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Food distribution to street children part of IVD in Nepal
14 December 2005, 16:34
by Beatriz Cook
Kathmandu, Nepal: We have undertaken a series of activities in Nepal for IVD this year, such as:
A workshop on voluntarism and MDGs was led by the secretary of the National Planning Commission in Nepalgunj. Fifty participants from the District Development Councils, three NGOs, and volunteers from the government's volunteer arm, the National Development Volunteers Service (NDVS), attended the successful event.
An interaction programme on promoting volunteerism for achieving MDGs was initiated by the Returned UN Volunteers Association in Nepal (RUNVAN) with the Kirtipur Volunteer Society whose project was to build a maternity hospital in the municipality. This will help them to respond better to MDGs # 4, 5 & 8 and developing a better and closer cooperation with an active network of volunteers in Nepal.
The NDVS, with a group of other volunteer involving agencies, conducted a voluntary drive to distribute food to more than 100 street children in Kathmandu. The street children are being taken care of by the village school with their college students' scholarship programme, which provides scholarship to deserving intelligent street children.
The street children, who were very upbeat during that day, also have shown their musical talents and some of them, who were toppers in their sections, delivered some "heart-touching" messages, using their speaking skills.

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For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into sympathy for their victims, he commits a quixotic act of rebellion that brands him an enemy of the state.
J. M. Coetzee's prize-winning novel is a startling allegory of the war between opressor and opressed. The Magistrate is not simply a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times; his situation is that of all men living in unbearable complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.
Nobel Prize in Literature – winner
"A real literary event" —Irving Howe, The New York Times Book Review (front-page review)
"I have known few authors who can evoke such a wilderness in the heart of a man…. Mr. Coetzee knows the elusive terror of Kafka." —Bernard Levin, The Sunday Times (London)


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The Jungfrau-Aletsch region as a landscape of exceptional beauty has been included in the list of UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites. The majestic Aletsch Glacier which is 23 kilometres long is the biggest and most powerful glacier in the Alps consisting of 27 billion metric tonnes of ice.
The holiday resort of Riederalp offers an impressive panorama view of the 4000-metre-high peaks of the Valais Alps, including the Matterhorn and Dom. Awarded the "Families Welcome" quality certificate, Riederalp operates a hire service for children's articles as well as children's activity programme. Golfers will find the highest 9-hole golf course in Europe in the middle of the village.
In summer, Riederalp and the neighbouring holiday resorts of Belalp, Bettmeralp and Fiescheralp form an attractive hiking area round the Aletsch Glacier. At the Alpine Museum in the historic Alpine hut "Nagulschbalmu" dating from 1606 visitors are immersed in the lives of mountain farmers in past centuries.
The Villa Cassel, an information centre of the "Pro Natura" nature preservation organisation, is located in the middle of the mountain countryside around the Aletsch Forest nature preserve and the Big Aletsch Glacier. This centre provides friends of nature with extensive information about the fantastic natural space. The Villa Cassel also provides stylish accommodation and in the past even counted Winston Churchill among its guests. And an Alpine garden with over 300 plant species has been created at the Villa Cassel.
The Aletsch ski region consisting of the three areas Riederalp, Bettmeralp and Fiescheralp and equipped with 35 lifts and pistes catering for various abilities in total is big enough to accommodate skiers and snowboarders. At Riederalp winter sports enthusiasts enjoy the benefit of being able to ski right to their doorstep. It goes without saying that there is a snow sports school for children and adults as well.
For winter walkers there is a panorama trail from the Moosfluh summit station to the Villa Cassel. A flat winter walking trail connects up the holiday resorts of Riederalp, Bettmeralp and Fiescheralp. The cross-country skiing paradise of Goms at the bottom of the Rhone Valley caters perfectly for cross-country skiers.
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- Big Alpine Farmers' Festival with procession – for almost 100 years, a "Fäldtanz" (field dance) has been held on Riederalp on the first Sunday in August (August).
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"The hospital," producers say in a statement, "will be in peril."
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Episode 70 - Windows Azure Demos with Steve Marx
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Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure platform. You can follow and interact with the show at @CloudCoverShow.
In this episode, we are very sad to bid Steve Marx farewell as he looks for new challenges outside of Microsoft. Fortunately, we're able to share some of his best moments on the Cloud Cover show and review some of the best demos he's built over the years.
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All the best Steve, I have enjoyed every episode!
(I'd better dig out my 4:3 monitor for next week )
Bob, you've outdone yourself.
Steve, now that you're not on Cloud Cover, what's your Mom going to do with all her free time? You will be missed in Windows Azure. We'll always have The Flatterist...
Thanks for all of your hard work on Azure! Best wishes on your next adventure!
Good luck smarx. I wonder if anyone will understand David with his Scottish Brogue talking Windows Azure.
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In the closest neighborhood are two big shopping centers, one of which is a famous Palladium, the supermarket, number of little shops just around and a lot of great restaurants where you will be able to discover the spirit of the Old Prague. Just at 8 minutes walk is the Old Town square with its famous Orloj – the unique Prague Astronomical Clock, number of restaurants and old Prague's cafes and bars. This is a perfect location to visit the main sightseeing places of the Czech capital and to feel comfortably within the everyday's life.
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Known for its waterfront location, distinct neighborhoods and rich history, "Charm City" is one of the greatest examples of urban revitalization in the country.
The focal point of the city's booming tourist industry is undoubtedly the Inner Harbor, a landmark in Baltimore, featuring upscale hotels, restaurants and attractions. The Maryland Science Center and National Aquarium, Maryland's biggest tourist draw, are located here. Water taxis and harbor cruises encourage our Baltimore hotel's guests to head for the water.
Beyond the Inner Harbor attractions and hotels, Baltimore visitors find state-of-the-art sports venues, including historic Camden Yards, home of the Baltimore Orioles. During football season, cheer on the Ravens in neighboring M&T Bank Stadium.
Baltimore's charm can be attributed in part to its delightful neighborhoods. At one of the oldest, Little Italy, many original restaurants still anchor the streets. The cobbled streets of Fell's Point beckon travelers to explore this original seaport, while Mount Vernon and the American Visionary Art Museum appeal to art aficionados.
Not to be missed, Fort McHenry pays tribute to Baltimore's significant contribution to America's founding and commemorates the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." Consider taking a tour after sampling crab cakes from Lexington Market or one of the harbor's chic restaurants.
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Bend Home Hit by Shots; Neighbors Shaken
Man Inside Nearly Hit, Police Say
For northwest Bend resident Tara Walsh, a mother of two, a quiet Tuesday night turned into fear as gunshots rang out and bullets smashed into her neighbor?s front windows, hitting way too close to home.
Police said the home was hit by several gunshots late Tuesday night ? some nearly hitting the man living there, police said. A search of the area failed to find whoever did it, officers said as they worked several leads in what they were calling an attempted murder.
Police responded around 10:35 p.m. to a ?shots fired? complaint in the area of NW 15th Street and Jacksonville Avenue, said Sgt. Devin Lewis.
They arrived and found that a home at 1523 NW Jacksonville had been struck multiple times by fired rounds, Lewis said.
The 33-year-old man alone in the house was unhurt, but ?was nearly struck by multiple rounds,? the sergeant said in a news release.
A search of the area and a neighborhood canvass was conducted by police, but the suspect or suspects were not found, Lewis said, adding that police were ?following up on multiple leads.?
The reality is that in this neighborhood, the house to the left has kids, as does one right next door.
?I was just laying in bed with Oliver, trying to get him to sleep,? she recalled Wednesday. ?And all of a sudden, I heard shots -- and it was a string of, like, nine of them.?
?I walked up to our front window to see if there were any cars out there or any commotion,? Walsh said. ?And when I reached for the blind, I heard a man's voice shout, ?Show yourself!? It was just this scream, and it just sent me to the ground.?
"I was just trying to figure out who's out there," she said. "At that point, I thought there was somebody out there standing with a gun, trying to get somebody out of their house to kill them or something."
Terrified, Walsh crawled to her kids, grabbed the phone and called 911. Police were soon on the scene.
?We just sat there and watched, and he (the dispatcher) said if we saw any flashlights out there, that would be the police looking around,? Walsh said. ?And we just sat there and watched the flashlights on our windows for at least 40 minutes before the police came to our door.?
Officers scoured the neighborhood, searching for clues. They were back Wednesday morning, as the Bend police forensics unit spent hours gathering evidence and piecing an almost deadly puzzle together.
It was definitely an unnerving night for the Walsh family, and concerns lingered in the light of day.
?I do worry about this, and I told my husband, we need to move,? Walsh said. ?But I love this place and I want to stay here, and I hope that it can be safe.?
A commenter on KTVZ.COM noted Thursday that shots also were fired at homes in northeast Bend last Saturday night. No windows were shot out, she said, but homes on Locksley Drive were shot at from the direction of Neff Road. Police Lt. Brian Kindel said officers "really don't know" if there are any connections, but "detectives are working both and trying to develop leads."
Anyone with information about the shooting was asked to contact Bend police at (541) 693-6911. You can also contact the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 1-877-876-TIPS, or use the form on KTVZ.COM?s Crime Stoppers page ? you can remain anonymous, and you could be eligible for a cash reward.
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The checkoff helped fund a U.S. beef presence at trade shows in Vietnam and Indonesia, featuring U.S. beef in an array of creative dishes. Chefs in Vietnam got hands-on experience with U.S. beef in a world-class cooking competition with the U.S. strip loin. Meanwhile, at Food & Hotel Indonesia, the checkoff helped feature U.S. beef to a record 24,000 visitors from Indonesia and neighboring countries. Vietnam is one of the largest destinations in the ASEAN region for U.S. beef, and while exports to Indonesia have been hampered recently by restrictive quotas, the trade show there provided an excellent opportunity for U.S. representatives to illustrate the benefits of U.S. beef and the effects of the quotas on getting U.S. to Indonesian consumers.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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Despite poll numbers that told Minnesota Republicans that 80 percent of the people supported voter ID laws, a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot that would have required all voters to show photo ID was defeated.
When all the votes from the Nov. 6 elections were counted, 52.2 percent voted against voter ID laws and only 46.2 percent supported the change.
It's hard to say exactly what changed voters' minds when they got into the voting booth. They either didn't think voter fraud was as big a problem as Republican lawmakers had led them to believe, or they simply thought voter ID cards were just another obstacle to voting that they didn't want or need.
Either way, Republicans are not taking "no" for an answer when it comes to voter suppression efforts. Supporters of voter ID laws plan to pressure state lawmakers to either put it on the ballot again, or find a way to force it on Minnesota voters through the legislative process.
Voter suppression has been a top priority for Republicans since many state legislatures were taken over by the GOP. But it wasn't enough to bring them victory this year.
"After the 2010 election, in more than a dozen states, Republicans passed voting restrictions aimed at reducing the turnout of Obama's "coalition of the ascendant"—young voters, African-Americans and Hispanics. The strategy didn't work as intended. Ten major restrictive voting laws were blocked in court over the past year, and turnout among young, black and Latino voters increased…A backlash against voter suppression added to this increased youth and minority turnout," The Nation noted.
Voter suppression is basically a way to try to win elections by bypassing the fundamentals of majority rule. Since Republicans are the ones pushing for strict voter ID laws, widely viewed as voter suppression by opponents, it must mean that Republicans don't think they can win elections with either their candidates or their regressive message.
There is something fundamentally wrong with trying to rewrite the rules of democracy simply because there are not enough voters left to take Republican candidates to victory.
The 2012 elections signaled a major change in the mood of the country, or at least a shift made visible that was being ignored by conservatives.
The right-wing media has been making a lot of noise over the years with their backward social agenda and pro-millionaire tax and slash budget policies. But they remain the puppets of lobbyists with a single focus on wealth redistribution to the rich via tax policy and deregulation.
Has it not occurred to the conservative fundamentalist who have taken over the GOP that Americans do not want the government to vanish into oblivion other than having the authority to tell women what to do with their bodies and sex life? This is a representation of stale ideas that voters said was not working for them. Are Republicans politically blind and deaf? Or do they honestly believe that they can somehow grab enough power to govern only for the benefit of the rich?
The 2012 elections should have told the GOP that the country is ready to move on, with or without their help. The more they obstruct and defend tax cuts for millionaires, the more they are exposed as frauds.
The people of Minnesota said "No" to voter ID laws. That does not mean supporters of voter ID should ignore that vote and attempt to pass it anyway through some back door.
With every new move against the message of the 2012 election results, Republicans look more like they prefer dictatorship to democracy. There is simply no other way to explain their defiance. However there is a way forward for ignored constituents.
Money in politics can be both good and bad. It can and does cause corruption. But it also speaks to reality. If Republicans continue to ignore voters who don't agree with their agenda, they will continue to lose elections. At some point, their source of funding will dry up. Smart business people will not throw good money after bad indefinitely.
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Davis & Elkins College Artist-in-Residence Jack Gibbons will perform three free Sunday afternoon concerts for the Halliehurst Piano Series this summer.
The concerts are scheduled for July 21 and 28, and August 4 at 2 p.m. in the Great Hall of Halliehurst on the campus of Davis & Elkins College.
Gibbons opens the series with the sublime music of Beethoven. The July 21 performance entitled "Beethoven: Isolated Genius" will feature two of the composer's most popular piano sonatas, the "Pathetique" and "Appassionata." As usual, Gibbons will also intersperse his program with informal anecdotes about the composer and his music.
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D&E Artist-in-Residence Jack Gibbons, pictured above, is scheduled to perform three free Sunday afternoon concerts at Halliehurst Mansion.
On July 28, Gibbons will present "Chopin & Alkan: Piano Legends." The program will reflect the relationship between two of the 19th century's greatest pianist composers, who also happened to be friends and next-door neighbors in Paris. The performance will include some of Chopin's most well-known works including the "'Heroic' Polonaise," "Ballade No. 3" and a selection of preludes, nocturnes and mazurkas, as well as some of Alkan's most spectacular music including the "Marche Funebre" and "Marche Triomphale."
Gibbons will conclude his series with "A Piano Party" (Music by Gershwin, Gibbons & More) on Aug. 4. The program will feature a mix of music by Gershwin, including recreations of the composer's wonderful show tunes improvisation; Alkan, Chopin's unusual next-door neighbor whose bicentenary is being celebrated this year; and some of Gibbons' own popular compositions, including his "Waltz on a Musical Box."
This is the second year Gibbons has presented the classic piano series. He has served as an artist-in-residence at D&E since 2010, performing and writing his own compositions. During his time he has performed at elementary schools throughout the region as well as Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh's Steinway Gallery and New York's Carnegie Hall.
His performances have been received with tremendous standing ovations in some of the world's great concert halls, including New York's Lincoln Center and London's Queen Elizabeth and Royal Albert Halls, and his recordings have consistently attracted rave reviews, awards and commendations.


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Highway 50 near Town Hall Road in the Town of Delavan is now open after a serious early morning crash.
The single-vehicle crash occurred just after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Video: NewsChopper 12 flies over Delavan crash site
Photos: Serious crash near Delavan
Town of Delavan police said officers in Lake Geneva spotted the car traveling at a high rate of speed around 4:27 a.m.
Officers pursued the car for a short time, and the car failed to negotiate a curve on Highway 50 just north of Town Hall Road around 4:33 a.m.
Police said a man who was driving the car was pronounce dead at the scene.
Highway 50 was opened to traffic just after 7:30 a.m.


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Just a year ago, Denver and Oakland went to the end of the season in the race for the AFC West title, with the Broncos edging the Raiders for first place on the final day by winning a three-team tiebreaker with San Diego.
Now the teams couldn�t be further apart.
The Broncos (9-3) are riding a seven-game winning streak into tonight�s game in Oakland already having wrapped up the division title. They are spending the last month worried about playoff positioning and staying healthy for the postseason.
The Raiders (3-9) have lost five in a row and have been eliminated from playoff contention for a 10th consecutive season as the franchise has regressed in the first year of the new regime led by general manager Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen.
�It�s definitely disappointing. Coming into the season, we had a new GM, had a new coaching staff, and it felt like the sky was the limit, but for some reason � obviously, we had a lot of injuries � but for some reason, we haven�t been on the same page the whole season,� defensive back Michael Huff said. �The defense has had their struggles; the offense has their struggles at times; special teams had their struggles at time. It�s like we haven�t just put that complete game together yet. We�re just trying to figure it out and find that perfect game.�
The Broncos quickly figured it out after going 8-8 last year in their first season under front office boss John Elway and coach John Fox. The biggest change came when they acquired quarterback Peyton Manning to replace pedestrian passer Tim Tebow.
But nearly 20 other players acquired since Elway took over the football operations have started games this season, including standout defensive star Von Miller, who has 26� sacks in less than two seasons.
�It�s been a lot of hard work by a lot of people, whether it�s personnel department, the coaching staff, the players in the locker room,� Fox said. �As far as the offseason I know a lot was made of Peyton Manning, but we had a lot of other guys that have been big contributors to this football team as well. But, you know, anything worth a darn takes time to build, and so we�re just in year two of that process.�
Manning�s acquisition accelerated that process. He has come back from a neck injury that sidelined him all of last season to set a Denver record with 29 touchdown passes.
The addition of a dangerous passing game to complement a strong defense led by pass rushers Miller and Elvis Dumervil and a solid running game have made the Broncos legitimate contenders in the AFC.
They clinched the division last week and are tied with New England and Baltimore for second place in the conference and a first-round playoff bye.
�I think our team realizes what a unique opportunity we have, and we are trying to take advantage of it,� Manning said. �Those are the kind of guys you want to be around.�
It might be natural for the Broncos to overlook a struggling Raiders team that hasn�t led a game at any point the last four weeks, especially with a potentially key playoff positioning game the next week in Baltimore.
But with big-play running back Darren McFadden expected to return and the intensity of a division rivalry, Fox has preached all week to his players to avoid that trap.
�You can�t look at their record; you�ve got to look at their film,� safety Rahim Moore said. �They have big-time playmakers. They have speed all over the field, a great running back in Darren McFadden. ... Even though this is a team that�s shuffling on paper, that doesn�t mean they can�t make plays. Just because we�ve been winning doesn�t mean they�re going to give us a victory. They�re going to come play us hard. It�s the NFL. Don�t ever take anybody lightly in anything you do.�
The Raiders will be playing the game with heavy hearts. Allen, the defensive coordinator in Denver last season, has been away from the team all week because of the death of his father, Grady.
The players are rallying behind Allen. They�re searching for any kind of motivation after all their goals disappeared during the five-game losing streak.
�You just play for pride,� Huff said. �We don�t want to go out there and get embarrassed (tonight). Our family, friends, high school coaches, little league coaches, everybody will be watching us. If you don�t want to not get embarrassed, you shouldn�t be playing this game.�
AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton in Englewood contributed to this report.


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Did you know? Design Squad is now the all-new Design Squad Nation!
Engineers have led a technological revolution that has improved the quality of our lives, yet many kids and adults alike don't understand how what engineers do, or how their creations - the technologies that surround us daily - actually work. Design Squad Nation's engineer co-hosts travel across globe, working side-by-side with kids to turn their dreams into reality. Like the original program, this new series shows kids that engineering is about being active in the world, taking risks, collaborating with interesting people, and using science, math, and technology to solve real problems!
Sundays at 7:00 pm
Watch at the Design Squad Nation website.
Meet the Heroes: dreaming big, making it real!
2011 Design Squad Nation Episode Guide (pdf)
Create a virtual string instrument to create your own music, or solve puzzles to save the tiny Fidgits!
Design your own dance pad or confetti catapult, build a wind-resistant high-rise, or try your hand at some other cool engineering challenges!
Dream it, build it, blog it!
Whether you're a parent, teacher or a caregiver, here are some activities that are fun to do at home, in the classroom, or even in the car. Many of these materials include printable PDF sheets. To access these materials, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Unleash your kids' ingenuity and get them thinking like engineers with these 27 Design Squad Nation challenges. Designed for 9- to 12-year-olds, each challenge has step-by-step instructions and age-appropriate explanations of the main idea.
Teacher's Guide
Its 11 hands-on, open-ended, standards-based challenges focus on force, electricity, and sound - topics found in nearly every physical science curriculum.
Educator's Guide
The guide has four units, divided into 10 engaging, hands-on challenges that emphasize teamwork and creative problem solving.
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You can host a Design Squad Nation event just about anywhere. To get you started, the Event Guide has five hands-on engineering challenges, colorful signs and certificates of appreciation, an event checklist, tips for working with kids and volunteers, and an evaluation form.
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These five challenges offer engaging, effective ways to get kids thinking like engineers in afterschool programs, workshops, or events.
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These six challenges are a fun way to bring invention to life for kids, get them thinking like inventors and engineers, and show them how invention improves people's lives.


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I got so fucked up last night, I had five beers, and a blue wave!
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The meaning of this term defines a state where everyone in the world is gradually being sent information about a website (or other) in an amazing rollercoaster effect. One person sends a weblink or idea to someone else. This second person sends it to ten people. The next ten people send it to a hundred people etc. etc. This is the blue wave effect.
Someone sent me an amazing video last week. This week I've had it via email from three other sources. Must be on a real blue wave there!
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I ran across an article today in which U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference,� referred to "a Democrat party that has no interest in working with Republicans…"
Such rhetoric prompts me, for the umpteenth time in the past six years, to offer Rodgers and her fellow GOPers a grammar lesson:
The name of the oldest political party in America is the Democratic�Party of the United States. It�s members are known as �Democrats� (a noun).
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STEUBENVILLE - The 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl allegedly raped in August by two Steubenville High School student-athletes hopes the national attention her case has received will encourage other victims of sex crimes to come forward, said her attorney, Robert Fitzsimmons.
Fitzsimmons said the girl and her family are "doing the best they can, keeping in mind what they've been through."
"They're a very strong family, but they want to get through with this. They want to move on with their lives, like most families probably would," he said.
The 16-year-old defendants, Ma'lik Richmond of Steubenville and Trent Mays of Bloomingdale, will go on trial Feb. 13 in Jefferson County Juvenile Court before visiting Judge Tom Lipps. Both will face rape charges, and Mays also will face a charge of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. Attorneys for the defendants have denied the charges in court.
The alleged victim's mother testified at a preliminary hearing in November, saying she often hears her daughter crying in her bedroom. The girl lost friends and became a social outcast, her mother said, forcing her to seek counseling.
"I think there's some difficulties there," Fitzsimmons said of the girl's social life. "I think on a day-to-day basis, as the case continues to progress, she has tough times every day."
The girl has continued to attend high school and participated in a team sport in the fall. Fitzsimmons believes that served as a temporary distraction from the frenzy surrounding the case.
Rather than come to her aid, others who encountered the girl at an Aug. 11 party in Steubenville posted disparaging comments on their Twitter accounts. One young man even joked crudely about the alleged rape in a more than 12-minute-long video that was posted to the Internet.
"It's bad enough to have a horrific crime alleged, but then to demean the victim?" Fitzsimmons said of the video. "Anybody who's seen that I don't care who you are - has to find it totally disgusting. It's one of the most disgusting things I've heard and seen."
Reynard is a reporter with the The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register.
Fitzsimmons would not say whether his clients have viewed the video, but he acknowledged the media firestorm it attracted to the case when the hacker collective Anonymous released it last month. Some have suggested the girl has been revictimized by the video's circulation, as well as that of a photo showing the defendants holding the apparently unresponsive girl by her wrists and ankles.
"Every day or every time that she hears about it or sees it probably serves as a reminder," said Fitzsimmons. "But that's going to be a part of her life now - you can't change that day. The more you talk about it, the more she's reminded of it - the fact that she has to revisit it. You can't escape that."
According to Fitzsimmons, the girl and her family hope that if anything positive can come from the alleged crime, it is that the support the girl has received may encourage other victims to speak out. He said an overwhelming number of people have reached out to the girl, offering donations to pay for counseling and legal expenses, although Fitzsimmons noted he is not charging a fee for his services.
The family is directing donations to the Wheeling YWCA Madden House or the Sexual Assault Help Center, which has locations in Wheeling and Steubenville.
"I think the attention ... can help other people that have been victimized by this type of crime," Fitzsimmons said, "and give them some strength and some assurance that people are there to help them when that happens."
He also expressed regret that the case has cast such a negative light on Steubenville High School, the Big Red football team and Jefferson County law enforcement through what he sees as brazen, uncorroborated allegations.
"Everybody should step back and look at this thing," he said. "There are allegations and rumors that are wrong, but certainly the victim and her family have no control over that. They don't want anybody needlessly hurt. They don't want to tear down any communities."
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State standards, open source, and Universal Design for Learning | Opensource.com
State standards, open source, and Universal Design for Learning
Common Core State Standards and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) have designed standards and frameworks to support learning in the classroom. However, their approaches on English Language Arts and the use of digital technology and open source need to be better aligned.
Common Core State Standards is a state-led initiative to provide a set core of common knowledge for children to succeed in life and learning. Each state has the option to adopt the standards or not. It is primarily based on performance and on expectations of what children are to learn at every grade level and subject. The Common Core State Standards claims that this practice will help better prepare children for high school, college, the workforce, and a global economy. The standards are heavily based on print and book-based learning.
Universal Design for Learning, on the other hand, is a framework that emphasizes creating effective, flexible goals with all learners in mind. UDL was designed to expand educational opportunity, particularly for people with disabilities, and applies to all learners. It aims to eliminate barriers to learning and makes the framework accessible to all students by providing:
- multiple ways of acquiring information
- alternatives for demonstrating what has been learned
- strategies for engaging diverse learners
- strategies for motivating learners
In other words, UDL is an educational approach to making the curriculum fit the child rather than the child fit the curriculum.
This involves considering the needs of all learners, including strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles. With the Common Core State Standards, teachers are encouraged to use digital media and other teaching materials with the standards. The reading standard for kindergarten students stipulates that children are to ask and answer questions about key details in a text--such as a book--or retell familiar stories. They are to recognize common types of text, such as poems or storybooks. They're to name the author and illustrator of a story. They're to identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. They're also to have a basic understanding of print, such as words going left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
Based on the reading standard for kindergarten children, the Common Core State Standards seem stuck in print mode. Printed books, storybooks, and textbooks are still the most prevalent source for learning and instruction in school. They're often chosen by a teacher or school and not by a child. Such books or textbooks often present ideas, facts, or information to children from an author's viewpoint. Such ideas, facts, or information may be outdated, irrelevant, or too much for a child to fully grasp in the manner presented. Printed materials also present challenges to those with print disabilities and is not the best medium for learning or communicating with all students. Additionally, today's kindergarten students increasingly live in a digital world and should be exposed to multiple mediums, multiple ways of learning, and multiple ways of expressing themselves through digital technology, including open source.
In contrast to the Common Core State Standards, Universal Design for Learning tries to use digital technology--including open source--to make the curriculum more accessible to all learners. UDL Book Builder, for example, is a free online program that promotes reading and writing skills in a way that differs from the traditional, printed approach. With UDL Book Builder, all learners can benefit. Built-in coaches help support diverse learning needs, including the visually or hearing impaired.
With UDL Book Builder, children can freely create, share, publish, and read digital books. They can express their thoughts, ideas, and feelings in words, pictures, and sound. They can create their own interactive digital stories. This gives children the chance to become an author, to have a voice, to make learning relevant to their experience and their personal lives. They can control the content and the message. Printed materials may still exist and be used in classrooms today, but we're in a transitional world where print is in flux and digital learning is paramount for young children.
It's debatable how much the concepts of print feed into a child's basic psychological needs for independence, control, competency, and relating to others. It's debatable how much the Common Core State Standards will foster a love for learning or reading, or if they will better prepare kindergarten students for elementary school.
Children are often assessed in reading for accountability purposes. Today's kindergarten students are facing a classroom where the emphasis is on academic skills, high expectations, and performance-based testing. Yet, the National Association for the Education of Young Children states that childrens' development and learning requires a wide range of abilities and learning in meaningful contexts rather than in isolation or as a series of facts.
UDL Book Builder tries to do this by building upon a child's natural curiosity, their desire to make sense of the world, and, of course, their interest in having fun.
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There are lots of problems with CCSS and the push towards giant testing mills. Of course, these lie outside the scope of your paper.
I like and appreciate the way you articulate one specific example (UDL & technology) highlighting its benefit and contrasting that to CCSS.
I feel like I am missing something, but don't you think that print plays a big role even outside of books? Or maybe I am using the word "print"incorrectly, I think of it as written text, even if the text is in Braille.
It seems to me there is a lot of essential information about the world that people need to know and that information has to be in print, for instance, understanding how to interpret a mortgage application. I don't see the CCSS as based so much on "book-based learning" as they are language and text based, and I think that's all to the good because the standards encourage students to understand how words combine to make meaning.
Laraine, you make a good point about the continuing need to communicate via text regardless of the format in which the text is delivered to the student (e.g. print, braille, audio, digital text). At the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials we have been working on helping people understand that PRINT (static, "paper-based" text) and TEXT are two different things - text being the CONTENT and print being one of the formats in which the content is "displayed and delivered." We think that, when there is a greater understanding of these terms, there will be much improved chances that students (and all people) will have the opportunity to experience text (as well as graphics and other objects) in the formats that they either require or prefer. If you would like to explore this further, you may want to visit the AIM Center's web site at aim.cast.org and you may find the PALM Initiative particularly interesting. PALM is an acronym for Purchase Accessible Learning Materials. We believe that, in addition to the sources of flexible, accessible materials available to some individuals with disabilities that impede the use of print, learning materials available for purchase must be designed to be flexible and accessible from the start so that they can be used by ALL students who need or prefer different formats for different purposes. The purpose of the PALM Initiative is to raise awareness and increase demand for such materials of a broad scale.
I agree with you that "Printed materials present challenges to those with print disabilities and is not the best medium for learning or communicating" . But using digital devices in education may lead to health issues. For example, coaching the kindergarten students on digital screens may cause eye pain and blurred vision.


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Bowers & Wilkins North America president Doug Henderson show demonstrates how to open the door on the McLaren.
Bowers & Wilkins speakers in the McLaren.
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Bowers & Wilkins had to purchase much of the gear in its museum because most discontinued products were not kept over the last 50 years.
Words to live by from Bowers & Wilkins founder John Bowers
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Senior product manager Andy Kerr holds up the very heavy solid-body turbine head.
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The silver 6-inch FST midrange drive unit of the 800 D3 uses Bower & Wilkins' new proprietary Continuum woven material. Developed af...
Bower & Wilkins' showcases its in-wall speakers in this space.
Bower & Wilkins' legendary Nautilus is 17 years old but just as contemporary now as it was then.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
The Berkeley County Sheriffs deputy involved in an automobile accident last week has resigned after it was found that he was driving with a suspended license at the time of the accident.
BCSO spokesman Dan Moon confirmed Monday that Deputy Justice Jenkins, 34, of Moncks Corner, is no longer with the BCSO.
Jenkins was cited Monday, a week after a Redbank Road wreck, by the S.C. Highway Patrol for driving under suspension, according to Berkeley County records.
Jenkins never told the BCSO that his license had been suspended Aug. 4, Moon confirmed. The department does drivers license audits twice each year.
No details were immediately available about why Jenkins license was suspended.
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Julianne Kline and Daniel Engle were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Ohio Memorial Chapel, Tiffin. The Rev. Mark Brodbeck officiated the ceremony. A reception followed at Sycamore Community Center.
Julie is the daughter of Karen and Brent Kline.
Daniel is the son of Jay and Louise Weller.
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The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore an A-line, white satin strapless gown with a corset back featuring lace embroidery, crystals, pearls and a chapel-length train. She carried a bouquet of stargazer lilies, pink and orange roses, daisies, lily of the valley and stephnotis.
Jackie Kline served as her sister's maid of honor; she wore a fuchsia, knee-length strapless dress with black trim at the waist. Bridesmaids were Kassandra Ringle and Jenni Roper, cousins of the bride, Ashley Drown, sister of the groom and Amanda Miklavic, Dawn Pfeiffer, Andrea Eckelberry and Kaytee Clark, friends of the bride. They wore fuchsia, knee-length strapless dresses with white trim at the waist. All carried smaller versions of the bride's bouquet.
Andy Stevens served as his friend's best man. Groomsmen were Jacob Kline, brother of the bride, and Mike Coook, Andy Bish, Mike Craddolph, Mike Runion, Erik Reinhard and Ed Shepherd, friends of the groom.
The flower girl was Emily Boes, cousin of the groom. Ring bearer was Gabriel Lang, nephew of the groom.
Julie is a 2007 graduate of Mohawk High School and a 2009 graduate of Owens Community College. She is a home massage therapist, pharmacy technician at Walmart and attends Heidelberg University.
Dan is a 2007 graduate of Columbian High School and is studying at Colorado Technical University. He is a yard driver at Lowe's Distribution Center, Findlay.
Kathy Kline, Kindra Ringle and Kassandra Ringle hosted a bridal shower June 9, 2013, and the maid of honor hosted another shower July 4, 2013.
The rehearsal dinner took place at Fathead's, Republic.
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Hustle Paintball is proud to present a variety of Tippmann products. Tippmann paintball guns have been on the market for over 20 years and have established a reputation for producing quality, sturdy paintball markers that have the most innovative technology. Tippmann produced the A5 paintball marker with its cyclone feed system which feeds paintballs as fast as you can shoot them. The X7 paintball guns are the most personalize able markers on the market. It has a number of interchangeable parts which allows you to make the gun that you always wanted. The X7 has more advanced technology with the Cyclone EP and can unload 20 balls per second. Don't forget about the Tippmann 98 model this base model has a long history of providing continuous accuracy sand reliability. Its rugged construction can not only withstand the abuse of a hard day playing paintball but enjoys the intensive play seen on the woods ball field and even the tournament air ball fields.
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Collection of templates and snippets of semantic HTML that can be used as boilerplate while working on markup
This bookmarklet provides a controllable overlay with an image of page graphical design over top of the developed HTML. In fact it is similar to the well-know Pixel Perfect Firefox extension, which doesn't work properly with last Firefox builds for a while.
The utility gets especially handy when you want your JavaScript modular without additional libraries and without incurring excess requests
Page navigation using touch gestures on mobile devices
Usually we hide all auxiliary page components on mobile to save space of the viewing area. So we have to provide in return alternative navigation tool out of the screen. Since keyboard with navigation keys isn't available, we can use touch gestures.
Small PHP library introducing to the AOP world
Tiny asynchronous dependency loader, that does not require modification of dependent scripts
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You can use it as customizable Youtube player or as HTML video player with fallback to Youtube player if the user browser doesn't support HTML5 video element.
The player is aware of the vandalic way DivX embeds its own web player when installed, and tries to fix it gratefully.
The plugin turns your markup into a slide-show with a set of fancy configurable transition effects. The plugin tries to render the effects with CSS3 transitions. However if the browser does not support CSS3, the same effects will be achieved by JS.
Every available effect is encapsulated into a separate module. One can remove redundant effect modules from jquery.t-effects and leave the only code responding to his requirements.
That is a jquery plugin, which emulates HTML5 Form behavior on old browsers.The plugin also allows to customize form submission validation tooltips and field validation callbacks (e.g. via XMLHttpRequest).
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Janet L. Beauchamp , 85, Altoona, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday afternoon at her residence.
She was born in Foot of Ten, daughter of the late Lester and Esther (Ott) Weise. She married William J. Beauchamp on Sept. 24, 1949, in Cumberland, Md., and he preceded her in death on July 29, 2006.
Surviving are four children: Barbara Martino, William James Jr. and James Robert and wife, Deborah, all of Altoona, and David Eugene of Gainesville, Ga.; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; and her puppy, Riley.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Stephen Piper; and a grandson, David Martino.
Janet was a member of St. Mark's Catholic Church, where she enjoyed volunteering in the kitchen for Lenten fish fries. She was also a member of Overeaters Anonymous. She was a wonderful and loving woman who was special to many, many people.
There will be no public viewing. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at St. Mark's Catholic Church, Altoona, the Rev. Ronald Osinski officiating. Interment will be made at Calvary Cemetery, Altoona.
Arrangements are by Myers-Somers Funeral Home Inc., 501 Sixth Ave., Altoona.


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Dr. JC Barone, Hayley Kishel (2011, B.A. Media Arts), and Professor Karen Saunders honored at the 2011 Communication Awards ceremony
Leslie Tracey (English), Taryn Gatcomb (2012, B.A. Communication Studies), Laurie Rohe (2012, B.A. Media Arts: Production), and Carolina Bara (2011, B.A. Media Arts: Production) traveled with Dr. Jessica Eckstein (not pictured) as participants at the 2012 conference of the Central States Communication Association in Cleveland, OH
In the Communication Department at WCSU, compared to nearby schools, you will find:
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A paragraph should express one idea either implicitly or explicitly and omit all irrelevant material.
The paragraph is the main unit of thought in prose. Each paragraph should have one main idea, although there may sometimes be subordinate ideas within it. If you believe that two ideas are related to one another closely enough to be in the same paragraph, you must make their relationship clear to your readers. If you cannot make the relationship clear, or if you are in doubt about the relationship yourself, you probably need to divide the paragraph.
Often, though not always, the best means of unifying an expository paragraph is to use a topic sentence that states its main idea. The other sentences in the paragraph elaborate, justify, or explain this topic sentence.
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Holds more than I expected
By DH
from Raleigh, NC
Comments about Levenger Morgan Pen Cup:
I bought this with the matching unifer. I'm using one pocket in the unifier for storing my special pens so I took the insert out of the pen cup. It holds a lot more than I expected, 2 full sets of colored felt pens plus my scissors, and 2 fat highlighters. It looks great next to the unifer.
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Excellent Desk pen holder
By Milton
from Tampa, FL
This piece really completed my desk. Makes organizing it easier and really makes a difference. The design and look and feel of it are exceptional.
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Good for pens in use
By TorontoPenEnthusiast
from Ontario
This pen holder is great for pens in use. I generally have a few fountain pens with different nibs/colour on the go at any one time. This keeps them upright so the ink doesn't pool/clog in the nib/feeder. It also keeps them handy. I leave my pens that aren't in use in the Levenger tilted glass display. I'd recommend this if you are just starting out and only have a few, or if you have lots of pens and need somewhere for those in use.
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By DrMRG
from Dallas, TX
I keep buying maki-e pens. I have out grown the pen box from Levenger's so I needed something more to hold new pens. this pen cup firs with the decor [colors] on my desk. Taking out the insert gives me much additional room. The leather and details are quite pleasing. I am well satisfied!
Nice leather
By Grams
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This was purchased for our son as an accessory for his new office. He sniffed the new leather and smiled. We knew it was a winner. Very nice.
functional and attractive
By susadie
from Jackson, MS
This pen cup has helped me to clean up my desktop. While I have pen cases that I keep in the drawer, there always seem to be 1 or more pens laying on the desk. The pen cup now holds these pens and I always know where to find them without digging through stacks of papers.
Nice Desk Accessory
By Gatefan
from Canton, OH
I purchased this in tan for my mother. It is good quality and looks very nice. The only negative is the foam inside had that bad foam smell. It might not bother some people, but my mom is sensitive to smells. Problem solved though! We just threw it out and aired the holder out in the sun for a day. Now, she has a good quality, sharp looking holder for her nice pens.
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The Pirates had a great trade deadline and saw their chances of continuing this magical season increase Wednesday.
Simply by doing nothing.
Nobody else did anything, either, so by default, the Pirates are in exactly the same position as they've been for a good while.
The Bucs have their shortcomings, and the woeful offense coming out of right field tops the list. They still have the best record in baseball (65-42) despite that, and even though they didn't address the need at the deadline, the Pirates came out smelling like roses since none of the other contenders in the National League did anything of note.
Hey, if they're chasing you and they didn't improve, that's great news.
Give general manager Neal Huntington a lot of credit for standing pat and not panicking by making a deal in which the Bucs certainly would have overpaid badly. The market for bats wasn't great anyway, and Huntington wisely held onto his best trading chips to be used in the coming years, when the Pirates still should be factors in the NL.
Tuesday was arguably the Pirates' best day in the last 20 years as they swept the Cardinals in a doubleheader for a 1 1/2-game lead in the NL Central (now 2 1/2). One thing that probably went overlooked from that day largely explains why the Bucs are in the situation they're in right now, as well as why they didn't feel like they had to make a splash at the trade deadline.
Eight of the nine starters in Tuesday's second game were home-grown players, each having appeared with the Curve at some point. There has never been a game in which all nine Bucs starters were Curve alums, and eight has only occurred about five or six times (Gaby Sanchez was the lone holdout Tuesday).
It will be a historic day for the Curve when all nine Bucco starting spots are filled. But more significantly, when that happens - and if it happens for a contending team - it will serve as a great testament to the organization's complete overhaul of what has been at various times a dreadful farm system.
The plan to build the major league team from within, while adding key pieces when needed such as catcher Russell Martin or pitcher A.J. Burnett, has finally come to fruition. And while the farm system isn't exactly loaded with high-ceiling position players, there are enough good prospects all around to believe the Bucs can keep adding a youngster here and there over the next few years to remain contenders.
Huntington wasn't willing to give any of those pieces away for an unfavorable deal at the trade deadline.
"It is a credit to our international, amateur and professional scouts, our development staff, our major league staff and the support staff for the great work they have done," Huntington texted the Mirror on Tuesday about the minor league success.
"Patience is a challenge in sports, but we have a lot of really good people that have done and continue to do some great work, and the results are showing on the field at PNC."
They are showing, everywhere but right field. The Pirates have been flat awful offensively in that spot all year, and at some point you just know it's going to bite them.
So let me say this one more time: Why not give Andrew Lambo a shot?
It makes absolutely no sense to keep ignoring Lambo, whose 28 home runs are tied for second most in all of minor league baseball. He hit 14 in 58 games for the Curve and has 14 in 41 games for Triple-A Indianapolis, to go along with 87 total RBIs.
Lambo actually has a higher OPS in Triple-A (.946) than he did in Altoona (.910), and his left-handed power potential should have the Pirates salivating.
OK, so he's never played in the majors and might stink up the joint if he's promoted. Well, Pedro Alvarez did that for huge chunks of the past two seasons, but he's a game changer with his power, and Lambo could provide that type of difference if given a chance.
There's very little chance Lambo could perform worse offensively than what the Pirates have been running out in right field.
Pirates assistant general manager Kyle Stark said Tuesday that Lambo is still working on things such as "consistency of his at-bats" and "little things" including defense and baserunning.
"He's still in the minors because he's still developing and because we've had a few guys ahead of him who had earned their own opportunity," Stark texted to the Mirror.
Maybe guys like Jose Tabata, Travis Snider and Alex Presley have earned opportunities, but none brings as much potential upside as Lambo.
The right field situation will have to be addressed if the Pirates - and yes, I'm actually about to write this - are going to have a shot to win the World Series.
This team, because of its tremendous pitching, is a legitimate World Series contender. If anyone had doubts about that, four straight wins against the Cardinals this week should have changed your mind.
At this point, fans shouldn't be worried about a collapse any longer. The concern is winning the NL Central rather than getting a wild-card berth, which brings with it a ridiculous one-game, do-or-die scenario.
It's Aug. 1, and the Pirates are the best team in baseball. If this is a dream, please, no one wake us up until the end of October.
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A: The Grout Removal Attachment threads onto the end of all Dremel rotary tools with a threaded nosepiece (the majority). However, some older rotary tool models have no threaded nosepiece or different threads. As a result, it is not possible for it to fit onto some of the previously manufactured tools. We have not found a safe way to adapt that fit to the older tools.
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A: The accessory bit will break if it is forced through the grout. Spinning at high speeds, the accessory bit will get very hot. The debris will also be hot. If the debris remains in the grout line, as the tool is forced through the grout, excessive pressure and heat mixed can cause the accessory to snap.
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