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Now that Sun's Java Media Framework can't even play MP3s anymore — support was removed in August due to what Sun calls a "licensing issue" — its collection of supported media formats and compression schemes (codecs) has dwindled to near-uselessness. The JMF's powerful plug-in architecture allows developers to expand JMF's capabilities, however, and that's exactly what this article will do, by using the rival media API, Apple's QuickTime for Java.
In this first part, we'll consider how JMF's design leaves the door open to improve its capabilities. In the second part, we'll get into the details of QuickTime for Java to deliver more media support.
To handle a given piece of digital media, an application has to know how to handle the following:
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Sun's JMF implementation comes with classes that can only handle a handful of the possible formats and codecs you're likely to encounter on the Web. According to the supported media types page, the most popular video formats JMF supports in its all-Java version are the deprecated AVI format and QuickTime's
.mov file format ... not Windows Media
WMA and
WMV, or RealMedia
.rm formats. And just because a format is supported doesn't mean a given clip in that format will play. For example, JMF can't handle DivX AVIs or QuickTime files that use the popular Sorenson video codecs.
The good news is that you're not stuck with this modest media support, thanks to the plug-in architecture. The design of JMF allows it to decide at runtime what code to use to handle a given format, multiplex scheme, and encoding. It does this by carefully parceling out responsibility for format handling, demultiplexing, decoding, and rendering into different classes, then using reflection to discover what kinds of handlers are available.
Extending JMF often means writing new
DataSources and/or
Players or
Processors. A
DataSource represents both the media's organization and access to it. In other words, you'd look to a
DataSource to determine the media's content type and to open a stream to the media. A
Player represents the ability to "play" the media, that is to say, to start reading and decoding the time-based data, and presumably to render it to the screen and/or speakers.
Player has a subclass called
Processor that allows lower-level access to the decoded media, which you might use to add effects or "transcode" to another format. To keep things simple, in this article, I provide code for only a small subset of
Player-defined functionality.
You don't always instantiate
DataSources and
Players directly (although we did force the issue of our own special .jar-file-handling
DataSource in a previous ONJava.com article). Instead, you ask a class called
Manager to try to find an appropriate
DataSource for a
MediaLocator (which is basically a wrapper for a URL), and then an appropriate
Player for a
Manager Works
In each case,
Manager takes a list of known package prefixes, combines that with a standardized subpackaging and class-naming scheme, and looks for the resulting class in the
CLASSPATH. For
DataSources, the subpackage path is
media.protocol.protocol-type, where
protocol-type is the protocol part of the URL — for example,
http or
file. So, for the default package prefixes
com.sun, and
com.ibm, the
Manager would try to handle an
http:-style URL by searching for the classes, respectively:
The scheme is similar for
Players, except that the subpackage path needs to incorporate the content-type, such as
video.mpeg or
audio.midi. The basic subpackage path is
media.content.content-type.Handler. Yes,
Handler, not
Player ... it's kind of weird that way. There's also a special rule for
Players: if no class is found for a given content-type, the
CLASSPATH is searched again with
unknown for the content-type. Generally, this "unknown" class is expected to be a "catch-all" player, quite possibly an OS-specific native player. So for
video.quicktime content-type and the default package-prefixes as above,
Manager would search for six classes:
Each time it finds one of these classes,
Manager attempts to call the
setSource() method. The search is over when it finds a
Player that doesn't throw an exception when
setSource is called.
By the way, in our implementation there's no difference between the
DataSource for the
file, and
rtsp protocols, so there's a single
com.mac.invalidname.punt.media.protocol.DataSource class, and the protocol-specific subpackages have trivial subclasses of this class.
To control the behavior of
Manager, JMF provides the
JMFRegistry application, which allows an end user to inform JMF of new plug-ins and to control some of
Manager's behavior.
To use the JMF Registry, use the executable that comes with the OS-specific JMF release, or in the all-Java JMF, enter at the command line:
java -classpath $JMFHOME/lib/jmf.jar JMFRegistry
Of interest to this article is the "Packages" tab. This defines the list of package prefixes used above, in the order in which they will be tried.
When you're ready to try the JMF-to-QuickTime bridge, run the JMF Registry with the
punt.jar file in your
CLASSPATH. Use the
Add buttons to add
com.mac.invalidname.punt to both the Protocol Prefix List and the Content Prefix List, then select the package and use the "Move Up" buttons to make it the first choice in the lists. The result should look like this:
JMF Registry: Packages tab
Click "Commit" to save your changes to the registry. The
Manager will now make
com.mac.invalidname.punt the first package it tries when searching for
DataSources and
To get a taste of the JMF-QTJ bridge, make sure you've downloaded and
installed the SDKs for JMF
(at least version 2.1, latest is 2.1.1c) and QTJ. Since we want
to play MPEG-4 files, and since the code uses the new
class, be sure you have QuickTime 6. Windows users should do a custom-install
to make sure QuickTime for Java gets installed or updated (it's not installed
by default on Windows). After installing, try out the simple demos like JMF's
JMStudio and QTJ's
PlayMovie, just to make sure
you've got any
CLASSPATH issues resolved. Note that QuickTime is
only available for Windows and Mac — sorry, Linux folks.
On Windows, the Makefile I wrote assumes you're running Cygwin; be sure to
export OSTYPE=cygwin to get file and path separators handled correctly. On Mac OS X, there's a curiosity about the
QTJava.zip file: it's in your
CLASSPATH when running a Java application, but not when compiling with
javac or
jikes. The Makefile deals with this by always putting
QTJava.zip in the
CLASSPATH for you.
The code includes a "sanity check" application, launched from the Makefile with
make sanitycheck. It shows off the supported methods by setting up an AWT Frame with the movie and its control bar in a non-standard location, playing the media for a few seconds, muting the sound, blasting the sound, stopping the movie, jumping halfway into the media, grabbing the current frame, and then playing backwards. Here's what it looks like:
Screenshot of make sanitycheck with MPEG-4 iMac ad
It takes a URL on the command line — the default in the Makefile is an MPEG-4 clip of one of Apple's iMac advertisements, but the
SANITYURL argument is easily changed in the Makefile, overridden by its companion
private.mk file, or you can just call
com.mac.invalidname.punt.SanityCheck directly.
The code can also be used in JMF's demo media-player, JMStudio. Use
make runjmstudio to try it out.
This should handle media formats unsupported by JMF, including MPEG-4, MP3, QuickTime movies with Sorenson Video, and even user-added QuickTime components like On2's open-source VP3 or Apple's optional MPEG-2 component. Curiously, though, while QTJ supports Flash 5, JMF still seems to grab
.swf files before I can, and tries to play them with its obsolete Flash 2 player.
The first thing a QuickTime for Java application has to do is to initialize QuickTime with the
QTSession.open() call. Subsequent QTJ method calls will fail if this hasn't been done. It's also important to shut down QuickTime when your app is done. Mac OS X handles this for you when you use the default Quit menu item, and on Windows you typically add a
WindowListener on your main window to close down QuickTime before terminating the application. In the case of our bridge, we don't know when the application is actually being shut down, so our static initializer that opens QuickTime also registers a
ShutdownHandler to shut down QuickTime when the calling application is going away.
Unsurprisingly, while both JMF and QTJ do some similar things and even have some common method names, their structural approach is rather different. In JMF, a
DataSource represents a reference to media (its content type, the ability to start reading data from it, etc.), while a
Player represents the ability to actually decode and present that media. In QuickTime, the
Movie object represents some of both of these roles. The docs opaquely state, "The movie is not the medium; it is the organizing principle." True enough, but don't get the idea that a
Movie is some inert object to be passed around ... in fact, it's the object that has the
start() method, and is probably the class you'll get most familiar with.
Movie contains functionality represented in JMF by both
DataSource (
getDuration(), the
Positionable interface's
setPosition(), etc.) and
Player (
setRate(), etc.), it makes sense for our bridge to share a
Movie between a
DataSource and a
Player that we define.
One note before continuing: the included code is an absolute bare-bones implementation of a JMF-to-QTJ bridge, and completely no-ops many methods that exist solely in the JMF world, such as the managing of multiple
Controllers and the careful detailing of JMF states. On the latter issue, our
Player is always in the
Realized state, meaning it's ready to go. Extending the idea to a full-blown JMF implementation, possibly implementing
Processor and providing capture ability with the QTJ
SequenceGrabber API is, as always, left to the reader as an exercise.
To create a
Movie in QuickTime, you can call the
new Movie() constructor to create a new
Movie in memory, one that you'd then add tracks to, but for our purposes, we want to quickly get a
Movie loaded with the media from some file or URL. The most general way to do this is to use the static
Movie.fromDataRef() method, which takes a
DataRef argument. The
DataRef class is a generic reference to a media source — a file, a URL, even a location in memory in the form of a
QTHandleRef (and you didn't think Java had pointers!).
The second argument to the
Movie.fromDataRef() is an
int called
flags. The use of behavior-modifying flags, typically combined with logical
ORs when you're using more than one, is seen throughout QuickTime, and it can be very aggravating to the Java programmer, as appropriate values are almost never detailed in the javadocs. In the case of
Movie.fromDataRef(), the method's javadoc documentation does recommend the
newMovieAsyncOK flag (defined in
StdQTConstants4, one of several massive classes that define pseudo-
consts), but doesn't mention the useful
newMovieActive flag that is commonly set for this method. For the real story about appropriate flags, you have to see the method's native API documentation, and I suppose we're lucky to have the convenient hyperlink from the javadocs, as the full QuickTime API reference currently weighs in at a table-cracking 3,304 pages.
But there's one more surprise when loading a movie this way. Using the
newMovieAsyncOK method means that QuickTime won't block on loading media, and while that's good for user-experience reasons (we don't want to block interminably, especially if we're in Java's AWT event-dispatch thread), it has a nasty side-effect for "quick start" movies, which are non-streaming movies that QuickTime can nevertheless start playing before it has all the bytes, so long as it thinks the download will stay ahead of the playback. The problem is that when our call returns immediately, our movie has no width and no height, and won't until some amount of media is downloaded. That messes up the creation of our GUI widget (below) by defaulting it to a zero-by-zero size.
The native API has a method called
GetMovieLoadState that we could use to tell if we have at least a little bit of the movie downloaded — a return value of
kMovieLoadStatePlayable means we have enough to start playing — but the method seems not to have a QuickTime for Java equivalent (although its return values are defined in
StdQTConstants5). So instead, the included code handles the problem by blocking until the movie has more than zero seconds of media loaded. This is determined by a call to
maxLoadedTimeInMovie(), and while it's zero, we call
task() to give QuickTime more time to load.
Movie-loading code is below (with comments and
printlns removed), and merits two more small comments. The first is that Java on Mac OS X seems to like URLs of the form
file:/, while QuickTime needs
file:///, so we need a workaround for that. Secondly, we call a pair of methods,
prePreroll and
preroll, to coax QuickTime into getting ready to play the movie sooner.
public void setLocator (MediaLocator ml) {
super.setLocator (ml);
String urlString = ml.toString();
try {
java.net.URL url = ml.getURL();
if (url.getProtocol().equals("file"))
urlString = fixFileURL(url);
urlString = url.toExternalForm();
DataRef urlRef = new DataRef (urlString);
qtMovie = Movie.fromDataRef (urlRef,
StdQTConstants4.newMovieAsyncOK |
qtMovie.prePreroll (0, 1.0f);
qtMovie.preroll (0, 1.0f);
while (qtMovie.maxLoadedTimeInMovie() == 0) {
qtMovie.task (100);
} catch (QTException qte) {
System.out.println ("Couldn't get a QT Movie from " +
} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException murle) {
System.out.println ("Bad URL: " + urlString);
In JMF, you get the media into the GUI by calling
getVisualComponent on the
Player. If the media has images or video, this returns an AWT
Component. To get a Swing-friendly component, you first call
Manager.setHint(Manager.Manager.LIGHTWEIGHT_RENDERER). Getting a control widget, such as the typical time-slider with popup volume control, is done with
In QuickTime, the visual representation does not come from the
Movie. Rather, you create a GUI component, create a
Drawable from the
Movie, and add the
Drawable to the component with
setClient(). QuickTime offers a heavyweight
QTCanvas for AWT use and a lightweight
JQTCanvas for Swing use, though performance in Swing is so poor that you might be better off using
QTCanvas and working through any AWT-Swing collisions (one good hint from the quicktime-java mailing list: if your only issue is with JMenus disappearing under the QTCanvas, call
setLightweightPopupEnabled(false) on the menus).
Drawable that's passed to
setClient comes in several different flavors for different purposes. Here are a few popular ones:
QTPlayer — shows media with the standard QuickTime controller.
MoviePlayer — same as above without the controller.
MoviePresenter — draws movie to an offscreen buffer (so you can apply effects) and then draws buffer to the screen.
SGDrawer — shows the stream from a capture device such as a webcam.
In our case, we use the
MoviePlayer, using two separate
QTCanvases or
JQTCanvases, one for showing the movie and another for the controller, which allows us to return the movie and its controller as separate components with the JMF Player's
getVisualComponent() and
Here's our implementation from
Handler (which is what JMF requires us to call our
Player implementation), which instantiates an instance variable called
public java.awt.Component getVisualComponent() {
System.out.println ("getVisualComponent()");
Movie movie = getMovieFromDataSource();
if (movie == null)
return null;
if (movieCanvas != null)
return movieCanvas;
try {
MoviePlayer moviePlayer =
new MoviePlayer (movie);
Object swingHint =
if ((swingHint != null) &&
(swingHint instanceof Boolean) &&
((Boolean)swingHint).booleanValue()) {
JQTCanvas jqtc = new JQTCanvas();
jqtc.setClient (moviePlayer, true);
movieCanvas = jqtc;
} else {
QTCanvas qtc = new QTCanvas();
qtc.setClient (moviePlayer, true);
movieCanvas = qtc;
} catch (QTException qte) {
return movieCanvas;
A few notes on areas where JMF and QTJ have similar ideas but different details:
setRate() — both APIs have a similar concept of representing the playback rate as a
float value, where 1.0 is playing forward at regular speed, 2.0 is forward double-speed, -1.0 is backwards at regular speed, etc. In JMF, the rate can only be set when a
Player is stopped, in effect saying "this is the speed to play at when started." In QTJ, starting and stopping is implicit in setting the rate, meaning that
setRate(1.0) is equivalent to "start playing at rate 1.0, regardless of whether or not the movie is currently playing." Similarly,
setRate(0.0) in QTJ is equivalent to
stop(), though actually calling
stop() is recommended. Another point to note is that JMF's
setRate() is not guaranteed to work for any arbitrary value other than 1.0, and in practice, negative rates never seem to work with the default JMF components.
Volume / Gain — a JMF
GainControl has a concept of a "mute" that is independent of gain. Like the "mute" button on a television, calling
setMute(false) brings up the volume to the level it was at before you hit "mute." QuickTime's volume has no corresponding concept, so we remember the "old" volume on a
setMute(true) and restore it on
QT time scale — JMF
Time objects work with seconds or nanoseconds. QuickTime movies report duration and current position in integers, in a scale that is unique to the
Movie. For example, if
getTime() returns 1800, and
getTimeScale() returns 600, then you're 3.0 seconds into the movie. In other words,
timeInSeconds = qtTimeValue / qtTimeScale.
Related Reading
Java 2D Graphics
At the 2002 O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, an attendee asked me how you grab an image from a QuickTime movie. I said I didn't remember the details right then, but that it involved drawing the bytes to an offscreen buffer and then getting the image from there. Well, half-right, and half-wrong.
Half-wrong because if all you're interested in is getting the image written to a file, it's easier than it looks.
Movie has a
getPict method that gets the image at any time in the movie and returns it as a
Pict, a wrapper around the classic Macintosh
PICT image format.
Pict, in turn, has a
But to support JMF's
FrameGrabbingControl, we have to return the grabbed frame as an AWT
Image, wrapped inside a JMF
Buffer, and that's where things get tricky. We need a QuickTime
RawEncodedImage for transferring the bytes, so we draw the
Pict to an offscreen
QDGraphics, which in many ways resembles an AWT
Graphics object (although the name is a trap, since Mac and QuickTime developers commonly refer to this object as a
To get the bytes, we're fortunate that QuickTime uses a 32-bit ARGB scheme, meaning 8 bits each of alpha-channel (i.e., translucency), red, green, and blue, all packed into a 32-bit integer. We can use the
DirectColorModel to represent this arrangement, and from there create an
Image from the bytes in memory. (Jonathan Knudsen's Java 2D Graphics offers a full explanation of
ColorModels and other low-level
Image details.)
Once we have the AWT
Image, we just have to use JMF's
ImageToBuffer class, represented here as an instance variable called
itb, to get the
Image wrapped by the specified
Buffer return type. Here's the complete method for grabbing the current frame:
public Buffer grabFrame() {
Buffer convertedBuffer = null;
try {
// Grab a Pict from the Movie and draw it to a QDGraphics
// note: could get a RawEncodedImage from the Pict, but
// apparently no way to get a PixMap from the REI.
QDRect box = movie.getBox();
Pict pict = movie.getPict (movie.getTime());
QDGraphics g = new QDGraphics(box);
pict.draw(g, box);
// get data from the QDGraphics
PixMap pixMap = g.getPixMap();
RawEncodedImage rei = pixMap.getPixelData();
// copy bytes to an array
int intsPerRow = pixMap.getRowBytes()/4;
int[] pixels = new int [intsPerRow * box.getHeight()];
rei.copyToArray (0, pixels, 0, pixels.length);
// now coax into image, ignoring alpha for speed
DirectColorModel mod =
new DirectColorModel (32, // bits/sample
0x00ff0000, // R
0x0000ff00, // G
0x000000ff, // B
0x00000000); // ignore alpha
Image image =
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage (
new MemoryImageSource (box.getWidth(), // width
box.getHeight(), // height
mod, // color model
pixels, // data
0, // offset
// convert Image to a Buffer (frame rate == 0 is meaningless
// because we are not generating live video)
convertedBuffer = itb.createBuffer (image, 0);
} catch (QTException qte) {
return convertedBuffer;
Thanks to Andrew Millin and Vickie Jaffee from the quicktime-java list for the format-conversion recipe used in this method.
So there you have it ... a small amount of code provides a dramatic improvement in JMF's supported media formats and performance on the platforms QuickTime supports. With a similar plug-in approach, we could support other media formats; for example, by writing a JNI bridge to the recently open-sourced Helix Community code to add support for Real-format media.
On the other hand, this approach obscures the details and thus the power of QuickTime for Java, and if we're really just interested in working with QT-supported media, we should dig deeper into that API. In coming articles, that's what we hope to do.Editor's Note -- due to reader feedback about installation issues, Chris has graciously updated the installation paragraph. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by previous versions of this article.
Chris Adamson is an author, editor, and developer specializing in iPhone and Mac.
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Not many will remember the Halloween the UFOs were sighted over Portales. But it happened. It's even possible that I was abducted by the aliens flying them, according to my wife.
Maybe some of you do recall the headline: "Strange Lights Sighted Over Streets of Portales." It happened when I was in junior high or early high school and the incident really was in the Portales News-Tribune. If you've lived here awhile you're probably wondering how you missed such a spectacle in the night skies. Most people don't know that — yes — unidentified flying objects have been spotted east of the Pecos in New Mexico.
It occurred right near my house on South Avenue A so as a witness (OK maybe participant is a better word) I can fill you in on the details of the night we were invaded.
It was in that time of youth when my little brother Jeff and next-door-neighbor Benton Blue had outgrown any possibility of being allowed to trick-or-treat the neighborhood. Benton had the squeaky, changing voice of an adolescent (still does) and I was already shaving (once a month) and Jeff, the youngest, was growing fast and no longer completely fit under a twin bedsheet. But it was Halloween and we were bored.
Since trick-or-treat was out for the night, that afternoon we started going over different ideas to make trick-or-treaters' visits to our block a little more exciting. Mom caught us testing the bucket of water and rope device on the roof above our house and put a stop to that plan.
Lowering a dangling pumpkin suddenly from the roof seemed at first to be an acceptable substitute but we didn't actually have a pumpkin and besides we wanted something that would be truly puzzling to folks making everyone wonder how we had pulled it off.
The dangling jack-o-lantern idea got us to thinking about flying lights and UFOs and how could we make something like that happen. Then the idea hit me, (I'm sure it was my idea, because I'm writing the column) — dangling something below a kite at night would accomplish just such an effect.
We had flown kites all summer. It was right after they started making those plastic bat kites that would fly in a gale withot needing a tail and would pull and lift like crazy. We had one left over and, because it was a bat kite, it was black. Perfect! Now what to make the lights from?
We tried flash lights and other things. Some were too heavy or just didn't look very spooky. We got to thinking about how luminarios would glow and thought about trying that but a vision of the entire neighborhood on fire squelched that dangerous thought. We finally landed on the idea of putting the candle inside a plastic milk jug. With a little bit of engineering help from Benton's older brother Buddy we finally got the candle fastened safely inside the jug, producing an eery, flickering glow when lit in the darkness of the Blues' garage.
As darkness descended and the younger trick-or-treaters were beginning to call it a night, the car traffic was picking up so we launched the kite from the Blues' driveway. Deftly we flew it out over our street with the glowing milk jug attached below. Paying out string we walked backward into our hiding spot in the garage. It worked great! You couldn't see the black kite or the demented, giggling souls flying it, and the glowing object apppeared to be hovering above the street.
Soon we had a regular traffic jam in front of the house with cars stopping to watch the strange light and trying to figure it all out. Some got out of their cars and could hear the kite flapping and finally figured it out. Others never did.
The next afternoon we were all overjoyed when our little escapade made the newspaper. Unfortunately the story didn't endure like the Roswell Incident.


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The Union forces will be encamped on the grounds of the Hancock House, a state historic site and ancestral home of Civil War nurse, Cornelia Hancock.
There will be activities for the family such as a presentation on the Victorian language of the fan plus musket drills. There will also be displays in the Hancock House.
At 10 a.m. Sunday there will be a service in the same meeting house Cornelia attended. She also taught school in a building on the grounds until leaving in July 1863 to go to the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. The public is invited to the 10 a.m. meeting/church service where you can sit in the very same seats the Hancocks used long ago.
The event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Muskegon Mona Shores finished its season on a high note as it won the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament with a score of 711.66.
Muskegon (670.84) and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (667.30) rounded out the top three.
"The girls had some of their best rounds they've had all season," Mona Shores coach Amanda Heethuis said. "They ended their season the best they could have."
Mona Shores, which will graduate 10 seniors this year, had 13 of its 16 people doing cross tumbling. Heethuis said this was something they incorporated into the third round specifically for the graduating seniors.
"They put everything into their last night together," Heethuis said. "Some of them have been cheering together since they were in seventh grade. So, it was a really special night for them."
This is Mona Shores' second year in Division 1, and Heethuis knew it was going to be a challenge.
"The girls worked really hard and met all of our expectations, and then some," she said. "We are very proud for that."


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Earlier: Kalamazoo College sophomore Emily Stillman dies as a result of bacterial meningitis complications
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Funeral services for Emily Stillman, a Kalamazoo College sophomore who died Sunday as a result of bacterial meningitis, are scheduled for Tuesday.
Stillman, 19, of West Bloomfield, died Sunday morning, two days after falling ill and being hospitalized with bacterial meningitis.
Stillman, a resident in Crissey Residence Hall, became ill in the early morning hours Friday, was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital and was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Kalamazoo College President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran said in an email to the campus community that Stillman died Sunday morning "with her family members by her side."
Stillman's funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Dorfman Chapel, 30440 W. 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills. Kalamazoo College will provide bus transportation to the funeral, with a departure time of 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, school officials said in an email to students.
Interment will happen at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Adat Shalom Cemetery, 28500 W. 6 Mile Road in Livonia, according to Stillman's obituary on Dorfman Chapel's website. Rabbi Michael Moskowitz will officiate.
Kalamazoo College officials also have invited members of the college community to a 5 p.m. memorial service Sunday at the college's Stetson Chapel "to reflect on the life and loss of Emily Stillman," stated an email from college officials. "This gathering provides an informal time and way to be together as a community."
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HANCOCK - Pearl E. Kemppa, 99, a resident of Hancock, passed away at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Sunday, June 10, 2012.
She was born June 1, 1913, in Atlantic Mine to John and Lydia (Lindgren) Spiegel. Pearl was married to Charles Kemppa and resided in Misery Bay. They had one daughter, Gladys.
Pearl worked locally at St. Joseph's Hospital and Vollwerth's before moving to Spring Valley, Ill., in 1957. There she was employed at St. Margaret's Hospital as a nurse's aide until her retirement.
Pearl loved her Lord and was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock, United Church of Christ in Spring Vally and earlier, of the Apostolic Lutheran Church in Hancock.
Pearl loved people, country music and laughter. She was a wonderful Mama, not only to Gladys, but as a secondary mother to many of her friends and was a beloved grandmother and Auntie Pearl to many.
She is survived by her daughter, Gladys (David) Wiitanen of Hancock; her grandchildren, Greg (Christine) Murtonen of Katy, Texas; David (Diane) Murtonen of Ypsilanti; Gwen Murtonen of Ann Arbor and Jonelle (Patrick) Conway of Hartland, Mich.; her great-grandchildren, Whitney Murtonen, Bradley, Steven and Jeffrey Murtonen, Lindsey Kujawski, Alicia, Austin and Julia Conway; her great-great-granddaughter, Lillian Murtonen; her brother, Raymond (Janet) Spiegel of Stevensville, Mich.; her "Honey-boy," nephew, Melvin (Gwen) Harju of Benton, La.; and many other nieces, nephews and cousins.
She will be missed by her special senior sitter, Patti Barroga.
Pearl was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Carl and Edwin; four sisters, Sylvia Lambert, Ethel Harju, Esther Spiegel and Lillian Sleeman; her son-in-law Gerald Murtonen and granddaughter, Diane Murtonen.
Funeral services for Pearl will be held at noon Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock with Rev. D.J. Rasner to officiate. Burial will be in the Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock.
Friends may call on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time of services in the church.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, the family suggests that memorials be given to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Hancock or the charity of one's choice in memory of Pearl E. Kemppa.
To view Pearl's obituary or to send condolences to the family, please visit memorialchapel.net.
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What? You didn't know that to many in the pro-gun community you and I live in the People's Republic of New Jersey? Well, although we New Jerseyans may not rejoice in such a silly connection to former repressive overseas regimes, the vast majority of us are happy that our state is not dominated by the gun lobby as many other states and the US Congress are.
Dominated? That's pretty strong language, but sadly accurate. For instance, in the past two weeks Appropriations Committees in both the US Senate and House passed riders to '08 appropriations for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that absolutely prohibit public and media access to any and all information gained from ATF's programs to trace guns recovered from crime.
Said rider, commonly known as the Tiahrt Amendment, after Kansas Republican Rep. and NRA water-carrier Todd Tiahrt, also limits access to ATF gun trace info to law enforcement agencies and then only for specific individual open criminal cases. And, to add insult to injury, any law enforcers who do not treat ATF gun trace info in their possession exactly per the incredibly restrictive provisions of the Tiahrt Amendment could be subjected to criminal penalties.
Nice, eh? That's domination. The NRA and its minions in the US Congress are managing to make secret the very information that legislators, municipal authorities, public policy folks and the public at large need to create and maintain effective public safety policies.
How can illegal gun flows be combated if the information about the source of the illegal handguns that devastate Camden, Trenton, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and so many other cities and towns in our state is denied us?
How can police across town, city, county and state boundaries work in regional collaboration to deal with shared threats involving guns and gangs if they can't get information critical to that collaboration?
How can laws and regulations intended to reduce the carnage from illegal guns be introduced, debated and enacted if legislators, the media and public are kept in the dark about the situation on the streets?
There's the real rub, as far as the gun lobby and its patrons in the firearms industry are concerned. The unstated goal of the Tiahrt Amendment, whatever Tiahrt and his gun lobby pals spew, is to keep information from the media and public about how prevalent and virulent the illegal handgun trade is.
Why? Because if Americans understand how massive that menacing trade is and how it damages virtually every community of any size, then they might well demand that it be ended, which would drastically diminish the number of handguns sold and clobber the profits of handgun makers.
As long as we're uninformed, we can't demand changes needed to make communities safer, which is exactly what the gun lobby's and industry's domination of Capitol Hill ensures. It's all about gun industry profits, folks.
No doubt about it, we're lucky in the Peoples Republic of New Jersey. We're not dominated by the NRA and its fellows. But it falls to us to make sure the gun lobby keeps its distance. And it falls to us to begin the long-term campaign to take Washington (and Harrisburg and elsewhere) from the gun lobby, for the sake of all of us (except handgun makers, of course). More on this and the illegal handgun trade soon.


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The Cape Breton Regional Police are investigating the death of a five-month-old baby boy at a residence in Sydney Mines May 10.
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they're not gonna have the satisfaction of having a good kiddo
starting monday i'm not going to half of my classes
and i'm gonna get caught on purpose
ima get my ass suspended
ima quit doing my homework
ima act like last year, and the year before that.
good ol fucking times
ohh junior year is gonna be the shit bby (:
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A Metairie woman has been arrested, accused of skimming $25,500 from her employer's deposits to cover her rent and other expenses. Valerie Norment, 26, was booked with theft valued at $1,500 or more, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report.
Norment's employer, New Orleans Harley-Davidson, declined to comment about the case on Tuesday. But according to the arrest report, officials from the store, at 6105 Airline Drive in Metairie, contacted the Sheriffs Office after Norment admitted taking about $4,000.
Sheriff's Office detectives took Norment into custody Friday (Dec. 6) at her home, 222 Glendale Drive, Metairie. She agreed to cooperate with the investigation, the report said.
It's not clear what position Norment held at the business, but her duties seemed to have included handling the store's deposits, according to the report. She confessed to recording the correct deposit amount at the store, but she would pocket some of the cash before it made its way to the bank.
Norment initially told detectives she stole about $3,000 each month since June to "make ends meet," the arrest report said. She used the money to pay rent, student loans and other bills.
But she later changed her story and admitted to taking more. Detectives figured Norment had actually stolen closer to $4,250 per month. Store officials are still conducting audits, but have told Sheriff's Office investigators they are missing about $114,000, the arrest report said. Norment has denied taking that amount.
Norment was booked Saturday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. She was released the same day on a $30,000 bond.


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This deal has ended.
The 17-Function Schwinn Bike Computer is available at Amazon for only $9.99, still the lowest price we could find. This measures time, distance, speed, calories burned, fat burned, and a lot more. Shipping is free with a $25 purchase and there is no sales tax (except KS, ND, WA).No longer available


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Owego, NY (WBNG Binghamton) From ball games to a patch on the arm of a member of our armed services, the American flag is honored every day.
With Memorial Day quickly approaching, it takes on an additional meaning for a group of local scouts.
Wednesday night, the Veterans of Foreign Wars teamed up with Boy Scout Troop 60 to replace American Flags at the Evergreen Cemetery in Owego.
"We want respect for these people…for these veterans," said Thaddeus Robertson of Troop 60.
In teams, the scouts searched for old flags and replaced them with new ones just in time for Memorial Day in two weeks.
"That way, if people happen to come up, the flags are already there," said Ray Barrett of the VFW. "I'm so proud of our Veterans and that's why we do it."
The flag replacement is happening in cemeteries across the Southern Tier.
"It shows the boys a little bit about Memorial Day and what it's really about," said Matt Lewis, Scout Master of Troop 60.
It took Troop 60 about two hours to place some 500 flags.
"It's part of duty to honor, duty, honor and country," said Lewis. "It's a huge part of what Boy Scouts is all about as well."
It was not only a chance for the scouts to serve, but reflect.
"Mainly, I'm thinking about that they served for us and they gave their lives for us and that's probably why most of us are here right now," said Adam Henkel of Troop 60.
At the same time Troop 60 was placing flags at the Evergreen Cemetery, other scouts were placing flags just down the road.
At Tioga Cemetery off of 17C, 700 flags were placed Wednesday night.


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PARSIPPANY — A Wayne man took his cleated athletic shoe and stomped on another man's face after a rough play during a soccer game last week, police said.
The 23-year-old and 30-year-old David Pekarek were members of opposing soccer teams, and during one play, both wound up on the ground, police said witnesses reported.
But Pekarek got back on his feet first, and slammed his foot down on the left side of the 23-year-old's face, police said. The stomp caused abrasions and swelling, and knocked the 23-year-old unconscious for about 20 seconds, police said.
Pekarek was then ejected from the game left, but was later contacted by Parsippany police and came to their headquarters, police said.
He was charged with third-degree aggravated assault and released without bail, pending a court appearance, police said.
The 23-year-old was transported by the Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad and paramedics to the Morristown Memorial Medical Center for his injuries, police said.
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AUBURN, Alabama – Jonathan Wallace "took a couple of big shots," his offensive coordinator said Saturday, but the quarterback impressed his coach on how he got back up.
Wallace, Auburn's freshman starting QB, helped his Tigers to a 51-7 win over Alabama A&M while hitting 10-of-18 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown, and while showing some moxie.
"He's a tough kid. He did a good job," says offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler in this video.
Auburn had an easy time rolling up more than 500 yards of offense, most of it coming via the run. Did the sometimes-elusive running game make Loeffler happy?
"That's an understatement," he said.
Tre Mason led Auburn with 181 yards. Onterio McCalebb went for 104.
And now, it's something quite different waiting on Auburn. It's Alabama.
"This why you come to Auburn; it's why you go to Alabama, to play in this one," Loeffler said. "It's two good program battling each other."
There's more in the video. Check it out.
•More Auburn stories and videos are here.
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I make it to the brewery once a year for their "Belgian Comes to Cooperstown" event at the end of July.
There's plenty of awesome beer.
And no need to drive anywhere.
There's also no light pollution so you can see stars forever.
CAKE June 5th
Death Cab for Cutie July 21st
Lyle Lovett July 27th
WILCO July 28th
Darias Rucker September 22nd
*Vendors will be there. No outside food or beverage is permitted. Extra fee for camping.


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Help : wave sails for 10 Bft wind ?
Yesterday, 35-45 knots, Acid 62 + NP Zone 3.3 m2 sail;
Today, 35-40 knots, Acid 62 + NP NR 3.6 m2 sail;
Tomorrow, 40-50 knots forecasted...
Which brand makes a 2.6-2.8 m2 sail for 10 Bft conditions (no kiddy sails) ?
Any mast brand shorter than 340 cm and softer than IMCS 15 ?
Any input greatly appreciated !
Cheers !
the smallest sails i found where ezzy sails ... 2.9 in their 2007 collection if i remember correctly. They work with a 340 mast. I never found anything smaller but seeing as the evo carries like 2.6 sails with it's smallest volume i suppose there must be. I never fonud any in any case ... maybe just eat a lot and add some weight to your body without having to sink so u can compensate or something, you never know, it might work.
just a question, where the F*** do u surf man, i mean, i've been daying for a bit of wind ... oktober has been far beyond sucky when it comes to wind in the north of france, belgium and the netherlands, which is quite a long range for a student like me. I've had nothing to go with since i came back from leucate mid september (where i got to hit 8 bft with a 4.0 sails, i felt so cool, never sailed smaller then 5.5 before) ... i'm hoping to get a bit of a thing going in november but i'm screwed for both december and january cuz of the exams ...
anyway, hope it helps
loft goes 2.8 with 340
Believe it or not, it's on my home spot Lake Geneva, Switzerland...! Unusual nuke conditions for sure, but it's soooo damn'd freaking fun !
The smallest I've found so far : Hot Sail Maui Diva 2.8 m2 : 320 cm luff x 133 cm boom (I don't mind the orange color) http://www.hotsailsmaui.com/2008/sails.php?sail=diva
Anything with say ±300 cm luff x ±120 cm boom on say a 300-320 cm mast ?
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Hey JM,
My smallest sail is 4.2. After that, it's blowing liquid smoke and the gusts are totally awesome in my book. Really, it's tough to see that outcome often, but Jalama can produce.
I had a few great 5.0 sessions this week, but it sounds like nothing compared to your current catch.
You might have to get one custom made if you want an adult-style sail in smaller than 2.8. A friend of mine had a 2.3 rig custom made for him from a sail loft in Pozo, but I have no idea what loft it was. He said the boom was less than 1 m long. Unbelievable! I would directly contact some sail makers in very windy areas like Gran Canaria or the Gorge. Maybe they've got something really small in stock.
The Hot Diva sails might be one of the smallest around. It is thoroughly tested though as a few of the female Hot riders live at the Gorge, I hear. This can otherwise be a problem with sails this small, ie not enough time to test them to get a good product. I think that to get the most out of this sail, you should rig it on the Hot Freewave 310 mast. This is a "grown up" mast, which is a bt lower in carbon fiber to achieve softer flex. I have not tried that one either, but I have a Freewave 340 coming my wave which I will try to test agains the Hotrod 340 and my current Gulftech 340 (really soft but super good) next time we get that much wind. The Diva sails are really not made with max owerpower wind range in mind, but they are made to not generate too much power which is probably better when its 10bft.
Another option which is less radical in size but maybe would work just as good is the Superfreak 3.2. Superfreak are known for handling more wind than any other sail, partly because their soft character and partly because they can be trimmed to decrease power and still "keep working" (ie not just get flat and twitchy). The 3.2 would set nicely on a soft 340 mast which would be more useful in other sails (I sometimes rig my 4.0 Fire and SO with a 340 and long extension).
Severne Blade 2008, seem to be available in 3,2 and 3,0 sizes.
Thanks to all of you for your input.
Cheers !
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BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- 93Q hosted its sixth annual Summer Jam Sunday evening at the Papermill Island in Baldwinsville. One could barely ask for a better location for a summer music festival than the Island -- a picturesque outdoor venue overlooking the Seneca River. Vendors set up booths selling beer, fried dough, pizza and some pretty awesome hot sauce, while an excellent sound technician manned the board. He pumped out some of the clearest, crispest sound I've ever heard at a live concert. All the right components were there to create the perfect day of sun, fun and music.
Then the bands came on.
First on the docket was Erin Bowman, a relatively new pop singer from Hamilton, N.J., whose music has the odd distinction of having been featured on both TLC's "Bad Girl's Club" and several seasons of "Pokemon" on Cartoon Network.
While her stage presence was endearing -- she comes off as the kind of pop star who still can't believe she's famous -- the music showed the originality of a Lifetime movie. To her credit, however, after today she is probably the only performer to have done a music medley featuring both Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" and R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion." So that's something.
Next up was New York City's AJR, a band made up of three brothers and named after each brothers first initial. If you're getting a Jonas Brothers-y vibe from this description you're on to something as this trio falls very much into the same category of tween-aimed modern boy bands, albeit with a slightly more indie vibe.
I had never heard of this group before today, but based on the shrieking fans I wouldn't be surprised if we see a lot more of them in the coming years.
Thirdly we had the L.A. Black Eyed Peas sound-alikes My Crazy Girlfriend. Had I taken a shot each time the words "weekend" or "Saturday" came up in their songs today I would be dead. They put on a high energy show and got the crowd going but the songs in their set showed a lack of anything resembling originality or a desire to make something musically unique.
Last and four-way-tied for least was Nashville's pop-rock sensation Hot Chelle Rae, the most corporate, Radio Disney style project to make it big since Selena Gomez emerged onto pop radio. Surrounded by screaming adoring fans, the band admittedly put on a decent show, seeming enthusiastic and appreciative of the fans. However, with the exception of some surprisingly good guitar solos courtesy of Nash Overstreet, the music was the same paint by numbers boring pop-rock which has been churned out by teen and tween aimed labels since the dawn of the boy band.
While not the target audience for this sort of concert, I was blown away by the utterly derivative nature of all the music present. On display was the non-fat, sugar-free, gas station soft-serve vanilla ice cream of the music world. Given that the venue, management, food and sound engineering were all excellent, one can only hope that the bands selected are slightly more interesting next year.


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Assistant Production Manager of Australian Outback Spectacular
Starting out young as a rider, Pia's experience quickly matured and progressed into the sport of Combined Carriage Driving. Driving a pair of crabbet Arabs, Pia enjoyed success in the sport encompassing the disciplines of dressage, cross-country marathon and precision driving. Pia continued with her passion for animals, advancing her career completing a certificate in Veterinary Nursing, until the theatre bug caught her and propelled her into the field of arts and entertainment.
Pia has over 15 years experience as a Stage Manger in many theatrical environments including, touring international children's shows, several productions at the Arts Theatre and The Twelfth Night Theatre, touring festivals as well as theatre restaurants. Pia then moved to manage the shows and entertainment for corporate events within the sister parks of Warner Bros. Movie World and Sea World.
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Hallelujah 2011
In 2011, 30 young aspiring Jewish singers came to Israel from all over the world to showcase their talents, immerse themselves in Israeli culture and compete to become the next Jewish Star. They all earned a unique experience in Israel, got the chance to explore their Jewish Heritage, learn about Israeli culture, come face to face with the Israeli music scene and meet other young passionate Jewish singers.
12 of these talented singers were chosen to compete in the Final Contest where only one would be become the winner of Hallelujah 2011.
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Over 900 people attended the event, had lunch and socialized. The master of ceremonies was Leon Bibb, WEWS anchor and The Singing Angels provided entertainment.
Them minimum donation per person was $75.
Landerhaven Executive Caterers, as well as The Singing Angels, donated their services and talents for the fundraiser.
Check back soon for the full story.
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Be a Docent for Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Fresno Chaffee Zoo is recruiting volunteers who have a love for animals and a passion for serving our community. Docent volunteers are enthusiastic, energetic, and dedicated individuals who enjoy working with people of all ages, like to learn about the natural world, and are committed to the cause of wildlife conservation. Docents provide meaningful and engaging information through a variety of activities including leading tours, presenting animal programs to the public, and staffing hands-on learning displays.


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Seniors at West St. John High in Edgard are reminded that college will quickly approach. Now is the time to start applying to different schools and getting scholarships secured. Deadlines for scholarships are quickly approaching.
Homecoming was planned Oct. 11. Many activities were planned. On Backwards Day, students dressed with their clothes on the opposite way. A basketball game was held. The winning team's prize was skipping the lunch line. On Sports Day, students dressed as their favorite athlete. There were a lot of football and basketball fans. On College Day, students dressed to represent their favorite college. A dodge ball game, Mix and Match Day and Spirit Day also were planned. For Spirit Day, the class most dressed in blue and white won a pizza party.
The Rams will meet East Iberville Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at East Iberville High in St. Gabriel. The Rams are hoping for a victory. Coach Robert Valdez said he is hard at work to keep his team focused and determined. Offensive Linesman Dustin Sorapuru and Linebacker Jimmy Conner said they expect to have fantastic games and hope to make their supporters proud.


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Cicero, N.Y. — The long-abandoned residential complex that housed more than 200 military families at Hancock Air Force Base during the Cold War will soon be history.
Demolition crews will begin taking down 78 buildings containing 220 apartments and two single-family homes on the eastern edge of the old air base off East Taft Road within a couple of weeks.
Air Force personnel and their families lived in the housing from the 1950s until 1996. Hancock Air Force Base closed in 1984, but some personnel from Griffiss Air Force Base in the Oneida County city of Rome were housed there until that base closed in 1995.
Abandoned for nearly 20 years, the housing complex eight miles north of Syracuse has taken on the appearance of a ghost town — its streets, sidewalks and apartments eerily devoid of people except for the occasional police SWAT team using it for training.
Some of the apartments still contain old chairs and sofas. Yards are overgrown and some are littered with trash. One contained a child car seat and another the remains of playground equipment.
Sixty other buildings, including 11 barracks, elsewhere on the former base have been demolished over the years as part of an effort to transform the site into a business park. Twelve businesses, employing 750 people, occupy the old base, which has been renamed Hancock Airpark.
Officials at CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity said demolition of the old housing complex had to wait until funding became available to cover the $2.44 million cost. That funding became available through a state grant last summer.
"It obviously was a rather large-ticket item," said Lori Dietz, vice president of operations for CenterState, the nonprofit economic development organization that has been overseeing development of the business park.
There have been suggestions over the years that the apartments should be reused as low-income housing. But Dietz said the buildings fell into such a state of disrepair that their re-use became unfeasible.
Roofs have large holes in them, allowing water to cause extensive damage. Thieves removed the buildings' copper piping long ago.
Crews from A.A.C. Contracting Inc. of Rochester, the firm hired to do the demolition, are already at the site preparing for the work. They will begin knocking down the buildings in two weeks and are expected to finish the job by the end of September, Dietz said.
When the demolition is completed, approximately 60 acres of land will be added to Hancock Airpark.
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BP hopes to keep using its giant cork to block oil from reaching the Gulf of Mexico until they plug the blown out well permanently, the company said Sunday.
"No one associated with this whole activity ... wants to see any more oil flow into the Gulf of Mexico," said Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer. "Right now we don't have a target to return the well to flow."
Pressure in the well cap continues to rise, and scientists are still monitoring for any signs of a leak, but the news still seems to be good, Suttles said. The oil giant is hoping to keep evaluating even after the extended monitoring period it was given by the government, which expires Sunday afternoon.
"We're not seeing any problems at this point with the shut-in," Suttles said at a Sunday morning briefing.
Retired U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government's point man on the crisis, gave the oil giant at least three days to see whether its stopgap measure would work. He said Saturday that after the test was complete, the cap is to be hooked up through nearly a mile of pipes stretching to ships on the surface that will collect the oil.
But that would mean oil would flow back into the Gulf for three days, Suttles said.
Unimpeded, the well spewed as much as 2.5 million gallons a day, according to the government's worst-case estimates. It's possible the oil has been depleted, and that's why pressure readings have been lower than anticipated, BP has said.
But millions of gallons of oil could still spew into the water if the cork is removed for three days, an image both BP and the federal government would like to avoid.
Suttles said the oil giant hopes to keep the well shut in until its permanent measure is completed.
BP is drilling two relief wells, one of them as a backup. Wells said work on the first one was far enough along that officials expect to reach the broken well's casing, or pipes, deep underground by late this month. Then the job of jamming it with mud and cement could take "a number of days through a few weeks."
The cap stopped the crude Thursday for the first time since the April 20 explosion unleashed the spill.
(This report was written by Colleen Long and Harry R. Weber of The Associated Press.)


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Groove Analysis: Thomas Lang's "Loki"
Groove Analysis: How To Play Thomas Lang's "Loki"
By Radim McCue Published July 28, 2010
In the DRUM! Magazine June cover story about Thomas Lang he reflects on some of the changes he's made to his own style, and the sounds he created for the album stOrk. In the following lesson, Nate Brown of onlinedrummer.com takes you step by step through the tune, giving you a taste of the Lang magic. Nate says it took him a couple of days to master this, so be prepared to work.
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UK Research Identifies How Patient Navigators Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention Care
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 29, 2013) — University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information faculty members Elisia L. Cohen, associate professor, and Allison M. Scott, assistant professor, collaborated with Carol R. White, assistant research professor, and Mark B. Dignan, professor in the UK College of Medicine, to explore opportunities for improving patient adherence to follow-up cervical cancer care through the use of patient navigators.
Their research study, which evaluated the report of patients' needs after abnormal Pap test results and patient navigators' communication effectiveness, was featured in the January special issue of the Journal of Communication.
The project was funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Cervical cancer, a disease that is both preventable and treatable, remains a national public health concern particularly for women in medically underserved communities. Despite available screening with the Pap test, women from Appalachian Kentucky are more likely to die from cervical cancer than women residing elsewhere in the United States.
"In dealing with disparate communities, it is important to recognize that we are dealing with a lot of blind alleys," Dignan said. "We're not just dealing with the obvious barriers that are instrumental in providing health services, such as transportation and financial assistance. Appalachian women are faced with other issues that can only be overcome by understanding their culture and community norms."
Among these barriers is the general uncertainty patients feel about abnormal Pap test results and the availability of follow-up care. It is common for women with a previous history of abnormal Pap tests to assume that the abnormality will resolve itself and dismiss the need for follow-up care, allowing an untreated, low-grade abnormality to develop into invasive cervical cancer.
In partnership with rural Health Departments in eastern Kentucky, the researchers were able to identify and train individuals who could provide local knowledge, personal advocacy, and a lay perspective on health services and cervical cancer knowledge. These "navigators" have effectively reduced disparities in many populations by helping patients understand and make informed decisions about obtaining follow-up care.
According to Dignan, "The value of hiring in a local area is that residents know how people think and feel about these sensitive issues. We can train them to deliver the correct information about cervical cancer, and then they can do so in a culturally acceptable manner that comforts and reassures the patient."
Not surprisingly, the research team found that the local patient navigators successfully helped provide support to women in managing their uncertainties related to their health. By reframing patients' views of the screening results, the women were more likely to return for follow-up care. Without the instrumental support and local knowledge of the lay patient navigators, Appalachian women may not have been empowered to receive appropriate follow-up care.
"These findings show that beyond help with the financial and logistical aspects of receiving care, navigators provide a vital role in improving patient understanding of clinical communication," explained Cohen. "Ultimately this could improve patient outcomes, leading to more timely, effective coordinated care and overall reduced health care costs."
By assisting with information management, emotional validation, and social support, patient navigation programs can encourage women to receive appropriate follow-up care. The researchers hope that by developing long-term partnerships between patient navigators and Health Department nurses, cervical cancer rates could potentially drop in medically underserved populations.
"It's exciting to be at the interface of health care and what the patients actually take away," Dignan said. "I'm interested in developing health education as a way for people to take better care of themselves."
These findings highlight the recent success of a cervical cancer intervention in a medically underserved population. The researchers hope to help raise awareness throughout the month of January, National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. To learn more about what you can do, please visit the Cervical Cancer-Free America website at www.cervicalcancerfreeamerica.org.
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I had one of the best burgers I've ever had at a birthday party recently. And, trust me, I've had a burger or two in my time. I know a good burger when I bite into one.
These burgers were loaded with stuff – veggies, seasoning – and they tasted divine right off the grill.
I didn't ask for that individual's recipe, but crafted my own that went over very well with my side of the family.
Here's what I did for some hearty beef burgers I had on the grill last weekend.
1. 1 pound of lean ground beef
2. About half of a 7-ounce chunk of pepper jack cheese – around 3.5 ounces (I used Meijer brand), sliced and cut into small, fat chunks.
3. 1 egg
4. 1 small Vidalia onion, sliced and cut into small pieces.
5. 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
6. 1 teaspoon of black pepper
7. 1 teaspoon of salt
8. 1-2 teaspoons of minced garlic
1. In a mixing bowl, mix all ingredients together and form medium-sized patties.
2. Heat grill and place the burgers on the top rung. Let them grill slowly on low to medium heat until they are cooked through to your desired doneness. For a medium burger, I cooked them for about 30 minutes.
They were so good, we didn't throw them on a bun. We had them "open face" with slices of fresh tomato. They were too good to cover in condiments, so hold the ketchup.
I also tried a glass of new-to-me Merlot, 2010 Red Rock Reserve Merlot, that I found at a Rite-Aid store on sale from $12 to around $9.
It was a nice pairing with an outdoor burger – just slightly sweet and full of flavor.
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|Tribute to Women
Tribute to Women was born in 1992 as a way to empower women by recognizing their dedicated work and its positive effect on our community.
June 2, 2016 marks the 25th Tribute to Women celebration!
A program like none other in the area, Tribute progresses the YWCA mission by providing community corporations, organizations and businesses a platform to publicly acknowledge the outstanding achievements of women in the East Tennessee-Southwest Virginia region. Additionally, Tribute to Women serves as a significant source of funding for the vital services offered to women and families through the YWCA.
In 2016 there will be no new nominations, instead we will take a moment to look back and celebrate the more than 160 women from across our region who have been Tribute to Women recipients.
The event, on June 2, will feature a cocktail supper at the Bristol Train Station and a celebration at the Paramount Center for the Arts in downtown Bristol, with special guest entertainment from Kellye Cash. Tickets are $125 and include the cocktail supper and performance at Paramount Bristol.
The event starts at 6 PM at the Train Station. Guests should park in the TriSummit lot or on the street. There will be trolleys available to transport guests from the Train Station to the Paramount for the performance.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - One man is dead after a shooting near a Birmingham lounge early today.
The shooting happened about 5 a.m. outside of Mike's Crossroads in the 100 block of Third Avenue North.
It is the second shooting outside of Mike's in less than two weeks.
Birmingham police today identified the victim as Richard Carter, 19, of Birmingham.
North Precinct officers were called to the location on a report of shots fired. They went to the scene, but didn't find anyone wounded. They later learned Carter had been take to UAB Hospital by a private vehicle. He was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Birmingham homicide Sgt. Scott Thurmond said police are still interviewing a half dozen witnesses, and don't really know yet what happened.
The deadly shooting comes less than two weeks after an incident in the parking lot of the same business. On July 2, an attempted robbery left two people, including a potential suspect, wounded by gunfire.
That shooting -- in which multiple bullets were fired-- also happened about 4 a.m.Follow @RobinsonCarol
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A workshop that will assist you to be all that you can be. This workshop is based upon Vedam Clementi's life coaching practices and principles. "Be All That I Can Be" discusses the creation of the thinking, conditioned mind, and how that affects your life. Through this workshop you will begin to use the mind purposefully, intentionally, and consciously to create a life that you only thought was possible in your dreams. This workshop will help you look at your own past, accept it, and plant the seeds for the life you wish to live. "Be All That I Can Be" will support you to align spiritually with the most vital and pivotal moment you have to work with: this moment of NOW! "Be All That I Can Be" is filled with useful tools, techniques and meditations that will support you as you move through life, and create the life you wish to live.
September 29 & 30, 2012
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 10am – 6pm
Please wear comfortable clothing.
Bring a pillow to sit on for meditation, lawn chair, notebook and pen, and if you want to drink something other than water.
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St. Charles Parish residents who need assistance in evacuating ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac have until 3:30 p.m. today to reserve space.
The parish is under a mandatory evacuation order due to the potential for dangerous storm surge, winds and heavy rainfall. The parish expects the potential for widespread power outages for an extended duration, as well as a loss of emergency and parish services, including all sewer and water services.
The parish is urging residents to use social networks, family and neighbors to secure transportation out of the parish.
However, those needing to make use of the parish's assisted evacuation program should call the Emergency Operations Center immediately at 985.783.5050. Bus pickups will take place today between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Weather conditions will not allow the parish to continue assisted evacuation service tonight or tomorrow.


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It's yet another Vandal Gameday morning here in Moscow, as Idaho's women are set to begin an epic four-game non-conference homestand with a contest against the Mountain West's Colorado State Rams. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Memorial Gym, and we'll have all the action for you on Vandal Nation Live, with pregame starting at 6:30.
It's been officially announced: Sunday's game between #25 Portland and our Idaho Vandals will be in Memorial Gym. We strongly urge students to pick up their hard tickets ASAP, because seating is very limited and they'll go fast. Stop at the Kibbie Dome ticket office and show your card to get yours. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — the last time a nationally-ranked non-conference team traveled to Idaho was in 1963.
Now for the links:
- We've got a commentary on the Portland-to-Memorial-Gym saga — while the decision can't be faulted, it points to Idaho's immediate need to improve its basketball facilities. If we expect to keep top talent and top coaches, we can't do this kind of thing to our hoops program.
- With the craziness of November behind us, we put together our first WAC Hoops Power Rankings of the young season. Yes, Idaho is atop the charts.
- It's rivalry week in Las Cruces, and the Aggies are hoping it's the tonic they need to jumpstart a disappointing season. BleedCrimson.net talked to New Mexico State coach Marvin Menzies about his team's progress. Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun-News previews tonight's NMSU/UTEP battle.
- The Spartans put up a valiant fight against WCC powerhouse Saint Mary's, but couldn't quite seal the deal. Still, it's another sign of improvement in San Jose. Spartan Hoops has the story.
- Tonight, the Colorado State Rams hit the Memorial Gym hardwood against Idaho's women, and The Coloradoan's Sean Duff says they'll be looking for their first road win.
- The Mid-Majority selects a future Idaho opponent as their Baller of the Week: Seattle stud Charles Garcia.
- The Vandals are considered all but a lock to go bowling in Boise at the end of the month, and the Idaho Statesman reports their likely opponent in the Humanitarian Bowl is… Bowling Green. Fitting.
- Idaho journalism students have been putting together great highlight reels from football games all season, and here's their take on the Utah State game.
- The Red and Black Attack isn't particularly enthused about the idea of an Idaho/Northern Illinois rematch in the H-Bowl.
- Nevada's stud rusher Luke Lippincott will sadly miss the Wolf Pack's bowl game, as he required surgery on a broken toe. The Reno Gazette-Journal's Dan Hinxman wonders if Hawaii's bowl hopes could change Nevada's destination.


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Although online marketing is a growing resource for product and service promotion, print advertising still creates a significant impact on those who pick up your advertisement. Both online and print advertising can be designed to target a certain group for maximum effect. However, print advertising is tactile. The reader can hold on to it, or pass it off to a friend. Online advertisements are gone as soon as the reader clicks away from the page.
The Brain
A recent study shows that print outperforms television by 38%. It can be speculated that this has something to do with how the brain processes memory. In order to read effectively, the reader must engage at a higher level. In fact, when you read your brain only spends about 5% of its time fixating on the print, gathering about four units of meaning from the page per second. It spends the rest of the 95% of the time reflecting upon the information received.
The Design
The above information is a key element in advertising design. Successful advertisements are easy to scan. This means readers can get the overall meaning of an advertisement in a few seconds, with the enticement to read on further for details. Print advertising doesn't have to be flashy, especially if it is representing a more conservative entity. However, the advertisement still needs to be clear and concise to be effective. Attention should be drawn to the main idea of the campaign without muddling the reader's mind with unnecessary details.
Think about an advertisement in print you saw recently. It could be in the form of a magazine, flyer or brochure. Why do you remember this advertisement? What words stood out to you the most?
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Print advertising leaves an impression on readers when it is designed well. Advertisements that appeal to the fast and selective nature of reading have a higher chance of connecting with a target market. Use your market research to design a memorable print ad for your customers.
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The Ecological Society of America is the country's primary professional organization of ecologists, representing 10,000 scientists in the United States and around the world.
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ESA offers a professional Certification Program for ecologists and maintains a Directory of Certified Ecologists.
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E. J. Rivera (Carnegie Institution of Washington), J. J. Lissauer (NASA/Ames Research Center)
We present two planet fits to the radial velocity measurements of the M dwarf star GJ 876 that account for the mutual perturbations between the planets as well as their interactions with the star. Our Newtonian models fit the data much better than do Keplerian models, reducing the \chi\nu2 from 1.88 to as low as 1.34 for an unstable high-inclination system and 1.43 for a stable low-inclination system. Several different local minima with comparable \chi\nu2 are found in parameter space; so our results are not able to provide tight constraints on the inclinations of the orbits to the line of sight and actual planetary masses. Most sets of planetary parameters that we have derived represent systems that are stable for at least 100 Myr.
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GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Franciscan University of Steubenville women's lacrosse team was beaten by host Thiel College, 20-0, Monday.
"The second half was definitely better," head coach Maura Conant said. "The defense was able to communicate better and they were double-teaming and making better decisions on defense."
The Lady Barons will host Medaille College at 1 p.m. Saturday.