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Create a tri-color glass set set of short necklace and lovely drop earrings from Katie Hacker. You can create this set in other color combinations, including black red silver, green purple gold or amber brown copper.
- Beadalon 7 Strand beading wire, 54" length of .018" diameter black
- 8 aqua 10mm round silver-lined glass beads
- 7 aqua 8mm bicone glass beads
- 30 black 6mm bicone glass beads
- 15 black 8mm glass beads
- 16 silver 6mm tube beads
- 2 silver Beadalon crimp tubes
- Silver toggle clasp
- Beadalon Crimp Tool
- Beadalon Wire Nipper
- Beadalon 7 strand
- Beading wire, 5" length of .018" diameter
- 2 aqua 10mm round silver-lined glass beads
- 2 Silver 6mm tube beads
- 2 Beadalon Silver crimp beads
- 2 Beadalon Silver crimp tubes
- 2 silver ear wires
- Beadalon Crimp Tool
- Beadalon Wire Nipper
- Cut the Beadalon 7 into three equal lengths. Hold the wires together and string a crimp tube and half of the clasp. Place the wires back through the crimp tube to attach the clasp. Crimp it.
- Hold the wires together and string a silver tube, round aqua bead and a silver tube. String a 6mm black bicone onto one strand, an 8mm bicone onto another strand and a 6mm bicone onto the last strand.
- Hold the wires together and string an aqua bicone. String a 6mm black bicone onto one strand, an 8mm bicone onto another strand and a 6mm bicone onto the last strand.
- Repeat Steps 2-3 seven more times as shown.
- String a crimp tube and half of the clasp. Place the wires back through the crimp tube to attach the clasp. Crimp it.
- Cut the Beadalon 7 wire in half.
- String a silver tube, aqua bead, silver tube and crimp bead onto one wire.
- Crimp the crimp bead on the wire end to hold the beads in place.
- String a crimp tube onto the other end of the wire.
- Place the wire through an earring and back inside the crimp tube. Crimp it.
- Repeat to make a matching earring.
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The Stetson University women's golf team will return to action this weekend when they compete in the 2014 JMU/Eagle Landing Invitational, hosted by James Madison University.
The event will feature 16 teams and will be played at the Eagle Landing Golf Club in Orange Park. The event will feature single rounds starting on Friday, March 14, and concluding on Sunday, March 16. Live scoring for the event will be available through Golfstat.com.
"This is a very competitive field," Hatters coach Floyd Kerr said. "Once again we could finish anywhere from first to 15th because it is a very balanced field. If we play solid we should be able to challenge for one of the top spots."
The Hatters come into the tournament ranked 109th in the latest GolfStat.com collegiate rankings. Only Georgia State (64), Morehead State (96), Western Carolina (99) and Samford (100) are ranked higher than Stetson.
"I look for a much improved Morehead State team, along with Georgia State, as two of the stronger teams," Kerr said. "You can also throw Daytona State into the mix as they have two really strong players. Elon and Western Carolina will both very competitive as well."
Morehead State's Anna Appert Lund is the only player in the field ranked in the top 100 in the nation. The sophomore comes into the event with a 72.93 stroke average for the year and is tied for 56th nationally.
For the Hatters, the lineup continues to be in flux as the season heads into the home stretch. Freshman Alessandra Kutz leads the team in scoring average at 75.53, but has struggled lately and did not qualify for this event.
"Our lineup continues to change from tournament to tournament," Kerr said. "Right now Ryan Ashburn is playing solid and will play number one for us in the tournament. I think everyone else in our lineup is hitting the ball well and hopefully we will see good play from everyone."
Ashburn, one of four seniors who will play this weekend, had the low score for the Hatters in their last event, finishing tied for 16th at the JU Amelia Island Collegiate.
She will be joined this weekend by fellow seniors Claudia Redinger, Jenna Hoecker and Sammi Smith along with freshman Giulia Vandenberg, who will see her first spring action.
"As we approach Atlantic Sun Tournament time, I am still undecided and the next three tournaments will be instrumental to each player as they via for spots in the conference championship," Kerr said.
The Hatters finished 11th last year at this event, finishing the tournament with a score of 920. Stetson's low round was a 302 in the opening round and it was Ashburn who led the way, finishing tied for 13th with a six over par score of 222.
"Eagle Landing is a very solid golf course with no really easy holes," Kerr said. "The 17th hole is one of the more demanding holes in the state and, if the wind blows, which it usually does, the course really becomes a tough challenge. To shoot a team score of less than 300 is a feat on this course."
Other teams scheduled to play in the tournament include the host team from James Madison (132), Delaware (122), Elon (117), Florida Gulf Coast (146), Georgetown (154), Richmond (227), Southern Illinois (159), Stephen F. Austin (166), North Carolina-Greensboro (198) and Wofford (137).
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text: Research | February 2000Increasing the Print Focus of Adult-Child Shared Book Reading Through Observational Learning Helen K. Ezell and Laura M. Justice Author Notes © American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Development / Speech, Voice & Prosodic Disorders / Hearing Disorders / Research Issues, Methods & Evidence-Based Practice / Professional Issues & Training / Normal Language Processing Research | February 2000 Increasing the Print Focus of Adult-Child Shared Book Reading Through Observational Learning American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, February 2000, Vol. 9, 36-47. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0901.36 History: Received July 15, 1999 , Accepted December 17, 1999 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, February 2000, Vol. 9, 36-47. doi:10.1044/1058-0360.0901.36 History: Received July 15, 1999; Accepted December 17, 1999 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Ezell, H. K. & Justice, L. M. (2000). Increasing the Print Focus of Adult-Child Shared Book Reading Through Observational Learning. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 9(1), 36-47. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360.0901.36. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2016 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Increasing the Print Focus of Adult-Child Shared Book Reading Through Observational Learning You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × An instructional strategy for increasing adults' verbal and nonverbal references to print while reading to typically developing 4-year-old children was evaluated. Also investigated were the effects of adults' use of references to print on children's verbal interactions with print. Using a pretest-posttest control group design, 24 female graduate students in speech-language pathology or audiology were matched on their amount of previous clinical experience with young children and were assigned to an experimental or control group. Those in the experimental group viewed a brief video that demonstrated the use of three verbal references (comments, questions, and requests) and two nonverbal references to print (tracking and pointing to print). Results indicated that both groups showed few references to print at pretest. However, the experimental group used all five reference types significantly more often than the control group at posttest. In addition, the proportion of children's verbal utterances referring to print significantly increased for those children reading with adults who had received instruction. Clinical implications are discussed. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. Order a Subscription Subscribe Pay Per View Entire American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology content & archive 24-hour access $30.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $15.00 Buy Now Become a Visiting Scholar Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account Related Articles Global Processing Speed in Children With Low Reading Ability and in Children and Adults With Typical Reading Ability: Exploratory Factor Analytic Models Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, June 2011, Vol. 54, 885-899. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2010/10-0135) Subvocalization and Reading Rate Differences between Stuttering and Nonstuttering Children and Adults Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, December 1990, Vol. 33, 776-785. doi:10.1044/jshr.3304.776 Development of Auditory Saltation and Its Relationship to Reading and Phonological Processing Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, April 2006, Vol. 49, 352-366. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/028) Readability of Questionnaires Assessing Listening Difficulties Associated With (Central) Auditory Processing Disorders Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, January 2013, Vol. 44, 48-60. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2012/11-0055) Optimizing Vowel Formant Measurements in Four Acoustic Analysis Systems for Diverse Speaker Groups American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, August 2016, Vol. 25, 335-354. doi:10.1044/2015_AJSLP-15-0020 Related Topics Development Speech, Voice & Prosodic Disorders Hearing Disorders Research Issues, Methods & Evidence-Based Practice Professional Issues & Training


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A slideshow review of Worcestershire versus Australia at New Road.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first at New Road. The visitors opted to rest the bulk of their expected first-choice bowling attack but rammed the side with heavy-hitting batsmen and lined up as follows:
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The fall television schedule is in full swing, and networks are promoting must-see shows as if their very lives depend upon your viewership.
Rather than racking up an additional night of pre-programmed entertainment, why not carve out a space for must-do family time?
Here are some suggestions that will have your kids asking, "When's the next family night?"
Games. I'll be the first to admit, playing games with small children can be a trial. I remind myself: a) Love is patient and b) the goal is not to conquer and win, but to have fun.
So break out the dominoes, Mancala, Life, Monopoly, or whatever else interests you. Look for store coupons and pick up a few new games to add to your stash. But remember, you have to actually open the box and play - yes, you too, parents - for it to count as game night.
Holiday crafts. It's never too early to start. Whether you're making napkin rings for Thanksgiving dinner, or individual ornaments to give as present toppers, you'll save yourself a holiday headache if you begin now. A few hours here and there will help you spend fall evenings in a creative way, and will whittle down your gift list.
For inspiration, visit your local library for books and magazines with do-it-yourself ideas. Be sure to peruse both the adult and children's sections. While the children weave potholders, you might attempt a new skill yourself. Knitting and crochet instructions (and cheap classes) can be found in most craft stores, and a homemade scarf is a lovely gift to wrap up and put under the Christmas tree.
Reading. I'm admittedly biased, but I can't think of a better way to spend a chilly fall evening than in front of a fire with a good book. The trick is including your family. Make it an event: have everyone "shop" their own shelves for an unread book, and collect a stack in your living room.
Or, make an afternoon trip to the library and gather new reads for free. Excite the senses: light fragrant candles, have popcorn on hand, and wear fuzzy socks.
Family dinner parties. Break out of the norm and invite some friends and their kids for dinner. Get to know your neighbors, or touch base with old friends. Give the family cook a lighter load by assigning dishes in potluck style.
Let the kids get involved with preparation and planning. Let them create invitations, and consider inviting the families of their friends. It's a great way to learn who is in your children's life, and deepen relationships.
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Authorities, however, have yet to establish a positive link between the holdups in Falconer and Jamestown. The robber was described as a white man with light-brown hair and a reddish-blond goatee, about 5-foot-10 and 160 ounds.
During the Jamestown holdup, police said, he wore wire-rim glasses, a Pittsburgh Pirates cap, black leather coat, black pants and a green button-up shirt. Anyone with information is asked to call Jamestown Police at 483-7537 or Town of Elliott Police at 665-7083. Anonymous tips can be left at 483-8477.


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#2. Rejection Fuels Creativity, Intuition
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Being told "no" is the worst thing that can ever happen to you, aside from a bad thing actually happening to you, so it's natural to fear it. But you know the phrase "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"? And you know how that phrase is laughably vague because obviously having your arm cut off, for example, may not kill you, but it probably won't make you stronger, either? Like perhaps in a metaphorical sense, but even that's not guaranteed, because the trauma may leave you with a crippling fear of helicopters like that one doctor on ER?
Well, this is one of the rare instances where "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is actually true: Rejection can improve your intuition and ability to read others. The idea is that we've evolved from a society where social rejection meant death -- if a cave-teen was acting like a dramatic caveman loner, wearing a Slipknot (Except We're Cavemen) shirt and smoking cigarettes under the bleachers after rock-smashing class, they were, like, super easy pickings for any leopard who happened by. So when we get rejected romantically (or in any social setting), our brain goes into overdrive and starts focusing on what other folks' faces mean. Suddenly, we're attentive to what a fake smile or a forced laugh sounds like, specifically because we were rejected.
On top of that, rejection can actually stimulate creativity in certain personalities. People who already feel like outsiders will, in a weird way, be validated by that rejection, and then feel free to focus on their weird, outside-the-box creative endeavors. Ironically, being more creative also correlates to having more sex partners, so if you're a weird, artsy type, getting turned down will, in the long run, result in even more sweaty, slightly-kinkier-than-normal pounding.
#1. No One Is Having as Much Sex as You Think
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Our general concept of the sex other people are having is "a lot." Over the course of Seinfeld, if you'd like a super fucking weird example, George Costanza enters a relationship with 43 different women, and he's supposed to be the schlubby character who doesn't get ladies.
The reality? Men report an average of six to eight lifetime sex partners, while women report an average of four. In their lifetime. This isn't based on a quiz of nuns, by the way, but normal human people who run the gamut from feeling like they aren't having enough sex, to feeling satisfied, to wishing they weren't such impulsive slut-monsters, slaving away to the whims of their never-satisfied genitalliac impulses.
So what gives? How'd these numbers get so out of whack? Well, I have a theory: Right now, the Western world has more leisure time than at any other point in human history, and we have Netflix to fill that time, so fiction has a greater impact on our concept of the world than ever before. On top of that, we're probably skewing higher since not only are sexual relationships great drama, but like I said, creative people tend to have more sex partners, so writers, actors, and celebrities are probably working with an inflated understanding of what's normal.
That could be totally wrong. Who knows. My point is, don't worry about it. Even the averages I mentioned above are based on such a wide spread that there's pretty much no such thing as a "normal" number of sex partners. So stop feeling pressured. Fuck as much as you want.
What This Means for You
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You're free! Literally nothing bad can happen to you, no matter what! Bars are your oyster! Dance clubs are your candy store! Gyms are your third metaphor for opportunity! You're a wizard of every social situation, flirting your way through life because it can't go wrong!
I mean, OK, it totally can, I guess. Like you can be a creepy person who won't leave people you're interested in alone, or you might become a weird pick-up artist thing who tries to play games that will deceive people into boning you, which will make everyone hate you, and that's bad. I guess my column is more focused on shy people who feel like there aren't any options, or are being crippled by social pressure. The emotions and insecurities that turn you into someone who sees sex as a weapon or something. Don't have those feelings; there's no reason for it. It's so much simpler than you've been taught to think. Just figure out what you want, be respectful to everyone, and all that other shit will just fall into place.
Oh, and if you drop acid and watch The Lord of the Rings, skip right on over The Two Towers, because that shit gets way too dark. This is the sum total of all my wisdom in the world.
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MARTINSBURG - On a whim, Lesa Dutra joined the Air Force after talking to a recruiter at a mall near her home when she was 19.
It was an unusual move, because before that Dutra said she never thought much about serving in the military - actually, she didn't want to become a soldier at all because her father was a colonel in the Air Force.
But in 1984, she was bored in college and decided she wanted to see the world. So after she talked to a recruiter in her hometown of Cumberland, Md., she decided to go for it.
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"I signed up that very day and my mom cried," said Dutra, 40, who is now retired from the Air Force after serving for 20 years. Most of that time, Dutra did computer and secretarial work, but she moved around frequently.
"It was the same job, but I got to do work in all different places," she said, listing Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Guam, Honduras and locations in the United States as areas she toured. She was usually an office manager, though she did a few other kinds of jobs, too, such as working at a base post office center and as a paralegal.
"I loved to travel, that was the neatest thing. I loved going to see different cultures." After traveling to so many places, Dutra now knows four foreign languages pretty well: Japanese, French, German and Spanish.
While most of her experiences were good ones, she said there were a few times in her military career that were a little scary. One of those experiences happened in Kuwait in 1992, where she spent 30 days with an Army unit just after Saddam Hussein went underground.
She said the Army specifically asked for a male soldier to do office management work in Kuwait, but Dutra was sent because she had all her shots and paperwork in order and no one else was available. They wanted a male soldier because the Army unit was working with Kuwaiti soldiers, and there were no female soldiers on the base.
"They weren't expecting me - they didn't want a female."
Dutra said she had to have two Navy Seal escorts with her at all times, and they always had to clear out the bathroom before she went in because there wasn't a women's bathroom.
"They went with me anywhere I went" for protection, she said.
Once she got to the base, she stayed put for pretty much the whole time she was there - about 30 days. Dutra did go into downtown Kuwait City once with fellow soldiers, but the rest of the time, she said she wasn't allowed to leave the base.
She said that was the closest she got to a "real world" kind of experience, because most of the time she was in safer environments.
"We were safe, everything was fine," but she said it didn't always feel like that while she was in Kuwait. "It was kind of a bad situation."
There were also a few situations where she felt uncomfortable in Saudi Arabia. Dutra went there four times, including one tour when she was there for four months during Operation Desert Storm in 1992, just before she was sent to Kuwait.
In Saudi Arabia, Dutra said she knew there were cultural differences, particularly for women, but she wasn't expecting any confrontations.
She said she usually wore traditional women's coverings, which only showed her eyes. But she did wear her military uniform once when she was off the base with two other troops.
In that country, women don't drive and they only sit in the back seat. So when Dutra was driving a military vehicle and two lower-ranked male troops were sitting in the back, some local men saw her and started yelling.
"It was the holy police," she said, explaining they beat women if they see them doing something wrong. "They don't speak to women, because women are treated like second-class citizens. They started yelling at the young troops with me, and they were upset because I was driving."
Another cultural clash happened when she was wearing her military uniform and an angry man spit on her.
"He was so full of hatred," she said, but she added not everyone was like that. Sometimes people, especially children, were extremely friendly and curious about her because she was a blonde American.
"The little kids were always coming up and wanting to touch my hair," she said, because they had never seen blonde hair before and her bright blue eyes also made her stand out.
Overall, she said she was happy with her military experiences, especially the time she met David, the man she would later marry.
"I love the Air Force. I'm glad I joined - I never would have met him if I hadn't."
She met David Dutra in 2000 while she was stationed in Guam and he was stationed in Japan. He retired in 2001 as a level E7 master sergeant, and she retired in 2004 as an E6 technical sergeant.
She said she thinks everyone should join the military, because she learned so much through her career in the Air Force.
"The experiences, the people you meet, the level of professionalism - you can't get that anywhere else."
When they were ready to settle down and buy a house, they weren't sure where to go because they hadn't lived in the United States for so long.
"Neither of us had a home in 20 years so we didn't know where to go," David Dutra, 42, said.
After researching towns for climates, low crime statistics and other information on the Internet, they picked Martinsburg because it had a nice country feel but was close to Washington, D.C. They said the Eastern Panhandle just seemed like a great place to live.
Lesa Dutra said she was eight months pregnant, ready to retire and needed to find a place quickly, so when they saw a house they liked online they decided to go ahead and buy it. Their house ended up being in a nice development in Martinsburg, and she said they couldn't be happier.
"We just got blessed - God really took care of us."
They have two children: Luke, 2, and Jacob,1. "It's nice because now we're both retired and we have time to play with the kids and not move them around," she said.
After retiring from the Air Force, she got a job at the Vet Center on Winchester Avenue in Martinsburg. The center provides readjustment counseling services through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
"It's nice to be a veteran and have a job helping veterans," she said.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- On Friday morning, Governor Rick Scott gave an update on the impact Hurricane Hermine had on Florida.
Hermine weakened to a tropical storm Friday as it moved farther inland after making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
"I want to thank the Red Cross for all their hard work in helping this effort," Scott said.
It was the first hurricane to strike the state in 11 years, leaving rising flood waters and damage in its wake.
In front of a large media audience, Scott asked residents to stay away from down power lines, flooded and standing water.
"We expect a lot of down traffic lights and road signs, so Floridians should not travel unless they have to," Scott said.
The National Hurricane Center said Hermine made landfall at 1:30 a.m. as a Category 1 storm with 80 mph winds along the Florida coast, just east of St. Marks.
According to Governor Scott, more than 250,000 Floridians lost power due to Hermine. He said Wakulla County has 99% of their residents without power. Crews are working hard to restore power.
Officials in Florida's Pasco County said that coastal flooding forced at least 18 people from their homes in Green Key and Hudson Beach. High-water vehicles were used to rescue people from rising water and they were taken to a nearby shelter.
Scott said those 18 people were rescued by Pasco County Fire Rescue and the Sheriff's Department.
In all, 500,000 Floridians had been under a hurricane warning late Thursday.
Gov. Scott also mentioned Zika and the need to prevent anymore outbreaks in Florida. Scott said, "It's incredibly important that everyone does their part in combating Zika."
He said all Floridians need to dump standing water no matter how small because standing water is a breeding ground for Mosquitoes.
According to Gov. Scott there was one death in Marion county when a tree fell on a homeless person. He said police are now working to figure out if that death was storm-related.
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The United States Golf Association and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club, the world's two ruling bodies of golf, have revised a rule that has received a lot of consternation among touring professionals.
Now, players who learn they've committed a violation after signing their scorecards can be penalized without being disqualified. The rule targets television viewers who call in after a penalty has occurred, which has often resulted in the offending player being DQ-ed.
The new interpretation, announced an hour before the first round of the Masters Tournament, goes into effect immediately.
"For some time, we have been concerned that, in certain limited circumstances, disproportionate disqualification penalties have been required by the rules," said R&A chief executive Peter Dawson. "This carefully considered decision reflects our desire to ensure that the Rules of Golf remain fair and relevant in the changing environment in which the game is played today."
Two incidents earlier this year resulted in disqualifications of Padraig Harrington in the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship and Camilo Villegas in the PGA Tour's season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
Harrington was DQ'ed after a slow-motion replay showed that his ball had moved slightly after he replaced his marker. The Irishman knew the rule but didn't realize his ball had budged. Instead of a two-stroke penalty that would have been added to his 65, Harrington was disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard.
Villegas received the same fate after he was seen by a TV viewer tamping down a divot in a greenside area as his ball - hit short of the putting surface - rolled back toward him. In that case, Villegas still would have been disqualified for not knowing the rule.
Several incidents over the past 30 years have taken place where TV viewers believed they witnessed an infraction. After viewers called the situation in, tour officials reviewed videotape and concurred that an infraction had occurred, resulting in controversial disqualifications over incorrect scorecard signings.
"This is a logical and important step in our re-evaluation of the impact of high-definition video on the game," said newly appointed USGA executive director Mike Davis when the reinterpretation was announced. "We collectively believe that this revised decision addresses many video-related issues never contemplated by the Rules of Golf."
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By Andy Pasztor
European intelligence agencies and air-safety officials have created the first formal intelligence-sharing network to warn the region's airlines about dangers of overflying various conflict zones world-wide.
The new system seeks to coordinate and update such threat assessments under the auspices of the European Union, and then quickly disseminate the information to European carriers, according to the region's top aviation safety official.
Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, described the effort in an interview Thursday. He said the initiative, under discussion since late 2014, was approved days earlier by the EU's Council of Ministers.
The goal, Mr. Ky said, is to ensure his agency can provide carriers with the best possible guidance about avoiding airspace where fighting on the ground poses potential hazards for commercial aircraft.
The advisories won't be binding on airlines, but they are intended to offer the most comprehensive and timely assessment of such in-flight hazards covering parts of the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere.
"Now we have the mechanism for the intelligence services" of EU countries to meet and come up with joint threat assessments about specific areas, Mr. Ky said. EASA is involved, he said, "because we are the ones who are asking the questions" about specific conflict zones, and then have the responsibility to consult with airlines before issuing public advisories. Procedures for emergency consultations also have been developed.
"I am sure it will help" identify hot spots more rapidly, according to Mr. Ky, allowing EASA to move beyond its historic role of merely reacting when the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, for instance, issues its own airspace warnings. Big international carriers also conduct separate threat assessments—typically also using some nongovernmental security data—before deciding to maintain or shift flights over conflict zones.
The European move was sparked by the July 2014 downing of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 jet by a Russian-built antiaircraft missile while cruising over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. Fallout from the incident prompted stepped-up efforts by international aviation authorities and European politicians to pinpoint conflict zones that ought to be deemed off-limits to airliners.
Until now, intelligence experts from individual European governments conducted separate threat assessments of such dangers confronting airlines, and information sharing was largely informal. EASA felt it was hamstrung by the lack of coordination, and Mr. Ky pushed hard for procedural changes.
Now, according to the EASA chief, a process has been put in place for Europe's intelligence community to reach consensus and speak with a unified voice when it comes to delineating threat levels covering any specific swath of airspace.
The aviation arm of the United Nations previously set up its own information-sharing program dealing with conflict zones around the globe, but that doesn't have the benefit of close cooperation with intelligence agencies.
Shortly after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, EASA started looking for ways to work more closely with European military and intelligence personnel to share relevant security information. The move to expand EASA's traditional safety-oversight role initially created friction with some industry officials and EU politicians, but Mr. Ky suggested most of those issues have been resolved.
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LONDON—Intelligence agencies should support a European Union effort to provide airlines with more timely information about the risk from flights near war zones, a task force set up in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine said Thursday.
The panel also called for the European Aviation Safety Agency, the region's safety regulator, to set up a system for sharing information on flying near conflict zones. It would contain threat information or EU risk assessments and try to address shortcomings that the panel found with a similar United Nations-backed information dissemination effort.
Airlines should use the information to formulate their flight plans and share their own risk assessments with their national authorities and, ideally, with the European network, the European task force said.
Dutch air-accident investigators in October determined that a sophisticated Russian-made antiaircraft missile downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 jetliner on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people on board. The plane was flying at 33,000 feet on from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down while passing over an area where pro-Russian separatists were battling Ukrainian government troops.
Russia described the report as politically motivated.
The Malaysia Airlines plane was passing through airspace Ukraine had declared safe even though military planes in the region had been downed by antiaircraft weapons in preceding days.
The incident spurred regulators globally to examine how to better alert airlines about potential threats when flying near combat zones, and the EU set up the task force to study the issue.
"The threat of terrorism to civil aviation is likely to remain high in the foreseeable future," EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc said, adding that the "time for action is now."
The EASA information-sharing system would come on top of one set up by the United Nations' air-safety body, the International Civil Aviation Organization, in the wake of the crash. The ICAO portal has drawn criticism for lacking timeliness in publishing airspace alerts.
The delay in ICAO's dissemination of information on conflict zones has "created a need for an alternate information sharing and distribution process taking place at European level," the task force said.
ICAO officials have previously said they need to provide affected countries an opportunity to respond to outside risk assessments, causing the delay in publishing some of the airspace warnings.
EASA executive director Patrick Key said the Germany-based agency would set up the information-sharing system "as soon as possible."
EU member states are being urged to set up national systems to share risk information with their airlines and share the information among each other. The countries' intelligence agencies should back those activities, the task force said.
The report is being submitted to the Dutch president of the rotating EU Council for follow-up action.
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DUBLIN—A global system to share information about threats to commercial airline flights established after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is still not robust enough, say airline regulators and industry officials, with government concerns about information still trumping security considerations.
The International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations' air safety arm, set up an information clearing house for governments to provide possible threat information to flights after a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over a war zone in eastern Ukraine in July 2014. ICAO's Conflict Zone Information Repository, which came online in April, is intended to help airlines make decisions about where not to fly.
But providing useful information needs to be done "a bit faster," Tony Tyler, director general of the International Air Transport Association that represents more than 200 carriers told reporters on Monday.
"Within the security areas of government there is a natural reluctance to share," he said. However, he added, "what's the point of having this information if it is not passed on."
Aviation officials have become more sensitive about flights in conflict zones after the downing of the Malaysia Airline jetliner, which Dutch crash investigators said was struck by a sophisticated, Buk antiaircraft missile. All 298 people onboard the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur died.
The Boeing Co. 777 jetliner was cruising at 33,000 feet in airspace the Ukrainian government had declared safe even after some military aircraft were brought down at lower altitudes during intense fighting between the country's armed forces and pro-Russian separatists.
The Dutch safety board called for governments to be more active in reporting on threats and urged other countries also to alert carriers in case they see a threat outside their own borders.
"We know we need to refine the capabilities of the repository," Stephen Creamer, director of ICAO's Air Navigation Bureau told an aviation security conference here. The information in the online database is often delayed. It can take 72 hours or more for recommendations made by one member state about airspace in another country to become public, he said.
In the aftermath of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane, some airspace is now regularly avoided by carriers as regulators have issued warnings about airspace in conflict zones. Flight routes between the Middle East and Europe have largely shifted from Iraqi airspace to traversing Iran. Many airlines also are avoiding Syrian airspace because of the fighting in the country.
About a half-dozen countries have so far provided information to ICAO for use in the database to alert about potential risks, Mr. Creamer said.
Eurocontrol, which manages European airspace, also established an information sharing tool and is now trying to make it easier to use, said Joe Sultana, the organization's director of network management. Still, he said it was unclear how effective the new tools are in helping airlines make decisions on what airspace is safe to use.
Concerns about risks to flights were reinforced this month when Russia fired cruise missiles against targets in Syria. The missile traversed Iranian airspace in the vicinity of commercial airplanes without prior warning. Air safety regulators issued alerts to airlines about the event and some carriers changed their routes.
IATA's Mr. Tyler also called for government to spell out rules that would ensure tighter control of weapons that could pose a threat to commercial airlines. He has called for the establishment of a regime similar to those in place to block the proliferation of nuclear weapons or limit the use of land mines.
Mr. Sultana said regulators are also grappling with another problem, determining when is it acceptable to label airspace safe again once it has been shut down. "It is very difficult to reopen an airspace," he said. Experts are currently discussing with Ukraine the safety case for reopening some routes in the region.
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GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands—Investigators probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 concluded that a sophisticated, Russia-made antiaircraft missile struck the Boeing 777 jetliner, causing it to break apart in midair before the wreckage plummeted for up to a minute and a half to the ground.
The Buk missile was fired from eastern Ukraine, said Tjibbe Joustra, chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, which on Tuesday published its final report into the 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board.
The report from the agency, which leads the international team investigating the crash, marks the first time investigators have publicly endorsed the long-held view that such a missile shot down the passenger plane. Ukraine has accused Russia-backed militants operating in the area, while the rebels have suggested Ukrainian forces were responsible.
The crash investigators weren't assigning blame for who fired the missile. Further forensic analysis would be required to determine the exact launch location within a 320-square-kilometer (124-square-mile) area, Mr. Joustra said, adding that such efforts lay outside the scope of the crash probe. A map included in the report centered around the rebel-held city of Snizhne.
A separate criminal probe investigating culpability is continuing. The Dutch National Public Prosecution Service said its probe, which will run into next year, so far echoes the crash report. "Persons of interest" key to the investigation have been identified, it said, without giving details. It added that investigating and eventually arresting perpetrators can take time.
Accident investigators also concluded that the Ukrainian government should have closed the airspace over the embattled east where the country's armed forces were battling the separatists. Mr. Joustra said there were sufficient indications commercial flights were at risk after several military planes were shot down.
The head of Ukraine's air-traffic control service rejected that argument. Before the downing of Flight 17 "no one could imagine that such powerful facilities, powerful equipment such as a Buk could be used against civil aircraft," Dmytro Babeichuk said at a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine.
The Dutch Safety Board urged governments and airlines to do more to reduce the risk of flying over conflict areas, arguing in its 279-page report that the current system "does not work as it should." It issued several recommendations for change, adding momentum to a global push to share information about hazards to commercial flights.
Since the downing of Flight 17, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the United Nations' air-safety arm, set up a centralized system to share information on conflict zones. Europe's air-safety regulator also has tried to get national intelligence agencies to better disclose information about possible threats to commercial flights.
Mr. Babeichuk reiterated that call. "There are no unified, world-wide practices about the total closure of the airspace in such areas," he said, pointing to Syria, "where the airspace still is not closed completely."
The Dutch agency is leading the investigation into the cause of the crash because 193 Dutch citizens were on board the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was downed while cruising at 33,000 feet on July 17, 2014.
Even after investigators finish their probe, finding justice through the international system could be difficult. Russia in July vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution to establish a criminal tribunal to investigate the downing.
Malaysia's transport minister Liow Tiong Lai said his country and other states are trying to set up an independent international court to prosecute those found responsible. "Our fight for justice is far from over," he said.
Many family and friends of passengers said the probe didn't provide the comfort they hoped for and voiced fears that those responsible would never be punished.
"I'm afraid this will become a political game that will never result in the prosecution of the perpetrators," said Sigrid Huisman, whose friend Tamara Ernst was headed to Bali for a backpacking trip. "Are these people still even traceable?"
Dutch authorities established the type of missile based on the pattern of distinctively shaped fragments found in both the wreckage and the bodies from the cockpit. Investigators concluded those fragments match only a specific type of Buk warhead.
The Russian maker of the antiaircraft missile, Almaz-Antey, tried to cast doubt on the Dutch findings in advance. It invited hundreds of journalists Tuesday morning in a complex in outer Moscow, where Chief Executive Yan Novikov said its experiments showed that if MH17 was downed by a Buk system, it was by a different missile type than Dutch investigators specified, suggesting Ukraine was to blame.
The Dutch agency found that the missile warhead detonated outside the airplane on the left of the cockpit, spraying hundreds of fragments and killing the three crew members. The forward section of the plane then broke off as the jetliner lost structural integrity, Mr. Joustra said.
It took between a minute and 1½ minutes before the wreckage hit the ground. The report said investigators found no indications that passengers took "conscious actions" after impact. "There may have been reflexive actions such as clutching the armrests of the seat," the report said.
The blast from the warhead was detected on the cockpit voice recorder.
Russia described the report as politically motivated. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told journalists it reflected an "attempt to come to a biased conclusion and carry out political orders," state news agency Tass reported.
No scenario other than the use of a Buk missile can explain the evidence, Mr. Joustra said. The main theory Russia propagated after the crash was that Ukrainian jet fighters shot down MH17, but Mr. Joustra said the wreckage showed clearly that an air-to-air attack didn't down the Boeing 777.
Crash investigators said Malaysia Airlines complied with international air safety rules in planning the flight. Before the airspace was closed after the shootdown, 160 airliners traversed the skies of eastern Ukraine that day.
The airline said it welcomed the publication of the report and would continue to work with authorities and support families of those who died in the crash.
Last week, air safety authorities issued a warning to airlines after Russia fired a barrage of cruise missiles from the Caspian Sea against targets in Syria. Several carriers, including Malaysia Airlines, rerouted planes in response.
The Dutch Safety Board urged airlines to undertake their own risk assessments. "Operators will have to gather information about conflict areas more actively and share relevant information on threats with each other," it said.
Governments that have information about potential threats should also do more to disseminate that information, crash investigators said. International rules on how risks are judged should be tightened, the investigators advised.
–Maarten van Tartwijk
and Gaurav Raghuvanshi contributed to this article.
Olympic gold medal ice dancers Charlie White and Meryl Davis skated at the Rockefeller Center ice rink in New York on Tuesday, marking the official opening of the rink to the public for the winter season.
The cockpit of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine. Investigators in the Netherlands, without assigning blame, said Tuesday that a Russian-made antiaircraft missile struck the Boeing 777 jetliner.
Ultra-Othodox Jews gathered for the funeral of 60-year old Yishaya Krashevsky on Tuesday. He was killed earlier in the day when a Palestinian drove a car into pedestrians waiting at a bus stop in Jerusalem, authorities said.
A Palestinian's clothes caught fire Tuesday as he threw a Molotov cocktail toward Israeli soldiers and border police during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron.
An Indonesian Navy diver on Tuesday rescued the survivor of a helicopter crash in Lake Toba in Sumatra. The man was found alive, floating in the volcanic lake two days after the helicopter is believed to have crashed, officials said.
A small plane made an emergency landing on I-84 in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday morning. There were no injuries. Idaho State Police said the plane landed on its belly after the pilot was unable to get the landing gear to engage.
A police officer looked at the names of officers who have died in the line of duty during a rededication ceremony at the police Memorial Wall in New York City's Battery Park on Tuesday.
Mourners grieved around the victim of a rockslide in Karachi, Pakistan, on Tuesday. At least 13 people were killed in the landslide, police said.
A traffic sign outside the ruins of the Donetsk international airport in eastern Ukraine shows the results of months of intense fighting between government troops and Russian-backed separatists.
People held oil lamps and prayed inside a temple during the Navratri festival in India on Tuesday.
By Paul Sonne
MOSCOW—Russian state arms maker Almaz-Antey, producer of the Buk missile system, welcomed hundreds of journalists to an industrial park in outer Moscow on Tuesday, hours before Dutch authorities released their final report on the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
The goal: To cast doubt on the Dutch probe's results before they were even released. Slides, graphs and simulations were on offer. Pieces of shrapnel decorated the stage. The arms maker even cued up footage of an experiment conducted earlier this month, in which its specialists blasted the cockpit of an Ilyushin 86 aircraft with a Buk missile in a Russian field.
"The results of the experiment completely refuted the conclusions of the Dutch commission on the type of missile and the place of its launch," said Almaz-Antey Chief Executive Jan Novikov, hours before the Dutch commission had released those conclusions.
In short, attendees slipped through the Russian looking glass, where information about MH17 consistently has opposed what most of the rest of the world has come to believe about the downing of the aircraft. Almaz-Antey's presentation was then beamed across the country as the lead story in state newscasts, bringing the alternative reality to Russian homes.
Since the July 2014 disaster, Russia's government, state media and main investigative body have advanced various arguments to undercut the primary theory confirmed Tuesday by the Dutch report, namely that a missile fired from a Buk system on rebel-held territory downed the Boeing 777.
The arguments Russia and its media have advanced have varied over time. In the hours after the crash, Russia's First Channel suggested the crash resulted from a failed attempt by Ukraine's military to strike Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane. Days later, Russia's Defense Ministry suggested a Ukrainian jet fighter shot down the civilian aircraft. By the end of the year, Russia's Investigative Committee reiterated that theory, saying it had interviewed an unnamed Ukrainian defector as verification. In its presentation Tuesday, Almaz-Antey suggested a Ukrainian-held Buk did the damage.
Despite the variance, all those theories have shared a common thread: Russia's innocence. The result is that most Russians, some 15 months after the crash, believe an alternative version of events. In an August report, Russia's Levada Center pollster found that with the exception of 4% to 5% of the population, public opinion on Ukraine was unanimous in rejecting any Russian responsibility for the conflict, including the downing of MH17. The majority of the country gets its news from state television.
On Tuesday, the Dutch Safety Board concluded that a 9N314M warhead carried on a 9M38-series missile launched from a Buk struck MH17. The board's chairman didn't give an exact location of the launch, saying it was outside the scope of the investigation. But he showed an approximate launch area that encompassed rebel land near the city of Snizhne. Dutch officials ruled out the possibility of an air-to-air attack, based on radar at the time and marks on the wreckage.
Almaz-Antey argued that its simulation proved that the attack came from a different direction, closer to Ukrainian-held territory. It also said an older type of missile, which Russia's military stopped operating but Ukraine's armed forces continued to use, likely downed the Malaysian aircraft.
Defense experts questioned the Russian firm's findings.
"The report released today by Russian missile maker Almaz-Antey should be discounted as disinformation and propaganda aimed at drawing attention away from the Dutch report," Nick de Larrinaga, Europe Editor for IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, said in a statement. He cited evidence showing the older type of missile Almaz-Antey mentioned in fact "remained in Russian service and in Russian military stockpiles at the time of the shootdown."
At the news conference itself a Dutch journalist asked Almaz-Antey whether its investigations into the Buk were akin to a "butcher testing the quality of his own meat." Mr. Novikov said his company remained open to cooperating with international probes on the matter.
Regardless of its veracity, the Almaz-Antey presentation served as an antidote to the Dutch announcement for Russian state television all day on Tuesday, sowing doubt among Russian viewers. The 6 p.m. evening news on Russia's state First Channel—among the most popular in the country—led with the Russian firm's news conference instead of the Dutch Safety Board's long-awaited results.
After a nearly six-minute segment on Almaz-Antey, the First Channel announcer sped through the Dutch Safety Board's findings in about a minute before emphasizing the Russian Foreign Ministry's objections and the report's rebuke of Ukraine.
"The International Commission came to the conclusion that the airspace over south east Ukraine should have been closed before the tragedy, but the aviation authorities failed to adequately assess the risk for civilian airlines," the First Channel news reader said. "As a result, dozens of airliners that flew through over the conflict zone weren't informed about the danger."
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The arguments Russia and its media propagated have varied over time. In the hours after the crash, Russia's First Channel suggested the crash resulted from a failed attempt by Ukraine's military to strike Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane. Days later, Russia's Defense Ministry suggested a Ukrainian jet fighter shot down the civilian aircraft. By the end of the year, Russia's Investigative Committee reiterated that theory, saying it had interviewed an unnamed Ukrainian defector as verification. In its presentation Tuesday, Almaz-Antey suggested a Ukrainian-held Buk did the damage.
Despite the variance, all those theories share a common thread: Russia's innocence. The result is that most Russians, some 15 months after the crash, believe an alternative version of events. In an August report, Russia's Levada Center pollster found that with the exception of 4% to 5% of the population, public opinion on Ukraine was unanimous in rejecting any Russian responsibility for the conflict, including the downing of MH17. The majority of the country gets its news from state television.
On Tuesday, the Dutch Safety Board concluded that a 9N314M warhead carried on a 9M38-series missile struck MH17. The board's chairman didn't give an exact location of the launch, saying it was outside the scope of the investigation. But he showed an approximate launch area that encompassed rebel land near the city of Snizhne. Dutch officials ruled out the possibility of an air-to-air attack, based on radar at the time and marks on the wreckage.


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A 44-year-old Flemington man who authorities say has a violent history is behind bars after police arrested him for failing to register as a sex offender.
Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III and Flemington Borough Police Chief George Becker on Monday announced the arrest of Frankie Massenberg.
Kearns, said Massenberg was charged with failing to register as a sex offender (3rd degree) and had an outstanding $1,000 warrant issued by the East Orange Police Department.
Investigation found that Massenberg failed to register after moving to Flemington in August, according to Kearns. Massenberg has multiple convictions for crimes of violence, Kearns said.
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OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Erie couple Rick and Carol Alessi each pocketed $100 after this past weekend's ProMiniGolf Association U.S. Open.
The 10-round tournament was held over two days at the Bluegrass Miniature Golf Course, located on the grounds of the Monmouth Park horse racing track.
Rick Alessi finished with an average of 37.8 strokes per round. That left him 11th overall in the open division and fourth in the senior division.
Matt McCaslin of Holly Springs, N.C., was the open champion, and Brad Lebo of Shippensburg was the senior victor. McCaslin's average was 34.9.
Carol Alessi was a distant second to Olivia Prokopova, a native of the Czech Republic, in the women's competition. Prokopova averaged 35.1 to Alessi's 43.4.


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CBS (Mondays, 10 p.m. ET)
The Sept. 21 premiere of this series begins with an upscale-L.A. street scene. While other motorists yak on their car phones about deals and dollars, Dr. Evan Newman (Rick Roberts, Traders) handles a call about a patient's pain. The opening deftly sets forth a key problem facing Evan and his colleagues: How does an ambitious Los Angeles internist balance trendiness and dedication? How does he travel in the "right circles" without losing his way? Such philosophical questions seem to weigh on unhappily divorced Evan and happily married Tim Lonner (Matt Craven, High Incident) more than on their partner Roger Cattan (Ken Olin, thirtysomething), a freewheeling bachelor with an avid interest in the business end of medicine. But Roger shows his sober side before the first hour is over. All in all, fans of the hospital dramas ER and Chicago Hope should find L.A. Doctors worth an office visit. We just hope these physicians aren't idealistic to a fault. "I want to treat patients instead of diseases," Evan declares to new partner Sarah Church (Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks). Treat both, Doc, or your practice will die.
Bottom Line: A guardedly optimistic prognosis
Picks and Pans Review: L.a. Doctors
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HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Huntsville Times, WHNT and Athens State University will host two one-hour debates Tuesday.
From 7 to 8 p.m., Republican Robert Bentley and Democrat Ron Sparks will square off in the Sandridge Student Center at Athens State University.
Immediately following, from 8 to 9 p.m., Republican Mo Brooks and Democrat Steve Raby will debate.
The Times is asking readers to submit questions you'd like answered to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please leave contact information, as there's a chance we could be asking you to appear at the debate and ask your question in person.
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The stench that crept across Jackson this morning is not natural gas, says Consumers Energy spokesman Terry DeDoes.
DeDoes said crews have checked natural gas mains in the city and have not found any leaks.
"We've been out working this morning trying to locate the cause of the odor," DeDoes said. "We haven't been able to pin it down."
And the stench is traveling.
DeDoes said Consumers got its first call about 7:30 a.m. and has received reports of the smell across downtown, at Allegiance Health and the Consumers Energy headquarters.
The Jackson Fire Department responded to a call this morning at Cooper Street and Washington Avenue about a suspicious odor. Firefighters didn't find anything, said David Wooden, Jackson assistant fire chief.
This isn't the first time the smell has been detected, DeDoes said.
"It happens periodically downtown," DeDoes said. "We don't know if it's industrial work that's causing it. ... We're not even sure it is the same source every time."
The odor from natural gas, DeDoes said, comes from methyl mercaptan, which is added in order to make the gas recognizable. The stench downtown could have been from something else that gives off that odor.
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when the main news today for vrtx is some guy who works there and won a contest about email traffic. LOL, vrtx was strong today hitting near 43.50 but some seller just stepped to the plate to dump back to 43.00. I say we rise next january/march timeframe. It wants to go higher. just doesn't have the buyers to keep it up.
Actually it did not end up (-.69%) as compared to BTK which ended up down 1.26%.


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Ellie Monahan, 3½, can now watch both of her parents on TV in New York City. From 7 to 9 a.m., she can see mom Katie Couric on the Today show, then later tune to Fox 5 and see dad Jay Monahan on O.J. Today. Monahan, a criminal defense attorney, took a leave from his Manhattan law firm to write a book on the Civil War but found himself so intrigued by the O.J. Simpson case that he accepted the unpaid TV job to dissect the daily saga. "I really wanted to work on this case," says Monahan, 39. "This is the next best thing." So far, Couric hasn't caught too much flak for her husband's new gig. "She hasn't come home wearing a bag over her head," he says. "Mostly she tells me to keep down the legalese, be conversational, keep it simple." As for Ellie's interest in watching either parent, he says, "generally, we lose out to Nickelodeon. I think Ellie wants her own show now."
Country balladeer Trisha Yearwood, nominated for two Grammy Awards (airing March 1), has gotten big quickly—big enough for both a TV special and a forthcoming biography. "This writer followed me around for a year and wrote down everything I said," says Yearwood, 30, who just released her fifth album, Thinkin' About You. "There were times when I thought, 'Why am I doing this?' But in country music, people want to know. We're curious people." A fringe benefit of fame includes meeting some lifelong idols. "I did a Christmas special in Nashville," says Yearwood, "and as I rehearsed, I saw someone out of the corner of my eye and thought, 'That's Neil Diamond! Don't panic!' I didn't think he knew who I was. The minute I finished rehearsing, he ran up on stage and said, 'You can either marry me or sing with me!' I said, 'Well, I'm already married, but I'd love to sing with you.' "
For Sarah Jessica Parker, who made a splash in L.A. Story and Honeymoon in Vegas, show business is a greasy pole you slide down even as you pull yourself up. "I've worked a long time, and playing the lead in a movie is something that's eluded me until now," says Parker, 29, who calls the wisecracking copywriter she plays in the romantic comedy Miami Rhapsody her most "responsible" role. "My character is pessimistic about monogamy and doesn't know if she's willing to be in a permanent relationship," says Parker, whose leading man offstage remains Matthew Broderick. Parker is in no immediate danger of becoming Mrs. Anybody, she says. "Nobody has asked me to marry him." Well, has she asked anybody to marry her? "No! Maybe I'm an old-fashioned girl. Maybe I'm afraid of being too aggressive. Maybe the time hasn't been right."
Long known as Meg's big sister, Jennifer Tilly surprised a few people by nabbing a Best Supporting Actress nomination—for playing the utterly unsupportable actress in Woody Allen's Bullets over Broadway. "I knew I was a long shot," says Tilly, 36, who is filming a thriller in Vancouver, B.C. "But I was channel-surfing at 5:38 a.m. I thought if I was actually watching the nominations, I could somehow influence them." Apparently the karma worked but did not extend to the telephone when she tried to call her boyfriend, graphic artist Peter Young, in L.A. "He's house-sitting for me," she says, "but I was so excited I couldn't remember the phone number. I had to dial my own number four times." Sighs Tilly, who has already received Oscar-night clothing offers from designers: "It's my chance to get dressed up and go to the ball."
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A few of the ailments that can cause the signs of illness you are seeing are liver disease, dental disease, heart disease, kidney disease, insulinoma, sepsis, intestinal disease, muscular disease and neurologic disease. And there are more. This is true with almost all of our exotic pets. They have nonspecific signs of illness, and a veterinarian cannot tell you what is wrong just by a verbal or written description.
Until you can get to the veterinarian, keep your chinchilla from getting too warm or too cold. You need to encourage your chinchilla to eat and drink. And you need to protect her from other animals in the house, because right now she is too sick to get away from them, and she should conserve her energy until you can take her to her veterinarian.
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Sloppy Joes
16 comments:
- Yummy Mummy said...
Hi Holly! I don't know what it is, but Sloppy Joes are just SO good! You are so good at comfort food.
- November 14, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Jennifer said...
Sounds good. We love Sloppy Joes here too. My recipe is different though. I might just have to make mine in the next week and post it 'cause I don't think I ever have. And then I might just have to give your recipe a try and compare. I love comfort food!
- November 15, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- Aimee said...
Sounds good. I love sloppy joes!
- November 15, 2011 at 5:11 AM
- Wanna Be A Country Cleaver said...
I haven't had sloppy joes in years!! I'd so much rather make them from scratch like these. Something sloppy never looked so delicious! haha ~Megan
- November 15, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Mandy said...
I love these. I like to put a slice of Kraft singles cheese on mine and Lance likes sliced cheese with Tabasco. I should make these soon. Thanks!
- November 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- yummychunklet said...
I like making kid throwback recipes like this. Great post!
- November 15, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- Aarthi said...
WOW...Awesome recipe...Make me drool here..
Do visit my blog too
- November 15, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Cassie/Bake Your Day said...
Goodness, I have always been a fan of sloppy joes! I haven't had one in so long though, I need to add this to my meal plan and soon!
- November 15, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- Lizzy said...
I was ho-hum about them as a child, too...but it was probably because they were always made with a can of "sauce." I have a feeling, I'd love your version!!!
- November 16, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- Carolinaheartstrings said...
This recipe looks delicious. I could become a fan too.
- November 16, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
I've heard so much about sloppy joes...and NEVER knew what they were or what they looked like (I'm not American). I always thought they sounded gross...but these look yummy! I love mince that's why I guess.
- November 17, 2011 at 12:02 AM
- Jocelyn said...
Sloppy joes are the perfect comfort food!!! These sound like the ones mom used to make...but all I could remember was ketchup and brown sugar. Thank you so much for the awesome recipe!!!
- November 21, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Came across your blog today and found a bunch of recipes I want to try now! So tonight I tried the Sloppy Joe. It was super easy, and really good. I did add about 1/4 - 1/2 cup finely diced mushrooms and 1/4 - 1/2 cup finely diced green peppers just to sneak in some more veggies, as well as 1 tsp of diced garlic. The only thing was it was a little runny, so next time I would maybe try adding only 1/4 cup water. But the flavor was great, and it was super easy so it will definitely be going on my list of repeat meals. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
- April 9, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Liselle said...
This is amazing!!! So perfect for sloppy joes. Gives it a bbqish taste. Thanks so much for the recipe! I think ill actually make homemade bbq sauce from now on and use this as the recipe :D
- May 17, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Dana DeVolk said...
My mom made these for me a lot growing up, she made hers from scratch too and I loved them every time!!! Will have to try this twist on the classic, Thanks!
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- September 23, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Jennifer said...
I'm not big on sloppy joes, but these were great!! Tons of flavor. We ate them with King's Hawaiian hamburger buns.
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Susans Wee Ones elephant, hippo and bunny are so cute, you'll want to keep them for yourself! Youll be able to knit dozens using the same basic pattern, which was designed exclusively for Craftsy!
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Plowing ahead with make-up days
March 12, 2014 - Rob Weaver
A compromise on a bill granting Ohio schools extra calamity days enabled legislators to send the proposal to Gov. John Kasich for his signature Wednesday -- ironically, as snow and wind closed schools for another day.
The compromise allows school districts to exempt graduating seniors from having to make up days after commencement exercises.
The measure -- which grants districts four more snow days -- itself represents a compromise for schools that have missed more than nine days due to weather. They still will have to find ways to make up lost instructional time.
But first, districts would have to schedule classes on holidays or spring break. That last option could run into snags with teacher contracts and parental travel plans.
However, schools do have some latitude in making up the lost days. School days can be lengthened, and some schools can substitute with take-home work and online lessons.
With a switch to establishing minimum hours for instruction instead of a minimum number of days next school year, this could be the last time calamity days are an issue.
Still, some districts might find the school bus pictured here useful in avoiding instructional time lost to snowy roadways.
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Dean Caruvana, T.J. Marmion and Nick DelGaudio teamed for three hits and three RBI as Matthew Funeral scored seven runs in the top of the sixth for a 7-5 Fred Muche League win over the Richmond County Rebels.
S.I. Royals 8, S.I. Expos 7: Pat Coriel (two hits, three RBI), Paul Falco (two hits) and Bryan Mullins (two hits) led the Royals.
Design Plumbing 3, Richmond Indians 0: Joe Barresse, Mike Coletta and Billy Larkin combined on a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts. Barresse had a RBI single in the fourth inning and Billy Larkin knocked in two in the fifth.
Joe Morelli's game-ending single in the bottom of the sixth gave Spartan Embroidery (South Shore) a 4-3 BRL 19s playoff win over Dolan Chiropractic (Mid-Island).


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PARSIPPANY — A man was arrested after he tried to board a bus without a ticket and then refused to pay the fare, according to a report on DailyRecord.com.
Walter Wintgen, 51, of Ronkonkoma, N.Y. was found also found to have outstanding warrants from Dover, Denville and Hackettstown, the report said.
He was taken into custody following an altercation with the Lakeland bus driver at the Waterview Boulevard park and ride on Wednesday.
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Over this same time period last year there were no reported flu-related deaths.
According to the county's weekly influenza surveillance report the first death this year was reported the week ending Jan. 12.
Eight of the 10 deaths were people 65 and older. The other two were between 45 and 64, said Kevin Brennan, a health department spokesman.
"We are not out of the woods concerning the flu season," said Brennan. "There was a peak in December which is unusual. Usually we peak in February to mid-March. This could be a multi-peak season."
Brennan said that it's not too late to get a flu vaccination, especially since there is an estimated eight more weeks in the flu season. The vaccination takes about 14 days to take effect
Infants and young children are also vulnerable.
"People who care for infants and young children should get vaccinated," Brennan said. "You may be able to fight it off, but then pass it on to a child. Children's immune systems are not as robust as an adults'."
Brennan reminded residents to get enough rest, eat right, drink lots of fluids and most importantly wash your hands.
"People come in contact with doorknobs, tabletops, pencils, everything. Especially at work. You don't know who may have touched or sneezed on it."


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A hard-working squad will march in as national champions during Penn State's Sept. 1 football home opener at Beaver Stadium.
The Penn State Blue Band's Touch of Blue majorettes covered themselves in glory last month, winning first-place awards at the National Baton Twirling Association competition at Notre Dame.
But it's a designing Duncansville seamstress who really has them covered, in uniforms that enhance their twirling talents.
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Diane Speacht of Duncansville sews a new Penn?State majorette uniform. She has been the seamstress for the squad for more than 10 years.
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The Penn State Blue Band's Touch of Blue majorettes are shown during competition last month at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., where they earned first place in the National Baton Twirling Association competition.
Diane Speacht began making doll clothes when she was 4 or 5. By the time she was in high school, she was sewing for family and friends, even making wedding gowns.
Married with a daughter and five grandchildren, she's been sewing professionally for the past 40 years.
"It's totally a God-given talent," she said.
She's been making majorette uniforms for area high school students for "30 years, for sure," she said. She began before patterns became available and when her only fabric options were from heavy swimsuit material because it stretched.
Times and fabric choices have changed. She said the teenage girls she once sewed for have become mothers whose daughters now come to her for majorette uniforms.
Some 10 or 11 years ago, she became the seamstress for the Penn State "Jettes," as they call themselves.
Every three years, the team gets a new uniform style, which must complement the Blue Band uniforms. Sketches and sometimes prototypes are required for the lengthy approval process. In addition, the Penn State licensing department must weigh in before a logo or emblem can be sewn onto the uniforms.
For the new styles, Speacht works with Jettes coach Heather Bean on color and design choices; she sketches ideas, drapes fabrics, fits the squad and sews the final product, which can be as many as 14 uniforms.
During the other years, Speacht makes fitting adjustments for Jettes who have lost weight and sews uniforms for new Jettes who don't fit into existing uniforms. She can make a new uniform in one or two days.
"I'll stay up all night," she said.
She calls Penn State "my second home."
Have there ever been any uniform crises? "Absolutely!" she said and laughed.
She recalled the time during a Rose Bowl Parade when a side zipper popped open. A hook-and-eye closure still held the uniform together. The stricken Jette ran off to Bean and Speacht. Safety pins were quickly applied and the Jette hurried back to her moving squad.
Bean calls Speacht "my lifesaver. She's just amazing."
As much as she enjoys sewing, Speacht said the most fun she has is "in getting to know the girls, watching them grow into young women."
Case in point: Sarah Wesner of Altoona, who turned 21 on Thursday. Wesner first started twirling when she was 5. She competed solo through the Carolette Studio in Altoona. After graduating from Bishop Guilfoyle, she spent a year at PSU Altoona before transferring to University Park. Now a senior, the only child is majoring in elementary education. This is her third year with the Jettes.
"I love the team approach," she said. "We're all sisters."
What does she think of the uniforms?
"They're amazing," she said. "Diane designed my uniforms while I was competing solo. Now she does our team uniforms. She definitely has watched me grow up."


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As the field of social media for B2B companies continues to grow, more blog posts appear on a daily and weekly basis about the topic. We watch what people share via Twitter and try to include the most popular recent posts on our post round-ups, but we also try to highlight some great posts you might not have seen. Hope you are having a great Friday and some of these posts inspire you, and maybe let you discover some new sources. As always, let us know in the comments below if you have seen any other recent posts about B2B social media that resonated with you.
Five tips for B2B social media marketing
by Matt Owen (@lexx2099) on Econsultancy
While social media has all the engagement buzz right now, the majority of studies are still dealing strictly with the B2C industry, so much so that there's a serious question mark over the value of B2Bs utilizing SM streams at all. Of course, LinkedIn has its place, but what do B2B services really need to concentrate on if they want to have a viable social media presence? In no particular order, let's take a look at the value of social media from a B2B point of view.
My Favorite 6 Social Media Sites for B2B Social Media Marketing
by Neal Schaffer (@NealSchaffer) on Customer Think
While everyone knows that Facebook is the default choice for any business-to-consumer (B2C) social media marketing, what social media channels are important for businesses hoping to engage with other businesses (B2B)? How can these types of businesses use social media to engage with their potential clients, gain mindshare and be perceived as a thought leader in their industry, and increase potential clients visiting their website? Here are the six that I would recommend to most businesses. Note that, in order to create a sound social media strategy, you should not limit yourself to these 6 B2B social media channels and should also make sure that each site is appropriate for your particular industry. Creating a social media strategy is about strategic relevance and focus, not comprehensiveness.
Oh, Yes! Tech Buyers In Germany Are Well Into Social Media
by Peter O'Neil on Forrester Blog
Last week, I held my quarterly Forrester Teleconference and discussed my April report on how European tech buyers use social media. Our B2B Social Technographics data shows that German social media activity is really quite heavy: In some categories, the numbers we report show more aggressive behavior than in the US or other countries. After several client meetings where our data was questioned – especially by more experienced marketing executives who themselves are not using social media and expect the same backwardness from their peers – I am now well equipped with backup data that proves our points. So here is what I told the audience about German social media usage by tech buyers.
B2B Social Media – marketing to the company or the individual?
by James Lawton Hill (@JamesLawtonHill) on Social Media Today
If social media is seen as a way to allow individuals to connect and share information with each other you would think this plays straight into the B2C arena. So how do B2B companies take advantage? Following on from a great discussion on the B2B Marketing LinkedIn group, should B2B marketing be aimed at the company or individuals in that company?
Unpacking Klout: True Measure of Influence?
by Valeria Malitoni (@ConversationAge) on Conversation Agent
Klout is a San Francisco-based company that tracks influencers and their impact, or how the network responds, through opinions, links and recommendations on Twitter, soon to integrate Facebook Connect in its calculations. They define influence as the ability to drive people to action — "action" might be defined as a reply, a retweet or clicking on a link. In other words, the online action possible on that network, which is not really true impact.


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