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A DELIVERY driver was taken to hospital after a container of kettle descaler leaked.
Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the incident just before 9am on Thursday by the man who was delvering the chemical to a property in Ashbury, near Faringdon.
Two fire crews from Faringdon and Wantage and a specialist hazardous materials unit from Rewley Road in Oxford were sent to the incident and made the container safe.
It is believed the descaler leaked out through its packaging and gave off fumes which affected the driver.
A spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service said the man was taken to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon by a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle.
No details on his condition have been released.
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I take blood pressure medication, so does a friend of mine.
He says his 90 yr old, overweight grandmother refuses to go to a doctor but had high blood pressure (according to a neighbor nurse who checks her weekly). Instead of pills, she eats one or two cloves of raw garlic daily and her blood pressure is now normal and she never gets a cold etc.
Has anyone ever heard of this?
I like garlic but I don't know if I could eat it raw!!


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The Oxnard police department is investigating a string of commercial robberies that occurred to North Oxnard businesses between the evening hours of July 15 and the morning of July 16 at Subway, Food for Less, Vallarta Supermarket and Home Depot.
At the robberies at Subway, Food for Less and Vallarta, the suspect entered the business and demanded cash from an employee standing at the register. At the robbery at Home Depot, the suspect walked up to a cashier as if he was going to purchase an item. When the cashier opened the register, the suspect took the money from the register and fled.
The Oxnard Police Department made an arrest in an attempted robbery that occurred in the cafeteria portion of Saint John's Hospital, located at 1600 North Rose Avenue. The attempted robbery took place on July 16.
The person was detained and identified as Salvador Raymond Medrano, a 39 year old Ventura County resident. Medrano was positively identified as the suspect who tried to rob the cashier in the cafeteria.
As of July 18, Salvador Medrano has been officially charged with four counts of robbery. Medrano was already in custody for attempted robbery.
If you have any information regarding these robberies, please call Detective Scott Coe at(805) 385-7796. You can also remain anonymous by calling the Violent Crimes Hotline at(805) 982-7070, or contact the Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. Visit the web site http://www.


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>Something which is a frequent topic in autism, particularly for people who are more articulate and more inclined to interact with others verbally, is how to get people to be more "social" and how to enable the autistic to "come out of their shell" (An expression which, without fail, always makes the think of Victor Bregeda's egg paintings, like this one here) I remember, even pre-diagnosis, that this constituted a large part of my parents' concern for me when I was growing up. I remember parent-teacher-Leah meetings on my lack of socialization. I was also taught tips and tricks on how to "break the ice" (Another weird expression which makes me think of cracking and made it sound painful. Work on your socialization metaphors, neurotypical society)
>The importance of Alone Time
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I'm not objecting to this mentality. I think that it is important to give autistics a chance to learn how to interact with others in a manner where both parties feel comfortable and at ease. Why more people don't devote lessons to neurotypicals on not invading personal space and making us uncomfortable, I don't know. That's for another day. But there is a slight flaw in constant focus on socialization. It undervalues the wonderful contribution to the strength of the mind that solitude can offer. As important as proper socialization is, solitude is just as important, and we cannot afford to think of it as a symptom of something wrong, just the opposite is true.
Currently, I live with a house mate in an apartment provided for by my university. Fortunately, we are given our own separate bedrooms, and the living area is generally broadly spaced enough so that we can both be there without invading each other's personal bubbles. But sometimes, I need to stim, or I need to be utterly alone. It's not a matter of being embarrassed to stim in front of another human being. It's just that I'm very sensitive to the presence of other humans when my body is sending the signals that indicate I need to stim to calm down. So I often retreat to my bedroom, or get lucky and have the house to myself so I can stim without being interrupted by the presence of another person. Post-stimming, I'm more relaxed, and I'm less sensitive to human presence and minute changes in my environment. Don't be insulted if a stimming autistic decides to retreat to someplace more private, and definitely don't be worried if someone begins to stim in front of you. It's calming and perfectly harmless.
Beyond stimming though, I like my isolation. It's no secret that to the autistic brain, the world has the potential to be chaotic, overwhelming, and can drag you down on a bad day. But in my own alone corners, I have more control over what I interact with, and I can focus on my surroundings more readily when I'm alone. If there's not another person present to break my concentration, I can more greatly appreciate the natural beauty of an outdoors scene, observe a painting with closer scrutiny, write and appreciate the tapping of my fingers on a keyboard, or read and get completely hooked into the story. I'm still interacting with my world, but I'm doing it on my own terms.
Such interaction with the world is of equal value to interaction with humans. It enriches an autistic person's understanding of their selves, and can be used to develop a stronger defence against sensory bombardment. Once in a while, give the social training a rest, and let us decide what we want to do and where we want to do it. It's not the end of the world if you grow up preferring a book or a walk in the woods to idle chatter at a party.


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- Steven HarpherPrime Minister of Canada
Pressure the government of Burma to stop the murder of Rohingya Muslims
We have been hearing one report after another about the atrocities that are being committed agains the muslim minority in Burma and yet major news outlets have not covered this major even at all in any of their news cycles.
Human Rights Watch has recently reported on the violence in that region which confirms our fears. It is our moral obligation as decent and civil human beings to prevent such grotesque acts of violence and not stand by as an entire ethnic society is being slaughtered.
- Prime Minister of Canada
Steven Harpher
I just signed the following petition addressed to: Steven Harpher.
As you are reading this letter, thousands of Rohingya muslims in Burma are being brutalized and terrorized by the Burmese security forces and locals in collusion with local authorities and the police. The tactics used by these groups are that include beatings, killings and burning down muslim homes and entire villages.
The security forces, under the guise of quelling sectarian strife and violence, have been given the green light by president Thein Sein and have gone on a mass detention spree arresting people with out due process and raiding Rohingya villages, firing on the villagers and looting homes and businesses. Human Rights Watch reported that eye witnesses said that men wielding swords and sticks and are accompanied by the security forces during raids on the villages where they killed and detained villagers. Others reported seing women and children being loaded on trucks and taken to unknown location and were never heard from since.
Human Rights Watch recently reported that close to 90,000 people have been displaced and reside in make shift communities to escape the violence. Also, hundreds have been turned away from the Bangladeshi borders as they were trying to escape the madness. Unfortunately, the Burmese government restricts international access to northern Arakan State where the violence is taking place so no aid can be provided to these areas if need be.
We urge the Canadian government to pressure the presiden of Burma to:
1. Immediately stop the security forces and all groups implicated in these acts of violents from causing more harm to the muslim communities.
2. Allow international aid through the borders and to restricted areas and affected communities and refugees.
3. Allow the UN and the international community to conduct and thorough and independent investigation of the violence and that the perpetrators are brought to justice.
It's time that the international community led by our righteous government took a firm stand against these atrocities and this has to be done as soon as humanly possible before more innocent men, women and children die senseless deaths.
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2008 11th IEEE International Symposium on Object and Component-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC) (2005)
Seattle, Washington
May 18, 2005 to May 20, 2005
pp: 72-79
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ISORC.2005.46
Laurent Pautet , GET-T?l?com Paris, France
Fabrice Kordon , Université Pierre & Marie Curie, France
J?r?mes Hugues , GET-T?l?com Paris, France
Distributed Real-Time Embedded systems (DRE) increasingly rely on COTS middleware to meet their distribution needs. Yet, there is a technology gap between the design of COTS middleware and the high-integrity constraints of real-time engineering. This puts a limit on the adoption of middleware by system families such as space or avionics. In this paper, we present our current work on the "schizophrenic middleware architecture", a highly tailorable middleware architecture, and its implementation PolyORB. We illustrate how it allows for support of real-time engineering guidelines, enforces determinism, allows for modeling and verification.
Laurent Pautet, Fabrice Kordon, J?r?mes Hugues, "Revisiting COTS middleware for DRE systems", 2008 11th IEEE International Symposium on Object and Component-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC), vol. 00, no. , pp. 72-79, 2005, doi:10.1109/ISORC.2005.46


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Redbox's DVD rental kiosks will carry the documentary Bridegroom, about a gay man's struggle to obtain relationship rights after his partner died in an accident and their respective backgrounds growing up in conservative small-town America.
While Redbox has largely stopped offering documentaries at the machines, the company's president, Anne Saunders, said an exception would be made for Bridegroom, according to Greg in Hollywood. In addition, she said the goal was to get the documentary into all of Redbox's 44,000 kiosks by December 17, and every rental would yield a 5% donation to GLAAD, GLSEN, PFLAG, and Freedom to Marry.
For more on Thomas Bridegroom and his surviving partner, Shane Bitney Crone, read The Advocate's October interview with Crone.


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Drew leads off as Sox adjust lineup
Drew leads off as Sox adjust lineup
For the first time this season, right fielder J.D. Drew batted leadoff.
Because of Lowell's absence, Kevin Youkilis went from the No. 2 spot in the batting order to cleanup. Red Sox manager Terry Francona needed someone to substitute as a tablesetter. Enter Drew.
"I don't think too much about lineup position spots and stuff," said Drew, who walked on seven pitches in his first plate appearance. "I know Tito gets strapped sometimes a little bit, and sometimes he needs somebody to fill certain roles. I don't mind doing it at all. The only time it's a major factor is to start the game. My mindset is kind of one way: try to get on base really no matter where I'm at in the lineup."
Drew hit leadoff 14 times last year, batting .264 with two homers and eight RBIs.
As for Lowell, he received the shot for his hip on Monday and flew on his own to Kansas City. He was expected to arrive either shortly before or during the game.
The medical staff determined that Lowell isn't risking further injury by playing with the hip flexor that has bothered him for more than five weeks.
"It just hurts," said Francona.
The hope is that the shot will limit the pain for the foreseeable future.
Will Lowell return to the lineup on Tuesday night?
"He'll want to, and he may be able to," said Francona. "But what I don't want to do is do something like this that's for the benefit of the rest of the year and have him run himself right in the ground by the fifth inning. If the trainers say he's OK, which they actually think he will [be], if he needs another day, I've got no problem doing that."
Youkilis moved across the diamond to third base, while Sean Casey made the start at first.
In other news, Coco Crisp got the start in center against right-hander Gil Meche instead of the struggling Jacoby Ellsbury.
"Coco has swung the bat against this guy a little bit," Francona said. "I don't know if anyone ever said Coco wouldn't play. I think it made good sense tonight to let him play. And I thought about it a little, too."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1967-1970 BA, History and Archaeology, University of Nottingham 1974-1980 PhD, Archaeology, University of Nottingham. Thesis: The Medieval Pottery of Lincoln, Nottingham and Derby
1973-1988 Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Directorate of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings / English Heritage. 1988-1993 Principal Inspector for Properties in Care, English Heritage. 1993-2001 Head of Midlands and East Anglia Historic Team, Historic Properties, English Heritage. 2001-2010 Senior Inspector of Ancient Monuments, East Midlands Region, English Heritage.
Current research is concentrated in three areas: the earliest stone buildings of the Cistercians, based around unpublished excavations and building recording at Fountains Abbey; the long-delayed study of Sempringham Priory, Lincolnshire, founding house of the Gilbertines, the only purely English monastic order; and the completion of research begun in the 1970s on religious houses in Lincolnshire.
Fountains Abbey has the most complete first generation stone buildings of any Cistercian abbey in Europe, and one of only two sites where excavation has been used to determine the order of construction. Only now are comparable buildings starting to emerge in France, Germany and Austria. Current proposals are the completion of publication of a series of excavation carried out in the 1980s and the completion of building recording. An academic book on Fountains Abbey is proposed, to support the popular account that has been in print for the past decade.
Sempringham Priory, with its precinct of over 80 acres, lies below the remains of a major Tudor house on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens. Apart from small scale excavation in 1938-39, the site has remained unknown and in cultivation since 1940. Working with the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire, a major piece of field walking and geophysical survey has been completed, revealing for the first time the planning of the medieval monastery and the house and gardens that succeeded it. Sempringham is a site of international significance, the mother house of a monastic order that compares with Cîteaux, Premontré, or the Grande Chartreuse in France.
The historic county of Lincolnshire had 110 medieval religious houses, only 10 fewer than Yorkshire. Compared with Yorkshire, their remains are few but impressive above ground (with important exceptions in Lincoln and Boston), though the county has a substantial number of monasteries surviving as well-preserved earthworks. Many more survive as collections of architectural fragments either on or off site. A small number have been excavated on a reasonable scale (Bardney Abbey, South Witham Preceptory, and Thornholme Priory), and others are being recorded in the course of development. The History of Lincolnshire have commissioned a book currently entitled Medieval Monastic Houses in Lincolnshire.
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The Space Foundation is providing a unique benefit to holders of the Colorado Springs Together Card - free family admission to the Space Foundation Visitors Center for a full year.
The card provides households affected by the Waldo Canyon fire with discounts on food, lodging, entertainment, goods and services. More details about the card are available here.
The Visitors Center is located at the Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., at the intersection of Garden of the Gods Road. Anyone using the Together card for the Visitors Center should present it at the welcome desk upon arrival.
The Space Foundation Visitors Center, which comprises the Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere®, and the El Pomar Space Gallery, featuring the Launch to the Moon exhibit and space artifacts, is open every Tuesday and Thursday and the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. See more about the Space Foundation Visitors Center here.
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Woman who drives into a ditch is charged with drunken driving
TUSCARORA RESERVATION – A passerby who stopped to help a truck driver who had just driven into a ditch, just after 6 p.m. Sunday at 4821 Blacknose Spring Road, told Niagara County sheriff's deputies that the driver was clearly intoxicated.
Tammy Ann Treichler, 51, of Upper Mountain Road, Sanborn was charged with disorderly conduct for repeatedly swearing at deputies, also moving from a lane unsafely, drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle and driving while intoxicated.
The Good Samaritan said she saw the truck had gone off the road and stopped to see if the driver needed help. She said Treichler fell as she got out of the truck, could barely walk and smelled like alcohol.


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Alex Herman. He's the autistic 17-year-old in the Chicago area who, going into the Sweet Sixteen, has picked a perfect NCAA bracket. That, of course, includes upsets such as Nothern Iowa over Kansas, Cornell over Wisconsin and Ohio over Wisconsin.
He's supposedly a stat and mathematical whiz who reportedly watched every team and players and is great on probabilities.
The odds of having a perfect bracket at this point are 1 in 13.4 million. You have a better chance of winning the lottery — twice.
He's picked Purdue to win in all. Best of luck. For now, I salute him.
All of us who spend at inordinate amount of time studying teams, trends and going through all kinds of stats to fill out at NCAA bracket — then see everything come crashing down in a few hours.
With due respect to Alex Herman, there's another element involved, pure luck.
I don't care how good you are at research, stats, mathematical possibilities, etc., you can't predict a buzzer beater or a buzzer shot that doesn't fall. You can't predict a key player missing a pivotal shot. You can't predict foul trouble or injury.
Many teams that advance, all that pull an upset have to be lucky. Some key player gets in foul trouble. Somebody hits an unreal shot. There's a break on a turnover or a foul. Or just a weird combination of events.
No matter what the mathematical formula, any prediction carries with it an element of unpredictability, based on several variables.
Anyone who has success in an NCAA bracket has to be lucky. For someone to think otherwise puts him in "Dipstick" territory.
Alex Herman's older brother, Andrew, helped him enter some bracket contest. "My bracket is totally shot. So is eveery else's I know," Andrew said.
The Dipstick element to the Herman's situation is Alex entered one of three bracket games offered by CBS. He entered the only one that doesn't carry a prize for the top picks.


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New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos registered their first victory in the 2015 the Indian Super League (ISL) as they defeated Chennaiyin FC 1-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium here on Thursday.
Anderson Chicao scored from a penalty in the eighth minute after Hans Mulder's powerful attempt at the goal was blocked by Manuele Blasi using his hands.
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South African Rugby
Injured duo find out fate on Friday
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July 13, 2011
Ulster lock Muller faces a race against time to prove his fitness to the Springbok management © Getty Images
South African duo Johann Muller and Heinrich Brussow will face a final fitness test on Friday to determine whether they will travel with the 27-man squad for the Tri-Nations Tests against Australia and New Zealand.
Muller sat out training on both Tuesday and Wednesday with a hamstring strain along with Brussow whose recovery from a knee injury is being closely monitored. South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said on Tuesday he was not going to rush Brussow back into the side if he had any doubts over his star flanker's fitness.
The pair both undertook light running during training on Wednesday in a bid to prove their case to South Africa's backroom staff. Prop forward Coenie Oosthuizen took full part in Wednesday's training, having recovered from an ankle injury.
The Springboks play their first match in the Tri-Nations against Australia in Sydney on July 23 before facing New Zealand in Wellington on July 30.
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Thursdays are craft night at NYCR and this week we had all sorts of things going on. People were making the coolest crafts! (More posts about deadly soft crafted robots and knitted scarfs made with number sets later.)
Danielle arrived with homemade marshmallows and it took about 15 seconds to whip out the Jacob's Ladder and roast them with 15,000 volts of electricity. They tasted good that way too!


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The Head of People/Development is responsible for the supervision and management human resource matters for all WWF DRC staff.
The Head of People/Development will involve himself/herself as appropriate in the hiring, development, and evaluation of all WWF DRC staff.
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated proactively from staff.
Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs.
The position will be based in Kinshasa, DRC.
If interested, please send your application letter with a CV stating your availability to the Director of Administration and Finance:
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"Canon Q&A @ CP+ 2017: Canonu2019s enthusiast mirrorless aspirations, the future of 4K and more
Photography giant Canon is always big news at the a
ual CP+ tradeshow in its native Japan. Our founder and publisher Dave Etchells is at the show, and had the opportunity to discuss a number of topics with Canon executives at CP+ 2017. Representing Canon were Go Tokura, Executive Officer and Chief Executive of the company's Image Communication Business Operations; Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi, group executive within the ICB Products Group, Image Communication Business Operations; and Goshi Nakamura, Manager; Marketing, Camera and Video Business Pla
ing Div., Imaging Technology & Communication Group, Canon U.S.A. Inc. And while they couldn't discuss the company's future products — something that's par for the course in executive interviews like these — both gentlemen nevertheless had plenty of insights to share, especially regarding Canon's view of the mirrorless camera market and its place within it.
The recent Canon EOS M5 and newly-a
ounced EOS M6 both include Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus systems, and Canon enlightened us as to the challenges associated with bringing this technology to new cameras while still maintaining the desired price point. And there are similar challenges regarding the implementation of 4K video, particularly in more affordable cameras, an area in which the company again provided some very interesting insights.
Additional topics of discussion included the dedicated video camera market and the future of the PowerShot line. We even learned which advanced PowerShot cameras are number one and number two in sales in the United States! Will the answer surprise you? Read on to find out…
Dave Etchells/Imaging Resource: Some analysts have noted Canon's relatively slow entry into the mirrorless market and felt that it was over a concern about ca
ibalizing or reducing existing DSLR sales, but on the other hand there are many competitors moving very strongly in that space. How do you see mirrorless fitting into Canon's overall strategy generally? And are we likely to see more emphasis going forward, or do you view mirrorless as continuing to be more of a niche market rather than DSLR sales?
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi
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Image Communication Business Operations
Canon Inc.
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi/Canon Inc.: So in terms of how we look at the mirrorless market, I think there's a regional variance that we can actually point out at the moment. Different regions have different penetrations in mirrorless market share. For example, if you look at Japan, it's a 50/50 [share between DSLR and mirrorless]. And we actually saw the penetration growing, but having said that, in the last couple of years that has sort of settled down into just a 50/50 [split]. So we're looking [at] this as rather than mirrorless taking over or maybe there's a great shift back to SLR, we see that there's a nice sort of a coexistence of the markets, and that's how we see it. And the different markets will have a different breakdown in ratios.
DE: Ah, yes.
YM: As you know, Canon offers both mirrorless and SLR products, and we will continue to do this. We will position those categories in that regard, and we would like to look at the ILC market as a whole to respond to the wide range of demands that are coming in with these two prongs.
But having said that, out of all of our lineup at the moment, I think that the EOS [Kiss] X-series [aka the EOS Rebel series in US markets), it's about really offering a light, small camera, and we're answering that demand. I think that was a broad play for for a number of years, but in the last couple of years with the introduction of the M5 and M6, we are seeing that the EOS series will have more of a role to play, in addition to being small [and] lightweight. There's a greater demand for the mirrorless market, as you can see that Japan is 50/50 at the moment. Other regions are seeing more demand as well. So it's [up to] us to respond to this diversifying demand for the mirrorless market.
DE: As you mentioned the mirrorless market is broadening, and with the EOS M5 Canon is now finally offering a true enthusiast-level mirrorless camera with many features those users demand. But looking at the EF-M lens lineup, there are a wide range of focal lengths available, but they feel much more consumer-focused. We're wondering whether you see higher-end — if not professional — more enthusiast-level lenses on the roadmap for the EOS M family?
YM: I won't be able to disclose any sort of future products, so there's not much details that I can provide at the moment, but obviously there's a growing demand for the enthusiast-level cameras. That's why we're seeing this progression of our camera series, and in a similar way we will start to see the strong demand for the lenses as well, for the enthusiast. We are looking at the market demand and seeing what sort of levels that we're seeing, and we will probably be introducing products along with that.
The Canon EOS M6 mirrorless camera, shown here in its silver variant.
DE: Moving to Dual Pixel autofocus, we were very excited to see that Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology has been implemented in the EOS M5. (And we say that with an exclamation point!)
DE: It's taken a while for this feature to make its way to the EOS M system. Were there any technical challenges or limitations that prevented you from including Dual Pixel on earlier EOS M cameras like the M2 and M3, or was it more a matter of the technology needing to mature to bring costs down?
YM: Dual Pixel CMOS AF was introduced [in the] 70D, but at the time we did have both the points that you mentioned. We had a technical challenge that we had to overcome, as well as the cost implications that it would incur as well. So it was two things that forbade us from introducing the EOS, but luckily we were able to evolve and we were able to advance, and so that's why we were able to introduce it in the M5."


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A SENSE of humour proved essential for Maxwell Barker Hunt in his job as a valuation officer, particularly when he came up against Ken Wilde, owner of Stott Hall Farm which stands in the middle of the M62.
Negotiations with Mr Wilde were fraught, the farmer refusing to accept the price for his land which the valuation office put on it.
Ultimately, the motorway was split, the east and west carriageways passing on either side of the farm, and an underpass built for the cattle.
Mr Hunt's ability to maintain a sense of humour while coping with adversity was seen in the memoir he wrote about his war-time service with the Indian Army in Burma; written when he was in his 70s, it consists mostly of light-hearted anecdotes recounting mishaps and japes and narrow escapes.
Before arriving in India, his unit was sent to South Africa, and preparing a camp, opened the folded-up tents to find them full of giant spiders, later identified as tarantulas. Hazards in India and Burma included cobras, deadly yellow snakes which fell from trees, scorpions in boots, tigers, leeches, and lots of Japanese.
Mr Hunt and his elder sister Betty were the children of John and Maggie Hunt, their father being an accountant at County Hall, Wakefield.
His first school was Snapethorpe Council School where a Dickensian headmaster remained rooted in his memory for frequently canning miscreants in front of the whole school.
From there he won a place at the city's Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, but because his father wanted him to start training as a chartered surveyor, he left at 16 for a job at the Wakefield Building Society, and was then given a position with the Valuation Office.
In 1941 and aged 19, Mr Hunt volunteered with two friends to join the Royal Air Force to train as pilots, but he was found to be colour blind and was turned down. The three opted for the Royal Artillery and were sent out to South Africa and onward to India.
Having been commissioned, Mr Hunt chose to join an Indian regiment as he felt he looked too young, despite having grown a moustache, to command seasoned British troops who had fought in the Arakan campaign. This meant that he had to learn Urdu and then give lectures, usually about guns.
He served in Burma, became a Captain, was repatriated from Rangoon and returned to England – one of the very few unscathed from that theatre.
He rejoined the Valuation Office, working first in Doncaster, then Pontefract when he received promotion and was transferred to Huddersfield.
There he dealt with the acquisition of land for the new M62 motorway, and encountered the determined Mr Wilde.
On many other occasions, he needed to deploy his tact, patience, humour and charm.
Promoted to assistant district valuer in Bradford, he later worked with the superintendent valuer in Leeds before being made district valuer in Wakefield.
He was 45 when he met Maureen Wilkinson at the Windmill pub in Lynton, near Wetherby, and they were married the following year, 1968.
Tennis and golf were his preferred sports. He belonged to Sandal Tennis Club before joining Wakefield Golf Club, the importance of the club house eclipsing the course as he got older.
A freemason, for 62 years he was a member of the Nelson of the Nile Lodge, becoming Past Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works.
After his retirement he developed rheumatoid arthritis but he never allowed it to defeat him. In his early 70s he underwent operations for a knee and shoulder replacement, and despite other ailments he remained robust and active, a man of character, known for his humour and repertoire of off-the-cuff quips and sayings.
His last words in hospital before dying peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90 were "Game over".
Mr Hunt is survived by his wife and their sons, Graham and Andrew.


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Album Rating: 3.2This used to be my favorite Tech N9ne album until the new one came out. That one destroys this... although this one has some funnier moments.
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CHART: While Nation Struggles, There's One Miracle State
The chart above shows the "Coincident Economic Activity Indexes" for the U.S. and a sample of U.S. states (New York, Florida, California, Arizona, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin). The coincident economic indexes are based on four variables: nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours worked in manufacturing, and wages and salaries.
While the current economic conditions in most states, and the country as a whole, remain below their pre-recession levels in 2007, there's one miracle state (see red line) whose economic activity index is 17% above the pre-recession level. If the Obama administration is really interested in putting thousands of Americans to work at "shovel ready" jobs, it might want to look to the "miracle state" and see how they did it; it's a formula that could easily be replicated in many areas around the country.
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The idea was to get someone in front and that's what Ryder did and I just stayed behind with the others. I couldn't believe how easy it was in Saint-Nicolas. I was totally in control and followed any attack that went. With Ryder in front I was in the perfect position. We eventually caught him at the top of the climb and he rode flat out for me. It was a fantastic team effort from all the team. Every single of our riders rode their hearts out today. Me and Ryder were already in the Top 10 last year so it really is a good race for us.
Winning after Sean Kelly must mean a lot?
Actually somebody texted me last night that the first year that Sean Kelly won Catalunya, he won Liège weeks later. That was back in 1984. That was a bit of an omen and I've been thinking about it all week. After finishing fourth of the Fleche Wallonne, I thought that maybe I could win. All these little things were adding up. I was in a complete state of zen all day. Just so calm.
What has changed in the last few years that has made you a winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège?
I think it's just maturing physically and the confidence as well. I've definitely made a big step this winter. Maybe the Tour last year brought me a lot. I found a massive difference in my body this past year. I've grown up basically. I think that it's also an age thing. And for these races, the more mature guys do well. There's also the confidence of my team as well. That belief has given me that extra edge.
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Active worms major security threats to the Internet. This is due to the ability of active worms to propagate in an automated fashion as they continuously compromise computers on the Internet. Active worms evolve during their propagation, and thus, pose great challenges to defend against them. In this paper, the authors investigate a new class of active worms, referred to as Camouflaging Worm (C-Worm in short). The C-Worm is different from traditional worms because of its ability to intelligently manipulate its scan traffic volume over time. Thereby, the C-Worm camouflages its propagation from existing worm detection systems based on analyzing the propagation traffic generated by worms. They analyze characteristics of the C-Worm and conduct a comprehensive comparison between its traffic and non-worm traffic (background traffic).


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Hi Melanie,
Many people of my family are buried on the north side of Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock. The next time I'm at the cemetery, I'll look for Moses and Shadrack Ward's tombstones. If the tombstones are gone or unreadable, there's probably no hope of learning exactly where they are buried in the cemetery. I recently contacted the person who seems to be in charge of the cemetery association two times, and she has a plot plan of the cemetery showing where most are buried. She has told me both times she will look at it and advise me where someone else is buried, and she has not followed through.
And yes, there was a church at the cemetery. Pilgrim's Rest Baptist Church was moved to Benton, Saline Co., AR in 1962. The church was supposedly started 1830ish. That area of Rodney Parham has been heavily populated by businesses for thirty or forty years. I went to the cemetery with my grandmother as a child.
Moses J. Ward's probable sister, Matilda E. Ward married 1st Onea Sanford Sullivan, Sr. 23 Mar 1854 Jefferson Co., AR, and both of them were residents of Jefferson Co. She married 2nd James Simms who was born in Scotland. In 1860 O. S. Sullivan, Matilda, and their children Cordelia, Drucilla and Onea Sanford Sullivan, Jr. are on the Big Rock, Pulaski Co., AR census in Household #395. Moses J. Ward and his 1st wife, Eugenia Lucinda Lindsey, their daughter, Eugenia and their probable father, Shadrack Ward are in Household #396. James Simms is also found on the 1860 Pulaski Co., AR census, and he's not married.
By 1870 Matilda had married James Simms, and both the Simms and the Wards were enumerated in Owen, Saline Co., AR and also Pulaski Co., AR. The Simms were immediately above Moses J. Ward in Little Rock, Pulaski Co. By 1880 the Simms were back in Owen, Saline Co., AR and Drucilla and Onea, Jr. were listed as Sullivan. In 1880, Matilda and both of her parents were shown to be born in Alabama.
Onea married Sarah J. Beard, supposedly the daughter of Mary Pate and Edmond Beard who are on the 1880 Pulaski Co., AR census immediately above my family. A group of cousins and I have been trying to find Edmond before 1880. We know that Mary (nee Pate) Beard was the sister of Benjamin Lee Pate, who married into my family.
I have been unable to find Shadrack, Moses J. or Matilda E. Ward in 1850.
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The California Medical Board has partially suspended the license of an obstetrician accused of causing the death of a 30-year-old woman seeking an abortion at a San Gabriel clinic.
At a hearing Thursday in San Diego, Dr. Andrew Rutland was accused of giving a woman lidocaine during a second-trimester abortion, resulting in her death six days later.
Administrative Law Judge James Ahler said in the order to restrict his license that Rutland, his physician associate and the clinic where the incident occurred were "ill-prepared to handle the emergency."
"Within minutes after Dr. Rutland injected the patient with lidocaine, the patient's arms and legs contracted," according to the order. The patient then went into "profound respiratory distress, which was followed by complete respiratory and cardiac arrest."
The clinic Rutland was working in was not properly equipped with a crash cart, according to the order.
The partial suspension means the 66-year-old doctor is being barred from engaging in any surgeries or delivery of babies.
Rutland's attorney, Peter Osinoff, told Ahler that the death of the woman, while tragic, was not Rutland's fault.
"It is not the kind of event (from which) you can conclude he's a danger to the public," Osinoff told the Los Angeles Times.
Rutland has an office in Anaheim and has practiced at clinics in San Gabriel and Chula Vista.


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Our Thanksgiving was cold! Negative degree weather cold. We drove down to visit Jed's Grandparents. It was so nice to get out of town and get a change of scenery. Even though its all the same... snow snow snow.
But needless to say, I'm so glad to be home!
Grandma B preparing our Thanksgiving meal.
Grandma and Grandpa have such a nice home. Grandma loves to make quilts. I lost count after thirty! Her quilts are everywhere in her home. They are so beautiful. She's quite talented.
The Grandfather clock in the entrance.
One thing I love about visiting Jed's Grandma's house is that I lose track of time while we're there. She lives out in the country against a quiet hill-side. It's so nice to just sit by the fire and do a puzzle while sipping hot cocoa.
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'Dexter' Final Season Poster: Dark Passenger Under Wraps
We know that 'Dexter' season 8 will prove the final year for Showtime's beloved serial killer, but the real question lies in who -- if not Dexter himself -- will survive the final cut. Plenty of fans have their money on certain supporting characters getting the figurative (and possibly literal) axe, but will Dexter himself find himself under plastic? The latest poster for 'Dexter's final season certainly seems to say so!


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UPDATE: Jeremy Hodge was released Sunday by Egyptian authorities, according to a USA Today report.
"The worst was that they handcuffed him to a chair for 36 hours," said Drew Brammer, an American journalist in Cairo who is friends with Hodge. Brammer added that, based on their conversations, Hodge didn't have access to food in that time and was unclear as to why he was being detained.
USA Today adds that a U.S. embassy official in Cairo confirmed that Hodge had been released, but had no further comment.
Jeremy Hodge, 26, is a U.S. citizen who has been studying and working in the Cairo area for several years. According to the Egypt Independent, Hodge was arrested at his apartment and has been detained without charge by the Egyptian State Security Investigations Service (SSI) since around 10:45 p.m. on January 22, 2014. Hodge's friend, Egyptian filmmaker Hossam el Din Salman el Meneai, was arrested at the same time.
"The police came to the apartment that Jeremy had and they stayed there for hours asking him questions," a friend of Hodge's told Buzzfeed under the condition of anonymity. "When Hossam showed up they spoke longer and then took them away … The police were very curious about why Jeremy spoke such good Arabic, and they wanted to know why he had taken the time to learn Arabic; they were suspicious."
Meneai, who was arrested with Hodge, has reportedly been making a film about Coptic Christians. Before Hodge's phone was confiscated, he texted a friend that the authorities were asking Menai about "Sinai and his camera."
Hodge texted another friend: "Hossam is being investigated, I'm waiting around."
That was several days ago, and the two have not been seen since. Their lawyers say they tried to meet the young men at 11:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday but were unsuccessful. By the evening the lawyers had concluded that the pair had likely been moved, but they did not know where. They have reportedly even begun filing missing persons and kidnap reports.
Originally from Los Angeles, Hodge has worked as a journalist and an Arabic-to-English translator. TheBlaze once wrote a story about his experience amid the uprisings, and full disclosure, TheBlaze's Erica Ritz studied with Hodge at the American University in Cairo in the fall of 2010.
The Egypt Independent reports that Hodge's mother, Lisa de Moraes in Los Angeles, spoke to Loghman Fattahi at the US embassy in Cairo Friday morning and was told that U.S. representatives had not been able to visit Hodge yet.
Hodge's mother is deeply concerned about her son's asthma, saying he is likely to have an attack without his medication. She reportedly told Hodge's friends that the embassy "basically did not give her much information, except that [they] would not be able to see Jeremy until Sunday."
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Moving on now, we had a wonderful golf/camping trip at Pechanga Resort in Temecula, California this past weekend. It was our first time camping there and my husband and son LOVED the golf course. Challenging, but loved it. My hubby shot a 91/93 and my son, Justin shot a 97/98. (yeah I am trying to get this whole golf lingo down, I moved from a Dance Mom for 10 years to now a Golf Mom and you can't even cheer at a golf tournament, you have to BE QUIET. UM, this is going to be sooo hard)
I was really good with my food for the most part I had 2 protein shakes a day (meal replacement shakes). We did do 2 dinners out, which probably didn't help my weight loss, but I did walk at least 2 to 4 miles each day while we were camping. Fast walking and it felt GREAT. It was better then just sitting around like we usually do, it felt really good getting out and walk. My cousin, her husband and my aunt also came out to visit and since she is ready to pop, we just hung out with them at the casino and enjoyed lunch and an awesome dinner at the Italian restaurant inside Pechanga, I would highly recommend it (and FAR better then the buffet they serve there).
Here are some of my snacks and meals that I had for the rest of the week. I am getting pretty creative with eating vegetables and fruits more often and with drinking the protein shakes everyday, I have been meeting my protein levels more often too.
Photo 1: Snack Time with some yummy celery with peanut butter and my 10 baby carrots and my 1 tbsp spoon of super delicious onion dip. (one of my down falls)
Photo 2: My cousin Jeff joined me on this Biggest Loser Challenge and he is a large boy (over 300 lbs), he likes to cook chicken breast at the beginning of the week and then he puts them in baggies and eats one everyday for lunch. This was such an awesome idea, I plan on doing this very soon too and getting in some more protein into my diet. I am happy to report my little cousin (yea, he is younger then me) lost 11 lbs this week. WAY TO GO JEFF!!!
Photo 3: Lunch Time cucumber, chicken, carrots and tomatoes. Simple, easy and yummy!
I also made an AWESOME recipe, that I was so proud of and it was both quick and delicious. I am not a good "healthy cook" and so for me to come across and make a delicious healthy recipe, made me very happy. Here is my new favorite veggie side dish Tomato and Avocado Salad. I have created a few more fun items that I plan on sharing with you all very soon.
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Court Gives Three Life Terms to 'Sadist' Who Killed American-Israeli Teen Dana Bennett, Two Others
Yahiya Adwan Farhan, 35, who was described by his judges as 'a human monster,' was sentenced on Wednesday to three consecutive life terms plus 12 years - or 102 years.
Yahiya Adwan Farhan, 35, who was described by his judges as "a human monster," was sentenced yesterday in Nazareth District Court to three consecutive life terms plus 12 years - or 102 years. Farhan, already serving a sentence for rape, was convicted of three murders, including Israeli-American teenager Dana Bennett, who disappeared in 2003.
Farhan was found guilty of the murder of Bennett; 27-year-old Czech citizen Sylvia Molorova; and Aharon Simhov, 25, who had shared a cell with Farhan.
Judges Tawfik Katili, Danny Tsarfati and Asher Kola rejected the defense argument for a lesser punishment on the grounds of mental illness or incapacity.
"The defendant was well aware of this actions and opted, in cold blood, consciously and with premeditation," the judges wrote, "to carry out murders and other crimes for which he was convicted. This is a sadist who kills for the sake of killing." They said he must be removed from society until the end of his days."
Defense attorney Fathi Fukra argued against consecutive life sentences because of the relatively mild sentence given to "Y" (whose name has not been released ), Farhan's partner in the murders of Bennett and Molorova. She was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The judges, however, accepted the position of prosecutors Iris Shiran and Tomer Schwartz.
"We decided to sentence him to three life sentences so he does not see the light of day, so that he will know, and others will know, too, that the life of a person is not a trivial matter," the judges wrote.
The remains of Dana Bennett were found last year. Her mother Vicky said after the sentencing that "the pain will not pass and will be with me every step and every place. I miss Dana very much. The fact that the murderer will sit in prison will not bring Dana back to me, but in the end it will prevent him from killing again." She said she would go to her daughter's grave to share the news with her. She thanked Avi Algrisi, who headed the police investigation into the murders, and the lawyers for the prosecution. Aharon Simhov was found hanging in the cell in 2005, less than a day after his arrest. His brother, Vitaly Ashurov, said yesterday that "nothing can bring Aharon back" but that "justice had shown through," and that had argued from the beginning that Aharon had been murdered. "It's too bad that it took five and a half years, and the system needed to respond sooner," he said.
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SurveillanceThe Fairfax County Health Department traps mosquitoes and ticks as part of routine monitoring of the level of West Nile virus and Lyme activity in the community.
Outreach & Educational MaterialsThe Disease Carrying Insect Program staff is committed to educating the community about prevention of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases. We also have free brochures, pamphlets, flyers, calendars and children's books available for download online.
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Christians have, in the gospel, the best news imaginable for a dying world. So why is our message ridiculed, ignored, and rejected? Jesus' own example answers the question. He himself had enemies as soon as he came into the world, and he explained that if he experienced hatred from the world, his followers can expect no less. Paul Yeulett examines the various types of opposition Jesus encountered—demonic, political, religious, emotional, physical, and spiritual—and helps us understand why they happen, in both the life of Jesus and our own lives. Alongside this examination of darkness, he reminds us of the light of Christ's victory that strengthens us to keep proclaiming his good news even in the face of opposition.
My guest on the proggram today will be Paul Yeulett pastor of Shrewsbury Evangelical Church in Shrewsbury, England.
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Steven Colbert is replacing David Letterman. Colbert says, don't worry, he won't be doing the show in character so everyone gets to find out how much of him is real. Letterman released a statement after the announcement was made saying, "Stephen has always been a real friend to me. I'm very excited for him, and I'm flattered that CBS chose him."
Big Sean reportedly broke off his engagement with Glee star Naya Rivera because he was turned off by her "violent fits of anger and jealousy." According to TMZ, sources say that Naya would often demand to know where Sean was at all times and would threaten him by saying things like, "If you don't listen to what I say, I'll ruin your career."
Unlike Gwyneth, Chris Martin isn't wasting time letting everyone knows he's uncoupled. he was seen in New York City this week without his wedding ring. She, however, still had hers on in L.A. Sunday. The two announced their conscious uncoupling last month.
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Kylie Jenner Slamming rumors that she's had plastic surgery. She says no, she hasn't and it really hurts her feelings that people are saying she did…
Andy Cohen has announced that Lindsay Lohan will be a guest on his show Watch What Happens Live. The chat will occur next Thursday.
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Christina Aguilera has teamed up with Nintendo to launch a new video game. She's partnered with the video game system company to endorse their forthcoming Tomadachi Life game and even been given a character in the game.
They're back! The first look at the new spinoff series of "Boy Meet World," called "Girl Meets World' has arrived. In the new series, stars Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel bring back their roles as the original Brangelina, Cory and Topanga. The show will premiere on Disney Channel later this year.
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- Apr 9th 2012
Ya' know when you only need 1/2 of an onion or an apple or mango or something for a recipe? How do you keep the rest of the piece from going bad?
My little trick is quick, easy and lets you see what you actually have in the fridge without having to open foil or wrap items in plastic.
Ready? OK, take the piece of produce. As soon as you cut it in half, take the piece you're saving and put it cut side down on a plate and put it in your fridge. Taa Daa! That's it! that's all you've got to do. This method works wonders for me for using up produce, whenever I wrap it up well I forget about it.
For onions, this works for about a week, fruit a few days. This will wreck tomatoes, so don't do this to them.
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Jerry Gorby followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a passionate advocate for music and music making. Jerry worked in the family music store, Gorby Music, in West Virginia, later becoming president of the store. Along the way, he was noted for his keen interest in preserving history and promoting the industry. Jerry served as President of the American Music Conference (AMC) and as a resource for the NAMM library when the Oral History program was being established. Jerry's NAMM Oral History interview was completed on July 21, 2003.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. -- For Jonathan Papelbon, Boston is gone but not forgotten.
The new closer for the Philadelphia Phillies recalled his seven seasons in Boston fondly Saturday, meeting the media at the Phils' spring training complex.
But he also has to begin a new chapter in his career and won't allow himself to think about the possibility of facing his former team in the World Series this October.
"If I can go one day at a time I know it sounds clich but thats what I have to do to do my job -- and be able to go out and do my job,'' said Papelbon.
But Papelbon quickly admitted with a smile: "I do know when we play the Red Sox (in interleague play May).''
Meanwhile, from afar, some 140 miles up Florida's Gulf Coast, Papelbon continues to monitor some old friends.
"I stay in contact with a few of them,'' said Papelbon. "I wish them all the best of luck. I have a lot of lifelong friends there. Even (Friday night, with Tim) Wakefield (retiring), that hit home for me.
'Wakefield and (Jason Varitek), these are the guys that I (met when I) came into the clubhouse as a rookie and learned the game of baseball, learned to respect the game of baseball. Those guys will always hold a special place in my heart and I'll always be friends with them, on and off the field -- except when we play them those three games in inter-league.''


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This week, many college students head home for the first time since leaving for school last August. This can be a difficult adjustment time for both parents and children.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Blake Bortles threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lead Central Florida to a 38-17 victory over Ball State in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl last night.
Bortles threw first-half touchdown passes of 7 and 5 yards to Latavius Murray to help the Knights (10-4) build a 21-point halftime lead and coast to victory in their final game as a member of Conference USA before joining the Big East.
Bortles had a 6-yard TD run and threw for 272 yards to become UCF's first 3,000-yard passer since 2002. He also led the Knights in rushing with a career-best 80 yards on nine carries. Murray also scored on a 2-yard run.
Ball State (9-4) was hoping to finish with at least 10 wins for the third time, but its high-powered offense sputtered while being held to a season-low point total. Keith Wenning threw a 7-yard TD pass to Willie Snead early in the second quarter, but the Cardinals didn't get into end zone again until Snead scored on a 16-yard reception with 5 minutes remaining.
Bortles completed 22 of 33 passes without an interception, and his three TD passes were a career-best and tied the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl record. Wenning was 22 of 34 for 217 yards and two TDs for Ball State, which had a six-game winning streak snapped before an announced crowd of 21,759.
UCF rebounded from an overtime loss to Tulsa in the Conference USA title game to finish with double-digit victories for the third time since stepping up to the Football Bowl Subdivision.
That loss kept Central Florida close to home for the postseason. Coach George O'Leary and his players settled for a 100-mile trek west from Orlando to Tropicana Field, home of baseball's Rays.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Browns forced three turnovers in the third quarter and used them to take a 17-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Safety Abram Elam single-handedly gave the Browns a 14-10 lead over the Jaguars.
Elam stopped running back Maurice Jones-Drew, stripped him, recovered, got up and returned it 18 yards for a touchdown. The fumble happened in the middle of a pile, and Jacksonville coach Jack Del Rio chose not to challenge.
Elam might be having the best game of his career. In the second quarter, he intercepted Jones-Drew on a halfback option.
Fellow safety T.J. Ward got into the turnover act in the third quarter, grabbing a ball tipped up in the air by cornerback Sheldon Brown on a skinny post intended for receiver Mike Thomas. The throw was a little behind Thomas.
Rookie cornerback Joe Haden added his third interception of the year, stepping in front of a late David Garrard throw over the middle. Haden was stripped on the return, but linebacker Chris Gocong jumped on the loose ball.
The Browns lost a yard on the drive, but Phil Dawson made a 38-yard field goal for the seven-point lead.


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I found I had a ready-made list, as over the years, lucky enough to look at jewellery, particularly 20th century jewellery (my speciality) all day and every day, I'd tried to test and hone my own taste and judgment, pondering which was the very best of the best in each style or decade.
As a jewellery historian, I'm totally self-taught, or perhaps it's more accurate to say I've been taught by all the dealers and collectors, and passionately obsessed and often eccentric jewellery devotees who've been so generous with their knowledge and experience, opening their jewel vaults for me, sharing their own tastes and opinions.
So I had a running tally of the unforgettable jewels I loved and admired, seen in books, museums, private collections, the jewels I'd long to own, in a fantasy existence.
Some were jewels that changed the course of design history, like the great Modernists of the late 1920s and 1930s, Templier, Despres; some celebrated discoveries, like the momentous opening of the Argyle pink diamond mines in Western Australia in the 1980s; or ingenious inventions, like Van Cleef & Arpels' Mystery Setting; others reeked of the great style icons of the mid-century, Diana Vreeland, Daisy Fellowes, the Duchess of Windsor; or were inextricably associated with movie-star glamour, as in Bulgari's unrivalled creations for Elizabeth Taylor; some were composed of fabulously valuable gemstones, ravishingly rarefied, while others democratised and disseminated superb design through accessible silver, as Elsa Peretti did in the 1970s.
With a focus very firmly on design, I tried to chart the evolution of 20th century jewellery, picking out some seminal style moments and identifying the trailblazing taste-makers, like Bulgari, who led the way with iconic designs that have been absorbed into jewellery iconography: their daring sense of Renaissance rich colour, their springy gold "Tubogas" chain and use of ancient coins in striking contemporary settings. Most of all, each of the jewels in my Impossible Collection, I believe, captures its moment in time in a very particular, often idiosyncratic way, that makes it timeless, and a 20th century work of art.


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"Futurama" has a future.
Comedy Central has resurrected the former Fox animated series from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. At least 13 new episodes will be produced for the first time since the series originally ran from 1999-2003.
The new batch is part of a deal the cable network made with 20th Century Fox Television last year to pick up syndicated rights to the "Futurama" library, which consists of 72 episodes. Comedy Central also had an option to air any new episodes produced.
New and old episodes will begin airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. Actors Billy West, Katey Sagal and John DiMaggio have agreed to return as voices for "Futurama."
"We are thrilled that Matt Groening and 20th Century Fox Television have decided to produce new episodes of 'Futurama' and that Comedy Central will be the first to air them," said David Bernath, senior vp programming at the network. "There is a deep and passionate fan base for this intelligent and very funny show that matches perfectly with our audience, and it is great that we can offer them not just the existing library but something they've never seen as well."
"Futurama" isn't the first series to return to air after cancellation. The Fox animated series "Family Guy" returned to the network last year after getting a second wind on DVD and late-night cable.
Andrew Wallenstein writes for The Hollywood Reporter.
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No longer cast as underdogs and no longer able to fly under the radar, Greece is again the word at European soccer's pre-eminent event.
No one should dare think of uttering the words defending Euro champion, but Greece finds itself in that position as Switzerland and Austria play host to the quadrennial showcase.
What Greece accomplished four years ago in Portugal was nothing short of brilliant, captivating the sporting world at large with its team-oriented play en route to capturing the championship in a final matchup that featured the host nation.
German-born coach Otto Rehhagel was offered Greek citizenship in the wake of his team's conquest.
"A gift from God'' was how many Greeks referred to their team's historical achievement.
This was, after all, a soccer program that had failed to win a single match at any major tournament prior to Portugal.
Pitted in a group with Portugal, Spain and Russia, Greece was given no chance of winning a game.
Greece would go through and in a series of soccer shockers the sport had never seen, and perhaps never will again, the no-name Greeks knocked off France and the Czechs before they toppled the favoured Portuguese.
Whether Greece's run of four years ago was merely the byproduct of hard work and perseverance or simply the soccer stars all aligned at the right moment, one cannot overlook this year's side and the potential for a repeat.
"The Euro 2008 will most likely see the strongest Greek squad of all time," midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos said.
After failing to qualify for the World Cup in 2006, Greece appears poised to again disprove the naysayers.
A win over Portugal in a friendly, Greece's third in a row over the proud Portuguese squad, assured Greece of its highest ranking in the FIFA pecking order -- No. 8.
While the years have elapsed, Greece once again will rely on its strength.
"We're quite simply a well organized team and we all work for one another," Giannakopoulos said.
Rehhagel, who is approaching 70, is hailed as the primary force behind Greece's remarkable ascent in the soccer hierarchy.
The man known as "King Otto" was anointed coach in 2001 and is now under contract until 2010.
When he took over the program, Greece's demanding press dubbed the task as "Mission Impossible.'' In Rehhagel's debut, Greece lost to Finland, 5-0.
But that was then.
Today, there are expectations after setting the bar so high. No longer can teams afford to look past Greece, which will be in a group with Spain, Russia and Sweden.
Spain (ranked fourth by FIFA) is the only team ranked higher than Greece, which means, unlike four years ago, the Greeks will be expected to advance to the knockout phase.
Logic dictates that Greece is unlikely to duplicate its run in Portugal, but tell that to Theofanis Gekas.
"We have similar goals to the ones we had four years ago,'' Gekas, 27, said. "We want to play good football, will take each game as it comes and will always give our best.
"We can't say if (winning) will happen again or not. We look to go as far as we can.
"To be participating in a second straight European Championship is already a success in itself.''
Gekas is considered a goal scorer who often turned heads while playing for his club team in Germany.
The Greek attack is spearheaded by Angelos Charisteas, whose header in the final four years ago proved to be the game's lone goal.
But it's Greece's ability to stifle opponents that likely will determine how far it goes. What Greece accomplished four years ago gives every team, regardless of pedigree, inspiration.
"Everyone has a chance to win it,'' Gekas said.
"Nobody banked on us doing so four years ago. People thought we would be the first team to crash out, but it all turned out completely different."


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Most Haunted's Yvette Fielding: 'I'd love to take Robbie Williams ghost hunting'
IT'S BACK from the dead! Paranormal reality show Most Haunted has been resurrected and host Yvette Fielding promises it will be spookier than ever...
Nothing beats watching celebrities squawk and squeal their way around a spooky house.
So we were chuffed to hear that British paranormal reality show Most Haunted is returning to our television screens after a three-year hiatus.
The new 10-part series, which sees ghost hunter Yvette Fielding and her husband Karl Beattie visit spine-chilling locations in the hope of contacting the undead, joins UKTV's Really channel this month.
Yvette told us: "The show has been stripped back to its 'Victorian' roots.
"While being away we talked a great deal to our fans to find out what they liked about the show and what they didn't, so we have made a few changes to give them what they wanted.
"It's the show that they want, and it's for our fans that we're back."
This series the supernatural team will visit spooky spots including the Royal Court Theatre in Lancashire, Sheffield's National Emergency Services Museum and Newton House in Wales.
And they'll be taking celebrity guests, including England rugby player Ben Foden and Welsh metal band Bullet For My Valentine, on their eerie mission.
Who got the most spooked?
"The English rugby team came to Delapre Abbey. I was really looking forward to seeing this handsome bunch of hunks shake with fear. It was a great location and a superb show, things were thrown and the Ouija board gave some very personal information to one of the guys," says Yvette.
"Bullet For My Valentine are the nicest bunch of lads ever. Not only were they friendly and easy to get on with, they really immersed themselves into the investigation and experienced a load of stuff that they didn't expect. Although they were very scared at times they enjoyed it so much they all want to come back for more."
Former Blue Peter presenter Yvette's belief in the supernatural started in the Seventies, when she saw a ghostly apparition in her bedroom.
"One night I was woken by a glowing figure in the corner of my room. It was that of a soldier but only from the waist up. It seemed to last for about a minute just looking at me and then vanished.
"When I did some research about the property I found out that a soldier had fallen on the railway line that was at the end of our garden and been cut in two by a passing train, that was very strange and made me want to find out more.
"The other strange thing is that no one in that particular road, which contained about six houses, had much peace in their lives; some said that they too saw apparitions while others experienced some awful tragedies. The road now is almost abandoned."
The 45-year-old says she'd spook illusionist, hypnotist and sceptic Derren Brown if she came back as a ghost.
"I am a big fan of his. I'd like to try to turn him into a believer, only to go quiet when he wants to demonstrate it to others… now that would be mean.
"Maybe he would have to change his name to Gibbering Brown!"
Yvette believes that many sightings captured on the show are real, however understands that everyone's experiences with the supernatural are different.
"Everyone's experience with the paranormal, whether believer or non-believer, is always a personal one.
"Personally I think that many sightings are real, but I'm sure some can be forced if a person is so desperate to see something they want to, but there are so many other explanations as to what they have seen.
"In our investigations we want to find out what people have apparently been witnessing and why."
Most Haunted came under scrutiny in 2005 after resident parapsychologist, Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe claimed the public were being deceived by "showmanship and dramatics".
It was cleared of fraud by the regulator, who said it was produced for "entertainment purposes".
Yvette says she doesn't take any notice of the criticism.
"Opinions are like bottoms, everybody has one. I really don't take too much notice of comments from the disingenuous," she said.
"The great thing is that the show has three types of viewers: the paranormal investigators and they love it; the people who watch it purely for the entertainment value of seeing us scream, run and argue, and then there are those who watch it because they can't stand it, but watch it nonetheless."
Yvette is keen to get a former Take That star and a bubbly comedian on a ghost-finding quest.
She said: "I know Robbie Williams would like to do Most Haunted as we have spoken about it a few times and would like to get him on.
"Apparently Dawn is a big fan of Most Haunted - so much so that she and Jennifer Saunders did a spoof of it some years ago which was hilarious. On top of that I just love Dawn, but then again maybe she shouldn't come on as my husband fancies her."
What advice does she give to budding hunters?
"Just enjoy the whole process, I am not a ghost hunter I am a broadcaster and presenter who happens to be presenting a ghost show and has an interest in the genre.
"But what I would say to anyone who is an investigator or someone just thinking of starting trust yourself and what you experience, listen to others but trust in yourself, but most of all have fun.
"Try to get a group of people that you can trust and that trust you and immerse yourself in the experience. It is great fun - even the scary bits."
The new series of Most Haunted starts on Really, Thursday, August 21 at 10pm.


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Rosary for Beatriz M. Arrellano, 84, of Lubbock will be at 7 p.m. today in Guajardo Funeral Chapels.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with the Rev. Jim O'Connor officiating.
Burial will be in Peaceful Gardens Cemetery.
She died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999, in Lake Ridge Nursing Home.
She was born Jan. 20, 19145, in Mexico. She married Manuel V. Arrellano on Nov. 27, 1964, in Gonzales. He died Dec. 12, 1998. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Elena Saenz of Del Rio; three sons, David and Steve, both of Lubbock and Donald of Dallas; 25 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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ON JERSEY SHORE: In New Jersey, Linh Tat noted a "few hundred fans on Monday braved below-freezing temperatures" to attend the Macy's concert and fireworks show at Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The show marked the "official start of a week of NFL-sponsored events" leading up to Sunday's game. The concert featured performances by Daughtry, Goo Goo Dolls and The Fray. The crowd was "thinner than most had expected, most likely because of the frigid temperatures" (Bergen RECORD, 1/28). Also in New Jersey, Jeff Green notes the two towns surrounding MetLife Stadium are "holding their own celebrations, without any promotion of the NFL." Officials in East Rutherford and Secaucus, who feel "slighted by the lack of attention paid to New Jersey in the lead-up to the big game," yesterday said that they are "still expecting a big turnout" (Bergen RECORD, 1/28).
VIKING QUEST: In Minneapolis, Mike Kaszuba noted Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton yesterday announced a "campaign to lobby the NFL for a Super Bowl" at the new Vikings stadium for as early as '18. Vikings officials said that they "are confident that the NFL, as it has done in the past, will award the game to Minnesota as an acknowledgment of the new stadium." Both the team and the NFL "implied, but did not directly commit to, bringing a Super Bowl to Minnesota during the legislative process." While Minnesota already is "one of three finalists for the Super Bowl in 2018, hurdles -- both logistical and image-related -- remain for the Vikings, Dayton and civic leaders." Yesterday's lobbying effort "came as most schools in Minnesota were closed because of the cold, and the temperature Monday never reached zero" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 1/28). The AP's Patrick Condon noted Minnesota boosters "promised that even if the winter of 2018 is a repeat of this year, it would be 70 degrees in the stadium." The other Super Bowl finalists are Indianapolis, which hosted the game two years ago, and New Orleans, which hosted it last year. Minneapolis has "only staged football's biggest game once, in 1992" (AP, 1/27). ESPN's Adam Schefter said the Vikings have "created all these indoor tunnels so that a lot of people don't have to be outside at all, which shields them from the outside." Schefter: "It creates almost like an indoor experience" ("NFL Insiders," ESPN, 1/27).


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Every once in a very great while, we get these people who rise above the confines of self. Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at the age of 95, was one of those. He navigated his life by the polestar not of self but of freedom and, in so doing, became the founding father of a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal.
It is not that he was a perfect man. "In real life," he once wrote, "we deal, not with gods, but with ordinary humans like ourselves: men and women who are full of contradictions, who are stable and fickle, strong and weak, famous and infamous."
But if Mandela was heir to all those imperfections of humanity — and of course, he was — he was also able, when his country and the world needed him, to make himself greater than the sum of his flaws.
If you doubt that, imagine for a moment a different scenario. Imagine a Nelson Mandela who came out of prison after 27 years — much if it spent at hard labor and in isolation upon an inhospitable rock called Robben Island — and seethed with fury. Imagine a Mandela who sought revenge against a white minority government that branded him a terrorist and stole so much of his life for the "crime" of wanting, and fighting, to be free. Imagine a Mandela who used the force of his legend and his moral authority to do what that government had long feared he would: issue a war cry, set black against white. The waters of the South Atlantic Ocean might still be running red.
Now, consider what actually did happen:
Mandela forgave. He forgave the government that segregated him to the margins of society and made him an outsider in his own country. He forgave the jailers who tried to break his body and spirit during his long incarceration. He forgave his country for hating him.
Not only that: when he completed his remarkable rise from South African "terrorist" under the apartheid regime to South African president in a new multiracial democracy, he made it a point to reach out and reassure nervous whites that they still had a place in the new nation now taking shape. And then there was the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Formed in 1995, it provided a forum for the airing and investigation of human rights abuses committed under apartheid — both by its defenders and those who fought against it. It was also tasked with making recommendations of amnesty for victimizers and reparations for their victims, and with constructing an authoritative and official record of what happened.
The process was imperfect — the military leaders of the apartheid regime refused to participate, the post-Mandela government was slow to act on the commission's findings. Still, it provided a visionary blueprint for the handling of human rights abuses and reflected a sophisticated understanding of a fundamental principle that escapes many of us: the victims can never be whole and never be healed until they are heard.
One can only speculate — and with no small bit of envy — how this country might now be different had it ever understood, as Mandela's country did, that there can be no reconciliation where there is not first truth.
It is easy to be dismayed when one surveys the American political scene, as one listens to the small-minded nattering of mediocre minds unable to conceive of any cause higher than ideology or self. But in Nelson Mandela's long and singular life, we are reminded that it does not have to be that way.
Selfishness is a choice. Mandela refused to make it. And the world is a better place because he did.
Leonard Pitts Jr. is a Miami Herald columnist.


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