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Japan Looks Into Report Japanese Detained in Syria
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Published: 18th August 2014 12:39 PM
Last Updated: 18th August 2014 12:39 PM
TOKYO: Japan is looking into reports that a Japanese man may have been detained possibly by militants in Syria, the foreign ministry said Monday.
The government was trying to confirm through the Japanese embassy in Damascus, now operating out of Jordan, the reports that surfaced over the weekend, such as online posts showing a man being captured, allegedly in Syria, a ministry official said.
His identity, why he was there and other details are not clear.
A ministry official said Japan received a tip from a person, not a country or terrorist group, about the capture.
Three investigative task forces have been set up, one in Jordan, another in the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo and another on international terrorism at the national police, he told reporters.
The detained man is not believed to be among the 22 Japanese registered as residing in Syria, such as spouses of Syrians, and that means the individual may have entered the country illegally, said the official, who asked not to be named because of ministry policy. He did not elaborate.
The Japanese government has warned against travel in Syria, where fighting has been ongoing between Syrian government forces and the Islamic State group and other rebels that control northern Syria and parts of Iraq.
The government does not plan to send investigators into Syria as it feels that is too dangerous, the official said.
Japan's constitution after World War II prevents the nation from taking part in most military combat. Japan has taken part in humanitarian and peacekeeping missions in the Middle East.
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It was a wonderful weekend of action in Italy that saw major movement at the top and bottom of the table.
Palermo failed to hang onto a lead against Chievo, which proved costly. Genoa and Cagliari secured crucial victories at the foot of the table and both sides appear to be well down the road to safety.
Juventus faltered away to fierce rivals Roma and opened the door for Napoli to close the gap at the top to just two points, but the Partenopei were frustrated at home to Sampdoria.
Milan continued their march towards the Champions League places, temporarily claiming third after a 2-1 victory at home to Parma—although Lazio can jump back above the Rossoneri if they can avoid defeat against Siena on Monday.
The most significant result of the weekend, and by far the most impressive, came at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, where a rampant Fiorentina trounced a dreadful Inter Milan side.
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The editor will approve (or reject) new photos; select and schedule photos as "Photos of the Day"; and send email invitations to jazz photographers asking them to share their work at the gallery. Familiarity with the photo gallery is a must.
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Grooming Guidelines
Snow grooming conducted by Bureau of Forestry (Bureau) personnel shall follow the guidelines in this document to obtain optimal productivity and grooming results. Grooming is conducted to obtain a long-lasting trail by removing moguls and acquiring a consistent density. The denser the snow, the longer the trail will last.
The overall objective of snowmobile trail grooming is to provide smooth trails that are suitable for all levels of rider experience. This can mean many things: establishing a trail base at the beginning of the season, having to reestablish a trail after heavy snowfall and/or winds have obliterated it, or having to work a heavily moguled trail back into a smooth surface (also called "restoring" the trail).
Where possible, grooming objectives may be met by "night grooming" (non-standard business hours). Adequate equipment operator staff, employee availability and willingness to work beyond normal business hours, personnel safety, budgetary limitations, and AFSCME Union issues may be a basis for restrictions on grooming in specific forest districts. Such issue may need to be addressed with AFSCME or other parties through the Bureau's Division of Operations and Recreation and/or the Bureau of Human Resource's Division of Employee Relations and Safety.
Where areas have traffic levels that are generally low, with little night riding and low weekday traffic, there is typically more flexibility as to when grooming efforts can be effective and few grooming repetitions per week will generally be required to have good trails. If traffic levels are high everyday of the week, areas must look closely at scheduling factors to be as effective as possible with grooming expenditures. It is likely that or even 7 repetitions per week may be needed to have good trails. While some high traffic areas choose to groom mid-day to keep moguls from getting too deep, such efforts should be secondary to regular grooming.
The District Forester is permitted to use snowmobile clubs to assist in grooming roads and trails that have traditionally not been groomed nor are planned to be groomed by Bureau personnel to help meet the snowmobile user group needs.
Local Bureau personnel will assess snow and weather conditions prior to and during grooming so that, within equipment, personnel and budgetary limitations, optimum conditions are provided for snowmobiling. The groomer operator should examine the snow, by trying to make a snowball, for example. Very warm, wet, or saturated snow will not be cohesive. However, if the temperature is dropping, wet snow may refreeze overnight. Also, freshly fallen, cold, dry snow will not readily stick together. However, grooming and compacting this type of snow will enhance its ability to form bonds or "setup."
A record of grooming, including schedules and trail / road names, will be maintained in each forest district office. Main corridor trails and roads shall be groomed when favorable conditions exist. All groomers owned and operated by the Commonwealth shall be equipped with a 2-way radio, a cell phone (when a particular district has them available to their employees and when deemed appropriate to supplement radio communications), fully functioning front and rear lights, and a fully functioning orange beacon mounted atop the groomer cab. Groomers owned by an outside organization, such as snowmobile clubs, and operated on
Early Season Trail Preparation
The first snowfalls that are processed on the trail often create the base for the remainder of the winter. An early solid, smooth base of snow will help keep the trail smoother throughout the rest of the winter. Early winter snowfalls can contain more free water and can compact well. Therefore, vigorous smoothing and heavy compaction is often important for early snows. Typically 4-6 inches are all that is required to begin base building. Managers and operators must use their own discretion as local factors and conditions will dictate when base building can begin. Newly fallen snow layers should ideally be cut to 6 inches or less, using only the blades, before compacting to ensure full compaction throughout the layer. Thick layers of newly fallen snow typically do not compact well.
In areas prone to wetness, such as low swampy crossings, it is advantageous to keep the snow thickness to a minimum in the early part of the winter. This allows the underlying soil to freeze and become stable. This frozen layer of earth will also help to keep the trail solid later into the spring season. Since snow is an excellent insulator, these areas should be kept thin so the ground remains frozen. Banked snow can be pulled onto these areas later in the season if bare spots occur.
Mogul Formation
Figure 1.5 demonstrates how moguls are formed. In the top view, a small rut is created in the trail by a snowmobile that has either braked suddenly or accelerated too quickly. Views 2, 3, and 4 show how the rut develops into a run of moguls as the suspensions of many successive snowmobiles react to the uneven trail surface, each one compounding the other, as each snowmobile passes.
Figure 1.5 Mogul formation
Removal of Moguls
Ideally, moguls should be completely cut away from the snow that forms the trail base. Beware that if the top is simply cut off a mound and dropped into the depression of the adjacent dip, it can result in the same mogul returning in no time at all. By completely removing the mound, all the way down to the bottom of the adjacent dip, the profile of the mogul is eliminated from the trail. However, also beware to not cut into the layer of snow that forms the compressed trail base below the bottom of a mogul's dip. The mogul should be removed, but not the solid trail base below it, so care must be given to cutting no deeper than the bottom of the dips that form the moguls. This requires that the cutting depth must be continually monitored and adjusted by the Groomer Operator.
Multi-blade drags accomplish mogul removal by using multiple sets of planer blades angled to cut into the moguls. As shown in Figure 1.6, the preset cutting depth of the planer blades are typically stepped slightly lower from the front to the rear of the drag, which results in the deepest cutting depth when the drag is fully lowered so it rides flat on the side rails. Again, if the depth of the moguls exceeds the depth of the drag blades, multiple passes may be required to accomplish complete mogul removal.
Figure 1.6 Step 1: Removal of moguls. The planer blade cutting depth should cut to the bottom of the mogul's dip, but not into the compacted trail bed.
Processing the Snow
At any given time, there may be several types of snow on a snowmobile trail – hard packed snow, soft snow, wet snow, dry snow, ice, freshly fallen snow, wind blown snow that is typically small granules and some of the hardest snow, or snow that has been pounded by snowmobiles and worked so hard by groomers that there is little consistency left in it. It is critical that all types of snow be "processed" to achieve proper trail compression and set up. In many drag designs, the multiple blades are angled so the snow moves from side to side further mixing and homogenizing it. The more the blades are in contact with the snow; the more the snow will be processed. While the snow is being mixed, it is also de-aerated (air space between snow particles is removed to make it denser).
This churning, tumbling, or milling action removes air from the snow and, at the same time, breaks up the compacted snow from which moguls are formed into smaller granules of various sizes. It also breaks away points from individual snow flakes so they can be compressed more tightly.
Figure 1.7 Step 2: Processing the snow. A churning action should be created in front of the planer blade to help process the compacted snow from the mogul into granules of various sizes.
The mechanical action of the churning and tumbling has another important purpose in that it can sometimes introduce moisture into the snow mix due to friction. This friction causes the temperature of the snow to actually rise, be it a very small fraction of a degree, which can create a small amount of moisture in the processed snow. This is especially valuable when snow is very dry. Introducing this moisture into the processed snow is also very important to achieving good trail "set up."
It is critical that the rolling or churning action is achieved. If snow is allowed to ball up or plow along in front of the blades without this rolling action, the snow is not being properly processed (doesn't de-aerate, doesn't mix and break points, doesn't produce friction). This can be caused by the tractor traveling too fast (not enough time for the snow to properly roll and process), grooming conditions being too warm or too wet, or improper drag blade height (set too deep if "plowing" or too shallow if no snow in blade).
The height of the drag's blade(s) is critical to proper processing of the snow. If the trail is fairly smooth or only slightly moguled, only a minimum of snow will need to be processed since it isn't desirable to disturb any more of the trail base than what is needed to remove the moguls. In such cases, there may only be a need to have snow churning in the rear sets of blades on a multi-blade or only a partial blade full on a single blade. If the trail is heavily moguled or if there is lots of new snow, more blades on the multi or greater depth on the single blade will likely be required. Remember – process only as much as is needed to remove the moguls, but no more.
Proper ground speed is also critical to proper processing of the snow. Too slow and the proper churning, rolling, and mixing to produce the friction that is needed to improve trail set up is not achieved. Too fast and several factors work against effective grooming, particularly with multi-blade drags. First, too high of a ground speed results in the angled blades spraying snow out the sides of the drag where it is lost and wasted for the purposes of grooming. Snow is precious to the grooming operation and most areas can ill afford to deliberately throw it off the trail. Second, the rolling and churning action is partially dependant upon forces of gravity, so proper time must be allowed for the snow to roll, churn, and fall out. Third, going too fast can sometimes, in effect, over-process the snow and prematurely wear it out. Processing snow can be similar to using a blender – low to mid speeds can achieve good mixing and blending, but setting the speed too high can actually start to change the consistency and even liquefy what's being processed. The same can be true with grooming in that the quality of the snow can actually be adversely affected by going too fast. And fourth, regardless if using a single blade, multi-blade, or tiller to groom, too high of a ground speed results in a side-to-side rocking that produces a rough versus smooth finished trail. Irrespective of the type of groomer, the best quality trails, in terms of both smoothness and durability, result from grooming at speeds between 5 and 7 miles per hour.
After the processed snow passes through the last set of blades or the tiller, there should be an even blend of loose particles ready for compression.
The moist, loose snow created by the processing step must be "compressed" into an even covering of uniform density with a smooth surface. This process further de-aerates the snow and provides for a denser trail surface.
Figure 1.8 Step 3: Compression of the processed snow. The loose snow created by the cutting and churning action of the blades is distributed by the spreader pan, then compressed into a new layer of compacted snow on the trail bed.
On a multi-blade drag, the front of the pan is angled so loose snow that is contained by the side rails is captured and pulled under the spreader pan where it is then compressed by the weight of the moving drag. Since single blade drags typically do not have side rails, the snow must pass under the single blade of the unit and then be compressed by the drag's pan. If too much snow is carried in the single blade, it spills out the sides. This difference means that the multi-blade typically increases the finished snow depth/base of the trail with each pass, while the single blade increases trail depth only when there is an accumulation of new snow on the trail.
Trail Set Up
Set up is simply allowing the snow that has been disturbed by cutting, processing, and compressing the proper time required to refreeze. Generally, the longer the set up time that is allowed, the more durable the trail will be and the longer the newly created smooth surface will last.
Once the drag or tiller has passed, the snow from the moguls should have been fully removed, processed, and redistributed as a new layer of denser, smoother "snow pavement."
The last step in the grooming operation allows the moisture that was created during the processing step to refreeze. This binds the individual granules of tightly packed snow firmly together, creating a hard surface that will withstand passing traffic much better.
The length of time needed for a trail to set up correctly can vary from two to six or even more than ten hours, depending upon the ambient temperature and snow moisture.
Trail set up can be similar to freezing a tray of ice cubes – after a short time there may be a crust but the cube isn't entirely solid and it generally takes a few hours for it to become fully firm. A snowmobile trail is no different. Therefore, it is vital that the trail remain as undisturbed as possible during this set up period for firmer, better quality trails that will stand up longer to snowmobiling traffic.
Ideally, a snowmobile trail would be closed during set up time, but that isn't practical. Consequently, the best time to groom is generally at night when traffic levels are typically lower and air temperatures are generally colder.
It is recommended that daytime grooming be done in areas only if there is little or no daytime snowmobile use on the trail being groomed. Other exceptions would include special circumstances such as when daylight would aid operator visibility for initial early season trail set up and establishment or for trail reestablishment of the trail after big storms, extremely heavy snowfalls, and/or significant wind events.
General Operating Guidelines
How Much Snow is Required to Start Grooming Operations?
The amount of snow depth required to begin grooming operations will vary by area and is affected by the type of terrain and by the type of snow. Remember that it requires a lot more snow to safely and effectively operate a groomer than it does to operate a snowmobile. And it can be a good thing to let snowmobiles run on the snow first before you start grooming operations because it starts the de-aeration and compression process. Generally, at least 8 to 12 inches of wet snow on smooth terrain like a road is enough to begin grooming operations. However, if the snow is drier, or if the terrain is rough or uneven, at least 12 to 18 inches of snow (or more) may be required to safely begin effective grooming operations. Pleased be advised, however, these are general depth recommendations and goomer operating manuals should always be consulted prior to beginning any grooming operations.
Best Grooming Temperatures
Generally when using a drag, grooming operations should be suspended when the air temperature is below -25 degrees Fahrenheit or above +40 degrees Fahrenheit because it can cause snow to stick in the blades or build up on the packing pan enough of the time to make grooming a smooth trail impossible. The ideal grooming temperature is approximately 25 degrees Fahrenheit. Groomer operators may often have to use their own discretion and base grooming operations on other local factors including presence or absence of sunlight, terrain, expected weather conditions, etc.
Grooming Basics
Building Trail Base vs. Maintaining Trail Base
Anytime there is "new" snow to work with, either through new snowfall, blown in snow, or snow that is pulled in from the trail edges, grooming will build (increase) the trail's base/depth. If "new" snow is not available, grooming will simply maintain the trail base, which is a much less desirable situation.
Ideal Groomed Trail Width
In most areas, the ideal groomed trail width will be 1½ to 2 groomer widths (typically 12 to 18 feet). However, local conditions and equipment widths will dictate what this means on any given trail segment. The clearing width in some wooded areas may only accommodate a single drag width, while other trails located on improved roadways may provide as much as 60 feet of width. However in these situations on wide roads, do not try to groom too wide. Pick a route and stick to it to ensure that the trail base is built from the ground up. If varied routes are groomed on wide roadways, it can result in soft pockets of snow and rough trails because the same designated trail route was not consistently compacted. By keeping the groomed route on these wide roads narrower, the middle of the road/trail can be hardened and result in a better quality trail.
Think Visibility!
Grooming tractors should be operated with their warning beacon/strobe and lights on at all times to increase their visibility to snowmobilers approaching on the trail. A slow moving vehicle (SMV) sign should be displayed at the rear of all units since a groomer is nearly stationary when compared to a fast moving snowmobile.
Groom When Traffic Is Low
Always try to groom when traffic volumes are at their lowest. This helps allow adequate time for the trail to set up properly and can also enhance grooming and snowmobiling safety. The greatest single key to effective grooming is low traffic. So if traffic is heavy, consider an alternate time to groom.
Pull Snow to the Middle of Trail
If there is a lack of snow in the middle of the trail, which is often the case since that is where snowmobiles most often operate, use the front blade to pull snow in from the trail's outer edge or operate the drag on the outer edge of the trail. The outside two to three feet of a trail will often be softer than the middle of the trail due to the compaction that snowmobile traffic contributes in the middle of the trail.
Don't Set the Drag Blades Too Low on Smooth Trails
When grooming a trail with little fresh snow cover and only minimal moguling, care should be taken to not have the drag adjusted too low because it would unnecessarily process the hard-packed trail base. Cut only as deep as the bottom of the "dip" of the moguls. If the trail is relatively smooth, only cut or "skim" with the rear set of blades. Following this method can help build/increase the depth of the hard-packed trail base.
Deep New Snowfall Can Mean Starting Over
Moguls under a deep new snowfall cannot usually be completely removed. Process the fresh snow and compact it so a smooth finish is established as a new base on top of the moguls. Two passes may be required to achieve sufficient processing and compression when there is extremely deep new snowfall. A longer set up time will be required.
Grooming Wet Snow
Processing wet, heavy snow is more difficult and requires more operator finesse since it has more surface tension and will not flow as well as cold, dry snow. To groom in wet conditions, adjust the drag somewhat higher than if in below freezing conditions and pick up the speed of the tractor slightly. Monitor the snow to ensure it flows freely. If the snow begins to collect in the drag, raise it high enough to clear the snow and lower it again, but make sure not to deposit a hazardous pile of snow on the trail when doing so.
Grooming Hills
Hills can create another special challenge for groomer operators. There is likely to be a lack of snow at the crest/top of the hill and an abundance of snow at the bottom. Oftentimes, the hillside may be either icy, or even bare, from snowmobiles spinning their tracks while climbing it. It may also be bare due to southern exposure to the sun. As much as anywhere, hills are an area where the operator must anticipate and plan ahead. Also, always keep to the right so the groomer is not a hazard. The drag may need to be raised as the groomer begins climbing a hill.
Grooming Curves
Curves can create special challenges since there is typically low snow or no snow in the bottom of a sharp curve. At the same time, berms three to five feet (0.9 to1.5 meters) high (or more) can form on the outside edge if the curve is not regularly groomed and reformed. First, always beware that dropping too far down into the center of a sharp or blind curve can be dangerous for approaching snowmobile traffic. Therefore, never deviate over/inside the mythical centerline of the trail by more than a couple of feet so as to still allow room for an oncoming snowmobile to meet and pass the groomer in the curve. Second, if the groomer gets too high on the outside edge of the berm, it risks
becoming high centered and stuck. Use the front blade on the tractor to pull snow from the outside berm into the bottom of the curve. At the same time understand that it is difficult to "carry" much snow into the curve with a multi-blade drag because of its tendency to build trail depth versus "carrying and dumping" snow like what can be done with a single blade drag.
One other thing to keep in mind about grooming curves is that there is only one location in a curve where there is ever "extra" snow that may be available for the drag to move into the snow-deprived bottom of the curve. That location is the outside end of the curve and, sometimes, some of it can be tapped on the next reverse direction grooming pass. This is further explained as follows: Imagine the curve as an upside down U, like this: ∩. The direction of travel and grooming is counterclockwise, on the outside/top edge of the curve, which means any "extra" snow will be deposited on this grooming pass by the drag at the end of the upper left corner of the ∩, where it transitions from curve to straightway. If the grooming direction is reversed on the next shift (by grooming clockwise on the trail loop), the groomer will be on the inside/bottom of the curve as it enters the curve. By moving over to the left a couple of feet/half a meter (but no more so as to not create a safety hazard!) as the groomer approaches the curve, the drag can be swung slightly into the area with the extra snow, which is slightly before the outside left corner of the ∩. Then, by dropping back into the bottom of the curve, the groomer can deposit any snow that was picked up with the drag into the bottom of the curve. This is a slow process, but by keeping at it, trail conditions on curves can be slowly improved.
Proper Use of the Front Blade
Don't Over Use the Front Blade
When using a drag, the front blade of the grooming tractor is best used to level drifts or to pull new snow into the trail. Snow worked by the front blade is then processed, compressed, and leveled out by the drag. Operators are cautioned to not "over groom" by continually raising and lowering the front blade which can lead to accentuating dips and rolling trail surfaces. Rather, trail leveling is best accomplished by the planer effect of a drag pulled behind the tractor. When using a tiller, the front blade must perform the important process of removing moguls, so the front blade needs to be in use nearly fulltime. Still, overworking (too frequently raising and lowering) the front blade can lead to uneven trail surfaces and should be avoided. Try to use the tilt adjustment instead.
Blade Use at Grooming Speed
While operating the tractor at grooming speed when using a drag, it is recommended to run with the bottom of the front blade set about 4 inches above the bottom of the tracks, not at ground level. This can allow it to be used for day-lighting out finger or pillow drifts, while at the same time keeping it a safe distance above the trail bed and away from rocks, stumps, and other hazards. Watch behind the front blade to monitor the blade height in relation to the bottom of the tracks. If there is a need to use the front blade for heavy dozing or for building trail across a drifted side slope, slow down and operate with caution.
Tips for Operating Tracked Vehicles
Keep the Vehicle on Top of the Snow
Snow can have a top crust that is harder than the underlying base due to various melt-freeze or wind-packing conditions. It is to the operator's advantage to try to keep the groomer on top. Try to not spin the tracks through that crust if at all possible.
If Stuck, Don't Spin
If the groomer gets stuck, DO NOT spin the tracks. It is important to remember that a tractor is rarely stuck in a level position, unless it has spun out while climbing a hill on a hard packed, icy trail. Raising the implement and backing the unit down the hill will often remedy this situation. If not, the groomer is stuck, so proceed with caution.
More often than not, the tractor will be tilted to the right / outside edge of the trail because it fell off the compacted trail base. The first thing to do is get the tractor level. This is particularly true with gear drive tractors since the lubricants can run out of the differential into the axle tubes that are lower, which can leave the ring gear and pinion empty or low of grease. In such cases, spinning the tracks is the last thing that should be done since it can severely damage the tractor. Get the tractor level to protect it. At this point, a long handled, plastic scoop shovel is the operator's best friend, and they should start digging. The tractor will most likely be high-centered, so snow must be removed from beneath the tractor's front blade, frame, and undercarriage.
Once the tractor is level, the vehicle should be rocked gently back and forth which can help pack the snow. It is better to unhook a drag sooner versus later – it can save a lot of time, effort, or even damage to the equipment. If that doesn't work, a winch or come-along may be needed to free the vehicle. Otherwise the operator must shovel some more.
Descend in Low Gear
When descending steep grades, use a sufficiently low gear and always keep the tracks revolving to permit steering. A good rule of thumb for descending steep grades is to use the same gear as is required for climbing the hill.
Raise the Drag in Deep Snow
In deep snow or in drifts such as can occur along fence lines or in a road ditch, raise the drag to prevent too much snow buildup. Also remove accumulated snow from the pan. If track slippage occurs, try to wriggle the unit through the excessively deep area of snow.


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Following Apple's price cut on the Apple TV to $69, Amazon is now selling the Apple TV 3 for just $67.87. Is it the lowest we've ever seen for a completely new, cureent Apple TV model?
9to5Mac's Senior Editor, Mark Gurman is riding a high tide now, as most of his predictions regarding the Apple Watch and the new ultra-thin MacBook were proven right. In an interview given to CNBC, Gurman shares his views on where Apple TV is going and the possibility of an Apple television set.
Yesterday we saw the new HBO NOW service being announced for the Apple TV as well as a significant $30 cut in the Apple TV 3 pricing. On the code side, Apple TV also received a new software update.
Tim Cook started today's Apple Watch event by talking about the Apple TV. This had me at the edge of my seat, because despite these reports, I hoped for the Apple TV 4. Though that didn't happen, the current generation of Apple TV did receive a huge price cut.
Apple has just announced on its Spring Forward event that it became an exclusive launch partner for a standalone HBO NOW streaming service, which is set to debut on Apple TV in April.
Apple Events channel has just appeared on the Apple TV main menu ahead of today's Spring Forward Apple event.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is a well-recognized malignant mesenchymal neoplasm most frequently arising in the skeletal muscles of the extremities.1-9 In addition, it may represent a component of a neoplasm in which other mesenchymal or mesodermal elements may be identified: the so-called malignant mesenchymoma, or mixed mesodermal tumor, which is most frequently observed in the genitourinary tract.10 Documented examples of rhabdomyosarcoma have also been noted in such unusual sites as the parotid gland, thyroid, adrenal, bronchus, lung, ovary, and cerebellum.10-12 In some of the neoplasms in these latter structures other tissues have not been identified, and it has been suggested that they are derived from undifferentiated mesenchyme in such structures.10
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The bait is out, the hunters are stockpiling ammo and the protesters are readying their signs.
The six-day bear hunt beginning tomorrow in the northwest part of the state will mark New Jersey's third in a row. Officials say this year, because the number of bears is down, there will likely be fewer hunters taking to the woods, therefore fewer kills, too.
And unlike previous years, there will be no last-minute legal actions to block the hunt. Indeed, the animal-rights protesters are still fighting in court just to have the right to demonstrate near the various bear weigh-in check stations.
The bear population is down after the past two consecutive hunts — which saw the two largest kill totals on record, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Year-round complaints about problem bears are also down.But the fundamental question — and divide — still stands: whether the bear hunt is used for population control on burgeoning bear numbers, or whether it's just a recreational hunt.
"In terms of animal rights versus population control, it's always a tough call," said Brooke Maslo, a wildlife specialist at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension. "Just look at deer."
The estimate of bears living in the northwestern part of the state is now 2,800 to 3,000 — a drop from the 3,400 estimated in 2010, when the state adopted its comprehensive bear management policy to decrease the number of animals.
Bears were considered basically nonexistent in New Jersey by the 1970s.
Wildlife officials also say this year's number of reported Category I incidents — the most serious encounters, including threats to humans or livestock — is down 43 percent from last year.
The 2012 kill total is predicted to be in the 331 to 442 range — somewhat less than the last two years, according to Larry Hajna, DEP spokesman. The prediction is based on a 6 percent to 8 percent success rate for the hunters who take to the woods.
After a record 592 kills in 2010, last year's season "harvested" 469 bears, probably due to fewer hunters, as well as adverse, wet weather, Hajna said.
Activists who are against the hunt say it is difficult to determine the actual number of bears in the state and the numbers provided by the state are only being used to justify a trophy hunt.
In 2004, the then-DEP Commissioner, Brad Campbell, publicly questioned his own department's population estimates. Opponents say the estimates now might similarly be off-target.
"This is not a sustainable or manageable hunt," said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. "If we keep having hunts we may be back to where we were in 1970, with only 50 bears in New Jersey."
Biologists say the numbers are only estimates, and not an exact count.
The statistical models are based on tags collected after the hunt, according to Larry Herrighty, assistant director of the DEP's Division of Fish and Wildlife.
Biologists are erring on the side of caution when it comes to the overall population totals, said Herrighty. "The biologists are conservative, the council's conservative, the department's conservative," Herrighty said.
"We stopped bear hunting when it was appropriate to stop bear hunting, in 1970. Now it's appropriate to hunt bears, and that's what we're going to do."
The bear hunt has been a legal tug-of-war between animal-rights groups and pro-hunting groups over the last decade.
Hunts were called off for various reasons in 2000, 2004 and 2007, satisfying groups such as the Animal Protection League of New Jersey and the Bear Education and Resource group.
But the hunt went on as planned in 2003, 2005 and the past two years.
The latest challenge by animal-rights groups was dismissed by the New Jersey Supreme Court in April, and now they're seeking emergent relief to protest the first day of the hunt, said Doris Lin, the lawyer for the BEAR group.
Both sides do agree that population management is necessary.
Hunters say a managed kill-off is the only way to do so. Animal-rights groups and environmentalists say a bear-management policy enforcing bear-proof trash bins and penalties against feeding the animals, as well as educating the public, would do the trick.
Either way, the bears have spread across all New Jersey's 21 counties, after saturating the northwestern part of the state then fanning outward, Herrighty said.
The anti-hunt group maintains the very existence of the six-day season, especially with baiting, is simply "depraved" in the 21st century.
"New Jersey is not having
a hunt — it's having a bait-and-shoot," said Sue Russell, the wildlife policy specialist with the Animal Protection League of New Jersey. "It's depraved."
Still, biologists say some kind of policy is needed.
"You have to manage human/wildlife interactions, especially in a crowded place like New Jersey," Maslo said. "We don't live in Montana."


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HUGHESVILLE - With technology continually evolving, it can be difficult to keep up, but East Lycoming School District recently gave a presentation at a state conference about how technology has been implemented in the district.
At the Pennsylvania School Boards Association Leadership Conference held last week, curriculum director Patti Wylie talked to other districts about the usage of Apple TV, iPads and other devices in the classroom, which she shared with the school board at Tuesday night's meeting.
East Lycoming School District started using the iPad initiative early in 2011. Since then, 330 iPads have been used in the district throughout all grade levels.
And in all subjects, too.
At the conference, Wylie was near students who used an iPad while exercising.
"Who would have thought (about using them in) phys ed?" Wylie said. "The art department wanted to play with it. It's fun."
To support the usage of iPads, the district installed projectors and AppleTVs, which wirelessly allow the iPad and teacher laptop screens to be displayed with whole classroom audio.
"We're so grateful the district made this investment," Wylie said.
While some of the districts that Wylie talked to at the conference were not interested because of the costs, Superintendent Michael D. Pawlik explained it cost about $800 a classroom, compared to the SMART boards, which are interactive whiteboards, which cost about $2,100 to $2,300 a classroom.
By networking with other districts, recommendations can be made about the different applications to download to best implement learning in the classroom, Wylie said. Teachers also have been working together to find applications to use.
Different applications are available to help particular grade levels, such as Counting Money for the primary level and Calculus Flash Card for the secondary level.
The district also has begun using its new digital production studio. The first football game to be broadcast will be against Muncy on Nov. 2, with a half-hour pregame show. The show is "100 percent" student run, Pawlik said.


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A 31-year-old Des Moines woman transported herself to an area hospital after being attacked at a Linn's Super Market, 3805 and Sixth Ave., police said.
Glenna Hays was in the store with her sister Amanda Stanton, 23, and nephew Myles Pena, 18, Saturday evening, talking amongst themselves when they were interrupted, police said.
Stanton said the suspect, Alyssa Jamesetta Wright, 33, looked down the aisle at them and asked, "Are you talking to me?"
After the group told Wright they had not been talking to her, Stanton said the suspect came at Hays and began to fight with her.
Stanton said she did not know when the suspect pulled a knife, but the next thing she knew she saw her sister bleeding and cut and Wright running from out of the store.
Hays' nephew Myles Pena, said when he saw Hays bleeding he grabbed the suspect and threw her off Hays into a store shelf. That's when Wright took off running, Pena said.
Hays was slashed on her left cheek and right shoulder.
Owner of the Linn's Market Merlyn Linn followed Wright out of the store until waving down a deputy who put Wright into custody.
Wright was booked into Polk County Jail on a $5,000 bond.


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Scott Gives Folks Back Home Something to Cheer About
While several Australian fans in the gallery and a few players let out loud whoops when Adam Scott rolled in his 12-foot birdie putt on the second sudden-death playoff hole to beat Angel Cabrera and win the Masters, a whole nation erupted on the other side of the world.
At around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Georgia, when Scott became the first Aussie to ever win a Masters, it was Monday morning back home. Though it was the start of a work week in Australia many fans in the sports-loving country stayed home to witness the drama underway at Augusta National Golf Club.
Once Scott's final putt disappeared into the cup, a nationwide celebration took place. According to news reports, commuters on buses cheered and car horns blared in the streets. Before that, a radio interview of Prime Minister Julia Gillard was intermittently interrupted to give listeners Masters updates.
"Australia is a proud sporting nation," a green-jacketed Scott told reporters following his Masters win. "And this is one notch in the belt that we had never got."
Storekeepers at Peregian Beach near a resort course designed by Adam's father, Phil Scott, proudly spoke of having a Masters champion from their neck of the woods.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said that the 32-year-old Scott's victory would ensure that "many Queenslanders start the week with a smile on their face."
Premier Newman also tipped the figurative cap to Jason Day, who finished third and two strokes out of the playoff after making bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes in the final round. "I would also like to acknowledge the great golf played by Jason Day, another Queenslander. To have two people from this great state in the top-three positions at the U.S. Masters is unbelievable."
PM Gillard responded to the win by observing, "By any measure this is a historic day for Australian sport . . . All Australians will be marveling in his achievement and thinking of him. Adam, Australia is incredibly proud of you."
Keith Urban, the Nashville-based country music star who grew up in Queensland not far from Scott, tweeted: "ADAM SCOTT!!!! You are the man! Congrats mate. -KU."
A tweet from British boy band One Direction member Niall Horan was retweeted 12,000 times in less than three hours. "Yeaaahhhh Adam Scott ya legend! Doin it for the Aussies!" he said.
Retired Australian cricketer Shane Warne called Scott's winning putt "absolutely awesome." Rugby union international Quade Cooper hash-tagged "fistpump" and said Scott's new piece of wardrobe was the "coolest green jacket going around."
Jarrod Lyle, an Australian touring pro who's now recovering from leukemia, posted: "You (censored) beauty Scotty. Great win well deserved."
The most famous Australian golfer of them all, Greg Norman, was particularly affected by the moment. Scott recognized the Great White Shark's importance to the nation during his victory speech Sunday night, saying, "Greg Norman has been incredible to me and all the young golfers in Australia. It was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers, and that is Greg Norman. Part of this definitely belongs to him."
From his home in south Florida, Norman told The Associated Press: "I'm over the moon. Sitting there watching Adam, I had a tear in my eye. That's what it was all about. It was Adam doing it for himself, and for the country."
When Cabrera hit his amazing approach shot on the 72nd hole to 3 feet to force the playoff, Norman said in a text to friends, "The golf gods can't be this cruel to Australia."
Of all the players in Masters' history, no one knows how things can change on Sunday at Augusta National than Norman. In 1986, Jack Nicklaus fired a 6-under-par 30 on the back nine to win his sixth green and get past Norman, the 54-hole leader. The next year, Norman was beaten in a playoff when Larry Mize hit one of the tournament's most memorable shots, a 140-foot chip-in. And his most painful loss of all came in 1996, when Norman shot a final-round 78 to blow a six-stroke lead to Nick Faldo.
"I can only imagine how everyone else felt when I was playing," Norman said after Scott's victory.
It was two years ago when Scott and Day finished tied for second, two strokes behind Masters winner Charl Schwartzel. Scott suffered more disappointment last July when he forfeited a three-stroke lead by bogeying the final four holes at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and losing to Ernie Els in the Open Championship. Scott fought back tears on the 18th hole as the reality settled in.
"I had it in my hands with four to go," Scott said then. "I managed to hit a poor shot on each of the closing four holes. Look, I played so beautifully for most of the week. I shouldn't let this bring me down."
It didn't, as it turns out. On Sunday in Georgia he reflected, "It seems a long way away from a couple of years ago here, and even last July when I was trying to win another major."
Mission accomplished for the Aussie, who with his big win in the Masters gave a whole nation something to cheer about.
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Plant-based vaccine factory enables large-scale production in just weeks
H1N1, SARS and other pandemics, along with increasing antibiotic resistance to infectious diseases and even threats of biological warfare have reinforced the need for safe, effective and inexpensive mass vaccination programs. The answer may lie in nature, with plant-based vaccines. While traditional methods of vaccine production typically take months, the Fraunhofer Centers in the U.S., Boston University and iBio have developed a fully automated, scalable plant "factory" that can produce large quantities of vaccines within weeks.
The factory can grow tens of thousands of plants in one batch, tended by robotic machines that transport multi-plant trays between processing stations, performing functions such as planting seeds, watering and harvesting.
The non-geneticallly-modified seeds are planted in growth trays. Michael Seele, Director of Communications for Boston University College of Engineering, says that one of the project's most daunting engineering challenges was to develop a system for planting one – and only one – of the tiny seeds into each circular "plot" on the tray.
A viral vector is introduced into the plant, directing it to produce a target protein within the leaves of rapidly growing plant biomass. The biomass is harvested once the target has accumulated in the plant tissue.
Andre Sharon, a professor of mechanical engineering at Boston University and Director of CMI, said they have taken a biological process and turned it into an industrial process.
"Even though the process of making vaccines from plants includes many aspects of traditional horticulture such as growing, watering and harvesting, we have developed a way to automate those functions to quickly, safely and cost effectively scale up from a few milligrams in a laboratory setting to the many kilograms that would be required in case of a pandemic," he said.
"The process is faster, less expensive, safer, and does not require the sophisticated culturing or fermentation necessary in the current vaccine production processes."


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JERUSALEM, Israel -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is completing the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. She was in Ramallah on Thursday for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and also traveled to Jordan to meet with King Abdullah.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abbas and Clinton met for about two hours in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell, who also sat in on the talks, gave an exceptionally upbeat report and described the meetings between Netanyahu and Abbas as "serious and substantive" at a press conference in Jerusalem Wednesday evening.
Mitchell refused to reveal any specifics about the negotiations. He did say they discussed core issues. That would include Palestinian refugees, Jewish settlements, and the most contentious of all issue, Jerusalem.
"We take this as a strong indicator of their belief that peace is possible and of their desire to conclude an agreement," Mitchell said.
Israeli planes attacked terrorist targets in Gaza following an increase in mortar and rocket fire on Israeli communities that was seen as a Hamas attempt to stop the talks.
Not everyone thinks a signed agreement will resolve the conflict.
"My view on the current talks is that it could lead to a signing ceremony but it can't lead to a resolution of the problem," said Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes.
Pipes told CBN News that Washington is pushing for the negotiations, but neither Israel nor the Palestinians are interested in the talks.
"They're both doing it in order to accommodate the U.S. government," Pipes added. "The Israeli side is disillusioned by further talks with Palestinian leaders. On the Palestinian side, we have a so-called leader who has no legitimacy, whose overstayed his term, who has no power to speak of."
The talks may be short-lived anyway.
Media reports on Thursday said Palestinians are still threatening to quit the talks if Israel resumes building in Judea and Samaria - the West Bank - when a temporary freeze runs out on Sept. 26.
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> ... only using some limited, localized what-if analysis
Your "5:5 goes RT (if were UP => NO_ROOM("3"))" is what my guessing, teamed up with confinement analysis, determines. I don't know how to implement that any more efficiently. (If you do, I encourage you to try!)
> It is possible that the search might be improved by using the heuristic
> of working near the known frontier first, with iterative deepening in number of steps considered
Agreed. My guessing is expensive because it amplifies the amount of other expensive analysis (mainly confinement) that's run.
yes, "localized what-if analysis" is of course guessing - limited by the virtue of being performed by a human with very limited backtracking capacity. Not being able to keep in mind more than a few moves is what I refer to "localized" here (closeness to frontier), and is what forces me to consider only very shallow moves - what the iterative deepening would achieve, which would suspend (not abort) expensive solve() computation(s) in progress. Or you could use a good scheduler for a massively parallel solution that would run all of them at once, to take care of that automagically.
I've since seen more puzzle examples, on "puzzle-nurikabe dot com", where unfortunately the initial frontier expansion stops very early on, and extensive guesswork is unavoidable. There another heuristic sometimes works wonders, which I'm having troubles formalizing - painting all the (remaining) cells initially black, and expanding the islands from there, trying "to get away with as much as possible" guided by square condition mostly, at first, and then trying to push a few cells around to correct the problems which appear.


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WESTFIELD — Students from eight middle schools in the area will be competing in the fifth annual Health Bee at Westfield Y on April 2 starting at 6 p.m.
The participating schools are Edison Intermediate School, Roosevelt Intermediate School and Lincoln School in Westfield; Orange Avenue School and Hillside Avenue School and St. Michael's School in Cranford; Deerfield School in Mountainside; and Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 in Elizabeth.
Organizers have provided the following details about the United Healthcare Health Bee:
What do seventh-grade students at the Westfield Y and Elizabeth know about health and fitness?
As much as possible, if they want a shot at winning the fifth annual United Healthcare Health Bee, a quiz competition focused on nutrition, exercise, health and science.
The winning team will be awarded $1,000 from United Healthcare for their school to support programs that combat childhood obesity. The second-place team will win $500, and the team with the most team spirit will win $250.
Parents, teachers, administrators and local leaders will cheer on seventh-grade students from the participating schools.
Mayor Andy Skibitsky of Westfield; Michael McGuire, CEO, United Healthcare of NY & NJ; and Mark Elsasser, CEO, Westfield Area YMCA will be in attendance.
The event takes place Wednesday, April 2, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Robert and Virginia Bauer Family Branch, Westfield Area Y, 422 East Broad St., Westfield.
Over the past five years, the United Healthcare Health Bee has become an integral part of the Westfield Y's Seventh Grade Initiative, which aims to help children build healthy habits at a critical time in their development. Throughout the year, students gather together to learn about fitness, nutrition, positive body image and self esteem. Students may also use the pool, gym and fitness equipment at the Y for free. The Health Bee is a fun celebration of the knowledge and healthy habits students have gained throughout the year that will last them a lifetime.
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Rest Ministries
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RM serves people who live with chronic illness or pain by providing spiritual, emotional relational and practical support. Rest Ministries also equips church in the US to minister to and with the chronically ill. Through programs and resources we seek to transform hurting Christians into disciples and un-believers into Christians who live with faith and hope.
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people with chronic and invisible illness discover the joy and hope that life can hold, despite unpredictability and suffering.
We are Rest Ministries, an encouragement ministry for those with chronic illness. We provide an oasis of comfort through pain, while nourishing spiritual growth through our peer-to-peer mentoring environment. We embolden churches to confidently and powerfully reach out to the the invisible community of the chronically ill by teaching churches about the chronically ill's challenges and strengths, through tools, resources, and communication. The result it that a church's good intentions are bolstered into the most efficient ways to, not only reach out to the chronically ill, but to have them become an integral and influential part of your community. The social network The Sunroom which includes over 4000 people and a variety of programs, HopeKeepers groups in over 300 churches around the world, daily devotionals, articles, and our bookstore http://chronicillnessbooks.com
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1 person found this review helpful
I have been blessed numerous times by the devotions. Encouragement has flowed freely through the writings,prayers and bios. Thank you and blessings to everyone,
3 people found this review helpful
It is with great anticipation that I look for my email from Rest Ministries each day. The emails are especially important when I feel my worst. Sometimes that is physically worse than "my normal", sometimes it is an emotionally challenging day and at times they are one in the same. It always helps to know that others are having the same kind of day I am and it is not because of the old saying "misery loves company". It is always reassuring to hear how other's who are dealing with similar issues as myself with such amazing grace and a sense that they are not alone; God is always right there and offering us more than enough love, empathy, and peace than we can make use of. Thanks to everyone who creates the community that is Rest Ministries!
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I am 39, married with two small children, and have suffered with chronic illness for 15+ years. Life looks so different for me when compared to other men my age. Family and friends (even close ones), often don't ''get" chronic illness and the upheaval it brings life. But, thankfully, Rest Ministries gets it! This ministry has been a lifeline of hope and encouragement on so many days when I feel like it is too hard to go on. Thank you, God, for putting Rest Ministries into my life.
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Rest Ministries is such a blessing! I don't have to explain myself, or worry about being judged, because we are all in the same boat. The daily meditations are so comforting. So glad I found this group!
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Rest Ministries is the first place I refer others who are suffering from a chronic illness. Even those who are not of the same faith are thankful for the wonderful encouragement they receive. It has supported and lifted me up more times than I could count, especially when I have reached the end of my rope and want to give up completely!
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Rest Ministries has been an avenue that God has used in my life to meet sweet friends in the Lord and regain my hope and strength in HIm. It continues to be a place that I can find both understanding, and fellowship that helps me cope with chronic illness. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Lisa Copen, for all the effort & hours you have given to make this supportive ministry available to all of us who are dealing with chronic illness. May God richly bless you for being such a blessing to so many!
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Lisa Copen, founder of Rest Ministries, is dedicated to those who have chronic illness. Challenged by chronic illness herself, Lisa has brought insight and wisdom to those who experience multiple, daily battles. Rest Ministries is a safe haven.....enfolding people who hurt......giving voice when most suffer in silence. I offer sincere gratitude .....thank you, blessings.
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Rest Ministries has been a wonderful resource in my journey as a Christian with chronic illness. The daily devotionals I receive are encouraging and remind me that I'm not alone in my struggles with pain and illness. The site has many other resources as well. The founder, Lisa Copen, has worked hard to keep this site going while dealing with her own chronic illness. Both she and her website have been a source of inspiration and encouragement to me.
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Rest Ministries has been a life saver for me, helping me through really tough times. Lisa has created a safe, loved filled place for those of us with chronic illnesses to come and find support, understanding, and true compassion. The support I have received from RM has helped me deal with my life in a much more positive manner. When I can come and tell people who truly understand what has happened today, and receive a kind of understanding that I don't get elsewhere in my life, I can carry on again. I love RM and would hate to be without it. Thank you so much Lisa.
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I found this wonderful site, Rest Ministries, one night at my lowest point with chronic invisible illnesses a few years ago. Lisa Copen has set up a special site that has helped me to cope each & every day since! Sharing with others who truly understand has been a massive blessing during this lonely illness journey. I've made wonderful world-wide friends here & even met 3 of them in flesh!! Faith journeys shared here are a brilliant light in dark times! Thank you Lisa!


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- Seven Penn State Behrend men's tennis players were named to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference teams on Wednesday.
The Lions' Carson Emili, Mason Marion and Raphael Bretz were named to the first team, while Tiami Ando, Chris Galvin, Lerdlarp Jaturapol and David Butler were second-team honorees.
Emili won the conference's individual championship at No. 6 singles, while Marion and Bretz won the conference championship at No. 3 doubles.


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Jury selection is underway in the case of a 20-year-old Volusia County man accused of raping a baby.
Edwin Wren could face life in prison in the felony case if convicted.
Wren was arrested in October of 2011 near New Smyrna Beach after prosecutors say he raped the 9-month-old daughter of a friend. He'd been babysitting the infant.
The baby underwent surgery for trauma to her body.
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NEITHER RAIN NOR SLEET NOR DOUBLE parked BMWs will deter Beverly Hills postmen from their appointed rounds. But one of sculptor Nini Policappelli's mailboxes might—mostly because it's often nearly impossible to figure out that the abstract, curbside sculptures he has created are, indeed, mailboxes. "Every client of mine wailed for the mailman on the first day, very proudly, and showed how to make it work," says Policappelli, 47. "The idea is to get the mailman to play with it."
He also tries to make each of his $3,500-$l0,000 creations reflect the character of his client. For Prince Pahlavi, a brother of the late Shah of Iran, Policappelli sculpted a cubist version of a classical bust "that expressed authority." For an acquisitive businessman friend, he fashioned "Gimmie," an aluminum head "with the hand coming straight out of the brain, because that's all he thinks of—'gimmie gimmie.' I know he liked it," Policappelli adds. "He and his wife are separated now, and he got custody of the mailbox."
The Italian-born son of a lawyer-businessman and a homemaker, Policappelli grew up in Toronto and did grunt labor in a soft-drink factory, and even started an auto-parts import company before his lifelong artistic bent began to prove profitable in the mid-1970s. For four years he and his wife, Jean Lyn, ran the ritzy Beverly Hills decorating firm, Ambiente Designs, a successful venture that they continued to share after a 1981 divorce.
Now living alone in a Beverly Hills flat (with a straightforward Kmart-priced mailbox), Policappelli, with help of an assistant, produces two of his aluminum creations per month and guarantees that all adhere to postal regulations (mail slots, for example, must be 42 inches from the ground). He also drives around checking on his curbside art and has even been known to clean off unsightly bird droppings. When one of his pricey, 200-pound, anchored-in-concrete letterboxes was stolen by truck-borne thieves in September, the sculptor agonized. "I was confused," he says. "I was thinking, 'Why did they do this to me?' These mail sculptures are like my children."
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Biodiversity: Africa
Five internationally recognized 'biodiversity hot spots' (areas of particularly high species richness and endemism, and under particular threat) are found in the African region (Mittermeier and others 2000). These are the Western Indian Ocean islands, the Cape floristic region, the Succulent Karoo (the most species-rich desert in the world), the Upper Guinea forest and the Eastern Arc mountain forests of Eastern Africa.
Part of the Mediterranean Basin hot spot, home to 25 000 plant species and 14 endemic genera, is also found in Africa (Quézel and others 1999). The continent possesses several other areas of great importance for biodiversity. These include the highlands of Ethiopia; the forests of the Albertine Rift in Burundi, eastern Congo, Rwanda, and adjacent parts of Kenya and Uganda; the western escarpment of Angola; and the miombo woodlands of interior Southern Africa (Mittermeier and others 2000).
In the past three decades, habitat loss and degradation has been a major issue throughout Africa, particularly in dryland areas. In humid areas, the bushmeat trade has also had a significant impact on biodiversity. Biodiversity resources are extensively used for subsistence and commercial purposes. For example, approximately 70 per cent of the wild plant species in Northern Africa are used as sources of traditional food, forage, medicine and agroforestry, and half have more than one use (Ucko and Dimbleby 1969, UNESCO and UCO 1998, WWF and IUCN 1994). The richness and diversity of ecosystems in Africa underpins a flourishing tourism industry, which is an important source of foreign exchange for many countries. For instance, Southern Africa's wildlife attracted more than 9 million visitors in 1997 bringing in a total of US$4.1 billion (SADC 2000).
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Each summer since 1987, regional and national authorities in the field of natural history have come to the Eagle Hill Institute to lead intensive week-long field seminars and workshops in their specialties. Programs are offered for an advanced and professional audience, well-qualified undergraduate and graduate students, and amateur naturalists. Participants include independent scholars, university professors, amateur naturalists, professional field biologists and consultants, foresters, and teachers, as well as personnel from museums, botanical gardens, various federal and state agencies, and numerous environmental organizations.
Many of the programs at the Institute are rarely offered by other institutions. They represent an exceptional value in education because they are efficient and intensive in focus. This intensity is largely possible because instructors are leading authorities in their fields and because all participants are keenly interested in the subject of a given seminar. With a limited number of participants, instructors can individualize their instructional program. Participants have the opportunity to let instructors know ahead of time what their special interests are.
The programs are of particular interest because they focus on the classical natural history of one of North America's most spectacular and pristine natural areas, the coast of eastern Maine from Acadia National Park to Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge and beyond. Many programs focus on a particular group of organisms or a particular habitat. Others present a broad conceptual overview of a subject.
Seminars and workshops usually meet each day from breakfast through dinner and into the evening. They generally combine intensive field studies and follow-up work in the lab with lectures, discussions, and a review of the current literature. Meals are relaxed settings for informal discussions. Evenings are free for independent studies and/or slide presentations and follow-up discussions by the fireplace in the dining hall's comfortable lounge.
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AirWatch provides compete mobility management solutions for BlackBerry enterprise deployments with key management functionality experienced from a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). Operating system versions supported include BlackBerry 5, 6, 7 and the latest BlackBerry 10.
Users can enroll BlackBerry devices without administrator interaction by navigating to the URL, and entering the specified Group ID and credentials. Then, users are authenticated and AirWatch pushes user-specific profiles and apps to the device. Email auto-discovery is supported for BlackBerry 10.
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The developer in the bubble
Mick Wallace always seemed to me to be one of those people that's in "the bubble". We all know someone in the bubble, different rules seem to apply to them than the rest of us and people are very willing to overlook certain less than glorious aspects of their past and/or present, focusing instead on the more positive aspects of their being .
Back when Mick Wallace first became a TD, I was at a gathering where Mick Wallace was being discussed and much admiration was expressed for his devil-may-care sartorial attitude in the Dail, his socialist leanings and the fact he has done great work for his community in Wexford. The same people would have formed a lynch mob if certain other developers owing millions had walked into the room, but for some reason Mick Wallace wasn't included in that group.
But the bubble only lasts for so long . It could take years or even decades but it almost always eventually bursts. It looks like Mick Wallace's bubble could be close to bursting now that he is facing censure by Dail colleagues and possible criminal prosecution for under-declaration of VAT payments. Fellow members of the Dail technical group joined in the condemnation of his €2.1 settlement with the Revenue Commissioners, while Fine Gael and Labour TD's called on him to consider his position.
Wallace for his part has rejected calls for his resignation saying it is up to the people of Wexford and that he has been showered with messages of goodwill from his constituents. He points out that Revenue had categorised his behaviour as careless rather than deliberate and they believed his story. "I have nothing but that doesn't bother me as long as I have my health." Maybe there's life in that bubble yet.


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John Dudley: Wild finish saves SeaWolves' season
From just about the time they're old enough to swing a bat, ballplayers are told they have to learn to stay even keel to ride out the highs and lows of the game.
Then along comes a night like Thursday, when the stakes are high, the momentum shifts are sudden, and every at-bat, every manager's decision and every umpire's call seems to hold the season in the balance.
Game 2 of the Eastern League Western Division series had all of that, plus a wild finish, with the SeaWolves' Jamie Johnson wheeling around to score from first on a wild throw by Harrisburg shortstop Sean Nicol on a 12th-inning chopper by Eugenio Suarez.
Johnson slid wide, the ball trickled away from Senators catcher Jeff Howell, and what looked like an out turned into the winning run in a 2-1 victory that, practically, if not literally, saved the 'Wolves' season as the series turns to Harrisburg for three games.
On a good night for second-guessing, Johnson said he never thought about anything but scoring when Nicol's throw veered past first baseman Justin Bloxom, hit the wall and skittered back into play.
"Not with two outs," Johnson said. "I peaked at (manager Chris Cron) but was going all the way."
Down 1-0 in the series after blowing a late lead in Wednesday's opener, the 'Wolves appeared to waste a good chance to snap a 1-1 tie in the eighth when Ramon Cabrera was gunned down at third stretching a double to lead off the eighth.
Cron went ballistic, arguing that Cabrera's foot got in ahead of a high tag by Senators third baseman Carlos Rivero.
"I wouldn't have been jumping up and down, ranting and raving if I didn't think he was safe," Cron said.
But another big call seemed to swing the mojo back into Erie's dugout.
With Justin Souza on in relief in the top of the 12th, Hague struck out but the pitch went in the dirt and to the wall. Cabrera's throw hit Hague in the back near the bag, but first base umpire Nic Lentz called Hague out for leaving the baseline.
Harrisburg manager Matt LeCroy argued, returned to the dugout, then stormed back onto the field and was ejected.
Then came the 'Wolves' two-out rally in the bottom of the inning, ignited when Johnson singled sharply to left.
In the short turnaround format of the EL playoffs, the Wolves rushed to their bus after the game and were due in Harrisburg early this morning to prepare for tonight's Game 3.
"I personally felt like this was a must win," Johnson said. "Sweeping them at their place was next to impossible."
Then again, after Thursday night nothing in this series really seems out of the question.
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