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Energy from a Black Hole
Energy from a Black Hole There are plenty of black holes that gobble energy.
Now astronomers have spotted one in a distant galaxy that's giving
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October 23, 2001: Scientists for the first time have seen energy being extracted from a black hole. Like an electric dynamo, this black hole spins and pumps energy out through cable-like magnetic field lines into the chaotic gas whipping around it, making the gas -- already infernally hot from the sheer force of crushing gravity -- even hotter.
Right: Click on the image to view a 700 KB QuickTime animation of an artist's concept of a spinning black hole. Animation courtesy NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Joern Wilms of Tuebingen University, Germany, and an international team of astronomers observed the novel "power tapping" with the European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) satellite by watching a supermassive black hole in the core of a galaxy named MCG-6-30-15. The observation also may explain the origin of particle jets in quasars.
"Never before have we seen energy extracted from a black hole," said co-author Christopher Reynolds of the University of Maryland, College Park. "We always see energy going in, not out."
Scientists say most galaxies, including our Milky Way galaxy, have a supermassive black hole at their core. A supermassive black hole contains the mass of millions to billions of Suns compressed within a region smaller than our solar system. The black hole in MCG-6-30-15, over 100 million light-years from Earth, has the mass of about 100 million Suns.
The team observed the X-ray glow of iron gas traveling about half the speed of light very close to the event horizon of the black hole in MCG-6-30-15 (an "event horizon" is the theoretical border of a black hole). XMM-Newton captured the spectrum, or chemical fingerprint, of this gas. The spectrum, laid out on a graph, resembles an electrocardiogram with its spikes and dips.
Left: Two spectral lines are present at 6.4 keV: the narrow blue line corresponds to X-rays coming from iron that is far away from the black hole, towards the outer parts of the accretion disc. The broad yellow line is the new mystery feature fully revealed by XMM-Newton. Click on the image for a larger version with labeled axes. Image courtesy XMM-Newton mission.
The iron spectrum from MCG-6-30-15 has extremely broad "spikes," an indication of gravity tugging at the particles of light, called photons, and literally stretching the light. MCG 6-30-15's iron line was so broad, in fact, that the bulk of the light must emanate from very close to the black hole, where the force of gravity is the greatest, Reynolds said.
The total energy output, or luminosity indicated by the spectrum, however, was too bright to be powered by gravity and the free fall of matter alone. Some additional power source must exist to boost the luminosity to the observed intensity.
Co-author Mitchell Begelman of the University of Colorado said this finding may be observational evidence of a theory by Professor Roger Blandford, currently at the California Institute of Technology, and Dr. Roman Znajek, when he was at Cambridge University in England, over 25 years ago. According to the theory, rotational energy can be extracted from the black hole as it is braked by magnetic fields.
Begelman said the energy lost in MCG-6-30-15 is transferred to the inner edge of the accretion disk, a flow of gas swirling around and eventually falling into the black hole. The Blandford-Znajek theory implies that energy flows to particle jets emanating perpendicularly from the accretion disk in certain supermassive black hole systems called quasars. MCG 6-30-15 is not a quasar, but Begelman said the theory can still apply because it predicts that the magnetic field might also link to the disk.
ASCA, a Japanese X-ray satellite, found possible evidence of a spinning black hole in 1994, but the signal was too weak to observe any evidence of energy being extracted from the black hole.
Left: The line profile of iron K-alpha from MCG-6-30-15 observed by the ASCA satellite. The emission line is extremely broad, with a width indicating velocities of order one-third of the speed of light. Click on the image for a larger version with labeled axes. Image courtesy NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
XMM-Newton, launched from French Guiana by ESA in December 1999, carries three advanced X-ray telescopes with the light-collecting ability to detect millions of sources, far greater than any previous X-ray mission.
The advanced X-ray observing abilities of this satellite made this important discovery about the energy dynamics of black holes possible, and should lead to other exciting discoveries about our cosmos in the future.
Black hole monster in a spin releases energy! -- more information about the discovery, from the European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA's XMM-Newton -- home page
Black Holes -- a tutorial about black holes and accretion disks
Black Holes -- educational links, from NASA's Spacelink
The Anatomy of Black Holes -- a teachers' resource with lots of information
about black holes, including classroom activities. From NASA's
"Imagine the Universe!"
X-Rays - Another Form of Light -- the basics of X-rays from Harvard's Chandra X-ray Observatory home page
Black Holes and Accretion Disks -- A tutorial from the Harvard CXO Field Guide to X-ray Astronomy
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center -- Gateway to the Universe of X-ray astronomy, for journalists, students and scientists.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory marks two years of important discoveries -- A Marshall Space Flight Center press release.
Science@NASA articles about black holes:
Black Hole Snacks -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has spotted a curious outburst from our galaxy's core -- a sign that the Milky Way's central black hole may be snacking on its neighbors.
New Evidence for Black Holes -- By seeing almost nothing, astronomers say they've discovered something extraordinary: the event horizons of black holes in space.
A Monster in the Middle -- The Chandra X-ray Observatory may have spied a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
Cosmic Bar Codes -- The Chanda X-ray Observatory has peered into the nucleus of a distant galaxy and detected warm gas flowing away from a black hole.
Measuring Spinning Black Holes -- Using data from several NASA satellites, scientists have measured the spins of several black holes, by accurately measuring the size of the last stable orbit of material around the black hole.
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For the second year in a row Kahala Mall will be celebrating Nov. 23, better known as "Black Friday," by opening up at 7 a.m., giving guests the opportunity to shop early for door busters with savings of up to 70 percent off.
Kahala Mall shoppers who purchase $150 or more in same-day receipts will receive a $10 Kahala Mall gift certificate. They will also be treated to a selection of breakfast items from Whole Foods Market, accompanied by a complimentary cup of coffee from Starbucks and bottled water from Hawaiian Springs in the Center Court area of the mall (quantities limited, while supplies last).
To add to the fun, approximately 30+ prizes and gift cards worth $25 or more will be given away at 10 a.m. and again at 1 p.m., including two grand prizes consisting of dinner for two at Hoku's Restaurant in the Kahala Hotel & Resort, and a Kahala Mall shopping spree worth $250 (must be present to win).
In addition, all guests at Kahala Mall can participate in the "Enter to Win" contest for an international roundtrip for two on Hawaiian Airlines to either Auckland, New Zealand; Brisbane, Australia; or Sapporo Chitose, Japan.
During the day, shoppers are also welcome to take a break in the lounges provided by Event Essentials. Keiki activities will be available at the lounge area fronting Cinnamon Girl from 8:00 am. to 3:00 p.m.
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Naked man apprehended in Hawley after rampage
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A naked man named Richard Ciminio was tazered by a Pennsylvania State Trooper after allegedly stripping naked and assaulting several people in Hawley and seriously injuring himself by jumping through a second story window.
It stared on September 7, when the accused came to a dead end behind a house on Hudson Street, after lhis vehicle left the road. He shed his clothing except for his underwear and tried to brake into the home, but was warned off by the owner. He then removed his underwear, broke into a neighboring unoccupied home, went up to the second floor and jumped through a second floor window, causing serious cuts to his body.
Ciminio then approached two womena Ann Monaghan and Nancy Dean-Corino and attacked them, know down Dean –Corino, and according to the police report, quote, 'gnawed at Dean Corino's head and Screamed like animal."
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Trial began Monday for Toby Stangel, the man prosecutors say killed a mother of 10 and fired at several other drivers on the H-1 Freeway.
Members of the Nguyen family wept and buried their faces as their youngest sister described what happened on June 3, 2011.
"I saw someone get out of the car and he walked over to the outside of his car and he lifted one hand and started shooting," said Cindy Nguyen.
Cindy and her mother Tammy Nguyen were at a stop light at Kapiolani Boulevard and Waialae Avenue when police say Stangel fired 11 shots at their minivan -- one of them hitting Tammy in the head.
"At first I didn't know what it was. I heard the sounds and I just crouched down to the floor and ducked down and then I saw my mom jerk back and her head slowly fell," said Cindy Nguyen.
Tammy Nguyen died at the died hospital. Deputy prosecutor Dwight Nadamoto said Stangel fired at seven people, including two police officers in what he described as a trail of terror from Kaimuki to Aiea.
One of the victims was Michael Pagdilao, who was waiting on Kapiolani Boulevard to get on the H-1 Freeway.
"I saw the pistol first and then he took the first shot at me, which I believe it hit the side rear door and that's where I ducked," said Pagdilao.
Stangel's defense attorney doesn't deny his client shot at these victims.
"We don't want you to believe there is someone else out there and he's the wrong person sitting here. The facts are not in dispute," said attorney John Schum.
However, Schum says his client's state of mind is in dispute.
"There's no state of mind that is going to marry up with the evidence that the state needs to show to you, that will show you that Mr. Stangel intended these acts," said Schum.
Stangel is on trial for one count of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. More victim testimony is expected this week.


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"The State Board of Education's own proposed budget for FY 03 was submitted last January and called for an increase in spending over the previous year. That proposal was made based on the best information available at the time. The situation has, of course, changed and our state faces a difficult financial situation.
"Our original budget was organized around the idea that three great challenges - three great gaps - face public education in Illinois: the achievement gap, the teacher gap and the funding gap. The Board has felt that whatever final funding level is agreed to, the goals of the budget should be to target state funds to priority areas that address these gaps.
"Since the depth of the state's fiscal crisis has become clear, it has been the State Board's goal to work with its many partners in education to help arrive at a spending plan that allocates limited dollars in the way that will most effectively help school districts educate our children.
"The Board feels that, in the overall context of reduced state spending, the budget proposed today by Governor Ryan treats K-12 education fairly. Additionally and importantly, it maintains funding for critical programs that address the three gaps and it provides funding to continue the school construction program.
"Specifically, in addressing the achievement gap, the Board has placed particular emphasis on standards, assessment and accountability, on reading, on math, on the Summer Bridges Program, and on providing support for districts with schools on the Academic Early Warning List. All these vital programs are retained in this proposed budget at somewhat reduced funding levels.
"Regarding the funding gap, although General State Aid has been reduced, the foundation level remains the same as last year, hold harmless is continued and mandated categoricals are funded at the 90 per cent level - above where they were before the state started fully funding them under the Ryan administration.
"As to the teacher gap, "startup" funding has been found to begin important teacher quality and quantity programs that the Board has long supported and which were given momentum by the Governor's recent teacher summit.
"Reductions in spending in many worthy and effective programs are difficult to accept. Overall, however, no programs have been eliminated, the basic structure of our proposed budget has been retained and a serious effort has been made to spread the "pain" of reduced spending fairly among school districts. The Board looks forward in the next days to working with the Governor and the General Assembly to arrive at a final spending plan for FY 2003."


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May 3, 2012 —
Every once in a while a story comes along that strikes right at the nerve of the community. It takes on a life of its own. You might guess it's one of those topics like school merger or gas leasing. Serious issues, yes, but forget those. They will fade away. There is nothing that brings even the most reticent out of the woodwork than the debate over the local existence of the mountain lion.
The crux of the question is whether the mountain lion (Eastern cougar) survives in the wild in New York State as many local people claim. Or if the "ghost cat," as the mountain lion is called, is extirpated from the state, as is the official position of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
According to the DEC, the species declined in the late 1800s as a result of the expanding population and habitat loss, and is considered extinct from much of its former range.
Many people, however, beg to differ. They say cougars, although rare, continue to survive in the state. There are stories of cat sightings, large paw prints and spooked livestock. Some stories are fantastic, but many seem credible, and it appears that nearly everyone has a mountain lion story—including myself.
Last spring, I swear I saw a mountain lion as it crossed our road and bounded into the woods. I rushed forth with my camera (leaving my panicked little daughter clinging to the kitchen window) but to no avail. The cat had already disappeared into the underbrush. It was long and slender with short, tawny colored fur and a long, black tipped tail. There is no mistaking that tail. I know what a bobcat looks like, and a dog, and a fisher, and an oversized tan tom cat, and it wasn't any of them.
I am not a hunter, and it didn't occur to me to check for paw prints or scat, as recommended on the DEC website. But there is no mistaking that tail.
However, the mountain lion continues to be "The one that got away," as all the stories go. No solid physical evidence that would prove the existence of the mountain lion in New York has been produced to date, according to the DEC, although staff investigates sightings regularly. There have been no reports of road killed mountain lions in contrast to Western areas with established populations. According to the DEC, the last known wild cougar killed in New York was in 1894.
To further muddy the waters, forwarded emails featuring phony photographs of cougars are circulated, including a recent photo of a cougar stalking a deer. Upon closer inspection, the deer in the picture is a dark-tailed Western species, not our native white tail. The DEC also dismisses rumors that claim the agency itself has released cougars to the wild in New York State, but it does acknowledge that a few captive cougars have escaped to the wild in recent years.
The DEC recommends that anyone who thinks they have seen a mountain lion do their best to get a photo or video of the animal and check for tracks or other signs of the animal's presence. The Cougar Network at www.
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Various departments from the City of West Allis have come together to blog about city news and information. For more information on the City of West Allis, visit their website.
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Mr. Salazar was born March 18, 1956, in Beeville. He was a barber and member of St. James Catholic Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Prajedes and Maria Salazar; a brother, Reyes Cano; and a sister, Dalia Salazar.
Survivors include a brother, Jose Salazar of Austin; and a sister, Esmeralda Castle of Evansville, Ind.
A rosary was recited Tuesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at Treviño Funeral Home.
The funeral Mass was celebrated Wednesday, March 20, at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church with Rev. Pasala officiating. Burial followed at the San Pedro Cemetery in the Clareville Community.
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Ready Set Design! is a student initiative at Johns Hopkins University to promote engineering to girls. A short presentation will be given to the girls on what engineering is all about and how the theme for this year, Technologies to Help Developing Countries, relates to engineering. Then, the students are broken into groups of 5 and led by a JHU student mentor to complete a project based on the theme. This involves planning a solution, making a model, and at the end, presenting it. Any participants will also receive a small snack during this event.
This is a free event open to all Girl Scouts.
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The 'next generation' of business news
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Personally, I consume news constantly and from a variety of media: print, Web, my iPad and iPhone. I frequent a number of social-media sites, both to obtain news and ideas, and also to relay the same.
Print publications of all types — from daily newspapers to monthly magazines, weekly newspapers to biweeklies — have sought to maintain a viable and healthy print business while taking advantage of the immediacy and convenience of delivery of content via the Web and mobile devices.
Business journals such as the Boulder County Business Report, the Northern Colorado Business Report and the Wyoming Business Report — owned by BizWest Media LLC — always are seeking to innovate, not only online but also in their print publications.
Elsewhere, readers around the country have been seeing a new concept from American City Business Journals, publishers of the Denver Business Journal and dozens of other weekly business journals. That redesign includes an in-depth cover story on a topic of interest to the business community. Inside pages are dedicated to specific industries, with reporters making a connection with the print audience.
Other, non-ACBJ publications also have been engaging in redesigns to best serve their audience.
At our three publications, print revenue is up, though not at the levels of 2006 or 2007. We still see a large majority of readers who value and use the print publication, either supplementing what they get from us online or in place of it. But we also are looking for how our print products can best serve our readers. We are about to undertake not just a redesign but also a "rethinking" of the role of our print publications in this new era.
As part of that effort, we will be conducting focus groups in the Boulder Valley, Northern Colorado and Wyoming to help determine what our audiences find valuable (and what they don't). What are we doing well? What are we not doing well, or not doing at all? How should print interact with our constant online offerings of breaking business news?
We will supplement those focus groups with surveys, social-media conversations and polling. In the end, our editorial staffs will have to take the input, interpret it and come up with ideas for our own "next generation of business journals."
These efforts also will help us to plan the next generation of our Web, tablet and mobile offerings.
All of this will coalesce into a redesign for our publications and online products. What will be the result? Our hope and expectation is that it will be print publications that maximize the value of the medium while also fully exploiting the potential of online, social and mobile delivery of news and information.
Want to be involved in one of our focus groups? Shoot me an email at the address below. It's going to be exciting.
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Welcome to the Fresno Police Department where you will find a team of dedicated public servants who care about the Fresno community and strive to serve with compassion, honesty and respect.
The men and women of the Fresno Police Department are dedicated to serving our community with honesty, compassion, and respect as we keep our citizens safe. We do this by preventing citizens from becoming victims of crime or being injured in a traffic collision. This is our highest priority. We are also committed to providing excellent service in those areas that are valued most by our citizens. We have a desire to live. Above all else, we must maintain the trust of our community. This five letter word is the foundation of every law enforcement agency.
It is this trust that provides members of the Fresno Police Department the authority to deprive someone of their individual freedoms when they are suspected of violating the law, and in rare cases gives police officers the right to take a person's life, when the officer believes his or her life or the life of another is in danger. This authority should never be taken for granted, nor abused.
It is my privilege to serve each of you as your Police Chief. I am committed to earning your trust as we work side by side in keeping our community safe.
A Foundation of Community Involvement
The Fresno Police Department strongly values its community partnerships, which include programs such as Crime Stoppers, "Bringing Broken Neighborhoods Back to Life," Neighborhood Watch, Citizens On Patrol, our Citizens Police Academies, Chief's Advisory Board and the Mayor's Gang Prevention Initiative.
We recognize that people make the difference in any organization. We are committed to recruiting the most qualified personnel and providing them with the best training and equipment possible, while creating an atmosphere that allows them to excel. Thanks in large part to the outstanding efforts of the men and women of the Fresno Police Department, the City of Fresno has experienced an overall decrease of 28 percent in crime between 2001 and 2013. That equates to nearly 10,000 fewer crime victims per year in the City of Fresno.


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John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John Look Cheesy In Promo Pics For Their Christmas Album
Nearly 35 years after they starred in "Grease," John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reteamed for holiday album This Christmas.
The album features guest appearances by Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, James Taylor, and Kenny G and includes classics such as "Baby It's Cold Outside," "White Christmas" and "Deck the Halls."
Travolta announced in a press release last month: "From the moment we decided to to this, magic happened. Everyone we contacted agreed to do it. My desire was to make This Christmas an intimate album, not something too ostentatious or showy."
Well, the promo photos have arrived, and they are really hokey. This Christmas is available Nov. 13.
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Netbeans Turns 10
By tonybeckham on Oct 22, 2008
I can't believe NetBeans has reached the 10 year mark. It has happened so fast. I remember what was just like yesterday celebrating Java's 10th. Now here we are celebrating the best IDE on the planet. built on Java so it runs everywhere and yet it supports so many languages. Did I forget to mention it is easier than ever to build on top of the NetBeans platform!
The last few years have been amazing. Currently NetBeans supports developement for: Groovy and Grails, Java, Java EE, Java ME, SOA, PHP, Ruby and Ruby on Rails, AJAX, C/C++, and in the works Python. And the database support is amazing with MySQL, Postgres, JavaDB...and the runtimes: Glassfish, webrick, jetty, mongel, tomcat...they all just work out of the box!
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TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA July 19, 2011 Results are in from the Beverage Tasting Institute's (BTI) Sparkling Wine Review and Southern California's Temecula Valley South Coast Winery scored BIG with all nine of its nine sparkling wines entered, including 2 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals and 1 Bronze medal.
South Coast Winery produces over 15,000 cases of sparkling wine each year from its 15,000 square foot state-of-the-art sparkling wine production facility. In fact, South Coast Winery's Master Winemaker Jon McPherson held the title of most highly decorated sparkling wine producer in the world in the mid–1990s; and since coming to South Coast Winery, he's continuously been proving to the world he still "got it," which is why South Coast elected to submit its sparkling wines to the BTI Tasting Panel reviews in July.
Founded in 1981 BTI's objective is to produce fair and impartial wine reviews for consumers, and its philosophy still holds true today. In fact, BTI's reputation continuously causes its buying guides to appear in such noted sources as Wine Enthusiast, Restaurant Hospitality, The New Yorker Magazine, Wine & Spirits, International Wine Review, Epicurious.com and many others.
The good news is, you don't have to wait for this information to be released by these major networks. A quick highlight of South Coast's Top Sparkling Wine Awards include:
South Coast NV Sparkling Gewurztraminer: This sparkling took the World Wine Championship Medal and Best Buy distinction from Beverage Institute with its exceptional 90 point ranking. BTI's description states, "Bright aromas of apricot jam, pineapple cake, and yellow rose with a tangy, fruity medium body and a long, juicy apple and lemon curd accented finish. A deliciously fruity and easy-drinking sparkler that is perfect for parties." South Coast's own customer reviews back up this popular pick. Priced at just $18 per 750mL bottle.
South Coast Winery's NV Blanc de Noir: This South Coast Winery sparkling earned an exception 92 points from Beverage Tasting Institute, delectably described by BTI as "A silvery salmon pink color with a lingering mousse. Bright aromas of strawberries and whipped cream on pound cake with a supple, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a juicy lemon scone, kiwi, apple, and mineral accented finish. Yummy." This sparkling is priced right for turning an ordinary day into a celebration at just $18 per 750mL bottle.
South Coast Winerys NV Brut: This South Coast Winery all–star came in third position among its South Coast counterparts, earning an impressive 89 points and ranking the highest among the long listing of Bruts sampled by BTI during its July 7, 2011 tasting. The Judging Panel of BTI describes this wine as follows: "Golden topaz color. Aromas of orange marmalade, anise cookie and earth with a vibrant dry–ish medium body and a tart starfruit, green apple and lemon pith accented finish." Just $18 per 750 mL bottle.
Rounding out the Top 5 Highly Rated positions are two popular South Coast Winery sparkling wines, which tied the BTI Tasting Panel at 88 Points.
88 • South Coast NV Spumante Diamante, California $18.
88 • South Coast NV Sparkling Pinot Grigio, Temecula $18.
South Coast Winery produces a broad portfolio of premium wines that are 95% grown and produced in Southern California's Temecula Valley Wine Country under the care of owner/vintner Jim Carter. Over the course of its first few years of production, South Coast Winery has received over 1,500 awards and medals from both domestic and international wine competitions, including two back–to–back claims to the California State Winery of the Year title. The winery graces the grounds of South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, a 39–acre destination property located in the heart of Temecula's Wine Country at 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula, California, and has a restaurant and tasting room in Orange County, California. Both can be found online at www.southcoastwinery.com.
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Suzanne, 1909
Alexander ArchipenkoRussian/American, 1887-1964
15-3/8 x 10 x 8-5/8 in. (39.0 x 25.4 x 21.9 cm)
Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
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Suzanne was completed just as Alexander Archipenko was settling into his life in Paris. The Kiev-born artist had been expelled from the Ukrainian city's art school for criticizing the academicism of his teachers. When he relocated to the French capital, he moved into an artists' residence known as "La Ruche" (The Beehive), a cylindrical building built by Gustave Eiffel in which Fernand Léger, Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, among others, had studios. Archipenko's interest in primitive art, particularly during this early phase of his career, is on display in Suzanne, as her head, arms, torso and legs are reduced to the simplest of forms. This sculpture was one of the first to break so dramatically from the academic traditions of any three-dimensional media, predating even Constantin Brancusi's radical forays into sculpture. The present work may refer to the biblical story of Susannah and the Elders, although the disproportionately large thighs and rump, long hair and large breasts of the figure are also seen in contemporary works by Léger, who may have shared the same model.
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Pre-sentence investigation ordered for physical therapist
STEUBENVILLE – Visiting Retired Stark County Judge Richard D. Reinbold will wait for a pre-sentence investigation report before he sentences Debra Copeland of Cadiz on one felony and two misdemeanor convictions for child endangering.
Several staff employees from the School of Bright Promise and Copeland's family and friends sat silently as Reinbold cleared Copeland of one felony child endangering charge but found her guilty of a second felony and two misdemeanors.
The former School of Bright Promise physical therapist was arrested in January following an investigation into alleged verbal and physical abuse of two students at the school.
Copeland was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 16 and terminated from her job on Feb. 5.
She was indicted on the child endangering charges by the April term of the Jefferson County grand jury.
Reinbold repeatedly referred to a video of Copeland interacting with two female students at the school.
"This was not therapeutic conduct. This was a lack of professional conduct by Miss Copeland. These are not accepted teachings of physical therapy. The force with which Miss Copeland touched the children was of concern to me. The way she turned on the radio and talked to that young lady is purely retaliation and clearly anger," Reinbold stated.
"The slapping of hands is not therapy … that's discipline. You caused (the girl) harm. Showing no remorse is not the issue. The way you treated her is the issue," added Reinbold.
The visiting judge listened to testimony for two days last week before adjourning the trial until Wednesday.
Reinbold said the pre-sentence investigation should take four to six weeks to complete.
"I will return after the investigation is done to issue my sentencing," Reinbold stated.
Following the verdict Assistant County Prosecutor Frank Bruzzese said he was pleased with the court's decision.
"This was justice today for two little defenseless girls. I thought the verdict was appropriate," Bruzzese said.
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BBC Review
The juke veteran's tracks rarely drag given their frenetic BPM.
Chris Power 2010
Following DJ Nate's Da Trak Genious, DJ Roc's The Crack Capone continues Planet Mu's sequence of juke releases. Juke is a faster variant of ghetto house, the raw, minimal house style that developed in Chicago in the 1990s, and until now much of it has only been available in the UK as low quality YouTube rips. The juke variant currently in vogue – particularly, on this side of the Atlantic, with DJs and producers occupying the loosely defined areas of post-dubstep and UK bass music – is primarily designed to soundtrack footworking, a physically and technically demanding dance style that's often performed in a battle environment.
From a musical perspective the short, rapid tracks juke trades in mash together house, techno, hip hop, dancehall and RnB. This blend, muddled together and shot out of a laptop at around 160 BPM, results in a dynamic that sometimes seems closely related to the half-step rhythms and industrial sub-bass of dubstep.
Chicago native DJ Roc, a veteran of the juke and footwork scenes, has been making tracks since 2001. His style is spartan: he usually restricts himself to a handful of vocal samples stretched over skittering drum patterns and brute basslines. Spacious and uncluttered, it's the variety of styles Roc clashes together that can make tracks seem more crowded than they are: Let's Get It Started combines a snatch of hip hop, a drifting Beach Boys-style harmony, orchestration straight off a Moondog score and the Twilight Zone theme, and underpins it all with rolling sub-bass and an intricate hi-hat pattern. Phantom Call summons bass swells of even greater turbulence, around which drop shattered chunks of a Russian military choir.
Although individual tracks rarely last long enough to drag, The Crack Capone flags in its second half. Footworking demands music that performs a specific function: soundtracking dance battles. For that reason, the shifting dynamics necessary to make albums coherent pieces of work are largely absent here. Understandable as that is it's still a shame, because those tracks that step away from Roc's typically hyped-up style – like the Maxwell-sampling Detroit techno of I Can't Control the Feeling – are often his best. Despite that, and assuming you're not too put off by the occasional track built from an Oompa-Loompa sample, DJ Roc is worth investigation.


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The Upside to the Backside
In important news that has come out this week not involving Mark McGwire (Really? Steroids? Huh, I never would have guessed), apparently Ryan Howard may be the most healthy player in baseball. Don't believe me? Well, how about the BBC?
There's only one major downside (as opposed to backside) to this. Now, instead of picturing this like the article asks you to do:
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Ryan Howard would be kinda cute if his nose wasn't so weird shaped… and if he wasn't a Phillie. I guess I'll stick to Mark Buehrle. Or Mike Pelfrey, today's his birthday.
I read that article the other day and thought, NOW they tell me it's good to have junk in the trunk?


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Israel is back on the fashion map
By Jan Shure, December 7, 2011
Tel Aviv hosted its first Fashion Week for three decades at the end of last month, attracting huge, celebrity-studded audiences to 20 fashion shows over three days.
The highlight was the Roberto Cavalli catwalk show where the Italian master of glitz and glam wowed a Tel Aviv fashion crowd with his Spring/Summer 2012 collection. But the event also achieved its main objective: to showcase local designers and put Israel firmly back on the world's fashion map. Sheer fabrics, glitz and bondage dominated the runways, but Israel's ability to produce world-class designers was also clear.
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For more than a century, visitors have chosen New Hampshire's Lake Sunapee Region as their ideal year-round vacation destination. Come see for yourself.
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A memorial service for Lewis will be held at Riverside Baptist Church in Huntsville at 2 p.m. Monday, July 21 with Rev. Jim Newton officiating.
He was born Aug. 28, 1945 in Del Rio and married JoAnn Freeman on Aug. 28, 1964. Lewis coached Little League Baseball in Goliad for 28 years prior to retiring in Huntsville.
A graveside memorial will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Glendale Cemetery in Goliad at 4 p.m.
Lewis is preceded in death by his father, Norris E. Lewis Sr.; mother, Minnie Florene Lewis; and brother, Bobby Wayne Lewis.
Lewis is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jo Ann Lewis; daughters, Kim Deviney and husband Patrick, Susan Gruetzmacher and husband Darren and Penny Lewis; son, Thomas William Lewis and wife Mariah; 11 grandchildren, Natalie, Amber, Nathan, Amanda, Ricky Joe, Collin, Brittney, Kyndal, Melody, Tyler and Mckenzie; and one great granddaughter, Avamarie.
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Evans earned both bachelor of music and a master of music degree from the Julliard School of Music. She has performed in a variety of ensembles, including the Santa Fe Opera; String Fever, a jazz string group; Continuum contemporary music ensemble; and the Meridian Quartet. For her chamber music work, she was a recipient of the Coleman Chamber Music Award.
On period instruments, she has performed medieval music around the world and performed with La Stravaganza Köln in Europe. She has played baroque music as a principal player with some of the country's top ensembles including Apollo's Fire, Brooklyn Baroque, Washington Consort, the Dryden Ensemble, Publick Musick, the New York Collegium and Foundling.
Evans has played with the Carmel Bach Festival for 11 years, appeared at the Boston, Berkeley, and Utrech Early Music Festivals and the Victoria Festival in Australia with various ensembles. She performed in the Leopoldo Mozart Festival in Augsburg, Germany, this past October and can be heard on more than 20 recordings, from new music to medieval. She plays a Roger Hargrave copy of an Amati violin.
Pechefsky has degrees from Columbia University, Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. A founding member of Brooklyn Baroque, she has performed at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall; for the American Festival of Microtonal Music and the Miami Bach Society; at the Boston Early Music Festival fringe series, the Berkeley Festival Fringe, and the Harpsichord Center of Southern California.
Pechefsky has premiered works by Frank J. Oteri, Louis Pelosi, Mary Inwood, Mark Janello, Graham Lynch, Johnny Reinhard and Ben Yarmolinsky.
Currently organist at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Glendale, Queens, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Erik Ryding, with whom she has coauthored "Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere," winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Her recording of harpsichord works by Johann Ludwig Krebs to commemorate his 300th birthday was released in February. She recently gave concerts in Italy and Amsterdam.
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Editor's note: In the Eclipse Cookbook, Steve Holzner, who also authored O'Reilly's Eclipse, offers practical recipes for more than 800 situations you may encounter while working with Eclipse. Today we sample two recipes from the cookbook, with two more (on connecting Eclipse to a CVS repository and on using Swing and AWT inside SWT for Eclipse 3.0) to follow next week.
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None of the built-in perspectives is quite right for you. You want to mix and match to create your own custom perspective.
No problem. Just open a perspective that's close to the one you want to create, add new views and close the ones you don't want, and save the new perspective by selecting Window→ Save Perspective As.
The Save Perspective As dialog is shown in Figure 2-20. This new perspective, named Debug2, adds the Navigator view to the Debug perspective.
Figure 2-20. Creating a new perspective
Now you're free to open your new perspective whenever you want, as shown in Figure 2-21. Very cool.
Figure 2-21. Opening a new perspective
TIP: To delete a custom perspective, select Window→ Preferences→ Workbench→ Perspectives, choose the perspective you want to get rid of, and click Delete.
Being able to create your own perspectives is very cool, and is something virtually no other IDE offers. You've got the opportunity here to mix and match views and create something totally new. Get creative!
As you enter code in the JDT editor, windows flash, wavy red lines appear under text, and red boxes appear in rulers, among other annoying distractions.
You can turn off many automatic syntax and problem-checking features to speed code entry.
Although Eclipse provides a host of automatic syntax and problem-checking features, sometimes those features can be annoying. Fortunately, Eclipse is almost endlessly customizable. Here are some of the more common auto-checking features people find distracting, along with tips for dealing with them:
Turn off by selecting Window→ Preferences→ Java→ Editor→ Annotations, and then uncheck all checkboxes.
Hide by selecting Window→ Preferences→ Java→ Editor→ Appearance→ Show Overview Ruler, and then uncheck the appropriate checkbox.
Turn off by selecting Window→ Preferences→ Java→ Editor→ Appearance→ Synchronize Outline Selection on Cursor Move, and then uncheck the appropriate checkbox.
Smart insert mode is another automatic feature, new in Eclipse 3.0, which you can turn on and off. This is the mode in which Eclipse does things for you automatically as you type, such as adding a closing quote to strings, adding closing braces, and so on. You can toggle smart insert mode on and off in Eclipse 3.0 by pressing the Insert key, which cycles you through the overwrite and insert modes (which Eclipse 3.0 shares with Eclipse 2.x) as well as the Eclipse 3.0 smart insert mode. You can see the smart insert mode cursor, which looks like a left bracket, in the JDT editor in Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1. Smart insert in Eclipse 3.0
TIP: To configure whether the JDT editor closes strings for you, adds braces, and so on, as well as to configure smart insert mode in Eclipse 3.0, select Window→ Preferences→ Java→ Editor→ Typing.
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Kissinger, a lessonMay 04,2013
For America, probably more than for other nations, foreign policy is a morality tale.
The Syrian civil war now presents itself not just as a diplomatic and military challenge, but as a challenge to our values and our self-interest.
President Obamas cautiousness regarding Syria has been criticized by those who see him as unwilling to stand up for a persecuted people and for freedom and human rights. His caution is seen as a moral failure.
But his caution is viewed by others as a highly moral form of prudence, showing that he has learned the lesson of Iraq and he doesnt want to waste American lives in a project that could well make matters worse.
Thus, Americans weigh decisions about foreign policy not just in terms of their effectiveness, but also in terms of their virtue.
These are complicated calculations. Robert D. Kaplan, journalist and author (and former reporter for the Rutland Herald), has written a provocative article for The Atlantic describing the greatness of Henry Kissinger as a statesman. The article will be hard to swallow for liberals used to viewing Kissinger as an architect of serial foreign policy disasters. But Kaplan raises important points about how moral judgments figure into foreign policy, including the foreign policy challenges faced by the Obama administration today.
Kissinger was a realist who believed that the cause of peace was best served by maintaining a balance of power among forces who might otherwise teeter into war. The principal challenge of Kissingers time was to prevent war with the Soviet Union. Maintaining the balance that would keep the peace required the United States to engage in a variety of small wars and interventions to fend off the influence of the Soviet Union and to strengthen the hand of the United States.
Chief among Kissingers accomplishments, according to Kaplan, was to recognize China, helping to balance the power of the Soviet Union and opening China to changes leading to the historic transformation of Asia today. In Kaplans view, the war in Vietnam was an important assertion of Americas willingness to counterbalance the influence of the Soviet Union and opened the way for our rapprochement with China.
Kaplan reviews other Kissinger projects, including intervention leading to the rise of Pinochet in Chile and the withdrawal of support from Ethiopia by the Carter administration, which led to immense suffering in the Horn of Africa.
Kaplans reading of these situations is open to question, but his larger point is a good one: that a pragmatic foreign policy may be more moral than a moralistic one if the moralistic one cannot work. It was possible for the United States to work itself into high moral dudgeon about the tyranny of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, but the war to oust him was, in practical terms, a disaster, which made it also a moral disaster.
Kaplan notes that the intervention in Bosnia, which aimed to avert genocide, was not much different in motive from the intervention in Vietnam, which, in his view, was a prolongation of what John Kennedy called the long twilight struggle of World War II. Statesmanship has a tragic dimension. In order to defend the larger interests of the nation, we must sometimes do terrible things, as in the war we have waged in Afghanistan.
In some instances it may be tragic and statesmanlike not to act. Caution in Syria is compelled by an inability to determine who it is we should help without making the situation worse. Opposing the Soviet Union in Afghanistan seemed like a moral thing to do, except it radicalized and destabilized the region in ways that are still hurting us.
Kaplan says that Kissinger-style realism is more prevalent in the Obama White House than it is within todays Republican Party, which is why liberals wring their hands at Obamas slowness to act in the Middle East. Then again, there are plenty of liberals and millions of Americans who understand that the American people could not tolerate or afford a new war. It is a cause for anguish all around.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Back to school means big spending for families
It's a little less than a month until classes resume at area schools, but that doesn't mean it's too early to start buying supplies.
"Start about … end of July, first of August, just to get in on some deals, get it out of the way," said Caldwell resident Elizabeth Walker, 30, as she shopped at Walmart in Marietta Friday with her stepson, Ein Leonard, 9, and son, Blake Leonard, 4.
According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, families are expected to spend an average of $634.78 on back-to-school purchases, down about 8 percent from last year's historic high of $688.62.
A release from the federation attributes last year's numbers to "pent-up demand and a growing population of school children." But spending is being dialed back a bit for the 2013-14 school year.
"Having splurged on their growing children's needs last year, parents will ask their kids to reuse what they can for the upcoming school season," said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay. "As they continue to grapple with the impact of increased payroll taxes, Americans will look to cut corners where they can, but will buy what their kids need. It's important to note, however, that spending levels are still well above where they were a few years ago."
Reusing last year's supplies isn't really an option when a child is going to school for the first time, said Marietta resident Sheral Lawell, whose 5-year-old grandson, Timothy Ryan, will start kindergarten at Washington Elementary School next month. Lawell, 56, said she tries to help with her grandchildren's back-to-school expenses and estimated outfitting Timothy with supplies, a backpack, new shoes and more cost the family about $400.
"I'm surprised what kids' clothes cost nowadays," she said. "We try to go through the summer picking up stuff here and there and here and there."
That way, Lawell said, the expenses don't all hit at once.
Timothy said his favorite part of the process was "getting new shoes at the mall."
"They're Jordans," he said proudly before running inside to show them off.
In the NRF survey, 23.9 percent of families said they would start shopping two months before the start of school, the highest percentage recorded in the survey's 11-year history. Nearly half will do their shopping three weeks to a month before school starts, while 21.8 percent plan to hit the stores one to two weeks in advance. An estimated 2.8 percent will wait until the week before, while 2.6 percent plan to do their shopping after school starts.
Randy Hupp, assistant manager at Kmart in Marietta, said he's seen some back-to-school shoppers in the store already, but expects their numbers to rise soon.
"Within the next week or so, it's really going to hit," he said.
Bobbi Davis, owner of A to Z Learning Supplies on Ohio 7 south of Marietta, said it's usually the parents of incoming kindergarteners who start shopping earlier. And there also tends to be a difference between male and female shoppers.
"We have a lot of dads come in August, and they have the list and we check it off for them," Davis said. "The moms usually know what they need."
But it's not just parents and other family members doing the back-to-school shopping. The survey said teens plan to spend $30.13 of their own money on supplies, while pre-teens will spend an average of $18.45.
"I'll buy some. My mom will buy some too," said Danielle Weddle, 16, of Newport. "But with older high school years comes that kind of responsibility."
There are also local efforts to help families who may not be able to afford their children's school supplies.
Washington-Morgan Community Action provides backpacks and school supplies to kindergarten through eighth-graders from families at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. Donations kept the program alive when funding dried up, said Carrie McNamee, director of senior and community services for Community Action.
"The only reason why we're able to do the program at all is because the Marietta Moose Lodge gave us $1,000," she said.
That will allow the agency to provide supplies for 100 students in Washington County, not including the Marietta City school district, which is served by St. Luke's Lutheran and other churches, although Community Action still handles the applications. McNamee said that program also supplies high school students.
Applications for Washington County students can be submitted to Community Action, at 218 Putnam St., Marietta, from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. weekdays. Applicants must bring proof of household income for 30 days, proof of county residency, name of school and grade the child is attending in the fall, proof of the child's age and Social Security number of all members of the household..
A $500 donation from Peoples Bank will fund supplies for 50 students in Morgan County. That application period closed last week, McNamee said.
Students in Belpre City Schools are served by the United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley.
McNamee said she can see the burden back-to-school shopping places on some families when pricing items for Community Action's program.
"The prices are higher than they have been," she said.


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WEF Discussion Forums
Laboratory Management and Technical Issues
Sample Bar Coding?
Anyone help me out with the following questions? Thanks!
Do you have a bar-coding system for tracking samples that you are happy with?
If yes, do you use it for:
Does it meet chain of custody requirements for in lab sample control?
Is it a stand alone system? If yes, who is the manufacturer?
Is it integrated into a LIMS system? If yes, who is the manufacturer?
Sorry this posting is so late.
We use barcoding for COC and for entering info into our instruments. The capability came with our LIMS: Element by Promium (Bothel, WA).
When we upgraded our LIMS, we made a concerted effort to move away from paper and hand-entered data, from log-in info to results. The bar coding was a natural part of this effort.
We found, though, that you have to be fairly careful with the type of bar code reader you buy. They are made to read at various distances. We had to try a couple of models before we found the type that worked best for us. Our codes are one-dimensional, that is they're really just a set of bars, not a 2D "speckle."
And we've been very pleased with performance, efficiency gains, and reduction in hand-entry errors.
Added later: I forgot to add that we use bar coding on all sample labels, too. The labels are printed out at sample log-in, and the analysts read the codes off the labels at the instruments.
Chuck Lytle,
City of Portland, OR
We went with the WASP WL S9500. Reasons: (1) good compromise between sensitivity and readable distance; (2) uses a cord (we found the rechargeable battery readers to go dead too often); (3) good service from the company; (4) reasonable cost.


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If I can build a raised bed garden plot, you can, too!
If I'd known how easy it is to build a raised bed garden plot, I'd have done it years ago instead of having a patchwork, haphazard home kitchen garden.
So, you may ask: Why not just turn over the soil in my backyard? Well, we tried that one, and here's the thing…
The first spring after we moved into our country home, I decided to plant all of my favorite vegetables and try my hand at gardening. It was the first time I'd ever had my own house with my own dirt to dig in. The front yard was the only option, as our woods come right up behind the house, and there's not enough sun to grow much of anything back there—except for a lot of moss that grows there naturally. Besides that, we live on the top of a hill on a rocky ledge, where the soil is thin, poor and, well, rocky. That first summer, the only vegetables that grew were quickly eaten by a groundhog. (What is it with groundhogs? They could have any weed or blade of grass in the yard, but they apparently think that fresh veggies are candy, and candy's better than weeds any day!)
After the first season's failure, a friend suggested growing things in oversized flowerpots with purchased topsoil, and so for many successive summers, I planted tomatoes and basil this way, plus a variety of herbs. This method was sufficient up to a point, but as time went on, I wanted to grow more vegetables.
And then, two years ago, I had the chance to help a local sustainability organization build a community garden with 25 raised beds. I discovered that even I, who grew up in a family with three boys and never had to wield any kind of tool to build or repair anything—even I could build a raised bed garden plot.
I want to share with you how simple it is.
Basically, you're going to build a four-sided open wooden box (4 feet x 8 feet x 10 inches tall) and fill it with dirt.
Here's what you need:
2 pieces rough-cut sawmill hemlock – 8 feet long by 10 inches wide by 2 inches thick
2 pieces rough-cut sawmill hemlock – 4 feet long by 10 inches wide by 2 inches thick
(Note: Our community garden chose hemlock because it's more resistant to rot and to insects; cedar is also good, but more expensive. Whatever you do, don't use pressure-treated wood that's been treated with chemicals.)
Lay out the wood on the ground where you will build your four-sided wooden box, placing the two 8-foot sides opposite each other (four feet apart) and then placing the two 4-foot pieces at either end to form 90-degree angles to complete the box.
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Hotel Man-tess
Boutique hotel Man-tess is ideally located in the heart of Riga's old town, just walking distance away from the most important sites of the city! This 18th century mansion was owned by Christoph Haberland - the famous architect of Riga. There are 10 rooms in the hotel: 2 economy doubles/twins, 2 doubles, 3 family rooms, 2 twins, 2 suites. All of the rooms have their own in-suite bathroom (with bath or shower), TV-set, telephone, writing desk and free wireless internet.
Hotel along with central location in Riga Old Town possesses all the advantages of a small hotel and offers a home-like ambiance, individual approach to each guest and comfortable accommodation in stylish guestrooms. Parrots and goldfish complement the lobby's decor.
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By Car: - Head towards the city centre from all directions.
- From Estonia and Lithuania (Panevezys), you need to take the E67 motorway.
- From Russia and Lithuania (Shaulai), you need to take the E77 motorway. - From Belorussia, you need to take the E22 motorway.
By Plane / Public Transport: From the airport, you should take bus number 22, which takes you to Rigas Central Railway Station. For the Man-Tess hotel, you are advised to get off at the stop before the last one. This is Stockmann bus stop and it is located near the large Stockmann shopping centre. From this stop, and if coming from the International Bus Station, head towards Old Town for Valnu Street and continue straight on until the Teatra Street crossing. Turn left and you will see a sign for the hotel. From here, the journey to the hotel is about 3-5 minutes long.
By Bus: From the International bus station you have to go into the Old town direction up to the Valnu Street, just straight till the crossing with the Teatra Street. Turn left and you will see the sign of hotel MAN-TESS. The way to the hotel could take about 3-5 minutes.
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When I return to work soon and start pumping, do I need to sanitize the parts between uses? I plan to pump twice while at work. I have those Quick Clean wipes and the Micro Steam bag. Do I need to use the steam bag between uses? Or can I just make sure the parts are really clean?
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Former MPP Elizabeth Witmer to deliver Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning anniversary lecture
May 21/14| For Immediate Release
Rebecca Kieswetter, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Lori Chalmers Morrison, Acting Director
WATERLOO Longtime Kitchener-Waterloo MPP Elizabeth Witmer will be speaking on Lauriers Waterloo campus May 27 to help mark the 17th anniversary of the Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning (LALL).
Witmers lecture, Political Life and Stops Along the Way, will discuss the lessons shes learned from her 32 years as a public servant. A natural champion for education, Witmer began her political career with the Waterloo Region School Board in 1980 becoming the boards chair in 1984 after working as a secondary school teacher for 12 years.
First elected MPP for the Waterloo North riding (since renamed Kitchener-Waterloo) in 1990, Witmer would go on to serve 22-straight years in the provincial legislature, holding multiple cabinet positions including minister of education, minister of health, minister of labour, minister of the environment and deputy premier. In 2012, Witmer was named Chair of Ontarios Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
Witmer has been a proponent of learning throughout her career and even as recently as 2013, added a new degree to her resume.
I have always been a strong advocate of lifelong learning. From my time as Chair of the Waterloo Region School Board, through my career as MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo and, most recently, when I graduated from the Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Business in 2013, said Witmer. I am looking forward to celebrating the Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning's 17th anniversary and getting the chance to share my experiences and my passion for learning."
Formed in 1997, LALL is a nonprofit organization supported by Lauriers Office of Continuing Studies that provides a unique learning option for adults, offering six-week courses intended for personal interest or self-education. For more information on LALL, click here.
We are delighted to have Ms. Witmer as our guest speaker for the evening, said Lisa Fanjoy, manager of Online Learning and Continuing Studies at Laurier. As a longtime supporter of education in Waterloo Region, we are looking forward to hearing her perspective on lifelong learning in relation to her many roles in public service.
The May 27 lecture will be held in the Senate and Board Chamber on Lauriers Waterloo campus and is open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the lecture scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets to the event can be purchased from the Office of Continuing Studies (202 Regina St. North, Room 294) or at the door for $10. For more information, contact the Laurier Association for Lifelong Learning at 519-884-0710 ext. 4628 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Hattiesburg, Miss., Considers Wi-FiThe city council is preparing to vote Tuesday on a contract with Hattiesburg company MegaGate Broadband, which currently provides the bulk of its technological infrastructure, to install the service later this summer.
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Nokia, Google Partnership Highlights Wi-Fi TrendThe Wall Street Journal reported Friday on its Web site that Nokia will launch on Tuesday a version of its handheld Internet browsing device containing Google's Google Talk service, which allows for voice connections and instant messaging. It is an upgrade to a Nokia product that came out last year, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, the Finnish company's first mobile device that also isn't a cellphone.
From Cellular News, May 13, 2006
IBM, Alvarion WiMAX Alliance for Public SafetyAlvarion has announced an alliance with IBM to offer and deliver wireless systems to municipalities and their public safety agencies. Based on a unique pilot wireless network implementation in Fresno, the 6th largest city in California, the IBM and Alvarion information communication technology (ICT) system is comprised of IBM's suite of productivity-enhancing mobile applications built on Alvarion's broadband and mobile wireless systems.
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Wi-Fi Push for Downtown Phoenix"While it's an amenity now, I think it will be an expected piece of infrastructure in the not-too-distant future," said Brian Kearney, chief executive officer of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership. "If we don't pursue this, we are shooting ourselves in the foot."
From Arizona Republic, May 09, 2006
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From VOIP News, May 09, 2006
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Concert Reflection, "Beyond Borders and Boundaries"
Wed, 25 Sep 2013 8:00 PM
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The Staunton Music Festival will bring to the Concert Hall in the Forbes Center "Beyond Borders and Boundaries," an eclectic mix of musical traditions. The program features JMU music department faculty and includes a world premiere jazz composition by Chuck Dotas.
Part of International Week at JMU; for information, check http://www.jmu.edu/international/iweek/highlights.shtml.


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Sleeping Dogs "Nightmare in North Point" DLC Video Preview
Sleeping Dogs will gets its own spooky DLC pack, Nightmare in North Point, just in time for Halloween. We spoke with Dan Sochan, a producer at United Front Games, about the DLC. "Nightmare in North Point" will explore a different part of Hong Kong cinema. Sleeping Dogs was true to the crime drama genre, but this DLC pack will show...
Sleeping Dogs Halloween-Themed DLC Launches October 30
The first story-based DLC for United Front Games' excellent Sleeping Dogs is confirmed to be arriving on October 30, 2012. The "Nightmare in Northpoint" pack adds some Halloween-themed supernatural kung fu flavor to the open world adventure, as a New York Comic Con trailer revealed. According to United Front, the DLC pack is similar...
Sleeping Dogs DLC Awakens Next Week
The first of two planned mission content packs for Sleeping Dogs will arrive on October 16, 2012, Square Enix confirms on its website (via Joystiq). The Street Racer Pack adds a total of three new races to the game, with one apiece for cars, motorcycles, and boats. The pack also adds the new Sting superbike to players' garages, as well as a new...
Sleeping Dogs Sold 170,000 Units In August
Sleeping Dogs sold 172,000 copies across both the Xbox 360 and PS3 last month. Last week we told you who won the War of August 14th, thanks to sales data released from the NPD. Darksiders 2 took the number spot in August with 247,000 units sold. Sleeping Dogs came in at number six. REVIEW: Sleeping Dogs Review Also in last week's NPD...
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In the tough streets of Hong Kong, you'll need all the money that you can get. It doesn't matter where it comes from; all that matters is that it is yours. As you play through the main story of Sleeping Dogs, you'll earn plenty of money that can be used on food, cars, and bikes. There isn't much to it, but it still feels...
Sleeping Dogs Launch Trailer -- Welcome To Hong Kong
To celebrate the impending launch of Sleeping Dogs, Square Enix has released an official launch trailer. Sleeping Dogs follows the story of Wei, a undercover cop who had to infiltrate the Triads. Gamers will have to balance the ethics of being a cop with the seedy underworld of Triads. VIDEO: Sleeping Dogs Guided Tour Video Watch...
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Square Enix's action-packed game, Sleeping Dogs, will be released in only a few days (August 14, 2012) so we decided to take you on a guided tour. Jake Gaskill, G4's Previews Editor, and Jeff O'Connell, the Senior Producer at United Front Games, will be your tour guides through the streets of Hong Kong. VIDEO: Sleeping Dogs Police...
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As the console cycle gets closer to its end, the gulf between PC gaming and game system gaming is getting greater. Case-in-point: The PC version of Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs will offer a great deal more than either console version, including high-resolution texture pack updates, increased depth-of-field so small objects can be rendered from...
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As fans of wild and crazy open-world action-fests are well aware, United Front Games and Square Enix are primed to launch the long-awaited Sleeping Dogs on August 14. And seeing as we are all (at least for now) bound by the laws of space and time, that means you won't be able to get your hands on the game until then. However, seeing as we...
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Sleeping Dogs' voice cast has been announced by Square Enix and United Front and the Hong Kong thriller has some serious Hollywood power behind it, including actors like Will Yun Lee, Lucy Liu, Emma Stone, and Tom Wilkinson, to name a few. "Sleeping Dogs features over two hours of rich dialogue in a story inspired by some of Hong...
Sleeping Dogs: The First 15 Minutes
Upcoming open-world action game, Sleeping Dogs, lets you explore Hong Kong while working for the cops and infiltrating the triads. We've got the first 15 minutes of the game to help you understand how Sleeping Dogs aims to change the way you play open world games. Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version I've had the chance to play the...
Sleeping Dogs Gameplay Videos -- Weapons, Vehicles And More
Sleeping Dogs will give gamers free reign over the city of Hong Kong. As Wei Shen, an undercover cop, the pearl of the orient will be your oyster. (Too many metaphors?) Square Enix and United Front wanted to take you way inside this open-world game with two separate videos that show off everything Sleeping Dogs has to offer. VIDEO:...
Sleeping Dogs Video Preview From PAX East 2012
Sleeping Dogs, the game formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong, is an open-world action game set in Hong Kong, China. Adam Sessler had the chance to get some hands-on time with the game at PAX East. He also got to speak with Johnny Fournier, Square Enix's System Brand Manager about Sleeping Dogs's gameplay and story. Watch Larger Version...
Sleeping Dogs Release Date Revealed
The Sleeping Dogs release date has been announced. You'll be able to play Square Enix's action-infused, open-world cop drama on August 14 on the PC, PS3 and 360. Like any major game release, Square is offering the faithful a couple of retailer-specific pre-order packs for Sleeping Dogs, too. You'll find them detailed under the "Read...
Sleeping Dogs Behind The Scenes Video: Location, Location, Location
This Sleeping Dogs behind the scenes video focuses on why the development team chose Hong Kong as the setting for their game. They go in to great detail about all the field research that they had to do in order to make Sleeping Dogs feel as authentic as possible, and some of it seems like pretty crazy stuff. Check it out below. Watch...
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