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For this, it is 4, Twin or double room and a sofa bed in the lounge. Each floor has been built in this area of research if the lapa santos to make your stay as pleasant as possible. Epure in a modern style , with furniture from 50 to 60 years. Each apartment consists of a lounge, kitchen, bathroom, and a bedroom. Bathroom all marble estremoz. Well equipped kitchen with plenty of storage. Everything is white, a very pure lines and noble materials. You 'll be ready in a very privileged area of Lisbon and away from any noise. Windows double glazing, in a quiet street.
This area is one of the embassies and is very protected, restaurants, at the bottom of the street, and the magnificent museum of ancient art a few meters. This area is also reputed to have resisted the earthquake of 1755. Breathtaking view of the floor. Santos soirees are very lively and a few steps from your apartment. Regarding transport, the bus you throw and the famous tram 28 to 100 METERS. Indeed it crosses from one end all the other al historic area. The nearest metro is rato, and you 're right next to the train station that goes to Cascais, cais of sodre. You also have the tram that takes you to Belem. You will find this home to your taste because of the calm and beauty environment in fact the buildings are maintained and challenged state . The night is very fashionable to Santos. The housing is completely new and extremely good quality. The decoration is done with taste and personality and finally the breathtaking view of the floor you will not be able to resist this haven of peace and refinement.
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The apartment was super nice, just like the picture. Richard was a great host and let us leave the luggage in the apartment before the official check in. The city was really beatiful and the apartment location is perfect for an unforgettable Lisbon experience.
Lovely, cosy flat in the heart of Lisboa. (View to the water inclusive)
Perfect to stay with two people for longer, with 3 (witch we where) fine for a couple of days!
We got he key by a lovely old woman from the neighborhood, it worked out fine!
Great apartment in a great area, full of Lisbon life! Lovely park close with a great view, Barro Alto just a small walk away. The apartment had everything you need and even though it was top floor still had plenty of space. No problems at all and Richard was very communicative and welcoming too.
It was the great pleasure to be in this bright and comfortable apartment.
We have arrived very late but Richard has organised everything perfectly.
It was the great pleasure to be in this bright and comfortable apartment.
We have arrived very late but Richard has organised everything perfectly.
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Nice appartement in the center of the city. Welcoming and helpfull host. We had a wonderful stay in Lisbon.
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I celebrated my 26 bday at Richards property and it really was amazing.
The flat is extreeemly welcoming and incredibly cozy we like it very much and the terrace its perfect:)y it realy made me feel like home.
The position is very privileged because its situated in a very bohemic location called Old Village.
You can easily get to Vilamoura or the beach it takes arround 20 min by foot.
The 3 swimmingpools help you relax and enjoy the sun as well the restaurants and everything in old village makes your stay be wonderful.
I really hope i have the opportunity to rent this gorgeous flat again.
Thank you very much Richard it was great!!
Richard is great host and kindness person. I recommend him and his flats for everybody. Best price and comfortable flat what else we need for you? :))
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Police have arrested three men suspected of attacking a fellow transient in Tualatin yesterday.
Jeffrey Robertson, 23, of Vancouver, told police that his attackers were members of his "street family." Police said Robertson suffered "significant facial injuries" but was treated and released from Legacy Meridian Park Hospital.
Tualatin police arrested David Joseph Billings, 23; William Lester Davis, 24; and Cole Russell Nuesse, 20. All are transients from the Portland area, police said. They were charged with second-degree assault and second-degree robbery.
The assault, which occurred at an apartment on Southwest Martinazzi Avenue near Southwest Avery Street, was reported at 11:18 p.m. last night.
Police said the men attacked Robertson because they thought he had shown disrespect toward women in their group. After the attack, police said, the men took Robertson's shirt as a "tax."
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TRENTON — A federal grand jury today indicted an Ocean Township doctor on charges he wrote fake prescriptions for oxycodone so that he could share in the profits from selling the medication.
In the three years that the alleged scheme ran, Paul DiLorenzo reaped more than $1.5 million as his cut in the sales of the pills, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.
The indictment charges DiLorenzo with one count each of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, structuring financial transactions and conspiracy to launder money in addition to eight counts of failing to collect and pay payroll taxes, according to a press release from Fishman's office.
DiLorenzo, 60, is accused of hiring three people to work in his office – despite their lack of medical training – to help with the drug distribution scheme, the press release said.
Fishman said DiLorenzo gave one of his staff members a blank prescription pad and stamps to generate oxycodone prescriptions purportedly for patients. DiLorenzo often signed the prescriptions either without conducting an medical examination or only performing a cursory exam, Fishman said.
The alleged conspirators, who were not identified, obtained the oxycodone pills from pharmacies and sold them, splitting the proceeds with DiLorenzo, Fishman said.
He said that between 2009 and 2012, DiLorenzo issued prescriptions for medication containing oxycodone for "conspirators" who had no legitimate medical need for it. DiLorenzo charged those purported patients $500 in cash for a first visit, $300 cash for subsequent visits and $150 for urine tests, the indictment alleged.
Federal investigators say DiLorenzo did not pay or report employment taxes and that he made deposits under $10,000 – the amount that triggers filing of a Currency Transaction Report – more than 150 times into several bank accounts. Investigators also found more than $520,000 in cash at his home and the home of his parents.


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Medical center planned next to highway, Madison
The facility would include underground parking.
Pending approval of a proposed clinic, the islands medical landscape could be getting a shot in the arm.
Owners of property between State Route 305 and Madison Avenue, just south of First Baptist Church and the fire station, have submitted three separate permit applications for a facility dubbed Island Medical Center.
Applications were filed with the city Department of Planning and Community Development on Monday.
The project would protect and promote the special character of the island and provide a state of the art medical facility, according to the projects conditional use permit application.
Documents filed with the city show the landowners as Virginia Webster, and Jay and Janet Webster, all of Bainbridge Island.
Tuesday, Jay Webster referred calls for comment to Rolf Hogger of MRJ Constructors of Bainbridge Island.
Hogger could not be reached for comment.
The two-story facility would be built in phases on three separate but adjacent lots on the east side of Madison.
It would require reconfiguring the lots into two parcels totaling 5.4 acres and widening and extending Northeast Casey Street, at the north end of the property.
Parking would include an underground garage and 128 stalls, which is 18 more than the number required for the project by the city.
Because the site includes a wetland and wetland buffer at its southwest corner, the applicants were required to submit a wetland report with their application.
The application says Island Medical Center would be set back from the wetlands
to protect it and pose no grave danger to the streets or adjacent property.
The site plan for the project includes rain gardens and green roofs.
The application doesnt specify what kind of health care would be available at the facility, other than calling it a medical facility and doctors office.
The islands largest medical provider currently is the Virginia Mason Winslow Clinic.
Owners of that clinic property have repeatedly stressed the need for more parking there, and islanders now often must travel off-island for emergency medical services.
Construction on the first phase of Island Medical Center is scheduled to begin shortly after its approval, according to the applications.
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Donald Meichenbaum • Friday Morning
Even though up to 80 percent of the North American population report exposure to traumatic events only 5 to 10 percent ever develop PTSD or complex PTSD. While the majority of traumatized individuals may bend, they don't break; in fact, they not only exhibit resilience when confronting a traumatic event, they may even experience psychological growth as a result of it. What factors seem to protect them, and what can we learn from them to enhance our treatment of clients who do develop PTSD? In this workshop, we'll discuss myriad ways to help your clients bolster cognitive, emotional, physical, behavioral, and spiritual resilience, focusing on a Constructive Narrative perspective. We'll explore how the stories clients tell about a traumatic event fundamentally shape their experience of it and their sense of themselves. You'll learn how to help them develop a more positive "untold" story, enhance the therapeutic alliance, teach specific coping skills, nurture hope, and build bridges from treatment to the outside world.
Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D., one of the founders of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, is distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. His books include Roadmap to Resilience: A Guide for Military, Trauma Victims and Their Families.


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I'm a registered user of TransLucy 1.0, and I'm sure not planning on upgrading to version 2 anytime soon. Last time I checked it was buggy to no end, and I don't like that I don't get some sort of upgrade discount. They'd have done better to just improve things like checking previously viewed DVDs instead of this overdone new interface.


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Wes B, New Orleans solo artist, hype man, & member of Tyga Woods, delivered NolaVie this video for his latest single, "Keep Movin." The single is from his "Life Love Music" album sampler (available at WesBmusic.com/music). Wes has released a project every year from 2008-2011 and is currently working on his second full-length album, set to be released in late 2012.
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It didn't get much better for the Saints in the final 35 minutes.
Undefeated Davenport, the top-ranked team in NAIA Division II and the No. 1 seed in the WHAC tournament, throttled visiting Aquinas 87-47.
The Panthers move on to Saturday's semifinals and will host Madonna, an 89-80 overtime winner against Indiana Tech in one of the tournament's other quarterfinal games Wednesday.
"Our first-half defense is as good a defense we have played all year," Davenport coach Mark Youngs said. "That first half, we played with a purpose like we did the first 20 games of the season. The last 10 games, we got a three- or four-game lead in the conference, and we just started playing well enough to win."
The Panthers (31-0) were relentless on defense, especially at the start of the game when they ran out to a 16-0 lead.
Davenport's defense kept it up through the first 20 minutes, holding the Saints to 24 percent shooting from the field, and 0-for-6 from the 3-point line.
The Panthers held a 45-16 lead at the break.
"The last two years in the (WHAC Tournament) they have been upset, and they came out tonight and were not going to be denied," Aquinas coach Linda Nash said. "They are on a mission."
Nash began to clear her bench in the second half, and the Saints (9-22) did play better. They shot 50 percent from the field, but Davenport was making shots from all over the court, especially from behind the arc. The Panthers made a dozen 3-pointers on the night.
"I told the girls before the game that we only have two guaranteed games from now on, the one tonight and the first game at nationals. There is no eight games to play in the regular season," Youngs said. "They played with a focus tonight."
Five Panthers scored in double figures, led by Jeannie Closson's 16 points and Kristi Boehm's 15 points.
Senior forward Kallie Benike, who was just named the WHAC Player of the Year, finished with 10 points and six rebounds.
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Boston Herald columnist Ron Borges weighs in on Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge, and histowel antics from throwing a towel in the air during Game 2, to getting hit in the face (as coach of the Phoenix Suns) with a towel in 1997 by Robert Horry.
Prior to his towel-enhanced mental meltdown Monday night in Cleveland, Ainge's prior experience with towel-tossing in public came in 1997 when he was coaching the Phoenix Suns. Upset with being taken out of a game, Robert Horry threw a towel in Ainge's face at courtside.
Ainge traded Horry to the Los Angeles Lakers and he went on to win three NBA championships there. Ainge, however, went 3-9 in the playoffs before quitting the Suns in 1999.
Yesterday Ainge was slapped with a $25,000 fine for having mistakenly thought he had replaced Lucky the Leprechaun.
Borges writes that if you asked NBA folks for one word to describe a player, Bill Russell would be called a winner. Wilt Chamberlain would be called dominating. Michael Jordan would be called the best. Danny Ainge? Annoying comes to mind.
The Ainge who tossed the towel was the same one who once tossed an in-bounds pass off the face of Houston's Mario Elie. He's the same guy who kept calling Tree Rollins a sissy until he provoked a fight in which Ainge got bit.
Garnett is ready for action
Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins sat out Tuesday's practice, and now they are ready to rumble tonight against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Boston Globe reporter Julian Benbow writes Garnett is especially crucial as the emotional leader and for his defense against Antawn Jamison.
The Celtics have fed Garnett more than anyone in the series; he has taken a team-high 41 shots, and has feasted for 18 points and 10 rebounds in both games. His aggressiveness is a must, even if it goes against his selfless nature.
"We just need him to be aggressive,'' Perkins said. "We need Kevin to be Kevin. We feel like he's got a great matchup against Antawn Jamison on the block. So we've just got to keep going at it and making him keep being aggressive. When he's not shooting, he's hurting the team.''
Home sweet home
Gerry Callahan of The Boston Herald seems a bit tired of hearing about LeBron's elbow issue, and maybe some of the Celtics have grown a little tired of the elbow chatter too.
They are nothing if not the masters of the mind game, and you can be certain they are sick and tired of the candlelight vigil outside the Cleveland Clinic as the courageous King James fights for life in the ICU.
You want to put an asterisk on this series? The Celtics will tell you where you can shove your asterisk.
Callahan also writes how no one on the Celtics doubts LeBron is hurt, but those same Celtics want to point out their issues. Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins are hurting.
Now or never
The heat is on.
NESN.com reporter Evans Clinchy writes if LeBron James can't find a way to bring his Cleveland Cavaliers out of their second-round funk and carry them through to the Eastern Conference finals, he's going to have a lot more problems than just a strained right elbow and a bone bruise.
For James, now 25 years old and at the tail end of his seventh season in the NBA, now is the time for him to prove his mettle as a champion. All the talent and all the numbers in the world can only get you so far. If you want a legacy in this league, you've got to have the rings.
The Cavaliers are now tied with the Celtics 1-1, and momentum appears to have swung in the C's direction as the series heads back to Boston.
If the Cavs lose this one, will it be the last straw?
Clinchy writes that if LeBron doesn't win a championship soon, very soon, he will start to wonder if LeBron has what it takes.
Michael Jordan won a title in his seventh season. Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant had each already won three. Bill Russell, the ultimate winner in the game's history, was just wrapping up his sixth.
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PEABODY – Authorities say a Peabody police sergeant who had stopped to help a driver was hit and thrown over the hood of a pick-up truck, suffering serious injuries.
State police say Sgt. Eric Zawacki was working a paid construction detail when the accident happened Monday in the southbound lanes of Route 1 near Lowell Street.
He was taken by ambulance to Massachusetts General Hospital. Police say he is expected to survive.
State police identified the driver of the pick-up truck as 76-year-old Elroy Halfrey of Salem, N.H.
Police say a preliminary investigation indicates that Halfrey's speed and the wet road were contributing factors for the crash. Halfrey will be cited later.
The right lane and breakdown lane of the highway were closed after the accident, causing a significant traffic backup.


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KALAMAZOO, MI — Portage Northern may not have had a perfect week, but the Huskies performed well playing against some tough competition.
The Huskies picked up two wins over the weekend and look to be in good position heading into Saturday's district semifinals.
Two top-five teams, Schoolcraft and Comstock, will square off Saturday in a district semifinal.
Keep in mind these rankings don't include Wednesday night's action.
1. Portage Northern (24-10): The Huskies went 2-1 last week, picking up wins against Hudsonville and Mount Pleasant before falling to East Grand Rapids.
2. Schoolcraft (26-3): The Eagles continued to roll with five more victories last week, including a sweep of Battle Creek Pennfield to secure the KVA title. Schoolcraft knocked off Hackett Catholic Central 8-2 in a pre-district matchup.
3. Gull Lake (22-7): Gull Lake dropped both games of a doubleheader against Kalamazoo Central before defeating Hopkins in a pre-district matchup.
4. Comstock (26-8): The Colts swept Hopkins in a doubleheader and then took both games against Coloma to get back on track. Comstock plays Schoolcraft in a district semifinal game on Saturday.
5. Hackett Catholic Central (22-5): The Irish's season ended short once again as Schoolcraft beat Hackett in the playoffs for the second straight year.
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The Lace Fence designed by Demakersvan is a security fence unique in its design by its craft and assembled patterns. The patterns come in a variety of themes, showing how something which was meant purely functional can also be decorative.
The Lace Fence designed by Demakersvan is a security fence unique in its design by its craft and assembled patterns. The patterns come in a variety of themes, showing how something which was meant purely functional can also be decorative.
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Amazeing expression of art in everyday things.
Good job 😉
This is awesome!!!
How is this done?
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Incredible!!! A very Clever, Creative, and Artistic capability!! Several Thumbs up!! It is refreshing to see that children are introduced to such Great Creativity!!
Beautiful! I love when functional things are made to look good as well. Everything should be beautiful.
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That's SO RAD! Man, how come cities don't just do that to begin with? It would make everything SO much more interesting!
SECURITY fence?
It's not that it's not pretty but people can climb over the first one.
That's cool! That would be a nice change to have in and around the city.
what happens when your baseball goes though one of those holes…i'd be pretty pissed
Hahaha…I was abt to say the same thing, Jessicaa and right on Bob. Anyway, a creative idea…it's abt time anyway.
great idea and it looks like great work. It must be quite tiring actually considering the thickness of the wire.
cOooL….i love it!!!
I rehab houses, and hate it when there is one of those ugly fences, especially in front of the house. Design over the fence like this would make it a positive, instead of a negative for the house.
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you should knit one big fence for Israel, to replace the concrete wall that divides us from the Palestinians, would you?
A pro-life fence, thank you for putting out the idea
Wow! I manage a few properties in D.C. and this sort of use of basic materials is really fantastic. I've passed it on to my bosses to perhaps use something like this in future projects. Thanks for sharing!
Nice idea!
I love are where you expect it least.
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OMG!!! This is so beautiful! I fell in love with this fence! Great work of art!
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Interesting. It is beautiful indeed. I guess company logos can be made on their fences the same way 😀
i want this
The art of intricate lacework combines with everyday metal fencing to create a fairly unexpected effect.
Nicely done!
A clear sign of art – something as regular and boring as a metal fence is turned into a distinct and fashionable object
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M. Wilkinson
Social Policy and Society, Vol.3, 2004, p.343-352
The article examines the extent to which third sector organisations contribute to the implementation of public policy and the democratic process. It finds that although voluntary and community organisations VCOs) have increased participation in forums and committees across a range of government policies and programmes, real progress is limited. VCOs still face a number of barriers to meaningful engagement, including centralisation of power, tokenism, unrealistic timescales, and being seen by civil servants and politicians merely as providers of information and feedback rather than primary shapers of policy. The article concludes that although it is easier for VCOs to raise concerns it is still just as difficult for them to effect real social change.
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Working with Older People, Vol. 8, June 2004, p.29-31
In the case of people with dementia, remaining in familiar surroundings can be essential to their well-being. The article explains how assistive technology can help.
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Bristol: Policy Press, 2004
Improving partnership working between health and social care has long been a feature of government policy but has recently gained increased impetus as a result of New Labour's commitment to joined-up government. This text provides a detailed but accessible introduction to policy and practice between health and social care. Drawing on key research, government policies and real-life case studies, this book assists health and social care professionals to work more effectively together in order to improve services for users and carers.
J. Townsend
Community Care, Sept.30th-Oct.6th 2004, p.42-43
The article introduces the work of Caring Together, one of 37 neighbourhood schemes in Leeds that support and engage older people. It provides advocacy, advice and befriending to older people, organises social, leisure and interest pursuits, and gives practical assistance with gardening, decorating and odd jobs.
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Working with Older People, Vol.8, June 2004, p.22-25
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Men Of Honor
Release Date: November 10th, 2000
R|2 hr. 9 min.
Plot Summary
Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is an ambitious sharecropper who joins the U.S. Navy to become the world's first black master diver. But as he works through diving training, the bitter and racist Master Chief Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) sets out to make Carl's journey as difficult as possible. Despite the entire Navy doubting his potential and sabotaging his training, the determined Carl proves that he can overcome the discrimination around him.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, David Keith, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Genres: Drama
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Northwest Yeshiva students earn honors during Summer Celebration art show
Several students from Northwest Yeshiva High School won awards during the 39th annual Juried Junior Art Show sponsored by the Mercer Island Visual Arts League and Wells Fargo Bank.
The awards were given to the best original works submitted by artists in kindergarten through 12th grade. Pieces were shown at Wells Fargo Band during Summer Celebration, and winners earned cash prizes, while some will have their pieces shown on Mercer Island through the summer.
Winners from Northwest Yeshiva included:
• Roxanna Sikavi, class of 2016, for her piece "Conversation". She earned the Island Books Award and will have her piece showcased at the store.
• Joel Jacobs and Naomi Stanley, both class of 2013, for the piece "Spring". They won the Franca Martin Award.
• Sarah Bolder, class of 2013, for her pieces "Free" and "Flowers". She won the Pia Messina Award and the Cascade Frames Award.
• Jed Chapman, class of 2016, for the piece "Homage to Warhol". He earned an honorable mention ribbon.
• Maya Pogrebinsky, class of 2016, for the piece "Twilight". She earned a second place award.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Friends and family members held each other and cried out as officers tried to secure the scene of Huntsville's 10th homicide on Wednesday.
According to the Madison County Coroner's office, Kelvin Howard, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Over a dozen patrol cars responded to the 400 block of Edgemont Drive just after 8:30 a.m.. Almost 30 family members, friends and neighbors who were visibly shaken were also on scene.
One neighbor told AL.com that he heard at least 13 shots fired outside of his home. When he looked out of the window he said he saw a white car pulling off. "My whole family was scared," said the neighbor.
"It's getting crazy out here. People need to slow down and get their heads right."
A woman in the neighborhood stressed to those that were there that it was up to them to stop the violence and to get their lives right.
Police took Shaquille Baker, 18, into custody at the shooting and was later arrested. Police Capt. Juan Joyner said the shooting was the result of a fight that happened in the home.


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ELKINS – West Virginia University Athletic Director Oliver Luck gave Elkins Rotary Club members an overview Monday of major changes taking place at WVU.
Luck said there is more construction going on in Morgantown now than at any other time in the past. He estimated that close to $1 billion in construction projects are underway, including new academic structures on the Evansdale campus' Davis School of Agriculture for use as engineering buildings.
Three new student housing projects are also being built and the university is creating a new baseball park for use by the Mountaineer baseball program as well as a minor league Single A short season team. Luck said the Jamestown Jammers will relocate to Morgantown.
A new interchange is being built on Interstate 79 between Westover and Star City that Luck said will serve the new baseball facility as well as the University Town Center. He described Morgantown as the economic engine for North Central West Virginia.
In addition to new facilities, Luck listed upgrades and improvements coming to other athletic venues. The WVU men's golf program is being resurrected, bringing WVU to 18 varsity sports. Luck said the WVU Athletic Department is spending about $100 million to upgrade existing facilities.
The east and west concourses of the football stadium will be renovated, as well as the concourse of the Coliseum.
A second locker room is being built at the soccer field and the shell building which houses the indoor track will also get some needed renovations. Citing the competitive nature of the Big 12, Luck said about a month after WVU announced $100 million in improvements, the University of Oklahoma announced it was putting $350 million into its football stadium.
Luck said there is a movement among the top five conferences, which represent 65 teams including WVU and the rest of the Big 12, to become more autonomous and independent from many NCAA rules.
He explained the conferences are not necessarily breaking away from the NCAA, but will still be under its umbrella.
Luck said he expects the NCAA Board of Directors to approve the new governance model. He noted that had WVU not left the Big East and joined the Big 12, it would not be covered by the new governance model. Luck said that would have left the Mountaineers as a regional school with no national presence.


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If encountered such display problem on Nokia 2730c, you must first try to install a new replacement LCD screen module and update the device flash firmware. Ensure also that the LCD pin connector is not damaged or lifted.
Nokia 2730c LCD Screen Display Connection Jumper Ways and Tracks
The above solution shows the LCD display connection line paths from the LCD pin connector to a corresponding resistor components near the application processor chip. These resistors has a resistance value of 33 ohms each. You must also check and then replace this resistors if found damaged to obtain the display signal data that feeds to the LCD Screen module. The LCD data signals were generated from the CPU chip and then feeds to these resistors before it goes through to the LCD screen.
If there is an open line paths found just apply a jumper wire on it to reconnect the cut or open line paths.


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Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Rescue Mission is seeking donations of food to help put on a holiday dinner Christmas Day in its dining hall for the needy and meals that will be delivered to people who are homebound. It expects to serve and deliver more than 2,000 meals.
Items needed include hams, instant mashed potatoes, seasoned bread crumbs or boxes of prepared stuffing, pies and regular or decaffeinated coffee.
Donations can be dropped off 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Mission's Food Services Center at 148 Gifford St. Donors should ring the doorbell on the north side of the building near the parking lot so kitchen staff can accept their donations.


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Game 115: Yankees vs. Angels
Here are tonight's lineups:
Erick Aybar SS
Howie Kendrick 2B
Bobby Abreu DH
Torii Hunter RF
Mark Trumbo 1B
Vernon Wells LF
Alberto Callaspo 3B
Peter Bourjos CF
Jeff Mathis C
Pitching: Garrett Richards RHP (MLB debut)
Brett Gardner LF
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Eric Chavez DH
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez 3B
Pitching: Ivan Nova RHP (10-4, 3.81)
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That's good. Take the DP and give up the run. Soriano is Mr. Cool on the mound. He doesn't panic. Nova left in a hitter or two too long.
bases loaded no outs. How long is Girardi going to leave the kid in? Obviously he's tired. Now he has to bring someone into a very difficult situation and expect to get out of this with only one run at the most.
Nova is starting to lose it here and over 90 pitches. Time to take him out and get into the pen before too many runs score and we could end up losing this game.
Nova so far in complete control. Great maturity for a young pitcher. I would think based on the performances so far that Nova would win the starting position over Hughes. Don't know how long Girardi can go with a six man starting rotation.
Grandy is doing his share so far with 2 homers. Making up for last night's running mistake? Some of the others need to step up. So far Nova is pitching a strong game. He is showing he should be a regular starter.


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Looking for something to watch at the theater this weekend? It's one of the busiest lineups of the year, but here's a rundown of recent news and reviews (follow the links for full stories):
— "You gonna eat all that scenery or you gonna save me a piece?" "August: Osage County" definitely has some over-the-top performances, but pleasures too, including a wicked sense of black comedy.
— Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a poor boy who wants to make good, no matter how many bad things it takes. Think of it as an even darker "The Great Gatsby," minus the romance, plus cocaine.
— "The Invisible Woman" has Ralph Fiennes, who also directed, and the kind of picture-perfect details and sets that the British do too well. Too bad its story of Charles Dickens in love feels a bit like a museum piece.
— It's "Rocky" vs. the "Raging Bull," as Sly Stallone and Robert De Niro strip to the waist and climb into the ring for a "Grudge Match." It's the audience, though, that better duck.
— You sort of know what's coming, right from the title, but "Lone Survivor" is a testament to the bravery and fortitude of Navy SEALs, and to the low-key charisma of star Mark Wahlberg.
— And while it's not the best new movie in theaters this week, by a long shot, if you're looking for a PG picture you can actually take the whole family to? Ben Stiller's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is your only bet.
None of those appeal? Well you could always watch "Great Expectations," my Family Viewing pick, right now online at this link. Or catch up with my sitdowns with Kevin Hart or Martin Scorsese.


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The two grants are a part of a total $375,676 awarded throughout New Jersey communities and $75 million nationwide.
"This funding ultimately links individuals to childcare, computer access, job training and other basic skills individuals need to compete for jobs that pay a living wage," said Shaun Donovan, HUD secretary.
"To continue to grow America's economy, we must see to it that every American has the skills and resources they need to become gainfully employed."
Both programs encourage innovative strategies that link public housing and Housing Choice Voucher assistance with other resources to enable participating families to find employment, increase earned income; reduce or eliminate the need for rental or welfare assistance; and make progress toward achieving economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.
"These grants are a win for both the grantee and New Jersey Families who participate in HUD rental assistance programs," said Mirza Orriols, acting regional administrator. "The grantee can keep or can hire an employee whose job is to help hundreds of individuals here find employment."
Participation requires the head of the household to obtain employment and no longer receive welfare assistance by the end of their five-year contract with the program.
Portions of the increased income will be deposited in an interest-bearing escrow account.
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Within hours of preliminary federal approval of its in-home HIV test, Orasure Technologies' stock received an infusion of investor confidence. The Bethlehem-based company's stock rose 35 percent Tuesday, pushing its per-share price to $12.28, a 52-week high.
But the telling numbers of Orasure's pending breakthrough are these:
- Twenty minutes, using a mouth swab in the privacy of one's home.
- A 93 percent accuracy rate for "false negative" results. That works out to one false negative reading for every 13 true positive tests. (On the other side, the OraQuick test yields just one false positive test for 3,750 true negative tests, according to research.)
- The potential to prevent 4,000 new transmissions of the HIV virus a year, depending on how many people purchase and use the over-the-counter test.
With a 17-0 vote Tuesday, a panel of Food and Drug Administration experts recommended that the FDA make the OraQuick test available to consumers, saying the overall benefit of convenience and increased testing greatly outweighs any drawbacks.
That much is clear. Although everyone would like to see the in-home test results mirror the 99 percent accuracy rate when administered in hospitals, clinics and labs — it's been used by health professionals since 2004 — the relative ease and privacy of the in-home test is considered a "game-changer" by activists and epidemiologists in the battle against HIV and AIDS.
On another front, another FDA panel last week urged full approval for Gilead Sciences' HIV drug, Truvada, a pill treatment for protecting uninfected individuals.
Together these approaches can help prevent infection, reduce the rate of infection and help HIV-positive people get the medical attention they need.
No price has been set yet for the in-home test. The price for professional use is $17.50. We hope it becomes an affordable option for all.
Credit OraSure for persisting in its testing and pursuit of FDA approval, which we hope will come in a matter of months. It's a win-win situation for a local business. It's a potentially powerful tool in combating a rate of HIV infections that has held steady, unacceptably, at 50,000 new cases a year in the U.S.


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Elm Plating President Jonas McCluskey made it through the recession, but just barely. He laid off workers, cut costs and trimmed his budget as best he could.
But the one piece of his company's budget he can't change is also one of his most expensive — the utility bill.
Other companies want to sell power to McCluskey, promising him savings of as much as $250,000 a year — but he is barred from accepting their offers due to a state law that caps how many customers can leave utilities like Consumers Energy.
— Michigan's 2008 energy law mandates that no more than 10 percent of a utility's sales can go to another energy provider.
— Within 10 months after the law was signed, Consumers Energy hit the cap. Today, nearly 3,000 businesses want to leave for other energy providers, but can't.
— Some groups are pushing for the Legislature to raise or remove the 10 percent cap.
Several groups are pushing state lawmakers to revisit the 2008 law and either remove the cap or raise it.
Maureen McNulty Saxton, spokeswoman for Energy Choice Now, a business coalition that Elm Plating belongs to, said the time for legislators and Gov. Rick Snyder to act is now.
"The law is picking winners and losers," she said. "We know that's what the Snyder administration is not about."
Consumers spokesman Jeff Holyfield said that when law was signed, out-of-state power marketers had 3 percent of Consumers' load. The recession, he said, caused them to be able to serve more businesses.
Holyfield does not say giving those competitors more business is good for Michigan.
"They are driven by short-term market conditions. They want to come into Michigan and make a quick buck," Holyfield said. "We've been here serving Michigan for 125 years. Who's committed to the state and who's not?"
Consumers has raised its electric rates three times since the law went into effect, and a fourth increase is in the works. Saxton said the 10 percent cap means Consumers no longer has to worry about competition and can raise its rates without losing customers.
"We've had a huge quantity of customers banging on the door asking to leave, and the Legislature has turned a a deaf ear to these companies," said Dave Waymire, spokesman for the Customer Choice Coalition, another group advocating for a change in the law.
In fact, nearly 3,000 business customers on the waiting list to leave Consumers. At the end of last year, about 1,600 customers were on the list.
Industrial Steel Treating, 613 Carroll Ave., made the switch to an alternative energy provider in the fall of 2009, and continues to remain with that supplier.
Elm Plating, 1319 S. Elm Ave., is on the waiting list to leave. McCluskey said since the cap was reached, Consumers has raised his energy costs 3 to 5 percent a year.
At Elm Plating, workers do finishing and heat treating on bolts and fasteners that are found in many vehicles. It's an energy-intensive operation.
McCluskey said his utility bill each year is more than $1 million.
"I called Consumers and said, 'Hey, we're trying to run a business here,'" he said, adding that price increases make it difficult to budget and plan. "If we did that to our customers we'd be gone in one to two years."
Waymire said the issue is about business competitiveness. He wonders why the governor hasn't said anything about it.
"Our manufacturing rates make us uncompetitive with other states," Waymire said. "I find it ironic to make our taxes lower than other states, but allow our electric rates to be higher. They offset each other."
Holyfield says the utility offers competitive rates, but some states have lower costs because they also have coal mines. Consumers ships the vast majority of its coal from Wyoming and Montana, and the transportation costs add to the overall price.
"Oranges are cheaper in Florida than Alaska," Holyfield said.
Consumers also has responsibilities that competitors do not. If a rival provider is unable to deliver the energy to the customer, Consumers has a legal obligation to do so.
"We are the provider of last resort, Holyfield said. "We have to have enough reserves available to serve as the backstop. It's not as simple they like to portray it."


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New Study Reveals Gay Actors Are Discriminated Against In Hollywood
Portrayals of LGBT characters and the number of openly gay actors is at an all-time high, but a new study by the Screen Actors Guild, in conjunction with the Williams Institute, finds that homophobia still runs pretty rampant in Hollywood.
The study, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Diversity in Entertainment, was conducted on nearly 5,692 members of SAG-AFTRA, 85% of whom identified as straight. Key findings include:
*A third of respondents felt that the entertainment industry was biased against LGBT performers; 34% of non-LGBT performers v. 53% of LGBT performers shared that view
*Over half of the LGB respondents had heard a director or fellow actor make anti-gay comments
*16% of LGBT respondents reported that they had experienced discrimination. Gay men were the most likely to report they have experienced some form of discrimination, with one in five reporting an experience. Bisexual actors were about half as likely to report discrimination as gay or lesbian actors.
*Gender nonconforming gay and bisexual men were more likely to experience discrimination, as were men who were out professionally
* 9% of lesbian or gay respondents said they had been turned down for a job because of their sexual orientation
* Despite getting similar types of roles to their heterosexual counterparts, LGB performers earned less on a daily average
*45% of lesbian or gay respondents "strongly believed" that producers and studio executives think LG performers are less marketable; 15% of heterosexual respondents felt the same.
*25% of LGB performers reported playing a gay character had an impact on their later work
*29% of heterosexual performers had never portrayed a lesbian or gay character; 58% of LGB and 33& of bisexual actors have
*14% of LG performers and 8% of bisexual performers have played a transgender role; only 3% of non-LGBT actors have played a transgender role.
*72% of openly lesbian or gay actors said being out had no effect on their careers
"We were pleased to see that our membership is overwhelmingly supportive of LGBT actors, and that many LGBT actors found benefits in coming out," said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA's Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. "Nonetheless, coming out remains a significant and consequential decision for many performers and we are committed to supporting our members in living honest and authentic personal and professional lives."
For the full study, click here.
h/t: The Guardian
Little dose of reality for these "out celebrities" that feel it hurt their career – let's do the same study in States that do not recognize being GLBT in their non-discrimination laws. Come to AZ where you can be fired for simply being gay, denied housing or other business services without any recourse. The celebrities have it pretty good and have protections from their union and industry. So take recourse if needed but stop complaining because most American's don't even have that right or any avenue of recourse to redress the issue.
It drives me nuts that straight men are always getting gay roles. It's as though every time a major gay role comes up they have to give it to a straight actor and then praise him for being so "brave". Is there a shortage of gay actors in Hollywood I'm somehow not aware of?
No shit.
This doesn't surprise me at all. Rupet Everett said this ten yrs ago, and he was condemned & vilified by some in the GLBT community, who wrote him off as being a bitter aging queen who got bad plastic surgery. And actor Charlie David talked about how his career was hurt by coming out publicly. That's why I don't believe in the act of forcing or putting pressure on someone to come out. I think Ricky Martin was smart. Make thoes millions first, and come out later. Hollywood / the entertainment industry can be very liberal & open minded in many was. But the bottom line will always rule out.
Well, Rupert Everett is a bitter, aging queen who even before his bad plastic surgery, was making bad choices in the films he did.
Hollywood gave him an opening and had plenty to choose from and what did he choose? The Next Best Thing with Madonna. That was his fault.
Rupert, nor any of actor is guaranteed a career…he thought he was.
This doesn't take away from homophobia in Hollywood, though.
Rupert went on the tonight show and told Jay Leno about how he mailed pubic hair back to a fan who sent him a letter he didn't like.
Things like that combined with the fact that his supposed big movie "The Next Best Thing" was a massive box office failure are a huge part of what happened to his career.
Sad but true. I was at a freaking LGBT fundraiser talking to a producer on a buzzed about film. The tool actually said that he hadn't hired a popular out actor to play the straight lead because he didn't want any questions about the actor's chemistry with the female. When I mentioned how talented the actor was, I was told that I didn't understand investors.
Coming out as gay does hurt one's career, to a certain extent proportional to the talent. If one is super talented, the work still comes. If one is mediocre, as are most, then the well dries up substantially. Rupert Everett is actually very talented, but he is a pain in the ass, so he might as well be mediocre and the damage is done.
I blame no one for staying in the closet. I do, however, applaud those who do come out, even if forced.
@Tackle: Ricky Martin did not stay in the closet as long as he did because he was "smart." He did it because he was scared and was being continually pressured to keep quiet by his managers and handlers (whose main concern seemed more about their meal-ticket than his welfare).
After he came out, and went on the "Oprah" show to talk about his experiences, he said he finally told his management team "What part of 'I can't take it anymore' don't you understand??"
So let's drop this notion that actors who stay in the closet are "strategizing." They're not. They know competition for roles is steep and homophobia among casting directors and others is strong. Like Martin, they're scared of negative consequences and being advised to remain quiet.
Before you laugh I know soaps are all bad schlock. Bad stories actors ect. But I've been a fan of Day of our Lives for years. For the past couple of them they have had a running storyline about two characters Will and Sonny. A gay love story. The actor that portrays Will Chandler Massey has won 2 Emmy's. GLAAD has honored both Chandler and Freddie Smith for their work. But many of us on the fan page have said ,and after today's show we will again, that whenever they kiss it like they are kissing an ugly prom date. Any bedroom scenes the camera cuts to them cuddling after. Whereas whenever one of the straight couples have a love scene it's full on tongue action and they all but show them going at it doggy style. Hell the Preist on the show had hotter flashbacks. And no not with alter boys. Chandler was recently let go without notice before he was to leave when his contract was up in Dec. Anyway we've all commented that these scenes are cut because the brass has no balls. But still wonder why the parts aren't going to gay actors.
I hit the submit button before I read my last line. I really meant aren't there gay actors to play these gay roles?
A study had to be done to figure this out? Really?
@Pistolo: There is no shortage but often gay actors don't want to be cast in gay roles for fear of being typecast and stuck in only those roles. Is it fair? Of course not, but it happens every day (ask Sean Hayes, Andrew Rannalls, Nathan Lane, Ellen, Rosie, etc.) Sean Hayes took critical heat for playing a straight man in "Promises, Promises" on Broadway. Neil Patrick Harris did not come out until "How I met Your Mother" was well underway and his next major role will be on Broadway playing a trans-gender man. Zackery Quinto (who is EXCELLENT in the current Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie") did not come out until his first turn as Spock in the "Star Trek" sequel was completed has not experienced the romantic leading man roles that have gone to his co-star Chris Pine (Capt. Kirk). There are some exceptions (maybe London actor John Barrowman) but there are many more gay actors who will never be given the opportunity their talent deserves. The treatment of gay actors has resulted in the production of far more gay themed films from small independent film makers then ever before although these movies rarely make money and don 't create major movie stars,. But it is going to be a while, maybe a long while, before sexual orientation is not given consideration when casting big budget mainstream movies.
What's sad to me is that even if you are "out", people's benchmark for how good of an actor you are is still how well you can play straight. They cite Neil Patrick Harris as a testament to being out in Hollywood and though I think he's tremendously talented and a great role model, if he were playing a gay character that wasn't a caricature he would likely be way less successful.
I think there should be more interesting gay roles. You never see a gay guy in a choreographed fight scene as a superspy or superhero, they're the butt of jokes in most comedies, in dramas they have to be tormented by their sexuality….it's very limiting creatively.
And, frankly, a lot of the indie gay movies I've seen haven't been all that good. I want to see gay characters with just as much *character* as archetypes in classic movies.


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Today I have a guest post from Rebecca Kinney who will share with us about hosting student ambassadors here in Alabama.
Here's what she wrote:
We all can't afford to take time off for vacations - no excursions to Europe or Asia, no trips to see the pyramids, or even 'working vacations' - those 'mission' trips to help with education or homebuilding in nations where help is needed.
A number of our American children cannot easily find most countries a map - we have fallen behind in the teaching of geography - at a time when the world is changing, nations are emerging, and global citizenship is more important than ever in a world of rapidly changing technology. The economy has changed for everyone - and those who used to travel frequently have had to keep closer to home, some will wait years for a family vacation that takes them out of state, and some people will continue to work and live, as their parents did before them, in the same area - never able to travel to see the wonders of the world - to meet people from other lands.
Those people who are familiar with the concept of 'foreign exchange students', know that families and communities that host them benefit by being exposed to other cultures. The U.S. State Department has developed programs that take that experience even further - in order to help not only exchange cultures, but improve conditions for people around the world, educate people here and abroad, and promote world peace.
The State Department has created scholarship leadership programs for high school students from other countries who desire to make positive changes in their home countries. These kids compete against tens of thousands of other students for the opportunity to come here for the opportunity to come experience American culture, and work with Community Coordinators who involve them in community service work, and help them to promote their cultures in our schools as the students give presentations about life in their home countries. In return for their time here - they go home and work with alumni organizations to do community service work for two years. This is a win-win-win program; for the U.S. who is helping raise resourceful young leaders for home and abroad, for the communities here and abroad who benefit from the community service, and for the families that host the students - as they learn to love the group of students here, especially their own exchange Student Ambassador - while they learn about the world.
Our children develop life-long ties with these children from around the world - ties that will open their minds, hearts, and horizons! It's common for families to keep in touch with their international friends and family that they meet through the program - and travel to see them! And the cost for participating in the program and hosting a student - it's simply the cost of feeding the student three meals a day - as you do your own children, giving them a bed of their own, and a place to study.
The exchange programs are available across the country, but here in Alabama we have a challenge to take advantage of this opportunity to enhance the education of our children - it's a program that is readily available, but under-utilized. PAX (Program of Academic Exchange), a non-profit organization that manages these State Department 'sponsored' students, and has a very experienced community coordinator working with the scholarship students here.
Currently, the incoming Student Ambassadors who will attend your local high schools will be coming from Liberia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Republic of Georgia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Bangladesh.
This is a life-changing experience for families of all kinds, and is also great for empty-nesters, or even people who live alone and would love to have the experience of learning about a person from another country and having someone to share dinner and conversation with! Call for more information about hosting -- (205)542-6165 or email
Rebecca Kinney works as an International Community Coordinator in non-profit and volunteer organizations that allow her to use her platforms to help in the education and management of international high school 'Student Ambassadors' in U.S. State Department in leadership programs that she places and oversees for Program of Academic Exchange (PAX). In that role, she teaches the students how to organize and conduct community service projects for work helping others when they return to their home countries. She travels extensively to study world cultures, and has brought students from more than twenty different countries into our Alabama schools to share lessons in their cultures and geography with their American classmates – creating global citizens and lasting friendships among people all over the world.


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Georgia's Noble Revolution: Three Governors, Two Armies, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the Gubernatorial Election of 1946
Lucian E. Dervan
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Journal of Southern Legal History, Vol. 15, Nos. 1-2, p. 167, 2007
In 1946, the governor-elect of Georgia died, sparking a constitutional battle that brought a state government to its knees and a state supreme court to the height of its power. As two armies drew up on the streets of Atlanta, fights erupted in the executive offices and two men stood head to head in a battle for the vacant governor's seat. Into this fray, however, came the rule of law in the form of the state courts, and what may have swelled into an armed conflict of unseen proportions in twentieth century American politics ended with the stirring strike of the state supreme court's gavel.
While the war over the executive powers ended without a single gunshot, the staggering battles that took place in the state court system provide a fascinating glimpse at Southern legal and political history in the mid-twentieth century. This article not only explores a court struggling to define itself as a legitimate independent branch of government, but also examines attorneys and judges laying the groundwork for an originalist argument that would become a major constitutional movement decades later. Through all this, the article discusses not only the history of a magnificent case, but also the evolution of legal institutions and ideas in the mid-1900s.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 48
Keywords: Southern History, Legal History, Southern Politics, American Politics, Originalism, Constitution, Gubernatorial Election, Three Governors
JEL Classification: N42
Date posted: May 29, 2008
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The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.
The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject—in writing that the New York Times called "a masterpiece"—Richard Dawkins builds a carefully reasoned and lovingly illustrated argument for evolutionary adaptation as the mechanism for life on earth.
The metaphor of Mount Improbable represents the combination of perfection and improbability that is epitomized in the seemingly "designed" complexity of living things. Dawkins skillfully guides the reader on a breathtaking journey through the mountain's passes and up its many peaks to demonstrate that following the improbable path to perfection takes time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins's eloquent descriptions of extraordinary adaptations such as the teeming populations of figs, the intricate silken world of spiders, and the evolution of wings on the bodies of flightless animals. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Amazon
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'Our Winter's Work'
Robin Palmer of Winchester shows her colored pencil piece "Leaving Winchester," which will be on exhibit during the members-only show at the Shenandoah Arts Council Gallery. (Photo by Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star)
"Hell for Leather," a watercolor by Winchester artist Diron Corrigan, is part of the members-only show at the Shenandoah Arts Council.
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College Recruiting: 2-time champ Lexvold of Kenyon-Wanamingo (1st-1st-2nd-DNP-6th) to UW-La Crosse
Apr 262012
Lexvold is a two-time state champion, a three-time finalist, and a four-time placewinner. He won the 120-pound Class A title this year and the 119-pound title as a junior. Mitchel also placed second at 112 pounds as a sophomore and 6th at 103 pounds as an eighth grader.
Where are they going in 2012-13? http://mnguillotine.com/highsch/wheregoing/wherego2012.htm


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The Third Edition of Research Methodology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners integrates various quantitative and qualitative methodologies into eight practice based steps, providing lots of examples throughout to link theory with practice. Written specifically for students with no previous experience of research and research methodology, the writing style is simple and clear and the author presents this complex subject in a straightforward way that empowers readers to tackle research with confidence.
The book has been revised and updated to include extended coverage of qualitative research methods in addition to existing comprehensive coverage of quantitative methods. There are also brand new learning features such as reflective questions throughout the text to help students consolidate their knowledge.
|Research: a way of thinking
|Research: an integral part of your practice
|Research: a way to gather evidence for your practice
|Applications of research
|Research: what does it mean?
|The Research Process: characteristics and requirements
|Types of research
|Paradigms of research
|The research process: a quick glance
|The research process: an eight-Step model
|Phase I: deciding what to research
|Phase II : planning a research study
|Phase III: conducting a research study
|Step I : Formulating a Research Problem
|Reviewing the literature
|The place of the literature review in research
|How to review the literature
|Writing about the literature reviewed
|Formulating a research problem
|The research problem
|The importance of formulating a research problem
|Sources of research problems
|Considerations in selecting a research problem
|Steps in formulating a research problem
|The formulation of research objectives
|The study population
|Establishing operational definitions
|Formulating a research problem in qualitative research
|Identifying variables
|What is a variable?
|The difference between a concept and a variable
|Converting concepts into variables
|Types of variable
|Types of measurement scale
|Constructing hypotheses
|The definition of a hypothesis
|The functions of a hypothesis
|The testing of a hypothesis
|The characteristics of a hypothesis
|Types of hypothesis
|Errors in testing a hypothesis
|Hypotheses in qualitative research
|Step II: Conceptualising a Research Design
|The research design
|What is a research design?
|The functions of a research design
|The theory of causality and the research design
|Selecting a study design
|Differences between quantitative and qualitative study designs
|Study designs in quantitative research
|Study designs based on the number of contacts
|Study designs based on the reference period
|Study designs based on the nature of the investigation
|Other designs commonly used in quantitative research
|Study designs in qualitative research
|Other commonly used philosophy-guided designs
|Step III: Constructing an Instrument for Data Collection
|Selecting a method of data collection
|Differences in the methods of data collection in quantitative and qualitative research
|Major approaches to information gathering
|Collecting data using primary sources
|Methods of data collection in qualitative research
|Collecting data using secondary sources
|Collecting data using attitudinal scales
|Measurement of attitudes in quantitative and qualitative research
|Attitudinal scales in quantitative research
|Functions of attitudinal scales
|Difficulties in developing an attitudinal scale
|Types of attitudinal scale
|Attitudinal scales and measurement scales
|Attitudes and qualitative research
|Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument
|The concept of validity
|Types of validity in quantitative research
|The concept of reliability
|Factors affecting the reliability of a research instrument
|Methods of determining the reliability of an instrument in quantitative research
|Validity and reliability in qualitative research
|Step IV: Selecting a Sample
|Selecting a sample
|The differences between sampling in quantitative and qualitative research
|Sampling in quantitative research
|Sampling in qualitative research
|Step V: Writing a Research Proposal
|Writing a research proposal
|The research proposal in quantitative and qualitative research
|Contents of a research proposal
|Work schedule
|Step VI: Collecting Data
|Considering ethical issues in data collection
|Ethics: the concept
|Stakeholders in research
|Ethical issues to consider concerning research participants
|Ethical issues to consider relating to the researcher
|Ethical issues regarding the sponsoring organisation
|Step VII: Processing and Displaying Data
|Processing data
|Data processing in quantitative studies
|Data processing in qualitative studies
|The role of statistics in research
|Displaying data
|Methods of communicating and displaying analysed data
|Step VIII: Writing a Research Report
|Writing a research report
|Writing a research report
|Developing an outline
|Writing about a variable
|Writing a bibliography
|Research methodology and practice evaluation
|What is evaluation?
|Why evaluation?
|Intervention-development-evaluation process
|Perspectives in the classification of evaluation studies
|Types of evaluation from a focus perspective
|Types of evaluation from a philosophical perspective
|Undertaking an evaluation: the process
|Involving stakeholders in evaluation
|Ethics in evaluation
|Appendix: Developing a research project: a set of exercises for beginners
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COMMERCE, Texas — Freshman guard De'Andre Carson's 3-pointer gave Texas A&M-Commerce its first lead with less than 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the half and the Lions pulled away in the second half for a 79-71 Lone Star Conference men's basketball victory over cold-shooting Eastern New Mexico University on Wednesday night.
Senior guard Devondrick Walker scored 20 points for Commerce (16-8, 5-7 LSC), which pulled to within a game of the Greyhounds (13-11, 6-6) and Angelo State in the battle for third place in the league. After managing only seven field goals in the first half, the Lions shot 48 percent after halftime and building as much as a 12-point lead.
Senior guard Rodney Blackmon had 15 points for the Hounds, while senior forward Phil Henry and senior guard Devone Davis added 14 apiece. Meantime, senior guard Rafael Love also reached double figures with 12 points.
But other than Henry (6-for-6) and fellow post player Lawrence Domingo (3-for-3), the rest of the Hounds shot just 26 percent from the field (14-of-54) and went a combined 4-of-20 from 3-point range.
Love and Blackmon hit back-to-back 3s to stake ENMU to an 8-2 lead 3 1/2 minutes in, and the Hounds maintained it until Carson's 3-pointer made it 26-24.
Two free throws by senior forward Cornelius Cammock tied the score with 51 seconds left in the half, but Craig Fofang's basket put Commerce ahead for good 28-26 at halftime.
Love's 3-pointer with 18:28 left kept ENMU within 30-29, but 3-pointers by Walker and junior guard LaDon Carnegie and two free throws by Tyrie Wooton put the Lions up by nine.
ENMU pulled to 42-40 on a dunk by Henry with 13:12 to go, and within a point on a layup by Davis at the 10:54 mark before Commerce began to slowly pull away. The Lions' biggest lead was 71-59 with three minutes left after two free throws by Carson.
Carson finished with 15 points and Carnegie 12 for Commerce. Both teams shot well from the foul line — ENMU 21-of-25, A&M-C 26-of-31.
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Marysville Planning Commission again tabled any decision regarding the proposed Rockville Estates development at the commission's July 22 meeting.
The development will be discussed again at the commission's Aug. 26 meeting.
Approximately 20 residents attended the meeting last week to ask questions and offer criticism about the development.
John Murphy of Alpha Engineering, New Cumberland, spoke for developer Paul Heplar of Yingst Homes, who also attended the meeting.
Planning commission chair Jennifer Tamm said the plan needs to result in a benefit to the current residents.
"Issues like storm-water runoff are exactly what the bulk of our time has been spent on," Tamm told residents. "Some aspects of this plan are beneficial and some are not.'
Rockville Estates would be at Routes 11/15, south of Ridgeview Drive on the north face of Small Mountain. The proposal calls for 301 residential lots to be built on 472 acres. Of them, 126 would be reserved for buyers over age 55.
In addition, 114 acres would be reserved for common open space usage; 183 acres would be permanent open space. There would be an additional 69 acres of open space.
Murphy said the price for each home would be from $250,000 to $300,000, and that it would be an approximate 10-15 year project.
A structure supervisor from Norfolk Southern said the railroad has yet to receive runoff and storm-water studies, as well as a blasting plan.
Murphy said those documents would be provided to Norfolk Southern closer to final approval.
Craig Raisner of King's Highway read a letter to the commission signed by many residents. The letter stated residents' concerns over lot sizes, traffic flow and overall appearance of the mountain after the development would be completed.
"We respectfully request that the council and planning commission make no commitment to this project until the concerns of the residents of Marysville have been addressed," the letter stated.
Delores and Daniel Stevens of Lansvale Drive also spoke. Delores showed council pictures of the baseball field from 2006 after a heavy rainstorm and from Whitetail Terrace after a June storm.
Daniel Stevens called the project "one of the most whitewashed projects I've ever looked at. This proposal has no answers and guarantees the community nothing," he said.
Two residents from Ridgeview Drive asked the commission to consider the pros and cons of the project, and objected to making Ridgeview Drive one of the main roads into the development.
One Ridgeview resident said if the development was unable to be supported by the current sewer and water infrastructure, that a smaller development might be considered.
The development would result in the installation of a traffic signal. The signal, at Valley Road and Routes 11/15, was approved by PennDOT in March.
The first plan was submitted in 2004, and used one-acre lots to conform to conservation zoning. The planning commission later approved a revision, contingent on storm-water drainage.
The current plan is the fourth submission. Alpha Engineering has been involved with the project for less than a year.


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August 31, 2011
Maps Reveal Aztecs' Geometry Skills
Daniel Strain, Science Now
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As far as tax collectors in colonial Mexico went, Gonzalo de Salazar, often dubbed "El Gordo," was a pinchpenny. The conquistador-turned-regional-chief demanded steep tributes from his charges living in an area called Tepetlaoxtoc just north of what is now Mexico City. To expose El Gordo's greed, census takers from the Acolhua-Aztecs, a subset of the larger Aztec group, set out to count their own numbers in the mid-1500s and tally the extent of their farmland and hence their tax burden. They did a remarkably good job, a new study suggests. The early surveyors calculated the sizes of their farms with a degree of accuracy likely beyond the means of El Gordo or his cronies.
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You've decked the table with china and linens and your grandmother's monogrammed silver.
The only thing missing? A gigantic, glistening roast, the ultimate expression of holiday luxury.
"You're serving something that people normally can't afford," says James Peterson, cooking instructor and author most recently of "Meat: A Kitchen Education" (Ten Speed, 2010). "It's a splurge."
But roasts — whether a standing prime rib, a rack of lamb or a saddle of veal — can be as intimidating as they are dramatic. Peterson offers a few techniques to help you conquer the beast:
SUB Make friends with fat
"People have the common misconception that cooking something with liquid keeps it moist," Peterson says. "What keeps meat moist is fat."
With beef, look for "marbling," fine veins of fat running through the meat. Select lamb that is evenly covered in bright white fat, and pork that's not too lean. Figure on 6 to 8 ounces of roast per person if the meat is boneless, double that if it has bones.
If you rack your roast, all the precious juices will burn when they hit the pan. Instead, choose a pan just large enough for the meat, line it with trimmings and place the roast on top. "If you don't have enough meat to cover the surface, the juices are going to burn," Peterson says. "And that smoke permeates the roast."
(Serves 8)
1 center-cut beef tenderloin section, about 8 inches long and 2 1/2 pounds, trimmed of fat and silver skin
Salt and ground black pepper
4 tablespoons ( 1/2 stick) butter
2 pounds cremini mushrooms, finely chopped in a food processor
1 pound store-bought all-butter puff pastry, thawed in the refrigerator
1 egg, beaten with a pinch of salt
Season the tenderloin liberally all over with salt and pepper. Set aside at room temperature while preparing the remaining ingredients.
In a large saute pan over high heat, melt the butter. When the butter froths, add a large handful of the chopped mushrooms. Stir for about 1 minute. Continue adding the mushrooms, a handful at a time, and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes, or until any liquid they release evaporates and they are nicely browned and dry. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside to cool.
Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Sprinkle a sheet pan with cold water.
Roll the pastry out into a rectangle just large enough to wrap around the tenderloin completely. Spread the cooled mushrooms evenly over the pastry.
Place the tenderloin along one long edge of the pastry, then roll up the meat in the pastry to enclose it completely. Make sure that the wrapped tenderloin is seam side down, then seal each end by folding it under.
Place the wrapped tenderloin on the sheet pan. Using a sharp knife, cut a series of diagonal slashes, about 1/2 inch apart, along the top of the roll, being careful not to cut into the meat. Brush the pastry with the beaten egg.
Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown and an instant thermometer inserted at the center of the tenderloin reads 120 degrees for rare or 125 degrees for medium-rare.
Transfer the roast to a platter, tent loosely with foil, then let it rest for 20 minutes before serving. Using a sharp knife, cut into 1-inch slices to serve.
— "Meat: A Kitchen Education" by James Peterson, Ten Speed, 2010


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Cars being rerailed, soil replaced after fiery train crash in Sewickley
Emergency crews respond to Chadwick StreetUPDATED 1:00 PM EDT Jul 03, 2014
Cleanup efforts continued Thursday morning after the derailment of locomotives on a Norfolk Southern freight train sparked a fire and prompted evacuations for a brief time.Video Transcript
"ACTION NEWS 4" HAS BEEN AT THE SCENE ALL MORNING LONG FOR US AND SHOWS US WHAT'S BEING DONE TODAY. Reporter: NOW THE QUESTIONS ARE COMING OUT, LIKE HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? THE ANSWER TO THAT COULD TAKE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS OF INVESTIGATING. HOW LONG IS THIS CLEANUP GOING TO TAKE? THAT COULD BE A COUPLE MORE DAYS. HERE'S A LOOK UP CLOSE. THE TRACKS WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. 280 FEET OF RAILROAD WILL BE REPLACED TODAY AND TWO TORCHED LOCOMOTIVES WILL BE HAULED AWAY. THAT'S THE AFTER MATH. THIS WAS THE CONFUSION. YOU COULD HEAR IT, YOU COULD SEE METAL FLYING UP. AND THEN THE BIG BALL OF FIRE. THAT'S WHEN ALL RAN. Reporter: SMOKE FILLED THE SKY YESTERDAY WHEN A TRAIN CRASHED INTO A STOPPED CAR. THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. ONCE WE DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND THAT USUALLY TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS IF NOT LONGER, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO CHANGE OUR OPERATIONS, THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT. Reporter: THE CARS WERE EMPTY BUT ONE OF THEM HAD ETHANOL RESIDUE. IF THAT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE SITUATION WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. NEARBY BUSINESSES AND HOMES WERE EVACUATED. THE SMOKE IS GONE AND THE TRAINS ARE UPRIGHT BUT CLEANING THAT SPILLED FUEL IS GOING TO TAKE TIME. THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLICATED PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE THROUGH HERE. WE CAN'T JUST START DIGGING. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MORE SURGICAL. Reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN HOPES TO HAVE THE RAILROAD OPEN BY THE END OF THE DAY. THERE'S NO TIMETABLE. WE WANT TO, A, WORK SAFELY BUT QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. Reporter: THE ENGINEER AND CONDUCTOR WERE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE HURT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS. THEY WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. FIVE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ALSO
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TRENTON — Parents of students enrolled in a bilingual elementary school program were shocked to learn recently that their students would be moved from Washington School to Martin Luther King School, about two miles away.
After expressing their concerns to the school board members at Wednesday night's meeting, many of the parents left relieved to have the assurances of Superintendent Francisco Duran that the district would provide busing for their children to attend the program, even though they live less than 2 miles away — the distance required for the district to bus elementary students to school.
Maria Juega, executive director of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, advocated for the parents, who all were Spanish-speaking, and interpreted their pleas to the board members.
Juega explained that they were concerned that no bus transportation would be provided, and even though she had spoken to Duran about the issue and had been assured that the students would be transported, many of the parents wanted to get some clarity on the situation.
Lilian Nova, who has two children, said she would not be able to pick up both of her children from school because they are let out at the same time. She lacks a car, and said she would not be able to pick up her child who would be sent to Martin Luther King.
"I am willing to relinquish bilingual services for my child to stay at Washington," Nova said, with Juega interpreting.
Georgana Valverde said she wants to be a parent actively involved in her child's education and school, but because she does not have a car, she feels it would be a hardship to walk two miles to the new school, but she said it is one she would endure for her son to receive an education in both Spanish and English.
"I would like my child to remain in the bilingual program because I would like him to grow up speaking both languages," Valverde said through Juega. "I would like him to be there if you can promise he will receive transportation."
Duran said because there are about 70 students who live too close for the district to be required to provide transportation, but still far away from the school, the district has made changes and will provide buses for the students.
"We will be providing transportation for them because the program is moving," Duran said.
Juega said the parents were glad to have the public assurances from Duran that their concerns would be met.
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Some Giant Eagle supermarket customers are seeing a change in the way they pay for groceries.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the grocery store chain is rolling out technology that requires customers to use a Giant Eagle Advantage Card at self-checkout registers.
The company didn't say that the new policy was prompted by concerns about theft. Instead, it will ensure that customers receive all of their weekly specials, Fuelperks and other benefits, a spokesman said.
Also, the use of the card will help Giant Eagle follow up with customers who have had a problem with a transaction, the spokesman said.
Store employees will be around to help any shopper who doesn't have a card to go through the checkout process.


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Harrisburg crushes Gettysburg 102-65
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:14 AM
Trey Thomas looks for a pass as Harrisburg's Donald Ralls and Shaquan Sheppard apply pressure and Harrisburg crushed Gettysburg 102-65 in boys basketball at East Pennsboro Twp. High School Tuesday night in the opening of the Mid-Penn playoffs. Mark Pynes | firstname.lastname@example.com


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According to survey, by the year 2011 most of the currently
employed air traffic controllers are expected to retire. And
on top of that, large numbers of airports around the country (not
to mention the world) are being built, modernized and are
With the growing need for air traffic controllers, the U.S.
government plans to hire thousands of controllers in the years
ahead, making it an especially promising field.
With the perceived scenario in this particular aeronautical field,
the chances of being a part of it are great. The rewards are
tremendous: a not so physically compelling job, a mentally
challenging opportunity not to mention an annual salary that can
run more than US$100,000.00. Not too bad!
If you're fascinated with airplanes and rules and systems, then
this might just be the job for you. This particular
profession needs a detail-oriented person; a person whose focus is
on organization, system and regulations. Above all, an air
traffic controller should be a mature, decisive individual willing
to take on large amount of responsibility that entails the
protection and safety of quite a lot of people.
Articulateness, intelligence, an exemplary memory and the
ability to concentrate amidst terminal noise and other distractions
are among the qualities required of a good air traffic
controller. These are traits that will help an aspiring air
traffic controller become an efficient and successful
The primary responsibility of an air traffic controller is to
coordinate the movement of airplanes to ensure orderly and
systematic air traffic movements. It's a position of
tremendous responsibility since a controller is duty bound to make
decisions that can literally save lives.
They also watch over all aircrafts traveling within the
airport's airspace relying on both radar and visual
observation. Another responsibility of air traffic
controllers is to notify pilots about changes in weather conditions
and other information which might be crucial in manning and
controlling an aircraft.
In order to qualify as an air traffic controller applicant, you
need to have completed four years of college education, must have a
three year of full-time work experience, or a combination of both.
You must also enroll in an FAA-approved training program. If you
have a sort of aviation practice, whether as military veterans or
civilians with prior experience, this can be use to substitute for
any of these requirements.
In addition to these requirements, you also have to complete and
pass an eight-hour computerized pre-employment examination before
you can actually qualify and apply for the position. This will
measure your ability to learn the controller's duties and
Successful completion of all required instructional programs
including the age limit (applicants must be less than 31 years of
age), medical examinations with drug screening, and security
clearance would mean great conditions for being hired.
Once hired, you'll be attending a twelve week training seminar,
where you'll learn the basics of airway system, FAA regulations,
aircraft performance features as well as an opportunity to work on
an air traffic simulator. It is a device which enables you to
get a feel for what it's really like to direct air
After completing the training, you will probably be assigned to
an air traffic control facility as a trainee. And this is not the
end of trainings and preparations you have to undergo. You are
still classified as a 'developmental controller' and will still
have to work and train for several more years before you will be
considered as a fully qualified air traffic controller.
Undergoing apprenticeship does not assure an applicant of a
certification. Anyone who does not complete the FAA
educational requirement or the on-the-job training within the
specified time allotted are usually dismissed.
It generally takes new controllers about two to four years of
training to complete all the certification requirements to become
certified controllers. Although people who probably have
qualified experiences normally take less time to be
A certified air traffic controller has to follow a continuous
assessment of both physical and job performance. Annual physical
examinations with drug screening together with a bi-annual job
performance evaluation are conditions for continued employment.
While the training process can be quite challenging and long,
those who were able complete and go through it say it's well worth
the effort. That's because the work of an air traffic
controller can be incredibly rewarding—financially aside, it offers
security of tenure (as long as you always meet all requirements)
than do most professions and a wide-open prospect for advancement;
a total overall job satisfaction!
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