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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Dear Al (and everyone),
Thank you for your introduction. It sounds like your school has an
interesting and innovative program going on for middle school and
high school teachers.
We have three physical science workshops which would be appropriate
for your middle school teachers. Each are eight sessions long, and
are available for graduate credit (for $150 for 2 credits) and
professional development hours (16 hours, no cost).
"Science in Focus: Force and Motion" is for K-8 teachers focusing on
the concepts around force and motion.
"Science in Focus: Energy" is for K-6 teachers (but could easily be
used by all of the middle school grades) focusing on the concepts of
Finally, we have "Science in Focus: Shedding Light on Science" which
focuses on the concepts around light. It is for K-5 teachers, but
again, could easily be used by middle school teachers.
There is more information about each of these workshops available on
our Web site (see links above). In addition, these are available as
Video on Demand. If you would like to preview any of the programs,
you can do so online, over a broadband connection. (Please note:
this is currently in a testing phase, so technical glitches may
arise.) All you need is a free password, which you can get on the
site. Feel free to peruse the programming at your leisure. (To find
Video on Demand, go to the workshop's Web page, cited above, and
click on "Individual Program Descriptions". Next to each description
should be a blue link "View this Program". Click on that and it will
take you to the Video on Demand.)
Good luck with your workshops. Please let me know if you have any
further questions and I'll be glad to help.
>Hi everybody! There are 9 of us doing the Annenberg course here in
>Cherokee County, Georgia (just north of Atlanta). We purchased the
>videotapes when the local PBS station decided not to carry them. We
>have really been enjoying the mix of content and observation of
>chemistry teachers actually at work doing inquiry activities. We
>are a mix of 5 middle school science teachers and 4 HS science
>teachers. Our school system is moving physical science to the MS
>and we have a number of MS science teachers who want to refresh and
>improve their knowledge of chemistry. Our school system sponsored
>the course and we are receiving SDU's. Does anyone know a
>comparable course which would be good for improving/refreshing
>physics knowledge for MS teachers?
>We are also doing demonstration experiments and our discussions are
>a blend of answering questions about science content, curriculum
>development and plans, comparing notes about how we teach as
>individuals, how we differ from school to school and teaching
>methodology. I think we have all been "lurking" on the discussion
>board so far so as the group coordinator I thought I would break the
>Al Evans
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Mon Jun 23, 2003 4:34 pm
Was hoping some of your master grillers could help with a problem. Whenever my husband or I grill we clean the grill properly. We never have any problems. However, anytime that we have bbq at my brother-in-laws we notice that he never cleans the grill, just turns the heat on, waits a few minutes and starts grilling. Needless to say we have both become sick on several occasions. I'm hoping you can let me know if this is acceptable and settle an argument, right now I'm being made out to be neurotic because I want a clean grill. Please help.
Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:19 am
FWIW, I suspect something other than the grill, itself, caused your problems. Even if the grill looks "dirty", the high temperatues will kill bacteria. Current guidelines are to cook meats to less than 200 degrees (actual temp depends on the type of meat.). A hot grill rack will be much hotter than that. At the grate, a medium temperature grill should be around 350 degrees.
Cross contamination is probably the culprit. Raw meat juices are coming into contact with cooked foods. This can happen in several ways. Using the same platter for raw and cooked foods, using the same knife to cut each, mopping sauce not boiled before being served as a final sauce, failure to wash hands, allowing fresh vegetables or fruit to come in contact with raw or partically cooked meat, to mention a few.
Use a grill brush to clean the grill before and after use should be all that's needed. Brush/scrape the charred bits stuck to the grill. Let the grill get HOT before starting the next cooking session will kill beasties.
Just my 2-cents, but it's far more important to worry about cross contaimination than it is to worry about the grill grates themselves. However, even those should be kept reasonabily "clean".
Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:59 am
Longmill is correct. I have been grilling on the same grill grate for 5 years WITHOUT cleaning it and none of us has ever gotten ill. I let the grate sit over the fire for a few minutes to kill any germs and then I tap it with my tongs. Most all of the residue falls off into th fire. Nothing can survive the kind of heat charcoal gives off at one inch away! Your illnesses must be coming from other sources. I have even let my cat, Isis, clean the grill grate with her sandpaper tongue. She likes the residue and I get a clean grate. I just set it over the fire and the intense heat kills any cat germs very quickly. I repeat, none of us has ever gotten ill from any of this stuff.
Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:19 pm
Your problem with your BiL clearly goes beyond his filthy grill
Your illness while possibly psychosomatic is likely due to "raw juices" mixing with cooked meat
Don't use the same plate for transporting the meat in and out unless you clean it
Keep the grate spotlessly clean and let the bowl (flavor bars) get "Board Of Health Violation" dirty
Thu Jun 26, 2003 12:39 am
Well, I'm thinking that you'll lose the argument--i agree with everything that's been said. The outside of the food alone will reach a high enough temperature to kill any bacteria, let alone the metal grate. You could oil the grate with salmenella and never get sick in your life (just want to say though that I do not recommend this).
The "psychsomatic" remark was the first thing that came to my mind too, but it's also very possible that your brother-in-law doesn't have very safe food handling procedures, and the cross contamination guesses are right on.
Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:31 pm
Inver Grove Heights,MN
I would also concure with the suggestion that you may be getting bacterial contamination by the use of plates not cleaned off and returning the cooked product to the same plate it was brought to the grill on. That is really a BIG NO NO. I suspect that you may have been dealing with some poultry. As outlined in Steves new book Keep it Hot, Clean And Lubricated (Page 24). You ak=lso may not be getting the internal temp high enough to kill off those little kritters that will make you deathly ill.A good themometer will assist you in determining the internal temps.
Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:51 pm
well done
Beautiful St. Mary's County, Maryland
In fact, there's a good reason not to overclean the grates. Just like a cast-iron skillet, the grates get a coating of grease and meat residue as you use them. That coating, called seasoning, makes food less likely to stick to the grates. I just bought new stainless steel grates, and after 10- 15 uses, they are no longer shiny. They are dark and cook mush better. Just use a brush to remove any lingering food bits after preheating to a high tempewrature.
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So the other night I was with my friend and we were talking about how in every GTA game, there has only been male protagonists. Theres nothing really wrong with playing as a guy, but I'm pretty sure there are girls playing GTA out there and probably want to play as a character they can relate to or something. I think it would be pretty sweet to like play as a prostitute or ex stripper and totally kick drug lord ass. I'm just saying that a story like that would make one hell of a game.
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- It's a valid topic, but you will discuss it with rationality and maturity or take a hike. McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 19:34, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Sounds like a good idea after all Perfect Dark and tomb raider in fact nancy drew series and No One lives forever all have females as protagonists why not GTA --Owen1983 22:16, June 14, 2011 (UTC)
- Just out of interest Tom, why would it ruin the game? Dan the Man 1983 12:13, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
- I remember when people saying Carl Johnson being black would ruin GTA. I bet if Rockstar made a GTA game with a female protagonist it would be as awesome, and she'd be as good as any other protagonist (and probably way better than Claude and Niko). McJeff (talk this way)/(stalk this way) 02:33, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
- Females can "kick ass" with the best of them, so I see nothing wrong with a female protagonist. Infact, that is a reason I liked Saints Row 2, since you could make a female protagonist. Men and women are equal. Dan the Man 1983 11:59, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
- Personaly in the crime world i dont see how this would work out well you have to take into consideration the ammount of diffrent gangs that they come across each with diffrent views on woman (culturaly) which having a female boss works well with because they dont need to come in contact with gangs that look down on woman a good example is Catalina. However id like to see rockstar spin it with a female protagonist that most gangs look down on but in the end get out played and she ends up ruling the city that would be good story writing and yes im a guy. Grpeephole303 04:13, October 13, 2011 (UTC)
- I see a Latina crimelord (or crimelady) called the Godmother as a PC in one of the Episodes from Los Santos. She'd be like Elizabeta Torres but more screwable. ~Dan George 12:01, November 08, 2011 (GMT)
- i like the idea, i really do but im skeptical as to whether rockstar will ever make a female protaganist. see the problem is: a significant percentage of people who buy gta dont like the idea of playing as a woman, or seeing a woman have a significant role in the game for that matter. and rockstar dosen't want to miss out on that percentage because after all is said and don, their just another company trying to make money and if rejecting a female protaganist means making more money, odds are they'll go for the money. Brotherhood-overlord-6 12:14, November 8, 2011 (UTC)
Honestly, it would be awsome to play as a girl.


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Today we'll take a look at a remake of the classic game Z. Z was a real strategy pc game by Bitmap Brothers launched in 1996. It is about two armies of robots (red and blue) battling to conquer different planets.
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REDDITCH MP Karen Lumley has welcomed a ruling by Court of Appeal judges that life can mean life for the very worst criminals, which comes after a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision which declared the sentences unlawful.
Delivering the ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Thomas said judges could continue to give whole life sentences for the "most heinous" crimes.
In July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that whole-life sentences were unlawful because there was no prospect of review.
Mrs Lumley said: "This decision is a victory for common sense. What the ECHR was saying was that a judge could no longer tell the most appalling criminals that they would never be released.
"Whilst whole life sentences are obviously a rarity they should remain as an option open to judges. Today's judgment gives the clarity our judges need when they are considering sentencing.
"This was also further evidence of why the power of European courts should be curbed. The Court's decision in this case strayed from its proper purpose into a matter that should sit with the UK Parliament. This decision rightly upholds British law."
She added that in the future, the ECHR's involvement in British domestic matters should be, at the very least, limited.
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Deciphering Deli Meatsby Toby Amidor in Food Safety, Grocery Shopping, November 17, 2011
Not all foods at the deli are created equal. Check out some healthier and safer options to order up next time you're at the counter.
Be In The Know
Not all deli "meats" are straight from the cow (so to speak). Here's the breakdown on where all the deli goodies come from.
- Whole cuts: A part of the meat or poultry is cooked and sometimes flavored with spices, sugar or salt. It's then sliced and sold by the pound. These cuts tend to be pricier.
- Sections and formed meat products: Parts of meats or poultry are "glued" together to create a single, larger piece (like cooked ham). These are typically cheaper than whole cuts.
- Processed meat (or sausages): These include liverwurst, bologna, knockwurst, salami and other such products. The meat can come from pork, poultry, beef, mutton and veal. Byproducts like heart, kidney, liver, lips and pork stomach are often tossed into the mix.
Buyer Beware
Deli meats have been linked to bacteria called listeria. About 85 percent of those diagnosed with listeria monocytogenes (the illness caused by the bacteria listeria) have been traced back to deli meat or cold cuts. This illness affects the very young and very old. It can also cause pregnant women to have a miscarriage in the third trimester. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) advises folks to reheat deli meats to 165 degrees Fahrenheit in order to destroy any listeria that may be lurking. They also suggest discarding open packages of deli meat after 5 days. If the deli meat was freshly sliced at the counter, then keep it for no more than 3 days from purchase.
Moderate Additives
Sodium nitrite is added to most deli meats to help add color and flavor and to prevent the growth of bacteria. During processing this chemical is converted into cancer-causing nitrosamines, which has been linked to cancer of the mouth, bladder, esophagus, stomach and brain. The addition of vitamin A and vitamin E to these products can help prevent the formation of the cancer-causing nitrosamines. So check the label before purchasing. Nitrite-free products are also available, but be warned that they won't be as bright and shiny in color (those nitrites really make deli meats look good!).
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If you're in the mood for deli fare, choose leaner meats like turkey, chicken breast, and lean cuts of roast beef or ham. Low-sodium options are often available, so be sure to ask. Order enough so that it can only last for a few days– remember, you don't want to store deli meat longer than 3 days. This will keep both food safety and your waistline under control.
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A fraud scheme netted a Melbourne accountant more than $1.8 million which she blew in casinos and on shopping sprees.
Loukia Bariamis fiddled with her clients' business activity statements (BAS) to pay herself a fortune in tax refunds she wasn't entitled to.
She then lashed out on jewellery, clothes, furniture, expensive meals and gifts for friends, the Victorian County Court has been told.
She also used the cash to fuel a gambling addiction.
In one month alone Bariamis spent an average of 40 hours per week in Crown Casino, losing $158,000 in the process.
Bariamis, the senior partner at a Glen Waverley accountancy firm, adjusted the GST or pay-as-you-go tax on her clients' BAS on 130 occasions between September 2004 and June 2005.
As a result, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) paid her more than $1.8 million before the agency finally realised its error.
Bariamis pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining financial advantage by deception of a commonwealth entity.
Prosecutor Des Lane told the court it was impossible to determine exactly where all the money was spent, but noted that Crown reported Bariamis had blown about $1.2 million at the casino in 2004-05.
He also highlighted trips to Sydney in which she spent $30,000 on shoes and lost another $30,000 at Star Casino.
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Defence barrister David Grace QC said Bariamis, 51, had suffered through a long-running string of physical and psychological health problems, most notably depression.
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Her poor health, instability at her practice and a stressful marriage ultimately led to a nervous breakdown just before she committed her crimes.
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USS Tennessee (BB-43), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 16th US state.[5] During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 but was repaired and modernized. She participated in shore bombardments at the Aleutian Islands, Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc. She was also involved in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the final battleship vs. battleship conflict ever.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH WELLS TOWERAugust 18, 2010 • 20 Comments • category: At Home with Algonquin, News and Publicity
Today we'll be giving away a copy of Wells Towers' Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned along with a copy of New Stories from the South, 2010. To enter, leave a comment here or on our Facebook page.
Herewith, Tower chats with us about final edits, the best piece of writing advice he ever received, and moose suicide. Enjoy!
1. We don't really hear about Northwestern writing or Southwestern writing. Why do you think Southern writing is such a distinctive regional category?
Well, there's probably some truth to the old bromides about the Southern oral tradition, a heritage of porch talk, that sort of thing. I do think Southern people find a particular pleasure with words, and perhaps more than in other regions, that there's maybe a bit more play and bleed, fewer boundaries, between the way between working- and high class vernaculars, which means lots of rich, distinctive life in the language. Though there are all sorts of Southern traditions out there, a particular sort of word-glee seems to be a common bit of DNA.
2. How many stories do you send out to literary magazines? Can you describe your personal process of selecting stories for specific magazines to send off for possible publication?
Lately, I haven't been doing much sending out. These days, it's more that I've got relationships with a few editors I like and trust, which has diminished my purchases of manila envelopes.
3. Do you reread your story once it's in print? If so, what is your reaction upon reading it?
Oh, no, never. Couldn't bear to. I know I'd see things I'd want to change.
4. How many revisions on average does it take until you feel a story's complete? Can you go into, specifically, your experience with "Retreat" and its appearance in New Stories from the South, 2010? Do you feel this story is finished, or perhaps there's even more to the two brothers and their relationship to each other?
Usually it's three or four big revisions before first publication, and then for most of my stories, I did three or four more biggies before I included them in my book. With these brothers, I am, thank god, finished.
My only real regret [about "Retreat", Towers' story that has been published three times now, with major edits each time] is that I wasn't able to slip in another fine piece of moose lore I picked up in Alaska. One day, as I was getting ready to push off on a kayak trip across a big cold lake on the Kenai Peninsula, a park ranger came over and told me to beware of swimming moose. It was rut season, when the bulls go crazy. They'll put a hoof through your boat in a second, the ranger told me, just for the fun of it. But the really interesting thing he said was that when he's in rut, a bull moose standing on one side of the lake might suddenly get a very strong hunch that a cow moose is waiting for him on the far side of the lake, which might be as much as two or three miles away (these are big lakes). Off he'll swim. But when he's just about gotten to the distant shore, he'll take a contrary notion that actually, all the ladies are probably on the shore he just swam from. So he does an about-face and paddles back the way he came. Just as the moose is finally reaching terra firma, he doubts himself, and again with the U-turn. A lot of moose, the ranger said, killed themselves this way.
As I was revising and revising this story and others, I thought often about those uncertain, waterlogged creatures. As much as I believe in the radical rewrite, I hope that someday I'll get better at picking a single course and sticking with it. The pond is always bigger than it looks.
5. What's the last book you loaned out that you regret giving away?
Why Did I Ever, by Mary Robison.
6. What is the best piece of writing advice that has ever been given to you?
"Get in and get out." The late Barry Hannah on the short story.
7 What is your favorite personal memory of the South?
Brown ponds in summer, the cool layer you had to swim hard to get down to.
8. Do you have any favorite contemporary Southern writers?
Allan Gurganus, Charles Portis, Padgett Powell, Mark Richard, Mary Robison, Karen Russell.
9. In her introduction as guest editor to New Stories from the South, 2010, Amy Hempel writes, "Much of what I read from the contemporary South has a soundtrack." As a North Carolinian resident, what is your current Southern soundtrack?
Bullfrogs, crickets, dogs. If I had to pick music, Vic Chesnutt's "West of Rome" and "Is the Actor Happy?"
10. * And the bonus q: You are stranded on a desert island with any celebrity, living only. Who would you choose?
I would drown myself rather than be stranded on a desert island with a celebrity.
Interview by
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20 Comments On This Post:
10:25 am
A.E. Loveridge says...
Enter me- as a Southerner living in Pittsburgh, I'll take all the Southern writing I can get my hands on.
10:32 am
Valerie says...
Loved the comment about whether he reads his stories when they're in print!
10:39 am
ayse says...
Three cheers for Why Did I Ever! Look forward to reading Tower's book. Congrats on its being included in New Stories from the South.
11:05 am
Jan says...
Intriguing. Now I want to read more.
11:10 am
jennie says...
If Amy Hempel's involved, I'm in!
1:17 pm
Kulot says...
Enter me! Been dying to read Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned! 🙂
1:20 pm
Emily H. says...
Great interview!
1:23 pm
Rob says...
Hehe..gotta love Wells' response to the bonus q. A bit extreme but I can see where he's coming from 🙂
Wow, if yesterday's comp sounded exciting then today's is even more so: a copy of the anthology AND a copy of Well Towers' short story collection. Please include me in the draw. (and thanks for responding to yesterday's question and confirming that comp is open to those outside the US. Excellent!)
1:27 pm
Melanie says...
I checked Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned out of the Speed Read section of my library, but only got through a couple of the stories in time (no renewals)! I'd love a chance to savor each story. My favorite line in the stories I did read, "He watched a mouse walk out from behind the soda machine. It was eating a coupon." -"The Brown Coast"
1:28 pm
Marisa Birns says...
Not from the South, but have always loved spending summers in a mountain cabin in upstate New York and telling/hearing/laughing with friends as we tell each other our stories.
When I was very little, I used to sit under the table and listen to the adults. They didn't mind because I never interrupted. Of course as an adult, I'm allowed to sit at the table with the others!
Though did dance on one once…
1:34 pm
David says...
Great interview. Hope I win! I luv Algonquin Books!
2:13 pm
Sara says...
Well now *I* feel the need to work moose suicide into a story somehow.
(And ooh – Pick me! Pick me!)
2:18 pm
shari says...
wells tower sounds like a swell guy. really enjoying this week of interviews. thanks.
5:41 pm
Erica says...
Sounds amazing–would love to read. 🙂
5:50 pm
Karen says...
I love that cool brown layer of water. Mmm.
6:21 pm
Jaime says...
I've heard excellent things about his stories. Would love a copy!
9:44 am
Sue B. says...
Enter me in the contest please! Sounds great.
10:37 am
Chase says...
I know of that cool layer of water. The sun heats the top of the water, makes it like bath water, so you swim down to the cool and it feels good. Let all the air out of your lungs you'll sink down and be able to sit on the bottom.
12:51 pm
Michael Carter says...
Great interview!
Please enter me in the draw.
9:14 am
Susan says...
Can I still enter? I would love to have this!


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Description: Explore the science of what's eating you in this skin-crawling exhibition. Examine the what, why, when and how of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches and other parasites known as sanguinivores (creatures that eat blood). Learn why bloodsuckers are important to the ecosystem and how to keep them out of your system. Attack of the Bloodsuckers! offer visitors the chance to look a real leech in the mouth; pull off your socks and test your bug-appealing foot odor; receive a big hug from a giant, inflating tick; get itchy and knotty with the life-size game of "Twitcher" - a buggy variation on the game Twister. This exhibition runs through May 5, 2013.


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"Whether you have hundreds of thousands of pictures in your archive or a few hundred, the process of editing your pictures down to the ones with the best aesthetic, the best composition, and the ones that illustrate your story or experiences best, is a process that takes time, patience, and experience. I was in a beat-up taxi travelling through the desert to a town called Jaisalmer. As we drove down the road, we saw a dust storm grow … Where we stopped, women and children worked on the road … In the strange dark orange light and the howling wind, battered by sand and dust, they sang and prayed."
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Positioned off a secluded garden pathway and boasting 1250 Sq. Ft. of private space, the villa offers the most current lifestyle amenities while continuing to embrace the culture and history of inland Belize.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation dated March 30th, 2014
ADNAN OKTAR: Look, even though the people of the South East [of Turkey] are very religious, there is such a meaningful situation there. The people living there are voting for the left wing. I mean even though the people living there are devoutly religious [they vote for them]. This shows the severity of the pressure applied on them in that region. Whereas the danger of the PKK [terror organization] in that region should have been made zero… Look, it should be made not zero point one, but zero. When that happens, the people living there will enjoy utmost freedom and their votes would be clean and lawful like mother's milk. But an election held while there is intimidation and an atmosphere of violence, with pressure exerted and with PKK making appearances would not be healthy. The government should take a decision to this end and erase PKK from the South East region completely. Such an organization, such an armed organization should not exist. If elections are held under this cruel oppression, under this cruel threat of terror, we cannot call that an election but results attained under compulsion. This should be made right immediately. Withdrawing our police officers, our soldiers from that region, decreasing the security forces would drag the majority of the people living there into fear and into feeling respect to the power of PKK. The ranger force should also be very strong, so should the police, soldier and gendarme forces. Especially civil elements, I mean the civil law enforcement agencies should be very powerful. If people feel themselves secure enough, they would comfortably vote for the party they want. I mean if they could be able to cast their votes without worrying, in comfort in the South East, the Felicity Party would also collect very high numbers of votes, the MHP [Nationalist Movement Party] would collect a lot of votes, CHP [Republican People's Party] would not be erased from that region but collect a lot of votes, AK Party would collect a lot of votes and it would be just like the other parts of Turkey. The balances there have been disturbed because of the fear they are subjected to.


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Shin chips in one of her bestJon Tuxworth
Published: February 18 2013 - 3:00AM
MOST Australians were barracking for a Lydia Ko win at Royal Canberra on Sunday, despite Jiyai Shin's love of meat pies, kangaroos and saying ''G'day mate''. And while Shin outpointed the 15-year-old prodigy to win the Women's Australian Open, few could begrudge the bubbly Korean her success.
An audacious chip-in from behind a sponsor's sign on the 14th green helped Shin survive a spirited late rally from world No. 1 Yani Tseng.
On a day where low scoring ruled, the spectacular birdie gave Shin (18 under) the needed momentum.
Boasting a six-stroke lead over nearest rival Beatriz Recari at the start of the day, most pundits tipped Sunday to be a Shin-Ko matchplay contest. But Tseng (seven-under 66) showed why she is the world's best female golfer with a brilliant rearguard challenge.
Rated a $41 chance when down by eight strokes after three rounds, Tseng (16 under) moved to within two strokes late in the day, but a poor approach on the par-five final hole ended her hopes.
Shin appeared to have victory well in her keeping after nerves got the better of Ko early as she sprayed her drive off the first way left into the shrubbery, and her second shot hit a tree. The Kiwi eventually signed off on a double bogey, while Shin made birdie. And when Ko bogeyed the second, the Korean suddenly enjoyed a four-stroke lead.
Ko showed great mental strength to birdie holes four and five after her early hiccups, and Shin's bogey on five closed the gap to just one shot.
She regained the joint lead when she made birdie on No.12 and Shin a bogey, but Ko ran out of steam down the stretch.
Ko was the only player in the top 14 not to shoot under par on Sunday. That was a huge disappointment for the packed galleries, most of whom were desperate for the New Zealander to win.
Shin hit an eagle on the sixth hole after chipping in from the bunker, but she said her shot on 14 was one of the best of her career: ''I think so, yes. I think today this chip shot is most important of this tournament. Before I chip it in, my play was a little bit tough. But after I chip it in, finally I get more relaxed, and enjoyed the other few holes.''
Ko has been the highlight since her outstanding 10-under 63 on Thursday.
However, the ever-smiling Shin would be a close second. If anyone was to beat Ko, the little world No. 8 would be the punter's elect.
''In Australia, I always feel comfortable and have a lot of fans here. I enjoy the meat pie and watching the kangaroos,'' Shin said. ''My [fitness] trainer is an Australian guy, and I learn how to say, 'G'day mate'.
''Today, we play with big pressure, so it was impressive watching her [Ko] play. She's growing up now, I think she's taller than me now.''
The win was sweet relief for Shin, who finished runner-up to Karrie Webb and Tseng respectively at the 2008 and 2011 opens.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/golf/shin-chips-in-one-of-her-best-20130217-2elag.html


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The St Louis County Sheriff's Office 911 Emergency Communication Department provides (all day, every day) dispatching services for UMD Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the area. UMD Safewalk Escort service is available on campus, call 218-726-6100.
University of Minnesota Duluth police respond to incidents on campus. The University has agreements with other local law enforcement agencies to provide back up assistance in times of need. The Duluth fire departments respond to fires and health emergencies on the campus. Gold Cross Ambulance responds to medical emergencies.
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rolling storage cubes - several sizes and colors!
These act as a great room divider and storage shelving. The white is really great, both in shape and color, as is the red short one... which could double as a TV/media stand... added bonus is the rolling wheels... (who hasn't dropped something behind the media stand??)


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If the entrant does not have a Facebook account, entry can be mailed or e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
All entries submitted will be automatically entered in a random drawing for one of six round-trip ticket vouchers aboard Allegiant Airlines.
Rules and restrictions for the Allegiant Airlines ticket voucher: Reservations are subject to availability and capacity control restrictions. The winner of this drawing will be notified via facebook and has 24 hours to respond.
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Let us start with two questions. Which of the following energy companies is planning to sell assets next year – Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Total, Statoil, ENI? Answer – all of them. Which of those companies is planning to cut capital expenditure in 2014? Answer – all of them, with the sole exception of Exxon which is planning a modest increase. If you extend the list of companies the answers are the same.
Taken together these answers reveal some interesting points about the oil and gas industry. Most companies now feel they have been over investing – either by doing too much or by allowing costs to rise out of control. Returns have not matched the growth in spending. Shareholders are restive. Asset sales are normal business – every big company builds up a tail of marginal, non-strategic assets. But the scale of current plans goes beyond that. The tail has gone and the assets for sale now are in most cases attractive commercial propositions. Read more


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This page is for keeping track of the status of papers in the Endy writing queue.
FSP #1: Deterministic cell fate selection during phage lambda infection
- Authors: FSP, DE
- Status: Experiments complete, FSP finalizing figures, DE and FSP drafting revision
- Goal: Re-submit before the end of August 2008
Barry #1: Towards a biological virtual machine: an autoregulating network of RNA polymerases and ribosomes in Escherichia coli, or equivalent
- Authors: Barry, Drew
- Status: RNA work underway, Barry praying for good RNA data, Barry coordinating getting some micrographs and perhaps cytometer data
- Writing: First outline complete and under revision, Figures discussed
- Project page & Paper page.
- Goal: Submit by September 15
Jason #1: Measurement kits and reference standards for characterizing BioBrick promoters and ribosome binding sites
- Authors: JK & DE
- Status: reviews received, JK and DE struggling through standards theory
- Goal: Resubmit by end of August
Jason #2: Programmed selection and preferential promotion of disadvantaged bacteria in a microfluidic sortostat, or equivalent
- Authors: JK & DE
- Status: Modeling scope, data analysis and writing needs to be completed
- OWW Page
- Goal: Submit by end of August
Reshma #1: Using genetically encoded odorant reporters to engineer bacteria that smell like wintergreen and banana
- Authors: RS & DE
- Status: reviews received, revision complete, sent to RC3 for his comments
- Goal: Resubmit by end of August
Reshma #2: Signal levels, load, and error rates in engineered transcriptional devices
- Authors: RS & DE
- Status: RS to draft a first paragraph-level outline from most recent discussions with DE
- Goal: Submit by end of August
Samantha #1: Controlling cellular location by engineering phosphorylation
- Authors: SS & DE
- Status: In review at PLoS Biology
- Goal: pending
Samantha #2: Signals and specifications for a family of phosphorylation-dependent devices, or equivalent
- Authors: SS & DE
- Status: Outline and structure finalized, SS leading writing
- Goal: Submit by June 27
Ty #1: Tools for making systems biology models more scientific
- Authors: TT, DE
- Status: DE to do final edit, send to RB and TT for final approval
- Goal: Submit by end of August
Ty #2: Scaffold number in yeast signaling system sets tradeoff between system output and dynamic range
- Authors: TT, DE
- Status: sent to RB and TT for final review and approval
- Goal: Submit by end of August
Ty #3: Mechanics, Controls, and Modeling of Mating Pheromone-Initiated Signaling in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Comprehensive Analysis
- Authors: TT, DE
- Status: JT and TT to edit
- Goal: Submit by ???
Sri #1: Measures & models of phage T7 mRNA
- Authors: HK, DE, SK
- Status: Sri needs to provide Fig 4, Drew needs to edit
- Goal: Submit by June 27
Drew #1: A common signal carrier for genetic devices
- Authors: Austin, Drew, Tom, Randy, Samantha
- Status: DE to rewrite
- Goal: Submit by June 27
Drew #2: Free as in phosphoramidites, or equivalent
- Authors: DG and DE
- Status: DE to write
- Goal: Submit by June 7
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- Authors: DE
- Status: DE outlining
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Most UTIs are caused by bacteria, although they may also be caused by viruses or fungi. Bacteria from the bowel are the most common source of infection. The infection may begin because of any of the following:
Sexual activity. During sex, germs can travel from the penis, vagina, or rectum into the urethra.
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JAM (JavaGen Ant Modules) allows Java/J2EE developers to create robust, test-driven build environments with just a few lines of Ant script. Builds are simplified with a standard set of commands that you customize for your project. The Maven-to-Ant bridge manages classpaths, dependencies, versioning, and resource downloads automatically. JAM modules support JBoss, Tomcat 5, Resin, Oracle OC4J, JUnit, Cactus, XDoclet, CVS, Axis, Castor, JMX EJBs, and Hibernate.
BitNami JasperServer Stack is an easy-to-use installer for JasperServer, which is part of the JasperSoft business intelligence suite, built by the developers of JasperReports. It provides a Web and Web services based environment for reporting, data analysis (OLAP), and data integration.
CS::SkipList Library is a C++ template library of containers based on skip lists. These containers work like sets and maps, but can also be accessed via numerical index. This collection has vector-like containers where all operations work in logarithmic time. It also has a composite container where you can order the same elements in many different ways at the same time.
JCatapult is a development platform written in Java. Built for modularization, JCatapult allows developers to build modules such as a blog, content-management system, wiki, or any other reusable set of features and use them across multiple applications. Built on top of open source technologies, JCatapult is a robust and scalable platform. However, it is also agile and lightweight because it uses a convention over configuration approach.
FEST JavaFX Compiler Maven Plug-in is a Maven plug-in for compiling JavaFX sources. It compiles JavaFX source and test files. It does not require the JavaFX distribution to be in a Maven repository (since, according to its license, only Oracle can distribute JavaFX). It does not require you to list all JavaFX libraries as dependencies in your pom.xml.
Logfilter is a tool for performing ad hoc analysis on Apache log files. Logfilter is especially useful when you wish to find records matching very specific criteria, since you can specify exactly which fields to match. The tool also plays well in a Unix environment by accepting input either through files or via stdin.
LdapTemplate is a framework to simplify LDAP programming in Java, built on the same principles as Spring Jdbc. The LdapTemplate class encapsulates all the plumbing work involved in traditional LDAP programming, such as creating Contexts, looping through NamingEnumerations, handling Exceptions, and cleaning up resources. This leaves the programmer free to handle the important stuff: where to find data (DNs and Filters) and what do do with it (map to and from domain objects, bind, modify, unbind, etc.).
Processdsn consumes RFC 3464 delivery status notification email messages, writing a summary of the notification to a SQL database. Notifications may indicate successful delivery, a delay in delivery, or delivery failure. The database is designed to be exposed restfully by the mod_processdsn module for Apache httpd, but can queried directly if necessary.


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Diane Cooke talks to Danielle Smith, 24, who will lead the field at this year's Race for Life
WHEN teacher Danielle Smith leads the Blackburn Race For Life at Witton Park in June she will represent a proud symbol of courage for female cancer sufferers.
At just 24, she is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma and will find out in July what her long-term future holds.
"It's an honour to lead the race," she says. "I'll probably only be fit enough to walk around but I'm determined to do it. The event is really important to me and I'd love it if loads of women in the area are inspired to sign up too."
Danielle, from Blackburn, teaches at Holy Trinity School, Nelson, and lives with her parents Susan and Barrie and her 20-year-old sister Dominique in Blackburn.
She had been feeling under the weather for a long time prior to last year, but last summer she noticed a large lump on her neck.
"I was always getting infections, coughs and colds. I caught anything going, but I always assumed it was because I was working so closely with little children and picked up their bugs."
She went to her GP who told her the lumps were infected cysts and was given two courses of antibiotics but was also referred to the ENT clinic at her local hospital.
"I had to wait for about six weeks for my appointment and in that time my body was a mess as I'd started to itch severely. I couldn't sleep for itching and scratched until I bled.
"I started to think there was something seriously wrong with me and had also done a bit of Googling and realised some of my symptoms could be a sign of cancer. I managed to really scare myself."
When Danielle went along to her appointment a registrar extracted fluid from the lump on her neck. She also had a camera inserted into her nose and throat and was told to return for a CT scan three weeks later. A week after that Danielle was told the original biopsy hadn't worked and they were going to have to do another one, along with a further camera exploration.
"I just had an awful feeling that the news wasn't going to be good. My Mum was with me and I told her that I thought this could be cancer but she just kept saying 'It won't be' "But when I went back into the room. I could tell it wasn't good. The doctor kept talking about lymphoma but I had no idea what that meant, so I asked him and he told me 'you've got cancer.' "Mum burst into tears and I just kept thinking about the worst case scenario. I was only 23 and thought I would die really young."
Danielle was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin's Lymphoma and was also told that in addition to the tumour in her neck, there was another 8cm tumour in her chest.
"I was devastated and thought there was no hope."
Following her diagnosis Danielle underwent a soft tissue biopsy and began two cycles of chemotherapy at The Christie Hospital.
"The staff there have been amazing. I feel in very safe hands, but the chemo hit me really hard. The first five days afterwards I couldn't get out of bed.
"I think my immune system had been pretty low for some time and this just wiped me out.
"Everyone was so supportive though. I couldn't work because I've felt so ill but all the staff at school have been brilliant."
At the same time as Danielle began her chemotherapy, her 85-year old grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer and has since had an operation to remove part of his lung.
"He keeps saying he's got to look after me and I keep saying the same thing about him.
"He's doing really well and that spurs me on. Cancer has affected a lot of my family. My grandma and nana both died of this horrible disease. That's why I really believe in raising funds for research into better cancer treatments.Things are looking good for me now thanks to the treatment I received. I feel I can finally start looking to the future and do all the things I had to put on hold when I was diagnosed, such as travelling to New York."
Danielle is now undergoing a course of radiotherapy treatment and will take part in the Blackburn Race for Life event with her sister Dominique.
"My advice to anyone if they find a lump, is be pushy with your doctor. The sooner it's diagnosed the better."
5k Race for Life events will be held at Burnley's Towneley Park on Sunday, June 15, and at Blackburn's Witton Park on Wed, June 25.
To enter Race for Life visit www.raceforlife.org or call 0845 600 6050.


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Britney Spears + dairy = crazy? Okay, sure
PETA sent Jamie and Lynne Spears a letter of concern about Britney. PETA believes that Britney's consumption of meat and dairy products is making her batshit crazy and want to help. Their reason (Warning: Shameless plug coming.): "The letter suggests putting the suffering star on a vegan diet to help her get her emotional and physical health back to a place where it won't be daily fodder for Perez and The Superficial." Nice. Here's an excerpt of the now-open letter from PETA's website:
In addition, the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the U.K. studied the relationship between mental disorders and the consumption of meat, dairy, and other animal products and concluded that "a higher national dietary intake of… dairy products predicted a worse two-year outcome of schizophrenia." They also concluded that a higher consumption of meat was linked to a worsening of schizophrenia, while consumption of beans–a vegetarian protein source–was linked to improvements. In addition, the Mental Health Sanctuary in Washington advises people with bipolar disorder to avoid dairy products.
While the medical link between mental illness and meat and dairy consumption is still evolving, there is no doubt that eating animal products is a major factor in causing other diseases, including the top killers in the U.S. According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarians are less prone to heart disease, specific types of cancer, diabetes, and obesity than meat-eaters. While switching to a vegan diet might very well benefit Britney's mental health, it would undoubtedly benefit her physical health.
I love how at the end of this letter PETA basically says "Oh yeah, and also Britney's kind of fat." Is it really about the mental health, PETA, or do you just want Britney to drop a few pounds? Don't feel bad. You're not the only organization out there who feels the same way. I hear NASA is building an exercise machine that launches Britney into orbit if she doesn't lose 10 pounds in a week.
P.S. Kudos again for the plug. With the increased site traffic I can buy that combination veal farm/fur coat factory I've had my eye on. Thanks, PETA!


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