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|Warrick Gentara
When it seems the attention of the room is elsewhere, and Maddy far away, Warrick relates in a hushed tone his knowledge of the type of spider, and what its blighted counterpart is known for in a voice meant only for the group. He also observes, For a military outpost about to be overrun by a horde of darkspawn, the mood seems rather jovial and unconcerned, wouldn't you say? His eyes meet Niketsu's.
|Meridian Anterian
Meridian cannot seem to relax. Though the gleeman was undoubtedly skilled, something about the situation grates on him. He remains watchful and alert, though he tries to mask it behind the legendary Warder's mask.
Bluff: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25.
|Niketsu Sedai
When it seems the attention of the room is elsewhere, and Maddy far away, Warrick relates in a hushed tone his knowledge of the type of spider, and what its blighted counterpart is known for in a voice meant only for the group. He also observes, For a military outpost about to be overrun by a horde of darkspawn, the mood seems rather jovial and unconcerned, wouldn't you say? His eyes meet Niketsu's.
** spoiler omitted **
The mood does seem a bit light. We should make an effort to stay no longer than absolutely necessary.
Bowing to the hall, and a slight bow to you seated at the head table, Maddy takes the drink offered by Davor. Chuckling, Maddy says A gold piece huh? Drink the wine that isnt yours? I'd best be careful with you around. A man who gives freely what isn't his, has the lightest of fingers, the deftest of hands, and fastest feet to outrun whatever trouble his hands and fingers get him in
|Natalya Sedai
|Davor Bodean
Davor laughs at Maddy's remark and lifts his glass in appreciation. Mostly from angered mothers, my friend. And sometimes from tavern owners whose bills i did not pay. Stealing things do not be my profession. I do be a humble entertainer like yourself.
He looks around the room with a smile, taking them all in and taking a large sip from his cup. He tries to catch the eyes of either Aes Sedai and thumbs his earlobe a few times, hoping that either of them can eavesdrop with the power.
He then lowers his voice and asks in a conspiring manner Shall we tell them a tale of the blight so frightening that they will no be able to fall asleep, and watch from the ramparts all night and all day for any enemy to come? It does be easier to do with two people. I do hear that spiders are quite big around the blightborder. And that people do dream a lot of those.
Does innuendo requires a skill check of some sort?
oh-hoh, an entertainer then huh? Like myself huh? Maddy says in a sarcastic condescending tone. If you were a true entertainer, you wouldnt need to run away from the tavern and not pay your bills. If you were a true entertainer, you would have gotten your drinks for free, your lodging, and some spending change for the tavern maids to keep you warm at night. Taking a big drink, Maddy continues
a tale of the blight huh? i thought i had done just that? But i guess not, in the eyes of one such as yourself.
Stepping up front again, his voice bellowing loudly, Maddy proclaims as he sweeps his arm back and practically drags Davor to the front.
Lads of the fortress, lend me your ears. This man claims to be an "enterainer", and wishes to tell you a tale that will be so frightening that itll make you piss your pants, quiver in fear, and man the walls for a fortnight looking for imagined evils of your minds making.
Laughter erupts at this proclamation, loud and hearty from the 40 soldiers in the hall.
make us piss our pants, did he say?
man the walls?
US?! QUIVER like a GIRL???
Maddy, his arm draped around Davor's shoulders, laughs too, the loud obnoxious laugh of one making fun of another. Holding his other hand out, he makes waves to quiet the laughter.
As the laughter subsides, Maddy says simply
Alright lad. Tell a tale.
|Davor Bodean
Davor keeps smiling, a trifle too sweetly through the entire ordeal, nodding an then when the laughter subsides, he asks for his saddlebags to be brought to him and dons his gleeman's cloak. Takes a large sip of wine and begins a tale, his Illianer accent completely gone.
Cold winds blew from the blight, winds that wailed and chilled people to the bone. Strange thing were seen from the corners of eyes and in deep shadows. Terrible things, that nobody wished to speak of...
He then proceeds to spin a tale of horrors from the blight, sneaking into people's houses and carrying children away, of spiders that attacked people in their dreams and ate their souls while they slept, of nameless horrors that crept unseen, just to step in front of people and freeze the blood in their veins, and turn their knees into jelly from fear. He uses every ounce of his ability to perform to fascinate the soldiers, knowing that hardened borderlanders are difficult to scare. He tries so hard, that his voice begins to tremble from fear that he begins to feel, half imagining those things that he spoke of, and mostly knew little about. All the way while he tells the tale he is playing on his lute, trying to make the tale as dramatic as he could, using musical cues.
Perform(Oratory) 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
Perform(String Instruments) 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Is that part of the tale enough or should i type out more?
that is what i was looking for. If you ever wish to embelish with a story, feel free to. this time period there isnt anything set in stone, so if you write up a story, then thats cannon for this campaign
Quiet descends upon the hall as Davor finishes his tale. Long moments stretch out as the men in the hall gaze at Davor, digesting what his story was about.
First one, then another, then the entire hall; the men pull out their daggers and bang the hilts upon the wooden tables, the dull thud vibrating everyone's heart.
Maddy steps up to Davor and whispers An honor they give you. The men, while they do not show emotion, they let you know that you touched them in their heart. The thumping on the table is the sound of the heart, and the vibration you feel is the heart strings being pulled by emotion.
Giving Davor a deeper bow than before, Maddy steps away.
|Warrick Gentara
|Davor Bodean
ill hold you to that, davor.
The evening meal winds down with Maddy and Davor holding an impromptu gleeman challenge, dazzling the men with stories, songs, instrument solo's, and acrobatic challenges. The men hoot and holler for the one they like, begging the gleemen to great acts of daring.
perform strings davor1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
perform oratory davor1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
acrobatics davor1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
perform strings maddy1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24
perform oratory maddy1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
acrobatics maddy1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
While davor wins both the strings and oratory competition, Maddy goes for broke and performs an incredible feat by doing 3 back flips, a no hands back flip with 180 twist and finishing with running up the wall 5 strides before kicking off and landing with a heavy thud onto a long table feet set wide, allowing him to remain standing.
Thunderous applause reverberates throughout the hall as the men crowd around Maddy.
After this competition, the men filter out of the hall, some heading to their bunks, some to the walls, and some to other places for free time activities.
Miere, after seeing to her men, approach you all at the table.
So, will you be staying here for the night?
|Warrick Gentara
|Niketsu Sedai
"I believe I'll be heading to bed now. Warrick." The Aes Sedai nods to her warder, and then heads for the guest quarters to settle down.
Once in her room, she casts Ward against Shadowspawn and ties it off.
Cast as a third level weave, duration of 5 days, 15 hours, radius of 40 ft.
|Warrick Gentara
Warrick, everything about the shadowspawn is unusual. Why should now be any different? Miere says in a condescending tone.
Shadowspawn come, attack, die, and we survive. As you say, business as usual.
Standing up, she looks over at everyone else. Well, without further questions, i shall take my own advice and seek my bunk for the night.
with that, she turns, scoops up Maddy in the process, and heads through the same door that Niketsu entered a moment before.
Barely heard, Maddy responds I'm sorry Miere. It is happening. Tonight. In less than 10 minutes, they will be here.
Sobbing into Maddy's chest, Miere moans loudly Oh Creator and Dark Lord, what have I done?!
|Warrick Gentara
Warrick scowls at Miere's back as the woman walks off and growls to the others. I dont like this. At the very least she should have had word of warning from Barsine by now, if not her own scouts. Be on your guard and stand ready. Something is wrong here. Without another word, he gets up, and stalks quickly towards the door, hoping to catch Niketsu before she reaches her room.
|Meridian Anterian
As Warrick turns away, Meridian says in a low tone, pitched to carry to his comanions and no others, My thoughts exactly. No one should be alone this evening.
|Davor Bodean
|Tandem Arandell
Tandem attempts to appreciate the competition but, despite Davor's impressive performance, is distracted by considering the other gleeman. After the performances he listens to the exchange between Warrick and Miere, and finally to Warrick and Meridian's comments, a contemplative look on his face the whole time. With a slight shake of his head, Tandem says "You lads are more right than you know."
He then turns to Davor and says "Davor, Meridian and Warrick both have sisters to watch over, but you and I ought to take Meridian's advice and watch each other's backs for tonight." Not actually waiting to hear Davor's reaction, Tandem stalks off in the same direction Maddy and Miere headed with a long stride that barely avoids appearing as if he is running after them.
Want me to paint a picture for you?
those still inside the hall, give me perception checks, dc 20
|Niketsu Sedai
Going deathly still, Niketsu embraces the source, filling herself with the warm light of Saidar. If there is no reaction from the pair of apparent darkfriends, she will wrap them in Arms of Air.
|Warrick Gentara
(assuming the pair of darkfriends don't intervene before he gets there): He rounds the corner and, seeing you there, comes to a halt. As his hand rests on the hilt of his sword, his eyes sweep past you to the corridor behind, and then back the way he came before then searching your face. Seeing the look there, his sword rasps out of the scabbard. He asks no questions, but turns to face the same direction as you and nods. You know he is ready to follow your lead.
|Davor Bodean
Davor stands for a moment, looking after Tandem, then starts walking after him, but is still in the hall when he sees Tandem stopping short. He cannot make out why he stopped, but closes in on his back enough to hear Maddy say cture for you?.
He turns around and surveys the hall once more.
Perception 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
natalya perception1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
meridian perception1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Davor, natalya, and meridian, as you glance about the hall, you pick up on an unsettling sight. Several soldiers stare at you, hatred in their eyes. Taking a closer look, you can see something wrong with their eyes. They are turning from white to black, like a wolf...or a Trolloc.
A slight sniffle escapes from Miere's nose, causing you to glance down at her. Her red eyes glance up at you showing that she was just crying.
Maddy, upon hearing Warrick's words, seems to relax slightly, and nods to Warrick.
|Natalya Sedai
|Meridian Anterian
Meridian watches the black eyes for a moment, then pulls the void around himself as he feeds all distractions to the flame.
Composure: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14.
Meridian stills, one hand dropping to his sword hilt as he rises to his feet and prepares to defend his Aes Sedai.
|Meridian Anterian
Aren't warders able to sense shadowspawn when they are close also? Or is that just a plot device from the books and I am getting confused?
|Tandem Arandell
|Natalya Sedai
|Meridian Anterian
Sensing confirmation through the link to Natalya, Meridian's blade hisses out of its scabbard and he moves between her and the enemy.
Sword Forms: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24.
As he moves, his blade seems to float effortlessly in front of him like a Leaf on the Breeze. Total defense action + Leaf on the Breeze form = +7 to AC.
|Niketsu Sedai
niketsu, arms of air? or Harden air? Arms of air allows you to move objects and people around. Harden air creates a hardened chunk of air that can trap a person.
Harden Air, sorry. Yes, I'd like to trap them in place. As they were described as embraced, I'm assuming I can use a level 2 weave to freeze a 5 ft square, otherwise I'll use a level 3 weave to make sure I get them both. Reflex save DC 17 for a level 2 weave, DC 18 if level 3.
use the level 3
manny1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
miere1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
As Miere turns to direct her answer towards Tandem, the air around her and Maddy both seem to ripple and congeal around them. Both Miere and Maddy attempt to move away from the phenomenon, but only Maddy is able to step away from the rapidly hardening air.
Blood and ashes, you foul wench of an aes sedai. You dare to attack me?! Maddy cries out in anger.
davor, give me a perception check
the hall
The 4 soldiers stand up, and un-sheath their blades. the ring of steel sings inside the hall.
in a voice that sounds like it is from the grave and beyond, one of them speaks
You shall die, manling! Your soul shall be offered to the Great Lord for appeasement. Your woman shall be our plaything, until we tire with her. Then, we will feast upon her flesh.
everyone, roll for initiative
maddy 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
miere 1d20 ⇒ 10
soldiers 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
|Niketsu Sedai
|Meridian Anterian
Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9.
|Tandem Arandell
|Warrick Gentara
|Warrick Gentara
|Natalya Sedai
|Natalya Sedai
|Warrick Gentara

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WASHINGTON — Under fire from Congress, the Defense Department on Friday promised to give lawmakers access by next Tuesday afternoon detailed material backing up its recommendations to shut down about 180 military installations across the country.
Parts of the report are classified, so the Pentagon said lawmakers and staff with security clearances who want to see the classified information must review that data at a secure location in northern Virginia.
The announcement comes in the wake of increasing demands from lawmakers and state and local officials for the release of what will be an unprecedented amount of data in defense of the base closing plan. Lawmakers hope to use the information to persuade the independent commission reviewing the base closings to remove certain installations from the hit list.
But with the first hearing two weeks away, there was concern about how much community officials will be able to see.
"It is of great concern to me that the installation-specific data the Pentagon used to prepare its (base closing) recommendations will not reach the level of transparency that our communities need," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, an Armed Services Committee member.
Phil Grone, the deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, met with key Congress members Friday to explain why the data release is taking so long, and how lawmakers will be able to review the material.
Grone said the entire database will be available to lawmakers by the end of the workday Tuesday, and by June 4, all unclassified material will be available to the public.
Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood said the majority of material will be unclassified. He said the amount of data in this round of base closings — the fifth round since 1988 — was 100 times greater than any previous round.
Grone's announcement comes the same day the base closing commission chairman, Anthony Principi, said the panel can't do its job unless the material is released promptly.
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* LocationsOn Saturday 6th August 2011 at 10:30am local time in locations across the USA and beyond, nursing mothers will gather to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week and try to break the record for the most women breastfeeding simultaneously! At each registered location, witnesses will count all the mamas and babes that are latched on for one minute at 10:30am.
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Protests ignited by a controversial film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad spread throughout Muslim world.
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Updated at 7:53 a.m. ET: CAIRO — It's been just over a week since hundreds, perhaps a thousand, angry and offended Egyptians gathered outside the U.S. Embassy's gates in Cairo. They carried Islamist banners and chanted, "The only God is God and Muhammad is his Prophet."
At one point perhaps two dozen of the more brazen protesters scaled the wall and breached the embassy grounds. They lowered and destroyed the U.S. flag and raised a black, Islamic flag in its place. They fled when security guards (not the Egyptian police) fired warning shots over their heads.
This amounted to little violence, but the act itself was the psychological equivalent of taking a beachhead. Within hours reports emerged that a similarly sized group had stormed the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Some were calling it a copycat protest, but it was much more perilous: Four Americans were killed in the melee, including the U.S. ambassador.
Within 48 hours the world would witness angry protests unfolding at U.S. embassies, businesses and symbols of power in more than 20 countries.
Protesters scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and pulled down the American flag during a protest over what they said was a film produced in the United States that insulted the Prophet Muhammad. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
This paroxysm of protest — and violence — had begun in Cairo. But what, really, began there?
Much of the mainstream media has played it as a spontaneous reaction to a disgusting film clip which denigrated Muslims and happened to be made and promoted in the USA.
But New York Times editorialist Ross Douthat argued it had nothing to do with a "genuine popular backlash," but everything to do with old-style power politics. For Jim Clifton, chairman of the pollster Gallup, it wasn't about religion or politics, but rather the desperate expression of young Arab males, deeply humiliated because they couldn't find jobs.
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Egyptian analysts seem to be more in agreement: Many protesters outside the U.S. Embassy were genuinely offended by the film. But the real driving force behind the protest — in Cairo and Benghazi — were radical Islamist groups who know how to exploit rage for political gain.
Actors and the assistant director of the film "Innocence of Muslims" told NBC News that the original spoken lines in the screenplay were dubbed over without their knowledge. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
"There are still a lot of questions that need to be answered," said Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian journalist. "For instance, why after two months of being on YouTube did this film suddenly explode on the anniversary of 9/11? That is political manipulation and manufactured outrage that the right wing is all too happy to use.''
Egypt issues arrest warrants for Terry Jones, Coptic Christians over anti-Islam video
By "right-wing" Eltahawy means ultra conservatives – often called Salafists – who practice a strict, puritanical form of Islam and make up the fastest-growing Islamic political and social movement in the world. On the night of the Cairo embassy attacks, the Salafists saw an opportunity to flex their muscles.
"A lot of people went to the U.S. Embassy not just because of the film, and after the film died down, it wasn't about the film anymore," Eltahawy explained. "They went because of anti-U.S. sentiment, because they know in this region how easy it is to fan the flames of anger."
French officials are preparing for a potential violent backlash as a satirical magazine defends its decision to publish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports.
Dr. Gamal Abdel Gawad, a highly respected Egyptian political analyst, agrees.
"I don't think it was spontaneous," he told NBC News. "People were gathering in one place at a certain time of day, so there was some mobilization behind it.''
Actress sues, says she was fooled into appearing in anti-Muslim movie
And it's clear to Gawad who did the mobilizing. "Radical Salafist groups orchestrated it to express their views and embarrass the [more moderate] Muslim Brotherhood because of competition between Islamic groups."
Post Arab-Spring power play
What's enfolding in Egypt – and to a large extent in Libya — is not just a series of isolated power plays. In both countries the leaders who emerged from the Arab Spring are struggling to eke out a political center in order to govern their new democracies, while under extreme pressure from more radical Islamist — sometimes jihadist — forces. Everything is still at stake.
This has led some Egyptians — like Eltahawy — to worry that their 18-month-old revolution will be hijacked by the extremists.
"I'm hoping that this right-wing drive of the past days is the dying pangs of a group that understands that the revolution was started by us, the majority, and we remain very much the majority."
Crowds of angry protesters showed up in Kabul, Afghanistan and Jakarta, Indonesia. The violent uprising followed a deadly weekend marking the deaths of eight International Security Assistance Force members. NBC's Atia Abawi reports.
Gawad is more sanguine about the future. "The revolution is over. The president is in power, and Egyptian political parties are busy preparing for elections and campaigns. The radical groups can't get significant numbers elected," he said. Still, as dramatic scenes over the past week have shown, those groups — often armed — can wreak havoc.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi seemed to give ground to the Salafists, even leaving the country at the height of a standoff between stone-throwing protesters and riot police for diplomatic meetings abroad.
Finally, last Saturday, he gave the order to clear out the protesters and appeared on TV calling on Muslims to protect foreign citizens and property. Some called it a turning point.
Now that a Paris-based satirical magazine has published cartoons of a naked Prophet Muhammad, will Egyptians respond with silent indignation, peaceful marches or be the first to storm their French Embassy?
Jim Maceda is an NBC News foreign correspondent based in London and currently on assignment in Cairo. He has covered the Middle East since the 1970s.
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Monticello woman arrested for stealing roommate's purse
January 20, 2014 —
Monticello Police arrested Nicole Zydor (27) of Monticello on Wednesday 1/15/14. Zydor was charged with felony grand larceny in the 4th degree and misdemeanor petit larceny. She was also wanted by the Sullivan county sheriff office on a bench warrant for petit larceny from the Town of Thompson court.
Zydor was arrested following an investigation into the theft of a pocketbook from the Recovery Center on Hamilton Avenue in the Village of Monticello. Zydor stole the pocketbook, which contained various bank and credit cards belonging to her roommate while seeking treatment services at the Recovery Center.
Both Monticello Police and the Sullivan county Sheriff Office located Zydor walking on Bushnell Avenue at 12:00 PM on Wednesday and arrested her. Zydor was arraigned in the Village of Monticello justice court before acting village of Monticello justice Martin Miller. Zydor was remanded to the Sullivan county jail on $5,000.00 bail on the village charges and $2500.00 bail on the town of Thompson court bench warrant pending further court action.


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And for the last seven years, McMullen FFA has consistently placed in the top 10, McMullen FFA teacher Jim Harris said.
"Now we are in a whole new situation with two teachers, so we are competing with all the big boys now," Harris said.
McMullen FFA has 80 members, eight of whom are seniors, but is now up against FFA chapters with 300-400 members. This week, 35 of McMullen FFA's students are competing in district Career Development Events for plant identification, land judging, homesite evaluation and range evaluation at the Peeler Ranch in Atascosa County.
Then on Oct. 2, they will compete in the area contest, and Harris said they are aiming to place in the top five and qualify for state.
"We are excited to have Mr. Randolph with us," Harris said. "He comes with good credentials."
Harris said Randolph's previous students won grand champion with their ag mechanics project at the San Antonio and Houston Livestock Show. Now that he's at McMullen Independent School District, he's teaching his students everything he knows about welding.
New facility
As the McMullen FFA program grows, their facilities will also be growing this school year. Fifty-six trucks delivered 550 yards of concrete to the new ag mechanics shop, and the concrete slab was poured on Sept. 11, Albert Soto, project architect with Lamar Womack and Associates Architects, said.
Soto also said the vapor barrier was installed over the cut beams in the foundation, and rebar is currently being installed in the beams and draped over the slab area. The area was inspected on Sept. 23 by a structural engineer, and the concrete was poured on Sept. 25.
Harris said he, Randolph and the students are excited about the new facility and look forward to using it once it's complete.


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For a guy who purports to be the ardent social warrior of the Republican party, Rick Santorum sure seems cozy at the right hand side of Arlen Specter, applauding him as he berates those in the "radical" wing of our party — you know, those crazy people who are fighting for justice for the unborn and religious freedoms.
Take note, Wisconsin social conservatives. The guy who is selling himself as someone who will fight for your values is becoming, well, unraveled.


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DonŌĆÖt legitimize hate and violenceWritten by Admin
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From U.S. media coverage we get the impression that the Muslim world is burning with anti-Western anger over an Islamophobic film, with hordes of violent protesters on the streets threatening us all. Actually, however, most Muslims have found that video as trashy and offensive as we have.
To be sure, the protests have tapped into understandable and lasting grievances over racist, neocolonialist U.S. policy in the Middle East, as well as religious sensitivities about depictions of the prophet Muhammad. But our media have mostly ignored the following facts:
ŌĆó Early estimates put participation in anti-film protests at between 0.001 and 0.007 percent of the worldŌĆÖs 1.5 billion Muslims ŌĆō a tiny fraction of those who marched for democracy in the Arab spring.
ŌĆó The vast majority of protesters have been peaceful. The breaches of foreign embassies were almost all organized by the Salafist movement, a radical Islamist group that seeks to undermine more popular moderate Islamist groups. It was the Salafists that distributed the film far and wide to instigate the rage. Their tactics resemble those of anti-Muslim U.S. pastor Terry Jones (who first promoted the film in the West) and other Western (often Christian) extremists.
ŌĆó Libyan and U.S. officials disagree as to whether the killing of the four Americans was pre-planned to coincide with 9/11, and therefore not connected to the film.
ŌĆó Apart from Libya and Afghanistan, up to Sept. 20 the protesters had killed no one. The deaths cited by media were protesters killed by police.
ŌĆó Nearly every major leader, both Muslim and Western, has condemned both the film and the succeeding violence.
ŌĆó When the pope visited Lebanon at the height of the tension, Hezbollah leaders attended his sermon, refrained from protesting the film until he left, and called for religious tolerance.
ŌĆó After the attack in Benghazi, ordinary people turned out on the streets with signs, many in English, grieving and apologizing for the ambassadorŌĆÖs murder and saying the violence did not represent them or their religion.
ŌĆó A leading figure in EgyptŌĆÖs Muslim Brotherhood wrote in the New York Times: ŌĆ£We do not hold the American government or its citizens responsible for the acts of the few that abuse the laws protecting freedom of expression.ŌĆØ
We must be careful not to view the Muslim world as an homogenous unit. In both Western and Muslim worlds moderates far outnumber extremists. The Muslims IŌĆÖve known ŌĆö as a missionary in Malaysia and Singapore, and as a peacekeeper in Palestine ŌĆö were all among the vast majority who are moderate, friendly, gentle, courteous, generous, hospitable and respectful of me and my faith.
Uninformed, one-sided anti-Muslim comments ŌĆö whether in pulpit, pew, or private conversation ŌĆö only serve to perpetuate (and heighten) the us vs. them, good guys vs. bad guys, Christian vs. Muslim climate that legitimates the hate and violence on both sides that we are now seeing.
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Andy ApplegarthManager, Gudmundsen Sandhills Lab, UNL
The Board of Regents is pleased today to present a KUDOS award to Andy Applegarth, who manages the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
In his job Andy handles all basic operations at the Sandhills Lab, which includes employees, cattle, and 12,800 acres of rangeland and sub-irrigated meadow. That translates into an incredible list of duties – from writing daily work assignments – to maintaining equipment and facilities – to supervising ranch projects.
Andy is responsible for employee and student safety, animal health and care, implementing range, forage and cattle practices, and keeping accurate records and inventories. On top of that, Andy also provides leadership for preparing the buildings and grounds for significant outreach activities – activities such as the annual open house, youth field days for high school students, the Nebraska Ranch Practicum, and visits by students and faculty from other universities.
Andy handles all of these responsibilities with passion and pride.
Colleagues explain that as visitors drive around the Lab grounds, they will note well-kept buildings, equipment and fences. Under Andy's supervision the cattle are cared for properly, institutional animal care practices are followed, and research is conducted without injury to cattle or people.
Over the years the Sandhills Lab has grown into a world-class research and teaching facility for range livestock production. Andy is an integral part of that success.
With Andy today are the following guests: his wife, Binda, his daughter, Trentee, his son, Dain, and his supervisor, Jerry Volesky.
Please join me in thanking Andy Applegarth for his contributions to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Gudmundsen Sandhills Lab.
Pictured: wife Binda Applegarth; Vice Chancellor John Owens; daughter, Trentee Applegarth; colleague, Jerry Volesky; son, Dain Applegarth; Chancellor Perlman; Andy Applegarth; Regent Whitehouse.


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The funds collected, more than $13,000, will go to the improvement and upgrades of the mansion's dated kitchen to allow the grand old house and grounds to provide a locale for upcoming weddings, receptions and parties with a full-fledged kitchen for on-site food preparation.
"We were pleasantly surprised at the numbers in attendance, even with the heat. I think everybody had a great time," said BAA President Nancy O'Neil.
"We were overwhelmed, in a good way. We were glad to pull out a few more chairs."
The back patio of the mansion was full and all those in attendance enjoyed the good barbecue and refreshments.
Fund-raising activities included a silent auction and it was followed by a regular auction of several items that included fishing trips, steak dinners, hunting trips, ghost or paranormal excursions at the mansion and even the chance to have a sleep-over with the mansion's spiritual sibling inhabitants.
Musical entertainment was provided and several tours of the mansion were arranged for those wanting to get an inside look at the Berclair showpiece.
Additional fund-raisers will be forthcoming for the mansion's upkeep and renovation, according to O'Neil. Events will be announced ahead of time for all those wanting to contribute to the preservation of a South Texas icon and the spiritual inhabitants of the old, yet beautiful mansion.


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Parishioners at St. George Catholic Church promise to cook up a day of food, fun and festivities for the entire community Sunday, April 6, at the annual church picnic and barbecue in George West.
From good old-fashioned barbecue and a live auction to a country store and market, children's games, and the ever popular paper bingo with cash prizes, there will be something for everyone to enjoy, say organizers.
The event kicks off at 11 a.m. with brimming barbecue sirloin plates complete with all the trimmings and homemade desserts. The $8 plates will be served inside the parish hall until 2 p.m., or they can be picked up in the drive-through lane located on Travis Street. Meat may also be purchased at the pit by the pound.
For those interested in finding unique, one of-a-kind items, the live auction begins at 12:30 p.m., and the country store and market will be open throughout the day and will include homemade jams, jellies, baked items and arts and crafts items.
Bingo will run from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Players can either bring their own daubers or they can purchase them at the hall. The prizes will be cash.
Other events slated throughout the day include children's games, silent auction and a parish raffle. Raffle tickets are $2 each and can be purchased from parishioners, or you may go by the church office. The winners of the raffle will be drawn at 6:30 p.m., and you need not be present to win.
For more information or to purchase raffle tickets, contact the St. George Parish office at (361) 449-1893.


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Annual Alumni Golf Tournament
The 2012 Golf Tournament, in honor of Gordon C. Perine '49, brought a group of 57 alumni, parents, and friends of Middlebury together for a rousing round of the game on Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9.
Despite the rain that rolled in on Saturday afternoon, all our players remained great sports and filled the day with smiles and terrific strokes!
Here is a glimpse of our winners:
Meacham Plaque—Individual Low Gross:
Brian Cady '11 and Tory Phillip '85
Riccio Cup—Team Low Gross:
Brian '11 and George Cady '72
Tory Phillip '85 and Meg Groves '85
Makin Trophy—Team Low Net:
Peter Hurwitz '81 and Louis Sanchez
Tory Phillip '85 and Meg Groves '85
Harold Parker Award—Closest to Stated Handicap:
Bruce Byers '55
Nancy Delaney '67
Gordon Perine Award—Team Low Gross:
John Stevenson '70 and Doug Monroe '70
Click here to browse photos from the 2012 tournament on Middlebury's scenic Ralph Myrhe Golf Course.
Join us next year for the 34th Annual Alumni Golf Tournament! It will be held on the weekend of September 7-8, 2013.


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- Do you experience digestive upset after eating?
- Do you experience "brain fog" shortly after a meal?
- Do you tire easily?
- Are you anemic?
- How about overweight/underweight?
- Do you have recurring headaches?
- How about arthritis?
- Do you have skin rashes?
- Do you frequently get sick?
If you answered "yes" to any one of these questions chances are that your current diet might not be serving you. Take some time and write down your diet for a few days to really see what you have been consuming. About 10 years ago I took a serious look at my diet. I would have answered "yes" to about half of these questions then (#'s 1,2,3,6, and 9 to be specific). I decided to detox and change my diet. After a number of different cleanses I followed The Body Ecology Diet book by Donna Gates. That did the trick, I felt energetic again and my digestion was strong...still is strong! Tom has an excellent 28-Day Elimination and Detoxification Diet in our Cookbook that has helped hundreds of people identify problem foods and find a diet that works for them.
Once you have identified "problem foods" then you can move on to enjoy the plethora of tasty whole foods that are available. I live in just this world. I know what works for me so each day I am free to choose a meal, an ingredient, a dessert, a snack that my intuitions call forth. In addition, as a mother who cooks for her family, I work to incorporate every one's needs for a meal.
Let's see...Tom is vegan, doesn't eat sesame or gluten among other things, likes things spicy, no sweets, loves beans and rice; Gracie cannot tolerate gluten, soy, or dairy, loves mushrooms, green smoothies, quinoa, and nuts; Lily wishes she could eat bread all day every day, loves potatoes and butter, hates eggs and dairy (except butter), asked for a green smoothie in her lunch today; the babies don't eat gluten, dairy, corn, soy, eggs, and nuts among other things but eat a lot of what I do feed them, they love green smoothies, salmon, and quinoa and frozen berries for a treat, and drink mama's milk throughout the night, they got a rash from lemons and limes so don't eat that anymore - at least not for now.
Our food choices change throughout the seasons. In the winter we eat hearty, warming cooked foods to keep our bellies full and our bodies warm. I just cannot bring myself to eat a cold salad in the winter, I prefer to drink green smoothies at room temperature and eat lots of cooked dark leafy greens such as, kale, collards, and chard. When spring comes and the tender greens begin to sprout from the ground, our bodies are signaled to eat more bitter, raw greens such as chickweed and dandelion, become more active, and gently detox from the fall and winter. Summer is full of fresh fruits and vegetables and so we eat a lot of raw foods during this season. When fall turns the corner we begin to eat warming root vegetables, soups, and stews once again.
Not only do our food needs and tastes change throughout the seasons, but even through days and weeks....and well, our lifetime. Listen to your intuitions, if you don't already, and trust them. You will know what is best for you! There is no perfect one-size-fits-all diet out there, only a gazillion options for you to choose from.
Here is my ideal meal (at least at the moment):
Wild Alaskan King Salmon (I buy it from a local fish market), Roasted Yams, and Apple Spiced Collard Greens (from our Cookbook). That's it, no bread, no dessert, just this perfect meal.
For the salmon pictured above, I drizzled it with a few teaspoons each of honey, lemon juice, and olive oil and then sprinkled it with Herbamare, dried thyme, and freshly ground black pepper. I baked it at 400 degrees until it was done. I never watch the time, but will occasionally check it with a fork for doneness. Take it out of the oven when the thickest part of the fillet is still a little underdone because it will continue to cook when it is out of the oven. This ensures that it doesn't get overdone and dry out from too much cooking.
The yams I peeled and cut into half moons then tossed in olive oil and sea salt. The trick to cooking these properly is to only place a single layer in the pan (use two pans if need be). I cooked them at 400 degrees until done, about 45 minutes.
The collard greens I rinsed off and then cut chiffonade, which is a technique of cutting where you stack the greens on top of each other and then roll them tightly. Slice them with a sharp knife into long, thin strips. I cooked them according to my recipe for Apple Spiced Collard Greens from our Cookbook.
Please comment below and let us know what is Your Ideal Meal!


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EuropeanaLocal was a Best Practice Network project, funded under the eContentplus programme of the European Commission, which ran from 1 June 2008 to 31 May 2011. It was designed to involve and help local and regional libraries, museums, archives and audio-visual archives:
- make the enormous amount of content that they hold available through Europeana (the European Digital Library)
- and deliver new services.
Europeana is developing a common multilingual access point which will make it possible to search Europe's distributed digital cultural heritage online. It currently gives users direct access to nearly 20 million digital objects, including films, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and archival papers.
EuropeanaLocal was one of a suite of additional projects, funded by the European Commission to help further develop Europeana. EuropeanaLocal played an important role in ensuring that the enormous amount of digital content provided by Europe's cultural institutions at local and regional level is represented in Europeana, alongside that held at national level. Such involvement not only brings together a rich diversity of content of all types, cultures and languages but also people, making it possible to establish integrated services with great richness and added value for communities and individual users.
Making local and regional content accessible through the European Digital Library


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Slices of Toast: New Year's at the Green Mill 1993
December 27, 2010. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Great Live Moments, Green Mill, Jon Weber, Reginald Robinson, toast of the nation
At 12:15am ET New Year's morning, Toast of the Nation will be live from The Green Mill, the famed speakeasy of old Chicago. And it won't be our first time there. On 12/31/1993, we broadcast Reginald Robinson and John Weber playing two pianos behind and above the bar. Very dramatic.
Reginald Robinson composes ragtime piano pieces. Jon Weber recently has guest-hosted several editions of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz.
From New Year's Eve 1993, here is Robinson's "The Strongman," back-announced by Weber. Hear that happy Green Mill crowd then and again this Friday night/Saturday morning, ringing in 2011 Central Time.
For more, click below for some "slices" of our previous toasts:
And tune in to your local NPR station for this year's broadcast!


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Host: rabbit polyclonal; Species Reactivity: human, mouse; Application: Dot Blot, WB, IHC
This rabbit polylonal antibody was raised against a synthesized peptide corresponding to the human Tau protein surrounding Threonine181/tyrosine184. The sequence of the immunization peptide is identical to the Anti-Tau (pThr181) (cat#54960) and Anti-Tau (pSer184) (cat#55413) without the phosphorylation specificity.


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Nomura picks Deutsche banker for senior sponsors role
Nomura has appointed a former banker from rival Deutsche Bank to its team serving private equity clients in Europe, which was restructured last year following the high-profile departure of Saba Nazar.
Guy Hume, who left Deutsche Bank's financial sponsors team last month, is joining the Japanese bank in London, according to four people familiar with the situation.
Nomura's financial sponsors team in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is currently led by Adam Islef.
Nomura detailed plans to merge its financial sponsors coverage and leverage finance teams in Emea last year after the departure of global co-head of financial sponsors and FN100 woman Nazar, who left to join Bank of America Merrill Lynch as vice-chairman of global financial sponsors.
The appointment comes at a lucrative time for investment banks' financial sponsor teams. Deal value in the sector is at a post-crisis high in Europe for the year-to-date. A total of 374 deals worth a combined $65.2 billion have been announced in the region so far in 2014, according to Dealogic.
Nomura is ranked 13th in the data provider's financial sponsor-related rankings by European revenues for the year-to-date with a 2% market share. Deutsche Bank is in fourth position with 8%.
Hume's responsibilities at Deutsche Bank have been handed to Adam Bagshaw, head of financial sponsors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
It has been a busy week for moves in European investment banking. As reported by Financial News, Alastair Blackman, a senior media banker, has swapped Credit Suisse for Deutsche Bank, while JP Morgan has reshuffled its financial institutions business naming Piers Davison as its new head of UK FIG in London.
Separately, Rahul Srinivasan, a managing director in the leveraged finance and sponsor group at Credit Suisse, has left the bank. He joined Credit Suisse in 2004 and was focused on corporates.


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COLORADO ROCKIES: (92-70, SECOND PLACE, N.L. WEST [Wild Card] in 2009)
Our team preview series continues with the Colorado Rockies, a team profiled in the Total WAR Project a few weeks back. Stocked with young talent and an improving pitching staff, some see the Rockies as the favorite in the West, rather than second fiddle to the Dodgers. In 2009, the Rox finished three games behind L.A., but five games up in the Wild Card race, firmly entrenching themselves among the upper echelon of N.L. teams last season.
Troy Tulowitzki proved his 2008 was a fluke and re-established his position among the game's elite shortstops, both offensively and defensively. Rookie Dexter Fowler and sophomore Carlos Gonzalez look to round out a young core that the Rockies may be able to contend with for years to come. It will certainly help the Rockies in the playoffs, knowing that the Phillies simply will not be able to retire Gonzalez if the Phils and Rox have a grudge match.
The less heralded portion of the roster is a solid, if unspectacular, pitching staff. Three returning starters – Ubaldo Jimenez, Jason Hammel and Jorge de la Rosa – were each worth 3.7 wins or better, and relievers Huston Street and Rafael Betancourt enjoyed great successes of their own.
Colorado's biggest question lies in its pitching staff's depth. Jimenez looks to be a stud, but can Hammel and de la Rosa replicate their '09 production? Can Manny Corpas, Jeff Francis, Taylor Buchholz and Franklin Morales provide enough quality innings and recover lost production?
Folk hero and star first baseman Todd Helton is aging and won't be able to stave off decline forever. Can he and the rest of the offense rally around the trio of Tulo, Fowler and CarGo to provide a pennant-worthy offense?
Right now, this team is primed to be the team of the future in the West and, perhaps, the N.L. For this year, though, questions remain, too many questions to think that this team can be considered a pennant favorite. Make no mistake, though, plenty of players are primed for breakout, and the Rockies could pull off an upset and unseat the Dodgers to claim the West crown. They will be plenty good still this year, division title or not, and will likely make a return to the postseason.
Keep an eye on Seth Smith, Colorado's version of our Ben Francisco. A solid bench bat and fourth outfielder that could start for many MLB teams.
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I remember Seth Smith….very promising player. He definitely caught my eye.
I think this is a good prediction.
This is the team that scares me in the NL. I think the Phils are the class of the league, as many others do, but if there's a team that could challenge them, I think the Rox might be it…
The Rockies will likely unseat the Dodgers. If their pitching holds up, they could go far in the playoffs. They have some leaders (Helton and Tulowitski) and some good young talent. Plus, they know how to take advantage of the mile-high thin air of Denver.
While the Dodgers won't give up the NL West Crown without a fight, I like the Rockies to take the division, if for no other reason than:
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Vicente Padilla, pretty much the last guy anybody expected to get the nod, will be the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting pitcher for the club's season opener on April 5 at Pittsburgh.
Padilla, a veteran right-hander, will be followed in the rotation by Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley and Hiroki Kuroda, meaning Kershaw will start the April 13 home opener against Arizona.
I know the season opener pitcher is largely a symbolic gesture, but Padilla? Really?
Yeah, not really sure what Torre's thinking is here. I blasted him last year for starting Kershaw in Game 1 of the NLCS over a veteran like Randy Wolf. Maybe that's part of his thinking??….that he doesn't think Kershaw is up to the task??
Or, maybe he just wants Kershaw to pitch the home opener….which makes sense I guess.
Kershaw is going to be the ace of that rotation anyway, and I suspect Billingsley will bounce back.
I was knocking Kershaw before.. but really, he's a young kid just lacking some experience..
when you look at his numbers.. HE'S FILTHY !!!! If he cuts down on his walks, and gets some run support, he's Cy Young within the next 2-3 seasons
He is FILTHY, Don.. Had him in my fantasy team last year, that's when I realized how good he was… If he cuts down the walks, oh man, he'll reach elite status very, very quickly.
I don't see what the attraction to the Rox is or has been. The team out of the West this year till be the Giants –
The Freak, Cain, Zito – Wilson closing.
I like the power SF has better than the competition in the West, Rowand, I like Aubrey Huff back in the NL, Panda and Molina all have some pop.
Colorado is definitely a team to watch, and they will definitely be a top contender for the Wildcard and possibly even the division title. We should never forget what they did to us in 2007, even if our team is considerably better now than it was back then.
When they are on a roll they can be frightening, although I think we are definitely better equipped to handle them now than we were back in '07.
Also, it's worth noting that the 2009 NLDS was a lot closer than some may realize, even if Colorado only won a single game, there was another game which was too close for comfort.
2009 COULD have gone the other direction and been a completely different story. I'm just glad we took care of business out there in Game 4. No way you want to go to a deciding, winner-take-all game in the playoffs….even with home-field.
It don't matter because closers can't touch the Phils in the playoffs


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January 7, 2014
PARCC Field Test Pearson Access Log-In Information
PARCC Field Test Contacts,
Pearson and ISBE are working to get the Pearson Access log-in information out soon. The weather and closings have delayed their delivery, but you should be receiving them in the near future. The email will be coming from Pearson and will be going to the contact we have on file for the district (which was also used to build this listserv).
Once the log-in information has been received, this contact will then need to set up access for anyone else in the district.
Additionally, we are exploring avenues to better communicate with field test districts during this semester.
Various webinars, live workshops, online resources, and other communication pieces are currently being developed and will be announced in the coming weeks.
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2013: Singer Patty Andrews (middle), the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio, dies of natural causes at age 94 in Los Angeles, California. The Andrews Sisters, which also included her sisters LaVerne (top) and Maxene (bottom), were best known for their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records until LaVerne's death in 1967.
2007: Sidney Sheldon, who followed a successful career writing for the Broadway stage, movies and television by becoming a bestselling novelist, dies at age 89 in Rancho Mirage, California, from complications arising from pneumonia. Sheldon won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay to 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," a Tony Award for his musical "Redhead," and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." He also worked on the screenplays for movies such as "Easter Parade" and "Annie Get Your Gun." During his 20-year career in television, he created, produced and wrote the series "The Patty Duke Show," "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Hart to Hart." He wrote his first novel, "The Naked Face," in 1969 and went on to write such bestsellers as "Master of the Game," "The Other Side of Midnight" and "Rage of Angels."
2006: Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. and an author, activist and civil rights leader, dies of respiratory failure due to complications from ovarian cancer at the age of 78 in Playas de Rosarito, Mexico. She played a prominent role in the civil rights movement alongside her husband, took on a leadership role in the movement following her husband's 1968 assassination and also became active in the Women's Liberation Movement.
2003: Richard Reid, a British citizen and al-Qaida follower, is sentenced to life in prison by a federal judge in Boston for trying to blow up a transatlantic jetliner with explosives hidden in his shoes. Reid had unsuccessfully tried to detonate the explosives on Dec. 22, 2001, while on board American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. Passengers subdued him on the plane, which quickly landed at Logan International Airport in Boston, the closest U.S. airport.
1982: Richard Skrenta, 15, writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner." Skrenta wrote the virus as a prank, aiming to trick friends who were already leery of accepting games on floppy disks from him. When a computer booted from an infected disk, a copy of the virus would be placed in the computer's memory. If an uninfected disk was then inserted into the computer, Elk Cloner would be copied to the disk, allowing it to spread from disk to disk. The prank, though annoying to victims, was relatively harmless compared with the viruses of today. All an infected computer would do was display a short taunting poem on every 50th boot.
1977: The eighth, and final, part of the miniseries "Roots" is watched by 100 million viewers, making it the most-watched entertainment show ever at the time. It has since been passed by the series finale of the sitcom "M*A*S*H" and the "Who Done It?" (aka "Who Shot J.R.?") episode of "Dallas." The series, based on Alex Haley's novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family," would go on to earn 36 Emmy nominations, winning nine.
1974: Actor Christian Bale, best known for movies such as "American Psycho," "The Fighter" and director Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" Batman trilogy, is born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
1973: At the Popcorn Club in Queens, New York, the hard rock band Kiss plays their first show in front of an audience of three. The band wore little of the makeup they would become known for, with their iconic makeup designs making their debut in March 1973.
1972: In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers shoot 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders during a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland. Of those shot, 13 died immediately or soon after and another person died later from injuries he received that day. An initial investigation cleared the soldiers and British authorities, but was widely criticized. A new inquiry began in 1998 and in 2010 concluded that the soldiers had "lost control" and concocted lies to cover up their actions, calling the killings "unjustified and unjustifiable." Pictured here is a mural in Derry depicting a famous photo from Bloody Sunday of the Rev. Edward Daly escorting injured marchers to safety using a white handkerchief.
1969: The Beatles' last public performance takes place with an impromptu concert on the roof of Apple Records in London. The band managed to play for 42 minutes before the performance was broken up by the police because of noise complaints and crowds gathering on the street below. About half of the performance ended up in the film "Let It Be."
1968: The Tet Offensive begins as the Viet Cong and North Vietnam launch surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam. The operations are referred to as the Tet Offensive because there was a prior ceasefire agreement in place during the Tet Lunar New Year celebrations.
1959: The Danish liner MS Hans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMS Titanic, strikes an iceberg off the coast of Greenland on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
1957: Professional golfer Payne Stewart, seen here after winning the 1999 U.S. Open Championship, is born in Springfield, Missouri. Stewart won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, before dying in a 1999 plane crash at the age of 42.
1956: American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. King had been speaking at a mass meeting at the First Baptist Church when the bombing happened and nobody was hurt.
1951: Automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche, best known for creating the Volkswagen Beetle, the first of many Porsche automobiles and the first hybrid vehicle, dies at the age of 75 in Stuttgart, West Germany, following a stroke.
1951: Singer-songwriter Phil Collins, best known as a drummer and vocalist for the rock group Genesis and for his solo work, is born in London, England. Some of his best known hits include "In the Air Tonight," "Sussudio," "Against All Odds" and "Another Day in Paradise."
1948: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who used non-violent civil disobedience to lead India to independence, is shot and killed in New Delhi by Pandit Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist who thought Gandhi was too sympathetic to India's Muslims. Godse and his co-conspirator were tried and executed in 1949. Gandhi, who was 78 when he was killed, inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and freedom across the world through his work.
1948: American aviator Orville Wright, who with his brother Wilbur is credited with inventing the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, dies of a heart attack at the age of 76 in Dayton, Ohio.
1941: Dick Cheney, who was the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush, is born in Lincoln, Nebraska. Cheney also served as President Gerald Ford's White House chief of staff before being elected to the U.S. House representing Wyoming in 1979. He was also secretary of defense under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
1937: Actress Vanessa Redgrave, known for her theatrical work as well as movies such as "Mary, Queen of Scots," "Isadora," "Julia," "Howards End" and "Atonement," is born in London, England. Redgrave has earned six Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Julia." She's seen here with her daughter, fellow actress Joely Richardson.
1933: Adolf Hitler is sworn in as chancellor of Germany.
1933: "The Lone Ranger" is heard on the radio for the first time. The program would run for 2,956 episodes before ending in 1955 and also spawned an equally popular television show that ran from 1949 to 1957, as well as comic books and movies.
1931: The comedy "City Lights," written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, premieres in Los Angeles. The silent movie proved immensely popular upon release, generating positive reviews and $5 million at the box office. Today, it is considered one of the highest accomplishments of Chaplin's prolific career.
1930: Actor Gene Hackman, best known for movies such as "Bonnie and Clyde," "The French Connection," "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Conversation," "Mississippi Burning" and "Unforgiven," is born in San Bernardino, California. Hackman has been nominated for five Academy Awards, winning Oscars for Best Actor for "The French Connection" and Best Supporting Actor for "Unforgiven."
1922: Comedian Dick Martin (right), best known as the co-host of the TV sketch comedy program "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" from 1968 to 1973, is born in Battle Creek, Michigan. Martin, who had lost the use of a lung as a teenager and suffered respiratory problems late in life, died from breathing complications at age 86 on May 24, 2008.
1882: Franklin D. Roosevelt, who became the 32nd president of the United States in 1933, is born in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt would lead the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war, becoming the only American president ever elected to more than two terms. He was re-elected to a fourth term in 1944, but died from a stroke on April 12, 1945, less than three months into his final term.
1862: The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, is launched. The Monitor would become famous for its battle with the CSS Virginia during the Civil War, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads, before foundering while under tow during a storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on Dec. 31, 1862.
1847: Yerba Buena, California, is renamed San Francisco. Here the city is seen in 1851, the year after California became a state.
1836: American seamstress Betsy Ross dies at the age of 84 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ross is widely credited with making the first American flag, although there is no credible historical evidence that the story is true.
1835: In the first assassination attempt against a U.S. president, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot President Andrew Jackson while Jackson is leaving the funeral of South Carolina congressman Warren R. Davis at the United States Capitol. After both of Lawrence's pistols misfired, he was subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen and, by some reports at least, a cane-wielding President Jackson himself. He would later be found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent most of the rest of his life in several institutions and hospitals.
1815: The U.S. Congress re-establishes the Library of Congress, which was burned by the British during the War of 1812, by agreeing to pay former President Thomas Jefferson $23,940 for his personal collection of 6,487 books.
1649: Following the second civil war in a decade, King Charles I of England is beheaded for high treason. The monarchy was then abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared. Charles's son, Charles II, who dated his accession from the death of his father, did not take up the reins of government until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
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Grant Memorial Hospital (GMH) is celebrating National Social Work Month this March with the theme "Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy."
At GMH, social workers play a vital role in helping individuals receive the services they need to remain in their own home environment. They navigate state and federal programs and find out what guidelines are required for patients to be considered in those programs.
The hospital currently has two full-time social workers, Paula Combs, director, and Melinda Frederick, staff social worker, and one part-time social worker, Kimberly Roth. They work with any patient who may have a social service need.
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There are certain triggers that automatically generate a referral to the social services office, including being over age 65, living alone, currently receiving community services, needing community services, received a terminal diagnosis, had a stroke, need for durable medical equipment, advance directives and fractures. However, any patient who wants to see a social worker will receive a visit.
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- Title
- Nanostructured optical fibre for use as miniature surface-enhanced Raman scattering sensors
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- White, Daniel J.
- Abstract
- Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a powerful spectroscopic tool for detecting low concentrations of many substances. The SERS effect occurs when a Raman-active molecule interacts with the electromagnetic (EM) field generated by surface plasmon excitations in a metal surface having nanoscale structural features. As a result of the interaction, the typically weak Raman scattering is amplified by many orders of magnitude. Despite its usefulness, one of the factors that has so far prevented SERS from moving out of the laboratory and into the marketplace is a lack of affordable and reliable nanostructured substrates. Since the discovery of the SERS effect over 30 years ago, many different techniques have been developed for producing the necessary substrate structures. Common techniques used include mechanical surface roughening, colloidal metal solutions, metal island films and lithographic techniques. While all produce SERS capable surfaces they either rely on random processes (which limit sample-to-sample reproducibility) or expensive manufacturing equipment. Both of these issues prevent cost effective commercialisation. A novel alternative, which is investigated in this thesis, is to use an optical fibre based system. The fibres presented in this work are based on highly modified medical imaging fibres. These fibres consist of a fused bundle of single-mode fibres ('pixels') drawn in such a way that each fibre maintains its position along the length of the bundle. Previous works have shown that a selective chemical etchant can be used to erode the cores of these fibres leaving an array of wells. The work presented in this thesis shows that, by drawing the imaging fibre until the spacing between the cores isof the order of hundreds of nanometres, the structures formed after etching are of a suitable scale for SERS. The glass itself is incapable of producing surface plasmons, so in order to generate the SERS functionality, the structures are coated with a thin layer of metal. Initial fibre SERS sensors were produced by manually drawing commercially available imaging fibres to smaller diameters. As a result of the draw process, the initial inter-core spacing (the distance between two adjacent pixels) was reduced from approximately 4 μm to 150 - 650 nm. The cleaved tips of the fibres were then etched using a modified buffered hydro°uoric acid solution which resulted in the formation of nanostructures. The structures were then coated with silver and the fibre immersed in a solution of thiophenol for SERS testing. Due to di±culties in determining exactly how many molecules contributed to the SERS signal, an accurate measure of the SERS enhancement factor cannot be made. However, by estimating the molecular coverage density, an enhancement figure of 10 5.3 to 10 5.5 can be produced. Although the manual drawing technique proved successful, lack of reproducibility meant that it was not suitable for large-scale commercial manufacturing. Before an attempt at manufacturing could be conducted, the parameters for the draw process (in particular temperature) needed to be determined. As the fibre is drawn by heating it to a high temperature in a furnace, it was necessary to understand the effects of the resultant diffusion of dopants within the fibre structure. To do this, a computer simulation was performed. The simulation package models a unit cell within the fibre structure and calculates firstly how the temperature affects the distribution of dopants and secondly, what the structures produced after etching would look like. It was found that in order to produce suitable nanostructures on the tips of the fibres, the diffusion length of the dopants must be less than 25% of the inter-core spacing. Knowing the maximum allowed diffusion length, means the maximum temperatures and heating times for manufacturing can be calculated. After determining the desirable manufacturing conditions, a number of production attempts using commercial fibre drawing towers were made. Ultimately, a short length of suitable fibre was produced allowing a full characterisation of the SERS capabilities of the fibre to be conducted. It was found that despite the high reproducibility of the structures, for an optimised sensor, the SERS signal counts still varied by approximately 40% from sample to sample. Careful investigations of the surfaces indicated this variability is most likely due to the nature of the metal coating applied rather than the fibre structures themselves. As such, it was found that to use sensors such as this for quantitative analysis, a form of internal SERS calibration is required. This was accomplished by exposing the sensor to a molecule of known concentration and measuring the signal intensity. After calibration, it was found the sample to sample variability dropped to approximately 8%. As a practical demonstration of the use of the SERS fibres, experiments on the detection of glucose, CEES (a simulant for the nerve agent HD mustard) and chlorsulphuron (a commonly used herbicide), were conducted. To test the procedures for gathering quantitative results, the sensors used in the experiment were calibrated by applying a monolayer of 1-decanethiol. In addition to providing the calibration spectrum, this molecule also aids in bringing the target analytes close to the active surface. Characteristic spectral lines could be easily identified from solutions of 5,000 ppm glucose, 549 ppm CEES and 10,000 ppm chlorsulfuron. Results of these experiments also indicate that the SERS fibres are reversible, that is, capable of tracking both increasing and decreasing concentrations. While the sensitivity is, at this stage, low when compared to other substrate formats, the speed and ease with which measurements can be taken and the potential for further optimisation of the fibre's surface both indicate the significant potential of this technique.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- Chemical sensing; Nanostructured materials; Optical fibres; Raman spectroscopy; SERS
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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Daniel Joshua White.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Alexander P. Mazzolini]
- Thesis Note
- [Thesis submitted in fulfilment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2008.]
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BEIRUT A broad range of estimates has been offered on how many Syrians were killed in the suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 that seems poised to drag the U.S. into Syrias 2½-year civil war. Heres a look at who is saying what and on what basis.
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The U.S. government says its preliminary figures show 1,429 people were killed, including 426 children, but that this will certainly evolve as more information is obtained. Secretary of State John Kerry presented the death toll as part of the administrations overall intelligence assessment of what happened during the attacks, based on satellite and signal intelligence as well as information from activists, regime sources and social media. Kerry did not say specifically how the death toll was compiled, but cited it as he made the case for punishing the Syrian regime the U.S. blames for the attack.
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The Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed political opposition group, says at least 1,460 people were killed in the strikes on rebel-held western and eastern suburbs of Damascus. The coalition and Majed Abu Ali, who said he is a spokesman for 17 clinics and field hospitals east of Damascus, provided a list of 395 names of people killed. On that list, some of the victims were only identified by their first name or said to be members of a certain family.
Abu Ali said the overall death toll is based on reports received from the clinics, but would not elaborate or provide a breakdown of the number of dead counted at each clinic. He said the total could be off slightly due to possible double-counting as victims were being moved. Three other senior anti-regime activists referred questions to Abu Ali.
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The humanitarian aid group says it has not been able to update its initial Aug. 24 estimate of 355 killed because communication with people on the ground in the Damascus area is difficult. That estimate was based on reports by doctors in three clinics in the Damascus area that are supported by the group.
Doctors Without Borders does not have a list of the names of the dead and wont say from which three hospitals the data came, citing security reasons.
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The New York-based group received reports from doctors and activists from clinics in four Damascus suburbs three in the east and one on the west on the day of the attack. Based on these reports, the group says the death toll is at least in the hundreds, but that it is unable to give an exact figure.
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