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WITH the cold snap expected to last over the weekend, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are reminding homeowners to ensure that their chimneys are suitable for use.
The advice comes after the service responded to 26 chimney fires during the past week, Open fires and wood burning stoves are growing in popularity as they not only warm up a home but create a unique and relaxing ambience within any room. This is all the more reason to ensure they are safe and clean.
Chimneys need to be reguarly swept by a registered chimney sweep to ensure they are dirt-free to allow the free passage of dangerous combustion gasses, Below is a recommended list of sweeping frequencies, which will depend on a number of factors including type of fuel, appliance used, duration of use, moisture content of wood fuel, type of chimney: Smokeless coals at least once a year.
Wood up to four times a year.
Bituminous coal twice a year.
Oil once a year.
Gas once a year.
Also growing in popularity are wood burning stoves which need to be checked regularly to ensure they are safe and clean.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have provided some top tips for safer chimneys: • always use a fire guard to protect against flying sparks from hot embers • make sure embers are properly put out before you go to bed or leaving the house • when burning wood, use dry, seasoned woods only • never burn cardboard boxes or waste paper • do not overload the grate • bird nests, cobwebs and other blockages within chimney to be removed • consider having a carbon monoxide detector fitted as an additional safeguard against the build-up of poisonous fumes • have a working smoke alarm.
Smoke Alarms: • regularly check your alarms by pressing the button • once a year – change your battery or consider buying a ten-year alarm which will not require frequent battery changes • once a year – vacuum and wipe the smoke alarm casing to ensure dust isn't blocking the sensor chamber (for mains wired alarms, switch off first).


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Cricket Canada is pleased to announce the signing of All-Star wicket-keeper batsman Ashish Bagai to a national team central contract.
Bagai is Canada's most capped and successful player, having played in 119 international fixtures including 3 World Cup appearances. His career figures include scoring over 3,500 international runs and 158 dismissals as wicket-keeper.
The former captain has been absent from Canada's line-up since completion of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, where he enjoyed a productive tournament featuring two half centuries, 84 vs NZ in Mumbai and 64* vs KENYA in Delhi, on his way to a 235 run campaign which also included 11 dismissals behind the stumps.
"Fortunately, the timing has worked out well as I will be graduating from the MBA program at Wharton in the middle of May and have a 9 month window before starting employment with McKinsey & Company in February 2014." said Bagai.
Cricket Canada is entering a crucial nine-month period where the Men's team will compete in two major World Cup Qualifiers; November's World T20Q in Dubai and the 2015 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand to start 2014.
"Canadian cricket means a lot to me and I am excited to play a role in helping Canada qualify for both of these events once again."
Bagai continued, "I know the recent results have not been great, but there are some promising aspects that we can build on during the upcoming summer. It's going to require a lot of commitment and character from the players and I am confident that the guys will rise to the challenge."
Cricket Canada's President Ravin Moorthy was confident that the addition of Bagai puts the team solidly on the right track.
"We've been down this road before," Moorthy said in reference to challenging on field results, "in 2008 we were in a similar position ahead of the 2009 Qualifiers in South Africa. We were able to make some moves to bolster our experience, one of which included making the case to Ashish to leave his job (at the time with UBS in London) and be part of the qualification to the 2011 Cricket World Cup".
Moorthy continued, "To again sign Ashish to a commitment that includes both World Cup qualifiers, clearly signals the organizations intention to make a serious run to qualify for upcoming major world tournaments."
Cricket Canada's summer schedule opens with its premier domestic tournament, the National Cricket League from June 23rd– July 1stbefore shifting toward international fixtures with the Auty Cup vs USA in late July, and ICC World Cricket League and ICUP matches with UAE and HOLLAND in August.
Ashish is expected to join the squad on May 15th after completing graduation ceremonies at Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia.
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Grandpa's Chili With Beans
Submitted by Ed A.
This recipe does not require soaking the beans before hand so it is easy to throw together. I have used it at many barbecues with large crowds and it is always a favorite.
- 2 cups dry pinto beans
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Cumin Seed
- 2 can diced green Chiles
- 2 14.5 ounce cans beef broth and one can water
- 1 can diced tomato
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 glove garlic
- 2 lb course ground chuck
- For extra spiciness add canned diced jalepenos to your liking.
- Brown ground chuck and allow to carmelize. Deglaze pan with can of diced tomatoes.
- Add meat beans and all other ingredients in Instantpot and set for beans.
- After first cycle in the beans setting check your seasonings then reset the Instantpot for the beans cycle again.


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Ten's new chief executive, Hamish McLennan, says the network has dropped its ''extreme youth'' focus, flagging it won't target the ''young'' and ''promiscuous'' audience that saw it produce failures like Being Lara Bingle and The Shire last year.
''We're looking at a slightly older skew,'' Mr McLennan said after reporting a net loss of $243 million for the six months to the end of February, as the network took a hit from restructuring and impairment charges.
He supported the idea that younger viewers were not watching television in the traditional sense and ''are the most promiscuous in the market place''.
But the criticism of the two shows goes beyond chasing youth, with Mr McLennan saying the shows, plus the lack of consistent programming at the network, ''has hurt it greatly''.
''I'd just highlight what The Shire and Lara Bingle did to us, I think we dislocated a lot of the audience, and I think it was a type of program that did not reflect what we wanted to be,'' he said.
While the network needs to rebuild its audience, Mr McLennan said it also needed to live within its means while the television advertising market remains uncertain and he was cautious about Ten's appetite for sports programming such as the cricket rights, which are now up for grabs.
He pointed out that Nine was in a ''powerful position'' with its last right of refusal on cricket. When asked if Ten would target a specific spectrum of cricket rights such as the Big Bash league Mr McLennan said: ''Some cricket would be good for the network but it's too early to comment on that''.
He was more scathing about the future Olympic broadcast rights, indicating that Ten would not bid unless price expectations changed.
Nine's coverage last year was widely considered a commercial failure and has cast a shadow over its economic value.
''When you're losing tens of millions of dollars it becomes a little unpalatable over time and I think it's a real issue in terms of those people selling the rights versus the purchaser of those rights,'' Mr McLennan said.


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A hunter is peacefully sleeping in his tent when that impish Bongo shows up and sets him on fire. Oh Bongo, you incorrigible little scamp! Most gorillas would be happy with a simple mauling, but you had to take it to the next level with a hilarious practical joke! Unfortunately, the hunter is not amused. In Congo Bongo, you'll don his pith helmet and pursue that pyromaniac gorilla across the Congo on a quest for revenge.
Gameplay: You start out on Primate Peak, where Bongo tosses coconuts at you, and little monkeys try to slow your relentless ascent. The monkeys will hinder your jumping, but the coconuts will kill you (just like in the real jungle), so be careful! Level two is a treacherous trip across a pond, where you'll have to avoid scorpions and snakes, and level three puts a bunch of charging rhinos between you and your quarry. The final level is a journey across a lagoon on the backs of hippos and fish, Frogger-style. At the end, you'll find a sleeping Bongo and give him that time-tested physical-comedy gag, a hot foot. Ah, 256 colors of Three Stooges-esque revenge was never so sweet.
Could be mistaken for: Q*Bert, Frogger, Donkey Kong
Kids today might not like it because: They quickly run out of different ways to say, "That's such bullshit! I fucking jumped!"
Kids today might like it because: The music, characters, and animations are just too much fun, and the gameplay is just challenging enough to keep you dropping in quarter after quarter. Or hitting "continue" on your emulator.
Enduring contribution to gaming history: As players went to new levels in Congo Bongo, the world of the Congo unfolded beneath them, giving a sense of continuity that was perfected in Crystal Castles, and that laid the foundation for world-spanning games like Super Mario Brothers
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JANUARY in Wiltshire was significantly wetter and colder, on average, than in the last 63 years.
An average monthly rainfall of 79.4ml was recorded in Steeple Ashton by amateur meteorologist Geoff Witts. This compared with a 63-year average of 72.3.
The warmest temperature reached was 12.9 degrees on Tuesday, January 29, with the lowest recorded at -4.5 degrees on January 15.
After a mild first week, a cold snap saw temperatures plummet, with 13 consecutive frosts and 100ml of snow recorded on January 17, when the gauge remained below zero all that day and the next.
The most rainfall recorded was on January 29, when a total of 10.9ml fell overnight.


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A British man dubbed "Fast Eddie" who spent nearly 20 years on the run in the United States has been jailed for driving off with a security van containing £1.2 million ($1.8 million).
Eddie Maher, 57, had been a fugitive ever since the van he was driving disappeared from outside a bank in Felixstowe, eastern England, on January 22, 1993.
He pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court in London and on Tuesday was jailed for five years.
In a series of property investments which detectives said were funded by the proceeds of his crime, Maher bought a house in Colorado for $US120,000 six months after the theft, then built a 32-hectare ranch before moving around various US states.
He was working as a cable engineer in Missouri at the time of his arrest on February 9 last year.
Maher's lawyer, David Nathan, said the disgruntled ex-wife of his client's son had been his downfall.
"An extraordinary aspect of this case is that Mr Maher's daughter-in-law [Jessica] had originally been the partner of his son Lee's best friend," Mr Nathan said.
"Lee won a lot of money on the lottery and she left her partner to marry Lee. When the money ran out, she did a little research on Google on the name Maher and found out he was wanted for the theft.
"She heard that there was a £100,000 reward and she went to the federal authorities."
Speaking after the case, Detective Inspector David Giles, from Suffolk Police, said: "Over the years, Edward Maher has almost been portrayed as a Robin Hood character, someone who stole from a bank, where no one was injured.
"Maher took on a position of significant trust working for a security company, a position he abused, resulting in the theft of over one million (pounds)."
Prosecutors said they were still looking to trace three possible accomplices.
When the money ran out, she did a little research on Google on the name Maher and found out he was wanted for the theft


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I've been trying to find a site that explains what each part of this code does but I can't seem to find it. I understand some of the regular expression, but can't seem to grasp what "$1" or "$2" are for. what do those do? What does the "^" and "$" after the .html serve?
all I know is that it turns this...
into this...
It means "beginning with 'article/<some number>/<again some number>/<anything>' and ends with '.html' ".
^ means starting position of the string.$ means ending position of the string.
$1 is the "<some number>" part.$2 is the "<again some number>" part.$3 (not used in this regex) will be "<anything>"
Actually it's quite the opposite. Maybe if you looked at it the other way around, you'd see how it works.
Have a read of the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature.
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RewriteRule ^article/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/[B](.*?)[/B].html$ /article.php?articleid=$1&categoryid=$2
I have some doubt of above code at part (.*?). cos * is quantifier or ? is also quantifier, for (.) or (.?) is quit enough to someone need. what about [B](.?)[/B]? I don't understand this part.
Could anyone explain me about this part (.*?)?
Thank in advance
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The above code in red MUST be &, not the HTML version of the & character! The blue code (Last flag) is necessary to terminate your mod_rewrite block statement the same way that ; is commonly used in programming languages. Also, escape the dot character in the regex.
(.?) is the non-greedy version of (.) but the ? is really irrelevant as you've specified EVERYTHING up to but NOT including .html at the end of the {REQUEST_URI} string. In this case, the ? is the modifier of the * metacharacter, otherwise, it would be the metacharacter for zero or one of the preceding character.
According with your saying
In this case, the ? is the modifier of the * metacharacter, otherwise, it would be the metacharacter for zero or one of the preceding character. , (.?) is quit enouch to what...., but not (.*?)
cos ? have to modify to preceeding metacharacter like . , but not +, *
. is identified for any characters, but * is not identified for any characters, but just modifier for any characters......
Could you explain me clearly?
. is ANY character
? is zero or one of the previous character
is one or more of the previous character
is zero or more of the previous character
using +? or *? is the "non-greedy" form of the "greedy" metacharacter
What does that mean for regex within mod_rewrite? NOTHING! I can't see any use for the ? as a metacharacter modifier in mod_rewrite. It IS, however, very useful in parsing text strings in scripts. Have a read of Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions, it's the definitive treatment of Regex.


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MALVERN tots had an egg-cellent time when they went hunting for Easter eggs around Malvern Link Common .
Over 100 youngsters who attend children's centres in Malvern and Upton took part in the traditional Easter egg hunt in the wooded area of the common.
The children also enjoyed other Easter-themed activities and were thrilled when the Easter bunny dropped into to say hello.
Sarah Walton of Action for Children, which operated the centres, said: "The morning was packed full of family fun activities and gave families the chance to enjoy the outdoors together.
"It was a great day all round and the children loved running around the woods following the Easter egg trail.
"Thank you to everyone who attended for being such good fun, and to Cooperative Supermarkets and Funeral Care for kindly donating the Easter eggs."
The three centres, Evergreen and Sunshine in Malvern and Riverboats in Upton, work at the heart of the local community offering advice and support on a wide range of issues.


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The gastrointestinal tract will never win any beauty contests.
And, despite actress Jamie Lee Curtis' earnest commercial attempts to preach the virtues of yogurt as a remedy for digestive dysfunction, the gastrointestinal tract rarely receives a purposeful introduction into everyday conversation.
When the gastrointestinal tract does become a topic for discussion, it tends to be spoken of in conspiratorial whispers. Or, worse yet, it serves as a punch line and punching bag for comedians plumbing the depths for cheap laughter.
"We're more aware of muscles, nerves and the 'sexier' organs," said David Pascoe, Humana-Germany-Sherman distinguished professor of exercise physiology and director of the Thermal Lab in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology. "The gut is just there. We forget that it is maybe the glue. None of the other organs can exist without it."
From its beginning to its end, from the mouth to the exit portal we don't dare discuss in polite company, the human gastrointestinal tract stretches anywhere from 20 to 30 feet and includes the esophagus, stomach and small and large intestines. You might wonder why Pascoe and some of his colleagues would be interested in talking about the body's equivalent of plumbing fixtures, but his research interest was piqued by the fact that it's the body's only internal and external organ and serves as a delivery mechanism for hydration, nutrition and medication.
"When the gut isn't happy, we're not happy," he said. "It's the largest immune organ in the body."
Pascoe and other researchers in the Department of Kinesiology and Auburn's College of Veterinary Medicine are now investigating the ways in which this vital system can be kept healthy and happy. Auburn University approved the establishment of the Gastrointestinal Research Center within the Department of Kinesiology, which opened in January. The center will focus on improving understanding of the structures, mechanisms, functions and dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract in animals and humans. Impairments of the system can have repercussions in such areas as digestion and nutrition, growth and development, temperature regulation and hydration.
"We started working together about a year ago," said Department of Kinesiology head Mary Rudisill, a Wayne T. Smith distinguished professor of motor behavior. "We realized how much exercise and dehydration and a variety of other factors within our world can impact gastrointestinal health."
The center will bring together faculty members with impressive backgrounds. In addition to Rudisill and Pascoe, a nationally-known researcher in the field of temperature regulation, the center will also draw on the expertise of College of Veterinary Medicine faculty and staff members Timothy Moore, Vitaly Vodyanoy and Iryna Sorokulova. Moore, whose background is in microbiology and the administration of military biological labs, serves as the director of program development for research in Veterinary Medicine. Vodyanoy specializes in high-resolution imagery, probiotics, biophysics, histology and cell membrane function. Sorokulova is an internationally-recognized expert on probiotics.
Vodyanoy has worked to develop an advanced microscopy technique that features increased resolution and a dual mode fluorescence imaging capability. The microscope offers extraordinarily high resolving power at a lower cost, which enables early stage disease detection and real-time imaging of living cellular structures with no sample preparation, in fine detail traditionally offered by electro-microscopes. The high resolution attributes allow for the detection of viruses, which can be approximately 20 nanometers in diameter versus bacteria that can be more than 200 nanometers in diameter.
"The Vitaly microscopic imagery provides our researchers the ability to visualize structural changes related to gut function and relate them to both biochemical markers," Pascoe explained. "Unlike other microscopes with this magnification ability, the Vitaly scope does not require slide preparations that can distort or create artifact to the specimen, and it allows us to investigate live cells from gut samples."
Stress has been shown to have a central and peripheral nervous system effect, promoting not only psychological illness, but also influencing diseases within the intestines. This is where Sorokulova's work comes into play.
"It was shown that the main target of stress is the gastrointestinal tract and gut microflora," she explained. "Beneficial probiotic bacteria have been shown to enhance gastrointestinal barrier function and dampen inflammation in several immune mediated diseases, thereby conferring a health benefit on the host. Our approach involves the use of the beneficial Bacillus strain to prevent and treat the undesirable effects of stress."
Some areas of research interest could include hydration as it relates to athletic performance and medical care, Celiac disease, probiotics and product efficacy. Pascoe and Rudisill said some of the center's research will investigate the possible relationship between gastrointestinal dysfunction and sleep disorders, autism spectrum disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
"We're looking for ways to prevent, treat and recover from issues related to gastrointestinal health," Rudisill said. "We see potential in many areas. This research team has some expertise that no one else in the country can offer. We have the expertise, the know-how and the university support to find the answers to questions that we have about gastrointestinal health."
Pascoe has a gut feeling that the more the center researchers learn, the more they may be able to change the way people think and talk about all matters related to gastrointestinal health.
"It's not the most attractive organ," he said, "but maybe it's time we invite it to the prom."
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Shark Finning Loopholes Widened by Atlantic States Commission
State fishery managers unanimously approve world's most lenient finning rules for region's second largest shark fishery
Alexandria, Virginia. May 22, 2013. Conservationists are denouncing yesterday's decision by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to ignore public concerns, advisory panel recommendations, and scientific evidence by voting to weaken an already lenient regulation on shark "finning" (slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea). The new rule more than doubles the smooth dogfish shark fin-to-carcass ratio (a difficult to enforce standard allowed only for this one species), thereby substantially increasing wiggle room for undetected finning of smooth dogfish and similar looking coastal shark species.
"This reckless decision to take a giant step backwards in shark finning prevention comes at a time when countries around the world, including shark fishing powers like Spain and Taiwan, are adopting more stringent rules to guard against this wasteful and indefensible practice," said Sonja Fordham, President of Shark Advocates International. "We now call on East coast residents to urge their individual state representatives to correct this irresponsible move by immediately applying strict finning rules in their waters."
Mid-Atlantic landings of smooth dogfish, also known as smoothhounds, more than doubled between 2000-2011. The species is the only Atlantic shark that is targeted by fishermen and yet not subject to population assessment or catch limits. U.S. Atlantic fishermen land more smooth dogfish than any other shark species except for spiny dogfish. Fin-to-carcass ratios are notoriously difficult to enforce. The National Marine Fisheries Service switched from ratios to the best practice for finning ban enforcement (leaving the fins attached through landing) in 2008. With U.S. encouragement, a growing number of countries are adopting "fins-attached" rules.
"The U.S. has been a world leader in the battle to end shark finning, but this dismantling of state shark finning rules calls that leadership role into question," said John F. Calvelli, Executive Vice President for Wildlife Conservation Society. "The ASMFC decision opens an enormous loophole for the finning of smooth dogfish and other shark species."
U.S. dogfish are mostly exported for meat (used in fish and chips) and fins (used in shark fin soup).
The conservation groups pledged to continue to press for fins-attached rules to prevent shark finning in all fisheries, without exceptions. This new infographic illustrates conservation challenges for dogfishes.
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How we built our home on the web
Des Devlin looks back on the early years of The Sydney Morning Herald online, tracking its evolution on the web with a focus on the technology that has powered the site. more
An experiment whose time has come
Stephen Hutcheon muses on the growth of the site and the challenges that beset a rapidly changing medium in the digital age. more
'Nowadays it's much harder to get noticed'
The Sydney Morning Herald's first website was designed in a Glebe boatshed, home to pesky pigeons and the office of Thomas Ashelford, who explains all in an interview with Des Devlin. more
Puppet Government
The site's much-acclaimed weekly Net TV political satire from the 1998 Federal Election, featuring puppets by caricaturist John Shakespeare and scripts by cartoonist Alan Moir. more
A brief history of smh.com.au
From 1995 to 2004: we mark some key dates in The Sydney Morning Herald's life on the World Wide Web. more
Hold the home page
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Open Society, Smith Memorial Fund, Burn Magazine, Boulat Association Calling for Grant Applications
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Posted by David Walker on Tuesday May 20, 2014 | Photojournalism
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, Open Society Foundations, Association Pierre et Alexandra Boulat, and Burn Magazine are all soliciting applications for major photojournalism grants. Deadlines are fast approaching.
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has issued its last call for entries for its $30,000 Grant in Humanistic Photography. There is a $50 application fee, and the deadline for entries is May 31.
The grant is awarded annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project follows the documentary tradition of legendary photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. Recent winners include Robin Hammond, Peter van Agtmael, and Krisanne Johnson.
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial fund is also calling for entries for the $5,000 Howard Chapnick Grant, which is awarded for education, research, or special projects undertaken in support of the field of photojournalism. Applications for that grant are due July 15, and there is no application fee. See smithfund.org for full details.
The Association Pierre et Alexandra Boulat, based in Paris, has put out a call for entries for the 8,000 euro (about $11,000) Pierre & Alexandra Boulat Grant for photojournalism. The grant is given "in order to allow the winner to produce a story that has never been told but that the photographer cannot find support for within the media," the association says on its web site. Past winners include Arnau Bach, Maciek Nabrdalik, and Lizzie Saadin.
Applications are due by June 7. There is no application fee. See the association's web site for an application and guidelines.
The Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project is soliciting proposals for its 2014 Audience Engagement Grant program. The grants, in varying amounts, are designed to help documentary photographers and photo-based artists use their work to affect change by engaging with NGO partners to reach targeted audiences. The deadline for applications is July 8, 2014.
For the first time, OSF is awarding Audience Engagement Grants for training workshops, to help applicants develop their projects, as well as grants for project implementation. See the OSF web site for additional details and application guidelines.
Burn Magazine has announced a call for entries for its $10,000 Emerging Photographer Fund grant. There is a $25 application fee, and the deadline for entries is July 31. The grant, initiated in 2008 by Burn magazine founder David Alan Harvey, is intended to support the continuation of the winners' personal projects. Past winners have included Diana Markosian, Matt Lutton, and Davide Monteleone. More information is available on the Burn magazine web site.
Open Society Announces 2013 Audience Engagement Grant Winners
Anatomy of a Successful Grant Application: Joseph Rodriguez on the Audience Engagement Grant (PDN subscription required)
Robin Hammond Wins $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Fund Grant
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The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has adopted an anti-harassment standard as part of its Code of Ethics, the organization announced this week. The new standard, adopted by unanimous vote of the NPPA board of directors on July 22, states: "Do not engage in harassing behavior of colleagues, subordinates or subjects and maintain the highest... More ›
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In our recent series about how photographers cover stories as outsiders, we featured Tasneem Alsultan, among other photographers. Alsultan grew up in both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, so she sees each culture from the perspective of the other. Our story focused on how that influences stories she's done in Saudi Arabia, particularly "Saudi Tales... More ›
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Fake news is much in the news these days and a new study from the University of Warwick has some disheartening, if not surprising, survey results showing that the public often has difficulty sorting real images from manipulated ones. Researchers led by Sophie Nightingale from the Department of Psychology asked 659 people aged 13-70 to... More ›


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HIGHLANDS, Texas - A teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting two students about 10 years ago, and on Wednesday detectives explained why it took so long to investigate the allegations.
Norman Slaughter, 46, has been charged with two counts of indecency with a child.
According to court documents, Slaughter touched two elementary school students inappropriately and forced them to touch him inappropriately.
The incidents allegedly happened at the Goose Creek Independent School District's Highlands Elementary, 200 E. Wallisville, in 2002 and 2003.
One of the teens said the encounters happened while other students were in physical education class.
"He was like, 'Take a nap … if you wake up and you start feeling good you can go back.' So he let me sit on his chair, and that's when he did it. I didn't know what to do," one of the teens said.
She said she told her mother, father and other relatives, but none of them believed her.
"She made an outcry in 2008 at Highlands Junior High, and I did locate the counselor that took her statement," said Sgt. Tommy Pate of the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Pate said there was an investigation then, but it was inconclusive because the girl moved and couldn't be found.
"You can't charge a suspect in a child case until a forensic interview is conducted," Pate said.
In a statement to Local 2, a school district representative confirmed "The district first received a report of possible wrongdoing by the teacher in 2008, related to an incident that was alleged to have occurred years earlier."
The girl made two more outcries -- one to a Baytown community service counselor and another Children's Protective Services in 2011.
Last year, another one of Slaughter's students told investigators that he molested her at about the same time.
Slaughter was relieved of his teaching duties and placed on administrative leave in August. School district officials said he did not have any contact with students this year.
Harris County prosecutors told Local 2 that they are searching for other students who may have also been victimized by Slaughter.
Slaughter was released from the Harris County Jail after posting $60,000 bond.
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UF progress report: Wide receivers
Published: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 2:10 p.m.
Depth chart heading into August
1-Quinton Dunbar
4-Andre Debose
11-Demarcus Robinson
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15-Loucheiz Purifoy
83-Solomon Patton
86-Raphael Andrades
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--Chris Thompson
8-Trey Burton
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A closer look at what we learned about this upcoming group of Gators from spring practice. Wide receiver Progress report: The search for a dynamic wide receiver seems to be narrowing. Loucheiz Purifoy showed big-time ability in his seven practices at wide receiver and could be a huge factor next season in the passing game. Quinton Dunbar is another player who has continued to make strides and now has the look of a go-to wide receiver. Latroy Pittman also had a strong spring and has started making plays like he did at this point last year. Spring surprise: The Purifoy experiment has been deemed a success. He showed he has the ability to make plays on offense, just like he already does on defense and special teams.
Spring star: Dunbar picked up right where he left off last season and is developing into a consistent playmaker.
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PHILADELPHIA – The Ivy League has announced its All-Ivy teams in women's soccer, and once again the University of Pennsylvania was well-represented. The Quakers boasted three first-team All-Ivy selections, two other women who received honorable mention recognition, and sophomore Caroline Dwyer was named the inaugural Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year.
This is the first year that the Ancient Eight coaches have picked Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year; prior to this, there was only a Player of the Year. The other award winner was Harvard freshman Midge Purce, who was selected Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year as well as its Rookie of the Year.
In a year where injuries kept the Penn defense in a rotating mode, Dwyer's presence on the right side of the back line was a constant. She started all 17 matches -- one of just two Quakers to do so -- and was arguably the anchor as the Quakers posted 12 shutouts and allowed just eight goals all season. Penn was the last team to allow a goal at the NCAA Division I level this year, and finished the regular season fourth nationally in shutout percentage (.706) and fifth in goals-against average (0.44).
"I am very happy Caroline got the recognition. I feel like she deserved it," said Penn's head coach, Darren Ambrose. "It is a wonderful honor that reflects her hard work and commitment to her team. She is one of the most tenacious players I have ever coached which, accompanied with her incredible quickness, makes her a very difficult player to beat.
"Caroline is one big part of the success our entire team has when it comes to the defensive structure we have become known for. I think the entire team takes pride in being a difficult team to break down on the defensive end, and Caroline certainly does her part in that."
Dwyer was also selected first-team All-Ivy on defense by the coaches, and was joined on the first team by classmates Erin Mikolai in the midfield and Kalijah Terilli in the goal. After not having three players earn first-team All-Ivy in the same season from 1991 to 2010, Penn has now had three first-teamers each of the last three years.
In addition, senior Kerry Scalora (forward) and freshman Tahirih Nesmith (defense) received honorable mention recognition. Scalora led Penn in scoring for the second straight year, with six goals and 15 points, while Nesmith was second in goals (4) and points (9).
As a team, Penn went 12-1-4, setting a program record for fewest losses in a season and placing 12th nationally in win percentage (.824). The Quakers went unbeaten over their final nine matches (8-0-1), but were kept out of the 64-team NCAA Championship field on Monday despite a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of 41.
"It is always nice to see our players be recognized within the league," said Ambrose. "While I think our team chemistry was one of our biggest strengths this season, there is no doubt that some individuals have performed at a very high level and pushed their potential higher and higher. I am very happy for the women who were honored on the All Ivy teams. It is a nice reward for their performances this year."


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Kirghizstan' former Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party Leader Almazbek Atambayev who is now running for presidential elections expressed that politicians believing in God is an advantage for a country. During the interview with Middle East news portal Fergana.ru, Atambayev held Turkey and Russia as the model countries.
"Being democratic and secular is a must while administrating a state. Besides that, faith in God brings well-being. A person, who believes in Allah, never dares to steal. Do you know why Allah helps Russia and Turkey? It's because, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin always visit church and Turkish President Abdullah Gül is very careful to pray in mosque." expressed Atambayev.
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2011 has been another really enjoyably year for The Match Race Girls and three of us are delighted to have finished it another successful one having just touched down in Heathrow with Silver medals won at the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Australia.
The Worlds this year was probably one of the hardest events we have ever competed in. Match Racing, with its short races, often feels like a bit of a sprint, this event however definitely felt more like a marathon! We competed for 14 days in the end, and did 43 races.
To begin with we were racing one day on, one day off while the other group raced but unfortunately after the first round we had to fight our way through the repecharge so the last 7 days we raced solidly to make it through to the quarters, semis and finally the finals on the 16th.
The main problem with this of course is there was very little time left to do the tourist bits! Overall we are very pleased with our result, we sailed the best we have ever sailed together and despite how the 0-4 score line looks from the finals, we gave the American team a very hard battle, especially as we had had to race 20 more races than them over the two week event! Next year is the one that counts!
It has been one of the more eventful years of our campaign! It did not start quite as well as we would hope when, whilst training for our first event of the year in Miami in January, Annie gave us a bit of a scare with an accident falling off the Elliott 6m on land which resulted in a bad cut on her head, dislocated wrist, broken nose and not being able to sail at all for the next month.
Mary Rook kindly flew in from Australia to fill in for Annie for the Miami Olympic Classes regatta and in the circumstances a 4th was a great finish. We're pleased to say Annie is now fully recovered and the year started to become eventful for somewhat better reasons…
In February The Match Race Girls let a male member into the team. Maurice Paardenkooper who had previously been working with the Dutch team became our full time coach and since Day 1 we have not looked back. Maurice has been great to work with over the last 10 months and we are really looking forward to the next 8 with him.
We were also lucky to team up with some great sponsors over the spring. Becoming part of Team Volvo for Life was a big step for us, not only are the trips to and from Weymouth a much comfier ride for us now, but we have also been able to bring in some great training partners to support us in our campaign and it has been brilliant to be part of the success that is Team Volvo for Life.
This coincided with Sperry Topsider and Oakley joining our team and providing fantastic equipment for us to sail in. Huge thanks go to all our sponsors and supporters, without whom we would not be able to push the boundaries in our training to get to where we need to be to win Gold next year.
After training in Palma over the February and March (again big thanks to all our training partners and Mary for filling in for Annie during some of this time) April saw the start of the European events which began in Palma. Unfortunately we came away from Mallorca with a bit of an indifferent result and a mixed performance.
Two weeks later however we were in Hyeres for the third World Cup event of the year and a week later we returned with Gold; A great finals saw us seal the win over Sally Barkow's USA team 3-0 in light tricky winds.
Weymouth is a huge focus of ours and, similar to our plans this year, we were back training there as soon as possible in the spring trying to get used to the various courses we could be sailed on at the Games.
We ended up spending a lot of time there racing as well as Skandia Sail for Gold and the Pre-Olympic Test Event were held there. It was great to have some sponsors and supporters come down on 'Premier Flair' and watch us win Silver at Sail for Gold, shame we couldn't pull the same result out at the Test Event!
With September approaching it was time to freshen up and get away from Weymouth for a bit.
First stop was Sheboygan for some awesome training against Barkow's team before a trip down to race in Chicago; this time Maurice was sailing with us in Tom 28 boats against some men teams.
We were pleased to put the boys in their place and win the event however unfortunately we couldn't manage quite the same in Sheboygan the following week for the Nations Cup Grand Final where we sailed in the Open fleet after a last minute invite.
Although tactically we were even or better, we were 70kg lighter than the other teams and it showed big time in the semi and petite finals. Racing against the guys is always a bit of fun though and the whole trip was a good wake up having sailed the same boats against the same people for the last year.
Next big event of the year, selection, we made it! At the end of September we were officially selected to represent team GB at the Olympics and we can't wait!
It is definitely a little scary that we are so close to the start of the Olympic Games in July next year.
We still have a huge amount we want to learn and improve on before then but it is also so exciting that after so many years of trying to be the best at what we do, we will have the opportunity to put it to the test and represent Great Britain on home waters just down the road from Poole Harbour where we all live and were brought up on the water.
Finally we like to thank everyone who has supported us this year however big or small. We have great support from everyone within Skandia Team GBR and feel very luckily to have great personal team sponsors some of which have been supporting us since the 2012 Olympics seemed a very far away!
The support we have had during events like the Worlds just gone we find simply amazing and rest assured we'll do everything we can in the next seven months to try and win an Olympic Gold for you!
Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year, Lucy, Annie and Kate xxx
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Goeun Lee becomes the newest addition to the Saint Leo women's golf coaching staff, joining head coach Erika Brennan as an assistant coach. Lee is also serving as an internal operations graduate assistant and NCAA compliance assistant in the Lions' athletic department.
"We are thrilled to have Goeun join the program as an assistant coach", said Brennan. "Her skills as a student-athlete translate nicely, and she will be a tremendous asset to us at each of our tournaments."
Lee, a 2012 graduate of Saint Leo and four-year member of the women's golf team, brings a wealth of knowledge and golf experience in addition to her youthful energy.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lee came to Saint Leo in 2008 by way of Richmond, British Columbia.
Lee finished 29th at the 2012 NCAA Division II National Championship as a senior this past spring.


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Crucial skills in interpretation and analysis are honed in the two-semester First Year Writing sequence. Discipline History classes foster understanding and awareness of issues specific to the development of a student's chosen artistic métier. Scientific Inquiry Foundation Track (SIFT) courses instill an appreciation of scientific principles both for their own sake and for their applications in the arts. And our innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities Seminars and Period Interpretation courses nurture the kind of culturally alert, historically aware creative thinking that goes into good art-making – and good citizenship.
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The gene pool for L.a.r.r.y 'Retarded Chimp' M.a.j.o.r should have been severed prior to his creation. Society is continually plagued with this sick, alcoholic piece of shit. A prime example of procreation out of ignorance.
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Annual Homelessness Point-in-Time Survey Results Released
As the Fairfax-Falls Church community continues developing its 10-year plan to prevent and end homelessness, the latest snapshot of the number of homeless individuals and families in the area is available. Beginning this year, the annual count will report on those homeless people who are literally homeless – those who live on the street, in shelters or in transitional housing. This reporting system matches federal government guidelines. People who have permanent supportive housing are not included in the final numbers, as they have been in the past, but they will continue to be tracked.
The 2007 Point-in-Time Survey of the Fairfax-Falls Church area showed homelessness comes in many faces across the community:
- Overall, there were 1,813 homeless people counted in the community, an increase from 1,766 in 2006. In 2005, there were 1,675 homeless people.
- The number of homeless people in families decreased slightly to 1,083 compared to 1,099 in 2006. In 2005, there were 1,111 homeless people in families.
The number of homeless single individuals increased to 730 compared to
667 in 2006. In 2005, there were 564 homeless single individuals.
* 2006 and 2005 numbers above have been adjusted to reflect the new counting method for comparative purposes.
When this year's count was conducted on Jan. 25, more than 20 nonprofit, faith-based groups and county agencies worked together to collect the data from more than 60 homeless assistance programs, including emergency shelters, transitional housing programs and other locations.
To address this need, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors endorsed a 10-year strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness in the Fairfax-Falls Church community last month. The board also approved establishment of a committee to develop the implementation plan for the strategic directions, which will be developed in the coming months.
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Prairie farmers are harvesting their biggest ever crop and yields are higher than many local grain growers can recall.
This year's harvest is so large some farmers -- and at least one local elevator company -- have had to dump grain on the ground because their bins are bursting. Others are tucking grain inside sheds not normally used for crop storage.
Grain growers and agricultural experts interviewed Friday used terms such as "fantastic," "incredible," "phenomenal," "exceptional," and "best crop in a lifetime" to describe the size of this year's harvest.
Dampening their enthusiasm is the fact that with prices tumbling, many may not make any more money than they did last year.
But in any event, 2013 appears destined to be a crop to remember.
'This is the biggest (overall) crop I've ever seen'-- Brent Sholdice, plant manager of the Paterson Grain terminal
Doug Chorney, who farms near East Selkirk, said his spring wheat yielded a record 71 bushels per acre. On an average year, it's more like 40 to 45 bushels per acre.
"I know that's the best we've ever had," he said of the family operation, which dates back to the early 1940s.
What's more, he achieved the personal record on a 240-acre field that had been damaged by hail, leaving the ground littered with wheat kernels.
Across Manitoba, farmers are reporting spring wheat yields as high as 85 bushels per acre -- about twice an average crop. The provincial Agriculture Department says it has heard of canola yields as high as 65 bushels per acre and barley yields as high as 140 bushels per acre this year.
Neil Townsend, director of market research with CWB (formerly the Canadian Wheat Board), said production of the six major grains -- wheat (including durum) canola, barley, oats, flax and rye -- is predicted to reach a record 61.4 million tonnes on the Prairies, shattering the old mark by seven million tonnes.
Over the past five years, production of these grains has averaged 48.6 million tonnes.
"The yields are exceptional this year," Townsend said.
"We had pretty good weather, but the technology is also there to give people more yield, right. And you know we're seeing that if the weather co-operates, the ability of the plant nowadays is to just give yields that you didn't get before."
The Prairie average yield for red spring wheat is projected to come in at just under 47 bushels per acre -- a record. The average wheat yield for the previous five years was 41 bushels.
Townsend cautioned, however, the high production will not necessarily translate into a financial bonanza for farmers. That's because grain markets are falling as global production for such crops as wheat, corn and soybeans are at or near record levels.
"Prices are going in the wrong direction because of some global factors. Generally it's a bear market," Townsend said.
Storage is becoming an issue for farmers as the harvest nears completion in many areas.
With cloudy and damp conditions idling combines in Manitoba on Friday, many farmers took the opportunity to deliver grain to elevators to make room for crops still out in the fields.
At the large Paterson Grain terminal northwest of Winnipeg, 15 to 20 large trucks -- many of them for-hire haulers -- were lined up to deliver grain throughout the day. Nearby, a giant pile of winter wheat, estimated by truckers at 1.5 million bushels in size, stood on the ground, covered by tarps.
Curtis McRae, who farms 5,000 acres of land near St. Andrews, had been waiting in line for two hours to drop off a load of grain when he was interviewed Friday. "They say it's a good problem (the huge crop) but the stress is killing me and the sleep is very little," he said with a laugh. He still has 500 acres to harvest.
Brent Sholdice, plant manager at the Paterson terminal, said the giant elevator opened its doors at 6:30 a.m. Friday and would remain open until 9 or 10 in the evening.
"Right now, everybody's trying to make space for soybeans (a later maturing crop still to be harvested)," Sholdice said.
"This is the biggest (overall) crop I've ever seen."


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Cuts helps Kids with Cancer with walkathon
High school artists help iHuman
Saturday, May 31, 2014 06:00 am
W.D. Cuts school was abuzz with a mass walkathon on Friday, and it was all for charity.
The school�s leadership class organized the event to help raise money and awareness for the Kids with Cancer Society.
Teacher Derek Herman explained that everyone in the school took a trial run around the block, a 10-minute loop, right after an assembly first thing in the morning. The event proper took place with teams of up to five students each between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
�They can all do it together. They can do whatever they want but at the end of the five hours, for every time they cross the start-finish line, they get a bead.�
The bead signifies the beaded journey of kids who are admitted into cancer wards, he added.
�Each kid will have their own beaded journey of their laps and at the end, they�re going to put their beads together to see how many laps they did as a group. It�s not about the competition, although I have some kids that want to give�r.�
Each team needed to raise a minimum of $100 in order to participate. The school�s goal was to raise at least $2,500 dollars to support the cause. The Kids With Cancer Society's mission is to meet the needs of kids and their families as they go through the cancer treatments. This year, the organization�s goal is to raise $2.6 million dollars.
One student had raised over $1,000, Herman noted.
�Every person has had to deal with cancer in one way, or another, so it�s important that we do everything we can to make a child dealing with cancer�s life a little bit easier,� wrote leadership students Dharama Johnston and Jenna Poirier in the school�s most recent newsletter.
�It�s to help spread awareness of the Kids with Cancer Society,� leadership student Cassidy Gallicano who added that, every year, the school picks a charity to raise money for. This charity was chosen, she said, because cancer affects so many people and kids struggling with the disease should get all the help that they can get.
Art for iHumans
A recent high school art show featured a plethora of St. Albert talent. At the end of the day, the exhibit helped to benefit the iHuman Youth Society.
Paul Kane art teacher Colleen Hewitt announced that the eight schools (seven of which were from this city) all helped to raise $3,210 in sales and donations for the Edmonton-based agency that works to engage Edmonton's youth with high risk lifestyles to develop positive life skills.
�This whole thing is so good in so many ways � the best part is the fact that this venture has kids making art and selling it to help other kids bring art into their lives!� Hewitt wrote in an email to the Gazette.
The show had each school submit five student works and one teacher work, all of which were offered for sale at $150 each. It will return next year when five student artists from iHuman will create pieces for the show as well, �and so the collaboration grows!� Hewitt exclaimed.
People can learn more about iHuman through its website at www.ihumanyouthsociety.org.


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I have a 1-row table with several columns that I'd like to align against the right side of the page. I've tried align="right" and float:right; but I get a strange result from the next set of tags after the table.
I do want to keep the table. Is there another way to right-align it that I could try?
There are probably many easy solutions to this, but one thing you could try is this:
table {float: right; margin-bottom: 1em;
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Thanks Ralph. I used clear:both like this and it works great:

Can you tell me or point me to more info about what the "table + *" syntax indicates?
Actually, it's the following that seems to have the right behavior:

table + * points to the next tag after the
 and so applies the clear:both to that tag without needing to add an extra tag into the HTML.
The + indicates the next element directly after the table, and the * is the universal selector, meaning "any element". So the rule says that whatever element follows the table, set it to "clear: both". It's a little neater than your solution, as you don't have to add unnecessary HTML to your page, as felgall said. Oftentimes (such as in a CMS) you don't have the luxury of being able to add HTML manually.
I'm sorry for the long delay replying. How is browser compatibility with the "table + *" syntax?
It's fine. Browsers that don't support it are dead and gone now.
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What a great time of year! It almost felt like Christmas morning when I spread all the Winnipeg musical organizations' brochures out to write my first column of the new season, the traditional "concert picks."
The choices are exciting and varied, with both celebrated guest artists and plenty of local talent featured in choral, symphonic, solo recital and chamber music performances.
Here's what looks especially good in the months leading up to 2014:
It doesn't matter how often Brandon-born violinist James Ehnes comes to town -- it's always worth going to hear him. The international performer and recording artist's career continues to thrive; we're fortunate he never forgets his roots.
Ehnes joins Alexander Mickelthwate and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, at 8 p.m. for a rare performance of Aram Khachaturian's folk-inspired Violin Concerto. This is a terrific vehicle for the technically intrepid Ehnes and should be an audience pleaser. Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in C minor rounds out the program. Tickets are $27-$96 by calling 204-949-3999.
Canadian pianist David Jalbert has made a name for himself as a soloist and chamber musician. His recent recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations offers a unique interpretation, displaying Jalbert's creative and fearless musicality. His version is unlike any other. You can hear him perform the entire set in person on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Winnipeg Art Gallery as part of the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg series. Tickets are $25, $5 for students, available at the door or at McNally Robinson Booksellers.
Feeling romantic? You'll want to attend the WSO's week-long Tchaikovsky Festival for a heavy dose of gorgeous melodies and surging emotion. On Friday, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m., Russian conductor Aziz Shohkakimov leads the orchestra through the thrilling 1812 Overture and Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Renowned Canadian cellist Denise Djokic will play the marvellous Variations on a Rococo Theme (a personal favourite). The baton is then handed to the Winnipeg Chamber Music Society on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p.m., for a program including the famous Dumka for solo piano, Souvenir d'un lieu cher for violin and piano, and Quartet in D major, Op. 11. On Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, Russian-born pianist Ilya Yakushev will perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor; the festival concludes with the moving Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Path©tique). Call 204-949-3999 for tickets to all events.
Djokic returns to Winnipeg with pianist Heng Jin Park and violinist Irena Muresanu, comprising the Boston Trio. They've planned a lovely mixed program for their debut here on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m., at Eckhardt-Gramatt© Hall in the Virtuosi Concert Series. Repertoire spans centuries, with works by Mozart, Brahms, Faur©, Schubert and Arvo P§rt. The intimate setting is ideal for this arrangement, giving audience members that treasured "up close and personal" feeling. Call 204-786-9000 for ticket information.
Manitoba Opera is whisking us to the Wild West with a "Hollywood version" of Donizetti's light-hearted comic opera Don Pasquale. The concept is too intriguing to miss and the cast is full of favourites -- the hilarious bass-baritone Peter Strummer as the title character, Manitoba soprano Nikki Einfeld as Norina and smooth-voiced Canadian baritone Brett Polegato as Dr. Malatesta. You can catch all the rootin'-tootin' action on Saturday, Nov. 23, Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 29. Tickets are $22.25 (14 years and under) to $130.50. Give a holler to 204-957-7842.
French-horn player extraordinaire and marathon runner Jamie Sommerville will be on hand to perform one of Mozart's glorious horn concerti with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m. Westminster United Church will ring out with the strains of Horn Concerto in E-Flat major, full of pleasing melodies and horn antics. Canadian-born Sommerville, now principal horn with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the entire concert, which also features the Beethoven Sextet in E-Flat for Two Horn and Strings, and two works by Lutoslawski. Tickets are $8 to $28 at McNally Robinson Booksellers or by calling 204-783-7377.
The Christmas season means holiday-themed concerts -- what you choose all depends what tradition you prefer. Give me a great choral performance at this time of year and I'm immediately in the holiday spirit. The Winnipeg Singers have invited Santa to join them for their Friday, Dec. 13, concert entitled Christmas Around the World (7:30 p.m.). Crescent Fort Rouge United Church is always beautifully decorated for the season and the choir will be joined by the youthful voices of the Steinbach Regional Secondary School Chamber Choir. Yuri Klaz leads the choirs through carols from across the globe as Santa travels with two young guests. Tickets are $25/$22/$10 at McNally Robinson Booksellers, at the door or at email@example.com.


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A MAN and a seven-year-old boy were cut free from a car following a crash in Thorpe-le-Soken.
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They pair were treated by ambulance crews, along with a man and a woman in their 70s, for minor injuries.
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Is there a good way (or has anyone done something like this) to send a password from the Web UI to a Web Service? Sending it via plain text in a URL is not going to work. I have looked at the traditional simple encryption methods convert to binary then do something with it etc. and an easy way of converting the string to a format you can do something with (like binary) is not available. I am looking for any ideas or advice. Currently my plan is to convert each character to ASCII code and then manipulate that array of numbers.
Using SSL on the web server is probably the best way to handle this, if it's an option for you (Katie's second link).
Once you do that, and you access the web service over HTTPS, you shouldn't need to worry about further encryption of the login data. (It's probably also worth nothing that if you pick the SSL route, it's better to send the login credentials in the request body, as opposed to in the URL - since that can be saved in server logs / browser cache or history, and things like that).


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Oh Mighty Wing
Well...you're a little older, a little larger framed, and a little less experienced.
Those things count too as far as recovery goes. I don't think recovery has solely to do with old and young.
Yes, that's the glory of it all. It's not like your run-of-the-mill stomach event where you start feeling sick, worry for a while, feel sicker, and slowly descend to the point of no return.
This is immediate, unexpected, stunning.
You did that very nicely! haha You are right - I'm 25, 5'9 153 lbs, and been running 1.25 years.
I think that was my point - that it can't be all about age otherwise the 2 years between us would mean I'd still be recovering pretty close to what you are and I just don't believe that to be true.
So if the post-Monkey celebration is glorious...it'll look something like this?
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Imminent Catastrophe
A friend of mine once explained those that puke at the finish are runners with strong minds. They see a goal, they accomplish the goal, goal accomplished = okay to puke.
"Able to function despite imminent catastrophe"
"To obtain the air that angels breathe you must come to Tahoe"--Mark Twain
"The most common question from potential entrants is 'I do not know if I can do this' to which I usually answer, 'that's the whole point'.--Paul Charteris, Tarawera Ultramarathon RD.
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Hey are you doing the Manchester Triathlon Saturday? You probably told me but I forgot.
And shiiiiit I lost 10lbs since the beginning of July! I wore pants, yesterday, that I haven't worn in 3 years!! Who cares if you are smaller I'm HOT!! hahahaha
Not to mention you have boobs.
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The past has a way of catching up with you. Iridium, the satellite phone company, has been working hard to re-invent itself following its 1999 bankruptcy. Last September it returned to the stock market through a reverse takeover, and has set about raising money for a new fleet of low-earth orbiting satellites.
In the 1990s Iridium launched with the idea of selling satphones to a wide consumer market, but was soon overtaken by the mobile phone industry. It became chiefly a niche provider of phones to aid workers and the military.
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This is the first in a short series on Viewer apps built with the Digital Publishing Suite. This video introduces the two basic types of Viewers: single-folio and multiple-folio. Learn what to look out for to help you understand which type of application you're reading or which type of application you might want to make.
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Growing into affirming conversations in anti-sexual violence work
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to exhibit at a statewide Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Summit at Dickinson College. For two days youth and young adults learned about LGBTQ-focused topics and activism while connecting with others doing similar work all over the state.
These events are my favorite outreach activity for the entire year. Seeing these young, excited, and engaged people operate in an open and affirming environment just warms my heart. We need more spaces (read: all spaces) like this because these young people were not just learning, they were shining!
Students and adult mentors alike were thrilled with the SAAM Campaign resources on healthy adolescent sexuality. It reminds me how happy I am that these materials address a broad range of sexual expression and identity.
It's too common and too easy to fall into a hetero-normative discussion of sexuality and relationships. This is especially true for many people doing anti-violence work because we grew up on the gender binary discussions of the second wave feminist movement.
These conversations are important and we should still have them. However, we also need to be having the kinds of conversations that will resonate with a young lesbian experiencing pressure from her partner, who also happens to be her first girlfriend. We need to talk about the ways gender binaries affect a young trans* person who is being bullied.
I am excited for the growing conversations in our movement. I know that we're up to the challenge of making our conversations and our organizations safe and affirming spaces for everyone. I know we'll do this, because we must do this to end sexual violence.


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I have a Canon SD900 which does not have IS. I didn't even know what that was when I bought the camera. Now, I have been placed on a medication that (as a side effect) causes a slight hand tremor. Even when the tremor is not visible, I still get the blinking red "camera shake" icon.
Would this software work in my camera and is available for the SD900? I must admit that I have no idea how to use it but hopefully I can learn.
- CHDK would not provide IS capability to a camera without it. (and, it doesn't look like CHDK has (yet) been ported to the SD900). You might try a monopod to help steady the camera. It's a pole (many models are collapsible) with the "tripod" mounting screw, and provides a good measure of stability.


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Police are searching for a man who crawled through the drive-through windows of two fast food restaurants before threatening staff and demanding cash in Sydney's west.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a man allegedly broke into a fast food restaurant in Hoxton Park by climbing through the drive-through window, before demanding cash from staff.
Staff at the restaurant did not hand over any money.
About 50 minutes later the man broke into a nearby fast food restaurant in the same manner, police said, and threatened staff with a handgun, before making off with cash.
A staff member was punched in the face by the man and was treated by paramedics.
Meanwhile, a teenager will face court after a man was kicked and kneed in the head while walking along a western Sydney street.
Police have charged the 17-year-old man with robbery after a 45-year-old man and a 34-year-old man were approached by two men on Luxford Road, Lethbridge Park at 6am on Saturday.
The 45-year-old man was punched in the back of the head before being kicked and kneed in the head several times by both offenders.
The two men demanded cash and phones from the pair, before the 34-year-old handed over some money.
The 45-year-old man was treated for swelling, bruising and bleeding.
The teenager, who is charged with robbery in company, was refused bail and is expected to face Parramatta Children's Court on Sunday.


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This is a great story and David De Souza is part of the estimated 83,000 plus contractors wounded in this war, that have gone on to live their lives back home. They are contractor veterans and they have done heroic things in the war, and certainly have sacrificed with their lives and bodies.
David was also working for the British security company Aegis during the war in Iraq, and it is a reminder that the security contracting forces being used in this war come from all over the world. Some companies would be all British or American, or other companies would be a mix of all nationalities. Going through the DoL's list of countries will give you an idea of how many folks have been involved over the years. And that is just the companies and contractors that filed DBA for injuries or deaths. The true cost in lives and injuries will never really be known…
Either way, bravo to David and to all contractor veterans who are doing what they can to work through their injuries and tackling obstacles back home. –Matt
Man injured driving Iraqi bomber off road tackles obstacle course
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A BODYGUARD who survived an attempted suicide bomb attack in Iraq is facing his toughest challenge since suffering devastating injuries in the high-speed crash.
David De Souza was working for private security company Aegis in Tikrit when he bravely intercepted a suicide bomber's vehicle as it sped towards his convoy.
Mr De Souza drove out of the convoy in his 4×4 to block the suicide bomber and to protect a company boss who was travelling in a vehicle in front of him.
He rammed into the suicide bomber's vehicle at high speed, smashing into it before coming off the road and rolling over six times.
The incident, on December 20, 2007, left Mr De Souza with a brain haemorrhage and a broken back.
He is now unable to work because of memory problems caused by his brain injury and is also suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
A year ago, the 36-year-old, who lives in Ashwood, Kearsley, was unable to run more than mile, but next month he will take part in Tough Mudder, a gruelling 12-mile obstacle course in Malpas, Cheshire, in memory of his niece, Maddie Rose Gooch.
The challenge will be both a physical and mental test, as Mr De Souza suffers from his post traumatic stress disorder and "catastrophic thinking", which means he often imagines the worst-case scenario, which includes events relating to his 35-year-old wife, Lisa, and their children.


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'Wife Swap' star, teenage beauty queen charged with prostitution
She's a former teenage beauty queen from Amherst whose parents buy her a Christmas present every day of the year.
You may remember Alicia Guastaferro when she starred in an eye-rolling episode of ABC-TV's Wife Swap in 2008. She was 16-years-old at the time.
Now, all grown up, Guastaferro, 20, of Williamsville, has apparently developed some nasty habits: underage drinking, prescription drug abuse and prostitution, according to police.
Guastaferro was arrested early Tuesday morning on the New York State Thruway.
State Troopers said she was in a car at the Pembroke rest stop with prominent Rochester attorney James Doyle, 54.
Guastaferro allegedly confessed to having sex with Doyle "twice a month for $500 to $700 per night," according to the police report obtained by Eyewitness News.
"He pays me in the morning," she allegedly told Troopers.
Guastaferro is charged with Criminal Impersonation, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and Prostitution.
Doyle, who refused a sobriety test, is charged with DWI, Providing Alcohol to a Person Under 21 and Patronizing a Prostitute.
Doyle said he was innocent when he was interviewed later in the day.
"Those are lurid, salacious and absolutely incorrect allegations," he said.
Update: Guastaferro entered a not guilty plea in court on Oct. 9.


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Brian-M wrote:What would you recommend I do about the pronunciation guide when I can't think of any English terms that match the sound exactly? Leave out the examples that aren't quite right, change the sound to match the example? Or just use the IPA symbols with no examples?
Typically self-instruction texts will either (a) include explanations (e.g. "Like the vowel in 'tape' or 'made' only without the 'ee' sound at the end") or (b) give examples from other languages (e.g. "French été, German Ehre"). More scholarly works will simply give the IPA (with or without explanations for non-cardinal vowels). As you've discovered, these days it's not difficult to find good resources if you want to learn how to pronounce these symbols.