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NASPERS is nearing the R1,000 per share price barrier, and despite a 3.92% decline on Wednesday to R919 the company is far ahead of the JSE's second-highest priced share British American Tobacco at R522.58.
Despite being the highest priced share on the JSE, analysts are still bullish on the growth prospects of the multimedia group and expect the counter to continue testing new highs.
Earlier this week, the stock approached the historic R1,000 mark following gains in associate Asian internet company Tencent, in which it holds a 35% stake.
The Chinese company's market value surpassed $100bn on Wednesday, making it one of only six listed $1bn companies on the Hong Kong's Hang Seng index.
One of the few other firms to have traded beyond the R1,000 mark on the JSE is mining group Anglo American Platinum.
Tencent, which is China's largest internet firm, makes up more than 80% of Naspers' market capitalisation which stood at R383.66bn at the close of trade, making it the fifth-biggest company listed on the JSE.
Naspers' stake in Tencent will become even more valuable as the company is one of three dominant internet groups in China, which is one of the most promising countries in the world for mobile web businesses.
Prospects are set to rise when the majority of Chinese mobile users upgrade to smartphones, such as the Apple iPhone 5.
According to a research note from Barclays Africa Group (formerly known as Absa Capital) Tencent's monetisation of mobile internet via mobile games, advertising, payment and commerce is set to drive further outperformance for Naspers.
"We believe that Tencent is well positioned to capture the emerging opportunities for internet growth in the next few years, leveraging its integrated mobile user platform on WeChat," the bank said.
WeChat is a mobile application similar to Whatsapp that can be used on Android devices.
But investors say that much of the firm's growth story is also aligned to its South African operations and its strong e-commerce business in other emerging markets.
Currency movements will affect the valuation for Naspers given that such a large part of its valuation is tied to Tencent.
"If we see risks in the rand weakening against the Hong Kong dollar, this would be good for Naspers' valuation. Similarly rand strength would be negative for the company," Avior Research analyst Richard Tessendorf said.
In the past 12 months, the rand has weakened more than 16% against the Hong Kong dollar.
Another potential threat to Naspers's valuation will be if the Chinese government approves social media network Facebook's entry into the country.
Last month, Mail.ru, a leading internet company in Russian speaking markets in which Naspers owns a 29% stake, sold its remaining shares in Facebook.


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Nova: Mind of a Rampage Killer
Wednesday, February 20 at 9:00 p.m.
What makes a person walk into a theater or church or classroom and open fire?
What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? As the nation tries to comprehend the tragic events in Newtown, "Nova" correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates theories that rampage killers are driven most of all by the wish to die, not the urge to kill.
Could suicide — and the desire to go out in a media-fueled blaze of glory — be their main motivation? How much can science tell us about a brain at risk for violence? Most important, can we recognize dangerous minds in time to stop the next Newtown?
Image: MRI and CAT scans of brain.

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NARA, Northeast Region Protection Certificates Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812: Dixon, Ruth.
Seamen's Protection Certificate Register Database
John Allen
Birth Place (City, State or Country): Germantown, Pennsylvania
Age: 39
Complexion: Light
Height: 5' 11"
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29/03/2009 por ( Waninkoko )
This entry is a reply to marcan's message: http://hackmii.com/2009/03/my-6-hour-trip-to-the-dark-side
Also, I would like to say that I did NOT cancel the USB Loader (I've got hacked at GBATemp).
Ok, you already demostrated you're very smart, you know how to program very well and you are able to make an USB Loader in 6 hours. But I think you're lying to the people making them believe that I'm a sucker and very bad developing software for the Wii and that you are pretty good and you do everything very well.
It's cool that you were able to load a game from USB in just 6 hours, congratulations! If I'm not wrong, I was able to load Hamster Heroes from NAND in 30 minutes. I don't know if it was a record or not but I don't care.
Despite what you might believe, I know too how to make an USB Loader in 6 hours (maybe it takes me a few minutes more). Then, why it took me 22 days? Well, these are the "possible" reasons:
I see that you say that many of my applications are just simple interfaces. Is there anything wrong with that? I don't know, maybe the functions you reversed from the ES and added to libogc were there just to watch them and I see how good they are or something similar. I thought they were there to be used by the applications (even those ones that are simple or useless).
Also, I would like to talk about the advertisement (yes, that one you like so much) at the beginning of the video I released yesterday. I don't know why you are so bothered about that advertisement of a sponsor (I repeat, SPONSOR, if you don't know what it means search it in the dictionary). I think that advert still didn't kill anybody, you're complaining because you want to complain about something... Also, I don't force anybody to watch the video.
About the rest (DDoS attack to Teknoconsolas, that I'm a very bad programmer...) I'm not going to say anything (and no, I'm not saying that you are under the DDoS attack).
Well, and that's all. Now I have some free time so I'll try to fix a bug in USB Loader.


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Famed game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has stated that Retro Studios has "very high priority" when it comes to which studio will work on the next Metroid game. Retro Studios is currently developing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, but in the future we could see Retro working on Metroid again.
"Retro is a very capable studio and can design a lot of different types of game and I know that because I produced Metroid Prime," Miyamoto said. "But when it did Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii, apparently it had a lot of fun making that title and from what I've heard it put in a request and said that it wanted to do a new Donkey Kong Country game on Wii U themselves."
It's interesting news that Retro themselves requested to work on another Donkey Kong title for Wii U, as many fans were hoping that Retro's unannounced game for the E3 conference would be another Metroid game. While that isn't the case right now, it's nice to see that Miyamoto isn't ruling them out for future development.
"I definitely think it's a franchise that we value and we certainly want to see what we can do with it in the future. And, obviously, Retro is a very high priority in terms of the potential team that would be considered for working on a Metroid game."
With that, it looks like we could see a Retro-developed Metroid title in the future, should Miyamoto decide that one should be made. Hopefully this development will appease fans who wanted Retro working on the new Metroid title this year. What do you think?
Continue reading:
- Miyamoto reveals Mario's age: he'
- NES Mini console gets new trailer, Japan gets
- Nintendo kicks off Paper Mario Color Splash a
- PS4 surpasses Wii U in lifetime sales in Japa
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Stunning house with 3 public areas, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and separate fully equipped rod room and summer house.
Odin is spectacularly situated in the centre of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, where the Stenness Loch and Harray Loch meet.
Odin was built in 1936, using wood from the Cunard liner Mauretania, by Captain Cooper a retired sea captain, who wanted to see water from each room in the house. Some of the original fittings are still evident in the kitchen, stairs and front porch.Accommodation comprises four bedrooms all with en suite facilities, main bathroom, sitting room with peat burning fire, sun porch, dining room with adjoining large kitchen, utility room, fully equipped rod room and summer house. Archaeology http://www.odinorkney.com/pages/worldheritage.html "What a beautiful house, very tastefully decorated and such an idyllic setting. I also don't think there will be another house on the planet from which you can see 6 World Heritage class Neolithic monuments from either the house or the drive! I couldn't get over that alone!" Liz Howard-Thornton Watch Stone, Standing Stones of Stenness and Barnhouse Neolithic Village are beside Odin. The internationally acclaimed Ness of Brodgarand and Ring of Brodgarare are just up the road and Maeshowe is within one mile of Odin. Fishing http://www.orkneytroutfishing.co.uk/ Odin has a fully equipped rod room with toilet. The adjoining summer house has tea and coffee making facilities and a table capable of seating up to 10 people should you wish to share your catch in a relaxed atmosphere. A ghillie can be arranged. Bird Watching http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/collections/orkney.aspx The house is a luxury bird hide where a large variety of birds can be seen from each window. Odin in Winter Northern Lights
http://www.visitorkney.com/northernlights/ Have seen wonderful displays of the Northern Lights at Odin but we cannot guarantee you will see this wonderful phenomenon.
Mid-Winter Sun Flashing http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/maeshowe/stones.html Seen several times at Odin Maeshowe Winter Solstice http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/maeshowe/stones.html Experience the mid-winter sun, light up the Maeshowe tomb Bird Watching www.orkney.com/migrating-ducks In Winter, there are large numbers of ducks on the lochs as well as Whooper Swans. Ba' http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/bagame/index.html Christmas Day and New Years Day – a unique experience to watch! Craft Trails http://www.orkneydesignercrafts.com/index.php Discover diverse and varied crafts, many of which can be seen in galleries nationwide. Piers Art Centre http://www.pierartscentre.com/ 4 miles from Odin Part of "Tate Plus" initiative Established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of British fine art donated to 'be held in trust for Orkney' by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner (1904 – 2005). Includes works by Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo among others. As well as its permanent collection you can enjoy exhibitions from local and international artists. Ness Battery http://www.nessbattery.co.uk/ 4 miles from Odin This important relic of Orkney's wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack and after being closed for many years is finally open to the public.


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Venue: Khartoum, Sudan
Summary:The main objective of the regional meeting of the Arab IHP National Committees will be to formulate and identify the regional water priorities and to review the implementation of IHP-VII activities, including the adoption of a workplan for the coming biennium. The meeting is being organized by the UNESCO Cairo Office in association with the IHP National Committee of Sudan, ALECSO and other partners.
Organizers: UNESCO Cairo Office; IHP National Committee of Sudan; ALECSOContact Name: Radwan Al-WeshahE-mail: email@example.com: http://typo38.unesco.org/en/worldwide/ihp-arab-states.html


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by E. L. Doctorow
Imagine a journey that leads past breathtaking vistas, curves through unexpected, lush scenery and ends up in a warehouse that contains only a sign saying THERE'S NOTHING HERE. That suggests what it's like to read this fable without a moral, a shaggy gangster novel by the author of Ragtime, World's Fair and five other novels. Doctorow's protagonist, Billy Bathgate, is a fatherless Bronx 15-year-old who ingratiates his way into the gang of '20s-'30s mobster Dutch Schultz as Schultz's organization is disintegrating. Billy starts as a lowly gofer, but he opportunistically learns where some bodies are buried and assumes a crucial role. Doctorow has built the story around the real-life Schultz, from his penchant for blonds to his murder by gangland associates who knew his plan to kill then-special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey would be ruinous. So there are no big plot surprises. But Doctorow's use of the language and his ability to toy with an idea are powerful forces. Remembering how he once looked across a table at a young woman he had just slept with, Billy says, "This was the moment I began to understand that you can't remember sex. You can remember the fact of it, and recall the setting, and even the details, but the sex of the sex cannot be remembered, the substantive truth of it, it is by nature self-erasing, you can remember its anatomy and be left with a judgment as to the degree of your liking of it, but whatever it is as a splurge of being, as a loss, as a charge of the conviction of love stopping your heart like your execution, there is no memory of it in the brain, only the deduction that it happened and that time passed, leaving you with a silhouette that you want to fill in again." Doctorow also makes his characters strikingly vivid, from Billy and his ragpicker pal Arthur Garbage to Schultz, his clever bookkeeper Abbadabba Berman and Drew Preston, Schultz's socialite girlfriend. Billy's progress in gangsterdom is entertaining, often wondrously so. It is easy to enjoy the fabrication, confident that everything will coalesce at the end in a suggestion of how this fictional life is relevant or makes its philosophical point. Something. Instead the book deteriorates in a stream of implausibilities, among them Billy's hiding undetected behind a screen in Schultz's hospital room for hours as the gangster lay dying. The ending at times seems to be a tribute to the virtues of amorality. Mostly, though, it's vague. By most standards this would be a terrific novel, aimlessness notwithstanding. Doctorow's past work and his talent, however, raise standards that are much higher than usual, and by those demanding measures this is a disappointment. (Random House, $19.95)
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COOL OR NOT COOL: NYC Cab Drivers Who Don't Know How To Get Anywhere?
I'm not sure why, but there's nothing that activates my rage valve quite like a NYC cab driver who has no clue where the fuck he's going...and then asks ME FOR MOTHERFUCKING DIRECTIONS.
I mean, am I alone here??
To me, this is the equivalent of going into a restaurant, ordering a Greek omelet from the menu and then having the waiter say: "yes, sure, but you're going to need to come back to the kitchen and show the cook how to make that." Or you get on a city bus and swipe your card and the driver then makes an announcement: "uhm, hi everyone. I'm not exactly sure which way to go...can someone tell me how to get to the next stop??"
There are all these rules and regulations about cab drivers and medallions and all sorts of shit, but apparently there is no requirement that you know where the fuck you're going before you get behind the wheel of a yellow cab.
And while I'm not a complete bitch, I do realize that there's a bit of a learning curve in NYC in terms of finding your way around. But also, with technology today, it's pretty damn easy to get some help. Here is an ad for a "negotiable" GPS listed on craigslist for $35. Google maps is on pretty much every smartphone in existence. I mean, before I moved here, I actually sat down and studied maps of New York, the subway system, and tried to familiarize myself with how the street grids worked.
I'm all for lending a helping hand when someone needs it, but it's kind of annoying when I'm paying you to do something, and you can't do this thing without me telling you HOW to do it.


text: school lunch School's Out, And For Many Students, So Is Lunch Summer break for many students is a time to kick back, play outside, and hang out with friends. For a significant portion of public school students in the United States, however, the end of school also brings a familiar question—what's for lunch? Would Kids Eat More Veggies If They Had Recess Before Lunch? Schools are offering more and more healthy foods for lunch. And schools that participate in the National School Lunch program require students to choose a fruit and a vegetable side. Yet plate waste is a big problem in schools; as The Salt has reported, kids throw away anywhere from 24 to 35 percent of what's on their trays. Seattle Parents Say Students Don't Get Enough Time For Lunch, Recess By Kyle Stokes • Nov 6, 2014 Susan Walsh / AP Photo Seattle Public Schools students don't get enough time to eat lunch, according to a group of parents. Dozens in a group calling itself "Lunch and Recess Matter" rallied at the Seattle School Board meeting Wednesday. USDA Proposes New Standards For Marketing Of Foods In Schools By Florangela Davila • Feb 25, 2014 Schools should take note of how food is marketed to children on campus, according to new guidelines for school wellness policies proposed by the Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama. The guidelines are the latest step in a process that began four years ago under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Youth Obesity Drops in King County For The First Time In Years By Gabriel Spitzer • Feb 21, 2014 Charla Bear / KPLU Listen Listening... / 1:05 After years of flat rates, obesity among adolescents significantly dropped in King County between 2010 and 2012. Public health authorities credit prevention efforts at school. A handful of school districts in the county made a special effort to push fitness. Some had students track their own nutrition, others invested in top-notch physical education programs or healthier lunch options. Federal stimulus money paid for the Communities Putting Prevention to Work programs. Design Competition Aims To Improve The School Lunch Experience By Florangela Davila • Jan 21, 2014 Design in Public Listen Listening... / 1:44 What can be done to improve the school lunch experience? That's the question behind a new ideas competition in Seattle aimed at fighting child obesity and diabetes. The Redesigning the School Lunch Experience competition offers a range of practical and playful solutions to inspire kids to make healthier food choices. "Children spend an hour a day every weekday in their lives in a cafeteria," said Katherine Wimble, associate director of Design in Public, a nonprofit group with the Seattle chapter of the American Institute of Architects. "This is about seeing what innovative ideas could transform the whole experience so they can make healthier choices." Schools rush to reform lunches; more whole grains and veggies required By Keith Seinfeld • Aug 31, 2012 Keith Seinfeld / KPLU The rush is on, to get healthier lunches into public school cafeterias. But administrators say you almost need an advanced degree to comply with the latest rules. Where's the latest hotspot for a gourmet meal? Seattle schools By Charla Bear • Oct 10, 2011 Charla Bear / KPLU "We want them to expand their palates ..." When you hear the words "school lunch," it's doubtful you think of mouth-watering cuisine. A group of gourmet chefs in Seattle wants to change that. They're developing recipes fit for foodies that can be served in the city's public elementary schools. Cash prizes will go to schools that get more kids eating breakfast By Charla Bear • Aug 22, 2011 Charla Bear / KPLU Listen Listening... / More than 300,000 kids who qualify for free or reduced breakfast in Washington are not eating it. Participation in the state's early morning meal program is so low, educators and children's advocates have launched a new effort to get schools focused on the issue. Lettuce shortage hits school lunches in Western Washington By Charla Bear • Mar 9, 2011 Listen Listening... / Kids have a good excuse for not eating salads right now. They've been taken off the school menu in Kent because lettuce is in short supply. Schools in Seattle, Redmond and elsewhere in Western Washington are also scaling back on serving romaine, iceberg and other leaf lettuces.


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The speed and deadliness of recent high-profile shootings have prompted police departments to recommend fleeing, hiding or fighting in the event of a mass attack, instead of remaining passive and waiting for help.
The shift represents a "sea change," said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, which recently held a meeting in Washington to discuss shootings like those in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo.
The traditional advice to the public has been "don't get involved, call 911," Wexler said, adding, "There's a recognition in these 'active shooter' situations that there may be a need for citizens to act in a way that perhaps they haven't been trained for or equipped to deal with."
Wexler and others noted that the change echoes a transformation in police procedures that began after the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, when some departments began telling officers who arrived first on a scene to act immediately rather than waiting for backup. Since then, the approach has become widespread, as a succession of high-profile shootings across the country has made it clear that no city or town is immune and that police agencies must take an active approach.
"We used to sit outside and set up a perimeter and wait for the SWAT team to get there," said Michael Dirden, an executive assistant chief of the Houston Police Department. "Now it's a recognition that time is of the essence and those initial responders have to go in," he said, adding that since the Virginia Tech University shooting in 2007, the department has been training first responders to move in on their own when they encounter active gunfire.
Research on mass shootings over the past decade has bolstered the idea that people at the scene of an attack have a better chance of survival if they take an active stance rather than waiting to be rescued by the police, who in many cases cannot get there fast enough to prevent the loss of life.
In an analysis of 84 such shooting cases in the United States from 2000 to 2010, for example, researchers at Texas State University found that the average time it took for the police to respond was three minutes.
"But you see that about half the attacks are over before the police get there, even when they arrive quickly," said J. Pete Blair, director for research of the university's Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center and an author of the research, which is set to be published in a book this year.
Two instructional videos, one produced by Houston's Office of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the other by the University of Wisconsin's police department, recommend that civilians fight an attacker if options such as escaping or hiding are not available.


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Watch 'Imagining the 10th Dimension' too
Watch 'Imagining the 10th Dimension' too
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#119 to #114 - oisinholz
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Watch 'Imagining the 10th Dimension' too
Watch 'Imagining the 10th Dimension' too
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but thats irrelevant im talking traveling to the future not the past, therefore paradoxes cannot happen as the future isnt formed yet and is open to change as it hasnt happened yet, even though it has, my point is traveling to the future is quite possible, and that youtube video only covers one reason of why past time travel is bad, worse than paradoxes is radiation feedback, meaning that since radiation lasts a VERY long time, when you went into the past you would bring a small amount of the presents radiation with you, which would now be in the past also, which effectively doubles the presents radiation, but you already would have brought it back so the actual radiation would be quadrupled, and it goes on and on leading up to a inevitable build-up of infinite radiation with-in a single moment effectively destroying all life on earth
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no i dont have time for that because it isnt going to change the facts, i watch ALOT of scientific documentaries, i know what im talking about, tv is far more reliable than the internet, as not just anyone can put a show on the discovery channel or science channel
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well i have some family matters going on as in if you must know my mom is meeting her sister for the first time at 36 years old so i dont have time can you just sum it up for me or something
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well....il watch it later i suppose
#116 to #114 - bakedbread
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*universal speed limit
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Yeah, according to the Vulcan Science Directorate.


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Did you know that the top financial contributor to both the Obama and Romney campaigns is none other than Goldman Sachs?
Remember them? They played a big part in the financial crisis of 2008.
Visit OpenSecrets.org and see for yourself.
Based on this information you can then conclude that there is no significant difference between those who fund Obama and those who fund Romney. There is also no significant difference between what Obama and Romney stand for. Their only obligation and allegiance is to those who fund them.
So do you ...
Want more bailouts? Want more illegal, unpaid wars? Want more deficit spending and debt? Want more foreign aid? Want more taxes? Want more police state? Want to lose more of your civil liberties? Do you value your freedom? Do you care about your children's future? What about your grandchildren's future?
Turn off the tell-lie-vision, engage your mind and think for yourself.
The destruction of America will not come because of the actions of terrorists, Congress or a president. The destruction of America starts with the citizens.
It is time to start thinking outside of the Left vs. Right/Democrat vs. Republican system and start seriously looking to alternative candidates such as Gary Johnson or America is doomed.
James Smith,


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OSU le invita a estudiantes de secundaria y su familia a un evento especial para la comunidad Latina. Visite nuestros representantes bilingües y platique sobre: -Cómo OSU le puede ayudar a realizar sus intereses y objetivos profesionales -Becas y cómo solicitar ingreso a OSU -Cómo OSU da apoyo a su comunidad Latina -Cómo Ud. puede […]
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Oregon State University invites you to a special event for the Latino community. Come and meet with our bilingual representatives and find out how OSU can help you with your career and life goals. SÃ Se Puede Forest Grove High School 1401 Nichols Lane, Forest Grove, OR Thursday, February 26 6-8pm RSVP at: http://sisepuede.oregonstate.edu/ *** […]
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***UPDATE EVENT RESCHEDULED FOR 2/26/2009 CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION*** OSU invites students to a special event for the Latino community. Come and meet with our bilingual representatives and find out how OSU can help you with your career and life goals. OSU invita a estudiantes a un evento informativo para la comunidad Latina. Venga […]
¡Si Se Pudo Celebración! Felicidades Clase de 2008!Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
On Saturday, June 14, 2008, Oregon State University held it's 6th annual "Si Se Pudoâ€? graduation ceremony, an event honoring Latino/a students who completed their degree. Along with Javier Cervantes, our very own Lizbeth Campos presided over the event and assisted with the ceremony. Watch the videos for footage of the new graduates, including Omán […]
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Suspect back in New York
NEW YORK -- A man arrested in the car crash that killed a rabbinical college student and his pregnant wife, whose newborn later died, arrived back in New York City on Thursday, a day after surrendering in Pennsylvania.
Julio Acevedo arrived at a Brooklyn police precinct hours after waiving extradition. Acevedo surrendered to police in the parking lot of a Bethlehem convenience store on Wednesday.
He was arrested on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident but could face more serious charges.
Acevedo was accused of barreling down a Brooklyn street at 60 mph early Sunday and crashing into a hired car carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, who died Sunday. Their premature son, delivered by cesarean section, died Monday. The hired car had a stop sign, though it's unclear whether the driver stopped.
At an appearance in Pennsylvania, Acevedo, 44, told Judge Kelly Banach that he had finished the 11th grade, was unemployed and lives in Brooklyn with his mother. He wore an orange jumpsuit and was shackled at the ankles and wrists.
His surrender was brokered by a friend who had been in touch with police earlier Wednesday. The friend met officers at New York's Grand Central Terminal and led them to Acevedo in Bethlehem, about 80 miles away, police said. The friend had told police that Acevedo would surrender after consulting a lawyer, but there wasn't one with him when he turned himself in.
Acevedo told the Daily News of New York that he was fleeing a gunman who was trying to shoot at him when his borrowed BMW slammed into the hired car, which was carrying the Glaubers to a hospital. He said he fled because he was worried he would be killed.


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Kathaleen R. Early of Woodinville, a senior in nutrition at WSU, was among the 11 participants in the first McNair Scholars' Research Week.
WSU summer term graduates included: Andrea Anderson of Duvall; Dennis Bennett, Fall City; Courtney Clark, Camie Curcio, Timothy O'Keefe from Monroe; Martin Hester and Brian Solack from Mountlake Terrace; John Eisenbarth, Jeremy Flowers, Heather Howell, and Andrew Maurice of Bothell; and Matthew Bruch, Stacey Ellingson, Jennifer Griffin, Bradley Norman, all of Woodinville.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Staten Island Community Center is teaming up with Davidzon Radio in an effort to help victims of Hurricane Sandy keep moving forward, and are calling on local businesses to get involved.
The groups will host a event featuring recovery information, entertainment and free giveaways on Aug. 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in New Dorp High School.
Designed to be fun as well as informative, the event will feature a concert and well as recovery information provided by elected officials and government agencies, including FEMA.
Organizers are looking for sponsors, saying that businesses can show their concern by offering gifts designed to help storm victims return to a normal life.
"I know so many of us have accomplished a great deal over the last seven months, but there is still more to do," said community center president Arkadiy Fridman. "This event will not only let Staten Islanders know that they have not been forgotten, but provide them with useful goods, information and advice that will help them continue on the road to normalcy."
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online directions point to the control panel under K>Settings>Control Center
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Steelers draft primer
April 23, 2013 - Ray Eckenrode
After a series of average, bad and just plain horrendous drafts between 2006 and 2009, there are serious rumblings of mediocrity swirling around the Pittsburgh Steelers (from both fans and media analysts) for the first time since the early 1990's. Mike Tomlin gave his best William Wallace speech a few weeks ago about games being played in September, not March, and while we love Tomlin's swagger, the bottom line is that we wish he had better players to back it up. So with the NFL Draft just a few days away, here's a position-by-position look at the problems facing Tomlin and Kevin Colbert and the players available who might be able to help:
The skinny: The changing of the guard (get it?) is complete here with Max Starks and Willie Colon exiting stage left and a the spotlight clearly shining on two young tackles, Mike Adams and Marcus Gilbert, and last year's No. 1, guard David DeCastro, who will almost be like a supplemental first-round pick in 2013 after the very limited work he got in 2012 because of a series of injuries.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 4. Depth is the concern now.
Timing: We'd expect to see a guard taken any time and probably a tackle on the second day.
Possible selections: As of this writing, San Diego State's Nic Embernate, who was not invited to the NFL Combine and would likely be a late-round or free agent candidate, is the only OL the Steelers have had in for a visit. If Pittsburgh shocked the world and went guard again in Round 1, there are several highly graded players, Alabama's Chance Warmack and Kentucky's Larry Warford most notably, who fit the Steelers mold.
The skinny: Ben Roethlisberger's freakish injury ruined the 2012 season for all intents and purposes, but he'll be back and upright come September, with the questions being (and always): For how long? Hometown boy Bruce Gradkowski was signed to finally put an end to the Byron Leftwich farce and, as of this writing, John Parker Wilson, not Chuck Batch, is the third QB on the Pittsburgh roster, but don't rule out Batch reclaiming the third spot before opening day.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 1. The only question mark is the No. 3 job.
Timing: If the right guy were there on the second day, we wouldn't be shocked if they grabbed him, but a free agent signing is much more likely.
Possible selections: Tennessee's Tyler Bray has emerged as a Steelers' second-day target. Bray is a polarizing prospect, with a few evaluators raving over his arm strength and upside, but most lamenting his inconsistency, immaturity and mental lapses. Guys like Southern Utah's Brad Sorensen or Iowa's James Vandenberg fit the profile of previous Pittsburgh free agent signings.
The skinny: With the departures of Rashard Mendenhall (general indifference) and Chris Rainey (general malfeasance), this has become one of Pittsburgh's biggest holes. Jonathan Dwyer showed flashes of being a mini-Bus type of player in 2012 but an injury and the Steelers odd substitution patterns kept us from truly knowing what he offers. Isaac Redman (still a free agent) had one monster game against the Giants but was largely terrible otherwise, especially in short yardage situations, which were once thought to be his specialty (although to be fair to Redman, it's difficult to get a half yard on third down when you're lined up eight yards deep in the I). Baron Batch is the other running (not blocking) back on the Steelers' roster with playing experience.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 6, only because the RB position doesn't carry as much value as it did, even just five years ago.
Timing: With the de-emphasis on the position and the tried-and-true ability of teams to find quality backs as late rounders and free agents, we'd be shocked, shocked we tell you, if the Steelers are dumb enough to use a first-round pick for one when they have so many other glaring needs. That said, they will pick a RB and it could be at any spot on any day.
Possible selections: UCLA's Jonathan Franklin and Alabama's Eddie Lacy both visited and both would likely be "trade down late first" or second-round selections. Another visitor, Texas A&M's Christine Michael, would likely be a third- or fourth-round guy. Of course, the Steelers have gotten a good, long-term look at Pitt's Ray Graham, as well.
The skinny: Even the most ardent of pessimists would have had a hard time predicting the truly terrible season Pittsburgh's talented, young receiving corps turned in last year with Antonio Brown underperforming after getting a big contract and Mike Wallace half a$$ing things after not getting a big contract. Emmanuel Sanders showed flashes (as he always does) but also suffered through a series of deflating drops and fumbles. Jericho Cotchery made some big catches when he was healthy enough to get on the field, but that wasn't nearly enough. Of course, the Steelers brought back Plaxico Burress late in the year and was impressive enough to land another one-year deal. As expected, Wallace has departed for greener (get it?) pastures, but Pittsburgh ponied up to hang onto Sanders meaning 80 percent of last year's crew is back.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): Sanders' signing drops this from an 8 to a 5.
Timing: There's still no real indication Brown can be a long-term No. 1 guy so there's still a big need here, but with Sanders back in the fold (and with so many other competing needs), it's much more likely now as a second- or third-round option.
Possible selections: If Pittsburgh does go WR in Round 1, it would likely be a trade-down scenario for guys like Cordarelle Patterson, Deandre Hopkins or Keenan Allen. Visitors Josh Boyce of TCU and Tavarres King of Georgia fit the third-round mold. Oklahoma's Justin Brown, who also visited, might fall a notch further.
The skinny: For nine game, it looked Heath Miller and Todd Haley were a match made in heaven as the quiet giant of the Steelers offense became the centerpiece of Pittsburgh's passing game. But in the final seven games, Miller got lost in the shuffle again before suffering a serious and season-ending knee injury in Week 15. It's expected that Miller will be able to return to form in 2013 from the injury, but at age 30 and entering his ninth NFL season, that's no guarantee. Backup Dave Paulson was serviceable in his rookie year, but showed nothing to indicate Pittsburgh made the right choice in keeping him and waiving Wes Saunders in the preseason. Leonard Pope book ended the season with TD catches, but was largely invisible between.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 5. Timing: This is a situation where the board will dictate if and when Pittsburgh selects a tight end. There's no need to reach for one, but if a guy they love is sitting there at any point there likely will be discussion about him.
Possible selections: The Steelers did not have a tight end in for a visit so it's hard to gauge what they might be thinking here. Notre Dame's Tyler Eifert has become a fan favorite pick for Pittsburgh, and if they love him, that's probably a safer selection that reaching for a WR.
The skinny: It still seems somewhat surreal that a journeyman kicker whom the Steelers turned to in desperation after Jeff Reed's flameout is on the verge of surpassing Gary Anderson in many people's minds as the best in team history. But that's Shaun Suisham's story and it certainly was the best story in black and gold last season. He finished the season making 28 of 31 kicks, but think about the three he missed: two bad decisions by Mike Tomlin to attempt 50+ kicks late in a game and a bad snap by Greg Warren against the Bengals. Suisham was "that close" to being perfect in 2012.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 1. Timing: The Steelers will undoubtedly sign a free agent kicker to compete in camp and take some of the preseason load off Suisham.
Possible selections: None.
The skinny: The Steelers flirted with disaster here, nearly losing their best player here (even if they don't know it), Steve McLendon, with a lowball tender. But McLendon's signing last week signals the end of the Casey Hampton era and leaves Pittsburgh looking to solidify play at defensive end, where Brett Kiesel is on the back end of his career and Ziggy Hood and Cam Heyward have underachieved on the front end of theirs. We should see more of Alameda Ta'amu and Loni Fangupo, as well.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 4. With all the other glaring needs, it's likely this is an area that Pittsburgh feels they can wait another year to address.
Timing: The Steelers did not have a D lineman in for a visit and we wouldn't be surprised if they don't select one this year.
Possible selections: Although it would be a dramatic trade up scenario, BYU's Ziggy Ansah would be a great successor to BYU's Kiesel.
The skinny: James Harrison is gone, but the three other starters return, along with Jason Worilds, who faces a make-or-break season in trying to show he was worth the high selection Pittsburgh used on him. Whether you believe Pittsburgh has a glaring need here depends on whether you believe LaMarr Woodley, who cashed in a big contract last offseason and showed up out of shape last fall before suffering a string of nagging injuries, can return to double-digit sack form. If he can, the Steelers will be fine for 2013, although they still need to find Harrison's replacement (and Foote's inside, as well). If Woodley underachieves again, Pittsburgh is in big trouble in 2014 and beyond. As with DeCastro, Sean Spence will be in the mix here for 2013 as a quasi-supplemental pick, but a player who was undersized to begin with is now undersized and coming off a traumatic knee injury so we'd turn the expectation level way down on Spence.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 7.
Timing: Although it's no sure thing, this is probably the best bet as to where Pittsburgh will go in the first round and don't rule out as many as three linebackers being selected before all is said and done.
Possible selections: Eight, count 'em, eight linebackers visited Pittsburgh before the draft. Most notable among them was Jarvis Jones, the ultra productive Georgia Bulldog and the name most often matched by draftniks with Pittsburgh's 17th selection. For those of you who think too much is made of measurables in the draft process with not enough reliance placed on on-the-field production, Jarvis Jones is your man. Jones is old (24), slow (4.9 40) and injury prone (chronic spine condition). But on the field, he led the SEC in both tackles for loss and sacks last year. Barkevious Mingo, who the Steelers got a good look at during LSU's pro day, is another pass rusher who figures to go somewhere between #11 and #21 in the first round, putting him on Pittsburgh's radar. Mingo reminds us a lot of Penn State's Aaron Maybin in that he's got all-world pass rushing skills but is frighteningly lean by NFL standards. The other LB visitors to the South Side span the length of the potential draft board and include: Ohio State's John Simon, Florida State's Vince Williams, Southern Miss's Jamie Collins, Rutgers' Khaseem Greene, Penn State's Michael Mauti, Clemson's Malliciah Gooma and UConn's Sio Moore. You'll note that every one of these guys hails from a BCS school, a draft trait that's becoming a calling card under Kevin Colbert. You don't see the Steelers picking many guys from "double directional" schools anymore.
The skinny: In 2012, the secondary seemed to be the only thing holding the Steelers defense together at times. But three free agent losses and ongoing questions about age and infirmity at safety make this a big question mark entering 2013. Ike Taylor will be locked down at one corner and Cortez Allen, presumably, will get the first change to replace the departed Kennan Lewis at the other. Ryan Clark and Troy Polamalu could constitute the best safety combo in the game, but seeing the pair playing together for long stretches is not something Steelers fans have seen much of in the past two years. With Will Allen and Ryan Mundy also signing elsewhere, depth is a huge concern.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 6.
Timing: We're probably talking multiple picks here, as well, and we'd be shocked if one of them wasn't in the first or second round.
Possible selections: The Steelers were visited by four safeties, three of whom (Phillip Thomas of Fresno State, Shamarko Thomas of Syracuse and Duke Williams of Nevada) would be mid-round selections. Texas' Kenny Vaccaro, who did not visit, is a strong safety projected to go between #15 and #25, which puts him on Pittsburgh's first-round radar. Foremost among the cornerback visits is Florida State's Xavier Rhodes, projected by many as the second CB to come off the board.
The skinny: Drew Butler's horrific rookie season had us longing for the good 'ol days with Daniel "Touchback" Sepulveda. Butler was 26th in average, 25th in net, 18th in punts inside the 20 and 23rd in fewest touchbacks. Obviously, the Steelers are hoping for better things in 2013, but hope isn't a great strategy in the NFL.
Level of need (10 = desperation, 1 = set for 2013): 6.
Timing: Pittsburgh will certainly bring in one or several free agents to compete in 2013.
Possible selections: Pittsburgh has too many competing needs to use a pick here.


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Giveaway: Optimus G, PHOTON Q and Galaxy Victory for Sprint #2
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As promised, here's our second giveaway, where, thanks to our partners from Sprint, we'll be presenting you with three marvelous smartphones: the LG Optimus G, the Motorola PHOTON Q and the Samsung Galaxy Victory! As a reminder, next week we'll be giving away a total of 4 handsets - these three here, plus an LG Mach. What better way there is to end the year...
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1. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
Moto Q please!
Feature to me more important is a big screen and battery life!
2. Don_Quixote (Posts: 14; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
Web browsing
3. kevin_wsy (Posts: 34; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
A big screen, because I display to people with my phone a lot. Thanks PA and Sprint!
4. xy.george (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
storage size, of course.
5. projectpopo (Posts: 8; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
4g LTE
6. TechTitan (Posts: 10; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
The S4 Pro is the most valuable feature to me. Combined with project butter, it's a android fan's dream!
7. magman (Posts: 4; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
It's all about the screen. Size does matter.
8. MattGioff (Posts: 11; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
The most important smartphone feature is the processor for me; therefore the LG Optimus G would be perfect for me with its quad core processor humming along inside. I currently have a hour long commute that I use for mobile gaming and I like to play the intense graphically driven games like Shadowgun and Dead Space. If I had the LG Optimus G I could avoid the agonizingly long load screens and gameplay hiccups.
Please pick me, Phone Arena! It'd be awesome!
9. frustyak (Posts: 209; Member since: 08 Mar 2010)
The data - whether it's from WiFi or the carrier's data plan, the really useful apps on your smartphone rely on the ability of the phone to transit and receive. Without it, we'd still be tethering, like we did in the 90's with our Palm Pilots.
10. danieljaywycoco (Posts: 2; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
The Camera!! ;)
I love taking photos using my phone more than the heavy big Camera ;)
11. fullmonty (Posts: 12; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
Screen size and µSD card slot.
12. shazam (Posts: 3; Member since: 20 Nov 2012)
I need a good camera on my smartphone.
13. JunitoNH (Posts: 1794; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
Great voice, after all, is a phone first.
14. housry23 (Posts: 129; Member since: 03 Jun 2012)
The Most important to me is sms and dialer or phone calls. It's imperative that a smartphone be able to communicate lol. But, if those two things are excluded since they are available in all phones, then the screen is the most important to me. It's the one thing you interact with most in a phone.
15. ramm8313 (Posts: 3; Member since: 31 May 2010)
For me the bes feature is a Great quad core processor and a nice screen
16. LordDavon (Posts: 135; Member since: 19 Sep 2011)
As I said in the previous giveaway, Multitasking is the one feature I can't live without. I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note II, and the ability to read from an email, or web page, while working in a Telnet session, is my smartphones greatest asset. Without this, Telnet sessions would disconnect when moved into the background. I am an IT Professional, and this is my most valuable feature.
17. Captain_Doug (Posts: 997; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
The ability to call people. I can find replacements for anything else except that.
18. e.wvu (unregistered)
Got to have continuos support -- quick updates, quick (software) fixes if needed. I don't care for the specs, because in today's time mostly every high-end smart phone is acceptable.
19. MilanNS (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
Big screen + fast browsing makes a perfect phone for me...LG please...:)
20. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3724; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
Fast data speeds.
21. corgilot (Posts: 8; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)
Processing speed definitely... gotta have that smooth performance!!
22. fnlsile (Posts: 3; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
The most important smartphone feature for me is the screen size and quality, it's all about web browsing for me.
23. Troysyx (Posts: 177; Member since: 30 Jul 2012)
Multi tasking. I bounce back and forth between apps all day long
24. peter2music (Posts: 7; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
Fast processor and screen !!!
25. taunjaswenson (Posts: 13; Member since: 30 Jul 2012)
A clear external speaker. I'm constantly streaming spoitify
26. aquariumdude (Posts: 40; Member since: 11 Jan 2012)
Big Screen with a fast processor
27. AFnerdTP (unregistered)
ability to customize EVERYTHING!
28. palmguy (Posts: 536; Member since: 22 Mar 2011)
I love music. All smart phones have some type music player but I need a lot of storage space. So the best feature for my smart phone is expandable storage space.
29. legion181 (Posts: 24; Member since: 25 Apr 2012)
Calendar,use it everyday
30. Kelley71 (Posts: 72; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
Photon Q;
The most important feature to me is the Operating System. With the right O/S, hardware features can be compensated for if not outright fixed through software packages and configuration settings.
31. dreign91 (Posts: 15; Member since: 17 May 2012)
processor of course
32. datdude77 (Posts: 3; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Call clarity, volume and battery life.
33. Justice25 (Posts: 2; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
The most important feature in a smartphone is it's OS. If a phone has a fantastic OS and great hardware then the OS will look smoother than it ever will. Most dual-core mid-range devices perform really well with Android 4.+ regardless if it's not the best device out there !
34. jadaketch (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
the ability to be updated when available w/o root.
36. SF_Steven (Posts: 12; Member since: 18 Apr 2012)
screen quality FTW
37. Gingershnaps (Posts: 18; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
screen size
38. jbjr43 (Posts: 50; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
Display size, clarity, speed and connectivity to LTE.
39. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
The screen, most used and most useful on any phone phone.
40. adoniiz (Posts: 4; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
The Qwerty keypad on the Motorola PHOTON Q =)
41. Planterz (Posts: 2079; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
The ability to access the internet is the most important to me. It gives me the wealth of the world's knowledge anytime, anywhere.
42. pc8989 (Posts: 2; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
screen and battery life.
43. dnbrannon (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
Mobile Internet
44. darkshre (Posts: 2; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
I want a nice screen thats got high resolution
45. CherylNTX (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
The most important feature to me is the processor. Smart phones do so much and we use them for so much more than phones, it needs a processor that can keep up! My 2nd criteria is the camera, as I always have my phone with me, but rarely have my camera. Thanks for the opportunity!!
46. cokm4n (Posts: 6; Member since: 10 May 2012)
The most important feature for me is how future proof it is. I hate having to buy a new phone every two years because mine can no longer keep up with the standard. All three of these have dual core, over a GB of ram - I don't know when these features will be considered low-tech, but I assume they would all last me a good amount of time.
Future proof is my most valuable feature.
47. polograph (Posts: 8; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
Screen size, 4g LTE, and battery life!!
49. ajerkdude (Posts: 3; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
I like the way they stay crunchy in milk!
50. fashion_m (Posts: 6; Member since: 08 Aug 2012)
The best feature of a smartphone is a QWERTY keyboard! Too bad it's rare nowadays.
51. wanders (Posts: 3; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
LTE and a processor fast enough to run the browser that it feeds.
52. chrisgmaher (Posts: 13; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)
fluidity of the OS combined with screen resolution.
53. hanano17 (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 Mar 2012)
Maps! I have used both iOS and Android and right now I have the iphone and I can't stand when i'm out and need to find a place, it's so bad. Otherwise screen quality/LTE are pretty important.
54. Javi015412 (Posts: 8; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Love a phone that would last but i mostly care about screen size!
55. kabel (Posts: 81; Member since: 06 Nov 2011)
Battery life, battery life and battery life.
Oh, did i say battery life?
56. astronaut (Posts: 6; Member since: 10 May 2012)
to me, battery life is the most important
57. speed4evr (Posts: 79; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Id loved to have the LG Optimus G, its Quad Core processor and Large screen would be perfect for me.
58. Knarf (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Dec 2012)
Best feature is the physical slider keyboard. I read a lot of books and make summary in my smartphone, while reading. Can't live without a keyboard like that.
59. nytonyv (Posts: 10; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
lte. nowadays high speed mobile data is essential. from sharing pics and moments to email for work while on the go. its my lifeblood.
60. mas11 (Posts: 1034; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
Battery life and a smooth UI


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A troubling report on the mental health state of those who respond to emergencies and save lives.
The Journal de Montréal reported findings of a 2005 survey that said 58 percent of paramedics admit to be under a very high amount of psychological stress.
That stress translates to suicidal thoughts for over a quarter of paramedics surveyed at Urgences Santé.
Over 7 percent of the workforce has actually attempted to take their own life, and at least eight employees have committed suicide since 2001, according to the report.
The Federation of Paramedic Workers in Quebec (FPESPQ) said the situation is worse for workers around Montreal because of the high number of calls.
"They tend to have a lot of calls a day, and they do not have a lot of back up so they are really stressed," François Trudelle, the president of the federation said.
Trudelle says the psychological help offered to workers could be improved because it's not given soon enough.
A 2005 report proposed radical changes at Urgences Santé, but close to 10 years later, a handful of paramedics say the situation has barely improved.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., is expected to run for president in the 2012 election, but religious voters might have problems with his past mistakes, including marital infidelity.
Gingrich appeared at the Faith and Freedom Forum in Iowa where he spoke with CBN News Senior Political Correspondent David Brody.
In an interview posted on Brody's blog -- The Brody File -- Gingrich said he felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness for his actions.
"What I can tell you is that when I did things that were wrong, I wasn't trapped in situation ethics. I was doing things that were wrong, and yet, I was doing them. I found that I felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness, not God's understanding, but God's forgiveness," he said.
"I do believe in a forgiving God. And I think most people, deep down in their hearts, hope there's a forgiving God. Somebody once said that when we're young, we seek justice, but as we get older, we seek mercy. There's something to that, I think," he added.
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At the age of 40, Travis is what passes for an éminence grise in Nashville's middle-aged generation. This imposes an expectation of exceptional consistency on him—an expectation he more than meets, album after album. On his latest he presents a rich mix of lively tracks like "The Family Bible and the Farmer's Almanac" and "A Little Bitty Crack in Her Heart," along with the kind of languorous ballad Travis owns, "Where Can I Surrender?"
Rank having its privileges, Travis has access to terrific songs by such esteemed writers as Melba Montgomery ("A Heartache in the Works"), and he can enlist the services of stellar sidemen (guitarist Brent Mason; keyboardist Matt Rollings). They provide a rich showcase for his voice. And as always, he delivers.
Bottom Line: Nashville's young turks should sound this good
Picks and Pans Review: A Man Ain't Made of Stone
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When Bobby Knight's legendary coaching career at Indiana came to an end, it was no surprise that he went out with a bang. After being asked to resign following a confrontation with a student, he said goodbye in a famous speech on September 11, 2000 that ended in typical Knight fashion: "When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down and my critics can kiss my ass."
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Potluck Macaroni and Cheese RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 3 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
- 1 package (16 ounces) process cheese (Velveeta), cubed
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded white cheddar cheese
- 1-3/4 cups whole milk
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- Cook macaroni according to package directions for al dente; drain. Transfer to a greased 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients.
- Cook, covered, on low until a thermometer reads at least 160°, 2 to 2-1/2 hours, stirring once. Yield: 16 servings (3/4 cup each).
Reviews for Potluck Macaroni and Cheese
"Love this mac n cheese! I am a big Mac n cheese lover and have tried tons of recipes. This is one of my top 2! Definitely #1 for creaminess and an easy crockpot recipe. The only change I make is to add more macaron and sometimes I do all sharp cheddar. I usually do 1 1/2 the suggested amount- around 1lb of noodles (4 1/2ish cups dry). It's still plenty creamy and delicious- you could even double the noodles for a bigger crowd. Not a diet food for sure but pure delicious comfort food!"
"I have taken this to pot lucks at church - its always gobbled up and they request me to bring it the next dinner"
"My family loves this recipe."
"This was excellent!! My only change was using 2% milk because that's what I had. Creamy and delicious!"
"Easy and so yummy & creamy... My family loved this mac & cheese! Will definitely keep this recipe handy. Makes a lot, though, so should halve for family dinner night for four."
"Yummy! True comfort food and it was a hit at church."
"Excellent! I was skeptical as I'm not a huge macaroni and cheese fan, but this was really good. I added half a package of bacon and onion powder, but other than that, I followed the recipe. My husband has already requested I make this for Christmas Eve with Ham."
"My family LOVES this! So creamy and cheesy! Everything comes together nicely."
"This is a great recipe! I have served it over and over at international student potlucks for the vegetarians in our midst. And there are never leftovers! A definitely keeper in my recipe box! I omit the eggs, and put the rest in a crock pot to serve to the group."
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Jeremy Mark Singh, 20, of Canyon Country, is wanted in connection with numerous crimes, the most recent an alleged assault of two males in Canyon Country on Sept. 14, Sgt. Darren Harris said. The assault sent both victims to the hospital, one victim with a stab wound.
"We want to get this guy off the street. He's very dangerous and is wanted in numerous crimes," Harris said.
Sheriff's deputies recently tried to apprehend Singh at his last known address in the 15000 block of Lucille Court, but the suspect wasn't found, Harris said.
Singh is described as Hispanic, 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.


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After her parents, William Youmans and Carolyn Capalbo, broke up, Ashley "used to cry about that and say how much she missed him," childhood friend Erica Kane tells PEOPLE. Adding to the heartache was her older brother Kyle, 26, who was incarcerated after a 2000 drug arrest, according to the Asbury Park Press. (More recently, on Monday, Kyle pleaded guilty to heroin charges and is expected to be sentenced to probation on April 14, according the newspaper.)
But after her mother married oral surgeon Michael DiPietro, Ashley, who was in elementary school at the time, would say even more so "how much she missed her dad. She always used to talk about that," says Kane. "[Her life] looked perfect. She was a beautiful girl, boys thought she was pretty and she got along with everybody. But she wanted her real family. She wanted her real father and her mother together and her brother back in the house. She wanted everybody under the same roof."
A Comfortable LifestyleStill, friends say Ashley had a comfortable life with her stepfamily, in a spacious house in tony Wall Township, N.J. A popular student, former classmates recall that Ashley was driven to school in a Jaguar, that she dressed well and made friends on the cheerleading squad.
"Ashley was a good girl. She was a sweetheart, everyone loved her," says a childhood pal. "She had a good heart." And a good voice. Bringing friends to her house to play with the karaoke machine in her room, Ashley would belt out songs by Brandy, the source says. Adds Kane: "She made up this whole dance to Madonna's 'Express Yourself.' We used to hang out in her play room at her house and just dance around to that song."
Moving to North CarolinaBut once in high school, something changed. In her sophomore year, she abruptly left home to move in with her dad and his new wife, attending Manteo High School in the Outer Banks in North Carolina. "It was my decision," Ashley wrote on her MySpace page. "And I've never looked back."
"She was a normal cool girl," says former boyfriend Wayne Hunter, who dated Ashley until 2003. "She wasn't a saint, but I would put her better than a lot of girls that I've known. [The recent scandal] has surprised me because she wasn't really like that."
While Ashley was popular with the boys, she had trouble making female friends while there. "She was the hottest girl in town when she was here and all the other girls gave her hell," says Hunter. "They were jealous. The girls wouldn't hang out with her. It was ridiculous. The girls here were really mean to her."
Big City DreamsWith hopes of a career in the music industry, Ashley moved to New York City after high school. "She told me she got a nice little apartment and was just starting out slow, trying to make her way up in whatever she could do," says Hunter.
Ashley took jobs as a cocktail waitress at hot spots like Retox and Pink Elephant to pay the bills while she recorded songs like "Move Ya Body" and "What We Want" in her free time, and booked gigs performing at clubs like China Club and Remote Lounge.
The aspiring singer became embroiled in the nightlife scene. "She'd roll around with an elite, older, upper echelon of men in Manhattan society, all the 'players' in nightlife and entertainment," says a source. "She would go out of town now and then but said she was working on music projects."
Unexpected FameNow that her alleged involvement with Emperors Club V.I.P. has been exposed, "she's just trying to work through it," says high school friend Joe Pawlak, who remains in touch with Ashley. "We're just trying to keep her head up and keep her strong, have her look at this as a positive. People make mistakes. All you can do is try to go on, grow from the experience."
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I am not a trained educator. But, I have been an education advocate for more than 20 years and as a former Des Moines school board member, parent and businessman who has been involved in economic development issues for even longer, I know well how important it is to fund the diversity of programs required to advance students across the learning spectrum.
I am proud of the education my three children have received as students of Des Moines Public Schools. They have excelled in ways I could have never imagined thanks to the creative teachers and sound programming available in our schools. My oldest son will head off to the United States Naval Academy later this year. He will tell you, as will I, he earned this honor in large part because he was a student of the outstanding Des Moines Central Academy. Connor is only one of thousands of Central students who have been able to go on to great things because of this proven, award-winning program.
Central Academy is a district-wide program that challenges students to achieve in a learning environment geared to their abilities. Central Academy allows the Des Moines Schools to offer advanced placement, language and other classes in a centralized location to students from across the district. It would not be financially feasible for Des Moines to provide a similar level of instruction and learning if it were to try to recreate these classes at individual high schools. A dismantling of Central Academy would mean students at some high schools would have better access to some classes than would others who live across town. Yet, Des Moines Schools is on the verge of pursuing a plan to do just that.
Des Moines Schools is taking steps to offer fewer of the classes that have made Central a national education model in an effort to bolster the International Baccalaureate (IB) program that has had difficulty gaining traction in our district. Des Moines has struggled to recruit enough high school students to the IB program to justify the millions of dollars the district has invested in IB. The superintendent is doubling down on IB by shrinking a Central Academy that is working well so the district will have space and resources to gamble on the program that has yet to take hold in Des Moines.
Such thinking is wrongheaded.
Today, Des Moines Schools officials quietly started spreading the word Central Academy classes such as Environmental Science, US Government, and Statistics would be replaced with IB geared classes like Microeconomics, Computer Science, Art History and Spanish Literature. This is much more than a minor change in class offerings. If this plan is implemented, it will represent a significant departure in Central Academy's focus and will result in a loss of accessibility to a core group of Advanced Placement courses for a majority of Des Moines high school students.
Few educators will argue against the merits of a well-run IB program. Its curriculum is also proven and many students across the globe have benefitted from it. But, the choice between IB and Central Academy is a false one. Building a successful IB program should not and must not come at the expense of Central Academy, a program that has a long track record of achievement.
The mission of Des Moines School is to create programs for students in every corner of the district. If the Des Moines School Board takes Central Academy apart in an effort to prop up its latest project of the moment, IB, the people of Des Moines will lose because our district will give up something remarkable in the process. Someday the Des Moines IB program may reach the student levels the District has promised it would, but if it does so at the price of Central Academy, Des Moines will be much the less for it.
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Because blogs are living documents capable of being commented upon and, one could hope, evolving, I would like to update this piece based on some conversations I have had with others.
One teacher friend of mind pointed out "Every (DMPS) high school is offering AP Env. Sci. and Gov. and, in most cases, have more than one section of them! I can't speak to AP Statistics, but I know we have it at North (with multiple sections again). So it seems as if DMPS is trying to eliminate duplicate offerings, not trying to dismantle Central Academy. Many classes will still need to be offered there because they are not offered at the comprehensive high schools."
My friend raises a interesting point and one that forces me to consider one of my previous assumptions about accessibility to AP classes. If the classes being cut from Central are being made available at the individual high schools to the standards they have been offered at Central, I could see why DMPS may want to eliminate them at Central. But, we should not lose sight of the second piece of my statement, these classes have to meet the same standard they do at Central.
To that point, a student friend of mine chimed in with "At Central Academy the quality of education, teacher involvement, & peer competition is irreplaceable at a home school for those students who do want to get the best education the public school system can offer."
I thank these two friends and others who have challenged me on this piece, what I seek passionately (perhaps, too passionately at times) to protect at Central Academy is not any individual course offering or group of courses. I fight for the all too uncommon atmosphere Central Academy creates that helps students from across our district to highly achieve. If classes are being moved to home high schools to make room for IB or some other program and the classes fall even slightly short of the standard at which they have been taught at Central Academy, our district loses something valuable.
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I have had the opportunity to talk to many teachers, students, district personnel and one school board member about this issue during the last 24 hours. The DMPS officials assure me this change has nothing to do with downgrading AP standards. The AP classes offered at the individual high schools will meet or exceed the standards set at Central. If true, this is welcome news. Time will tell, but I must say I am assured by their confidence and willingness to talk this through.
Let me end with something I believe strongly. It is crucial DMPS preserve and bolster Central Academy. It is a proven entity that has helped thousands of students achieve great things over the years. One glaring fault of Central is that there remain students in our district who do not take advantage of the programs offered at Central. However, this problem cannot be solved by offering a handful of classes in our individual high schools. Central offers a learning environment and camaraderie that, without exaggeration, changes the trajectory of many learners. The goal should be to grow this unique program by increasing the diversity of its student body, not break it apart and sending its pieces back to individual schools.
Graham Gillette can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Lysander, NY – The second phase of the Dexter Parkway drainage improvement project is near completion.
Lysander Supervisor Barry Bullis said the project has been a work in progress for years now. Phase II is a continuation of the phase I box culvert project installed under Route 370 last year.
The completion of the project will bring relief to the chronic flooding problem at the foot of Dexter Parkway and flooding at upstream intersections that occurs during major rain events. As part of the project, sump pump discharge connections to the closed drainage system will be provided to homes along the route. This will help eliminate water discharge on the roadways and reduce severe icing problems during the winter.
The pipeline portion of the project is also nearly complete. The decades old pavement will be removed and new asphalt binder will be installed by the Lysander Highway Department. Current plans call for the asphalt top course to be installed in the spring of 2012, Bullis said in a news release.
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|Sunday, 27 November 2005
St. Benedict's College :
Yearning for a playground...
by Elmo Leonard
St. Benedict's College Colombo (SBC) in existence since 1865 and reputed for having produced a galaxy of sportsmen from cricketers to footballers, hockey players, basketballers and athletes is abruptly sans a playground.
This educational institution which is 140 years old has gone back to the 1920's.
For, it was in the 1920's that through the repeated appeals to Colombo's City Fathers, the a Bloemandhall Road marsh was offered to the school as a playground. Prior to that, all the school's sport activities, including cricket and athletics were cramped into the college quadrangle.
The Bloemandhall Road playground was waterlogged when the rains came down; the SBC footballers and hockey players specialised in wet-condition play.
With the building of the Sugathadasa outdoor and indoor stadiums and the ongoing boom in building construction around Kotahena, the ground water level has risen and the playground remains waterlogged, half of the year. An in-depth study of the problem was initiated by past Benedictine, Anura Vithanage, Director of Engineering and Laboratory Services (Pvt) Ltd (ELS).
The study was carried out by a team headed by Prof. B. L. Tennekoon of the University of Moratuwa and included chartered civil engineer and consult hydrologist D. A. J. Ranwala. Conforming to the recommendations by civil and soil engineers from ELS the ground is in the process of refurbishment.
On inquiry, we were told that what is ongoing is phase I.
It includes: Raising the ground level by three feet; rerouting of the sewer lines presently running across the ground, away from it; providing an internal drain system; the construction of a peripheral drain system; providing additional outlets to the Municipal storm water lines. Acquiring adjoining land for future expansion of sports facilities and roadway and parking space.
When the ground is completed, for cricket, there will be five turf pitches plus, two practice turf pitches with nets, two cemented pitches and a matting pitch. Phase I of a master plan drawn out by past Benedictine architect Dudley Waas was begun June and scheduled to end February next year. The Rs. 25 million ($250,000) estimated has fallen far short.
The College authorities have thanked the parents, past students, overseas branches and well-wishers for their kind contributions. Now, the director of St. Benedict's has to hire playgrounds over 25 miles from Colombo, in Negombo and Veyangoda over for the team's cricket and football practices.
The College authorities have appealed even to Sri Lanka Cricket and Football Federation of Sri Lanka for assistance. As a fund raising project, the Old Boys' Union solicits donations from Benedictines and well-wishers.
Tickets in denominations of Rs. 5,000, Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 1,000 could be purchased towards this cause. Payments could be made by cheques drawn in favour of "St Benedict's College Development Fund" crossed A/c payee only.
For details, please contact: Randolph Perera, Chairman, Fund Raising Project, Canroe Exports, 440, K. Cyril C. Perera Mawatha, Colombo 13. Tel: 2435667, 0777787187 e-mail: email@example.com
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Dr. Peter Wright
- B.A.: Psychology, Yale University
- M.Ed.: Technology Education, West Virginia University
- Ed.D.: Technology Education, West Virginia University
Dr. Wright was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire from 1976-1978.
- Information Systems
- Appropriate Technology
- Transportation Systems
- Strategic Planning in Education
- Sustainable Development
- Aspects of Human Creativity
Research Interests
- Impacts of communication systems
- Appropriate technology and sustainable development
- Strategic planning for non-profit organizations
Service Learning Projects
- With students in Construction classes, build outdoor learning environments (pavilions and gazebos) at Charleroi, Marion and Rostraver Elementary Schools.
- With Sustainable Development graduate students, designed interior courtyard project at Menallen Elementary School.
- Host a weekly open mic session to provide students and community members chances to listen and perform in an alcohol-free environment at Jozart Studios in California (coffeehouse and studio).
- Serve as president of the Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) and was a past board member of the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) and national adviser for the Technology Education Collegiate Association (TECA).
In The Classroom
"My main focus, besides learning necessary content, is to motivate students to think and ask questions for themselves and obtain answers directly."
Academic Department(s)
- Department of Applied Engineering and Technology
Academic Program(s)
- B.S. Technology Education
- M.E. Technology Education
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The Hero and the Crown
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Book list Gr. 7-10. Tauntingly called ``Lady Aerin, Dragon-Killer'' for the small, dog-size dragons she killed, the princess and her skills are tested when she faces the monstrous, malevolent Black Dragon. A Newbery award winner.
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Check out Big Shoes or find a pedorthist in your area. They can help you find appropriate shoes. Merrell's trail gloves are the longest at 15 that I've seen
I make shoes and it's like you say, expensive and time consuming.
I use VFFs for training and love them, and in fact I love minimalist shoes in general. As is, unless I dress up and "peacock" in a suit or whatever, depending on the situation, my typical uniform consists of sneakers. I'm a laid back, sneakers kind of guy. I even sometimes wear sneakers with suits. Problem is, where as with some modification I could get VFFs to fit me, none of the current crop of minimalist sneakers I know of, actually fit me. And some of them look gorgeous. I wear size 17 extra wide... though as I've lost weight and switched to barefoot, I've found myself fairly comfortable in 16 wide (depending on style and elasticity). The largest minimalist sneaks I've found go up to size 14 D. No bueno. The closest to that small size that I can get to fit me are my artificially stretched out, size 15 K-Swiss Ariakes. (I use them for Parkour and the artificial stretching gives them a glove like snug feeling but I can't wear them for long).
So basically, after that mouthful, I'm asking for advice/pointers/hints at where I can find minimalist shoes for the gigantifooted. Not just for "fashion" but for training too, in places where VFFs are frowned upon. In the big scheme of things, the fashion aspect means little to me. I just want access to shoes that fit my lifestyle but that come in my size. I am currently exploring designing and custom making shoes for myself but it's proving pricey and complicated.
Also, don't judge me for my fashion approach. Not everything needs to be for strictly utilitarian purposes.
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Check out Big Shoes or find a pedorthist in your area. They can help you find appropriate shoes. Merrell's trail gloves are the longest at 15 that I've seen
I make shoes and it's like you say, expensive and time consuming.
I think the Merrell's go up to 15.
Merrell's was a close call. I figured, like my Ariake's I could artificially stretch a wide 15 but once I searched for Wide, the highest they go to in the shoes I'm looking for is 14. But thanks for that direction.
Big shoes has lots my size but no minimalist shoes I can find. I can find regular shoes in my size on sites like Eastbay, I just seem to be cursed to suffer through arch support and raised heels and artificial stabilization. I'll keep looking though. Thank you.
Not done yet...
My shoes before removing the heel
After removing soles and lowering the heel with a grinder, knife will work too but a lot more work
Ready to put new soles on
1/8inch soling material
How to make your own minimalist running shoes
or running sandal
Soft Star Shoes: ADULT
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Slick and perfectly crafted. This curtains hold backs add a touch of class and opulence to any decor. Beautiful.
was exactly what I been looking for
I loved the look but as heavy and nice as they were they could not hold 3 panels each.
Loved the tie backs but used them to hold scarves on my windows and sliding door. They looked great.
First of all this set of hold backs was as close to "gold" as I have been able to find. Everything else is antique gold, brass, etc. Secondly, they are large and different from everything else that is out there. But most important, they are just simply gorgeous! They only drawback is that they are quite heavy and I had to use a commercial grade wll fastener to hold them to the dry wall rather than the ones that came with them.
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Use Google? Increase Your Privacy With These Simple StepsMonica Vila
Instead of the 60+ policies that previously applied to its various products and services (YouTube, Gmail, Picasa, G+), Google recently consolidated them into one across-the-board policy that is shorter and simpler to read. However, that policy potentially allows Google to learn more information about users and gather that information into what some critics are calling online "personal dossiers."
Google justified this move by suggesting it would create "one simple and intuitive experience" across all Google products. For example, if you belong to a classic automobiles circle on Google+ and you search for the term "Jaguar" using Google's search engine, then Google can be fairly certain that you are interested in the car and not the animal.
Of course, what Google didn't mention is that by building more complete individual profiles, it can also sell more advertising and present that advertising in more consistent and targeted ways.
But while Google account holders cannot opt out of the new cross-platform sharing policy, there are still ways in which we can reduce the amount of information that Google gathers. Here are some suggestions:
- Do not log in to your Google account. Google can only build a personal profile if you are logged into your Google account. There is normally no need to log in to your account if you are just using Google's search engine, watching YouTube videos, or browsing pictures on Picasa. If you do need to log in for Gmail or Google+, for example then you can always log out again before you use other Google services.
- Use separate e-mail addresses and/or account names for different Google services. You can open as many Google accounts as you want and use different log-ins for different services. This way, Google will build separate profiles and will not have the opportunity to consolidate across platforms.
- Delete and turn off your web history. You can elect to disable Google's web history feature, which allows it to track and store your browsing activity. Log in to your account and click on your name or the arrow next your e-mail address in the top right-hand corner of the page. Click on Account settings. Scroll down to Services and click on Go to web history. Here you will be able to Remove all Web History and stop (Pause) Google from recording your future web browsing activity.
- Become familiar with your Dashboard. Google's Dashboard service gives you an overview of what Google knows about you. Here you can see a summary of your Google services and manage what information appears about you on the web.
- Use a different search engine. If you don't want your information to be tracked by Google when you browse the web, then you can use another search engine like Microsoft's Bing, Yahoo! Search orDuckDuckGo.
Google also gives you the opportunity to manage the ads that you will see when you use Google services. Although you can't turn off ads completely, you can choose the type of ads you see by taking advantage of Google's Ad Preferences tool.
Keep in mind that sharing of information across Google services can sometimes lead to a more efficient online experience. Spend some time and find the privacy settings and protections that are right for you.
Monica Vila is TheOnlineMom and she welcomes you to join her weekly chats on Twitter@TheOnlineMom every Wednesday night from 9-10pm ET. Or join her on Facebook for deeper dive on your tech questions.