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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Backed by five event victories, the Saint Leo women's swimming team opened its 2012-13 campaign with a strong effort against Florida Tech and Lynn in Saturday afternoon's season-opening tri-meet from the Saint Leo Aquatics Center.S
The Lions earned a 71-24 victory over Florida Tech, and a 68-27 victory over conference newcomer, Lynn.
Saint Leo capped their afternoon by posting wins in the 50 Free, 100 Butterfly, 100 Freestyle, and 400 Freestyle Relay.After beginning the event with a200 Freestyle Relay win, junior Bianca Muniz, as well as Freshmen Paula Carvajal and Chantal Bouthillier, each posted wins on the afternoon session with the 400 Freestyle Relay bookending the afternoon.
Taking the 100 Butterfly, Carvajal registered a time of 1:101.47 in the win. She also collected a runner-up spot in the 200 IM at 2:15.86.
Just before the first break, Muniz tallied another Lions' win as she registered a time of 25.81 in the 50 Freestyle, before captaining a 400 Freestyle victory.
The Lions will resume action Saturday, October 20, when they travel to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. to challenge Nova Southeastern. The dual is set to begin at 1 p.m. from the NSU Aquatic Center.
Full scores and results will be made available shortly.
For more on the men's swimming program, please visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter and 'Like' the Lions on Facebook.
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Sitting in the same desk chair for hours is a recipe for sore muscles. Take a few moments each workday to relieve your body's tension with this video's fast desk stretches.
Sitting in the same desk chair for hours (and letting stress pile up) is a recipe for sore muscles. Take a few moments each workday to relieve your body's tension with this video's fast desk-side stretches.
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- Stretch your neck
Stand or sit up straight in your chair. Drop your right ear toward your right shoulder so you feel a mild stretch on the left side of your neck. Relax and let your left shoulder drop, then place your right hand on your head and pull down gently. Hold for 30 seconds, and repeat on left side.
Tip: Even mundane tasks like typing put stress on your body. Try to stretch at least once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and again at the end of the workday.
- Tuck your chin to your chest
Drop your head down and tuck in your chin. Slowly turn your chin toward your left shoulder, and then slowly turn toward your right shoulder. Repeat this move up to 10 times.
Tip: Don't make complete circles by tilting your head back, as this can put stress on your spine.
- Stretch your shoulder
Stand or sit up straight in your chair, with your shoulders down. Keeping your head and neck stable, slowly roll your shoulders forward, up, and then back to complete a full circle. Concentrate on creating as large a circle as possible without scrunching your shoulders toward your ears. Repeat the circle 10 times in one direction and then 10 in the opposite direction.
- Stretch your feet
Sit comfortably in your chair and place your right ankle on your left knee. Slowly circle your right foot clockwise 20 times, then counterclockwise 20 times. Repeat with the left foot.
- Stretch your back and chest
Sit or stand up tall with your arms out to the side, elbows bent, palms forward, and fingers pointed upward toward the ceiling. Keeping your spine straight, press your arms back until you feel a slight stretch in your chest and shoulders. Hold this for 30 seconds, then rest. Do this 10 times.
- Stretch your forearm and hand
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The warranty doesn't cover any of that. If you have the insurance feature on the account it will cover everything you mentioned, there will be a deductable.
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In honor of our favorite dog trainer, Cesar Millan, coming to Evansville on November 23rd, we've declared November 8th to be Bring Your Dog To Work Day! Join the stations of Townsquare Media as we celebrate our favorite 4-legged friends with the Tri-State Bring Your Dog To Work Day!
We chose to celebrate our 4-legged friends in honor of Cesar Millan coming to The Centre on Saturday, Nov. 23rd. It's a fact that our furry friends help relieve stress in the work place and help produce a happier work environment.
Join us on November 8th as we open the kennel doors and let our furry friends in! And really….who couldn't use an office assistant for the day! Check out our favorite costumes for your poochie – he will fit right in with you no matter where you work!
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Concerns have been expressed by East Kennett residents over sewage flowing into the River Kennet.
Recent wet weather has caused a high water table and as a result pressure on the sewers is pushing manhole covers up.
Charity Action for River Kennet (ARK) is concerned that sewage leaking into the river is becoming a problem.
Charlotte Hitchmough, director of ARK, said: "Sewers leaking into the river are cause for concern.
"We've had reports of sewage leaking into the river in other areas including Coopers Meadow, Stonebridge and Aldbourne, so if anyone does spot anything they should report it.
"The first port of call should be the Environment Agency but if they let ARK know then we can put a dot on the map along with evidence and can present a stronger case to Thames Water."
The issue in East Kennett was first bought to the attention of town clerk David Snape in December who reported it to the Environment Agency and Thames Water.
He said: "When residents alerted me to the situation I contacted Thames Water which responded to the problem within 24 hours and has been proactive in managing the situation since then.
"I have also been in contact with the Environment Agency and monitor the river myself on a daily basis."
Thames Water has had two tankers pumping out the sewers at the pumping station, seven days a week, and has now said a third will be brought in to tackle the problem.
A spokesman for Thames Water said: "After the wettest year on record the ground is like a soaked sponge, so flood water is continuing to run into our sewers, which are designed to take waste water, not groundwater and flooding too.
"While our network and pumping station in East Kennett have been working as they should, they have been struggling with the sheer volume of water.
"We have been tankering away excess flows of waste water to protect the environment and will continue to do this until the water infiltrating our network subsides."
The Environment Agency is monitoring the situation carefully but so far has found no signs of pollution.
A spokesman for the agency said: "We are aware of the incident and we are in ongoing discussions with the water company about the best way to alleviate the problem."
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Muslims broke ground in Anchorage, Alaska for the construction of the first mosque in The Last Frontier state on Tuesday. The Islamic Community Center of Anchorage purchased the site for $600,000, Anchorage television station KTUU reported. The construction of the facility is expected to take two years.
"American Muslims have a duty to help educate others about their faith, and a duty to create opportunities for dialogue and frank and open conversations," Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said in an address in Anchorage on Tuesday.
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Paula Deen begged for forgiveness, but Food Network apparently decided sorry wasn't good enough.
On Friday - the same day the celebrity chef apologised for using the N-word and other admitted racial insensitivities in her past - the US cable network announced it was kicking Deen out of the kitchen.
"Food Network will not renew Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of this month," the network wrote in a brief statement.
Deen, 66, is the host of Paula's Best Dishes and Food Network also airs two of her previous series in re-runs. It was unclear whether the network would continue running past episodes. "We have nothing more to add at the moment," a spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Times.
The day started on a sour note for the Georgia-born chef and quickly turned worse. She failed to appear for an early-morning interview with NBC's Today, where she was scheduled to discuss the controversy that has erupted over a videotaped deposition last month. Deen is being sued by the former manager of a restaurant she owned with her brother.
Under sworn testimony, Deen revealed that "of course" she had used the N-word to describe black people in the past and also said she had planned a wedding party in which black waiters were to be attired as antebellum slaves. The deposition also revealed that Deen had allowed pornographic pictures to be passed around as a joke in the workplace.
Today co-host Matt Lauer mentioned Deen's no-show on the air and later, on Twitter, called the situation "very confusing".
Later in the day, Deen issued an impassioned plea for forgiveness on YouTube.
"I want to apologise to everybody for the wrong that I've done," she said in the video. "I want to learn and grow from this. ... Inappropriate hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. I've made plenty of mistakes along the way. But I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, I beg for your forgiveness. Please forgive me for the mistakes that I've made."
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WATERFORD, Mich. - Waterford police are searching for 5 men who took part in a Tuesday morning smash-and-grab robbery at the Mega Pawn Guns and More shop on Dixie Highway.
Review of video surveillance systems from the Mega Pawn and surrounding businesses shows a full size red Dodge pickup meet with the Jeep in a neighboring business parking lot. Three suspects got out of the pickup and got into the Jeep. All five suspects then moved to the back of Mega Pawn where they attempted to gain entry through the rear of the business without success. Minutes later, the red Jeep is shown driving through the front wall of the business. Two of the five suspects enter the store and remove several long guns from the business. After leaving the store, the suspects ran to another neighboring business, got back into the Dodge pickup and fled the area.
Further investigation revealed the Jeep had been stolen from the 3000 block of Loon Lake Ct in Waterford, and had not been reported yet.
This incident remains under investigation. If you have any information about this incident or know who these suspects are, please contact Waterford Police Detective Larry Novak at (248) 618-7515.
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PHILADELPHIA - The Penn men's lacrosse team still has plenty of young players in major roles this year, so a first half like they put together on Wednesday night could be expected.
Facing a Saint Joseph's team still looking for its first win this season, the Quakers looked like they might blow the Hawks out early but then allowed their hosts to draw within 6-4 by the halftime break.
Head Coach Mike Murphy must have gotten the players' attention during the break. Six goals were scored in the third quarter, and all of them came out of Quaker sticks. The fourth quarter was a chance for the bench to be cleared as the Red and Blue cruised to a 13-5 victory at SJU's Finnesey Field.
Penn is now 7-4 on the season, thanks to its second-straight road victory. Saint Joseph's is now 0-11.
Dan Savage led Penn's offense with three goals, while Al Kohart had two. Overall, the Quakers had a season-high 10 different players score. Corey Winkoff did not find the net, but dished off three assists. Penn outshot the Hawks, 40-19.
Savage got the scoring started on Wednesday night, with an unassisted effort just 1:52 into the game. Saint Joseph's answered just under six minutes later, off an unassisted goal by Ian Correia, but four minutes later long-stick defender Maxx Meyer gave Penn a lead it would not relinquish as he drained an unassisted goal.
Just 32 seconds later, Winkoff found John Conneely for a goal, and then with 1:53 left in the quarter Winkoff found Kohart for his first tally of the night. That put the Quakers up, 4-1, at the end of one. Early in the second, Will Amling made it 5-1 when he finished a Conneely feed.
The Hawks worked their way back. Kyle Mahoney had an unassisted goal with 10:59 left in the half, and then after Savage scored to make it 6-2 Saint Joseph's came right back as Bobby Hurley scored less than a minute later. A big goal came with just nine seconds left, when Kyle Williams netted an unassisted effort that drew the Hawks within two.
It did not take long for Penn to establish its dominance in the third. Zack Losco scored an unassisted goal just 2:49 into the quarter, and then 1:08 after that Greg Ives rifled a shot home off a Winkoff feed. Fifty-five seconds after that, Kohart netted an unassisted goal from distance, and then just 10 seconds later Rob Fitzpatrick scored an unassisted goal after Penn won the faceoff. Ryan Parietti added his only goal of the night, another unassisted goal, and the Quakers were up 11-4. The five-goal run covered 3:53.
Savage capped his hat trick with 2:21 left in the third, unassisted. In the fourth quarter, Correia scored with just 2:06 to play, and then Penn closed out the scoring as Losco found Kyle Mulligan with 28 seconds left.
Brian Feeney played the first three quarters in goal, making two saves. In the fourth quarter, Brendan Engelke started and made two stops without allowing a goal in 8:33 of action before Ted Rawlings closed it out and made two saves of his own while allowing one goal.
Danny Feeney had a solid game on the face-off X, winning 11 of 18 decisions and grabbing nine ground balls.
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Larry is in police custody for a suspected robbery. There is some evidence that he stole a watch out of a locker where he worked.
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'I like sneaking books into people's bags so that the alarm goes off on them when they leave the library," reads one confession.
"I VW'd (voluntary withdrew) all my classes. My parents don't have a clue. I've been leaving the house during my said classes to go sleep in my car," says another.
"I prostituted myself last summer to be able to afford tuition fees. No one can tell by looking at me, but I feel dirty every time I go to school," yet another confessor writes.
Already the go-to place for boasting, ranting and oversharing online, Facebook is fast becoming a forum for young people to spill secrets and unburden themselves.
Alternately puerile, poignant and dubious -- one confessor claims to have graduated with a perfect 4.5 GPA after paying different people to write four years' worth of undergraduate exams -- anonymous admissions are popping up on "confessions pages" at educational institutions in Winnipeg and as far away as India. Even Princeton, Harvard and Yale have such pages.
UManitoba Confessions, which launched in mid-April, is up to more than 7,300 "likes." U Winnipeg Confessions, meanwhile, has just over 2,000 fans.
Both Facebook pages invite visitors to "Private message us your most heartfelt, disgusting, hilarious, filthy, and embarrassing confessions." (Neither of the administrators responded to our request for an interview.)
Students who create social media confessionals have to use their real names when doing so, as per Facebook policy, but they can conceal their identity as administrators.
To keep confessions anonymous, they apparently use online survey tools such as Google Forms. To tell all, posters need only click on a link and type in the message box. Their confession goes to the page administrator without any identifying information.
Visitors who "like" and/or comment on posts, however, must do so using their Facebook accounts and names.
Some commenters are touchingly supportive: "For whoever submitted this, you're loved," a young woman wrote, along with a heart symbol, beneath the prostitution confession. "I'd spend time with you," one fellow offered in response to a poster who wrote, "I have never felt so alone and unaccepted in my life."
Some posters seem to be just trolling for a reaction -- and they get it, like the above mentioned, alleged U of M grad with the perfect GPA who claims to have just been accepted into medical school, after having "never written a single final or midterm" in four years.
Although they use the name, and often feature photos of landmark buildings or use official logos, campus confession pages are not affiliated with the institution in question.
UManitoba Confessions and UManitoba Secret Admirers -- where posters can confess their campus crush -- "are not in any way officially sanctioned sites nor sites the University of Manitoba participates in," marketing and communications director John Danakas said in an email.
The U of M has a "robust" presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, he writes, which leaves it open to unintended social media conversations.
"There can be misinformation, gossip, bullying. Other times, some of the conversations are not meant for you," Danakas writes. "That's kind of where universities have landed with respect to sites like these (confessions sites)."
U of M student Riley McGuire, 22, who's completing his master's degree in English, says the popularity of the UManitoba Confessions page is "notable" given that it seems to have more "likes" than any other U of M page, apart from the main one (which has close to 15,000 likes).
It's "incredibly addictive," says McGuire, who attributes the confession page's popularity largely to the timing of its launch.
"It came out in mid-April, in the midst of final papers and exams, when students are looking for new and creative ways to procrastinate. The page was an amusing and relatable distraction."
Not that he's likely to be clearing his own conscience online anytime soon.
Not only does McGuire doubt the authenticity of many of the confessions, the promise of anonymity aspect is itself problematic.
"I have no idea who administers the page, or how much access they have to the identities of the authors of the confessions," he says. "This uncertainty would certainly deter me from submitting anything."
Campus confession pages may be "mostly just fun," as the headline of a recent Maclean's On Campus blog declares, but they have drawn criticism from educators who fear they'll lead to cyberbullying if the anonymity is breached. A public school board in Thunder Bay asked Facebook to take down the anonymous confession pages used by its high school students, according to a recent CBC News report. Students were reportedly posting tales of drinking and drug abuse and comments about teachers.
Police, concerned over the content on two high school confession pages in Kalispell, Mon., asked Facebook to shut them down, Reuters reported in March. Facebook closed one and removed offensive comments from another, according to the article, but the student instigators simply started a new page.
Facebook told Reuters that confessions pages do not violate its rules provided the content remains within the bounds of civility. A spokeswoman said the social media network routinely reviews pages on its site and responds to any complaints about content. If its reviewers deem a post objectionable, she added, Facebook will remove it or shut down the site entirely.
While much of their content is more observations, rants and smart-aleck remarks than heartfelt disclosure, the pages are likely providing some posters a catharsis of sorts, says Winnipeg psychologist Dr. Toby Rutner.
"It's a way to unburden yourself and share emotions and feelings, whether anybody reads these things or not," says Rutner. "Releasing something you feel strongly about can be a cathartic experience."
Provided the feedback is positive, the fact that other people can comment on the posts can be beneficial for posters who feel isolated and alone, or perhaps too vulnerable to share their innermost thoughts and feelings.
"This is a way for them to put it out there and solicit emotional support and maybe even feel understood," Rutner says.
No one has yet unburdened themselves on the Red River College Confessions page, which went up less than a week ago. Visitors are invited to "Have fun and write from your heart."
Administrator Vijay Bhamra, 18, also runs a confessions page for his high school back in his native India, where nearly every school has one, he says. He started the pages as a way to stay in touch with friends, but also wanted to help students who may not be brave enough to speak their truth.
"Confessions pages are mainly meant for people who are shy or who hesitate to say something directly to someone," he says. "When their identity isn't disclosed, they can say what they need to and confess easily."


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 24/5/2013 (1552 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
I recently experienced that frequent traveller's struggle of sorting through all my expenses and ensuring I abide by our established travel and accommodation policies. At the same time, I just happened upon a Canadian survey of 1,076 travellers that suggested I wasn't alone with my dilemma. For instance, the survey suggested that almost 15 per cent of travellers have trouble remembering to obtain their travel and accommodation receipts while five per cent struggle to abide by their employer's policies.
For a moment, I had a little bit of sympathy for Sen. Mike Duffy whose travel-gate and accommodation scandal is continuing to hog public attention. Yes, expense rules can be confusing and the paperwork is a nuisance but the whole purpose of rules and/or policies in any organization is to establish and maintain accountability and trust. In case we have forgotten, the magic word is transparency.
Trust is a very powerful concept; it's how we make business and personal decisions every day. It's all about how we operate our lives and our organizations yet at the same time, how we operate creates trust in the first place. Also, because trust is a personal perception, it literally resides in the heads of individuals who in turn must be influenced to accept a positive perspective. In other words, trust must be earned and can take a long time to develop.
Trust is also fleeting in that one single blow from perceived wrongdoing can wipe a positive slate clean and create unwanted chaos. Then, once trust has been destroyed, it's difficult to regain, if ever. That's why we see corporations and governments alike responding instantaneously to any crisis that might arise. They simply cannot afford to lose the public trust.
Steven Covey in his work states that when trust is low, it places a "hidden tax" on every communication, every interaction, every strategy and every decision. High trust on the other hand, in his view, acts as a "dividend" and a performance multiplier. In other words, organizational trust is a "live or die" concept.
However, if trust plays such a key role in building and sustaining healthy organizations, then what does a leader need to do to establish and maintain a corporate culture of trusting relationships? What do leaders need to do to make certain that trust flourishes at every level?
The following seven tips will go a long way to ensuring that an unexpected "Duff ball" won't be thrown into your court:
Engage employees -- if employees are to be driven by an organization's culture and values, then it's imperative they are more than bystanders who learn about values after the fact. Conduct departmental work sessions; invite employees to provide input into describing what they perceive is a healthy culture. Design a top down facilitation process so that everyone is involved in creating the description of values and culture. Without employee buy-in, accountability and trust will fall by the wayside.
Make accountability a priority -- define what accountability looks like in your organization and make sure it goes far beyond the annual performance appraisal process. Teach your managers to followup and follow-through by establishing work plans that outline activities, responsibilities and completion dates. Provide supports as needed and then hold timely and regular meetings with employees to discuss results.
Admit to mistakes -- let's face it, no one is perfect; we all make mistakes. Then why is it so common for people to deny their mistake and/or create an elaborate excuse? Deny, deny, deny might have been an old-time favourite public relations strategy but it doesn't work anymore. Trust is where it's at and trust is being demanded by our employees, our stakeholders, our customers and our public. Accept your mistake, apologize and set a process in place that will redirect you to the right course of action.
Train for self-management -- in today's age of teamwork, independence and autonomy, every employee must take more individual responsibility for their personal contribution to success. Help employees see how their work fits into the big picture. Provide extensive training on topics such as understanding self and others, effective conflict management as well as problem solving and decision making so that employees have the confidence to fully carry out their responsibilities.
Ongoing communication -- open and honest communication between leaders, employees and other stakeholders is critical to developing a culture of trust and integrity. Frequent communication builds credibility, creates a sense of the future and facilitates leader followership. Then, should trouble arise, the voices of leadership will be better heard, understood and believed.
Giving and getting -- one of the sure means of creating distrust occurs when a leader exhibits and an over-the-top sense of personal entitlement. They are takers rather than givers, individuals who fail to understand the connection their own behaviour and their influence has on others. Their motto appears to be "do as I say, not do as I do." Trust is built by leaders who focus on business goals and developing others before concentrating on themselves.
Recruit and hire for personal character -- ethics, trust, and credibility are all intricately integrated with the character side of individuals. This puts a great deal more pressure on the importance of recruiting and selecting leaders with strong character elements. Be sure to apply psychometric assessment tools such as the MERIT profile to assess elements of character important to leadership success in your organization.
Duffy's recent travel-gate and accommodation misadventure unfortunately adds another name to the long list of individuals whose trust has been severely eroded. However, it also demonstrates how sensitive our stakeholders are and how closely employees, key stakeholders and the general public are watching and scrutinizing our organizational leaders.
Trust is a powerful "live or die" concept where first and foremost, leaders need to instill a culture of trust by first living it themselves, 24/7, 365 days of the year.
Source: Tracking Expenses a Turbulent Endeavour, HR Reporter, January 16, 2011; How the Best Leaders Build Trust, Steven Covey, Leadership Now, 2009.
Barbara J. Bowes is president of Legacy Bowes Group. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Professionals with advanced language skills have access to a wide range of diverse job opportunities in the UK. Not only do bilingual applicants have a substantial competitive edge over fellow job seekers in countless industries, but there are also a host of careers specifically requiring multilingual experts. Recruitment agencies frequently list employment opportunities for interpreters, translators, mediators, and closed captioning writers. But positions are also available in fields ranging from publishing to diplomatic affairs.
Typically, the lowest 20% of earners in the sector make an annual income of about £15-18K. The average salary throughout the UK for those working in language-related roles is about £23K per year. The highest 10% of earners, however, can expect to make upwards of £30K. Salaries in London tend to be particularly high, and the average there is £29K annually. Linguistic professionals in Scotland, on the other hand, typically earn far less than their counterparts throughout the rest of the UK.
For most positions, academic degrees and special qualifications are unnecessary if candidates can demonstrate a clear proficiency in the language or languages required. Of course, candidates who are fluent in numerous languages are more desirable to most employers than those who are merely bilingual.


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FOMC/ BoJ votes
The big events next week are the Federal Open Market Committee and Bank of Japan policy votes.
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seems lowes will no longer sell stubbs after their stock is gone.
according to my store floor guy they were ordered to pull the tag after they sold the last bag.
wal mart is now selling it so wonder if that had anything to do with it.
i liked it but not the price so didn't buy it except when they had that one sale long ago.
anyone know anything further ?


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Dear Community Members,
I know all of us are deeply saddened by the tragic event that occurred in Connecticut on Friday. As rational people we struggle to understand actions that are totally irrational and try to make sense of explanations that never will.
When we see the faces of the innocent children, the victims of this tragedy, we can't help but see the faces of our own students. When we hear of the heroic principal and teachers risking their lives to save students, we feel the pain and sympathize with those who knew and worked with these brave individuals. For all of us our hearts are filled with sorrow and as a community we offer our thoughts and prayers to the families in Newtown.
Our staff does an excellent job of having "the pulse" of their school and over the next few days will be paying extra attention to how the students are reacting to this tragedy. If any child seems to be overly upset or concerned about this event, please know that we have outstanding resources available in our schools and students can talk with our highly-trained professional team of Social Workers and Psychologists.
Throughout our district we will be keeping the following in mind:
- Age appropriate discussion in the right classroom context will most likely occur but should not dominate the conversation of the day. This is especially true in the elementary grades where any in-depth conversation is best left to the parents.
- With younger students it is important to make sure they feel safe at school; we will remind them:
- That although this was a very tragic event that has made us all very sad, it did not happen at one of our schools, it did not happen in Dearborn, it occurred in another part of our country.
- Although adults and the news are talking a lot about this tragedy, this is rare and nothing like this has ever happened here.
- Policemen, parents, teachers, and all school staff are here to keep them safe.
As always we want to work with our parents to create the safest possible learning environment. We ask that parents keep the following tips in mind:
- Over-exposure to this horrible event at home may lead to students feeling distressed, overwhelmed, and frightened. It is important to limit the amount of exposure to this event, especially younger children.
- 24 hour news channels will show the same footage over and over. For younger children they may not be able to understand that this event happened once and is not happening again and again.
- School is a safe place and we do have security procedures in place.
- As a district it is important for parents to know that we continually work to ensure the safety of students and staff during the school day. We have always and will continue to follow these procedures:
- All staff must have their ID on them at all times and it should be visible.
- All visitors must sign in at the main office and receive a visitor's pass.
- Students and staff are not to open any exterior doors for anyone.
- As required, all schools practice their emergency drills throughout the year.
- All schools do have a detailed security/crisis plan in place and it is reviewed each year.
- The district has an excellent relationship with the police department and works closely with them to review security protocol and procedures.
We have been in contact with the Dearborn Police Chief and he has informed us that there will be a stepped up police presence around our schools over the next few days.
In the days ahead there will be much discussion about what we as a nation can do to try and stop these types of tragedies from occurring again. I'm sure that there will also be opportunities to support the families and community of Newtown. I hope that all of us personally, and as a district, can be involved in these activities. Although time may mend the wound that shattered this quiet community, those who were lost will never be forgotten.
Please know that by working together we will ensure that all of our schools continue to be a safe place for students to learn and achieve.
Brian J. Whiston
Superintendent of Schools
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Allium Cepa (Red Onion) is a homeopathic remedy for the treatment of colds, allergies and hay fever with sneezing, nasal discharge and excessive tearing often accompanied by laryngitis with raw sensation down into the chest.
Wide-ranging claims have been made for the effectiveness of onions against conditions ranging from the common cold to heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases. They contain chemical compounds believed to have anti-inflammatory, anticholesterol, anticancer and antioxidant properties such as quercetin. However, it has not been conclusively demonstrated that increased consumption of onions is directly linked to health benefits.
Onions may be especially beneficial for women, who are at increased risk for osteoporosis as they go through menopause, by destroying osteoclasts so that they do not break down bone.
An American chemist has stated that the pleiomeric chemicals in onions have the potential to alleviate or prevent sore throat.
Ingredients: Allium Cepa 30X HPUS in a lactose NF base.


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Fancy a drink? Our drinks columnist Sam Wylie-Harris walks the red carpet and suggests some eclectic award-worthy wines.
The toast of Hollywood A ceremony driven by high-octane glamour, the A-listers will be out in force for the 85th Academy Awards on February 24.
With movie stars descending on the red carpet and a worldwide audience tuning in, it's time to throw an Oscar night party and polish up your best stemware.
After the envelopes have been opened, the champagne will be flowing at the Governor's Ball in the heart of Hollywood.
To mirror this sparkling occasion, pop the cork on Champagne Thienot 2005, France (£41.90, www.aduv.co.uk), which will be served at the star-studded event alongside a gourmet meal prepared by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.
Champagne's youngest rising star, Thienot has only released eight other vintages in its 27-year history, and the 2005 is rich and sumptuous with aromas of freshly baked brioche and mouth-filling honey and fresh fruits.
While Daniel Day-Lewis is expected to make Hollywood history by winning his third Best Actor Oscar, there's still a tight race for Best Picture.
For an evening of wine and song, try Domaine de L'Aigle Limoux Chardonnay 2010, France (£9.99 from £12.99, Majestic) to cheer along with a rendition of Drink With Me from Les Miserables. Bright and fresh with ripe aromas of peach and hazelnuts, it'll bring new life to a favourite recipe.
Foreign art house films such as Amour need a soft, ruby red to help ease those moments of heartache. With a red rose on the bottle, Les Dames Huguettes Bourgogne Hauts Cotes de Nuits 2009, France (£16.49 from £19.99, until Feb 19, Tesco) presents a bouquet of spicy aromas with flavours of berries and plum, followed by subtle hints of oak and spice through the long finish.
Quentin Tarantino's crime thriller Django Unchained stories a German bounty hunter who befriends a former slave and viewers can take solace in a glass of Peter & Peter Mosel Riesling Trocken 2011, Germany (£5.99 from £6.49, until Feb 19, Tesco). Dry and clean with delicious peach and apricot flavours, counterbalanced by good acidity, it's a perfect match with Asian bites while the excellent soundtrack plays in the background.
Up for a cache of medals, Life Of Pi is a fantasy adventure that should be honoured with a Bollywood wine. Try Mantra Sauvignon Blanc 2009, India (£8.99, www.laithwaites.co.uk) for an exotic medley of kiwi fruit, gooseberry and grapefruit and a good illustration of how the Indian terroir can produce quality wines.
Elephant Hill Pinot Noir 2011, Central Otago, New Zealand (£18.81, www.thesampler.co.uk) is already a medal winner and not only does the name conjure up colourful images, but this elegant pinot noir has aromas of ripe dark cherries, spicy currant and fine tannin structure with a lengthy enough finish to complement a long acceptance speech.
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln is a strong favourite to walk away with an Oscar and a robust red from one of Washington State's most colourful characters is a top drop to applaud the critics' choice.
Charles Smith has won many accolades for his cool climate reds and Charles Smith Black Crown Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, USA (£11.99, www.laithwaites.co.uk) is supple and rich with sweet cherries and currants, a hint of eucalyptus and an appealing warm, earthy finish.
Director Ben Affleck will be hoping to repeat his success at the Baftas and triumph in Tinseltown with his Iranian hostage drama Argo.
Far from the Hollywood Hills but still in the Sunshine State, the Napa Valley is the bling-bling of the grapevine and several famous faces have put their names to wines such as top-ranked pro golfer Luke Donald.
For a taste sensation, try Luke Donald Collection Claret, Napa Valley, 2006, USA (£29.99, www.cellarviewines.com). A blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc and petit verdot, it's a red Bordeaux style but California's long, sunny days bless this wine with a silky veil of intense black fruit. Concentrated and opulent with coffee accents, it's the best-dressed label for a front-row seat.
:: Best buy Baileys Irish cream liqueur has joined forces with German fashion label Felder Felder to create a limited edition range of specially designed bottles. Each of the four designs are inspired by a different Baileys flavour and comes with a handmade leather studded bracelet by the design duo. Limited edition Baileys The Original, Baileys Biscotti, Baileys Hazelnut and Baileys Coffee (£39.95, www.thewhiskyexchange.com) :: Liquid news Best brandy... Famous for its orange-flavoured brandy liqueur, Grand Marnier has launched a limited edition cognac to grace the finest drinks cabinets. Designed to give cognac connoisseurs the ultimate drinking experience, Grand Marnier Quintessence (£499.99, www.thewhiskyexchange.com) promises the best rich fruitcake flavours and is made from Grande Champagne cognacs including vintages from 1875, 1906 and 1955


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Humboldt Bay Fire conducting Low Angle Rope Rescue Operations training
EUREKA- Mother Nature could not stop firefighters with Humboldt Bay Fire from participating in specialized training.
Humboldt Bay Fire will be conducting its annual Low Angle Rope Rescue Operations training, or LARRO, until Friday. All 50 firefighters in the department are completing two hours of the training. They are being taught on how to safely descend an incline and rescue someone from an area that is difficult to access. Fire officials say situations like these occur mostly when someone drives off the road. Since it rained today, firefighters trained at the fire station instead of on a steep incline at Sequoia Park. Fire officials say even though emergency situations involving steep inclines are rare, training for them is essential.
"We don't have many over the bank rescues every year, which is a good thing, but when we do have them, often the areas are difficult to get to. The people are often in difficult positions and the more efficient and trained we are, the quicker we can get them out," said the Training Battalion Chief with Humboldt Bay Fire, Battalion Chief Sean Robertson.


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Guides and interpreters
Knowledgeable South African guides and interpreters represent a vital link between visitors and their experience of South Africa and its many tourist attractions.
Because of this, guides in South Africa are required to undergo a process of qualification and registration.
Training is undertaken by a number of institutions accredited by Tourism, Hospitality & Sport Education and Training Authority (THETA), while registration is through the provincial tourism department concerned. Tour guide registration must be renewed every 2 years.
Registered guides are issued with identity cards and badges which must be worn at all times when conducting tours. They must also adhere to a Code of Conduct and Ethics, and must have a certificate in first aid.
South African guides specialise in various categories including nature (wildlife, wild flower and wetland guiding); culture (heritage sites, rock art and archaeology); and adventure (abseiling, paragliding and river rafting). Other specialities include sport guiding and professional hunting.
Within these categories guides can qualify at 3 levels - site (for a specific site/attraction only); provincial (for a specific provice only) or national.
Many local guides are also fluent in foreign languages, allowing them to effectively double as interpreters in South Africa. There are a number of tour guide support websites available that allow you to locate registered guides fluent in specific languages, making your South African experience that much better!


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio National Guard confirms all three of its soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan have been brought back to the United States.
Public Information Specialist Bill Pierce said Monday that the remains of 36-year-old Capt. Nicholas Rozanski of Dublin, 45-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Rieck of Columbus and 44-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Hannon of Grove City arrived Saturday at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base.
Pierce said he could not provide details about when their remains would be returned to Ohio.
The soldiers were killed in an attack by a suicide bomber Wednesday in Maimanah, the capital of Faryab province. At least 13 people died. Four more people from the Ohio unit were wounded.


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Sports Archive
Men's Hockey Splits, Still Top of WCHA
SCSU's men's hockey team wrapped up their final regular season home stand of the season with a pair of WCHA meetings against Michigan Tech over the weekend. St. Cloud State was victorious on Friday night 5-3. SCSU went one for three on the power play in the contest, scoring during the first man advantage of the game. Drew LeBlanc made the game 1-0 early in the first period and from that point on SCSU dominated. The Michigan Tech Huskies made an attempt at a comeback in the third period, scoring three goals but were unable to get anymore pucks past goaltender Ryan Faragher. Faragher made 42 saves in the contest.
Saturday night was senior night, featuring a ceremony that honored the careers of Taylor Johnson, Ben Hanowski and Drew LeBlanc prior to puck drop. (Listen to KVSC's Senior Salute from the broadcast here.) The night proved to be an emotional turmoil for the SCSU as they fell to the unranked Huskies of Michigan Tech 5-1. Michigan Tech wasted no time scoring in the game notching their first goal at the :28 mark of the first period to take a 1-0 lead that they never gave up. St. Cloud State took 37 shots in the contest but only one was able to get past MTU's goaltender Jamie Phillips. Jimmy Murray scored the lone goal for SCSU with just under three minutes remaining.
St. Cloud State does remain in the top spot of the WCHA with a two-point lead over Minnesota and North Dakota. With the win Friday the Huskies secured a home ice spot for the first round of WCHA playoffs March 15-17th. St. Cloud State dropped in USCHO polls this week to eighth place and is now tied for tenth place in the all-important PairWise rankings.
The Huskies will battle for the MacNaughton this weekend when they round out the regular season in Madison, WI for a pair of games with the Badgers. Wisconsin is coming off a sweep last weekend at Nebraska-Omaha and is still in the hunt for a home ice spot. The KVSC Sports Department will provide live coverage from Madison, WI all weekend long. Listen on KVSC 88.1 FM both Friday and Saturday night, coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. The puck will drop at 7:07 for both games of the series. Stay up to date on the latest news by following us on Twitter.
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Plumber in Oakland TN 38060
Plumbers play a vital role in most homes as they come in handy whenever the plumbing system breaks down. The plumbing system is the pipes put together in a building to supply clean water for drinking and cleaning, in addition to proper disposal of dirty water.
Plumbing companies have certified and licensed plumbing personnel who can offer either commercial or residential services. Here are a wide range of services offered by a plumber:
– Water Heater Plumber Oakland TN 38060 Systems Installation – Qualified plumbing personnel can install new water heating systems and can also replace faulty ones. Being experts, they also analyse and evaluate the needs of the client. They then advice on whether to repair or replace plumbing system, or install a tank or go tankless. The good training they acquired gives them the knowledge and skill to carry out water heater jobs of all kinds, whether repairing or installing in a Oakland TN 38060 commercial building or a small home. The water heater systems they can install include, under the sink water heaters, the tankless high efficiency water heaters among others.
– Plumbing System Repairs – A well-trained plumber can repair, maintain as well as replace pipes after he/she establishes the need. He/she can install any fixture in the plumbing system without damage. The plumber can also repair any damages in the system like low water pressure, rusty junctures, Plumber in Oakland TN 38060 pipe and water line breakages, and water backflows.
– Blocked Drain Cleaning – A plumber is usually called to repair blocked drains because they happen most of the time. This causes a lot of inconveniences to a household because it tampers with the normal water flow in the drainage system. The trained plumber can open the pipe or even use high tech cameras to view the inner part of the pipes to see the root Oakland TN 38060 cause of the blockage and fix it.
– Water Leaks – Any leaking tap in a household wastes a large amount of water. A plumber can replace the worn out valve seals with new ones to put a stop to the leakage. Leakage from the pipes may lead to the replacement of worn out pipes in the plumbing system. To be able to repair pipes deep in the system, a plumber will need to make Oakland TN 38060 a hole in the wall for him to do the repair.
– Toilet Repair – If you have a problem with your toilet, a plumber can help you fix it. The plumber can repair a toilet that is leaking from beneath the bowl by resealing it to prevent further leakages. He can also repair or replace an overflowing toilet or one that has problems flushing. Clogged sewer lines can also be fixed easily by a Oakland TN 38060 plumber.
– Renovation – If you are renovating your bathroom, toilet or the kitchen sink, the plumber you have engaged can advice on the best and latest faucets to install. He/ she will also advice on the fixtures that will help you save energy and water. He will also help in installing the new fixtures.
Having a plumber work on your plumbing system is the best decision ever because such a professional is knowledgeable and experienced Oakland TN 38060 in this field. It is quite difficult to come across a homeowner who can explain how a plumbing system works in detail.


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TICKETS for the Bromyard Gala at its new site are selling fast and organisers are reminding exhibitors and vehicle enthusiasts to sign up now to guarantee a place.
Now in its 44th year, the Gala has moved to a new site just half a mile from its previous home after a massive reorganisation which overcame doubts about its future.
The 2014 event takes place on Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, and there is also a programme of pre-Gala events throughout the preceding week.
Ahead of the event itself, organisers have for the first time ever added a 1940's Street Fair in Bromyard's streets on Sunday, June 26.
Entertainment will include the Round the Downs foot-race, a car boot sale, a dog show, and junior football, and in the days leading up to the Gala there will be a quiz, auto-testing, and the much-loved donkey derby.
Gala chairman Steve Matthews said: "The Gala itself will have a full show with all the usual events and sections including the Bandstand and Fair as well as trade exhibitors, the History Society and Bromyard Traders' marquees, the Steam Engines and Vintage Cars.
"The new site is the same huge size as the previous one, but is level and has few trees, making space for even more attractions and displays.
"Because of initial doubts last autumn about the Gala's future, some exhibitors have held back from signing up for this year's event, but now's the time."
The new Gala Field is at The Burgess Farm, Avenbury, on the B4214 Munderfield, just off the A465 Bromyard to Hereford road. For details, visit bromyardgala.org.uk.


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"Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High: He Who created and molded; He Who determined and guided; He Who brings forth green pasture, then makes it blackened stubble. (Surat al-A'la, 1–5)
As is known the oil or petroleum are formed from the remains of rotten marine plants and animals. These remains that decay in sea beds for millions of years leave some oily material behind. These oily materials remaining under mud and big rocks transform into petroleum and gas.
Underground movements sometimes cause oceans to turn into lands and the burial of rocks consisting of petroleum into thousands of meter deep. The petroleum sometimes leak through the pores in the rock layers, surface from kilometers of depth and simply evaporate, leaving behind a debris of tar.
The three things that Allah draws our attention in the first four verses of Surat al-Ala are in great concurrence with the stages of petroleum's formation. First of with all the Arabic word "al mar'AA" which means range or pasture it is highly probable that there is reference to the organic materials that play a major role in the formation of petroleum. The second word that draws our attention is the word "ahwa" that is used to describe smudgy colors meaning greenish black, blackish. This word can also be considered as blackening of plant wastes that have cumulated under the ground in time since these words are supported by a third word "gutha-an." In some interpretations of the Qur'an the word "gutha-an" which is translated as the small frey also means the mixture of grass, wastes, leaves and foam thrown around by streams. Due to the meaning of "throwing up" of this word it is translated as "throwing up of the flood" and is described as "earth's throwing up of petroleum." Indeed when the formation of petroleum, the way it comes into existence, its foamy appearance and color are considered, the erudite use of the word is better grasped.
As it is seen the transformation of the plant into a black liquid is very much similar to the formation of petroleum. In a time when people knew nothing about the formation of petroleum the existence of such a detailed description in the verse is evidence that the Qur'an is the revelation of Allah.
"Truly it is revelation sent down by the Lord of all the worlds." (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 192)


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LAGON is 100% Responsive Opencart theme e-commerce theme created to suit all customers needs and all types of products. Also we challenge with this theme as it will satisfy all your needs. Created by latest techniques ot Html5 / CSS3, 960 Grid System, and well commented and organized codes with powerful theme options to change every every thing on theme. Compatible with 126.96.36.199, 126.96.36.199, 220.127.116.11, 1.5.6, 188.8.131.52 Opencart versions.
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If you have been using the Typewriter tool in previous versions of Acrobat/Reader you will notice it is no longer available under the Tools menu in Acrobat/Reader X.
The Typewriter tool has been renamed to "Add or Edit Text Box" and relocated in Acrobat X following extensive research by our product teams. A lot of people were having issues trying to find these tools in previous versions. Particularly with the younger generation, some did not even know what a typewriter was.
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Galaxy Quest
Decades after the success of the sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest," the show's washed-up stars — Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco and Alexander Dane — are unwittingly recruited by actual aliens to pull off an intergalactic rescue mission.
Decades after the success of the sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest," the show's washed-up stars — Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco and Alexander Dane — are unwittingly recruited by actual aliens to pull off an intergalactic rescue mission.
Everyone in 1880's America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal, hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. Robert Ford? No one knows him. Not Yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He'll befriend Jesse, ride with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he'll find a deadlier way.
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
A widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children
A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. The long period of time alone however has resulted in him talking to himself for the most part, or to his plants. Direct communication with Earth is not possible due to a long-standing communication malfunction but he does get an occasional message from his wife Tess. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone. He also comes to realize that his world is not what he thought it was.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The mother of a Sanford teen who was killed by a man who claimed he acted in self defense was in Tallahassee on Wednesday to support proposed legislation to repeal Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, joined Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, and Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, who are sponsoring the repeal bill (HB 4009).
"How many lives do we have to lose? How many children have to be killed? How many times are we going to bury our loved ones and not do anything about it?" Fulton said.
The Stand Your Ground provision allows people who feel threatened to shoot at assailants in public.
"Since 2005, we've had a number of cases that show the intent of the law may not be carried out the way we thought it would be. I think it's the right time to have this discussion," said Williams.
The man accused of killing of 17-year-old Jordan Davis in the parking lot of a Jacksonville Gate station the day after Thanksgiving -- Michael Dunn -- may also use the Stand Your Ground law in his defense.
Jacksonville attorney Mitch Stone, who has worked on stand your ground cases before, told Channel 4 repealing the law will take a lot of work.
"If there is an ability to repeal it, they're going to have to get a lot of people in the state of Florida agreeing that's what they want and I think there's a lot of legislators who feel we should keep Stand Your Ground," said Stone.
Stone said there may be a push to specify when a person has the legal right to stand their ground by tweaking the law. He doesn't think that works.
"At the end of the day, I don't think there's any middle ground. You either have the ability to defend yourself without the duty to retreat or you don't. And I don't think you can start figuring out when you have a duty to retreat or don't. You either do or don't," said Stone.
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Once, the universe was held to be static and unchanging. But this idea was turned on its head early last century when US astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the cosmos was, in fact, expanding.
The change of perspective was hard to accept. In the 1940s, British cosmologist Fred Hoyle tried to save the notion of a ''steady-state'' universe by proposing that, while older galaxies shift away from each other, new matter is continually being created throughout the universe.
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In the end, the big bang — the theory of a primordial fireball in which the universe was forged — prevailed, along with its concept of ever-increasing distances between galaxies and no creation of new matter.
The cosmos was assumed to be expanding at a decreasing rate. This was based on the premise that the initial outward force of the big bang, and subsequent period of inflation, was counteracted by gravity, which acted as a kind of cosmic brake on galaxies in their headlong rush away from one another.
Then along came two teams of scientists, one led by Brian Schmidt of the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra and the other by Saul Perlmutter of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US.
After scrutinising supernovas, or exploding stars, in relatively nearby and distant deep space, the teams reached an astounding conclusion: the universe's expansion was accelerating. The discovery rocked the cosmology world and earned its pioneers the 2011 Nobel prize for physics.
The most likely explanation for the acceleration is dark energy, a type of anti-gravity force that repels instead of attracts objects at great distances and, in fact, gets stronger over time. Such a repulsive, gravity-defying phenomenon has, until recently, remained largely in the realm of theory.
Using the Anglo-Australian Telescope, the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey has since confirmed what theorists had been anxious to learn: dark energy, believed to account for about three-quarters of the universe, is real, though still poorly understood.
The WiggleZ team mapped the distribution of more than 200,000 galaxies in an area hundreds of millions of light years across and 7 billion light years away (a light year is about 9.5 trillion kilometres). This is more than half way back to the big bang.
The results of the survey, involving 18 Australian astronomers, including 10 from Swinburne University, reveal that the pattern by which galaxies are distributed is explained by the space-stretching properties of dark energy.
Gravity behaves as Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts it should on very large scales, says Warrick Couch, the director of Swinburne's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing and one of the survey's leaders. ''We have to look to new physics to explain dark-energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe.''
A third, independent confirmation of the accelerating force came from a study of the microwave background radiation, left over from the big bang. By mapping tiny variations in the radiation's temperature across regions of the sky — using a NASA satellite known as the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe — scientists measured the universe's expansion and its mean curvature.
The results suggest the universe is flat with a cosmological constant — a mathematical term introduced by Einstein into his equations of general relativity and now synonymous with dark energy — of the same value as that determined by Professor Schmidt's supernova team and the WiggleZ Survey.
How they did it
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers in the early 1990s could measure distances and recession velocities of galaxies a billion light years away.
This revealed that the universe was expanding at about 70 kilometres per second per megaparsec — meaning that for every 3.26 million light years further back in space one goes, galaxies recede faster by another 70 kilometres per second. This relation is known as the Hubble law.
This measurement alone did not reveal whether the expansion was slowing or accelerating. To answer that, scientists needed to measure how the expansion deviates from the Hubble law for objects several billion light years away.
This is where type Ia supernovas, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf — the small, dense collapsed core of a star that has cast off its outer layers — came in handy. Such supernovas are luminous enough to be detected at great distances.
''They are not exact standard candles, but we can calculate their intrinsic peak luminosity based on their observed decline,'' says Robert Soria, an astrophysicist at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth.
Crucially, the peak luminosity of such supernovas is well known from modelling of similar objects in our neighbourhood. ''So, when astronomers observe a distant supernova, they can accurately measure how far away it is by noting how much fainter it is,'' Dr Soria says.
The hunt begins
Armed with a suitable technique for measuring distances and recession velocities, astronomers in the mid-1990s searched for very distant supernovas. The first showed up in 1995 when the High-z Supernova Search team, comprising astronomers from four continents, led by Professor Schmidt, discovered what was then the most distant supernova detected, 5 billion light years away.
Using the Cerro Tololo four-metre telescope in Chile, the team measured the recession speed of the galaxy containing the ancient remnant of this star, and the object's apparent brightness. The supernova appeared almost 50 per cent fainter than would have been the case if the universe's expansion had been slowing.
It was a most unexpected finding: the supernova's faintness suggested that, far from slowing down, the universe was expanding at an accelerating rate.
More observations were needed and, in 1997, they were made using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope at Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is high and dry enough to produce razor-sharp images. ''We studied a patch of sky for several hours on 7 April, then again on 29 April,'' recalls Professor Schmidt.
Picking out new objects that had emerged in intervening weeks, the astronomers noticed 11 exploding stars had appeared. Three of these deserved more detailed study. One was 4 billion light years from Earth, another 5 billion light years away. The third supernova, 8 billion light years away, was the most distant yet discovered.
In all cases, the light from these violent outbursts — more luminous than billions of suns — had reached us as a mere flicker, much dimmer than would have been expected for a closed or a decelerating universe. ''We became 99 per cent sure the universe was infinite and would expand forever,'' Professor Schmidt says.
Then, in April 1998, the team struck gold again. Another dozen supernovas were detected in Chile at distances ranging from 3 billion to 6.5 billion light years away. Another two dozen discoveries followed between 1999 and 2001. Calculations based on the luminosity and redshift — the shift in the frequency of light towards longer wavelengths — of those distant objects, compared with a sample of nearby supernovas, confirmed and strengthened the earlier results.
This clinched the deal. ''We were now 99.9999 per cent confident that the universe would expand forever,'' Professor Schmidt says. ''We were also 99 per cent sure that the universe was expanding at an accelerating rate.'' The rate of expansion is increasing every billion years by some three kilometres per second per megaparsec.
The research was bolstered by several studies led by Saul Perlmutter. Between 1994 and 1998, his team found more than 30 distant supernovas up to 7 billion light years away. By matching their new sample with the less distant supernovas found by Chilean astronomers, they also found that distant supernovas were dimmer than expected, as Professor Schmidt's team found.
Our universe, it seems, is destined to expand forever — and, most likely, at an accelerating rate.
A question of age
Because the expansion rate determines the universe's age, the team's findings suggest it is older than once thought. ''Previous estimates had put the age of the universe at between 9 and 13 billion years,'' says Professor Schmidt.
It is now known that the universe is 13.7 billion years old – more in line with ages of the oldest stars.
A question of shape
High-resolution data from the Hubble telescope helped determine the universe's geometry. ''Our evidence suggests that it is not round but flat,'' Professor Schmidt says.
Where in this flatness do we reside? ''Flat space in physics does not mean flattened like a two-dimensional sheet of paper,'' Dr Soria says. ''It means a space where you can draw parallel and perpendicular lines at 90 degrees and the sum of a triangle's angles is 180 degrees — as you would draw on a flat sheet of paper.''
The opposite of flat space is curved space, he explains, so think not of flat as being thin. ''We are in a three-dimensional flat space that extends in all three spatial directions.''
Read more about Professor Schmidt's work here
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Physics: Units 1 & 2: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/physics/physicsd.pdf
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