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BioScience Montana
BioScience Montana is an immersive health sciences project for high school-aged Montana 4-H'ers. In Spring 2012, Montana State University will choose 4-H teams from throughout Montana to take part. The project will introduce 4-H'ers to hands-on science and research, careers and studies in health science-related fields, and digital media and social networking technologies. Students will participate in teams of 4-6 people plus one adult leader; nine teams from throughout Montana will be selected to participate.
MSU SciZone
MSU SciZone is a monthly feature in Montana's Kidsville News, also available for free download. Each SciZone features a fun science question for kids in grades K-5 along with a hands-on activity kids can do with a parent or teacher. Topics include questions such as: Do animals have their own language? What would aliens look like? and Are all viruses bad? SciZones are great for classrooms, homeschoolers and families.
Astronauts and Aliens
Librarians can download free activity sheets and information about how to create dynamic family events to teach the public about NASA and space science. This site contains all the information a library needs to host four fun-filled educational parties with the themes of Star Viewing, the Sun, Astronauts, & Aliens.
Science of the Springs
This full-color, pocket-sized booklet provides an overview of the connection between astrobiology research and Yellowstone National Park. Use it while visiting Yellowstone, or become an armchair traveler at home and learn more about why astrobiologists believe the extreme life found in Yellowstone's geothermal features may unlock clues to the origin of life on this planet and the existence of life beyond Earth. The booklet also features QR codes, through which readers with a Web-enabled smart phone can access additional multimedia content. View it online as a flip book or PDF.
Educators can contact Montana State University for information about receiving free printed copies. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Energy's Future
This short film is designed for young people who are thinking about college and STEM careers. Energy's Future tells the story of Joules, a high school junior who is considering what to do after high school. Her story intersects with those of three Montana State University students who are engaged in cutting-edge research aimed at solving one of the biggest problems facing our world: the need to find renewable energy. Through interweaving stories, Energy's Future paints a picture of the intersection of science and people, from students being taught in the high school classroom to students solving real-world problems in the college lab. [c] Montana NSF EPSCoR, 2010. Run time: 12:32. Watch online.
Educators can receive free copies of the DVD. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center
The Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center (ABRC) seeks to study the origins of life on earth as a means of developing sustainable energy for our future. ABRC's work also supports NASA's missions, such as Mars exploration and possibilities of habitation of other worlds. Its research focuses on the future of life on Earth.
Thermal Biology Institute
Videos, lesson plans and other educational resources on thermal biology research in Yellowstone National Park. The Institute conducts and promotes research and education focused on the biology and interrelated physical and chemical processes of geothermal environments in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Hydrogen and the Environment
Scientists at Montana State University are testing microbes from Yellowstone National Park to learn how they produce hydrogen. Researchers want to use the natural process developed by some of the oldest life forms on Earth to create a renewable, clean, and cost-effective energy platform. Explore interactive maps of Yellowstone's microbes and extreme environments around the world while learning about Montana EPSCoR researchers' quest for alternative fuels.
MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Education and Public Outreach Site
This web site offers a wealth of resources, including a webcam, e-news, and animations, and educational materials about the planet Mercury and the MESSENGER spacecraft on its way to explore it. See videos, listen to podcasts, and interact with the MESSENGER team on Facebook and Twitter. MESSENGER is a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet.
Strange Dead Bird
"Strange Dead Bird" is an interactive mystery designed to enhance standards-based science learning for students in grades 5-8. The online activity uses a mystery format and narrative structure to attract all students into solving science questions, even those who are not typically engaged by science. As an engaging and appealing science adventure, it intends to help inspire a lifelong passion in students to pursue learning in math and the sciences.
Science and Sport
This site, created at MSU in 1998 for the Nagano Winter Games, has retro 90's graphics but easy-to-understand physics. Teachers and students can learn basic concepts of physics by studying sports, including kinematics by observing the luge, projectile motion by analyzing figure skaters, and biomechanics through cross-country skiing. In 2010, NBCLearn and the National Science Foundation created the Science of the Winter Olympics Games and consulted with Dr. George Tuthill of Plymouth State University, who helped create the original site for the NSF-funded National Teachers Enhancement Network while he taught at MSU.
Base Camp Earth
These "virtual explorations" record in documentary format the thoughts and findings of students and teachers as they explore emerging ("headline") science. Base Camp Earth is designed to be engaging for the science enthusiasts in the classroom and inviting to bright students who might find traditional science stuffy or boring.
BTC Studio 1080
Studio 1080 is a public interactive multimedia center on the MSU campus. It uses rich media technologies to showcase a diverse array of projects, activities and accomplishments. Play with a Google Earth larger than your head, manipulate objects with the wave of your hand, and view touch-screen exhibits created by MSU students and staff. Open during MSU business hours in the atrium of the EPS building.
National Teachers Enhancement Network
MSU's National Teachers Enhancement Network (NTEN) offers online, graduate-level science courses from a world-class public research university. NTEN was one of the first online professional development programs for K-12 teachers, and has offered courses since 1993. NTEN is a program of Extended University at Montana State University and was created with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Extended University Media Library
Podcasts, videos, photo slide shows on everything from opera to entrepreneurship, including "How to Fold an Origami Crane," photo slide shows from our youth camp, and talks about engineering, thermal biology and best practices in teaching.


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Jake Mecklenborg for UrbanCincy:
The election held earlier this month marked the 10-year anniversary of MetroMoves, the Hamilton County ballot issue that would have more than doubled public support for the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA). Specifically, a half-cent sales tax would have raised approximately $60 million annually, permitting a dramatic expansion of Metro's bus service throughout Hamilton County and construction and operation of a 60-mile, $2.7 billion streetcar and light rail network.
Unfortunately, the 2002 ballot initiative failed, largely due to an anti-tax attitude following the county's 1996 stadium sales tax fiasco, and Cincinnati's five light rail lines never came to be.
But in the decade since, gas has jumped from $1.50 to around $4. Downtown Cincinnati has improved significantly, and been transformed into a place where so many people want to live that hardly any apartments are available and new condos are sold out before they're finished. The city and affiliated groups have proven that they can handle large projects like The Banks, Fountain Square, Washington Park, and the Gateway Quarter.
Even with those factors, I agree with Jake that a county-wide transit tax would be unlikely to pass today, with the resurgence of anti-government furor from the Tea Party crowd. But Cincinnati will continue to move forward — we're building the streetcar with city and federal funding, and it didn't require raising taxes — and maybe in a few years the city will be able to launch a new light rail plan.

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As the rush and bustle of the holiday season is finished and a new year begins, it is time to catch our breath and, perhaps, simplify some routines. A fine place to start would be in the kitchen.
"One Bowl Baking" by Yvonne Ruperti brings back the joy of creating baked goods by hand using one bowl and simple utensils. Imagine Buttermilk Cake Donut Muffins warm out of the oven for breakfast, or having to wait till after dinner to indulge in Blackberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars or decadent Mochaholic Hot Fudge Pudding Cake. This baking method requires less cleanup and may motivate you to make more treats from scratch.
After a while, packing a lunch for yourself or other family members day after day can turn into a boring rut. We all need a break from our lunch routines, and J.M. Hirch's book "Beating the Lunch Box Blues" can provide exactly that. This selection is not so much a cookbook as it is a visual idea book. The beauty is being able to pick and choose what looks good and combine those things for unique lunchtime treats.
As a suggestion, bake some extra potatoes at dinnertime the night before and have a DIY Baked Potato Bar, or tuck some chicken Caesar salad into a flour tortilla for a quick wrap. Another clever idea is to make a grilled cheese sandwich, and cut the cooled sandwich into cubes for topping off a salad or soup.
Holidays are a time when family, friends and food come together in a memorable way. Popular Food Network host Ree Drummond has a new cookbook devoted to those special times called "The Pioneer Woman Cooks a Year of Holidays." Drummond's book is filled with family photos, breezy chat and down-home recipes that are sure to make your mouth water. Since Super Bowl is coming up quickly, why not serve up some Grilled Corn Dip, Pepperoni Pizza Potato Skins or Buffalo Chicken Bites?
Slow cookers are terrific appliances that often get neglected. Perhaps, this kitchen workhorse sits in waiting because of a lack of imagination or recipes. How many times can a person make beef stew or chili before boredom sets in? Phyllis Good has written another in a long line of slow cooker recipe books called "Fix-It and Forget-It: New Cookbook." Most of these dishes take less than 30 minutes to put together and about four to six hours to cook.
Use an inexpensive chuck roast for Deep, Dark, and Delicious Barbecue Sandwiches. Turn to Amish Filling when you want a comforting recipe that takes advantage of leftover chicken or turkey combined with a homemade bread stuffing. Good also includes recipes for brunch, side dishes, breads and warm desserts. The A.K. Smiley Public Library has several of her slow cooker books available to check out.
Diana Lamb is a library specialist at the A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands.


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The Dallas Mavericks decided on Wednesday night that they were going to take their foot off the throat of the Washington Wizards.
It almost turned out to be a fatal mistake, as the Wizards made a valiant comeback in the fourth quarter. However, the Mavs escaped with a 107-101 win against the winless Wizards, the only team without a win in the NBA.
Washington made a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter. The Mavs were cruising up by double digits in the third quarter, before getting pummeled by three pointers in the fourth quarter from little-used reserve Cartier Martin. Kevin Seraphin was also making shot after shot from the low block to help bring the Wizards back to within striking distance. The most troubling thing was that Washington was able to rally with nobody from their starting lineup in the game during most of crunch time
However, the Mavs got timely baskets and free throws, including a three-point play from Chris Kaman late in the fourth to finally put the game away and beat the pesky Wizards.
O.J. Mayo scored nine of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter, and Kaman had 23 points and eight rebounds in his second start of the season.
Head coach Rick Carlisle inserted Kaman into the starting lineup to try to get more productive on the defensive glass. It worked, as the Mavs won the rebounding battle. Also, offensive rebounds seemed to be going in favor of the Mavs this time around, unlike past games where teams made comebacks against Dallas because of poor rebounding from the Mavs.
The Mavs are still without Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion, although Marion will travel with the team to Indiana when Dallas plays the Pacers on Friday. Despite only being nine games into the season and missing their two best players, starting point Darren Collison called Wednesday night's game for Dallas a 'must-win game.'
Dallas did just that, avoiding an inexcusable loss that would have pushed their losing streak to four and their record to 4-5.
The Mavs still have work to do, including continuing to improve on the glass, while also learning how to close out games. Dallas will try to continue the momentum as they play a back-to-back on the road against the Pacers and the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday and Saturday night.
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Homes For Sale in Brierfield
New Homes for Sale in Brierfield Located in Desoto County Welcome to Brierfield! This vibrant, master-planned Adams Homes community of new homes is located just off of Tchulahoma Road in the growing Heart of Southaven. It's situated across from Central Park, a public park with walking trails and plenty of room for families, children and pets. At Christmas, the park is lit with thousands of twinkling lights for you to drive through and enjoy the breath taking view. Brierfield is the embodiment of LOCATION. A wealth of great shopping, entertainment at the Malco movie theater and restaurants galore are minutes away, as well as downtown Memphis less than 20 minutes away! Brierfield offers the quality craftsmanship, stylish designs, and custom options that make your dream home possible. To further our commitment to quality construction at incredible value, Adams Homes uses brick on all four sides of their homes as a building material, superior in energy savings, protection and maintenance free living. If you want to experience unbeatable pricing, quality and convenience, Brierfield is the perfect community for you!
Brierfield has it all with convenience to all of life's needs. Fine dining and specialty shops, fashion boutiques and salons, supermarket and home improvement chains such as Home Depot and Lowe's and so much more all within a 5-8 mile radius. Outdoor activities range from golf at North Creek Golf Club, to softball and baseball at the New Snowden Grove Park Complex! The park also features a state-of-the-art Amphitheater with concerts from all the largest music acts, bowling, miniature golf and a softball batting cage and training facility. Several large streets run close to this community straight up into Memphis so commuting to work is easy and stress free. Drive time is also a breeze with interstate access within 5 minutes' drive of the community!
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Rhubarb: that pink and green spray of stalks that grows almost wild in some backyards and invariably finds its way into sauces, jams and the perennial strawberry-rhubarb pie.
For some, the vegetable is an enduring heirloom from childhood — conjuring fond memories for the heart and the mouth. For others, it's the thread that stitches the community together. For others still, it's simply a good excuse to gather with friends and family in Pine Grove for the annual festival that celebrates all things rhubarb.
Jeffco Open Space is proposing several changes to operations and amenities at Beaver Ranch Community Park in Conifer as it begins finalizing the park's master plan.
Discussed at a community meeting June 7, the agency's proposal includes moving Beaver Ranch's dog park further away from Foxton Road, adding an adventure playground near the trailhead, relocating the disc golf pro shop and simplifying the park's camping options. The agency also wants to shift the park's trail system and significantly limit motor vehicle access to the park.
Two years ago, Susan Harmon was one of 12 people vying for a spot on the Jeffco school board ahead of what would be a successful recall of three members of the then-school board. At the time, the University of Colorado graduate and family law attorney sought to rebuild trust between the district and the growing community it served, as well as address facilities issues within the district and improve the district's relations with its teachers.
The Elk Creek fire board voted last week to increase the fire protection district's 2016 bad debt allowance by $75,000 after decreased reimbursement for EMS billing left the department with more than $300,000 in outstanding billing.
Discussed at the fire board's June 8 meeting, the decision increased the district's allowance from $45,000 to $120,000. According to district administrator Jayne Bayles, some $309,000 in 2016 billing remains outstanding and, of that, $120,000 is expected to be written off at a loss.
Best friends Kelli Nielsen and Jeannine Haupts sold most of their belongings, left southwest Iowa with a car full of essentials and arrived in Colorado in July 2016. The two initially lived in the woods outside Nederland before driving into Evergreen for the first time.
"We didn't want to leave (Evergreen); it felt like home," Nielsen said.
"It was like a warm hug," Haupts added. "Even after being here almost a year, it still feels like I'm in a fairy tale sometimes."
Kai Bianco likes to fly — on swings, that is.
The 4-year-old, who was bitten in the head by the family dog when he was 9 months old, loves to play on the swings at Kittredge Park.
He prefers going higher and higher as his parents, Shelby Foley and Brandon Bianco, push. Sometimes he opts to get out of one swing, only to move to the neighboring swing.
"Go fast," he says repeatedly to his parents, and when he does, he adds: "Man, I am going fast."
The iconic Midway House has been a familiar site as westbound drivers come around the bend on U.S. 285 and gaze on Aspen Park.
The home, which has been owned by the Meyer family since 1950, was a lodge for travelers on their way to Bailey in the late-1800s. Now, it will become part of Jeffco Open Space, and the Conifer Historical Society hopes it will be turned into a museum to highlight the area's rich history and the part the house played in getting miners and tourists into western Colorado.
Tammy Story, the Conifer woman who last year challenged State Rep. Tim Leonard for the House District 25 seat, is running for state Senate.
Story, whose campaign officially kicks off June 27, said Sunday that while she considered running again for Leonard's seat in 2018 she felt she could better serve the public at a district level.
A single-vehicle crash at the intersection of westbound C-470 and U.S. 285 in South Jeffco killed one person Saturday afternoon.
According to Twitter posts from the Lakewood Police Department, CDOT and State Patrol, the accident occurred about 4:45 p.m. and shut down C-470 in both directions at Quincy Avenue. Both directions reopened later on Saturday.
The crash remains under investigation.
Following a town hall meeting last week, the Downtown Evergreen Economic District will submit its proposal for an Evergreen Local Improvement District to Jefferson County officials in the coming weeks.
Until then, DEED is incorporating feedback it received from the meeting's attendees into its proposal and will send it to county attorneys for review soon, DEED board member Rachel Emmer confirmed.
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A 26-year-old man was shot Thursday night in northeast Baltimore after a candlelight vigil for a homicide victim, police said.
Police responded at 8 p.m. to the 5400 block of Moores Run Drive, Cedonia, and found the man with multiple gunshot wounds to his body. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment.
The vigil was for 21-year-old Damien Best who was gunned down Monday outside his home on the city's northeast side. Best was a graduate of Reginald F. Lewis High School and worked as a bank teller.
City Councilman Brandon M. Scott said a shooting at a candlelight vigil "speaks to a lack of humility and humanity. It shakes the fabric of the community."Denise Best — aunt of Damien Best, 21, killed here Monday — says kids were outside at vigil when gunshots were fired pic.twitter.com/WXoZMJF4Ar— Colin Campbell (@cmcampbell6) October 30, 2015
Denise Best, aunt of Damien Best, said children were attending the vigil. She said she didn't know the man who got hurt.The shells of civilization can still be found in present-day Baltimore, a 65 percent black dystopia where vigils for murdered blacks are venues of further death and violence. Just as one can hear the roar of the ocean if they pick up a sea-shell on the shore, one can still sense a vitality possible in 2015 Baltimore when viewing the buildings and infrastructure white people long ago built and blacks inherited (courtesy of their criminality and violence, driving the former, founding population away).
But that vitality is possible only if the current majority population was replaced with the one responsible with the building of Baltimore...


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The Bank of Greece says it expects the country's economic output to contract by 2 percent in 2010 - worse than a government prediction.
An annual report released Monday says the recession is likely to be exacerbated by government spending cuts, but approves of the measures aimed at controlling the country's high budget deficit.
The government says its economy will shrink by 1.2 to 1.7 percent this year, while the EU Commission projects a 2.25 percent contraction.


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#1: Sacred Love Question . . .
I got in my order from CurlMart a couple of days ago and I've been playing around with some of the different products. Today I was going to try the Sacred Love Low Poo and OneC, but I put a little on my fingers and it seems like it has a LOT of color! My hair is naturally brown with a little bit of gold, and I get red highlights every 6-7 weeks. Will the Sacred Love products put a lot of red on my hair? Will I be able to get it out with a sulfate shampoo? I'm having my highlights redone on Friday so I don't want to make a mess!


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Bowling Green, Kentucky: A 12-metre sinkhole has opened up under the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight collector cars, including the historic 1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette.
No injuries were reported, but a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors were among the cars piled up in the gaping pit.
"It seems almost biblical in a way, to have the ground open up and swallow the cream of the collection of the museum," said Corvette historian Jerry Burton. "What are the odds?"
Alarms went off early on Wednesday morning and museum security officers who rushed to the scene discovered the sinkhole, which was believed to be nine metres deep and 12 metres wide.
Apart from the 1 Millionth Corvette, a 1962 Black Corvette, a 1984 PPG Pace Car, a 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette, a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette and a 2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette were among the damaged cars owned by the museum.
Mr Burton said the millionth Corvette, which was never sold, was likely the most valuable car and could fetch "several million dollars" from the right buyer.
The museum is in a section of south central Kentucky that contains many caves and sinkholes.
"It's not uncommon for us to see sinkhole collapses," city spokeswoman Kim Lancaster said. "Most are significantly smaller than the one we have today."
Bowling Green city hydrologist Tim Slattery said that when the museum was built, builders "did do their due diligence" on the area's geography. But sinkholes can develop over time, as water goes underground and carries soil with it, he said.
GM builds Corvettes at a plant near the museum, which opened in 1994.
The cost of the damage was not immediately known, as most of the vehicles were one-of-a-kind collector cars with no similar sales figures to use as comparison, according to Sam Murtaugh, marketing director at Mecum Auctions of Wisconsin.
"How do you even begin to place a value on the 1 Millionth Corvette built?" Mr Murtaugh said. "It's irreplaceable."
Dave Chrisley, president and co-founder of the Bowling Green Assembly Corvette Club, which was started by plant workers, believed the cars on loan from GM were the most valuable - especially the Spyder.
"You'd have to auction it to even put a price on it," Mr Chrisley said. "I couldn't even give you a ballpark. It was a concept car."


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Is Your Company Being Fair To You?
Your job may not be as fair to you as you think. It's got nothing to do with what you are being paid. A new study paints a disturbing picture about religious tolerance in your office.
The report was done by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and says one third of American employees feel their companies don't accommodate their religion.
"One in three Americans has witnessed this occurring or personally experienced it themselves. It included issues where people seek accommodations in the workplace and very often find that they are denied, ignored or unable to even request them," said Joyce Dubensky of the Tanenbaum Center.
So which groups are being hit hardest by this?
"Muslims are suffering a great deal of discrimination in the workplace," Dubensky stated. "Christians also believe there are suffering and white evangelical Christians in particular."
Dubensky says six in ten white evangelical Protestants say discrimination against Christians has become a problem. The issues pop up when employees asked for days off for religious holidays. So what should companies do after taking a look at this report?
"Employers should learn that this is an issue they can address, that they should address and that if they do so it will be a win-win for their employees and for the company," Dubensky told KTRH.
What kind of policies should these companies put into place?
"Flexible days so that people can take time off for their holidays and recognizing that observing the Sabbath may be important to a particular employee," she explained.


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Congratulations, you're going to be a mum! Preparing for your little bundle of joy is an exciting time and there'll be lots to do to welcome him or her into the world.
Over the next 9 months your body will go through a lot of changes, so it's important that you remember to look after yourself and take some time out for a bit of pampering and TLC.
Caring for your skin is essential if you want to prevent those dreaded stretch marks. Rubbing in oil or cream can help and there are many products on the market that you can use.
Mama Mio's range of additive-free products are designed to build your skin's strength, stamina and elasticity. Not only do they help prevent stretch marks but they feel lovely and smell gorgeous. Choose from the award-winning Tummy Rub Butter, Tummy Rub Oil or Boob Tube Cream, specially formulated for the bust area.
Mama Mio also does a Mini Kit - a great way to try each product before buying the full size, and the Congratulations Kit is the perfect gift for expectant mums.
Neal's Yard is another natural brand. All their products are made from organic ingredients, and of course, they come in those beautiful blue glass bottles! I normally recommend the Mother's Bath Oil for a relaxing, fragranced soak and the Mother-to-Be Boxed Set has a selection of indulgent oils and balms.
You may also like to try Burt's Bees, a company that started making homemade beeswax lip balms and now has a whole range of natural products, including skincare for mother and baby. Their Mama Bee Belly Butter contains added Vitamin E to moisturise your bump and the specially formulated Leg and Foot Creme will relax and soothe sore, tired muscles.
As your bump gets bigger you'll find it harder to get comfortable in bed. Why not invest in a special, supportive pillow so you can get as much sleep as you can - once baby arrives it will be a bit of a luxury! Both the Big V and DreamGenii pillows can be used during pregnancy and after birth when you're feeding.
And whilst you're relaxing, you might like to record all your pregnancy stories, memories and scans in a baby journal so you can look back in years to come. Enjoy this special time.


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Matthew Wales yesterday pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother and stepfather. His wife Maritza pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. Ian Munro revisits two murders that mesmerised Melbourne.
Matthew Wales felled his mother with a single blow to the back of the neck. He had hidden a length of pine several centimetres thick behind a box hedge near his front door, and swung it like a baseballer as Margaret Wales-King left his home after a family dinner.
Her husband, Paul King, was walking in front of her, slightly to one side and halfway to the car, as this happened. After his mother fell face-forward, Matthew Wales stepped up to Paul King and swung again.
Before the elderly couple had arrived that evening, Wales was busy preparing to drug them. He crushed up Panadol Forte tablets, along with some blood pressure medication stolen from the parents of his wife Maritza, and which he had read caused drowsiness. He put this cocktail in equal parts into their soup.
He told police later that he had wanted to back out from killing the elderly couple, but once he drugged them he felt committed to going ahead. And once his mother fell from the first blow, he continued to strike them.
"My head was just going bananas and I just kept on hitting. I just kept on hitting," Wales said. "I made it as merciful as I possibly could. I first of all gave them drugs, and then I went and I hit them on the back of the neck."
All at once, he couldn't believe what he had done. He walked in circles. He felt crazed, like a mad dog. Then, he felt relief.
He had closed the driveway gates, shutting out the traffic on Burke Road, when his parents arrived. As he moved to strike them, Wales flicked off an external light to avoid being seen. But some time after, he noticed a woman opposite in a lit upstairs window. She seemed to be looking at him. Not for the last time, he panicked. But days later, when she passed him in the street without recognition, he decided she had seen nothing.
In his record of interview with police, Wales insisted he acted alone and unaided. On this, he was emphatic, agitated even.
Maritza was upstairs putting their two-year-old son Domenik to bed. He said he went up to her: "I said, 'I've done something to Mum and Paul', and she came downstairs and she had a look and she goes, 'What have you done?' And I said, 'I've killed them'.
"And she - she just went around in circles as well. She just - she didn't know what - what the hell had happened.
"Maritza had nothing to do with this at all. This is me. This is my emotions that went out."
She cried, he said. She shook. She dry-retched. She retreated to her bed and hid under the covers.
He went back to the bodies and dragged them, face down, across the front lawn and laid them side by side near the side fence. He covered them with Domenik's plastic inflatable pool.
Maritza was frantic and told him to call the police, he said. He told her he would fix things. Soon after, wearing latex gloves, he drove his mother's car to Middle Park. He drove with no particular destination in mind: "I just drove," he said.
He pulled up in a dark street, locked the car, left it, and walked to St Kilda Esplanade where he caught a taxi. He had the driver let him off some distance from his home.
As a boy, Matthew Wales was a trouble-struck kid. A slow learner. Rebellious. Underachieving. Anyone would tell you he could not plan a double murder unaided. As he told it, there was no plan.
"I was scared shitless... You're trying to cover your tracks... you're in the middle of friggin' nowhere... and you've got two dead bodies beside you and you're hearing noises left, right and centre. What would you want to do... ?"
The bodies remained mostly undisturbed the next day and into Saturday, except that Wales wrapped them in doona covers and swathed the heads in material so he would not have to look at them. He added some paint cans and a workman's sawhorse to the mound so it looked like he had a rubbish pile on one side of the front garden.
From a service station in Burke Road he hired a trailer and bought a trailer safety shackle. He paid $50 cash for the trailer hire, but for the security deposit he left a $20 credit card order.
From Tait Timber hardware nearby he bought five metres of galvanised chain in one-metre lengths to wrap around the bodies, and matching shackles to fasten them. At the time he was thinking of the bodies sinking. He also bought 10 metres of rope.
Next to Tait's, he picked up three concrete bricks, with central holes for feeding the chains through, to weight the bodies. At some point he bought a cleaner called Liquid Magnet, to rid the front path of blood stains.
During this time Maritza was at their shop, Maritza's Imports, in High Street, Armadale. Wales was fatalistic - "I had it in mind, if I was going to get caught, I'd get caught" - although he told his wife he would go to the police after spending time with her and Domenik.
On Saturday morning, 36 hours after the murders, Maritza again went to work, although she would return home early, suffering an intense migraine headache. Wales telephoned his mother's home and left a voice message to provide himself some cover. And he went to a second hardware store to buy a blue tarpaulin, more rope and a mattock. He had intended to sink the bodies, but now he was thinking he might bury them.
"She loved the country," Wales said of his mother, "so I thought I'd take her out to the country."
In the early afternoon Maritza was ailing and Domenic was napping, so, with the bodies under the tarp, he headed east. He headed generally towards the blue haze of the Great Dividing Range, but with no clear destination. Along the way it occurred to him to buy a crowbar, which he did from a Bunnings store on the Maroondah Highway.
It is called a highway, but for much of its length the Maroondah is a choked arterial road - one of the longest suburban shopping strips in the metropolitan area, snaking through Box Hill, Blackburn, Mitcham and Ringwood. Towing his grim cargo in the hired trailer, Wales crawled through kilometres of snarled traffic, out to Lilydale and the remoteness of the hills.
He drove for about three hours. Wales was outside Marysville and thinking to himself "Where am I?" when he chose what he thought was a desolated spot off a dirt track, and began digging. It became dark long before he was finished. He dug until he struck what he thought was rock. Out there in the darkness, afraid even to light the scene with his car's parking lights, he was in a state of panic, "scared shitless".
When he put them in the hole, his mother went in first: "I put Mum on the bottom and Paul at the top," he told police. "This man loved Mum unconditionally... He did anything for her, OK... but Mum used to manipulate him all the time... I thought, if they're going to stay here at least he gets to be on top."
He thought he could make it look like a robbery, so he stripped his mother of her gold jewellery - a necklace, bracelet, chain and a gold ring - and dumped it in several rubbish bins. Two days later, he was back, towing a load of rocks bought from a nursery. He was worried that wild animals might unearth the bodies. By this time, the alarm had been raised and Wales' sister Sally asked him to accompany their sister Emma to their mother's house, but he begged off saying he had "things to do". He needed to make the grave secure.
"Everybody will prob'ly think it's about money, OK? And it is about money. Not for the use of me getting the money. It's the way she used her - her power for money- she used it against us all the time."
At the time of her death, Margaret Wales-King had net assets of more than $5 million, including a luxury house at Mercer Road, Armadale, a Mercedes Benz, shares and bank accounts.
There were, as Matthew Wales put it, "many becauses" for his actions, but his mother's queenly manner and rigorous control of her wealth were prominent among them.
Margaret Wales-King's wealth was inherited from her father, who had established one part of his estate - a unit at Surfers Paradise - for the benefit of his grandchildren. But it was controlled by Mrs Wales-King and her sister, Sydney socialite Dianna Yeldham.
A Wales family meeting concerning the future of the Surfers Paradise unit had ended in an acrimonious dispute. Mrs Wales-King wanted the property sold and the proceeds reinvested into a Wales trust. But she was irritated that all of her children wanted to be involved in the negotiations. An agreement was finally reached last February, but Matthew was angry that his mother had asked for his consent without him having an opportunity to read the relevant documents. Consequently mother and son did not speak for a month.
Matthew told police his murderous intent towards his mother had been building "since I was a kid" but the row over the Surfers Paradise unit had triggered his thinking.
Unlike his brother and sisters, who were financially independent of Mrs Wales-King, Matthew was still reliant upon her. She had allowed him to keep the entire profit from the sale of a Malvern house she'd helped him buy. But instead of investing in another residential property, he and Maritza used the proceeds to open Maritza's Imports.
He also blamed her - weeping during the police interview as he did so - for alienating him from the rest of the family. He saw that alienation in his not being invited to his brother Damian's 40th birthday celebration in Sydney, and his absence among the family photos on display in his sister Sally's house.
While he cites many "becauses", it is his alienation from the family and his mother's relentless scrutiny that Matthew Wales returns to.
"I like Paul, but at the same time he - he destroyed my mother's and father's relationship too."
A Wales family holiday at Brampton Island in 1968 let Paul King into their lives. Brian and Margaret Wales had married in 1957 and had five children.
After meeting Brian and Margaret at Brampton Island, King became a family friend and a regular social contact. After Brian and Margaret split up in 1976, Paul King began an open relationship with Margaret and some time later moved in with her and the children at their Camberwell home.
He had no children of his own but was regarded as something of a father figure to young Matthew, who was seven at the time. If Margaret Wales felt Matthew could fill some void in Paul King's life, then maybe that was true, since Paul treated her youngest as his own son.
This set Matthew apart from the others to the extent that they did not have the same sort of relationship with Paul King, and they remained closer to their biological father than did Matthew.
Matthew continued to be treated differently into his teenage years. While he complained of being alienated from his brother and sisters, he was regarded as a difficult child, and they saw him as spoiled.
Of all the children, he was the sole underachiever. He was immature, isolated and marginalised. In his 20s he is remembered as subservient, to the point of being fearful of his mother: he was an extrovert with friends and an introvert in the presence of his family.
Outside observers saw him as a bit hard done by, but his siblings saw the extra financial help their mother gave this troubled runt of the litter in his early adult life. That did not win her much gratitude, since Matthew felt the money was used as a means of control over him.
When Brian and Margaret divorced, Sally was 17, Damian 15, Emma 12, Prue was 10 and Matthew, who was soon to begin treatment for behavioural problems, was seven.
The children regularly stayed with their father at Sorrento, with the sole exception of Matthew, who was rarely allowed to go. But once, over summer, he joined his brother and sisters at Sorrento, and Brian Wales taught him to sail in a small boat.
"Remember one thing, she - Maritza loves me to death. Maritza had nothing to do with this... OK? You must believe me."
Maritza Wales' first statement to police, like her husband's, had the couple waving farewell to Margaret Wales-King and Paul King after their dinner.
That was made on April 9. According to her second statement, on May 11 after the bodies had been found and identified, she returned downstairs after putting Domenik to bed, saw the front door open and looked outside as Matthew rushed in fearing the woman opposite had seen him killing his parents. By both their accounts, she urged him to go to the police several times.
They appeared to live beyond their means. They spent thousands on Maritza's breast augmentation, while taking out loans for a car and a boat. They also sank all of Matthew's money into Maritza's shop. Sometimes, Maritza admitted, they could not pay their bills.
Unlike Wales' brother and sisters, they did not own a house, but it's different, Maritza said: "We're just starting our life".
When she asked him on the night of the killings what would happen to them both, and to Domenik too, he told her the bodies would never be found.
When the bodies were discovered, she did not hold back, slapping and hitting him. "I was brought up so good and I can't believe this shit is happening to me," Maritza told police. "I just want to die. I'm so tired. It's like a nightmare."
She was sick of being watched, sick of being unable to take Domenik to the park. If she had a gun, she said, she'd shoot herself.
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Phonological and Phonetic Biases in Speech Perception
This project was supported by a SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation (Award No. 0951846): 2010-2012.
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This dissertation investigates how knowledge of phonological generalizations influences speech perception, with a particular focus on evidence that phonological processing is autonomous from (rather than interactive with) auditory processing. A OT model of comprehension is proposed in which auditory cue constraints and markedness constraints interact to determine a surface representation, which is taken to be isomorphic to the listener's perceptual response under some psychophysical conditions. Constraint ranking is argued to be stochastic in this model on the basis that the probability of computing the least marked surface representation (and perceptual response) is greater when the input auditory representation is ambiguous between two alternative categories than when it strongly favors a category that completes a more marked surface representation (and perceptual response).
Behavioral tasks provide a measure of the perception of three different kinds of phonological generalizations: assimilation processes, phonotactic restrictions, and allophonic variation. The diversity of effects observed with the three kinds of generalizations implicate different types of markedness constraints.
Assimilation processes in English and French
Studies of the perception of assimilated speech show that listeners effectively perceive the category that exemplifies the input to assimilation over one that represents the output. For instance, listeners report hearing "t" more in viable assimilations like freigh[p] bearer than in non-viable assimilations such as freigh[p] carrier. This leads to a greater probability of confusion of the categories that represent the input and output categories of assimilation when the context is viable for assimilation, than when it isn't. If listeners use phonological categories to tell sounds apart, [t] should be confused with [p] more often before [b] than before [k] since the latter is not the appropriate context for a /t/ to [p] assimilation. The same expectation arises with French voicing assimilation (e.g. ro[p]e sale 'dirty dress, la[g] gelé 'frozen lake'; cf. *ca[b]e neuve 'new cape'): segments that are the input and output of assimilation, such as [b] and [p], should be more confusable in assimilation-viable contexts, such as [s], than in non-viable contexts, such as [n].
This prediction was tested in AX and 4IAX discrimination tasks that presented listeners with viability contrasts. There is reason to believe that AX taps categorical representations of speech while 4IAX taps pre-categorical representations. This psychophysical contrast provides for a test of whether phonological processing is autonomous from or interactive with auditory processing. English and French listeners performed discrimination of both place and voicing assimilation.
Allophonic variation: German dorsal fricatives
In the case of allophonic variation, I tested for effects of knowledge in a somewhat different way. True allophony means exhaustive complementary distribution, therefore there is no analogue to the viable vs. unviable context comparison discussed for assimilation processes.
The empirical case of interest is the distribution of the voiceless dorsal fricatives in German. The palatal fricative [ç] occurs after front vowels ([ɪç] 'I') and consonants ([mʏnçən] 'Munich'), while the velar fricative [x] (or uvular fricative [X] for some dialects/speakers) occurs after back vowels ([bux] 'book'). I tested whether AXB categorization of a phonetic continuum from one allophone to another depends upon the disambiguating context. German and English listeners had to decide whether or not /ç/ had occurred (in the X position in the trial) by comparing it to both A and B, which were always opposite endpoints of the continuum.
Test yourself on sample stimuli! Count how many times you hear [ç] and [x] in these two continua.
Phonotactic restrictions: Knowledge about /ɹ/ in non-rhotic English dialects
The phenomena of interest are the distributional restrictions on /ɹ/ in certain non-rhotic dialects of English. /ɹ/ is banned from codas and certain (heterosyllabic) vowel-vowel sequences cannot surface. The former restriction is obeyed by deleting /ɹ/ (e.g. park your car [pa:k jə ka:]), while the latter is obeyed by retaining an underlying /ɹ/or epenthesizing one (e.g. the car is [ðə kaɹ ɪz], the idea is [ðə aɪdiəɹ ɪz]).
I tested the hypothesis that knowledge of these restrictions and their repairs sets up a bias against perceiving an illegal form. This was tested by presenting a [ɹ]-zero continuum in coda and intervocalic contexts in a categorial discrimination (AXB) experiment. Listeners of rhotic and non-rhotic dialects spoken had to decide whether or not /ɹ/ had occurred (in the X position in the trial) by comparing it to both A and B, which were always opposite endpoints of the continuum.
Effectively then, listeners were categorizing the X stimulus as either containing /ɹ/ or not. Responses from the [ɹ]-zero continuum were then compared from those obtained with [l]-zero and [j]-zero control continua. The prediction is that non-rhotic listeners should categorize more of the [ɹ]-zero continuum as the same as the /ɹ/-endpoint in the intervocalic context — the alternative non-/ɹ/ endpoint would constitute an illicit V.V sequence. Likewise, fewer "r" judgments of the same [ɹ]-zero continuum are predicted in the coda context, since an "r" judgment would constitute perceiving an illicit coda /ɹ/.
Test yourself on sample stimuli! Count how many times you hear [ɹ] in these two continua.


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Magnetically Levitated Wind Turbine: The company Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies just started operating and already writes that its strategic vision is to "generate 25% of the U.S. and world's power needs by 2020." Whoa there — TreeHugger, release.
Barometer of EU Biofuels: A report says that "EU biofuel consumption reached 5.38 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2006 — up from 3 Mtoe in 2005." — Renewable Energy Access.
Lowdown on green laptops: An eye-catching spread about the eco problems and solutions for laptops — Popular Science.
Green for Water Purification: Halosource, a company that is working on water purification technology for the developing world, raised $15M to expand into China and the Middle East—Puget Sound Business Journal.
Cellulose-Fed Fuel Cell: Two bacteria are apparently better than one when it comes to creating a fuel cell that consumes cellulose and produces electricity –-Green Car Congress, release.


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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Santa's Sleigh Drop - Free File
Click on the image above to find our super cute new file
I have had so much fun creating this new activity for helping students with subtraction. The file contains game boards, question cards and a worksheet.
Santa will need help loading his sleigh and finding out how many gifts are left over after some are dropped!
I have included activity variations so you can cater for a variety of students - those that are just beginning subtraction should only use the 10 frame boards and cards. There is a 20 grid and cards for more challenge. For some students, you may wish to omit the worksheet and just have lots of fun with the hands-on materials.
I have made this file free for now - please consider taking a look at our other cute Christmas resources and leaving some feedback on TpT.
Have a wonderful week :)
5 comments:
- S. Parker said...
Thank you for this generous resource. I am going to adapt it a bit to fit my kinders needs. Perhaps, had some dice or cards to build numbers on the work mats. I will use it as is when I teach first grade next year. :)
- 20 November 2011 at 14:17
- Melanie - From the Pond said...
Great advice - thank you! We are in our last 4 weeks of teaching for the school year, so I am probably thinking of my Kinders like they are Yr 1s! :)
- 20 November 2011 at 14:53
- Jennifer said...
I just gave you the Sunshine Award :)
Jennifer @ Herding Kats In Kindergarten
- 21 November 2011 at 05:05
- Kaylee's Education Studio said...
I just downloaded the files. It looks like a great way for students to practice their math facts.
Kaylee's Education Studio
- 23 November 2011 at 08:44
- Mrs. Parker said...
Using this center "as is" this year. Featuring it on my blog tonight. :)
- 1 December 2012 at 15:43
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light green jade elephant pendant
this is like the cross between african safari and elegant banquet. ok, i know that doesn't really make much sense, but i still like this alot cause it's green and an elephant and different! it would like great with one of those long gold chain things! :) yay!
A unique little accessory for the home. This mason jar stores sunlight, and casts a subtle glow later in the night.Added 8 Years Ago from Amazon.com
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...sometimes disturbing news, but it will always be interesting news
Directly below you will see our "live" twitter-feed. We try to daily post the latest conservation news and follow along with other interesting news at our Twitter: @FriendsofKatmai
The director of the Alaska Division of Wildlife Conservation has been charged with 12 counts of illegal hunting related to guiding activities in the bear-rich forests on the north side of Cook Inlet across from Anchorage, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Here is how the story evolved:
(via Alaska Dispatch)
· Jan 12: Alaska wildlife conservation director charged with helping illegally kill bears CLICK HERE
· Jan 12: Wildlife chief's resignation resonates with Alaska biologists CLICK HERE
· Jan 13: New details emerge in Alaska wildlife chief's resignation CLICK HERE
· Jan 15: The spectacular rise of Alaska wildlife manager Corey Rossi CLICK HERE
· Jan 16: How Alaska wildlife manager Corey Rossi was charged with illegal hunting CLICK HERE
· Jan 19: Public safety chief sought to keep Rossi affair under wraps to protect probe CLICK HERE
· Jan 20: Alaska wildlife official faces new allegations of illegal trophy hunting CLICK HERE
· Jan 21: Smart Alaska Game Board decisions drowned out by bad calls CLICK HERE
If the Pebble Mine is allowed to go forward, it will inflict irreversible damage on Bristol Bay -- including the permanent destruction of 60 miles of salmon habitat.
Please visit the following websites for more information:
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Renewable Resources Coalition
• Bristol Bay Alliance
• Alaska Sportsman's Alliance
• USA EPA: Bristol Bay
...these are just a few of the many websites listed on the web that are against Pebble Mine Project.
Who is Pebble Mine?
• Pebble Mine Partnership
NEWS: Alaska Voters Weighing In: Salmon vs Gold
• Feb 16: Pebble Mine developers aim for permitting process this year CLICK HERE
• Southwest Alaska Votes Against Pebble Mine
• Anti-Pebble Initiative Approved By 34 Votes
A fundamental difference in wildlife management philosophy divides state and federal government. What state officials calls "intensive management," federal biologists call "aerial wolf control." The two are pretty much the same thing viewed from different directions.
· Jan 17: Kenai refuge won't enforce Alaska decision targeting 'predator species' CLICK HERE
· Jan 18: Park Service says no to extended wolf hunting season in Alaska CLICK HERE
· Jan 19: Alaska Board of Game shows affection for any predator control program CLICK HERE
Recent reports indicate that calling for a wilderness rescue is becoming more frequent among unlucky or unprepared Alaska backcountry travelers who end up in unpleasant, but not deadly, situations.
· More information: CLICK HERE
· See our Search and Rescue webpage: CLICK HERE
· Jan 25: Coast Guard rescues two fishing vessel crews CLICK HERE
Our conservation and other news content changes often. Please revisit this page when time allows to keep up-to-date on interesting news.
This information has been moved from the "Take Action" webpage, because of updated news:
"The National Park Service will begin work on an environmental assessment (EA) next month to consider the reissuance of concession contract (s) and proposed changes for sport hunting guide services within Katmai National Preserve. Because sport hunting is a Congressionally authorized use of the preserve, all options in the EA will propose that guided sport hunting continue in a way that does not result in significant environmental impacts to park resources and values, including the brown bear population, other users, wilderness character, or subsistence uses."
• For More Information:
The National Park Service has been preparing to publish a prospectus inviting proposals for the provision of sport hunting guide services in Katmai National Preserve. Hunting is authorized within the Preserve under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA Section 1313).
For more information:
• CLICK HERE for actual prospectus
• CLICK HERE for Text Only version
• CLICK HERE for Jim Stratton/NPCA response letter
· Oct 9, 2011: Trapping issue still makes the fur fly CLICK HERE
· Jan 17: Proposal to expand use of snares on Alaska bears tabled CLICK HERE
Jan 29: BOG Notice of Proposed Changes CLICK HERE
or visit BOG website CLICK HERE
Cook-Inlet Keeper has received inquiries about water quality and pollution concerns related to cruise ship discharges in the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat.
· Please read this very fine letter and the responses.
· Follow Cook Inlet Keeper CLICK HERE
· Nov 1, 2011: Alaska tourism officials stumped by decline incruise visitors CLICK HERE
· Jan 26: Worst-case scenario? What if a cruise ship founders in Alaska's Arctic CLICK HERE
Have you ever wondered where the cruise ships dump their waste materials?
Where do you think?
• Alaskans propose fed takeover of Central Park to make ANWR point CLICK HERE
• The deadling for public comment has passed, however you will still be able to find good information from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service CLICK HERE
• NRDC Information CLICK HERE
• Feb 16: An even dozen: Young-backed ANWR bill passes U.S. House a 12th time CLICK HERE
"To recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on Federal public lands and ensure continued opportunities for these activities."
• Bill Text: CLICK HERE
• Bill Overview: CLICK HERE
• Bill Summary + Status:
Supporters of this bill include, but are not limited to:
• National Rifle Association
• Ammoland.com
Critical habitat has been designated by federal fishery managers for endangered beluga whales, causing dissension from political, as well as regional business leaders.
• Conservation Groups challenge state laws over Inlet belugas: CLICK HERE
• Areas of Cook Inlet designated critical whale habitat:
• State Policy leads beluga team to remove Alaska scientists: CLICK HERE
• NOAA administrator discusses Inlet oil, gas industry, belugas: CLICK HERE
• Survey spots fewer Cook Inlet belugas in 2011 CLICK HERE
• Limits not helping whale population CLICK HERE
• AWWU guarding Cook Inlet water quality CLICK HERE
Walruses Suffer From Similar Disease Afflicting Alaska Ringed Seals
Arctic ringed seals aren't the only marine mammal suffering an unusual skin-lesion outbreak along Alaska's northern coasts.
More Information: CLICK HERE
• Halibut Meeting Catches Little: CLICK HERE
• Halibut plan divides kenai peninsula: CLICK HERE
· Alaska Dispatch/Halibut News CLICK HERE
· Anchorage Daily News/Halibut CLICK HERE
· Feb 1: Weakening the EPA, via Mudflats:
"Alec vs. The Middle Class" CLICK HERE
The Arctic has a call that is compelling. The distant mountains make one want to go on and on over the next ridge and over the one beyond. The call is that of a wilderness known only to a few...This last American wilderness must remain sacrosanct. -William O. Douglas
Friends of Katmai National Park © All Rights Reserve 2009-2014All Photography © Chris Anderson


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A BIRKENHEAD road has been closed after a car was "shunted" by another outside a nursery.
Emergency services were called to Storeton Road at 12.10pm today, Monday, after reports of a crash involving a silver Audi A4 Sport and a silver Vauxhall Astra.
A Merseyside Police spokesman said one car had "shunted" the other outside First Class Nursery, pushing it onto the grass verge and into a fence, causing "gridlocked" traffic in the area.
The front seat passenger of the Astra that went into the fence called the police, while two off duty police officers stayed at the scene to help until paramedics arrived.
The female passenger, believed to be 25-years-old, complained of neck injuries and was cut out of the car by firefighters.
Storeton Road is closed between its junctions with Prenton Lane and Mendip Road while the car is recovered.
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A BIRKENHEAD road has been closed after a car was "shunted" by another outside a nursery.


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Jakarta (AFP) Dec 11, 2012
Indonesia has identified the bird flu virus that killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in recent weeks as a more virulent type which is new to the country, according to a letter seen Tuesday.
"We found a highly pathogenic avian influenza sub-type H5N1 (virus) with clade 2.3..." the agriculture ministry's veterinary chief Syukur Iwantoro said in the letter obtained by AFP.
"This clade is a new clade found for the first time in Indonesia, that is very different to the avian influenza found before, which is clade 2.1."
A clade is a group of organisms, usually species, with a common ancestor.
A poultry breeders' association had reported the death of more than 300,000 ducks in several provinces on Java island since November to the ministry.
The veterinary office found the H5N1 virus involved was a different clade to that usually found in Indonesia, said Iwantoro's letter to local government offices and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Iwantoro called for further research into whether there had been a genetic shift in the virus previously found in the country, or whether the new strain originated overseas.
"There is a suspicion that the virus has spread from other countries, possibly from Vietnam or Thailand," Emil Agustiono, secretary of the national commission of zoonosis control that oversees bird flu, told AFP.
Health officials have told local governments to stop and check motorbikes and pick-up trucks commonly used to transport poultry, to try to reduce the spread of the virus.
The health ministry has told local offices to be vigilant for more massive poultry deaths, or for deaths of people in the vicinity, its head of communicable disease Tjandra Yoga Aditama told AFP.
Bird flu typically spreads from birds to humans through direct contact, but experts fear it could mutate into a form that is easily transmissible between humans.
Indonesia has suffered the world's worst human fatalities from bird flu with 159 deaths since 2003 out of 359 worldwide, according to the WHO.
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The Authentic Lo Pro combines two Vans favorites in a look that has been described as everything from saddle shoe to heritage skate shoe. The style is one of the most versatile yet. This pair also adds a little 1980's flavor with bright neon uppers.
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Nice Shoe, but the sizing is really off.
By size does matter
from Elkridge, MD.
Comments about Neon Authentic Lo Pro, Girls:
My Daughter really liked the design and color, but the size(2.5 kids) was a full inch and a half to long. My daughter normally wears a size 2 but we wanted to get her something a little bigger so it would last longer, but this was ridiculous. We returned the shoes to the local vans store, and ordered another two pairs in size 2 kids (her current size). These were a full inch to long. Returned these to the store,she is just going to have to get a pair of skeechers or something that we can actually try on.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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We ordered a half size smaller for my daughter and it was at least a half size to big. Almost think I should have ordered 1.5 sizes smaller. The color was great though and the quality of the shoe seems excellent.
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The shipping label for returns wasn't in the box making it difficult for me to return the item since the sizing was off.
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There perfect, just need more colors to choose from
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cute school shoes
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This is an great shoe for me to go to school with!
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Today we'll take another small detour to cover the basics of version control with Git. Git is a distributed version control system written by Linus Torvalds. It is very fast and flexible. We will learn the basics of Git, including creating new repos, pushing code, reverting code, and branching. See you tonight!

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If you want to appreciate the speed with which China's scientific output is growing, look at the latest Global Research Report from Thomson Reuters.
It shows that China's output of research papers increased from 20,000 in 1998 to 112,000 in 2008 – when it exceeded the individual national output of Japan, Britain and Germany. China is now second only to the USA in its scientific output.
The number of papers from Chinese authors has doubled since 2004 and will exceed even the USA within the next decade, the study says.
Interestingly, American scientists play an important role in Chinese research. US-based authors contributed to nearly 9 per cent of papers from institutions in China between 2004 and 2008.
Though Chinese research is still concentrated in the physical sciences and technology, the life sciences are growing very fast.
"When Europe and the USA visit China they can only do so as equal partners," the report concludes. "The question that may then be put to them is what they can bring to the partnership to make it worth China's while to share."


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Seven players traded by Rays, Padres
Torres, Forsythe headline deal also involving prospect Hahn
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | January 22, 2014 3:10 PM ET
The deal may not have included the biggest name on the Hot Stove -- that honor belonging to new Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka -- but it certainly involved the most names.
The Rays agreed to a deal with the Padres on Wednesday that sends left-handed reliever Alex Torres and right-handed prospect Jesse Hahn to San Diego for utilityman Logan Forsythe, right-handers Brad Boxberger, Matt Andriese and Matt Lollis and second baseman Maxx Tissenbaum.
Torres and Forsythe both headline their respective sides of the deal. The southpaw Torres thrived during his full-time move to the bullpen for the Rays last season, posting a 1.71 ERA and .159 opponents' batting average in 58 innings with the big club.
Forsythe showed versatility by spending time at second base, third base, shortstop and the outfield with the Padres in 2013 but put up a .214/.281/.332 line in 75 games. He is expected to give the Rays depth off the bench upon his arrival.
Hahn is the biggest Minor League prospect of the bunch, checking in at No. 18 on MLB.com's list of Rays farmhands at the end of the 2013 season. The 24-year-old right-hander dropped to the sixth round in the 2010 Draft after experiencing elbow issues at Virginia Tech and eventually underwent Tommy John surgery in 2011 that forced him to miss the entire season.
He made his full-season debut with Class A Advanced Charlotte in 2013 and posted a 2.15 ERA with 63 strikeouts, 18 walks and a 1.09 WHIP in 19 starts (67 innings) with the Stone Crabs.
Hahn gets high marks from scouts for his fastball, rated at 70 in MLB.com's last updated grades, to go with a developing curveball/slider/changeup mix. He'll try to break 100 innings for the first time as a pro when he joins the Padres system in 2014.
Going the other way are three pitchers -- Boxberger, Andriese, Lollis -- who should provide depth in the upper levels of the Rays' farm system.
Boxberger, who previously went to the Padres in the deal that sent Mat Latos to the Reds in December 2011, flashed dominant stuff with Triple-A Tucson each of the past two seasons with K/9s above 12 and FIPs below 2.00 during each campaign. The 25-year-old right-hander spent time with the big club during each of those two seasons and owns a 2.72 career ERA in 49 2/3 Major League innings.
Checking in at 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, Lollis is most notable for his size but has slipped in terms of prospect status in recent years due to control issues. After posting a 2.12 ERA and 2.1 BB/9 rate at Class A Short-Season Eugene and Class A Fort Wayne in 2010, he's struggled at the higher levels with a 5.31 ERA and 3.7 BB/9 over 208 1/3 innings in Class A Advanced ball and a 6.08 ERA and 4.7 BB/9 in 74 Double-A frames.
Lollis moved to the bullpen full-time in 2013 and could thrive once again in a Rays system heralded for its ability to develop hurlers.
Andriese, on the other hand, produced solid numbers across the board with Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Tucson last year. He held a 2.37 ERA in 15 starts for the Missions before his promotion to the Pacific Coast League for the first time in June. The 2011 third-rounder saw his ERA jump to 4.45 with Tucson, no thanks to a .332 BABIP, but his FIP was much more encouraging at 2.93.
Tissenbaum rounds out the Rays' haul as the only Minor League position player in the bunch. The former Stony Brook standout made his full-season debut with Fort Wayne in 2013, slashing .277/.365/.359 with 28 doubles, two homers and 49 RBIs in 111 games. The left-handed-hitting 22-year-old exhibited patience and a good eye at the plate, drawing 43 while fanning just 36 times.
Sam Dykstra is a contributor to MiLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More