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VSS Update
Aboriginal Issues
Child Protection
Crime Prevention
Domestic Violence
Justice System
Measuring Crime
Sexual Assault
In the Media
VSS Update
Law Week
7-31 May, 2012.
Law Week continues to expand! There will be events around the state. VSS will be involved in the Courts Open Day, Criminal Justice Seminar & the Justice Walk. Find out more about the Justice System. Most events are free.
Criminal Justice Seminar for Workers
This seminar is offered as a joint initiative of Victim Support Service, Yarrow Place Rape and Sexual Assault Service and the Witness Assistance Service of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
This seminar is for service providers supporting a client who has reported a crime where the criminal matter is being heard/likely to be heard in the District or Supreme courts. Workers will gain an understanding of the various components of the adult criminal justice system and the related support services available.
Speakers include the Manager of the Victim of Crime Compensation Fund and a solicitor or lawyer from the South Australian Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
14 May, 2012: 9.15am – 4.30pm
Venue: Uniting Care Wesley Way Hall, Pitt St, Adelaide. Fee $20.
RSVP to Victim Support Service by 4/5/2012: 8231 5626 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Zee Productions presents: 'I looked into the darkness around me', by Dirk Zadra
Supporting Adelaide White Ribbon Breakfast
9 May, 2012. The Studio, Holden Street Theatres, Hindmarsh.
Be in the draw to win one of 5 double passes.
Aboriginal Issues
Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Indigenous Peoples - information sheet
'This information sheet discusses the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) Commonwealth Family Violence Inquiry and briefly outlines some of the ALRC's key recommendations aimed at better protecting the safety of indigenous peoples who are experiencing family violence.' (- ALRC)
Strategies to enhance employment of Indigenous ex-offenders after release from correctional institutions
Joseph Graffam and Alison Shinkfield, Closing the Gap Clearinghouse, 2012.
'This resource sheet discusses the issues surrounding employment of Indigenous ex-prisoners, existing support programs, and strategies to employ more ex-prisoners after their release from correctional institutions. To be effective, programs and strategies need to acknowledge the social and cultural origins of disadvantage for Indigenous offenders. We give an overview of what works in overcoming Indigenous disadvantage and focus on regional and urban programs that help Indigenous offenders gain employment.' (- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australian Institute of Family Studies)
Child Protection
Child deaths: Cyber bullying as a risk factor for youth suicide in Queensland
Commission for Children and Young People Child Guardian, 2012.
A brief review of the links between cyber bullying and suicide amongst children in Queensland.
Report of the Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry
Protecting Victoria's Vulnerable Children Inquiry Panel, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria, 2012.
'The primary focus is the child's best interests, which may require the early intervention of government through protective and statutory-based interventions.' (- DPC)
Crime Prevention
Community night patrols in the Northern Territory: Toward an improved performance and reporting framework
Laura Beacroft, Kelly Richards, Hannah Andrevski, Lisa Rosevear, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'The paper concludes that the core business of community night patrols is (non-crisis) crime prevention not de-facto policing. It also concludes that an unrecognised outcome of patrols is capturing and sharing local knowledge about community safety issues and solutions.' (- AIC)
Best practice guidelines for dating websites
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2012.
'These guidelines are intended to help dating websites and their users respond to scams. They have been developed by a working group chaired by the ACCC and comprising of representatives from a number of dating websites.' (- ACCC)
Domestic Violence
Breaking the Cycle - Trial integrated response to domestic and family violence in Rockhampton - Client experiences and outcomes
Heather Nancarrow and Renette Viljoen, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia, 2011.
'..an integrated response to domestic and family violence in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, known as "Breaking the Cycle" (BTC). This integrated service delivery model aims to: improve the safety and well-being of people affected by domestic and family violence; reduce the demand on the current service systems (statutory, courts, human services); increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the human and justice service systems in responding to domestic and family violence; and build the skills of service providers to increase their ability to provide the best possible services to clients and break down the barriers to integrated working.' (- QCDFVR)
'Change Your Ways - Australian Men Talk About Domestic Violence'
NSW Office of Communities, 2012.
A DVD to show at rugby union clubs, as part of the Tackling Violence program.
Government and AFL tackle violence against women
The Hon Andrew McIntosh MP, Victoria, 2012.
A new DVD 'Respect is for Everyone' has been launched. It is designed for showing at football clubs, and will encourage footballers around Australia to have respectful relationships.
Family Law And Family Violence: Research To Practice
Karen Wilcox, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, 2012.
'This Research into Practice Brief considers how practitioners can use the evidence base to better understand and improve the experiences of children and their protective parents when they engage with family law systems, post-separation from the abuser. The paper aims to provide discussion points and practice reflections for family law sector professionals working at the intersection of these two fields, and to better equip domestic violence sector workers to engage with this sector around their shared concerns.' (- ADFVC)
Family Violence Risk Assessment - Review of International Research
Melanie Brown, Evaluation Services, Organisational Assurance Group, Police National Headquarters, NZ, Crown Copyright, 2011.
'This literature review presents an overview of the international research and best practice literature on family violence risk assessment from over the last decade. It was undertaken for the New Zealand Police to inform any changes they may wish to make to their own family violence risk assessment processes. For that reason it has an emphasis on the literature as it relates to Police organisations.' (- New Zealand Police)
'Walking on Eggshells: child and adolescent violence in the family
Mary McKenna, Rosalie O'Connor, Relationships Australia, Flinders University, Southern Junction Community Services, 2012.
A booklet to assist parents of children who are causing violence in the home.
Parents who kill children
Dr. Debbie Kirkwood, Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, Discussion Paper, Edition 3, Spring/Summer, 2011.
'In many of these cases, fathers kill children to punish their ex-partner for leaving them.
The paper reviews the national and international studies on the killing of children by parents. It then discusses eight cases of men who have killed their children during or after their separation from the children's mother. It also examines cases of mothers who killed children during or after separation.' (- DVRCV)
Justice System
Sentencing Appeals in Victoria: Statistical Research Report
Sentencing Advisory Council, Melbourne, 2012.
'This statistical report examines data on the operation of sentence appeals in Victoria.' (- SAC)
Measuring Crime
Australian crime: Facts & figures, 2011
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'Facts & Figures is an up-to-date snapshot of crime patterns and trends in Australia. It contains information on specific crimes, victims, offenders, the location of criminal acts and the operation of criminal justice systems - focusing on the work of police, courts and prisons.' (- AIC)
Consumer scams—2010 and 2011
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'…the Australian Institute of Criminology has conducted an online survey on behalf of the Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT) to assess consumer fraud experiences of those who choose to participate, asking about their experiences in the preceding 12 months. In 2010, 246 respondents participated and in 2011 this increased to 1,145. In 2011 almost 60 per cent of respondents were female, and the largest age category of respondents was 45–54 years. In relation to people who responded to scams, lottery scams have been the most prevalent scam type each year since 2008, with 90 individuals responding to these invitations in 2011 (31% of all those who responded to any scams). (- AIC)
Criminal Courts, Australia, 2010–11. ABS 4513.0
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012.
Statistics about offenders at Australian courts: Higher (Supreme and Intermediate), Magistrates' and Children's Courts across Australia from July 2010 to June 2011, showing characteristics such as age, type of offence and locality, as well as types of sentences.
Organised crime and trafficking in persons
Fiona David, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'In this paper an overview is provided of the existing research on the organisation of human trafficking internationally and in Australia. It begins with an examination of the key concept: precisely what is organised crime? This is followed by an examination of the Australian and international literature on trafficking offending, a review that confirms the paucity of primary research on this subject.' (- AIC)
Drug use monitoring in Australia: 2009–10 report on drug use among police detainees
Josh Sweeney and Jason Payne, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'The report found that two-thirds of the 5,714 police detainees who had provided a urine sample tested positive to at least one type of drug.' (- AIC)
Scam delivery methods 2007 to 2011
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'These results show an overall trend away from scam delivery by mail towards the use of email and telecommunications. Interestingly, the 2011 results indicate that the use of email as an initial means of contacting people has reduced from earlier years, and instead there is a considerable increase in the use of telecommunication services, such as landlines, mobile phones and SMS, to contact potential victims.' (- AIC)
Targeting scams: Report of the ACCC on scam activity, 2011
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, 2012.
'This report explains key trends in scam activity and highlights the impact of scams on the community. It highlights the cooperative work of the ACCC, other regulators and law enforcement agencies to disrupt scams and educate consumers.' (- ACCC)
The association between birth cohort size and fluctuating crime levels: A Western Australian case study
Lisa Rosevear, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'This paper uses a case study of the Western Australian population to illustrate the extent to which Australia's largest ('baby bust') cohort have engaged in higher levels of criminal activity compared with smaller birth cohorts.' (- AIC)
The effect of arrest and imprisonment on crime
Wai-Yin Wan, Steve Moffatt, Craig Jones and Don Weatherburn in Crime and Justice Bulletin, Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, NSW, 2012.
'The criminal justice system plays a significant role in preventing crime. Some criminal justice variables, however, exert much stronger effects than others. Increasing arrest rates is likely to have the largest impact, followed by increasing the likelihood of receiving a prison sentence.' (- BOCSAR)
The impact of structural ageing on crime trends: A South Australian case study
Lisa Rosevear, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2012.
'A case study of the South Australian population is provided; a state where the relevant data was available to investigate how the declining proportion of younger people and increasing proportion of older people in the population has reduced past crime levels and should reduce future crime levels. While the South Australian population is ageing at a greater rate than some other jurisdictions, this paper has national relevance as the populations in all states and territories are ageing to some degree and as this occurs, the impact on crime levels should be evident throughout Australia.' (- AIC)
Sexual Assault
Intimate partner abuse of women in Queensland
Heather Nancarrow, Karena Burke, Stewart Lockie, Renette Viljoen, Jahar Choudhury, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity, 2011.
'Due to the particular geographic, economic and cultural characteristics of parts of Queensland many families are affected by atypical work schedules, periodic separation and isolation. Each of these may be expected to impact on the quality of relationships and, potentially, on the experience of intimate partner abuse.' (- QCDFVR)
Report of the Review of allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence - Facing the problems of the past, VOLUME 1:
General findings and recommendations [Extracts]
Dr Gary A Rumble, Ms Melanie McKean, Professor Dennis Pearce AO, Commonwealth of Australia, 2011.
'The Review has had before it specific allegations within scope from 847 different people (sources). Many of these sources have more than one allegation within scope. We have allegations across every decade from the 1950s to date. (- Dr Gary A. Rumble, Ms Melanie McKean, Professor Dennis Pearce).
Support for access to justice for female victims of violence
Sinziana Iancu, Commission on the status of women, 2012.
'One approach to counteract gender-based violence is strengthening the judicial system and eliminating
barriers to justice for female victims of violence…' (- CSW)
In the Media
Australia leads the world in collecting crime tips - the high tech way
SA Police News Report
Crash driver wins access to witness statement
ABC Report
Dropped cases clog up SA system
AdelaideNow Report
Lawyers to face changes in SA
ABC Report
Harsh punishment offers no justice to crime victims
InDaily Report
Justice reform low priority for Labor
InDaily Report
Magistrates 'engine room' of justice system [and 2 other articles]
InDaily Report
Call to cull crime programs that don't work
InDaily Report
Zee Productions presents: 'I looked into the darkness around me' by Dirk Zadra
Supporting Adelaide White Ribbon Breakfast
4-19 May, 2012: Tuesdays to Saturdays, 7.30pm, Matinee on Saturdays, 2pm
The Studio, Holden Street Theatres, Hindmarsh.
Tickets on sale from April 2012. Contact Venuetix.
National Volunteer Week
14-20 May, 2012
Volunteering Australia
Homelessness Research Conference
19-20 April, 2012. Melbourne, VIC.
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) and RMIT University
The CLA Regional Law Conference, 'The Changing Role of the Legal Profession: Emerging Democracies and Globalisation'.
19-22 April, 2012. Sydney, NSW.
Commonwealth Lawyers Association
The NOI 2012 Neurodynamics and the Neuromatrix conference.
26-28 April 2012. Adelaide, SA.
Neuro Orthopaedic Institute
Truth, testimony, relevance: improving the quality of evidence in sexual assault cases
15-16 May, 2012. Melbourne, VIC.
The Australian Institute of Criminology, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and Victoria Police
National Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference
18-20 May 2012. Coffs Harbour, NSW.
University of New England School of Law with Deakin University School of Law
RANZCP 2012 Congress, 'Cells, Circuits and Syndromes'
20-24 May, 2012. Hobart, TAS.
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
WA Family Pathways Network Conference, 'Families and Domestic Violence – through the looking glass'.
29-30 May, 2012. Perth, WA.
WA Family Pathways Network
2012 Health and Community Services Workforce Innovation Conference
31 May-1 June, 2012. Hilton Hotel, Brisbane, QLD.
Health and Community Services Workforce Council
Courses held by ANZATSA, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abuse, in 2012
If contacting by email, check that the email address has 'NSW'.
Courses held by the Australian Childhood Foundation in 2012
Courses held by CBT Australia in various centres, in 2012
Courses held at Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria, in 2012
Courses held by Gestalt Therapy Australia in Victoria in 2012
Courses held by TATRA in 2012
2012 Catherine Helen Spence Commemorative Oration - Protecting Vulnerable Children: Can South Australia Rise Again to the Challenge?
4 April, 2012. The Hawke Centre, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
Presenter: Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott
Australian Centre for Child Protection at UniSA
Suicide and self-harm awareness and assessment
11 April, 2012. Hindmarsh, SA.
A development and training program for community members to gain awareness and skills in dealing with suicide and self-harm. Presenter: Paul A Wood. Contact: 8392 3100.
Anglicare's 'Families in Focus'
Certificate in CBT with Children & Adolescents
17–20 April, 2012. Education Development Centre, 4 Milner St, Hindmarsh, SA.
CBT Australia
Webinar - Keeping everything in mind: Application of mindfulness strategies when working with men and women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse.
26 April, 2012. 7pm EST.
Presenter: Kent Smith.
Living Well
Case Notes : Your legal obligations as workers.
27 April, 2012. Women's Health Statewide, 64 Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, SA.
Women's Health Statewide Monthly Friday Forum
Presenter: Join Zita Ngor.
Bookings are essential. RSVP by 20th April 2012 to 08 8239 9600 or email@example.com
Correctional Services: Rehabilitation or Revolving Door? (forum)
4 May, 2012. Effective Living Centre, Wayville, SA.
Presenters: Prof. Rick Sarre, University of South Australia and Anna Kemp, 'Seeds of Affinity'.
Contact: Effective Living Centre, email@example.com
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum: The hard yarns – culture and healing
9-10 May, 2012. Mackay, QLD.
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
Supporting the Suicide Bereaved
10 May, 2012. Mercure Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide, SA.
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
Working Relationally with Trauma
16 May, 2012. Fairfield, VIC.
Presenter: Noel Haarburger
Gestalt Therapy Australia
The Australian Law Firm Social Media Best Practice Toolkit – Workshop - Untapping the full potential and mitigating the risks of social media in law firms
16-17 May, 2012. Melbourne, VIC.
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Baldwinsville Louise Gauani submitted the following item for publication after researching her family history and finding an editorial that her uncle, Benjamin R. Webber, had submitted to the Baldwinsville Messenger in the 1940s regarding Memorial Day. A patient at St. Albans Hospital in Long Island, Webber was paralyzed after being injured at Iwo Jima during WW II. He was one of 15 children that grew up in Baldwinsville as well as one of five siblings to serve in the military in WW II. The editorial was published in the June 17, 1948 edition of the Baldwinsville Messenger. Webber died in 1973 at the age of 51.
Webber, hospitalized vet, pens editorial
Ben R. Webber, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Webber of this village, a patient at the US Naval Hospital at St. Albans, LI, recently contributed a Memorial Day editorial, which was published in the St. Albans newspaper. The hospitalized veteran has also written frequent "bedtime stories" for the hospital's mimeographed paper, the "Crow's Nest." His Memorial Day editorial follows:
Memorial Day
(A patient at St. Albans Naval Hospital)
Once again Memorial Day has come and throughout this favored land regiments and companies will be counting off once more. But it will be in a different kind of way, as thousands of ex-servicemen and women, civilians, and those now wearing the uniforms of Uncle Sam, with a multitude of fashional organizations keep time with the tempo of bands as they parade down the highways and byways of cities, towns and hamlets.
School bands will be out in full dress with big brass drums and pretty, pert majorettes strutting to the tunes of the marches with the charm and grace of peacocks.
Then will come the remnants of others wars past, greying now with the sands of time but those memories of war's destruction still fresh in their eyes.
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Brian Williams visited The Tonight Show Monday, and Jimmy Fallon welcomed him with a rap video. Using the magic of editing, the newsman appeared to perform Snoop Dogg's 1994 hit, "Gin and Juice."
Of course, Fallon has been doing this to the 54-year-old NBC Nightly News anchor for years. Williams' reel has been re-cut to show him rapping Sugar Hill Gang's 1979 classic, "Rapper's Delight," N.W.A.'s 1988 smash, "Straight Outta Compton," and Dogg's 1992 debut single, "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang."
A few more NBC stars popped up in the "Gin and Juice" video, including Natalie Morales, Richard Engel and Lester Holt. "I had reservations about Lester," Williams joked. "It's because of his flow."
The viral videos have elevated Williams' profile, he said. "It's all anyone mentions to me anymore!" Last Thursday, fore example, he ran into Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. at the New York Rangers game. "He comes up to me and says, 'You are a huge figure in the rap and hip-hop community.'"
NEWS: Brian Williams raps "Good Vibrations" on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
When Fallon inevitably creates another mashup, Williams hopes he picks a different rapper: Ludacris.
Fallon later listed his rap nicknames for Williams, including BriWi, B-Willy, B-Dubs and Honey Bri-Bri.
Williams wanted to set the record straight about his involvement in the clips. "People think I have somehow colluded into the making of these videos," he said. "Let's be clear...I've never said 'hippity.'"
"This is spooking me out because there's a guy, whose job for months has been sitting in an editing room looking at images of me and finding individual words. I've never said 'hippity.' Never! I know that he works here and I have never met him. If you're on my staff, I know your hopes, your fears, your dreams and I know all about your family. Your staff, I imagine, is a much more anonymous place," Williams told Fallon, delivery each dry joke perfectly. "C'mon, you've told me these are little people to you. That's exactly that phrased you used. But there's a guy who I've seen in the cafeteria, there's a guy who I've seen in elevators, who has looked at my face for a living, and it's spooky. It's frightening."
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Music for Everyone
Music has been the touchstone for The Floyd Country Store for decades now. In addition to providing a stage for local old-time, bluegrass and gospel music, the store supports music education and also sells a good selection of CDs, DVDs and books about our traditions.
Our CD racks feature some hard to find items by local and lesser known performers, alongside some of the more popular classics. In the book department you will find instructional books for beginning musicians, as well as information for more seasoned players.
Keeping the Music Alive
The store plays a special role in music education in the community because so many fine musicians are prepared to share their skills with others.
Jamming has always been a part of the Friday Night Jamboree, with musicians of all ages and levels of skill gathering around the store to play and talk about the old time music, to share songs and licks and now Sunday Jams have become a weekly event.
Every Friday morning you will find Floyd's youngest music students when Kari Thomas Kovick leads some of her early childhood music classes. Held on the store's dance floor with a group of parents and young children, they are always having fun making music and dancing. Call Kari at 540-745-7331 or email her for information about her fun musical foundations classes for babies and young children and their adults.
Music Lessons
The store is also available for music teachers to rent space. Currently our most regular teacher is David Cannaday who is an excellent teacher of a whole host of instruments: banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, lap dulcimer, autoharp and dobro. David started teaching at 15 years old. He has worked in music stores and teaching studios ever since. David plays with his own variety band "Stairwell" that offers country, bluegrass and oldies rock & roll. He is also a member of bluegrass band "Southern Rail Express" and works as a sideman with many other groups as well. David has produced many recordings including his own "Inheritance Bluegrass Band with special guest Dan Tyminski". "Virginia Bluegrass Sampler – Carry Me Back To Old Virginia". And the most current "Alleghany Rails – A Collection of Railroad Folk Songs From Virginia's Rail Heritage Region". All may be purchased at The Floyd Country Store. For lessons contact David at 540-483-3373 or send an email.
Instrument Repairs
Michael Kovick is the luthier of choice for the Floyd Country Store. He has been specializing in adjustment and repair of electric and acoustic stringed instruments since 1984.
To have an instrument repaired:
- Drop off the instrument at the Floyd Country Store and compete the paperwork.
- Michael will call with quote before proceeding with work.
- Pick up your instrument and pay at the store.


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We have already reported that white Galaxy Note has gone live at TELUS and is about to make its debut at Rogers within the next few days as well. Bell will also launch the white-flavored Galaxy Note.
However, to make things more clear, Samsung Canada has officially announced the upcoming availability of the white Galaxy Note in the country.
According to Samsung, the Galaxy Note in glossy ceramic white is expected to arrive at carriers and select retailers across Canada beginning today.
Launched on the market back in October, Samsung Galaxy Note has proven to be incredibly popular among Android enthusiasts, as the South Korean company confirmed it sold over 5 million units.
The smartphone is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, but Samsung stated that the Galaxy Note would receive an Ice Cream Sandwich update in Q2 2012.
Moreover, the handset maker promised it would deliver a 'Premium Suite' upgrade that would enhance and add to the features that were already available onto the Galaxy Note and its S Pen stylus.
This enhanced update will be available in the late-spring timeframe, and will offer new features and applications exclusive to Galaxy Note and its innovative S Pen.
"GALAXY Note continues to delight customers with its incredible versatility and unique user experience and we are excited to introduce a new colour of the popular Samsung Galaxy Note to Canadians," said Paul Brannen, vice president, mobile communications at Samsung Canada.
On the inside, the smartphone is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).
"Designed to capture, share and create content like never before, the Galaxy Note combines the power of a tablet with the convenience of a smartphone to bring an all-in-one device to the Canadian marketplace," concluded Brannen.


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Vulture's TV MoJoe (Josef Adalian) says Chuck is a bright spot for NBC's fall 2010:
The network should be thanking the fans and bloggers who shamed the network into keeping Chuck alive: While no ratings giant, it's now NBC's Monday anchor.
I'm not picking on Chuck fans, one way or the other, like us, NBC should be thanking them. Chuck is indeed "no ratings giant" and the ratings certainly reasonably allow for a different take on the term "anchor" than Mr. Adalian's interpretation.


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Public can have items appraised today at Museum of Ventura County
Museum of Ventura County will have an Appraisal Day from 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. today in the museum's Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Pavilion, 100 E. Main St. in Ventura.
Guests can get a verbal auction estimate of worth from experts at Bonhams & Butterfields. Estimates will be given for: Asian art; books and manuscripts; California, American and European paintings; furniture and decorative art; fine jewelry and timepieces; and fine prints.
The cost is $10 per item for non-members and $5 for members. There is a limit of five items per person, although multiple items in a set, such as a set of china will be considered one item.
For more information, contact Robin Woodworth, Director of Development at email@example.com or 653-0323 ext. 309.
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Downtown Traverse City will be packed on Dec. 31st with event goers for the 3rd annual CherryT Ball Drop. Right before Midnight a large illuminated cherry will be lowered to signify the coming year! It all starts at 9pm with live entertainment and DJ, a visit from the Coast Guard, and other surprises! Join us on this fun, charitable evening to celebrate the new year!
Party Details: Porterhouse Productions New Years Party!
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Erasmus Mundus Master and Doctorate Programs
Programs in Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics
IMPORTANT: Europhotonics has been selected in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Catalogue of the Erasmus+ Program
Photonics is constantly growing and brings together today a large range of interdisciplinary activities in health, environment, energy, transport and telecommunications, with either immediate or long term social and economic outcomes. Photonics plays a key part in the discovery of new processes in nature and novel technologies, with an undeniable incidence on fundamental knowledge developments but also on the market novelties.
The EUROPHOTONICS Programs bring together top level training and teaching for young scientists. They offer fellowships and mobility possibilities within the EUROPHOTONICS consortium institutions for EU and non-EU students.
The EUROPHOTONICS Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) program has started in 2010. It gives an extensive two-year Master level teaching program focusing on advanced research and applied topics that will constitute the near and extended future scientific goals in the field of Photonics Engineering, Nanophotonics and Biophotonics, with interdisciplinary applications. Master students benefiting from this program will be able to work on today's new challenges in their academic or applied research careers: understand and control matter and optical phenomena at the ultimate nanometric scale, provide new imaging and monitoring tools for the most complex biological processes from cells and tissues to clinical applications, bring new and original tools for the future optical devices. After having obtained their diploma, the Europhotonics students obtained positions in industries, in research laboratories, in universities of many different countries showing the Erasmus Mundus Europhotonics Master diploma is very well recognized worldwide.
This two years master program is organized by the following groups of institutions:
- Aix Marseille University (FRANCE) (coordinator), Ecole Centrale de Marseille (FRANCE)
- KSOP (Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics) : KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (GERMANY)
- Barcelona Universities (SPAIN):
From 2015, the Europhotonics program and the international POESII Master funded by Aix-Marseille University will be merged together in order to offer more possibilities for scholarships, increased mobility schemes and enhanced job opportunities. In this context, mobilities will also be possible at:
- Vilnius University, Faculty of Physics (LITHUANIA)
The EUROPHOTONICS Erasmus Mundus Doctorate (EMJD) program started in 2010. The last intake of the PhD program started in 2014/2015.
The partners of the program are:
- Institut Fresnel (Marseille, FRANCE)
- KSOP (Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics) : KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) (Karlsruhe, GERMANY)
- UPC – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, SPAIN)
- ICFO – Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona, SPAIN)
- LENS – European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (Florence, ITALY)


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Low Gross: Chuck Ladouceur 37, Ed Gilbert 41, Dick Moore 44
Low Net: Dave Bush 32, Bob Young 33, Dave Mayhew 34
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What do you get when you stick a talented, interesting cast in an uninspiring chick flick?
Short answer: P.S. I Love You.
Longer answer: You get Hillary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr. and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in an overlong melodrama built from the ground up to produce just-below-the-surface tears, not tap into real emotion.
On the plus side, you also get Lisa Kudrow. Combined with her underrated work in HBO's The Comeback, Kudrow is proving to have the most satisfying career of any of the former Friends. She's hilarious as a man-hungry friend of Swank, the funniest - and best - thing about the movie.
Swank plays Holly Kennedy, who's married to Gerry (Butler). We're meant to think of them as having one of those storybook romances that nothing, not even death, can conquer. Gerry's death from a brain tumor a few minutes into the film drives the point home, in case you missed it.
We haven't heard the last from Gerry, you see. Over the course of her first year as a widow, Holly receives letters that Gerry wrote before his death, instructing her on how to get over him. Soon she's out on the town with her pals, singing karaoke, visiting Ireland (Gerry was Irish), where she finds temporary comfort in the arms of Gerry's best friend (Morgan, working an Irish accent), throwing out Gerry's clothes, whatever.
We also haven't seen the last of Gerry; he shows up in flashbacks all the time, often arguing with Holly. They argue "cute," of course, but still.
If you're wondering how Holly is supposed to move on with her life if she's getting instructions on how to live it every so often from her dead husband, you aren't the only one. Bates, nicely bitter as Holly's mother, wonders the same thing, often.
Adding to the oddness is Connick as Daniel, a fellow who works in Holly's mom's bar and suffers from some sort of malady that renders him incapable of filtering his thoughts before uttering them. So we learn early on how he feels about Holly (see if you can guess).
At more than two hours, P.S. I Love You takes a long time to get where it's going, which isn't all that far. It's not that it's an out-and-out bad movie. It's just not a memorable one.
So it goes with P.S. I Love You. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll forget it five minutes after it's over!
And maybe that's not such a bad thing.
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CUMBERLAND — Citing grave concerns over students' avoidance of the Mendon Road Bridge, the State Traffic Commission has agreed to allow a pedestrian study of the small stretch of roadway in front of Cumberland High School at the request of state Rep. Mia Ackerman.
"The pedestrian bridge in front of the high school — although entirely safe to walk across — is not being used by a lot of the high school students because it doesn't look safe to them," said Ackerman (D-Dist. 45, Cumberland, Lincoln).
"That stretch is not a great place to be ignoring the pedestrian walkway. Masses of students cross Mendon Road each day to get to the athletic field and back. The bridge itself is an eyesore and I have requested that it be repainted," she added.
"We have spent so much time and energy sprucing up the school and the athletic fields, and the bridge remains a large blemish on what is otherwise a beautiful scene. No one can force the students to use the bridge, but what we can do is work with RIDOT and the State Traffic Commission to review that area and see what we can do to protect our youth and drivers."
Under the direction of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, a consultant will conduct vehicle and pedestrian counts, as well as an analysis of travel speeds and sight distance measurements.
A review of the roadway's crash history will also be included in the report.
A September 2012 listing of RIDOT-owned bridges showed that the Mendon Road Bridge is "structurally deficient," but not unsafe. The department defines structurally deficient as a need to be "monitored, inspected and maintained, repaired or replaced at an appropriate time to maintain its structural integrity. The fact that a bridge is structurally deficient does not imply that it is unsafe. If unsafe conditions are identified during a physical inspection, the structure must be closed."
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Procrastination can be a pain in the you know what, especially when you wait to start a five page essay an hour before it's due. I didn't get to blog the other day (I was bummed about that,) and on top of that I had to work on this five page essay I kept avoiding. Luckily I just had to turn in a draft for my peers to review, so I was able to put something together and knock out what I'd say is a decent first draft. I would have worked on it last night, but for the past few nights I've been on the phone until the wee crack of dawn.
It has been quite some time since I've had some great conversations on the phone. Most of my close buddies are guys that I've known for a long time in person or online, but we still have this cool digital connection. Eh, it's the world we live in now. You meet people online and form these amazing friendships/bonds that are via Skype, the phone, Facebook, and texting; the only thing missing is that in person contact. But I don't discount someone or our connection just because we haven't hung out in person. So the past few nights I've been on the phone catching up with a few different friends: a buddy I went to high school with and haven't seen in 4 years, a friend I've known for less than a year and still haven't met, and my awesome buddy who I've officially known for a year (as of last month) and still haven't met (he lives in NYC, so hopefully when I'm in NY soon we will link up for sushi.)
With all these connections I have, not including people I know in person and have lost contact with for years, the same question always seems to come up: Do you ever stop liking someone? I had two of my buddies cracking up, because I personally prefer to describe liking someone as "likage." It just sounds way more fun, cute, and innocent. Referring to liking someone as likage is my opinion is reminiscent of those old fashion "do you like me?" notes. I can only ever recall ever passing one of those notes to this boy I was head over heels for in middle school. He was this really cool Italian guy and we used to hang out all the time. We'd flirt, chat, and spend time just chillin out talking about life after middle school( dramatic, right?)
Long story short, I passed the note, and then we had to have a sit down. Apparently I wasn't his type, but he enjoyed flirting with me and thought I was cute; just not he girl he wanted. So from that day on I stopped beating around the bush, and I began to let guys know straight up that I had likage for them. My blunt personality and direct thoughts have saved a lot of confusion when it comes to the often complicated musings of likage. But the one thing I always found interesting, which goes back to the conversation I had with a few of my buddies this past week, does likage ever end? Can you ever get to that point where you stop liking someone, even if you haven't seen them in years?
When I posed this question to my three male friends, I got the same response but different expression due to their personalities. One of my friends said he'd never stop liking me or any other girl he felt was awesome, because likage doesn't just stop even though you may not have seen them in 4 years and haven't talked to them in over a year via some form of communication. I liked his answer because it was cool and it took me back to the days of high school how I had a crush on him. So I was happy with his answer, and then the next day I was on the phone till 3am with another buddy of mine. We hadn't talked in awhile and ended up getting on the conversation of dating. We joked about how we used to think we'd date, but then he said he still believes that one day we will be together. My response was, "Yeah, but likage can end. What if I fall in love with someone else? I don't think I'd have likage for you anymore." Well, he disagreed. He feels as though you never stop liking someone, even if you move on, you still have a spot in your heart for them.
Talking to him did open up my eyes, but last night I had a great conversation with one of my favorite friends who lives in New York. We've had this really awesome connection for about a year now and we always end up talking about sushi, video games, art, music, dating, and so much more! Somewhere in the back of our minds we both wish that we'd be in the mindset to maybe be together one day, but the course of life right now isn't quite heading in that path. Yet we did broach the subject of likage and if it ever ends. His belief is that you always like someone, and men usually in the back of their mind will wonder "what if?" Even if they fall in love with another woman and move on, somewhere in the back of their mind they will wonder what could have been. It doesn't mean they aren't happy or madly in love, it's just a distant thought….
So, seriously, does likage every truly end? I mean if you have deep feelings/attraction for someone, does it just fade away? Even if you fall madly in love with someone else, I think some people will still always have those lingering thoughts of likage in the back of their mind. I know that there are some guys that I still have a spot for in my heart, even if it's been downgraded from serious likage to level one like. No matter how distant I may become with guys I've truly had some type of likage feelings for, I will still always like them unless they totally just become a horrible person. But until I find that guy who can replace feelings of likage with love, I'm sure I will have those days where I just can't get them off my mind. It's like I'm constantly going through Facebook pushing the "like" button on those moments of "what if?"
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The grading system is based on the belief, that, at a minimum, all high school students should be required to take a course that includes personal finance topics-even if these topics are just a modest part of the overall course offering. If a state did not meet this standard, it was given a grade of C, D or F. The grading system recognizes the reality that a standalone high school personal finance course is often difficult to achieve. Many local and state governmental organizations take the position that adding a personal finance course requirement is just not possible.
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|Florida, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Wyoming.
|Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Washington.
Virginia, Utah, Tennessee and Missouri are the only states earning an A that require a one-semester standalone course in personal finance as a graduation requirement. Tennessee also requires that students be given an assessment on personal finance. Georgia, Idaho and Louisiana offer personal finance instruction as part of another course offering and they also require student assessments on financial literacy topics.
In this category, all states have personal finance topics in their instructional guidelines, require local school districts to implement the guidelines, and require financial literacy instruction as a high school graduation requirement either as a standalone course or as part of another course offering. Some of these states also require that the course include a formal personal finance assessment test given to all students.
Colorado and Kansas were given a B because they required personal finance topics to be embedded in high school mathematics courses and also included these topics in high school mathematics assessment exams.
Generally, states with a B grade have personal finance topics in their instructional guidelines, and require local school districts to implement them. To graduate from high school in a B state, a student must take a course that includes personal finance topics.
These states require personal finance topics and often embed them in civics, economics, family and consumer sciences, business or mathematics courses.
Two states earned a C grade because they require that each high school offer a personal finance course as an elective. This at least gives students and parents the choice of taking such a course. Other states were given the grade of C because they require specific personal finance topics to be taught in high school. However, it is left up to the local school board to determine how and where to integrate these topics into the classroom. It also is not clear how the state determines if the local schools are in fact meeting these requirements.
Those states receiving a D grade require that personal finance topics be included in instructional guidelines and requires that the school districts implement them. But the content requirements vary greatly, and schools are not instructed to include the topics in any course needed for graduation. In Grade D states, personal finance concepts are often taught in electives courses, if they are taught at all. How and if these standards are implemented is left up to the school districts. It is not clear how the states ensure that the schools teach these topics in the classroom.
Wisconsin was raised from a D to a C, earning extra credit for creating an Office of Financial Literacy in 2000 and a Governor's Council on Financial Literacy in 2010, which gives awards and grants to individuals and corporation for financial literacy education activities. But, according to the Council, 75 percent of Wisconsin school districts do not have a one semester financial literacy requirement. For 10 years, Wisconsin has hosted the National Institute on Financial & Economic Literacy, which has provided teacher training to more than 700 teachers and has an on-line teacher training program. Wisconsin also created Model Academic Standards for Personal Financial Literacy for school districts to use when implementing financial literacy curriculum into their classrooms.
The states that flunked have done very little to ensure that personal finance topics are taught in their schools. Some don't even include personal finance in their educational standards. Others include financial sophistication topics in their guidelines of what should be taught, but they do not require that local school districts actually teach them.


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OK, you can't compare one kind of light to another with any one measurement system. Each photo/filter cell type will measure different aspects of light, and every light source type projects different aspects. That said PAR is as close as we can get for an affordable photo processes measuring instrument for light used by plants and animals. Then when you can buy just the PAR probe and splice it to your DVM and use the vM DC scale, you win again. When the instructions even allow you to do that and give you the multiplying factor, that kicks ass. I mounted my probe with the supplied and installed plastic screw on the back to a small piece of acrylic with a plastic rod to reach in and take PAR readings anywhere in a reef tank. I take it with me and take readings at the stores when I purchase corals so I can take them home and place them in my tank at a similar PAR read location. Happy? .. yes Happy. Works perfectly. Highly recommended.


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THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Greater use of certain types of treatments for kids with sickle cell anemia may explain why black children's risk of ischemic stroke dropped significantly between 1999 and 2007, new research finds.
The disparity in stroke-related deaths between black and white children also fell during that period.
Prior to 1998, black children were 74 percent more likely to die of ischemic stroke than white children.
The racial difference is attributed in part to higher rates of sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that raises the risk of stroke, among black children, according to the study scheduled to be presented Thursday at the American Stroke Association meeting in New Orleans.
Then, in 1998, a major clinical trial found that treatments such as chronic (regularly scheduled) blood transfusions could dramatically lower the risk of stroke among kids with sickle cell anemia who were at high risk of stroke.
In the study, researchers reviewed death certificates for U.S. children and young adults under age 20 who died between 1998 and 2007.
Between 1999 and 2007, they found risk of ischemic stroke among black children fell significantly, although black children were still 27 percent more likely to have an ischemic stroke than white children.
Death records didn't specify if children had sickle cell anemia, so researchers can't say for sure that changes in sickle cell anemia treatment reduced the racial disparity.
"However, this was the only major change in pediatric stroke care in the past two decades, so we believe it was the most plausible explanation for our findings," lead researcher Dr. Laura Lehman, a clinical fellow in the Cerebrovascular Disorders and Stroke Program in the neurology department at Children's Hospital Boston, said in a stroke association news release.
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2009-10 Boys Basketball Player of the Year: Mitch Woods, Community School
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As a 6-foot-4 point guard with impressive ball-handling abilities, Mitch Woods' skills are evident on the basketball court.
The Community School senior can shoot over shorter guards and drive past bigger forwards. Woods led the Seahawks in scoring the past two seasons, but with exceptional court vision and awareness, he also led his team in rebounds, assists and steals this year.
But none of that, Seahawks coach Greg Donahue said, is what makes Woods the area's top player. Donahue said Community School's captain has a list of intangibles that can only be acquired through years of experience.
"His leadership, his work ethic. … He's like having another coach on the court," Donahue said. "His basketball IQ is what sets him apart. He studies the game and he's played a ton of basketball."
After leading Community School to the regional championship game this season — the only Collier County school to do so — Woods is the Naples Daily News Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
A three-year starter for the Seahawks, Woods had a career-best average this season (18.2 points per game) and finished his career with 1,482 points. He also increased his assists (5.6 per game) this season, while keeping his rebounds (5.9) and steals (2.2) around the same level.
"I just worked on getting a lot more aggressive," Woods said. "It was not only looking to get my shot, but to get my teammates involved, spread out the ball."
Coaches other than Donahue took notice. Woods was named the area's Mr. Basketball by the South Florida Association of Basketball Coaches, which covers Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties.
Woods also was one of 24 seniors to play in the statewide Florida Athletic Coaches Association all-star game. He also played on the Southwest Florida team that took on the Palm Beach All-Stars in the South Florida All-Star Classic in Miami.
Now Woods has his sights set on next season. He'll be playing for Division I Appalachian State and he hopes to have a significant role as a freshman.
Donahue said Woods won't have to change much to compete for playing time next year with the Mountaineers.
"He was physically superior to most kids out there (this year)," Donahue said. "He's ready to be a college player right now. He's ready to play."
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|1. Simple needle
|a. Elementary needle
b. Bundle of elementary needles
|2. Combination
|ćU Columnar crystal
|1. Simple columnü@ü@
|a. Pyramid, Bullet type
b. Hexagonal column
|2. Combination
|a. Combination of bullets
b. Combination of columns
|ćV Plane crystal
|1. Regular crystal developed in
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|a. Symple plate
b. Blanches in sector form
c. Plate with simple extensions
d. Broad branches
e. Simple stellar form
f. Ordinary dendritic form
g. Fernlike crystal
h. Stellar crystal with plates at ends
i. Plate with dendritic extensions.
|2. Crystal with irregular number
ü@ü@of branches
|a. Three-branched crystal
b. Four-branched crystal
c. Others
|3. Crystal with twelve branches
|a. Fernlike crystal
b. Broad branches
|4. Malformed crystal
|Many varieties
|5. Spacial assemblage of plane
|a. Special hexagonal type
b. Radiating type
|ćW Combination of
ü@ü@column and plane
|1. Column with plane crystals at
ü@ü@both ends
|a. Column with plates
b. Column with dendritic crystal
c. Complicated capped column
|2. Bullets with plane crystals
|a. Bullets with plates
b. Bullets with dendritic crystals
|3. Irregular assemblage of columns and plates
|ćX Columnar crystals with extended side planes
|ćY Rimed crystals
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|1. Rimed crystal
|2. Thick plate
|3. Graupellike snow
|a. Hexagonal type
b. Lump type
|4. Graupel
|a. Hexagonal graupel
b. Lump graupel
c. Conelike graupel
|ćZ Irregular snow
|1. Ice particle
|2. Rimed particle
|3. Miscellaneous
General classificasion of snow crystals made by Dr. Nakayaüi4üj
Crystal with twelve fernlike branches
Crystal with twelve broad branches
Branches in sector form
Simple plate
Simple stellar form
üiéSüjü@Nakaya, U., 1954. Snow Crystals, Natural and Artifical. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
üiéTüjü@Kikuchi, K., 1987. The Discovery of Eighteen-Branched Snow Crystals. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 309-311.
ü@In Hokkaido, Japan, it begins to snow with periodic wind of winter becoming strong. The temperature gradually lowers every day and becomes less than 0 üÄ all day. So, the snow becomes leave on ground without melting. I consider this is the same process anywhere in the world if it is Temperate Zone district in a high latitude area.
ü@We usually distinguish a snowy state from powdery snow, large - snowflakes,
or sleet. But there can recognize a figure of a snow crystal when I enlarge
it with a microscope even at the time of any kind of snow.
ü@It is said that a snow crystal does not "have a thing of form same for two"
because the form is delicately different when observe it with a microscope.
Therefore, there is fresh surprise whenever I watch another one.
ü@But, I think there may be completely a crystal of the same form when I
see innumerable snow falling in sequence from the sky bacause a snow
crystal such as a minute glasswork continues to fall unlimitedly in area one
ü@In this site, I show snow crystals which photographed in Hokkaido and
photographed it since I make a replica once. I want to introduce one part of
its mysterious figure.
Classification of snow crystals
ü@It is known that form of a snow crystal changes by climatic condition when it falls. In other words, it is changed mainly by temperature and the humidity. Dr. Ukichiro Nakaya who clarified it stated that "the snow crystal is a letter sent from the sky" and showed that a state of the atmosphere from the upper air at that time to the surface of the ground was ticked away in form and a design of a snow crystal.
ü@In his study, Dr. Nakaya repeated observation in Sapporo City and Mt. Tokachi and took a picture of more than 3,000 pieces of natural snow. And he made general classification list of snow crystals which classified snow crystals as seven kinds greatly.
|Snow Crystals in Hokkaido
ü@In his classification, snow crystals are classified into "Needle
crystal", "Columnar crystal", "Plane crystal",
"Combination of column and plane crystals", "Columnar crystal
with extended side planes", "Rimed crystal", and "Irregular
snow particle". In the later study, snow crystals seem to be classified
more finely. But, I think to call snow crystals along his classification
in this site because a study of Dr. Nakaya was carried out mainly in Hokkaido.
ü@In above table, I showed only the name of snow crystals which came out to his general classification . So, it may be difficult for you to imagine the form of each snow crystal. I hope to look at figures indicated in his report, if you want to know them preciously. But, it is able to understand by this table that a regular form of snow crystal which we have an image generally is only one part of snow crystals which falls on ground innumerably.
Fernlike crystal
About form of snow crystals
ü@The regular crystal developed in one plane is very beautiful because the symmetry form is not able to consider as a natural product.
ü@It is known that the form of a snow crystal is basically a hexagonal column which consist of two pieces, that is two basal surfaces and six pieces of cylinder surfaces. And it grows up in the plane crystals such as the simple plate or the fernlike crystal if growth of the cylinder surface is fast.
ü@Otherwise, it grows up to a slim crystal when growth of a base is fast, such as the needle crystal or the columnar crystal. And it seems to change by the temperature when it grows up whether growth of which surface is fast.
ü@Why the growth direction of a crystal turns into by the temperature is not mentioned here, but this is the crystal habit change of snow. It is appeared the tempereture of changing is 0 üÄ> plane >-4 üÄ> columnar >-10 üÄ> plane >-22 üÄ> columnar.(3) There is three changing point as temperature falls.
ü@Thus, snow crystals grow up in the form of both the column and the planes are combinationed when it step over the temperature of a crystal habit change during it falls on ground.
ü@The difference of form by such a crystal habit change is also seen in frost crystals as well as snow crystals. I introduce about frost crystals in page 4.
Rimed crystal
The beautiful clystal developed in one plane
Column with plates
Branches in sector form with two
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FPL brings Power to Care to Salvation Army of Martin County
STUART - It looked like an early St. Patrick's Day at The Salvation Army of Martin County on Saturday, March 9th when volunteers from Florida Power & Light Co. appeared in their bright green shirts to freshen up the inside and outside of the Salvation Army headquarters in Stuart. Approximately 30 FPL volunteers gave up their Saturday morning to paint the fellowship hall/multi-purpose room and adjoining hallways as well as to weed, trim and mulch outside the front of the building. The volunteers were participating in a state-wide FPL effort called "The Power to Care Day."
"We are so grateful to FPL for choosing to help us in this manner," said Lt. Scott Hoover, Corps Officer for The Salvation Army. "The fellowship hall area is by far the most-used area in our Corps. Over 100 people come to us every Friday night for a hot meal – and during the week, we have close to 100 very active children in and out of the building for character building programs, praise band and more. That's more than 800 people a month using the same space."
Nick Blount, FPL External Affairs Manager explained, "This is the fifth year in a row that our employees have participated in this week-long initiative, which encompasses volunteer events all over the state. We appreciate the opportunity to make a difference in the communities that we serve, as well as live and work in."
Lt. Scott noted that one only has to drive by or into the parking lot of The Salvation Army to see what a difference these dedicated volunteers made. "In just a short amount of time, these hard-working men and women transformed the front of our building, making it much more attractive for our visitors and the residents of Compassion House, our homeless shelter for women and children," he said. "Equally important, every hour and every dollar donated by FPL to The Salvation Army translates directly into more money for our emergency assistance programs, as it is less money and time we have to spend on general maintenance and upkeep."
The Salvation Army of Martin County works throughout the year to provide food and financial assistance to those in distress. Other programs offered by The Salvation Army include emergency disaster assistance, a Friday night food ministry (which provides a hot meal to over 100 people weekly), youth character building programs, a morning Breakfast Club (providing pastries, bread and coffee free of charge), Sunday worship services, bible studies and youth ministry. The Salvation Army of Martin County also operates Compassion House, which provides transitional housing to homeless women and women with children.
The Salvation Army is located at 821 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in East Stuart. For more information, call 772-288-1471 or visit www.salvationarmystuart.org.
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Have a special link/button on everypage that would automatically lead you to the "start page". For instance, I have a specific view I like and it would be simpler than having to reload todoist or select from "more > start page".
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Penn State vs. Umass
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|UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Senior Matthew Mackrides (Newtown Square) tied the game with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter, but the No. 14/16 Penn State men's lacrosse team fell to No. 3/4 Massachusetts, 9-8, in overtime at the Penn State Lacrosse Field on Saturday afternoon. The Nittany Lions dropped to 3-3 overall (0-1 CAA) in their conference opener.
Mackrides, who also added an assist, netted a hat trick for the first time since a four-goal outing against Drexel in 2011. Sophomore midfielder Tom LaCrosse (Canandaigua, N.Y.) scored twice against the Minutemen for the third straight game, while classmate Gavin Ahern (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) recorded two points (1g, 1a). Senior attackman Jack Forster (Jenkintown), junior midfielder Nick Dolik (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and sophomore attackman Shane Sturgis (Downingtown) tallied one goal each. Classmate Austin Kaut (Morton) made 10 saves.
In a back-and-forth contest, Penn State held a 4-3 first-quarter lead before Massachusetts, which improved to 7-0 (1-0 CAA), grabbed a 5-4 halftime advantage. The Nittany Lions stormed out of the half to take a 7-5 lead after three quarters before the Minutemen took an 8-7 advantage in the fourth. Following Mackrides' goal to even the game at 8-8, Massachusetts' Mike Fetterly scored with 2:52 left in the sudden-death overtime frame.
Both Penn State and Massachusetts recorded 35 shots, while the Minutemen collected 33 ground balls to Penn State's 29. The Nittany Lions were 15-for-18 on clears and 1-for-1 with the extra man, while Massachusetts was 15-for-16 and 0-for-5, respectively.
With the extra-man opportunity, Dolik opened the scoring with 11:21 left in the first when he redirected Mackrides' shot into the net. Massachusetts responded to take a 3-1 lead with three quick strikes in a 4:19 span. The Nittany Lions then closed the quarter on a 3-0 run to take a 4-3 advantage. LaCrosse scored with 3:15 remaining before Mackrides tallied 18 seconds later. Forster notched his eighth goal of the year with eight seconds left in the frame.
After nearly an entire quarter without a goal, the Minutemen struck twice in the final 34 seconds to take a 5-4 lead. Penn State dominated the third stanza, scoring the frame's only three markers to take a 7-5 advantage. LaCrosse tallied his second of the game just one minute into the period. With 12:44 left in the third, Sturgis gave the Nittany Lions a 6-5 lead when he scored off a feed from Ahern. Mackrides netted his second of the game with 4:03 left in the quarter.
The Minutemen outscored Penn State, 3-1, in the fourth as the game was tied at 8-8 after regulation. After Massachusetts third straight goal with 6:42 left in the fourth, Mackrides completed the hat trick with 5:30 remaining. In the overtime period, Fetterly's marker with 2:52 on the clock accounted for the 9-8 final.
The Nittany Lions will conclude their three-game homestand on Tuesday (March 20) when they face No. 11 Lehigh at 7 p.m. The game will mark Penn State's fifth straight against a ranked opponent.


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United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ was established in 1957 as a union of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. With a current membership of approximately 1.7 million communicants located in more than 6,400 congregations in 39 conferences (state and regional organizations), the United Church of Christ is the "youngest" of the major Protestant denominations in the United States. Its roots lie in the teachings of the 16th century reformers, particularly Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli, and in Congregationalism.
The basic unit of the United Church is the local church, which is guaranteed autonomy, or freedom, in the decisions it makes. That freedom is the "freedom of the gospel," however, and every corporate body within the church, whether a local church or a conference or the General Synod, is supposed to make its decisions in the light of the gospel and out of a sense of responsibility to the whole fellowship.
The General Synod of the United Church of Christ, which meets biennially, is the representative, deliberative body composed of 675 - 725 delegates elected by the conferences. The officers of the church and the General Synod are the president, secretary, and director of finance and treasurer. The national program agencies include the "United Church Board for World Ministries", "United Church Board for Homeland Ministries", "Office for Church Life and Leadership", "Office for Church in Society", "Office of Communication", "Stewardship Council", "United Church Foundation", and "Commission for Racial Justice". The United Church of Christ is a member of the National Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches, and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
The Evangelical and Reformed Church was a Protestant denomination established in 1934 by the union of the German Reformed Church (Reformed Church in the United States) and the Evangelical Synod of North America. These two religious bodies shared a German-language heritage, a similar form of church organization, and evangelical enthusiasm.
The Evangelical and Reformed Church was governed according to the presbyterian system; legislative authority was vested in a general synod, which met every three years. The denomination conducted missionary work, operated hospitals, and maintained homes for the elderly, children, epileptics, and the retarded.
The church recognized the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563, Luther's Catechisms, and the Augsburg confession as standards of doctrine. Separate congregations were permitted latitude in choosing specific points of faith and worship, but certain forms and hymns were recommended by the general synod. Baptism and the Eucharist were considered the only sacraments authorized by the New Testament. In 1957 the Evangelical and Reformed Church merged with the Congregational Christian churches to form the United Church of Christ.
Scandals and Heresies
Same-Sex Marriage
Churches in the UCC can sanctify same-sex unions. The resolution "In support of equal marriage rights for all", supported by an estimated 80% of the UCC's 2005 general synod delegates, made the United Church of Christ the first major Protestant so-called "Christian" deliberative body in the U.S. to make a statement of support for "equal marriage rights for all people, regardless of gender," and is hitherto the largest so-called "Christian" denominational entity in the U.S. supporting same-sex marriage. This resolution (and the sanctification of same-sex marriages), however, is not supported by some congregations. The UCC has been severely criticized for its stand on same-sex marriage. In fact, citing differences over the membership and "ministry" of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender so-called "Christians", the UCC's Puerto Rico Conference left the church in 2006.
Homosexuality is condemned throughout the Bible. Sodomy is one of the sins that cries to heaven for vengeance. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for this very sin.
Jude 1:7, "As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighboring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication, and going after strange flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire."
Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
Leviticus 20:13, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
Deuteronomy 23:17, "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
1 Kings 14:24, "And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel."
1 Kings 15:11-12, "And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made."
The sin of homosexuality is an abomination that excludes the people guilty of it from entering Heaven.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Scripture teaches that homosexuality is a result of idolatry.
Romans 1, "Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God, or given thanks; but became vain in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was darkened... who changed the truth of God into a lie; and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts one towards another, men with men working that which is filthy, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error... they who do such things, are worthy of death; and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them."
Romans 1 clearly teaches that homosexuality is "against nature," which means that this orientation is foreign to man's nature; that is, it is NOT INSTILLED BY GOD. As a result of idolatry, God sometimes allows a demon to take people over, possess them, and change their sexual orientation, as St. Paul describes.
Men and women are given over to homosexuality for inundating themselves with sins of impurity (masturbation, sexual sins within and outside of marriage) – thereby worshipping the flesh rather than God. For this sin they can get possessed by the demon of lust, which takes them over and corrupts their entire orientation. (And they can be cured of this.) People also become homosexuals by engaging in idolatry by either harboring a perverse fascination with human beings over God – thereby worshipping the creature rather than the Creator – or by simply worshipping something that is a creature or the work of one's hands. The fact that all homosexuals are possessed by a demon is corroborated by the fact that most homosexual males can be identified by their effeminate external mannerisms. What explains this? It's obviously the demon's presence in the person making itself manifest externally – the external, unnatural mannerisms revealing the internal corruption of the soul.
Isaias 3:9 "The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil unto themselves."
Notice that the prophet Isaias, referring to homosexuals, says that "they have rewarded evil unto themselves." This is strikingly similar to Romans 1 above, where St. Paul says that homosexuals have received "in themselves the recompense [reward] which was due to their error."
Sex Education
The United Church of Christ, along with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations created several sexual education classes designed for many different age groups. Called Our Whole Lives, or OWL, these courses aim to provide scientific and unbiased information regarding sexuality, birth control and condoms, and physical biology.
God, the Catholic Church, the natural law and Christian morality condemns sexual education and contraception. Pope Pius XI points out that it's not ignorance of such things which lead to sins in this regard, but rather exposure to such enticements.
Pope Pius XI, Divini illius magistri, Dec. 31, 1931: "But much more pernicious are those opinions and teachings regarding the following of nature absolutely as a guide. These enter upon a certain phase of human education which is full of difficulties, namely, that which has to do with moral integrity and chastity. For here and there a great many foolishly and dangerously hold and advance the method of education, which is disgustingly called 'sexual,' since they foolishly feel that they can, by merely natural means, after discarding every religious and pious aid, warn youth against sensuality and excess, by initiating and instructing all of them, without distinction of sex, even publicly, in hazardous doctrines; and what is worse, by exposing them prematurely to the occasions, in order that their minds having become accustomed, as they say, may grow hardened to the dangers of puberty.
"But in this such persons gravely err, because they do not take into account the inborn weakness of human nature, and that law planted within our members, which, to use the words of the Apostle Paul, 'fights against the law of my mind' (Rom. 7:23); and besides, they rashly deny what we have learned from daily experience, that young people certainly more than others fall into disgraceful acts, not so much because of an imperfect knowledge of the intellect as because of a will exposed to enticements and unsupported by divine assistance."
All forms of contraception, including Natural Family Planning (also known as the rhythm method or NFP Pope) is condemned. Pius XI, in his encyclical Casti Connubii, condemns all forms of contraception as immoral, as an "offense against the law of God and of nature, and as a grave (mortal) sin."
Pope Pius XI, Casti Connubii: "And now, Venerable Brethren, We shall explain in detail the evils opposed to each of the benefits of matrimony. First consideration is due the offspring, which many have the audacity to call the disagreeable burden of matrimony and which they say is to be carefully avoided by married people not through virtuous continence (which Christian law permits in matrimony when both parties consent) but by frustrating the marriage act. …No reason, however grave, may be put forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children, those who in exercising it deliberately frustrate its natural power and purpose, sin against nature, and commit a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious … any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is DELIBERATELY frustrated in its natural power to generate life is an offense against the law of God."
A key word is "deliberate" attempt to prevent conception. Pope Pius XI teaches all forms of deliberately frustrating the martial marital act by depriving it of its natural power and purpose (conception) is a "sin against nature" (the natural law) and is "intrinsically vicious" (intrinsically evil).
The natural law is written on the heart of all men, so that all men know that certain things are against God's law and that certain things are in accordance with the natural law of charity, etc.
The natural law is the law that every person knows by instinct from birth. It is planted by the Creator in our heart, and everyone – even pagans who have never heard about God or the true religion – receive this gift from God. Examples of sins that break the natural law and that are easy to recognize are: murder, rape, theft, pedophilia, slander, lying, and so on. The conscience always convicts a person who does these things and thus there can never be an excuse for people who commit such sins.
As the Haydock Bible and Commentary correctly explains about Romans 2:14-16,
"these men are a law to themselves, and have it written in their hearts, as to the existence of a God, and their reason tells them, that many sins are unlawful: they may also do some actions that are morally good, as by giving alms to relieve the poor, honoring their parents, etc. not that these actions, morally good, will suffice for their justification of themselves, or make them deserve a supernatural reward in the kingdom of heaven; but God, out of His infinite mercy, will give them some supernatural graces which if they continue to cooperate with they will get more graces and eventually be exposed to the Catholic Faith, which they must have to be saved."
If a baptized person who believes in the Trinity and the Incarnation holds that man does not have free will (which some Protestants teach), this person would become a heretic because he is rejecting a truth which all know to be true from the natural law, namely, that man has a free will. Thus, he is denying a truth all know about man from the natural law and he is a heretic.
Another example would be if the baptized person who believes in the Trinity and Incarnation refuses to believe that God is a rewarder and a punisher. This person is a heretic because he rejects a truth he knows to be true from the natural law, that God is a rewarder and a punisher of our actions (see Heb. 11:6).
A large majority of Protestants today believe in the doctrines of "faith alone" and "eternal security." These doctrines contradict both the natural law and reason which says that every man shall be rewarded or punished for his deeds. It also contradicts, word for word, the teaching of James 2 in scripture, which teach that faith without works is dead, and that man is not saved by faith alone. This person who believes in faith alone or eternal security is a heretic because he rejects a truth he knows to be true from the natural law, that God is a rewarder and a punisher of our actions, and that faith alone does not justify a man only, but our deeds also.
Other common heresies against the natural law is to deny the existence of God or to hold that abortion, birth control or natural family planning (also called NFP) is acceptable, or to hold that the consuming of mind altering drugs is acceptable. To hold any of these positions would make one a heretic because he is rejecting a truth which all know to be true from the natural law, namely, 1) that God exists, 2) that abortion is murder, 3) that contraception or NFP deliberately frustrates the natural power to generate life, 4) and that consuming mind altering drugs, such as smoking marijuana, is a mortal sin just like getting drunk is.
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Standard Microsystems Corp. (NASDAQ:SMSC) reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and revenue, but the tech company's forecast disappointed the Street, putting downward pressure on shares in after-hours trading.
The semiconductor equipment-maker forecast earnings in the range of 42 cents to 43 cents a share on revenue between $104 million to $107 million, missing analyst forecasts for earnings per share of 46 cents, but coming in-line with revenue projections of $106.4 million.
In the fiscal second quarter, the tech company posted a profit of $12.9 million, or 57 cents a share, up from last year's second-quarter loss of $6.5 million, or 30 cents a share. Adjusted earnings per share rose to 51 cents, compared with 8 cents in the year-ago period.
Revenue during the quarter rose 39% to $104.1 million, up from last year's sales of $75.08 million, as gross margin widened to 56.4%, up from 47.3%, one year ago.
Second-quarter results beat expectations, as analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had predicted adjusted earnings of 41 cents on revenue of $102.19 million.
"The above seasonal sales strength in the first half of fiscal 2011 is expected to result in muted seasonality in the second half of the year, in line with previous expectations," said Christine King, president and chief executive officer, in a release. "While demand levels in the upcoming holiday season remain uncertain, our design win activity continues to be strong."
Shares of Standard Micro rose 61 cents or 2.81% in Tuesday's session, closing the day at $22.30. The stock fell $1.71 or 7.67% in electronic trading after the market closed.


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Day 01: Kathmandu Arrival (20 Min & 9km)
Day 02: KathmanduGORKHA
Gorkha is the birthplace of the great king Prithivi Narayan Shah, the founder of modern Nepal. Situated on a hill overlooking the snowy peaks of the Himalaya is a beautiful old palace known as Gorkha Durbar. There are two attractive temples of Gorakhanth and Kali inside the palace precinct. Gorkha can be reached in about six hours by road from Kathmandu and four hours from Pokhara.
Located on a 1,00m ridge in Manahan district some 140km from Kathmandu, Bandipur's hallmark is its beautiful scenery. At the eastern part of the town is the pagoda roofed bindabasini temple which houses goddess Durga, Bandipur's guardian deity. The rich wooden carvings and detailed brass-work that adorn the temple are replicas of those found in the many old pagoda structures of the Kathmandu Valley. The other important temple and shrines in the vicinity include the Mahalaxmi temple with its exquisite woodwork and the Khadga Devi temple which comes alive once a year during the Dashain festival.
For those seeking the ultimate pan- Himalayan view, Daman is the place to go. Located 80km southwest of the Kathmandu Valley, Daman (2,400m) offers the only unimpeded view of the entire Himalayan range. Daman is located on the Tribhuvan Highway between Kathmandu and the town of Birgunj. There is a view tower fitted with long-range telescopes. Daman can be reached in four hours from Kathmandu.
This ancient town is situated 30 Km east of Kathmandu on the side of the Araniko (Kathmandu – Kodari) highway; the newari town of Dhulikhel offers a traditional atmosphere along with the spectacular views. Once an important link in the ancient trade route to Tibet, Dhulikhel has a glorious past which can be seen in the lovely –lined streets and temples. Pleasant climate is big attraction at Dhulikhel.
Standing in a peaceful valley roughly 25 kilometers south of valley the small beautiful town of Panauti is at a junction of the 2 rivers. This town is relatively untouched but where festivals preserving the precious tradition of the indigenous, thriving Newari Village. It possesses a number of interesting temples and interesting old houses, besides it is famous for magnificent woodcarvings. Panauti had a royal palace in its principal square. Concerning trek, an interesting walks leads from Dhulikhel to Panauti. The pleasant two hour stroll starts off south from Dhulikhel, then turns west crossing rice-fields and running along the course of a tiny stream. It eventually hits the Banepa - Panauti road a little north of the town.
Day 03: Kathmandu - Dhulikhel (1.5 Hrs –40 Km)
Day 04: Dhulikhel – Daman (5-6 Hours – 100 Km)
Day 05: Daman - Chitwan National Park (6-7 Hours - 170 Km)
Day 06: Chitwan National Park
Day 07: Chitwan National Park - Pokhara (4-5 Hours - 170 Km)
Day 08: Pokhara Full Day
Day 09: Pokhara - Kathmandu (6-7 Hours – 220 Km)
Day 10: Kathmandu Departure
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