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Prince Charles has turned down a part in Doctor Who, according to the boss of the show Russell T Davies.
He was speaking at a festival and said Prince Charles didn't want the role, adding: "He turned us down, the miserable swine."
However, a spokesperson for Prince Charles said the prince had never actually seen the offer.
They added that it was impossible for the Prince to accept all the requests he received as there were so many.
Davies is giving up the job as boss of the show in 2009, after a series of specials spread across the year.
There was better news for the stars of the show, David Tennant and Catherine Tate, who are in line for a top award.
And they'll be battling each other rather than Daleks or Cybermen!
The category replaces separate awards for actress and actor, which Tennant has won for the past two years.
There is also an acting award for soaps up for grabs, and a prize for the top TV talent show as well.
ITV shows Britain's Got Talent, Dancing On Ice and the X Factor will be trying to beat the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing for that award.
The top soap actor award, called outstanding serial drama performance, will be fought for by Corries' Katherine Kelly, Lacey Turner from EastEnders, Charlotte Bellamy from Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star Matt Littler.


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He's cute? I bet he ain't #Hansum
My name is ASAC Schrader, and you can go fuck yourself.
May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you, and heaven accept you.
LTE bands will make her dance.
She said a couple times she got jungle fever.Originally posted by Inactive UserReason why she wants the D?
Yes that's aged nicely. Obviously you've never gotten pussy in your life and hate anything with boobs and a vagina so you wouldn't understand.
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LOL@RawseDrake and his friends prolly be like:
"those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."
drake also fucked kelly kapowski, laura winslow, and both kimberly and trini from the power rangers in a threeway.FIRST TATYANA ALI NOW AMANDA BYNES DRAKE RUNNING THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD FANTASIES
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He's cute? I bet he ain't #Hansum

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Different flavors such as sender-deniable and receiver-deniable encryption, where only the Sender or Receiver can produce fake random coins, have been considered.
Recently, several open questions regarding the feasibility of deniable encryption have been resolved (c.f. (O\'Neill et al., CRYPTO, 2011), (Bendlin et al., ASIACRYPT, 2011)). A fundamental remaining open question is whether it is possible to construct sender-deniable Encryption Schemes with super-polynomial security, where an adversary has negligible advantage in distinguishing real and fake openings.
The primitive of simulatable public key encryption (PKE), introduced by Damg{\\aa}rd and Nielsen (CRYPTO, 2000), is a public key encryption scheme with additional properties that allow oblivious sampling of public keys and ciphertexts. It is one of the low-level primitives used to construct adaptively-secure MPC protocols and was used by O\'Neill et al. in their construction of bi-deniable encryption in the multi-distributional model (CRYPTO, 2011). Moreover, the original construction of sender-deniable encryption with polynomial security given by Canetti et al. can be instantiated with simulatable PKE. Thus, a natural question to ask is whether it is possible to construct sender-deniable encryption with \\emph{super-polynomial security} from simulatable PKE.
In this work, we investigate the possibility of constructing sender-deniable public key encryption from the primitive of simulatable PKE
in a black-box manner. We show that, in fact, there is no black-box construction of sender-deniable encryption with super-polynomial security from simulatable PKE. This indicates that the original construction of sender-deniable public key encryption given by Canetti et al. is in some sense optimal, since improving on it will require the use of non-black-box techniques, stronger underlying assumptions or interaction.
This paper provides a systematic treatment of Remote Attestation, starting with a precise definition of the desired service and proceeding to its systematic deconstruction into necessary and sufficient properties. These properties are, in turn, mapped into a minimal collection of hardware and software components that results in secure Remote Attestation. One distinguishing feature of this line of research is the need to prove (or, at least argue) architectural minimality; this is rarely encountered in security research. This work also offers some insights into vulnerabilities of certain prior techniques and provides a promising platform for attaining more advanced security services and guarantees.
In this paper, we take advantage of properties of PHT and S-boxes to identify 3.75-round impossible differentials for SAFER\\scriptsize ++ \\normalsize and 2.75-round impossible differentials for SAFER\\scriptsize +\\normalsize, which result in impossible differential attacks on 4-round SAFER\\scriptsize +\\normalsize/128(256), 5-round SAFER\\scriptsize ++\\normalsize/128 and 5.5-round SAFER\\scriptsize ++\\normalsize/256. Our attacks significantly improve previously known impossible differential attacks on 3.75-round SAFER\\scriptsize +\\normalsize/128(256) and SAFER\\scriptsize ++\\normalsize/128(256). Our attacks on SAFER\\scriptsize +\\normalsize/128(256) and SAFER\\scriptsize ++\\normalsize/128(256) represent the best currently known attack in terms of the number of rounds.
Specifically, we build an efficient key-policy attribute-based encryption scheme, and prove its security in the selective sense from learning-with-errors intractability in the standard model.
A common relaxation is a \\emph{preprocessing} SNARG, which allows the verifier to conduct an expensive offline phase that is independent of the statement to be proven later. Recent constructions of preprocessing SNARGs have achieved attractive features: they are publicly-verifiable, proofs consist of only $O(1)$ encrypted (or encoded) field elements, and verification is via arithmetic circuits of size linear in the NP statement. Additionally, these constructions seem to have ``escaped the hegemony\'\' of probabilistically-checkable proofs (PCPs) as a basic building block of succinct arguments.
We present a general methodology for the construction of preprocessing SNARGs, as well as resulting concrete efficiency improvements. Our contribution is three-fold:
We introduce and study a natural extension of the interactive proof model that considers \\emph{algebraically-bounded} provers; this new setting is analogous to the common study of algebraically-bounded ``adversaries\'\' in other fields, such as pseudorandomness and randomness extraction. More concretely, in this work we focus on linear (or affine) provers, and provide several constructions of (succinct two-message) \\emph{linear-interactive proofs} (LIPs) for NP. Our constructions are based on general transformations applied to both \\emph{linear} PCPs (LPCPs) and traditional ``unstructured\" PCPs.
We give conceptually simple cryptographic transformations from LIPs to preprocessing SNARGs, whose security can be based on different forms of \\emph{linear targeted malleability} (implied by previous knowledge assumptions). Our transformations convert arbitrary (two-message) LIPs into designated-verifier SNARGs, and LIPs with degree-bounded verifiers into publicly-verifiable SNARGs. We also extend our methodology to obtain \\emph{zero-knowledge} LIPs and SNARGs. Our techniques yield SNARGs \\emph{of knowledge} and thus can benefit from known recursive composition and bootstrapping techniques.
Following this methodology, we exhibit several constructions achieving new efficiency features, such as ``single-ciphertext preprocessing SNARGs\" and improved succinctness-soundness tradeoffs. We also offer a new perspective on existing constructions of preprocessing SNARGs, revealing a direct connection of these to LPCPs and LIPs.
Their Application, 2011(17) 329-342], namely to design an algorithm of privileged coalitions of any length if such coalitions exist. Furthermore, in terms of privileged coalitions, we show that most of the existing multi-secret sharing schemes based on Shamir threshold secret sharing are not perfect by analyzing Yang et al.\'s scheme and Pang et al.\'s scheme. Finally, based on the algorithm mentioned above, we devise an ideal multi-secret sharing scheme for families of access structures, which possesses more vivid authorized sets than
that of the threshold scheme.
between smoothness basis elements by using a process called {\\it
Sieving}. This process allows to filter potential candidate
relations very quickly, without spending too much time to consider bad
candidates. However, from an asymptotic point of view, there is not
much difference between sieving and straightforward testing of
candidates. The reason is that even when sieving, some small amount
time is spend for each bad candidates. Thus, asymptotically, the total
number of candidates contributes to the complexity.
In this paper, we introduce a new technique: {\\it Pinpointing}, which
allows us to construct multiplicate relations much faster, thus
reducing the asymptotic complexity of relations\'
construction. Unfortunately, we only know how to implement this
technique for finite fields which contain a medium-sized
subfield. When applicable, this method improves the asymptotic
complexity of the index calculus algorithm in the cases where the sieving
phase dominates. In practice, it gives a very interesting boost to the
performance of state-of-the-art algorithms. We illustrate the
feasability of the method with a discrete logarithm record in a
medium prime finite field of total size 1175~bits.


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Bandura, a Catonsville-based cybersecurity firm, raised $100,000 through debt, according to an SEC filing. Bandura is a subsidiary of St. Louis-based TechGuard Security.
GlycoMimetics, the Gaithersburg biopharmaceutical firm, received $15 million from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer under an agreement to develop rivipansel, a drug to treat sickle cell disease flare-ups, The Daily Record reports.
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Wilmoth, Traci Carol URN etd-05012007-140022 Title The Role of Richard Savage in Composing Pope's Dunciad Degree Master of Arts Department English Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Radcliffe, David Hill Committee Chair Knapp, Shoshana Milgram Committee Member Sullivan, Ernest II Committee Member Keywords
- Alexander Pope
- Richard Savage
- Authors of the Town
- An Author to be Lett
- Grub street writers
- Dunciad
Date of Defense 2007-04-13 Availability unrestricted AbstractMurderer, bastard, spy: Richard Savage was no stranger to scandal and
controversy. And yet, for a man who lived such a varied life, little is known for certain
about him. There are rumors, suggestions, and accusations, but little that can be said
without debates and arguments. It certainly does not help that Savage is often
marginalized in eighteenth-century scholarship as scholars seek to discover and analyze
all they can about his more famous, and more upstanding, contemporaries. While
Savage's relationship with Johnson is well known and discussed frequently, all that is
known of his relationship with Pope is that he contributed information to Pope's Dunciad
Variorum (1729) and that Pope later contributed large sums to Savage's support. Pope
was the driving force behind Savage's retirement to Wales, possibly alluded to in
Johnson's London (1738), as well as the chief financial contributor to this retirement
plan. No serious effort has been made to connect these two important episodes in
Savage's life, perhaps because no serious effort has been made to establish the extent of
his involvement with the Dunciad. It may have been this connection with Pope that drew
Johnson to Savage in the first place.
The intent of this thesis is to clarify the nature of Savage's collaborations with
Pope and the extent of his contributions to the Dunciad Variorum of 1729. The Dunciad
seeks to make fun not only of Pope's critics, but of writers who write for bread, the "hack
writers" of Grub Street. It was here that Pope would most likely turn to Savage for
information; Savage was much better acquainted with those writers than was Pope. But
Savage may have done more than simply supply Pope with gossip, and I will consider the
possibility that he had a more active role in the publication of the Dunciad Variorum.
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1. Re: calculated measuresDavidGreenfield Oct 22, 2012 1:42 PM (in response to saranya.a)When you say you need "the count of good grades", do you really mean something like "the count of applicants who got a good grade"? How would you specify this using SQL? Are you looking for a COUNT DISTINCT type of measure?
2. Re: calculated measuressaranya.a Oct 23, 2012 3:57 AM (in response to DavidGreenfield)i want to find the number of calls whose grades are good and number of calls whose grades are bad across each clusters...i have call_id in my fact table.This call_id wil be unique for each call,but it is a randomly generated number(like 230,231,232...etc).so i need to determine the count of call_id where grade = good and count(call_id) where grade = bad.. i couldn't include the call_id as a measure, since its value gets added since it gets aggregated..
is this possible to derive the above in calculated measure.. ??
in short i need to find the count of good grade calls and count of bad grade calls across each cluster.
3. Re: calculated measuresDavidGreenfield Oct 23, 2012 9:21 AM (in response to saranya.a)It sounds like you want to calculate COUNT DISTINCT. This is a regular topic on this forum, as shown in these recent posts.1 person found this helpful
A measure to calculate distinct count
Count of Weeks where a certain measure is > 0
The basic approach is to add a dimension, CALL_ID, that contains all distinct values of your call_id column plus a single ALL_CALLS member. Make this be a dimension of your cube along with GRADE, TIME, CLUSTER and whatever else you need. Create a single measure named 'CALL_COUNT' and map the cube to a new VIEW defined something like this:
Finally, define the aggregation of the cube to use MAX over GRADE, TIME, CLUSTER and then SUM over CALL_ID. (The SUM must be last in the list.) When you query the cube, ask for the ALL_CALLS member and you should get the distinct count of call_id values for the given GRADE, TIME, CLUSTER combination.
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW call_count_view AS SELECT DISTINCT grade, time, cluster, call_id, 1 AS call_count FROM fact
4. Re: calculated measuressaranya.a Oct 23, 2012 11:26 AM (in response to DavidGreenfield)Hi David,
Thanks a lot for the quick reply..
can u pls tell me how to add the ALL_CALLS member specified by you above.. also to which column in relational table i should map to this all_calls member?
5. Re: calculated measuresDavidGreenfield Oct 23, 2012 12:13 PM (in response to saranya.a)The CALL_ID should have two levels, CALLS and ALL_CALLS say, which you should add to a new level hierarchy in the dimension. Once you have done this you can map the CALLS level to the call_id column in your table and map ALL_CALLS to the text literal 'ALL_CALLS'.
6. Re: calculated measuressaranya.a Oct 25, 2012 10:20 AM (in response to DavidGreenfield)Hi David
when i mapped the ALL_CALLS to the text literal 'ALL_CALLS' and maintained the cube, i get the below error:
Invalid Metadata Objects:
Invalid Object "CMUSER.CALLID_DM.CH.ALL_CALLS.MAP": "XOQ-01975: The DimensionMap for Dimension "CMUSER.CALLID_DM.CH.ALL_CALLS" must contain either a query or a From clause"
Invalid Object "CMUSER.CALLID_DM.LONG_DESCRIPTION": "XOQ-02517: The data type "NUMBER" of the base attribute or base measure is different from the mapped expression "VARCHAR2 (64) "."
Invalid Object "CMUSER.CALLID_DM.SHORT_DESCRIPTION": "XOQ-02517: The data type "NUMBER" of the base attribute or base measure is different from the mapped expression "VARCHAR2 (64) "."
what am i doing wrong?? pls help
7. Re: calculated measuresDavidGreenfield Oct 25, 2012 11:46 AM (in response to saranya.a)This is an AWM bug, so make sure you have the latest version of AWM to see if that helps. To try and work around the bug I would proceed like this:1 person found this helpful
(1) Clear the mapping completely and press "Apply"
(2) Map both levels to the CALL_ID column and press "Apply". (This should let it derive the "query" mentioned in the error message.)
(3) Change the mapping for the ALL_CALLS level to the literal and "Apply"
If this still doesn't work, then you could fix it up by hand in the XML. Export the XML for the dimension after step (2) above and modify the element named <HierarchyLevelMap> for the ALL_CALLS level. Here is an example of a literal mapping.
Another approach is to define a SQL VIEW on top of your table to be something like this:
<HierarchyLevelMap Query="SYS.DUAL" KeyExpression=" 'ALL_CALLS' "> </HierarchyLevelMap>
Just map the dimension to this view instead of to the base table.
CREATE OR REPLACE ALL_VIEW AS SELECT 'ALL_CALLS' AS ALL_CALLS, t.* FROM <your table> t
8. Re: calculated measuressaranya.a Oct 26, 2012 6:36 AM (in response to DavidGreenfield)Thanks david.. i have one more doubt.. now i need to determine the % of good calls --> ( no of good calls/total calls)*100. i tried applying this in user defined expression in calculated measure. but in that i don't know how to get the count of total calls. i am not clear on defining the expression.. can u pls help me on this??
9. Re: calculated measuresDavidGreenfield Oct 26, 2012 1:08 PM (in response to saranya.a)I would add an 'ALL_GRADES' meber to your GRADE dimension1 person found this helpful
Then define a "share" calculated member (using the templates in AWM) to give you the share of the current grade (e.g. GOOD) to the fixed member ALL_GRADES.
10. Re: calculated measuressaranya.a Oct 30, 2012 10:16 AM (in response to DavidGreenfield)Hi David..
Great!!! Really thanks a lot for ur support. your responses are really helpful


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The fee for the evaluation study amounts to $25,000 from the city, which Jeff Baines, commissioner of Public Works, said is the only risk the city has in allowing the company to perform the study.
"The information we're going to get is well worth $25,000," Baines told the council members.
Ward 3 Councilor Rob Cesternino asked Baines if the money was in the Public Works Department's budget, and Baines said it was not. However, he explained if the city decides to follow through with a larger contract for the company to implement their improvements to city facilities the $25,000 would be waived.
During the Feb. 1 presentation by Johnson Controls, representatives said the city would not have to pay the $25,000 if they entered into a long term contract, or if the benefits of the improvements did not outweigh the cost.
Ward 1 Councilor Alex Buhler said if the savings are going to be what Johnson Controls estimated, a possible $850,000 to $900,000 annually, then the $25,000 was "hardly any risk at all."
Johnson Controls' contract said the study would begin in two weeks on March 15 and end tentatively on June 24 and the results would be presented to the council at that time.
Also, the council unanimously approved a resolution to borrow $2.9 million from the Public Building Authority of the City of Clarksville to pay for public works projects, specifically water and sewer systems.
The projects carried out under the loan agreement include storage tank rehabilitation on Leeville Pike at a cost of $425,000; replacing water line with 16-inch pipe replacement on Old Hunters Point Pike for $470,000; CIP rehabilitation at Walker's Branch and Tarver Branch totaling $500,000; and the West Main sewer rehabilitation for $1,500,000.
During a work session Tuesday afternoon prior to the meeting, Mayor Philip Craighead and Baines said the debt would be paid through an increase in fees. Calculations during the work session by Baines and Commissioner of Finance Russell Lee indicated the fees would increase by about 12 percent.
Buhler asked what that kind of rate increase would generate for the city, and Lee and others estimated it could bring in around $1,080,000 in one year. A bill that costs $40 a month would increase by $4.80. The projects covered by the loan agreement are required to be completed by 2015 under a consent order made by the State of Tennessee in 2004.
"We all did a poor job of looking at this budget for water and sewer back in May and June," Baines said.
Also during the meeting, Cesternino spoke out regarding the city's Line Item Budget that he felt muddies the focus of the council by having them approve line item transfers that he thought could be handled by city department heads.
"If we can't trust our department heads to make a transfer of $2,500 then we've got bigger problems," Cesternino said.
He said thought should be put into allowing department heads to make transfers of up to $2,500 without those transfers having to be approved by a vote of the council. He also proposed allowing the Mayor to approve transfers of up to $5,000 without a council vote.
Cesternino pointed out the council was voting on an ordinance that included a $10 line item transfer for office supplies during that night's meeting. He said a department head could surely make a proper decision in transferring $10 from one line item to another.
Ward 2 Councilor Kevin Huddleston opposed the idea saying in the past, department heads would move and spend money simply because if they didn't, it wouldn't be returning the following year.
"To move it around like Chinese checkers, I don't agree with that," Huddleston said regarding line item transfers.
Also, Buhler said he felt that making transfers in this way was not a proper way to move money around. He said departments have taken money allocated in the budget for one reason to another line item to cover wasteful spending.
"There is still a lot of waste in this city, and maybe there will always be waste in government," Buhler said.
Craighead and Ward 5 Councilor Haywood Barry noted that some flexibility in the line item transfer system is needed, however they weren't sure how to achieve that flexibility.
"There should be a way to make things a little easier," Craighead said.
Cesternino also asked the council to schedule a work session to "talk about jobs and economic stimulus" and how to recruit businesses to the city and put local people to work.
He expressed concern over a Kentucky-based company getting the bid to build the new Lebanon High School when there were local contractors that could have performed the job just as well. He asked for a look into giving preferences to local contractors and vendors when bidding jobs.
The council also unanimously passed a resolution to honor the late U.S. Army Spc. Michael Stansbery Jr. by requesting that the bridge on Highway 70 crossing over Highway 109 be named in his memory.
Stansbery, a 2007 graduate of Wilson Central High School, was killed on Aug. 6, 2010, by an improvised explosive device in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan while serving in the 101st Airborne Division. Stansbery's name was engraved onto the Wilson County War Memorial on Veterans' Day in 2010.
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Cooks draw from an extensive menu of Japanese and Thai dishes, including appetizers of tuna tartar ($10) and fried wasabi shumai dumplings ($7). For larger meals, they can prepare more than 35 sushi options, including the Miami Caliente with tempura snapper and spicy mayo ($7), as well as entrees of panko-encrusted chicken katsu ($13) and red curry with crispy duck ($18).
Sushi Mentai
Sushi Mentai's cooks evoke authentic flavors from Japan and Thailand with freshly made entrees, such as teriyaki chicken, Thai-style fried rice, and panang curry. At a visible workstation, meanwhile, sushi chefs slice and dice fresh seafood into 28 different types of sushi and hand rolls before topping them off with spicy mayo, cream cheese, or fresh vegetables. During the afternoon hours, they stuff bento boxes with a four-piece california roll, gyoza, and edamame for lunch on the go.
Sushi Mentai's authentic Asian touches don't stop with the food, though. Traditional red paper lanterns hover above wooden booths, illuminating cups of hot green tea or glinting off decorative statues of Buddha.


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Fees earned for global investment banking services rose 3 per cent in the first nine months of 2013 from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Fees from services ranging from mergers and acquisitions advisory to capital markets underwriting, earned investment banks a total of $US56.8 billion in the nine-month period.
JPMorgan retained its top ranking in the investment banking league table, taking in $US4.4 billion in fees or 7.8 per cent of the total. Second-place Bank of America Merrill Lynch booked fees of $US4 billion. The top five spots were filled by US banks, with rankings unchanged from the previous year.
The third quarter, however, was the slowest for fees since 2009, according to the data. Fees totalled $US15.7 billion, 24 per cent lower than the previous three months.
For the full nine-months, fees in the Americas were 7 per cent up on the same period last year at $US32.5 billion. In Europe and Africa and the Middle East fees rose 2 per cent and 9 per cent respectively. Asia Pacific saw fees down 8 per cent.
Fees from debt capital markets transactions accounted for 31 per cent of the total, a modest rise versus the previous year. Equity capital markets saw fees climb 20 per cent year-on-year, while fees from merger and acquisition deals fell 16 per cent.
Separately, Dealogic has reported that Asia Pacific investment banking revenue, excluding Japan, was down 19 per cent year-on-year to $6 billion in the first nine months of 2009. The firm said third quarter revenue of $US1.5 billion as the lowest quarterly revenue seen since the first calendar quarter of 2009.
"UBS led the Asia Pacific (ex Japan) IB Revenue ranking with $371 million, followed by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs with $258 million and $248 million respectively," Dealogic said.


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Though this is a local story, I believe it deserves wider attention. That's because it likely reflects an attitude frequently found in local media around the nation.
A January 21 story at the Cincinnati Enquirer worried that fiscally conservative candidates who have begun winning local school board elections "may be philosophically opposed to the way public schools have been traditionally operated and funded" – as if that's automatically a bad thing. Here's some context the Enquirer's Michael D. Clark "somehow" forgot to include: "40% of Ohioans need remedial math or English in college." Gee, maybe "the way public schools have been traditionally operated and funded" isn't working. Clark also let a former local school board president engage in an unhinged rant about "those that have a goal to destroy public education." Excerpts follow the jump (a related video called "Radical School Boards" — how objective — is here; bolds are mine):
Fiscal conservatives rule more local school boards
Power shift could affect taxes, spending, Common Core, curriculum
... For the first time in the region, candidates who go by a variety of self-applied labels – fiscal conservatives, anti-tax activists, tea party activists – have won what appear to be majorities on local school boards and wield wide control over school policy choices and millions of dollars in taxpayer money.
... Some just-seated board members have already announced they will oppose the new Common Core standards being implemented in Ohio.
Others say they will oppose any tax hikes for new programs and raises for school employees.
... for now the West Clermont school board is the most visible flashpoint.
... The first meeting of the new board last week was preceded by a pre-meeting rally of concerned residents, who then marched en masse into a packed meeting room, outnumbering board supporters and forcing an overflow crowd into the hall.
Some sharply criticized the three new board members just minutes after they were sworn into office.
... "They wanted to hang us in effigy before we have done anything," said new board member Jim Lewis, who proudly proclaims his tea party affiliation on the school board's website.
... recently retired Lakota school board President Joan Powell – a 16-year board veteran and one of the most influential school officials in the region during her tenure – wonders whether the publicly stated goals of some new board members match their political agendas.
"Unfortunately some of these individuals are not just interested in reducing expenses and maintaining taxes at their current level. There are those that have a goal to destroy public education as it exists – government schools, they call them – and use anti-tax and pro-voucher issues to reduce funding to schools to help reach that goal," she said.
Gosh, I wonder how much of that first meeting's opposition was ginned up by the district's teachers union and administrators attempting to defend indefensibly high salaries?
Seeing Ms. Powell rant about hidden "political agendas" is rich, given that (to name just one example) Common Core's enactment was all about politics. It went around state legislatures by bribing state governors and state school boards with Race to the Top stimulus money. They then found pliant individual legislators to insert seemingly harmless language into budget bills and — voila! — Common Core became "the law" without most legislators and voters even knowing it. The vast majority of parents and legislators oppose Common Core once they fully understand it.
Maybe Greater Cincinnati is unique, but I doubt. I suspect that the local establishment press around the country is not inclined to give conservative activists on school boards anything even resembling the benefit of the doubt.
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From: "Donna L. Alden-Bugden" <>
Subject: Hammond, Delunn/Delund/Delamp, Temple
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:36:30 -0600
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My gg grandfather was Mark John Hammmond and he married Catherine O'Shea, an
Irish gal.
I know that Mark's parents were Thomas Hammond and Elizabeth Temple/Jemph (I
think it is Temple since I cannot find such a surname, Jemph)
Catherine's parents were (John) Charles O'Shea and Catherine
Can anyone tell me if any of these names are French. I know that O'Shea is
definitely irish, but what about Hammond, DeLunn/Delund/Delamp or Temple
(Temple doesn't sound French, but I don't know).
I know the origins of Catherine O'Shea (whom Mark married Feb 6, 1844 in
St.-Roch, Quebec City, Quebec, but I don't know if her mother was French or
if Mark was French...
Any suggestions on the names? Is their a history of Hammonds in st. Roch?
Thanks so much
PS. does anyone know genealogy lists that discuss people from St-Roch
(Quebec City)?
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THANKS to Rob White for sharing these photographs with the Looking Back pages.
They are of his great uncle Herbert Charles Downton, who was killed in the First World War.
Rob, of Lanehouse, Weymouth, also requested these photos of the grave of Herbert from the War Graves Photographic Project, who he thinks could have been his great uncle. Private Downton was killed in the same conflict as war poet Wilfred Owen.
Ironically, this was the last action of the war the First Battalion Dorset Regiment was involved in a week before the war ended.
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U.S. Department of Labor/Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C.
For Immediate Release: July 5, 2001
Contact: Seth Becker
Phone: (202) 693-4650
Released Thursday, July 05, 2001
DOL Reaches Partial Settlement in Litigation Over Diesel Particulate Rules
Important Provisions To Go Into Effect July 5, 2001
WASHINGTON -- Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Department of Labor has reached a partial settlement of the legal challenges to the final rule on diesel particulate matter (DPM) levels in underground metal and nonmetal mines.
"I am pleased that all the parties involved -- government, labor and industry -- were able to come together and reach agreement through difficult negotiations," Chao said "Now we have new standards to enforce, ensuring that miners will be working in a safer environment."
The final rule establishes new health standards for underground metal and nonmetal mines that use equipment powered by diesel engines. Among numerous protections, the rule requires operators of these underground mines to train miners about the hazards of being exposed to diesel particulate matter.
The parties in the litigation reached agreement on the following points:
- Provisions, which go into effect on July 5, 2001, cover the use of low sulfur fuel, engine maintenance and training. New diesel engines must meet EPA or MSHA standards.
- Proposed rules will clarify that operators may transfer existing equipment among their own mines without having to buy new equipment. They also will clarify the kinds of defects that, when tagged by an employee, require prompt attention from a mechanic. Finally, it also clarifies when the mechanic must begin to examine the tagged equipment.
- MSHA, with the support of the parties, will conduct sampling at mines beginning in August 2001, when a new sampling device becomes available. A sampling protocol will be developed jointly by all parties with assistance from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- The interim concentration limit of 400 micrograms is scheduled to go into effect on July 19, 2002 and the final concentration limit of 160 micrograms is scheduled to go into effect on January 19, 2006. MSHA has committed to evaluate the appropriateness of these limits in light of the sampling which is scheduled to begin in August.
An announcement of the effective date of the rules and the new proposals will be published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2001.
U.S. Labor Department news releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when placing your request. Call 202-693-7773 or TTY 202-693-7755.


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FIRST ABBA SONG IN 18 YEARS On April 23, ABBA will release its first previously unreleased song in 18 years, reports Britain's Guardian. The song, "From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel," is included on the upcoming rerelease of its final album, "The Visitors," in 1981. The song was recorded for the album but was omitted.
"The Visitors" was more serious than the usual light, sunny pop music that made the Swedish quartet one of the most successful pop acts in music history. Worldwide, ABBA has sold more than 200 million records. They continue to sell more than a million records a year.
The last time ABBA issued previously unheard songs occurred in 1994, when a batch of unreleased songs was released as a box set, "Thank You for the Music."
The singing foursome, Anna Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Frida Lyngstad, broke up the following year after a British TV appearance from Stockholm on Dec. 11, 1982. They appeared together only once in the past 29 years, at the July 4, 2008 Swedish premiere of the film based around their music, "Mama Mia!"
AMERICA GETTING A STAR Soft pop artists, America, that won the 1972 Grammy for Best New Artist, are getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony
takes place at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 at 6752 Hollywood Blvd., outside the Musicians Institute. Speakers will include actor-musician Billy Bob Thornton and actor and sometime-Beach Boys drummer John Stamos.
The following evening, America will perform a concert and hold a question and answer session at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.
America is Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell. The third original member, Dan Peek, who left the band in 1977 for a solo career in Christian music, died last summer at age 60.
Other recording artists to be honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with stars on the Walk of Fame this year are Texas-born ranchera, mariachi and pop singer Pepe Aguilar, who is the son of legendary Mexican actor-singer Antonio Aguilar; Boyz II Men; song lyricist Hal David; Canadian pianist-composer-producer-arranger David Foster; Vince Gill; Jennifer Lopez and rocking sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart. Soul and R&B heartthrob Barry White, who died in 2003 at age 58, will receive a posthumous star.
BARRY GIBB U.S. CONCERT Former Bee Gee Barry Gibb will play his first-ever solo concert in the U.S. at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida on Feb. 21, according to Pollstar.
The concert marks the first show for the 65-year-old, who the Guinness Book of World Records lists as the second most successful songwriter in music history behind only Paul McCartney, since 2009 when he performed a benefit in Sydney, Australia for the victims of that country's massive wildfires.
The other surviving Bee Gee brother, Robin, recently completed two months of intensive chemotherapy to combat a particularly aggressive form of liver cancer.
In other Bee Gees news, the trio will get the "Glee" treatment when the smash Fox TV show pays tribute to the brothers Gibb's best-selling "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack album that has sold more than 15 million copies in the U.S. alone since its 1977 release. The show's executive producer, Ryan Murphy, told TV Guide that he's been working with Barry Gibb on this episode that will air sometime in April.
GLEN CAMPBELL GRAMMY PERFORMANCE Glen Campbell, who, at 75, is retiring because of Alzheimer's, will perform with country music's The Band Perry and Blake Shelton at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 12 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. The awards will be telecast that night on CBS.
Other performers include Paul McCartney, The Foo Fighters, Coldplay with Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson, and newbys Trinidad-born R&B and hip-hop singer Nicki Minaj, and pop and soulster Bruno Mars.
English pop singer Adele, who had the best-selling album of 2011 with "21," will also perform for the first time since surgery on her vocal chords in November. She also announced that she'll perform at the Brit Awards in London on Feb. 21.
In a private ceremony the night before the Grammys, Campbell will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award along with fellow country music legend George Jones, The Allman Brothers, Diana Ross, Brazilian bossa nova songwriter-guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stax Records' famed Memphis Horns and the late jazz and soul poet Gil Scott-Heron, who died last May at age 62.
Campbell, who is on his farewell tour, appears at the Pala Casino in San Diego County on Feb. 17. The final date scheduled thus far is
in Bayfield, Wisconsin on June 30, but it's possible that the tour will be extended.
VAN HALEN STUFF Chickenfoot and Wabos bassist Michael Anthony, who played with Van Halen from its formation in Pasadena in 1972 until his firing from the band in Sept. 2006 was announced, says he's interested in hearing his former band's upcoming album, "A Different Kind of Truth." This is because the newly recorded album is entirely comprised of songs, riffs and bits and pieces of songs that the band originally wrote and recorded during 1975-77, when he was a band member in good standing.
The 57-year-old Glendora resident told Planet Rock that he's not particularly interested in the songwriting credits from the new record. "I don't want to do anything. I just let it be, and hey, it'll be nice to hear some of the old songs again that I haven't played in a long time."
Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hager isn't so diplomatic. Talking with Radio Metal, the 64-year-old who lives in Mill Valley, just across the Golden Gate Bridge north of San Francisco, said that in terms of talent, his and Anthony's band, Chickenfoot, that also includes guitar deity Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, smokes their old band.
"If you take Satriani versus Eddie, you take David Lee Roth versus me, (20-year-old bassist) Wolfie Van Halen versus Mikey (Anthony), Chad Smith or (substitute touring drummer) Kenny Aronoff versus Al Van Halen. I mean, come on!"
He continued, "Man for man, who can sing the best? Dave or I, today? Who can play the best? Joe or Eddie, today? Who could sing or play the best? Wolfie or Mikey? I think it's a joke."
"A Different Kind of Truth" comes out Feb. 7. Van Halen with Roth begins their extensive tour on Feb. 18 in Louisville, Ky. The guys make stops in SoCal on June 1 at the Staples Center, June 12 at the Honda Center in Anaheim and June 14 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego. Hagar and Anthony's two bands, Chickenfoot and The Wabos, have no upcoming concerts scheduled.
DEEP PURPLE IN THE STUDIO Deep Purple's drummer Ian Paice says his band is hitting the studio this year to record their 19 th studio album.
In an interview with the Toronto Sun, the 63-year-old Paice, who was a founding member of the Hertford, England, band in 1965, said, "I believe that we have another good record in us. I want to do it just because I think it's good that we keep coming out with new music."
The group that was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as "the loudest pop group," and has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, has a Canadian tour beginning this week that continues through the month, and a European tour from Nov. 9 through Dec. 6.
THE WHO SELL OUT Pete Townshend, mastermind behind the music of The Who, has sold the songwriting rights to both his band's catalog, as well as the rights from his successful solo career to independent music publisher, the Spirit Music Group. All future work is included as well, reports Business Week.
Financial details were not made available.
Townshend will work with the publisher to license his songs in film, television, advertising, musical stage productions, multimedia presentations, and new media projects.
The publisher owns the publishing for songs by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand, Alice Cooper, The Grateful Dead, Santana, B.B. King, Chicago, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed and many more recording artists.
Neither The Who nor Townshend as a solo artist has any shows scheduled.
However, the band's singer Roger Daltrey is on tour, performing his group's iconic 1969 rock opera, "Tommy," in its entirety. Daltry will be in Paris at the famed Olympia on March 15 before taking his band and the "Tommy" tour to Australia and Japan for nine concerts in April.
SURVIVOR SUES NEWT Chicago-based rockers Survivor have sued Newt Gingrich and his presidential campaign of what they claim is the unauthorized use of their trademark No. 1 1982 theme song from "Rocky III," "Eye of the Tiger" at his campaign rallies, reports NBC News. The suit charges that the former Republican Speaker of the House has been using the song for the past three years when he enters political rallies.
Gingrich is not the first politician to be sued for unauthorized use of a recording artist's songs. Last June, former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was served with cease and desist orders by Tom Petty and also from Katrina & The Waves. Bachmann had been using Petty's and The Heartbreakers' 1977 hit recording of "American Girl" and Katrina's 1985 smash, "Walking on Sunshine" at her campaign appearances without receiving permission.
Last November, Survivor singer Jim Jamison announced that the band was working on a new album for release later this year.
OBAMA SPURS AL GREEN SALES President Obama soulful crooning on a bit of Al Green's 1971 No. 1 classic, "Let's Stay Together" at a political rally at the Apollo Theatre in New York City has resulted in a weekly sales increase of the song by a whopping 490%, reports Billboard. The president sang a portion of the song when he noted that Green was in attendance.
MILES DAVIS STAMP More than two decades after his death at age 65 in 1991, the hugely influential trumpet-playing jazz legend Miles Davis will be honored with a postage stamp in June, announced the USPS. The late French ballad singer Edith Piaf, best known here for her 1946 love song, "La Vie en Rose," will also be honored.
NEW RELEASES Among the recent CDs, re-issues and deluxe box sets out include a 2-CD import, "Satchmo: The Louis Armstrong Collection;" Glen Campbell's "It's Just a Matter of Time;" Leonard Cohen's "Old Ideas;" a 3-CD import, "Songbooks: The Absolutely Essential Ella Fitzgerald;" "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998;" an import, "Don't Let Go" from Isaac Hayes; "Jabulani," an import from South African trumpeter Hugh Masakela; an EP, "Beyond Magnetic," from Metallica; "Ringo 2012" from The Beatles' drummer; an import "Bonnie Pointer" from the former member of Pointer Sisters; a 2-CD "Diana Ross 1976: Special Edition;" and The Thymes' "So Much in Love."
The new DVDs include The Talking Heads' "Chronology," and former Fairport Convention guitarist Richard Thompson's "Live at Celtic Connection."
BELLAMY BROTHERS ROBBED Country music vets The Bellamy Brothers were robbed while they were filming a music video in the Florida Everglades, reports the Boot. The Florida natives said that thousands of dollars worth of production equipment was taken when thieves broke into the rental cars and trucks. David Bellamy said, fortunately, the video cameras and guitars were not taken, probably due to their size." The duo's ongoing 2012 tour continues this week mostly through the South and Midwest throughout the year.
HAPPY MONDAYS REUNITE Manchester alt-rockers Happy Mondays, who formed in 1980, are reuniting with their original lineup for the first time since 1992 for a 10-date British tour over two weeks in May, reports the BBC. Since the band broke up in 1993, various members have reunited over the years, but this reunion with the entire original lineup is a rarity.
PAUL WELLER HITS AMERICA Brit Paul Weller, who founded two successful pop outfits, New Wave punkers The Jam in 1972 and the more soulful Style Council in 1983, is a music god in his native England. Now 53, the singer-guitarist, who rarely plays in the U.S., has slowed his touring schedule these days. Weller released a surprise announcement. He is coming to America, according to Pollstar.
However, his entire tour, in fact, the only two concerts on his schedule this year, will both take place at New York City's Best Buy Theatre on May 18 and 19. He's doing the shows to promote his upcoming 11 th solo album, "Sonik Kicks," that comes out March 27.
SPICE TIME? Former Spice Girl Mel B, aka Scary Spice, says she and the girls might reunite to perform at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee, reports Britain's Sun. The five-some, who were incredibly popular for a brief time in '90 s, reunited for tours in 2007 and 2008. The Diamond Jubilee, celebrating the queen's 60 th anniversary as monarch, is a four-day gala held in London June 2-5, weeks prior to that city's hosting the Summer Olympics. When asked about a reunion for either an Australian tour or an appearance at the Olympics, she said, "Well, we do have the Diamond Jubilee coming up. Whoo, did I really say that?"
EXILE BACK FROM...EXILE Kentucky pop outfit Exile, who hit it big in 1978 with their No. 1 soft rock hit, "Kiss You All Over," will release its first album in 15 years.
"People Get Ready" is a five-song EP featuring four new cuts as well as an a cappella version of Curtis Mayfield's title song, according to a press release from the band.
The band also announced that they will appear at the April 10 "All For The Hall" benefit at Nashville's Bridgestone Auditorium. Other acts on the bill include co-headliners Vince Gill and Keith Urban, and Alabama, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Rascal Flatts.
NOW PLAYING Classic acts from the '50 s, '60 s, '70 s and '80 s continue to perform. Here's what some of them are doing.
The Jefferson Starship, former co-leader of The Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner's band on and off since 1974, is playing a gig in Miami on Feb. 18 and Chicago on
Mar. 8 before heading to New England for four dates in mid-March.
American International's number one beach boy, Frankie Avalon, who's "Venus" spent five weeks at No. 1 in 1959, is touring the East Coast with his highly successful "Golden Boys of Rock and Roll" pals Bobby Rydell and Fabian. On April 14, he'll do his solo show at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center on April 14 and he'll be at the Ventura County Fair on Aug. 7. He heads back to Florida, to Ft. Lauderdale for Holland America's Malt Shop Memories cruise from Oct. 27 - Nov. 3, before beginning a three-night run at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, Nov. 16-18.
New Jersey rockers The Smithereens, who formed in 1980 and scored a ton of FM radio rock and roll classics, such as "Blood and Roses," "Only a Memory," "A Girl Like You," and "Blues Before and After," are heading north, to the Skagit Valley Casino in Bow, Washington, outside Bellingham, for shows Feb. 10-11. Also, group leader Pat Dinizio continues his successful ongoing run with his show, "Confession of a Rock Star" at the Riviera in Las Vegas.
In 1961, Acker Bilk wrote "Stranger on the Shore" for a British TV show. The song was notable for his signature deep, quivering clarinet. The single was not only a big hit in the UK, where it hit #1 and stayed on the charts for 55 weeks, but Acker was the first British artist to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The 83-year-old Bilk is still very active. He's got a full touring schedule through Britain 2012, including a May 10 date at the Grand Theatre in Swansea, Wales.
Readers, email your questions and comments to Steve Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read this week's complete Classic Pop, Rock & Country Music news online at www.presstelegram.com.


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"Hamlet is a Mess": George C. Wolfe on Shakespeare
In one of Studio 360's very first episodes, Kurt Andersen spoke with George C. Wolfe about the resurgence of Shakespeare's plays in American cultural life over the last few decades. Wolfe was then the artistic director of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and remains one of the most influential people in American theater.
The conversation took place in 2000, at the end of a decade with a string of popular, high-profile films including Shakespeare in Love and the Ethan Hawke Hamlet. Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet set the warring clans as business rivals in a Miami-like city, where the events of the play are narrated partly by local news anchors. Although the film polarized audiences, Wolfe sees that blurring of high art with pop culture as wholly salutary. "Shakespeare was a popular artist, so it makes perfect sense that people are now claiming him in very intimate and very personal, and in a broad spectrum of ways," he says. "I personally am a very big fan of Romeo + Juliet. It had a visceral power to it that I thought was just exhilarating. It was a very arresting and very disturbing and deeply compelling version of the play." And he's untroubled by the film's liberties with the text of the play. "It's so wonderful that Shakespeare has been taken off some bookshelf and is now in the mix of everybody who wants to claim him and find themselves inside of him."
Kurt wonders if any adaptation or modernization of Shakespeare goes too far. "If you don't respect the play in the process, yes," Wolfe acknowledges. But he finds more danger in the opposite tendency. "If you present him with such reverence, you're not honoring him either. Anytime you create art, you create a mess. I mean, Hamlet is a mess! ... If the world that you create obscures that, that's a problem. If you are sitting there reciting his language as if it is poetry — though it is poetic — then you're not allowing an audience to get inside the emotional state of it." Above all, he thinks, is the need for artists to take risks. "I'm more attracted to art that smashes than I am attracted to art that sits on a shelf and is beautiful."
(Originally aired: November 25, 2000)
Music Playlist
Happy Birthday Variations, for orchestra: BeethovenArtist: La PietàAlbum: Happy BirthdayLabel: Analekta
O VeronaArtist: Craig ArmstrongAlbum: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: Music From The Motion Picture, Volume 2Label: Capitol


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01. me
just another mouth breathing fangirl, prone to developing unhealthy relationships with fictional characters and addicted to smut.
02. this journal
repository for my fic, sporadic life updates, occasional fandom wank, and half completed memes.
03. friending policy
all fics are public, but no personal posts are. unless i know you from another community/friending meme or you leave a comment introducing yourself, i will assume you are just here for the smut.


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ATTRACTING sponsorship can be difficult but Warrington Town Junior Netball Club have achieved it for 11 junior teams.
Gorenje UK have stumped up £2,500 to provide teams from under 10s to under 15s with tracksuits.
Jernej Hren, managing director of the kitchen appliance manufacturers, said: "We are keen to give back to local communities by supporting local initiatives, and when we heard that the netball club was in need of a kit, we were only too happy to help."
Town's teams compete in the North West Regional, Cheshire County and local Ball Hall leagues.


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A Town of Lilies and Daisies
The little town of Leliefontein lies far from everything. It has no tourism nous at all. Just as an example, the sign to the town is only visible from one side. If you approach from the other side, you'd have no idea there was a town there, specifically because it is hidden among hills.
Almost every strange car to the region has to do a u-turn to get back to it if approaching from the south.
But during the flower season, it is a must-see destination. It is surrounded by flowers. The roads between it and Loeriesfontein this year were lovely beyond the speaking of it. So too the road that rose and fell among flowered hills all the way to Kamieskroon.
We'd heard from a friend, Johan van Schalkwyk of Northern Cape, that this former little Methodist mission named for the lilies around its natural spring was a town well worth visiting. We found a phone number in a brochure and got hold of a woman called Vera Engelbrecht. She said there was no problem.
But we anticipated problems. One does when planning an overnight stop in a place that's not really on the tourism map. We've stayed in pretty rough places before, though.
To our surprise and delight, Leliesfontein has excellent accommodation. You can stay in a normal room with en suite bathroom.
Or. You can stay in matjieshuis accommodation, which almost everyone goes for. A matjieshuis, for those not in the know, is a small hut made with curved branches and mats made of reeds draped over. It is the most mobile of dwellings, cool in summer and snug in winter. In rain, the reeds swell and block the water.
In it, Vera and her 4 other friends who co-own and run the business, put proper beds and side tables and mats. This is an upliftment project funded by the National Development Agency, and I must say, I see a great future for the Leliefontein Lodge. I'll definitely go back. And next time, I'll be in one of the matjieshuise.
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Wafa Makki promises a strong comeback
Egyptian actress Wafa Makki, who has recently completed a three-year jail sentence, has revealed that she intends on returning to her normal life and begin a new start. The actress stressed that she make all the necessary arrangements to start up her acting career once more and put her recent hardship behind her.
She added that once she is set free she will return to the acting world for her heart and life belong to acting and the entertainment world. Makky had finally been set free after serving a three-year jail sentence at al Qanater prison. The actress had been imprisoned after being found guilty of beating her maids.
Last year, Makky was denied the second appeal she filed against her jail sentence. The actress was hopeful that the court would grant her the appeal after she had served half of her sentence, but the courts denied her request stating that the charges against her can not be given a lesser sentence and she must serve the entire term she has been convicted to, reported the Qatar based, Al Raya.
Mamdouh had stressed that the court should set Wafa free due to the fact that she did not commit an honor crime or a crime that affects national security. He stressed that even though Wafa already served most of her sentence, he is insistent that she be set free to clear her name of all the accusations that have risen since the first day she was tried.
Makky revealed that the whole trial was a scam and that she was falsely set up, and had previously filed for an appeal for her 10 year jail sentence. Her defense was that she was set up by the father of the maids that were working for her and that he had blackmailed the actress demanding money or else he will take her to jail under false charges. The father was given 40 thousand Egyptian pounds and in fact evidence was presented in front of the court of the whole matter.
The thirty-six year old actress was convicted in December 2002 for torturing her two housemaids, sisters (Marwa, 16, and Hanadi Abdul Hamid, 19), in collaboration with her 57- year old mother. The Criminal Court in the Egyptian governorate of Al Munofiyah issued the 10-year imprisonment verdict against Makky, who was apprehended after weeks of fleeing along with her mother. – Albawaba.com


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Summer Institute : MBET : Faculty
Courses in Music Business are taught by musicians and music professionals. The majority of our faculty teach in the degree programs at UArts. Our expert instructors are seasoned educators and dedicated artists who enjoy the opportunity to share their expertise and collaborate with the next generation of musicians and music professionals.
*Please note: this list reflects a selection of our 2016 Summer Institute instructors. Check back for updates about the 2017 faculty.
Music Business Coordinator
Michael Johnson is an active performer, producer and recording engineer who currently lives and works in Philadelphia. In addition to teaching at UArts, he also heads the Music Technology department within the School of Music.
Michael has been very active in the American independent rock universe for the last decade, having been a part of releases on labels including Sub Pop, Matador, Ninja Tune and Hometapes. He has performed on or engineered albums by Kurt Vile, Daedelus, the War On Drugs, Nightlands, Lilys, Holopaw and Pattern Is Movement, as well as his current Ape School project and more. He has toured the United States and Europe extensively and shared the stage with the aforementioned artists and such rock luminaries as Dinosaur Jr, Iron and Wine, and Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) among others.
Over the years, his efforts and exploits have been featured in the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork.com, CNN, Playboy Magazine, Newsweek and MTV. He currently focuses his energies on his duties at UArts, while maintaining an active performance and production schedule for his own projects and outside interests. Michael is sponsored by Eventide's audio division and is highly versed and experienced in the use of analog synthesizers.
JohnPaul Beattie MB '10 (Composition) is a classical composer specializing in MIDI orchestration. For the past several years he has been composing commercial music for the local Philadelphia production company, Juggling Wolf, owned by three UArts alums: Jason Chen BFA '08 (Animation), Ian Foster BFA '08 (Animation) and Marina Gvozdeva BFA '08 (Animation). His personal compositions are large classical works including The Devine Comedy Symphony, 2009 and Stalingrad, a ballet performed for his senior recital in April 2010.
In addition to composing, JohnPaul is the master sound engineer for the College of Performing Arts and teaches Music Technology and Live Sound Production for the School of Music. As an instructor, JohnPaul puts a high emphasis on "hands-on" learning, structuring his classes so students spend as much time as possible in front of mixing boards and microphones. It is with this philosophy in mind that he created the student run "Live Sound Sessions." In these sessions, local bands are invited to UArts to perform so the students may practice how to mix the sound for a live event in a stress-free environment. Groups that have participated include the Luke Carlos O'Reilly Quartet, Steve Tripak, Package, SoHo, No Irish Need Apply, Cute Girl from English and the Justin Binek Trio.
After spending his formative years recording and experimenting on 4-track Portastudios, Matthew went to college to pursue a degree in music with a concentration in the recording arts. After taking physics and electronics courses, he realized his interest in the technical side of the music industry and began the "never-ending" process of learning electron-tube theory and analog audio electronics. Matthew has worked alongside and learned from Jess Oliver (inventor of the Ampeg B-15 and the first person to incorporate spring reverb into a guitar amp), Andy Fuchs (owner and engineer of Fuchs Audio Technology) and other studio techs in the NYC area. After working at various studios and a boutique tube amplifier/pedal company in the New York area, Matthew relocated to Philadelphia in 2009 to pursue a graduate degree. In 2009 Matthew opened "Rootbeer Audio", which offers both analog/tube equipment repair and small-run amplifier building services for Philadelphia's musicians and studios. When he's not teaching, Matthew handles the amplifier/studio repairs for the UArts music department. Aside from his technical work and teaching, Matthew is also an active musician in both the Philadelphia and New York City areas. He's constantly field recording, and experimenting with different instruments, processors, and homemade circuits for use in his own studio productions.
Erik Sabo is a practicing entertainment attorney. He is a graduate of Syracuse University's music industry program and has been working in the industry for the past decade. Erik represents musicians at both the local and national level in everything from contract negotiations and disputes to licensing and management. Erik is also a musician who plays piano and guitar.


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This is a 5 year review of the Gouitsu Dojo in Little Rock, Arkansas with photos from all five years. There is a special section for the students that have been with Unity Martial Arts from the beginning. This is the smaller 10" x 8" softcover version.
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In his second go-around as a young player trying to stick with the Utah Jazz, Kenny Natt found himself rooming with the team's No. 1 draft pick.
Twenty-four years later, Natt laughs at the memory of John Stockton nervously questioning his chances of making a team already quarterbacked by All-Star Rickey Green.
"John, he didn't think he'd stick in the league," Natt said. "But I told him, 'Don't worry. It's just a matter of time before you take over for Rickey.' John didn't think so -- not then. But I could tell. He was such a special talent."
Natt was right.
Stockton spent 19 seasons with the Jazz and, next year, will likely become a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Natt's career wasn't quite as accomplished.
He played 26 games with the Jazz during parts of two seasons, scoring a total of 91 points and handing out 28 assists -- only 15,778 fewer than Stockton.
After his retirement, however, Natt remained in basketball as a scout, assistant coach and -- since Monday -- a head coach.
When Reggie Theus was fired after the Sacramento Kings' 6-18 start, management turned to Natt, the low-key assistant who also spent nine years on Jerry Sloan's staff in Utah.
"Obviously, they weren't happy with the progress and growth of the team," Natt said. "We're going to try to develop the young guys and, at the same time, win some games. That's a tough task. But that's what we'll try to do."
Natt gets little satisfaction out of replacing Theus, but he relishes the opportunity to captain his own ship after more than a decade as an NBA assistant.
"Hey, Reggie brought me here," Natt said. "But I'm like a lot of assistants. This has been a long time in coming."
Natt doesn't have any grand illusions. He was named the Kings' interim head coach. As such, he could be in charge for another day, another month, the rest of the season or another 10 years.
No matter how long his tenure lasts, however, Natt plans to do things his way.
"My main interest is teaching the young guys - - --- developing them as basketball players and responsible people," he said. "You know where I'm from. I'm from the school of discipline.
"Reggie let guys freelance a little bit and those are bad habits, especially for young guys. It just wasn't good. But now it's in my hands and we're going to do some things differently."
If Kings start looking a little like the Jazz, it won't be a coincidence.
"In Utah, I learned it was important how you tie your shoestrings and that you're expected to be on time for meetings," Natt said. "That's what we want from our young players. It's like what you want with your own kids. You want them to be good, responsible people.
"In the long run, that approach will pay dividends. Whether I end up coaching here the rest of the year or beyond, I don't know. But I'm not focused on that. I'm focused on making our players better and trying to win some games."
Sloan was in Boston when he heard Natt had been promoted in Sacramento.
He called his former assistant.
"You know Jerry," Natt said. "He didn't say much. Just, 'Kenny, I don't know what to tell you, except be yourself.' And I said, 'Yeah, coach. You're right. That's all I can be.' I am who I am."
For now, Kenny Natt is a head coach in the NBA.
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Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohar M.D.,
Good Friendship Is Forever - Poem by Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohar M.D.,
Friendship is good but choose good friends,
Who stay in thick and thin of life;
Foes are better than friends- fiends,
Who fail to help, when you're in strife.
Friends console when you are in grief;
Friends give solace when you are hurt;
Friends bring smiles to your face, though brief;
Friends speak sense, wise words although curt.
Friends add joy and make living worth;
Friends support you in weak moments;
Friends show affection like a hearth;
Friends diffuse when trouble foments.
God gave friends to give us more joy;
God gave friends to lessen our woes;
God gave friends to play with a toy;
God gave friends to stave off our foes.
Put your trust in friends who are good;
Share your secrets if they are close;
Enjoy life and have dainty food;
Ignore those who pretend and pose!
'Happy Friendship Day,2014! '
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2 beach deaths not considered suspicious
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities say the deaths of two men found on Rhode Island beaches over the weekend do not appear suspicious.
The body of a 64-year-old South Kingstown man was found by a couple walking a dog Sunday morning near a building at Scarborough Beach in Narragansett. The Providence Journal reports the state Department of Environmental Management has identified him as Alan Mason.
A 53-year-old Providence man also was found by a kayaker Saturday at the Quonochontaug Breachway in Charlestown. The Westerly Sun reports Charlestown police identified him Joseph Huston.
Autopsies on both men are scheduled.
There is no known connection between the deaths.
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Former Vodafone Australia chief executive Grahame Maher has died of a heart attack at the age of 51. He ran Vodafone's local business from 2001-05 and was appointed CEO of Vodafone Qatar in 2008.
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Google has informed users of its Gmail service that it has settled a class-action lawsuit brought against it by some users who were upset by the way the company rolled out its Buzz social-networking service. Millions of Gmail users discovered in February that their networks of Buzz "friends" were created from their own contact lists of people they corresponded with. In some cases the contact lists were made public. Instead of financial compensation to the Gmail users, Google will put $US8.5 million into an independent fund that will be used to support organisations promoting education about privacy on the web.
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I saw this over at Digg looks interesting.
damn you beat me to it I was just about to post it from engadget.
Man Apple are on their toes.This snafu has been removed from iTunes also.
iTunes Movie Rentals Coming?
David Watanabe posted a screenshot to Flickr which reveals that Apple may be working on Movie Rentals in iTunes.
He was reporting a problem in iTunes and the pop-up menu listed a number of possible problems. These included
Apple has been rumored to be in talks with Hollywood studios about launching an online movie rental service. The rumored price was $2.99 for a 30 day rental and would allow films to be moved to at least one other device -- such as the iPod or iPhone.
The target launch for the service was this fall.
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If you could rent these while using the AppleTV with the iTunesWiFiStore it would be fantastic...
I'd have to say Apple is not on their toes. Leak after leak are proving accurate. (Although this is a programming slip-up, it still goes with the flow of less real surprises)
This is what I've been waiting for in TV. I won't even consider getting one until this happens.
This would kick ass. I'd definitely be down for rentals on iTunes. Blockbuster, Hollywood and Netflix better watch out.
Now all Apple needs to do is work on selection. There's no reason at all they shouldn't have a ginormous catalog.
This is great, although I hope they come out with a rental option for TV shows also. Drop the price to .99 for a 3 month unlimited viewing for tv shows and it gets real interesting.
If the choice was wide instead of solely Hollywood guff, I would never rent another DVD again... pity that Universal seem to be in a tizz with Apple.
Might make me buy a touch if this comes out.
It would be great if Apple introduced this as a feature of Apple TV (one of the best products that Apple came out with this year!).
Apple already included the iTunes Store login as an option for the Apple TV, so this makes sense.
Can you imagine a download movie rental system using Apple TV! That would be awesome. All they would have to do is make it 1080p (software) and Dolby Digital and then BluRay and HD-DVD would have some real problems. People would skip that generation of "hard" media and move to digital!
Ahhh... people already complaining about the price and it has not even shipped yet. (Maybe apple will give us a rebate is we cry enough!)
This price is FAIR unless one wants to do the math on netflix like subscriptions.
Then again they are not the same market. If apple does this I don't see myself using it much (unless HDTV quality is included) since I use Netflix and can wait a couple of days for a movie and can keep in as long as I want.
Now if apple does HD movies I am buying an apple tv since it will be a whole lot cheaper then buying blueray AND a hd dvd players...
Not sure what about my comment makes you think it was a complaint? Maybe you missed that idea that most of my post was referring to "tv shows"?
Finally... soon maybe. Xbox Live already has it but Apple offers the iPod mobility factor which would make this a pretty sweet deal. FTW!
I agree. Apple has a real opportunity here to put an end to the format wars. Downloadable HD movie rentals is only a matter of time anyway. And it's the killer ap for Apple TV.
Just imagine you're spending a day in the park when you decide you want to watch True Lies when you get home. You just whip out your iPhone and program your Apple TV to start downloading the movie. When you get home, you fire up your Apple TV and start watching in 1080p. No more DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-Ray, Netflix or Blockbuster. In one swoop could come right out and be a real game changer.
Stopped reading after getting to this...
i confess that i am a serial torrent downloader... but if i could rent movie thru iTunes for $2.99, there's a good chance that my torrent days would end... it's not so much that i want it for free, it's more that i just don't want to have to leave my cozy apartment, get in my car, drive to the video store in the rain, search for a movie i can't find, etc...
sure, there already are services for movie rentals online... but i don't like them...
It would be GREAT if..
They made them DVD resolution or higher and offered plans just like netflix and the others. Like $29.99/mo for 5 movies at a time unlimited rentals per month. That would be reallllllly great.
Until Apple gets this up to a realistic resolution (DVD or better), its a non starter with me. I do not care what the show or movie, if it looks like ****, I could care less.
FWIW, I have bought 5-10 songs EVER on iTunes- and those were free from Pepsi Bottle caps... and that is entirely due to iTunes piss-poor bit rate there, too. All my music is Apple Lossless.
The argument could be made that maybe you cannot hear the difference between 128 rate and apple lossless, and I admit the difference is not much. The new DRM-less is better (but I consider both formats low-res, and thus overpriced at 99 and 1.29)
But TV shows at the current rez most definitely show the poor res, especially on bigger TVs.
Get them up to a good rez, then we can start talking. Otherwise, its only good for an iPod, not the living room.
Heck ya...
I was hoping some TV needs woould be released last Wednesday. I want to put my apple:TV to more use then it is now (only using for music, podcast, YouTube viewing which overall is lame).
Regardless of the resolution rentals would be a killer step, decisive game move that would scare the hell out of the competition, simply because the millions of iPod touch that are going to sell -- and with such a fantastic screen the temptation to rent one or two or a hundred flicks is going to be difficult to resist.
That would be really really great. Because people ususally don't want to own movies in contrast to music. I watch a movie once. THats it. I listen to my music sometimes a hundred times.
Sure would! As long as the price is comprable to Netflix as an example I would but an TV in a heart beat! Been patiently awaiting this!


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fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
Since the 1950s, fluoride has adapted itself to the prevailing concerns of the time.
It may be prepared by the action of hydrofluoric acid upon lime, as directed under Barium, fluoride of.
The clarified solution of fluoride of sodium is then drawn off, and the alumina treated as above described.
The fluoride of calcium, or fluorspar, may be used for this experiment.
Its properties agree with those of the fluoride of iodine prepared by Gore by the action of iodine on silver fluoride.
By treating the dyed colour with a solution of fluoride of chromium, its fastness to washing is materially increased.
fluoride fluor·ide (flur'īd', flôr'-)
A compound of fluorine with another element.
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Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Secretary of State Colin Powell flew to Lebanon on Monday to warn Beirut and Damascus that an escalation of Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border could spark a regional conflagration.
Powell, who is in the region hoping to bring about an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, held inconclusive talks over the weekend with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli leaders.
The Secretary of State met on Monday with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to talk about the need to restrain the Hizballah.
"The United States remains concerned about the continuing violence across the blue line," Powell said after the meeting with Lahoud.
The "blue line" is a reference to the boundary line drawn by the United Nations between Israel and Lebanon following Israel's unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon nearly two years ago.
"There is a very real danger of the situation along the border widening the conflict throughout the region," Powell told reporters. "It is essential for all those who are committed to peace to act immediately to stop aggressive actions along the entire border."
Powell said this message was the reason for his trip to Beirut and Damascus.
Hizballah, which is backed by Iran and Syria, has been launching unprovoked missile and mortar attacks at Israeli military and civilian targets for the last two weeks.
It claims that an area, known as Shebaa Farms, is Lebanese territory occupied by Israel, although the United Nations says otherwise. Its during the last two weeks have not been limited to that area.
Israel, who has returned fire at the Hizballah targets with artillery and air strikes, has warned that if the attacks continue it will retaliate on those whom it considers responsible for the escalation, i.e. Lebanon and Syria, the main power-broker in Lebanon.
Israel, which twice hit Syrian targets in Lebanon last year in retaliation for Hizballah attacks, has said that it does not want to see an escalation in the activities along the border.
Powell was also due to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri before flying to Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Hariri had to postpone his departure for the U.S. by 24 hours in order to meet with Powell. Hariri is scheduled to meet with President Bush in Washington on Wednesday, according to the Internet edition of Beirut's Daily Star newspaper on Monday.
According to the Daily Star , neither Syria nor Lebanon had made any promises prior to Powell's visit.
Hariri, who visited Damascus ahead of his trip to Washington, issued a joint statement with his Syrian counterpart Mustafa Miro, reasserting "the importance of support the intifada by all available means to liberate Palestinian land."
Hariri was also quoted in the Washington Post on Sunday as saying that it was "hard" for the Lebanese "because of what is going on in the West Bank and because part of our country, the Shebaa Farms, is occupied."
Powell was flown by helicopter to the northern border on Friday and briefed on the situation from Israel's perspective. A Hizballah mortar round landed at the Shebaa Farms/Mount Dov area while he was there.
Upon his arrival in Beirut on Monday, Powell was greeted with a massive anti-American protest, arranged by Hizballah.
Thousands of demonstrators, some carrying pictures of Hizballah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, shouted "Death to America, Death to Israel," according to reports from the area.
Calling Powell "a Jew," they shouted, " T he Palestinian people are being exterminated by an American decision. America is the leader of terrorism in the world ."
Returning to Israel
Powell is scheduled to return to Israel in the early evening just before the start of Israel's memorial day, to continue his mission to bring about a ceasefire.
He met with Arafat on Sunday in his Ramallah headquarters, where the Palestinian leader has been holed up for more than three weeks, surrounded by Israeli tanks.
Powell said very little following his three-hour meeting with Arafat, calling it "a useful and constructive exchange" and saying that members of his staff would continue to meet with members of Arafat's staff on Monday.
"We exchanged a variety of ideas and discussed steps on how we can move forward," Powell said.
Arafat did not exit his quarters with Powell, which Palestinian officials explained was for security reasons.
The meeting between Powell and Arafat was postponed for 24 hours from Saturday, following a suicide bomb attack by a 17-year-old Palestinian woman, who blew herself up at Jerusalem's open air market, killing six people and wounding 84 others.
The Aksa Martyrs Brigade, linked to Arafat's Fatah faction claimed responsibility forcing Arafat to issue a statement in Arabic in which he "strongly condemned all attacks targeting civilians from both sides and especially the attack that took place against Israeli civilians in Jerusalem."
Israeli officials dismissed the statement as meaningless, but it was enough to allow the meeting between Powell and Arafat to take place.
Powell, who met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and other government ministers on Friday, met again with Sharon after his meeting with Arafat on Sunday.
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2006.185: Newton's method for the matrix square root
2006.185: Nicholas J. Higham (1986) Newton's method for the matrix square root. Mathematics of Computation, 46 (174). pp. 537-549. ISSN 00255718
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One approach to computing a square root of a matrix A is to apply Newton's method to the quadratic matrix equation F(X) ≡X2 - A = 0. Two widely-quoted matrix square root iterations obtained by rewriting this Newton iteration are shown to have excellent mathematical convergence properties. However, by means of a perturbation analysis and supportive numerical examples, it is shown that these simplified iterations are numerically unstable. A further variant of Newton's method for the matrix square root, recently proposed in the literature, is shown to be, for practical purposes, numerically stable.
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Yorke Bay
Coordinates: 51°40′41″S 57°48′11″W / 51.678°S 57.803°W
Yorke Bay is a bay on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is located one-half mile north of Port Stanley Airport, four miles to the northeast of the capital city of Stanley, on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck". Gypsy Cove is a smaller bay located on the west side of Yorke Bay. Most cruise ships pass Yorke Bay and Gypsy Cove on the way to dock in Stanley Harbour. It faces northwards into Port William, with Canopus Hill to the south, and is known internationally as a breeding site for the threatened Magellanic penguin.
Because of Yorke Bay's strategic position as one of only three bays close to both Stanley and the airport with beaches capable of supporting an expected amphibious landing on the east coast of East Falkland (the others being Surf Bay and Rookery Bay due east of Stanley), Yorke Bay beach was heavily mined with hundreds of anti-personnel and anti-tank minimum metal mines during the 1982 Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands. The British forces eventually marched on Stanley from the landward side to the west instead, but the minefields around the airport remained and were never removed.[1]
Prior to the war, Yorke Bay was a popular summer swimming and recreation site for local residents, but the entire northern coast of the Port Stanley Airport peninsula (including Yorke Bay) have been fenced and marked as strictly off-limits since a tractor and bulldozer were destroyed by an anti-tank mine while attempting to lay a pipeline in the area in 1986.[2]
A Cranfield University assessment dismissing the feasibility of demining Yorke Bay noted that the sand dunes had expanded considerably since 1982, burying the mines too deeply for advanced detection equipment and disrupting the orderly lines in which they were originally laid. At the same time, however, any large storm could potentially cause large numbers of mines to suddenly resurface. To recover them all would thus require mass excavation of the entire beach area with armored digging equipment, a task that would be expensive, dangerous, unlikely to definitively succeed, and certain to do severe damage to the "internationally important" Magellanic penguin rookeries.[3] Local residents and officials have also expressed opposition to the idea: Falklands Governor Howard Pearce stated that the high probability that "only 95 percent" of the mines would end up being accounted for would actually "bring a sense of complacency to the community and increase rather than reduce the chance of injury."[4] As such, the bay is likely to remain permanently impassable for humans; on the positive side, the penguins have benefited from their undisturbed control of the beaches (being too small and too light to set off the mines), resulting in an unplanned, man-made wildlife refuge where tourists can view the penguins safely from a distance without disrupting their habitat.
- ^ Falkland Islands Navigational Charts & Minefield Map; pg. 15-16, 2011 Harbor Info Brochure. http://www.falklandislands.com/shopimages/imagelibrary/pdfs/harbour-info-basic.pdf
- ^ CNN. "Penguins Stay Snug and Secure in Minefield". Sep 27, 2005. Reprinted at http://www.npboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4735/penguins-stay-snug-and-secure-in-minefield
- ^ field survey report, Cranfield University, 9 July 2007. pg. 44, 101. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ CNN. "Penguins Stay Snug and Secure in Minefield". Sep 27, 2005. Reprinted at http://www.npboards.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4735/penguins-stay-snug-and-secure-in-minefield
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STEVENSON, WA -- The Northwest Automatic Vending Association will hold its annual meeting Aug. 18-20 at the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, WA.
Drawing operators from Oregon, Washington and Alaska, the confab gets under way on Thursday with a coffee-themed education session in the afternoon, followed by an evening welcome reception.
The board of directors will meet on Friday morning. An afternoon golf tournament and dinner, featuring the annual NAVA annual live and silent auction, will follow.
The association will hold its annual meeting on Saturday morning. The event will conclude with a luncheon.
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