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University of California - Riverside
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — How best to teach geology to young children in India and Bangladesh? One option may be to write a novella, centered around geology, for this audience, which is just what a professor of geology at the University of California, Riverside has done.
Nigel C. Hughes conceived "Monisha and the Stone Forest" nearly ten years ago, but, due to other commitments, was able to finish writing the book only in 2011. The 104-page novella, published by Monfakira Press and the Geological Society of India, was released last year. Illustrations in the book are by Rati Basu, an art teacher at Santiniketan, India, where Hughes spent a year after completing his undergraduate education in the United Kingdom.
"Monisha and the Stone Forest" illustrates how we can understand what nature is telling us about the past before humans came to Bengal, India. Monisha uses her sharp eyes and bright mind to interpret the fossil wood she encounters by linking it with natural processes that she sees happening around her today, just as a detective uses the clues left behind to interpret past events.
"Monisha is a young Bengali girl, about ten years old," said Hughes, whose own geological detective work takes him to India regularly, the high Himalayas in particular. "The first two-thirds of the book depicts how her adventures bring her to a natural understanding of how fossil wood forms. In the last third of the book, she journeys back to the time when the stone forest was living, and she meets animals in existence at that time."
Hughes explained that Monisha's adventure to the living stone forest reflects what we currently understand about conditions in Birbhum some five million years ago, at about the transition between the Miocene and Pliocene intervals of geological time.
"The animals and plants described are mostly known from Indian fossils and we think that they lived in Bengal at that time," he said. "The environment was very different back then. Huge rivers flowed in areas now dry, and thick forests were everywhere. Almost all the wild animals were different from those living in India today. The point of the novella is that Monisha observes fossils in the stone forest, thinks about them, and comes up with natural explanations for them. She learns, incredulously, in just a few months what it took geologists 150 years to realize!"
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A large white rock lay beneath a huge pakur tree at the edge of Monisha's village. By standing on it Monisha could look over the levee and see the men casting their fishing nets into the pond. Everyone in the village called the big rock "gatchpathor" but that was the only thing about it that they could agree upon. Monisha's Ma knew that her daughter had inherited her own restless mind and, shortly before she died of fever, asked Monisha to find out what the gatchpathor really was.
Monisha soon set about fulfilling her Ma's last request. The rock was far wider than the biggest branch of the tree above it, but it looked just like the trunk of a living tree, except that it was made of stone and not wood. It lay half buried in the earth, and part had been worn smooth by children's feet as they climbed on top of it.
Monisha soon set about fulfilling her Ma's last request. The rock was far wider than the biggest branch of the tree above it, but it looked just like the trunk of a living tree, except that it was made of stone and not wood. It lay half buried in the earth, and part had been worn smooth by children's feet as they climbed on top of it.
Watch a video on the book here. Listen to Hughes read from the book here.
Available in India for Rs. 150 (less than $3), the book is published in English and Bengali. Some copies are being sold also in Bangladesh, where Bengali is widely spoken. The book's target audience is children aged 10-15.
"After publishing the book, we were able to distribute 4000 free copies in Bengal, some through teachers' unions," said Hughes, who speaks conversational Bengali. "We also ran a series of programs in 16 institutions — schools, madrassas, special daycare centers. We had plenty of people offering helpful suggestions for where we could go to distribute the book."
Accompanying Hughes on these visits were two UCR alumnae of Bangladeshi origin, Tani Adhikari and Baby Snigdha Morshed, whose trip to the Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) region of India was sponsored by the UCR University Honors Program.
"This summer we did a couple of programs in Kolkata and Dhaka, specifically in the American Centers in these cities, through a State-Department-sponsored program," Hughes said. "In Kolkata, we had 140 children in attendance. For about four hours, we talked with them about the book and its message, and had a lively question-and-answer session."
The fossils Monisha sets out to understand in the book are five million years old. People often see these fossils in Bengal. (In the book, Monisha even uses one as a pillow, as Hughes saw in the villages when he was a student.) For his research, however, Hughes works on fossils that are typically 500 million years old.
"These fossils, found in the Himalayas, are not easy to find," Hughes said. "You have to go search for them, which often is a painstaking process. Local people don't stumble upon them easily."
Research in Hughes's lab at UC Riverside uses information on fossil morphology to address a variety of evolutionary and geological questions. His research group is interested in how to use fossil shape to learn about the evolutionary process and interesting episodes in Earth's history.
"We need to understand that we live in a time of global change," he said. "This change does not impact simply us in the west even though we contribute spectacularly to that change. Climate change is happening everywhere.
All the incidents in "Monisha and the Stone Forest" are based on Hughes's experiences in India.
"I felt that now is an important time to put these experiences down in the form of this book," he said. "Monisha's story presents to children, not just in India and Bangladesh, some understanding of how the environment has changed quite drastically through time — in relatively a short period of time geologically. Earth has a history written for us to understand. Nothing quite provides better evidence of how the planet has changed through time than an understanding of Earth's past."
The University of California, Riverside (http://www.ucr.edu) is a doctoral research university, a living laboratory for groundbreaking exploration of issues critical to Inland Southern California, the state and communities around the world. Reflecting California's diverse culture, UCR's enrollment has exceeded 21,000 students. The campus will open a medical school in 2013 and has reached the heart of the Coachella Valley by way of the UCR Palm Desert Center. The campus has an annual statewide economic impact of more than $1 billion. A broadcast studio with fiber cable to the AT&T Hollywood hub is available for live or taped interviews. UCR also has ISDN for radio interviews. To learn more, call (951) UCR-NEWS.


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The Enchanted Kitchen at Fire Fly Farm now can be the Enchanted Kitchen Anywhere!
The Enchanted Kitchen at Fire Fly Farm now can be the Enchanted Kitchen Anywhere!
The quiet beauty of a Maine farm in winter.
There's no such thing as "garbage!" What doesn't wind up as chicken feed is composted and will feed next year's vegetables.
We keep going strong all winter long, with farmers markets and catering. Blizzards don't even slow us down.
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Jet lag is an interesting occurrence. I believe I experienced it both coming and going but with the excitement of arriving to India I was able to muscle thru it. Returning home is a different matter. So much is happening around being home and before I arrived I planned to jump right in with both feet back into my life. But the couch is all I have been up for entertaining…..
Of course one's body is out of wack. When I think of it, traveling over 400 miles per hour over vast tracks of land and ocean, being thrown back half a day with the time change, not sleeping for days and the dehydration of it all….it warrants a few days of being a non functioning, tired and sleepless zombie. I am coming around. Yesterday and today I feel more myself and tomorrow will be ready to tackle the load of things to do before the full steam ahead season begins for 2012. I am really lucky to be able to take a break, step away from my life and see such spectacular wonders of the world and then return to the world that I Love so much here on Fire Fly Farm fully ready to embrace my life. I have my sister and her amazing family to thank for the trip of a lifetime. Without all the help of the Lovely Kuskovskis my trip would have been a fraction of what it was if not completely non existent. I miss them so and am overwhelmed with gratitude.
As I am crawling out of my stupor, I look forward to seeing you all very soon. I am back!
I did have a little forethought about luggage….First I thought I could have two bags on my way home….after packing and one bag STILL being too heavy and then realizing that I only had one free checked bag, I decided to just put everything into the colossal bag Matt and Jess lent me and just pay the over weight fee instead of both overweight fee AND extra bag fee. The bag seemed WAY too heavy and after not being able to find a limit to HOW heavy the overweight bag could be I figured I would just go with it. FYI: There is a weight limit and mine was about double that…..and if you have to pay for an extra bag or heavy luggage fee, add yet another hour to your departure time to the airport…
Not being able to sleep, I hung out with Jen and Vladimir until time to leave for the airport after midnight.
First of all to fly in India you need a piece of printed paper with your itinerary if you cannot print your boarding passes off. You cannot enter the airport without it…..I dragged the bag thru the airport. At the check in there were only 10 people, half of them being large parties flying together, I figured this would go quickly. Not exactly. Almost an hour later I made it to throw my bag unto the scale. I believe there has never been a bag this heavy ever attempted to be checked into the Mumbai airport with the reaction I received. After much discussion about how to make this work, a young man was assigned to me to figure this out. He loaded a push trolley with the bag (WOW! Why didn't I think of this earlier?!) and off he went, me tagging along, finding a tattered old box, finding tape, helping me repack, finding a shrink wrapping department, then he said wait here….he rushed off to weight everything to make sure and then we approached the ticket counter again. Just in time, I thought I was about to dissolve into a pool of sweat. Then I was told they were unable to take credit cards to pay for my extra bag (or in my case, box) so I would have to go to the business office. At this time, my carry on tote ripped in half with everything pouring onto the floor. No worries they have KLM plastic bags!! I took three for extra strength and now feel like the bag lady. The young man loaded my carry on stuff and wheeled off to show me this new spur of the adventure. The business offices are at a completely different area. It was approaching an uncomfortable time to my flight now and the young man realized this too because he was almost running. I jogged along beside him as he kept nervously turning his head to make sure I was with him as we wheeled down a very long and very dark corridor as it was about 2:30am now, my flight to leave at 3:05am. Running down this endless, dark hallway, I was thinking, you HAVE to be kidding me……a woman with the same bewildered expression that I must have had was leaving the office with her attendant as we entered. Three people were in there and they seemed all in training for what happened next. I kept a calm expression but on the inside I was not calm. Finally, I had some papers that they told me to hang onto that would prove I did pay for this extra bag, as I wadded it up and crammed it in my pocket and ran back down the corridor I was wondering if I would ever see my luggage again.
Now I approached a line for immigration, and was asked for a piece of paper, oh, that one…..found it and quickly, now shaking, filled it out. As I stood in line a person was calling for the Paris flight, I waved my arms figuring it was about to leave and I had immigration, security and a bus yet to take……as I was waving my arms I ducked under the tape. DO NOT EVER DO THIS. Just wave, do not move. So instead of being able to easily slip under this tape and be directed to a short line, I had to clammer over everyone else in line and their luggage to then be directed. The same with security…..in the security line they were again calling for Paris ticket holders and as I waved, they told me to clammer to the head of the women's line and this all but started a riot with the angry women I left behind me. Not wanting to miss the flight, I forged ahead. Finally, now I am in the line for the bus to take me to the plane with other people who were on the flight so I could breath again knowing I would make it. The flight was running a little late, WHEW.
Being an international flight I ordered a glass of wine as soon as I was able. Not drinking much on this trip in India, this was all I needed.
Now I am sitting here in Paris, 9:30am, nice and calm at my gate in PLENTY of time and someone is playing lovely music on a piano. My adventure is not quite over…..I will have to collect my luggage in Detroit to walk it thru US customs to check it again to Maine. Jen mentioned not being able to use luggage trolleys….THAT will be interesting.
In yoga class this morning, I asked the instructor if she knew anyone in the area who did henna art, a quick call on her cellphone, she asked if 4pm would work… YES!!
Neeta came to Jen's flat and performed her fabulous henna artistry on my hands and feet. I LOVE IT!! I have had henna parties in Maine with my girlfriends and have done belly henna at Motherblessings but have never had anyone do any on me. I am now not only planning a sari party…..there will be a henna party this Spring as well. I quickly remembered why I always had henna parties outside in the sun while enjoying cocktails. A little messy but not too bad, I was the one making the mess, not Neeta.
I am thrilled to have this to take home with me, I keep looking at my hands and smile…
It will be an exciting yoga class tomorrow!
We took a family trip to Sula Vineyard over the weekend. A bit of a rough trip, we were all car sick, Maks having the worst of it, actually getting sick, poor guy. He was a trooper and as we cleared the last mountain pass, things seemed brighter. As we approached the vineyard, a calm was in the air, it was absolutely stunning. Mountains framing an endless lake that met over 2000 acres of pristine and perfectly kept grape vines. It was incredibly impressive. Happy to get out of the car, we roamed the fabulous grounds of the hotel, swam, had a wonderful lunch and then prepared to tour Sula Vineyard and Winery. This is the largest wine facility I have been in. Again, the size and equipment was impressive for such a young winery. It appeared to me during the tour that they are catering to an audience that does not know much about wine. We had a great time, had a chance to taste a few wines and stomp some grapes. The grape juice was fabulous…..and the return ride back to Mumbai was MUCH more gentle!
Interesting day….I picked up some tailor work that I had done with my sari, found some lovely chocolates and bakery to surprise Jen and Maks (Valentine's Day) and then was hit by a moped while crossing the street. I am all right, just a large welt and nasty bruise in the works but the whole thing had me furious for a little bit. Had to walk it off.
Now this is the street that has three "lanes" marked going each way but actually has six lanes of vehicles (mopeds, motorbikes, buses, trucks, cars, cabs, rickshaws….) careening and jostling each way down the strip of road, horns blaring the whole time. The moped driver said he was really sorry but he was using his horn. This almost had me laughing. It doesn't matter that everyone is blaring their horns at ALL times, I am deafened by horns and that it is then all right to hit a person instead of using the brakes. Hmmm. After many angry words and arm flaying from both of us, he drove off after we obviously were not going to have a way to settle it. He actually said he would drive me to the police station and motioned for me to hop on the moped. He didn't realize how crazy that was after he just HIT me, yea, like now I was going to go for a ride with him.
The irony of all of this is that I actually made it across the road and walking along when I was hit from behind and two other people were kind of a buffer….
I am not short of story material, that is for sure…..


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Originally Posted by Avantenor
I don't know what to think. On the people's side of the story, it's a desaster and incredibly sad. On the business side, I am not that surprised. dtp was a traditional german company and imho that's the reason why it failed. As did all typical german companies before them, who tried to get international. I don't know why it does not work, but so it is.


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Photographer's Note
solidarity nocolors noborders...
today I present a photo from my first mission in Guine-Bissau,1991,at Lugadjole,a small village in the East,close to the boarder with Guine Conacri,100 kms to the next village,next doctor,Gabu,150 kms to the next surgeon,Bafatá.
The distances are correct but to do that was always uncertain.
Tradicional power lives close to the state power and is the main source of decision at the tradicional villages,the old man (o homem grande).
In the photo the old man near the door offers me a cock by the hands of the traditional healer.
At the time Guine-Bissau presents a life expectancy of 45 years,about 50% infantile mortality,and malnutrition,12% of severe malnutrion, and something like 1 doctor to 82500 habitants (out of Bissau - the capital).
...gratitude is my feeling about this beautiful people
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Polonaise (5802) 2008-05-09 11:41
The photo has certainly a whole bunch of 'the technicalities', but...
The power of being 'in' the action... Of being familiar with them.. Helping them....
That's a powerful plus in your presentation...
Bless your work, man ..
xuaxo (6854) 2008-05-11 11:23
Olá José
Esta seria um pouco difícil de entender sem a nota. Em conjunto com a nota explicativa está um interessante documento.
Um abraço,
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- Copyright: jose diogo (josediogo1958) (450)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 1991-08-00
- Categories: Daily Life
- Photo Version: Original Version
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There is only one other person in Hollywood more disliked by the geeks than Paul W.S. Anderson (not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson), and that person is … Brett Ratner. Hey, I don't understand the dislike, either, as Ratner has done some decent movies in the past. Now comes word that Ratner has been selected by the studio to direct "The Wolf Man", replacing Mark Romanek, who recently left the project.
I can't conceive of the problems you must have felt were in place to see Mark Romanek leave THE WOLFMAN. That you were set to start shooting in 3 weeks… it's truly a nightmare situation. The artwork that Rick Baker created under Mark's watchful eye is literally stunning. And I know looking at the boards and the make up and the pre-vis that Mark set up – you're looking for a shooter to step in and just deliver the movie that Mark conceived on the schedule you need it shot on.
Well word has reached me, from an incredibly reliable source – that you've settled on Brett Ratner as the director. With the work that Romanek, Baker and Benicio have done – I have no doubt that Brett will capture enough magic to assemble a trailer campaign that will sell the film. But you really need much more than a trailer.
Ratner is probably a safe bet for the studio, like Paul W.S. Anderson. I don't know these men, or how they work behind the scenes, but if I were to guess, I'd guess that both guys know how to make movies fast and under budget, and that's why studios like them. Or maybe I'm wrong, and they just have pictures of studio suits making out with sheep. Either/or.


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- Masterarbeit (3)
- Preprint (3)
- CoMo-Kit (12) (entfernen)
- Agent-Based Project Management (1999)
- Integrated project management means that design and planning are interleaved with plan execution, allowing both the design and plan to be changed as necessary. This requires that the right effects of change are propagated through the plan and design. When this is distributed among designers and planners, no one may have all of the information to perform such propagation and it is important to identify what effects should be propagated to whom when. We describe a set of dependencies among plan and design elements that allow such notification by a set of message-passing software agents. The result is to provide a novel level of computer support for complex projects.
- Enriching Software Process Support by Knowledge-based Techniques (1996)
- Representations of activities dealing with the development or maintenance of software are called software process models. Process models allow for communication, reasoning, guidance, improvement, and automation. Two approaches for building, instantiating, and managing processes, namely CoMo-Kit and MVP-E, are combined to build a more powerful one. CoMo-Kit is based on AI/KE technology; it was developed for supporting complex design processes and is not specialized to software development processes. MVP-E is a process-sensitive software engineering environment for modeling and analyzing software development processes, and guides software developers. Additionally, it provides services to establish and run measurement programmes in software organizations. Because both approaches were developed completely independently major integration efforts are to be made to combine their both advantages. This paper concentrates on the resulting language concepts and their operationalization necessary for building automated process support.


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Data from the Killeen Independent School District shows a drop in the number of enrolled students living on post.
A recent report showed an 11 percent decrease in the number of students who live at Fort Hood over the last five years.
Those figures show the largest decrease — 703 students — occurred between the current and previous school years. The numbers reflect Killeen ISD students who live on Fort Hood property and attend school at campuses both on and off post.
The report said 5,866 students live on post currently, and 6,653 students lived on post during the 2008-2009 school year.
Despite the on-post student decrease, the district has seen overall enrollment grow at a rapid pace over the last 10 years, exploding from about 29,400 in the 1999-2000 school year to nearly 42,000 students last year.
While the current school year is just beginning, the most recent data shows the district saw a 1.3 percent decrease in overall enrollment from the previous school year.
As of Oct. 22, the official Killeen ISD enrollment was 41,414.
"Our civilian growth is still increasing," said Jeff Heckathorn, the district's demographer. "It's the military side that knocked us down when it comes to our growth rate."
Heckathorn presented the data to members of the district's board of trustees at an Oct. 22 workshop.
Col. Matt Elledge, Fort Hood's garrison commander, also attended the meeting. He indicated the drop could be a refection, in part, of drawdowns impacting the military across the country.
"There are peaks and valleys as we go in and out of combat," Elledge said, referring to Fort Hood's population. "The Army is transforming."
Elledge said he expects Fort Hood to see a decrease of 2,900 soldiers between now and 2017. The installation has a military assigned population of just more than 42,000, with about 17,846 on-post family members, according to information Elledge provided to board members.
The decrease in the number of students living on Fort Hood also could be the result of fewer families choosing to live in on-post housing.
Elledge said that while Fort Hood saw nearly 100 percent housing occupancy in the past, about 300 housing units currently remain open.
"There's a plethora of housing (available) off post," Elledge said.
While fewer students may be living on post, the Killeen district still saw growth in other areas. The district's "Featherline South" zone saw an increase of 170 students from the previous year, and a 220.4 percent increase in enrollment over the last five years. The district is currently building a 33rd elementary school in the southern part of the district, which is expected to open for the 2014-2015 school year.
By the numbers
- 41,414 students currently enrolled in Killeen ISD schools.
- 5,866 students currently living on post.
- 703 fewer students live on Fort Hood this year than last.
- 11.2 percent decrease in Fort Hood enrollment over the last five years.


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7 Steps to Creating Killer Drip Campaigns
Drip campaigns are a great way to create top-of-mind awareness and nurture customer relationships without jeopardizing the relationship from overly persistent follow-up. When done right, your drip campaign can inform prospects of a wide variety of benefits, generate interest when interest wasn't initially given, and ultimately lead to higher conversion.
Follow these steps to create strategic and purposeful drip campaign:
Step #1—Identify Your Goal
Every drip campaign needs a purpose. While the obvious goal of most drip campaigns may be conversion, there are most likely secondary goals that lead to conversion. Perhaps your goal is to convert sales without so much follow-up. Maybe the goal is to keep leads warm until your sales team will be calling them again. Here at CityGro, the primary goal of our marketing drip campaign is to educate prospective clients about Marketing Automation and introduce the many different ways businesses can use our software. We find that educating prospects lead to higher conversion. We also have "new client" drip campaigns that assist in our on boarding process. The goal is still conversion but secondary goals are very different. Get your drip campaign started right by identifying the primary goal and what secondary goals lead up to it.
Step #2—Identify Hurdles that Prevent Customers from Converting
With your primary goal in mind, your next step is to jot down any hurdles that may be preventing customers from moving forward. Common hurdles might include misunderstanding the product, hesitation based on cost or not understanding the return on investment, training or education hurdles, or perhaps customers don't see the need until it is presented to them over and over again. Identifying these hurdles will help you create the content of your drip campaign as you seek to help prospects overcome the hurdles. Avoid the tendency to think hurdles don't exist, hurdles always exist. I try to look for hurdles with extra sensitivity towards prospects that are new to my technology. Using the CityGro marketing drip campaign as an example, we find that one of the biggest hurdles people have is piecing together all the components of a complete loyalty marketing strategy. They get drowned with info overload and don't know where to begin. By introducing our software one concept at a time (first, in-store data collection; then online data collection; followed by email marketing, text marketing, etc) we can help business visualize their strategy; and that's when prospects convert. Identifying the hurdles will give structure and provide direction to your drip campaign.
Step #3—Identify Benefits and Solutions Customers Should Know About
Your key benefits provide solutions to hurdles and offer a value to readers. A main advantage of a drip campaign is the ability to highlight one benefit at a time without the need to regurgitate masses of information all in one email. Make a list of all the benefits you think a reader should know and when you are done go back through your list and identify all of the contexts that each benefit could be placed in. Use these benefits to create the subject of each message and use them as you outline of your drip campaign. Keep in mind that while some people are motivated by solutions, more people are motivated by solving problems. Consider introducing solutions and benefits by first introducing the problems they solve.
Step #4—Outline your Drip Campaign
Prior to writing your content, outline your campaign with headers and subject lines based on the solutions and benefits you previously identified. Use your list of hurdles to help put order to your outline. If there are certain emails that are better received once a seed has been planted, make sure you place those emails further down the campaign. Assuming the platform you are using offers customer segmentation tools, map out what customer segments will receive which messages. Maybe you have a special email that only goes out to customers who have opened X emails or have a series of product specific emails that should only go out to customers who have shown interest in that product line. For a more basic strategy, assume that all customers will receive all emails and place all of your subject lines in a linear order. Remember, a main benefit of drip campaigns is the ability to nurture your clients over time and allows you to highlight benefits one at a time.
Step #5—Create Your Content
Did you notice we're not creating content until step 5? Doing the preliminary work prior to creating your content will ensure you have GOOD content. Quality content is the key to your drip campaign. Think of your content as an extension of your service, it needs to be up to par or better than the service you provide.
With that said, your content will reflect the problems you solve and the benefits that you provide. It should provide a value to your readers. You DON'T have to present new solutions with every message but you DO need to present your solutions in new and refreshing ways. Using consistent themes throughout your drip campaign will help clients think of you when that theme appears in real life. CityGro's theme involves disclosing the "CityGro Playbook" by which every email in the campaign releases the very marketing strategy that is used in that email. The more emails our prospects read, the more likely they are to reach out when they are ready to revamp their business marketing strategy (assuming the quality is up to par).
Remember, content is key! Take extra time to create enticing headlines, an attractive layout, and anything else that will add quality to your content. Make sure you link your content to your site, blog, etc. Quality content will ensure viewers keep viewing and prospects are converted.
Step #6—Set Your Triggers
With an outline on hand, setting your triggers should be a fairly painless process. There is no global rule here, you will have to find what fits. I've noticed most people tend to error on the side of not sending enough communication rather than sending too much. If you have content that provides value to readers, you should be confident that readers will want to receive your message. If you have the ability to so, schedule your message to go out at the same time the subscriber joined the list. If that is not an option, consider your audience and the most likely time they will be available to read your message. Try a few different times during the day and see what give you the best open rate.
Step #7—Monitor Performance
Monitoring performance will help you maximize the results of your drip campaign. Most email and text providers offer tracking tools so that you can see open rates, click-through rates, and opt-out rates. As a general rule, I want to send messages as frequently as possible without seeing a spike in my opt-out rate. I expect to see higher opt out rates on the first few messages than I do over time as my readers "settle in." Try sending at a frequency slightly more often than what you would consider appropriate and see how your readers respond. Make small changes such as the time of day you send a message or the subject line of the emails and see if it affects performance.
Now it's time to get to work. Create a killer drip campaign and if you have any comments, please share!


text: Does anyone have any experience with Double Tap 200 gr WFNGC 40 S&W ammo? I bought a box and the bullet has the largest meplat (.32 inch) of any hardcast FN ammo whether 40 or 45 cal. I figured it could serve as SD ammo for both 2 and 4 legged critters. I prefer penetration over expansion and the large meplat should ensure a large wound cavity. I was just wondering if anyone has any actual experience using this ammo. I will be using it in my G23 and G27 and I choose not to worry about whether a HP will expand or not or whether the target has hide and fur vs a leather jacket and extra clothing layers.


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KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA Tour season now starts today.
Wind squalls that howled down the mountains above Maui were so severe Friday that the opening round of the Tournament of Champions was scrapped. Rickie Fowler and Jason Dufner, the first to tee off on the Plantation Course, only played eight holes. Six players in the 30-man field had not even teed off.
The decision to wipe out the round was great news for Scott Stallings, who already was 7-over par through four holes. As for U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson?
"It stinks for me," he said.
Simpson was 3-under par when he stepped to the eighth tee, one of only two players under par. The other was Jonas Blixt, who was 1 under.
The plan is to play 36 holes today, brutal news for the caddies who had to lug bags on this elevated golf course. But the forecast was for more wind.
2016 OLYMPICS: In London, Rory McIlroy might skip the Games in Rio de Janeiro because of a problem over which country to represent.
The No. 1-ranked player, from Northern Ireland, is eligible to compete for either Britain or Ireland when golf returns to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He said he might miss the games to avoid having to choose between the two.
"I just think being from where we're from, we're placed in a very difficult position," the 23-year-old McIlroy said in a BBC documentary. "I feel Northern Irish and obviously being from Northern Ireland you have a connection to Ireland and a connection to the U.K."
McIlroy stirred controversy last year when he said in a British newspaper interview that he felt "more British than Irish." He then posted a clarification on Twitter saying he grew up "a proud product of Irish golf" and had not made a decision on the Olympics.
"If I could and there was a Northern Irish team I'd play for Northern Ireland," he said in the BBC program. "It's a tough one, whatever decision I make – whether it's play for Ireland, play for Britain or not play at all, maybe, just because I don't want to upset too many people.
"It's definitely an option. I either play for one side or the other or I don't play. Those are the three options that I have and I'm still considering them very carefully."
McIlroy, who has twice represented Ireland at the World Cup, was asked whether he regretted saying last year that he felt more British.
"It was a moment, I don't want to say of weakness, but of frustration with it all," he said. "People tune in to watch me play on TV and feel like they are connected to me in some way. I don't want to repay them for their support by doing something that they wouldn't want me to do.
"When I do make a decision, it's going to be one that I've thought long and hard about, and one I feel comfortable with."


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In Russia, commented on the missile exercises near the Crimea, noting that Ukraine has not sent notification of new missile firing in the Black sea area after December 2. This was announced by the head of Rosaviatsia Alexander Neradko on the sidelines of the forum "Transport of Russia", reports "TASS".
"New NOTES (the aviation alert – ed.) was not valid the old notification that we received last Thursday, that will be activated danger zone in the West of Ukraine over neutral waters. Got into our territorial waters. Then Ukraine has changed its notification and activated a danger zone for missile firing, excluding territorial waters. This notice remains and is valid today", – said the head of Rosaviatsia.
Related news: Second day of rocket firings Mat: Planned multiple launches from the aircraft
Air force Armed forces of Ukraine the second day carried out a planned firing drill on the territory of Kherson region. Today is the last of the exercises, but the exercises will begin as soon as weather conditions will contribute to this.
As reported yesterday the shooting training of Air forces of Armed forces of Ukraine completed, all missiles hit the target.
Earlier, Russia threatened missile strike in the case of the Ukraine military exercises near the Crimea. The warning contained in the letter of the Ministry of defense of Russia, addressed to the military attaché at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation.
In response, the NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said that the sovereign airspace of the Russian Federation in the Black sea ends up in the middle of the Kerch Strait, and there is Ukraine to carry out missile tests is not going to.


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The two favorites came through in the U23 and Junior 17-18 races with Danny Summerhill (Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin) and Cody Kaiser (California Giant/Specialized) taking the titles in their respective races on a muddy course in Bend on Saturday.
Temperatures warmed into the forties around Bend's Old Mill District causing treacherously slippery course conditions as the early week snow and ice turned to mud.
Bike handler's course. Kaiser had called it on Friday when he said the course suited him. On his last season as a 17-18 rider, he soloed to his first National title of his career capping off a great season that included five USGP wins.
"I haven't won a GP or a National Championship and did that all in one year. I'm pretty happy. Next year is U23 now for me, I'm kind of happy to move up. It's always tough when we stay with the guys, I'm always the first one up, I leave early so once I'm able not to sleep in but more just roll with the team, it will be a little more camaraderie and stuff like that." said Kaiser who said that no he would not be sleeping in the jersey.
Kaiser used his fast speed to get another holeshot and put the pressure on the field. Behind him lined up were Jeffrey Bahnson (Thule/Van Dessel), Skyler Trujillo (Black Sheep), Benjamin Swedberg (Rad Racing) and Chris Wallace (KCCX/Verge/Navigators). Swedberg faded and it left the other four at the front.
A flat took Wallace out of the front. "At the top of the climb, I was descending, I think I hit a rock, I flatted. The four of us, Cody, Jeff, Skyler and me were all together and I flatted and dropped back pretty far."
That left three battling in the lead group: Kaiser, Bahnson and Trujillo. On the second lap, it was Bahnson's turn to apply the pressure.
"Bahnson had ten bike lengths or so, I was sitting in, playing it safe and see how everrything laid out and I was able to catch him." said the always cool customer Kaiser.
Trujillo was sitting in watching the other two. "I was like 'alright if they're going to stay together and they don't look like they're in any rush to get my up there to pull', so I totally just sat on. And then Jeff shot away and I couldn't get around Cody but luckily he pulled him back in."
On the third lap, Kaiser attacked and only Trujillo could go with him until Kaiser put in another attack on the stairs, Trujillo fell and that was it.
"Then Cody went away and I had to get passed Jeff and I got passed him and just went for it." said Trujillo. "Then as soon as I caught Cody I crashed twice, jacked up my front break."
"I think I went out too early, I blew up. I got a front flat towards the middle of the race, it was a slow leak I think, when it went flat after the first pit, I rode a half lap with a flat tire. " said Bahnson who caught up with Trujillo.
The only rider not to crash, Kaiser crossed the line with a gap of almost two minutes. "I had no issues, I felt really comfortable in this stuff. It wasn't too much of a thick mud, it was definitely a bike handler's course and that's me."
Bahnson won the silver medal. "The course was great for me, it was a lot fun, slippery, muddy in some places. I'm happy with my race."
Trujillo was quite pleased with his bronze. "A podium was my goal. I'm peaking for Belgium camp, so that's actually what I'm going for, I was glad that I did so well here."
Wallace who had fallen back after his early flat fought his way back up through the riders. "I just rode as hard as I could until the end." said Wallace who pitted twice. "I was pretty frustrated, really frustrated, but oh well, what can you do?"
Wallace finished fourth, John Burton (Joyride Bikes/ek Ekcessories) was fifth.
Crunch time. Favorite going into the U23 race, Summerhill was feeling the pressure.
"Oh it was nerve racking, man I didn't want to let anyone down, there were a lot of people saying that I was going to win." said a still covered in mud Summerhill after the race. "I didn't want to read anymore press, or anything about it because the more I read about it, I was like 'oh man if I don't win I'm going to let way more than just myself down so it's nice to have accomplished what I did. My hat goes off to everyone else because these are just crazy conditions that we had to put up with. It was snow yesterday, now it's mud today so it's pretty interesting bicycle race."
On his first season as a U23, silver medalist in last year's 17-18 race Luke Keough (Champion Systems) got another fast start to make it first to the grass, a position he held for the first lap.
"I've holeshot it every race this year, pro, amateurs, I've done pretty well at those. I just seem to get to the pedals quicker than everyone else, I'm not going harder than everyone." said Keough.
Keough went to the front followed by Summerhill and Chance Noble (CalGiant-Specialized), who had lined up on the third row. The trio quickly separated itself from the rest of the field.
"I knew Keough would do that. Everyone on line was saying he's not riding too great but man I knew differently, the way he come out from the start, he made me nervous for sure. I thought it was going to be the three of us to the finish line and taking Keough to the finish line wouldn't have been a fun day by any means." said Summerhill.
On the second lap, disaster struck for Keough.
"I led the lap, I knew I was technically better than most guys and then when I started to feel my legs a little bit, my concentration was a little off, I crashed really hard in the back section, at the front pushing the pace pretty hard with Danny and Chance. I broke my bike, my bars were all crooked so that's when I lost them." said Keough who pitted and dropped back.
The other two quickly took advantage with Noble taking the lead to put some more time to the chasers. Summerhill and Noble continued on with Summerhill taking more of the pulls at the front.
"He was definitely leading more but to be honest I was just hanging on for a while. He tried to get me to pull through on the pavement but he was going faster than I wanted to go." said Noble.
But mountain bike pro Noble did try to use his superior technical skills to drop his competitor. "I thought maybe that I had a slight advantage on the corner so I was attacking him through there, I think Danny had the horsepower today."
With two laps to go, Summerhill used his power to pull away.
"I attacked right after the stairs on the off-camber section, got a second or two and just kept opening it up from there. I didn't think I'd be able to open it up because Chance was riding great today. It worked in the end." said Summerhill who quickly got 20 seconds on Noble.
Summerhill crossed the line solo to win the U23 National title making it a complete sweep for his Felt-Holowesko Partners-Garmin team, as they also win the U23 Road and U23 TT earlier in the year.
"I think I'm most stoked just to get another win for the team Nationals wise, so we have Alex for Road and Peter for Road and now we're doing it for cyclocross." said a beaming Summerhill.
After suffering with the H1N1 virus earlier this year, Noble was quite satisfied with his silver medal. "I'm really happy with this. I came into this race hoping just for a podium finish really, it became pretty clear pretty quick that I had in me to do more than that."
Behind the duo the battle was on for the bronze medal. Keough who had dropped back after his crash was joined by a surging David Hackworthy (Plan C).
"I actually crashed two more times before David Hackworthy caught me, then I was just riding smooth." said Keough.
USGP U23 overall winner Hackworthy did not have a great start and had to move up. "I was probably tenth wheel coming into the first corner and there's not really an area where you can get around people. I got stuck behind guys that I didn't want to get stuck behind, gaps opened, people were going down left and right, once again guys that I didn't want to be behind."
"But once I got passed them, I really got into my zone and rode my race, I made up a lot of time I think. I rode a good race, had a couple of slipups, went down hard and lost a couple of gaps to Luke behind me but he caught back up, it was a constant struggle."
Hackworthy and Keough kept hitting each other until the final corner on the final lap when Keough opened it up.
"I knew he was pretty tired I could tell, on the road I just hit it, he wasn't there," said Keough, "hit the turn and hit it again."
Keough grabbed the bronze and Hackworthy finished fourth.
"I'm pretty happy, I wasn't really expecting for this weekend." said Keough about his bronze. "I'm not peaking right now, I'm coming down of the rest of the season, it's been a long season. I was just out here for some fun, and it turned up pretty good."
"I feel like I've been pretty consistent since my first race, the first USGP in September all the way through December, it's been a long season. I feel like it was definitely a long successful season, New Jersey didn't go so hot but it helped me get prepared for Nationals. " said Hackworthy who is still waiting to hear about the team selection for Worlds.
Jeremy Ferguson (CalGiant-Specialized) finished fifth.
Four master men's titles were also awarded on the penultimate day of racing at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships. In the day's earlier action, Former pro mountain bikers Peter Webber and Don Myrah squared off in a re-match of the 1993 elite national title race in the 40-44 master men's competition. Almost 20 years later the pair exchanged podium places with Webber grabbing the gold and Myrah settling for silver amongst the 150-rider field.
Kevin Hines (Corner Cycles) turned in a stellar performance in the early morning 50-54 race, winning the national title by nearly a minute. Bobby Langin (Platinum Performance) then held off Rich Cramer of nearby Beaverton, Ore. to grab the silver.
Grant Berry (Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory), Matt Pacocha (Hudz-Subaru) and Jake Wells (Mafia Racing) got out front quickly in the 30-34 contest. Wells was chased out of the lead group halfway through the race, leaving Pacocha and Berry to fight it out for the next few laps until Berry was able to open a 20 second gap.
"I was trying to race clean and see how it was going to play out," explained Velonews' Pacocha. "Things were cooling off so late in the day and the grass was really freezing up making it really slippery. I had a little crash and he was able to get away."
The three early leaders were not the story however in the 35-39 age division as Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage) surged from the fourth row to catch the leaders late in the race.
"After getting through the pack I was riding by myself most of the time," said Baker. "I wasn't sure if I would catch them, but I just wanted to keep racing hard. I was 20 seconds back at one point, but I think they started looking at each other a bit late in the race and I was able to close it."
Baker passed Justin Robinson (CalGiant), Ali Goulet (Church of the Big Ring) and last year's champion Brandon Dwight (Boulder Cycle Sport) on the final lap to move up to the top step of the podium.
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If a real zombie outbreak were to occur or any other type of post-apocalyptic scenario, we have a feeling many horror fans would rely on what they've been taught in zombie movies and The Walking Dead. Digital Wizard Studios wants to give you some tips on how to survive a zombie apocalypse in their series of LEGO parody videos based on The Walking Dead.
Only two episodes are currently available, but more are on the way, and they teased an upcoming episode with The Governor and his case of heads. In episode one, we're reminded not to follow in Carl's footsteps when it comes to approaching a zombie. In episode two, we're reminded that any potential issues with Merle in upcoming episodes could have been easily avoided.
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heyo san francisco,
moving out to the area tomorrow, been starved for waves on the east coast since early summer and I'm looking forward to some obeach surf. Never surfed their before, I'm wondering if there are any spots/bars that are deec this year, surf shops I could get a quality deal on a used board, and what kinda wetsuit I'm gonna need. And how do I take public transport down to a good surf spot. I have a 4/3, do I need to buy booties, a thicker suit?. . .c ya in the water
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Aug 26, 2008, 09:47 AM #2nithya Guest
the wave rarely breaks but is great for little kids. A typhoon swell can happen and then a legendary due to it's extreme rarity right hand point break starts up at the western end of the bay.This is funny that I found at least one thing other bus line most likely havent but the bus No.
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OB will never steer you wrong. You can take bus no.'s 38, 31, 5, and 23 there. A lot of people go to Wise surf shop (the 38 drops you off right nearby) but I like Mollusk surf shop on Irving st. I'm pretty sure both sell used boards, Wise def. does. A 4/3 will treat you nicely, but paddle hard to keep warm anyway! Remember to explore! As always, give respect to get respect and you'll find a place in the lineup.
good call...
Hey man, i just got out to the area in september and i'm now going to school at Santa Clara University (it was the closest i could get to the pacific in terms of schools being from southern delaware). I am 40 min. south of San Francisco and about 45 min. north of Santa Cruz. I've had a chance to surf both areas a number of times since i've been here and trust me, being from the east coast, you have a lot to look forward to. Im not as familiar with San Francisco, but I recommend taking the CalTrain down to Diridon Station in San Jose, then hopping on the Highway17 Bus right to Santa Cruz. The train is about $5 and the bus is $4 and you will be put right in Santa Cruz with several spots at your disposal (steamer lane, pleasure point, and many of the state beaches to the north like davenport, 3 and 4 mile, waddell creek, etc.) Basically, when you get out here, explore. You can find plenty of breaks all over if your willing to check out a map and hop on a bus. The trip to Santa Cruz is worth it. Also, i've been wearing a 4/3 with 3mm boots and i've been fine. However, i do have 5mm boots,gloves, and hood for the winter. I trust the 4/3 will get you all the way through. Good Luck and Enjoy, it's the fu--cking west coast!


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Beautiful colors, scenes, and architectural masterpieces were admired at the 2nd Annual Church Stained Glass Window Tour.
The tour started at Bryan Place, where visitors purchased wristbands and were guided throughout downtown to visit historical landmarks. Once there, they were given a brief history of each church and its stained glass windows.
"The windows have gone through some hard times like the churches have. They have been through the 1913 floods. Most of these churches were built way before the early 1900's it's fascinating to people there's so much history, " said Pam Uddin.
Uddin says the money from the tours will go back into the Downtown Marketing Group so that they can help promote what the city has to offer. She says they are in talks with city officials to make sure that historical landmarks are taken care of for years to come.
"We want to reuse, redevelop, and rebuild our downtown. It's our history, this is our legal center, our banking center, our justice center and that's us. We lose our downtown, we can't do that we lose our community," said Uddin.
Churches toured on Sunday included Saint Nicholas Catholic Church , Immanuel United Church of Christ and Central Trinity United Methodist and more.


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State's cold case probe of murder leads to arrest of victim's estranged husband
Patricia A. Scinta picked up the telephone at 6 a.m. Wednesday and heard the news that the 81-year-old grieving mother had been praying to hear for 34 years.
"We just arrested Michael Rodriguez in your daughter's death," Christopher S. Weber, a senior investigator for the State Police, told her.
"Thank God," Scinta said and began to weep. "After I hung up, I thought, 'And thank Chris Weber, too.' That man worked his heart out."
His work culminated with the arrest of 59-year-old Michael Rodriguez, estranged husband, early Wednesday at his South Buffalo home in the 1979 slaying of Patricia Rodriguez.
Four hours later and a world away from his comfortable life as a husband and father of two young children at a Pries Avenue home, Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in front of State Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia.
Assistant State Attorney General Paul F. McCarthy told the judge that DNA evidence from Rodriguez had been found on the clothing of Patti Rodriguez at the time of the killing.
Weber's cold case investigation began in 2009 at the request of Lackawanna Police Chief James L. Michel Jr.
He found new witnesses and prior witnesses who said Rodriguez and his wife were at a Lackawanna bar on the Thursday night before the killing and later seen entering Lackawanna's Holy Cross Cemetery, where a groundskeeper would find her body on Good Friday morning, April 13, 1979.
The State Police went to State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman seeking assistance in prosecuting the case. Investigators obtained a court order for a DNA swab from Rodriguez, which authorities determined matched DNA evidence found on the victim.
A year ago, Weber, a veteran investigator who helped put "Bike Path Killer" Altemio C. Sanchez behind bars for life in 2007, came to Scinta's front door in South Buffalo to ask questions about this cold case.
"I give up," she said, having lost all hope that her daughter's killer would ever be brought to justice.
"I haven't," Weber said.
Scinta said she always believed that Rodriguez was responsible for the brutal murder.
"I knew it was him because I knew how violent he was. She was pregnant with their first child and had come to my home, and I heard scuffling in the hallway and he was beating on her," Scinta said. "I went out and tried to pull his hands from her. I had to pull his ponytail, and I slapped him in the face, and he started to cry. He said his mother told him never let anyone slap your face."
Before Patricia Christine "Patti" Scinta gave birth to their first child, Michalene, the 17-year-old expectant mother married Rodriguez on July 5, 1974, in North Carolina, where he was serving in the Marine Corps.
But almost immediately after they married, the couple split up, only to reunite and two years later have a son, Michael.
The cycle of violence, Scinta said, continued and for reasons she'll never understand, her daughter kept taking Rodriguez back or begging him to return to her.
A year before she was murdered, Patti Rodriguez wrote a letter to her estranged husband:
"Hi Babe,
"Well here's another one of my dumb letters. Ya know babe, you must really be getting sick of me asking you to come home. Every time I see you I start bugging you. So I want to say I'm sorry. I won't ask you anymore.
"Love, Patti Rodriguez."
On the back page of the letter, she wrote a poem, "When I'm Alone," again begging for his return:
When I'm alone it's a terrible thing.
My mind starts to drift, I sit and look at my wedding ring,
And remember the day you gave me that beautiful gift.
… How much can I say about being alone,
Except that I miss you,
And I need you to come home!
Scinta recalled the last time she spoke to her daughter.
On the night of April 12, 1979, Patti Rodriguez, who was living on Buffalo's West Side, dropped off her two children at her parents' Allegany Avenue home in South Buffalo. When her father, Salvatore Scinta, found out she was going out to see Michael Rodriguez, he became upset.
"I was out at bingo when Patti dropped the kids off. When I came home, Sal was really mad," Patricia Scinta said. "Patti called and asked me, 'Why is daddy mad?' I told Patti, 'Because he loves you and he knows that Michael is going to hurt you.' I asked Patti why Michael wanted to see her.
"She said, 'He says I look good now.' Michael was always saying that Patti was fat even though she wasn't. But she had started taking diet pills. I believe he was planning to hurt her," Patricia Scinta said.
Unlike his wife, Salvatore Scinta never lived to see his daughter's killer arrested. He died in 2001.
But his words had proved prophetic about harm coming to his daughter.
After partying at a "Drink and Drown Night" at Danny Boy's, a bar at Abbott Road and Dorrance Avenue, Patti Rodriguez, one month shy of her 21st birthday, was seen leaving the bar with Michael Rodriguez, according to witnesses.
Other witnesses said they saw the couple enter nearby Holy Cross Cemetery, and that was the last time anyone saw Patti Rodriguez alive.
The next morning a cemetery worker found Patti Rodriguez's body lying face-up on a grave.
"She was stabbed mostly in the back, and her little fingernails were all broken, as she was trying to crawl away from the animal that was stabbing her," Scinta said. "I want to know how someone could do that. I want to hear Michael in court explain."
State Police Capt. Steven A. Nigrelli, head of Troop A's Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Batavia, said the ferocity of the attack appeared to make it "a crime of love and hatred."
Investigators uncovered other instances of Rodriguez's violent reputation. "A number of witnesses have expressed a fear of what he would do to them," McCarthy said in court Wednesday.
That observation along with Rodriguez's past criminal history of assault, burglary, weapons possession and witness intimidation was enough for Buscaglia to accept McCarthy's request that the defendant be held without bail.
But not everyone believes that Rodriguez killed his former wife.
After loading their two young children into the family's sport utility vehicle Wednesday morning to take them to school, Jeannie Rodriguez said her husband was innocent.
"He's not a murderer. He's been framed," the wife said. "They have no proof."
A neighbor on her way to morning Mass described Rodriguez as an exemplary father.
"If he is a murderer, he does a fantastic job as a father," she said. "The children are well-dressed and go to school every day, and they go to the same church as I do, Holy Family."
Unable to work because of arthritis caused from employment as a roofer and painter, according to a relative, Rodriguez was either receiving disability payments or seeking them.
He often could be seen walking his Rottweiler puppy, Gypsy Rose, on Pries Avenue, residents said.
"I called him Mr. Mike, and he called me Mr. Paul. He's lived next door for several years, and he is a great guy," said Paul Bauer. "He'd give you the shirt off his back. In fact, he came over here the other day and blew the leaves off my lawn. He would tell me he had children older than me."
All the talk of being a good father was upsetting to Patricia Scinta, who said, "He did not raise the two children he had with Patti. He gave them to his mother to raise."
Michalene "Mickey" Rodriguez, who is now 38, said she was at loss to comment on her father's arrest when she arrived at her maternal grandmother's home Wednesday as a steady stream of phone calls came in offering support.
"Whoever killed my mother deserves to be put in jail," the daughter said.
Patricia Scinta recalled how they waited several days after the murder before telling Mickey that her mother was gone.
"She looked at me and said, 'Who will be my mommy now?' "
News Staff Reporter James Staas contributed to this report. email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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PUBS and clubs have been recruited in the drive to tackle child sex grooming in Oxford.
Police in the city have started to train bar staff to spot the signs of vulnerable girls being sexually exploited.
The first training session – held on Thursday at the Thirst Bar in Park End Street – was attended by members of the city's Pubwatch group.
Oxford area police commander Supt Christian Bunt said neighbourhood police would now roll out the short presentation to other pubs, hotels and entertainment spots, and to taxi drivers across the city.
The training session teaches workers to look out for younger people being given alcohol and taken advantage of by older people, and report anything to the police.
Mr Bunt said the move was about raising more awareness.
He said: "They are our eyes and ears in the community.
"Child sex ex-ploitation is happening out in the community and we cannot be there all the time. This education is really important and my hope is we will start to get more information and intelligence back.
"Even if it helps with two or three occasions to keep someone from harm then it is worth it."
The scheme has been developed by Thames Valley Police and will be used across the region. The first training session was delivered by officers from the city centre neighbourhood team. It follows Operation Bullfinch, which led to seven men being jailed last year at the Old Bailey in London for a total of 95 years, after being convicted of grooming and abusing vulnerable girls in Oxford bet-ween 2004 and 2012.
Danny Scott, spokesman for Oxford Community Against Trafficking (Oxcat), said: "A greater awareness and understanding across the board is what needs to happen.
"Any training session that enables a greater understanding collectively is a very good thing.
"I am concerned ultimately about the depth and breadth of the training that is provided, but I understand that things will be progressed and you have to start somewhere."
Rob Opher, owner of the Thirst Bar, welcomed the scheme.
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Hello all. I am new at this. I am really happy that I found this. I have been looking for awhile for other Daltons.
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Richard Dalton b. ? d. 1/13/1913 m. Catherine ? md. 18?? Catherine b. ? d. 1913
cause of death: pneumunia cause of death: pneumunia
Richard was a Chicago, IL policeman
Their children:
Stephen Dalton m. Anna Carr
Mary Dalton m. John Fleming
Kathryn Dalton m. Edward Preston
James Dalton m. Mary McCabe
Ann Dalton m. Louis Sloman
Stephen Dalton b.4/29/1874 Chicago, IL d. 1/26/1942 MN married Anna Carr 11/26/1903 in Woonsocket, SD Anna Carr b.2/26/1875 d.2/04/1942
Their children:
John Dalton b.8/06/1909 in Mpls, MN d. 12/22/1974 in TX m. Sylvia Engdahl
James Dalton b. 1/06/1905 Chicago, IL d.1/16/1981 m. Emily Benning
Helen Dalton b.8/01/1906 d. 12/28/1906
Richard Dalton b. 1/16/1908 Mpls,MN d.4/04/1971 m. Lucille Tait
George Dalton b.1/13/1911 Mpls, MN m. Edna Knapp
Margaret Dalton b. 9/13/1912 Mpls,MN m. John Coffey
Maurice Dalton b.6/30/1914 MN d. 3/04/1972 m. Kathryn Linquist
Mary Dalton b. 7/08/1918 Mpls, MN m. Melvin Wold
John Dalton is my grandfather. If anyone knows anything more about these folks or where Richard Dalton is from or anything. Please let me know. Thank you so much.
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Check capture by phone continues adoption among credit unions.
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I was of two minds about what they presented.
1) Was it real or just a choreographed target render type video? If it was a render it was kinda lame, unless they can really make it real...
2) If it was real how did they handle things like animation, how did they rig those figures for example, how did they make the music, or the initial tower back drop? How much impact did the puppetry have on things like the music? In theory there was a lot of very complicated things going on to make it look so simple. I've no idea how they'd make it into a game, unless it was kind of the sculptural version of Scribblenauts, where you build something to solve a specific task and then puppet it around...
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Alex Evans of Media Molecule took the stage at today's Sony presser to showcase the company's vision for the PS4.
Evans started his presentation saying how the company wants to take creative gaming to the next level, letting you record your dreams and show them to others. He discussed what he called the, "tyranny of the polygon," and how Media Molecule wants to work with the PS4 to change this. After two years of research by testing out tools like motion capture, it was clear that the move controller was the best option for Media Molecule to explore. Footage showed off a sculpting tool where people could take a free-form creative journey to sculpt with ease anything they desired. The Move controller would track every move you make and it allows for easy 3D sculpting for beginners with deeper options for advanced creators. This could extend to crafting game levels. To end Media Molecule's presentation, it showed the ease of using the Move controller like you were a master puppeteer controlling characters to play guitar, keyboards, and drums in swift, simple motions.
Although, no games were announced, it did showcase the company is tapping into some creative tools to bring us to a new level with PS4's advanced technology. With what Media Molecule did with LittleBigPlanet, it'll be interesting to see what else the company unveils in the future.
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02-24-2013 #1
Media Molecule's Presentation
02-24-2013 #2
I was hoping MM was going to work on something more interesting for PS4 but it looks like they will just give us some kind of game maker where we can work out every detail via sculpting and move controller.
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3D sculptor sounds good to me, with the dual eye system depth will probably crazy accurate because it can judge size and displacement between images.
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Yea, I personally didn't care much for what MM showed at that event. I thought it was weird and dull.
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MM spent millions on R&D a year or two ago...They said they were working on something unique and special. I think what we saw wasn't really that reflective of what they have been working on....
at least I hope not lol.
02-24-2013 #7
Tbh whilst the presentation itself was underwhelming to me, the idea of being able to build cities, landscapes, objects, people etc using the move - in what looks like very high detail - is kinda $#@!ing cool. This isn't even 'casual' if the 'game' is a creative suite, this is just awesome
Being a gamer would have preferred an actual game though . But saying that we don't know what kinda game can from this. We'll get details soon I guess
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I like the idea of having some sculpting time with a Move, thank you very much!War is fought for silence. For, it is with silence, you will know that war has ended.
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One thing you have to remember is that these models were created by professional graphics artists! I am pretty sure if I tried to make a model like that it will end up looking like The Blob...
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I have to be brutally honest about MM. I like MM but I thought their presentation was complete $#@!, probably the worst out of the show.
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Looks like Mm has been wasting their time to be honest.
They've had a looong time to develop a new console-game, and that was all they could come up with? It looked like a proof of concept that may or may not ever come out. A shameless plug for the Move Controller.
I was expecting more from them.
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03-02-2013 #15
ifwhen they sucseed in that!!
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I don't understand what they wanted to show and i honestly don't care, that convention was kind of a disappointment to me.
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This was a tech demo guys, not an actual game.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Yea, don't put all the blame on them. Maybe Sony push them to develop something for Move... And we even didn't see the finalised project yet. And for me, I am excited, since I have 2 motion controllers and a navigation stick#lovegaming
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People are still confusing this with a game announcement though.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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Would love to hear more about the demo, etc if there was any polygons in it and how they handled GI and so on..-------
Couple of nice blog posts about OpenGL.
The Truth on OpenGL Driver Quality
Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL
03-04-2013 #22
I think MM is saving their big announcment for E3. They will announce LBP 3. lolz
03-04-2013 #23
their presentation was idd bizarre. It reminded a bit of the Wii Music presentation Ninty did some years ago
03-12-2013 #24
Media Molecule isn't a very large company anyways. Personally I thought there presentation was exciting and showed the potential of what can be done. It's a cool idea and leads me to believe their next game will be a play.create.share style game for PS4, except this time it's in 3d and the tools will be more powerful. I prefer what they showed over some of the other things presented.
Wait for E3!
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Deer, raccoons and even pet dogs have suffered and died in traps set for predators in Oregon, and conservation and animal rights groups want that to change. According to Brooks Fahy, the executive director of Eugene-based Predator Defense, "Oregon is behind other states on a lot of issues, and the current regulations on trapping show very little concern for the non-consumptive use of wildlife."
The laws governing the placement and usage of wildlife traps in Oregon lag behind other Western states and need to be changed, according to a petition to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission from the Humane Society of the United States, Predator Defense, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society of Portland and Eugene's Cascadia Wildlands.
The petition was inspired by recent incidents including traps set at OSU's sheep farm that caught a fawn, a raccoon and family pets. And the petitioners say that according to information from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in the past two and a half months at least six dogs were caught in traps and snares in central Oregon. One Oregon family's dog died after being caught in a Conibear trap set by the USDA's Wildlife Services, Fahy says.
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SAO PAULO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Steel producer CSN is selling assets in an effort to reduce its heavy debt burden, executives said on Thursday, shortly after Brazil's No. 2 maker of flat steel posted a quarterly loss that dragged shares to their lowest level in over a decade.
CSN swung to a net loss of 614.6 million reais ($175.1 million) in the second quarter while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) dropped 39 percent from the same quarter a year ago to 801 million reais.
Shares in the company, which is formally known as Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional SA, sank nearly 8 percent on Thursday.
Analysts have been closely watching CSN's ability to service its mounting debt in the wake of a weaker currency and lower iron ore prices. Debt excluding cash holdings reached 5.6 times EBITDA in the quarter, up from 2.7 times EBITDA a year earlier.
"The whole company is focused on preserving cash, reducing debt levels and improving EBITDA," Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Steinbruch said on a Thursday conference call to discuss results.
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Executive director Paulo Caffarelli said on the call that asset sales efforts had already begun and that CSN had already hired banks to assist in the process.
CSN, along with other Brazilian steelmakers, is struggling with weak domestic demand as the economy slows. Domestic sales made up 60 percent of CSN's global steel sales in the quarter, down from 73 percent a year earlier.
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Besides "War Monkeys" ("monkeys with machineguns!"), Ellis has a thriller called "Genesis Code" coming up with "Star Wars" prequel guy Hayden Christensen. Here's the premise:
"Genesis Code", written by Kevin Bernhardt, tells of a former national security expert (Christensen) who, while investigating the murder of his only sister and her young son, discovers that a religious sect called The Shadow of the Cross may be involved. With the help of his sister's friend Ana, they follow the clues to a clinic in the mountains of Italy, where a terrifying secret experiment has been conducted – successfully. The results are so threatening to the foundation of the Church that they will do anything to keep it from being revealed.
Also on tap, "Shark Night" in 3D and "Bad Luck". The latter film will star "Resident Evil's" Milla Jovovich, and follows a group of friends who discover that their superstitions are starting to come through. In bloody and ghastly and probably gratuitous T&A-ish ways, one can only hope. "Bad Luck" is budgeted at $30 million, and sounds a heck of a lot like a "Final Destination" retread — with a better looking cast. (It does star Jovovich, after all.)
And then there's this little gem called "Humpty Dumpty":
…based on the script by Billy Majestic about a half-human, half-alien creature embarks on a murderous rampage after his alien mother is abused by two rednecks in the Deep South.
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Portland won its third straight, and 10th in 13 games. The Blazers also swept the two-game season series with Orlando.
Marcus Camby was held scoreless, but had 10 rebounds to help the Blazers fend off a late rally by the Magic.
Orlando lost its second consecutive game and dropped to 1-2 this season without Howard, who sat out while serving a one-game suspension after picking up his 16th technical foul Friday. Jason Richardson led Orlando with 22 points.
BULLS 85, HORNETS 77: At Chicago, Derrick Rose scored 24 points, and the Chicago Bulls beat New Orleans with Hornets star Chris Paul sidelined by a concussion.
The four-time All-Star watched from the sideline after colliding with Cleveland's Ramon Sessions in Sunday's win and remains day to day. Without him, the Hornets put up a fight against the Central division leaders but were shut out over the final 3:15.
Coming off wins at Orlando and Miami, the Bulls couldn't exhale until Rose hit two free throws with 35 seconds remaining. That made it 83-77 and sent them to their 10th win in 12 games.
Carlos Boozer added 19 points and nine rebounds, and Ronnie Brewer and Luol Deng scored 10.
Jarrett Jack, starting in Paul's place, led the Hornets with 23 points.
CLIPPERS 92, BOBCATS 87: At Charlotte, N.C., Blake Griffin had 17 points and 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Clippers had more offensive options than Charlotte in a victory over the Bobcats that matched teams missing their leading scorers.
With Eric Gordon sidelined again with more wrist problems, the Clippers got 17 points from Mo Williams, and 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench from Chris Kaman in their third straight victory.
Charlotte fell to 1-5 since trading Gerald Wallace and lost their second straight since Stephen Jackson was sidelined with a strained hamstring.
Gerald Henderson scored 20 points and Boris Diaw added 15 of his 19 points in the first half for the Bobcats, who have dropped a season-high five straight.
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Zach Randolph added 17 points for Memphis, including four free throws in the closing seconds, as the Grizzlies maintained their hold on the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference.
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This successful venture is proof that recycling is beneficial for the planet and that plenty of citizens are willing to support eco-friendly initiatives.
It's because printed newspapers are anything but environmentally friendly that many news sites have gone online (that, and because internet media reaches an audience at a much faster pace). One of the biggest daily newspapers in Japan, however, figured out a solution to the gargantuan amount of paper waste involved in printing the periodicals.
Because there's an element of class and comfort in reading a print book or pamphlet, the Japanese "Green Newspaper" is made entirely of recycled and vegetable paper that can be composted after it's read. Best of all, when planted, sprouts of plants will bloom! As LifeGate shares, the concept isn't exactly 'new', but it is fascinating nonetheless.
The publisher encourages people to tear the newspaper into small pieces once it has been read, plant the shreds in soil, and then water the container. Within a few weeks, plants and flowers will present themselves as sprouts!
The concept was invented by Dentsu Inc, one of Japan's largest advertising agencies, which works with "The Mainichi". The motto of the paper is "The Mainichi doesn't take action only through information, but also by solving global issues." Clearly, this is the case. In the past, the advertising company proved its commitment to environmental protection by collaborating on a campaign that raised donations for populations suffering from thirst.
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