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GILBOA — A Gilboa man who has already pled not
guilty to 46 sex charges was arraigned on Wednesday for 21 additional
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53, Gilboa. Badertscher pled not guilty to the additional charges. His
pre-trial has been set for Feb. 28.
Badertscher has pled not guilty to 46
sex charges, including compulsion to involuntary servitude,
endangering children, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, and
pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor and illegal
use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.
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material or performance, felonies of the fifth degree.
of the alleged offenses occurred between 2012 and August 2013.
his Jan. 15 pretrial, Gary Badertscher waived his right to a speedy
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On Feb. 3, Judge Randall Basinger approved a motion requesting
allotting $1,500 for a defense investigator at the rate of $45 per
hour and also allotted $1,500 for an expert witness fee.
Badertscher is already a registered sex offender for cases
occurring in Florida. He was convicted and found guilty in 2001 for
conducting sex acts in the presence of a person under 16 and also in
2006 for committing sexual acts in the presence of a person under 16.
His bond was continued at $100,000.
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Plaquemines Parish, La. - Residents in Plaquemines Parish have been some of the hardest hit by Hurricane Isaac.
A KPRC Local 2 crew took an airboat down a flooded stretch of Highway 23 and saw entire livelihoods under water.
Flooded homes and fields are all over. In one of those fields were two ranchers who needed help.
The ranchers got on board and went to check out their ranch. Floodwaters from Barataria Bay filled their ranch.
The ranchers jumped into the water to lead the surviving cows out of their pen and to higher ground. Many of the cows were so exhausted from fighting the floods for two days that they needed help just to hold their heads up.
Many of their cows did not survive.
The ranchers' dog managed to beat the odds. During the trip, the Local 2 crew found their Great Dane clinging to a pile of floating debris.
Alligators were everywhere.
In addition to their loss of livestock, the ranchers also lost their home. The water rose too quickly for them to save anything.
The ranchers said this was the third time they've gone through flooding.
"This was the worst," Khai Nguyen said. "I thought the last two times was bad. This time was worse than the last one. I love it, but it's just coming to a point where I'm going to have to throw my hands up."
The ranchers said they were furious because the area where they live is outside of the federal levee system that protects New Orleans. They said everyone who lives in the area has been asking for more protection for years.
"They're dragging their feet back and forth," Tuan Nguyen said. "If we got a good levee back there, we wouldn't have any problem."
Louisiana state Sen. David Heitmeier represents the ranchers' district. He said he's been asking Congress to provide federal funding to include their area.
"It's fell on deaf ears so far," Heitmeier said. "This is another devastation. Hopefully we'll have people open up their ears and understand how important lower Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, is to the nation."
Plaquemines Parish is an area rich in oil and gas, agriculture and seafood.
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Nine terrifying facts about Americas biggest police force
From http://www.salon.com/2012/09/28/nine..._police_force/
I didn't check all of their claims, but we have seen other posts here and in the news about many of these incidents already. Makes me glad to live in the boonies.
The NYPD is the biggest police force in the country, with over 34,000 uniformed officers patrolling New Yorks streets, and 51,000 employees overall more than the FBI. It has a proposed budget of $4.6 billion for 2013, a figure that represents almost 15 percent of the entire citys budget.NYCs population is a little over 8 million. That means that there are 4.18 police officers per 1,000 people. By comparison, Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S. with 3.8 million people, has only 9,895 officersa ratio of 2.6 police per 1,000 people.
What has the NYPD been doing with all that cash and manpower? In addition to ticketing minorities for standing outside of their homes, spying on Muslims who live in New Jersey, abusing protesters, and gunning down black teens over weed, the NYPD has expanded into a massive global anti-terror operation with surveillance and military capabilities unparalleled in the history of US law enforcement.
In an email published by WikiLeaks, an FBI official joked about how shocked Americans would be if they knew how egregiously the NYPD is stomping all over their civil liberties. But what we already know is bad enough. Heres a round-up of what the department has been up to lately.
1. I Have My Own Army
Last fall, Mayor Bloomberg famously bragged, I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. So far hes refrained from imposing military rule on the city, at least in the white neighborhoods, but the department nevertheless boasts an impressive arsenal.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told 60 Minutes that the NYPD could shoot down a plane last year. When asked for details at a press conference, Mayor Bloomberg basically told reporters to $#@! off, saying, The NYPD has lots of capabilities that you dont know about and you wont know about.
The New York Times has reported that the departments Harbor unit has 6 submarine drones; four cost $75,000 and the two others cost $120,000, according to the Times. They are developing a portable radar that can see under clothes in order to search for weapons. Militaristic Hercules teams, are deployed to random parts of the city armed with automatic weapons and body armor. Their explicitly stated role is to terrify people. In a piece by Popular Mechanics, detective Abad Nieves described the units job thusly: The response we usually get is, Holy s! [...] Thats the reaction we want. We are in the business of scaring peoplewe just want to scare the right people.
Last year, one of us asked a heavily armed Hercules team member what they were up to at the Lincoln Center. Keeping you safe! he barked, rolling his eyes at our unbelievable stupidity.
2. Relentlessly Expanding Their Global Presence
Whether youre overseas or across the river in Jersey, theres no longer any need to watch NYPD Blue for a glimpse at the famed officers. You can simply walk outside. The force operates in 11 foreign cities, including London, Lyons, Hamburg, Tel Aviv and Toronto. This year they added Kfar Saba, Israel, to their list of conquests there, the NYPD has its own office complete with a department insignia and a banner inside which reads, The New York Police Department. The Greatest Police Department in the World.
NYPD officers have flown to Afghanistan, Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, and Guantanamo, where they have been known to conduct special interrogations, according to New York Magazine. Domestically, the NYPD collaborates with the FBI in Washington. Under Commissioner Kellys watch, and with the blessing of the CIA, the force has also built a hidden counterterrorism bureau, complete with a Global Intelligence Room and a security area protected by ballistic Sheetrock.
3. Spying on Muslims and Fabricating the Results
In a Pulitzer prize-winning investigative series the AP revealed a NYPD surveillance program that makes the FBI and CIA look like civil liberties crusaders. To recap: for years, the department has been monitoring mosques, restaurants where Muslims eat, Muslim student organizations, and combing through the electronic communications of Muslim students at more than 13 colleges. Their investigations revealed such insightful observations as the fact that adherents to Islam pray 5 times a day.
The department insisted that their blanket surveillance of whole communities based entirely on their religion was perfectly legal. Apparently even members of the FBI disagreed. A new book by journalist Ronald Kessler (reported in the Daily News) reveals:
What never came out is that the FBI considers the NYPDs intelligence gathering practices since 9/11 not only a waste of money but a violation of Americans rights, wrote Kessler [...] We will not be a party to it, an FBI source told Kessler.The Mayors response was so glib that 10 House Democrats called it underhanded and unprofessional, reported the AP. When asked about criticisms by College Presidents about department surveillance of Muslim student websites, Bloomberg said, among other dismissive things, I dont know why keeping the country safe is antithetical to the values of Yale.
Any time that the department is criticized for their civil liberties abuses, the mayor and police commissioner solemnly point to the number of terror attacks theyve foiled since 9/11 14, a number trustingly repeated in the media. But ProPublica investigative reporter Justin Elliot went through the trouble of looking into the administrations claim and found that of the 14 successes cited, only two could be credited to the NYPD. In the other instances, the plots were stopped by other agencies, or werent serious threats at all, or were instigated by NYPD informants providing alleged terrorists with money and bomb-making materials.
Meanwhile, a deposition on the Muslim surveillance program revealed that in six years of spying, the NYPDs demographics unit had not come up with a single lead.
4. Targeting Activists
They said theyd make me a deal, Diego Ibañez, a 23-year-old Sunset Park resident, tells AlterNet. The deal, barked at him while he was in handcuffs, was that he erase the footage hed captured of the cops arresting two young African American boys in the subway or that he could join them in jail. The Cop Watch initiative, in which New Yorkers exercise their legal right to film the police, has grown in response to increased police brutality, but the NYPD has been targeting anybody who tries to hold them accountable.
After spending nearly an hour under arrest, Ibañez walked away from his interaction with the police with a summons for blocking pedestrian traffic, a catch-all summons that, given that New York has a massive population crammed into the five boroughs, the police can literally use whenever they choose, which was more than 35,000 times last year. When he complained that a summons wasnt part of the deal, the police said the deal was that he wouldnt go to jailthat night.
They said that filming the police was illegal, which it isnt. But if it were illegal, then why didnt they charge me for that? Ibañez asked.
For more established Cop-Watchers, the police are more aggressive. One Cop Watch duo, Christina Gonzalez and Matthew Swaye, found fliers with their photos posted in police precincts criminalizing them as professional agitators. The NYPD targeted another long-time Harlem Cop Watcher, Joseph Hayden, slapping him with a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, which means he faces two to seven years of jail time. The alleged weapons, according to Hayden and his laywer, were a souvenir Yankees baseball bat and a broken penknife that the police found in Haydens car after they scoured it for any excuse to nail him.
The suppression of Cop Watch is just the tip of the iceberg. The NYPD has used counter terrorism tactics including monitoring, targeting and mass arrests against activists involved in nonviolent social movements across New York City.
5. Constant Intrusion and Surveillance
In the decade after 9/11, Americans privacy rights have been violated in a variety of technologically intrusive ways, with the help of everything from spy drones to wiretaps. But few programs package together so many potential privacy infringements as ambitiously as the Domain Awareness System, (DAS) created by the NYPD in partnership with Microsoft.
24/7, DAS collects footage from CCTV cameras all over the city, checking the information against multiple databases, arrest records and 911 calls, and running it through license plate reader software that can track the movement of cars, and even take radiation readings. The department decides what information to archive and for how long. Video will be held for 30 days and then deleted unless the NYPD chooses to archive it. Metadata and license plate info collected by DAS will be retained for five years, and unspecified environmental data will be stored indefinitely, writes Fast Company.
Said Mayor Bloomberg at a press conference, What youre seeing is what the private sector has used for a long time. If you walk around with a cell phone, the cell phone company knows where you are Were not your mom and pops police department anymore.
But they promise not to spy on Muslims or anything crazy like that! The information is analyzed at a centralized location in downtown Manhattan. Pam Martens reported last year that the surveillance control center has spots for representatives of those famous crime-fighters, Wall Streets big banks. Reporter Neal Ungerleider from Fast Company also says he saw seats reserved for the Federal Reserve, Bank of New York, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, and Citigroup.
At a press conference, Bloomberg also said that the department has plans to export the technology to other police departments, for a profit. So, the tax money spent enriching Microsoft will be recouped if all goes according to plan and the entire nation falls under DAS surveillance in a timely manner.
The DAS system is the logical culmination of a years-long campaign to load up Manhattan with surveillance cameras. Impressed by how thoroughly the city of London tracks the movements of its citizens, Mayor Bloomberg initiated the lower Manhattan security initiative in 2005 expanded to midtown a few years later whose primary objective was to cover Manhattan, underground and above ground, with cameras.
6. Police Brutality
Last winter, NYPD officer Richard Haste murdered an 18-year-old unarmed boy named Ramarley Graham in his bathroom. Video footage shows the teenager calmly walking into his parents home in the Bronx, quickly followed by a team of police officers who broke down the door without a warrant. According to witnesses, the police officers then rushed into the bathroom and shot and killed Graham at close range.
Grahams case is but one of thousands of police brutality cases leveled against the NYPD. Over the last decade, brutality lawsuits and other claims against the NYPD have cost NYC taxpayers nearly $1 billion in settlements, reports the AP. One officer was sued seven times for using excessive force and brutality during arrests.
In one video taped assault in the Bronx last year, a police officer punched 19-year-old Luis Solivan in the face while another restrained him. According to Solivan, the police duo followed him to his house from the corner store, broke down the door without a warrant, pepper sprayed him, punched him in the face, and then handcuffed him and threw his head into the wall so hard that it left a hole.
In May, the police made headlines over the brutal beating of 19-year-old Bronx resident named Jateik Reed. A video captured four police officers kicking, punching and beating the the teenager with a police baton as he lay on the ground handcuffed (read Kristen Gwynnes reporting on the incident here.)
Some of the cases of brutality are more creative, if not less sadistic. Another cop strangled a mans penis with the drawstring of his pants, causing lacerations along the shaft that required emergency room attention. And, just in case you thought police brutality was limited to the human species, think again. Two NYPD officers were recently caught on camera in September shooting a homeless mans dog.
But if you call death what it ismurderthe police take to the slanderous allegations none too kindly. In July, a duo of plainclothes officers wielded a pair of paint brushes to cover over a mural in Inwood that called the NYPD murderers, because, according to the walls property owner, the police were upset about the mural and wanted it changed.
7. Just a Numbers Game
For four friends in Brooklyn, it was supposed to be a relaxing 4th of Julyjust a few beers outside on the stoopuntil the undercover police car showed up. In a desperate effort to hit their quotas, the two officers ticketed all four for public drinkingon their own front steps.
The NYPDs quota system, which it claims it has already abolished, is rife with such absurdity. Recently, one cop was busted citing dead people with traffic violation tickets in an effort to meet his quotas. Another picked up a grandmother, who had never been arrested in her life, for prostitution when the woman was on her way to the hospital for an asthma attack.
Most insidiously, one former NYPD narcotics detective testified last year that he regularly watched fellow police officers plant drugs on people in order to hit their arrest quotas.
In April, a Federal judge agreed to a class action lawsuit filed against the NYPD under the allegation that the quota system leads street cops to hand out summonses even when no crime or violation has occurred just to meet productivity demands from their bosses.
Quotas lead to an absurdly high number of summonsesa half million per yearmany of which are so ridiculous that about half are dismissed the moment the accused arrives at the courthouse. But the real problem is that they are racist. Think about it. You impose an absurdly high goal for the number of people police officers must stop in a multiracial city where power and money is still concentrated in the hands of whites, and you get racism faster than a Black man gets busted for shoplifting in Bloomingdales. Even a criminal court judge in Brooklyn admitted this fact when faced with yet another defendant charged with drinking in public this past June.
As hard as I try, he wrote, I cannot recall ever arraigning a white defendant for such a violation.
In 2011, the NYPD issued nearly 125,000 summonses for drinking in publicsome issued against people who were sitting in the doorway of their own homes. Drinking in public was the most-issued summons and about a quarter of the half-million summons the force issued in total.
And then there were the additional 700,000 stop and frisks, more than 80 percent committed against black or brown residents. The department has defended the practice as an effective way to get guns off the street, but guns are found in a minuscle number of cases, less than 0.2 percent according to the NYCLU. Nine out of 10 people stopped have been innocent. What the practice does accomplish, is corrode trust between the police and communities, which makes everyone less safe, as the NYCLU points out. The searches are often abusive, violent and demeaning.
Then again, sometimes the police harassment isnt motivated by quotas at all. Sometimes its just the result of men suffering from the NYPD badges most common side effect: a twisted Napoleonic complex. Such was the case when two NYPD officers found 14-year-old Rayshawn Moreno tossing eggs on Halloween in his Staten Island neighborhood. To teach the child a lesson in crime and punishment, the cops picked him up, drove him to a swamp, took off his shoes and shirt, beat him a little, and then dumped him in the water. Good thing the boy knew how to swim.
8. Above the Law
In July, the police discovered a missing man bound and gagged in a Queens garage owned by NYPD detective Ondre Johnson. The evidence was staggering: the police traced a ransom call to a phone line in Johnsons house. The kidnapped mans hands were were bound with zip ties, a common substitute for handcuffs used by the NYPD. But despite the considerable suspicion, Johnson wasnt even called in for questioning. Instead, everyone else connected with the house was hauled off to the precinct, while the police simply took their fellow officer at his word.
This case was far from the first time that a police officer has enjoyed the privilege of being protected by his fellow police officers when he may have broken the law. The Blue Shield of Silence is still well in effect in New York City, as a New York state Supreme Court justice recently discovered firsthand. After being karate-chopped in the throat by an enraged police officer during a protest, the judge tried to press charges, only to find that all the other officers on scene lied to protect the assaulting officer.
For this to happen, for me to be attacked by a cop and for the cops to do this huge cover up its really changing my view of the force, judge Thomas Raffaele told The Huffington Post.
Sometimes the extent of the cover ups are shocking. In 2001, for example, police officer Joseph Gray killed a four-year-old boy, a pregnant mother, and the boys aunt when he drove drunk through the streets of Sunset Park in a police van after hours of marathon drinking in a police precincts parking lot. He was eventually charged with manslaughter, much to the chagrin of his fellow officers, who had botched or destroyed various pieces of evidence throughout the investigation, including leaving full sections of the accident report blank, destroying on-the-scene photographs, and asking Gray which blood alcohol test he thought he could beat.
Another NYPD officer was recently arrested for trafficking firearms out of his precinct in the East Village, stealing guns from the lockers of his fellow officers in order to sell them to a police informer who then sold the guns right back to the department at a profit.
When police officers misconduct does actually land them in a jury trial, they are rarely convicted. Last summer, an NYPD officer was found not guilty of rape after he walked a woman home while he was on duty, tucked her into bed, snuggled with her while she was naked, and then, when she woke up the next morning with the memory of having been raped, assured her that hed used a condom in a tape recorded conversation.
Police officers who break the code of silence often encounter fierce repercussions. When police officer Adrian Schoolcraft captured internal corruption on a hidden video camera and leaked the tapes to the press, the NYPD locked him up in a psychiatric ward.
9. Protecting Wall Street from Women Wielding Underwear
The Sunday before last, the NYPD arrested Code Pink member Rae Abileah for waving a pink bra over her head outside of a Bank of America branch during a protest against Spectra Pipeline, which the bank is allegedly financing, according to the Raw Story. As a diarist on the Daily Kos quipped, An anonymous source, who quoted an anonymous city official, said that Wall Street criminals are now safe to wreak havoc on our financial system without fear of reprisal from women who toss underwear. On the anniversary of OWS last Monday, police arrested around 200 protestors.
At least Wall Street has paid for the favor! JP Morgans $4.6 million donation to the NYPD got attention last year because of its proximity to the Occupy protests (although the bank actually made the donation before the start of OWS), but donations by 1 percent corporations to the force are an annual part of the companies gift-giving. In 2009-2010, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, Bank of America and Murdochs News Corp all gave over $75,000 to the force.Current: '00 S2000
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Great post.
And I thought California was a Police State. I feel sorry for you New Yorkers.
WTF does the NYPD need with being in foreign cities? Why?
How is any of that stuff legal? The catch all blocking pedestrian traffic excuse should be illegal. I hate police who do things like that, absolutely despise abuse of power.
The foreign branches really got to me as well, along with the underwater drones. And then the flippant responses from Doomberg whenever anyone questions the size or scope of the police force. "My own Army"... wow.Current: '00 S2000
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WOW!!! I didn't know the NYPD was this disgusting. It's appalling how quickly we are losing our civil liberties. This country is far too gone. Only a revolution will do at this point.John 3:16
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I don't see what all the fuss is about. They need all that manpower for defense against Godzilla, King Kong, Stay Puft, The Joker, Bane, General Zod, and numerous alien invasions... But the most deadly of all Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda.
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Although you highlighted some pretty big media incidences, a majority of the NYPD are great people. A lot of the corruption can be said for almost any police force, heck we have a thread on it lol.
I dont really agree with Bloomie on a lot of his ideas, but you cant hold all of NYPD accountable for a few bad apples. 'Hercules Unit with body armor and automatic weapons'? LOL just another name for the ESU unit...which EVERY city usually has. Nassau County has one, and they lost one of their force just a few weeks ago to a cold blooded murderer who had been stopped for a hit and run. And he didnt even have any body armor on or automatic weapons.
The system does need to be overhauled but we all know that will not happen. Corruption is everywhere around us, hardly anything we can do about it...
It's stuff like this that make me avoid cop like the plague. If I do have to deal with them, I just ask my questions and walk away. I know theirs more good cops then bad, but I'm not going to take the chances.


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'My Fair Lady'
The Terrace Plaza Playhouse presents "My Fair Lady," a musical about arrogant phonetics professor Henry Higgins and flower girl Eliza Doolittle.
When • Today, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday, March 8-10, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden
Tickets • $7-$12; 801-393-0070 or www.terraceplayhouse.com
'Play On'
Pleasant Grove Players presents the comedy "Play On!," the story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play despite interference from the haughty author who keeps revising the script.
When • Monday, March 4, 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Pleasant Grove City Library, 30 E. Center St., Pleasant Grove
Tickets • $10; No children under 5
'Seussical the Musical'
Canyon View Junior High presents "Seussical the Musical."
When • Monday and Tuesday, March 4-5, 7 p.m.
Where • Canyon View Junior High, 655 E. 950 North, Orem
Tickets • $7; Tickets are $5 on March 1 with a canned food donation; and on March 2 for those who dress up as a Dr. Seuss character
On show, two plays
The Brigham Young University Department of Theatre presents "The Cleverest Thief" and "Gone Missing" two plays with distinct and contemporary storytelling approach.
When • Tuesday through Friday, March 5-8, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Where • Brigham Young University Harris Fine Arts Center, University Avenue and Center Street, Provo
Tickets • $7; arts.byu.edu
Layton High School presents the musical "Curtains," a whodunit where audiences can expect that it will be curtains for several characters.
When • Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, 7 p.m., Monday, March 11, 7 p.m.
Where • Layton High School, 440 Lancer Lane, Layton
Tickets • $8; 01-402-4888 or email Dennis Ferrin at firstname.lastname@example.com.
'The Curious Savage'
West High School presents John Patrick's comedy "The Curious Savage."
When • Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, 7 p.m.
Where • West High School, 241 N. 300 West, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $5
'Death of a Salesman'
Salt Lake Community College presents Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," about a man who wants to win the approval and respect of his sons.
When • Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m.
Where • Salt Lake Community College Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10-$24; the-grand.org or call 801-957-3322 f
Westminster's 'Sea Horse'
Westminster presents "The Sea Horse," a tender, complex love story, set in a waterfront bar where seaman Harry Bales spends his leave.
When • Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9, 7:30 p.m.
Where • Dumke Recital Hall, 1375 E. President's Circle, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $10; 801-832-2457
'Noises Off' in Provo
The Echo Theatre presents "Noises Off," a comedy about mistaken identity, taxes, and a lot of sardines.
When • Thursday through Saturday, March 7-9 at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Where • Echo Theatre, 145 N. University Ave., Provo
Tickets • $10; $12 at the door; TheEchoTheatre.com
RDT's Ring Around The Rose
Repertory Dance Theatre presents Ring Around The Rose, a series of performances for children and families.
When • Saturday, March 9, 11 a.m.
Where • Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $5; arttix.org
'Joseph' in Centerville
CenterPoint Legacy Theatre presents "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," the story of how 11 jealous brothers sell Joseph into Egypt only to discover he is their only hope for survival.
When • Monday through Friday, March 4-8, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Where • CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville
Tickets • $17-$21; centerpointtheatre.org
'Avengers Assemble'
Filled with humor and action-packed entertainment, "Avengers Assemble" features Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and the Evil Green Goblin.
When • Saturday, March 9, 2 and 6 p.m.
Where • Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City
Tickets • $15; reserved seating $25 ($12.50 for children ages 16 and under); ecclescenter.org or 435-655-3114


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Hello, Avatar Wiki. For those of you who haven't checked this out just yet, have a look at a new game released by Nickelodeon on Nick.com, located here. There are a few new things coming at us from this new feature; maps, information on the characters, and information about Republic City, my favorite is of course, the map. Not all locations can be unlocked at the moment, it's only possible to get to City Hall. Have a look, there's some pretty interesting stuff there, written in great detail. Also note, I'll be updating my map blog, so be on the lookout for that.
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I want to be an egg donor to those people who are having problems with conception and I want to stay anonymous. Is that possible? Or I really have to meet with the recipient?
I want to be an egg donor to those people who are having problems with conception and I want to stay anonymous. Is that possible? Or I really have to meet with the recipient?
There are many countries which currently offer the option of being an anonymous egg donor. However, that does not guarantee that the law will not change in the future, allowing a child to contact her biological mother.
If your concern is about having to meet with the recipient of the egg, then I'm confident that you'll have no trouble staying anonymous to her. She will likely just see a list of your features, but won't know your name. Most egg donations are made this way.
Here's an article from 2011 that has some interesting information. Canadian court bans anonymous sperm and egg donation.
Warm Regards,
It depends on where you are at, as Kate pointed out. As she also pointed out, that information must be kept on record, you have to provide contact and health information to the company that will be storing your eggs. So even if you remain anonymous to the recipient, your information may someday be accessible due to changes in law.
I have always wanted to donate eggs as well. If it is something you feel strongly about, go for it. What reason is anonymity so important to you? Are you afraid of being contacted by the child? His or her parents?
@Angela - Attachment, maybe. We have this adopted child. And we never get to do the legal process thing. And every Christmas or New Year holidays, the parents would come over and ask if they can have him for a week or so. We can't say NO, maybe because I'm also a parent and I can feel what they feel. I don't know.
And lately, I had been thinking of donating for some good cause but I was hesitant to meet with the recipient as I might do the same thing of wanting to see my child or anything. I think I had to go counseling before even pursuing with the donation.
Counseling is a really good idea before making a commitment to give your eggs away. I would have to think that donating an egg would be far easier than carrying a child, giving birth and then giving the child away. The bonding that takes place during pregnancy would not be an issue if just donating eggs.
Another thing you may want to do is join a forum where mums who donate or receive eggs receive information and support. In this way you may be able to learn more about the feelings that an egg donor experiences.
Warm Regards,
I'm curious about egg donation but I know so little about it, that I don't even know what questions to ask...I feel kind of silly for asking but I've always thought that it is better to ask a question and look silly for not knowing than to remain silent and never know. Would anyone please tell me what I should know and where should I begin looking for information?
Hi mekiaussie234
Asking about egg donation is never silly. Around the globe there are hundreds of thousands of childless individuals and couples who, without egg donors, will never succeed in realising their dream of having a child.
Where you need to go next for information will depend on what country you are in. If you are in Australia you might like to visit Egg Donation Australia. Two important things you should know about egg donation are:
Donating eggs is not like donating sperm.
While can provide hundreds of thousands of sperm in a month, a women generally produces only one egg. For this reason egg donors are generally placed on the same hormone treatment used for IVF to create a 'batch' of eggs which can then be harvested.
Collecting eggs requires a surgical procedure
To collect mature eggs for donation a surgical procedure is required. This is performed as day surgery with light anesthetic and the use of ultrasound. You can watch an egg collection here: Egg collection in IVF flushing follicels with a single lumen needle.
While I don't generally recommend Wikipedia in this case it provides a pretty useful overview of egg donation which you might find useful.
Generally most egg donour recipients will be seeking a donor that has completed their family. This seems to help to reduce the possibility that a donor might seek to reclaim their child.
I hope this helps!
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This course if formerly known as the "Construction Safety Orientation Course. The Construction Safety Orientation Course, The Apply WSH in Construction is a mandatory WSH training course for all workers working in the construction industry. Construction workers are required to go through this course before they start work at the worksite. The Workplace Safety and Health (Factories,Safety Training Courses order – clause 2 (6)) stipulates "Any worker employed in manual labour to carry out construction work in building and engineering construction worksites must undergo a safety and health training course approved by the Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health".
This course is funded for the English language only. Please go to www.skillsconnect.gov.sg or call Wong Fong Academy at 68633686 for more information
Candidates who have completed and certified competent will receive a photo pass
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Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator by Josh Berk
Guy joins the Forensics Club because his friend tricks him into believing that his crush wants him to join. Through the club, he learns about gathering clues and fingerprinting. This skills come in handy when Guy and other members of the club find a dead body on the golf course. Guy also thinks that this death might be linked to his father's recent passing.
Guy is a a humorous character who uses jokes to hide some of the pain he is feeling. The reader learns about the investigative process along with the characters. A quick read and interesting mystery.


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Break feedback loop involving data signals between function-call blocks
Ports & Subsystems
Use the Function-Call Feedback Latch block to break a feedback loop of data signals between one or more function-call blocks. Specifically, break a loop formed in one of the following ways.
When function-call blocks connect to branches of the same function-call signal
Place the Function-Call Feedback Latch block on the feedback signal between the branched blocks. As a result, the latch block delays the signal at the input of the destination function-call block, and the destination function-call block executes prior to the source function-call block of the latch block.
When the loop involves parent and child function-call blocks, where the child initiator is inside the parent
Place the Function-Call Feedback Latch block on the feedback signal between the child and the parent. This arrangement prevents the signal value, read by the parent (FCSS1), from changing during execution of the child. In other words, the parent reads the value from the previous execution of the child (FCSS2).
Using the latch block is equivalent to selecting the Latch input for function-call feedback signals check box on the Inport block in the destination function-call subsystem. However, an advantage of the latch block over the dialog parameter is that one can design the destination function-call subsystem (or model) in a modular fashion and then use it either in or out of the context of loops.
The Function-Call Feedback Latch block is better suited than the Unit Delay or Memory blocks in breaking function-call feedback loops for the following reasons:
The latch block delays the feedback signal for exactly one execution of the source function-call block. This behavior is different from the Unit Delay or Memory blocks for cases where the function-call subsystem blocks may execute multiple times in a given simulation step.
Unlike the Unit Delay or Memory blocks, the latch block may be used to break loops involving asynchronous function-call subsystems.
The latch block can result in better performance, in terms of memory optimization, for generated code.
The Function-Call Feedback Latch block accepts real or complex signals of the following data types:
Floating point
Built-in integer
Fixed point
In addition, the latch block accepts bus signals provided that they do not contain any variable-sized signals.
This block does not accept:
Function-call signals
Action signals
Variable-sized signals
For more information, see Data Types Supported by Simulink in the Simulink® documentation.
In the following model, a single function-call subsystem output serves as its own input.
A more complex case occurs when a merged signal serves as the input to a function-call subsystem. Latching is necessary if one of the signals entering the Merge block forms a feedback loop with the function-call subsystem. In this example, one of the output signals from FCSS2 combines with the output of an Enabled Subsystem block and then feeds back into an inport of FCSS2.
Data Types
Double | Single | Boolean | Base Integer | Fixed-Point | Enumerated | Bus
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a "loveable rogue" from Brierley Hill who died while on holiday in Goa.
Paul Grazier was found dead in the room he was staying in on Wednesday February 12.
The 44-year-old, of Larksfield Mews, had left the UK on January 7 and travelled elsewhere before arriving at the guest house in Anjuna on February 3.
His sister, Julie Cox, of Claverley, said: "He had been there a few times before. He'd taken his fishing stuff with him as he did enjoy that."
She said that each morning, her brother had left his room early but when friends staying next door hadn't seen him that day, they called the police.
Firefighters from nearby Mapusa, were called to break down the door and it was then that Mr Grazier's body was found.
She continued: "The post mortem has been carried out but the cause of death is unknown. India have a different way of doing things and it can take three months to a year to get the results but as far as we know, there are no suspicious circumstances.
"My brother was a loveable rogue and he will be missed by me and his five nieces and nephews."
The father-of-one had worked at Future UK Ltd, a refurbishment company at Cosford Business Park, Shifnal for more than five years as a multi-skilled fitter.
His boss, Kevin Woods, described Mr Grazier as "a much loved and respected member of our team" and added: "Paul was a true friend and work colleague."
Colleagues also paid tribute to Mr Grazier, Clive McDonald said: "Paul was a man I could say no bad about. He had a heart of gold and was always willing to help. He was an all round genuine guy."
Alan Wilcox added: "In the short time I knew Paul he proved himself to be one of life`s true characters , and a joy to work alongside."
Terry Garrison said: "I had the pleasure of working with Paul for a number of years and I can honestly say he was a truly happy soul and a joy to be around. He will be dearly missed by many."
Mr Grazier's body is due to be flown back to the UK this week.


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Ball in the House Performs at The Alden, 12/15
The Alden Theatre in McLean welcomes Boston-based a cappella group, Ball in the House (www.ballinthehouse.com), for one performance on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 8 p.m. The event is part of the Alden's, "Live @ The Alden" series, which is geared to young adults. Tickets are $20, $15 for McLean Community Center district residents. The theatre is located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue.
Following in the path of classic harmony groups like Boyz II Men, The Temptations and Take 6, Ball in the House sings a rousing mix of classics and contemporary hits, blending a wide range of influences, from classic R&B to pop, hip-hop and gospel. Band members Ryan Chappelle, Jon J. Ryan, Dave Guisti, Patrick McCarthy, Nels Urtel and Suranjan Sen have an extensive touring schedule of more than 200 dates a year, making Ball in the House arguably one of the hardest working, most successful Indie bands today. The group has performed with The Beach Boys, Gladys Knight, The Jonas Brothers, Jessica Simpson, Smokey Robinson, KC & The Sunshine Band and Kool & the Gang, among others. "Ball in the House has everything you would expect to find in a successful pop/rock band....the one thing it doesn't have is instruments."---The Boston Globe.


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Fairfax County Recognizes Outstanding Employees
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
Jan. 10, 2005
Fairfax County Recognizes Outstanding Employees
At the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting today, the Employees Advisory Council (EAC) recognized county employees Paula J. Harper, Robert M. Ross and Anita S. Vines for their outstanding performance with 2004 Don Smith EAC Awards. The winners receive an engraved plaque and a check from the EAC for $1,000. Another employee received honorable mention from among the 12 nominations for this prestigious award.
Those presented with the 2004 Don Smith EAC Award at today's Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting are:
• Paula J. Harper, Office of Public Affairs, for her extraordinary support and inspiration that she provides to the many activities to benefit the county and its employees. This includes her work as a chair person for the Pay for Performance appeals; her assistance with the Courier newsletter and photo contest; her role as a key member of the Administrative Resource Team and its development conferences; and her coordination of agency employees in various events within and outside of the agency.
• Robert M. Ross, Office of the County Attorney, for his dedication, professionalism and dynamic presentations to law enforcement recruits at the Criminal Justice Academy. His instruction in various legal issues relevant to law enforcement has helped to insure that recruits are confident and comfortable with the knowledge needed to do their jobs correctly and safely.
• Anita S. Vines, Department of Cable Communications and Consumer Protection, for her dedication and involvement with Santa's Ride, which is sponsored by the Police Department. She coordinates the toy collection for the Government Center complex with her goal of adding one additional box each year. On the day that the toys are picked up by Santa and his helpers, Vines arranges for the Employees Day Care Center children to come to the Government Center to have lunch in the cafeteria and meet Santa. They also bring books for Santa to give to needy children.
The Honorable Mention Award, which consists of a framed certificate and gift certificate, was presented to Patricia Stephan-Fawcett, Human Rights Commission, for her assistance and support to her coworkers, both inside and outside of the workplace.
The eight other nominees received certificates of merit in appreciation of their fine service to their fellow employees. Nominees were David K. Bennett, Library; Ana G. Cisneros, Circuit Court and Records; Frances L. Jefferson, Community Services Board/Alcohol and Drug Services; Linda L. Kerns, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court; Stephen E. Knippler, Department of Housing and Community Development; Gwendolyn E. Richardson, Department of Administration for Human Services; Donna F. Singer, Health Department; and Abbas A. Tabatabaie, Police Department.
The Don Smith EAC Award recognizes individual employees of the county government and school system who have contributed in an outstanding manner to the well being of their fellow employees. The award was established by the EAC in 1991 to honor Donald D. Smith, a long time employee of the Office of Comprehensive Planning who was a mainstay of the EAC for 16 years until his retirement in 1990.
For more information, please contact the Office of Public Affairs, 703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935.


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It's a dry winter's day in the Karoo village of Williston in the Northern Cape. Everyone should be huddled in front of a fire sipping something warm but no, most of them are out at the local fairground waiting for something special to happen.
Suddenly the public address system blares out the local hit, Asseblief Ant Katriena Die Honde Byt My ('Please, Aunt Katrina, the dogs are biting me') by Boeta Gammie from the nearby town of Calvinia, and a thousand feet begin to tap...
A line of women of all ages, wearing old frontier bonnets, comes snaking out onto the soft-sand dance arena. The men follow, dressed in waistcoats and wearing cowboy hats adorned with feathers.
They all dance in a compelling, energetic way and soon the air is thick with dust. The spellbinding movements of the dancers are almost impossible to resist, so the crowd begins to join in.
The women dance with each other, twirling around joyously and flipping their skirts in a mock-flirty fashion. The men take turns in flinging their hats onto the ground and dancing around them, and then holding little 'dance-offs' amongst themselves in an effort to impress the lady folk.
Welcome to the Nama Riel dance, which is undergoing a massive revival in the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces. It's a dance-descendant of the old Khoi and San fireside rituals and it became the 'Saturday Night Fever' of sheep shearers and farm workers across the Kalahari and Great Karoo over many generations.
Nowadays, many schools in the Western Cape offer Riel dancing training to their pupils. And there are festivals all over the provinces where they can strut their stuff and compete against Riel dancers from other areas.
Johanna Jooste, a staunch member of the dancing group called Die Calvinia Sitstappers ('The Calvinia sit-walkers'), is considered to be one of the best Riel dancers in the Northern Cape.
'As soon as I hear that guitar, I have to dance,' she says. 'The Nama Riel dance is all about a man courting a girl. And remember: a good Riel dance kicks up a lot of dust...'
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Williston Winter Festival
Tel: +27 (0)72 018 7288 (Pieter Naude)
How to get here
Williston is 420km (a five or six-hour drive) from Cape Town. Take the N7 north and turn east at Van Rhyn's Dorp on the R27, passing Nieuwoudtville and Calvinia en route. Carnarvon, which also stages Riel dance competitions, lies 130km east of Williston. Franschhoek lies approx. 55km east of Cape Town. Take the N1 out of Cape Town and turn off onto the R45 before you reach the Huguenot Plaza. Worcester is about 100km east of Cape Town. It lies just off the N1 highway.
Best time to visit
The best time to see the Nama Riel dancers in action is during competitions and festivals in the towns of Williston, Carnarvon, Franschhoek and Worcester.
Around the area
When in Worcester and Franschhoek, take in the winelands. If you're up in the Karoo highlands for the Williston Winter Festival, go on a tour of the local corbelled houses and legendary Tombstone Route.
Tours to do
Check the Karoo Highland website for tour options in the Williston–Carnarvon area.
Get around
It is advisable to hire a car from Cape Town International and drive to these destinations.
What will it cost
The various festivals have differing entry fees. See the listed websites for details.
Length of stay
One-day visits and perhaps overnight stays in the more distant towns are recommended.
What to pack
If you're visiting in winter (June to September), pack warm, especially for the chilly nights and mornings. For the rest of the year, pack light but throw in a fleece in case the weather turns suddenly. And don't forget your cameras.
Where to stay
You have a vast array of accommodation options in the towns where Riel dancing is done – check the listed websites for details.
What to eat
Wherever possible, you should indulge in the local cuisine. The festivals will offer up all kinds of meat preparations.
What's happening
You can see Riel dancing at the Riel Dance Festival held at the Worcester Museum in May. The dance also features in a long cultural line-up at the Franschhoek Harvest Festival, held in late March. Riel dancing is also the main event in the heart of Nama country at the Williston Winter Festival at the end of August.
Best buys
The music of Boeta Gammie – ask for his CDs at any leading South African music store.


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The Victorian government and the AFL have shot down calls for a ban on sports betting in the wake of a report warning of possible sports match-fixing and corruption.
The Australian Crime Commission on Thursday identified widespread doping in professional sport, along with possible match-fixing and manipulation of betting markets.
Victoria Police has also warned of a major risk of match-fixing in Australian sport, particularly A-League soccer.
Independent senator Nick Xenophon and independent MP Andrew Wilkie both renewed calls to at least ban spot betting - wagers on individual shots, goals, overs, or other plays within a particular game.
But Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu says a ban on sports betting will not happen.
"It's impractical as much of the betting takes place on the internet anyway," he told ABC radio on Friday.
"It's not going to happen. The world's moved on. We have internet betting all over the world and I think education of those who do bet and making sure your sport is clean and has all the integrity systems is the way to go."
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said he didn't support a ban on sports betting either.
He said the league already examined betting trends with betting agencies to protect the integrity of the game.
"Our sport was not a sport that was a subject of any inference around match-fixing," he said.
Some of the biggest North American sports leagues, however, are against many forms of sports betting.
The National Hockey League has even campaigned against allowing punters to bet on the outcome of a single game.


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She hawks Maybelline and Levi's, but a lead role in the 2007 hit Om Shanti Om proved that Deepika Padukon—like ex-cover girl Charlize—is more than a pretty face.
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Video: Ouidad's Morgan Willhite Shows You How to Add Volume + Lift to Your Locks
Curly girls, listen up! Ouidad's Creative Director Morgan Willhite gives you step-by-step instruction on how to add luscious volume to your 'do!
-PJ Gach
You'd think that the last thing a curly girl would worry about is volume. After all, they've got masses of curls. Sadly, there are times when curls just won't cooperate. You want to have all-over volume and lift on top. Otherwise, you look kinda off-balanced. You can't stick them in a corner for a time out, doesn't work. What can you do?
You can check out Ouidad's Morgan Willhite tips on how to get them to behave and look gorg! "Curly girls must always remember that how hair looks, when it's dry, depends on how it appears when wet," says Willhite. The trick to get your hair looking fab is to use duckbill clips.
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Open clip no more than a half inch to inch wide and hold clip on its side (not flat) and gently slide clip along scalp and keep it as close to root as possible.
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The noninvasive-orthopedics maker has benefitted from partnering with high-profile users of its products.
Publicity-wise, 2012 has been a stellar year for Össur. This spring, the orthopedics maker's bionic Rheo Knee made its Hollywood debut along with Greg Gadson, a wounded veteran who starred in the Universal Studios movie Battleship. This month, the world watched as South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics, running the 400 m and 400 m relay races on a pair of Össur's Flex-Foot Cheetah prosthetic legs.
Using a pair of Össur's Flex-Foot Cheetah prosthetics, Pistorius competed in the 400 m and 400 m relay races at this year's Olympic games in London. Image courtesy of ÖSSUR.
These aren't examples of savvy product placement. "Nobody buys our products unless they have to," CEO Jon Sigurdsson points out. But Össur has managed to leverage these and other opportunities by maintaining relationships with high-profile users of its products.
One way the company does that is through Team Össur, a group of elite international athletes who use Össur prosthetics. Team members include Pistorius; a swimmer, a cyclist, and track and field athletes that have competed in the Paralympics; and the first amputee to complete the grueling Hawaii Ironman triathlon.
"In the beginning, we found them, but they basically find us now," Sigurdsson says. "If they are very good and dedicated, we're very happy to add them to the team."
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Some Team Össur athletes are paid a "nominal" amount, he says, but Össur mostly provides them with custom-made products. The company's marketers ensure team members are well-versed on the products they use, so they can speak as experts about them.
"We don't get too commercial because it's a very slippery slope," Sigurdsson says. "We tend to keep it very clinical, very technical."
For its part, the company gets to share in the publicity heaped on its athletes and other prominent users of its products, though that hasn't translated into a spike in sales.
"It's a medical device; it's very far away from consumers," Sigurdsson says. "It's more or less a reimbursed product that is distributed by healthcare professionals and doctors."
He admits that the attention might influence consumers in countries where medical devices must be purchased out of pocket but says it has mostly served to boost the company's image. "We cannot use this to sell more products in the short term, but it is very good for the company in the long term," Sigurdsson says.
Össur reaps other benefits from its partnerships, too. Like Ferrari with Formula 1 racecar drivers, the company uses the athletes to test its products to the limit, Sigurdsson says. The partnerships also help build morale among Össur's employees. Gadson, who does not have a commercial affiliation with Össur, has given inspirational lectures within the company, and Sigurdsson says employees reveled in watching Pistorius compete in the Olympics.
"That may be, at the end of the day, the most reward," he says.
Gadson stars in Battleship using Össur's Rheo Knee.
—Jamie Hartford is the associate editor of MD+DI. Follow her on Twitter @readMED.


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How Old, Again?Math brain teasers require computations to solve.
Suppose I am a grandfather. My grandson is about as old in days as my son is in weeks. He is also as many months old as I am in years. Together, the three of us are 140 years old. How old am I?
HintRound is allowed on final answer
AnswerAs noted, all three are 140 years old. Thus, a+b+c=140, where a is grandfather, b is son, and c is grandson. Additionally, grandson being about as many days old as son is in weeks gives 365c=52b. Finally, the grandson being as many months as I am in years gives 12c=a. Thus, the following are known.
365c=52b or b=365c/52
By calculation and substitution we have as follows.
12c + 365c/52 +c = 140
624c + 365c + 52c = 7280
1041c = 7280
c = 6.99, or 7 (teaser said 'about')
so, as 12c = a, then a = 84.
I am 84 years old.
As an aside, my son is 49.
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BURNLEY'S football business college is to open a second campus at Wembley Stadium.
Bosses from the UCFB College of Football Business will announce today that they have agreed a deal to open at the iconic stadium in September 2014.
But chief executive and provost Philip Wilson said Turf Moor would remain the 'spiritual home' of UCFB and said the higher education establishment had been welcomed into Burnley.
The Wembley campus, which will eventually see UCFB take on 2,000 students, will result in four lecture theatres, 16 seminar rooms and a 350-seat refectory being created inside the stadium, with the facilities overlooking the famous pitch.
Mr Wilson said: "Burnley is going to Wembley, the town should be very, very proud of the way it has welcomed UCFB. Burnley will always be the spiritual home of UCFB.
"We always wanted to open a campus in London and it has probably come about sooner than expected.
"We will be building up to around 2,000 students over the first five years, but we won't be going over that as we have always said that the experience for the students is key and we want them to have that personal experience. The students at Burnley and those at Wembley will be given the chance to spend time at the other campus."
The fees at the Wembley campus will be £9,000 per year, compared to £6,000 at Turf Moor, due to it being 'more expensive' to operate in London. Last summer UCFB were revealed as one of the establishments interested in moving in to the Olympic Stadium.
Mr Wilson: "We looked at the Olympic Stadium but Wembley is the iconic home of football so when the chance came up we had to take it.
"The FA are obviously onside and the deal we have is with Wembley National Stadium Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the FA. In total we will occupying around a quarter of the space at the stadium."
A number of people with Burnley connections sit on the UCFB advisory board, including former Clarets chief executive Paul Fletcher, Burnley fan Alastair Campbell, Burnley MP Gordon Birtwistle and England women's goalkeeper Rachel Brown, who was born in the town.
Former Clarets director Brendan Flood was also instrumental in the establishment of UCFB.


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John began DJing high-school dances at the age of 14, and got his first paid radio gig at age 17 while still in high school (on Saturday and Sunday nights nothing changes, right?) at a Worcester MA radio station. He studied broadcasting (and partying) at the University of Miami, then worked for several years as a DJ and radio/TV Program Director before launching Open House Party in 1988.
John hosts Open House Party every Saturday night from one of his three party houses; suburban Boston, lost in the mountains of Vermont, and Cape Cod. All three of John's homes are fully loaded with a satellite-linked radio studio/lounge and a private airstrip often used to shuttle in guest artists for the weekly live Open House Party broadcast. He is an experienced private pilot, collects (currently owns 21), and restores old aircraft and is a founder of the new Massachusetts Air & Space Museum.


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THOUSANDS of airline passengers were delayed for hours on Saturday at airports across the nation because of a systems failure.
Virgin, Jetstar and Tiger airlines lost their ability to check in and board passengers for three hours because they all contract their systems to Navitaire, operated by US systems giant Accenture, which contracts to Equinix, a data centre in Sydney.
Accenture released a statement at 1pm. ''A power failure occurred in a third-party data centre in Sydney which impacted the Navitaire reservation systems,'' it said.
The system went down at 9.30am and queues snaked around terminals.
Navitaire has come under fire before. In 2010, Virgin's check-in system crashed leaving 50,000 passengers delayed or stranded after Navitaire's parallel ''disaster recovery system'' failed. Virgin Australia said it would move to a new IT system next year.


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Marines operating in the Pacific have been insulated from the deep budget cuts hitting the rest of the service as the Corps focuses its resources toward the East.
The service is forging ahead with plans to build new training facilities and renew or develop military partnerships with 16 countries, including Russia and India.
By October, three infantry battalions will be deployed at once to Okinawa, Japan, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, said Maj. Gen. Fredrick Padilla, director of operations at Marine Corps headquarters. The program shrank significantly during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the Marine Corps has been steadily increasing the number of units and squadrons moving into Japan on a rotational basis — an important piece of the shift to the region.
Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, the commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, said the arrival of a third infantry battalion will nearly complete the full UDP reconstruction.
The Corps is also on track to push Marines beyond Okinawa and into Guam and Australia in coming years, he said. The service plans to begin construction of a Battle Staff Training Facility on Guam by 2019, and has been testing ranges in Australia in preparation for the arrival of about 1,000 Marines this spring. About 200 Marines and sailors with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, now comprise Marine Rotational Force-Darwin. It's the second Marine company to deploy Down Under.
All this growth and realignment is possible because MARFORPAC has been "largely shielded from the impact of sequestration," Robling said. That became evident in April when the service's proposed budget was introduced. The Corps allocated $4.6 billion to cover future unit rotations to Japan, Australia and Guam, the relocation of two helicopter squadrons from the continental U.S. to Hawaii, and training costs for Marines who will conduct operations in that part of the world.
Despite the budgetary protections, however, working in a region as large as the Asia-Pacific comes with challenges. The rebalance there means thousands of Marines will be on the move, and they'll need aircraft and gear to carry out their far-flung missions. With plans to work with countries from Russia to New Zealand, that requires coordination to move Marines via aircraft or ship.
The shifts are in the right direction for readiness, Robling said, but with so much in the works, it can't all be carried out at once. The command is determining the changes in a "crawl, walk, run" approach, he said.
As the Marine Corps works with Japan to reduce the U.S. footprint in the host country, it's examining when and where to place troops in Hawaii and Guam. About 5,000 Marines are slated to be moved from Japan to Guam, but that's still a few years off. And figuring out how best to do that takes planning and time, Robling said.
"Continuing progress on Guam is contingent on the results of the Guam Relocation Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement," he said. "This Record of Decision for Guam is expected in February 2015."
Robling said his command is excited about developments on Guam because they will provide MARFORPAC with a place to host multilateral training on U.S. soil, which is important to further build relationships with other countries. The Corps is also assessing how best to move Marines from Okinawa to Hawaii, he said. Moving an additional 2,700 Marines there will bring the number up to 8,800.
The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit also operates in the region, and Col. John Merna, the commanding officer, said having so many Marines around provides a great opportunity for the MEU to team up and train with partner nations. The MEU had the opportunity to link up with MRF-Darwin during Exercise Koolendong '13, a battalion-level training event at Bradshaw Field Training Area, in the remote Australian outback. About 750 Marines and sailors from the 31st MEU joined 150 Marines with MRF-Darwin and 100 Australian troops for the exercise, which wrapped up Sept. 9.
With the Corps planning to boost the number of Marines in Australia fivefold in coming months, the exercise helped commanders identify the advantages and limitations of the training field, Merna said. They found that its location, about 200 to 300 miles inland from the shallow waters of the Coral Sea coastline, makes the training area best accessible if a Marine air-ground task force is available to help transport Marines.
"It's very austere," Merna said. "Any time you can go into a training area that's an established training area, it'll be more useful and effective. So more facilities, harder structures, communications — things that are more permanent — [would be] helpful."
A challenge in the Northern Territory — and the reason Marines have only been training there half a year — is that much of the training center is underwater during the rainy seasons, he said. So adding more permanent structures would have to be done with care.
Teaming with the rotational force there provided an excellent opportunity for the MEU, which will remain the region's primary crisis response force, to train with other Marines and a partner nation. That's something Merna hopes will continue as more Marines are forward-deployed and partnering with countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
"As engagement opportunities increase because we have more unit deployment forces in the region, they'll be able to address more countries in the region, which we haven't been able to in the past because of deployments in the Middle East," he said.
Robling identified at least 16 nations in the region that have expressed an interest in partnering with the Corps for disaster and humanitarian relief exercises, crisis-response training or other training. They gain from the Corps' expertise, but the Marines also profit from the ability to work with such a diverse group, he said.
"Each nation's military possesses different capabilities and capacities to respond to these crises, and they understand they need to train so they can rapidly respond when needed," Robling said.
The scale of the exercises and partnerships will vary, he said. Some partnerships will be based on small exchanges between subject-matter experts. Other partnerships, like that with the Philippines, could result in short-term Marine training rotations.
U.S. and Philippine officials met in July to discuss strengthening an already tight military partnership to counter China's rise as a major regional power. The talks centered on an "access agreement" to allow the U.S. to temporarily base Marines and sailors at Philippine military facilities. Navy ships would be allowed to dock in Subic Bay, the former U.S. naval base that was closed in the early 1990s. That could give the U.S. door-step access to the contested South China Sea.
There are no plans to base Marines in the Philippines on a permanent basis, Padilla said, but they will visit the country more often on regular rotations. Across the region, the demand to work with the Corps will continue to be high, Merna said.
"There's no shortage of opportunity for work for Marines who come out to the Pacific," he said.


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Ease of use obviously is a great added-value option for packaging. Highlighting another opportunity, Bielefeldt says, "A lot of companies are looking for ways to really grip their containers better, so we can add a small indentation or a gripper area. It's [mostly] for shampoos and [bath products], to give users an easier way to hold them."


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I have a CSV which has 3 columns
dateadded from times
when i run
LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/trains.csv' REPLACE INTO TABLE Trains FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY '\\\\' LINES TERMINATED BY '\\\\r\\\
i get 0 rows inserted. ( Query took 0.0041 sec )
although the file does have data in there that i require to input.
any one able to assist?
CSV file can be found here
could you do a SHOW CREATE TABLE, please
also, i downloaded your csv, and it looks like this --
1372425854.78,"From West Kirby
On time"
1372425854.84,"West Kirby (circular route)
Starts here","14:36
On time"
looks like each row is spread across three lines of csv...
Table Create Table
Trains CREATE TABLE `Trains` (
`dateadded` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`from` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
`times` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`dateadded`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
what about the split rows?
sorry i'm a complete newbie?
is the table creation wrong?
it could be improved, but it's not wrong
any ideas why it does not import the data cause i am at a total loss with this now.
perhaps the split rows might have something to do with it
Cheers, now to google it!
i posted the example from your file earlier on
you just need to fix your csv file
the problem there is the CSV file comes from scrapewiki so i would have to work out how to correct it via python before it's told to import the data.
my project is a simple train time ticker using a raspberry pi and a 16x2 LCD that will show when the next train is from my local station.if i import the file using phpmyadmin then it works fine but i need to work a way to automate it so that it can be told to run every few hours to download the new data.
no, not with the split rows, no it doesn't
Are you sure that the lines are terminated by carriage return line feed? I downloaded this and tested it on Linux and it worked (I did not have carriage return line feed '\r\' but only line feed '\' as line separator):
mysql> LOAD DATA INFILE '/tmp/trains.csv' INTO TABLE Trains FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '"' ESCAPED BY "\\\\" LINES TERMINATED BY "\
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 2 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> select * from Trains;
| dateadded | from | times |
| 1372425854.78 | From West Kirby
Terminates | 14:27a
On time |
| 1372425854.84 | West Kirby (circular route)
Starts here | 14:36
On time |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)