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As the snowshoe evolves, so evolves civilization. Six thousand years ago, its invention was so liberating that humans were able to march from central Asia clear across the Bering Land Bridge and throughout the Americas. This humble instrument of human progress continues its slow advancement inside three workshops situated on the Huron-Wendat reserve in Quebec City. Here, 25 employees of GV Snowshoes still build the tennis-racquet-like Huron model that was the gold standard in winter footwear for several hundred years, but most of their attention is focused on aluminum shoes made entirely of Canadian parts—metal from Lac-Saint-Jean, plastics from Drummondville, paint from Saint-Georges-de-Beauce. The close proximity of suppliers makes for flexible production, a huge competitive advantage when a polar vortex sparks a sudden run on snowshoes. "It's been a crazy busy year," says Alex Maher, the company's technical representative. "But instead of having to call suppliers in China, we can call suppliers down the road." GV ships up to 50,000 pairs of snowshoes a year—all bearing a lifetime warranty—to Pakistan, Russia, Chile and virtually every other snowy realm. Next year, the company hopes to push that number higher with the introduction of a step-in model that replaces cumbersome bindings with a single lever. "The secret to our business," says Maher, "is we're in a perpetual state of evolution."
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 05:21:32PM -0800, Ron Mayer wrote: > > If one of the contrib modules (int_array_aggregate in contrib/intagg) is > crashing my backend, where's a good place to report a bug or get hints > where to look further? Bug reports should go to the pgsql-bugs mailing list (I've cc'd it on this message). Searching the list archives for similar problems can be helpful. If the backend crashed then there might be a core dump somewhere under the $PGDATA directory. Using a debugger like gdb to get a stack trace from the core dump can help pinpoint the problem. > It seems to work fine on small arrays, but crashes on large ones. > The second query would have put about 500 rows in the aggregate. I can duplicate the crash in 8.0.1 (REL8_0_STABLE) with the following (512 works, 513 crashes): CREATE TABLE foo (id integer, name text); INSERT INTO foo (id, name) SELECT x, 'test' FROM generate_series(1, 513) AS g(x); SELECT name, int_array_aggregate(id) FROM foo GROUP BY name; Here's a partial stack trace: #0 0x81e003b in pfree (pointer=0x839f130) at mcxt.c:583 #1 0x810d044 in advance_transition_function (aggstate=0x839d188, peraggstate=0x839d908, pergroupstate=0x83a1aa0, newVal=513, isNull=0 '\000') at nodeAgg.c:395 #2 0x810d0f4 in advance_aggregates (aggstate=0x839d188, pergroup=0x83a1aa0) at nodeAgg.c:439 #3 0x810d782 in agg_fill_hash_table (aggstate=0x839d188) at nodeAgg.c:935 #4 0x810d448 in ExecAgg (node=0x839d188) at nodeAgg.c:674 Line 583 in mcxt.c is: (*header->context->methods->free_p) (header->context, pointer); -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/
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A strain is when a muscle is stretched too much and tears. It is also called a pulled muscle. A strain is a painful injury. It can be caused by an accident, overusing a muscle, or using a muscle in the wrong way.
Causes of Strains
A strain may be caused by:
- Too much physical activity or effort
- Improperly warming up before a physical activity
- Poor flexibility
Symptoms for Strains
Symptoms of a strain can include:
- Pain and difficulty moving the injured muscle
- Discolored and bruised skin
- Swelling
First Aid for Strains
- Apply ice right away to reduce swelling. Wrap the ice in cloth. Do not place ice directly on the skin. Apply ice for 10 to 15 minutes every 1 hour for the first day and every 3 to 4 hours after that.
- Use ice for the first 3 days. Either heat or ice may be helpful after that if you still have pain.
- Rest the pulled muscle for at least a day. If possible, keep the pulled muscle raised about your heart.
- Try not to use a strained muscle while it is still painful. When the pain starts to go away, you can slowly increase activity.
Call your local emergency number, such as 911, if:
- You are unable to move the muscle.
- The injury is bleeding.
Call your health care provider if the pain does not go away after several weeks.
Prevention of Strains
The following tips may help you reduce your risk of a strain:
- Warm-up properly before exercise and sports.
- Keep your muscles strong and flexible.
Biundo JJ. Bursitis, tendinitis, and other periarticular disorders and sports medicine. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 271.
Brinker MR, O'Connor DP, Almekinders LC, et al. Physiology of Injury to Musculoskeletal Structures: 1. Muscle and Tendon Injury. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 1, section A.
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Teen Dating Abuse
A Partnership for Change (APFC)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 9:45 AM to 2:45 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Teen Dating Abuse
Goals and Objectives:
Understand the dynamics of teen dating violence
Recognize the warning signs that indicate a teen may be a victim or an abuser
Effectively approach a teen (victim or abuser) to provide intervention
Develop safety plans, and implement prevention and awareness strategies
Identify resource and referral information for support
Each class will provide light refreshments.
Please bring your own lunch!
Handouts will be provided.
Teen dating abuse offers Nurses 6 contact hours and Social Workers 5.5 non-clinical continuing education credits.
Additional Information:All training facilities are wheelchair accessible. Workshops are based on best practices that acknowledge and respect the needs of victims from diverse populations.
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- Domestic Violence "101" 102501-10561, Effects of Domestic Violence on Children 102501-10562, Teen Dating Abuse 102501-10563, and Understanding the Victim/Survivor of Domestic Violence 102501-10564, provided by A Partnership For Change, are approved for continuing education by the National Association of Social Workers – NJ Chapter, 200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 404, Edison, NJ 08817. Social workers will receive five and a half (5.5) non-clinical credits for participating in each of these courses.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 9:45 AM to 2:45 PM (EDT)
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The Greens are in confidential discussions with independent MPs in a bid to win support for legislation to introduce a national integrity commissioner to rebuild confidence in Parliament following the Thomson and Slipper allegations.
The move will place the federal government under intense pressure to support legislation to introduce a new parliamentary standards watchdog.
When Parliament resumes on Monday, Greens MP
At the same time the Greens will move to refer the bill to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs legislation committee.
The legislation would establish a powerful anti-corruption body charged with overseeing public officials and federal government agencies.
Its powers would be based on the existing Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner which covers the Australian Federal Police, Crime Commission and Customs.
The Greens are pushing for Parliament to adopt an anti-corruption body following allegations of sexual harassment against
"It is very clear that the time is ripe for a national integrity commissioner to help rebuild public confidence in our Parliament and public service," Greens leader
The legislation would also establish an independent parliamentary adviser to provide advice on standards and codes of conduct.
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ok, file is being uploaded. some minutes to wait . . Nick
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Ok done it is at:
What I need is a new table, or an export spreadsheet, that contains some fields from table: Consumables Vertical (fields are: Manufacturer, Machine_type, Machine_name) and contains the data held in table: protocopy-bluepark-products (field: SKU)
But I must only have 1 row for each value from Consumables Vertical.
on that row should be all the matches from the protocopy-bluepark-products (field: SKU)
I have loaded an example, spreadsheet at:
The linking field name(s) are
Consumables Vertical: Consumables = Protocopy-bluepark-products: Spicers_Code
You may see the relationship link I created?
Are you clear on my request?
Oh & I have a deadline . . . which is why I asked for help. a couple of hours is ok, but it would be re-assuring to know if you think you can fix?
OK, that is a step closer, but the layout is not what's required:
I've added from table: Consumables_Vertical, the fields for "Manufacturer" & "machine_type" to produce this example on 4 rows:
But what I need is the values listed for "SKU" all on one row, like he sample loaded at http://wikisend.com/download/488766/product-finder-sample.csv
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I'll try one more time...:)
I had this problem before and it has prevented me from upgrading. Somewhere
the line, the new releases changed something so it now bombs. During
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UPDATE: An anonymous source has confirmed that the iPad Mini will be available from 250 Euros, for the 8GB Wi-Fi version. Add on an extra 100 Euros for the 3G version, and another 100 Euros for each storage upgrade: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB. That means the top-end model, the 64GB 3G iPad Mini, will be an eye-watering 650 Euros. It's a bit complicated, so check out our handy iPad Mini price guide and table
At around £200, at least the cheapest model is vaguely competitive compared to the Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire - if the leaks are correct.
Apple has already had its big event this year with the launch of the iPhone 5, but the iPad Mini is still waiting behind the curtain, ready to pop out any day...According to the AllThingsD site, that event is coming up pretty soon too. Citing 'people familiar with Apple's plans', it claims Apple will unveil its miniature tablet device on 23 October at an invitation-only showcase. Yes, that's just a week tomorrow, so Apple is really cutting it fine with those invites if it's true.It's also just two days before Microsoft drops its new Surface tablet and two days before Apple reports earnings for its latest quarter. Expect those to be pretty impressive – and the quarter after to blow us away.With the late invites and lack of detail, Apple is really keeping this one tight. Those same sources don't even have a location for the event. But it is said to be Apple's Town Hall Auditorium, which makes it a far more low key event than the iPhone 5 launch. Don't expect the Foo Fighters to turn up for this one.In fact, details have been kept so tight that we're still guessing the specification of the new tablet. A 7.85-inch liquid crystal display and a Lightning connector is about all we have for sure, so plenty for Apple to 'wow' us with in just over a week's time. Source: AllThingsD


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Jesse Ranger was just an average kid with an obsession for Oswald Leery's B-Monster movies until he discovered a dangerous secret. It turns out Leery's special filming process brought his movie monsters to life and now they've escaped the screen! Something must be done, so Leery recruits Jesse, Stella, Damon, and Lindsey to help. But how do you trap a B-Monster, especially one made up of slime?
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The Humphrey Fellowship Program Certificate Ceremony
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
American University Washington College of Law, Room 603
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
The annual Certificate Ceremony celebrates the Humphrey Fellows' accomplishments during their program. Speakers will include representatives from the U.S. Department of State and the Institute of International Education (IIE), Humphrey Fellows and Humphrey coordinators. The Humphrey Fellowships were granted competitively to mid career professional candidates from developing countries that showed commitment to both the public and the private sector. The Fellows came to the U.C. for a year of study and related professional experience. This year Washington College of Law is hosting twelve Fellows from eleven countries.
Presented by the Humphrey Fellowship Program and the International Legal Studies Program
WCL Alumni, AU & WCL Students, Faculty & Staff – no charge
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I've been in Manchester three months ago (last June) for the first time in my life. I really loved Manchester; the atmosphere of the city is just as magical as it is portrayed in the film "24 Hour Party People" (the song "Ceremony" by New Order was sounding in my head all the time).
I would like to move and live in Manchester, but the authorities wouldn't allow me to migrate because I'm foreign and my financial status is not good enough to prove to the government that I am a good person. I was not born in the E.U. territory… When I was a fetus I didn't have the chance to choose where to be born. Yeah… F*** all countries.
I joined my naked vegan cooking friends in their kitchen. I had a great time while I was there, although it was a chilly spring evening, a bit chilly to cook naked haha. We made a stir fry cassava dish. In case you don't know, the cassava (also called yuca, manioc or mandioca in Spanish) is an edible root cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions.
These are the ingredients you'll need to make this dish (for 3-4 servings): 1 kg fresh cassava roots, 2 or 3 onions, ½ cup chopped scallions or spring onions, 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, Vegetable oil, 200 ml. water, Salt or soy sauce, Vegetable stock in powder (or sweet paprika, pepper, etc), Dried parsley or dried basil, Nutritional yeast flakes
Peel off the cassava roots. Boil the peeled roots in water (you can add some salt) for about 30-40 minutes, or until they get soft (try pinching with a fork). When it's already cooked, remove the cassava roots from the water. Then remove the middle stringy thing inside the cassava roots, you can do it with your fingers or using a knife. Also remove all the impurities you find on the roots. Then chop the cassava roots in little cube pieces.
Chop the onions, scallions and garlic cloves. Fry them on a big pan with some oil, some vegetable stock in powder and salt or soy sauce until they are cooked.
Add the water and when it starts boiling, add carefully all the chopped cassava pieces. Stir and mix everything during 4 or 5 minutes. Add some dried parsley or dried basil. Mix again and done.
Serve on plates and add some nutritional yeast flakes on top… Yum!
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Volume 15, Issue 2: Doctrine 101
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Have you ever met an apostle? You know, someone who claims to be like Peter, James, John, or Paul? Maybe you have, and maybe
you haven't. I have a friend who was approached by a modern day, self-proclaimed apostle at a conference one summer. Some
churches teach the continuing office of apostle, while some Christians, in an attempt to avoid confrontation over the issue, side-step ever
so slightly and just say that they are "filling the apostolic function." The implication is that the function is somehow separate from
the office, as though one could fulfill the function of an ambassador without being an ambassador. Where's the authority in that? This
is like the old George Carlin joke: "You be my name, and I'll be me. When someone knocks at the door, they'll ask for
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Bud Reedy has been appointed to Upstate.
Likely Bud may not remember, but years ago, when we were looking for a pastor to take over our church plant in Parish, New York, I called and spoke with Bud, who was a senior at NTS. He declined the offer, citing that if the district wasn't going to support the new work financially, he wasn't interested. Good pastor, good church, good DS selection.


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Nick Rimando has done very well this season acting as a leader for D.C. United. With the off-season loss of Ryan Nelsen, United lost the anchor of their defense as well as their most vocal leader and Rimando has filled both roles admirably.
After last weekend's frustrating loss at home to Kansas City, it would be easy to criticize United for continually failing to put together an extended streak of quality results. United players, coaches and fans are all understandably upset about the team's third home loss, but Rimando manages to ease everyone's anxiety with his calming attitude. His message is basically, "Relax everybody, it's still a long season."
D.C. United are now exactly halfway through the season. After 16 matches the team has six wins, six losses, and four draws - not what you would expect from the defending champions. As United look forward to the rest of the season, there is some good news and some bad news.
The bad news is that United trail the New England Revolution by 10 points in the standings (technically, the Chicago Fire are the top team in the East, but they have played three more matches than the Revolution). Although not impossible, it is a long shot that D.C. would be able to overtake first place in time for the playoffs. So, if D.C. United are to repeat as MLS Cup Champions, they'll have to do it as an underdog.
Another bad part is that United have given away a lot of points in the standings. D.C. had back-to-back scoreless draws on the road when there were clear chances to steal at least one of those wins. United have also already lost three times at home; they lost only twice at RFK all of last season. The missed opportunities and lost points could leave United shaking their heads when the season is complete.
The good news is that D.C. United have not had a lot of things go their way during the first half of the season. Alecko Eskandarian, Bryan Namoff and Steve Guppy have all missed extended stretches for the team. When United finally get healthy and the key players start returning, it will give a boost to the rest of the team.
Eskandarian and Dema Kovalenko have not scored a goal this season. They are both sure to break onto the score sheet in the second half of the year, which will bolster United's attack even further. United's front office continues to pursue the mystery South American player, and if D.C. manages to sign him, he has the potential to make a late-season impact like Christian Gomez last season and Jaime Moreno in 1996.
Six wins is not enough for the defending champions at this point of the season, but if United get six more in the second half of the year, they will finish with 12 wins - one more than last year. As D.C. looks at the calendar through October, the second half of the MLS schedule is more favorable than the first half, statistically speaking.
Of United's remaining 16 matches, eight are home matches and six are against teams with below .500 records. Contrarily, Chicago has 13 games remaining with six at home and only four against sub-.500 teams.
D.C. United are still in good position to finish the season with a strong push. Circumstances change very quickly in Major League Soccer and it can be a very fine line that separates missing the playoffs and winning MLS Cup. Last year, D.C. United learned the value of putting together victories at the right time of the season, and even if the turnaround doesn't begin this weekend, just remember the consoling message from Rimando.
Tony Limarzi is a contributor to dcunited.com. He is also the voice of D.C. United soccer, calling all of the Black-and-Red's games live on WMET.


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Approximately 13.7 billion years ago - give or take an insignificant 260 million years - the piping hot primordial jambalaya of the original universe began to expand. Physicists now agree we shouldn't have called it the Big Bang. The Big Wheeze would have been more accurate. It happened everywhere at once.
About 13.7 billion years later - in layman's terms, a few weekends ago - 180 of the world's top theoretical astrophysicists gathered at the University of Toronto to congratulate each other on figuring out that number.
Say those words: theoretical astrophysicist. It may not sound like a real job. But they were celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.
Most Canadians don't know it, but CITA is one of the world's crack centres for theoretical astrophysics, the equal of Stanford, Cal Tech, Cambridge University or Princeton.
"It's a world-class institution that has dominated its field," says Wendy Freedman, director of Pasadena's Carnegie Institute of Science.
The brainiacs gathered in the nondescript brown brick McLennan building, where physics is taught at U of T, were also celebrating the 60th birthday of J. Richard (Dick) Bond. The BondFest bore a resemblance to a weekend blowout for very, very intelligent frat boys, which Prof. Bond was before he became one of the world's most-cited cosmologists and a past director of CITA, where he collaborated with almost everyone in the room.
For four days, the astrophysicists drank coffee and wine, made physicist jokes about Prof. Bond ("the force we call Dick") and delivered detailed lectures about accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars and other impenetrably cutting-edge work. It was not a big crowd. Norman Murray, the current director of CITA, was nursing a beer at the opening reception when he ventured that only 100 people in Canada, and maybe 1,000 worldwide, understand the mathematics of early-universe physics.
"By 'early'," Dr. Murray added (physicists like to add things), "most people mean the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang."
We know the age of the universe within probably 2 per cent accuracy. It's 13.7 billon years. It really is. It's impressive. We know the total matter content of the universe - it's 4 per cent. That's the stuff we recognize as matter, basically protons. The rest is something we don't understand. Dr. Murray
That's what it's like talking to astrophysicists: They say a clear, fascinating thing, and follow it with endless upsetting complications. This is the way they tell the truth. The difference between them and most people is that astrophysicists aren't afraid of what they don't understand. That approach stood CITA in good stead for a quarter of a century as it roamed the skies in search of what even two decades ago seemed like the unanswerable.
But astrophysics is changing, and not just theoretically. Having proved how the universe developed, CITA and its band of merry speculators face daunting new challenges. The field has grown exponentially, the cost of experiments is through the roof and competition for research dollars is reaching fireball temperature - especially with radical competitors such as Waterloo's BlackBerry-funded Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in the hunt.
More to the point, the easy problems in the universe have been solved. We have a fair idea how all this got here. Physicists now have to figure out why. That's a much harder question.
Catching the cosmic microwave
That the University of Toronto ended up as one of the world's leading centres of theoretical astrophysics was not a random event. In the late 1970s, a cell of thinkers within the Canadian Astronomical Society decided to create an institute for their big theories.
"We thought, well, for a little bit of money, because this is theory and not very expensive, we could have a big impact," remembers Peter Martin, one of CITA's founders.
Prof. Martin and his fellow sky watchers persuaded the National Science and Engineering Research Council to hand over $150,000 and held a competition as to which university would host the new institute. Toronto won. It was 1983.
Prof. Martin had trained at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at Cambridge under the legendary Sir Martin Reese (galaxy formation, quasars, now Britain's Astronomer Royal) and the late Fred Hoyle (stellar nucleosynthesis, panspermia). He wanted
CITA to have a similar structure - not a traditional faculty with graduate students, but a looser, creative think tank full of ambitious postdoctoral students.
"Graduate students are conservative," Prof. Bond points out. "They go to the big institution with the big name. But postdocs, they know what's happening. They follow minds."
The team hired Scott Tremaine, a Toronto-raised expert on the dynamics of galaxies, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be the first director and lured Dick Bond back to Toronto from Stanford. Two postdocs were hired the first year. Today, there are 24. They earn $55,000 a year.Report Typo/Error
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Virat's love for Manvi is growing day by day and Virat tried to confess his love to Manvi, but stopped when he came to know that she has been suffering from cancer in Star Plus Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hain.
Now, Virat has been trying hard to make Manvi healthy and wants to make her proud. Virat has also decided to become a great singer for Manvi.
It is being shown that Manvi has full trust on Virat and enjoy his company. Manvi (Nia Sharma) also feels restless when she does not talk to Virat.
However, now upcoming episode may take a new turn in Virat (Kushal Tandon) and Manvi's story.
The latest promo shows that Manvi says that, life is very little for her. Virat tells that this small life is for love.
Manvi teases Virat by saying that the life is to fight too. Virat tells Manvi that there is a need of partner to fight and love. Manvi realizes something hidden messages in Virat's words.
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Please let me know if anyone sees any errors or has any additional advice they think helpful.
I will update this post as needed.
To see a full alphabetical list of module topics click here
Mask Module
- To help in the setting of a mask that can be used by many modules in StarTools to operate only on the selected part of an image.
For a general overview see Masks.
- Pixels that are set in the mask are shown in green. These pixels will be processed by the module.
- Pixels that are not set in the mask are left in their original colour. These pixels will not be processed.
- If a selective mask is set the Mask will flash three times when you load a module.
The Unofficial guide is also a good source of help. It relates to version 1.3.5 so there may have been some changes. The notes below relate to StarTools version 1.4.
There are good general instructions for the use of the Mask module here.
When to use:
Masks can be used in the following Modules:
Color, Decon, Denoise, Filter, Flux, Heal, Layer, Life, Magic, Repair, Sharp, Synth, Wipe
There are many different methods for creating a star mask - based on what you want to mask.
See 'Special Techniques' section for a selection of the more common ones.
What result to look for:
- The mask set should ensure that only the selected pixels are modified.
- If parts of a DSO are wrongly included in a star mask try excluding the predominant colors of the DSO from the mask selection by using the 'Exclude Color' setting.
Continue with normal workflow. Keep or Clear the mask as required.
Special Techniques:
To revert to a module processing all pixels
Return to the default mask for any module - all pixels selected.
- Clear
- Invert
- Keep
Create a star mask based on the Auto 'Star' button preset values.
- Auto
- Do
This creates an inverse star mask with stars and their halos masked out. This gets the same results as the AutoMask button in Decon. This is only possible to do when Tracking is on.
- Auto
- FatStars
- Grow x4
- Invert
There are a number of cases when you only want to select the fainter stars.
- First select all stars including small ones:
- Use Auto->Stars preset
- Set Feature Size to 1 - to select the smaller features only.
- Increase the Filter Sensitivity value to show fewer stars if needed.
- Press 'Do'
- Then select the brightest stars and subtract them:
- Auto
- Set Selection Mode to 'Highlights>Threshold'
- Set Threshold to say 75%
- Set Old Mask to 'Subtract New From Old'
- Press 'Do'
- Keep the result.
- Set Brush Mode to 'Flood Fill Lighter Pixels'
- Click on edge of DSO - any neighbouring pixels which are the same as or lighter will be selected. It may take a few tries to get the right coverage.
- Click on the edge of any other areas of the DSO that have not been selected.
Sets the mask of a DSO based on a brightness threshold - but excluding stars.
- First make a mask based on brightness:
- Auto
- Set Selection Mode to 'Highlights>Threshold'
- Set Source to 'Stretched'
- Set Threshold to, say 30.00 - to select as much of the DSO as you want.
- All other settings should be OK at their default values. Adjust if you want.
- Press 'Do'
- Next select all stars including small ones:
- Auto
- Use 'Stars' preset
- Set Old Mask to 'Subtract New from Old'
- Press 'Do'
- 'Keep' the result.
For masking long thin wisps (e.g. the veil nebula). This masking technique is shown in this video between 0m45s and 3m50s.
- Create a trail of individual green pixels over the detail you want to mask (using the 'Single Pixel Toggle' Brush Mode)
- Use the 'Grow' button until they merge.
- 'Keep' the desired result.
The 'Open' button allows you to import a Mask that was previously saved by using the 'Save' button. Note that the image that is being opened to become the new Mask, needs to have the same dimensions as the image the Mask is intended for. Loading an image that has values between black and white will designate any shades of gray closest to white as 'on', and any shades of gray closest to black as 'off'.
The 'Save' button allows you to save the current mask to a standard TIFF file that shows 'on' pixels in pure white and 'off' pixels in pure black.
The 'Auto' button is a very powerful feature that allows you to automatically isolate features.
- See detailed description below
The 'Clear' button turns off all green pixels (i.e. it deselects all pixels in the image).
The 'Invert' button turns on all pixels that are off, and turns off all pixels that were on.
The 'Shrink' button turns off all the green pixels that have a non-green neighbour, effectively 'shrinking' any selected regions.
The 'Grow' button turns on any non-green pixel that has a green neighbour, effectively 'growing' any selected regions.
The 'Undo' button allows you to undo the last operation that was performed.
Brush Mode
Specifies how clicking on the image affects the toggling on or off of pixels in the mask.
For a description of the different brush modes see Brush Modes.
- Flood Fill Lighter Pixels - Performs a flood fill, starting at the clicked pixel and filling neighbouring pixels until it can no longer find neighbouring pixels that are lighter than the clicked pixel.
- This selection method is very effective in selecting stars.
- Rather than clicking on an object (or part of an object) such as a star, try clicking on the edge of a star to select the whole star.
- This selection method is very effective in selecting stars.
- Flood Fill Darker Pixels - Performs a flood fill, starting at the clicked pixel and filling neighbouring pixels until it can no longer find neighbouring pixels that are darker than the clicked pixel.
- This selection method is very effective in selecting the darker parts of an image.
- This selection method is very effective in selecting the darker parts of an image.
- Single Pixel Toggle - Toggles individual pixels on and off.
- Similar Color - Selects nearby pixels that are of a similar colour to the clicked pixel.
- Similar Brightness - Selects nearby pixels that are of a similar brightness to the clicked pixel.
- Line Toggle - Draws a line between the point where you press the mouse button and the point where you release it.
- This can be useful in masking out satellite trails.
- This can be useful in masking out satellite trails.
- Lassoo - Selects all the pixels that lie within any convex shape that you draw. Use it to quickly select or deselect large blobs.
- Grow Blob - Grows the selected green blob of touching pixels. Use it to make any individually selected areas bigger (for example a star), without modifying others.
- Shrink Blob- Shrinks the selected green blob of touching pixels. Use it to make any individually selected areas smaller (for example a star), without modifying others.
Stars Preset
Creates a star mask where all the stars are selected (green).
FatStars Preset
Creates a star mask where a larger area around a star is selected (green) for all the stars.
- FatStars requires Tracking to be on as it requires a 'Linear' Source type. The preset is greyed out when Tracking is off.
Sets which data the mask generator should derive the mask from.
- Linear - The mask generator should use the data when it is linear and has not been stretched.
- This is particularly suited for detecting bright elements such as stars and over exposed elements.
- This is perfect for creating star masks for deconvolution.
- This is particularly suited for detecting bright elements such as stars and over exposed elements.
- Stretched - The mask generator should use the data that has been stretched to the current extent.
- Use this if you need to select the detail as it is now.
- Use this if you need to select the detail as it is now.
- Default is Stretched [Stars], Linear [FatStars]
- The Linear setting is only available when Tracking is on.
Specifies which type of features are to be isolated by the Auto algorithm.
For a description of the different Selection Modes see Selection Modes.
Below is a summary of the range:
- Light Features + Highlights>Threshold - Isolates light features of a maximum size of Feature Size that are not coloured as specified in Exclude Color.
- It also isolates any pixels whose brightness is above a certain Threshold.
- This setting is perfect for isolating stars.
- It also isolates any pixels whose brightness is above a certain Threshold.
- Light Features - Isolates light features of a maximum size of Feature Size that are not coloured as specified in Exclude Color.
- Highlights>Threshold - Isolates any pixels whose brightness is above a certain Threshold.
- Dead Pixels Color<Threshold
- Dead Pixels Mono<Threshold - Attempts to isolate dead pixels whose brightness is below a certain Threshold.
- Hot Pixels Color>Threshold
- Hot Pixels Mono>Threshold - Attempts to isolate hot and warm pixels whose brightness is above a certain Threshold.
- Dust&Scratches - Tries to identify dust and scratches based on Threshold value.
- Noise - Isolates pixels that are deemed noisy. Use the Feature Size and Threshold to define the noise grain and sensitivity.
- Edges >Threshold - Selects areas with a steep brightness transition controlled by the Threshold value.
- Horizontal Artifacts - Selects horizontal features greater than Threshold brightness which are 1 pixel wide with length of at least Feature Size.
- Vertical Artifacts - Selects vertical features greater than Threshold brightness which are 1 pixel wide with length of at least Feature Size.
- Radius (use Threshold) - Selects pixels within a circle about the centre. The radius is defined by the Threshold parameter (50%=full width circle).
- Default is 'Light Features + Highlights>Threshold'
Sets the maximum feature size Auto algorithm should attempt to isolate.
- The appropriate setting depends largely on the image size versus angular size of the object image.
- Increasing this setting may help in the correct detection of bigger stars.
- Used by Selection Modes: 'Light Features + Highlights', 'Light Features', 'Horizontal Artifacts' and 'Noise'.
- Default is 8. Range is 0 to 20.
Sets a brightness threshold as a percentage of 'full brightness' to be used by the Selection Mode to decide which pixels to select.
- Used by 'Light Features + Highlights', 'Highlights', 'Dead Pixels', 'Hot Pixels', 'Noise', 'Edges', 'Horizontal Artifacts' and 'Radius'
- Default is 100.00. Range is 0.00 to 100.00
Specifies what to do with any mask that already exists. New and old masks can be added in a number of ways:
- Clear - Clears the old mask - only uses the new mask.
- Add New To Old - Adds to the old mask any new pixels that are selected. The new mask is overlayed over the old mask.
- Subtract New From Old - Any pixels that are selected in the new mask will be unselected in the resulting mask. This is useful for deselecting stars in a specific part of an image.
- Add New Where Old Is Set - Only selects a pixel if both the old and the new mask have that pixel selected. You could use this to create a star mask in only a part of the image.
- Default is 'Clear'.
Sets how sensitive the feature detector should be when detecting features.
- Lower values are more sensitive, while bigger values are less sensitive.
- For hot or dead pixel detection a higher sensitivity is appropriate.
- Default is 5 [Stars], 0 [FatStars]. Range is 0 to 30.
Sets which colour channels to ignore when detecting features.
- This is particularly useful when detecting stars by minimising false positives caused by, for example, bright gas knots in DSO's.
- Used by Selection Modes: 'Light Features + Highlights' and 'Light Features'
- Range is: None, Red, Blue, Yellow (Red + Green), Purple (Red + Blue)
- Default is None.
Sometimes there are other controls in a module which are associated with using a mask.
Grow Mask
If a mask is used, sets the amount to temporarily grow the mask by.
- This allows a common mask to be used amongst several modules (e.g. a star mask) making small temporary adjustments to suit individual modules
If a mask is used, Mask Fuzz controls the blending of the transition between masked and non-masked parts of the image.
- Increase this value to make a more gradual transition
- To stop the Mask blinking three times as a reminder it is set, put a file called 'noblink' in the StarTools executables folder. Instead of blinking it will just show the mask once for a few seconds.


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The Canadiens held an optional skate Monday morning as they prepare to face the Carolina Hurricanes Monday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., RDS, TSN Radio 690).
It will be the 300th career NHL start for Price, who is coming off a 3-0 shutout win over the New York Rangers on Saturday. Price has a 17-6-4 record this season and ranks 15th in the NHL in goals-against average (2.28) and 24th in save percentage (.915).
Meanwhile, P.K. Subban has been named the NHL's second star for the month of March behind Sidney Crosby. Subban led all NHL defencemen with 18 points (7-11-18) in 14 games and collected points in nine of 14 games in March. Subban leads all NHL defencemen with 10 goals and ranks third in points with 27 in 28 games.
Crosby led all NHL scorers in March with 6-19-25 totals in 15 games as the Penguins became the first team in NHL history to post a perfect record for a calendar month (minimum 10 games). Crosby is now out of the Penguins lineup indefinitely after suffering a broken jaw Saturday after being hit in the mouth with a shot during a win against the New York Islanders.
Rene Bourque (concussion) and Ryan White (ankle) skated with Canadiens strength and conditioning coach Pierre Allard before joining their teammates for Monday's morning skate. Players not taking part in the optional skate were Price, Tomas Plekanec, Max Pacioretty, Michael Ryder, Lars Eller, Travis Moen and Francis Bouillon.
The Canadiens also announced that forward Olivier Archambault, the team's fourth-round pick at the 2011 NHL entry draft, will join the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs on an amateur tryout.
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Fergie Dances With Herself
Fergie Ferg takes the cover of Rolling Stone as this year's Hot Issue Cover Girl. Here's the juicy interview with Fergie:
It's two in the afternoon on a Friday, and Fergie Ferg is at Pastis, an enduringly trendy French bistro in Manhattan's meatpacking district. She's seated outside, which is a little risky in the meatpacking district because there are always celebrities floating around — a moment ago Penelope Cruz strolled up in an extraordinary amount of makeup, looked around and wandered off — which means there's always paparazzi lurking. A sexy blond star with a hot single, "London Bridge," who's one-quarter of one of the biggest hip-hop groups in the world, the Black Eyed Peas, and who's got a hot actor boyfriend, Josh Duhamel — all that adds up to honey for shutterbugs. Even now, across the street, there's one shooting Fergie through a telephoto lens. But Fergie doesn't notice. She's too busy making up words.
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"I love imitating instruments," Fergie says of her vocal style. "Sometimes you can't understand what I'm saying because I'm going for an instrumental sound. It would ruin the sound if I pronunciated correctly." Fergie favors linguistic mash-ups, like that portmanteau pairing of "enunciated" and "pronounced." Earlier, she unveiled her new favorite: risiculous. "When something is so, so sick, it's risiculous," she says. "It's sick and ridiculous. Risiculous. See, I have my own dictionary." When asked if she's a tomboy, she says, "I'm not that categorizable, if that's a word." It's not. "But it is in my dictionary. OK? Sometimes I can be tomboyish, and sometimes I can be girly. It depends on what mood I'm in. I like the balance. That whole woman/ little girl thing, I like to play both of those."
Thirty-one-year-old Stacy Ferguson's natural uncategorizabilty is why one moment she's tomboyish in a sporty tank and Adidas running shoes, dancing like one of the boys, and then a lady in heels, a Betty Boop-ish flirt who winks seductively, blows kisses and says breathily, "Bye, you." Growing up in suburban Southern California, just outside L.A., she had friends who went to the beach and listened to Guns n' Roses, and cholo and chola friends who'd listen to oldies and go cruising. "I was always kind of eclectic in my tastes," she says.
Fergie is all about the contradictions, the little enigmas. She was a good girl, an A student, a self-proclaimed people pleaser, who grew up and became a crystal-meth addict. (The ring she wears through her right eyebrow is a present she gave herself five years ago when she kicked meth.) Her debut single, "London Bridge," is built around a shadowy metaphor. When she says, "How come every time you come around my London, London Bridge wanna go down," what exactly does "London Bridge" mean? Is it panties? A body part? She resists a direct answer: "It's ambiguous." But even so, you get the sense: It's a sexual euphemism. It's not clear, but it's not complicated.
More contradictions: She's in a rap group and she's rapping on "London Bridge," but her debut album, The Dutchess, certainly isn't a rap album, and she doesn't call herself a rapper. The Dutchess includes a wide swath of flavors, from the fun not-rapping of "London Bridge" and "Fergalicious," inspired by J.J. Fad's "Supersonic," to pillow-talk R&B ballads, rockers and reggae-tinged grooves. Fergie rhymes, she sings, she chats, she stops in the middle of "Clumsy" for a speech, she does whatever she wants, 'cause she's uncategorizable…


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Kashimpur in photos
The photos are taken at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 premises where death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali is being held, awaiting his execution.
War crimes: Quasem seeks deferral of review hearing
Convicted war criminal Mir Quasem Ali files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking two-month deferment on his review hearing against the judgement that upheld his death penalty.
10 'militants' detained on day 6
Police claims detention of 10 suspected militants on the sixth day of the nationwide crackdown on militancy.
Shibir leader remanded over Hindu ashram volunteer murder
A Pabna court places a Islami Chhatra Shibir leader on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of Nityaranjan Pande, volunteer of a Hindu Ashram, who was hacked to death by unidentified assailants four days ago.
'Shibir leader' held in Pabna Hindu ashram volunteer killing
Police pick up an alleged Shibir leader in suspicion of his involvement with the killing of a volunteer of a Hindu ashram in Pabna.
All-out efforts on to hunt down killers: PM
Pointing the finger at the BNP-Jamaat clique for all the recent secret killings in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are out there to track down the culprits.
War trial: Death warrant for Quasem reaches Dhaka jail
The death warrant for war criminal Mir Quasem Ali reaches Dhaka Central Jail around half an hour after the international crimes tribunal issued the warrant.
AG gets death threat again
"I received a letter this afternoon that said I would be killed in a month," says Attorney General Mahbubey Alam. "The senders introduced themselves as leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami," he adds.
Opinion: Nizami, Mojaheed were war heroes!
Provincial assembly of Punjab in Pakistan did nothing wrong by passing a resolution recently seeking conferment of Nishan-e Pakistan on Jamaat-e-Islami leaders executed for the crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971. Its action is justified because Jamaat leaders had sided Pakistan occupational army to carry out genocide on Bangalis. Their goals were the same.
JMB man confesses to killing Prof Rezaul: Cops
An arrested JMB operative makes judicial confession about his involvement in murder of RU teacher AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee, police say. According to them, Maskawat Hasan is Rajshahi region's operational commander of the banned militant outfit.
One issue shouldn't cloud ties with Dhaka: Islamabad
Apparently showing their affection for war criminals being tried in Bangladesh for their crimes against humanity, Pakistan has said the relations between the two countries 'should not be clouded' with a single issue.
Pakistan to move UN on hanging of war criminals
Pakistan Prime minister's Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz says the country will raise the issue of executing Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in Bangladesh at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Some unresolved issues
Not only the ruling coalition and its main Opposition (which is outside the Parliament) contradict each other as to who have been killing writers, bloggers and freethinkers in the country, but some ministers of the coalition government also contradict each other in this regard.
Pakistan's criticism met with Dhaka's protest
Bangladesh has summoned Pakistan envoy in Dhaka in a quick response to the condemnation note Islamabad handed over for the execution of a top war criminal, Motiur Rahman Niazami. While Pakistan envoy insists that bilateral relations won't be harmed, Dhaka hands another strong protest.
Jamaat's 24-hr hartal progressing peacefully
The 24-hour countrywide hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami is progressing peacefully with very little hindrance to public life.
Pakistan parliament condemns Nizami hanging
Pakistan's parliament passes a unanimous resolution expressing "concern" and condemns the hanging of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami. Sidewise, the country's foreign ministry issues a statement voicing sadness over the execution. It also terms the execution "unfortunate."
Jamaat-Shibir men clash with cops in Rajshahi
Law enforcers open fire on activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir during a clash in Rajshahi.
Nizami's profile
War criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami's appointment as a minister by the BNP-led government was a slap in the face to our Liberation
[WATCH] Justice finally for the death designer's victims
The nation had to wait for 69 months to witness a long overdue justice is being carried out for the mass murders and rape in 1971 led by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami. The legal battle in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Nizami has drawn to a conclusion as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed his petition for reviewing its verdict that upheld his death penalty.
Verdict read out to Nizami
Hours after Supreme Court released its full verdict dismissing condemned war criminal Nizami's review plea, authorities of Dhaka jail, where he had been kept, reads out the verdict to him.
Stop interfering in internal issues, Dhaka tells Islamabad
Reacting to Pakistan's expression of concern over the dismissal of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami's review plea against death sentence in war crimes trial, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam urges Islamabad not to interfere in Bangladesh's internal affairs.
24-hr hartal underway, Jamaat man held
An alleged activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was detained while trying to bring out a procession in Dhaka during the party-enforced 24-hour countrywide hartal.
SC scraps Nizami's review plea, upholds death
Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for his wartime crimes, dismissing his review plea against the gallows.
'Today's verdict dedicated to Jahanara Imam'
The prosecution has dedicates a war crimes tribunal's verdict, which handed death to four Kishoreganj Razakars, to Shaheed Janani Jahanara Imam.
Tangail tailor killing: 3 placed on 6-day remand
A Tangail Court grants six-day remand for each of the three detainees including a local Jamaat-e-Islami leader in two cases filed in connection with killing of a Hindu tailor.
'Shibir man' held over RU professor killing
A person has been detained in connection with the murder of Prof AFM Reazul Karim Siddiquee, a professor of Rajshahi University.
2 Jhenidah Shibir men shot dead
The bullet-hit bodies of two Islami Chhatra Shibir men of Jhenidah are found in Jessore Sadar upazila. The victims were picked up by law enforcers last month, family alleges.
Condemned Nizami seeks review of SC verdict
Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahmnan Nizami seeks review of Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty for his war crimes.
Jamaat calls countrywide hartal tomorrow
Jamaat-e-Islami calls nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow alleging that move is on to abandon Islam as state religion.
War crimes: Charges pressed against 6 Gaibandha men
The prosecution press three charges against six people including a former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker who allegedly committed crimes in Gaibandha during the Liberation War.


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|Animal Proteins Prohibited in Ruminant Feed
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| Allowing sick, non-ambulatory cattle to be killed for animal feed will result in unnecessary pain and suffering. Downed animals should be HUMANELY EUTHANIZED IMMEDIATELY,NOT KEPT ALIVE AND/OR TRANSPORTED TO BE KILLED. JUST LOOK AT PICTURES OF DOWNED CATTLE, STARE IN THEIR EYES AND SEE THEIR PAIN. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD NOT BE ABUSING HELPLESS ANIMALS IN THIS WAY.


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i hate how good kohli is. still no idea why he didn't play in the tests whilst india were over in england last year
i hate how good kohli is. still no idea why he didn't play in the tests whilst india were over in england last year
186 - good batting practice for the Saffers there. Scored 51 from last 3!
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Jebus - 51 off the last three overs from SA.
Our death bowling needs some Southee.
Yes 51 off last 3 shows NZ continue to struggle at the death. Franklin, Bracewell and Milne won't be our usual death bowlers though.
Why the Indian think tank didnt promote Yuvraj for the warm up game? I mean Kohli is in prime form and he could have been rested for the game or at least Yuvi could have batted @ 3...
Only a warm-up, tbf. Kohli or Sharma could retire out at any point.
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Jeez, Sami beams Kohli and scones him. Lucky he has a lid on. Nasty.
Rob Key on Kohli:
"Argubaly the best batsman in the world at the moment"
Hamish aside, I'm not actually disagreeing as violently as I thought I would.
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On June 17, more than 125 judges, clerks, registers, attorneys and personnel from across the trial court departments gathered at the Fenton Judicial Center in Lawrence to discuss court practices. The event marked the second in a series of five Open Dialogue forums scheduled across the state, and participants addressed a range of issues.
The attendees participated in breakout groups according to court practice area. The District Court, Housing Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Probate and Family Court and Superior Court met separately with lawyers to engage in a dialogue on case management and practice in each of these court departments.
Attorney moderator and solo practitioner Martha Rush O'Mara, who co-led a breakout session about the Juvenile Court, was pleased with the event. Some topics that arose in her discussion included: adapting to time standards; minimizing "rolling trials;" frustration with attorneys who double book unnecessarily; the possibility of reinstituting night court sessions in the juvenile court; and concerns about the minimal number of female security guards available to search female clients.
"Based on the openness and collegiality of the venue, progress was made," said O'Mara. "The overall tone was very positive. Everyone participated, and the judges were very straightforward and forthcoming."
"I view this event as a success," said MBA Secretary and attorney moderator of the Superior Court breakout session Robert L. Holloway Jr. of MacLean, Holloway, Doherty, Ardiff & Morse PC in Peabody.
Members of Holloway's breakout group, like O'Mara's, also discussed time standards and how they have influenced the quality of the court's work product. Most agreed that the time standards did not have a negative impact. Other topics included disproportionate trial time being devoted to medical malpractice cases in relation to other civil cases; the possibility of a business session in Suffolk County; concern about increased uniformity in the handling of expert disclosure issues in civil cases; and the use of interpreters in criminal cases.
"I hope these events are continued, because they offer an excellent opportunity for interaction between the courts and the bar on matters of common concern," Holloway continued. "As an ancillary benefit, the informal interaction certainly serves to enhance relations between the courts and the bar."


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OSSIAN, Ind. (AP) — A family friend says a 4-year-old boy who was fatally shot while out fishing with his father in northeastern Indiana was struck in the head by an errant bullet.
Trisha Ulmer tells The Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne that Jacob Michuda was shot in the temple late Friday night while he and his father were fishing from a pier at a pond outside Ossian.
Forty-six-year-old neighbor Bruce Pond is being held on a preliminary charge of reckless homicide and is due to appear in court Monday.
Ulmer calls the shooting a "freak accident."
Wells County Sheriff Monte Fisher tells the Bluffton News-Banner alcohol was involved and that Pond apparently shot at a light on the pier where the father and son were fishing.


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As a ballerina going from baseline to ballistic in "Black Swan," Natalie Portman strives for perfection in appearance and ability. Her mental state is nowhere near perfect, filled with anxiety fueled by her overbearing mother, played by Barbara Hershey. Ultimately, Portman's skin betrays her.
Whether real or imagined, Portman's character develops scratch covered rashes, and picks at her nails and fingers, drawing blood. Eczema is a common condition for adults. Unlike children, for whom eczema can represent a food allergy, in adults there are two major triggers, dry skin and stress. The skin develops itch and is paired with its dancing partner: scratching. This increases itchiness, pirouetting into a vicious cycle.
We've heard of dry, cracked skin, but this is ridiculous! For many, moisturizing the wet skin can restore the balance. Effectively hydrated skin improves function like a worn in pair of ballet slippers. Yet prescription options are often necessary.
High strength cortisone creams can reduce the dance's drama, but can also impair perfection by potentially thinning the skin. An alternative to the classic style are the newer, non-cortisone anti-inflammory creams. Elidel and Protopic can calm inflammation without causing atrophy.
Potentially, Portman's poise and perfection can be restored. Though may we suggest she leave Mama Hershey and move out on her own? Just a stress reduction tip: Doctor's orders!
On a side note, are we the only ones to notice Barbara Hershey's resemblance to another 80's movie icon altered by cosmetic procedures gone awry? The director of "Black Swan," Darren Aronofsky, last helmed "The Wrestler" starring Skinnies award winner Mickey Rourke. Perhaps Aronofsky's next flick will feature these two in a spooky tango...
In this recent romance, Hathaway foreshadows her health issues by showing a doctor a blemish on her breast. Fearing it represents some sort of cancer, her stress is relieved by his diagnosis: a bug bite. Many patients are anxious about new and changing lesions, a situation not helped by scary web searches.
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The breech-loader is loaded from the breech or rear end of the barrel and not at the muzzle.
It was, of course, a breech-loader, and carried six extra cartridges in its magazine.
When he came out again he had a breech-loader on each shoulder and David's ten dollars in his pocket.
This was the first breech-loader I had ever seen, and I looked it over with a buying eye.
Jack took his breech-loader, raised it to the shoulder, and said, "Ready!"
Charging a breech-loader is rapid work, but the flock was nine hundred or a thousand yards off before I could again take aim.
If in siege works or en barbette, it is much easier to load a muzzle loader under cover than a breech-loader.
He then replaced the musket in its sealskin cover as carefully as if it had been a $300 breech-loader.
breech-loader: central fire, the same as now made by Lancaster.
Another distinct type of breech-loader was invented in France about the middle of the 17th century.


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Auctioning the Ainsleys
by Laura Schellhardt
directed by Amy Attaway
Victor Jory Theatre at
Actors Theatre of Louisville
The fast-talking Ainsleys can auction off an estate in a heartbeat – after all, it's been the family business since they were kids – but when it's time to sell the auction house they call home, their own emotional antiques start to get in the way.
By developing their individual neurotic positions on "possessions," each of the four Ainsley siblings and the matriarch have learned to cope with their family and the secrets they keep. It's only when an unlikely ticking clock forces the return of prodigal daughter Avery that they must finally confront the objects that own them.
In the fast-paced and funny liquidation of their lives, the Ainsleys find they are capable of great things - if only they can let go, grow up, and move on in time to accomplish them.
Cast and Crew
|Pat Allison
|Leah Roberts
|Cara Hicks
|Erica McClure
|Neill Robertson
|Lucas W. Adams
|Stage Manager
|Starr Peters
|Scenic Designer
|Karl Anderson
|Lighting Designer
|Jesse AlFord
|Sound Designer
|Scott Anthony
|Props Master
|Heather Lindert
|Assistant Director
|Rachel Vidal
Venue and Tickets
Saturday, October 5 at 8:00pm
Monday, October 7 at 8:00pm
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Victor Jory Theatre, Actors Theatre
316 West Main Street
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Miley Cyrus & Joshua Bowman's Love-y Snuggle (PHOTOS)
Joshua, 22, was photographed wrapping his arms around Miley, 18, who was reclining on the grass with one of her dogs. The two So Undercover stars didn't get any closer than their hug but the warm embrace could raise new questions about their relationship.
Last week, a source told Celebuzz that Miley is "single" and not in a serious relationship with Joshua. Hey, maybe Miley is just exploring her options after her break-up with Last Song co-star Liam Hemsworth!
Miley has been photographed in suspiciously romantic situations with other young men since her break-up with Liam last year. Miley was spotted snuggling with Victorious star Avan Jorgia at her birthday party in November but neither party would admit to being anything more than just friends.
The "Can't Be Tamed" singer wrapped filming So Undercover with Joshua last month. Check out Miley singing at the film's wrap party below.
What do you think of Miley and Joshua– are they really dating? Share your thoughts in the comments.


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Guam – The Guam Department of Education is facing some challenges with its high school graduation and dropout rates, with more students now dropping out and less graduating.
In school year 2009-2010 there were 1,838 students who graduated from all of Guam's five high schools. That was the most graduates DOE had seen in a while. Since school year 2005-2006, more students were graduating from high school, except for school year 2008-2009 when it dropped, but only by 39 students.
Then within the last school year, it dropped significantly, by 197 students.
Read the GDOE Citizen Centric Reports HERE.
Dropout rates, however, have been fluctuating from school year to school year. At one point between school year 2004-2005 to the last school year, there was a jump of 144 more students dropping out, but then in the following school year, there were 164 less high school dropouts. So what's causing the rates to jump?
"Right now it's kinda difficult to pin point what the factors are. I know that some schools do keep records of students and talking to them about why they're not coming to school or why they're dropping out but right now we don't really have a comprehensive report or study talking about the main reasons why students don't complete," says Joseph Sanchez, deputy superintendent of curriculum.
While it doesn't sound too appeasing, Sanchez says DOE has renewed its focus on studying the factors contributing to more dropouts and less graduates. In the meantime, he says, DOE has several programs in place to help students successfully complete high school, whether it may take the standard four years, or more.
"We've had a couple of programs that we call credit recovery programs that we've had over the past couple of years including summer school and … night school and what this does is gives students an opportunity to make up credits that they've lost throughout the school year," Sanchez says.
But Sanchez indicates that the high school curriculum can be tricky. With a 24-credit requirement in order to graduate and a tight schedule, students don't have a lot of flexibility during normal school hours to make up for credits lost.
"We require 24 credits for a student to graduate so in other words if they fail even one class in freshman year or sophomore year they still have to make that up in some other way so these programs allow students to make those credits that they lose when they fail a class," he says. "Now that's of course after they've already failed the class and it's already been a hindrance to them."
Nevertheless, Sanchez says DOE is now focused on monitoring students who they believe may be at risk of failing a class. This new approach, he says, could help more students graduate from high school.
"What we also want to work with the schools on is taking a look at what are some possible ways that we can start tracking or identifying students who may be at risk of failing the classes so we can either implement some interventions or provide support that would allow them to pass the class before they actually fail. So that's basically what is the focus for us over the next couple of years," Sanchez says.
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Real Madrid made another positive push for the Liga title this weekend with a crushing 5-1 victory at Osasuna. Benzema opened the scoring, then Ronaldo and Higuain both bagged a brace to consolidate their position at the top of the table.
Second-placed Barcelona responded with a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao at Camp Nou. Iniesta pounced on Messi's cross top open the scoring, then the Argentine ace converted from the penalty spot to make sure of the three points and to keep Barça six points behind their rivals.
Valencia drifted yet further off the title-race pace as local rivals, Levante, held them to a 1-1 draw. Los Che let a first-half lead slip away almost immediately after the break and have now only won once in six league matches at home in 2012.
Diego scored on his first start for seven weeks as Atlético Madrid cruised to a 3-0 victory over Getafe. Salvio put the hosts agead in the first half and Falcao wrapped up the three points just 13 minutes from time.
Málaga's European hopes suffered a blow following a 2-0 home defeat to Real Betis.
Guilherme Siqueira's 89th-minute penalty was enough to secure Granada a deserved 1-0 win over Racing Santander.
Real Zaragoza continued their top-flight revival with a 2-1 victory over Sporting Gijón at El Molinón.
Real Sociedad moved eight points clear of the relegation zone and to within a point of Rayo Vallecano with a comprehensive 4-0 victory at the Anoeta to end a three-game losing run.
Villarreal remain undefeated in three matches under new coach Miguel Angel Lotina following a 0-0 home draw with Espanyol. The Yellow Submarine are now just four points clear of the bottom three while Espanyol stay in seventh spot.
Results:Barcelona 2 Athletic Bilbao 0Malaga 0 Real Betis 2Osasuna 1 Real Madrid 5Racing 0 Granada 1Sporting Gijon 1 Zaragoza 2Atletico Madrid 3 Getafe 0Valencia 1 Levante 1Real Sociedad 4 Rayo Vallecano 0Villarreal 0 Espanyol 0
Liga standings after 30 games (*game in hand):1 Real Madrid 78 2 Barcelona 72 3 Valencia 48 4 Málaga 47 5 Levante 45 6 Osasuna 43 7 Atlético Madrid 42 8 Espanyol 41 9 Sevilla* 39 10 Getafe 39 11 Athletic Bilbao 38 12 Rayo Vallecano 37 13 Real Sociedad 36 14 Real Mallorca* 36 15 Real Betis 35 16 Granada 34 17 Villarreal 32 18 Real Zaragoza 28 19 Sporting Gijón 25 20 Racing Santander 25
Fixtures:Monday 2nd April21:00 Sevilla vs MallorcaSaturday 7th April18:00 Espanyol vs Real Sociedad18:00 Getafe vs Sporting Gijón18:00 Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna20:00 Real Zaragoza vs Barcelona22:00 Real Betis vs VillarrealSunday 8th April12:00 Levante vs Atlético Madrid16:00 Mallorca vs Granada18:00 Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla21:30 Real Madrid vs ValenciaMonday 9th April21:00 Málaga vs Racing SantanderTuesday 10th April20:00 Osasuna vs Espanyol20:00 Real Sociedad vs Real Betis22:00 Barcelona vs GetafeWednesday 11th April20:00 Granada vs Athletic Bilbao20:00 Sporting Gijón vs Levante20:00 Valencia vs Rayo Vallecano22:00 Atlético Madrid vs Real MadridThursday 12th April20:00 Villarreal vs Málaga21:00 Racing Santander vs Mallorca


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i thought a few years ago we had a couple of members who were into jewelry. i dont know if that is the case or simply if i am hopeful that is. memory can be so derivative.
anyrate. last december my woman and i went to a mall and walked by a crazy looking jewelry sale and decided that most jewelry sales are the same but that we should check it out. (i proposed january first of that year and we knew sooner or later that we would need rings. we had the itch, or whatever.) so we found some rings and the deals were too good to pass up. she wore her engagement ring and i bought a stainless steel ring that i liked. hers was a half carat solitaire on 14k white gold. (i went back and bought the wedding band [as "we" decided that with the solitaire she wouldnt need a band] a few days later and didnt tell her about it til i showed her mom [in front of her] several months later.) anyrate, we get married and the ring is no longer in the drawer but is on my finger. it feels really good, good quality. a few days ago i found that there's a trademark in very small letters on the inside. "benchmark" 14k.
i am reasonably certain that it is a 14k white gold comfort fit, size 10 and it's 8mm wide. and benchmark is a trusted name as they warranty for life.
i'm thinking it's worth more than the one-fifty i spent on it and they had the ring in the wrong case or something. it really was a crazy sale and rings were scattered throughout the display case, and i bet the saleswomen made more money in that one week than believable. (they probably refused to take lunches.)
anywhom, have any idea ?


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Race: The Power of an Illusion (Part 3) - Flushing Town Hall
Hours: 7pm
Ages: TE,AD
Price: $5
137-35 Northern Blvd. - 718-463-7700
Flushing, NY 11354
Description: Teens and their parents may enjoy this three-part film screening and discussion based on the PBS documentary. This facilitated discussion is a good opportunity to participate in an open dialogue about grappling with identity, race, and cultural differences in our Flushing community. For more info, go to www.pbs.org/race.


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Trail Tech Vapor/Vector Indicator Light Dashboard
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*Vapor/Striker/Vector Motorcycle Indicator Dashboard
*Indicator dashboard protects the computer and places it in an optimum viewing position. Included mounting bracket (022-OEB) installs easily to triple clamp of most motorcycles. Includes 11 indicator lights (gas, 3 turn signal indicator lights, high beam, low beam, neutral, reverse, oil, 2 blanks) for customization. Computer sold separately.


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Nutty Granola
I have been on a huge yogurt kick lately. HUGE. I tend to go overboard with food, eat too much of it, and then never want it again. In hopes of that not happening, I made this granola to give a nice twist to my yogurt. And it did just that! I love how this granola is simple and delicious. I did swap dried cranberries for raisins since raisins are basically the one thing I won't eat. I think I used to eat them growing up…… (maybe I overdid raisins as well?)
This recipe is a great way to use up whatever nuts and dried fruits you have on hand. There are no refined sugars in this recipe, just delicious maple syrup to sweeten it up.
Once you make this granola you will never want to buy granola again.
Nutty Granola
1.5 cups oats
1/4 cup unsalted almonds, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup unsalted walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
4 Tbsp. maple syrup (or 3 Tbsp maple syrup & 1 Tbsp honey)
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
pinch of nutmeg
1/4 cup raisins dried cranberries
Preheat the oven to 300 and spray a large baking sheet with cooking oil.
In a bowl, combine all the ingredients, mixing well to be sure everything is coated with the maple syrup. Spread the mixture onto the prepared sheet and bake for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Let cool completely before storing.
Source: adapted from Elly Says Opa!


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Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford's (R) ex-wife, who we learned Tuesday filed a trespassing complaint against her husband earlier this year, has also accused her husband of shirking their divorce agreement on at least three other occasions.
According to documents obtained by the Washington Post, Jenny Sanford filed a complaint against Mark Sanford in March 2012 for violating the terms of having their sons on the Sanford family's Coosaw plantation. The terms state that "no airplanes will be flown at the children."
She has also accused him of failing to properly insure the property and of missing a child support payment. Jenny Sanford told AP the latter situation has been resolved.
In the complaint, she said Mark Sanford violated the airplanes rule on January 15, 2011 -- three days after he left office as governor. In the same complaint, she accused him of not having enough insurance on the property.
The Washington Post has been able to verify the authenticity of the documents, but both sides declined to offer any more details about precisely what happened that day or what that rule means.
Coosaw is a vast, 1,400-acre plantation purchased by Sanford's father which is a big source of Sanford's wealth. Small aircraft are reportedly flown in the area, and there is a Marine Corps air station nearby.
Jenny Sanford also filed a complaint in December 2011 accusing Sanford of failing to submit his annual $5,000 payment for their son's college education. She told the AP on Tuesday that the issue was resolved but declined to elaborate.
Mark Sanford's campaign declined to comment on the newly discovered complaints. He responded to the trespassing charge in a statement Wednesday morning, saying such disagreements are an "unfortunate reality" after a divorce.
"There is always another side to every story, and while I am particularly curious how records that were sealed to avoid the boys dealing with embarrassment are now somehow exposed less than three weeks before this election, I agree with Jenny that the media is no place to debate what is ultimately a family court matter, and out of respect for Jenny and the boys, I'm not going to have any further comment at this time," Sanford said.


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New York Speed Limit Sign Will Scare You Into Slowing Down
Here's one way of getting your point across in regards to obeying the speed limit – in New York City, the Department of Transportation will flash a skeleton to scare you into going 30 miles per hour.
Set to be launched this summer, a radar-equipped, custom-designed speed board will spook drivers who go above the 30 mph speed limit on city streets with an LED skeleton. This bony fellow reminds drivers of the deadly consequences of speeding, playing on the pedestrian stick-figure showcased on crosswalk lights.
Part of the Transportation Department's "That's Why It's 30" advertising campaign, the skeleton stars on bus shelter ads and television spots that warns drivers about the dangers that speeding vehicles pose to pedestrians. There's no word about where these boards will be placed, but we think wherever they go, they will get their point across.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg compared the signs to cigarette packs that feature a skull-and-crossbones label to warn about lung cancer: "Unless you make it graphic, people don't get the message," he said.
Do you think these signs will do the trick and get drivers to slow down to 30 mph? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
[Source: The New York Times]


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Reader submitted photos of Aliwal North Golf Club in Eastern Cape
There is lots of birds on the course and early mornings you can see small springbuck and other wildlife on the course.
Credits: Helen Diedericks
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