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It is a photograph that could play a crucial role in proving the deadliest of deeds. Or else it could be dismissed as a fake, nothing more than crude propaganda.
At the weekend, Ukraine's security services (SBU) released photographs and videos it said proved that Russian-made BUK-M1 surface-to-air missile systems were inside the rebel-held area shortly before Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed to the ground.
Among the images, said to have been taken on the day of the tragedy, was one of a missile system, either parked or passing through the rebel-controlled town of Torez, barely five miles from where Boeing 777 tore into fields of wheat and sunflowers. According to Vitaliy Nayda, head of the SBU's counterintelligence unit, the image was "evidence" of Russia's involvement.
But on Tuesday, when The Independent visited the site where the image was taken and showed it to local people, they claimed they had seen no such missile truck and dismissed the image as hoax.
"All the Ukrainian media is lying," said one man, Andrei Sushparnov. "We have no missiles. If we did, would the Ukrainians be bombing our cities?"
The Ukrainians have not yet revealed how they got the photograph or who took it. But the image, and other similar material, has become part of a raging information war.
The Ukrainian authorities, along with the US and Britain, have used such images and material taken from social media, to try and support their claim that pro-Russian rebels most likely shot down the plane with a surface-to-air missile.
US intelligence officials told American media they believe the missile was fired somewhere in the area around the towns of Torez and Snizhne. Other images taken on the day of the incident show a BUK missile system, possibly the same one, in Snizhne. Elsewhere, members of the public have located what they claim are images that show the trail of a missile, and even track-marks on the BUK, in the Torez area.
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"Pro-Russian separatist fighters have demonstrated proficiency with surface-to-air missile systems and have downed more than a dozen aircraft over the past few months, including two large transport aircraft," the US said in a statement posted on the website of its embassy in Kiev.
Yet many people living in the rebel-held areas appear to have little time for such allegations. Tuned in largely to Russian media channels, many claim the plane was shot down by the Ukrainians to blacken the name of the Donetsk People's Republic and its fighters.
Some are ready to believe all manner of claims and rumours, many of them emanating from Russia, such as the Ukrainians shot down the plane because they believed it belonged to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I saw this picture on the internet. But there was no such vehicle parked here," said Svetlana Eivashenko, a 50-year woman with red hair. "I wish Ukraine would leave Donetsk in peace."
The photograph released by Ukrainian intelligence appears to have been taken from somewhere on the forecourt of the Pit Stop Market and petrol station, located close to the junction of Gagarin and 50th Anniversary of the USSR streets in central Torez. Nearby is a large statue dedicated to coal miners, for whom this area of eastern Ukraine is famous.
The staff at the petrol station said none of them had been on duty last Thursday. A woman who gave her name as Diana and who worked in a toy shop called Briefcase, said he had been at work last Thursday and had seen nothing, even when she stepped out for a cigarette break. "I did not see that, for sure," she said.
She said the conflict between government troops and the rebel fighters, which had begun in the spring, had disrupted everyone's lives. It was particularly difficult for children, of which she had two, a boy and a girl. "There is fear. If we go out in the morning and come home safe in the evening, then it is a good day," she said.
The Independent had been helped to the location by a Russian-speaking American citizen journalist, Aric Toler who was able to identify it using a combination of online image searches and checking court records that referred to a hardware shop shown in the image. Mr Toler's work was posted on the crowd-funded Bellingcat investigative journalism site.
Mr Toler also used an online tool that estimates the time of day that an image has been taken based on shadows. He estimated that it had been taken around noon. He estimated that a second photograph of the BUK system, said to have been taken closer to Snizhne, was captured a couple of hours later.
Mr Toler admitted there was no irrefutable proof the image was taken on July 17 as claimed by the Ukrainians. But he said an internet search revealed the picture did not appear before the 17th.
The Independent spent about 90 minutes at the location in Torez, at times drawing a number of animated locals who looked at the image and shook their heads.
The only hint of a positive answer came indirectly from a woman working in the Sport betting shop. She had also been off last Thursday but her colleague, whom she contacted on the telephone, said she had "heard something heavy passing by".
No evidence missile came from Russia
Meanwhile, Senior US intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement.
The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while the Russians have been arming separatists in eastern Ukraine, the US had no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down the passenger jet came from Russia.
The officials briefed reporters Tuesday under ground rules that their names not be used in discussing intelligence related to last week's air disaster, which killed 298 people.
The plane was likely shot down by an SA-11 surface-to-air missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the intelligence officials said, citing intercepts, satellite photos and social media postings by separatists, some of which have been authenticated by US experts.
But the officials said they did not know who fired the missile or whether any Russian operatives were present at the missile launch.
Malaysian air crash investigators take pictures of wreckage at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Photo / AP
They were not certain that the missile crew was trained in Russia, although they described a stepped-up campaign in recent weeks by Russia to arm and train the rebels, which they say has continued even after the downing of the commercial jetliner.
In terms of who fired the missile, "we don't know a name, we don't know a rank and we're not even 100 percent sure of a nationality," one official said.
White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said the US was still working to determine whether the missile launch had a "direct link" to Russia, including whether there were Russians on the ground during the attack and the degree to which Russians may have trained the separatists to launch such a strike.
"We do think President Putin and the Russian government bears responsibility for the support they provided to these separatists, the arms they provided to these separatists, the training they provided as well and the general unstable environment in eastern Ukraine," Rhodes said in an interview with CNN.
He added that heavy weaponry continues to flow into Ukraine from Russia following the downing of the plane.
The intelligence officials said the most likely explanation for the downing was that the rebels made a mistake. Separatists previously had shot down 12 Ukrainian military airplanes, the officials said.
The officials made clear they were relying in part on social media postings and videos made public in recent days by the Ukrainian government, even though they have not been able to authenticate all of it.
They cited a video of a missile launcher said to have been crossing the Russian border after the launch, appearing to be missing a missile.
But later, under questioning, the officials acknowledged they had not yet verified that the video was exactly what it purported to be.
Despite the fuzziness of some details, however, the intelligence officials said the case that the separatists were responsible for shooting down the plane was solid.
Other scenarios - such as that the Ukrainian military shot down the plane - are implausible, they said. No Ukrainian surface-to-air missile system was in range.
From satellites, sensors and other intelligence gathering, officials said, they know where the missile originated - in separatist-held territory - and what its flight path was. But if they possess satellite or other imagery of the missile being fired, they did not release it Tuesday.
A graphic they made public depicts their estimation of the missile's flight path with a green line. The jet's flight path was available from air traffic control data.
In the weeks before the plane was shot down, Russia had stepped up its arming and training of the separatists after the Ukrainian government won a string of battlefield victories.
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The flavours described so effusively by top wine critics - oakey and redolent of pickled onions and cinnamon - may not be shared by consumers who simply buy products based on the opinions of experts, a researcher suggests.
Winemakers and critics surveyed in Canada were found to be much better able to sense a test chemical as intensely bitter, compared with average consumers who were not bothered by the taste, the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture reported.
''Wine experts are more likely to have a very exquisite, acute sense of taste that the rest of us can't sense,'' one of the report's authors, John Hayes, the director of the Pennsylvania State University's sensory evaluation centre, said. ''Some of that is biology.''
Because consumers may not have the same tasting ability, they probably do not benefit as much from drinking highly rated wine, Mr Hayes said. Still, there may be a psychological lift.
''If you think the wine is supposed to be good, you're going to enjoy it a lot,'' he said. ''But to me, the simplest rule in wine is if you like it drink it.''
The work builds on earlier data finding similar ''super tasters'' among chefs and food experts, the researchers wrote. The bitter chemical used by the researchers was selected because it is been linked in studies to taste sensations that typically are associated with alcoholic beverages such as the bitterness tasted in scotch and beer.
The wine experts in the study experienced intense changes in taste, depending on the concentration of the chemical, as well as differences in mouth sensations, the research found.
With thousands of wineries and varieties to choose from, consumers depend on experts to help make purchase decisions for wine. While comments about flavours may be useless to the average consumer, people still want help identifying the best wines, Mr Hayes said.
He conducted the study with Gary Pickering, a wine researcher at Brock University in St Catharines, Ontario.

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Premiere Pro Creative Cloud 7.01 is the new subscription-based version of Adobe's flagship professional non-linear video editing software. Adobe has ruffled quite a few feathers with its wholesale switch from perpetual licenses to subscriptions. On the downside, you now have to pay a monthly fee to continue using an application. But on the up side you won't have to purchase a specific release ever again, as upgrades are included.
Both sides have their merits, and we will discuss the relative costs of the previous CS product strategy compared to Creative Cloud (CC) at the end of this review. But for now, let's put the global arguments about subscription-based software licenses on hold and look at what's new with this version of Premiere Pro.
Obviously, before you can get up and running you need to download and install the software. Once you have signed up for Creative Cloud, you can download the new Application Manager for the service, and then log in to see what your subscription includes.
We had a few issues installing the new Application Manager, but eventually we had things up and running. The Creative Cloud app also lets you download CS6 versions of apps as well, which is handy because there is no Creative Cloud version of Encore yet. Although all the other video-related applications have CC versions, including Audition, After Effects, and SpeedGrade. That is apart from OnLocation, which ceased development after CS5 and has been partially replaced by Prelude.
Being cloud based means Premiere Pro can start taking advantage of web storage, with the ability to save your settings on your Creative Cloud account, and sync them to the local machine. You can also choose to use settings from another account. For example, if you are working on someone else's system. You also get 20GB of cloud storage with the individual membership plan.
Some of the most significant new cloud features of Premiere Pro CC will only be relevant for large organisations, however. It now supports Adobe Anywhere, so teams can collaborate on projects across the Internet and share assets. An Anywhere server is required though, although there are APIs for a number of popular media asset management servers.
Adobe Anywhere will stream video quality according to the connection, but still frames will be in Full HD. The video actually opens up on the server, so you don't have to mix multiple streams of video that are coming in separately over your Internet connection. It's impressive technology, but as the image on Adobe's Anywhere page implies, you will probably have to be CNN to use it.
Fortunately, there are still plenty of new single-user features in the app itself. The Link Media dialog is much more useful than before, and allows you to use the Media Browser to find and re-link offline clips. Adobe has tweaked the way nested sequences work, too. You can now toggle whether these are added to the timeline as a single sequence or their constituent clips. So if you need to use multiple, slightly different variations of the same sequence, this new features makes the process a whole lot easier than copying and pasting collections of clips.
Unfortunately I cannot stomach the new subscription model so I will be staying with CS6. The CS7 new features have no appeal to me as an event videographer. Since CS7 was announced I am now using Edius. Different way of working but fantastic software when you get to learn it.
Edius has had a fantastic engine for many years. I would really miss the integration Premiere Pro has with After Effects,though.
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Dear Potential Presidential Candidates,
As leaders of active Iowa organizations,
we want to applaud all of the potential presidential candidates who currently
serve in the U. S. Senate and have pledged support for an up or down vote
on President Bush's judicial nominees, including Senators Allen, Brownback,
Frist, and Santorum. On the other hand, we are concerned about the
two potential candidates - Senator McCain, and from our neighboring state
of Nebraska, Senator Hagel - who have so far refused to support an up or
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Our organizations are comprised of very knowledgeable
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a judicial nominee who earned majority support. We also understand
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These extremists filibustered 10 of President
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while a band of partisan extremists abuse the senate rules and twist senate
history in order to obstruct President Bush's qualified nominees.
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Marlys Popma
Christian Coalition of Iowa
Chuck Hurley
President, Iowa Family Policy Center Action
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Chairman, Tax Education Foundation
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President, Iowans for Tax Relief
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The introduction of the new Car Of The Future this year in the V8 Supercars championship has livened things up considerably. Last year just two teams, TeamVodafone (now Red Bull Racing Australia) and Ford Performance Racing won all 30 races in 2012 between their four drivers.
This year things have been turned on their head with seven winners from nine races and the series is shaping up to be the most competitive in years. Five different teams have posted wins - Tekno Autosport, Brad Jones Racing, Gary Rogers Motorsport, FPR and Red Bull Racing Australia - and there have been a couple of first-time winners as well.
The only drivers with two wins apiece are Fabian Coulthard, who got his maiden win, and Jason Bright who are both from the Brad Jones Racing stable. The two other Kiwis in the series have also picked up a win each, with Scott McLaughlin grabbing his first and Shane van Gisbergen adding to his growing tally.
The V8 Supercars circus is in Perth this weekend and two teams have dominated the Barbagallo event, claiming 10 of the last 11 race victories since 2008. FPR's Mark Winterbottom has four wins and his teammate Will Davison has two. Red Bull Racing Australia's, and defending champion, Jamie Whincup can lay claim to three while his teammate Craig Lowndes has one.
This weekend though, the clever money will be on BJR's pair of Coulthard and Bright to be the cat among the bigger pigeons.
"It's good to be in Perth and I'm ready to tear it up a bit," said an on-form Coulthard.
"We've made a fair old charge back from where we were at Clipsal [19th and a DNF] but we need to keep the momentum going.
"We also need to keep improving the car so we don't fall behind the other teams. Yeah, the way the season has been going lately either Brighty or myself have won the round.
"We need to keep the consistency going and not become a flash-in-the-pan type of team. The points need to keep rolling in and we can worry about the championship later in the year."
Youngster McLaughlin experienced the highs and lows of motor racing at the ITM400 meeting at Pukekohe grabbing his first main-game win and then ending up heavily in the wall after a mechanical failure.
The car has been repaired but McLaughlin hasn't been able to test the car before arriving in Perth. The Kiwi isn't fazed by this and is champing at the bit to belt up and enter the fray again.
"I'm really looking forward to it and getting back out there, especially after my crash," said McLaughlin.
"Despite not having a good Sunday at Pukekohe I'm still on a high and want to go from being a zero to a hero again. I've raced here twice before and got my first podium finish in the Development Series and won my first round as well.
"I liked the place in the old car and I hope I like the place in my new car."
The last of the New Zealanders in the field, and by no means the least, is Shane van Gisbergen who's settled into his new Tekno Autosport team like a hand in a glove. Getting that first win at the opening round in Adelaide put all the brouhaha surrounding his departure from Stone Brothers Racing to rest and he's got the spring back in his step.
"We've dropped off a little bit in the last couple but we've got some new direction for this weekend so here's hoping," said van Gisbergen.
Look for the newcomers to the series, Nissan and AMG Mercedes, to be quicker as both teams have uprated engine packages and so will be hoping to move up from the tail and start battling it out midfield.
V8 Supercars points
After three rounds
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Jamie Whincup 666
Craig Lowndes 591
Garth Tander 553
Fabian Coulthard 552
Jason Bright 539
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Vatican Denies Inviting Exorcist Director to Witness the Real Thing
A spokesperson for The Vatican has shot down William Friedkin's claims that he witnessed an exorcism at The Vatican while shooting The Exorcist.
— by Brian Gallagher
The Exorcist Maze Is Coming to Halloween Horror Nights 2016
Fans will get to experience the horror classic The Exorcist when Halloween Horror Nights returns to Universal Studios Orlando and Hollywood this fall.
— by Brian Gallagher
Listen to the Terrifying Rejected Score for The Exorcist
Composer Lalo Schifrin created original music for The Exorcist that director William Friedkin literally threw out a window.
— by B. Alan Orange
The Exorcist TV Show Is Coming to Fox
Fox has issued a pilot order for a modern-day reinvention of the 1973 classic horror movie The Exorcist, with Jeremy Slater writing the pilot.
— by Brian Gallagher
The Exorcist Remake Is Not Happening
Morgan Creek Productions' Twitter feed dispelled rumors that they are planning a remake of William Friedkin's horror classic The Exorcist.
— by Brian Gallagher
Watch The Exorcist Audience Reactions from 1973
Audiences who saw The Exorcist on opening day in 1973 reacted with surprising terror to director William Friedkin's horror classic.
— by Brian Gallagher
The Exorcist TV Series Is in the Works
Morgan Creek is shopping a project written by Jeremy Slater, which has garnered interest from both broadcast and cable networks.
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The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Director's Cut Blu-ray Debuts September 8th
This 1973 horror classic will include the theatrical cut, the extended director's cut, and brand new special features.
— by Brian Gallagher
EXCLUSIVE: Linda Blair Talks The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Celebration
Reunite with Pazuzu and Regan as all five of The Exorcist movies marathon on FEARnet this Sunday, February 18th.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Exorcist's Linda Blair Talks Be Afraid of the Dark and Halloween Safety Tips!
The actress behind horror icon Regan MacNeil is the new spokesperson for the essential Halloween music collection, and the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation.
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The Exorcist Becomes Small Screen Mini-Series
Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene writer-director Sean Durkin is adapting the William Peter Blatty novel into ten episodes.
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: The Exorcist Blu-ray Cast and Crew Interviews
Actress Linda Blair and cinematographer Owen Roizman discuss the classic horror film, which is now available on Blu-ray.
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The Exorcist Makes Its Blu-ray Debut on October 5
A new extended director's cut will also be released on DVD as well.
— by Brian Gallagher
EXCLUSIVE: William Friedkin Says No to The Exorcist in 3D
The film could be remastered for IMAX as it heads towards its Blu-ray release this fall.
— by B. Alan Orange
William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin Team for Another The Exorcist?
The famed author claims he is working on an all-new mini-series based on the original novel.
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Pitbullis the king of party anthems, so it's no surprise his protege Jamie Drastik's first release is a must for your graduation and summer party mixes. His just-released single, "Chasing Shadows" features Pitbull and DJ Havana Brown and you can listen to it right here on Seventeen.com! Jamie blends pop with rap in the same vein as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, but has Pitbull's signature dance-track vibe.
Working with one of the hottest hit-makers is a huge change from hanging out in Poughkeepsie, New York where Jamie grew up, dreaming to make it big in the music industry! After moving to NYC, he performed at hip-hop showcases around the city and caught the attention of respected producers like P. Diddy and Jadakiss.
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McKinley, committed to California out of high school before failing to qualify academically, is becoming one of the most sought after recruits in the nation.
His list has grown over 15 scholarship offers, but as February's National Signing Day inches closer, McKinley is already zeroing in his favorites list.
Nearly set in stone are four of his five official visits, including trips to Arizona State, UCLA, Texas, and Oklahoma.
The fifth official visit will be decided between Oregon, Missouri and USC.
But don't get confused, McKinley tells Scout that although he knows four visits for sure, that doesn't mean those programs are necessarily ahead of the next three.
"They are pretty much even," McKinley told Scout. "Once I take my visits, that's when I'll know which schools I'm comfortable with, which staffs I'm comfortable with – what's the right fit."
McKinley continued to work on figuring out the fit on Wednesday.
He made the flight down from Northern California to spend the morning at USC, where he clocked his 4.45 40-yard dash. It was his firs time on the Trojans campus.
"I just went on a little tour, met the coaches as well, and that's pretty much it," McKinley said of his time at USC.
He's not sure if the visit to Troy tipped the scale enough to give the Trojans his fifth official visit.
"I don't know," McKinley explained. "I've been stuck on this for a month. That's why I came down here today, to check out USC to see how, if I like it, or how I feel in LA. To see the coaches, how they coach – just to see how it is.
"But, I still don't know. They did a pretty good job. I just need to go back and talk to parent/guardian and see what he thinks."
The visit to USC didn't last long; his flight back to Northern California was set for 8:35pm and he had one more stop he wanted to make after working out at USC.
"I thought, 'Man, since I'm done here I should go over to UCLA and see the coaches and surprise them'."
McKinley spent time at the Bruin Elite Camp visiting with his recruiters, defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich and defensive line coach Jeff Ulbrich.
"[Our relationship] is real good, it is real good," McKinley explained, "Because I went to high school with [UCLA receiver] Kenneth Walker, so they already knew about me. They were like we have a guy that's only a junior and he played behind Kenny or whatever, so he came down to see me – but at the time I was already committed to California and stuff like that.
"But he says once he found out I was a non-qualifier he was excited to know that they have a chance to get me again so we have been having a tight relationship."


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The inaugural event of Golden Boy Promotions' new boxing series at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fl. is just days away. The main event between Venezuela's former World Champion Johan "El Terrible" Perez and former World Champion Steve "2Pound" Forbes, is showcased on this Saturday's FOX Sports Networks and FOX Deportes card. The event will feature an eight-round light heavyweight co-main event between unbeaten Thomas Williams and Williamson, Kentucky's Jason Smith as well as a four-round super middleweight fight between 2012 United States Olympian Terrell Gausha and Kenneth Schmitz of St. Joseph, Missouri. Plus, former Undisputed Heavyweight World Champion Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield will be in attendance at the BB&T Center. Fighting out of Washington, DC, 25-year-old Thomas Williams (11-0, 8 KO's) has emerged over the last two years as one of the top prospects in the light heavyweight division. Currently riding a four-fight knockout streak, Williams fo...
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This Was Brainerd- Jan. 2
20 years ago (1991)
History will be made Monday when Cheryl Gelbmann and Barb Uppgaard join commissioner Mary Koep to constitute - at least in sheer numbers - Minnesota's first female majority on a county board.
30 years ago (1981)
A former city councilman and a Brainerd business woman applied Wednesday for a Brainerd City Council vacancy. Frank Murray and Dawn Brodmarkle joined five other applicants to fill the seat vacated by Mary Koep, recently elected to the county board.
40 years ago (1971)
"A baby a month is something, isn't it," quipped Jeanne Endres, mother of Crow Wing County's first baby of the year, Jeffrey Stephen. Jeanne and husband Dick Endres also adopted a one-year-old Korean girl in December. They live on Gilbert Lake.
60 years ago (1951)
Jack Mehaffey, son of the Scott Mehaffeys, Brainerd, is in St. Joseph's hospital with a broken leg suffered in a skiing mishap. The accident occurred near the bottom of the hill when he tried to avoid a fallen skier. He was towed to the road on a toboggan.
80 years ago (1931)
A festive party of 19 young Brainerd boys and girls, who used a cottage on North Long Lake for an after-New Year's dance gathering, was broken up when the owner walked in. Finding 300 broken phonograph records, he called Sheriff Claus Theorin to intervene.
100 years ago (1911)
Inquiry among confectioners and candy merchants of the city shows increasing sales of candy, and bears out the medical statement that candy is a whiskey cure. Of course, all the increased business cannot be traced to the recent dry manifesto by the Indian agent.


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Editor's Notebook: 1/4/13
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• In case you missed my column today, therein I vowed to write more often. So here I am. On a Friday afternoon, no less. Those who have worked here before, or who have ever met me, know what a tremendous sacrifice this is.
• My first editorial topic for Monday will be pretty easy: Amateur sleuthing. With all the intrigue surrounding Jennifer Ramsaran's disappearance, suddenly everyone in Chenango's a detective. Angela Lansbury, you're not. Leave it to the pros.
• Hope you caught the front page feature on the new North End Deli in Norwich in yesterday's edition. A naysayer on Facebook (there's one in every crowd) wished them luck since, according to him, no restaurants north of the city stand a chance of survival – except, as he pointed out, Pizza Hut, Dusty's, Arby's and Bill's. There's logic for ya.
• Very glad we avoided the dreaded Dairy Cliff as well as the Fiscal Cliff. I need my 2 percent. No way I'm drinking milk that comes from a bean.


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GM doubling new Russia plant capacity
30 March 2007 | Source: just-auto.com editorial team
General Motors Europe president, Carl-Peter Forster, has announced that the world's largest car maker will more than double the originally planned capacity of the new assembly plant it is building in Shushary on the outskirts of Russia's second city, St Petersburg, to 70,000 units a year.
"Russia is our biggest market for Chevrolet in Europe," said Forster. "Demand continues to grow and we will be in an even better position to meet that demand when Shushary goes on stream in 2008."
The Russian vehicle market became the fifth largest in Europe in 2006 with year-on-year growth of 22%, according to GM, which said it sold more than 132,000 cars there last year, of which over 84% were Chevrolets. In the first two months of 2007, 25,981 GM cars (20,805 Chevrolet) were sold in Russia.
General Motors is investing $300m in the St Petersburg project. The new plant will complement existing GM operations in Togliatti and Kaliningrad.
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What is Music Therapy?
Music therapy is an established health profession that uses music and its effects on brain function to assist with nonmusical goals. Music therapy is not simply listening to or playing music. Using the appropriate music has been shown to decrease pain, improve breathing, and provide an outlet for expression.
What is The Purpose?
Specific music and treatment techniques are used to:
Who Provides Music Therapy?
A board certified music therapist (MT-BC) graduated from an approved music therapy degree program and passed a national certification exam. Board certified music therapists are required to maintain at least 100 continuing education credits every 5 years or retake the exam to ensure quality services are being provided to the public. Professionals who have proper training and credentials are the only ones qualified to provide music therapy services.
What Can I Expect During a Session?
Initially, the therapist will use the information provided by the staff to assess the patient's and/or family's needs. The music therapist may ask you questions to gain further knowledge, such as past musical experiences or favorite songs, or how you are feeling at that moment. All information is important and will be used to decide what music and/or
intervention best meets your need. During the session, a music therapist may use music to assist with physical and emotional needs, pain management and life review. It can be a time to reflect on the past with a loved-one, share a familiar song together, or just relax and listen to assist with pain management. The music therapist may also involve the patient and/or family in a song-writing experience, where emotional needs can be discussed in a non-threatening manner.
How Can I Receive More Information?
You can find out more about music therapy from the American Music Therapy Association at www.musictherapy.org or Music Therapy Services of Central WI, LLC at www.mtscw.com.
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In a matter of minutes, you can take the initial design you chose and transform it into a custom creation designed for your little one. It all starts by selecting the available color scheme, trim option, and paper on which your design will appear. It's then that you'll click the teal "Personalize" button and start the guided, step-by-step process of adding photos, text, and anything else the design you chose calls for. A process this fun is one you'll want to repeat on other items too.
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At least 50 people died and more than 340 were injured when a packed commuter train crashed into a block of flats yesterday in Japan's worst rail accident in 42 years.
Five carriages derailed near a bend, crushing a car and hitting the ground floor of the block of flats nine metres from the track.
Late yesterday afternoon, as the toll of dead and injured rose, the national television broadcaster NHK suspended programming while its announcer read a list of names of all those involved and the hospital to which they had been admitted.
Photographs taken by passengers inside the train within moments of the crash showed people piled on the floor. In one of the photographs the nose of one carriage had been peeled back, leaving passengers standing against a backdrop of open sky.
"I thought I was dreaming," a survivor told NHK. "Everybody fell down and was covered with blood." Another survivor said the train was going very fast and "seemed unable to go around the curve". "Just as I was thinking that the train was running at an unusually high speed the accident happened," another said.
The crash happened at Amagasaki, a city between Kobe and Osaka. The first carriage of the train appeared to have speared its way into the block of flats, while the second ended up against the building's masonry exterior.
Two other carriages were beside each other parallel to the tracks; a fifth was sitting at a sharp angle. It was unclear how many of the dead or injured were in the building or alongside the tracks.
The train driver, 23, remained trapped in the wreckage throughout the day as hopes for his survival faded. The conductor, 42, was being questioned, police said.
Suggestions that excessive speed was the cause were being investigated. A survivor said there had been an announcement over the train's public address system after it left the previous station saying the train was running late.
It was Japan's worst crash since 1963, when 160 people were killed in a three-train collision at Yokohama. The most recent fatal accident before yesterday was in 2000, when two trains crashed in Tokyo, killing five people.
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In this chapter, we are given details of the clothing made for Aaron and his sons, priests of the tabernacle … even down to the underwear. The work is finally completed and Moses is pleased.
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Countries with cold climates and widely dispersed populations produce significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions – the key contributor to global climate change – according to a paper in the Royal Geographical Society's Area magazine published today (01.03.04). The findings have important implications for the negotiation of emission reductions for countries.
Economists have generally explained differences in carbon dioxide emissions using per capita income as their gauge, whereby emissions first rise with increasing income but at a decreasing rate. Geographical factors have been largely neglected by economic analysis and were paid little attention in Kyoto environmental summit in 1997.
Using data from up to 163 countries, the report's author Dr Eric Neumayer from the London School of Economics found that geography is also an important predictor of the worst polluters besides economics. Countries with cold average minimum temperatures or a large average number of frost days produce more carbon dioxide emissions because of higher heating requirements.
Other national geographical factors are also significant. Big countries with scattered populations have higher emissions than smaller countries with more dense populations. This is due to the higher transportation requirements of the larger, less concentrated countries. Countries with an abundance of renewable energy resources on their doorsteps – such as large volumes of water at high levels for hydroelectric power - also have lower emissions. The exact results are highly model-dependent. But in one model, Neumayer's estimation results suggest that if, for example, the United Kingdom had Portugal's climate and access to the hydroelectric water power of Austria then her per capita emissions might be around 35 per cent lower than what they are.
The results of this study have important implications for the way we see nations and the fair allocation of emission reductions. The study strengthens the case for geographical aspects to be considered in the negotiations of emission reductions which is currently predominantly based on economic factors and political considerations.
Commenting on the results of his research, Eric Neumayer said: "It is often argued that high emitters should face more stringent emission reductions than low emitters. One needs to ask, however, why emissions are higher in one country than in another. High emissions can be partly the result of geographical disadvantage. In future negotiations, geographical differences across countries should be taken more into account."
* Area is one of three scholarly journals produced by the RGS-IBG and published by Blackwells four times a year. Area is one of the most widely read and discussed journals in British professional geography.
* Authors alone are responsible for the opinions expressed in their articles and are not endorsed as the Society's collective view.
* The Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) is the learned society and professional body representing geography and geographers. It was founded in 1830 and has been one of the most active of the learned societies ever since. It was pivotal in establishing geography as a teaching and research discipline in British universities, and has played a key role in geographical and environmental education ever since. Today the Society is a leading world centre for geographical learning - supporting education, teaching, research and scientific expeditions, as well as promoting public understanding and enjoyment of geography. http://www.rgs.org
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I had the opportunity to be a guest on Autumn Simmons' third episode of her new show Talk Fuzion TV. It was a candid interview about my unhealthy behavior and my inability to figure out why I do harmful things to myself.
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Episode 22 - July 7 2014
Nicole Ayers, writer and director, joins me to discuss her new film Abyss: The Greatest Proposal Ever. The movie is about a marriage proposal during the taping of a reality show audition that goes wrong. I loved the concept of filming the movie as a reality show; it helps to keep the feeling of watching something raw and having a front row seat to their lives and what happens.


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Taganga itself is just a small fishing village full of tourists, noisy bars and a not so very nice beach. But next door we have Tayrona National Park, home to Colombia's finest beaches. We went on a fishing trip on one of the days and in the evening the fisherman dropped us off at a beach in the national park. You could only get to this beach by boat which meant it wasn`t overcrowded with people. We spent a night in a hammock and got eaten alive by mosquitoes. Don`t think I`ll be doing that again! We spent the next day lazing on the beach, where we spotted dolphins and found giant starfish (see photos).
We ended up staying in Taganga longer then we expected as we signed up to do our PADI certificate (Scuba diving). We were planning to do it in the Philippines but Taganga turned out to be one of the cheapest places in the world for PADI at only �160. The course lasted 3 days and we got taught in the sea which is quite unusual as you normally have your first lessons in a swimming pool, but I preferred it that way
Our South American trip ends in Bogota the capital of Colombia. Our last night here couldn�t have been any more perfect. We met a group of local percussionists who invited us to their house, where we drank and danced late into the night to Latin American beats.
Our flight leaves tonight at 11pm. Our next stop is New York and then Hong Kong. It will be sad to leave South America behind, it was truly an amazing place which I hope to return to one day.
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DAMASCUS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Around 20 Syrian opposition parties called for halting the violence on Sunday from all parties in Syria as the country's Prime Minister Wael al-Halki said the Syrian crisis is in its "final stages" due to the "Syrian troops' sacrifices in confronting terrorism."
The oppositional National Coordination Body along with 20 other Syrian opposition parties wrapped up the conference for "rescuing Syria" Sunday evening with a number of demands, mainly halting violence form all parties as a prelude for a political transitional period.
The final communique of the conference said "the strategy of the security and military solution, which is espoused by the regime against the people's revolution that demands freedom dignity and democracy, has aggravated the violence and created a climate for special agendas."
The statement's signatories also called for halting the violence by the regime forces and the armed opposition alike under an international and Arab supervision.
It also called for the immediate release of all political detainees and urged the UN-Arab League joint special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to push for holding an international conference on Syria that would discuss ways to start a transitional period in the unrest-hit country.
Sunday's conference was marked with the absence of many opposition parties inside Syria, which said they have differences with the National Coordinating Body regarding the nature of the armed rebels and their acts on ground.
A day earlier, a total of 28 opposition parties said their relation with the NCB is marred by the wrangling on the rebels' tactics and their role in the 19-month crisis in Syria. They said they are against the militarization of the crisis and against the terrorist acts carried out by operative armed opposition on ground.
The 28 parties did not take part in Sunday's conference.
Rajaa al-Naser, a NCB member, said at the opening session of the conference Sunday that "we believe and seek to put forward emergency plans that would allow the return of the displaced people and provide the medical treatment and livelihood for millions of restive Syrians, and we found no other prelude to this except the immediate halt of gunfire and the barbaric, brutal shelling."
Russian Ambassador to Syria Azamat Kulmukhametov, who also attended the conference, stressed that "we see that the main goal now is to put an immediate end to the violence in Syria, whether it was from the government or the armed groups."
He added that another "no less important" goal is "turning the current confrontation between the authorities and the armed opposition to the track of peaceful, political solution."
The ambassador also stressed the importance of "solving the Syrian crisis by the Syrians themselves away from any foreign intervention, including halting the armament and the harboring of the armed groups that also group foreign mercenaries."
After the opening session, al-Naser told Xinhua that the parties which refused to take part in the conference aim to " confuse the conference," adding that "this conference is for the opposition and we didn't exclude anyone."
As the opposition renewed calls for curbing the violence, Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki stressed Sunday that "the Syrian crisis is in its final stages due to the Syrian people rallying behind its leadership and the Syrian army's sacrifices that have made strides in eradicating terrorism and armed terrorist groups."
Al-Halki, whose remarks were carried by the state-run SANA news agency, pointed out to the "signs of the international political transformation toward what is going on in Syria through peaceful solutions to the crisis and calls for dialogue and national reconciliation."
On ground, violence continued to rage on in several hotspots nationwide Sunday, the latest of which was the explosive device that ripped though a footbridge at the Beirut Street in central Damascus that killed one person and injured two others.
The blast site is close to the high-end Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus.
It comes as part of the ongoing violence that has engulfed most of the Syrian areas after 19 months of crisis.
The state news agency said the Syrian troops continued Sunday tracking down "armed terrorist groups" in several Syrian areas, killing large numbers of them, while the oppositional Britain- based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 36 Syrians have so far been killed Sunday.
It said the toll includes 14 civilians, one unidentified body, nine rebel fighters, and 12 regular soldiers. Yet, such accounts are impossible of being checked independently.
Assad says "Libyan Model" not to repeat in Syria
CAIRO, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the "Libyan model" would not repeat in Syria, referring to foreign military intervention that helped topple former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year, Egyptian state media reported Thursday.
During an interview with Egyptian state-run Ahram al-Arabi magazine which will be published on Friday, President Assad said the Syrian government would not fall and the militant opposition would not succeed, official MENA news agency reported. Full story


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Lucy, honey, I love love love your new outfit! Are you getting ready to make snow balls to throw at your furblings? *Runs off to tell Pete to be careful*
Hi sweetie! Meomwy and I went shopping for new fall clothes. It is nice & cool here. I am in KKC's beauty pagent, go take a looksie! LOVE YOU!!!


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Hayti wins first Bloomfield tourney title
By David Jenkins ~ firstname.lastname@example.com
BLOOMFIELD -- The Bernie Mules used timely 3-point shooting to hold off the Portageville Bulldogs 67-64 in Saturday's fifth-place game of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Portageville looked to have all of the momentum as Byron Wright hit a shot to put the Bulldogs ahead 60-58, but Bernie answered moments later when junior Zach Curry sunk a 3-pointer from the corner to put Bernie ahead for good.
"I watched (Bernie) play the night before against South Pem and South Pem played so hard, earned everything they got, and Bernie would come down and shoot a 3," said Portageville coach Jim Bidewell. "That is the way I felt tonight. We just battled, battled, battled came back and they bust a 3 and it just takes the wind out of you. It is a great equalizer. You live by it and die by it and right now they're living high."
Portageville looked sharp in the first half and headed into the locker room with 35-27 lead on the Mules. The Bulldogs gained the lead with the help of Dometric Trotter who hit three-straight 3-pointers in the second quarter.
However, Bernie used their own 3-point shooting in the second half to rally past Portageville, hitting five-of-six on their way to the win.
"Eight points isn't a big lead on Bernie because they can really shoot it," Bidewell said. "I think they shot over 50 percent from 3-point land. You can't leave them open."
While Bernie used the 3-pointer to go ahead late in the fourth, Portageville still had their chances. Trailing 66-61, Wright hit a 3-pointer and was fouled on the shot, making the score 66-64. Wright's free throw was off the mark and Portageville's Jacob Estes fought for the rebound but in the process stepped on the endline, giving the ball to Bernie with 11.5 seconds to play.
The Mules were fouled and went to the line where they missed both free throws but Bernie's Jake Welch made a leaping save as the ball was about to go out-of-bounds and passed it to teammate Silas Dill who was fouled with 0.5 seconds remaining. Dill hit one free throw and a Wright shot at the buzzer was off the mark.
"I thought our kids played hard but we just left them open one too many times and didn't rebound there in the end that really killed us," Bidewell said. "We're gradually getting better every game. I don't know if we'll ever be a great team, but we can definitely be a better team than what we have been. Tonight was a step in the right direction. We learned some lessons this week."
Portageville (6-4) was led in scoring by Wright's 15. Trotter and Telrale Jones each added 11. Jones also garnered seven rebounds.,
Bernie was led by Jake Owens' game-high 24. Curry added 22 and also pulled down nine rebounds. Dill scored 10 and had seven rebounds.
Portageville will be back in action Friday when they travel to Scott County Central.
Hayti 51, Doniphan 49
The Hayti Indians won their first Bloomfield Christmas Tournament title, but had to survive three Doniphan Don shots in the last 20 seconds to get the 51-49 win.
The Dons trailed 51-49 with less 20 seconds when Chandler Wilson came off a screen and had a wide-open look for a 3-pointer. The shot was off the mark but Charles Wilson pulled down the rebound and put up another shot that was again off the mark. However, Greg Davis grabbed another offensive rebound but his shot rimmed out at the buzzer and Hayti held on for the win.
Top-seeded Hayti was led in scoring by George Hamilton's 15 points. Denzel Presberry added 11.
Doniphan was led by Charles Wilson and Davis who each scored 15.
Malden 67, Puxico 51
After knocking off two higher seeds and taking another one to the wire, the Puxico Indians ran out of gas in Saturday's third place game, falling to Malden 67-51.
Malden put enormous pressure on the Indians' 3-point shooters and Malden hit several 3-pointers of their own in the first half to put the Green Wave ahead 34-18 at the half. Puxico could never cut the lead below nine points in the second half.
Malden was led by Nick Perkins who finished with a gamehigh 20 points. Marvin Fields tossed in 18 and Chad Hudson ended with 13.
David Crain led Puxico with 18 while John Smith added 13.
Van Buren 72, Twin Rivers 61
The Van Buren Bulldogs needed overtime to win the consolation title over Twin Rivers 72-61.
The Bulldogs seemingly had the game in hand, leading 55-43 with 5:24 left to play. But Twin Rivers wasn't done, finishing the game on a 14-1 run to tie the game at 56 at the end of regulation. However, the Bulldogs exploded in overtime and outscored Twin Rivers 16-5 to seal the win.
Tyler Freeze led Van Buren with 22 points and Brandon Tucker pitched in 17.
Twin Rivers was led by Kenny Johnson and Dylan Stockton who finished with 21 and 18 respectively.


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Voltage sag shows value of accurate wind forecasting.
Voltage sag shows value of accurate wind forecasting.
Variability is a well-known characteristic of windpower, and system operators know they must plan for changes in wind generation over the course of a day. But when those plans fall short, voltage levels can drop quickly, forcing grid operators to dispatch resources to make up the difference—either by shedding load or bringing reserve generation online.
That's exactly what happened in ERCOT on an evening in February, when a combination of events left the system operator short on power and long on demand (See Figure 1) .
"On a macro level we forecasted load pretty close to what it turned out to be," says Kent Saathoff, vice president of operations at ERCOT. "But there was a substantial difference between what we were getting from wind generators and what was reported to us in our look-ahead studies."
Ultimately what happened in ERCOT was a non-event, in the sense that only interruptible load was affected and no involuntary outages occurred. Nevertheless, the episode illustrates the value of modern forecasting technology to provide accurate data for utilities and system operators who must keep the lights on.
Perfect Storm
While a rare combination of events created the February 26 emergency, none of the individual factors was unusual by itself.
ERCOT suffered unexpected shortages in both wind and non-wind generation sources—totaling nearly 1,600 MW—starting at around 6:00 p.m., just as its load was rising, roughly in accord with forecasts.
The combination of factors caused system frequency to drop suddenly at about 6:30 p.m. ERCOT responded by first calling upon its balancing energy supplies, and then by declaring its step-two emergency protocols—most notably cutting power to about 200 MW of interruptible industrial load. This succeeded in restoring frequency, and when non-wind generation started coming back online between 6:50 and 7:00 p.m., the interruptible load was restored.
While the wind discrepancy was the single biggest factor in the episode—representing a shortfall of nearly 1,000 MW continuously for about 30 minutes—it was nothing ERCOT hadn't seen before, even in recent months. "On December 22 of last year, there was an even quicker and more significant decline in wind generation," Saathoff says. "But that time we had more generation available than we did on February 26, so we could fill in the blank."
ERCOT also had access to additional generation on February 26, in the form of non-spinning reserves—800 MW of which started generating power at around 7 o'clock. But because these were non-spinning reserves, they weren't immediately available to support voltage—mainly because ERCOT's forecasts didn't indicate they'd be needed.
"The primary factor is the need to accurately forecast wind," Saathoff says. "Wind is certainly a good resource and it has a lot of benefits. We just have to take its variability into account and develop forecasting tools that we can reliably incorporate into our system."
Reading the Wind
Today ERCOT's daily resource plans include forecasts from wind generators who sell power into the grid. Those forecasts went awry


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DefStatic's Office Evolve 4 - Home to Blue Phoenix
So I thought I would start a tank journal thread, since I never have. There is not a lot to say when building a nano right? LOL.
Inhabitant -
Fish: Halfmoon Doubletail Male (Blue Phoenix)
Equipment -
Tank: Aqueon Evolve 4
Light: Finnex Fugeray-R
Filter: Built in, with an added Fluval Sponge at the intake
Pump: Modified with an adjustable valve
Substrate: Petco Black Sand, about 3/4 a 5lb bag, with root tabs
Heater: Aqueon 50w adjustable
Also: CoralLife Digital Thermometer
Amazon Sword
Asian Water Fern
Also: Zebra Stripe Rock
More posts to follow...
I will start with a picture of my pump...
I learned from another location, from someone who supposedly helped design the Evolve series, that the pumps for the Evolve 4 and 8 are rated at 100 GPH. WAY too much for most fish IMO in a 4 gallon tank, let alone a Betta. From another user, on here I believe, I learned that at it's lowest setting, it is still putting out 55 GPH.
I researched some methods that others used to reduce the flow. I liked them, but I wanted something a little different. Also, I wanted to be able to fine tune the flow and easily.
So I went to Home Depot and put this together. The original tube was I believe 1" ID. Or something close. Either way, what I purchased was 3/8" OD x 1/4" ID Tubing, which fit right inside and snugly to the tubing that came with the pump. I also purchased a Quick-Connect Lead Free 3/8" OD Straight Valve.
I measured the length of the original setup, and matched the best I could with the new setup, which really wasn't that hard. I used the old tubing as a kind of flange or connector for the smaller tubing that is connected to the valve.
Right now, I have the valve turned a quarter closed. I feel that between this and the slightly smaller size of the tubing, I should have reduced the flow appropriately.
However, it does still seem a little fast for my Betta. He does ok in the current, where there is current. But I still find him resting near the filter intake.
So I also added a Fluval Sponge at the filter intake, hoping that would reduce the flow a little as well, and it really did nothing.
I am also open to better filtration ideas as well. I just have not had a chance to look into these.
I will reduce the flow even more once the tank has fully cycled. I do not want to reduce the flow anymore right now while the tank truly cycles.
Nice work on the pump adjustment.
My suggestion would be to revamp the sump compartment to convert into a huge bio filter using a Hamburger Mattenfilter. the volume of water and the course sponge should act as a baffle to prevent fry and shrimp from getting stuck and also use the surface area to host beneficial bacteria.
I wish I had more pics to go through kind of a step by step process LOL. However, it is an Evolve 4, nano, pretty straight forward tank.
I am open to suggestions. I do not know if I would like to do a carpet in the front left, infront of the rock. Or maybe some moss. Or maybe leave it alone.
Some pics of Blue Phoenix...
if you were open to something modular, i'd suggest moss on stainless steel pads. these would be movable and would offer a low growing carpet of sorts
I wanted to get rid of the Asian Water Fern after reading about it, but I really like the look. But the even more important reason not to get rid of it, Blue Phoenix seems to have taken a liking to resting underneath them.
Plus, while my light is better than the stock light, at the bottom of the tank I think it is still on the high low side. Also, I am not doing CO2 yet. I have a plastic diffuser that I was thinking of using in conjuntion with a DIY type style. I got it and a glass set on the cheap here. If I can get by without CO2 I will.
I have not started using any liquid fert yet either. Not sure if I should yet.
He survived the weekend on his own. Looks like I only lost half an inch in water. Temp is still right at 81 even. Timer appears to be working fine.
I will confess. I drove 30 miles to work to check on him Saturday LOL.
Water params seem ok. Right now I only have the 6-in-1 test strips.
Chlorine: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: Well, this one finally started to change from white to a VERY VERY VERY slight pink to it.
I hope to get the API test kit next week.
There was a slight cloudiness still on Friday, which seems to have almost all gone away today.
I have made a slight adjustment to the added valve. I turned it another hair, maybe 1/3 closed now.
I do not dare turn it any further, as I do not want to stress the pump.
nice betta!
both combined under 26$ not a bad deal considering the master test kit alone at my lfs is 29.99
it seems that the 4 gallon is an ideal betta habitat and will be watching your thread and progress closely
I am switching to only 20% water changed once a week now, instead of daily. The water params based on my test strips is not changing at all. The cloudiness is gone. I doubt there is any way I have had a complete cycle, but at this point I think daily 20% water changes is delaying in further cycling.
I think the 2gal Evolve (which actually, the number for the Evolve is not the gallon size from what I can tell, just their model number which happens to usually be close to the gallon size) is too small, although still better than how many people keep their Bettas. The Evolve 4 I got was on clearance for the same price as the 2.
After I get my 29gal setup someday, I might see if my office will allow me to have a second Evolve 4. They approved me to have a max 10gal tank, so why not two 4's? LOL
I just wanted to post a new pic from this week.
IDK if I posted a pic of what it looked like when first setup, if not I will. I cycled with no fish for a week, obviously this would not do much but verify the tank is setup and working.
1st Week Setup/No Fish
2nd Week Setup/1st Week Fish
3rd Week Setup/2nd Week With Fish:
You should be able to clearly see the cloudiness is 99% gone. This is also with no water changes since early Monday.
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A Michigan City native with extensive hands-on welding experience is set to join the staff of the SCILL Center welding technology program. Starting Monday, Elizabeth Tylisz will be teaching the morning vocational welding class and some of the adult welding classes.
She's a Michigan City High School graduate who won the Art Student of the Year Award in 2000. Tylisz also earned a welding technology diploma and several certificates of completion from Baran Institute of Technology in East Windsor, Conn. She's worked as a welder in the including aerospace, nuclear and a paper mill industries and has taught welding at Lincoln Technical Institute in East Windsor, Conn. for the past 2.5 years to students ages 17 and older. Tylisz will join Certified Welding Inspector Andy Odle on the SCILL Center Instructional Team. He has pledged to help her earn that distinction and says she will be a great addition to the training program. Find more information about the SCILL Center online at www.scill.biz.


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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension Credits
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|Original version was probably written by
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Show 24.09Watch Community Cooking daily at 9:30 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 3:30 P.M. and 6:30 P.M. only on CitiCABLE 3
Crab Cakes Appetizers & Tuna TartarGuest Chef Scott Aaronson
Crab Cakes
1/2lb (8oz) lump crabmeat, picked clean of shells and cartilage or canned1/2 cup breadcrumbs, (plus 1 cup for optional coating, not pictured)2 eggs, Whisked 1 Lrg Garlic Clove, fine chop2 TBSP Small Dice, Bell Pepper2 TBSP Small Dice, Shallot 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper2 tablespoons vegetable oil and 1 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive OilSalt and Pepper (S&P)
Mustard Sauce:¼ cup mayonnaise1 TBSP lemon juice 1 tspn Horseradish1 TBSP Stone Ground MustardSalt to taste
Sauté vegetables in oil, S&P, and HALF of chopped garlic until onions are translucent and vegetables are cooked. Let cool. Mix all ingredients in a bowl adding the additional garlic, and Worcestershire sauce. Gently fold in crabmeat with your hands, being careful to keep the lumps of meat intact as possible. Form into patties, should be moist not dry. Optionally Coat with remaining breadcrumb for outer shell by placing in a bowl or dish by pressing bread crumbs into the patty, or not. Heat sauté pan on medium high heat and only then add oil and heat an additional minute. Sauté 3-5 min per side or until browned. Remove to paper towel or pat with towel to absorb any excess oil.
Mix mustard sauce ingredients together and serve chilled atop the crab cake served over mixed greens lightly tossed in a mixture of 2 part Olive Oil, 1 part Lemon Juice and S&P.
Tuna Tartar
Minced 1/2lb of Blue Fin or Ahi Tuna1/2 TSPN Mayonnaise3-5 Sprigs Fresh Mint, Chopped1 TBSP Sesame oilCayenne PepperSalt and PepperVegetable Oil
Mix all BOLD ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
Wonton:Cut square wonton diagonally in half. Heat sauté pan on med high heat and place 2 TBSP of vegetable oil in pan and heat until hot. Place wontons in for about 15-30 seconds each side until lightly browned. Repeat on other side.
Please TSPN of Tuna mixture on each wonton and enjoy!


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By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON
LOS ANGELES — Employees were closing up at a mall department store and preparing to go home when two gunmen stormed inside and took them hostage.
The thugs stabbed one of the 14 Nordstrom Rack employees and sexually assaulted another before SWAT officers freed everyone early Friday, more than three hours after the ordeal began.
It was unclear whether the gunmen stole anything before fleeing the store located near Los Angeles International Airport. Both remained at large.
The harrowing incident began about 11 p.m. Thursday, when a man reported his girlfriend had called to say gunmen were in the store, Los Angeles police Lt. Andy Neiman said.
"She told him, `Call 911. Two guys with guns just came into our store,'" Neiman said.
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