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|Pre-service training will probably be the most intense period of your Peace Corps service, as you will need to gain the knowledge and experience necessary to successfully serve as a Volunteer in just 10 weeks. While the training period will be extremely busy, it should also be a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. The effort and challenges of adapting to a new culture will draw on your reserves of patience and humor but will be handsomely rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends.
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Pre-service training is probably the most intensive period during your Peace Corps service. During your 8 to 10 weeks of training time (depending on your project), you will need to accumulate the knowledge and experience necessary for the first several months of service. Before beings sworn-in as a Volunteer, you will also need to demonstrate that you meet the criteria to qualify for Volunteer service.
Your first two nights in Zambia will be spent at a simple lodge/camp near Lusaka. Following a brief orientation program, most trainees will proceed to their first site visits. Health Volunteers will proceed to the training center for two days of orientation and then move into their villages with their host families. The training center is situated approximately 350 kilometers from Lusaka to the north, in the province called Copperbelt. While this site is located in a rural setting, it lies just 20 kilometers from Zambia's third largest city, Kitwe. Regardless of sector, your home stay families will be your hosts throughout training. Training also includes overnight field trips outside of the Copperbelt.
Rural aquaculture program trainees are given both center- and field-based training. These trainees live with home stay families around a national fisheries station, and they are assigned their own fish ponds to manage. Language, cross-culture and technical sessions are held around the station for seven weeks. Trainees will spend four weeks during this period at current Volunteers' sites and will stay with host fish farmers continuing to improve their technical, language and cross-cultural competencies. Trainees in other program sectors will use community-based training. You will live with home stay families in villages within 15 to 20 kilometers of the training center. Your language, cross-culture and technical sessions will take place in your surrounding villages. Once a week, trainees will travel by bike to the training center for medical and other sessions and travel back to their home stay families at the end of the day. The living situation with your families will be similar to what you will experience as a Volunteer (i.e., housing consisting of mud brick with a grass roof and no electricity or running water). Education trainees also have a mixed training program. Their training is divided between three weeks working alongside currently serving education Volunteers and completing practical activities within schools and communities around the training site.
While pre-service training is extremely busy, it is also a time of excitement, discovery, and self-fulfillment. Drawing on your reserves of patience and humor, the effort and frustrations of functioning in a different culture will be rewarded with a sense of belonging among new friends. The long hours of study and practice will pay off in your ability to work effectively in a challenging job that will directly benefit a great number of people.
Technical Training
Technical training will prepare you to work in Zambia by building on the skills you already have and helping you to develop new skills in a manner appropriate to the needs and issues of the country. The Peace Corps staff, Zambian experts, and current Volunteers conduct the training program. Training places great emphasis on learning how to transfer the skills you have to the community in which you will serve as a Volunteer. You will be supported and evaluated by experienced Zambian trainers, current Volunteers, and Peace Corps staff throughout the training to build the confidence and skills you will need in order to eventually undertake your sub-sector activities and be a productive member of your community.
Technical training includes sessions on general environmental, economic, and political situations in Zambia and strategies for working within such a framework. You will review your technical sector's goals and will meet with the Zambian agencies and organizations that invited Peace Corps to assist them.
Language Training
Language skills will are key to your personal and professional satisfaction as a Volunteer. These skills will often be critical to your job performance; they will help you integrate into your host community; and they can ease your personal adaptation to the new surroundings. For these reasons, language training is the heart of the training program, and you must successfully meet minimum language requirements in order to complete training and become a Volunteer. Experienced Zambian language instructors give formal language instruction five and a half days a week in small classes of four to five people. The Zambian languages that are taught are also introduced in the health, culture, and technical components of training.
Your language training will incorporate a community-based approach. You will have classroom time and will be given assignments to work on outside of the classroom and with your host family. Our goal is to get you to a point of basic social communication skills so that you can practice and develop linguistic skills more thoroughly. Prior to swearing in as Volunteers, you will work on strategies to continue language studies during your two years of service.
Cross-Cultural Training
As part of your pre-service training, you will live with a Zambian host family. The experience of living with a Zambian host family is designed to ease your transition into life in the countryside. Families have gone through an orientation conducted by Peace Corps staff to explain the purpose of the pre-service training program and to assist them in helping you adapt to living in Zambia. Many Volunteers form strong and lasting friendships with their home stay families.
Cross-culture and community development will be covered through a variety of training activities to help improve your skills of perception, communication, and facilitation. Topics such as community mobilization, conflict resolution, gender and development, and traditional and political structures are some examples.
Health Training
During pre-service training, you will be given basic medical training and information. Volunteers are expected to practice preventive health care and to take responsibility for their own health by adhering to all medical policies. The topics include preventive health measures and minor and major medical issues that Volunteers may encounter while in Zambia. Sexual health and harassment, nutrition, mental health, and safety issues are also covered.
Safety Training
During the safety training sessions, you will learn how to adopt a lifestyle that reduces risk in your home, at work, and during your travels. You will also learn appropriate, effective strategies for coping with unwanted attention, and learn about your individual responsibility for promoting safety throughout your service.
Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides Volunteers with continuous opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills.
Over the two-year Volunteer term of service, there are usually three kinds of training events. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
- Pre-Service Training: Provides trainees with solid technical, language, and cross-cultural knowledge to prepare them for living and working successfully in Zambia.
- In-Service Training: Provides an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months. There are typically two in-service trainings during a Volunteer's tour of service.
- Close of Service Conference: Prepares Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and to review Volunteers' respective projects and personal experiences.


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William Rodrigues-Kaiwa, of the Big Island, and Drew Tandal, of Makaha, have never crossed paths, but in the span of a few minutes Wednesday, both men were trading hugs as if longtime friends.
It was shortly after 12:30 p.m. when the pair heard screams coming from a third-floor window at Atkinson Plaza, a condominium located across the street from the Ala Moana Shopping Center.
Rodriques-Kaiwa quickly realized a small child had fallen from a third-floor window of the residential tower and landed on a ledge that's part of the building's entrance. The child was in a small lobby that leads from a parking garage when he fell.
"I was walking and I just heard somebody scream," said Rodrigues-Kaiwa. "Then I looked up and I seen this lady screaming like, 'Get down there!' So, I came running across the street, I tried to climb up… but I kind of slipped."
As he attempted to climb to the top of the ledge a second time to reach the injured child, Rodrigues-Kaiwa was approached by Tandal, who asked what was happening.
"I was like, 'It's OK, it'll probably be a little easier for me,'" explained Tandal. "So, he helped me get up."
Once on the ledge, it was clear to Tandal the child had suffered serious injuries. As he began speaking to the child, Tandal was soon joined on the ledge by Rodrigues-Kaiwa and another unidentified man.
"I was hoping that he wasn't dead. It was just really scary," said Tandal. "When I saw he was breathing, I felt a little better."
"He was bleeding, but he was breathing and crying," added Rodrigues-Kaiwa, who was still shaken by the ordeal while speaking to KITV4.
All three good Samaritans stayed with the injured boy until firefighters and paramedics arrived moments later. The toddler was stabilized on a backboard before being lowered to the ground with the help of an aluminum ladder.
A woman who identified herself as the boy's aunt, but did not want to provide her name, said the child was visiting from Corona, Calif., and had arrived on Oahu Saturday. She said the toddler suffered a fractured skull, broken arm and damage to his spleen.
According to a police report, a caregiver lost sight of the toddler after he ran off. Moments later, the injured child was found on the ledge.
Although it may seem uncommon for a child to fall from a building, first responders say it happens much too often.
"You turn your back to them for one minute and a tragedy like this could happen," said Kelly Yamamoto, a district chief with the city's Emergency Medical Services. "So, the message that we want to get to the community is to be extra careful with children and height."
According to Hawaii Department of Health statistics, from 2005 to 2012 there have been 300 children under the age of 5 injured in Hawaii after falling from a building or other structure, such as a retaining wall. More specifically, 78 children have been injured during the same time span after falling directly from a building.
From 1991 to 2012, eight children under the age of 5 died from falls from buildings, but only two deaths occurred in the past 13 years.

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The X26 taser gun can hit a target 21 feet away and unload electricity into its subject. (CNJ file photo)
By David Irvin: CNJ staff writer
A Clovis man recently acquitted of battery charges against a county sheriff's deputy has filed a notice to the county that he intends to sue the deputy for using excessive force.
Gilbert Martin Lopez, found guilty of evading arrest in his Feb. 2 jury trial, claims his civil rights were violated during the incident in December 2002.
Lopez' attorney, Dan Lindsey of Clovis, said Tuesday a police video of the arrest at a Melrose gas station shows the sheriff's deputy using a taser on Lopez multiple times and slamming him against the hood of the deputy's cruiser.
Lindsey said he is seeking attorney's fees, a possible pain and suffering settlement and guidelines to be placed on the use of tasers.
Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher and deputy Sandy Loomis said Lopez was evading arrest and Loomis used appropriate force to subdue a man he believed was a violent threat. The taser is used as a tool to force compliance, Hatcher said, and each deputy makes the judgment call of when it is necessary.
Loomis said the possibility of a lawsuit angers him, especially since he believes he handled the potentially dangerous situation with appropriate force.
"There's things that you can't bring out (in court), knowledge that you have, words you can't use, because the defense argues to the judge that it will unduly influence the jury against his client," Loomis said. "Yet the defense attorney and his client can say anything they want against me, and I have no recourse."
Hatcher said Lopez chose not to comply with the deputy's instructions and began to fight.
"When you are a'hold of somebody, you can tell when they are actively resisting," Hatcher said. "Without any question in my mind, deputy Loomis acted well within the law."
According to court records, DWI and harassment charges against Lopez were dismissed.
Lindsey argued in court that the sheriff's deputy mistakenly believed Lopez had a violent criminal history, and acted against him as though he were a violent threat.
"Whether or not the information was true or not, (that) didn't justify the officer … to use that kind of force on anybody," Lindsey said.
Hatcher said Lopez had a criminal history, and Loomis was aware of it.
Police were called to the gas station in Melrose on a harassment complaint on Dec. 20, 2002. Melrose officer Mike Trammel responded to the scene, and in court testimony he said he noted a slight odor of alcohol on Lopez.
When Loomis showed up, he asked Trammel if Lopez had been patted down for weapons. The answer was no. Loomis asked Lopez to put his hands on his head and that's when the struggle began.
The video, from Loomis' cruiser, was subpoenaed by Lindsey for last month's trial. It shows Loomis approaching and grabbing Lopez, and then forcing him against the hood of the cruiser. All the while Loomis is shouting at Lopez to put his hand behind his back. He uses the taser, which emits a 50,000-volt charge, a number of times to force compliance.
Hatcher said Lopez was belligerently evading the arrest by keeping his arm in front of his body.
Lindsey said his client was trying to comply, but his leather jacket was pinned beneath his body, which restricted him from pulling his arm around back.
After the altercation on the hood of the car, Lopez and Loomis go out of sight of the camera where they continued the struggle on the ground. The battery against a peace officer charge was founded in the off-camera altercation, Hatcher said. Loomis sustained bruises, scrapes and even a chipped bone in his elbow, the deputy testified in court.
Lindsey said his client made the rational decision to fight back against what he believed was excessive force. The deputy maintains that Lopez was evading the arrest and that he acted well within the law to subdue him.
What each side says happened the night of the arrest:
• Attorney Daniel Lindsey: Gilbert M. Lopez was subdued with overwhelming and unwarranted force by a sheriff's deputy.
• Sheriff Roger Hatcher: Lopez was a known felon and subdued with appropriate force.
• Lindsey: Lopez was trying to comply with the officer's demands to put his arm behind his back.
• Sheriff: Lopez was willfully resisting arrest and purposefully did not comply with the officer's demand.
• Lindsey: The deputy attempted to shock Lopez in the head with his tazer.
• Sheriff: Loomis did not attempt to shock Lopez in the head.
• Lindsey: A fight ensued off camera where Lopez was trying to defend himself.
• Sheriff: Lopez violently attacked the deputy off camera, with Loomis sustaining injuries as a result.


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UPPER DELAWARE VALLEY — Trout-fishing enthusiasts have long had a goal of keeping water temperatures in a stretch of the Upper Delaware River cool enough during heat waves to protect the health of the trout and ensure the survival of the cold-water fishery.
There is some consensus among those who are concerned with the issue that if the water temperature in the river rises above 75 degrees Fahrenheit, the trout are under severe stress. Because of the abundance of cold water at the bottom of the Cannonsville Reservoir, trout enthusiasts say that with limited releases during heat waves, it is possible to keep temperatures in the river's Main Stem above Lordville, and in the West Branch, at 75 degrees or below.
In the days leading up to last week's heat wave, members of the Delaware Watershed Conservation Coalition (DWCC) scrambled to get action from the people responsible for making the decision regarding the releases. Because of the history of the river, and the bureaucratic framework that governs reservoir releases, that is not always an easy thing to do.
The decision about the cool water release is ultimately made by people known as "principles," who are representatives of the governors of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and also a representative from the New York City Department of Environmental Preservation.
Those five people must all agree on the release before it can be put into effect. As this heat wave was starting, which seemed certain to result in a "thermal stress event," DWCC put out a press release saying they contacted the relevant parties in New York and Pennsylvania, who in turn conferred with representatives of the other states and ultimately obtained agreement on a release of 300 cubic feet per second for 48 hours. But the conservation groups had to scramble to get it accomplished.
The release succeeded almost completely in keeping temperatures at Lordville below the critical 75 degree level, with the exception of about an hour on Friday, July 17 during which the gage read 75.02 degrees (23.9 centigrade).
A statement from Jeff Skelding, executive director of Friends of the Upper Delaware River, read, "We're grateful that the governing agencies and key personnel that oversee the river responded to our concerns, particularly Leroy Young at the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, who initiated the formal request for more cold water, and Paul Rush at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, who spearheaded the multi-state cooperation necessary for approval,"
But the release added, "'The frustrating part is that there is plenty of cold water available, and it should have been released prior to air temperatures reaching 90-plus degrees,' said Lee Hartman of the Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited." Reservoir levels before the releases were four percentage points above the levels normal for this time of year.
At a meeting of the Water Use Resource Management Committee of the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) on July 16, Columbia professor emeritus Peter Kolesar said that, since 2007, there have been 21 thermal stress events, and each associated heat wave had been accurately predicted by the National Weather Service. He and others have been lobbying officials to adopt a program that would automatically trigger releases from the reservoir when a heat wave is coming, but earlier this year officials said they preferred to consider the releases on a "case-by-case" basis.
Members of the UDC agreed to re-affirm their position that they are in favor of adopting the Thermal Stress Relief Protocol created by Kolesar and Jim Serio.
On July 22, Skelding said the release from the reservoir had the intended effect, and kept the water temperature at just under 75 degrees.
FUDR hires first executive director
The board of directors of the Friends of the Upper Delaware River (FUDR) has announced the hiring of Jeff Skelding as the group's first executive director.
Skelding most recently served as director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition. He has spent decades working in various positions with the National Wildlife Federation and other conservation-minded groups.
"We are excited to have Jeff on board to help the protection and enhancement of the Upper Delaware community reach the next level," said Dr. Peter C. Bousum, secretary of the FUDR board.
Dan Plummer, board chairman, added, "The mission of FUDR is to protect, preserve and enhance the ecosystem and cold-water fishery of the Upper Delaware River system and to address any environmental threats to our area for the benefit of local communities, residents and visitors to the region. We see Jeff Skelding as the right man for the challenges we face."
"The river played a vital role in shaping my occupation," Skelding said. "Comprehensive watershed protection must address a mosaic of often complex economic, social, cultural and ecological considerations. That's hard work. But with increasing frequency, this integrated approach is producing results across the country that benefit people, communities, wildlife, and water quality. With your help, I look forward to putting this agenda into action."


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This slideshow takes a look at the prison and jail system in Pennsylvania, who's in it, what it costs and how the state's system compares to the rest of the country.
The information was provided by the Pa. Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
A few things need to be made clear. First, jails and prisons are not the same thing. Some stats in this slideshow will make a distinction between the two.
The basic differences are these -- prisons are where more serious offenders serve longer sentences. Prisons are operated by the state or federal government.
Jails are used to house inmates serving shorter terms and inmates who are awaiting trial. Jails are typically operated by counties -- although in Pennsylvania a county facility may be called a "prison" (such as the Lancaster County Prison shown above), it is not the same thing as a state or federal prison. Yes, this can be a bit confusing.
There are more than 83,000 people being held in Pa. jails and prisons.
More than 51,000 of Pa. inmates are in prison. The rest are being held in jails.
Forty-six percent of the state's prison population is from the Philadelphia area.
Pennsylvania has a lower incarceration rate than the rest of the country, but also spends more money per prisoner than the average.
Pennsylvanians paid $32,843 per inmate in 2009, according to the Pa. Board of Probation and Parole.
Pa.'s payment per inmate is 13 percent higher than the national average.
The 2010-2011 state corrections budget of $1.74 billion is an 8.49% increase since 2009.
Camp Hill prison is the most populated in the state. It houses 3,160 inmates. Capacity at the facility is 3,200.
The state has 22 prisons that are over capacity.
The most overpopulated is Huntingdon Prison (pictured), which houses 440 more inmates than it should.
Populations in Pa. prisons have risen an average of 6 percent a year and is expected to continue to increase by an average of 3 percent per year until 2014, according to the Pa. Board of Probation and Parole.
At the Washington County jail, most inmates stay in a cell much like the one above. These cells utilize standard fixtures, similar to what you would find in a school or hospital. These help create a more normal environment and are much less costly, according to the jail administrators.
Inmates are confined to their cells during the night, counts, and at certain other times.
Most inmates are encouraged to maintain family ties, and to help facilitate this, regular visiting is available.
Visitors must go through a security check.
Per Department of Corrections policy, the following categories of individuals will generally be prohibited from visiting inmates: a. former inmates of any correctional system; b. any person who is currently under parole or probation supervision; c. any current inmate in pre-release status; d. any Department of Corrections employee; e. any current, active Volunteer for the Department of Corrections; f. any current or former contract employee; g. any victim of the inmate.
Some prison inmates are allowed to have e-mail accounts. However all accounts are administered through one entity called JPay.com.
About 15% of inmates are married.
About 2,500 of Pa. prison inmates are female.
The state Department of Corrections operates two female-only adult prisons. They are SCI Muncy (pictured) and SCI Cambridge Springs.
Drugs, aggravated assault, robbery and theft are the top four offenses leading to incarceration in Pa.
At the time of incarceration, 70 percent of inmates were addicted to drugs or alcohol and 20 percent had mental health issues, according to the Pa. Board of Probation and Parole.
Seventy-eight percent of inmates read below a 12th grade level.
In state prisons, academic education is mandatory for all inmates who do not have a high school diploma or a GED.
If an inmate wants to fill a job at the prison, that inmate must also be enrolled in the prison's academic program.
The Department of Corrections offers reading and math instruction, peer tutoring opportunities and English as a Second Language instruction. Special education programs, taught by Pennsylvania certified instructors, are available to all inmates with assessed special needs.
Since 1980, the number of elderly (50+) inmates has increased from 370 to 7,949. (Pa. Board of Probation and Parole)
The average age of Pa. inmates (male and female) is 37.
More than 90 percent of the inmates incarcerated in Pa. state prisons will eventually return to the community.
However, more than 67 percent of released prisoners are rearrested for a new crime within three years of release, according to the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Over 80 percent of those under the age of 18 will be rearrested, while 45.3% of those 45 and older will be rearrested.
About 4,800 inmates in the state are lifers.
The Department of Corrections says that it has zero tolerance for sexual assault behind bars.
The DOC has set up a hotline where anyone can report sexual abuse of inmates. It is 1-866-823-6703.
Pennsylvania does have a death penalty, but in recent years, executions have been very rare.
Since 1983, 220 people have been sentenced to the death penalty.
Of the 220 inmates sentenced to death row, 169 of them were being held at Greene Prison (pictured).
Inmates are actually executed here -- this is the execution area at Rockview, which is near Penn State.
Three people have actually been executed since May 1995.
All three of the men executed since 1995 in Pa. had been on death row for more than 20 years.
215 of the 220 Pa inmates sentenced to death row were male.
Two inmates were sentenced to the death penalty in 2010.
The current execution method in Pa. is lethal injection.
One item most death row inmates get to request before they take their final walk is a last meal. Find out about the famous last meals the condemned experienced before they said their final words, and how states have changed the rules about last meals.
We hope you learned something from this 50 photos feature on Pa. prison life.
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Throughout his career, Jim has been an active member of the Canadian Bar Association ("CBA") in various sections affecting his practice. Jim has given many presentations to members of the real estate and banking community and is a volunteer instructor… More…
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Cathy joined Reich Law in July, 2012 after having worked as a legal assistant in both Ontario and Alberta. She has more than 28 years of experience as an assistant and oversees our Real Estate Department. Her background is an invaluable asset to our office. More…
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Lorrie has worked at Reich Law in a number of capacities over the years, now moving into the administrative position with the retirement of long time employee Lynel. Lorrie enjoys interacting with clients and working with staff to promote a team approach to delivering legal services. More…
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George West Storyfest received five first place honors, six second and five third place honors during the marketing awards competition at the annual Texas Festivals and Events Association Conference in Austin, recently.
Storyfest won first place for best newspaper insert, produced by Beeville Publishing Company under the direction of Karl Arnst; best single magazine display ad, published in and produced by San Antonio Magazine; best street banner, constructed by Dixie Flag Manufacturing; best pin, produced by New Vistas Marketing; and best sponsor, ConocoPhillips Company.
The TFEA Marketing and Communications Awards program recognizes excellence in event promotional and communication campaigns and is open to all members of the organization.
This year more than 430 entries were submitted from across the state.
The contest was judged by a panel of festival and event professionals and college/university level staff and students. Each entry was judged with others in the same budget category.
As members of Region Three of the International Festivals and Events Association, Texas Festivals and Events Association members from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma receive benefits that include educational programs, newsletters and publications, Internet resources at the IFEA website, insurance discounts, and the annual conference featuring a trade show and talent showcase.


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An open refrigerator can offer a plethora of food choices -- but are you making the healthiest selections? Find out by filling your plate from this interactive fridge.


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The Student Health and Development Centre is a collaborative effort of the Student Services departments, whose collective mission is to provide services primarily outside the classroom setting that will aid in the development, health and overall personal and academic success of both undergraduate and graduate students.
The centre includes an open resource area equipped with displays and resources covering many aspects of self-help information. Some of the topics included in centre material are depression, body image, nutrition, spiritual growth, men and women's health issues, Leave The Pack Behind, a smoking cessation program and other wellness concepts.
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In "Time to Play Clean Up" news, Activision has gone ahead and confirmed what legendary skater Tony Hawk already Tweeted to the world earlier in the week: Tony Hawk: Shred is the next installment in the ironically downhill sliding skating franchise. In addition to telling everyone what they already knew, Activision told Joystiq...
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Tony Hawk Hints At Future Games Using Ride Peripheral
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Silva will succeed Honolulu Fire Department Chief Attilio Leonardi. Leonardi was appointed in 1998. He said he planned to step down in January after 35 years of service.
Silva started with HFD in 1981. He worked up the ranks to assistant chief in 2002.
Commission officials said 13 people applied for the job. A panel including former Honolulu Police Department Chief Francis Keala, businessman Wesley Park and retired firefighter union leader Richard Perry narrowed the field to five.
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Yea, lots of times I assume the DCP just prop the baby up with the bottle. Of course it gets eaten, because the little guys just keep sucking away. Eh. Better he eat the breastmilk than not. The total amount you are sending is good though.
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In a tearful taped testimony, a grieving mother describes what she calls a nightmare, finding out here son's killer was free.
"All the horror and the disbelief from the call I got in April 2007 telling me my wonderful son was brain dead and on life support in a Hawaii hospital came rushing back," said Judy Wilson.
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Shame Lee is doing the narrative but then again Welles is dead.
Written by Valentin B on 08.12.2010 at 00:56
I think the narration on the original album is much better, no offense to Lee as he's proven time and time again he can read a fucking cookbook and make it sound like angels battling demons and shit (just listen to his "Charlemagne" album).
the production is way more up-front and clear so i guess that's a plus, and Eric's voice is, as on the rerecording of The Crown and the Ring, far grittier and believable, so another plus.
all in all, apart from the narration on Dark Avenger, this sounds exactly like i thought it would.
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Here is one question that probably won't cross the minds of Sasha Cohen, Irina Slutskaya and the other Olympic women figure skaters today, even if they fall: Why is ice slippery?
The explanation once commonly dispensed in textbooks turns out to be wrong. And slipperiness is just one of the unanswered puzzles about ice. Besides the everyday ice that you slip on, there are about a dozen other forms, some of which experts suspect exist in the hot interior of Earth or on the surface of Pluto.
Ice, said Robert M. Rosenberg, an emeritus professor of chemistry at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and a visiting scholar at Northwestern University, "is a very mysterious solid."
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Then I was going to post it in culture/philosophy because I have the "Yer Album"
Being a veteran Freep-poster, I understand it is extremely bad form not to perform the perfunctory search to see if its already been posted. Much to my glee I discover that nobody has posted this cool little tid-bit. Moreover, I discovered Blam's post about the same way cool topic as mine.
''What do you think of it?'' I asked him.
''It's black. What is it -- hell?''
''It means whatever it means,'' said Newt.
''Then it's hell,'' snarled Castle.
''I was told a moment ago that it was a cat's cradle,'' I said.
''Inside information always helps,'' said Castle.
''I don't think it's very nice,'' Angela complained. ''I think it's ugly, but I don't know anything about modern art. Sometimes I wish Newt would take lessons, so he could know for sure if he was doing something or not.''
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It is the whitest substance known in that its albedo is uniformly high across the whole spectrum (reflecting all electromagnetic radiation with equal vigor), however, it absorbs IR like nothing else known (and so is a perfect blackbody. Its plausible that I could be wrong on all that (considering that I'm self taught on all that). But that notwithstanding, water is some pretty wonderfully facinating stuff.
E.g. if but for that little density hook thing, no life on this planet could exist (all the lakes would freeze solid ffom bottom up). I'm certain this would cause no shortage of consternation to would-be ice fisherman.
I don't skate but both of my kids play ice hockey. They talk about 'soft' ice & 'hard' ice...soft ice is slow, hard ice is fast and they get their skate blades ground accordingly.
..and the only substance which increases in volume when it freezes.
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Yeah, water is pretty amazing stuff. Without it, life as we know it wouldn't exist. And the probability of it existing in liquid form is very remote. Earth is indeed a privileged planet.
What you said. Even so I've been bronzed by NASTAR (100/1000ths out from the silver in my age group at the time (about 10 years ago), I truly understand what you said. Anybody that knows anything about NASTAR will understand that the benchmark standard doesn't change a whole lot (although some accomodation is given) with respect to age.
One thing that I disticntly remember struggling with: the ruts. The ski-chatter was absolutely fear inspiring. I found out afterwards that those ruts were the prima facie cause for ACL knee-surgury for any serious skier. I like skiing, but I guess I'm not that serious. As in any sport, one has to be willing to give what it takes.
My hat's off to all of these athletes (even the people who finished last). That is most especially appropriate to some of the woman skiers (anybody notice how thick their thighs are?). I'll tell you this with utmost frankness: you gave it your all, and reached Deep INTO yourself to find more and only to find "nothing". That's cool in my book, because you went to the mountain (I didn't).
I know the text-books are wrong, because I've recently become involved in F1 racing simulation. Almost all of the material about tires is wrong. Wider tires does NOT make one faster. Wider tires does something, but not what is conventionally thought.
Anyways, I hope that y'all thought the matter to be as cool as I did. I've read so MUCH cool stuff on this board that my mind swims. Sometimes you just have to give back.
.and the only substance which increases in volume when it freezes.
I know one other that increases in volume when hardened.
Earth is indeed a privileged planet
Yeah that evolution was really thinking ahead.
In addition to its characteristics as ice, it also has some uniques qualities in the high temperature ranges also.
"I don't know rabbit, you might be right"
As steam it can hold extremely high temperatures. It is called super heated steam.
I think that somebody wrote something or another 'bout some cheshire cat (waht I now - I'm merely self taught). Hey, I'm trying to promote some image here (so bear with me even if its not workin').
Oops, didn't mean to step on your shadow. I am rapidly becoming self untaught.
"Latent Heat of Vaporization", look it up and scratch your head a little.
Heat added to Saturated steam (at a given pressure)does nothing to raise the temp of the steam. It merely transfers more steam to a superheated (Dry Steam/No Water Vapor)) state. Only then can heat be added to increase temp.
As an example this would take place in a power plant. Superheated steam would be sent through the High Pressure stage of the turbine where Temp. and pressure is (Used)reduced.
The Superheated steam would then be sent back to the Boiler to a Reheat section. Exhaust/Flue Gases would be used to raise the Temp. of the steam but not the pressure. There would actually be a pressure drop due to piping. Then back to the Turbine through a Intermediate pressure section and then a Low pressure section.
The Temp. increase that takes place in the reheat section contributes to the Enthalpy equation.
Already paid for (Obtained from Flue Gas) these temps. are essential to efficient operations. They really do mean the top end for the plant.
Yea, but you do realize it contains the deadly, corrosive substance monohydrogen dioxide, don't you?
Figure skates and hockey skates have a curved blade. The pressure exerted by them would be much higher, due to the much smaller surface area in contact with the ice. I'm surprised these scientists either don't know this or failed to mention/consider it.
Yes, ice is slippery even in contact with shoes. But compare the two. You will travel much further gliding on ice skates than you will in your wingtips. There seems to be something to the pressure and/or friction angle after all.
Not only that, but as I'm sure you know, the surface of the blade that contacts the ice is not flat side to side (ie the cross section), but concave, so that the part actually touching the ice is very thin.
Anyone know where one can find the dozen 'forms' of ice's details? Sounds kinda fascinating
We have been in ice conditions for several months continuously in Fairbanks. Today the temperature may go to 5 below and it is snowing a little. Yesterday the snow was falling in large flakes, today it is falling in tiny flakes and the quality is very different. There is wind today and some fogginess in the air as well. Just right to go out driving. For traction on smooth ice you need the smallest contact so the pressure of the weight is on the smallest portion of surface possible. The ice will liquify at that point, but that is also the reason for increased traction: the surface of the the ice nelts and a small crater forms instantly, and the edges of the crater provide what traction there is. If the ice is rough already, then a soft tire compound will let the tread conform to the existing irregularities and it is similar to a gear-driven machine.
It was always nice to find an application that could use the waste heat rather than the continuing cycle of heat, reheat, then cool, etc.
and the only substance which increases in volume when it freezes.
Not quite. Several metal alloys do that--notably typemetal, an alloy of antimony, bismuth, and lead. This was vital for filling all the tiny crevices in type molds (linotype machines). An alloy that shrunk as it solidified would be very poor for printing.
Thank you, sir.
I would be accused of lying if I said, "Nobody ever called me a strange bird."
I thought so: RightWhale's digging a deeper rut from within the one he's in now. He's on record saying where he lives there's no weather. Harumpf.
Oh, and tip of the hat, bottom of the night to ya there RightWhale. Only RightWhale'll understand that last part...
Heh heh heh heh (snicker, snort & chortle).
What I want to know is why A&W rootbeer doesn't taste like it used to when I was a kid.
I'm guessing because you're not a kid. But what do I know, I'm merely self-taught.
The stuff's known as di-hydrous oxide. Then there's this stuff called heavy water. Anyways, get with the program o.k? And yes, if consumed, inhaled, or impacted in sufficient quantities (and speed) it will kill you. Its very bad stuff and should be outlawed.
Where is the government that should be looking out for the little people's best interests? Nowhere. All they do is regulate how much can be flushed at one time.
But we digress. You can't flush ice. Er, well, not a whole lot of it (unless its in a slurry mixture).
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Yeah, well that may be, however, it is my understanding that a new potential health hazard concerning ice has recently reared its ugly little head: ice-worms.
I don't think that anybody can say for certain whether they are blood-sucking ice-worms or not, but the threat is definitely there. What if Al-Qaida puts worms into all our ice? Huh? What then? Yeah, you go right ahead and drink them like some frat-boy downing goldfish. I'm going to pass, o.k?
Did you ever see "Crossroads"? One of the characters portrayed in the movie was played by Joe Satriani.
So I'm just curious, because frankly I think you should sue Joe Satriani for your disability.
1089 views and 34 posts is not a bad return (if I may say so myself).
But snow flakes are always white so Al Sharpton is threatening to sue.
The Dept of Weather [there is no weather, merely poor or good driving conditions] advised us of the 1" of snow Friday and the 2" of snow Saturday night. However, they did not advise us of the 5" of snow during the day Saturday, nor the 6" of snow during the day Sunday. Two out of four, not bad considering what we pay them.
"Put that cigarette out! Don't you know you're on the beach?"
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Can anyone tell me where to buy a supplemental nursing system?
Can anyone tell me where to buy a supplemental nursing system?
Mother to 3...Kaylen 15, Clint 12, and Carter 11 months!!
My Lactation Consultant made one for me at the hospital. Do you have a Lactation Consultant that can help you get one and teach you how to use it? Otherwise I would go to Medela.com or Amazon.com.
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. - Katharine Hepburn
Yeah my first thought was also to order directly from Medela. In my case I got it from DD's doc/LC. Also, I don't know where you live but when I was in Seattle I saw Birth and Beyond carry them. Any chance you're there?
First time, SAH mom to my precious daughter born October 2009
Nursing 27 months and counting... I still love nursing so much and am SAD thinking the end can come anytime now...
I am in Georgia. And no LC to get/make one. I went to a medical supply store but the tubes are too big!
Mother to 3...Kaylen 15, Clint 12, and Carter 11 months!!
amazon.com they cost ~50 bucks
i used the intro one its way cheaper even though its only supposed to be for temporary use...just clean it good. we only used it for 2 weeks (just long enough to "trick" lo back to the breast.)
I use a Lact-Aid which you can order directly from the manufacturer at their website.
Mama to my all-natural boys: Ian, 9-4-04, 11.5 lbs; Colton, 11-7-06, 9 lbs, in the water; Logan, 12-8-08, 9 lbs; Gavin, 1-18-11, 9 lbs; and an angel 1-15-06
18+ months and for Gavin, born with an incomplete cleft lip and incomplete posterior cleft palate
Sealed for time and eternity, 7-7-93
Always babywearing, cosleeping and cloth diapering. Living with oppositional defiant disorder and ADHD. Ask me about cloth diapering and sewing your own diapers!
If you have any local breast feeding advice teams or the like, they could probably supply you with one.. Otherwise Amazon.com and ebay also have the Medela SNS and the Lact-Aid.. Although I would suggest getting the Lact-Aid if you plan on using this long term as the Medela SNS tubes tend to break quite easily.
Good luck!
Jarred - 12/June/2007 - BF for 3 months - stopped due to medical reasons
Lilly - 4/May/2010 BF for 8 months - On strike between 1/1/2011 - 29/3/2011 - That's 12 Weeks and 3 days!! It is FINALLY over!
Together we battle with Cows milk, nuts and soya allergies, but we're making it!
We , , and too, but we had problems..
EP'ED for 3 months!Thomas born Feb 14th 2015 by emcs due to him presenting sideways with a hand first! Trying EBF again!


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I need help for a friend you guys. My best friend from HS just had her second baby. She nursed her first most of the way through the pregnancy and has an abundant supply- had oversupply most of the time she was nursing him. Her daughter is a little over a month old now, had a frenectomy on Aug 29 and still is having a hard time nursing. Baby was not gaining before the frenectomy, she is gaining now, but mainly because at this point she's mostly pumping/bottle feeding. They're already seeing an LC, but running out of ideas and getting desperate to get baby back to the breast. Here's the latest email she sent me.
Blech. She's gaining weight at least--12 oz in a week. Mostly by bottle. Maybe she gets 2-4 oz off me a day--though I try nursing her every feeding. I thought they were getting better--she had a couple of feedings where she didn't take a bottle or took less than 3 oz. and then she went back to doing what she had been doing a week ago--right when we were about to try to have her start nursing in both sides. So now she latches on and sucks three times and falls asleep. Sometimes i can get her to swallow if i do lots of compressions and try to wake her up the whole time. But that only lasts for about 3 minutes. Then we give her a bottle and she is wide awake. I'm so totally freaked out by this.
I don't get how she can latch and mostly nurse sometimes (even if slowly and only for a short while) and other times she just latches and falls asleep. I think she's started associating the boob with sleeping--the only time she roots now is when she wants to sleep. She also has to be wide awake and I have to have not pumped in a while for her to actually get anything. Except she is so damn sleepy sometimes. She needs the milk to be readily accessible. Even pumping to get a let down or using the Sns doesn't help then--she still just conks out. And it's not my supply cause I'm pumping 25 oz a day and even after she conks out I can go pump 3 oz.
It's driving me nuts because it's nothing obvious and every single thing that should make it easy for her to breastfeed she has going for her. She even latches well. I have plenty of milk.


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Not everyone should prepare meals, so if you are challenged in the kitchen, give your dad the gift of your time instead.
Time is one of the most precious things that can be given, so clear your schedule for one of the most important men in your life.
If your father is a church-going man, go to church with him. Better yet, just show up and surprise him.
And if he is a man who enjoys do-it-yourself projects and fixing odds and ends around the house, let him know that you will be available to help with a project he has needed assistance completing.
For that father who doesn't want to move a bone, perhaps watching a classic movie would be just the right thing to do. The library has a ton of movies that can be rented for free, so grab a classic and watch it with him. But if the thought of watching movies bore you, put your most heartfelt feeling on paper ...


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Goldman year-end bonuses are a mixed bag
Goldman Sachs employees were informed this week what their year-end bonus would be, and the result was a mixed bag. With the overall pool flat or a bit lower, the firm's fixed-income traders on average received a smaller payout than a year ago, people familiar with the matter said.
Some employees in that unit, which had its lowest revenue in five years, experienced declines of 10% or more in their year-end bonus, which is usually a mixture of cash and deferred vehicles such as stock.
Equity traders, and the bankers who underwrite clients' debt and equity sales, typically fared better than a year ago, with some showing double-digit increases in their year-end bonus, the people said.
Bonus week has long been a make-or-break week for Wall Street bankers and traders, as a big chunk of their overall pay, often more than half, comes from the bonus announced in mid-January.
To cut costs, Goldman paid its employees a little bit less this past year. Expenses from employee pay and benefits totaled $12.6 billion, down 3% from a year earlier. The costs comprised about 37% of total revenue, compared with 38% last year. Goldman's total workforce grew 2% in the past year.
Some details of Goldman's bonuses were reported earlier by the Web site Quartz.
--By Justin Baer and Julie Steinberg
This story was originally published on The Wall Street Journal's MoneyBeat blog.


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Julie Paiz of George West was driving to Three Rivers in the northbound lane of Highway 281 when her Buick overheated and ignited near the Live Oak Livestock Auction Barn. Three Rivers Fire Department arrived on the scene at about 12:45 p.m. and put out the flames shortly afterwards.
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Bloomberg is reporting more bad news for the nation's air traffic control system, which is run by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA is $500 million overbudget and six years behind schedule on a $2.1 billion technology upgrade project.
Downsizing Blog
Bush Deception Points
Former President George W. Bush's book Decision Points is apparently selling quite well. The book includes a defense of the president's fiscal record, and a table on page 447 compares Bush to prior presidents on spending and debt (you can see the table on Amazon's search inside feature).
Government Program Immortality
Who said: "A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth."?
Breastfeeding and the Government
The media is reporting on a new study that finds long-term benefits to kids of breastfeeding.
Taxpayers received a rare, albeit small and temporary, victory late last week when Senate Democrats were forced to shelve a pork-laden omnibus bill after establishment Republicans withdrew their support. Instead, Congress will now pass a continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels until the new Congress is seated in January.
U.S. Corporate Tax Rate the Highest
Japan has announced that it will cut its corporate tax rate by five percentage points. Japan and the United States had been the global laggards on corporate tax reform, so this leaves America with the highest corporate rate among the 34 wealthy nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Omnibus Abomination
It is little wonder that Congress's current approval rating is at the lowest point (13 percent) in the 30+ years Gallup has been asking that question. Consider the 1,924 page, $1.1 trillion pork-laden omnibus appropriations bill that Senate Democrats (and some establishment Republicans) want to pass along with an additional $160 billion in "emergency" spending.
Higher Education Subsidies Scam?
Economist Richard Vedder has written a piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "The Great College-Degree Scam." Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vedder found that "approximately 60 percent of the increase in the number of college graduates from 1992 to 2008 worked in jobs that the BLS considers relatively low skilled—occupations where many participants have only high school diplomas and often even less."
Privatizing Roads
A major shortcoming of the deficit reduction plan concocted by the president's Fiscal Commission is that it assumed that the federal government should continue doing everything it currently does. For example, the plan proposed a 15 cent per gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund infrastructure projects. But why not allow the private sector to play a greater role in financing and maintaining infrastructure like roads?
Downsizing Government on C-SPAN


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Professor Cella Bosma remembered
Marcella Bosma, a professor of education at Dordt College, died Sunday evening, March 29, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Professor Bosma had been courageously fighting a battle with cancer for two years.
A Dordt campus memorial service was held on Friday, April 3, in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.
To read more about Professor Bosma's life and work in Christian education or to view the recorded campus memorial service, click here.
Also in this issue . . .
Students Show Research at Conference
IdeaFest Displays Variety of Work
Darrell Ulferts Named AD of the Year
Five Marathons in Eight Months
11 PLIA Teams Serve over Continent
IdeaFest 2009
held on campus
Haan to retire
from teaching
A feature story by Kirbee Nykamp for the Sioux Center News is posted here.
Darrel Ulferts
named 2009 Minnesota athletic administrator of the year
Dordt College alumnus conquers world's top distance races
Howard Van Mersbergen, Dordt Class of '80, is trying to complete
five marathons within an eight-month span as part of the prestigious
World Marathon Majors Series. It is a stretch that challenges
world-class distance runners for a shot at $500,000 through a
two-year points system as they try to conquer the Berlin, Chicago,
New York, Boston, and London marathons.
Van Mersbergen, Hudsonville, Michigan, is the vice president for
employee benefits at Christian Schools International in Grand
Rapids. A native of Pella, Iowa, he never considered himself to be
athletic in school or during his college years, but got into running
because his wife (Myra) wanted to become a runner and kept asking
him to join her. Ten years later, Van Mersbergen has run in nine
100 Dordt students serve on PLIA mission teams across North America
Alumni and
friends events
July 25, 2009 in Seattle, WA - Dordt alumni
get-together at a Seattle Mariners vs. Cleveland Indians baseball
August 15, 2009 in Minneapolis, MN - Dordt alumni get together at a Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians game.
August 16, 2009 in Manhattan, MT - Sendoff for Dordt students heading to school. Potluck dinner, games, and a chance to visit with President Zylstra.
For more information on these and other alumni events, click here or contact Wes Fopma.
See you this summer at an event near you!
The 2009 Dordt College Commencement Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the B.J. Haan Auditorium. The ceremony will available via webcast on the Dordt College commencement information page.
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Sarah Brady completed her doctorate at the University of Oregon and specialized in inorganic chemistry. Specifically, she studied the synthesis of inorganic polymers, which are used to study the degradation of plastics. She has received a science policy fellowship that is supported by the California Council on Science and Technology. Her role will be to provide unbiased scientific advice and answers on policy issues regarding science and technology to politicians, staff members and constituents. During the summer, she was working at the University of Oregon as the head teaching assistant for the polymer master's program.
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HPD responded to a motor vehicle crash that sent a woman, 27, to the trauma center in critical condition Saturday.
A total of two people were taken to the hospital. The woman was a passenger on a Harley Davidson. The driver of the motorcycle was a 21-year-old Honolulu man, who was in serious condition.
This happened by Pali Highway and South Kukui Street about 5 p.m. The crash involved a car and motorcycle.
According to police, the driver of the motorcycle apparently lost control of the bike when a car cut in front of them.
The 81-year-old male driver and 84-year-old female passenger in the car were uninjured.
Police said alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors, but that the motorcyclist may have been speeding.


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Have all of the Beeville residents seen the sample ballot for the $15.3 million bond issue by the City Council? My question now is who is responsible for the wording on the ballot? Is it the mayor, City Council or outside consultants?
Apparently, the consultants are given free rein to control what City Hall can do or not do. I have already voted, and the wording on the ballot to me is nothing but a slush fund – and for whose benefit?
People of Beeville, this is a concept (idea), not a plan; nothing is in writing, and the report is nothing but the same information the City Council has been singing since the beginning – believe me, I know.
I was not just at one or two meetings. I have been to all the meetings and presentations since the beginning of this concept on the $15.3 million bond issue, and nothing the City Council is telling us is carved in stone. I for one am not going to give anyone a blank check with my signature to do as they please. If we let City Hall get their way, we may not run out of water, but we will surely run out of money for our household.
The real concept to this issue is the misinformed guiding the uninformed.
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X-Play tallies the top 5 selling videogames to be released in 2011.
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The objects you see and experience in the museums of Sweden cover everything from the diamond and gold dripping 'Tre Kronor' crown jewels to fermented herring (surströmming)– the pungent delicacy from northern Sweden. And just about everything in between.
Falun Mine/Falu koppargruva – World Heritage Site
The town of Jokkmokk in Swedish Lapland has always been a place for gatherings, trade and festivals and a meeting place for the indigenous Sami people of Lapland. The town is home to the Ájtte Museum – the Sami Centre that presents exhibitions such as Costume and Silver, Getting by, about surviving inside the Arctic Circle and Drum Time about religion and mythology. Through the exhibits the museum tells the story of Lapland and how the Sami have lived and survived for generations here. Well worth the visit to find out more about the original Swedes.'Kooky' hardly cuts it when describing the Surströmming Museum at Skeppsmalen near the High Coast in northern Sweden. The museum is dedicated to everything about fermented herring (surströmming) – an institution in Sweden. The museum is set in the utterly delightful surrounding of Skeppmalens fishing village.
Tanum, a UNESCO World Heritage site, includes the Vitlycke Museum on the northern West Coast of Sweden. Here you get to see the rock carvings, which are the highlight of the show, depicting life in Bronze Age Sweden. The artist(s) of 3,000 years ago tell their story through 350 highly varied and richly-coloured groups of rock art vividly depicting people, animals, ships and sleighs, as well as hunting scenes and domestic life. The Vitlycke Museum is worth a visit for its bronze-age site reconstruction and its rock carving reference library.
Housed in a beautiful landmark neoclassical building in front of the Götaplatsen square and the main boulevard (Kungsportsavenyn/'Avenyn'), The Gothenburg Museum of Art (Göteborgs Konstmuseum) prides itself on featuring the world's most splendid collection of national-romantic Scandinavian late 19th century art, with many key works by artists such as Munch, Zorn, PS Krøye and Carl Larsson. Also check out the excellent Hasselblad Center for photographic exhibitions, as well as the art hall for temporary art exhibitions.On nearby Vasagatan, the Röhsska houses Sweden´s most comprehensive permanent exhibition of contemporary and historic Swedish design, as well as interesting temporary design and craft exhibitions, with an excellent shop and a popular café.
Accidents of history are not a topic often covered by museums, but this is done in breathtaking style at the Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet) in Stockholm, A tragic beauty. The museum is built around the Vasa, the world's only surviving 17th century ship and the story of her rescue is as dramatic as her sinking. The sheer scale and the beauty of Vasa are stunning: almost 700 wooden sculptures and figures adorn her length and breadth. The museum tells the story of how she was built, how and why she sunk and how she was lifted from the murky depths of Lake Mälaren in Stockholm and then perfectly preserved for future generations to admire. Don't miss this. Skansen on Djurgården is no ordinary museum. It is a living, working Sweden of the 1900s and hosts Christmas and Midsummer celebrations and other festivals across a large area dotted with farm buildings, mills, 'olde worlde' shops and a stunning wooden church. Some 160 buildings have been gathered here from all over Sweden to form a living, working society of the 1900s. Skansen also has a zoo featuring elk, wolves, lynx and brown bears. This is a must if you are in Stockholm and it is open every day of the year. Moderna Museet, Dansmuseet, for its beautiful costumes and Tekniska Museet should be on your list when visiting the capital.
The Malmö Art Museum (Malmö Konstmuseum), Stadsmuseet, the Museum of Natural History and the Science and Maritime House are housed in Malmöhus Castle (Malmö Museer). Go to the Stadsmuseet to find out about the history of Malmö and surroundings, the Malmö Art Museum for the largest collection of 20th century Nordic art in Sweden, and the Museum of Natural History for its fabulous aquarium and stuffed animals. And for trams, jets, a real U3 submarine and science experiments go to the Science and Maritime House.
A museum with a difference and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Falun Mine at the Great Copper Mountain in Falun, an unnatural wonder that is as renowned for its size as its importance to the economy of Sweden down the ages. On the edge of the Great Pit, the site of a giant cave - in 1687, is the Mining Museum. The museum tells the story of the mine and the company that ran it. The mine and museum have both received two stars from the Guide Michelin. So they must be pretty good.
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A La Crosse Co. judge entered a not guilty plea for a Boscobel man caught with nearly $30,000 worth of marijuana outside the La Crosse Amtrak depot.
25 year old Reuben Dudenbostel stood mute in La Crosse Co. Court Friday and a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
Police arrested Dudenbostel earlier this month after Amtrak police in Portland, Oregon tipped off local authorities that he was acting suspiciously.
Police found nearly seven and a half pounds of marijuana in his bag once he got off the train.
Dudenbostel's bond has been reduced to $10,000. He faces up to 22.5 years in prison if convicted.