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Madonna Continues to Avoid the Sun in Ibiza
No tans here.By Erica Schwiegershausen
No tans here.By Erica Schwiegershausen
Now a Hamptons spouse.
What the stars will be blasting at their summer cookouts.
Yes, Tanlines is here.By Amanda Dobbins
Claw hands are key.By Amanda Dobbins
"People might be like, 'Oh, that's so two years ago.' That's sort of the fear."By Eric Sundermann
We hear the kids in Brooklyn love these guys.By Eliot Glazer
Check out "All of Me."By Amanda Dobbins
Plus: Angels and Airwaves, Saves the Day, Weezer, MGMT, Girl Talk, Hanson, Drake, Matt & Kim, Wale, John Doe and Exene Cervenka, Tanlines, the Willowz, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Echo & the Bunnymen, the Gossip, and OK Go.By Amos Barshad
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The Crew and Staff were as wonderful as ever under their new elegant Lady First Master.
Two minor criticisms:
1.The whole day stop at Palermo was a disaster, one traffic jam after another so we saw little of the City,which in itself was not inspiring, I would not visit again. Whereas Valencia was an inspiring and lovely City with just a half day stay! Likewise Gibraltar, which needs much more than a rushed half day.
Now about the Tea- without doubt the worst WARM tea in the Lido restaurant I have ever tasted made with "Warm Water"- surely Cunard know you can only brew tea with boiling water-the coffee was not much better.
One major worry,as always, the exorbitant cost of drinks- how about a 2 gr glass of Cognac at only $120! No wonder very few were ordering wine at meals.
Overall though a lovely cruise with glorious weather.
John Haywood,Amesbury.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --- A Brooklyn woman is accused of trying to steal more than $1,000 in merchandise from the Target store in Charleston, marking the latest in a series of shoplifting attempts at the South Shore superstore since December.
Police on Sunday arrested Sandra M. Fuentes, 31, of Brooklyn, after she and a female accomplice tried to stuff Target bags with almost $1,300 in unpaid goods, including a baby monitor, clothes and toys. The accomplice remains at large.
William J. Smith, a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan, wouldn't speculate if the alleged theft was part of a larger, organized retail theft operation.
Even so, the South Shore retailer has been hit numerous times over the past five months —by Staten Island and Brooklyn residents using a variety of failed schemes to slip merchandise out of the store, authorities have reported.
They include:
-- Two thefts by Omayra Reyes, 40, of Castleton Corners, on Dec. 20 and Jan. 9. Ms. Reyes, who was working with a male accomplice, fought with security officers and police after she was caught trying to leave with a cart filled with electronics on Jan. 9, police allege. She's since pleaded guilty to third-degree robbery and is awaiting sentencing.
-- On Dec. 31, Iesha Dunn, 18, of Brooklyn, and two unidentified accomplices packed $5,700 worth of ink cartridges and electronics items into a box that once held a child car seat, then tried to bluff her way past the cashier by paying for the car seat, police allege
-- On Jan. 4, Shanelle Blount, 18, of Brooklyn, along with two unidentified accomplices, tried to steal nearly $2,300 in over-the-counter drugs, makeup and other items, police allege. The status of the case against her was not clear today.
-- On Jan. 6, police allege, Kim Persico, the daughter-in-law of Colombo crime family don Carmine Persico, tried to walk out with almost $600 in clothing, cleaning supplies, food, home decor and health and beauty items.
Authorities at the time were looking into whether any of those arrests could be linked to what Target officials frequently refer to as "organized retail theft" — rings of thieves that descend on retailers, then sell the stolen goods online, often to fund other criminal activities.
The chain focuses most of its store security efforts on combating organized theft, and has established forensic labs in Minneapolis and Las Vegas to aid law enforcement agencies.
In the case of Ms. Fuentes, she faces charges of fourth-degree grand larceny and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property — both felonies punishable by one-and-a-third to four years in prison if she's convicted at trial.


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So far we have seen several examples on how Predictive Analytics applied in Social Media and Blog posts can help us suggest better strategies in Marketing, Branding, Sales and PR . This post is a walk-through example on how we can choose a concept, extract what users write about this concept on Twitter, get insights on how consumers think / behave about it and finally group similar consumer thoughts and experiences using Cluster Analysis. A "concept" could be :
- Any activity
- A Brand (e.g Apple Inc.)
- A Product / Service
- A Politician
and -almost- anything discussed in user Tweets .
What we will look at is work that was made specifically for understanding what consumers think, liked or disliked while visiting a shopping Mall. What do people feel when visiting a Mall? Which words are associated with a positive experience or when a smiley is present in Tweets about Malls? Using the Twitter API approximately 36000 distinct Tweets where collected on consumer experiences from visiting a shopping Mall (sample below shows an example of a consumer's negative sentiment ) :
So how can an analyst get into a consumer's mind by analyzing Tweets and how would this information be useful? To find some answers I teamed up with Marketing Strategist Dr Nikos Dimitriadis to assist me in the actionability and interestingness of each extracted insight. Note that we capture thoughts from a biased sample which means that we cannot make inferences about the general population. However this work can be a great additional tool for finding new ideas and insights for Marketing initiatives -on top of more traditional methods such as focus groups- and also enables us to form several hypotheses as to what could likely work.
After a number of pre-processing steps to clean captured Tweets from irrelevant information (such as links), replace words with their synonyms and remove frequently occurring words such as 'and', 'to', 'at', 'in' and 'mall' and also filter all Tweets with small length i started performing frequency counts of the words contained in Tweets about Malls :
We immediately notice how often LOL and :-) (smiley) appear in Tweets about being, going or returning from the Mall which also gives us examples of consumers being in a specific mood . Here is what happens when we look at the most frequently occurring 2-word phrases :
and 3-word phrases (Note : ive = i've) :
Looking at the two charts we also notice that we frequently find the phrases :
- My best friend : since consumers Tweet the fact that are visiting a Mall with their best friend.
- My nails done : appears to be one of women's frequently discussed activity.
- My best friend : since consumers Tweet the fact that are visiting a Mall with their best friend.
- My nails done : appears to be one of women's frequently discussed activity.
We then could look at Words and Phrases that seem interesting in understanding consumer experiences and values when visiting a Mall, such as :
- Shop
- Shop
- Shoes
- Parking Lot
- Food Court
- Need / Want
- Walk around
- Made my Day
- Post Picture FaceBook
- Parking Lot
- Food Court
- Need / Want
- Walk around
- Made my Day
- Post Picture FaceBook
and mine through all these words / phrases to understand what consumers think : What exactly made the day of consumers who used the phrase "Made my Day" in their tweets? How do consumers feel when they visit the Mall with their best friend? when they are alone? Which activities trigger positive feelings? But more importantly : How could one use this information to better understand consumers and Market a concept? More on the next post.


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Network Security: Automatic uPNP Support
Adding NAT rules automatically through UPnP service would be also great for home users and probably some other small companies.
32 comments
Qasim Ijaz commented
Can't believe how long this feature request has been open. We need this feature now. Come on people, it's not an inherent security risk if it's opt in. Pfsense allows enabling UPNP for a single device. Having something like that will be awesome.
joseph commented
how to open the port for the torrent?
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someone who has a brain commented
are people commenting on this ******* stupid ? can they not read? IT WOULD BE OPT IN if you dont want it DONT USE IT ****... how stupid are you. would it be better for us to just disable the entire firewall so that our devices with upnp would work? honestly some people are ******* brain dead
Wraith commented
Restrictive UPnP with IP/Service based rules should be something you can optionally enable (just like pfSense does it). Naturally it's not something a business will EVER enable... but for a home user running UTM it's the only practical way to get multiple Xbox's working.
I honestly see no reason why this can't or shouldn't be implemented on a per-IP or per-MAC basis!
Yes general uPNP support defeats the purpose of a firewall but if i really want a specific device to be able to open ports on it's own then why not enter it's IP-Adress or MAC-Adress into a table?
Problem solved without compromising general firewall security.
The smaller UTM's are aimed at the SMB market so why not make it easier for SMB's to acutally use typical SMB devices and services?
QNAP NAS Servers: myQNAPcloud requires uPNP (no workaround)
WD Sentinel DX Series: Breaks Setup Wizard (Server 2k12 Essentials)
MS Server 2k12 Essentials: Wizard requires uPNP for smooth setup
All this just cost the SMB's more money and will make them think twice about adding other Sophos UTM's to their branch offices.
Brc commented
I hope UPNP will never be implemented as it totally defeats the purpose of a real firewall and the UTM will be blamed to much for being vulnerable while it was merely due to UPNP even if it was just opt-in. It is a little extra work but the UTM works perfect even with multiple complicated appliances at home and in most cases UIPNP is not enough exception rules for web traffic are also needed partially defeating UPNP and leading to more complaints instead of resolving. Just my two little cents nothing more.
Carter Rowley commented
Setting up a web cam, UPNP would be great. I like a lot of the features of UTM but sometimes miss my old PFsense system.
Julien Ellie commented
uPNP as an option I can turn on = win
Meta Sparks commented
uPNP opt-in
Alphavil commented
For home use it is a must have, all devices (NAS, TV....) have uPNP. So it would be nice but for company's I am not sure if they need that or if it is really secure
Joe commented
Until (if ever) ASG gains *optional* UPnP support, home users could optionally use a higher-end "home" wifi/router and install an aftermarket OS on it, such as DD-WRT. That will provide VPN and many other more professional features, but still give you popular home-oriented features like UPnP.
Eric R. commented
As Chester Wisniewski commented, I think it defeats the purpose of the firewall as well. So please don't!
But! as 'Anonymous' said, "This would be a great feature to add. I would even be open to paying for this feature as a licensed add-on!"
If people want to pay money to disregard their firewall, be my guest. At least if you paid you háve to know you bought insecurity, right?
Ross commented
I think you have missed the point. These devices are increasingly being deployed at end user's homes. When a $40 Belkin special works better with their Xbox/Apple/Sony device then it's a problem. I don't want to spend my entire life putting in port forwards to make personal devices work at their home but I do wan't be able to offer them a firewall which can do IPSec/SSL VPN and control what access they get back to my work network. Not to mention traffic inspection, web filtering etc.
I'm not saying it isn't a security risk and I'm not saying enable it by default. I am saying offer it as an option to be enabled but with some controls about it. E.g. let only certain IP's request UPnP port mappings, or only certain ports. As some have mentioned identify the requests and admin approve which would be great instead of having to trawl forums to figure out what ports an Xbox uses or the next new device a client has brought home uses.
Chester Wisniewski - Sophos commented
Implementing something that automatically defeats the purpose of the firewall makes no sense. If you want to allow everything, don't use a firewall.
Michael3245 commented
Would like to see this one as well
UPnP is required fro server 2012 essentials and while you can make it work without it breaks the wizards pretty bad.
Martin commented
Wow, this FMR exists since 2004:
Too sad, there is still no progress...
This would be a great feature to add.
This would be a great feature to add. I would even be open to paying for this feature as a licensed add-on!
Ross commented
For anyone saying that it is a security risk, well it is. However for those saying that it's a reason not to have the feature, well that's poor form.
UPnP is great for home use and ideally you'd have your astaro still setup to do packet filtering and pickup if any trojans were going out based on the signatures.
To put things in perspective, this wouldn't be enabled at a business but for home users. Those who are running Astaro to support remote VPN access it would be handy. A few times now I have had clients tell me their little home billion/netgear router worked better, and it was due to UPnP and automatic mappings for things like game consoles, chat applications and video streaming. Granted most of this can be sorted by adding manual NAT rules, this isn't really feasible when there is a cost associated for someone to go set these rules up, which is then worse when it just "worked" on their home router.
In any case it should be disabled by default but there are options from these comments which could be done to mitigate some of the risks of having it on.


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on July 8, 2013 - 5:43 PM
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Singer heads to jail
Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill began serving a three-month prison sentence in Connecticut on Monday for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.
Hill reported to federal prison in Danbury, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Prisons. Inmates at the minimum security prison live in open dormitory-style living quarters and are expected to work jobs such as maintenance, food service or landscaping.
Hill, who started singing with the Fugees as a teenager in the 1990s before releasing her multiplatinum 1998 album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," pleaded guilty last year in New Jersey to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.8 million earned from 2005 to 2007. Her sentencing also took into account unpaid state and federal taxes in 2008 and 2009 that brought the total earnings to about $2.3 million.
During her sentencing in May in Newark, N.J., Hill described how she failed to pay taxes during a period when she'd dropped out of the music business to protect herself and her six children.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Moser acknowledged Hill's creative talent and work on behalf of impoverished children but called Hill's explanation for her actions "a parade of excuses."
Country crooner hospitalized
Country music singer Randy Travis is in critical condition at a Texas hospital after being hospitalized for heart problems.
A news release from the singer's publicist says the 54-year-old Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday in Dallas and was in critical condition Monday evening.
Publicist Kirt Webster said Travis is suffering from viral cardiomyopathy, a heart condition caused by a virus.
The Mayo Clinic website says the disease weakens and enlarges the heart muscle, making it harder for the heart to pump blood and carry it to the rest of the body. It can lead to heart failure.
Long a popular figure in country music, the North Carolina-born singer had been putting his life back together after a series of embarrassing public incidents involving alcohol.
Jenner's co-hosts named
Kris Jenner isn't going it alone on her new talk show: Joan Rivers and Sean "Diddy" Combs will be among the co-hosts sharing the stage with Jenner.
The show's producer said Monday that Jenner will be paired with a different co-host for each episode of the daytime show, titled "Kris."
Others in the lineup include Kathie Lee Gifford, Morris Chestnut, NeNe Leakes, Tom Bergeron and Ryan Seacrest, who produces "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which features Jenner and other family members.
Khloe Kardashian-Odom, one of Jenner's daughters, also will be a "Kris" co-host.
The talk show gets a trial run starting next week on selected Fox stations.
There was no word from producer 20th Television on whether another Jenner daughter, new mom Kim Kardashian, will get a co-host slot.


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Using Problem-Based Learning in Police Training
By Gerard Cleveland, President, Police Society for Problem-Based Learning, Clayton, California
any police training practices persist because instructors are used to them. Educators, trainers, leaders, and managers pass on what they know. They often, though not always, consider them the best way of doing the job, although they usually do not offer evidence that this is so.
Changing customs is difficult, though people will do so when forced by circumstances to abandon long-held beliefs and practices. Technology often changes customs. For example, personal communication systems have replaced call boxes, roof racks of multicolored strobe or light-emitting diode lights have replaced single-bulb emergency roof lights, and computerized reporting systems have replaced handwritten reports.
But technology is not the only change agent in law enforcement. As law enforcement trainers learn more about human behavior, they use and teach new practices, as we see in the proliferation of hostage negotiators, crisis intervention teams, community mediation centers, and victim family liaison officers.
Another change is how officers are prepared for service. The traditional mimetic—mirroring—method is changing as we learn more about how the brain works1 and how knowledge is acquired and transferred.
The human brain constantly searches for meaning and seeks patterns and connections. Authentic learning situations increase the brain's ability to make connections and retain new information. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner and others have written that much of learning and problem solving depend largely upon how individuals are brought to accept learning and how they receive new knowledge.2
Police Training Is Adult EducationAdults enter the classroom with knowledge and experience, which can either help the learning experience or hinder it. Many factors affect how adults learn. Most important is that adults must apply their knowledge practically in order to learn effectively; they must also have a goal and reasonably expect that the new knowledge will help them reach that goal. Teaching strategies that enhance adult learning involve real-life activities.
Persons Attracted to Policing Have Established Learning PreferencesHow policing professionals are trained may in part be explained by the preferences of those individuals who are attracted to the profession. Deputy Chief Ron Glensor and criminologist Ken Peak have observed that "because policing often attracts action-oriented individuals, police officers tend to be more receptive to [training in] arrest methods, weaponless defense, pursuit driving, [and] firearms. . . . [But] it is common knowledge that only a small fraction of the typical officer's work routine involves use of weapons, defensive tactics, high-speed chases, and so forth. If training is to help officers do their jobs better, it must focus on what they need to know."3
Police executive Dan Reynolds agrees: "Reactive policing is so much easier. Police officers are trained to prefer order to disorder, and problem-solving seems, to some officers, to be creating disorder, to be upsetting the balance of things."4 Some learning must be by rote, especially in the psychomotor domain, such as weapons and unarmed defense techniques. Both require repeated practice to teach the muscles to react and develop muscle memory.
Police training must be active, engaging, and relevant for the recruits and in-service personnel who attend professional development courses. Today's learners—generation X, generation Y, and millenials—look for learner-centered, problem-based training. These technology-savvy, multitasking individuals, with their repertoire of transferable skills, are highly independent and expect instant feedback. Few have structured experience such as military service, and many may have been raised in a permissive, less-structured social environment than were their police trainers. If the policing profession hopes to attract, train, and retain these new problem-solving individuals, trainers must abandon the traditional lecture with PowerPoint.
Four Critical QuestionsAny evaluation of an agency's learning environment should include four questions.
Q1. Do the agency's training programs reflect adult learning methodologies, where the learner decides how he or she is to learn? Traditional training methodology that uses PowerPoint presentations, lectures, and study groups does not reflect adult learning practices and principles. Even the give-and-take of classical Socratic dialogue remains directed, if not dominated, by the instructor.
Adult learners need to discover the material, discuss it, and engage in their own learning processes. The best test for the nonlecture approach is also simple: if you, the reader, were learning, would you prefer to sit for hours listening quietly to an expert or would you rather engage in a problem-solving scenario in a classroom or patrol car where the instructor seeks your input, values your previous experience, and allows you to actively discover the answer?
Most police officers, regardless of age, prefer to participate. Younger officers, raised on cooperative, action-based learning, believe they have the right to speak up in any learning situation. If the instructors merely lecture, they may well find themselves facing an unresponsive, if not hostile, audience. Agencies risk losing the most active and engaged officers, who may decide that a profession that does not engage them is not worth joining.
Of course, lecturing cannot be eliminated. It has its place in front-loading knowledge; but too much of it shuts down learning. Furthermore, lecturing too often fails to challenge learners to move into higher-order thinking levels.
Q2. Do the agency's training programs focus on multiple intelligence and emotional intelligence?Two important components of adult learning are multiple intelligence and emotional intelligence. Multiple intelligence recognizes that not everyone learns information the same way and that training must be provided in several different ways to accommodate the various learning styles.
Emotional intelligence includes the way police officers manage their emotions and the way they manage their contacts and relationships with others. Emotional intelligence has an enormous role in policing, particularly in developing new officers and solving the most common issues that create problems for the department and the individual. These problems develop when police officers are unable to empathize with others or to control their impulses and emotions.
Agencies should evaluate whether various curricula are used to teach all of the learners, assuring—not assuming—that the students involve themselves. Agencies should also assess how trainers engage in and practice effective emotional intelligence skills such as conflict resolution, selfawareness, social awareness, and empathy with the trainees.
Both multiple intelligence and emotional intelligence should be a critical part of every teaching and learning environment in a police department. These allegedly touchy-feely topics should not be dismissed; these are the meat-and-potatoes issues that police officers must deal with on the street and in the police station every day.
Q3. Where on Bloom's taxonomy is the department focusing its training?Police training for adult learners should be focused on how the training will foster, encourage, and support problem solvers. If an academy or in-service training program focuses on the most basic level of providing knowledge, then it operates at the bottom of the thinking ladder. Police officers must analyze, synthesize, and evaluate dynamic circumstances every day. They are called upon to instantly and accurately respond to meet their community's needs.
What better place to begin this process of higher-order thinking than in the training programs? For an example of an educational taxonomy, see figure 1.
Q4. Does the agency's training staff create dynamic learning environments and do trainers recognize the key elements in transmitting and acquiring new information? The concept of teaching for adult learners—andragogy—is based on four crucial assumptions about adult learners characteristics and emphasizes that adult learning is self-directing (see figure 2).
The adult learning test is simple: does the training staff practice adult teaching techniques? If all that is overheard in the classroom is an instructor and the click of changing PowerPoint slides, then adult education is not occurring.
In the evaluation of a department's training effort, ask trainers and training consultants to explain what they know about learning rather than teaching. Often, police trainers know a great deal about teaching and not enough about how adults learn. Some police trainers respond to any perceived criticism by commenting that they are cops, not teachers.
Yet anyone who stands in front of any classroom or takes on the responsibility of showing someone how to do something has become a teacher and has assumed the educational responsibilities associated with teaching. The training staff needs to know adult educational methods just as a patrol officer or detective needs to acquire skills in their responsibilities. Too often, trainers simply default to lecturing. New requirements and new audiences require new methods.
Critical Factors for Training ProgramsMany trainers evaluate their recruits using a number scale based on how successfully, according to the trainer, that trainee completes a task. At best, the employee can replicate the performance set out by the trainer. The real question for the agency executive remains: "Am I asking recruits to think at a higher level or to just perform what they are shown?"
The learning environment affects what training is achieved and how what is learned can be transferred to other circumstances. Clearly, there are police actions best taught by rote (handcuffing, firing a weapon, pursuit driving, traffic stops), and trainees should learn these actions in a safe environment, even if it is a stressful environment. Screaming at recruits on a parade ground, on the range, or in the defensive tactic arena may be appropriate when teaching discipline and self-control. Stressful teaching methods can help prepare recruits for actual field situations; but a stress-teaching environment is not necessary to prepare students for problem-solving skills.
Students should know static skills before they engage in problem solving. The reason is simple: no one would suggest just handing a recruit a firearm and telling the recruit to figure it out and solve the whole shooting technique.
Experienced officers know that they learn their policing skills most effectively by thinking, discussing with peers, and using trial and error to solve new problems. If the materials for teaching police officers are current and will help them perform their jobs more effectively, police learners will engage enthusiastically.
Whether experienced or inexperienced, adult learners who attend training want to be dedicated participants rather than just obedient observers and passive listeners.
Traditional content-driven training requires the trainee to learn mounds of instructor-provided information in a short time. Trainees acquire information from instructors. If the instructors do not provide the information, then trainees lack that knowledge.
In contrast, in problem-based learning (PBL), trainees apply the knowledge as they acquire it. PBL includes the opportunity to solve problems according to an individual's learning style (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic) as well as their own multiple intelligences.
The seven most common intelligences as defined by Howard Gardner are linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, intrapersonal, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, and spatial. Trainees who know their learning styles can compensate for weaknesses and capitalize on strengths, for themselves and for others.
PBL also develops critical thinking skills. Trainees must employ a process—PBL stages—to work through a problem. This process can be used to address any problem. PBL emphasizes skill development in multiple intelligence, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution, necessary for any career.
Using Problem-Based LearningProblem-based learning offers a return to traditional training and education and moves away from lecturing, which has produced dangerously passive learners who will not progress to higher-order thinking skills unless trainers change their ways.5
To emphasize the importance of problem-solving skills, trainers must return to a PBL format to encourage recruits to think. Lieutenant Peg Johnson, the officer in charge of training in the Duluth, Minnesota, Police Department, reports that for her, "new officers must work through a PBL process so that their critical thinking skills are cultivated; they achieve success in their recruit training or academy classes by working through their learning issues and applying known and learned information to new situations. This process offers a boost to their decision-making confidence as they enter the profession and allows them to achieve success based not on what they are told to do but rather on working collaboratively through their learning issues with others who have a part to play in the original problem."
PBL encourages critical thinking, ethical decision making, and collaborative partnerships as a regular, normal part of police work.
PBL: The MechanicsPBL employs many learning techniques, particularly problems that mimic real-life situations. These ill-structured problems are not easily solved and have many possible answers. For example, a class of recruits may deal with a traffic stop that involves uncooperative occupants, drugs, and an unsafe environment. Unlike scenario training, there is no right way or proper format to follow when solving an ill-structured problem. Because every call may require a different response, PBL problems require learners to consider a variety of solutions.
Because the problems are not easily solved, they challenge the student and promote critical thinking skills. Because students work in collaborative groups and follow a five-step process, they develop organizational skills. The students will need these primary skills—critical thinking, organization, collaboration—throughout their careers.
The PBL program has five sequential steps:
Step 1—Ideas: Create a cohort group from the class members (if in an academy setting) and generate a list of ideas about how the problem may be solved. If on the street, use community members, other members of the department, and government and social agencies to act as resources. The training officer should act as facilitator.
Step 2—Known Facts: Discuss and record all known facts related to the problem. This helps clarify the issues.
Step 3—Learning Issues: Generate a refined second list of learning issues so the trainee is essentially answering the question "What do I need to know to solve this problem?" Once this list is created, the learners find appropriate resources, some of which are provided by the facilitators, and learn the material they have listed. How they learn it is up to the group and the individual learner. Facilitators guide and support the group during this phase and suggest ideas that the group may have overlooked. The members then review all the material they have just collected and revisit their original ideas. The group decides whether they have any more known facts or further learning issues to deal with concerning the problem. If not, they move on to the next stage.
Step 4—Action Plan: The cohort group determines how to respond to the original problem using the material members learned during step 3. In effect, they apply their own current research to a contemporary problem and develop an action plan.
Step 5—Evaluation: The group has a rubric, or evaluation, to use to stay on task and achieve their objectives. Evaluation is ongoing, with input from peers as well as the facilitators.
Self-evaluation plays a large role in the entire learning experience. Instructors should remember that good teaching starts with evaluation. Too many instructors give the test or evaluation only at the end; by offering the evaluation (rubric) at the beginning, instructors give their learners a roadmap to success.
The Training FutureWhen followed properly, PBL affords the opportunity for adult learners to construct their own learning. With the support and guidance of the trainers and facilitators, the students discover for themselves what they need to know to do their job properly.
A visit to the Napa Valley Academy in California provides an example of how PBL is being used across the United States. "The Napa Valley College Police Academy . . . believe[s] that in order to train effectively, we must engage the recruit in real-world ill-structured problems that interconnect the curriculum and cause the recruit to think," according to a statement on the academy's Web site. "PBL is a teaching method that incorporates just that. The PBL model is the exact process that law enforcement officers use (naturally) every day to solve problems. Then why not begin this process of learning in the academy?"6
Numerous law enforcement agencies are moving to the PBL training model. Academies in Washington, Kentucky, and California are changing their instructional style to reflect current learning and teaching needs. The model has several names, including the National Patrol Training Officer Model, the Reno Model, and the California PTO Model. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have used PBL in their training academy for years. The University of Delaware uses PBL in its continuing studies program for law enforcement personnel.
Author Alvin Toffler says we are now immersed in a radical cultural shift, a so-called hinge of history. Nowhere is this more evident than in law enforcement. One of the critical hinges in policing is how to train for a new millennium. PBL offers a breakthrough option to those who are no longer satisfied with the status quo.
1 Pierce J. Howard, The Owner's Manual for the Brain (Austin: Bard Press, 2006). Several of the chapters on learning and teaching from Howard's recent publication would help police trainers.2 Howard Gardner, Changing Minds (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2004): 23–48. Much of Gardner's early work on multiple intelligences and his current work on changing minds and acquiring new knowledge argues acquiring information.3 Kenneth J. Peak and Ronald W. Glensor, Community Policing and Problem-Solving: Strategies and Practices (New Jersey, Prentice Hall: 2000): 172.4 Dan Reynolds, cited in U.S. Department of Justice, COPS Office, Problem-Oriented Policing: Reflections on the First 20 Years, by Michael Scott (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000): 179.5 Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (New York: Vintage, 1993): 107–122. Postman argues effectively that machines are fine tools, but when they become the focus, instead of getting better thinking results from our students, we risk simply getting better PowerPoint presentations.6 Napa Valley Academy, Web site, www.nvccjtc.org/nvcinstructionalskills.html , September 1, 2006.Top
From The Police Chief, vol. 73, no. 11, November 2006. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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OAS Endorses Inter‐American Plan for Disaster Prevention and Response
6 June 2012: The Organization of American States' (OAS) General Assembly has endorsed the Inter‐American Plan for Disaster Prevention and Response and the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The Plan is a management tool for coordinating governments' efforts in dealing with disaster prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation.
The Plan, drawn up by a joint working group of the OAS Permanent Council and Inter‐American Council for Integral Development (CEPCIDI) and to be implemented by OAS Member States on a voluntary basis, was endorsed on 6 June 2012, by the Assembly in Resolution 2750 (XLII-O/12) at its XLII annual Ordinary Meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
The Inter‐American Plan calls on, inter alia: each Member State to take stock of its capacities and needs in national emergency preparedness and response systems, legislation and regulations; the Regional Office for the Americas of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR Americas) to work jointly with the OAS General Secretariat, through its Department of Sustainable Development (DSD), to strengthen the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Regional Platform; and subregional intergovernmental organizations, such as Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), to act as INDM Regional Focal Points.
The Plan further urges: strengthening the Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction (IACNRD) and the Inter-American Network for Disaster Mitigation (INDM); and promoting the signing and implementation of subregional risk management policies similar to the Central American Policy on Integral Risk Management (PCGIR).
The General Assembly Resolution asks the OAS General Secretariat to: help Member States, through the DSD and subject to the availability of funds, to implement the Plan; and implement a mechanism that takes advantage of INDM's online database to update, analyze, and systematize, periodically, the experiences and best practices implemented and/or informed voluntarily by Member States in accordance with the Plan's recommendations.
The Resolution invites States to submit annual reports on the voluntary implementation of the Plan's recommendations. [OAS Press Release] [Publication: Declarations and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly] [INDM Website]


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This is a commonplace question that stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the two parasites most frequently seen in marine fishes. First, the parasites themselves are ubiquitous and cannot be "eliminated" from the aquarium. The key to avoiding an infestation is to provide conditions that promote good health in the fish population. In the ocean, the fish's immune system largely protects it from infestations of Cryptocaryon (white spot) and Amyloodinium.
In the aquarium, maintaining good health in the fishes involves — first and foremost — practicing good aquarium management, as described in this series of articles and in many other publications. When you bring a new specimen home from the dealer, place it in a separate tank for a couple of weeks to observe its behavior. This will prevent any problem that may develop in the new fish from spreading to established specimens. In addition, isolating new specimens in a separate tank makes the job of treating them much easier if a need for treatment does arise.
Should treatment for white spot or coral fish disease become necessary, the only truly effective medication is copper. Use an ionic (not "chelated") copper medication, and use a copper test kit to determine when the correct dosage has been added to the treatment tank. A copper concentration of 0.25 parts per million (ppm) is most effective. Below 0.20 ppm, the treatment will not be effective; above 0.30 ppm, the copper is toxic to the fish. Copper medications should never be used in a tank containing invertebrates, because most invertebrates are rapidly killed by therapeutic levels of copper. This is another good reason to have a separate treatment tank.
Angelfishes are somewhat more sensitive to copper treatment. Before exposing an infected angelfish to copper, attempt to cure the problem with a medication containing formaldehyde and malachite green, used according to the manufacturer's directions.
Symptoms of Cryptocaryon and Amyloodinium include rapid shallow breathing, scratching, hiding, poor appetite, loss of color and the appearance of small white dots on the fish's body and fins. These parasite problems commonly appear in fish that have recently been transported from the point of capture and in tanks that have experienced some sudden departure from good water conditions.
How can I get rid of all this algae?It is worthwhile to point out that many species of marine life feed on algae. Tangs, angelfishes, some blennies and many kinds of snails are in this category. These species will benefit from being able to graze on algae growth in the tank. Algae becomes a "problem" when it interferes with the aesthetic appeal of the tank or when rampant growth threatens to smother delicate organisms, such as sessile invertebrates.
There is no simple solution to the problem of controlling excess algae growth because a variety of factors are involved. Of primary importance in the closed system of a marine aquarium is the accumulation of excessive levels of nutrient ions in the tank. Nitrate, phosphate, carbon dioxide and dissolved organic matter all play a role. These substances are in relatively short supply in the natural environment of the coral reef. In the aquarium, however, they can rapidly accumulate, providing "fertilizer" for explosive growths of filamentous, encrusting and free-floating algae species.
Removal of dissolved organic matter by means of a protein skimmer is one of the simplest techniques of algae control, although this approach alone will not work if attention is not paid to the other nutrients as well. Protein skimmers also tend to lower the concentration of carbon dioxide in the water as a result of vigorous aeration that takes place in the skimmer column. Step one, then, in any plan to prevent algae from taking over your tank is to install a protein skimmer and to keep it properly maintained.
Recommended Reading
There are lots of books on the market from which to choose. While most are good, some are better than others. The books listed below are on my must-have list for anyone in the hobby.
Mills, Dick. Encyclopedia of the Marine Aquarium. Tetra Press, 208 pp.
Moe, Jr., Martin. The Marine Aquarium Handbook — Beginner to Breeder. Green Turtle Publications, 176 pp.
Moe, Jr., Martin. The Marine Aquarium Reference — Systems and Invertebrates. Green Turtle Publications, 510 pp.
If your interests include invertebrates as well as fishes, you should also consider the following titles:
Haywood, Martyn and Sue Wells. Manual of Marine Invertebrates. Tetra Press, 208 pp.
Thiel, Albert. The Marine Fish and Invert Reef Aquarium. Aardvark Press, 320 pp.
Tullock, John. The Reef Tank Owner's Manual. Aardvark Press, 272 pp.
There are also many books that cover the fishes and/or invertebrates of specific regions of the world's oceans. These can provide lots of good information on coral reefs and the natural history of the marine life associated with them.
Limiting the concentration of nitrates and phosphates is a bit more complicated. Nitrate, for example, constantly accumulates in the aquarium as the end product of biological filtration. Most of the nitrogen present in foods added to the tank winds up as nitrate. Regular partial water changes are one means of controlling nitrate. The amount and frequency of water changes will depend on the particular circumstances of each individual aquarium.
Thus, one should perform a nitrate test weekly, and change water when the nitrate ion concentration rises above 10 ppm. As a general rule, more frequent water changes are required for tanks that are populated exclusively or primarily with fish, and less frequent changes are required for tanks that are largely populated with invertebrates.
Phosphate limitation presents a somewhat more complicated problem. Phosphate is ubiquitous in nature and finds its way into the aquarium from a variety of sources. These include all foods, some salt mixes and tank additives, and even your tap water. In every case that I have had the opportunity to investigate, a tank overgrown with algae also contains a high concentration of phosphate.
Keeping your aquarium scrupulously clean, and especially the removal of accumulated detritus on a regular basis, will help to eliminate phosphates. If your salt mix contains phosphates, switch to a brand that does not. You can evaluate your current brand easily by performing a phosphate test on a freshly mixed batch of water.
You should also perform a phosphate test on a sample of your tap water. If the tap water contains phosphates, you will have to decide if your algae problem is sufficiently severe to warrant purifying the tap water before use — by means of reverse osmosis, deionization or some other means. If your water requirements are small, you can purchase distilled water at the grocery store.
Filter media are available that will remove nitrates and phosphates. Such media can be used to limit the concentration of these compounds, but remember that they are of little value for a tank that has high levels of nutrients to begin with. After you have eliminated nitrate and phosphate with the methods outlined above, you can use ion-removers to help keep these problem ions under control.
One type of algae growth may be particularly troublesome in newly established tanks. Golden brown films that spread across the glass, substrate and decorations are growths of diatoms. Diatoms require, in addition to the other nutrients mentioned above, a compound called silica that is most often found in tap water. Fortunately, diatom growth is often replaced by other types of algae as the tank matures. If your tank develops an unremitting problem with this type of algae, the only satisfactory solution is to use purified water, not tap water, for making synthetic seawater.
Lighting also plays a role in algae growth. For example, in tanks that formerly grew little algae, the appearance of a bloom of diatoms, red slime algae or blue-green slime algae is often indicative of the need to change light bulbs. As fluorescent lamps age, their intensity diminishes and their spectral output changes, which may trigger a growth of undesirable algae where none was previously present. The relationship between light and marine life is complicated and poorly understood, however, making it difficult sometimes to determine if there is actually a lighting problem.
What are those little bugs crawling on the glass?After an aquarium has been established for a while, tiny crustaceans and worms sometimes appear. These are probably introduced into the tank along with fish and invertebrate specimens, and feed on detritus and algae. The commonly observed species are capable of reproduction in the tank, and sometimes multiply to high population densities. Several organisms are in this category.
Amphipods are shrimp-like crustaceans about a quarter of an inch (6 millimeters) in length. Copepods, another crustacean, are much smaller and may appear as white specks moving around on the glass and rocks. Flatworms are about an eighth of an inch (3 millimeters) long, with a rounded head and forked tail in the most commonly seen species. They are translucent and are usually seen gliding on the glass. Nematodes are short, white, thread-like worms — usually less than a quarter-inch in length.
All of these are harmless scavengers, but their presence in great abundance indicates that excessive detritus is accumulating in the tank or that uneaten food or a dead animal is decomposing in the tank unnoticed. Cleaning the tank will lower the numbers of these organisms.
While not in the "little bug" category, bristleworms can also reproduce in the aquarium, and these may indeed pose a problem. Bristleworms are pinkish orange in color, with rows of white bristles running along the sides of their bodies. They may grow up to 3 inches (8 centimeters) in length and can infest the substrate over an undergravel filter in enormous numbers. The bristles can irritate your skin if they come into contact, and the worms have been known to feed on sessile invertebrates, causing extensive damage.
They may be eliminated, if you are patient, by baiting with a piece of shrimp or fish fillet wrapped in nylon mesh (such as a piece of pantyhose). Tie a string to the bait bundle and lower it into the tank after the lights are out. Wait a half-hour or so and lift out the bundle with worms clinging to it. Swish them off in a bucket of freshwater and return the bait to the tank to catch another batch. Keep this up every evening until the population is under control. And keep the detritus vacuumed out of the tank.
What kind of lighting do I need to use?If your aquarium contains no invertebrates or plants that require intense, wide spectrum illumination, almost any fluorescent lighting system will suffice. Often your dealer can suggest a particular brand of lamp that will help bring out the vivid colors of your fish. If, on the other hand, you plan to stock species that require light, such as anemones, you must give the lighting system more thought.
In this short space I cannot discuss all of the factors that must be taken into account in the design of a lighting system for photosynthetic invertebrates. Suffice it to say that many lighting systems will work, and you should carefully research the available information before choosing the lighting for your particular application.
Which tank additives should I use?I'm not a big fan of tank additives, especially those that contain vitamins, "growth factors," or other organic components. Certain inorganic additives may prove useful, however. For fish-only tanks, chemical powders that buffer the pH and increase alkalinity may be used if your test results indicate that such action is necessary. Alternatively, you can make partial water changes more frequently.
For tanks with invertebrates and, in particular, for reef tanks, certain additives may be required to maintain proper levels of some specific ions that these organisms remove from the water continuously. Most commonly, a calcium supplement is needed to maintain the calcium concentration of the tank at about 400 ppm. Use of any calcium supplement should be predicated upon regular testing of the water for calcium.
Corals and other organisms that manufacture a calcium carbonate skeleton or shell need strontium as well as calcium. Many reef hobbyists have reported excellent growth and development of these invertebrates when a strontium supplement is used in addition to calcium. Iodine is required by soft corals, crustaceans and other invertebrates, and can be added in small amounts on a regular basis.
You cannot test for either strontium or iodine, so you must depend upon the recommendations of the supplement manufacturer for an appropriate dosing schedule. Do not rely on mixtures of "trace elements" to supply the compounds just mentioned in appropriate amounts, and make note that none of these are needed in a fish-only tank. If you think your fish need additional vitamins, add a vitamin supplement to the food, not to the tank water.
Which salt mix is the best one?There is actually no "best" brand of salt mix. I have used all of the major brands over the years, with good results. If you are trying to limit the concentration of phosphates in your tank (see the discussion of algae control, above), select a mix that does not contain phosphates detectable with your test kit.
If you are considering switching brands, buy a bag of the new brand and mix up a batch. Allow the mix to sit overnight — preferably with aeration — to permit the salts to completely dissolve and the pH to stabilize. Then, test this batch for pH (which should be 8.3.), alkalinity (which should be 3.5 meq/l or more), calcium (should be 400 ppm or more) and phosphate (should be zero). If the mix passes these tests, use it.
What do I do in case of a power failure?In a well-maintained marine tank that is not overcrowded, a power outage of a few hours is not usually cause for concern. If the outage extends beyond four hours, you can take the following precautions to protect your fish.
Cover the tank with a heavy quilt or blanket to retard heat loss.
Aerate the water every half-hour by dipping some out with a clean pitcher and pouring it back into the tank from a height of about one foot (30 centimeters) to agitate the water and promote gas exchange.
As soon as power is restored, check to make sure all equipment has restarted properly and plan to do a partial water change the following day.
If the outage has lasted longer than eight hours, test the tank and observe the fish carefully for problems that may develop over the next several days. If a week goes by without noticeable problems, you can rest easy.
If you live in an area that is subject to frequent power outages of long duration, you might want to consider a battery-operated air pump as a back-up, or, if your fish collection is a valuable one, an emergency generator.
How do I know if I am feeding my fish properly?First, learn all you can about the natural diet of the fishes you intend to keep, and try to duplicate this as closely as possible in the aquarium. Second, feed as wide a variety of foods as possible. Third, experiment. Try different brands and types of foods available from your dealer. It is best to buy foods in small quantities that will be used up quickly. Each time you need food, buy a type that you have not used recently. Also, experiment with fresh seafoods and greens from the grocery store.
Providing a nutritious, varied diet is one of the easiest and least costly aspects of maintaining a marine tank. Feed your fish twice daily, and feed only what is completely consumed within a few minutes. Be sure to remove uneaten food promptly from the tank.
Can you suggest some good books on marine aquariums?The accompanying sidebar contains a number of references that I believe should be on every marine aquarist's library shelf. As I have emphasized a number of times in this series, one of the tasks of becoming a successful, responsible marine hobbyist is to read about saltwater aquariums and the fish and invertebrates that are most likely to do well in them.
These are the top ten questions. Of course, there are more, and I don't have the answers to all of them. Read all you can, talk to fellow hobbyists and learn from your own experiences. In time, you will develop the ability to reach the right answers on your own.
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I have an Annemarie that I recently introduced to my marine tank. It is not doing well all parameters are fine. A breeding pair of yellow striped maroon clowns try to nurture it. It appears that it's clock is off if I turn the light on at night it is open and appears to be feeding. When the timer turns the light on in the day time it shrivels up and stays that way all night when it opens with the male clown sleeping in it. Water flow same at night and there is plenty of light in the day time. It stays attached, does not move. I have tried shading it nothing seems to change this behavior. What do you make of this?
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SHAMROCK — Donald "Don" Wayne Biggers, 71, of Shamrock died Friday, April 6, 2012.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. today in Shamrock Cemetery with the Rev. Joe Jernigan officiating. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Shamrock.
Don was born May 2, 1940, in Hobart, Okla., to George and Ida Mae Curtis Biggers. He married Vera New on Sept. 9, 1960, in Hobart. Together, they lived in Shamrock since 1964 ,where he worked as a
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He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Robert "Bobby"
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CAMDEN — A city man was found guilty Wednesday of setting his ex-girlfriend's house on fire, then assaulting her a year later before she was scheduled to testify against him in the arson case.
A Superior Court jury found Michael Cosby, 44, guilty of arson and aggravated assault. Each charge carries a possible penalty of up to five years incarceration.
Cosby was found guilty of setting on fire his ex-girlfriend's home in the 1200 block of Kenwood Avenue on Oct. 24, 2009.
Evidence presented by Camden County Assistant Prosecutor Lauren Wojcik showed fires had been set in the home's first-floor living room and two second floor bedrooms, resulting in serious damage to the home. At the time of the fire Cosby was already on probation for another assault on the same ex-girlfriend.
Almost a year later, in August 2010, Cosby again went to the same home and assaulted her just days before his ex was scheduled to testify against him in a trial on the arson charge.
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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this piece. Graphite pencil H and 4B
What advice would you give someone starting this project? 'Just do it'; don't get too precious about making a "beautiful rendering' every time (some bits work some of the time but all bits working all the time will be rare); make do with what you've got (changing weather conditions might have been better suited to watercolor than pencil perhaps). When I work with H graphite pencil, I am slow, methodical and "sensitive"; with B, my linework loosens up and from 2B onwards, my line gets more Expressionistic and often too loose.
Thank you for the sketch book size. We will work on keeping you "in the borders."
Lovely drawings Rod. I hope one day I will learn to render correctly like you :-)
Rod, I really like the value reading of the darker trees in the foreground against the 'atmospheric' lighter value of the distant cliffs. It helps me 'see' the atmosphere in the Little Bay drawing. Also, I like how the directional lines of shading help define the forms. Nice work.
Rod, your comment, "Just do it," is incredibly sound advice. Too often, all of us concentrate on making a beautiful rendering and lose hold of the fact that this should first and foremost be a delightful experience.
Yes, being intent on "saying something worthwhile" as an artist and aspiring to perfection every time I put pencil to paper used to hold me back. I've taught myself not to be so 'precious'. The psychodynamics of the pleasure inherent in drawing is well explained in the lecture given by John Cleese on "Creativity", as seen on YouTube.


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cool idea!!! +1 if u get a chance check out mines. good luck. thanks
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I Think this is rally good as it is. I dont really agree with shox. Too many signs would make it more complicated, and i like the simple stuff.
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quite so nice .. i would really like to wear that one !! .. voting !! but i think if u could add some more signs .. like get em smaller and put more and more .. would be even nicer .. the glowing effect would be the best ever .. but i think to only "signs of life" .. the other stuff .. doesn't need it .. still it rocks ! .. keep up the good work :D
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Northern Secretary appeals for calm before tomorrow's parade
Orange Order says Belfast parade must be peaceful
Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers has urged Orange Order leaders, politicians and community representatives to try to defuse tensions this weekend. Photograph: PA Wire
There will be extensive security in north Belfast as 500 Orangemen and three bands prepare to march tomorrow afternoon to the scene of fierce rioting on the Woodvale Road last week on July 12th.
Northern Secretary Theresa Villiers has urged Orange Order leaders, politicians and community representatives to try to defuse tensions this weekend.
Yesterday the Parades Commission refused Orangemen permission to effectively complete their originally planned Twelfth return journey tomorrow. They had sought to march from the Shankill and up the Woodvale Road, on to the Crumlin Road, past the shops at nationalist Ardoyne and home to Ligoniel Orange Hall.
The parade is scheduled to begin in the Shankill area at about 2.45pm and must, according to the commission's determination, disperse at the junction of Woodvale Road and Woodvale Parade.
This is where police lines blocking the road were attacked by loyalists and Orangemen on the Twelfth. That night, and in the following days, the disorder spread to east and south Belfast and to areas such as Newtownabbey and Portadown. More than 70 officers were injured while there have been scores of arrests.
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There is an additional concern that Orangemen will make weekly applications to parade past the Ardoyne shops and that equally on a weekly basis they will be blocked by police on the Woodvale Road, just 300 metres short of the shops. This could create a situation similar to Drumcree in Portadown where each week the Orange Order makes unsuccessful applications to parade on to the nationalist Garvaghy Road.
The Orange Order today appealed for a peaceful parade and for marchers to disperse on the Woodvale Road after the British national anthem is played. A leaflet to be handed out today to Orangemen and supporters states: "No matter what the provocation violence is not the answer. Any violence will play into the hands of republicanism."
The leaflet added that the parade was "to show we have not and will not go away".
Pressure on PSNI
The violence of the past week and more has put severe pressure on the Police Service of Northern Ireland. There are currently some 600 officers from English, Scottish and Welsh forces assisting local police. At the height of the trouble last weekend, Terry Spence, head of the North's representative Police Federation, said the PSNI could have been "overwhelmed" but for the support of the British officers.
Ms Villiers said today that she understood that many people strongly disagreed with recent Parades Commission determinations. "But however they feel, there can be no justification for lawless behaviour," she insisted. "The violent protests must stop. I once again call on all those with influenceto help defuse tensions."


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The nation was stunned Friday morning when 20-year-old Adam Lanza took the lives of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.
Parents throughout the country took an extra moment to appreciate the lives of their children, and shed tears for those lost in one of the greatest tragedies in American history.
"The first thing I did when I went into the school was hug my daughter," Ashley Gardner said Friday afternoon while picking up her child from Berkeley Heights Elementary.
While the next few weeks will most certainly be filled with debates on gun laws and the Second Amendment, Friday's incident no doubt brings school safety and lockdown procedures to the forefront.
Earlier this year, a man dressed in camouflage and a ballistic vest was apprehended while jogging near two Martinsburg schools while carrying training rifles, knives and unloaded magazines. Police took the suspect, William Alemar, into custody because of the proximity to the two schools.
After two months of proceedings, and a swirling controversy and debate surrounding whether Alemar should have even ever been stopped, terrorism charges levied against the Iraq War veteran and Virginia National Guard member were dropped.
But Friday's mass killing - and those similar over the past decade - gives justification for police, school administrators, teachers, parents and even students to be cautious of any and all suspicious or unusual activity.
While, thankfully, the case here was a simple misunderstanding, it wasn't a month earlier when a heavily armored man killed 12 and injured 58 in an Aurora, Colo., movie theatre.
The Martinsburg Police Department took heat from those preaching about Second Amendment rights and personal freedoms after we learned the harmless intentions of Alemar. But the truth is, if that person would ever be someone like Lanza, we'd pray the police - or anybody - would do everything in their power to stop the situation before anyone is hurt.
The gun control debate will rage on for years in the United States - it's up to law enforcement as well as parents, teachers and school administrators to make sure our children aren't caught in the middle.


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Oh sweet heavens. A judge in Georgia actually stipulated that a father in a custody battle couldn't expose his children to his gay friends. No, it didn't hold up in court – thank heavens.
The Georgia Supreme Court threw out the judgement this week that would have kept Eric Duane Mongerson from allowing his three kids to come in contact with gay people . . . pretty much ever.
Mongerson and ex-wife Sandy were married for twenty-one years and have four kids, including one who has already reached adulthood. Sandy has primary custody of their three youngest, ages eight to sixteen, but Eric was supposed to have limited rights to see his kids – as long as he refrained from "exposing the children to his homosexual partners and friends."
So let me get this straight. Random lesbians on the street or in the grocery store were OK, just not those Dad actually approved of enough to become friendly with!
Personally, I'd rather my kid meet one of my gay friends (which she has) than some straight stranger who I know nothing about. But then, I'm not ready to roll out the bubble lest she be exposed to . . . wait for it . . . another person who isn't exactly like her.
The blanket statement was also impossible to follow. What, for example, would have been the repercussions if their eight-year-old were to run into a gay person while out with Dad? Does standing in line beside a gay person at the ice cream stand for a cone constitute exposure? Heck, does Dad saying "hello" to a guy count as making friends?
I'm poking fun, but this is serious business. Should that have held up, the precedent set would have been frightening. In a country where parents have been denied the chance to have their own homosexual spouse sleep over because of discriminatory custody rulings, this could well have set every gay Georgian apart from chunks of their family.
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Need Load Sugg for 165 gn RNFP 40SW Bullseye
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> Need Load Sugg for 165 gn RNFP 40SW Bullseye
May 6, 2009, 01:29 AM
Rainier, full copper jacket. BTW, why is the 165 grn fp not listed in the Lee manual or the Alliant powder website? (I do see a HP on the Alliant website though). Seems like a pretty common weight. Thanks.
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May 6, 2009, 02:09 PM
Any of the following powders will do very well with a Ranier 165 gr bullet:
Tight Group
Power Pistol
True Blue
May 6, 2009, 10:13 PM
Thanks, but I didn't make myself clear. I am using Bulleseye powder, but I need to know how much. The Alliant website suggests 5.8 grains for a 165 grain Speer GDHP. Would this be good for a RNFP also?
May 7, 2009, 12:33 AM
OK....clarification time, please.
You are using Rainier. Are they copper plated or jacketed? (I don't use Rainier and so not sure if they offer both or not).
If they are plated, one doesn't normally load plated bullets to jacketed specs. The plated bullets I use from Berry Mfg. suggests loading them as light jacketed loads or regular lead loads. Rainier suggests using lead bullet data.
Do you have a reloading manual? If you don't, you need to invest in one, several is better, and do your research using them and powder manufacturer data. This gives you a wider assortment of bullet and powder combos.
Anyway, the first thing you need to do, IMHO, is to determine what bullet you are shooting and then go from there with load data for your Bullseye powder.
May 7, 2009, 07:43 AM
OK, clarification. Copper plated, just like the Berry bullets. I have the Lee manual, but it doesn't list 165 grain anything. So....anyone?
May 7, 2009, 08:28 AM
I had the same problem with the Alliant web site, which seems to be geared to the Speer GDHP bullets. I emailed them for starting and max loads and had an answer within a few minutes. Make sure you give them all your information. Good luck.
May 7, 2009, 09:58 AM
The curren tSpeer Manual #14 lists a Bullseye load for a 165 gr jacket bullet and you could use their starting load and work up to max with your bullet.
Starting load: 5.3 gr
Max load: 5.8 gr
Hope this helps you out. :)
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