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As news of Charlotte Dawson's death swept across social media like wildfire, friends and strangers alike reacted to the news with shock.
While it took just minutes for condolences to flood Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, those who worked with the presenter and former model spoke of a "rock solid" but "troubled" character.
Presenter Ben Fordham, who met Dawson on a weekly basis as she arrived at Nine to film Mornings as he finished his Today Show shift, last saw her on Friday.
"It's just awful for the people who knew and loved her closely but also for those who knew and loved her form afar - they might never have met her but would have related to her because she was so raw and so real," he said.
"My main relationship with her was one where we used to bump into each other on a weekly basis in the corridors at Channel Nine and we'd poke fun at each other and rev each other up and generally have a good time together and have a laugh.
"She was outgoing, outrageous, outspoken, more than anything she was an outstanding human being.
"She lived in a bit of a dream world, I suppose, as far as fashion, TV modelling, champagne and parties, but above all these, she was a rock solid character who was loyal to everyone around her."
He made a point of highlighting Dawson's passionate persistence when it came to campaigning for lifesaving medical care for patients, such as her friend and former sister-in-law, Nicole Perko.
"She enlisted the help of people and ran a million miles an hour at it until the NSW health authority caved in and agreed to operate. There's no question those operations wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for Charlotte.
"A lot of people would be used to seeding Charlotte on TV and in fashion fields, but behind the scenes she was a rock for her friends."
Many of them took to Instagram, to which Dawson regularly uploaded photographs.
There, fashion designer Alex Perry, a close friend of Dawson, wrote: "We lost a Beautiful, Bright, Shining girl today rest in peace my sweetheart ... I love you x."
Model Jen Hawkins added her condolence: "RIP beautiful Charlotte. You will always be loved and missed. Love Jen. X"
Australia's Next Top Model's Didier Cohen wrote: "I wish you knew how much you were loved ... I love and miss you forever ... I can't believe this ... RIP."


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HOUSTON - Thieves looking to make a quick buck are targeting the rims on cars, but not the fancy rims you may think.
Crooks stole the tires and rims off two rental vehicles at the Montierra apartment complex on Sage in the Galleria area this weekend.
Police said even though the rims were a basic model and not the high-end brand, thieves can still make money selling them online.
Investigators said most vehicle thefts happen overnight, so park in a garage, if possible. If you have to park outside, choose a well-lit area. And parking between cars at shopping centers can deter thieves who won't have as much space to work.
A store that sells rims and tires said owners should also invest in wheel locks to protect their investment.
"We do strongly suggest to get a full set of locks (for each rim)," said Felix Rivas with Rollo's Solutions.
Rivas said most rims also have a serial number on them. Owners should jot the number down in case the rims are ever stolen because it can help police track them down.
Aside from the tire and rim thefts, HPD said auto thefts are up 13 percent this year over last.
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A woman had moved to a street that now resembles a river only a week before it flooded.
Emma Eade only moved in to Dale Road last week and is now dealing with the flooded street. This comes after her home survey said there was a very slim chance of flooding and she said her solicitor told her there would be no flooding within 150 years of her house.
The 24-year-old said: "We have unpacked and then it kicked off Tuesday lunch time.
"I think it's quite a worry that the water could come in, we have just moved everything.
"We have got new everything. We got leaflets through the door from the council and from the Environment Agency and we got some sandbags.
"The water was coming up our drive and if it came up any further then would be in real danger.
"We have been quite well looked after and we are really lucky.
"On our house survey they said there is a possibility of flooding but it has not happened in 150 years."
Sarah Mallett fears the flloding will eventually breach her flood defences
Sarah Mallett, 27, said "it's pretty devastating for the people on the street, especially the people that have been evacuated.
"But I think that the emergency services have worked non stop and they have been fantastic.
"The council have provided everything that we have wanted them to do and we have had a lot of help.
"I think it's unlikely that we would evacuate but we are concerned that the water will reach the house, they are doing everything they can to keep it away.
"They are working on it all through the night constantly.
We have moved everything upstairs apart from furniture.
"This is the first time we have had anything like this.
"We have been here for four years and never had anything like this."
Fire crews carry sandbags in Dale road, Purley, to help prevent against flooding
Debra Penman said she is thinking about what steps she and her husband can take to protect themselves from floods next time.
She said: "We have lived here a year and we did not know about the river. We learned about the river just this week really.
"if the water does not get any worse then we can cope with it but if we stay in this house for a long time then we are going to have to think of things like flood preventing measures and mitigation.
"Possibly the kind of car we get would change, maybe we would get a Land Rover and get together with the neighbours and build walls and flood defences."
the 50-year-old and her husband have moved as many of their possessions upstairs as they can and she said she is worried about what will happen if the water gets any higher.
She said: "At the moment the sandbags have been amazing. That's what's keeping the water from coming in here. It's kind of unsettling but some people are much worse off than us.
"There was a bit of a flash flood before the people were evacuated and a lot of water came down into our garden.
"It makes you a bit nervous.
"We have moved all our stuff upstairs at the weekend and we have stuff downstairs that will probably get damaged, all the kitchen things like the fridge and the dishwasher."
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Fiona Lipscombe has been filming twice daily videos about the flooding in Dale Road.
She said: "I worry, that's all I can say. I'm higher up than most people so I do not think the water will come up to my door but what if the water gets contaminated and what if the power goes out?
"The thought of seeing people being evacuated and the damage to their houses, it makes me feel a bit sick. That is people's lives.
"We are all just a bit shocked, it's happened so quickly.
"The guys have worked so hard, the council, the environment agency, the fire brigade have been here 24 hours.
"They have all this equipment and god knows where they got all the pumps and flood barriers from.
"They have really responded well.
"I spoke to one of the chaps and he said they are taking all the water from there up by Kenley so it does not just end up here again. It's not going back in the Bourne. But you're just sure what's going on.
"Everyone is very friendly and looks after each other. It's really nice that way.
"I have an open top canoe and they used it to deliver the sandbags and my dog Bella had a good splash."
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HOUSTON - A car dealership manager who was allegedly shot by an employee has died.
According to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Robert Kuentz passed away at Memorial Hermann Hospital on Monday.
Houston police said the shooting happened at the Mac Haik Chevrolet pre-owned vehicle dealership in the 11700 block of the Katy Freeway, between Kirkwood and Dairy Ashford, about 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Investigators said Kuentz and an employee, Keith Edward Grimmett, 49, got into an argument on Thursday. While at work on Friday, Grimmett shot Kuentz in the neck and then left the dealership, police said.
Police said they tracked down Grimmett and arrested him on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. That charge could be upgraded.
While he was in the back of a police car Friday, Grimmett said, "I tried to sit down and have a man-to-man talk with him and tried to get an understanding, but it went south."
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Wendy Wan-Long Shang was interviewed for BookCast by Fairfax County Public Library Director Sam Clay. BookCast is sponsored by Dominion Resources through the Fairfax Library Foundation.
Wendy Shang has worked with children and books throughout her life. She has been a juvenile justice attorney, a court-appointed special advocate, a tutor in elementary schools and a juvenile facility. She is the recipient of a Work-In-Progress grant from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, written for middle-grade readers is her first children's novel.
In the book, Lucy Wu, aspiring basketball star and interior designer, is on the verge of having the best year of her life. She's ready to rule the school as a sixth grader and take over the bedroom she has always shared with her sister. In an instant, though, her plans are shattered when she finds out that Yi Po, her beloved grandmother's sister, is coming to visit for several months -- and is staying in Lucy's room.
Wu writes: "The Great Wall of Lucy Wu was inspired by a relative in China who was conducting genealogy research. When my mother sent him copies of family photos, he responded with awe and gratitude. He thought those images had been lost forever in the course of China's difficult history . . . the idea of a lost photograph sent me searching for a way to connect a modern-day character to a very different time and place."
Los Angeles Times review: "Written in the first person from Lucy's point of view, The Great Wall has a delightfully pessimistic tone that leavens dread with humor. In Lucy Wu, author Wendy Wan-Long Shang has accomplished something quite difficult: She's made a girl who constantly feels sorry for herself extremely funny and relatable as Lucy attempts to strike a balance between parental expectation and self-fulfillment, her Chinese heritage and the American lifestyle."


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WASHINGTON -- Count Albi shuffles into the courtroom in sneakers, spectacles, prison blues and a milk-chocolate crew-neck sweater, with a thin chain running between his legs like a cinched-up rodeo bronc.
The Count appears rather undernourished for a nobleman, but then again you don't find many other titled heads locked up in a psychiatric hospital, conversing daily with the Archangel Gabriel and alternating a hunger strike with a demand for sandwiches, while awaiting a ruling on whether he is sane enough to go on trial for murder.
Washington is on track this year for the fewest homicides in a generation, but the ones that do occur are unique. In this case, the Count was 47 at the time of his alleged crime; the victim, his wife, a socialite and writer named Viola Drath (better read this twice) was 91.
From a seat near the back of the hushed little chamber on Judiciary Square, I watch the defendant slouch against the wall, eyes closed, oblivious -- or pretending to be -- to the goings-on. His head is shaved at the temples and there is a sort of Adolf Hitler comb-over covering the upper dome. A thin goatee completes our picture of the slim East German in the dock.
The Count's real name is Albrecht Gero Muth and he is no more a count than was Basie. Last year, it is alleged, Muth -- who also styles himself a brigadier-general in the Iraqi Special Forces, and who often paraded around the capital and at Arlington National Cemetery in a dress uniform of his own design -- crowned his spouse in the upstairs lavatory of their pastel-cream townhouse in this town's most elegant neighbourhood.
The backstory is Sunset Boulevard with Viola Drath as Gloria Swanson. For 20 years, the January-and-December couple enjoyed, as The New York Times once put it, "the worst marriage in Georgetown."
In 1992 and again in 2006, Muth, who often drank heavily, was charged with assaulting Drath. In 2011, having allegedly killed her, he claimed that the murder was a botched assassination attempt on his own person by the Iranian secret police.
He was arrested while wandering the Georgetown streets, having just filed an obituary of his late wife to The Washington Post.
Before he either did or did not destroy his bride that night in the bath, Muth and Drath assembled a salon that was lit by the brightest suns of the Washington social circuit, reportedly including sundry ambassadors, various cabinet sub-secretaries and old Kennedy aides, Vice-President Dick Cheney and even Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- whom the brigadier general claimed (falsely, according to Scalia) had been his guide on his path to a mid-life conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Using the Count Albi alias and letterhead, Muth established an Eminent Persons Group that corralled funding from the billionaire George Soros, numbered a former prime minister of France among its blue-blooded membership and submitted a few credible reports on arms trafficking and the Iraqi situation to the United Nations.
So, if Albrecht Muth was crazy, it wasn't because he didn't know enough; he just knew too much.
Last February, the court ruled the count/general was not competent to stand trial. In November, despite his intermittent refusal to eat and his claims of receiving instructions from Gabriel on high, that decision was reversed when doctors determined his refusal to co-operate with his attorneys was achieved "under volitional control rather than as a result of a psychotic process." Now they are going through the whole rigamarole again in the courtroom.
Taking the stand on this first morning of Albrecht Muth's competency hearing is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association named Robert Phillips. Dr. Phillips, speaking as an expert for the prosecution, tells the court Muth possesses "an absolute mastery of the legal system. There is nothing wrong with his mechanisms."
He has, the psychiatrist says, "a belief system that is fixed and can't be shaken when confronted with reality. When he speaks with you, he is, by his own grace, allowing you to spend time with him. He was unswerving in his assertion that he was a brigadier-general in the Iraqi army."
"I don't think he has great problems in the world he has created for himself," the expert goes on. "He does have a number of psycho-social problems, problems with his support system and family and problems with loss of spouse."
Sometimes the armour cracks. Phillips tells us Albrecht Muth once admitted to him that he wasn't really Count Albi, and he confessed he had fibbed when he said he gained the title when the previous holder bequeathed it to him with his dying breath after having fallen from an elephant.
"He pretty well lies about everything," Dr. Robert Phillips says.
To these claims, the man in chains and the chocolate sweater offers no reaction at all. He is, this morning, motionless, even when it is noted that the years he claims to have spent in post-Saddam Iraq were in fact passed in Florida, working as a desk clerk at a Miami hotel.
"Mr. Muth is a character," the good doctor understates.
Allen Abel is a Brooklyn-born Canadian journalist based in Washington, D.C.


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MEDINA, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio school superintendent has agreed to give back an $83,000 bonus and merit raises called for in his new contract.
The decision by Medina Superintendent Randy Stepp followed a crowded school board meeting and a social media debate over the bonus and the raises, which could have totaled $36,000 annually.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports (http://bit.ly/VMcgEl ) the Medina school board announced Thursday that Stepp had volunteered to give back the bonus and the raises after a closed-door discussion with the board the night before.
The board said it believed strongly in Stepp's leadership and vision for children's education.
The board said the district has thrived under Stepp the past seven years, with high academic ratings and college attendance rates and ACT and SAT scores above the national average.
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Philip Crangi is the go-to designer for seriously sophisticated jewelry you never knew you had to have. He refers to an evolving blend of architectural, worldly, and historical references in creating an unexpectedly chic collection of thoroughly original pieces that defy categorization but are, somehow, exactly what you never knew you always wanted.
After graduating from RISD, Crangi worked for William Lipton, Japanese artist Mariko Mori and sculptor Michele Oka Doner before launching the Philip Crangi fine jewelry line in 2001. Soon after, he launched a hugely successful lower-priced silver and costume line called Giles & Brother. He now runs both lines with his sister, and business partner, Courtney. Last Fall he two opened 'Crangi Family Project', the label's first storefront boutique in a landmark area of New York's Meatpacking District.
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The August 11, 2006, issue of Science features a brief article (PDF; subscription required) on "Public Acceptance of Evolution," written by Jon D. Miller of Michigan State University, Eugenie C. Scott of NCSE, and Shinji Okamoto of Kobe University. Reviewing the past twenty years of polling in the United States, Miller, Scott, and Okamoto observe, "After 20 years of public debate, the percentage of U.S.
As expected, Association of Christian Schools International et al. v. Roman Stearns et al. -- the lawsuit in which the University of California system is charged with violating the constitutional rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate preparation for college -- is going to proceed. In a hearing in late July 2006, Judge S. James Otero stated that he was not inclined to rule in favor of a motion by the university system to dismiss the suit.
In a press release issued on August 9, 2006, the American Association for the Advancement of Science announced the publication of The Evolution Dialogues, written by Catherine Baker and edited by James B. Miller. As the book's prologue notes, "there are deep misunderstandings about what biological evolution is, what science itself is, and what views people of faith, especially Christians, have applied to their interpretations of the science.
"Keeping Science and Religion Separate in Schools: The Vigil after Dover" was a free public forum held at Florida State University on May 17, 2006, to discuss the implications for science education posed by the December 20, 2005, federal ruling in Pennsylvania on the nation's first court case involving "intelligent design" -- Kitzmiller v. Dover. Featured at the forum were NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott, Georgetown University theologian John F. Haught and Michigan State University philosopher Robert T.
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THIRTY-FOUR suspected paedophiles have been arrested in the Thames Valley as part of a national police operation.
The six month national operation is the first of its kind and focused on those using the internet to access indecent images of children.
More than ten children in the Thames Valley Police [TVP] area, which covers Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, have been safeguarded as a result.
Assistant chief constable for TVP, John Campbell, said: "This operation has seen a great deal of work being done, both in the Thames Valley and nationally, as all the forces involved came together to tackle those who would seek to sexually exploit children.
"As part of the operation, we were provided with intelligence from the National Crime Agency [NCA] that allowed us to focus our investigations over the past six months, identifying both suspects and victims.
"I hope that this operation sends out a clear message to anyone who seeks to sexually exploit and abuse children and young people using the internet as a medium, that the internet is no longer a faceless void that allows those to prey on the most vulnerable members of our society.
NCA has co-ordinated the operation with all 45 forces in the UK, leading to 660 arrests and the safeguarding of more than 400 children.
ACC Campbell added: "This operation focuses on just one area that we must be vigilant to if we are to protect our children and bring suspected abusers to justice."
At this time the NCA and its partners are not revealing the methods used to track down suspects so they can use the same tactics in the future.
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Corn suffered from spillover weakness Friday. News that Egypt had made a huge corn purchase boosted CBOT futures soon thereafter, but yellow grain prices subsequently suffered a relapse of Thursday night weakness. That apparently reflected much larger soybean and wheat losses occurring today. May corn edged up 0.5 cent to $4.79/bushel at Friday's close, while December sagged 0.75 to $4.80.
The soy complex may have suffered from Chinese news. An Thursday night report predicting China's 2013/14 imports of U.S. beans will set a record around 66-67 million tonnes (up 13% annually) apparently disappointed traders, since the most recent USDA report forecast a figure around 69 million. The fact that nearby futures failed at recent highs Thursday probably exaggerated the decline. May soybeans plunged 25.0 cents to $14.0875/bushel as this week's trading ended, while May soyoil dropped 0.29 cents to 41.02 cents/pound, and May soymeal dove $10.6 to $455.9/ton.
Talk of early-April rains sparked wheat selling. Much of the recent wheat rally can be credited to persistent dryness across the Great Plains. Thus, the markets were probably vulnerable to overnight forecasts suggesting that region will be blessed with significant rainfall early next month. The drop likely had a significant technical component as well. May CBOT wheat futures fell 10.5 cents to $6.9325/bushel Friday afternoon, while May KCBT wheat futures dropped 10.75 cents to $7.7125 and May MWE futures sank 12.0 to $7.4325.
Cattle futures couldn't sustain Thursday night gains. Wholesale beef prices tumbled Thursday afternoon, which appeared to weigh upon cattle futures Friday. The overnight CME rebound in response to news of a $2.00 rise in country prices proved surprisingly temporary. April cattle futures tumbled 0.42 cents to 144.00 cents/pound at their week-ending settlement, while August slid 0.25 cents to 133.50. Meanwhile, April feeder cattle bounced 1.40 cents to 175.02 cents/pound, and August gained 0.27 to 177.90.
Hog futures turned mixed again Friday. The country hog and pork markets continued exhibiting astonishing strength Thursday, which spurred sizeable overnight gains. However, bulls again proved unable to sustain gains across the complex, with the mid-year contracts moving decidedly lower later in the day. April hogs advanced 0.87 cents to 125.67 cents/pound at Friday's close, while June fell 0.47 to 130.32.


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Expanded services at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo, along with continued trends of more patients receiving care in an ambulatory setting, were major factors considered by the Physician-led Steering Committee while reviewing previous campus plans (Hodge Avenue) and developing its proposal for the BNMC location.
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If you are aware that Ralph Lauren has several brands, such as Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph, Polo by Ralph Lauren, and so on, you have seen brand architecture in action. This form of brand and product organization is often referred to as a "branded house." It also goes by many other names and has a few subsets, including monolithic, endorsed brand, family brand or umbrella brand.
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By flavor or key ingredient. This is a common form of organization for brands where a single product is offered in a variety of scents or flavors. Choosing this architecture encourages customers to shop by their affinity for a scent or ingredient.
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Measure Of TimeLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
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A shop owner has been fined after alcohol was sold to a 14-year-old girl.
Trading standards sent the girl, along with a 16-year-old boy, to carry out test purchases in Waltham Forest in December last year.
The pair were instructed to tell the truth about their age if challenged by staff.
The girl was sold a bottle of WKD Orginial Blue, which contains vodka, by Gokhan Cakmak at Harvest Food and Wine in Carr Road, Walthamstow.
He was immediately given a Fixed Penalty Notice by police.
Mr Cakmak identified the supervisor of the shop as Mr Cemel Yuce, who was not on the premises at the time of the visit.
After further investigation, the Trading Standards team recommended legal proceedings be instigated against Mr Cemel Yuce under Section 146(1) of the Licensing Act 2003.
Mr Yuce did not attend Thames Magistrates' Court earlier this month, but the court permitted the matter to proceed in his absence and he was fined £600, with a £60 Victim Surcharge and an order to pay costs of £748.65.


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Maggie's Soap Nuts Natural Laundry Soap
This is so wild!! Ever wonder how people washed their clothes thousands of years ago? In India, for over 2,500 years, they have used the dried fruit of the Chinese soapberry tree, which contains natural saponins (detergent). It is so gentle it can even be used as a toothpaste. And when you're done with the berries, you can add them to the compost pile. So why is this detergent so cool? We now know that many synthetic chemicals in detergents and cleaners are harmful irritants, at best, and toxic carcinogens at worst. Many people are starting to search for natural alternatives that aren't so risky, and that don't contaminate our bodies and our planet. It turns out there are people the world over who have known about the soapberry for not just hundreds, but thousands of years! If that isn't a testament to it's effectiveness, I don't know what is! And the soapberry is also supposed to have healing medicinal properties, according to Ayurvedic belief. I was skeptical, yes, and so I just had to try this product. It worked fantastically! Cleaned my clothes with no strong scents, and left them so soft (apparently it's a natural fabric softener, too). Maggie's Pure Land says that this detergent is great for babies, people with sensitivities and/or allergies, and anyone looking for a natural alternative to harsh detergents. There is a sample size you can try out without breaking the bank. So how do you use it? The soap nuts come with a cotton sack. You put a few of the "nuts" in the cotton sack, add it to your washing machine, and voila! you will have super clean clothes. Because the soap nuts do not sud much, they can effectively be use din high efficiency machines, too!
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AN internationally recognised singer-songwriter has become the first patron of the Upton Blues Festival.
Benny Gallagher, who is famous for songs like When I'm Dead and Gone, I Wanna Stay With You and a Heart in New York, will champion the free riverside celebration which runs from Friday to Sunday, July 18-20.
To celebrate his involvement, Benny, who was one half of hit-makers Gallagher & Lyle, will perform on the Sports Field Stage on the Sunday.
He said: "I feel very proud and privileged to have been invited to be a Patron of Upton Blues Festival.
"I have been a regular attendee at this marvellous festival which provides a wonderful platform for both up and coming and established blues artists, while introducing the public to quality live music in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere."
Benny added: "It is an excellent example of how a well run, well organised event which has no public funding, or major sponsors, can manage to remain independent, self financed, successful, and manage to win the respect, love and affection of the crowds in attendance".
Organising committee member, Robin Staite, said: "We are really pleased that Benny accepted our request. He is at the top of the tree when it comes to British songwriting, and reflects what the UK music community aspires to in both professional writing and performing.
"Upton Blues Festival has a clear desire to deliver excellent entertainment in its own inimitable style and that's what Benny does."
The festival features three main stages and more than 100 performances throughout the town.
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JACINTHA Saldanha's death has created ''an incredible void in our life'', her family has told mourners at a memorial service in the town where they lived.
The nurse, who worked at London's exclusive King Edward VII Hospital, was found dead on December 7, a few days after she received a prank call from two Australian radio presenters who tried to get information about the Duchess of Cambridge's condition. She left three suicide notes.
Ms Saldanha's husband, Benedict Barboza, and children Lisha, 14, and Junal, 16, attended the service at St Teresa's Church on Friday evening.
Father Tom Finnegan praised her caring and nurturing devotion. He read a tribute from Lisha: ''We miss you so much. Your priority for us was a good education and a bright future. You taught us right from wrong.
''The house is empty, a dwelling without a presence. We are shattered and there is an incredible void in our life.
''We will always love you and keep you close in our heart.''
A tribute written by Mr Barboza, 49, an accountant, said he felt ''as if a part of me has been ripped off'' and he also said he missed his wife's ''sparkling personality''.
''Your loss is very painful and I will love you and miss you forever.''
The family also attended another service at London's Westminster Cathedral late Saturday. Earlier, nurses in several cities in India, where Ms Saldanha was born and will be buried, held candlelight vigils.
The chief executive of King Edward VII Hospital, John Lofthouse, said in a statement: ''Everybody knew Jacintha, and we were all left deeply shocked by her tragic death following the hoax telephone call. This service was a chance for everyone here to pay their respects and remember a dead colleague.''
On December 4, Sydney station 2Day FM aired the prank, in which presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian posed as the Queen and Prince Charles to obtain information about the Duchess, who was being treated for acute morning sickness.
Ms Saldanha placed the call through to another nurse, who gave out information about the Duchess' condition.


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Grip training is much more than just training the hand. You need to train each finger and the thumb. It just makes sense. You've been using thick bars, nut-cracker grippers and doing your wrist curls and they all train your hand, but what makes up your hand? The hand is 4 fingers and a thumb. Shouldn't you train them individually?
Ask anyone who has had a damaged tendon in the forearm, hand, wrist or finger. If you've really damaged one finger or the thumb, it is really hard to grip anything. I talk to a lot of football coaches and the number one problem I see, time and again, by the end of the season, is beat up hands. You try to catch a football with a couple of fingers taped together, maybe on both hands. It is not an easy feat. As any football fan knows, "inches and goal" is NOT a touchdown. Any single fumble can mean the difference between a win and a loss.
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We have all been there and have seen it happen. It is the giant defensive lineman who makes the interception and wins the football game. It is the goalie who saves the day in sudden death. It is the outfielder in the 9th, with 3 men on base. Those are the moments we live for in sports, as a player and a fan.
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Help Expand an Orthodox Seminary's Library in Russia
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Young, soundly trained Orthodox priests, who are personally acquainted with Catholics and able to see them as their brothers and sisters, are helping to draw Orthodox and Catholic Christians ever more closely together. In Russia, where Catholics account for only a small minority, those Orthodox priests whom we have helped can also become valuable helpers for the Catholic communities as well.There has been a good collaboration between Orthodox and Catholics in many places for years now in Russia. There are shared initiatives and campaigns, and reciprocal invitations. Many of the former seminarians who are now working as priests today, and whose training the benefactors of ACN help to support, see it as self-evident to work together with Catholics.The Orthodox seminary in Stavropol, in the northern Caucasus, was founded in 1846, but throughout Soviet times, apart from a brief period of 14 years, it remained closed. Not until 1988 was it able to resume its work as a seminary. Today, the young men studying here spend five years training for ordination, including courses for choir leaders and icon painters. And in addition to the academic and spiritual formation, they are also already gaining practical experience in pastoral work, by caring for the elderly and handicapped. Metropolitan Kirill of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk takes a very personal interest in the training of these future priests. In fact, he is not only the bishop of the eparchy (diocese) but at the same time also rector of the seminary. He has now turned to ACN for help to improve the seminary library and obtain some new and important books. These also include works on Catholic theology which can help these future Orthodox priests to become better acquainted with the Catholic Church and more open towards her. Since Islam is also growing in influence in the Caucasus region and there are also some signs of an increasing radicalization that did not exist before, there are also works on Islam among the books that the seminary wishes to acquire for its library. It is a sign that the bishop is keen to do everything possible to enable his future priests to be fully equipped to meet the challenges of the present day. ACN has promised a contribution of $6,800. Will you join us in giving to help this Orthodox seminary expand its library in Russia to better prepare these future priests for their ministry?Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.
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This article was published 5/5/2013 (1569 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA -- Confidence in Canada's voting system was further eroded last week when an independent review uncovered more than 165,000 instances of mistakes made ensuring voters were actually eligible to cast a ballot in the 2011 election.
The review, called after allegations were raised about voting improprieties in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke Centre, did not find evidence of actual fraud or malfeasance. What it found was the kind of clerical errors that called into question the validity of the 2011 election results in the riding were "not unique."
In fact, those same errors were found in almost every riding -- about 500 times per riding on average.
This audit was a wake-up call for Elections Canada and the agency has now made fixing these issues its top priority.
A pilot project on electronic voting, hoped to be implemented before 2015, has been swept aside, replaced instead with plans to find better ways to recruit and train poll-day workers and to streamline the process to get voters through polling stations quickly and efficiently but without leaving room for someone to dupe the system.
It's not clear yet what it will cost. Buying 20,000 computers to use digital voters' lists instead of the antiquated pen-and-paper method will set the country back a pretty penny. But if that means on voting day it's easier to ensure people are eligible to vote, and haven't voted already, it's worth it.
Diane Benson, a spokeswoman for Elections Canada, said it must be made clear this review "is not about voters doing something wrong."
But she acknowledged at any stage there are opportunities for someone to cheat if they really wanted to. The mistakes that were made came as poll workers attempted to follow procedures to make sure nothing does go wrong. It's somewhat hard to convince people an election was all on the up and up if the procedures put into place to prevent malfeasance aren't followed properly.
Sometimes the mistakes were minor, such as missing dates on forms. Other times they were more serious, such as missing signatures and names.
For the vast majority of voters, 85 per cent, everything was fine. These are the voters who are on the voters' list already, have the required ID and can go in and vote usually within a few minutes.
But there are 15 per cent of voters who must swear an oath at the polls on election day itself. Sometimes these people don't have anything that proves who they are or where they live, but can vote as long as someone who has that documentation attests to their validity.
In 42 per cent of those cases, the review found a "serious error" was made.
In part, this is because the system is incredibly complex and relies on a temporary workforce of about 23,000 people, most of whom are hired just to work on election day, and get minimal training and very little pay.
There is a further crunch put onto hiring and training by a rule that allows for the parties that finished first and second in the previous election to appoint the deputy returning officer and poll clerk for each riding. Nobody else can be hired until those people are in place, as they are supposed to do the hiring, but in 2011, fewer than one in three of those positions were actually filled by the parties.
Elections Canada cannot step in to do it themselves until 17 days before election day, which is also one week before advance polls open, so somehow Elections Canada has seven days to hire thousands of temporary workers and train them to understand complex and sometimes time-consuming compliance processes.
Is it any wonder then, mistakes are made?
It may seem easiest to simply stop allowing people to swear onto the voters' list on election day. But this is not the answer. Voting rates are already unacceptably low and many times the people not on the voters' list are among the most marginalized in our society.
Doing anything that might make it more difficult for people to vote is an unacceptable answer.
Elections Canada is doing what it can but it will take more time than we have to fix these problems before the 2015 election. Elections Canada also needs Parliament's help to change and enact laws as quickly as possible to fix the system.
Our democracy deserves no less than efficient and quick action from them both.


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TWO Dursley AC runners had the inner strength to enter Severn AC's New Year's Day five-mile race.
Conditions on this tough course were very challenging for Alice Lewis and Neil Parry, with wind and rain in abundance.
But Dursley's runners started 2014 in impressive style, with both winning their age groups, and Lewis winning on gender lines too.
Results: Neil Parry 32:07, 1st mv45 (2nd overall); Alice Lewis 38:58, 1st woman (10th overall).
Three Dursley runners completed the seven-mile TriMaxEvents Seven Sins race recently.
This very tough hill run through the Forest of Dean features seven nasty hills, and includes two long icy water tunnels.
Mouse Clutterbuck was first club runner home, with Kate Browning arriving some five minutes later.
Alice Lewis, who clocked up several races over the festive period, followed Browning home in strong style.
The race is run on two days, with 192 completing the course.
Results: Mouse Clutterbuck 108.11 mins (49th); Kate Browning 113.53 mins (84th); Alice Lewis 115.54 mins (92nd).
The club runs from Dursley Rugby Club on Tuesday nights, with four groups to cater for all paces. Meet at 6.15pm for a 6.30pm start.
High-visibility vests and head torches are recommended.
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Novak Djokovic has firmed as favourite to clinch the first Australian Open men's hat-trick in 45 years after his two chief rivals were lumped in the bottom half of the draw on Friday.
Roger Federer and Andy Murray, the second and third seeds who split the Wimbledon and Olympic finals last season, are on a semi-final collision course, with Djokovic the chief beneficiary of Rafael Nadal's absence from the season-opening major in Melbourne.
With no Nadal and no chance of a sequel to their dramatic, recording-breaking six-hour final at Rod Laver Arena last year, the all-conquering Serb is seeded to meet Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer in the semis.
Without a danger in sight, Djokovic opens against French veteran Paul-Henri Mathieu and vowed to hit the ground running in his quest for a fourth Open crown.
"I have to come to the court serious and try to get the job done as quick as possible," Djokovic said.
"He was a top-20 player before. He knows what it's like to be on the big stage. He has a lot of quality - a lot of experience.
"There are expectations for someone who is in my position, but I am looking forward to it."
While Djokovic should cruise through to at least his 11th consecutive grand slam semi-final, Federer has been handed a particularly challenging draw.
After an expected routine first-round win over Frenchman Benoit Paire, the 17-times major winner might have to beat former Open semi-finalist Nikolay Davydenko, Bernard Tomic, 13th seed Milos Raonic and 2008 runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga just to book a likely semi-final date with Murray.
With the gorilla off his back after eclipsing Djokovic in five titanic sets to end Britain's 76-year wait for a men's grand slam singles champion at the US Open in September, Murray has drawn Dutchman Robin Haase first up.
The Scot's first real test is likely to come against Argentine sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro in the quarter-finals.
Fifth seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic starts against American Michael Russell.
In notable first-round match-ups, Australia's former world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt takes on Serbian eighth seed Janko Tipsarevic, while Tomic faces Argentine Leonardo Mayer.


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Beauty Top 5: Face Creams
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Tools: Balmain extensions
Verdict: Starting off gently, I opt to embellish my everyday style with clip-in faux brunette bangs. I'm hoping for an instant punk rock edge, but instead I look like I've had some kind of unfortunate hair-dye mishap. After sporting the look around the office all day, I conclude that it's not just ugly, but also indecisive: the color equivalent of a mullet.
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setrofim wrote:What do you mean when you say that you are unable to use TA-lib? Be more specific. What exact error are you getting when you import talib in python console (or when you try to install it)?
setrofim wrote:OK, so Python can't find talib. Check if there is a talib.py or a talib folder in "C:\PythonXX\LIb\site-packages' (where XX is the version of python you're using). If it isn't then something went wrong during the install -- try re-running 'python setup.py install' in the unzipped directory. If it is in there, then you may be invoking a different version of Python (if you have more than one on the system) -- in this case, try invoking python with full path, i.e. "C:\PythonXX\python.exe your_script.py".
MGTHEBOSS wrote:One thing I must mention is there was no standard installation procedure.
In this link(http://mrjbq7.github.io/ta-lib/install.html) they have only
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setrofim wrote:MGTHEBOSS wrote:One thing I must mention is there was no standard installation procedure.
In this link(http://mrjbq7.github.io/ta-lib/install.html) they have only
mentioned to unzip.
OK, I see. You have misunderstood the docs. Read the first part. What you've done is download and install TA-Lib iteself. You still need to download and install the Python module to interface with it. Todo that, either run easy_install, or download the module (click on one of the blue folders near the top of the page), unzip it and run 'python setup.py install' in that unzipped location.
MGTHEBOSS wrote:I think I have to install Cython.
setrofim wrote:Which Visual Studio version do you have (you need to be running the install inside VS command prompt but there're a couple of things you might need to do)?
set VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS100COMNTOOLS%
MGTHEBOSS wrote:Should I ignore those warnings?
setrofim wrote:MGTHEBOSS wrote:Should I ignore those warnings?
Yes, a lot of C extensions will give you some kind of warnings during compilation and it is usually safe to ignore them. Try using ta-lib to manipulate a know set of inputs, and if you're getting results you'd expect, I wouldn't worry about it.
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REGINA - If this keeps up, the devoid-of-character Winnipeg Blue Bombers and their GM Joe Mack will have two good men as notches on their collective belts by season's end.
This is Tim Burke's mess to clean now, and if his roster continues to perform they way it did on Sunday there is little chance of him ever having the interim label removed from his title.
With no excuses, no coaches to scapegoat and nowhere to hide, the players that make up the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were given a beating for the ages on Sunday.
The final score, a 52-0 win for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, was generous. The Riders let up on the gas in the second half and had their third string quarterback in the game when the clock elapsed.
The Winnipeg team was beaten every which way. Out-tackled, out-blocked, out-passed, out-rushed, out-everything.
The Bombers are now 2-7 and officially the worst team in the land.
Joe Mack insists this roster is talented and underperformed due to the coaching of Paul LaPolice. I didn't see Lapo hanging around this carcass. Residual effect from his having lost the room? Should work the other way, one would think.
We're not sure what Mack thinks in the aftermath of his handiwork. He wouldn't address the media on Sunday.
But let's be clear: Those were Mack's players on the field on Sunday. He recruited and drafted and signed them and kept them on the roster. He's responsible for the players and how they perform. Not LaPolice and certainly not Burke.
No, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers didn't quit on Paul LaPolice. They quit on themselves. That was very evident on Sunday. The Riders came out and whacked them in the chops and the Bombers had zero response. All day. Not one burst. Not one charge. They laid down. And got stomped.
Coaches like Burke work a long time to lead a staff. They deserve more than this.
Mack has already clipped Paul LaPolice for the sins of this group, selling some junk about losing the room as the main reason for the dismissal.
The Bombers responded with a complete non-effort on Sunday in the biggest day of the regular season. The players no longer have Lapo to blame. They own this loss. And Mack, as the architect and mastermind behind this roster, owns the players.
Together, the players and the man who collected them, stood naked on Sunday with no curtains to hide behind. You be the judge.
The GM reportedly spoke to over 20 players on his roster to get a gauge on his coach and then determined it was time to fire LaPolice. Getting rid of LaPolice would solve the woes of these Bombers.
Mack fired Paul LaPolice on the basis of players telling him the coach had lost the room. That's why they were 2-6 under the coach that had taken this franchise to the Grey Cup just last season.
Never mind the argument could be made this team should be 1-8 and has the worst talent in the league. Put it all on the coach.
This team stinks. But Mack would have you believe it's not because the room is long on phony swagger and short on substance. Not because Mack failed to give LaPolice a consistent answer at quarterback. And certainly not because Mack stripped the roster of key veterans in place of cheaper, younger players.
"When I broke down the film and talent level, I saw players playing extremely hard, with a lot of heart. I talked to them repeatedly and asked them; do you think your fellow teammates care? They always said yes, yet we were not producing results that would equate to what I was seeing on the field and what the players were saying and that gave me great pause," explained Mack, on the day of LaPolice's firing.
Heart? What is this man watching?
A week and one game into the Tim Burke regime and the words seem hollow. They seemed hollow to me when immediately uttered but this game was the punctuation mark.
LaPolice was framed. By his players that quit on themselves and by Mack for failing to put together a competitive roster.
Burke is now on the defence stand for the same crime. But he shouldn't be.
The wrong people are paying the price.
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Team-mate Button was even less enthusiastic on that score, adding: "I'm sorry to say, with the way the tyres are with low degradation, there isn't going to be a lot of overtaking I don't think.
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