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Forget about Project Runway and Fashion Star -- 43 up-and-coming teen designers from right here in Winnipeg are getting ready to press and pin, stitch and cinch, hem and hang everything from skirts and suits to sundresses and couture creations at Now in Full Colour -- a show featuring the latest designs by the Fashion Design and Technology students at Murdoch MacKay Collegiate Institute.
"There will be designers participating from grades 10 to 12 and all the garments in the show are drawn, designed and constructed using industrial techniques," explains fashion technology teacher Denise Miller.
The student designs include tailored suits, fully lined gowns, skirts, blouses, pants, mini knitwear and sundresses. And according to the students participating in the show, the four-year program is challenging, rewarding and, most importantly, fun.
"It feels so good to make your own clothing," says Grade 11 student Jessica Garn. "I like being able to show off all of our work at the end of the year -- it's so exciting to show off what you made."
Garn, who is also enrolled in the entrepreneurship course, not only designed garments for the show, but is also part of the team responsible for promoting the fashion show to the public. It's given her lessons in the behind-the-scenes world of being an indie designer.
The students are also getting a lesson in what it's like to meet the public's critical eye. Local industry experts will judge the students' garments at the fashion show on a number of criteria, including marketability and technical skills -- something student Kerstin Betz knows all about, as the provincial gold medallist at the Skills Manitoba Competition.
"I had to sew a trench coat with a notched collar. I wasn't really nervous at all; I just relaxed and ended up doing good," says Betz, who is also looking forward to showing off the knitwear and sundress she designed for the show.
And while spectators will get a look at the very best from the design class of 2013, they are also in for a fantastic treat.
Now in Full Colour will also feature couture garments and cutting-edge creations straight from the young designer's imaginations as part of the fantasy segment.
"The fantasy portion of the show is a chance for the students wildest and wackiest side to let loose," says Miller.
This year's themes include Colour Confections (bright garments inspired by sweets), Abstract Nature (creatures or plants that don't already exist in the natural world) and Good vs. Evil (fabricated superhero pairings and their enemies).
Now in Full Colour takes place Thursday, May 2, at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. Show times are 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets for the event can be purchased by calling 204-958-6460, ext. 2712, or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I just can't get enough of Iggy Azalea's adorable pup Shrinkabull jam don't shake like that Jelli (Jelli for short).
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Townsend, Tennessee - Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina
Welcome to the Fishing Report. It is partly cloudy and 70 degrees in Townsend this morning. Tomorrow I will be able to say the temperature is in the 60's. Can't wait for that. Townsend appeared very active this morning. People are getting out early. The restaurants were not busy. Again, there seems to be a lack of appetite in the mornings lately.
Little River looks awesome. Flow is back above normal at 125 cubic feet per second (cfs). Median flow for this date is 115 cfs. The water temperature at 7:55 was 71.3 degrees. Our gauge indicated 1.10" of rain. The water was slightly turbid. If that is the case in the Park, fishing will be excellent today.
I checked some of the other free flowing streams in our area. Cataloochee is running normal. Oconaluftee at Birdtown is flowing at 621 cfs. Median flow there for this date is 296 cfs. The Davidson River in Brevard, NC is flowing at normal. Tellico River is flowing at normal.
And of course, we don't know what is happening on the Little Pigeon because that gauge does not have a sponsor. The City of Sevierville used to sponsor that site and for some reason they dropped it. Blount County sponsors our gauge here. I think the cost is about $2,000 to $2,500 per year or it was the last time I checked. Why doesn't someone get a group together, raise some money and sponsor the gauge on the Little Pigeon? Why don't the people in Sevier County insist that one of the Government agencies sponsor that gauge? Ask your City or County Commissioner. I don't live there. I don't have clout there. Some of you do. I bet you could get it done.
Fishing should be very good in the Smokies right now. We are probably going to get some more rain so there is a possibility for a blowout. That would be the down side of fishing today. I would go if I could. The conditions are good to perfect depending on where you fish.
I would go to the East Prong of Little River above Elkmont. I would be prepared to fish with nymphs and drowned terrestrials. Or I might fish with a dry fly. Maybe noth. Drop a Green Weenie off a beetle. Drop an ant off a beetle. Drop a San Juan worm off a beetle.
Yesterday I discussed Kent Edmond's theory about UV light penetration of water. Evidently the UV light penetrates deeper and highlights some colors more than others. Chartreuse is one of the colors that respond to UV light really well. Maybe that is one reason the Green Weenie catches so many fish. They are great for trout ad bluegill.
Kent also told me that red stood out as a dominant color when he shined his UV light on flies tied in that color. Now that is interesting. Think about this. A lot of bass llures have a red gill. Somebody thinks that is important. Actually a lot of people do.
Either Lefty Kreh or Joe Humphreys told me one time that red is their favorite color for the Green Weenie (Red Weenie) is red. Now that I think about it, Lefty told me that. He went home from one of his trips here and called back to order some red Ultra Chenille. Lefty also told Brian Courtney when they were talking at the shop one day, that he considers the Green Weenie to be one of the top ten trout flies. He wrote an article about it. Brian ties our Green Weenies. Brian was here tying some of the flies when Lefty walked in with me.
Joe Humphreys likes them to. His deceased best friend, George Harvey is credited with inventing or drawing attention to the most popular version of the Weenie, the one with the loop tail. It is well known to many and only recently known to me that the loop gives the fly action in the water. The loop makes it swing from side to side. Joe Humphreys told me that sometime during the last 8 years. I remember the conversation and we were downstairs in this building. We've been in this building for 8 years.
All of our beginner fly tying students start with the Green Weenie. It is one of the easiest flies to tie. They work too.
Last night before dark, Paula answered our phone. It was our security company, ADT. They monitor our house for fire and intruders. They were calling us to say that they had an alert at our neighbors house. They monitor their house too and we are on their call list. The police were on the way.
I grabbed my Ruger .357 mag and drove Paula's Jeep to our neighbors house. It was still daylight but almost dark. Everything looked OK. I thought about the possibilities of the police arriving and seeing me standing there armed. That pistol is made from shiny stainless steel. It would have shown up easily.
I jumped in her Jeep and drove home. I wasn't afraid of the intruder, which did not exist. I was afraid of the police. If the police officer was from Townsend, they would have recognized her Jeep and they know where we live. If the officer was a County Deputy, they may not have known me. I was glad to get out of there.
Have a great day and thank you for being here with us.
Byron Begley
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I don't shop at Asda very often but as there is a new store which has opened up by us, I have been popping in and out recently and sampling some of their own brand food products. The other evening, after work, I desperately 'needed' chocolate and I bought three seventy gram packets for only one pound. The packaging of these chocolate buttons do not look like the packaging which is on this site. The packs are now basically purple trimmed and have a see through section at the front so that you can actually see the buttons inside the packet. There is also a rather cute illustration of some 'angry' looking little chocolate buttons, complete with short arms and legs. Weird, but slightly appealing. The buttons themselves are a standard size for a chocolate button and look not dissimilar to Cadburys in terms of colour and shape. They are slightly scored on the underside and smoother on the top most side. Taste wise, they are smooth and creamy and they do melt in the mouth. They are possibly even sweeter, however, than the Tesco ones I usually buy, and for that reason I think I actually prefer the Tesco buttons as these ones from Asda make me quite thirsty, after a few. You can also buy these buttons individually for forty pence per pack though obviously it's slightly cheaper to get three packs as it's only one pound. I do like them but they are a little bit too sweet for me so I only give them three stars.
First off I feel that I must explain that although I am writing about Asda Milk Chocolate Buttons I am writing about the 'giant' ones, its just that Dooyoo have asked me to write that review here instead of giving me a separate link!
The other night me and my boyfriend decided to have a movie night. He is a major chocoholic and this was one of the choccy choices he got us to share curled up on the sofa! I love Cadbury's chocolate buttons and so was pleased to see these however I did wonder of course would they be as nice?!
The Packaging:
Plastic purple bag of which you cut the top off and they reseal with a plastic zip style idea. On the front of the bag there is a picture of a big brown button and on that I am told in white writing that they are Asda Giant Chocolate Buttons and that they contain no artificial colours, flavours or hydrogenated fat and the bag weighs 175g. On the back of the bag other information listed includes ingredients and allergy advice, a full nutritional rundown chart is shown, the best before date is clearly stated and contact details for Asda are given. Nice enough packet this is and of course it is informative as it needs to be.
The Chocolate Buttons:
Large and round and not too thick they look like milk chocolate should do in their appearance. They have a nice colour to them, a nice sweet chocolate smell and appear smooth and feel it to the touch apart from the rough underside of them which appear slightly scored. These melt in the mouth over time and really do taste sweet and creamy and both me and my boyfriend loved them. They do melt fast however so you do need to not mess about with them too much in your hands because they melt just as quick there as they do in the mouth. We loved the big size of these, appreciate the amount you get in a bag and liked the quality. I think they miss the overall creaminess of Cadburys Milk Chocolate Buttons slightly but appreciated them not being overpoweringly sweet or artificially sweetened. These are good quality chocolate buttons and we'll definitely purchase these time and time in the future.....I'm sure!
Nutritional Information Per 1/7 Packet:
Energy: 135Kcal
Protein: 1.6g
Carbohydrate: 14.3g
Of which sugars: 14.1g
Fat: 7.8g
Of which saturates: 5.1g
Fibre: 0.6g
Sodium: Trace
equivalent as salt: Trace
Only available in Asda stores priced at a pound a bag.
I often pick up a few little bags of sweets from Asda to nibble at when watching a movie or just for a bit of sugar, and these seem to be one of my husband's favourite. I love Cadbury's milk buttons myself so, even though these are only a cheaper supermarket version, I still thought that they would be fairly good.
I was very wrong though and I was really disappointed with these.
The size and shape are exactly the same as Cadbury Buttons - small thin circular button shapes made from milk chocolate. However, it is the taste that lets them down which is nothing like a good quality milk chocolate taste. It tastes pretty strong but like a manufactured chocolate rather than one that has actually been made from milk. It's not at all creamy or milky and doesn't have that smooth melt-in-your-mouth texture and flavour that Cadbury's milk chocolate has.
For those people who just gobble sweets down without really fully appreciating the flavour and taste of them, these may be OK, as they're still a chocolate product so do give you the satisfaction of eating some chocolate. However, for those people, like me, who like to enjoy their chocolate, I really wouldn't recommend these as they aren't good in quality or taste at all.
These are only 38p for an individual pack, or these, plus lots of other Asda bags of sweets, are always in a 3 for £1 offer. Even though they are quite a bit cheaper than Cadbury Buttons, the quality and taste of them is nowhere near as nice, and these definitely aren't something that I like.
Yummy, yummy in my tummy! I have always been a fan of another famous brand of chocolate buttons, they are just so versatile- on their own, on top of homemade buns and cakes, on top of angel delight or in the bedroom! Recently when shopping in Asda I saw these tasty treats and thought I'd give them a whirl. They are made of milk chocolate, sweet and tasty-they melt in your mouth!
Great value for money and currently available on a mix and match offer. They can be sourced in most Asda stores in the confectionary aisle alongside a range of other old favourites for example jelly beans, white chocolate mice and flying saucers. The packets are easy to open and the contents plentiful. A great pocket money treat too!
I feel sure that in a taste test it would be difficult to identify one chocolate button brand from the other!
I have been buying these chocolate buttons for a long time after being recommended them by a friend.
*Where From and How Much?*
A 70g is priced at 38p. Asda currently have them on a multibuy offer at 3 for £1 (the 3 can come from a variety of sweets and do not have to all be the same). They are available to purchase from Asda stores, fuel filling stations and online at www.asda.co.uk.
*Nutritional Info*
Per 1/4 pack the nutritional values are as follows
Calories - 93
Protein - 1.1g
Carbs - 9.7g
Fat - 5.5g
Fibre - 0.5g
*Appearance and Taste*
These milk chocolate buttons are round discs, flat on one side, slightly domed on the other and are about the same size as a penny piece. They look like they have been piped from a machine rather then thrown in to a mould to make the shape as they are slightly irregular in size.
They are of a brown - milk chocolate - colour.
These taste really good - Obviously only if you like chocolate. They have a great 'snap' to them when you bite into them and even more so when they have been stored in the fridge. I find the flavour very similar to that of Cadbury chocolate, just slightly less creamy.
*My Opinion*
These are a fabulous price for such a large bag. This is dangerous for me and I have just proven it by eating about two thirds of the packet! However, if you have self control these are great value.
I enjoy the taste of this chocolate and think it is of a decent quality.
My son enjoys three or four of these as a treat, although I am sure he would eat the whole packet if I let him. I would not let him have many more that that as he is still so young and a very active child anyway - I really don't need the added energy fuelling him!
Overall, these are a great product from Asda, at a great value price.... You just have to be strict with yourself else the entire pack would be gone!
****The product****
The ASDA Chocolate buttons come in a 70g bright blue bag, has a red trim and as you can see the bright colours stand out which make it easier to find them of the shelf. The ASDA brand is visible on the front of the packaging as is a clear plastic window, which allows you to see the buttons through the packet.
The chocolate buttons have a nice chocolaty taste, which tastes kind of sweet and creamy and melts nicely in your mouth. To be honest they are so nice and the milk chocolate buttons just leave you wanting more.
The 70g bag of ASDA Chocolate Buttons costs 39p for a individual bag but are available to buy from ASDA for 3 bags for £1 which makes these even better value.
By just looking at the buttons they look exactly the same as other brands of milk chocolate buttons, taste just as good but cheaper. I think it's a winner.
****Nutritional Information****
Per 70g Pack:
420 calories
15.2g fat
Just so you are aware each bag of the chocolate buttons contain 70 grams so that is a whopping 420 calories:o( Not at all good to be honest but I suppose if you have self control( which I don't) and only eat a few every now and then as a treat then I suppose it is ok,
****My Overall Opinion****
Ok so they are not as good as Cadbury's Milk Chocolate Buttons but for 39 pence or 3 for £1 lets face it you cant go wrong, The price, the taste, is the packaging, considering it all I would rate them a 8 out of 10 and would recommend them for people to try.
When the children come home from school In the afternoon, I allow them to have a little treat. I dont allow them to eat lots of sweets and chocolate, but I do allow them to have a few pieces, in order to satisfy their sweet craving. and also boost their energy after a long day at school. Both My children love chocolate buttons. So when I was shopping in Asdas recently, I noticed Asda milk chocolate buttons and with the extremely cheap x bag for a £1 price tag I thought I would give them a try.
The buttons are packaged in a dark blue bag., with a brown circle representing a chocolate button on the front. The ASDA logo is displayed on the product and so is the logo milk chocolate buttons. I wouldn't say that the packaging is going to blow you away. It is not very eye catching and the dark blue bag is quite boring. However on reflection I think by using the dark blue bag they have been very clever because Cadbury buttons are also in a dark blue bag. so perhaps they are using this colour in order for the product to be recognised easily on the shelf as buttons.
The packaging displays all the valuable information you need. On the very front of the pack is a easily recognisable green v symbol. which signifies that this product can be consumed by vegetarians. On the back of the package, all ingredients and nutritional values are clearly displayed. Also allergy and storage advice is clearly given.
One thing that I was disappointed about though, is that the empty bag is not able to be recycled.
Each 70g bag is said to give 4 servings. I would say that if you are strict with your childs chocolate intake then this is achievable.
Once open the chocolate buttons inside can be seen. They are not overly big buttons. I would say they are approx the size of a 1p piece. They are milk chocolate in colour and look almost identical to Cadbury buttons.
When eating the first one you have a rush of flavour of chocolate. Although I think that the chocolate tastes quite bitter, and more like dark chocolate. After a couple of buttons I found the bitterness of the chocolate quite overpowering. I thought that the chocolate wasnt pleasant at all. My children didn't seem to mind it though and certainly eat them without any complaints. Infact when I asked my five year old son to describe the buttons for me yesterday, his Michelin star review was Yummy Yummy. I on the other hand felt that the chocolate was quite cheap and certainly not for my palate. I found that it also left a very bitter aftertaste in my mouth.
I suppose in conclusion I would say that these buttons are maybe ok for a children's party, They are also fine as a stand buy treat for the kids when they come home from school. I think this product definitely caters for the less mature taste buds. However as I said, my children thought they were good. I however thought they were awful and This for me is not a negative but a positive. As it will keep me away from the sweetie tray in the fridge. Also I suppose you have also got take into account that these buttons are only £1 for x bags so your not exactly going to get thorntons!! so I suppose they are worth the money for the children. But I wont be eating them again.
I usually steer away from the more "traditional" confectionary when I'm stocking up on my grocery shop on the Adsa own brands versions of certain sweets. My reasoning is that often these types of products are not quite as tasty as those from the leading brands so I am left very disappointed. However I decided to give Asda Chocolate Buttons a go just to be slightly adventurous and of course if they were hideous I could still write about it on Dooyoo.
The Asda Chocolate buttons come in a 70g bright blue bag. This has a red trim so the bright colours stand out of the shelf. The Asda brand is visible on the front of the packaging as is a clear plastic window, so you can see the milk chocolate buttons inside of the bag.
A 70g bag of Asda Chocolate Buttons costs 39p for a single bag but are part of the Asda 3 bags for £1 which makes these even better value. Compared with Cadbury's milk chocolate buttons these are very good value are considerably cheaper as a 40g bag of Cadbury's buttons cost 40p per bag, therefore you get more for your money with the Adsa products.
***Chocolate Buttons***
Asda Chocolate Buttons are simply milk chocolate discs the size and shape of medium sized buttons hence the name. By just looking at the buttons they look exactly the same as other brands of milk chocolate buttons.
When you open the Asda bag of sweets they have a very light chocolate scent. This is less sweet, chocolately and strong than when you open a bag of chocolate buttons from Cadbury's.
The chocolate buttons have a very nice chocolate taste, this is a light sweet and creamy taste which melts in your mouth and as the chocolate melts is intensified. Unlike some cheaper brands of chocolate the buttons from Asda do not have that cheap chocolate aftertaste which I would categorise as being like plastic and leaving a slightly greasy taste in your mouth. The Asda milk chocolate buttons just leave you wanting more.
Although these are sweet and creamy chocolate buttons the product from Asda is not quite as tasty as Cadbury's chocolate buttons which are particularly creamy. I find that I need to put more than one Asda chocolate button in my mouth the achieve this really creamy chocolate taste whereas with Cadbury's Buttons only one sweet has this same effect.
**Nutritional Information**
Per 70g Pack:
420 calories
15.2g fat
Those with a larger appetite will probably be able to eat the full 70g bag in one go however I shared a bag of these with Mr Lools which made this a less guilty sweet treat.
As you would expect as these are chocolate these are not the best food for you nutritionally but eaten as a treat every now and then are fine, providing you have self control..........
These chocolate buttons from Asda are free from artificial colours and flavourings and are also suitable for vegetarians.
My initial view on these sweets has not changed, they are not quite as tasty as Cadbury's Milk Chocolate Buttons but taste wise do come close taste wise and are still a nice tasty chocolate treat. I was not disappointed and left satisfied after sharing a bag of these with Mr Lools. For those on a budget and trying to cut costs it is worth giving these a try as they do not have that "cheap plasticy chocolate taste" that some of the lower cost milk chocolate buttons do. Creamy, sweet chocolate discs that melt in your mouth, need I say more but YUM YUM!!
I like Cadbury's Buttons myself and I am always dubious about imitation buttons. You often find them at the cinema in those pick n mix trays, though the taste always makes my tongue perk up and raise questions!
The Asda version of the chocolate button comes in a bright blue pack, you get 70g of buttons in them, so it is on a par with the Cadbury's one in terms of quantity. Bag is easy enough to open provided you don't have wet fingers.
Here is the dubious bit! The taste is of chocolate, so that's a good start! But the chocolate lacks the luxurious rounded flavour that you get with Cadbury. I get the impression that these buttons are taken from the Asda bars of chocolate leftovers and pressed into little button shapes. Admittedly, when they are in smaller pieces, the taste is a little more delicate as you are not swamped with one monstrous onslaught of cheap chocolate all at once. I use the word cheap because it lacks the depth and sophisticated warmth that I get with the Cadbury alternative.
In fairness, the sweets are more than sufficient to snack on and I have no quibbles eating an entire pack in one sitting, but I am not sure I would go out of my way to make them a regular purchase. They are useful for kids' parties and also for decorating cakes though.
You will be looking at about a pound for three bags of these, so you get pretty good value for money. But if you're not on a budget, then I would plump for the Cadbury's buttons. If you fancy some cheap chocolate to have for emergencies then these could come in handy though.
I have a Cineworld Unlimited Card so go to the cinema a lot and there is no way I am going to be paying the extravagant cinema prices for a bag of Skittles or Maltesers and the dry popcorn that they serve up. So I had a look in my local Asda and came across their own brand of milk chocolate buttons which are free from artificial flavourings and suitable for vegetarians.
They come in a bright blue packaging with a massive chocolate button picture on the front of the pack which makes them pretty unmissable on the supermarket shelf. What makes these chocolate buttons even more appealing is that you can get 3 bags for £1, each bag consisting of 70g so you are getting a fair few and good value for money.
The taste is a light tasting chocolate with quite a strong aftertaste. I find to get the full flavour of chocolate I have to put a few in my mouth to get the taste buds flowing! Reflecting on this to me it shows that the buttons themselves are exactly what you are paying for them - average buttons which to get the full chocolate flavour of you have to have more than one. I do find that I end up eating the whole packet and I could probably carry on from there with more packets but I have to resist! These are not the greatest tasting buttons when you have a single one but eating a few at a time hits the spot. I would recommend giving these a go to anyone who is a chocoholic who in these hard times is looking for something a little cheaper. They are great and easy to sneak into the cinema! Good times!


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Maurice Evans and Abe Koroma may not be bringing their baggage on the road this weekend.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno said he hadn't made any decisions about the suspensions of the two starting defensive linemen at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
"Well, there are circumstances involved with this which I can't really get into, and I don't want to get into," Paterno said. "There are four people with exactly the same involvement. So I'm just trying to wait until I get this thing straightened out, and then we'll see what happens.
"So as far as whether the other kids are going to play or not, I'm going to play it day-by-day for awhile."
Paterno had announced last Thursday that Evans, Koroma and Andrew Quarless would sit out last week's game against Oregon State – this coming after police seized a "small amount" of marijuana from their apartment on the night of Sept. 2. No charges have yet been filed in relation to the incident.
Evans and Koroma were not at the stadium on Saturday. Quarless was, however, suiting up and participating in warm-ups, though not seeing any snaps.
Cornerback A.J. Wallace, the fourth listed resident of the apartment, was not benched and was also in uniform against the Beavers. But his only significant snaps came with the kick return unit, as Drew Astorino replaced him in the nickel package until the game was well in hand.
The No. 17 Nittany Lions travel to New York for a 3:30 p.m. game with former Eastern rival Syracuse on Saturday.
Jerome Hayes and Jared Odrick had replaced Evans and Koroma, respectively, as starters against Oregon State. Hayes is now gone for the season with his second torn ACL in as many years.
Sophomore Aaron Maybin, who leads the team in sacks with three, would likely start in Evans' spot if he doesn't make the trip.
With six defensive linemen from last year's team currently unavailable, the Penn State coaches have had to experiment a bit to help create depth up front. True freshman Jack Crawford – a natural end – has played at tackle the first two weeks.
More tinkering could be on the way.
"Well, we're looking at the possibility," Paterno said. "We're still making some plans. We may move somebody over there. But we have a couple of pretty good kids that can play. So I'm not in a hurry to make a move, but we may. I'm being a little evasive, because I'm not sure what we're going to do."
With old rivals Penn State and Syracuse meeting up for the first time in 18 years, the conversation Tuesday inevitably shifted to Paterno's attempts in the late 80s to create an all-sports conference in the East.
To this day, Paterno says the sticking point was Pitt's decision not to go with his plan.
"That was a big disappointment," Paterno said. "…But if Pitt had said yes, I would have gotten it. Bill Flynn at Boston College was fighting it. But, if I could have gotten West Virginia and Syracuse and Pitt to come in, we would have had a good deal. But it didn't work.
"Can't look back and cry. I just get sick and tired of people saying, 'Why didn't you (schedule) this team?' Some things are impossible at certain times."
Though the Lions have gone home-and-home in recent years with Boston College and now Syracuse, Paterno maintains that renewing a series with Pitt would require the Panthers to accept terms favorable to Penn State. The teams haven't met since 2000.
"We'd play Pitt if we could get them to come up here a couple of times," Paterno said. "For one, we'd do the same thing with Syracuse. But we need seven home games, and it's tough to do if you've got to play home-and-home with everybody."


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Google Suggest comes online
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Google has put a beta service called Google Suggest online. The tool is basically the same search facility but with one difference - it can make a guess about what one is typing into the search box.
The FAQ (frequently asked questions) for the service describes it as "similar to Google's 'Did you mean?' feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, except that it works in real time."
As to why people should use Google Suggest, the FAQ says: "Google Suggest can make your searches more convenient and efficient by keeping you from having to reformulate your query. Google Suggest might offer suggestions that you will find novel or intriguing."


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Anne and Scott Holtan were concerned when their toddler son, Ryan, wasn't talking.
They took him to a local health department for a wellness screening and found that the only area he was proficient in was vision.
Doctors put tubes in Ryan's ears and referred him to speech, developmental and occupational therapies to help with his communication skills.
Then, the family began noticing that their younger son, Tyler, was displaying similar symptoms. The boys had trouble maintaining eye contact and could only communicate with gestures.
The boys, now 12 and 11, were eventually diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, which is characterized by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behavior.
While therapists gave them advice on what they needed to do, the Holtans still needed some help with how to better communicate with their children.
They found their way to Augustana College's Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing in 2005 and entered the More Than Words program.
The program, created by the Hanen Centre in Canada, provides parents with the tools, strategies and support to help their children reach their full communication potential.
"We were so impressed with the class here at Augie," said the Coal Valley stay-at-home mom.
The Rock Island college tries to offer the program every four or five years.
In late September, the center will open 12 slots free-of-charge, thanks to a $10,000 donation raised during the Royal Ball Run for Autism in June.
The Royal Ball Run, for which Anne Holtan volunteered, raised money for autism awareness and local programs.
The donation also will help provide scholarships for autistic children to receive speech-language therapy at the center.
Alli Haskill, an assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, said Augustana seeks out grant money in order to offer the program for free to families who have newly diagnosed children.
"Families with autism have unbelievable amounts of expenses, so we're just really excited to be able to have the opportunity to provide it," she said.
For the first eight weeks of the 10-week program, parents work with staff in a classroom before moving on to sessions in the home.
For some children diagnosed with autism, verbal communication never happens. Instructors work with parents to explore communication options, such as sign language, to determine what works best for the entire family, Haskill said.
"Especially when parents are early in the diagnosis, there's always that hope that there will be verbal language," she said. "Of course, that's always the goal, but sometimes you have to start by using augmented means."
One skill parents might learn is how to adapt a routine, like bathing, to help expand the child's commenting skills, Haskill said.
At home, parents can practice using extended pause time when waiting for verbal or gestural responses from the child, she said.
Parents' interactions with the children at home are videotaped to help get a baseline for the specific goals, both short and long-term, that families want to achieve in terms of communication, Haskill said.
Instructors and other classmates also critique the videos to provide further feedback, Haskill said.
Augustana students, too, get a chance to participate in the program. Students will babysit for parents who attend class. They also assist with classroom presentations and activities and go along on home visits.
"They get to really learn about the real challenges these families face," she said. "Our goal is to expose students to working with families in a really meaningful way."
Anne Holtan said that while she and her husband still have their challenges, the program has helped her find better ways to interact with the boys.
She talks constantly to them about what she's doing during the day.
"In their receptive language, they understand everything that's going, but they just can't communicate back," she said.
The class also took away the "scariness" of the clinical lingo and gave her a chance to talk with other parents about their experiences and offer her own advice.
"Diagnosis is not the end of the world, it's just different," she said.


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You have two major tasks: to cultivate positive self-care attitudes and habits that will keep ratcheting up your self-esteem and to break the link between stress and food. Each of these efforts on its own takes a humongous amount of patience and perseverance. To achieve both, you'll have to use all your brainpower, courage, motivation, energy, and single-mindedness. You know, the same qualities you put into being so darned nice and taking such good care of others. How fun - now you get to use them for your own good to maximize your own potential.
Think of all the occasions you've put yourself out for others, barreling right past nice straight into sainthood and martyrdom. You've proved your capability over and over in the herculean tasks you've taken on at work and for family, friends, and community. You, of all people, know how to set an agenda and get things done, keep pushing and pushing 'til you reach your goals - for others. Now it's time to use those same topnotch skills to turn the tables on nice and fat and give back to yourself.
You might find it easier to believe that you'll succeed if I break down the abilities you need to finish first. You probably don't realize how many of them you already have and use all the time. And, what you don't have, you'll learn. After all, you didn't get this far in life without being adaptive and resourceful. So now it's time to use some of that elbow grease on yourself!
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The "Fondant Surprise" was the Kandyman's method of execution on Terra Alpha. It came in different flavours like vanilla and strawberry, with the latter being Helen A's favourite.
Prisoners would be assembled before the Happiness Patrol firing squad in the yard, but the patrol would then be dismissed and the victim would think he'd been pardoned. A pipe would then descend over them and from his Kandy Kitchen the Kandyman would operate levers to direct the Surprise. Afterwards, the Surprise would flow into the pipe and smother the victim to death.
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TOP STORY >> Renewable; Group Pushes Energy independenCe
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Gathered at Waste Managements Twin Pines Landfill in Jacksonville on Tuesday, Democrats in the Arkansas Congressional delegation called on President Bush to put greater focus on the development of renewable sources of energy at home.
The news conference included Ark-ansas leaders and pioneers in renewable energy resources such as bio-diesel and ethanol.
It was set against the backdrop of six giant generators that a month from now will begin turning the methane gas generated by the landfill into electricity to power 4,000 homes in North Little Rock.
Although Waste Management currently creates electricity at 60 of its landfills around the nation, this one was financially feasible because of renewable energy tax credits, according to George Wheatly of Waste Management.
The company has about $6 million invested in it. The electricity will be put directly into the North Little Rock Electric grid, sold to the city for 5 percent less than the city pays for its other electricity.
I am pleased that this site and others like it have benefited from landfill gas conversion tax credits that I worked hard to include in the last energy bill, said Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who organized the event.
Other Arkansas innovators/businessmen who spoke were Tommy Foltz, CEO of Patriot Fuels; Jim Wimberly, a global energy consultant, and Bob Stobaugh of Stobaugh Brothers Farms near Conway. Stobaugh has been using a diesel/biodiesel mix for his tractors and pumps since 2002.
Were here to talk about how we can best reduce our dependence on foreign oil, Lincoln said.
Of President Bush, Lincoln said, He has not provided the leadership that this issue requires.
In a letter to the President signed by Lincoln, Sen. Mark Pryor, Cong. Vic Snyder and Cong. Marion Berry all of whom spoke and Cong. Mike Ross, who was not there, the delegation recommended more money for 16 programs, grants or credits that could stimulate biofuels industry.
We recommend appointment of a current member of your staff to evaluate these programs and the work of the Biomass Research and Development Initiative, the letter said.
We are determined to put America on the path toward energy independence by 2020.
Well always be a trading country, Snyder said. But let us be the leaders, the seller of technology, to be ahead of the curve. We have to invest in research and technology.
Other lawmakers also pitched renewable fuels as an energy alternative.
Pryor said importing more than 20 million barrels of foreign oil into the U.S. a year is not good for the nations trade balance, currency valuation or work force.
We have to acknowledge we have a problem, he said. We are missing opportunities to make America stronger by having a smarter energy policy.
Foltz, who founded Patriot BioFuels, a former deputy energy director in the Clinton Adminis-tration, said his company will begin commercial production of 3 million barrels a year in March of bio-diesel fuel, with potential at the site to produce 25 million barrels a year.
He said that at current prices, the U.S. is sending $2 billion a week to OPEC countries that are not always Americas friends.


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Police are urging cyclists to take care when using GPS mapping mobile apps following more reports of bikes stolen in Ilkley.
Ilkley Neighbourhood Policing Team has repeated advice to review the security of sheds or garages where bicycles are stored, and to make use of privacy settings on mobile apps.
Their advice follows concerns from local cyclists that thieves are locating high-value bikes by accessing information from mobile apps such as Strava and Map My Ride. The software allows cyclists to let others know about cycling routes and times taken for completing them.
Arrests were made after recent thefts, but a Wharfedale resident told the Gazette more bikes were stolen in Ilkley early last week.
In a statement, Ilkley Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) said: "Some crime prevention meas-ures to take can be as simple as covering any windows, securing doors with substantial locks and separately securing your bicycles.
"If you use a bike rack on your vehicle remove it after storing your bike. If you use GPS mapping sites like Strava and Map My Ride, ensure you utilise the privacy settings. Report any suspicious activity immediately."
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EgyptAir flight from Paris feared crashed in Mediterranean
An EgyptAir flight from Paris with 66 people on board vanished from radar screens on Thursday with a Greek aviation source saying it had crashed into the Mediterranean between the Greek islands and the Egyptian coast.
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume its flight operations between Dhaka and Delhi in April to boost the bilateral relations and trade and commerce between the two countries.
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How Brain Reveals Mind:Neural Studies Support the Fundamental Role of Conscious Experience.
Document Type:Article
Article Type:Review
Topics:Neural Correlates of Consciousness
Keywords:consciousness, brain, inner speech, resting state, brain activation, brain correlates of cognition, visual imagery, fringe consciousness, fringe, executive functions, self, volition, voluntary control, subjectivity, subjective reports, mind-brain problem
Deposited by:Dr Bernard Baars
Date of Issue:2003
Issue Number:09/10/08
Page Range:100-114
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Abstract:In the last decade, careful studies of the living brain have opened the way for human consciousness to return to the heights it held before the behavioristic coup of 1913. This is illustrated by seven cases: (1) the discovery of widespread brain activation during conscious perception; (2) high levels of regional brain metabolism in the resting state of consciousness, dropping drastically in unconscious states; (3) the brain correlates of inner speech; (4) visual imagery; (5) fringe consciousness; (6) executive functions of the self; and (7) volition. Other papers in this issue expand on many of these points. (Roepstorff; Leopold & Logothetis; Bærentsen; Haggard; Hohwy & Frith). In the past, evidence based on subjective reports was often neglected (e.g., Ericsson, this issue). It is still true that brain evidence has greater credibility than subjective reports, no matter how reliable. What is new is increasing convergence between subjective experiences and brain observations. For that reason it is no longer rare to see the word 'consciousness' and 'subjectivity' in major science journals. No one so far has discovered a gulf dividing mind and brain. On the contrary, the new evidence supports the central role of consciousness as it was regarded over more than two millenia of written thought. In a sense this was predictable. Nature is full of unexpected convergences -- between fruit fly genes and the human body, between the arc of a tennis ball and the orbit of Mars, and between consciousness and the brain. These convergences show once again the remarkable unity of the observable universe.


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Soldak Entertainment - Din's Curse Announced
Soldak has officially announced their third game, which they've previously referred to as a "hardcore dungeon crawler". Din's Curse will use procedurally generated content combined with the choices and condequences Steven has previously discussed:
Choose one of 141 class combinations and journey to an infinite number of dynamically generated towns with vastly different problems. Every game is a surprise! Your actions have real consequences in this dynamic, evolving world. Your choices actually matter!
Din, champion of the gods, has cursed you into a second life of service because you selfishly squandered your first one while causing misfortune to those around you. To redeem yourself, you must impress Din by building a reputation for helping others. Travel the spacious western plains of Aleria and save desperate towns from the brink of annihilation. Until you're redeemed, you're doomed to wander the earth alone for all eternity.
In Din's Curse, you will explore an extensive underground, slaying dangerous monsters, solving dynamic quests, dodging deadly traps, and in your spare time, plundering loot. Quell uprisings, flush out traitors, kill assassins, cure plagues, purge curses, end wars, and complete other dangerous quests or the danger WILL escalate. Not all is as it seems though, traitors will gladly stab you in the back, renegades can revolt against the town, spies can set up ambushes, and items might even curse or possess your friends.
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(42b^3 + 23b^2 + 38b + 49)/ (6b + 5)
Treat it like a long division. First, work out how many times 6b goes into 42b^3, which is 7b^2, and that will be the first term of your answer. Now multiply (6b+5) by 7b^2, and you'll get 42b^3 + 35b^2. Write that underneath the original expression and subtract it from it: you'll get (-12b^2 + 38b + 49).
Next, you need to work out how many times (6b+5) goes into that. To find that, ask how many times 6b goes into -12b^2, which is -2b, and that will be the next term in your answer. Multiply (6b+5) by -2b, and you'll get (-12b^2 - 10b). Subtract that from (-12b^2 + 38b + 49), and you'll get (48b + 49). But now you've got a problem, because(6b+5) doesn't divide that exactly: the closest you can get is 8, which would make your answer (7b^2 - 2b + 8). But that would only work if your final term were 40 instead of 49. Are you sure you haven't copied it down wrong?


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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 22, 2006
They take a long time before they mate and, once old enough, don't mate every year. Even so, sturgeons are heavily sought after for their eggs, which are made into caviar. For these and other reasons, many sturgeons - a variety of ancient, bottom-feeding fish - are in trouble.
Trent Sutton, a fisheries biologist at Purdue University, has helped to ensure that a local variety of sturgeon, the shovelnose, does not become endangered or threatened like many of its relatives.
"The problem with sturgeons in general is that they are a long-lived fish that take a long time to reach sexual maturity," Sutton said.
He has completed a series of studies on the shovelnose sturgeon in Indiana waterways, particularly the Wabash River. His findings have become the basis for size and catch limits on the fish that will be put into place next summer, said Bill James, chief of fisheries for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). There are currently no fishing regulations for the shovelnose.
Sutton's research identifies many of the fish's habits that were previously unknown. Importantly, he found that the Wabash River population appears to be stable. Nevertheless, his sampling uncovered very few young fish in the river.
"This raises a few red flags," Sutton said. "This means that either the females aren't laying eggs or that they aren't spawning at all - both of which would have serious ramifications."
Another possibility, he said, is that the researchers' sampling may not have been in the right place and most of the young were somewhere else.
"This is an issue that needs to be resolved," he said.
The shovelnose, the smallest of sturgeons, reaches sexual maturity between ages 6 and 9 and spawns about every other year. This is relatively quick growth compared to the lake sturgeon, now endangered in much of North America, that doesn't reach sexual maturity until 20-25 years of age and only spawns every three to five years.
The shovelnose, like others sturgeons, is particularly vulnerable to overfishing because of the long time they require to breed and regenerate their numbers.
Caviar, considered by many to be a delicacy, consists of brined sturgeon roe, or eggs. Until recently, larger species of sturgeon in central Asian waters, particularly the Caspian Sea, provided the world with most of its caviar.
Habitat degradation, pollution and overfishing have taken a toll on these populations, and smaller sturgeons, like the shovelnose, are now targeted for their roe. The shovelnose, for example, is currently harvested throughout much of the Mississippi River basin for this reason.
While shovelnose populations have declined in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, James considers the Wabash River population to be among the healthiest remaining in the entire Mississippi River basin, a large area including 28 states.
"We have a healthy, stable population, and we intend to keep it that way," James said. "Professor Sutton's work will help us do that."
Sutton's work appears in three articles, one of which was published in the June-July issue of the Journal of Applied Ichthyology, with the remaining two to follow in separate journals by year's end. Tony Kennedy, one of Sutton's former graduate students, was a co-author in each of the three articles.
Sturgeons, whose fossil record dates back 100 million years, are covered with bony plates and have a distinctive wedge-shaped snout with sensitive barbels, or tactile whiskers, to detect food in river-bottom sediment.
Sutton's research shows that when a shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) reaches reproductive age, it moves north up the Wabash River to spawn (shovelnose are found in fewer numbers in Indiana's White River). The fish is a broadcast spawner, meaning its eggs are fertilized in the water. After fertilization, the embryos develop on the river bottom and, once they absorb their yolk sac left over from the egg, drift downstream with the current. This may help explain why Sutton found few young fish.
Last year, the United States banned all imports of caviar from the beluga sturgeon, one of the largest and most endangered fish. Beluga caviar is considered to be the best and sells for high prices - one online company sells it for $1,600 a pound. In 2006 the United Nations imposed a temporary ban for the remainder of the year on the international trade of most varieties of caviar harvested from wild fish.
The proposed Indiana DNR regulations would allow for an open season on the shovelnose from oct. 1 through May 31 and mandates a minimum fork length of 25 inches (fork length, as opposed to total length, is the measurement from the tip of a fish's mouth to the point at which the tailfin forks).
James said the Illinois Department of Natural Resources has the same regulations pending, based in part on Sutton's research. Sturgeon are typically harvested solely for their roe; they are not considered good as flesh fish and are not commonly sought for catch and release.
The DNR regulation process is under way. A public hearing will be scheduled and announced, then a final recommendation meeting will take place before the proposed limits are finalized.
The research was funded by Purdue's College of Agriculture and the Indiana DNR. Sutton plans to continue his research on the shovelnose at some point in the future.
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University of Utah scientists have shown how evolution works by reversing the process, reconstructing a 530-million-year-old gene by combining key portions of two modern mouse genes that descended from the archaic gene.
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The days are growing shorter, the fall rains are soon to arrive, and for most it's back to work come Tuesday, but music lovers can get one last blast of summer with a West Van waterfront show by two of indie music's biggest acts. Best known for their Grammy-winning pop anthem We Are Young and singles Some Nights and Carry On, New York trio Fun (or fun.) has spent the summer hitting top fests and outdoor venues, among them the White House on July 4.
Joining them are Tegan and Sara, the veteran Canadian indie duo whose pop-heavy, arena-ready album Heartthrob landed the twin sisters on the shortlist for the prestigious Polaris Music Prize – and even on stage with Taylor Swift last week in L.A. (The country megastar told the crowd the album was "one of my favourites of all time.")
Both bands have been plying the music biz for well over a decade, but both have had banner years, drawing broad critical praise and ever-larger crowds.
"We've been doing this for 12 years and we've seen every side of this industry and played to zero people and had no one buy our albums," fun.'s Jack Antonoff said after scooping two Grammys this year.
"And these moments, whether it's drawing big crowds or winning a Grammy, everything lately is a culmination of what we've been through. It's amazing … to have it all bubble up."
But while both acts offer plenty of summer-sweet pop hooks, and songs about love and heartbreak, they are also outspoken about human rights, in particular gay equality, and have teamed up with the Ally Coalition on tour.
"I think it's the job of artists to speak up. We're supposed to be the ones thinking in the future. We're supposed to be the ones who [care], and who are the opposite of oppressors," Mr. Antonoff said. "It feels like part of the job."
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It will pay in an extra £1.1bn over the next ten years in cash and assets to help eliminate the deficit, which stood at £3.1bn at the end of 2005.
Both the company and its staff are also paying higher regular contributions.
Although the scheme will provide reduced benefits in the future it will be kept open for current members.
The plan was first outlined in February this year and has now been agreed with the scheme's trustees and the trade unions.
The chief executive of BAE Systems, Mike Turner, said the new plan was acceptable and affordable.
"Pension scheme funding has been a challenge for the company but I am delighted that we have now completed these revised arrangements through the constructive approach of all concerned," he said.
Large deficit
BAE Systems, formed from the merger of British Aerospace and the weapons businesses of GEC, is the country's largest manufacturing company and its largest industrial exporter with more than 90,000 staff around the world.
Its main pension scheme, which has already been closed to new members, also has the largest pension fund deficit of any company in the private sector.
To save £770m, other changes have been agreed:
Since 2003 staff have already seen their contributions rise from 5% to 9.29% a year, while the company's contributions have risen from 11.7% to 18.21%.
The deal was welcomed by John Wall, general secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.
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Police said they have taken some of the largest cocaine suppliers in Northwest Georgia off the streets.
A traffic stop Thursday night in Floyd County and a search of a Calhoun home on Friday led to the arrest of three Gordon County residents on federal felony charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and to the confiscation of more than five pounds, or 2,400 grams, of the drug.
After cocaine has been cut and packaged for resale, it sells for $100 a gram, making the street value of the drugs seized $240,000, said Joey Jacobs, Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force commander.
Officers with the task force, the Calhoun Special Operations Division and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency seized nine ounces, or 252 grams, of cocaine from Jesus Ramon Sicaros, 34, of 150 Foxhall Road, No. 1, during a traffic stop by Floyd County police Thursday at Ga. 53 and Plainville Road in Floyd County, said Jacobs.
On Friday, police arrested Luz Maria Arzapalo 42, of 3230 Resaca-Lafayette Road, Sugar Valley, and Felipe Sicaros 44, of the same address, after serving a search warrant at their home, and the rest of the cocaine was seized.
"The cocaine was pure and uncut," Jacobs said.
The trio was taken to the Floyd County Jail but has been picked up by federal authorities, a jail spokesman said.
Jacobs said it took several agencies working together to make the arrests and the drug seizure. "All of the agencies played a part in this," Jacobs said. "And we got a substantial supplier of cocaine to this area with everyone's cooperation."
Sgt. J. Marquez, commander of Calhoun Special Operations, stated, "It is always great when different facets of law enforcement come together to achieve one goal, and that's eradicating narcotics from the city of Calhoun and Gordon County."
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An Ozone Park man who was charged in the 2010 shooting death of a teenager outside a Richmond Hill bar was found guilty of murder by a jury in Queens Supreme Court Friday.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown hailed the conviction as justice for the teenage victim, 19-year-old Christian O'Hara, of Laurelton.
"The jury's verdict is a measure of justice for an innocent young man whose life was tragically cut short," Brown said.
He also said the defendant, Miguel Viruet, 37, faced a lengthy prison sentence for "senseless gunplay" and pointed to the case as a reason for needing stricter gun control.
"[It] underscores our need to be vigilant in keeping illegal guns off the streets of our county and out of the hands of those intent on violently attacking others," Brown said.
Viruet was convicted of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
His sentencing is set for Jan. 8, when he faces 25 years to life in prison.
Brown said that according to testimony at the jury trial, which began Nov. 26, O'Hara died after Viruet fired nine shots at a group of people, including O'Hara, who were standing in front of Scooby's Bar, at 118-07 Atlantic Ave., in the early morning of May 5, 2010.
Brown said testimony revealed Viruet was apparently angry after his brother called him and said an unknown person had punched him in the face while he was standing outside the bar earlier in the morning.
The DA said trial testimony charged that Viruet drove to the bar with two other people and demanded to know from the bar's bouncer the identity of the person who assailed his brother. The bouncer told him the brother was drunk, had been hit outside of the bar and was not allowed inside, according to testimony. Brown said testimony revealed Viruet left the bar but later returned and fired the shots into the crowd.
O'Hara was hit in the lower torso and killed, according to trial testimony.
The teenager's grandmother, Maima, was the owner of Maima's Liberian Bistro & Bar, at 106-47 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. in South Jamaica.
Reach reporter Karen Frantz by e-mail at kfrantz@cn
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The plan is one of 100 recommendations which appeared in a report by Sheriff Principal John McInnes.
He was asked to undertake the review following delays, adjournments and wasting of witness and police time.
Summary justice makes up 96% of all criminal cases in Scotland, but delays saw 17,000 cases dropped in 2002, according to the most recent figures.
More serious summary cases are heard in the sheriff court, while lower-level
crimes are disposed of in district courts.
The measures, published on Tuesday, include:
The report also makes a number of recommendations aimed at improving the collection and enforcement of fines.
But the most controversial move to abolish district courts would see Scotland's 700 justices of the peace removed.
The report said there was a "divergence of view" on the lay justices plan and two members of the committee, Sheriff Brian Lockhart and Mrs Helen Murray, issued a "note of dissent" on the issue.
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Sheriff Principal McInnes said: "I believe that our recommendations, taken as a whole, represent a good package of solutions to the range of problems within the summary justice system in Scotland.
"They represent a major step forward in creating a modern, efficient summary justice system, suitable for Scotland and its people.
"The emphasis is on simple but effective processes which will retain and, I hope, enhance the confidence of the public and take proper account of the needs of victims and witnesses."
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text: Bugs item #3530379, was opened at 2012-05-28 17:49 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by vtz You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101355&aid=3530379&group_id=1355 Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: multithreading Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Bill Janssen (janssen) Assigned to: Vladimir Tzankov (vtz) Summary: configure --with-threads hangs on Mac OS Initial Comment: When I try to build clisp-2.49 with --with-threads=POSIX_THREADS, the build hangs, on both OS X 10.5 and 10.6. The issue seems to be some of the clisp.m4 macros that run clisp into a pipe, e.g. /tmp/clisp-2.49/src/clisp -K boot -E UTF-8 -Epathname 1:1 -Emisc 1:1 | head -n 1 This works fine if building without threads, but hangs (hard) when threading is specified. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Vladimir Tzankov (vtz) Date: 2012-05-28 23:35 Message: Can you check out the source tree and try it? This is supposed to be fixed there and works for me on 10.6 and 10.7. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Vladimir Tzankov (vtz) Date: 2012-05-28 23:35 Message: this is the standard request for more information. 1. what is your platform? ("uname -a" on a Unix system) compiler version? libc (on Linux)? 2. where did you get the sources? when? (absolute dates are prefered over the relative ones) 3. how did you build CLISP? (what command, options &c) please do a clean build (remove your build directory and build CLISP with "./configure --build build" or at least do a "make distclean" before "make") 4. if you are using pre-built binaries, the problem is likely to be in the incompatibilities between the platform on which the binary was built and yours; please try compiling the sources. 5. what is the output of (lisp-implementation-version)? 6. what is the value of *features*? 7. please supply the full output (copy and paste) of all the error messages. If you cannot build CLISP, you can obviously skip 5 and 6, but then you should provide more information in 1. please see <http://clisp.cons.org/clisp.html#bugs> for more information. Thanks. PS. This bug report is now marked "pending" and will auto-close unless you respond (in which case it will auto-re-open). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101355&aid=3530379&group_id=1355


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Nabadwips twin town Mayapur lies across the river a sort, often overcrowded ferry ride away, with the prominent massive stupa like temple belonging to ISCKON. The whole of Mayapur is infused with Hare Krishna ambiance, the Hare Krishna sect is clearly visible across the water. The mazy temple symbolizes the contemporary face of Vaishnavism, stands in the middle of an ornamental park and is extremely popular especially at weekends.
Sight And ActivitiesISCKON Temple
ISCKON in Mayapur is the international headquarter. The main deities are Radha Madhav. The Deities are of life size image, the main deities of Radha and Madhav (another name of Lord Krishna) are surrounded by eight Gopis, four in each side of the main deities. Other prominent figures are Pancha Tattva Advaita Acharya who are Lord Nityananda, Lord Chaitanya, Gadadhara and Srivasa Thakur and Lord Narsimha.
Kali Bari
Nabadwip is altogether a Vaishnava town, but Nabadips most atmospheric temple is Kali Bari at Poramatolla, dedicated to goddess Kali who is a one of the most revered god among Hindus. The most impressive part of it, is goddess Kali is tucked into the folds of one of the most impressive banyan tree.
Shree Chaitanya Yogapitha
According to the legends, Shri Chaitanya was born beneath a neem tree. There is a neem tree at the spot and people believe that it is the same tree where Mahaprabhu was born. There is a hut where his life is been displayed with the help of clay models. After ISCKON temple, it is the second most visited place in Mayapur.


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Absinthe, Opium, & Magic: 1920s Shanghai
1920s Shanghai is the setting of Debbie McMahons wonderfully environmental tour de force of clowning, dancing and blood, which evokes, with ferocious imagination, not just a bygone era but also the atmosphere of the Grand Guignol. Upon arrival at the theater, we are ushered into an ante-chamber outside the actual auditorium, which has been set up to resemble a Shanghai bazaar. There are sallow-eyed maidens serving tea and also warm absinthe, strained through sugar, Thomas De Quinceystyle. The scent of the absinthe wafts through the entire theater, melding with dry ice and creating a mood that elegantly mixes pleasure and decay. The plays first act, Sing Song Girl Sings Last Song, is a haunting ballet of despair, involving a cast that includes jaded Sing Song Girl prostitute Bright Pearl (Tina Van Berckelaer), a young virgin protégé (Amanda Street) who dreams of becoming Top Whore, and calculating Madame Old Bustard (Dinah Steward), who plots to sell the virgin to be raped and mutilated by a piglike mobster (Roy Starr). Anchored by Jeanne Simpsons pleasingly melodramatic choreography, the dance tackles a compelling story of rage, despair and vice. Stewards charmingly sinister Old Bustard steals every scene shes in but Streets scheming, loathsome virgin is a standout as well. Act 2s vignette, Chris Bells The Cabinet of Hands, is a gripping horror tale, with a sharp twist of quirky humor. A prissy young French couple (Robin Long and Zachary Foulkes), vacationing in Shanghai, gets more than they bargain for when they go slumming at the opium den owned by a seemingly kind old woman (Kevin Dulude). As the thrill-seeking Westerners get happily stoned on The Dragons Tail, the old womans diabolical true nature shows through. The final scene consists of a jaw-dropping gorefest that will have you simultaneously howling with terror and laughter (while slipping your hands in your pockets for safekeeping). Duludes wicked old woman is the perfect embodiment of mysterious evil and the horrific fate of Longs ill-fated naif hilariously suggests an anti-drug teaching moment thats very effective. Art/Works Theatre, 6569 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; check Web site for added perfs; through Jan. 3. brownpapertickets.com/Grand Guignolers and [via] Corpora Performance R& D House production.
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I truly believed that I didn't have a problem with magazine clutter. We really do not receive very many, and if you were to glance around my home–you would only find a few. Last week construction began on our home and we are slowly beginning to pack up our rooms to make the remodeling part easier. In doing so, I was alarmed at what I found in my Living Room alone!
It all started with one basket that was to hide our magazines from company until we could get to reading them. That 1 basket ended up being 7! A handful of magazines quickly turned into 50+ (I stopped counting, but ended up getting rid of 2 trash bags worth of magazines and overall paper clutter from my desk drawers).
It took me 2 days to clear out this stash of magazines and rip out the articles and recipes I wanted to keep. Now everything is safely filed away in their appropriate binders: Recipe Binder, Seasonal Binder, Gardening, Home Management (lots of things went into the Projects Section) and our Home Addition Binder (all of the design elements we want to include in the makeover).
I've learned that it is a lot easier to take care of the magazines as SOON as possible instead of letting them accumulate, even if I can't see them!
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An intensive temperature sensor based on a liquid-core optical fiber has been demonstrated for the measuring the temperature of the environment. The core of fiber is filled with a mixture of toluene and chloroform in order to make the refractive index of the liquid-core and the cladding of the fiber close. The experiment shows that a temperature sensitivity of about 5 dB/K and a tunable temperature range (from 20 °C to 60 °C) can be achieved. Based on the dielectric-clad liquid core fiber model, a simulation was carried out and the calculated results were in good accord with the experimental measurement.
Fiber-optical sensors have been developed in a lot of fields for many decades. They were widely used in the measurement for temperature, strain, voltage, electric current, vibration and so on [
Liquid-core optical fiber (LCOF) is a different structure fiber which has been investigated since 1972 [
In this paper, we present a new kind of temperature sensor based on the intensity-modulated principle. A hollow optical fiber is filled with a mixture of toluene and chloroform to form the LCOF. This kind of sensor has a high sensitivity in accurate temperature measurements and a tunable operational range, including room temperature, by simply changing the concentration of the two components. Practically, it also has an advantage of simplicity and low cost.
The sensor fiber is made of a hollow core silica fiber protected by a polyimide coating. The fiber can be commercially obtained with an inner core diameter of 250μm. In order to get a tight confinement ability, the diameter of the hollow core is stretched from 250μm to 50μm. Using a high pressure syringe system, the coated hollow fiber is filled with the liquid mixture, whose refractive index is a little higher than the silica clad. The low losses of the LCOF have been reported before [
The configuration of the liquid-core optical fiber temperature sensor is shown in
Experimental results obtained from the setup are shown in
The mathematic model in our simulation is a cylindrical structure involving two regions: A liquid core with radius
By mixing the two liquids, we create a waveguide core of refractive index ranging from
We also should consider the effect of
From [
Because the index and the thermal coefficients of the mixture liquid are between those of toluene and chloroform, to simplify the process of simulation, we assume that
In summary, a type of intensive based liquid core optical fiber temperature sensor has been proposed. The mixture of toluene and chloroform was pumped into the hollow fiber to form the liquid-core optical fiber. By adjusting the concentration of the liquid, different ranges of the temperature sensor can be realized. Experimentally, the sensor was found to have a sensitivity of 4 dB/K−1 to 5 dB/K−1 over the temperature range 20-60°C. Moreover the simple construction of this sensor shows an advantage in practical application.
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10574092); the National Basic Research Program "973" of China (No. 2007CB307000 and 2006CB806000);
Experiment setup for the liquid-core fiber temperature sensor.
Variation of normalized transmitted intensity as a function of the temperature for liquid mixture with three kinds of concentrations of the toluene.
Comparison of theoretical and experimental results (the concentration of the toluene is 30%).


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Drymonia macrophylla
This plant was originally posted here as Nautilocalyx pictus 'Lightning'. It is now clear that that name belongs to another plant, and that this one is in another genus entirely.
Drymonia has many interesting species, grown for both their unusual flowers (e.g. D. coccinea) and what is in some instances dramatic and beautiful foliage (e.g. D. variegata). A photo of the flower of D. macrophylla is also on this site.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Atlanta Braves came achingly close to forcing the National League division series back to Turner Field, where they had the best home record in the majors this season.
Needing a win to avoid elimination, pinch-hitter Jose Constanza's RBI single gave the Braves a 3-2 lead and plenty of hope in the seventh inning.
It didn't hold up, though, and they went on to lose 4-3 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
"We battled the whole game and just came up a little short," first baseman Freddie Freeman said.
That's been a familiar story for the Braves, who haven't won a postseason series since 2001. They dropped this best-of-five matchup 3-1, extending a stretch in which they've lost seven straight playoff series and the 2012 NL wild-card game.
"We came together and achieved a division title," said Justin Upton, who struck out to end the game. "It was fun to be a part of. At the end of the day, it wasn't as much as we wanted, but we played well."
The Braves were 56-25 at Turner Field, but they were the only division champions with a losing road record at 40-41.
"We expect that next season we'll be right back where we are," backup catcher Gerald Laird said.
Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off losing pitcher David Carpenter to give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. Yasiel Puig doubled down the right-field line leading off the inning.
Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth to get the victory. Kenley Jansen struck out all three batters in the ninth for a save.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez never got the ball to lights-out closer Craig Kimbrel.
"You don't want it to ever end the way we ended today. But we had the right guy out there. Carp has been good for us," Gonzalez said. "There is nothing to be ashamed of."
The Dodgers gambled in bringing back Clayton Kershaw on three days' rest for the first time in his career. But with a chance to close out the series, they opted for their ace over scheduled starter Ricky Nolasco. The move paid off when the 2011 Cy Young Award winner tossed six solid innings before turning it over to the bullpen.
Kershaw squandered a 2-0 lead, giving up two unearned runs and three hits. He struck out six and walked one on 91 pitches.
With one out in the seventh, Elliot Johnson tripled into the right-field corner, sending Puig sliding into the dirt chasing the ball as it caromed off the wall. Constanza, batting for starting pitcher Freddy Garcia, singled into center, scoring Johnson to put the NL East champion Braves ahead for the first time.
Garcia allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two.
"It's tough to swallow when you get a great performance like Freddy gave us," Freeman said. "For him to do what he did in an elimination game, that was more than we could have asked for."
The Braves tied it 2-all in the fourth, when the Dodgers' defense faltered.
Chris Johnson's RBI single scored Freddie Freeman, who singled leading off, went to second on first baseman Adrian Gonzalez's throwing error and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Kershaw.
Andrelton Simmons grounded into a fielder's choice to third in what should have been an inning-ending double play, but second baseman Mark Ellis' throw to Adrian Gonzalez went wide and Evan Gattis scored from third.
"To end the way it did tonight, it's going to hurt. It's going to be a long way back," Fredi Gonzalez said. "But tip your hat to the Dodgers and congratulate Donnie and his staff. The sad thing is there are no more games, you know?"
NOTES: Braves C Brian McCann went 0 for 4 and finished 0 for 13 in the series. He can become a free agent this fall. ... Elliot Johnson was 0 for 10 in the series before he tripled. ... Chris Johnson went 3 for 4 and batted.438 with five RBIs in the series. ... Garcia, who turned 37 on Sunday, made his 11th career postseason start and lowered his ERA to 3.25.
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Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish makes his final scheduled start before Monday's non-waiver trade deadline with growing speculation that the potential free agent could be dealt to another team. Darvish (6-8, 3.44 ERA) faces Miami and Ichiro Suzuki, another standout player from Japan. Darvish, an All-Star this year for the fourth time in his five seasons played in Texas, is 0-4 with a 4.26 ERA in his last seven starts. He struck out a season-high 12 over eight innings at Tampa Bay last Friday. His only career shutout — and only nine-inning complete game — came the only time he previously...