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"Slow for the Cone Zone" Poster Contest: A Colorful Take on Work Zone Safety
Children and grandchildren of District 7 employees gathered up their crayons and created some remarkable posters illustrating the importance of slowing down and saving lives in freeway work zones.
Based on this year's "Slow for the Cone Zone" Poster Contest entries, Caltrans freeway work is either fraught with peril or borderline utopian – and in some cases, a little of both. Some entries featured mangled cars and emergency vehicles, while others depicted smiling workers and sunny skies. Although the submissions are very different, what they all have in common is a tremendous amount of creativity.
The eight young artists who participated in this year's contest are children and grandchildren of District 7 employees. The annual Poster Contest, sponsored by Caltrans Headquarters, is intended to allow children to share their thoughts about the importance of driving safely in or near a work zone.
A panel of four judges recruited from different divisions critiqued the poster submissions on three criteria: reflection of theme ("Slow for the Cone Zone"), originality, and use of color. The panel selected one finalist in each of four age groups: 0 to 8 years, 9 to 11 years, 12 to 14 years, and 15 to 17 years. The poster contest finalists, respectively, were Michael Falcone (grandson of Mike Miles), Ahmad Daaboul (son of Abdulraouf Daaboul), Rukti Islam (daughter of Mohammed Islam), and Daniel Navarro (son of Guillermo Navarro).
District 7's finalists were sent to Sacramento, where they will be judged against posters from other districts. Winning posters will be featured in the 2011 Workers Memorial program in April and will be posted on Caltrans' "Slow for the Cone Zone" website as well.
"There were so many good entries this year, it was very hard to choose the finalists," said Deputy Director of Maintenance Dan Freeman, one of this year's judges. "We'd send them all up to Sacramento if we could."
All Poster Contest participants received certificates of recognition. Thanks to all of our young artists for helping to raise awareness about cone zone safety!
Check out all of this year's District 7 Poster Contest entries here.


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It had all the makings of a social media disaster but
On Monday, a post showing a photo of a Woolworths billboard near Ipswich in Queensland went viral on Facebook.
The billboard had the slogan "Proudly supplying Ipswich with fresh food for over 43 years", illustrated with a picture of a doughnut missing a bite.
Someone posted a photo on Facebook, pointing out that a doughnut wasn't exactly "fresh food" and suggesting it was irresponsible marketing given the high levels of obesity in the town.
At that point things took on a life of their own. The photo was shared and reshared and dozens of posts popped up on Woolworths' Facebook wall, basically saying the same thing: "Woolworths, what WERE you thinking?"
The photo also did the rounds on Twitter. But late in the afternoon Woolworths changed its settings so the home page would display Woolworths' own posts, leaving visitors to click on "recent posts by others" to see the criticisms.
The supermarket also started replying to all posts with the message: "Hi there, just letting you know that we are taking the billboard down today.
"Our intention was to show one of the products that we bake fresh every day at our in-store bakeries, but we appreciate that the image may have been confusing. We're proud to be Australia's fresh food people, offering our customers a wide range of fresh food choices.
"Thanks for bringing this one to our attention, we really appreciate your feedback."
The creative director at advertising agency Frank Digital, Matt Barbelli, said Woolworths handled it well: "The thing about social media is that you've got to use it as a tool not only to engage customers and post content, but also as a tool to listen to what people are saying.
"Woolworths has apologised and said they would remove the billboard."
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Syria warns of 'catastrophic' effect of any Israeli strike on Iran
PARIS, Sept 2 (AFP) Sep 02, 2008
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Tuesday that an attack by Israel on Iran would have catastrophic consequences for the entire world.
"We think that Israel could try to launch attacks against Iran, even against Lebanon or Syria," he said in an interview with France 3 television.
"Any attack by Israel or by anyone else will have catastrophic results not only on the region but on the whole world," he said.
In recent months several Israeli politicians have talked of the possibility of a preemptive military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities to avoid any possibility of Tehran acquiring an atomic weapon.
Iran has responded by threatening retaliatory strikes with its Shahab-3 missiles which have a nominal range of 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) -- enough to reach Israel.All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.


text: David Penty British Library Lullabies Fox Strangways No.25a. The notes on the cylinder lid are: 'Lullabies. Hai Punnale(?) Lali lali Sri. duplicate better. Master'. The singer is probably the same singer as in cylinders C72/872-5. Arthur Fox Strangways (1859-1948) came from an aristocratic family, and studied music at Balliol College Oxford, and then at the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik. It was after a career as a teacher that Fox Strangways embarked on a field trip to India from 1910 to 1911, having travelled to the country some years earlier. In the course of his fieldwork, Fox Strangways recorded over forty wax cylinders in Raipur, Madras, Trichur, Tanjore, Allahabad, Jhelum and Poona. As a result, Strangways published ?The Music of Hindostan? in 1914, containing transcriptions of his recordings, and of other musical examples. sounds.bl.uk/025M-C0072X0876XX-0100V0 C72/876 1910 or 1911 http://sounds.bl.uk/JISC ASR IPR STATUS LIST.xls Fox Strangways, A. H. India sound 1 1 1 1 1 0 Lullabies Ethnographic Wax Cylinders 1910 BL Product Identifier :C72/876 025 Ethnographic Wax Cylinders, World and Traditional Music C0072X0876XX AB 025M-C0072X0876XX-0100V0 00:02:03 00:02:03


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Hopefully by now you have or nearly finished the first playthrough of Skyward Sword and your about to start hero mode. Yesterday, an article over at Just Push Start was posted about Skyward Sword's hero mode. In Phillip Price's opinion, Hero mode is not worth attempting for reasons after the jump. I personally think that his reasons for not trying hero mode are a bit vague and doesn't really put people off hero mode. Hero mode is definately worth having a stab at, there is absolutely no reason not to try. Jump inside to check out the reasons for yourself and my views.
Gamers quickly noticed Fi's inexplicable ability to state the obvious. We were even given the option to call upon Fi for quick recaps of our current objective (here one and only way to be useful), advice, or analysis of the area Link is currently in. Her "Advice" consists of going over tutorials, or explaining how to catch Deku Hornets regardless of the fact that you already have 86 of them in your collection. Throughout "Hero Mode", you will constantly find yourself screaming at Fi to just "shut the front door and let me play my game!" There is absolutely no use for Fi whatsoever as you already know where everything is, not to mention the many occasions when she suggests dowsing for items after you have already collected half of what you were searching for.
Ok, I understand that you don't want to listern to Fi because you know already what to do, but to have this as a reason to not bother with hero mode? Regardless of how useless Fi is, this is not a reason to not attempt hero mode because the whole point of hero mode is to complete it with disadvantages like double damage, no hearts etc.
When you start Hero mode, several of the NPCs mention the fact that you are playing in Hero mode; many of them even allow you to skip certain tutorials because you "already know what you are doing." This made me jump for joy as I thought I was just going to be able to enjoy the best part of this game: gameplay. Then, about thirty minutes in, I started to notice that no one was recognizing that I had done all this before. The game began thrusting tutorials upon me once more as items like the slingshot were explained to a point of redundancy. Hero Mode quickly became nothing more than New Game+ utilizing a different name as a tepid attempt at being different
It doesn't hurt to have a reminder of how to do things or how to use items, even the NPCs say there's no harm in reviewing the basics. Again, this is just nit-picking at irrelevant attributes.
I like challenging video games; after honing my skills for almost two and a half decades it feels good knowing that there are few games out there that can give me a challenge. Hero mode, was supposed to be a more challenging mode than the first quest. At minimum, that should mean more (or at least tougher) enemies, improved enemy AI, and less drops. In "Hero mode", enemy toughness has not increased Link merely takes double damage from everything; their intelligence has not increased whatsoever. For example, Deku-babas (plant monsters) still try to eat bombs that tossed at them and Lizafos will still taunt missed attacks allowing you to black flip slash them onto their backs. What was almost Hero mode's single redeeming quality was the fact that hearts no longer appeared in the wild, not did heart plants grow any longer. This genuinely made it feel like a challenge as it forced gamers to rely on potions and sitting to regain health. That is, until I found the heart medal.
I think the double damage alone makes hero mode difficult. I have to think twice before attacking an enemy otherwise my hearts will disappear like that. Although improved AI would make things more difficult, it really isn't needed if double damage is hard enough.
The only challenge that Hero mode seemed to present was the fact that the only way Link could replenish health was by utilizing potions, or by sitting on random and rare stools found throughout the game. Enemies no longer dropped hearts, breaking pots and cutting grass stopped producing hearts, and heart plants became extinct. Then, about ten hours in, I activated a Goddess Cube in the southwest region of the Lanayru Desert and unlocked the heart medal that had the ability to reintroduce hearts back into the game. At that precise moment, Hero mode had died. Sure, I could have chosen not to carry the stupid thing around and make the hearts disappear again, but I cannot actively make a choice to make the game tougher. If I could do that, I would never have equipped my shield during the first quest; why did they even put this item in the game? The sole purpose of this medal is to undo what Hero Mode does.
Sorry, but this has to be the worst reason not to attempt hero mode. The Heart Medals are there for there for gamers who want a bit more challenge on their next playthrough, but aren't up for going without replenishing hearts the old fasion way. I confess I rely on Heart Medals, but even with them in your pouch, hero mode is still challenging. And if you don't want to use them, put them away in the Item Check.
It was a breath of fresh air when gamers began to play Skyward Sword for the first time and noticed that, unlike previous Zelda titles, we were able to skip a large percentage of cutscenes. There were still quite a number of cutscenes that were not optional but these were few and far in between. Mostly these cutscenes contained valuable information as to what the next step in Link's quest is. Being the fact that Hero mode would indicate this is the second time around for gamers, one would think that these informational cutscenes could then be skipped since we have already been through it all once before. This is not the case at all as there are no additional skip options, and gamers must wade through the shoveling of now pointless information.
It doesn't really matter, it's not as if your doing a speedrun or anything. Again, nit-picking at irrelevent attributes.
You may or may not agree with Phillp's reasons for not attempting hero mode, but I think these are completely pointless reasons, and I highly recommend that you at least attempt hero mode, it is definately worth your time.
What are your thoughts on this article? Do you think Phillip Price's reasons are pointless or do you think these are actual reasons to not attempt hero mode? Leave your thoughts and opinions below.
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What a week I've had.
I spent two days at Mercury in Fond du Lac, Wis., got home at midnight, caught a flight at 6 a.m. the next morning from Kalamazoo to Springfield, Mo. to emcee the Oakley Big Bass Tour KVD Classic, flew back home and left early the next morning to ride with Mark Zona to Lake St. Clair and film a segment for Zona's Awesome Fishing Show.
That afternoon, I made the three-hour trek home, raced to my boys' school for Honor Night and arrived two minutes before they walked across the stage to receive awards, along with other kids, for achieving grade point averages of 3.5 or better.
The next day, there were satellite trucks sitting in my yard for me to conduct day-long TV and radio interviews to promote safe boating for Discover Boating, a public awareness campaign for the National Marine Manufacturers Association.
Cramming that many events into a short time frame isn't easy but it came off without a hitch. All the credit goes to wife Sherry who handles my scheduling on top of helping the kids with their homework while I'm on the road.
The Mercury trip was a great experience. I went to the plant to meet most of Mercury's 3,000 employees to explain how we use the engines they build and emphasize how reliable, fuel efficient and well performing they are.
I met with groups ranging from 100 to 400 people throughout the two days and got to see how these engines and props are built.
It was truly fascinating and I came away with even more appreciation for what goes into the engines we tend to take for granted. I was really blown away by the detailed process it takes to build a propeller and the R&D and testing that goes into them.
Afterwards, they honored me with two props that had my signature cast into them. One was on a plaque that the employees signed, and one for me to use. They also built a third, which I signed and presented to the employees.
The Oakley event on Table Rock Lake at Big Cedar Lodge Resort was equally exciting. During the two-day event, they give away $500 prizes for the biggest bass weighed in each hour. There were several 4 and 5s carried to the scales.
I got a kick out of the look on some of those guys faces when they walked across the stage. They didn't know that I would be there and were kinda shocked. It was hilarious.
Congratulations to Steven Porter, the overall winner with a 6.60-pound bass that earned him a Nitro Z8 rigged with a 200 horse Mercury. Steven fished from the back of his brother's boat and now he has one of his own. Pretty cool deal.
My trip to St. Clair was a freak show; not because of my good friend Zona, who can get pretty freaky, but because the fishing was ridiculously good. We had two days set aside to film and were done by the end of the day which allowed me time to make the three-hour drive home and catch my sons' award ceremony.
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A married father of three young daughters, Mr. Salvatierra worked at PayPal as vice president for customer advocacy and operational excellence. He had also served as vice president and CFO at Skype, which like PayPal is owned by eBay. His 14 years at the three companies included working as eBay's first vice president for site management and fraud prevention, according to eBay CEO John Donahoe.
He volunteered on the board of directors for Peninsula Bridge, a nonprofit dedicated to creating academic opportunities for students from low-income communities, and with other nonprofits.
Mr. Salvatierra lived in Palo Alto with his wife, Meredith Ackley, whom he met as a camp counselor in college. The couple had three children, aged 3, 8 and 10, according to an email sent by Mr. Donahoe to eBay employees.
The email praised Mr. Salvatierra, one of the company's longest-serving employees. Mr. Donahoe said his "tireless and passionate commitment to every task and his loyalty to the company were a hallmark of Eric's tenure at eBay."
He wrote that Mr. Salvatierra's many gifts included an "ability to bring out the best in all of us and compel his colleagues to be better employees and better people."
Saying that Mr. Salvatierra was a unique and special colleague who was loved and admired by all, Mr. Donahoe wrote: "For all of us who had the privilege of knowing and working with Eric, we will remember and miss his wit, intelligence, and joy of life both professionally and personally. Our deepest sympathies and thoughts are with Meredith and the girls. Our hearts go out to them for the sudden loss of such a beloved, valued and respected husband, father, friend and colleague."
The Friday collision occurred at about 9:30 a.m. on the tracks near Ravenswood Avenue, according to Caltrain. People at the scene commented that Mr. Salvatierra had been seen with a silver road bike and helmet. Describing the scene, an agency representative said that the speed of the train at the time of collision was irrelevant because of its massive weight.
In his email, the eBay CEO wrote that Mr. Salvatierra had suffered a "debilitating mental illness" that prompted him to take a leave of absence last year.
It also noted that in recent months the couple found support through the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a national nonprofit that provides education on mental-health issues, and that the family is now receiving grief counseling from KARA, a Palo Alto-based organization.
Funeral services have not yet been announced; the widow has asked that support go to both KARA and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, as two organizations that work to abolish the stigma of mental illness. Mr. Donahoe said the company would make contributions to the organizations in Mr. Salvatierra's memory.
The San Mateo County coroner will make the final determination of the cause of death, and investigators continue to piece together what happened. This was the fourth death on the railroad's right-of-way this year, according to Caltrain. Last year there were 16 fatalities.
"No matter what the circumstances, it is always regrettable when a life is lost," said Caltrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew in an email. "Caltrain reminds everyone to be safe around train tracks. Caltrain also would like to thank our passengers for their patience as we deal with these sad incidents."
Over the years, Caltrain has installed no trespassing signs and signs listing a crisis hotline number every 500 feet along the 55-mile railroad to try to reduce deaths.


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Michael Phelps Shatters Olympics Record with 19th Career Medal
Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history.
12 Reasons Why It's Absolutely Essential That There Is a 'Saved by the Bell' Reunion
Former 'Saved by the Bell' star Lark Voorhies recently surfaced to let fans know what she's been doing in the days since she left Bayside. She also revealed she'd be open to a 'Saved by the Bell' reunion. That's news that's hard to b-b-b-beat and we can't help but root on that possibility.
14 Jokes About Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Getting Divorced
So, has the shock of Kim Kardashian divorcing Kris Humphries after 72 days of wedded bliss worn off yet? Good thing the news broke on Halloween because we were so depressed, we needed to drown our sorrows in bucketfuls of fun size Milky Ways.
Like many a divorcee, though, we will soldier on. Let's start the healing process with 14 jokes about Kim and Kris' marriage.
Former Spice Girls Singer Geri Halliwell Hard at Work on New Solo Album
Former Spice Girls star Geri Halliwell is ready to get her fans moving again.
Halliwell — also known as Ginger Spice — is working on a solo album.
Let Kids Eat Candy So They'll Lose Weight? Not As Crazy As It Sounds
Well, here's a twist in the battle to curb childhood obesity.
A new study has found that kids who eat candy tend to weigh less than children who don't.
Cute Dog Wearing Cone Finds Creative Way to Climbs Stairs [VIDEO]
Sometimes we're asked to think outside the box, but this dog named Lucy has had to think outside the cone.
The pooch had undergone surgery on her head, forcing her to wear a plastic cone to keep the stitches safe. The handicap, however, led to a conundrum: how to get up a flight of stairs?
Top 10 List Explains Why There Are So Many Top 10 Lists
Top 10 lists used to be the domain of David Letterman and the FBI's Most Wanted, but they're now popping up on the internet with the frequency of Subway restaurants on street corners. There are so many lists, in fact, there's a whole website dedicated to it.
What's behind this trend? So glad you asked.
US Birth Rate Drops For Third Straight Year
The nuclear family is shrinking.
For the third-consecutive year, births in the US have decreased.


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About two years ago, University of California at Irvine professor Fan-Gang Zeng started noticing something alarming among his students: unexplained hearing loss.
In each of his biomedical engineering classes, Zeng said, he's found several students with the type of damaged hearing you normally wouldn't see until 50 or 60 years of age.
It's been two years since the phenomenon began. And that's about how long it's been since the MP3 player became a staple for students around the world.
Coincidence? He doesn't think so.
"We can't say for sure it's from MP3 players, but I don't know what else has changed," said Zeng, a researcher specialising in hearing loss. "The climate and the food are the same."
Another UCI hearing expert, Dr Hamid Djalilian, is also concerned about the effects of MP3 players, saying parents are bringing in more and more teenagers complaining of ringing in their ears.
Young children can suffer even more damage from loud music or toys, because their ear canals are shorter and not fully developed.
"A lot of times it's not recognised, because kids don't complain," Djalilian said.
Experts say the problems are probably caused by the use of "ear buds" that sit inside the ear, coupled with the increased length of listening time available, compared to previous portable music players.
Most MP3 players come with stock ear buds, which unlike headphones that sit outside the ear, fit snugly in the ear canal and do not allow any sound to escape.
Because the sound is digital, listeners can crank it up louder without the distortion faced by previous technologies.
One of Apple's initial slogans for the iPod was "Play It Loud".
And because MP3 players can store hours and hours of music, users can listen all day without stopping - producing an unending barrage of sound.
At least with older audio devices such as portable compact disc players, the listener had to stop and change the CD or restart it.
Over the past year, MP3 manufacturers have begun to respond to complaints about the problem.
A class action suit was filed against Apple Computer in February in US District Court in San Jose, alleging that the company had not done enough to protect its customers' hearing and seeking to force Apple to offer a way to limit volume.
A few weeks later, Apple introduced a free software upgrade that allows owners to set volume limits on their iPods. Parents can create limits that kids can't change at will.
"If it were my kid, I would make sure they never have that iPod more than Level 6 volume," Djalilian said. "At Level 7, you can listen for four hours a day or so, after that there's a potential for hearing loss. At Level 8, no more than an hour and a half."
When sound waves enter your ears, they vibrate tiny hairlike cells, sending nerve impulses to your brain that tell you to hear.
Loud noises damage those hair cells, usually temporarily at first, when they can be bent out of shape. This causes ringing in the ears or temporary deafness.
Extremely loud noises, such as a close gunshot, can immediately destroy hearing cells.
But they can also be killed by repeated waves of loud sound, such as those coming in from digital music headphones or speakers at a concert.
The longer the exposure, the more chance of permanent damage.
Sounds that are 85 decibels or louder - about a quarter of the maximum volume on some MP3 players - can damage hearing, at least temporarily.
The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health sets a safe exposure limit for workplace noise of 85 decibels spread over eight hours a day.
The maximum volume on an iPod ranges from 115 to 125 decibels, depending on the model and who's doing the measuring.
Apple had to pull its iPods from the shelves in France temporarily, because their output exceeded that country's 100-decibel sound limit.
In results released last year of an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association lab test of several models, MP3 players' top volume ranged from 108 to 125 decibels.
By the time you feel pain in your ears from loud noises, your hearing has been permanently damaged.
"The kind of hearing loss we're talking about is not going to show up when they're teenagers," said Dr Brian Fligor, director of diagnostic audiology at Children's Hospital Boston, who teaches at Harvard Medical School. "It will show up when they are in their 20s and 30s."
Fligor compared the damage to the cumulative effect of too many sunburns on the skin.
"Doctors refer to it as acoustic trauma; normally it comes from explosions and gunshots."
Fligor said parents should model responsible noise control for their children, by wearing earplugs when mowing the lawn, firing guns or using power tools, for example.
"Parents should have conversations with their kids about not abusing their ears at clubs and concerts," Fligor said.
Other experts agreed, pointing out that musicians now use earplugs onstage to avoid the kind of hearing damage faced by first-generation rockers.
"Most musicians are smart enough now to be aware of hearing loss - but pity the poor kids down below the stage," Zeng said.
"If you go to a concert, bring earplugs."
Fligor just finished a study of headphones used with MP3 players.
He advised users not to turn the volume up higher than 80 per cent and to limit their listening time to 90 minutes.
"We call it the "80 for 90 guideline".
Fligor said a government-funded study is under way in Brazil on the safety of MP3 players.
Music-induced hearing loss starts out so subtly that listeners don't know there's a problem, Fligor said.
"It's like a tooth cavity," Fligor said. "You don't want to wait until it hurts, then there's really extensive damage."
Kathy Bussi was worried about her son's hearing when she bought him an iPod for his birthday.
Then, her brother told her that she could set a parental limit on volume.
"I said, 'That's great. That's spectacular. Let's put it on there'," Bussi said.
Bussi said her son, Augie, doesn't even know there is a volume limit and hasn't complained about the volume.
"Every parent should know about this, because it's awesome," Bussi said.
Zeng said he would like to see an automatic shutoff device on the players that turn them off at a certain time, based on volume.
"I've been dealing with kids too long to think they'll limit themselves," Zeng said. "I'd like it to say, 'If you listen that loud, you only get 30 minutes and then it turns off'."
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Lorber Media acquires Luis Bunuel 1950s crime drama
Lorber Media has picked up North American rights to TheYoung And The Damned (Los Olvidados), LuisBunuel's 1950s Mexican crime drama from France's Films SansFrontieres.Lorber plans a theatrical release starting in New York inFebruary 2005 and will distribute on a multi-disc DVD set next autumn. Lorberalso picked up Liquid Sky, SlavaTsukerman's 1982 drug-culture satire. The film, bought from Alex Massis,will also get a theatrical release.
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To accurately detect deformation and extend the component life beyond the original design limits, structural safety monitoring techniques have attracted considerable attention in the power and process industries for decades. In this paper an on-line monitoring system for high temperature pipes in a power plant is developed. The extension-based sensing devices are amounted on straight pipes, T-Joints and elbows of a main steam pipeline. During on-site monitoring for more than two years, most of the sensors worked reliably and steadily. However, the direct strain gauge could not work for long periods because of the high temperature environment. Moreover, it is found that the installation and connection of the extensometers can have a significant influence on the measurement results. The on-line monitoring system has a good alarming function which is demonstrated by detecting a steam leakage of the header.
Many power plants commissioned in the 1960s are currently approaching the limits of their original design lives. Although there has been a great effort to find an optimum during design, to ensure the highest quality in the manufacturing process and especially to specify the loadings and the load-time histories of the systems and components, it is an accepted fact that some of the systems are subjected to "not-specified" loading in service. For instance, loadings can be caused by a change in operating parameters, by abnormal operation or by the fact that local effects are not known in detail. Any attempt to cover all these possible loadings in fatigue calculations is unrealistic. Therefore, monitoring the minute changes of the component level should be a desirable way to ensure the safety of these old plants. The on-line health monitoring involves the observation of a system using periodically sampled dynamic response measurements from an array of sensors, the extraction of damage-sensitive features from these measurements, and the statistical analysis of these features to determine the current state of system health. It can detect early degradation of material properties associated with operational usage, service loads, and environmental exposure, and predict future material properties at critical locations for components, structures and complex systems subjected to service loads and environmental exposure over time.
For major parts in power plants, changes of the temperature and the pressure are well correlated with the creep in most cases [
The main challenges in monitoring high temperature strain come from the harsh working environment and extremely small deformations of components. In order to solve this problem, Riza and Sheikh proposed the concept of a new hybrid class of all-silicon carbide optical sensor for use under high temperature conditions [
Due to its importance and practical need, the present work focuses on the monitoring of a main steam pipeline. Both the finite element method and engineering experiences are chosen for analysis. During the numerical simulation, piping is selected as shown in
In order to distinguish the "weak" points on the piping system, a von Mises stress contour of the piping system was analyzed using finite element software as shown in
This system is designed to predict the life of high temperature piping according to on-line strain monitoring [
This system includes sensors, a strain data base, a finite element analysis module, a life prediction module and an alarming module. When the monitoring strain data is input into the system, simulation of life prediction of the "weak" pipe points is implemented by the finite element method. Relationships between the damage and the residual life are retrieved according to the database, and the remaining life of the piping is evaluated. If the input signal is abnormal, the system will alarm. All signals from the monitoring system and conversing data are collected and input into the corresponding database in the server, and it can be easily accessed by remote clients through the Internet.
According to locations selected above, the extensometers are installed. Detailed information about the installation of extensometers on stations 1 and 2 was presented in [
At the beginning, all the strain gauges worked well. However, one of the strain gauges stopped working one month later during the monitoring process. Gradually, other ones lost their effectiveness, and the longest working time was no more than 3,000 h. On the contrary, the extensometers can be stably used for about two years. This data can be found in
To monitor high temperature creep deformation of the pipe in the plant, extensometers can solve the problems of harsh working environment and extremely small deformation of components. However, there are some other difficulties. During the on-site tests, it was found that the fixation method is a factor that could not to be ignored.
On a T-joint, there are two extensometers to monitor the same welding seam, and the structure of the extensometer is composed of a sensor, a fixing mechanism, a ceramic rod, position blocks, mounting bolts and a connecting mechanism. Through the position blocks, the extensometer is fixed on the specimen, as shown in
The detailed installation locations on T-joint are shown in
When the monitoring system had been put into use for about three months, there was an alarm. The operators began to check the piping system at once. It was found that there was a leakage on the boiler header. Therefore, they stopped to repair it.
In order to analyze strain changes during alarming, deformation data of the straight pipe for about 560 min before leakage is selected, as shown in
The system alarms when the deformation rate of the pipe is greater than the threshold value, which can be seen in
In this paper, an on-line creep deformation monitoring system for high temperature pipes is introduced briefly, and its features are studied and summarized when put into use on the main steam piping in a thermal power plant. According to on-site long-term monitoring tests, it is found that extensometers can work much longer than direct strain gauges. However, much more attention should be paid to the fixation method of the extensometers in the harsh working environment, because the installation and connection will affect monitoring results. Moreover, the system alarm function can detect accidental risks, which has been proved by finding a water vapor leakage when used in the plant. Therefore, the on-line health monitoring system is a valuable method to detect deformation rate of high temperature pipelines and forecast plant risks.
The authors are grateful for the support of China Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.11172102, 51175178) and Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (No.13ZR1411200).
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Diagram of the main steam pipeline and monitoring points.
Von Mises stress contour of the piping system.
Modules of the monitoring system.
Installation of the extensometers.
Deformation comparison of the extensometer and the strain gauge.
Structure of the extensometer. (
Location schematic of two extensomers on the same weld seam of a T-joint.
Original data from two extensometers with different fixation methods.
Deformation monitoring curve with alarm.
Material properties and design parameters of the piping.
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Carla Hall and Daphne Oz's Fresh Garden Salad and Snap Pea Crostini
- 1 pound Carrots
- 1 head Radicchio (cut in half lengthwise)
- 1 pound tiny New Potatoes
- 1 Beet (grated)
- 6 Radishes (shaved)
- 1 head Butter Lettuce (torn into bite sized pieces)
- 1 small bunch Mustard Greens (shredded)
- 2 Heirloom Tomatoes (roughly chopped)
- Salt and freshly ground Pepper
For the Dressing:
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 2 tablespoons Orange Juice
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Mint (chopped)
- Oregano (chopped)
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- 2 Egg Yolks
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Salt and freshly ground Pepper
- 1/2 cup Snap Peas (very thinly sliced)
- 2 tablespoons Shallots (finely minced)
- 1 Baguette (sliced)
- Preheat a grill to medium heat. Combine the potatoes and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in the bowl and toss to coat. Place potatoes in an aluminum foil packet and roast on the grill until potatoes are fork tender.
- In a large bowl, combine the carrots and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, and toss to coat. Arrange on the grill, and grill until carrots are slightly softened and charred in spots.
- In the same bowl, combine the radicchio and a tablespoon of extra virgin oil, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and then toss to coat and arrange on the grill. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until charred in spots and wilted.
- For the Crunchy Snap Pea Crostini: While the vegetables are grilling, brush the slices of baguette lightly with olive oil and grill until lightly charred and toasted.
- In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, dijon mustard, and lemon juice. In a very slow, steady steam, whisk in the extra virgin olive oil until completely emulsified and a mayonnaise-like consistency has been achieved. Whisk in the snap peas and shallot and then season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- For the Dressing: In another bowl, whisk together the dijon mustard, orange juice, lemon juice and a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Slowly whisk in extra virgin olive oil until emulsified. Mix in the mint and oregano.
- In a large bowl, combine the carrots, radicchio and potatoes. Add the beets, radishes, butter lettuces, mustard greens and tomatoes. Pour dressing over salad and toss. Spread the snap pea mixture over the grilled bread and serve with the salad.
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Updated 10:27 pm, Saturday, July 5, 2014
SAN ANTONIO — More than 100 people gathered Saturday night to say goodbye to members of a West Side family killed in a double murder-suicide.
Meanwhile, earlier Saturday, the San Antonio Police Department released a preliminary report on the case.
Police identified the suspect as Hector Davila, 44, who was the father and husband of the other two people found dead — Irma Davila, 41, and 13-year-old Destiny Davila.
The report said that based on police investigation, Hector Davila apparently killed his daughter and wife before shooting himself in the head at the Davila home in the 400 block of Globe Avenue. Preliminary observations from the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office show that Destiny and Irma died from blunt force trauma and/or a gunshot wound to each of their heads.
When police responded to the scene on a welfare check, an officer looked through a front window and saw blood throughout the house.
Upon entering the home, police observed Hector Davila lying facedown on top of Irma Davila, with an automatic handgun lying near his right hand. Destiny was found dead in a seated position against a bathroom wall.
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Police talked to a friend of Irma's, who said the husband and wife were having marital problems. The last time Irma's friend saw her and Destiny was at 9 p.m. the night before the family members were found dead.
Rudy Cardoza, a classmate of Destiny, wore a shirt to the Saturday night vigil with her picture on it that read, "You will be remembered."
Cardoza said he had known Destiny for more than a year and that he was very sad when he heard the news of her death.
"I can't explain it," he said. "It's just so heartbreaking."
Michael Gonzales, Destiny's brother, said he would always remember her and his mother as fun-loving people.
"Any time they were mad, it would never show," he said.
Her other brother, John Gonzales, said he was thankful for all the support from the community in the aftermath of the tragedy.
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INDIAN CAMP The snowfall this past winter may not have been as dramatic as that of February 2003, but the winter just ended was worse, officials here said.
It was worse, at least, in terms of road maintenance.
We didnt have the snow drifts like we did before, Tom Gray said, but we sure used a lot of material probably more than we had used in 10 years.
Gray, a trustee in Knox Township, said the township bought about 900 tons of gravel.
And we used all of it, he said.
Plus 500 tons of cinders, said Trustee Roger Love.
Beyond keeping the roads graveled and cindered, trustees had to contend with ice.
The flooding caused a serious problem on one township road.
As the flood subsided, it left a 1,000-foot stretch of Little Indian Road under about 6 inches of ice.
We had to take a backhoe, Love said, and chip it off.
It took trustees two, full days to clear the road of ice.
Sherrard Road also took a beating, Love said, because of bus traffic from the new Cambridge City schools campus north of town.
Were getting four buses a day on that road, Love said, and its creating havoc on it.
Prior to construction of the new school campus, the road, which trustees had chipped and sealed, never had any bus traffic.
Were planning on repairing Sherrard within the next week, Love said.
If it wasnt the weather nor the buses, then it was businesses creating challenges.
Consider, for example, Coal Springs Road.
An oil company, Gray said, tore the road to smithereens.
The company, though, has agreed to pay for repairs, Gray said. The township will send the company a bill for $1,500.
Another company, Oxford Mining, has informed trustees that the company wants to use Three Corners Road.
They have done a good job in the past, Gray said.
Trustees were preparing Tuesday to sign a contract with the company, which has agreed, at the end of its operation, to return the road to its current or to better condition.
Among other action, trustees:
Authorized the payment of bills totaling $9,842.21.
Signed a contract with Dustin Mourer and Louis Catlett for the mowing of the township cemeteries. They also inked a contract with Steven Hinson to serve as the townships cemetery superintendent.


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The England international picked up the cruciate knee ligament injury back in April in the clash with Manchester City and he is not expected to return until November at the earliest but his recovery is still going to plan.
Jagielka admits that he is getting frustrated with being out and now that the players are about to return to training that frustration is likely to increase but he will try to keep smiling.
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Anyone who does not meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the UT SELECT Medical plan may decide to shop for health insurance through the Marketplace. Please carefully review the "New Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage" notice. A link to this notice is included at the bottom of this email. If you decide to shop for medical insurance coverage in the Marketplace, visit www.Healthcare.gov to be guided through the process. The following Frequently Asked Questions should help you understand the purpose of this notice and how the availability of the new Marketplace may impact you. 1. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS NOTICE? If you do not want to purchase medical insurance in the Marketplace, this notice is informational only. If you decide to complete an application for medical coverage in the Marketplace, you will be asked to provide the information contained in Part B of the notice. 2. WHAT IS THE MARKETPLACE? 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Additional details can be found in the UT SELECT Plan Guide (.pdf). 6. HOW MUCH DO I PAY EACH MONTH FOR MY UT SELECT MEDICAL PLAN? If you are full-time employee or a retiree, you do not pay for your UT SELECT Medical plan. If you cover eligible dependents, you pay a portion of the dependent premium. To view your current out-of-pocket cost for medical coverage, log into My UT Benefits or access the interactive cost worksheet. 7. WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE MY SAME DOCTOR IF I PURCHASE COVERAGE THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE? Maybe. Insurance purchased through the Marketplace may have different provider networks than the UT SELECT Medical plan. 8. WILL I BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SUBSIDY IF I PURCHASE MEDICAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE? Those without access to qualified healthcare coverage through their employer may be eligible for government subsidies to help pay for health insurance premiums for plans purchased in the Marketplace based on their income level and number of dependents. 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JEKYLL ISLAND, GA—Currently in the middle of a $20-million renovation, the Holiday Inn Resort at Jekyll Island launched phase two of construction with three new food and beverage concepts: a signature restaurant, Beach House; The Rusty Anchor Bar and Grille; and a Starbucks.
The resort is scheduled for completion in November with all food and beverage outlets coming online by February.
"This is our chance to build a brand new experience from the ground up," stated Jason Smith, general manager of Holiday Inn Resort at Jekyll Island. "Existing structures are being completely demolished to make way for new restaurants, new accommodations and a completely new level of guest service."
Construction has begun on a brand new oceanfront restaurant that will take its direction and design inspiration from the shore and ocean-view setting. Under the direction of long-time Jekyll restaurateur Luke Kelly, Beach House will feature design accents including nautical rope, oyster shells, driftwood and a seaside vibe. The Tap Room at Beach House will feature 24 draft beers, including an array of craft brews that can be enjoyed alone or paired with food selections.
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Beach House also will be available to host private parties and dining events.
The Rusty Anchor Bar and Grille's pool-side location will cater to beach-goers, and a Starbucks on the top floor features a balcony overlooking the ocean. Additionally, this location will serve adult beverages in the evenings.
Greg Winey, president/principal of NorthPointe Hospitality Management, LLC, which is managing the hotel, stated, "We look forward to being good stewards and to operating this property in keeping with the practices that will continue to keep Jekyll Island such a pristine and treasured destination."
NorthPointe Hospitailty Management, LLC, is working in concert with property owner Georgia Coast Holdings, LLC, which is overseeing the renovation. Upon completion, the resort will feature 157 guestrooms, including 21 suites, an outdoor pool, Kids Club, Activity Center, KidSuite Rooms, a fitness center and a business center.


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Celebrity Yearbook Photos: The Good, Bad & Awkward
Celebrity| | By Michaela Mazur
High school years are the awkward years, whether you're a chess club scrub or high school hero. It's the same for the celebrities we've spent hours idolizing on TV, movies, and the concert stage; even child stars like Miley Cyrus had struggles under Disney's thumb. Some hit puberty looking like they were ready for primetime. Others had to settle with outcast status while their talent blossomed. To be honest, some never developed a natural splendor. They rely on the surgeon's knife and the stylist's eye to make themselves camera ready. Let's take a trip down memory lane and see how ridiculous – or not – our favorite celebrities were in their youth by checking out their high school photos.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A former Indianapolis businessman accused of defrauding investors of more than $200 million was actually a victim of the 2008 financial collapse, his attorney says.
Tim Durham's trial on fraud charges is scheduled to begin Friday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis and is expected to last three to four weeks.
Durham and two others are charged with looting Akron, Ohio-based Fair Finance Co. and using a Ponzi scheme to bilk about 5,000 mostly elderly investors. Federal prosecutors have accused Durham, his business partner and accountant of raiding the company to finance their lavish lifestyles and unsuccessful businesses.
Durham's attorney, John Tompkins, told the Indianapolis Business Journal that Fair "was a credit business trying to survive the credit crisis that was precipitated by the financial collapse of 2008" and didn't collapse because of wrongdoing by his client.
Tompkins had filed a motion to dismiss the charges against Durham, 49, but Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson rejected that request in April.
Tompkins also fought unsuccessfully to keep tapes of FBI wiretaps of Durham's phone calls out of evidence, claiming they are misleading.
In the tapes, Durham and his partner allegedly discuss ways to conceal the company's true financial condition from regulators, how to hide $28 million in bad debt, and decide to close the business on Veterans Day without warning to prevent customers from cashing in securities.
Tompkins maintains that prosecutors are using only a fraction of the taped conversations carefully selected to make Durham look guilty.
Out of 1,800 phones calls that were recorded, prosecutors plan to play excerpts from about 20, and those will be spliced excerpts, he said.
"It's awful hard to give an accurate and complete picture with that," Tompkins told The Associated Press on Monday.
Tim Horty, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Indianapolis, had no comment.
Tompkins said all of Fair's prospective investors received circulars containing data about the company's finances. But in a court brief filed in May, prosecutors said the circulars didn't come clean about the shift in business that occurred after Durham and his partners bought Fair in 2002.
Tompkins also maintains that Durham's lifestyle is irrelevant. Prosecutors say Durham paid $250,000 to revamp his luxury home's garage, kept a yacht, private jets and a collection of classic and exotic cars, and wired himself $150,000 for use at a casino.
"The only reason you want to talk about things like that is to try to make the jury feel alienated from Mr. Durham personally, as opposed to trying to prove to the jury that Mr. Durham did anything wrong," he told the IBJ.
Durham has been under house arrest since his March 2011 indictment. Tompkins said his client "obviously is under a lot of personal stress but is looking forward to having the full story of what happened at Fair to come out."
Durham and his partners each face up to 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count, 20 years for the securities fraud count and five years for the conspiracy charge. Each man was indicted on a total of 12 counts.
U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett has said the case may be the largest white-collar crime case ever filed in southern Indiana.
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NEW YORK The Stella D'oro Company today announced the introduction of a new line of 100-calorie items featuring its famous Breakfast Treats.
The 100-calorie items are available in two flavors: original and chocolate. The product was designed using the company's signature "S" cookie shape. Each box contains six pouches that each contain 18 mini Breakfast Treats and will retail for a suggested price of $2.99.
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Work clothes supplier Abe Bernstein Clothing Inc. tailors itself to changing needs
A year after William Bernstein founded his work-uniforms supply company in 1895 in the South Side, his wife insisted that he move it from their home to a building next door.
It was a wise decision. Relocating the business preserved household harmony, and the bigger building put the venture on track to last well over a century. Today, the company known as Abe Bernstein Clothing Inc. is the South Side's oldest continuously operating company.
"My grandfather's principal business was supplying workers in the steel mills back when there were about seven steel mills on the South Side," CEO Bill Bernstein said.
Over the decades, the company fought off problems from the demise of the steel industry locally by diversifying its customer base to cover workers ranging from carpenters to grave diggers, pushing deeply into business-to-business sales and developing online sales.
A revised website for the company, which branded itself in the 1980s as "U.S. Abe" after Abe Bernstein, Bill Bernstein's uncle, will debut within days. Abe Bernstein took over the company in 1959 and applied his name to it, working there until right before his death in 1997.
Abe Bernstein Clothing is making book on supplying work clothes to employees on Marcellus shale natural gas sites. The extra business helped the third-generation company weather the Great Recession, which crimped sales to construction trades.
"When people are not working, they're not buying work clothes," said Bernstein, who became head of the company in 1986. "Marcellus shale was a real positive bump for us. And this is not an industry that's going to go away in 100 years."
Until a few years ago, two other South Side companies were the oldest operating in that community. Iron & Glass Bank was founded in 1871 but sold to FNB Corp. in 2008. Marshall Elevator Co. was founded in 1818 but sold to Otis Elevator Co., part of United Technologies Corp., in 2011.
Abe Bernstein Clothing started selling flame-retardant clothing at the end of 2011 to work crews at gas drilling sites and to workers dealing with high-voltage electrical panels.
Flame-retardant clothing is expensive. A coverall costs about $100, and a pair of jeans with long-sleeve T-shirt runs about $150.
"Safety is not B.S. to these guys; they take it seriously," Bernstein said.
About 20 percent of Abe Bernstein Clothing's revenue comes from walk-in retail sales and 5 percent from online sales. Business-to-business accounts for the other three-quarters.
"We buy upwards of $50,000 a year in product from him," said Bob Urdzik, purchasing manager for Bay Valley Foods, the Treehouse Foods Inc. unit that operates the former H.J. Heinz plant in the North Side.
"We could buy cheaper product from somebody else, but we go to Bill because they have good-quality products that will last over the years," Urdzik said. He buys shirts and pants for about 300 workers, including those who need freezer coveralls for working in giant, sub-zero freezers all day.
"They are great professionals, with attention to detail," said Mike McSorley Jr., director of commercial leasing for Sterling Land Co., a property manager in Oakland that outfits 35 janitors, plumbers and others through Bernstein.
"We were going through a uniform rental company for a long time but found buying them from Bernstein was more cost-effective," McSorley said.
Abe Bernstein Clothing, whose primary market is within Western Pennsylvania, sells uniforms to such establishments as the Allegheny County Housing Authority and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 154, Bernstein's biggest client.
"We purchase well over 2,000 T-shirts from him every year," said Raymond Ventrone, business manager for the Beechview-based union. "Whatever we need, he gets for us as fast as he can."
Abe Bernstein Clothing appeared on the silver screen, its CEO said. Actor Matt Damon wore its boots in the shale-gas movie "Promised Land," and Bernstein outfitted characters in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises."
The company didn't, however, provide the Caped Crusader's suit.
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NFL running back Tiki Barber has come under fire for comparing himself to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Barber described how he had to go into hiding as media scrutiny grew on him in April 2010 as news of his break-up with his wife and new relationship with a 23-year-old woman emerged.
He told SI that he and his agent, Mark Lepselter, sought refuge in the attic of his agent's house.
"Lep's Jewish," Barber said, "and it was like a reverse Anne Frank thing."
Frank's story became famous in her published journal after she died in a concentration camp during World War II. She hid in an attic before being detected by Nazis.
Lepselter defended Barber in comments to ESPN.
"In a world where nothing surprises me, where things get completely blown out of proportion, this only adds to the list," Lepselter said. "All Tiki was saying to (SI) was he was shedding light on going back to that time when he was literally trapped, so to speak, in my attic for a week. Nothing more, nothing less.
"Let me remind all those who want to make this more than it is: Tiki was a guest of (president) Shimon Peres in Israel five years ago."
Barber hasn't played in the NFL since 2006, when he retired to become a broadcaster. His TV career has fizzled, however, and he announced his intention to return to the NFL next season.
Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, took offense at that he said were "outrageous and perverse" comments by Barber.
"Holocaust trivialization continues to spread and finds new ways and expressions that shock the conscience," Foxman said. "Tiki Barber's personal behavior is his business. But our history and experiences are ours and deserve greater respect than being abused or perverted by Tiki Barber.
"The analogy to Anne Frank is not funny, it is outrageous and perverse. Anne Frank was not hiding voluntarily. Before she perished at age 15 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, she hid from the Nazis for more than two years, fearing every day for her life. The Frank family's experiences, as recorded in Anne's dairy, are a unique testimonial to the horrors of the Holocaust, and her life should never be debased or degraded by insensitive and offensive analogies."
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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It's magic: the new Harry Potter theme park
With the arrival of Diagon Alley, Universal Studios in Orlando is expanding its tribute to JK Rowling's child wizard
As a Muggle, I shouldn't be able to see Diagon Alley, the fictional London street accessible only to wizards and witches — yet here I am, standing in its midst, gazing at the impressive white façade that is Gringotts Bank.
This summer, fellow Muggles — the name given to non-magical folk — will also be able to walk down this scene straight out of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books.
For now, on my sneak preview of Universal Studios' newest Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction in Orlando, parts of the alley and its sinister side street, Knockturn Alley, are still under scaffold. Cranes tower overhead, there is sand underfoot instead of Victorian-style cobblestones, and workers in hard hats and neon vests move in and out…


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Now imagine the Food and Drug Administration has approved the morning-after pill, or Plan B, for nonprescription distribution: You can walk into any pharmacy, pick up the pill and take it right up to the counter. It's a scenario you might not have to imagine for long if pro-choice groups and the American Medical Association have their way. Monday, the FDA, now under the supervision of pro-life Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson, was asked to consider the morning-after pill for over-the-counter status. Advocates claim the approval would change the face of reproductive health services by both granting women more autonomy and decreasing the number of abortions.
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Plan B, or the morning-after pill, is not the same as the "abortion pill," RU-486, which is used to terminate an existing pregnancy without surgical intervention. The morning-after pill is essentially a combination of a certain type of birth-control pills that proponents say interrupts the chain of events leading up to a pregnancy. It works only within a very brief time frame following unprotected sex or sexual assaults, but provides women with a safe, virtually side effectfree way to insure against pregnancy. In the unlikely event that the pill fails and a pregnancy occurs anyway, advocates point out, the drug will not harm the developing fetus. Opponents, on the other hand, argue that taking the pill is tantamount to "playing Russian roulette with the potential that a life begins at conception," as Judie Brown of the American Life League told CNN Monday.
And therein lies the theoretical debate at the center of the morning-after pill controversy. When does life begin? When the egg and sperm make contact, as many pro-life groups believe? Or when a fertilized egg is implanted in the uterus? Or some time after that?
Could Plan B serve both sides of the abortion debate?
As the FDA deliberates, the arguments have only just begun. James Trussell, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University and a board member of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, sees no reason why the FDA approval shouldn't go through without a hitch. "There won't be any resistance that I'm aware of there certainly shouldn't be anything other than the standard FDA approval procedures." Trussell's sanguinity, of course, is rooted in a belief that the morning-after pill serves both sides of the abortion debate. "This pill has the potential to significantly reduce the number of abortions, and that should represent adequate common ground for everyone."
The flaw in that "let's just all get along" logic is that as far as pro-life groups are concerned, the morning-after pill is just another form of abortion, as abhorrent as a surgical procedure. Asked to comment on the pill's pending appearance before the FDA, The National Right to Life Committee responded with a prepared statement: "Once fertilization has occurred, a new human life has begun and NRLC is opposed to destroying that new human life."
To date, the NRLC and other pro-life groups have kept a relatively low profile as the debate over granting the morning-after pill OTC status has heated up. That could change quickly, although some reports indicate the pro-life movement's confidence is boosted considerably by the presence of Secretary Tommy Thompson and by his power to order studies designed to stall the approval of troubling drugs.


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* TSX rises 14.21 points, or 0.10 percent, to 13,611.14 * Seven of the 10 main index sectors advance * Valeant jumps 3.6 percent, up for second day * Gold miners drop 1.2 percent with bullion trading lower By John Tilak TORONTO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was slightly higher on Wednesday as a jump in the shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc helped overcome weakness in the index's materials and financial sectors. Valeant advanced for a second straight day, rising 3.6 percent, after the drugmaker said on Tuesday it plans to become one of the world's top five pharmaceutical companies by market capitalization by the end of 2016 and also released a bullish forecast for 2014. The Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark index traded in positive territory for a second straight day after declining in the first three sessions of 2014. "The market is directionless by and large. I'm expecting it to be up and down for the next several weeks, if not months," said John Stephenson, senior vice president at First Asset Investment Management Inc. "The bigger story here is the United States doing much better, with Canada tagging along, and Europe not being as much of a problem as it has been in the past years," he added. "That's a good backdrop for us." Investors also digested a bullish U.S. private jobs report, ahead of nonfarm payrolls data set for release on Friday. Figures from payrolls processor ADP on Wednesday showed U.S. private employers added a more jobs than expected in December, posting the strongest increase in 13 months. "The ADP number portends well for Friday's jobs report, which will be the most closely watched piece of news on both sides of the border," Stephenson said. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 14.21 points, or 0.10 percent, at 13,611.14. Seven of the 10 main sectors on the index were higher. Valeant's jump, to C$139.90, helped push the healthcare sector up 1.6 percent. Financials slipped 0.1 percent, with Toronto-Dominion Bank losing 0.4 percent to C$97.51. Gold-mining shares dropped 1.2 percent, pulled lower by a declining bullion price. Barrick Gold Corp was down 1.7 percent at C$19.33, and Goldcorp Inc gave back 1.7 percent to C$23.70.


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And in agrarian Justice, he proposed taxing the landed rich to provide grants to young people and pensions to the elderly.
This policy would have put Roosevelt in the same general category of agrarian reform as Stalin and Mao Tse-tung.
Did not Cicero's divine eloquence appear more popular than the agrarian law he attacked?
The agrarian question was regarded generally as one of the most urgent.
He was one of the promoters of the agrarian association in Turin, and took an active part in the rising of 1848.
But I trust your Christian principles are not about to make an agrarian of you?
Thus, though many of the burgesses may till the soil, the borough community is not an agrarian community.
The movement is politically nearly as strong in the agrarian districts as elsewhere.
An agrarian law, proposed by the tribune, C. Flaminius—whose name savours of the firebrand—was the cause of the outbreak.
He was an agrarian, who wanted every man desirous to own a farm to have one.
1610s, "relating to the land," from Middle French loy agrarienne "agrarian law," from Latin Lex agraria, the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (genitive agri) "a field," from PIE *agro- (cf. Greek agros "field," Gothic akrs, Old English æcer "field;" see acre). Meaning "having to do with cultivated land" first recorded 1792.


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The Mankini: Hot or Not?
Men have many options when it comes to showing some skin this summer: board shorts, classic speedos, spandex hot pants, banana hammocks, and now the mankini. While Borat and John Mayer have made the mankini a laughing stock in lime green, at the recent Alexander McQueen menswear show in Milan, the tan and black is so cutting edge it looks like the future, like something one of the guys on Star Trek would wear. Maybe not Captain Jean-Luc Piccard, he's totally a sporty shorty kinda guy. However, a guy like Geordi LaForge would definitely make the mankini swoon. But is this look realistically rockable for the modern mman? [Wake Up America]