand…. You can help us by tweeting @nikerunning telling them that WE #RunThisTown and link to Sam's post (http://geordieracer.posterous.com/runthistown) or this one!
Also, you can still go and show me some support by sponsoring me on my journey HERE
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Today I've been married 16 years!!!!!!! I can hardly believe it.
I'm reminded every day just how blessed I am. Two church plants, 3 kids, and a daily dose of me. I don't know how she does it but she's handled it all with such grace.
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The Saints now have back-to-back Premier League wins following last weekend's triumph away to QPR, which has seen them move clear of the foot of the table.
Adkins was happy with his side's performance and their recent run of results:
"It was probably a better performance than last week," he told SkySports.
"There was a good momentum about us and we carried that on today. It was a good performance.
"We scored two, but could have scored some more. The crowd were great, the players were great and we got a clean sheet.
"We've been progressing all the way through. Last week I spoke about a growing maturity about the group of players and I think we're progressing well.
"Our confidence has been good since the start of pre-season, but you've got to get yourself ready as quickly as possible to reach the level the Premier League is at.
"The players are doing that and doing that very well at this moment in time. We know we're in the hardest, toughest and most desirable league to be in.
"We worked very hard to get here and we'll continue to keep working hard. We have a forward momentum about ourselves."
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light tower
1A tall structure fitted with electric lights, typically used for outdoor illumination.
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- The remaining two light towers will be put up over the next two days.
- At Arizona State, he used to meditate atop a 200 - foot stadium light tower.
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1.1A lighthouse.
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J Street Marks Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut
May 5th, 2014
Today we mark Yom HaZikaron--Israeli Memorial Day--and remember those who have fallen in service to the State of Israel. We join with Israelis and Jews everywhere in honoring their ultimate sacrifice.
Tonight at sunset, we will ring in Yom Ha'atzmaut--Israeli Independence Day--and rejoice in the state's many achievements since its birth.
The linked holidays remind us that the dream of Israel was not realized overnight--millions of men and women have had a hand in building it and too many have fought and died to preserve it. Indeed, this work is yet unfinished. Sixty-six years after Israel's founding, its conflict with its neighbors persists, and its survival as a democratic, Jewish homeland hangs in the balance.
Each year, as the Memorial Day sirens echo across Israel, everything is still. Here in America, those of us committed to Israel's future also pause to reflect.
As we mark Independence Day, let us recall that in every generation, Israel is as strong as those who support it. Israeli sons and daughters give their best years to military service, and around the world, we pledge our support to ensure the future of the state for which they sacrifice. This makes it all the more important to build a pro-Israel constituency that is inclusive and engaged, to provide a broad basis for people across our community to advocate for Israel in a way that is consonant with their values and vision for the Jewish homeland.
Today, let us rededicate ourselves to the hard work still yet to be done, to end the conflict that began many decades ago and to secure the dream for generations to come.
We wish you a meaningful Yom HaZikaron and a happy Yom Ha'atzmaut.


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Dr. Phil McGraw says Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who masterminded the dead girlfriend hoax involving Manti Te'o, told him the Notre Dame linebacker was not involved in the scheme and that he ended up falling "deeply, romantically" in love with the Fighting Irish football player.
McGraw spoke on the "Today" show Wednesday, previewing an interview he did with Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old Southern California man who created the fictional woman Lennay Kekua. Tuiasosopo's interview will air in two parts on the "Dr. Phil Show" starting Thursday.
Since the hoax was revealed earlier this month, Te'o has said the relationship with Kekua started online, and the two only talked on the phone and exchanged electronic messages. Te'o said he was told of Kekua's "death" from leukemia just hours after his grandmother died in September.
McGraw said Tuiasosopo told him the voice of Kekua was his. Tuiasosopo and Te'o have said while the Kekua relationship went on for several years, there were times when they weren't in contact.
"There were many times where Manti and Lennay had broken up," Tuiasosopo said.
Tuiasosopo said he wanted to end the relationship between Kekua and Te'o before he had to fake Kekua's death.
"I wanted to end it because everything I had gone through, I finally realized I just had to move on with my life," he said.
Te'o's publicist declined comment.
Arizona finalized its $5 million, two-year contract with shortstop Cliff Pennington, avoiding arbitration. Pennington was acquired from the A's in October as part of a three-team trade that sent outfielder Chris Young to Oakland and reliever Heath Bell from Miami to Arizona.
A week before his expected return in Chile, Rafael Nadal says his left knee still hurts, "but I have to start sooner or later."
Andrea Cornelius scored on a penalty kick in the 84th minute to give Denmark a 1-1 draw against Mexico in a friendly in Glendale, Ariz. Marco Fabian gave Mexico a 1-0 lead on a penalty in the 68th minute
Frank Schleck was suspended for a year and will miss the Tour de France for using a banned substance (diuretic Xipamide) in last year's Tour. Luxembourg authorities backdated the suspension, sidelining the cyclist until July 14 when the Tour enters its last week.


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What Does "For Worse" Look Like?
Their love survived...their parents' illnesses continued...
Greg may not have understood Diane's need then, but he got a crash course two years later, when his own father, who has emphysema, was rushed to the hospital; he was not expected to live. Now Diane learned what it was like to be stonewalled. "It was eerie to see this unresponsive, unemotional side of Greg," she admits. And occasionally her desire to know what was going on in his head got the best of her. "She'd hammer away at me and I'd be begging her to stop asking questions," Greg says. But over time, they both learned that "being there" sometimes required giving each other space. "We'd go for hours without talking to each other, which we'd never done before," Diane says. It felt strange at first, but eventually, when one of them would least expect it, the other would open up.
"The experience revealed a facet of our relationship that we never knew existed before," Diane says. "You don't know how strong you are together until you've journeyed through the worst, and come back." Their parents are now in stable condition, and the couple no longer takes anything for granted, especially each other. "Everyone knows their parents are going to die someday," says Greg. "But when you actually face the abyss, you truly realize they won't be in your corner forever. And that's when you learn to really see your spouse as your family. It's a very comforting feeling."
Their love survived...the death of their child
Eight years ago, identical twins Jade and Jillian Pasley had barely celebrated their first birthdays when their parents, Jessica and Irvin, got devastating news: Jade had acute myelogenous leukemia, a cancer with only a 50 percent survival rate. Doctors warned that Jillian would develop the disease as well. "When I heard this, I dropped to the floor and cried," recalls Jessica, 40. "How much bad news can a mother take?"
Jade passed away on February 4, 2000. For months afterward, her parents wandered around in a fog, visited Jade's grave daily, and tried to move on. By springtime, though, as their son's baseball league started up, Irvin was cheering from the stands. Jessica, however, still felt like she was going through the motions, and resented Irvin's ability to enjoy life a little. "One morning I was so upset I was pounding on the walls," Jessica recalls. "Irvin asked, 'What's wrong with you?' in a tone that suggested he was mad at me. And I was mad at him for being so low-key. He was stoic." Irvin had had his rough moments, too—he once broke down during a routine checkup when his doctor simply asked, "How are you doing?"—but he felt the best way to honor Jade was to get things back to normal. "I missed my wife, and wanted to make up for lost time," says Irvin, 39. "It was frustrating to have a good day, then get the life sucked out of me as soon as I walked in the door."


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Is community the right word for what happens online?
ABC Open has launched a new direct upload system, which will change the way contributors interact with each other. It got Project co-Director Cath Dwyer thinking – what do we mean by online community?
It seems like everyone wants to build a community. The online world is full of advice about how to create and grow them, and people you can pay to help you get started. There are courses you can take, and a new industry of online gurus with advice and in some cases rules about how to develop and sustain a community.
But is community really the word we're looking for? Is a community something a business or institution can really create?
Since I started at ABC Open nearly three years ago I've noticed the word community being used to mean a lot of different things. It shouldn't have come as a surprise – community is one of those slippery words which has defied a clear definition for a long time. As far back at the 18th century, people were debating its meaning. And long before the PC, the sociologist George Hillery published his 1955 study of the literature about the term community, in which he found there were 94 different definitions of community in circulation at the time. And these definitions had only one thing in common – they all involved people.
More than half a decade later we're still using one word to talk about a lot of different things. We say community when we're talking about anything from a group of people who like a Facebook page, to gamers who've been meeting online (and sometime offline) for years. It can be a community of interest, or a brand community. Or it can be people who interact online, but who actually meet in person, in their local suburb or town.
It's a long way from the "virtual" communities of the early days of the Internet. But even the net guru Howard Rheingold, who first coined the term, now reckons it's not the right way to think about what happens online.
He's part of a group of thinkers who say a better way to think about the behaviour of people online is to think about us all as networked individuals. Rather than belonging to one community, we're all at the centre of our own network of personal relationships and interests. You can be a member of lots of different communities, and your level of involvement in each one will usually change over time. You'll get together when there's a reason to, but not because of tradition or a sense that you should. You won't feel bound to stick around if you don't like what you see and hear. There's no compulsion to join and no penalty if you leave.
This is very different to the way we think about audience loyalty. When we talk about audiences we often talk about attracting specific audiences and trying to hold them.
But when you're asking people to contribute time and energy to a group project like ABC Open, you can't rely on the idea that they'll keep coming back because of a sense of community.
Our contributors are motivated by many different things. Some people want to learn new skills, or build on ones they already have. Some come along just to see what it's all about. Some are dabblers and some are committed. Some are driven by finding an audience for their work, and some just love to see what everyone else is doing. Some want to connect with new people online, and others care more about people they already know. This complexity makes it pretty challenging to define ABC Open's networks of contributors and audience.
I've been keen to hear what others think about this question. Henry Jenkins, who's penned a ripping read about online fan culture, writes about a cultural shift where audiences pool their knowledge to create new narratives. These groups are voluntary, temporary and tactical affiliations. They're more situational than solid.
Clay Shirky is another who says that trying to predict the behaviour of online communities isn't really the best use of your time. But he also says the power of people when they get together in this way is well worth harnessing and can lead to some really exciting outcomes.
I think ABC Open's role is to make getting involved with the ABC easy and worthwhile and to set the groundwork for people to come together in ways that make sense to them.
Making it easy is harder than you might think, but this month we've added a new feature to our site – a direct upload system, so contributors can register with a simple form and upload photos and text to the ABC Open site.
This is quite a change in direction for ABC Open. Up until now we've been more of an aggregator than a community space. We've gathered content through the media sharing platforms, Flickr and Vimeo, to publish to our site and distribute across the ABC. This new upload system is the first step towards creating individual profiles for contributors on our site, which will ultimately lead us to having more "community features" – the ability for contributors to interact more easily with each other.
In planning for this we've had to think hard about why it's worth doing and quite specifically about the role of the ABC as a facilitator of community connections. We've come full circle, from first deciding not to be a platform (because there were other good ones out there), to realising that we can't continue to grow unless that's what we become. Underpinning this is the understanding that the ABC does have a role to play in facilitating a sense of shared identity – it's in our Charter and it's what we've always done.
So there's a lot of work going into how we design a site that allows people to find and communicate with each other easily. But it's just one piece of the puzzle. We'll still use Flickr and Vimeo, we're on Twitter and Facebook, we're experimenting with Instagram and Freesound. What we're interested in isn't just about connecting people with the ABC online, but ultimately about how the ABC can help people create meaningful connections amongst themselves.
We've already seen how this can happen through projects like Aftermath, which followed regional Australians in wake of natural disaster through the recovery process. That project showed that content creation can be a catalyst for some really meaningful connections both on- and offline. It's a project which lives on beyond its online home. Last month an exhibition in Wagga Wagga brought the stories back home for people to experience in a physical gallery space. And the Aftermath site is also being used as a resource for future disaster planning.
It's this blended approach of both on- and offline outcomes which really differentiates ABC Open from other online platforms. This ability for us to have face-to-face interaction with our contributors and audiences is unique, and we're lucky to be able to do it. But more than that, the connections people make with each other is what's most important.
This month we turn 2 and we're just about to crack 20,000 contributions. As we've learnt time and time again, we're in an evolving space, where things move quickly and you need to be able to adapt to changing circumstances.
The challenge is that, like all media outlets, we want to grow our audiences and we want those audiences to stick. But to do that we're going to have to avoid the hype about creating an online community and harness the enthusiasm that we've already seen for ABC Open wherever we find it, to create something meaningful and durable.
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Peter Robinson says:
If you want to find out what online communities can do, and for the better of humanity, you wont find a better place than SecondLife. For example, Relay for life is big in SL and they raise real money that goes to the american cancer foundation. Every little helps.
The ABC has a presence in SL, up until the 22nd September 2012, when it is pulling the plug there, for nonsensical reasons I might add, online communities do work, it doesn't matter what you call them, they add value to people's lives.
Imagine being disabled and not being able to meet people face to face because of your disability, online communities provide the means to feel normal.
Ivo Burum says:
Rheingold says it's not enough anymore to be one of the smart mobs, but that we need to be net smart. In this distinction we begin to form a definition of community as a place that helps create knowledge and nurtures growth.
Yet when we think about the behaviour of people online, as networked individuals, we sell the notion short if we don't address the glue that binds the nodes of communication.
I agree we are all (or want to be) at the centre of our own network of personal relationships and interests. But how we get there and what we do on the other side is a major consideration in network societies. Do we build on civil and citizenry ideals and if so how do we shift from online kludge (another Jenkins truism) and gossip to something more purposeful?
I believe ABC Open is a key to achieving communities of practice, a term that for me defines the concept of community more than some NY crowd sourcing Sharkyism.
In defining community further beyond an online smartphone retrieval service, we might look at Bruns' definition and use of the term produsage as a way of achieving Jenkins' nirvana like state; his cultural shift where audiences begin to create a new media narrative.
I see the great potential of ABC Open to create communities of practice whereby people use real skills to extend their own perception of who they can be, communicating beyond horizons and in ways they had previously not imagined.
The danger of course is that it doesn't all become another manifestation of the digital sublime. That's where Open has a real role.
I think your post is really important and would love to read more !
Keep up the great work, Cath 🙂


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Disassembling iClicker Device
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Behold the iClicker. This learning device is used in some college classrooms to help make the learning process more interactive. Course instructors can ask multiple choice questions and students can respond by pressing the button that corresponds to the answer they desire.
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Behold the iclicker in all its interactive and educational beauty.
Place the device on a flat surface, buttons facing down.
Remove the battery cover and the three batteries within.
Remove the two visible screws using a #00 Phillips screwdriver.
Oops! Don't forget a hidden third screw beneath the factory label.
Peel back the corner of the label to reveal the hidden screw.
If you wish to maintain the integrity of the label, a blowdryer may be used to soften the adhesive on the label before removal.
Depending on how much abuse your iclicker has endured, you might be able to separate the front and rear panels of the iclicker with your fingers.
For the more resistent iclickers, a spudger may be employed to separate the pieces.
Your iclicker is now exposed for all its worth.
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Definition of wild arum in English:
wild arum
Another term for cuckoo pint.
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- For my colleague Stephan's memorial last month we simply contacted one of the parents who encourages her wild arums by feeding and dividing them.
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Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were easiest for his feet.
John Selden
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Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.
Syllables govern the world.
Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.
The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness . . . Nay, the king himself used to eat in the Hall, and his lords sat with him, and he understood men.
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pngweasel is our second fun little Mac OS X utility we put together to handle a common web developer's task: converting an image to the PNG image format and making parts of the image's background transparent.
Now of course you can do these things with most graphics applications -- applications that take a while to load and learn, cost money, and most importantly, do not have any weasels.
Here then enters pngweasel. It's lightweight, it's free, it's easy to use, and yes, there is a weasel.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airline flight MH370 disappearance has all the telltales of a terror attack
It is just a matter of time before the global intelligence agencies will connect the dots backward to 1:30am of March 8, 2014 when Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 both transponders were shut down manualy. The silent hijack of the plane suggests an unprecedented carefully orchestrated and very sophisticated pre-planned terror attack of a new breed.
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US counter-terrorism officials investigate the possibility Flight 370 was captured and flown to another country as it's revealed that based on data from the plane engines, it shows that they were operating for four to five more hours after the plane vanished.
US Officials suspect that the plane flew for a total of up to five hours based on data automatically downloaded and sent back to Rolls Royce - the manufacturers of the Boeing 777's engines.
US counter-terrorism teams are now pursuing the possibility that the plane and its 239 passengers was diverted to an undisclosed location 'with the intention of using it later for another purpose'.
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US officials believe that two communications systems aboard Malaysian Airlines flight 370 were shut down separately, 14 minutes apart - which indicated the plane did not come down because of a sudden catastrophic failure.
The data reporting system was shut down at 1.07 am and the transponder was turned off at 1.21 am just after the the pilot signed off to Malaysian air traffic controllers with 'All right, good night,' and before the Boeing 777 apparently changed course and turned west.
According to investigators this indicated that the switch-off could have been a deliberate act and officials told ABC News that the two communications devices were 'systematically shut down'.
That has led the US investigating team to become 'convinced there was manual intervention' which in turn means it was not an accident or massive malfunction that caused the plane to cease to be airborne.
U.S. sources have revealed that the plane, which lost contact with ground control at 1.07am on March 8, was in fact still in contact with satellites operated by Boeing.
The airline manufacturer offers a service that can receive a stream of data during flight on how the aircraft is functioning.
Malaysia Airlines didn't subscribe to that service, but the plane still had the capability of connecting with the satellite and was automatically sending 'pings'.
The continuing pings led searchers to believe the plane could have flown more than 1,000 miles beyond its last confirmed sighting on radar, the official said. The plane had enough fuel to fly about four more hours.
The U.S. has said it is making moves to launch a search in the Indian Ocean in response to 'new information' about the missing plane.
A White House spokesman confirmed that authorities were considering the new avenue of exploration.
He said: 'It's my understanding that based on some new information that's not necessarily conclusive - but new information - an additional search area may be opened in the Indian Ocean.
'We are consulting with international partners about the appropriate assets to deploy.'
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A week after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, the investigation shifted to passengers and crew after data showed the plane deviated due to deliberate action, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday.
"Malaysian authorities have refocused their investigation on crew and passengers aboard," Najib told reporters. "Evidence is consistent with someone acting deliberately from inside the plane."
The plane's last communication with the satellite was in one of two possible corridors: a northern corridor stretching approximately from the border of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to northern Thailand, or a southern corridor stretching approximately from Indonesia to the southern Indian ocean," he said.
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The missing Malaysia Airlines plane could have been on the ground when it sent satellite signals.
The last 'ping' was picked up by a satellite above the Indian Ocean nearly seven hours after the flight dropped off civilian air traffic control screens.
At first, it was thought contact was lost after less than an hour into the flight, and the new information led investigators to widely expand their search area.
They had previously been looking in the South China Sea and around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
But are now concentrating on two flight corridors to the west of Malaysia, which cover thousands of square miles, and the number of countries involved in the hunt has increased from 14 to 25.
One is a northern route stretching from northern Thailand to Kazakhstan and the other is a southern zone from Indonesia towards the southern Indian Ocean.
Research into aviation data showing the number of plausible runways where the plane could have touched down - which need to be at least 5,000ft - offer a baffling number of potential locations within the plane potential flight range.
According to a map drawn up by U.S. radio station WNYC there are 634 locations which could fit, from Australia to the Maldives to Pakistan.
While the plane route is been investigated, military radar showed the jet climbed to 45,000ft – above its service limit – which could have been a deliberate attempt to knock out the passengers and crew.
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The revelation that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370's Aircraft Communications and Reporting System was switched off before its last radio message was sent has brought the focus of investigations back to the pilots.
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein told the media yesterday that the ACARS was turned off before the message.
The pilot had said: "All right, good night" as Malaysian Air Traffic Control handed over the plane's monitoring to Vietnam.
However, it was still not known whether it was the voice of flight captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah or co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid before the plane carrying 239 passengers and crew disappeared from radar and veered off course 10 days ago.
Inspector-General of Malaysia Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said police had searched the home of Zaharie in Shah Alam.
He said the pilot's self assembled flight simulator was being looked at by experts as part of the investigation, adding that investigators had also searched the co-pilot's home.
The IGP said police had classified the investigation under Section 130C of the Penal Code, which allows for investigation into offences of hijacking, sabotage, act of terrorism and also crimes under the Aviation Offences Act, adding that procedures under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) would apply with the new classification of the probe.
"That means we have intensified our investigations. Our focus remains in the four areas — hijacking, sabotage, personal problems and psychological problems — and that includes the ground staff, everybody," he said at yesterday's press conference on MH370.
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Two objects possibly related to the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been sighted, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday in a potential breakthrough.
Abbott told parliament "new and credible information" had come to light nearly two weeks after the plane vanished.
He said an Australian air force Orion had already been diverted to look into the objects with three more surveillance planes to follow. He did not specify where they were but Australia has taken charge of the search in the southern Indian Ocean.
"The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has received information based on satellite information of objects possibly related to the search," Abbott said, adding that he had informed Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
"Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified."
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A large piece of possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been spotted in satellite images by China, according to officials.
A Chinese defense agency said analysis of satellite images showed a large object, 22 meters (72 feet) long and 13 meters wide, floating in the southern Indian Ocean.
The images were taken by the Chinese satellite Gaofen-1 on Tuesday and showed the object floating about 120 kilometers (about 75 miles) southwest from where Australia on Thursday had said suspected objects had been spotted, according the website of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
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New French satellite images show possible debris from a missing Malaysian airliner deep in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia said on Sunday, adding to growing signs that the plane may have gone down in remote seas off Australia.
"This morning, Malaysia received new satellite images from the French authorities showing potential objects in the vicinity of the southern corridor," the Malaysian Transport Ministry said in a statement. "Malaysia immediately relayed these images to the Australian rescue co-ordination center."
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An Australian plane searching for missing flight MH370 has located two further objects within the search area.
The objects were spotted about 1550 miles south-west of Perth by a Royal Australian Air Force P3 Orion aircraft.
"The crew on board the Orion reported seeing two objects, the first a grey or green circular object and the second an orange rectangular object," Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott told parliament.
The Australian military ship HMAS Success is the only vessel currently within the search area. The vessel will try to retrieve the two objects over the next few hours.
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down over the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Monday, citing a new analysis of satellite data by a British satellite company and accident investigators, and apparently ending hopes that anyone survived.
Razak based his announcement on what he described as unprecedented analysis of satellite data sent by the plane by British satellite provider Inmarsat and the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch. He didn't describe the nature of the analysis.
But he said it made it clear that the plane's last position was in the middle of the remote southern Indian Ocean, "far from any possible landing sites."


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More Americans were online in September, and traffic to such major retail sites as Amazon.com and Walmart.com increased, but Target.com traffic was flat in the first full month following a late August site relaunch, according to the most recent "Top 50 Web Properties" report from online measurement firm comScore.
Target.com ranked 45th on the September 2011 list with 25.7 million unique visitors compared with the same month the prior year when it ranked 42nd with 25.6 million unique visitors. Sometimes flat is a good thing if the market and other competitors are declining, but that isn't the case in the online world. During September, comScore data shows the total online audience grew to 218.5 million unique visitors compared with 212.9 million the prior year. Capitalizing on the additional online traffic was Amazon.com, which saw a huge increase in unique visitors as its traffic increased to 103.7 million from 76.7 million. Walmart increased too, but not as sharply, rising to 38.3 million unique visitors from 35.9 million unique visitors.


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Dynamics extracted from fixed cells reveal feedback linking cell growth to cell cycle.
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Biologists have long been concerned about what constrains variation in cell size, but progress in this field has been slow and stymied by experimental limitations. Here we describe a new method, ergodic rate analysis (ERA), that uses single-cell measurements of fixed steady-state populations to accurately infer the rates of molecular events, including rates of cell growth. ERA exploits the fact that the number of cells in a particular state is related to the average transit time through that state. With this method, it is possible to calculate full time trajectories of any feature that can be labelled in fixed cells, for example levels of phosphoproteins or total cellular mass. Using ERA we find evidence for a size-discriminatory process at the G1/S transition that acts to decrease cell-to-cell size variation.
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Jackson County health inspectors evaluated 95 restaurants in December. All passed their semiannual inspections, and 55 received perfect scores of 100. All scores are published in weekly portions in the Mail Tribune.
The following restaurants received perfect scores of 100:
- Abby's Pizza Inn, Rogue River;
- Adam's Deli & Catering, Medford;
- Angelo's Pizza Parlor, Medford;
- Bateman Senior Meals, Medford;
- Beasy's on the Creek, Ashland;
- Big Town Hero, Central Point;
- The Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, Ashland;
- Buffalo Wild Wings, Medford;
- Burger King No. 5164, South Riverside Avenue, Medford;
- C.G.R.T. Concessions, Medford;
- Caldera Tap House, Ashland;
- Carl's Jr. No. 8025, Eagle Point;
- Cascade Gorge Restaurant, Prospect;
- Cucina Biazzi, Ashland;
- El Paraiso Mexican Cuisine, Ashland;
- El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant, Ashland;
- Elements Tapas Bar & Lounge, Medford;
- Flappers Wild West Wings, Medford;
- Gogi's Restaurant, Jacksonville;
- Golden Girls Espresso, Ashland;
- Gypsy Blues Bar, Medford;
- Kobe Restaurant, Ashland;
- Koko's, Ashland;
- Kentucky Fried Chicken, White City.
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Inspectors subtract points for violations of "priority" and "priority foundation" items, which include: foods maintained at improper temperatures, improperly cooled or reheated; not properly protected from contamination, from unapproved origins, unsafe, adulterated or not honestly presented; not date-marked or discarded upon expiration; raw animal foods improperly cooked; presence of rodents or insects; inadequate personal hygiene; failure to clean and sanitize food equipment; lack of an approved water system; toxic chemicals or cleansers not properly stored, used or labeled.
Restaurant scores are posted at www.jacksoncounty.org and www.mailtribune.com/dining.
Inspection files are open to the public at the division of environmental public health, Jackson County Health and Human Services, 1005 E. Main St., Medford.
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Grade 3
The Grade 3 curriculum builds on the natural curiosity of a child at this age. Questions of the origins of things are delved into in a variety of ways. From reading the tales of the Old Testament to building a small barn, third graders at Hawthorne Valley approach their learning from perspectives as varied as their interests. The curriculum lends itself toward action, be it the practical skill of farming, the weighing and measuring of objects, or the active process of grammatical word selection.
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Curriculum Described
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.
– On Children by Kahlil Gibran
This poem speaks to the third graders' development — the children are on the brink of the nine-year change, when they begin to question authority, goodness, religion and almost everything in their worlds! It is a lovely way to see this time in a child's life and we work, through our curriculum, to support the child in this time of growth and maturation.
The students learn about the many different kinds of houses created by the indigenous people of America. They concentrate on Native American structures. Students work in small groups creating models of a Native American village of the western plains. These models are then connected and displayed. For their winter-break assignment, students are asked to create individual housing models at home. They also work in small groups, creating a model of a modern wooden structure. The main-lesson books are filled with many written passages and drawings copied from the blackboard.
The third graders delve into the earth in the farming block. The writing and book work are timed so that the block can end with the trip to the farm. Both on paper and with their hands, the children discover the "beginnings" of the food that eventually reaches our tables. Students may witness the birth of a calf; they crush grain and use the flour to make food for the whole class. They learn how to make maple syrup, going though all the steps in the process, and they use the syrup on pancakes made by their classmates. The children learn how difficult it is to work the land, and they come away with a greater understanding of the food we eat.
The students engage in daily recitations and speech work. They use the Old Testament portion of the Bible as a text to prepare some work in Hebrew. This work, while not presented as historically factual, provides a window into literature of a specific era.
They learn numerous poems and speech exercises from a variety of sources. The class play contains a large amount of choral work that all of the students need to commit to memory. The children hear many stories, including Farmer Boy, Little House in the Big Woods, and Charlotte's Web. Students are asked to read aloud, and are also encouraged to read quietly in their own books, which are chosen according to their particular reading levels and interests.
The students begin their journey into the world of grammar with a delicate and beautiful introduction to identifying the parts of speech. Nouns become "picture words" and verbs are "doing words." The students create sentences that are written on the board and copied into their main lesson books. There is joy in the classroom when students volunteer to perform some of the "doing words" and a guessing game ensues. They begin to see how a series of sentences can be grouped and connected to form a paragraph. They create and play games, write sentences, and come to a clear understanding that many words sound the same but have very different meanings.
German and Spanish
The students learn many verses, poems, songs, rounds, and games. They engage in one-on-one conversation about themselves, answering in complete sentences. They also answer questions about others, working with different personal pronouns and verb endings. The students practice the alphabet through a clapping game. The stories provided work with vocabulary and listening comprehension. Grammar, such as nouns, plural usage, verbs, and articles, are brought to the children's attention through word games that demand active participation. The rules of grammar are explored but not yet memorized intellectually. The children work in a foreign-language book, creating seasonal pictures, or pictures relating to verses and songs that they have learned.
Throughout the year the class continues to work with all four processes: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They continue to work regularly with the times tables and the complexity of problems advances within each of the processes. Some of this work is enhanced by the introduction of the abacus in the spring. Each student constructs his/her own abacus, and they regularly practice "reading" the numbers from the new tool. The class is introduced to long division and practices multiplying large numbers. They use practical applications of these skills as much as possible.
Weights and Measures
In the study of measurement, the students come to know our world much better by "doing" mathematics. There is often great delight as the students make measuring tools and hear stories of fictitious kings and queens who learn to measure things using parts of the body: horses are measured in "hands"; the distance from elbow to fingertip becomes the "cubit"; the "feet" of a servant become an accurate but slow method to measure a building's length; and three feet become a "yard." Having new tools, they move about the classroom measuring each other and themselves: the doors, the blackboard, the room itself, and eventually the hallway, the music room, and the basketball court are all possibilities for the children's newfound skills to quantify.
Having been engaged in knitting and crocheting for the past two years, the third graders learn to handle one of the sharpest tools, the sewing needle. Greater self-awareness and awareness of the world around them are part of the development of this age. What is a good length of thread to use? How are scissors to be handled responsibly? How are needles threaded and knots tied? Once these questions are answered, hand sewing can begin. Great care is called for and judgment is exercised when spacing the stitches evenly. Hand/eye coordination is strengthened as various decorative stitches are explored and practiced. The variety of projects completed by the third graders helps them gain greater awareness of the versatility, resourcefulness, and intelligence of the human hand.
The third graders, with their feet more firmly planted on the ground, become the junior farmers of our valley. They begin to use the tools of the garden: hoe, fork, and shovel. They prepare the soil, plant grain, saw wood, and tap maple trees. They bring some of our produce into the kitchen to make soups and other edibles for others and themselves. They wash and card sheeps' wool and turn this into felted pouches.
The class makes the transition from the pentatonic flutes of the first two grades to the new and more difficult C-flutes. They work with the flutes on a regular basis and perform a beautiful piece in the spring assembly. The students are introduced to reading music through an story related to the third-grade curriculum. Using elements from the story, they create a drawing that shows a wire fence that reveals several insects and animals, each representing notes on the treble clef. By the end of the year, many students have a basic understanding of how to read music. Throughout the year they also sing on a regular basis. Some students in the class begin private lessons with orchestral instruments.
The third graders learn to understand and move spatial forms in connection with poetry, stories, and music. More complex forms, including the spiral, triangle, square, and lemniscate (figure eight) are moved to spoken language and music. One of the classical eurythmy forms, the "Curve of Cassini" (the transformation of an oval first into a peanut form, then into lemniscates, and finally into two small circles), is a good example of their work this year. One of the major focuses of the eurythmy classes is to bring the healthy breathing of contraction and expansion through movement. Also, the movements for different sounds are further developed, and the children enjoy learning how to "spell" their names in eurythmy. The lessons include rhythm exercises, concentration exercises, harmonizing and calming slow walking, mirror forms, and other exercises for dexterity, flexibility, and coordination.
The third graders play many tag games. They begin to build more complicated rules into games, and fair play is stressed. By spring, they transition from playing Star, House, Moon to Kickball, Steal the Bacon, and foursquare. These games usually incorporate discussions about team play.
Faculty Perspective: Time on the Farm
The third graders delve into the Earth in our farming block. Our writing and bookwork is timed so that we could end the block with the trip to Hawthorne Valley Farm. Both on paper and with our hands, the class discovers the "beginnings" of the food that eventually reaches our table. Students witness a newborn calf and grind grain and use the flour to make food for the group.
They learn how to make maple syrup and complete all the preparatory work needed for the process to begin. Then they make pancakes and tasted the delicious fruits of their labor and learning. The children learn how difficult it is to work the land and come away with a greater understanding of the food that we eat.


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Administrative assistants often have the most complete picture of how things work, and will have access to confidential information like employment files, legal documents, and salary information, that even some of the bigwigs won't see.
To wield that power, you will need to be able to balance the needs of a lot of people in the organization making requests or even giving orders. The reality will is that, without you and your filing and computer abilities, everything would crumble to dust.


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Two rainbow flags were taken overnight Friday from the Sacramento LGBT Community Center in downtown, the center said in a social media post.
"We have some troubling news," the Facebook post states. "Our two rainbow flags were violently ripped from their flag poles and stolen."
The flags were on the front of the building, along with an American flag.
The center is asking for the community's help in restoring the flags, which serve as a welcoming gesture, the center said.


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Definition of accoucheur in English:
A male midwife.
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- Thomas R. Verny, MD, is a gifted psychiatrist, academic, writer, communicator, and accoucheur to prenatal and perinatal psychology.
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Champion Raceway will honor community members who are fighting breast cancer with a drag racing event Friday, Oct. 11, at the raceway, 6900 Kershaw Road, Medford.
Gates open at 5 p.m., and races start at 7 p.m.
Burnout for Breast Cancer is also for family members and friends of those fighting against breast cancer. It's a cooperative effort between the Southern Oregon Cancer Awareness Foundation and the Champion Raceway.
The event will raise funds to help those surviving with incidentals such as post mastectomy garments, women's prostheses, and the burden of additional expense as local women travel the path of recovery.
The cost is $10 for adult spectators, $8 for youth 9 to 14 years old, and free admission for 8 years old and under. There is a $30 fee for drivers who wish to hone their skills behind the wheel.
There also will be a silent auction.
For more information on how to donate or help at the event, email email@example.com.
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Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, IEEE International Workshop on (2008)
Nov. 17, 2008 to Nov. 19, 2008
[Front cover] (PDF)
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[Copyright notice] (PDF)
pp. iv
Table of contents (PDF)
pp. v-viii
Title Page i (PDF)
pp. i
Title Page iii (PDF)
pp. iii
pp. ix
Committees (PDF)
pp. x-xii
pp. 3-7
The Joy of Making (Abstract)
pp. 8-12
pp. 15-17
pp. 18-22
A Preliminary Study of Student's Self-Efficacy on Problem Solving in Educational Game Context (Abstract)
pp. 23-27
pp. 28-35
Design and Evaluation of a Physical Interactive Learning Environment for English Learning (Abstract)
pp. 36-43
pp. 44-51
Effect of a 360 Degrees Panoramic Image System (360 PIS) on the Environment Recognition of Students with Moderate and Severe Mental Retardation in Special Education School (Abstract)
pp. 52-56
pp. 57-61
pp. 62-69
Evaluation the Efficacy of Computer - Based Training Using Tangible User Interface for Low-Function Children with Autism (Abstract)
pp. 70-74
Exploring Learner (Abstract)
pp. 75-82
From Traditional to Digital: Factors to Integrate Traditional Game-Based Learning into Digital Game-Based Learning Environment (Abstract)
pp. 83-89
Games as Skins for Online Tests (Abstract)
pp. 90-92
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pp. 108-112
Language Learning in the Palm of Your Hand (Abstract)
pp. 113-115
pp. 116-123
Learning by Substitutive Competition: Nurturing My-Pet for Game Competition Based on Open Learner Model (Abstract)
pp. 124-131
Massively Multi-user Online Games: The Emergence of Effective Collaborative Activities for Learning (Abstract)
pp. 132-134
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Online Videogames in an Online History Class (Abstract)
pp. 146-148
RoboMusicKids (Abstract)
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Using Posting Templates for Enhancing Students' Argumentative Elaborations in Learning Villages (Abstract)
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Humor and Empathy: Developing Students (Abstract)
pp. 213-214
Pedagogy Play: Virtual Instructors for Wearable Augmented Reality during Hands-On Learning and Play (Abstract)
pp. 215-216
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