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A MAN has been stabbed to death near Campbelltown, in southwest Sydney, during a possible neighbourhood dispute.
Police were called shortly before 9.30pm (AEST) today to a house at Ambarvale, where they found a 34-year-old man with a stab wound. He died a short time later.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested at the scene and was taken to Campbelltown police station, where he answered questions.
Initial inquiries suggest the incident might have stemmed from a neighbourhood dispute, police said.
Specialist forensics officers are examining the crime scene.
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As a manufacturer of High Technology PCB's, Accurate Circuit Engineering endorses the development of an intelligent, open standard for PCB design, fabrication and assembly. ACE supports the IPC-2581 initiative as it will help us meet our customer's need for quick-turn, high technology, Quality Printed Circuit Boards by providing a standardized method of data sharing across an open, intelligent platform. ACE encourages our customers to utilize IPC-2581 as It greatly reduces the costs and complexity associated with transferring data into various proprietary formats.


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Katsav Accuser Says Fears for Life After New Evidence Released
Katsav lawyer: New testimony could 'influence the investigation'; witness to remain anonymous.
U.S. Court Sentences Israeli Druglord to 12-years in Prison
Ze'ev Rosenstein pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges as part of plea agreement with prosecution.
19-year-old Ramle Resident Murdered in Suspected 'Honor Killing'
Police say the teen was not in a 'forbidden' relationship, but was seen as a rebel in her behavior and clothes.
Identity of Outgoing Police Anti-terror Unit Chief Declassified
Zohar Dvir, who headed the Yamam for the past five and a half years, joined the unit seven and a half years ago.


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After dabbling in period romances, writer-director Neil LaBute (a KU theater alum) finds himself back on familiar, angry territory in this musing on art, manipulation and the battle of the sexes. Rachel Weisz stars as a graduate student who transforms a nerdy boyfriend (Paul Rudd) into her ideal image, much to the chagrin of his friends. It all leads to one of LaBute's quintessential knife-in-the-back twists.
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Landscaping News: Seven tips to help your landscape beat the heat this summer
By Melinda Myers
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Summer has arrived, and for many gardeners that means heat, drought and watering bans. This can be hard on gardeners, as well as their landscapes. The good news is that there are ways to help plants thrive despite these seasonal challenges.
Adjusting landscape care accordingly during the summer months can not only provide relief for lawns and gardens, but also for the gardener. Following are some low-maintenance, eco-friendly ways gardeners can keep their landscapes looking their best throughout the summer months while beating the heat:
Water plants thoroughly to promote deep drought- and pest-resistant roots. Wait until the top few inches of soil are crumbly and moist or footprints remain in the lawn before watering again.
Avoid light, frequent watering that encourages shallow roots. Shallow roots are less able to tolerate drought and are more susceptible to disease and insect problems.
Spread a 2- to 3-inch layer of shredded leaves, evergreen needles or shredded bark mulch over the soil in garden beds and around trees and shrubs. Mulching conserves moisture, keeps roots cool and moist, and suppresses weeds.
Mow lawns high. Taller grass produces deeper roots that are more drought-tolerant. A deeply-rooted lawn is also more resistant to insects, disease and other environmental stresses.
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Use a low-nitrogen, slow-release fertilizer, like Milorganite, to give gardens and lawns a nutrient boost. This organic nitrogen fertilizer remains in the soil until the growing conditions are right for the plant.
Remove weeds from garden beds and borders as soon as they appear. These "plants out of place" steal water and nutrients from your desirable garden plants. Plus, they can harbor insects and diseases that are harmful to your garden plants.
And don't forget to take care of yourself while caring for your landscape during the heat of summer. Drink lots of liquid, use sunscreen, and work during the cooler morning and evening hours.
Then, when the gardening tasks are done for the day, grab a glass of lemonade, take a seat in the shade and enjoy the beauty of your handiwork.
Nationally-known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author and columnist Melinda Myers has 30 years of horticulture experience and has written more than 20 gardening books, including Can't Miss Small Space Gardening and The Garden Book for Wisconsin. She hosts the nationally-syndicated Melinda's Garden Moment segments, which air on 89 TV and radio stations throughout the U.S. Visit www.melindamyers.com.
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Pinterest accounted for 17% of all social media-driven revenue in the first quarter of 2012. Now that marketers have joined Pinterest, the users have started to set their own rules about how to interact with them. The site is, after all, a place to get shopping ideas.
Although people are just as likely to share images with price tags as they are to share plain images, people are more likely to share priced items when they come from private accounts rather than branded accounts. (Pinreach and Harvard MBA candidate Josh Yang surveyed 2,588 pins across three major e-commerce sites to come up with that bit of information. Good to know.) You can add a price tag to your pins by typing a dollar sign ($) with a number into the description box.
With 2.3 billion page views in March, the users haven't lost interest in pinning. Pinterest got its big break on Facebook and that trend seems to have continued over time – 20% of Facebook users are on Pinterest every day and Pinterest users spend an average of 14.2 minutes on the site per visit. But the demographics are starting to even out: as of March 2012, the site is 72% women and 28% men, compared to 80% women and 20% men in February. Check out this infographic from Tamba for more surprising statistics about the online pinboard.


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Regents will again seek funds for new building projects
Projects include UI Pharmacy, ISU Biosciences, Schindler Ed Center buildings
Officials at Iowa's three state universities will take another run in 2014 at convincing Gov. Terry Branstad to approve state funding for building improvements at campuses in Ames, Cedar Falls and Iowa City, the leader of the state Board of Regents said Tuesday.
Regent President Bruce Rastetter of Alden said the proposed projects at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa will provide needed improvements and savings for a system facing deferred maintenance of about $500 million. He said board members and university officials need to do a better job of articulating that to the governor in the next state budgeting cycle.
Branstad vetoed $3 million for the planning and design of a revamped UI Pharmacy Building, $2.5 million for the planning and design of a new ISU Biosciences Building, and $1.5 million for the planning and design of UNI's Schindler Education Center renovation. In his veto message, the governor said it was inappropriate to spend taxpayer money designing and planning the project "until strategic plans and sustainable financing are secure."
In response, the board has asked regents Larry McKibben and Milt Dakovich to lead a comprehensive efficiency study of infrastructure, technology and other areas of university functions with an eye on identifying areas where improvements can be made, savings can be achieved and investments should be made, he said.
Rastetter said the regents also have asked university officials to "to go back to the drawing board" and make the case why the capital improvements are needed to boost efficiencies, save on costs associated with deferred maintenance, and improve facilities that will produce educational benefits for students and faculty.
"I think we'll have success with it," Rastetter told reporters after addressing the Des Moines Conservative Breakfast Club."We should have done a better job of articulating that," the regent president said. "That wasn't presented in a good fashion last year. We're trying again on all three buildings."
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Go away: So much rain...so many clouds...will to live fading...fading...
The Dallas Morning News reported last week that despite the record days of rain—what is it now, eight, nine months?—it's unlikely anyone around here is suffering seasonal affective disorder, aka winter depression. Oh yeah? Then someone explain to Buzz why we're developing this sudden appreciation for the music of Coldplay. Whatever the reason, we're feeling a bit disjointed this week. Got no answers for ya, just questions.
For instance, while we're glad Councilwoman Angela Hunt appears to have acquired enough signatures to force a vote on the Trinity toll road, could the notion of a Dallas version of Central Park along the river—as opposed to a toll road—be a bit pie-in-the-sky? Can you imagine a July day when you want to pack a picnic basket, hump it over a levee to sit down on weedy, baked silt and eat next to a snake-infested, mosquito-ridden, muddy, polluted ditch?
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Speaking of parks, Buzz paid our first visit to Victory Park recently. Who, we wonder, are these people having cocktails at 3 p.m. on a weekday afternoon? It looked like the cast of the Bugtussle, Alabama, community theater performing a stage version of Less Than Zero. Can a tight skirt cut exactly 2 millimeters below the hoohah really be comfortable for a woman? Since the age of the pharaohs, has any man ever worn a necklace without looking like a douche? Why would any male not currently a member of The Little Rascals wear a ball cap with a large bill cocked to one side, particularly with a dress shirt, unbuttoned to the sternum, with a gold chain and sunglasses, indoors?
And while we're on the subject of little rascals, if Constable Mike Dupree had been having sex with a 19-year-old Latina female whom he thought of as a daughter and then had her deported, would he have gotten in more or less trouble than he did for doing that to a male? Buzz is thinking more, but maybe we're being paternalistic and underestimating the amount of homophobia in Dallas.
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Police: Officer kills wife, son, himself in Boulder City
Police: Officer kills wife, son, himself in Boulder City
- By Mike Blasky and Antonio Planas
Posted: Jan. 21, 2013 | 10:38 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2013 | 3:12 p.m.
A Las Vegas police officer killed his wife and son shortly before setting his house on fire and killing himself, according to authorities.
Boulder City police responded to an 8:20 a.m. call from the man at 1313 Esther Drive. The home is owned by Las Vegas police Lt. Hans Walters and his wife, Kathryn Michelle Walters.
When officers responded, the man was outside the home carrying what appeared to be a handgun. He ignored officers' commands and returned to the burning home where it is believed he committed suicide.
Henderson Police Department spokesman Keith Paul said the man involved was a Las Vegas police employee.
Hans Walters works in the patrol division of Enterprise Area Command.
Kathryn Walters is a former Las Vegas police officer. She left the department in 2005.
Sheriff Doug Gillespie spoke briefly at a press conference Monday but did not disclose many details.
"As many of you know, there was an incident today involving one of Metro's lieutenants," he said.
Gillespie said the lieutenant worked for the Metropolitan Police Department for more than 20 years, but he did not call Walters by name.
Patrick Brewer was getting coffee about 8:45 a.m. when he looked outside and noticed smoke coming from his neighbor's house.
He was startled when he saw that first responders were not firefighters, but several Boulder City police officers carrying rifles and moving cautiously.
Brewer, 44, said he moved his family to the bedroom.
Firefighters arrived soon after the officers and began dousing the flames, even as the officers continued to circle the house with their guns drawn.
"The house was definitely not secure, let's put it that way," he said.
"I realized I was looking at something that was definitely not normal."
Brewer said he never heard gunshots and the fire was the first indication of an emergency. He heard a person yell, "I did not do this," as authorities circled the home, but he wasn't sure who yelled.
He described the couple as a quiet and said they did not interact much with their neighbors. In the five years Brewer lived next to the family, he never had a real conversation with them.
Officials from Boulder City, North Las Vegas, Henderson and the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the home, according to Boulder City police.
Henderson police will handle the investigation.
Gillespie deferred to Henderson police and refused to take questions.
He said the department's thoughts were with the family of the victims.
"We will stand by your side and move through this unspeakable grief and support you any way we can," he said.
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During a Young Presidents' Organization meeting recently at a mansion in New Jersey, about 20 executives from midsize companies got a dose of Hindu philosophy along with their vegetarian canapés. Basically, it's a theory of business that replaces the shareholder-centric agenda with a wider view of stakeholders, and it resonates with the "emotional intelligence" and "servant leadership" now in vogue.
"The best way to describe it is 'inclusive capitalism,'" says University of Michigan business professor C.K. Prahalad. "It's the idea that corporations can simultaneously create value and social justice."
Marketing, too, which used to be lashed to the metaphor of war, now is leaning toward collaboration and interdependence with customers.
What does Eastern business-think have in store for leaders? Leaders should be selfless, take initiative and focus on duty instead of profit.
"The key point," says leadership guru (no pun intended) Ram Charan, "is to put purpose before self. This is absolutely applicable to corporate leadership today."
While Indian thinkers like Prahalad and Charan didn't invent these ideas, they're pushing them hard. Dartmouth business professor Vijay Govindarajan links his work directly to Hinduism. He tries to help companies stop reacting to the past and start creating the future, saying the notion of karma, that the future is partly determined by the present, influences his work.
Naturally, there's now a book called Bhagavad Gita on Effective Leadership, and Deloitte has hired Deepak Chopra to conduct his controversial self-help programs.
And why not, asks Mark Tercek, a managing director at Goldman Sachs.
"We can hire the smartest damn people in the world," he says, "but many of them ultimately don't succeed because they can't motivate and work with those around them. I think the Indians are on to something."
—Adapted from "Karma Capitalism," Pete Engardio with Jena McGregor, Business Week Online, www.businessweek.com.


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Wildcats did not play well enough to worry the Slazenger League champions, who face Rotterdam. East Grinstead start with Waterloo Ducks, who thrashed the: Paisley club Kelburne 4-1 after conceding an early goal from Kenny Bain's well struck penalty corner. The day's biggest surprise came when Xabi Ribas, the Atletic Terrassa captain, missed a penalty stroke two minutes from time to allow Three Rock Rovers, from Dublin, to escape with a 0-0 draw.
The former England Under-21 midfielder Iain Mackay withdrew from the Reading team due to his accountancy studies, but otherwise they were at full strength. They will need to be at their best to avenge last year's 3-2 quarter-final defeat by Rotterdam, who only failed to reach the final in March due to injury depletion Last weekend Cannock squeezed through as runners-up in their group in the Amsterdam tournament, having hit a metaphorical wall with a 5-2 defeat by Bloemendaal. They had already qualified due to Bloemendaal's 8-1 destruction of Dinamo Kaza; Cannock had toiled to beat the Russian champions 5-4. Richard Lane scored two goals against Bloemendaal, his first a brilliant low short-corner flick. He popped in the final goal from open play when the Dutch champions had the game in the bag.
Martian van Mierlo hit two goals for the Dutch, and Cannock did at least keep Teun de Nooijer and Jamie Dwyer, two players with huge reputations, off the scoresheet.
The Amsterdam group winners were Bloemendaal, last season's German champions Alster, Düsseldorf and Egara, from Spain.
In the Slazenger League last weekend East Grinstead moved up to second place after a 5-1 win over Hampstead & Westminster, with Danny Hall scoring twice. Southgate's 'goals against' took a bash at Nottingham where Beeston won 8-1, Adam Dixon and Martyn Jones hitting two goals each.
In Conference East the bottom club Chelmsford took the lead through Ross Henderson against top club Canterbury, but second-half four goals in 13 minutes produced a 4-1 win – so no shock for the runaway leaders after all.
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A Pontifical Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop André-Joseph Leonard, Primate of Belgium.
The Mass will take place on the 30th of January at 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Minimes (Minimenstraat 62, 1000 Brussels). In November, he erected in this church a new FSSP mission in Brussels. This will be a unique occasion in Belgium as it will be the first Tridentine Mass celebrated by a Primate of Belgium over 40 years.


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This book provides parents and teachers with accurate and balanced information on environmental issues.
One of four experts who offer differing views on environmental education.
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Legislators' investments threaten people living near the Atchafayala River
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This is Toyotas famous sedan, the Mark X. It is the top model for this year, with the 2500cc V6 engine, and looks awesome in black, and 18inch alloy wheels too. This is the S Package, full aero body kit, and rear spoiler!
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Looking for a great looking sedan with outstanding fuel economy and plenty of cool features? This is it!
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Heavy on high-tech thrills but light on almost everything else, Weber's seventh novel zeroes in on that villain of the moment, China, and the ill-conceived fight it decides to pick with the United States. Using jingoistic language that at times harks back to fears of the "yellow peril," Weber (DEFCON One) portrays a nation hungry for power and territory fighting on three fronts—Taiwan, the Panama Canal and the skies above the Pacific Rim. The key to China's military might is a new, top-secret laser gun that destroys U.S. aircraft. As the fierce fighting rages, Washington dispatches private intelligence specialists and former pilots Scott Dalton and Jackie Sullivan to China to kidnap the scientist who built the laser. Quickly learning that its secret has been uncovered and it's now overmatched, China falls back on its last resort: launching nuclear weapons at Hawaii and Alaska. Dalton and Sullivan, who were introduced in 1999's Primary Target, may be very brave, but they're also flavorless and stiff. As lovers whose relationship feels as dull as their personalities, they often appear to compete over who can utter the most banalities. (Sullivan: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." Dalton: "Yeah, it's going to be a hot time in Beijing tonight.") Weber's initially promising plot nosedives after the first few chapters, hampered by hokey dialogue, exposition-heavy battle scenes and flagging suspense. (Apr.)
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ST. LOUIS -- Woody Williams pitched six scoreless innings and Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols homered as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-3 Monday night, taking three of four from the NL Central leaders.
The Cardinals have won nine of 11, shaving the Reds' lead to three games. They outscored Cincinnati 23-12 in the series.
Red Sox 9, White Sox 0
BOSTON -- Derek Lowe allowed two hits in eight innings just 23 days after pitching a no-hitter, leading the Boston Red Sox over the Chicago White Sox 9-0 Monday night.
Lowe (7-1) gave up a leadoff infield single to Kenny Lofton in the first inning and a two-out single to Jeff Liefer in the eighth. He faced only two batters over the minimum and lowered his AL-leading ERA to 1.90. Lowe struck out seven, walked two and allowed just four balls out of the infield as Boston improved its record to 30-11, best in the majors.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 3
NEW YORK -- Robin Ventura homered in his third straight game, a tiebreaking drive starting the seventh inning that led the New York Yankees over the Toronto Blue Jays for their 12th win in 13 games.
Tigers 4, Indians 3
DETROIT -- Wendell Magee's tiebreaking single in the seventh inning gave the Detroit Tigers a victory over the Cleveland Indians and their first four-game winning streak of the year. Detroit, which swept Texas over the weekend, helped itself by turning four double plays.
The Indians, who again hurt themselves with a key error, have lost four of five. Julio Santana (3-0) picked up the win in relief. Jamie Walker pitched a scoreless ninth for his first career save.
Detroit trailed 3-2 heading into the seventh, but took the lead with a pair of unearned runs off Ricardo Rincon (0-2). With a runner on first and two outs, Dmitri Young hit a double that sent Jacob Cruz to third.
Randall Simon followed with a grounder to third baseman Travis Fryman, who bobbled the ball for an error as the tying run scored. Mark Wohlers relieved and gave up Magee's second RBI single.
On Sunday, first baseman Jim Thome's error with two outs in the ninth inning gave Kansas City two runs and the Indians lost 5-4.
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Historic judges' stand has new look
Gary Barkanic, back, and Keith Shelly, volunteers for the Lowe's Heroes program, make improvements to the historic judges' stand at the Lehighton Community Grove. The stand, possibly over 125 years old, was salvaged from the original Carbon County Fair when the fair ended in 1992.
The historic judges stand, well over 100 years old, which was salvaged from the original Carbon County Fair, has been completely renovated, with much of the work done by volunteers.
The stand has been relocated to the Lehighton Community Grove and stands at the corner of Eighth and Iron Street.
The 20-foot high stand had been used at the old fair for harness racing, beauty pageants, go-cart racing, and many other grandstand events before the fair ended in 1992. The fair began in 1858 as the Greater Lehighton Fair.
The judges' stand was originally moved to the former Hahn & Sons car dealership parking lot, and then to the Community Grove. For 20 years, it has been standing idle and was a point of controversy as to whether it should be renovated or sold.
The borough received a grant, which allowed it to contract Hinkle's Roofing of Weatherly to replace the roof.
Lowe's home improvement center helped the borough with the remainder of the renovations.
Through it's "Lowe's Heroes" program, in which the retailer is dedicated to making improvements in local communities, the stand was renovated at very little cost to the borough.
"Lowe's has a philanthropic program to give back to the community," said Kerry Collins, store manager of Lowe's in Lehighton.
He explained that store employees volunteer to work on the project. Of the judges' stand, Collins said, "We teamed with the city to rehabilitate it."
Volunteer employees who worked on the judges's stand were Gary Barkanic, Josh Barkanic, Keith Shelly, Wil Hoffman and Timothy Rehrig.
Lehighton borough manager Nicole Beckett said she and the council received a lot of feedback from members of the community wanting the octagonal structure salvaged. She said the final decision was made "when Lowe's approached us."
Hoffman said a member of the public donated 8-foot by 12-foot beams. He said the structure had a lot of termite infestation and carpenter ants because of it sitting idle so many years.
"We replaced all that lumber," he said.
Collins said the renovations are such, that hopefully the stand will last another 100 years.
Councilman Scott Rehrig said he never wavered from his opinion that the stand should be salvaged.
"I thought this was an important piece of history, not just for the community but the whole county because the whole county took part in the fair."
He and council President Grant Hunsicker were directors of the fair for many years.
"That's why we were persistent in this," he said. "This is a piece of history. There was only one other like this in the whole country."
Hunsicker said he is hoping that the judges' stand can be utilized.
Beckett said the borough is accepting donations for additional improvements to the structure. Checks can be sent to: Lehighton Treasurer, P.O. Box 29, Lehighton, PA 18235.


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Request for Proposals for County Road 223 Main Street Community Development District The Main Street Community Development District will be accepting proposals for the proposed referenced project. The project site is located at the intersection of CR 210 and Greenbriar Road and extends north approximately three miles to CR 244. All roadways and drainage will be constructed in accordance with St. Johns County, SJRWMD, FDOT and NPDES Standards and Specifications. All existing and outstanding permit conditions shall be complied with during the course of construction. All utilities (if applicable) will be constructed in accordance with JEA and DEP Standards and Specifications. All offsite roadways and drainage will be constructed in accordance with St. Johns County and Florida Department of Transportation standards and specifications. It shall be the Contractor's responsibility to make himself familiar with the Plans, Specifications, construction site, geotechnical reports and permit conditions. Proposals should be submitted in triplicate in a sealed envelope and will be received at the office of Hill, Boring & Associates, Inc. on the attached proposal form no later than April 16, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Plans and Specifications are now available at the office of Hill, Boring & Associates, Inc., 7950 Belfort Parkway, Suite 1600, Jacksonville, Florida 32256, at a total cost of $125.00. Should any questions arise concerning the project or the content of the provided information, please call the undersigned at 281-1121. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposal, waive any minor irregularities and make the award in whole or in part, as determined by the District in its best interests. James A. Perry District Manager L683-7 Mar 17, 2007
Posted from 17-Mar-07 to 17-Mar-07
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Animal slide shows!
This project is a culmination of a science unit on animals which integrates computer skills, language arts and art. After a study of animals which includes classification, basic needs of animals, animal adaptations, and animal behaviors, the students will use the computer to complete a slide show of one animal they have studied at length.
A lesson plan for grade 4 Science
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to apply what they have learned in their study of animals to one particular animal through research of that animal. They will then put this information into a slide show on a computer. The computer skills used include drawing tools, formatting with font, size, and text color, inserting headers, and arranging text and backgrounds.
Teacher planning
Time required for lesson
1 month
- science textbook
- encyclopedia
- books on animals
Technology resources
- computer
- printer
- slide show capability (ClarisWorks or PowerPoint program, for example)
- internet access if desired
Students will need to have studied:
- Science:
- classification of animals
- basic needs of animals
- animal adaptations of body parts that help meet basic needs
- animal behaviors adapted to meet basic needs
- Computer Skills:
- basic computer skills including drawing, word processing, and formatting
- slide show presentations
The students will research the animal assigned to them. Each of the following pages of their slide show will be prepared and corrected ahead of time. Computer class time will be spent on actually creating the student's individual slide show.
Slide Show
Each slide show will consist of 4–5 pages.
- Page 1: A title page which includes the name of the animal and the author along with a drawing of the animal in its natural environment.
- Page 2: A scientific classification of each animal using kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
- Page 3: A graphic organizer (webbing works well) summarizing the five basic needs of each animal—food, water, oxygen, climate, shelter.
- Page 4: A chart of the animal's behaviors which include those that are learned and those that they are born with (instincts).
- Page 5: An extra credit page which would include interesting facts the student has found about the animal.
Conclusion of Project
Sit back and enjoy a special time (slide show afternoon!) viewing all of the students' slide shows while enjoying popcorn or other refreshments!
Students will be assessed on the content of the slide show through a rubric which evaluates the scientific information included, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and extra credit included. Computer skills will be assessed as part of the success of the entire slide show.
Supplemental information
It was amazing to see the children's computer skills develop as part of this lesson. Integrating science and computers was an exciting experience! A trip to the North Carolina Zoo was a great introduction to this lesson. It can be adapted to just about anything you want to include. The children can work at whatever level they have progressed to in computer. The first time this lesson was attempted it was successful. Not perfect, but very satisfying to all involved. Our computer teacher was a great help. We didn't use the internet, which allowed the children to use their own drawing ability. However, the internet can be used to insert pictures, research information, etc.
North Carolina curriculum alignment
Computer Technology Skills (2005)
Grade 4
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate knowledge and skills in the use of computer and other technologies.
- Objective 2.10: Storyboard and modify multimedia projects with menus, branching and/or multiple outcomes for content areas, citing sources as a group activity. Strand - Multimedia/Presentation
Science (2005)
Grade 4
- Goal 1: The learner will make observations and conduct investigations to build an understanding of animal behavior and adaptation.
- Objective 1.01: Observe and describe how all living and nonliving things affect the life of a particular animal including:
- Other animals.
- Plants.
- Weather.
- Climate.
- Objective 1.03: Observe and discuss how behaviors and body structures help animals survive in a particular habitat.
- Objective 1.01: Observe and describe how all living and nonliving things affect the life of a particular animal including:


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Conference paper
A Robust Reputation System for Peer-to-Peer and Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Reputation systems can be tricked by the spread of false reputation ratings, be it false accusations or false praise. Simple solutions such as exclusively relying on one`s own direct observations have drawbacks, as they do not make use of all the information available. We propose a fully distributed reputation system that can cope with false disseminated information. In our approach, everyone maintains a reputation rating and a trust rating about everyone else that they care about. From time to time first-hand reputation information is exchanged with others
Keywords: WLN ; peer-to-peer ; LCA2-Reputation ; NCCR-MICS ; NCCR-MICS/CL2
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Announcements direct from Beal
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text: [Lots of people wrote lots of suggestions about Display Managers and Desktop Environments] OK, I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by the plethora of DMs and DEs. Just trying to get the basic infromation together in one place (maybe some decent version of this should go up on the Haskell Wiki): (Presumably, some of these DEs naturally go with some of these DMs) * Display Managers ** LightDM + Default in Oneiric + Config Errors silenly ignored + No documentation at all + Light ** LDM ** LXDM ** KDM ** GDM Depends heavily on Gnome * Desktop Envinorments ** No DE at all Is that possible? Can you just get by with + XMonad + xmobar / dzen2 / taffybar .. + wicd / nm-applet + ck-launch-session + some power management utility + etc. (e.g. Blueman) ** LXDE + Light ** XFCE + Light, but not as light as XFCE ** Gnome 3 + Heavy ** Unity + Even heavier * Network Managers ** nm-applet + From Gnome, but works independently of Gnome + Will need to start XMonad with ck-launch-session ** wicd + Light + VPN support not great


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The Best Elder Scolls Game?
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March 21st, 2011, 14:24
I voted Oblivion.
It's the one Elderscrolls game that I bothered to finish, and it's the only one I've actually felt was a solid title - after the necessary no-scaling mods.
Daggerfall was WAY too buggy, and it didn't deliver anything near the original promises. It was an interesting experiment - but functionally it was extremely flawed.
Arena was also an interesting game, and I remember being impressed by how big it was. But ultimately, it wasn't something I played much - and I remember getting bored pretty quickly. I preferred games like Ultima Underworld.
Morrowind, as we've been through a lot lately - was just not for me. I found it dreary and hollow. Beautiful and ahead of its time in many ways - but the actual gameplay and flow didn't do it for me.
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KOENIG v CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN
No. 180870
Van Buren Circuit Court
LC No. 93-003888
CAROL J. KOENIG, Individually and as Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JENNIFER LYNN KOENIG, Deceased; and FREDERICK G. KOENIG,
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Intervening Plaintiffs,
CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN, SCOTT RATTER, and TOM ALLRED,
Defendants-Appellees/Cross Appellants,
FOR PUBLICATION February 21, 1997, 9:40 a.m.
Before: Doctoroff, P.J., and Hood and Paul J. Sullivan,* JJ.
Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court's order granting
defendant City of South Haven's motion for summary disposition.
Plaintiffs also appeal from the judgment entered pursuant to
a jury verdict finding no cause of action in favor of the individual
defendants. Plaintiffs argue that the trial court erred in excluding
certain testimony from lay and expert witnesses. Finally, plaintiffs
contend that the trial court erred in failing to take judicial
notice of certain Michigan statutes. On cross-appeal, defendants
allege that the trial court erred by denying their motions for
directed verdict and summary disposition. We find that the trial
court erred in granting defendant City of South Haven's motion
for summary disposition. We also find that the trial court erred
in failing to grant defendants' motion for directed verdict as
to plaintiffs' claim of gross negligence against the individual
defendants. We affirm as to all other issues.
In this case, on May 10, 1990, in South Haven, Michigan, a large
wave swept Jennifer Lynn Koenig off a pier extending into Lake
Michigan. Although she was alive when rescued, she suffered severe
and permanent injuries due to prolonged exposure and anoxia.
She died in July 1995. At the time of the accident, the weather
was drizzly, cold and windy, and Lake Michigan was "wavy."
In their complaint, plaintiffs, the parents of the deceased,
alleged that defendants had assumed a duty to erect barricades
that, during periods of dangerous lake conditions, would prevent
access to the pier off which the deceased was swept.
In support of their claim that defendants had a contractual duty
to prevent access to the pier in times of inclement weather, plaintiffs
presented a document entitled "Memorandum of Understanding"
(MOU) between the Detroit District Corps of Engineers and defendant
City of South Haven. Plaintiffs alleged that the MOU obligated
defendants to lock the gates to the pier when danger to persons
or property warranted the closing. Plaintiffs further alleged
that Jennifer Koenig, as an individual using the pier during inclement
weather, was a third-party beneficiary of that contract.
For an individual to sue on a contract to which she or he is
not a party, it must be determined that the plaintiff was an intended
third-party beneficiary of the contract. Rhodes v United Jewish
Charities, 184 Mich App 740, 744; 459 NW2d 44 (1990). Third-party
beneficiary law in Michigan is controlled by statute. MCL 600.1405;
MSA 27A.1405 provides in pertinent part:
Any person for whose benefit a promise is made by way of contract,
as hereinafter defined, has the same right to enforce said promise
that he would have had if the said promise had been made directly
to him as the promisee.
- A promise shall be construed to have been made for the benefit
of a person whenever the promisor of said promise has undertaken
to give or to do or refrain from doing something directly to or
for said person.
The test for whether person is a third-party beneficiary of a
contract is objective; "the subjective intent of the parties
to the contract is irrelevant." Alcona Schools v Michigan,
216 Mich App 202, 205; 549 NW2d 356 (1996). Where the contract
is primarily for the benefit of the parties thereto, the fact
that a third party is incidentally benefited does not confer rights
to that person as a third-party beneficiary. Id. The
law presumes that a contract has been executed for the benefit
of the parties thereto, thus plaintiffs had the burden of proving
that the decedent was an intended beneficiary of the contract.
Marasev v Garavaglia, 12 Mich App 282, 286; 162 NW2d 844
(1968); Moore Construction v Clarksville Dep't of Electricity,
707 SW2d 1, 9 (Tenn App 1985). The contract itself reveals the
party's intentions. Rhodes, supra.
In granting summary disposition in favor of defendant City of
South Haven on plaintiffs' third-party beneficiary claim, the
trial court stated:
Applying the objective test, we see that the City merely undertook
the responsibility to manage the operation of the fence. The
Corps of Engineers and the City made a promise to each other,
not to every citizen who visits the South Haven North Pier. *
* * Thus, we hold that plaintiff does not have [third-party beneficiary] status. This issue is not a question of fact, and therefore,
will not go before the jury at trial. On the [third-party beneficiary] theory the plaintiff has failed to state a claim upon whether
[sic: which] relief can be granted so summary disposition is
Upon de novo review, Borman v State Farm Fire & Casualty
Co, 198 Mich App 675, 678; 499 NW2d 419 (1993), we disagree
with the trial court and reverse its order of summary disposition
on this issue.
In contending that the MOU was intended to benefit individuals
such as decedent, who used the pier during inclement weather,
plaintiffs relied exclusively on the language of the MOU. Section
I of the agreement stated:
Purpose: This Memorandum of Understanding establishes
general guidelines concerning the furnishing of assistance by
the City of South Haven in regulating the use of Federal Navigation
structures within the City of South Haven, Michigan, during periods
of inclement weather or when danger to persons or property exists,
as authorized herein.
Pursuant to Section II of the MOU, the Corps of Engineers was
to furnish and install fence type barricades at the entrance to
the piers, and the City of South Haven was "granted responsibility
for coordinating and controlling entrance to the existing Federal
navigational structures at the South Haven Harbor, during period
(sic) of inclement weather." Section III(C) conferred upon
the city the responsibility for determining when the gates were
to be opened and closed.
Section V of the MOU stated as follows:
Federal Pier Regulations: The public shall be restricted
from the North and South Federal Piers in the City of South Haven
during periods of inclement weather and when great danger to persons
or property exists, said times to be determined by the city manager,
or a person designated by him. Gates will be locked during each
emergency and reopened immediately thereafter.
The MOU became effective on January 27, 1972.
In our extensive research of third-party beneficiary law in Michigan
and other jurisdictions, we were unable to find a case with a
similar fact pattern to the instant situation. As noted by defendant,
most cases involving third-party beneficiary rights confer those
benefits to a particular class of individuals. However, we note
that the statute does not limit potential third-party beneficiaries
to narrowly defined groups, but allows such status to "[a]ny
person for whose benefit a promise is made by way of contract
. . ." MCL 600.1405; MSA 27A.1405 (emphasis added). Similarly,
we were able to find no case law which would restrict intended
third-party beneficiaries to a limited group.[1] Thus, although
the class plaintiff alleges to be third-party beneficiaries could
be virtually any member of the public who used the government
pier during times of inclement weather, we find that the law does
not prohibit such a class from being intended beneficiaries of
the contract between defendant city and the Corps of Engineers.
The question then becomes whether plaintiffs' decedent was an
intended beneficiary of the alleged contract[2] between defendant
and the Corps of Engineers. This determination must be made based
on an objective reading of the MOU. Rhodes, supra.
As noted above, under the MOU, defendants agreed to restrict
public access to the piers in the City of South Haven "during
periods of inclement weather and when great danger to persons
or property exists." We find that the clear intention of
the parties in entering into the MOU was to protect the safety
of individuals who would attempt to use the pier during times
of dangerous weather. Plaintiffs' complaint plainly alleged that
their decedent was such an individual.
In finding that plaintiff's decedent was an intended third-party
beneficiary of the MOU, we find instructive the Alabama case of
Holley v St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., 396 SO2d
75 (1981). There, the plaintiff injured herself while visiting
a hospital, allegedly due to inadequate lighting. She sued under
a third-party beneficiary theory, alleging that the hospital had
a contract with the defendant to maintain the hospital, which
the defendant breached. The court, finding a third-party beneficiary
relationship existed, stated:
Can there be any doubt that the hospital board does not make a
maintenance contract for the direct benefit of the board members
themselves? For whom does the board maintain the hospital? Obviously
for those who will inhabit it for purposes of treatment, rehabilitation
and cure. We may take judicial knowledge that visitors are not
discouraged from using hospital facilities but, in fact, have
physical hospital facilities provided for them. Thus they are
expected to play a role in the scheme of patient hospitalization.
Hospital maintenance, therefore, is necessary for their presence
as it is for other expected occupants of hospital facilities,
and the parties to a contract providing such maintenance intend
visitors to derive a direct benefit from the rendition of those
services. [Id. at 80.]
Accordingly, the Alabama Supreme Court found that plaintiff, as
a visitor to the hospital, was a third-party beneficiary of the
contract between the hospital and the defendant maintenance company.
Similarly, in this case, we find that defendant city of South
Haven did not enter into the MOU for the benefit of the city council
or the city manager. The clear intention of the MOU was to benefit
individuals who would use the pier during times of dangerous and
inclement weather. Plaintiff's decedent was not intended to be
merely an incidental beneficiary; instead, the parties had "undertaken
to do something to or for the benefit" of individuals such
as Jennifer Koenig. Paul v Bogle, 193 Mich App 479, 491;
484 NW2d 728 (1992). Accordingly, we find that the trial court
erred in finding that plaintiffs' decedent was not a third-party
beneficiary of the MOU.
Michigan law allows for recovery of damages which result from
a breach of a contract if such damages were in the contemplation
of the parties at the time the contract was formed. Lawrence
v Darrah & Associates, 445 Mich 1, 11; 516 NW2d 43 (1994).
"[T]o be recoverable, the injury must not only be foreseeable
but somehow must be a consequence of the breach." McNeal
v Tuori, 107 Mich App 141, 150; 309 NW2d 588 (1981). In this
case, plaintiffs' complaint alleged that their decedent was injured
as a result of a foreseeable injury which was a consequence of
defendants' breach of their promise to prevent access to the pier
during inclement weather. The complaint further alleged that
the contract intended to benefit persons such as plaintiffs' decedent.
Thus, plaintiffs properly pleaded a claim for damages under a
third-party beneficiary contract claim, and the trial court erred
in granting summary disposition as to this issue.
We note that, under a claim of a contract breach, plaintiffs
can only recover their actual damages such as medical bills.
This differs from a tort claim in that plaintiffs will not be
able to claim non-economic damages such as pain and suffering,
emotional distress and anxiety. LaMothe v ACIA, 214 Mich
App 577, 582-583; 543 NW2d 42 (1995). However, the issue of damages
or the merit of plaintiffs' claim is not before this Court. We
merely hold that plaintiffs' complaint sufficiently stated a claim
for a breach of contract, such that summary disposition was not
Defendants contend that, even if the decedent was a third-party
beneficiary of the MOU, summary disposition was proper because
the MOU was not supported by mutual consideration, and thus was
not a binding contract. The trial court did not address this
issue. We find that a question of fact exists as to whether the
City of South Haven received consideration for its duties under
the MOU. Accordingly, summary disposition should not have been
The essential elements of a contract are: parties competent
to contract, a proper subject matter, legal consideration, mutuality
of agreement, and mutuality of obligation. Mallory v City
of Detroit, 181 Mich App 121, 127; 449 NW2d 115 (1989). Plaintiff
contends that the Corps of Engineers gave up its right to control
access to the piers in exchange for the promise by the City of
South Haven to restrict access to the piers during inclement weather.
"Whether there was consideration for a promise is a question
for the trier of fact." Haji v Prevention Insurance Agency,
196 Mich App 84, 87-88; 492 NW2d 460 (1992). Accordingly, the
alleged lack of consideration to support the MOU would not have
been a proper ground for granting defendants' motion for summary
disposition. Accordingly, the trial court's order of summary
disposition in favor of defendant City of South Haven cannot be
affirmed on this ground, and we reverse. Upon remand, the trier
of fact should determine (1) whether the promises made in the
MOU were supported by binding consideration, and, if so, (2) whether
defendants breached the terms of the agreement.
Although we reverse the trial court's order granting summary
disposition in favor of defendant City of South Haven, plaintiffs
further allege that errors occurred during the trial against the
individual defendants. Thus we will now address these claims,
as well as defendants' issues on cross-appeal.
Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in excluding testimony
regarding the number of individuals who had previously been swept
off the government piers in South Haven. We disagree. At trial,
South Haven's acting city manager testified that he asked the
fire chief if he could "find out how many people had been
swept off the pier," and the chief, "gave me a number."
Following defendants' objection on the basis of hearsay, the
court forbade the witness from testifying regarding the number
of sweep-offs reported to him by the fire chief. Plaintiffs argued
that they sought the information not for the truth of the matter
asserted, but to show defendants' notice of the dangerous condition
which allegedly led to the accident. While it is true that evidence
of previous, similar accidents is admissible to show notice of
an alleged defect, Freed v Simon, 370 Mich 473, 475; 122
NW2d 813 (1963), Freed does not state that such notice
can be proved through hearsay. Although plaintiffs could have
proved the number of sweep-offs through non-hearsay means, the
trial court properly refused to admit the proffered hearsay evidence.
Plaintiffs similarly complain that certain testimony of their
expert witness, David Smith, was improperly excluded. On the
basis of hearsay, the trial court excluded Smith's testimony that
fourteen previous sweep-offs had occurred because such information
was provided to Smith by a newspaper clipping. We find no error.
MRE 705 provides that an "expert may testify in terms of
opinion or inference and give his reasons therefor without prior
disclosure of the underlying facts or data, unless the court requires
otherwise." Further, an expert may testify as to an opinion
based on hearsay information. Swanek v Hutzel Hospital,
115 Mich App 254, 260; 320 NW2d 234 (1982). In conformance with
these rules, Smith was allowed to state his ultimate opinion that
the barricades should have been installed and their gates locked
on the day of the accident, even though such opinion was apparently
based, at least in part, upon the hearsay newspaper article.
Subsequently, however, plaintiffs' counsel ventured from the realm
of opinion into that of fact in asking Smith whether the previous
sweep-offs resulted in drownings. When it became apparent that
Smith could answer the factual inquiry only by resorting to the
newspaper article, the trial court properly forbade his response.
Plaintiffs next argue that the trial court erred in prohibiting
their experts from testifying as to an opinion which embraced
the ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact. The decision
whether to admit evidence is within the sound discretion of the
trial court and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion.
Price v Long Realty, Inc, 199 Mich App 461, 466; 502 NW2d
337 (1993). We find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's
MCL 691.1407(2)(c); MSA 3.996(107)(2)(c) provides that a governmental
employee shall be immune from tort liability for injury to persons
if, inter alia, "[t]he . . . conduct does not amount to gross
negligence that is the proximate cause of the injury or damage.
As used in this subdivision, 'gross negligence' means conduct
so reckless as to demonstrate a substantial lack of concern for
whether an injury results." In attempting to show that the
individual defendants had committed gross negligence and were
thus not entitled to governmental immunity, plaintiffs' counsel
asked the following question to one of their expert witnesses,
Douglas D'Arnall:
Now, from your review of the overall circumstances of this case,
from the aquatic safety standpoint, are you prepared to give us
an opinion as to whether or not the City Manager's office in South
Haven conducted itself so recklessly as to demonstrate a substantial
lack of concern as to whether an injury resulted in this case?
Defense counsel objected, contending that the question was "tantamount
to asking an opinion with respect to liability." The trial
court agreed, and did not allow D'Arnall to answer the question.
On appeal, plaintiffs contend that their experts should have
been allowed to answer the question pursuant to MRE 704, which
provides that "[t]estimony in the form of an opinion or inference
otherwise admissible is not objectionable because it embraces
an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact." However,
MRE 704 does not allow an expert to invade the province of the
jury, and no witness is permitted to tell the jury how to decide
a case. People v Drossart, 99 Mich App 66, 79; 297 NW2d
863 (1980). This Court in Drossart stated:
a witness is prohibited from opining on the issue of a party's
negligence or nonnegligence, capacity or noncapacity to execute
a will or deed, simple versus gross negligence, the criminal responsibility
of an accused, or his guilt or innocence. * * * The reason for
this rule is that where a jury is as capable as anyone else of
reaching a conclusion on certain facts, it is error to permit
a witness to give his own opinion or interpretation of the facts
because it invades the province of the jury. (citations omitted.)
The same rule applies when it is an expert opinion being offered
on a matter equally within the scope of a jury's common knowledge.
[Id. at 79-80.]
Similarly, the authors state in their "Practice Suggestions,"
Michigan Courtroom Evidence (Rev ed), Rule 704, p 370:
Invading the Province of the Jury
Before adoption of the MRE, the objection that a question called
for an answer that invaded the province of the jury was frequently
used. Now that opinion testimony may embrace the ultimate issue
under rule 704, that objection is less useful, but not utterly
useless. For instance, it would most likely be wrong to ask an
expert whether a defendant in an auto negligence case was "negligent."
Such a question seems to call for a legal conclusion that is
uniquely identified with the province of the jury. Nevertheless,
counsel can ask the expert who caused the accident, or who ran
the red light, without fear of objection.
In the instant case, plaintiffs sought to have their experts
testify that the individual defendants were grossly negligent,
using the specific language of MCL 691.1407(2)(c); MSA 3.996(107)(2)(c).
We concur with the trial court's concerns that the experts' proffered
testimony could have unduly invaded the province of the jury because
the determination of whether the individual defendants were grossly
negligent constituted the primary question for jury resolution
at trial. The jury was fully competent to make this determination
without the opinion of plaintiffs' expert witnesses.
In support of their argument that the proffered expert opinion
should have been admitted, plaintiffs rely heavily on the case
of People v McClinton Robinson, 417 Mich 231; 331 NW2d
226 (1983). In that case, the trial court precluded the defendant's
expert witness from giving his opinion regarding whether the victim
died from "grossly erroneous" medical treatment. The
Michigan Supreme Court reversed, holding that the expert's opinion
did not concern the guilt of the defendant, but the nature of
the victim's medical care and that the "admissibility of
such expert opinion is not subject to challenge on the ground
that the ultimate determination of guilt or innocence may well
turn on whether that expert opinion is believed or disbelieved."
Id. at 234-235. We find McClinton Robinson distinguishable
from the instant case because in that case the expert was never
requested to invade the province of the jury. In that case, the
testimony of a medical expert was helpful to the jury's determination
of whether the victim received proper medical care. In the instant
case, however, the jury did not need the opinion of an expert
to determine the central question before it: whether the individual
defendants were grossly negligent. Accordingly, we find that
McClinton Robinson does not provide relevant authority
for this case and we find that the trial court did not abuse its
discretion in refusing to admit the proffered evidence.
In plaintiffs' final issue, they argue that the trial court violated
MRE 202(b) in refusing to take judicial notice of certain Michigan
statutes. While we agree that the trial court erred in failing
to take judicial notice of the statutes, such error was harmless.
In their trial exhibit 5, plaintiffs attached copies of two Michigan
statutes dealing with the jurisdiction of local authorities over
piers such as the one at issue in this case. Near the conclusion
of the trial, plaintiffs requested that the trial court take judicial
notice of the statutes. The trial court refused this request
on the ground that the statutes had already been admitted into
evidence by way of the trial exhibit and the court did not wish
to "encumber" the jury with an argument of law at that
late time. The court further noted that defendants were not contesting
the validity of the laws.
Pursuant to MRE 202(b), the trial court was required to take
judicial notice of the statutes. "Judicial notice of a Michigan
statute is mandatory in this state." American Casualty
v Costello, 174 Mich App 1, 8; 435 NW2d 760 (1989). However,
because (1) the statutes were admitted into evidence at trial
and were given to the jury for its consideration; (2) the jury
was correctly instructed regarding the law; and (3) the statutes
were at best only marginally relevant to the issues, we find that
reversal is unwarranted. Thus, the trial court's refusal to take
judicial notice of the Michigan statutes was harmless error.
Because we find that no reversible errors occurred during trial,
we affirm the jury's verdict of no cause of action on plaintiffs'
claim of gross negligence against the individual defendants.
However, we will briefly address defendants issues on cross appeal.
On cross appeal, defendants argue that they were entitled to
a directed verdict on the basis of governmental immunity. We
find that the trial court properly denied defendants' motion.
Defendants based their motion on immunity pursuant to MCL 691.1407(5);
MSA 3.996(107)(5) (absolute immunity from tort liability for the
highest appointive executive officials of all levels of government.)
However, defendants failed to raise this defense anytime before
plaintiffs had rested. Although defendants had earlier averred
that plaintiffs' claim was barred by "immunity granted by
law," at no time before their motion for directed verdict
did defendants indicate that they would rely on MCL 691.1407(5);
MSA 3.996(107)(5). Accordingly, we find that plaintiffs could
not have been prepared to refute the allegation that the individual
defendants were entitled to absolute immunity. Having failed
to raise the issue until the time plaintiffs rested, defendants
may not now use this ground to challenge the trial court's denial
of their motion for a directed verdict.
However, on cross-appeal, defendants also argue that the trial
court should have granted their motion for directed verdict based
on plaintiffs' failure to present any evidence of the requisite
special relationship between the individual defendants and the
deceased. Defendants thus argue that plaintiffs' gross negligence
claim was barred by the "public duty doctrine." We
agree and would reverse if the jury had not already decided in
favor of these defendants.
An essential element of a negligence claim is the existence of
a duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff. Chivas v Koehler,
182 Mich App 467, 475; 453 NW2d 264 (1990). Whether a duty exists
is a question of law for the court. Id. If the evidence
presented by a plaintiff is insufficient to establish a prima
facie case, the motion for directed verdict should be granted.
Zander v Ogihara Corp, 213 Mich App 438, 441; 540 NW2d
702 (1996). In Harrison v Director of Dep't of Corrections,
194 Mich App 446, 456-460; 487 NW2d 799 (1992), this Court held
that a public official is regarded as owing his duty to the public
in general and not to a specific individual. This rule applies
unless a special relationship exists between the official and
the individual such that performance by the official would affect
the individual in a manner different in kind from the way performance
would affect the public. Id. At trial, plaintiffs failed
to demonstrate that the decedent had any contact with the individual
defendants or that plaintiffs relied on any explicit assurances
from defendants. In short, plaintiffs failed to present any evidence
of a "special relationship" which would create a duty
by defendants to the decedent. Accordingly, under the public
duty doctrine, defendants motion for a directed verdict as to
plaintiffs' gross negligence claim should have been granted.
Reversed in part and remanded for trial against defendant City
of South Haven in accordance with this opinion.
/s/ Martin M. Doctoroff
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Paul J. Sullivan
[1] See Johnson v Bobbie's Store, 189 Mich App 652, 657-658;
473 NW2d 796 (1991), in which the defendant city passed a zoning
variance allowing a building to violate the setback rule, with
the stipulation that no parking would be allowed in front of the
building. The structure was built, but the "no parking" signs
were never installed. The plaintiff could not see around a truck
parked in front of the store, got into an accident, and sued the
store. In response to a motion for summary disposition, the
plaintiff "argued, by analogy, that as a member of the general
public, she was a third-party beneficiary of the agreement
between defendant and the zoning commission." (Emphasis added.)
Although this Court did not specifically address plaintiff's
third-party beneficiary argument, it found that the order of
summary disposition should be reversed because the landowner
assumed a duty to not create an unreasonable risk of harm to
passing motorists.
See also Rhodes v United Jewish Charities, 184 Mich App 740,
744; 459 NW2d 44 (1990), in which the plaintiff was assaulted
in the defendant's parking lot, which was fenced in and guarded.
The plaintiff's employer leased space from the defendant and,
within that contract, the defendant agreed to provide on-site
security. This Court allowed the plaintiff to amend her
complaint to add a claim under a theory that she was a
third-party beneficiary of that contract. This Court stated,
"When UJC required JVS to provide guard service for the parking
lot, it must be assumed that the guard service was intended for
the protection of all who were to use the parking lot."
(Emphasis added.)
And see Kornblut v Chevron Oil, 62 AD2d 831; 407 NYS2d 498
(1978), aff'd 48 NY2d 853; 400 NE2d 368; 424 NYS2d 429, in
which the state of New York had a contract with the defendant,
Chevron Oil, to provide roadside automotive service on the New
York State Thruway. The plaintiff's decedent got a flat tire
and, when the roadside assistance failed to respond, he changed
the tire himself. The plaintiff's decedent became ill and died
soon thereafter of a myocardial infarction. The plaintiff sued
the defendant, alleging that, as a motorist on the Thruway, the
decedent was a third-party beneficiary of the contract between
the state and the defendant. The New York court agreed that
the plaintiff's decedent was a third-party beneficiary of the
contract, but denied recovery because his death was not "within
the contemplation of the contracting parties as a reasonably
foreseeable result of the failure of Chevron or its assignee
to comply with the contract."
[2] Defendants dispute that the MOU was a binding contract. This issue will be discussed infra.


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How would you like to play your choice of Android or PlayStation Mobile games with the use of a true blue DUALSHOCK 3 PlayStation controller? Well, you already can, actually. As long as you go through a few minor hoops. But soon, none of that will be necessary, as it appears that Sony is planning to equip its Xperia-branded Android smartphones with native support for controllers originally meant to be used on the Sony PS3.
As evidenced by photos of the upcoming Sony Xperia SP's settings menu, there will be a new "DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller" menu option for users which will allow easy pairing of controllers through the use of Bluetooth and USB-OTG. The initial setup apparently requires a USB connection, but after that's done, only a Bluetooth connection will be necessary.
For anyone with an interest in playing PlayStation Mobile titles on the go, or for those who consider themselves to be hardcore Android gamers, this is exciting news. One can only hope that this new feature will be rolled out — perhaps via a future software update — to most or all of Sony's Xperia handsets, especially those in the high-end such as the Sony Xperia Z.
Check out the DUALSHOCK 3 software menu and controller in action via the embedded video below.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Oh my goodness. That recipe and pix look wonderful.
Thanks for those great links you find and share.
Interesting recipe. Nevefr thought about baking in a jar.
I have done these pies and they are wonderful. Easy once you get the hang of it. Great to put in freezer to use later.
Thanks for the recipes, I love to make goodies for my mail carrier and neighbors for Christmas presents,, these would be excellent
Craftrybear, you find such yummy recipes. I want to try this as as possible.
Makes my mouth water. I want to try those. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thanks for the link. These look wonderful.
By the way, did anyone see the notation from the mason jar company that the jars are not made for baking and they could explode? The author of the recipe said that she had had no problems, but I did think it was worth mentioning.


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EU privacy law / email verification / database timing
Hello everybody,
In order to comply to the european privacy act, I am willing to only create a user account when the email address entered during the signup
process (public subscribers) has been verified.
WordPress however goes tips up when I try to use any plugin for this.
Does someone have a script that does this (or tell me how to write one as I am obviously too stupid to do it…)
– Email Address is taken from signup process
– Individual activation link is generated and sent out to that address
– User has ie. 14 days to hit that link or the account will be deleted automatically
– WordPress automatic welcome mail with password must only be sent out once the email address has been verified and the account was finally saved.
Now, how can that be done?
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Release Date: 2005 |
I've haven't heard much from these guys but I would like to. The Dick Dale and Iron Maiden comparisons got me even more interested. Great job on the review, it was extra short also which is a good thing.
Album Rating: 3.0I was thinking when I posted it, man I didn't realise this was so short.
But hey, I got across basically everything I need too, so w/e.
Album Rating: 4.0Great album. I like it more than Ompa Til du Dør.
Album Rating: 3.0I'm having trouble choosing. But I have an inkling I'll find this more enduring.
Album Rating: 4.5This is Kaizer's best for me. Can't wait 'till the next one, supposed to be out sometime in 2008.
I actually think I prefer KGB to Maestro...but they're both brilliant. Other stand-outs for me are Knekker Deg Til Sist, Blitzregn Baby, Christiania and PÃ¥ Ditt Skift. Basically, half the album is something very special, and the rest is very good.
Saw them last November and they were absolutely amazing live, even better than some people have hyped them up as!
Album Rating: 4.0damn this I got from my trip to the north, really good and diverse band
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Bart Pricestaff biosend email
Authorities arrested a mother of two 4-year-old twin boys who were shot and killed inside a home in Ponte Vedra Beach's Sawgrass community on Saturday.
Leslie Ormandy Demeniuk, 31, of 9656 Deer Run Drive, was charged with murder after her two sons, James Richard Demeniuk and John Thomas Demeniuk, were shot inside the mother's home, said Sheriff's Deputy Diana Bryant. The mother's maiden name is Leslie Ormandy Ewing.
Bryant said an individual who walked into the house and found the boys dead called the Sheriff's Office at 4:30 p.m. Authorities did not disclose who the caller was or if the person was related to the mother or her sons.
Authorities would also not disclose where the twins were shot, how many times, or what type of firearm was used in the shooting.
Authorities found the mother inside the home and took her to Baptist Beaches Medical Center in Jacksonville Beach to be evaluated for drug use before arresting her. Results of the evaluation are not yet known.
''She was either taking drugs or on drugs,'' Bryant said.
Authorities would not disclose whether the mother admitted to the shooting or say what may have prompted it.
''The natural father and her were separated and, as far as we know, in the process of a divorce,'' Bryant said. "They were not divorced yet."
Late Saturday night, authorities were in the process of obtaining a search warrant to gather more evidence inside the home.
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Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey
My lease is up at the end of June. The lease was for four years. We asked our Landlord if we can renew for another two years and after discussing with her husband she said yes. She then changed or her mind on us after a little bit of time having gone by meaning we only have two months and seven days to move out. All conversations took place via email. What can I do? Is there anyway that we can remain in the town we live until our son is done with high school as she originally agreed to?
Asked on 4/22/13, 9:51 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.
I can help you with this. Call my office, come in to see me, and we will deal with this.
Answered on 4/23/13, 6:28 am


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Black Friday is almost here, but if you are looking for a deal on a new Samsung Galaxy S4, there's no need to wait. Best Buy is currently offering the 16GB version of the handset for free with contract for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon subscribers. Aside from standard carrier colors like black and white, Best Buy also features its own exclusive "Artic Blue" color for those looking to get a hold of a version of the handset that will stand out in a crowd.
Although there are many of us who would rather free ourselves from contracts altogether, there are still some folks that prefer subsidized handsets and don't mind signing a contract to get them. If you're the type of buyer that prefers the contract model, you're going to have trouble finding a better deal than this one. Besides the contract, the only other catch is that you'll still need to pay an activation fee for the device.
Not sure if the Samsung Galaxy S4 is right for you? Check out our full review to get a better idea of what to expect.
If you aren't so keen on getting the GS4 but are looking for a Black Friday deal on a new handset, be sure to take a look at our Black Friday smartphone roundup post as well.


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I've been using Access for a while, but I am entirely self taught, and I've hit a problem I can't figure out.
I have a table with about 100 columns, which has about a thousand rows in it, which the user can narrow down with a query to a specific date, leaving them with only 30 rows or so. When this is done however, many of the columns are filled entirely with zeros, which the user doesn't want to have to print out when the print out the selection they've made. Is there any way that these fields can be hidden on either a pivot table, or a report, leaving them with only the data that they need, which they can then print out?
Thanks a lot!


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Keep your metabolism burning for weight loss
What's your eating style? I've always liked to wait until noon to eat breakfast and then charge along until evening and wolf down a big meal.
That worked fine weight-wise until I turned 40. Suddenly I was putting on weight. And my energy peaks and valleys were out of control. (Especially the valleys!)
Personal training clients who have lost weight and kept it off succeeded by eating healthfully every 3 hours. It was hard to understand how and why this worked so well.
So I asked master fitness trainer Kelvin Thomas to shed light on eating for vitality and weight loss.
"Every three hours, eat things like apple and cheese, yogurt with almonds, a half sandwich, a salad or a cup of soup. Aim for around 65 percent protein, 30 percent carbs and 5 percent fats," Kelvin says.
"Not a full steak dinner every three hours," Kelvin laughs. "About 300 calories if you are not exerting physically. If you're working out hard or doing a lot of physical labor, you'll need more calories to keep up your energy.
"I like to use the camp fire analogy. Imagine a smoldering campfire. The coals and ash are burning very slowly," Kelvin explains. "This represents your metabolism when you are hungry."
"Like your body is holding on to calories to keep the fire alive?" I ask.
"Yes. Then if you put a big green log on the fire, it's going to smother the fire. The same thing happens when your metabolism slows. You're hungry.
"Then you eat a big meal and Boom, it suppresses your metabolism. Now your body has to use all its energy to metabolize the food to get you going again. So it slows you down," Kelvin says.
"By giving your body nourishment every three hours, it's like putting kindling on a campfire. Makes the fire burn hotter and hotter. It burns calories faster because it knows it's going to get food (fuel) every three hours."
"Kelvin, when I used to go six hours without eating, then chowed down a big meal, was I putting TWO green logs on my fire?" I asked.
"Yes! It's a double whammy," he laughs.
Some people eat three meals day. Kelvin recommends taking those three meals and spreading them out to five.
"Eat a little less for breakfast; add a snack in between breakfast and lunch. Then have a snack mid-afternoon and have a sensible dinner (not too late).
"You'll find that with the same amount of food you'll lose weight. Because you've stretched out your food and your body's burning a lot more efficiently."
For some type-A personalities who forget to eat, setting their cell phone to beep every three hours works beautifully. "When your alarm goes off, open your mouth and put in food," Kelvin says with his million dollar smile.
Now I look forward to maintaining steady energy levels and dropping weight the painless way. Let this tried-and-true eating plan work for you too!
Kay Wagner LMP & NASM Certified Personal Trainer, leads Strength Training, Yoga & Pilates at Rosehill CC. Kay offers PERSONAL TRAINING & SPA FACIAL MASSAGE in her studio overlooking the mountains and water, at 828 2nd St. in Mukilteo. Call 425-353-4545. Visit kaywagnerwellness.com.


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One of the busiest hospitals in Middle Tennessee is now almost overrun with patients. In fact, it's never had more admissions than it does right now.
Walden's Puddle in Joelton is the only wildlife hospital in the state and is now bursting with babies in feathers and fur.
The facility took in more than 3,000 baby possums, fawns, birds and other animals from 41 counties last year - an all-time record that is about to be smashed.
Maybe it was the mild winter, or maybe it's just that all the other hospitals for wild animals couldn't make it, but the phone at Walden's Puddle keeps ringing.
"If you find something injured or orphaned, that's not something we set out to do, but as others in the area stop doing it, we've had to absorb those animals year after year. There simply is no other place to go," said Bettina Bowers Schwan, Animal Care Director at Walden's Puddle.
As great as Walden's Puddle is, it is suffering under the load. Although the agency gives 92 cents of every dollar donated directly to the care of its animals, it still costs more than $20,000 a month to maintain.
Consider the expense, for example, to feed a finch every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day, and that's just bird feed.
"If we are going to be there for them when they have that need, and we do serve people as well as the animals, they have to help us and dig a little deeper," said Walden's Puddle Chairman Lane Brody.
In just the short time our news crew stopped by Walden's Puddle, several worried people brought in the injured, wild animals they've found in the community.
Each person also left a donation for the facility, because in Middle Tennessee, it's often Walden's Puddle or certain death, and the people who love to see wild creatures get a second chance appreciate that.
For more information, and if you would like to contribute, visit: http://www.waldenspuddle.org/.
Copyright 2013 WSMV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
North Korea on Monday joined Iran, Sudan and Syria on the terror blacklist, a largely symbolic step.Full Story >
North Korea on Monday joined Iran, Sudan and Syria on the terror blacklist, a largely symbolic step.Full Story >


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Provably Secure and Efficient Identity-Based Signature Scheme Based on Cubic Residues
Many Identity Based Signature (IBS) schemes have been proposed so far. However, most of the schemes are based on bilinear pairings. Only a few IBS schemes are without pairings. Up to now, there still remains a challenge to construct a provably secure and efficient IBS scheme without pairings. In this paper, the authors propose an efficient IBS scheme based on cubic residues, and they prove that their scheme is secure against adaptively chosen message and ID attack.
Provided by: International Journal of Network Security Topic: Security Date Added: Jan 2012 Format: PDF


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Staying in the Premiership is more important than cup run, admits Fulham boss Martin Jol
Fulham have prioritised Barclays Premier League survival over FA Cup progression but do not have the squad to rotate between competitions, manager Martin Jol has conceded.
Jol's side have slipped to within six points of the Premier League relegation zone having won just two league fixtures since the start of November.
They travel to face Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup tomorrow with Jol revealing focus on top flight survival is paramount for the Cottagers, even if he does not have the resources to rest his key players.
"The league is the priority but we can't play different teams," he said.
"You won't see the priorities in my decision making on the teams because we still play the same team - there is not a lot of difference."
With the January transfer window still open the chance for Jol to bolster his squad remains and it is something the former Tottenham boss is interested in.
He said: "I've said a couple of times, and it is such a cliché, that we would like to strengthen the squad because we lack a few players.
"When I would like to rest players, there are some positions where I have to play the same players all the time so, of course, if we can strengthen the squad, we will do it."
Saturday's opponents United are currently five points clear at the top of the table but it remains to be seen how seriously Sir Alex Ferguson's hunt for a first FA Cup success since 2004 is taken.
Jol believes any side, no matter their stature within the game, will target FA Cup success but admits he does not know where the competition will rank alongside United's quest for success in both the Premier League and Champions League.
"When you see the starting line-up against us on Saturday we will see what their thinking is," he said.
"I think the FA Cup is important to any club and that it is important to them as well so I can't see them doing strange things.
"Maybe they'll play a different team but, if you look at their players, their squad, you won't see the difference anyway."
There is a high probability that Ferguson will give some of his fringe players the chance to impress against Fulham but Jol does not expect that to make progression into the fifth round any easier for his side.
"They're still top of the league and they're a top side with so many options," said Jol.
"Even in their forward line they've got four strikers so you have to do well to contain them but still try to do something yourself and create chances and score goals."
Fulham ran United close in their league encounter at Old Trafford back in August, eventually losing 3-2 after an early Damien Duff goal had given them the lead.
The Red Devils have conceded 11 more goals than second-placed Manchester City but have been lethal in front of goal themselves.
Jol reckons their occasionally shaky defence is something that can be targeted but knows with the likes of Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez United also pose a threat in attack.
"This season they concede more goals - not lately - but before that they conceded a lot of goals, but they score always," he said.
"It's a bit of a Dutch principle - score more goals than your opposition."
Jol will be without injured duo Kerim Frei and Mahamadou Diarra for the trip to Old Trafford whilst ex-United midfielder Kieran Richardson will miss the chance to face his old club after suffering a calf injury in last weekend's defeat at Manchester City.


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Denzel Curry, Dragon Ball Master
Anime is hard ... pause
If you grew up thinking "Dragon Ball Z" was for nerds or losers, you had it twisted. On this episode of ILL TIME, Carol City native and Raider Klan affiliate Denzel Curry proves you don't have to be looking like Urkle or McLovin to know what's really good with Super Saiyans.
Check out the video above to get clued in on the realness of the Dragon Ball and keep your head on a swivel for the release of Curry's Planet Shrooms EP.
Editor's Note: We would like to apologize to Vegeta. Although we support Denzel's opinion of him being "straight danish," some of us remain loyal to the Prince of Saiyans.